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Sinclair ZX80 - Britain's first complete computer kit [Advert]
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Nascom 2 [Advert]
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LSI System M-One Model 1 [Advert]
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Editorial [Article]
Peter Laurie Heritage and future
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Feedback [Article]
Reader's letters
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Schools given Apples worth £30,000 [News Item]
Apple microcomputers worth £30,000 have been given to specially-selected schools by the UK Apple importer and distributor Microsense Ltd. The schools were selected in co-operation with Mini and Microcomputers in Secondary Education (MUSE).
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Home computer which talks [News Item]
A home computer which talks is how Texas Instruments plans to market the TI-99/4 .
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Best-selling software [News Item]
Applied Computer Techniques, the company behind Petsoft, is diversifying into software for the Apple II microcomputer. The new company Appleware has launched with a catalogue of 75 established best sellers and intends to develop some of its own business packages.
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Disc covers [News Item]
Swan Packaging, a company from Coventry, has produced the Discpac, a postal package which allows you to send 8-inch and 5.25-inch discs safely.
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Good home needed for PDP-15 [News Item]
Birkbeck College in London is looking for a good educational home for its PDP-15.
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Simple, but effective [News Item]
A new product with a grid corresponding with the POKE numbers for the Pet memory display locations has been released.
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Survey shows satisfaction [News Item]
The Control Data Institute has conducted a survey of the 2,000 people from its computer-operating, programming and engineering courses.
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Special prize for inventiveness [News Item]
The winners of the British microprocessor competition (Practical Computing, December 1979) have been announced.
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Programmer-time savings [News Item]
Savings of up to one-third of programmer-time are claimed by Phipps Associates for a new software product for the Panasonic JD range.
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Free maintenance service [News Item]
Alpha Research offers a free maintenance service provided by members of the group in departments in computer software, electronic equipment, meterology, botanical surveys, library research, among others.
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Software company based on years of study [News Item]
A new software company, Microtrend International, has been formed to produce microcomputer software. The new company has more than 125 programs for the Pet, Apple, TRS-80 and CP/M-based micros.
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New graphics board [News Item]
R-Squared Ltd, specialists in systems based on the Vector Graphics microcomputer now has a new high-resolution graphics board available.
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Nascom word-processing package [News Item]
A word-processing package, Naspen, has been introduced for the Nascom 1 and 2 microcomputers.
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Geest family [News Item]
Geest Micro Systems has launched a family of microcomputers based on the TI 16-bit micros - the TI 9900 and the 990/5.
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U.K. factory for Puma robot [News Item]
Unimation, a US robot manufacturer, has recently announced its intention to establish a UK factory for its Puma industrial robot in Telford, Shropshire.
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IBM stand-alone [News Item]
IBM has launched its 5120 stand-alone computer.
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North Star Horizon [Advert]
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Panasonic JD-700U heads Japanese challenge [Review]
Vincent Tseng Vincent Tseng evaluates the potential of this Japanese machine.
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VisiCalc [Review]
Mike McDonald The general-purpose modelling package assessed by Mike McDonald.
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Butel-Comco Athena [Advert]
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Off-line [Article]
Caith Gill Fiction.
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The Electronic Newsagent [Article]
Duncan Scot Time and money saved with electronic solution.
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Videotex: Little doubt that Prestel is well on its way [Article]
Peter Sommer Peter Sommer discusses the latest developments in viewdata systems.
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Memory-mapped graphics [Article]
Gary Marshall Ideas and methods for producing mobile displays
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Social Services: Disabled and administration share the rewards [Article]
Martin Hayman The London Borough of Hillingdon's social services department has devised several uses for the versatile micro
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Robotics: Planning techniques find optimal routes [Article]
Mark Witowski The interplay of ideas between robotics and artificial intelligence in part five of Mark Witkowski's series.
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Motor Control: Servos are inexpensive and easy to build [Article]
Nick Hampshire Nick Hampshire examines electric motors and their use as computer-controlled servo machines.
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Machine Code: Address modes - vital topic which repays close study [Article]
David Peckett In part four David Peckett describes different types of addressing and looks at what the 6502 and 8080A offer.
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Apple Pie [Article]
Ideas, hints and comments for Apple users.
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Rair Black Box Microcomputer [Advert]
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Pet Corner [Article]
News and user's tips, queries and comments.
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Tandy Forum [Article]
Devoted to the TRS-80 - news and user's tips, queries and comments.
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6502 Special [Article]
The 6502 Special is dedicated to the exchange of information between 6502 users.
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Sorcerer's Apprentice [Article]
Page dedicated to Exidy Sorcerer users.
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Apple COS and the output bug [Article]
In part two of his quest for a cassette operating system for the Apple II, Hugh Dobbs meets the output bug.
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Buyers' Guide Software [Article]
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Superbrain [Advert]
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Image Data Eight Microcomputer [Advert]
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Glossary [Article]
Continuing the terminological gamut with T
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