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| Micros have
finally come of age in the business
world thanks to the arrival of
integrated applications software.
The problems of several different
disks with separate programs that
are more or less compatible have
been solved by combining word
processing, spread-sheet, business
graphics, database and communications
facilities in a single package.
PCN Pro-Tests Open Access, Framework,
Symphony, Apple Works and Decision
Manager. |
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| Competition |
| Five
Commodore 64s |
| must
be won |
| In a touch
of summer madness, PCN is giving
away five best-selling Commodore
64s. Last week's issue contained
the first three of six questions:
turn to page 16 for the second
half of the competition and the
entry form. |
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| Issue
72 - August 4th 1984 |
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Chris Curry, managing
director of Acorn, talks
to PCN about his company's
plans on page 3. Also
this week: Sinclair steps
up production across the
board, page 2; Mastertronic
branches out, page 4;
and software sales go
electronic, page 5.
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| What's
going up and what's coming
down in Britain's only weekly
micro chart. |
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| We
send a tenner to the best
reader's letter published.
This week, points of view
on Prestel, Oric and cassette
inlays. |
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| PCN's
panel of experts at your
disposal: if you've got
a query, we've got an answer. |
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| Hints
and tips from PCN readers
for the Atari, Amstrad and
Spectrum. |
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| Looking
for a good computer read?
We advise on what to buy. |
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| The
shape of things to come.
We look at the new software
before it arrives in the
shops. |
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| Turn
to our secondhand bargain
page for the equipment you
can afford. |
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| Laugh
with us at the lighter side
of computing, plus forthcoming
events at home and abroad. |
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| Smoothly
moving objects in Atari
games programming are possible
with Player/Missile Graphics. |
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| The
final instalment of the
graphics generation program
ties up Keith Hook's Z80
assembly programming series. |
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| Get
on the line to Acorn's Prestel
adaptor with David Janda. |
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| Gucci
good looks are the least
of the M24's several attractions.
John Lettice believes Olivetti
has just the right approach
to IBMability. |
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| Go
for a hazardous jaunt in
the jungle, or outwit the
wolf that's after your sheep. |
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| 64
varieties of games - Commodore
64, that is. |
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| A disassembler
for the 6809 processor. |
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| Gothic
and greek character sets
for extra style in your
programming. |
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