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Cromemco System One [Advert]
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Rader Single Board Computer [Advert]
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TI-99-4A - You can't get a Home Computer from Texas Instruments under 16K RAM [Advert]
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Nascom 3 [Advert]
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Tuscan - the all-British microcomputer [Advert]
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Editorial [Article]
Peter Laurie Fussing over 16 bits.
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Feedback [Article]
Reader's letters covering topics including DAI users' group, WordStar on Apple, Editing Microsoft Basic.
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Show heads for the North [News Item]
Following the success of Practical Computing's own exhibition, The Computer Fair, a similar event is to be held in the north of England towards the end of November. Called the Northern Computer Fair, the exhibition will take place at Bellevue, Manchester on November 25-28. The exhibition will provide an ideal showcase for companies wishing to demonstrate all aspects of personal computing from home computers to business systems.
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Card that turns Pets on to CP/M [News Item]
CP/Maker is a card that fits inside the case of a Commodore Pet computer and converts it into a powerful 64K CP/M machine.
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Cartridge memory [News Item]
You can now keep a cupboard full of 10Mb cartridges at £99 a go, while your Apple or S-100 system accesses the 8-inch removable mini-Winchester cartridge currently mounted in X-Data's new drive, the Kitten.
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Genie micro family is extended [News Item]
Hard on the heels of Genies I and II comes the new Eaca Genie III. Unlike it predecessors, the new model is a fully expanded and integrated microcomputer system. It comes complete with 64K of RAM, a built-in screen, dual disc drives with a double-density storage facility and a full-sized keyboard with numeric keys.
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Software hiring scheme [News Item]
From July 1 Apple users will be able to rent software on a short-tern basis when the Software Rental Bank is launched by software vendors Apple Orchard. Other machines will follow the Apple in quick succession, starting with the Horizon, Superbrain, Cromenco, ACT Sirius and IBM Personal Computer. |
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DEC takes the plunge [News Item]
Digital Equipment Corporation, currently number one in the minicomputer market, has made the long-awaited move into personal-computer field with four new systems - the Rainbow 100, the Decmate II and the Professional 325 and 350.
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Program survey [News Item]
The Science and Engineering Research Council is funding a survey into practices and attitudes within the industry to the various legal and technical approaches regarding the steps being taken by the people who write or supply software to prevent improper copying.
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Plug-in board for Sinclair [News Item]
The Ground Control 16K RAM and I/O board is designed to be used with the ZX-81, but is easily adapted for use with other Z-80 micros. The board gives the user 16K of dynamic RAM together with the ability to interface to a wide variety of peripherals.
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Torch to make light of communications [News Item]
The Torch computer is the business version of the BBC Micro with a powerful technical specification, especially in the area of communication. |
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Nascom releases Pascal compiler [News Item]
Nascom Microcomputers has released a Pascal compiler available in either tape or EPROM form, comprising a complete 12K language system.
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Schoolboys try for ZX-81 adaptor award [News Item]
Two Dutch schoolboys were among the many entrants from as far afield as Yugoslavia and the United States who titled for the £1,000 prize offered by Prestel to find an adaptor for the ZX-81.
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Stack board enhances Vic-20 memory [News Item]
The Stack Storeboard is a printed-circuit board which plugs into the VIC-20. It it socketed to accept 27K of RAM, expanding the memory of the Vic to 32K, the maximum addressable. |
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Commodore's Arsenal [Article]
Commodore unveils a new range of microcomputers and peripherals.
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The Sinclair Interview [Interview]
Martin Hayman An in-depth interview with microcomputing's most prominent personality, conducted by Martin Hayman.
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Sinclair ZX81 Personal Computer [Advert]
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Memotech High Resolution Graphics, 16K & 64K Memory Extensions for ZX81 [Advert]
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ZX Spectrum [Review]
Bill Bennett Bill Bennett pulls apart the colourful new micro from Sinclair Research.
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Pearcom - the new, Apple-II compatible Euro-PAL colour microcomputer [Advert]
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Atari 800 graphics [Review]
Jack Schofield At the other end of the home-computer market lies the Atari; Jack Schofield investigates.
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Drop us a line...and we'll drop you a Panther. [Advert]
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Sord M-23 [Article]
Ian Stobie Ian Stobie takes a look at the latest offering from Japan's second-in-line equipment manufacturer, and some software supplied with it.
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Qume Sprint 9 [Article]
Chris Bidmead Those clever little Americans take on the Japanese at their own game with this high-quality daisywheel.
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New ZX81 Software from Sinclair [Advert]
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Virtuoso compiler thrives on Basic's lack of structure [Article]
Chris Bidmead Concluding Chris Bidmead's appraisal of the compiled version of microcomputing's lingua franca.
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Power for the Pet [Review]
Peter Wood A programmers' utility package for the Pet examined by Peter Wood.
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Take it from the top for tidier Basic structures [Article]
Graham Beech Graham Beech shows how a logical approach to program planning provides structured Basic routines.
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Art [Article]
Brian Reffin Smith Brian Reffin Smith continues his series on graphics applications.
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OK Petrax: Your Time Is Up [Article]
Charles Chambers Fiction.
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The Interlink by Karadawn [Advert]
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ACT Sirius 1 - The 16-bit Personal Computer [Advert]
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The Galaxy 1 Computer [Advert]
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CP/M file copier [Type-In Listing]
David Meeks A file-copying utility for CP/M 2.0 systems from David Meeks.
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Osborne 1 [Advert]
Double-page, colour advertisement.
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DAI Personal Computer [Advert]
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Promotion in hand [Article]
Martin Hayman Martin Hayman assesses Prestel's prospect as a software transmission medium and a networking proposal for ITECs.
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Computing can damage your health [Article]
Philip Latey Computing can damage your health - a survival guide by Philip Latey.
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NewBrain - No other micro has this much power in this much size for this much money [Advert]
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Open File [Article]
A 14-page section of readers' programs for BBC, Sinclair, Tandy, Apple, Pet, Z-80, 6502-based and CP/M machines.
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Everything but the kitchen sink - Digital's MXV11 [Advert]
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Another Triumph from Adler - the Alphatronic [Advert]
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Book Reviews [Review]
'The Home Computer Handbook' by Frank Herbert and Max Barnard, 'From Chips to Systems' by Rodnay Zaks, 'Pet Basic: Training Your Pet Computer' by Zamora, Albrecht and Scarvie.
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From today, life is going to be very unfair for other personal computers - the ICL Personal Computer [Advert]
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Micromouse: Winner of the contest [Article]
John Billingsley How the crown was lost and won: John Billingsley reports on the winners of the British finals of the Euromouse Maze Contest.
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Puzzle [Article]
Treble cross.
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Understanding Pet subroutines [Article]
P.H. Richards More powerful machine-code routines from the depths of the Pet.
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Buyers' Guide - Microcomputers [Article]
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User your Superbrain [Advert]
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The War Machine - Battle of Midway [Article]
Tony Dinsdale Midway - a naval-warfare simulation game.
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Personal PEARL - Turns people into programmers [Advert]
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The new Transtec BC2 [Advert]
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80/40 Character Machine - Research Machines 380Z [Advert]
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The low cost high performance micro for the business professional - UKOM M-Three [Advert]
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