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14-20 August 1986 Vol 5 No 33 Atari to show new micros at PCW Full story inside This week's news
Confusion over Amstrad sales in US
Commodore 64c set for IVIanchester debut Commodore's 64c and Geos Part two of our special feature GeoWrite and GeoPaint - starts page 1 Spectnmi/A Irad Disc £13.95 MIKRO-GEN tern Centre 14-20 August Contents
^SOFTWARE
10 Geos and the 64c 13 Reviews
Peisr Worlock concludes his Amor has added to its word reviBW of the Commodore processing series on the Am- 64cs bundled operating sys- sirad PCWs, with the spelling lem. Geos. WJth a look ai iis checker ProSpell, while on the accompanying software pro- CPCs. HiSoft's TurboBasic grams, GeoWrite and GeoPaint. comes up for evaluanon.
GAMES
14 Reviews 1 7 Adventure Corner Richard Branson pops up again - this time in Virgin's Atlantic Chalienge Game. Adventure Helpline 1 6 Arcade Action Stuck in MikroGan's Equinox! Tony Kandle has hints and lips a-pianty to take you through the game.
•4 PROGRAMMING
24 BBC 26 Atari ST Into the frav with the second part of Wail Sabbagh's number r Space War. tton, Graph-ST, read conclusion. 28 Peek and Poke 25 Spectrum UXB continues - la 22 Subroutines 30 Bytes and Pieces the honours. k Builer demonstates the u
REGULARS
4 News Desk 1 8 Communications 36 New releases David Wallin dips into his mailb. 8 letters, Puzzle 38 Charts, Hackers 9 Ziggurat 21 Soundcheck
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Popular Computing Weekly. Tel: 01-437 4343.
ABC I AecutubfPopiJiar Computing Wi News Desk Slow sales for PCW in the US
AMSTFAD PCW sales have needed lo turn the PCW into a VHi m lake off in the Uniled major plavar m 'he US market States, says a leading US ana- 1 doubt thai CP/M has much of a linura in the US -
creasingiv obs MSDOS i:
cheap IBM PC c
I doubtful Itself, and Amsirad is further repeat lis European sue- hampered by the fact that is across the Atlemic. British bids for stardom in the lopers have even heard of ii,"
'I don't think reallv muct US are nowadays almost au- he says, ft^astertronic is going with i begun fe\", says Eric tomatically associated for the US software market in the spectacular failures of Sin- a big way, but Alper sees the jrce Deueiopment. "If Am PC standard, the ST, and the Commodore 128 (which de- spite Its failure in the UK has a
jt Amstrad's deal fomia State s| as bemg the up and psny's operation ihere, and coming machines, his impressions so far confirm Amsirad itself says figures For the PCWs US sales are "not available at present". Groups clubbing together MastertronJc shoots to stardom THE AMSTRAD c liated with DK Tronics, Siren Software, Design Design and MASTERTRONIC is moving Vorien, with a number of oth- into Iho loysiick market with ers to follow. The Federation scribes as "ihe|oystickofthe to produce 3 monthly
Compunet offers users free Commodore modems
for only the £3,50 < the SAS postage and packing whi (W1IKRO-GENS new game. stocks last. Subscribers w SAS Strike Farce, is due for a More tales of chilling preview at the PCW with the service for a full year Show. A genuine SAS mem- Micronet ales if they want lo keep it. ber will be available on the THE last few dates were inad- Compunet won't specrfv JVIikro-Gen stand for inter- vertently missed off the list of how many modems it has. view, while the company's (wiidnighi Micronetters Club
' but says itie number is "in "two man SAS strike force venues pubtished in News (our figures." Gold is Iha high- has planned a number of Desk, July 31 These are as follows: Seplember 4, Scar- 1.000 behalf of t borough Inn. Leedsr Septem- ber 5, The Bulls Eye, Basil- SAS Sintie Force has been don; Seplember 6. PCW developed in conjunction with Show Bar. Olympia At the serving members of the SAS. last venue indentification of
nets you a free drink News Desk Commodore's 64 appears
COMMODORES 64C is lo make iis first offrcial UK ap- yei, and therefore wouldn't pearance on September 1 2 at say if It would be slocked. the Manchester Commodore Both Smiths and Buots re-
Show, but It now appears cently dropped i that It will not be in the shops 1!8, >. blam. for some time after Ihal. de- ing poof software support for spite Commodore's Chris Ka- the machine's disappoiming day asserting thai it would be sates [see Popular Computing on sale by the lime of Ihe Weekly. August 7) PCW show at Ihe beginning of Commodore's announce- September (see Papular Com- ment of the 64C s appear- ouimg Weekly, July 17). In Older to secure a place iilily. August launch for Christ-
r Com 3 It accepted by Atari's Unix ST?
ARI IS planning a major V launch for August 28,
I although the company link for BBC 5W Baste for the Music earns likely that ii will be
iwtng II MUSIC-LINK IS a control pro- Musicpen mu a souped-up 68020 appear on the )r of gram plus a cable that allows chip. This allows one of the version the ST, two BBC micros to be linked computers to create and edit Them asys- in order to provide musiciens music files for playback, and thought : with eight sound channels costs Ea8.75. related, and may be being The program costs E9, plus Details from Dinosaur Soft- developed by UK software r3 50 for a connecting cable, ware. 41 Cheney Way, Ches- Metacomco. which wrote tt|p and IS designed as s utility ID tenon. Cambridge CB4 1UE Amiga's operating system. Metacomco, which has writ- be used with Dinosaur's (0223 322344|. Mi ten for the Amiga's version of the blllter, will be well-placed to transfer its software enper- Activision MD to set up company
men! industry with particular reference lo CD Rom technology, Reea-Pamall headed up the UK arm of Aclivision until the recent appointment of Rod Cousens of Electric Dreams lo the post of group manag- mm>m^^m^ Welsli netters get cheap rate calls
MICRONET users in Wales Another micro for the ST range?
Commodore 1 28D gets Total solution weekdays and 1pm on Satur- days, This, says Micranel. TOTAL Office Software has ts], cash accounting ai launched 7bfa/ OWi;e for the Commodore 128D The package consists of word processor, database, spread from Total Office Software, sheet, graphics, integrated Dabden Green. Saffron Wal- den, EssbkCBH 3LX (0371 purchase ledge's and final ac- 831009), Product News
Details from Ansible Infor- Public domain mation, 94 London Road. CP/M software Reading, Berks FtGl 5ALi 10672 62576). AMSTRAD MicroPro cuts program prices WORDSTAR 2000, Micro- Pros upgrade to Wordstar. and Superscript have been
work on all Amslrads. duced price educational Nst. though [he 464 will need a disc drive. Software Is sup-
slar 2000 version 1 01 for for C2. including postage and £121 and version 2.0 for a copying lee £172.50. Superscript is Oaks grow from big Acorns Details of This and the £19.55 for Commodore 64 and Atari BOO. and £32.20 inlemal 1 1 KavenviBW Rosd. Seaton, for Commodore 128 and em, going up lo £2,699 Deuon EX12 2PF (0297 ^ir> SO track and a 20IVIb 204561. Details from MicroPro Inter- national. Haygarih House. rang as are 28-31 High Street. London the Scientific ; 3W19 58V 101-879 1122|. former incorporating 32016 Utilities for CO -processor while ihe latlsr Atnstrad PCW Sottec upgrade ANSIBLE Information, whn and costs ftam £595 to Cross Park House, has previously specialised for Wordwise f2 735, while the Communi- Green, Rawdon, Leeds Apricot Software, is moving caior starts at £1.166 for 6HA (0532 5026151. irkei. The WOSDPFIO from Soflac is an o be re- upgrade lo Wordmae Plus New modem for many manual Ansible Chech Index is a text adds editing Astracom indexer which can be run THE ASTRACOM 1000 is an against any Locoscript docu-
snilv a B lor Ll menls, even groups too large V21/V23 modem comroltad BBC, QL, PCW and ST. lo be held on one disc. It can produce indexes of by stiFtware comfnands using IBM and Amiga < follow, fl up to a native and a Hayes compati- costs £166.75. wilii comms 1.500 enlries. each capable ble command proiocol II has software costing around £23. of supporting 50 different an auioscan which auromali- Details from Aslracom, 13 page references, and costs Dalai Is from Sofiec, 25 Holmfield Bourne- cally puis the modem in the Beechwood Road. Uplands, f 49.50 C/Jec* Is a iocosc/'/pf Avenue. mode corresponding with an Swansea SA2 OHL (0792 moutti, Dorset BH7 6SF incoming carrier II also has a 473697] Cig 50 (0202 476415). Diary Dates
SEPTEMBER Hoiri and business sollviate 3-7 Seplemter OBlalls: and tiardwaie fat t^a Amsliad lanp. Personal Computet World Piiee: £3 adults, £2 childiBii, £1 Show Etteel, London SWI 26-2S September i1isi:buiiI lai advance booking Ootiils: sotlwaie aiid Glymjiia. Lxnidaii HaidnaiE, r: Dalabass Eihibilions, Electron and BBC Micro User peiifbenis foi the Electron, BBC micro Dstails: SoNwaie and haihvaie tor Show 0S145BBB and Master st:ries UMIST. Maiidicstei PrlcBS:£3adiilts,f2ctit[dren,£1 Qotalls: Su^lwaie, liaitttvare and 30-31 October iliii^uni tor adva[irj> booking. peiipheidls fur BBC macliiiie^, Organisur Database Eihihmans, It: WlnrahutlH, 01-487 5831 Hampshire Computer Fair PricB:£3adLilt:.£2ctiildtan,£1 061-466 BB36 Guildhall. Southamplon discounl lot adranCB bookmg Datail); Busings s campiitei^. Organiser: Database Eihtbilians. ifnws 12-!4SGptemtiet Price: Fiee antiy by biisiniis.s Prices, datet and rnnas of 061 456 8835 ai« Ibereloie 8 th Official Commodora legisttalion can vsry, anil ycu with iha Computer Show siioHoly Bhised to (dieck Disanisei hefiKD atlendirty. JMISr. ManchestBi stiDw Popirlar Compmittg Weikl/ sennoi Dslaili: A wiiIb lei^s cl Cuiiiinudiiie OCTOBER iox^ re^onsibility fw enr altar- tiardwiiis, soltWaiR and penphmeli. 3-5 October Prii;s:£3Bdul1s,f!Etii1dreii,£1 The Amstiad Computer StlDW Ij
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you have typed them in, graph on Com pun a r Debuggin' debugged such as vi'u describe, vuhen a 'substantial' bard [an and listening to anpy part of the program is all his creations, especially :;oniusion over the Raspuiin and One Mar^ and his
gram Debuggin, publisded in conversion lo another Popular. July July 10, 3 and micro, because it is still the same program. the mistake of entering a Spectrum, and I often see. Technically, giving complete line of numbers be- Prim (32 spaces) , whereas copies to your friends is ci £i\ter. The best way to fore pressing which if I would use, Prinr. a breach of copyright, Stoat and Tim (witf gives an Overllow in 240 Would my version differ thsy haven't bought the onough thai the copyrighi magazine, in practice. The correct way to use the no longer existed on it? It though, we really don't n 01-965 8866. so, could I Qiua copies to mind (much). dual number {0-2551 and press Enter after each ona.
I hope this clears up any letters on the Brother EP44. language keyboard NewBrain User Groups English My method is identical to
ihat I can can 'translate' slot . surprised you i Mr Caner's, except one use a get underlining by typing in to print the slash, then back- for two New Bra in Del against Underline On and space before iha 'O', but this ihe Foreign Forum groups in reply to A J R V Underline Oft when modifying makes a mess of nght justifi- in Popular. July 3 E cation Perhaps Mr Carter can group can halp people bi from Mr John Carter, Na- NawBrains. tional Sales and Marketing ThH groups are: C Manager of Lhe Computer McAndrB\ Stream - Brian Milier, 1 F Peripherals Dii/lsion of Jones Roben lagh Road, Deal, Kent C and Brother, in this week's 7eG Cost- ElOperanr Popular Computing Weekly, in NewBrain User Group, reply to Ms Matjorie Mackin-
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8/POPULAB COMPUTINO W 14-20 AUeUST 19M News Desk, July 10. E i& available for ihe MTX In VQur Memotech software vou earned an arlicle about including business pack- n MCL V from Oric's successor i A wonderful ni ! of the France, naming WE Software '^IVlemolech MTX512, as the UK importer, even better graphic potential. am Inierasted in obiaining Watch out, Amstrad. elBsirai, could you let so by ft¥i(//arof laie. To sum the letter up, the I'd like to bring to your MTX has a lot of firm support notice that there is now a ahd bug-free equipment large, and good, software
J be released for the MTX in be covered even more by
For instance Holler Bearing four weeks, it is a 1 megabyte your mag and others. Oric l/Atmos. I also own an by Megaatar. This is an excel- 3i Inch drive, with 512k sili- sarly One 1 and an Almos lent game which has great complete ivilti DOS and 3 inch mulli-chanoel muSfc, colourful CP/M. NewV/oed. and all fits hi- res graphics, good use of in one box on the side port of ks I have been a 6502 the MTX's windowing. Il is the Memotech The price? An engineer for ihe lasl ten totally addictive, and floors ama?ing C209I years. I have sonad out the most of the marble' games To bring Popular's News hardware and sofl/firmware around at the moment! Desk I Vorteii Software's Highway company. Memotech Com- DOS, The best improvemenl Encounter has arrived thanks puters Limited (MCU, has dis- was to optimise the operating lo Syntax Software. Agai continued the MTX500. and the system/Basic and DOS It piB e of has brought the price of the prograi MTX512 down lo C79. For useful working tool which I use mainly with a vuord pro- s thai a Spactnjm you get four cessing package which I Ihe speed and power. wrote three years ago and Again thanks Eieclro-Mech In dust n patched in the DOS. nosl of Mast en IS selling a true Ar oftware is due for release on basher (or C499,95. This in- Sultanate of Oman he IWTX soon. Programs jn- cludes Ihe MTX512, hi-res Lasi V8. WE Software's address is Jude The Sou/ of a Fcrfey Bank. Worcester Rd., with com roll 1 Great Malvern. Wares, rvluch
The commodity market
market. Amstrad has contnved to sell the PCW to people who would other- out. while at the other end they'll wise have bought a typewriter, and W provided manufacturers to turn CP/M and MSDOS into can produce a larkel systems, cut out the likes cheap machine that mcludas bundled [3 who are bound to get sniffy word processing software, and perhaps ecoming home computer manu- database and spreadsheet programs for more specialised . tastes, a. and . . tomorrow the world? the explosion of QUI oefore we get carried away with small business computers is unlikely to thoughts of an Amstrad compatible he matched by a software explosion In world it's worth considering what thai fact. if. like Memotech and Talung. man-
plan IS shakiest at Ihe home end. where range of bundled software they needn't Ihe lion's share of Amstrad's presence is even be CP/M compatible (although are) will lew If you're a big league accounted tor by the Spectrum, and these two because most users already have all the software they want :> manufacturer it means e the S| Ti Plus 2 v\ could therefore face thoi nasty box- shifters have cut pricing to obliterate the Commodore 64 in order Amstrad compe- tition from small outfits that can put ichines from the Far East and are Further upmarket, with the PCWs and together easily and cheaply purchased culling you because you give good the soon to be launched PC. Amstrad's Jt Ihe b d of iti lember Sir Clive Sin- sales service and they don't. If position is superficially more dominant, but here the company could find itself 5 also has validity at the s who've been taking end users for challenged due to its own success. Am- homa/gamss end of the market. In the 1 riOe are getting Iheir deserved Dome- strad can put together a package of other long run, the company's only out will ippance, and will either have to shape up people's products and sell ii cheaply, but therefore be to the leap to higher then so can anybody else. And jusi as make technology micros that smaller bundling- Amstrad licenses its mac:hines' operat- outfits will unable manufac- ing systems, so can anybody else. based be to ture And wo all know what happens to Compatibility itself could also turn out Quantum Leaps d (other such companii to bo something of a red herring in this John Lettice The Commodore's new alternative operating system Peter Worlock concludes his investigation of Geos. WHen A As with Geos Itself, the btgges imosh back of GeoPamt is the iiutrani lack of support for anything other than joystick. iphics and word processing software A ioysliclf IS perhaps the worst tool for graphics work, surpassed Mac ledjalely useful li GeoPaini shares with Rainbird's OCP Art Studio (see Popular. Vol 5 No 30) is that it When D]giial Rescarcli launched Gem. supports only, the 64's high resolution Its own Mac-like operating system, rt mode vuhich can lead to seuero problems bundled GemWrile and GemPaint in The r clashing package. iSibie tc 'Sign c implen And so to Geos, Commodores allsr- natii/e operating syslem for the new- involves painstaking planning before look 61 and 128. Berkley Softworks. Ihe start to USB colour Far producer of Geos. hasfoHowBd ihe trend offered multicolour mod and includes GeoPaini and GeoWnle in However, the lack of the package. i be ri by Berkeley Softworks, and the high-n surmountable, so there' wrong with GeoPaini The graphics program owes a great di to MacPaint A near-identical sei drawing tools are represented by ico GeoWrite on the left of the screen, a menu bai GeaWrilB is more of a problem. many feature: r C64 I thereof. ssing a Furthermore, because GeoWrite i few crucial bits. graphics- based, you can p On the plus side, you can se from GeoPaini into yo' AH of the now-usual features ate in- any of Geo's five type fonts, documents ciiffereni siies and styles, (for reference. This makes the program and circle tools, a fill facility supported by Popular Computing Weekly \i typeset in a ducing diagrams, posters, leaflets i a wido range of patterns, a ;oom func- 9-poini typeface - there are 72 points to Although the 64 has onlv a 40-column tion, and an undo' command for quick screen, GeoWrite presents a number of changes of mind. Among the different fonts are the h problem. For example. you COL lypefac liing ii larger s ely. GeoWrite i screen as a window on you' di automatically scrolling as y moves over to the right-hand side of the page This can bo irritating, although you can get a sense of the ov( page by using Preview Oi ill Mil ll-ITI I , : , n-j ri I i 111 I i-i : !! J J I 11 II II 1 1 I I joystick is enough to make you scraa Conclusions The main drawback remains the reliar on the joystick. The sooner Commodore and Berkeley Softworks realise this . —BS "All of the now-usual features are included in GeoPaint - P!e3:^ i'i^iiver t'.) oj wdi pencil and paintbrush, line, box and circle tools, a fill facility supplemented by a I will supervise the unloading of wide range of patterns, and Qfcetft nets anl sum gun. an 'undo ' facility for quick changes of mind" -. C ESS u(E^ pfflagas-ti [hi fJ3 Paint ranks a verdict of Good, and with a mouse will ra GeaWrite. lowever, curranllv ranks Poor and naHd much more than a mouse lo impfo«B n that. It is adequate for lellsf-wntinc and superb for posters and Ihe like, But you wouldn't want to wrile your docloral ihesis on ii, let alone The Great Twentieth Canturv Novel. Overall, th n, the Geos package is an odd mixture As an operating system. but H Is a c isc-only system, and you . drives (and a mouse) to get the mos As s Stan. -alone product for existing 64 and 128 owners, Geos will stand or ce. At the moment, no UK The 64c: a 64 in a different case Bitabihty has been fixed. At around £30, I will represoni a reasona- WE from a wilnes As a bundled package with the new CES in Chicago. I got rather excited will be depends very 64c. the question of value is rather Hot damn, I thought, A machine th meaningless, but unless Commodore ac- better than the B4 and cheaper than currently selling at 1:269. tually throws its full weight behind Gaos 28. I thought. - by putting it into Rom, and bundling the How wrong can you be? at f499, and the 64 at f150 with Seeing the 64c in the flesh is dis( - cassette player. Commodore could erting. It's rather like meeting an i launch the 64t: at anything up to E17B. One thing Geos does is to answer the surgery. J And fail question, why buy a 16-bil computer? art lo wonder > n The problem is the 128. Geos pushes Ihe 64 to its limits, and still selling for under C200, ai 128D comes up rather slow and inflexible. But Actually, what was wrong with the oldJ should be no more than £350, And thai if you want a Wlac-like operating system, le was the awful Basic, the terriblyi means the64c shouldbe t125ai rnosl. and can't afford a Mac, an Amiga or and w disc drive, the lack of a proper serial Including cassette player, software, and interface, and Ihe lack of a proper printer interface. All of these things are exactly When you can buy an Amstrad 6128 ie64c. disc drive, colour monitor) for £399. or The keyboard is the same as le 64's, in Atari 520 STM (with disc Out no but in a lighter colour. The case la a nonilorl for C450. Commodore's 128 hybrid version o! Ihe 128's - same iricing lo abrtdi colour and styling, but lacking the At Ihe 64c' numenc keypad and extra function keys launching the Spectrum The 64c. quite simply, is a 64. In a new nearer CI 00 than E200. case. End of story. So Ihe E4c has problems. It's the What Commodore needs right now is same machine that made Commodore a genuine successor to Ihe 64 ~ now the world's most popular manufacturer, rapidly approaching its fourth birthday. but when the competition are moving The company might just have one in the forward with technology |like Aiaril and 1 28D. if It could remedy a few proble with value for money (like Amstrad), dpoo Commodore looks to be standing still. EvesliamMl££As ppjiMTER OFf fcj; ^Ici pjnlll pWW port 10. Itnalctf, RAC - Elnm MicroP. MP165 erb near letter quality pr high dra-ft speed make the MPlfaS outstanding buy at this price, jcs and good underlining alon^ with many other print modes con+irms the l^i^CT - IS MUST BE THE BEST PRINTER OFFER IN THE CDUNTRV ONLY £219.95 Price Includes piinler had to suit your micro. D suit Spectium f239,95 including Cenlionics "E" inlfidacB PANASONIC KX PI 080 A sample of the Impressive N.L.Q from the Panasonic KX PIOBO N.L.Q. available in Elite (12cpi) and italic modes. Superb value from Evesham Micros High quality from Panasonic Two natn^s you can trust ONLVC199.95 Software: Reviews Amstrad software package a mixed bunch Mi jling and confusing. On (oited narlully explainsd. Ek- B fyou design iham mptes given are fairly brief switcli off if n gels loo ir 910, a manimum reporl Ve are not informed how lo ing and can be used in se a database However. junction with Microfile, l ncH Started, MicroTile turns 'merge printing'. With Ihi ut to be reaaonably good ai cility you can persona list utting names and addresses Program Microwordl Microfrie Micro Amstrad with CP/M Price C39,95 Don't rnarvellous enpecl a Supplier Amsoft. Vicloria iece of sofimare. Wliat yo" House, PO Box 10, Sun- el IS a limited v^t flexible derland SRI 3AV. Prospell on the Amstrad CP/M continues to amaze ill es a problems. As well as Locoscript docu- ne thing else that ments ProspBll will also handle WordstatlNewwoid diligent pro most Program Prospell Micro formal and Ascii text (eg, niss Things - esp Any Amstrad CP/M Price Tasword 8000 or any plain E39.9S Supplier Amor U- CP/M text editorl and il is mited, The Studio. Led- CP/fW-Plus operating system Unrecognised words can work on the CPC 6128. In lext, ignored or you can even signed with the PCW comput- askPrnspefftoanempi jofind er in mind, and it is designed in the dictionary lo work with files produced ihat rying Basically powerful 1 spoil in the The correct spelling of isofl's compiler for Lo- cannc Prospell will handle ordinary words can be found using comotive Basic is one rem variables such as H/ne Locoscripr documents (not wildcard for letters you are and in H of the fastest things I Rnd work a different jusl page image files) in any unsure of lalso useful for group and any If to length. the croEswordsl There is an ana- 'e Is far from The actual compilation is file is very long and you are gram finder and also controlled by a memory resi- options I to produce trying to run everything in one for editing the dictionary, deni program called by RSX drive you may have to change adding new words etc. Differ- lOto 80 limes taster discs a couple of limes - but thing things can be compilad io and then long files are a nightmare ed for different tachnical to create with Locoscript any- Unfortunaialy anyone who has eiperiencB o( compilers will be aljle to guess from the above speeds thai Turbo Basic is an integer only ci floaiing point not work - for many pro I 'I expect to be able to a very powerful pkinflly fast tool Tony Ke Prognim Turbo Basic Mi- cro Any Amstrad CPC Price £ 1 4.95 Supplier Hi- soft. The Old School, Greenfield, Bedford. Games: Reviews Futurezoo's future looks cagey I rs! failing is the Bb- f Help; ihough CAS s made redundsnl by -^ "/ don 'I think an adventure has ever caused me such" frustration as this one FUTUITEZii ture suggest a spscialist iirm Program Futiir^ioo Mi- Speclrum 48K Price )rv arid 5Ci-1i, Bpread over catering lor enihu5jasis but cro a Quilt-ed sides. Thsre are too many details are wrong £7.96 Supplier Clwyd me imaginative descrip- for me lo recommend Future- Adventure Softvuara. 14 100, especially ai this price Snowdon Avsnue. Bryn-y- Popular Appeal 4 4 Baal, Nr Mok). Clwyd CH7 6XZ Arac robotics react to disasters graphici in presented with lior robot lArac) who ci ivould get it by a long Great synopsis ulotif] W- e lines of 'mulli- right, ]ump up and dowi tharmore, your relatively game. II yoii like arac can be transformed grams in the ate. a powerful araclinidroid ture mould, then hofi periods by finding us bus and pieces (like lie arms, legs, power •A and enlisted to help lies, elcl - very useful mes of great gaming Program Aiac Micro Commodore 64 Price £9.95 Supplier Addictive Games. 10 Albert Rd. itself - only, t Bournemouth. Dorset, rs a race agai BH1 1BZ. Budget successes 1^ The puiiles are fairly logi- garni /ould h^ :al, but placed at a difficulty Liacli£7-E8 ISmonlhsago. hat will keep you at it for You {a robot) are placed in iome lime. Well worth the the cybemeticaily uncomfor- table position of having lo Scare defuse an alien bomb - the Program Bomb Type Arcade/ Adventure action taking place inside an Spectrum Price Earth base on Neptune For Micro £1.99 Supplier Firebird. 74 Oxford Street. aliens while collecting various New London WC2, Games: Reviews Virgin takes Riciiard for a ride Vprgln Games tubby is because he has evervone kni something every fi«i the Virgin Of ha becomes slo/ ky This interferes performance beceus o steering rhe I guing are HAZARDS', In fact, this is a very hazard- ous lourney indeed. For ex- which goes by the snappy ample, you mill receive a lelex \\\\soiTfie Virgin Atlantic Chal- alerting (or 'ALERTing') you lenge Game. In ii, you play the pan of "This is a very hazardous * journey indeed ' As you mciy have gathered, to the prosencG of fog This is I was less than impressed by tensed systems he must re- the yACG. The graphu spond al BREAKNECK SPEED ." . . Sounds riveting, doesn't Program The Virgin Allan- bergs (indicated by tic Challenge Game Micro Spectrum '18/128 You control RICHARD via pearanceof abig fish J of Pricn £7,35 Supplier Virgin keyboard or joystick. On the your windows), and i ism in Spectrum version, at least. boats (no big fish - presume Games, 2-4 Vernon Yard, Ponobello Road. RICHARD IS a tubb' biy It gets caught by th London IFshermen). W112DX Jewels of Darkness shine brilliantly point of view. The saving grace of Jev^s ofDarkness is, Nice simple plot skeletons, play through Ihem. however, thai the three ad- and while the addition of Popular Appeal « * 4 ventures are indeed classics, graphics may irritate some John LetticB chained, like Prometheus, to a purists they're not obtrusive. rocl<. Now they have been let loose again, which can only Micro« AmSKfld CPCs, PCWs Commodore mean one thing - Rainbird, | Sorcerer's Appremice of the 64/ 23, Spectrum 48/ 28 Prices t14.95. Dark Lord Tal-E-Com, had li- you don't already pi Amstrad disc censed the Colossal Cave tri- nfluenc n Ihe Si games, you havan'l really any Lord Ag all a rep I has taken refuge in Ihe cave complex and must be destroyed be- SiiVm'!."""™"-"' fore he enslaves, etc. Dun- geon Adventure reverts to type, as you're involved in a desperate dash to grab Aga- liarept s stores of ill-gotten "THE ADVENTURERS HANDBOOK" Games: Arcade Action I monthly book no a Bit-confessed adventurer should wilhoul. jnning value" - Tony Bridge, PCW issue 10 avail- atilB now! Equinox tips 44 pages of adventure help and news for just CI Tony Kendle offers more advice for arcade FOR EVEN BETTER VALUE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR SUBSCRIPTION RATES officianados 3 issues (or £2.75 6 issues (or £5.00 12 issues lor E9.00 issues 1 to 9 are still available and cover hints, maps "To leleport, thrust up %a 1-6 I solutions to over 150 adventures (Issues for C5. the globe -I ike object in Ihe jes 7,8 and 9 El each) Equinox lIlBl were provided teleporter and you will be te- by Wlikro Gen. The beginners' guide to hacking will lake e ARCADE PLAYERS "To use a trBr)s-level trans- porter you must be holding a you enjoy arcade games why not take a lQol( at our numbered level pass. Select other handbooits - £1 each - back copies and subscrip- the desired level by moving tions as (or Adventurer. the strongest games ever re- D the Spectrum Arcade Handbook - Issue 10 leased by the company, Buan spending select button an Commodore Arcade Handbook - Issue 10 including Vne Wally series. then press the use key. •- Amslrad Handbook (including adventures) issue 10 These lips are given speciri- "The trans-level leleporH - BBC Handbook (including adventures) issue 10 cbIIv tor the Amslrad nersion win only giuH access !o levels C16/Plus4 Handbook (including adventures) -issue 10 of lliB game. For the or to: Send cheque PO pan they should hold tr for ihe Spectrum version al- currently holding. Exit the HAD SERVICES though references to colours 1 338 Ashton Old Road should be regarded with a touching Ihe door. Higher Openshaw, pinch of sail. The following tips will ex- Manchester M11 1JG "In order to cempletH plain how lo complete level Equinox you will naed to be one. This is a relatively easy Tel: 001-370 SOOQ able 10 survive the harmful ; already isible COMMODORE on each one. You begin the game wuh three lives and any I NOBLES COMPUTER i duce your energy, prolonged teleporter lo f and leleport b; I REPAIRS p of one of these lives. the magnetic Each level contains a can- Once through this you should find a new teleporter iteporter. However, before need lo use the tools and obiecls thai ha«e been scat- tered around each level. Once this in your possession gel to 'j NO HIDDEN CHARGES q you have completed a level the teleport des the timer Indicator wilt change and you will find Lhe disposal •SPECIAL OFFER to a solid green bar which will chute. Get rid of the canii ^ f indicate iKai all is safe down lhe chute. In order to eradicate all "Return through the ti I 5 FREE GAMES WORTH £25 £ danger to Ihs complex you porter. Gel the key from the will need to have collected all start room (mind your fuel] eight canisters and dispose o( through whrch you wil le lastast. oheapesi repairs surroundings More spei > follow. 'Before s ii credit (cyan disci must be spent at the required teleporter "To spend a teleporter credit make sure you are hold- complete solution don't for- ing ons. su stationary within a COMMODORE teleporter and press the use Games: Adventure Corner The ins and shoot-outs of Adventure Soft UK's Fleet Tony Bridge returns from holidays on a Rebel Plar>et starship space - Ihe final fromier? Not (or pect from what used to be with from carrying out all the explofalior Isadvenlurers; indeed, it is just iha International (Grem/ins. [he needed Bui the most urgent problem at beginning for many stones, and a nevv series. Seas of Blood as well Ihis stage is thai the ship is going to take program from Adventure Soft UK carries Adams serias), the graphics on in the grand iradrtion. The story of be that, while eiplonng, you wiil miss the around. Howeuor, these are set against a ship Caydia, t Ihs El 1 of y glaring white bacttground which makes The siary, apparently, follows that of ««7 1" The descriptions and input tiring to read. I the figlnmg faniasty buok from which il ys?) Arcadiai is [aken, bul I haven't seen the book, so I jnderlal<,en a I the behest qI grealast fan of adventures from this don'i know whether this mighl be of help the Earih- based secret organisalion Quarter - while the puzzles are among SAROS (tlie Search and Research of Space Organisstioni is to scour, using lion descriptions are so brief as to des- the disguise of mGrchani. the Arcadian Iroy any atmosphere Ihat might be pre- The star/ follows planets of Tropos, Halmurus and Arcadi- sent in the storyline. Together with the an Someufhsre on these planets, you r style oF gamepiay (you must that of a fight- puz7le before going on to the ing fantasy book " the next puzzle], I've 'The graphics IIS has made Quesipmbes and so hard to play. Bui Rebel Planet used for each Although the story can be played out depariuri using Ihe Iwo-word, noun/verb input, location are the B done the program wjll accept longer com- best around" isLory, wiihplenlyof mands, which IS another change for the objects and plenty of little situations lo bener. Much of the usual vocabulary is be sorlHd out. Some of these objects are supported, wih the addition of a couple of unique facilities: the game is played in real (Arcadian) lime, and so a pause of ' the finding and five, ten or 20 segments may be select- to destroy the You'll need to keep yi ed, while Advanre CT ICaydia Time} or It destroys you. up, for example, and this ReiBrd CT can be useful fwith certain quite logically, but, of cc jns) in liming [he ship's takeoff IS the bridge of the Caydia. {< o the ni Hampstead on Spectrum. ADVENTURE n the desk Wfial no» ipoaring? David iiocn.^GeesDj. HELPLINE ngs on BBC B. I can't g ritlers. Duncan Jones, ; B Rings on Specirai ctrum. I liovu lour d. Csmbiidgo CB4 2UG 10 do now Please help David Edgar, 1 High Ihouuhl OFalcus. 13 ,.d Moo. ..S,..™.,. »,«».„„ p.., Park sail. Erskine, Scotland PAS THY >broifcB. Sunderland. Adventure Helpline lem, sand ii to us, and a (sitow adventursr Going bsnanas? 1! vou are stuck in an desT^-^Up^saXnT ihose adventurers who have solved iha puiitas gar In louch. Every week >E Save Guidi Hhch Hikers Fill in Ihe coupon. eXBlaining your prob •"'"""" - I Communications The whys and wherefores of various viewdata David Wallin communicates with the readers if you cen program in Basic fairly well, coming Mweek. Keep I ha laners in, or ailernativolv, usb the full messaging/tog -on file saving rou- "Can yi y PCW825e Popular Communications section of Ihe tine. One thing to note; file-handling is and can the Prometheus bulialin board (01-300 only worth using on disc computers, Nightingale leave E-IV 7 1 77|, as aiplainad in Communications, cassette tapes being far too slow, Most USA?" July 24. computers using cassettes do not offer Yes, and yes, Mr Forrest. For the Tom Boyle of A comb. York has a file-handling and one of the main pur- Amstrad PCW8256, I highly recom- number of comments to maka about poses of a DPS (disc filing system) is to mend Comm-i- from Modem House. neiworking- "Preslel is too expensive- provide file -handling techniques. Comm* is so powerful, that it is adver- that tised not just as communications soft- left because I couldn'I afford the C60 par One lasi comment Tom made was year plus phone bills," telecommunications in general, not just ware, but as a Communications Proces- 0( course, enpense is one of the Prestal, can be very expensive. True, problems. Bui don t forget that il's a communicating via a modem over the graphic viewdata, very advanced local call for aboul 98% of users so phone lines is enpensive, but if you have XModem style protocols, and loads ol phone charges are less than foi a long mote capital, a radio modem is worth other features. all i1 distance call lo a bulletin board and thinking about. Radio modems, RTTY. 1 use Camilla the time and find Packet. CW. AX25 and Call Signs are vary good, though il is a little complicat- Information, another pan of micro communications ed and comes with a 245 page manuali prastel is kIow and laborious lo use; Comm* for the 8256/8512 costs it can laka a long lime !o gel to a desired detail in the firture. Fof mora information E86.25 (inclusive of Vat), page. Why (foBsn't Preslel use keyword If you can't afford ESS for comms, searching like the newer viewdata software then Ihe famous Modem? pro- systems?' gram is available for free Modern? (the About the speed of use, this is true, Britain) UK version is called UKM7\. is possibly bul you can usually jump to a page by AIVIRAC Bullatin Board Section. 0376- the most well known piece of public domain software there is It is available typing 'page-number': . Keyword search- 51B813. 300/300 baud G6DLJ (secre- Board from Ihe ing is on Irs may for Prestal, however, tary of AMRACI Prestel (^^ailbox' from CBBS SW Bulletin "Mosi FBBS boards have weird names 703847754. ArwiRAC = Amateur Radio CP/M download section (S2S6UKM7 is installed version). CBBS is leg. Composi Hsapl I would rather dial an e25S SW something like Compost Heap than PA Brown of Ihe Salvation Army has on 0392-53116, 8N1, 300/300, C6BS-SW. Wouldn't you? A calchy written wanting to know if the Proiek 1200/1200, 1200/75. Alternatively, name would gal more people nnging that 1200 modem for the Commodore 64 dial 0767-5051 1 , SNI , 300/300, This board rather than some hoard with jusi wHI work on a Commodore 128 in 64 IS the number of the UK CP/(WI User Group Bulletin Board, Il will be able Well, I'm of how else you can get ll I agrHB, CBBS. TSBS etc. are boring 128 mode. Mr/Ms Brown, advise you names for boards, bul, many of tJiese 99% certain it should work in 64 mode software if you have down load if boards are in fact very good. The interface and 0/S on the 128 ,n 64 Tom goes on to ask some questions mods are the same as the 64 and so about BBs, "How does the messaging technically you have the same machine leave E-Mail to the USA It all depends section of a Board work and houv does and in theory ihe two shou(d be 100% how you send it. You can use IWicroLink ITelecom Gold] you first log on?" As to working in 128 mode, again, it to send intemationa( E-Mail to the USA, , Tom. IS file-handling, to should bul you may need to write /pur- It your friend uses a Dial com compatible c. asically, file-handling chase some new software I assume you E-Mail service in Ihe USA then you ivlng and reloading leave E-Mail with the TG computer in tl so cheap, but don't forget there is also UK and it will Iransfei the mail to Ihe USA le A$ then a BBC Basic r( the Commodore Modem It shard wired, not acoustic and will work on both the You also asked if Ihe switch four on 128 and 64. It does cost a bn mote. Ihe Nightingale (CCITT/Bell SWilChI, C79.99, but includes a Compunel sub- which is blanked off, could be rewired or scription worth E 30, and may be worth a somehow made to work. If you tele- look at. Details from Commodore UK at, phone Pace and ask for the technical 1 Hunters Road, Weldon, Corby. Norlh- enquiries department, they may b amplonshtre NN17 IQX. (Wir M D Forrest of Sheffield writes saying he has an Amstrad PCW8256, rhing goes wrong. Also add- serial interface. 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But overall the tape is a musicians. Most of the new programs good demo of some of Music 500 's pos- were devoted lo speoilic equipment chaining package compatible with a light sibilities, and. of course, it will shortly be though - Kawai launched a new synthe- pen and residing on a Prom, A Mick Jones of Jorelh Music turned out lo demonsiale his Commodore 64 pack- ages which include a real lime and step time composer and a Casio CZ Editor, interface while admimng thai most func- tions of the packages would run on olher carrndge port interfaces. However, the sync pnssibiliTies of the Joreth, which includB Midi and non-fUlu" ' under efair Soflware Music Link. Ihe trend for linking two micros for two- player flight simulators and other games. The Music Link control program on disc or tape comes complete with a Din cable RS423 pons, douhlmg tl tH for en Up lo eight voices can now be pla back on the two micros with four ct nets transferred via the RS423 port at sync pulse keeping the micros in l with each other, despiie inevitable si ' Programming Go sub for it! Mark Butler explains haw to use subroutines ^^ ubrouime libraries are quna possi- a way of writing programs which an be has many other uses, ^^bly sameihing yoii have newer achieved on most machines ir %#rsad or heard about before. I hnd languages, even on a ZX81. thrs surprising 1 cannot horn any as see What is worse still, thare ar programming. I can speak a smattering of both Logo and Fprili, Even though I read libraries Vuu probably have a great deal centred around subroutine don't use them for programming, I have concerning slructuied programming- and Fon/r which also receiua a learni a great deal about programming Should programmers mrila their pro- nme. The first. Lono is condemne just by tinkering with ihem. They are in grams using named subroutines. For In- my view very impressive and wetl de- stance procedures and functions, or us- signed languages. But like me you will ing GOfo's jumping around the program? probably want to stay with tbe language The fact is. procedures and Goro's boih you are using for programming. So how can you use subromine libraries? Well. I lo divide your programs up into labelled cannot instruct you on every dialect, but procedures instead of less obvious Go- need to reinvent the wheel A Speclri Whenever you write a program, yau should debug il and break it up into program code. The firsnhtng is to decide another program you can just select on a line numbering scheme. You will some routines from the library leaving have to tii ihe following sections into you with less to program. The rciutines will already be debugged, so you can ' concentrate on wriiiiig the lop end of - youf program what it actually does, not L - rswnling routines every time you wnle Having read Ihis you will probably be u learned about subroutine libran'es). Tfiey are like most brilliant ideas, so obvious. Why did you never ihjnk of programming For e Ihis way baforeP Isn l it dreadful ail that n here have wasted because you kept time you of the features of us parent language. The Rem statements clearly : . of inti keyboard Lisp, and powerful graphics functions. It thini type in o 3, IS therefore far easier to write an expert should be passed to il. The routine then debug. All of and system in Logo than in advanoecl lan- centres all lent, prints il and includes to program, nave ideas know how good guages" like Pascal and Fortran. If you error trapping. It is a good example for a but can never bring yourself to plan o go IP programs Dul because ol the drudgery It language You can just lake it 'off the shelf in involves - thta witl pul the creauve fun of king ore computing youl don'i even back for You other. Forth, does slightly betier. , Tryn have to be a brilliant programmer lo have still condemnei) as a language for library. maga- a good subroutine Good )l purposes - quite wrongly, as it zines are packed full of programs just spill up and made 9 librai t ihinl many programs you can now write when you don't have lo debug all those simple things So why haven't you heard of subrou- tine libraries before? Who knows? Many magazii of 1 I the V a Hack them. 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Graph'ST allows the user to this plotting range for any block. 1 ) Number ol ilems in block change all For example, if a block contains the ihat I he program wa 2 ) Total value of ilems The average item value profil/loas figures of the year 1985 from dfoi high resolution mod 3 I ihe olher modes wi 4/51 The standard deviation and Ih Jan to Dec (le range 1 lo 121 J any of can select any new range in disptav^ l^ become ;umbl3d ~ manipulation menu 6/71 The default range leg 5 tc select May t( All ploning a aling is now Tianipulaiion menu offf only <. 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ISBN compatibility, 90050B82SI. identical to a Commodore drive and so prnbably won t work with every piece of Italicize software available. the BBC The Commodore 1541 isa single sided drive, ie. it wlH only read/wnle one side of With Kenn Garroch I the SBC know that Flippy Health and Q has a redefinable theVDU character set and Floppy discs uses the VDU 23 com- mand to accomplish the Kent wrnes Enterprising would like to make up an 1 I a Individuals QI am considering italic character set by us- buying an Amstrad ing the original set, and ^ACommo 64. V McArdle. of East Kilbride. PCW 8256 word- moving it sideways, left Which one should I processor and since 1 will and tight, at the top and choose and are they all be using itfor most of tlie bottom. The problem is the basically the same? QI own an Enterprisi dav, I would like to knoim that I cannot find Besides Commodore's 128 compute if lliere are any dangers original character set in can rui involved in sitting in the Rom. Could you which seen two other makes CP/M80 V2,2 programs front of a VDU all day, help? advertised which claim with the radiation it to be compatible. gives out, etc. The character set in Firstly the Triton quick domain software. Could Ram slans ai acoOO disc from Radofin Elec- yoo please give me the emit an ionising with characler 32 A Ltd which uses of of the AVDUs tronics addresses some (space) and finishes at S2Ff doubles sided 2,8 inch public domain software ulira«iolel and sotl X- milh character 1 28 (solid discattes. libraries? raus. and non-yonising radia- aqjafe). To read ii, "V "^^ Secondly, the En- infraied and follow in program as g hancer 2000 from RE Ltd which uses 5 \ inch flop- to try the Independent iniounl of ionising, tadia- Enterprise user group osi harmful kind, A I have not used a disc 31 12 Whilegates, 100 Sta- i£ than the back- drive before and would tion Road, Nt5w Barnet, that it Herts. Allernaliuely, the fol- use the c lowing addresses may be of rn should eof a in iioni of a )mF)uie from games to utilities. iding 1 avB Would you recommend back achs (I know Ihis from either the Triton, or the experiancel. The best cure Enhancer 2000? programs. far the iHller is 10 take fairly you need is sor frequeni breaks and the basi What programs strain one to supply the way I find 10 avoid eye on an Enterprise format di IS to look at the keyboard as with suitable instal prog rat you are typing. This keeps for the particular pieces The membership good 50% of the time and sofiwate, Bubsc rip lions cost approm- allhough it is bad typing depend- definition into a buffer . mW buy for the Commo- mately E20 a year, rha dore C4 is probably tlie ing on how much software problem somew rial, has the advantage F^ reads characters thai h good old 1541 If you want P Software Interest Group, ihat VDUs are dangerous D 138 Holiye Road, East Gnn- and cnnsiderirg how much Is there anything about your computer you don't Sussex RH19 SEA, understand, and which everyone else seems to take for stead, CP/H/1 Users- Group |UK), 72 granted? Whatever your problem Peek it to Kenn Mill Road, Hawiey. Darlford, Garroch and every week he will Poke back as many Kent: Disc Formations, 60 answers as he can. The address is Pa«k & Poke. PCW. 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