Acorn User - October 1988
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EDITORIAL
Manuals are a source of continual problems. For the technically minded, today's printer documentation is much better. Today's graphically controlled software needs clear, simple instructions and you can't do this easily without pictures.
NEWS
Euro TV Database
Subsidy scheme causes concern, secrets of the PC show
Comms Column
Noticeboard
Reader Service
Competition Results
Blunderbox
Education news
FEATURES
Polyominoes
Puzzle out Don Scales' three dimensional challenge
Joe's Jottings
An 'ideas processor' is a word processor to organise your thoughts and help you plan more effectively
Arthur's Menus
Tutorial on the Archimedes WIMP system with a look at menus
Just Imagine
Peter Voke's Imagen interactive adventure game generator
In the Begining
The early years at Acorn Computers
REVIEWS
Games Page
Games Reviews
Tynesoft's Saigon Time and Magik from Mandarin, and Audiogenic's Shark
Arc Games
Dab's Alerion, Go-Dax's Fireball and Minerva's Hoverbod
Masterpiece
Healthdata sysop Chris Dobbing tries out the long awaited new Beebug internal modem for the Master 128
Pipedream
The Arc's all-in-one wordprocessor spreadsheet database
EDUCATION
News
Graphs on the Arc, Snatch
Key Ideas
The ready-made datafiles for ITV's low priced Key databse manager
Silence is Golden
4Mation's latest, World without Words
Naval Archaelogy
The latest Mary Rose package
REGULARS
Hints & Tips
Help and advice on colour printing, ADFS, Electron keywords and STRINGS
Arc Agora
A FIND utility, advice on podule software, and a giant clock
Desktop Publishing
Typefaces and how they're measured
Music
Hints, tips and news on the BBC Micro music scene
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