The price and the size of portable
computers are shrinking fast.
You've got to hand it to Casio
and Psion - they've both produced
sub-£100 portable micros
to fit in your fist.
Issue
78 - September 15th 1984
REGULARS
Monitor
2
Prices plummet, quality
takes quantum leap in
Mastertronic push, page
2; Law changes on Telecom
attachments, page 3; Triptych
boosts brain power, page
4; and Apple brings the
Big Mac to the UK, page
6.
PCW
Show
5
Do
yourself a favour and join
us at Olympia next week.
Random
Access
7
Readers
give their views on the
microcomputing scene and
we pay £10 to the
best.
Routine
Inquiries
10
Got
a problem you just can't
figure out? Cop some advice
from PCN's team of experts.
PCN
Charts
11
The
ups and downs of the UK's
favourite games and machines
charted here.
Microwaves
15
Readers
share their technical know-how
and get a fiver for every
hint in print.
Readout
16
Which
books are worth paying good
money for? Our reviewers
pick four off the shelves.
Software
Pre-View
33
The shape of things to
come. We look at the new
software before it arrives
in the shops.
Billboard
42
And
good buy to all that - microcomputing
bargains on our secondhand
page. Can you afford to
miss it?
Quit/Datelines
48
An
hilarious exit from the
good humour page and a few
dates for the diary.
SPECIALS
Bank
Raid
18
A hip-hop
action game for you to type
into your Spectrum.
Atari
advice
22
Extend
the range of your Atari
with some sound advice and
routines.
PERIPHERALS
Daisy
chain
28
Smith
Corona's new daisywheel
printer matches its low
price and letter quality
with user friendliness.
64
crayons
31
Colourful
sketches on the Commodore
64 is the promise of Super
Sketch.
SOFTWARE
Three's
lucky
34
DBase
III is smarter, friendlier
and more accomplished than
its famous sibling.
GAMEPLAY
Amstrad
36
An
original scenario and an
addictive challenge both
draw praise from two PCN
gamesters.
Commodore
64
37
A potty
action game and capers in
Camelot.
PROGRAMS
Spectrum
40
Another
set-back for the traditional
English pub: dominoes for
the Spectrum.
