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Commodore has decided to try
and follow up the enormous success
of the Vic 20 by producing a
successor. With 16K RAM and
general improvements on the
Vic - in some ways even on the
64 - the C16 is a winner, says
Barry Miles.
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77 - September 8th 1984 |
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Suppliers rally round
Oric, page 2; QL users
get alternative operating
system, page 3; Protek
accoustic coupler breaks
price barrier, page 4;
Acorn and Future take
the gloves off, page 5.
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| Charting
the fortunes of your favourite
game or micro made easy
with our weekly update. |
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| Readers'
letters: an amused view
of the Imagine fiasco, and
PCN's QL reviewers are hauled
over the coals. |
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| All
the technical know-how of
PCN is at your disposal.
This week we answer questions
on the Amstrad, Commodore
64 and Spectrum printers. |
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| This
week's bundle of microcomputing
tips help Amstrad, BBC,
Electron and Spectrum owners. |
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| Another
small sample of the vast
numbers of micro books available,
to help you make your choice. |
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Rounding up the latest
crop of software packages
to arrive at PCN.
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| Carrying
on the tradition of the
bargain basement, pick up
a good buy on our second-hand
equipment page. |
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| Concluding
on a lighthearted note,
we laugh at our own and
other people's foibles and
let you know what's on and
where. |
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| Arrays
are easy to adapt to your
needs when writing an adventure
program - Ken Garroch shows
how it's done. |
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| A set
of machine code routines
will have your Amstrad screen
scrolling merrily up and
down. |
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| The
Parfitt plotter is much
more than just a handy tool
for drawing graphs and pictures,
as Kenn Garroch discovers. |
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| Playing
around with sprites and
graphics on the BBC is easier
with the McVid package from
Pica Software. |
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| If
you've ever wondered how
to teach a novice structured
programming, here is the
answer. Just give them Comal
and a Commodore 64. |
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| Some
fine contributions for their
two machines: a fascinating
3-D space arcade game and
a graphic adventure based
on the TV series Dallas. |
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| We've
rounded up another collection
of well-known games that
have been converted for
the CPC 464. |
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| Another
implementation of a famous
arcade game, but an exceptionally
good one and particularly
good value for money. |
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