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on
the
run in
this Wild
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adventure???
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the tune
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stored
in
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yer eyes
on the BOOTY-ful treasure
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planes and shoo
t the
pigeons
10
20
hold
s.
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be
pirates,
parrots
and fun galore!!!
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oul
kx
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In
the
FIREBIRDSlive range
at selected
high
street stores.
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pie.
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machine1-theToehjbaffX·IO
and
the
Gokilt.ar
FC-200
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to
Aft.erall
the
waiting, is
it
worth
it?
We review
two
MSX
W11U1tability
for
touch
typ1n,
The
Spect rum Plu.ath.atatrived
in
the
PCN
office displayed a
new haUU'd -
on turning
1t
upside
down
tome
of
the keY9
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=~:Uv~fy
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BBC
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Amwad.
OUTPUT
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that
it
le
be-
came
the
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were
1t
nt
pr-e-
product.ion
mode.la
and
that
the
faultwillbecu..redinthemodelll
aold
in
the
ahope.
When
e.sked
whet.Mr ownen
ofoldSpectrumaw1II
be
able to
upcrade
their
machines
to
the
new
1tandani,
Mr Sear
le
a&1d
fellotr
thi.a
had
been conaadered,
but
~
-for
after
the
Christmas
S,nc.lair
N)'I
1t
will
be
p~
10,000
machine,
a
month for
the
nut three or
four
duana
i;°the~::
this
;:~~'Qt:~~·~
Spectrum
(minu.a?)
might
produce
I
bit
of
a
glut
on
the
market over
Chrutmaa.
An
unueual
upe,ct.
of
th
e
marlteti
"f
1Ltatec
for the
Pl
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i.e
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it
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gotng
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to
load
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caaaettet
at
four times normal apeed.
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AcomVideoreachesspeedofl
ight
1lle
Acom'
•
Computer grou
p
Jut
week
launched
a
new
product.,
and
a new company
(Acom
Video
Ltd
)
to
run
it
.
i,
(AIS),
u,.ing
a
Ph
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LNervi·
1ion standard player
(or
video
ditb
controll ed
by
a
BBC
Micro. Tot,il price
i1
around
Atom Video
.. ,. it
will
be
1ellingtheAISonl:yausyatem,
and not
u an
add-on.
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of
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syste
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work.I
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the
int.erface
cable, aome d..iak
drivee.. a
monitor
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10me
di1k
·bued10nware(
AcomAu
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Lhor
and
MicroText
)
to
allow
you
to
creal.e
video.
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ex.
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the
latest.title&.
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or
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the
pidt
the
bupina,
th
t!
or
eell
your unwanted
micro
In
mix
BBC ecreen.s
(1ny
mode
)
our
free
columns.
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with
pictwu
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the
video
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goat
p
tha
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's
fit
to
print.
u
well
u
PCN'1
datelines (or
niees
the
BBC
video
output
what's
OD
bolh
here
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the
luer
diu
player
oeu.
outpuL
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they will
to
ahell out
another £3,500 for
hardware
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a
lready
poeetU.
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originally
be
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plete
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due, the company
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pat.eat
apphcatJOn In
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for a new
typeof'mouaa&.otOllaroundt:20
and
work
wic.h
moR
makee
home
micros.
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few weeka later they ,.
ottved
a
lhot1
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from
the
Patent
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ap-
re.emblet that oltnicker balla
t.lla an now
aimmonlyUledt.otarsetba.W..
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ol
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row
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tracker
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deackdlheycould,oab.adand
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br.d
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't
tandard'
contract
wtth
lM
programmen
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wu
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and
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the
e..i-
right
to
'deve
lop
and market'
veraiolll for
machiDM
other
than Acom
computera.
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would indic:1te
that
we aot
fl.ampad
on by
the
Mll\lllly
and
now
we are
too
MrGoochnn.
lole."
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a bit
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to
raiN
mone7wbenyouc:an'tuywbat
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TIM
pur
u
..
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a
narrow
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1nveouon
nne
could
race a
f
I
,OOO
or
two
hope
Lo
roll out
t.ht
moUM
in
the
new
year.
yean
injail.
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ii:
not
the
(U"lt
Lime
that
'l'heM"'!"")'-lo«1m·
mmt on
why
1t
hu
aaaed
t.be
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innovaLon
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fll
the
MoO
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1£mont
a,,pl,calJOn.
wanu
Lo
keep
aecnt
about
the wanted
to ~tent
a
aoft.wva
aecunty
device
oflly
Lo
ha.ve
hui
...._ btauJN
1t
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is
likely,
however,
that
the
pa~ntappllcauoa
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conce.m .. chat
the
51). In
hit
cue
t.he
MoO
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left.t.ooloac,an'otr.aal'w,raon
out to
the
donel
thait
could~
a.re
IW'1I
to
follow Elite'•
,uc-
l~l=
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mover-.
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Fonyth
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FourthProt4col
.
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the combinauon of
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di=~~~:
=-=-
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and
computereoft.ware intema-
tlonally
already
alllKtl.,.
1l'1
all
Hut
for
I.be
mome:ot..
eye1 on
Ehw.
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ii
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releued
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th
e
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and
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you
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telephone
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with
their
p""'"'m
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£
125
stAd
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a
BBC
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1on
of
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ght
ri
fle
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hich
.
like
the
ta
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r
version,,
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compa
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alto
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duoed
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digit.al
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t
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un
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joint..
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£7.95
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with.
any
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with
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compauble joywck port.
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is .........
1t
lhefil"8tever
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place
on
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at the
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coet
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lt.a
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chil dren
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Whena
pinta
a
daywasthe answer
Sooner
or
later,
at on
e
It.ale
an
1t1
development,
every
Hped.of
lire
goes
lhrouch
tome
k
ind
of
noata
lg11
boom
pop
mu1ac,
the
mov1es.
motoring
-
the
thinp
everyone
moaned
about
at
the
time
become
fond
ly
re.membered for the very
ume
PCN OCTOBER211984
1d10&yncrac:1e1.
It
1eem,
doubt·
rul
that computen
w
ill
el\}Oya
But wh1Jethe foture
11unoer -
1ntereeiing
t,1pe
about
1LIn
th
e
•1m1larafl'ert1on
development.I
many
uc1ting
There1retoo
corn mg
'rnil
100n
now'
ror
moe:t
or
ua
to
fJVe thought
to
what has
precipice,
he
rwihed
to point
been
out)
into
the
next
round or
However,
oow aetms
hke
u cutt
1n,ed«e,
t.echnol0(1cal, 1n·
pod
a
tunea,any to1ndul,e
in
novallve
ma
rke t
1n,
,
let
WI
re-
•
litt
le
1nduatry
relrotpectJve,
member
thoee brave
,ou
l1,
the
to
examine our
root&,
,o
to
compHter
p1o
neer1
speak.
They were the men who
What
prompted
this
w1mpl8h
bravely"'
·entwherenomanha
d
gone
before, writ ing
Star
Trek
game1
an
4K,
with letter
,..
repo,u.
Now
1l'1
t
rue
lhat
ioomm1
m
above
the
1alact
ic
plane
,
uter1ak1
wh1121ng
by
in
Btarthng
20
graphics,
VICIOUI
chen11n
Lhe"A"Or
werelaMlend
ld
enemy
v,
spitting
foll
1tope.
to end lhe-y
wouldn't
rHCh
They were
da rk
days
,
five
agreement,
and
the.
two
year1a,ro,
htonlybytheslowor
didn
't...
One
1pcculated
on
a
•
monochrome IICl'ttn
and
t
he
levell1n.,
otr
1n
the
market
over
d
ull
rad
iance
or a
ZX80
lhe
ne-n
five
yeani
(not
a approaching
meltdown.
Who
decline,
1t ru.11.hed
pomt
out
,
remember, the ZX80 oow? But
to
but
a
reachmg or
'matunty') .
then at had th
e
1mpew:t
or
a
The
other
loob
no fort.her than
sub-£200.
16-bit.,
256K
IBM·
lheendofth1t1year
compatible.
You
could
read
the
moet.
h:s' ::/~~\~t1:t:
Lhem}.
Pou1bly
with
prob-
~
ramoua
dealt
machme'1 overhea
ti
ng
!::
to~
milk
~~r1:~1
Now
:
lon.,-hre
on
b&c.k.
the
computermt1.gninet(yes,
here
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n
-
lh
t
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weremagaune.Lhe
that'a
mnovatio
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the
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:
£\"eryone
re:membera
th e
ZX8
1,
of
counie.
lt
had
the same
1mpactu
Henry Ford.'1Model T
h1tt1ng the
road,
and
th
a
t
road
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voice
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un
d, di.ak dnve, and
pn
nter1
ror all,
a.nd
arnou
ntt or
RAM
that
seem
pmit
1 ly
ei:
-
ve
tnvagant.
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u
the
ct.y
approachee
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or
memory
and unbelievable
gra
ph.its,
bu t
ror
now
you just
can'taqueeze
that
program
into
64K,
~member
...
you've nev er
had1t,ogood
,
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