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Cromemco Z-2H Computer System [Advert]
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Tandy TRS-80 [Advert]
Double-page advert. TRS-80 Model I Microcomputer, TRS-80 Model II Microcomputer, TRS-80 Model I CPUs
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Nanocomputer NBZ80 [Advert]
Double-page advert.
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Micro-C at Currys [Advert]
Double-page advert.
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Sharp MZ-80 Computer System, now with CP/M [Advert]
Double-page advert.
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Millbank System 10 [Advert]
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Fortronic F500 [Advert]
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Industrial Micro Systems Series 5000 [Advert]
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Editorial [Article]
Peter Laurie The advancing frontier.
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Feedback [Article]
User's letters.
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Butel Athena [Advert]
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Gambiet '80 - The World's No.1 Microcomputer Chess Programme [Advert]
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Four models in Rair Black Box III range [News Item]
A new range of British-built microcomputers has been launched including one with an integral 5.25-inch Winchester disc system.
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News of Cobol and Coral 66 [News Item]
Cobol and Coral 66 are now available for the Apple for the first time.
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PC-3200 leads the Sharp attack on business computer market [News Item]
Sharp has now produced a new computer, the PC-3200, designed, and aimed at the business market.
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Megastore 8in. drive [News Item]
Vlasak Electronics has produced some 8-inch drives specifically for the Apple. The Megastore is supplied for plug-in-and-go use with Apple increasing its on-line storage capacity to 1MB.
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MUSE opens advice centre for teachers [News Item]
MUSE, Microcomputer Users in Secondary Education, has started a national information and advice centre for teachers using small computers in schools.
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4K RAM for Aim 65 [News Item]
AIM 65 users can obtain a 4K RAM extension in addition to the 4K already available, a 4K EPROM socket with switchable address, an additional VIA giving 16 I/O lines in addition to the 16 already available and a Eurocard connector all by removing the 6502 chip from its socket and plugging in the Eurocard-sized CUBIT card into the exposed socket and then replacing the 6502 chip on the CUBIT.
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New Gemini 801s have RAM-held programmable character sets [Advert]
A new UK microcomputer company, Gemini Microcomputers, has been founded by John Marshall, ex-managing director of Nascom. The Gemini range of microcomputers includes three models, the basic 801, and two versions of this, the 801A and 801B.
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Versawriter makes full use of Apple graphics facility [News Item]
One of the most popular features of the Apple has been its graphics facilities but it has often proved expensive and cumbersome to make full use of them. A new product from the Stated and now available from Apple dealers should help solve the problem. The Versawriter is a simple version of the Apple graphics tablet. The software supplied gives the user a range of commands and special shapes for use in drawings.
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Hewlett-Packard HP-85 [Advert]
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Comart Communicator may help stem tide of foreign imports [News Item]
The latest microcomputer to be announced is from one of the strongest microcomputing groups in Britain - Comart. Its new Communicator CP-100 has been built round many of the standards which have emerged in the microcomputing industry; a Z-80A chip, S-100 bus and CP/M.
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New Pasca 640 system [News Item]
Another Japanese computer is to be launched on to the UK market. The Pasca 640 is a Z-80A based system with 64K of RAM, twin 8-inch floppies and a screen built into an integral unit and is sold for the competitive price of £3,300.
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Most micros bought for business in UK, Europe's top market [News Item]
Desk-top and personal computers are finding their way into the business and professional community, with their original markets in science education and the home sliding into second place according to a study of the European market by the International Data Corporation of London.
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CP/M-86 for Intel micros [News Item]
Digital Research, which developed the widely-used CP/M operating system has announced CP/M-86, an operating system for Intel 8086/8088-based microcomputers.
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Vision-80 keeps electronic eye on your security operations [News Item]
A software and hardware package called Vision-80 that makes an ordinary TV camera into an almost universal input device for a micro has been announced by Southdata.
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New scheme for shares [News Item]
Young high-technology companies in search of venture capital and who are unwilling or unable to approach the Stock Exchange new Unlisted Securities' Market can now try turning to the over-the-counter market in shares.
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Inexpensive fibre optics [News Item]
For a long time fibre optics have had the air of solutions no-one could afford to problems nobody could quite formulate. However, the Japanese have stepped in and removed the difficulties.
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Apple II digital synthesiser can mimic musical instruments [News Item]
A new digital music synthesiser, The Music System, has been introduced for the Apple II computer by a US company and is now available in the UK from Microsense.
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Model 100 graphics plotter has wide range of hardware interfaces and software drives [Advert]
A versatile graphics plotter using A4 paper with an 0.004 inch step has been introduced by Hal Computers and is available for £550.
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Aim, Sym video control [News Item]
A video controller board for the Aim, Sym and Kim range of microcomputers has been released by Portable Micro systems of Brackley.
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Acorn Atom [Advert]
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315K Disk Unit to Plug Directly Into Your Sorcerer [Advert]
Liveport Data Products - FDM 180 Disk Unit
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Still no clear precedent in software copyright cases [News Item]
We look at the latest developments in the nebulous area of software copyright.
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| 57 |
WordPro 4 with 8032 Pet can rival dedicated WP systems [Review]
Nick Hampshire Nick Hampshire's view of the word-processing package from Professional Software.
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Speed and clear commands combined in SCDS PetDOS [Review]
Andrew & David Trott A complete disc-operating system and assembler for Pet reviewed by Andrew and David Trott.
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Sord M223 mark II's strong suit is design and compactness [Review]
David Martland The M223 mark II from Japan put through its paces.
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Personalised system giving flexibility and reliability is SBC-100's best role [Review]
Andrew Stephenson An evaluation by Andrew Stephenson of the Z-80 computer
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Thinking big in a world where smallness matters [Article]
Peter Laurie Chips in the submicron age - Peter Laurie on how microprocessors are made and how the wondermachines of the 1990s will be powered.
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Sharper competitive edge for computerised estate agency [Article]
Martin Hayman Estate agent on a micro.
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Zilog's new microcomputer range [Advert]
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Sinclair ZX80 - Britain's best selling personal computer [Advert]
New 16K-byte RAM pack now available. Double-page, colour advert.
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Incorporating a control-key function into your programs [Article]
Jonathan Dick Jonathan Dick presents two programs - one in Basic, the other in assembler, which use the run-stop key as a control key to generate control characters.
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Poor-quality maths software causes irreparable damage [Article]
M.P. Thorne Education: MP Thorne looks at the quality of maths packages
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How to format invoices and letters printed from screen [Type-In Listing]
Rex L. Tingley Programs for the Commodore printer.
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| 93 |
Serial-printer drive routine for Tandy TRS-80 [Article]
Ian Sinclair How to put the Tandy on-line
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Execution speed is crucial for realistic mobile displays [Type-In Listing]
G.J. Marshall Displays on memory-mapped screens.
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3D noughts and crosses in 2K [Type-In Listing]
W.N. James Three-dimensional games.
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Using Hamming distance as basis for self-correcting code [Article]
John & Timothy Lee John and Timothy Lee discuss error detection and correction.
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| 106 |
Representing game positions [Article]
Mark Joseph Intelligent Design: Mark Joseph explains the ways in which game positions may be represented.
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Z-80 Zodiac [Article]
For all users of systems based on the Z-80 chip.
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ZX-80 Line-up [Article]
Page dedicated to the ZX-80.
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Tandy Forum [Article]
Devoted to the TRS-80 - news and user's tips, queries and comments.
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Rair Black Box Microcomputer [Advert]
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6502 Special [Article]
The 6502 Special is dedicated to the exchange of information between 6502 users.
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Apple Pie [Article]
Ideas, hints and comments for Apple users.
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Pet Corner [Article]
News and user's tips, queries and comments.
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Micromouse [Article]
Page dedicated to anything that moves.
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Book Reviews [Review]
'Programming the Z-8000' by Richard Mateosian, 'Living with the micro' by Martin Banks, 'Computers and micro processors made simple' by G.H. Olsen and I. Burdess, 'Programming micro-computers with sample programs' by Stanley J. Evans
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What happens during an interrupt [Article]
David Peckett David Peckett looks at interrupts and their uses.
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Buyers' Guide - Microcomputers [Article]
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Son of Hexadecimal Kid [Article]
Richard Forsyth Fiction. A parable in eight virtual pages.
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'Tuscan' from Transam [Advert]
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