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| In the face
of last week's onslaught from
Atari, Commodore has re-grouped.
It can't match Jack Tramiel's
new outfit for numbers, but the
three new systems demonstrated
as far apart as Las Vegas and
Birmingham will carry its standard
into battle this summer. |
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| The character
set on your Spectrum can come
in all shapes and sizes with our
routines to interface to Basic
programs. |
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| It's the
real thing, a program to let Commodore
64 owners turn their Koalapad
graphics tablets to something
more inventive than pretty doodles, |
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| Brush up
your BBC Micro's trigonometry
with this sine curve program to
add to your wavy line store. |
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| With an 8086
and an NEC graphics chip, the
Sharp MZ5600 looks fast enough
to give most of its rivals in
the PC stakes a run for their
money - and GEM is on the way. |
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| We put robots
on parade with an inspection of
arm-waving machines from Colne
Robotics and Fischertechnik. They
may not change your life but you
should discover what your right
Armdroid's for. |
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| Win
a SPECTRUM disk drive |
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| We've got
together with Spectrum dealer
Micro Interface to offer you the
chance of winning one of three
superb Timex disk systems. Throw
some salt over your shoulder,
spit three times for luck, and
give it a whirl. |
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| We check
out three programs for serious
star-gazers. Will they eclipse
Elite? Can they outshine Star
Wars? Judge for yourself. |
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| Atari
stars due in spring,
this page; Commodore
takes stock after
Las Vegas, page 2;
Home Front goes in
for prediction, page
3; Which Computer?
Show report, page
4; Sinclair lines
up QL peripherals,
page 5. |
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| Get
it off your chest
on our weekly letters
page. |
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| Martin
Bryant's White Knight
is cornered in our
regular look at the
micro chess board. |
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| Reviews
and pictures from
the games the snow
can't stop. |
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