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Vol 3 No 46 Confusion New One micros over owe Ptoducls Intemanonal StiatOE (see Popular Compu- It will have a Centronics img Weekly, Sepl ember 30) is Coleco port, built-in compuleis in Spnng 1985 — to be called the 10164 in this dem and a disc two in the under £500 pnce cQuntiv. The 10164. which, like conQoller, the Almos will use the 6303 "It will be lOOtt software The three comprise a £350 chip, will have B4K Ram. but no compatible with the Atmos," Atari CorpoiatiDn (UK) that it successor to the Almos and internal Rom, Instead language said Oric'i canridges can be plugged into machines — one a £400 desk- two Rom cartridge akjls provi- pull out of t he markel. The Alan top model. !he other a £3000 ded on the machine. Dr Logo portable micro. from Digital Research and Mi- "Coleco — ihe nearest rival to Atmo crosoft Basic will both be bun- the r-> Alan's best seUing 3600 Video of died - h the n h had a Computer Syslem — are with- drawing from the market pbce Problems for Amstrad's CP/M leaving Atari as the unchallen- rr looks aa though Amstrad amount of space," said Chns Ban7 Muncaster, "It will still be owners who wish to run CP.-M HsU of Locomotive Software, known as the Siialos on the piogiama with the disc drive, which designed the Amsltad continent, and we're hoping to ' 13 could have when il released, CPC646 compulei. Most CPM launch II in France at the end of problems. January. In the UK il will be Once the CP/M operanng launched around March or Apnl and the price will be in
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Alan 2600 Jr and It machines. We recently made a dramatic leducQor in price down to 149,99 — the same pnce as the 2B00]t."
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*•"* - Stunning title One page graphics give way to the first game scene as Alice falls into the rabble's warren. Score points for collecting ihie objects to be found there - including keys to open doors, bottles to make her smaller, cakes to make her bigger I Scene TWO -Out in thegardenthe Cheshire cat looksonasAlicemeecthepipe-smokingcateipilIat Help her to catch the bread-and-Outterflies and the rocking-horse tties that change into the balls used in the croquet game m the last scene! Scene Three - Alice Is a pawn In the chess game where her opponents are the Jabberwocky and Tweedledum and Tweedledee Help her across the board by protecting her with >our \Miite ICnightsI Scene -The Four most biiarre croquet game evefl Help Alice hit the balls through the playing-card-soldier hoops before the Queeri of Hearts stonps on themi
Alice in Wdeoland is iiwailable for the Commodore 64 on disk - £12.95. and now on cassettt - ES.95. Alice in Wdeoland features giaphics created with the Koala FSd.
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POPULARCOMPUTINGWEEKLY Keyboard for C64 intimate parncuiar room in the caslle releases cauldron. The objects must e Italian Commodore 64 sounds m playing then be deposited in the caul- and Ihe olhsr lakmg voice/ 3D adventure professional quali- information liom a sepa- produced a sound ULTIMATES loUow-up lo the By lught the player turns into for ty music keyboard add-on rate keyboard, a werewoll. After forty playing the CommodoTB 64. Siel intends iLS Commodore derwurJde is now avaiiabie, days, il Ihe playei lias nol The keyboard caj\ also be 64 keyboard to (orm the basis entitled Knigl\! Lore. collected ihe objects, the game used in conjuncuon wiih Sid's o( a deveLoping system. There The game uses three dimen- is lost, as theplayei becomes a MIDI inteifaceen^luigil lobe are plana [or a separate sound sional graphics of oulslanding werewolf peimanenijy. With generaloi, a low cost MIDI fjuality, and comes very close the weiewoU persona, travel in oihei MlDI-eqiupped insau- enpandei to allow a number of ihe castle is difficult and dan- lo be ditferem sound nacks gerous. developed at once, and addi- ShigJit Lore is available on sotwrare for sequencmg liona] the Spectrum, and priced at and composing. The basic package, cansis- of Wales tinci of the hill-size 49-nole Versatile plotter a finalist ui the Ptmce keyboard and software on Awards. eiifiet casseilB or disc is ex- from Penman Application packages are pected to retail at £125.00 and three-colour prinier.'plotter, November. has been launched by Penman BBC B, Apple II and IBM PC Products, A unique feature of AmstradCF/M Penman — which costs E 199 — is its mode of operation- Up lo three pens are carried en a Penman Products, 8 Ha- drive is i remote robot unit, wluch is zelwood Close, Pominion Way, micro - ihe CP/M is a bonus. connected to the coniiol uiut Worthmg, W SusseK. As far as individual CP.TiI tillen via a flexible nbbon, and are concerned, it depends on Ihe drawing sur- Ihe type of program as to moves around vrhether il will Fit. 1 don't know of vast numbers of programs there vnll be restrictions. "We ettvisage people using CP,'M on the Amstrad more tor design has e;
Star enable 64 Beyond to market which markets other First products in the UK, such as the Preslel and Viewfax 2SS Spy vs. Spy Asao Crash and Flip and Fhp. networks and ailow contact FIRST Star's spy vs£py game IS Explained Staleaoft's John between Commodoie users eiQstmg CP.'M pro- SB! for release m the UK next Fletcher, "First Star did otter us and Spectrum and BBC users. grams lo fit on to the Amstrad, week. Beyond Softwue is to Spy vs Spy. and while vre Details from Prism Micropro- Original wriiers, too, may vrell ducts. market the game m the UK, considered it, we didn't feel we Pnam House, Wia Mora modify the ptograms if there is Spy vs Spy is based on Ihe could dj justice lo it." the demand." American comic stnp of the Spy vs Spy wiU be iniliaUy 155. Amsoft iiseil will be relea- same name from the magazine released tor the Commodore •Bob Denton has resign sing packages, un- direct two CP/M MAD. "It can be played either 64, 31 £9.93 tor the cassetlH group managing der the title Classic BusinesE by two players, or by one version and £11.96 on disc. A hardware distributor, ApplicanortB, The first is provi- versus the computer. The Technology Holdings. sionally to contain wan' planned platuied lor tiext spring, and '%ib decided he programs for stock control, go hifl afler 3 '/i years Beyond is also considering own way sales invoicing, sales ledger, convenmg the game tor the oi setting up and developing purchase ledger and nonurtal Priam," said Richard Hease, who will lake oi an inlegraled database Prism expands ging diieclorship. TJowever. id vuord piocessor — Micic MicronetforC64 he 15 still a large shareholder ' Pen Micro Script. PRISM has now officially laun- and will conti ched its viewdala system to Atari/Coleco enable Commodore 64 owners ZXMicrofair the ^continued from page 1 to down-load software from ZX Microfair In die US. a spoki Micronel 800 database. THE Christmas micro- lakes place this — for CBS Coleco agreed: "Cole- The Commodore 64 weekend covision has not been with- open on Saturday and Sunday Modam 1000. The viewdala November 17 13 at Alejran- in North London, On Friday though. Atari UK's software included in the dra Palace managmg director, Simon package is supplied on a Rom The show begins at 10.00 am
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Just a couple of questions for the computer gamer ..... 1. When did you buy" your last computer game? 2. How often have you played it?
t^.F -#. \ r>ts 'A'. & Buying software can seem a pretty bad deal when you pay £5.99 ior only a couple of Well, now you can visit the Circus, help King Clive in his dungeon, beat the computer on your Lazei Byke, explore deep space, eat your way through a cheese warehouse and get totally infuriated by the Mazeball, all lor less than the price of one new cassette. How? well, if you go down to your Video dealer today, you're in for a big surprise. He can hire you a Wildest Dream rental cassette for your Spectrum or Commodore 64, featuring one ot these games, at a very of a good recent game ...) And its not somebody else's old stock i all brand new games that you've never seen before in min the shops later Only through your local Video dealei s rental software. CONTACT:- Chris Kilburn WILDEST DREAMS P.O. BOX 84, COVENTRY. Tel: (0203) 663085 POPULARCOMPUTINGWEEKLY f^'-'J^-J QLUB e would like a refund, 1 hope TO see a noti-poluical On benchmark averages the complaint RHaigh Fopalar Compuaitg Weekly in OL is about 6% slower than the - 82 Tbwere Soad Ihe future wtih mare advertise- BBC a small price to pay for have a coraplainl relating Poynron msnlE tor decent peaceful pro- a Basic which is mare exi I to Ihe Sinclair QL. not Cheshire aboul ihe OL iiself. ae h is basi- cally a very good machine, but writes in Basic if Ihey vi about Ihe OLUB. speed, A 68DQ8 processor i HopefuHv tWD-thitdE of QL From ning at T.SMHi is inlimlely owners - as ihals the fiacBon Toledo Spectrum more powerful than a 6503 ru ot 01. o ning at 2MHz. Machine code TlEfon membrane written on the OL will mn (with with £35 for OLUB MJOis Spectrum chafl in SoverviUe ol Dum- Robert suitable drivers) on any 68000 — will join me in denoiuicing sue 38 had Toledo Low U fries in Peek & Poke, Octo- the QL Users Bureau np-od. at numbei 1? ber 23 issue, wanted to know chmes which will appear ii FirsUy, the bi-monihly Musi have been wrtnen where he cs the near future using the nen newsletter prouidjng technical Klinger from Ihe Medical for h 32 X 32-bil 6S032 chip which is tips and suggestions [or appli- plicalions Software House the most powerfiii micropro- caliona of QL software does or M'A"S-H for short... They are available, price cessor in Ihe world. Which po- not esisL. Tie had ray OL for a £4,93, feom H S Compulei Ser- tential main-ftames iB the BBC 3 Sookfssld C, Drive, War- vices. 22 Bletilieim upwardly compatible with? Tve received is a Preston, Latics, ship and all Ion, lu And regardmg expansion, inembership card. Secondly, Mil:e£aJem the QL is m a different league. why do we need tip-dates to Raid over When wiU the BBC ever direc- the Psion packages under tly access IM of memory? OLUB, when it is dtule obvious Moscow Ijook St the range of add-ons that many non-OLUB members ti T was outraged thai Ouest hi^ve just announ- will need replacemenls (vfhich London «WJ ced. Using Ihe standard ex- d Ovei Mos- pansion bus, m the not loo dis- c as ion ally lisi More tant future people will coimect craEh. Thirdly, I have never I am surprised thai this ad homework the 6338 1 maths co-processor used the Psion soltware assis- was allowed to appear in the jagdeep Sandu's Regarding (although Ihe OL is faster I tance, mainly because the pro- magazine as fhe fluioma- same letter, lie should do more any sub £3000 non-68000 grams are straighlforwaid so la with lines m n like "the ad hamework. The first sarious chine in this area, anyway) Soviets believe then tieacheiy purchasable, namely software the E34e6/63487 video i Also if a non-OLUB member will lead lo total world domina- Melacomo's Editor- legilimaie did experience a Assembler, proves all the cn- 1 Psion The only saving grace was problem am aute lics wrong. Using these pro- would help anyway grams with, say, 356K memory will ever be. American- released through lenlE expansion it will possible lo be All I can do, Mr Sandu, have you done with our US Cold - I am pleased Ihal edit five or six tesi Qles simulta- offer you £3D scrap for your — it it is still in Qie ; would EVimillion neously, all in individual fully BBC — i could make belter use of the ftam ciiipsl Ihe same tune running a Basic John Lawlor program, assembling source 35 Sloneheld Dave Spectrum + code lo a miciodiivc file and bivenine Win a ZX runmng an on-screen clockl AbEideenshiis These faciUlies are available to offering »ust in case you missed last week's issue we are a ilE SIX Renumber new ZX Spectrum -V , compleie with I chflnceio win a bland memory due to the large si — worth £179.93, bundled software packs the programs, but they are carefully exlreinely impressive. If t . appear ui Sinclaift mirein TV adven loi ihe Spacinnn 'hich with off lo Sinclair isn't multitasking Fill in Ihe form bekjw wiih iha eight titles and send it vnndows Ihe Coidpeniion', Populai Cowpimiig Weekli/. 13-13 little Newport Streei, DecBinliei n WCaR3LD, 10 reach ua no laler ihan midday on Friday, There i, Ihe foUovring occunBd: lOOGOTOlOI — Kenum—lOO 1 Theludeesdectslon GO TO 32767 100 CO TO 10 — Renum — GO TO 100. Is It all a plot Id make us give up GWoH in favour ot pr dures? FE Fevi S Soiahway Lanchesler Durham 15-21 NOVEMBER 16B4 — ' — SHARDS sorrvivuii; prlsi;nts " J EPIC TWO CASSETTE FAMIM ADVENT IN FOUR PARTS . „ . URE ,1 1. f THE SEARCHING i >^- ^% — —' " S'/i f "Z^IZl— ""li iW l#''- J\\~r^^f^irZZ- i " \\ kLfll. 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The wiiuier is he one who sinks all rheir oppcnenia ships LawsiS converts a vanable to lower c When typing m ibs program, lake caie to while Uppeti convens a slnng lo upper : IwsleZ I'moves Ihe text c^usoi to posiuc distuigmsh between the variable I Gowei y. This is equivsJenl lo Pmii Tab (X. Y) oti ise L) and the number 1. BBC, Pnnr ^: on the Specmim and Plot x^y.A t decided lo make the computer play a n^^ q^^^ rather so as to give you [the dumb game jn* la lj available 49&ei0 player) a chance of winning! Tou could in the pal "te the game more dilficull by altering p^pei a routine which searches for yont ships sround c^ POPULAR COMPUTING WEEKLY 21NCIVEM6Efl19a4 CASSETTE •.•^'' r VALUE thats out of this world 50 GAMES ON ONE CASSEHE NOW AVAILABLE FOR O"™"*"* fUCTROH Almos ' DRAGON (DBB-.B Spectmm ^ippla ATARI ORKl 2CXB1 HK^m : plete system — as you would expect -^ lite pncey. The basic ti^ining machine Behind the screens software wiU cost around £3000. The s versatile Aultioi version about £4000. Christina Erskine talks to John Sutherland of Acorn Video hn is also uilerested m sellmg Ihe 1 video system as an educational a small Duiiy of publiciEy a Launchedm domg It wrong' if you really wanted to," aid 10 schools. "Obviously [here is gi few weeks back. Acom Video — ihe The Acorn system, which mil be avai- potential lo use the system in schools, and new subsidiaiy oi Acom, set up lo lable before the end of ttie year, will be the we may well implement a scheme whereby liiok ai irileractive video syslems — has first such dedicated system to be producad. we can take in ordinary SECa from actually been planned for ovet two years. The basic system — based on BBC micro schools and adapt them la run Ihe inle The company was formally established in — will give the facUily to include the nve video packages, but thai isn'i Oclobet this vear with John Sutherland interactive element, since many companies the helm. John was brought In as a pafl-tii already have videodiscs in use. However, managing dirsctot on Ihe strength of the company is not ruling out the possibility considerable management and busmt use of the system b experience — he was managing duecloi ratrievaL Marcom Radai lor 14 years before lafcuig Already, Acom Video is negotiating with ! of cominiltlng images, about 20 compames which are interested in "8elDie the company officially existed, IIS work, and two major industrial users are to video sys- n, for Bxa we did a lot of leseaich Into the exact foim planning take SO intetacnve Acom Video should take." said John, "We tettis on approval. John is cerlam thai they'll accepted that works such as the Oxiord talked to a lot of companies, user nol only want to keep them, but also oriler English Dictionary are being computer tionalisiB, prior to getting going. of lo in a fairly convenlional daiahase f Interactive video it Two versions Ihe system are be There a^e other works which are ideally videodisc player produced, one completely sell-conlained suited lo presenlauon Specially written software enables the package — the so-called DeLveiy system with mieractive vi- deo. Gray's Anatomy, which is standard computer lo control the screen images. The — and one where il is possible lor the a medical icxibook, is being put on to uGer can select which frames of Ihe video to laserdisc. The implications of being able lo use it in the same way as the intetctiye This technique had been used lo good effect in some arcade games, notably douflly helphil to smdents Anotlier area Dragon's Lair, and Hitachi's CkilfCdms on Each packag insist of a modified where there seems to be vast pjolendal Is MSX, when connected to video disc, Philips laservision player. wilh geographical applications, where "Acorn (elt that the potential market lot disc The BBC micro has a maps or chars can be enlarged, rescaled, inleractivG video was large enough lo video synchro- where towns or even individual stTHets can warrant setting up a separate company nisation board and video command chip be picked out and studied ui detail," rather than developing the products within added mtemally and comes with a special Acom Video is also plaimmg lo include Acom, U was party also because our Microviiec monitor, with the ability to the interactive video system as an opbon m market is going to be very different from present sound, tew, image and graphics Acorn's new ABC range ol business micros, thai which Acom usually deals with. logelhsr. This is coupled to the Laservisian laserdisc player controlled by a special wilh 3 separate machine, the AIVSD, contai- "With Acom Video, we are not selling to Acom Author software package. ning all Ihe mleriacEs, video command the home market. Our main eelling area is to boards, special n companies, for example, for training and the Auioiship version of the video educational appbcations. For system, the above hardware is suppled- To achieve all this. Acorn's newest Training videos bainc now largely mentcd with an Acom Bitslick and 65DE company must expand ftom its present staff contmonplaca, certainly in larger compa- level of nine — and is plaiming lo employ 35 nies, I asked exactly how the inieraclive to be written into the .luthor program. The people by the middle of next year, iacUity and the nucto were going to fit in lo The flco D ilghl); Cw>i WDOd. Iihn SutlietlaBd ud Michul Gnve the~system already used, sltengUi of F of the vi trainee's ability," explained John, 'Tou can use menu'driven routines from the menu to inierrupl the running of Ihe video and ask the trainees if they understand wh^ they have been shown, if they would like any pans repeated. It could [est their undei^an- dingwllhased images, with superimposed graphics. For example, say we have an inleractive video showing how lo change a car wheel. If Ihe trainee keeps lorgettmg to tighten up the wheel nuts fully afterwards, one can add (lashmg arrows pointing to the wheel nuts at the nght moment. One could even flash up wortis such as 'No, snipid — you're still POPUI.AH COMPUTING WEEKLV Quicksilva Mail Ordi " efui- ders — over the moving plat- Thsr llmiied lo only one prior to — out for Touchdown Bags of gold form watch Ihe flymg each game. ducks-type ol game, 11 you can I mas than annoyed lo reach do all ol that you are rewarded the Superbowl only \o find I Piogram Castle Rssaull Price with bags of gold and bonus Price £6.95 Mioro Spectrum 11 change n' £6.95 Micro Electron Supplier 48K Supplier Softstore, Suiti l«IRM Software, 17 Cross I found II needed a great 39c Paddington Street, Coates Road, Grimsby DN34 oidination between forward movernent and rump in order to get over the fi^t level of mea- ihen 1 read the cover cassette and of the Once over these you climb a looked at the very ladder and traverse a rnoving lUilul picture. I was keen to piattonn. You have to repeat this process three umes before picture and and Enjoy vjhat the you reach the top of the castle persuaded vras lo be blurb me and gel Ihe gold (provided you an exciUng, honilying game. also miss the Hying duck). It's looked Well, lo be fair, if I'd a fairly Interesting game and : closely al the cover fd noticed a small pichire oi type ol game absorbed for a (lie 'real' screen pichire and got idea of the game. a benet Fred Short just a month ago [ The game Bcones are jerkily K&fc GE!e,was calling the plays in ammaled by block graphics, a single game ot Pro- which almost totally Fall lo cap- probably supposed to be a roortall. courtesy ol Aigus ture the strategies of the sporl, ghost). To escape torn Ihe Press Software and now fm reducing il lo 'Dropped Ball oi maze, you must find the bomb Touchdown'. The least said Skeletons (there is one in every Egyptian ne Superbowl. about the '3D' pitch majkings pyramid of course!), and then Channel Four sure nave a iot to Prognm Fred Price £6.95 Mi- you can blast your way out of After which, it may seem cro Commodore 64 Supper Soflslone's strategy IS suange to aiimit that Anieacan game Ouickailva, Bo;i Wim- PO 6, The action is reasonably similar lo Addiclive's peieraua) Fpolball can be quite fun as it mcky, without being really Foolbali Manager. You choose works smoothly and quickly challenging, but one thing is Its, transler players, ai- with nice sound, but I still can't iy|ss really very difficult, and Uiat Is range loans, then sit back and help feeling that its subject finding your way out of the watch ihe game highlights. could as easily have been d from Quicksilva is mazes. The graphics and One ihing Is inunadialely Rugby or even Croqust, one of the latest of this type to sound are OE, but not really up obvious — this is no sirtmlation! lohn MinsoD join the large number already to the best quality thai can now Instead ol having 49 players to available. The content of the be found on the Commodore choose from you have only 16, Z>C ti the 64, The game follows the usual mthethi IS perhap and irritating Ouicksilva stan- difference in the three is their a litile difte dard of having its instructions shape. They all Fhitrer about The setting is in the cata- separate from the rest of the Evil eyes randomly dropping bombs combs inside one of tlie ancient game, making reference to and ftoaiing rr pyramids. You have to guide (hem impossible aftec the Fred round the maze-like pas- game has loaded- This poor fltmos domly appeantTg Vulture. Ptogiaa Styx Micro sages, collecting the treasures piece ol design is cximpoun- Price tB.SO Supplier No Man's The final screen is the mag- and avoiding the hazards. ded by the lack of any helpful Hall on the Land, 110 Bis av du General- nificent 'Castle of These take the form of things details on the cassette insert, ;lerc, 93500 Pantin. France River Styx', You can shoot Richard Cor&eld away the defence, bul you are has a famihar formal. This contuiually liarassed by a mul- The enemy to be des- titude ol smctdal flying things, £§; troyed nutlets around the many of whom fall m battle be- screen, you have one weapon, fore they have the sense to ubiquitous lasei gun, and Ihe Stan boinbing you. commands are Left, Right and The action is swift and WeL, the games moves Fire. smooth, and the Erst round ot imoothly enough btit there is four screens not so difficuh to nothing unusual in this 7nva- &i four screens you have to destroy [he Eagles, Goblins and Evil Eyes, the Eyes being most difficult to hit be- !e of their habit ol disap- ring. The only significant 8:«:3; POPULAR COMPUTIKGWEEKLY ' by puUing him along and thro- High spec Redheaded wing him down a lifl shaft. The saaemblar ilaall has a Rescuing all five teddies lo- very high speciTicalion, wilh ground floor ladder to many advanced fealiires. It the haseraent, allowing you to ^ppoIlE Macioa, lo Fiogiam Aesemblei Price escape and Lvc to shullle repetitioti, nested conditional E58.9S Micro OL Supplier Me- another day or to assembly, vaiioua pruil-oul op- tacomco, 26 Ponland Streei, These involv tions, and a Cel fadlily lor linking files together. There is This IS the first assemblar also the ability to externally available lor the QL. and "s for linking lo comes vinth a high sped- other paclcages, but this ts a flcalion — andaprrcelotnaich. iinle academic until Gomelhing thei 68000 macluiies, and has been compiled using BCPL, so 12 lathei largef than Itae equivB- lenl in machine-code would be. Bi the same lime, which is a big nuisance. !n additjon. Ihe as- sembler is in three parts, loa- ded as overlays, which slows Goih programs are loaded as can be selected as aiiio- multi-tasking lobs, using Eirec ;. PC mode: or E?!ec-E, so you can, for example, edii a file in one correctly positioned " "s veryusefuL window while lUiuimg a Ba.sii: hoarding it they are should type m program in another. Trying to stop you are Gniirds, following the Motorola stan- The editor looks extremely Wazzocks and Drain Brains. dard actually including PC, it good, losing a uset-definable Paster Price Contact with any of them is gels rejected, which is very Program Poster e of fataL but you can destroy them annoying. £5.93 Micro Commodore 64 ihecu 31 keys to delete te Suppllat Tasksei, 13 High by fllddng paste on them. Thc68(KlB 12 in the Street, Bridlington, York There are phases lor rapid movement aiound the niakes a refreshing ingprogra CMP, wl t with larger and file. There are the usual son of IIchange to come across a diHerem farms. CMPA CMPI commandB, such as Search and new program which is ge- more complicated posters, and and CMPM. it is normal for Beplace and margin settings. nuinely a bn different from the more numerous and persistent to out Unlike Ouil/, Ihe editor uses 68000 assemblers work Waioicks, Cnurds, etc. Three standard Ascu notation and Poster Paster from Tisksot is sloll levels are provided, bul the following addressing you can use it to edit anything tioth differeni and very en- modes, bul unfortuntuely the else, induing Super-Basic pro- joyable. little while to get the hang of it. in Metacomco one falls down ba- grams. It diflers from OnHI In ihis game you play the pan However, it is well worth the tlly in this respect. No automa- nso other ways it is very o{BillEticlteis(getil?)and youi effon because the game is tic conversion is done at all. much raster, as it doeen't use job is to paste posters on all the which makes programming overlays and handles [he mi- hoardings in town. You are sup- very addictive. much slower than it should be. crodiives property, but ii plied with a box of posters, Richaid Corflsid doesn't have any justification In my view, the editor is very paste, a brush and ladder. Most but the assembler, bcihnes, so true wordproces- nice indeed, of the posters are made up c •£fe&;S:8: 8ing is not possible. while having many advanced The features, does not conform to the standard on the simpler The fmal factor lo consider la sembly. while the third is res- the coBi at £S9.9S. It is ceitainly ponsible for ptmiing the error a bargain compared to oUiet messages at the end o! assem- 68000 systems, but it may be bly. The net result of ihe ofl-putimg to many owners of a overlays is that it is a pteity machine costing £400, slow process for small pro grams, thotgh for larger ones the overlay loading time ie <£;«;«: 1S-21NOVEMGER19S4 KS^!!S dually you wail in youi shop for Dodgy motors Ihe punlets (o airive. The pur- Cross-eyed lei wili eitbet ask lor a parncu- it turns mto a Mutant. To help with all the anion GaunfJer Price £6.9S Progiam Nek Wheels John? Program you have on board your ctali a Micro Speclion SnpplieT Mi- Prfce tS.OO Micro Specmim laser gun ofdevastalingpovrer, cro Power, IB Sheepscar Street 4flK SnppUei flutomala, 27 a smart bomb to blast eve- South, [£eds I.S7 IAD Highland Hd, Poirsmoiith, rything in sight, a hyjjerspace seems that lately il has button lo get you out of mcky Itbeen too easy, when te- I forward i vievving a supposed new game to be able to divulge that tar from being nevt it is really shooling.'blasting a list of ten lr.CFlR5 OD .1^1 an old one, renamed. Well, yes, various enemy objects ranging Caimrfsi the version ol is BBC from a Lander lor ten points to Planeioid but this time I'm quite Cannislers for SO pomts. "over the moon". If there is, as it 1 liked the high speed flying seem, nothing new, then would and last action laser shooting, the good old ones let's have but went cross-eyed watching back. a radar screen version of Ihe chance to fly, at Caumlei is a scene at the top of the screen. high speed, across an alien The deceptively simple planel and laerally run the screen lay-out belies a compli- gauntlet. lly youi Xi3 over You cated full of acnon game which the desolate landscape to pro- tect ihe Cannislera from the attacking forces ol I.anders Fred Shorl who lollow the shape of the time being a year. This takes is the latesi llighr or landscape m search ol Carmis- S&'^l^ Tins several to complete, fancy frotn the Auioraala evemnge allovra you to save slables, in which you can but the game plus the option to dump "wheel and deal, duck and lo tape, fatal collisions unless they are the screen display ol your dise, cul and shunt" in the Used Time for bed driven off by his bark. Does Ihis stocit to printer, allowing you to Car trade. 11 you have ever all sound a good idea? Well it enviously looked on as Ailhui plan your wheeling and dea- Tits ffounda- ling oveniighl. Piogtan Magic Daley neatly palms oil some Irealmeni it deserves bou! Price £6.95 Micro Spec- dodgy moloi on an unsuspec- Make no mislahe, Nen trum "IBK Supplier CRL Group, Ung punter in ysl another re- is dilficuU lo locale off-screen Tht loday's children still peat ol Mindei, then this is the ches,„viaits from sugar but Itie deadly Clashes Dowatch T7ie Migic Soun. jnth i game for you. dafcoiif? CfiL Ihmk so In a nutshell, it is a business enough to bring out this game. strategy game with a sense of boring. these until sc s. After you are a humour. In a rather long ope- Having aaid thai, if Dougal the dog IS as big a hero accountant looking for ning seqnence. you are given whacky Colour choice is ni as all the Willys and Wallys put to while away the some initial capital, an over- a game id the s( look no draft, choice of trading pre- winter evenings. Ihen great dis Here Dougal is also a spnte furlher, mises, staff, limes, and Joaima Coidon hint of the Magic Roun- opening though, moving among lots of even a naturally, gendel. other sptites m the Magic Gar- You go on lo buy used cais ai den He is trying lo build a will (rualrate them. Il isn't house ot sugar lumps belore easJy and the Evaluari tiand even clear where you slari buildmg Ihe house! ealmg the sweet stuff to keep nice touch Ihough - Worthwhile ol Iwo numbers m both hex his strength up. One and decimal as v^ell as simple each game ends with Zebedee Meanwlule Flarence. Brian saying Time for bed". Pity Piogiam Dbug Micro fllmos conversion. Using copy me- Price £11. S5 Supplier No mory and compare memory Man's Land, UO Bis av du conunands it is easy to transfer I3eneral-Leclarc, 93500 Pantm, and modify existing code. The siring of up to eight bytes and Dbug IS a machine-code moni- will search all 64K of memory tor and de- bugging utility ui less than three secondsl which includes a number ol extra (eatures makmg U one of display Anyone writing 01 learning the best available for the Oric/ break-points, leqisler and single 6302 machine code vriU find Atmos. The 30 commands tall and modiflcation stepping through a program. Dbug a woilhwhilG aid. especially Vic Fielder de-bug andsysteir This last feanu-a is The monitor s« '^^^^^'^ POPULARCOMPUTIKGWEEKLV . storm mir leads the Reviews I recommend storm warrior and expect it to S( somewhere near the top of tne charts. computer Trade weekly 24/9/84. One of those little gems vou r occasionally, full of atmosphere originalitv. - Bryan Skinner Personal computer News 22/9/84. ~, H?E>^^»MrFi Lots of original thought, playable as welt as challenging, we have here - amazingly - a concept I don t think anyone will bore mm^ new - W^ with this one quickly Bob Wade, Samantha pkd^tt^l^ge Hemens and Chris Anderson. Personal Computer Games November 1984. This warrior should brew up a storm ^,n.. amongst games players everywhere. Definitely worth buying. Computer & Video Games November 1984. . er^it i tr,«,«/PO m»e »vd» Id This games superb sound, graphics and <^F,d«,„r™,K.n«^£ _. ™."™ fighting sequences set it well above the others. Personal computer world Novemberl984. i~'s-~"-"rir*;:::" Could this be the biggest selling disc since White Christmas? that A few months after its release, It adds communications the latest disc from Lotus" is now let you cha t with computers romping up the charts anywhere. it all Symphony" is And to cap the follow-up to that you can put every- other catchy num- thing on the screen ber the Lotus 1-2-3," at the same time. you itself the biggest So that when selling integrated soft- change the numbers the ware disc of all time in one window But Symphonys graphics change in success isn't altogether another for all this. surprising. It takes the But proven benefits of 1-2-3 Symphony is easier to learn and then adds a few ideas of its own. simpler to operate than programs-ograms The spreadsheet, for instance, that do half as much about is even bigger (8192 rows by 256 To find out more columns, to be precise). Lotus Symphony and the i dealer" The database is even better Its name of an at4thorised graphics verge on the artistic (bar callTeledata on 0I-2(X) 0200. in charts, line charts, not to mention It may not capture hearts exploded pie charts). All in colour quite the same way as Bing's disc, Next, Symphony throws in but for millions of executives it'll be word processing that matches the music to their ears. speed and the power of any popular WP program. Lotus" '2-3"and ^mphorw:" Hardware Review passed lo the compu- Digital vision ter's user port. Imtial- ly Ihe lefi-most pixel Hardware Microsight J Micro is read, so aher a Commodore 64 Price £500 Sappliet Digithurst, 20 Leader Hill, Orwell, have been processed Eoyston, Hens SG8 SQH Ihe computer holds information on the you ever need lo copy an iniase oi a lefl-tiand row of the Ifreal objecl lo Ihe screen oi a Commo- screen. The interface dore 64. then ihere is a new penphetal repeats the process available that could be Ihe answer lo a for pixels from fnilher prayer. The Microsighl 1 system bom Digiihursi comprises of a video camera, mterfiice and solrwaie thai c been stored. The CBM 64 ver- sion of Microsight uses aboin half of Ihe mformalion produ- ced by the interlace, and lakes 12k of me- mory Id store il: the resolution is 12B by IQO lines, wiih IS levels of brighmess. There are two display modes, with a third prorrased; the in a VCR; ihe hrsi gives a small bmary image lo help set decodes about 60% of the pir up Ihe camera, while the hill screen mode The software provided was still a( Ihe provides four shades with the aid of bit prototype stage: a pnnier dump for Epsom image techniques. UnlortiinaEely, orUy 256 printers was included, and a save option of tlie 320 pixels available are employed, and eyport routiiic. to pass the screen lo a which Icav :k bar nghl of frame. The graphics program, are promised. WeD- ceipl of a reset signal trom Ihe rmaloi HI will U£ mode. heeled CBM 64 oimers who use Qieir orapuiei (he Micineye interface begins obtained machme for complax graphics applications le digitising process. For each incoming leni lime was speni adjusting hghting virill fmd the frticrosighl 1 opens up some ne of video a sample of the bnghtness wo variables. Threshold and Biiglil- vel is convened lo a parallel signal and then the pictures could be impressive. Jeff Nayloi niosl dol-malnx prmters, TurbopnnfGT forget ii, Turlxipnnti'GT lakes no Ram but Interface lakes advantage ol a gap left in the market by sending commands by so^are you can Hardware Turbopnni'CT Micro by Conimodoro, choose one oi a number ol pnni modes, Commodore 64 and VIC 20 Price Anyone owning a Commodore computer including Commodore-copycat, universal- and having access to a non- £65 (optional 16k buffer £6S) Distri- Commodore prinlei, and special-lisler [my descnp- prinler. at work, at school, or somewhere butor Norbrain Micro Ltd, BoiJtoii virill else, know the frustration ol the lack ol a were a Commodore pnnier. lei you use any Rd,, Reading, Berkshire standard printer output on the C64/VIC 20, special facilities built into your particular on the heeb of the Miciografbi Turboprmt/GT gets over this problem in a prinler, and to list out programs w HotpnniEt interlace lor Ihe Commodore sophishcated yet very practical way. The graphic characTcrs replaced automatically home computers (reviewed PCiV interface plugs into the Commodore serial by readable equivalenls. No. comes Ihe Turboprinf from the 3) GT port (on the computet or (he disk drive) al Prmiout IK clear but a little on Ihe slow American manufacmrer Tolesays. Offering just one end, hke a Commodore prinler. and Side if Ihe opDonal buffer is not used. The the abihty to prml ten on any printer having outputs Ihrough a full 36-pin Amphenol interface is compatible with tnost (possibly " (Centronics) plug at the < irnial software, although a sits a neat box housing interface running the sofnwaie to get the best out ol a, 1 had [rouble usmg the test interface with Corapunei which may indi- timmg. I was using the opuonal buffer, Ttie documen- which includes a pi cmg a high-iosolution screen dump, is good but could be made m particularly tor a user not aheady with Commodore pi iacihliaa available. One last problem, the John Cochrane POPULAR COMPUTING WEEKLY Prizes to be won valued up to £40,000 i Also for the CBM 64 from The Edge: . most impres "Wilh more games of this qualify. The Edge are going to be a force to reckon i Rating 9/10, Personal Computer News, 3 Novel.. London WC2E 8LM Tel; 01 24(1 1422/7877 Tlx: 892379 SOFTEK G How to teach your Micro a thing or two ThouEands of home cotnpum owners have yf i bv lesllrg on 3 gencralions of sludcnts al Slrathdyde Id dUcovcr Ihcir mkroconiputcr's polenlial lo help University The 'Slralhclyile Mclhod" ha.i been Willi many of Ihc probluiu and decibiuns thai come iraiulated lino S languages and used by over 300,000 up every day in the home or office. mjcrocompuler users. Perhaps you have always promised yourself thar •isam BASIC- is a jargon free, siep by slep. you would leadi yourself proHiammint;. hiil have cDurie in compuiei programming, which explains been pui off by manuals wliidi seem (o assunii.- a everything deariy in English, not compuier ialk. In a lifetime spenr smdying computer science and mailer of hoiiis you will be writing your tlrsi madiemallcs. Maybe you have looked al Olhcr programs. compuier books, bul tiave yei lo find one wliicli ii. 'Learn BASIC is designed for people who want free of unnecessary jargon or where the program " ' e compuier age. for people who " examples bear some relevance !a real life and not ^ computers is a key to spaix invaders. Relax, your search is over. Gel 'Leain BASIC" and leacli your micro how The 'Learn BASIC" lulorials from Logic 3 are lo be usefull (Avaibible from major branches of the Iidcsl dcvclopmeni of a leaching niethod W.H.Smilhs. BotNs, Laskys. Greeas, John Memaes pioneered by Professor Andrew Colin and perfected and better compuier shops nalJcHlwide.) -#-6- Please send mt more information abou Sinclair Spec i rum Learn BASIC tuioriais d Commodore 64 Logic 3 Speclrum Club D Acorn Elecuon Logic 3 Commodiirc Club D BBC Microcnmpoler (64 and VIC owners only) LOGICS To Logic i Lid., FREEPOST. Mounlbailen House. Vicn a Street. Windsor SUIHE POPULARCOMPUTINGW SCOOP PURCHASE! EPSON COMPATIBLE 80-COLUMN PRINTER NOW AVAIUBLE * 100 CPS Bidfrectional printing * Friction and Traction feed * Centronics parallel Interlace * Expanded and compressed printing * Twelve months warranty STEVRON MICROS 199 DUNSTABLE ROAD LUTON LU1 1D0 ,.,..^„n, lelt 1^21 NOVEMBER 1984 TheQLPagel the progiam agaui; besidas. m pracBce, housekeeping opeiabDiis aie noimally only Beating the system 'one way'. So ii is bea to kaep a copy of the piogiiun residem on all youi Microdrive You can beat the system with this housekeeping utility by Malcolm Davison One of the weaker points ol ihe Qli is that EGijuiies file deletion, or conlams the niort effort m lis lalhei pcndeious operating sys- files that you wish to copy is resident ui • appear very shell, so tem. Expiessions such as; iWdvJ. that you can, for ejiample, di^lay text and Delete Mdv^-NamE—FiU an index in sepaiate scrolling windows, Copy Mdvl—Name—Fill lo MdvS- file on the directory which can be scrolled Chaiuiel numbers, which are assigned to Wame—fffl on the screen with the number adjacent lo each window and peripheral device, have All ihis lo overwrite a previous backup Hie the rile name, and what's more, the display to be quoted for every Prim. Ink, Paper or on the other Miciodrive! Then again, if yon can be paused, and restarted whenever you CIs stalemeni. The following are the chan- want to lift your Microdrive file diiectoiy lo nel numbers used in Ihe progiam. a printer: point during the scrolling. You simply note Channel ffS Serial printer pott Baud l2e0-OpenfiS: 'Sere'VZJir *5; -mdvl' Ihe numbers on Ihe tileE, say those you wish Channel "6 Mdvl file called Direct Re a tesuh of stniggUng vuith QDOS. to delete, and having selected either the Chaimel # 7 Heading vrindow block occasiorialiy mistyping when trying to do delete or copy opnon, entering the numbers Channel jV 8 Remainmg screen window my backups at the and of a long tiring IS all that IS tecpured to complele the The windows are defined in the piocedi^e programming session. [ decided thai I operation. The file name is displayed bebre wwdsel, the size, channel numbers, ink and would have to vnile a progiam to tiandle the 1 then paper colours are assigned, and the win- more usual operations, in the simplesl way 1 chance to pull out if you have selected the could devise. I hope its length will not detet The directory ol files is first stared to a you from giving it a try. temporary Ivlictodiive ide called direcl. The Hist and only demand Iho program Ihe master file for Ihe very sunple reason The procedure look is Ihen used to load a makes on the user is that the 'niasier file', that mistakes were less likely if you physi- diictoiy you wish ti caUy have lo svritch the cartridges and Run Ihe array and the Midodnve file is deleted. S^O lank nOVl (. hDU7- iZO BEP«»t loop 3087 IF n«J-0- AND n«<-6- IHEN LET --="• lOOO REKdrb SET UP HEADIMO BLOCK 31BO REMdr k *»*»»*« ««*>•*">!«*<(*'«* 3O10 BEPMt laops 4oao cubeor t7,3ao,2s:cei2e £7,o,o 301S CLS £7!CLS ES ^090 PRINT £?,-Hlt iny kvy to pdi.» - n.- POPULARCOMPUTIHIS WEEKLY The QL Page wilh Input stale- The procedure menu then handles pro- the same name existed it would prevent the cauEss a new problem cedure calling, subjecl lo ihe user's selec- Copy Irom bemg put inio effect. An alter- menfs. Although you may specify a numeric tion. The SelBCI On command usefully nate, bul long winded, way would be lo input variable, SupetBasic will allow ihe lies the condilional seleclion of ihe [our dump Ihe file names On MdvB (o a file, inpul of non-numeric data, so you have to procedures and an exil option. checking for its presence and giving the provide a numeric check routine to prevent The procedure HJeliSI, not only liats the user an opiion lo abort Ihe option. On the Ihe program crashing, so in terms ol coding contewa of the array alongside the number grounds thai he wouldn't be doing it if he length, you are worse off! o[ the Ee, but it also calls a pause routuie riirln'i mean ii t opled tot the simplesi While wtiung programs in EuperBasic called cy. which causes a continuouB loop solulic be damned- you will irequenlly be wanting lo save and within loapS until a second key deptession list your 'baby'. This can become very IS delected by the iiiirev* command. The Save the program by typing •You uresome if you type the command in each 'ssve' use ol the escape key is only operational can run it by typing: laun MdvIDiie. After lime. I include the procedures called when Ihe directory is scrolling, and causes a delay of twenty seconds or so you can and Tisl' I used for the development of the an early remrr to the menu. lake the list to screen option on the menu, program above. You may have to amend the ~ne vrrile procedure opens the printer make a note of the file numbers and select baud rale and ihe Open command lo suit channel and dumps the directory onto the the lelevam operations you wish lo tackle. yoiir own pnnler configuration. printer, but wilhoul the assigned Qle num- The directory scroll and pause lacility is a Another custom amendmenl is lo change pleasure lo use after ODOS. the colour of the scieened program Usling. The del procedure, samilar lo the copySIe the blacJc lettering on white is too glaring on procedure, requests ihe Die number, dis- othe plays the IUb name, and on receipl of a Basic, or any other form of Basic lo gel used w improves this sil n. Channel «2 conBrmmg Y. proceeds With Ihe fDe opera- lo Ihe idea of 'coercion'. You wlH End il n. Note that when copying a file 10 JtfcMil practised in this program, on Lines 3087 and #1 is Ihe program outpul window. daleles a file of the same name, whether one G0Z5. While it has its advantages in obvia- When typmg in Ihe hi '£' "$' ts or not, the reason being thai Ifa file of ting Ihe use of Sns and Val statemenls, il replace wilh 15-21 NOVEUBEni984 FOR DRAGON AND TANDY USERS SATURDAY 17TH AND SUNDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 10 A.M. UNTIL 6 P.M. THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL HALLS If you own a Dragon or Tandy colour If you want to n s the queues just clip the computer this is yOur shew. coupon below. The first ever show organised in the Computer Marketplace (Exhibitions) Ltd. Pari United Kingdom for these machines. of the Rushworth Dales Group, 30 Orange Street, London WCIH TED. All the very latest hardware, software, interfaces and peripherals will be there. Your chance to get up to date, try and buy allthatsnew. HOW TO GET THERE The Royal Horticultural Halls are just off We'll also be organising events and Victoria Street a few minutes walk from competitions with great primes. The Victoria or Parliament Square. manufacturers will be staffing advice centres to help with all your queries. Buses 1 1 , 24, 29, 70, 76 and 88 run up Victoria Street. Exhibitors will have special offerson their products so you can Save money tool Mainline stations; Waterloo, Charing -^ Cross and Victoria. Large gangways and comfortable rest areas will make sure you can see Underground stations; St. James park ~. everything and sit in comfort when you (District and Circle lines), Victoria (District, | want. Circle and Victoria lines). | This will be a show for the whole family, There is an NCP car park in Abingdon | plenty to see and plenty to do. Street, a few minutes away. ^, To: Computer Marketplace (Exhibitions) ltd, 20 Orange Street, London WC2H 7ED. Please nj^ me (qly) adult lickels ol £2 each and ^ (qty) lickels for under sixti n year olds at £1 each (or the 6809 ro lour show. lenctesechequetotbevcilueofE Address __ . ^ . Postcode- _ Telephoi •etx IWIB a Irack and field evenls. As you gain enperience andconlidenceyou begin to BKcel in the four encilingevenls; 100 metresptint, 110 metre hurdles, longjumpand pole vault. Can you surpass yourp Trade cnq nines 'welcome a Please yutif tree calaloEue Please send me SPECTRUM SOFTWUC Spectrum 1 ^ __ colour and a Paper colour for each square. A moving introduction i=!*;^°„s:.S5i: ** which is common lo both Picmres One and Animate your loading screens on he Spectrum 48K with some ''^° """ ^'^ "^ ^'"^ '"'' ""* ^p*'' help from Tony Dexter ""r^.^n acmally pn. your design on i! now jumps m J^ost games we buy give us a pretty appears and disappeais — screen by a long series of ftinr staiements IWl p.otuie to watch while Ihe main fcom one poEiQon to anoihei. or use one ol the published or commetraally siniplB idea that can go available graphic design piogiams. Youi *»*code ts loaded Horn cassette to It is from (his we micro. The Specnum's Screenii facilily on to create quite elaborate eKecls. We aie taished picnxce should not be Sai'ed with limiled.oleouise, sjiice wecanonlyuselhe ScreenB since Ihia feves bolh the Display makes i1 an easy task 10 save and re-load a built fiiU screen picture (or this purpose and Ihe Attribuia ma. All our designs must be file and the Attribute file and we are here process has been fcequenlly described. up from lull character spaces tCJir^ 33). In only concerned with Ihe Attribute Ele. different What is not generally known IS a lechnique fact we wiU be building two Save by Save •iiawe" Code £3528. 768. whereby a degree of animation can be screens, one made up of sobd Paper and load by Load "name" Code SSSSS. given to these loading pictures. colouredsquares, IheotherolZttltcoloured This gives us an additional bonus in thai actual design The method uses Ihe Aiuibute tile, and squaies. This means that (he the loading time )s quiie ivaliceabiy redu- lheHasJifuiiclbn.Whennasiiieset(ol,or wiU be somewhal stylised but can be cad. A fuU screen picture saved by this switched on, then any panicular charactei effective for all that. method will reload in something like five will allemate belween the Paper and Ink If you type in the Data lines IQ lo 80 and seconds, while Screenii takes around 43 colours, giving a flashing effea. We can tines SOO and 510 and Run. you will see the seconds, a cunningly use this mechanism (o build method applied to lettering. One word of ff we do not mind losmg this speed movement into our pictures title will change (o another. Type in and Run advarUage we can combine conventional you will see the full screen design with Ihe method. The basic idea can be understood if we 'he full listing and new Our think of a single character square in the possibilittes of Colour change, Shape animated area can be limited to a pan or techni- cenrre of Ihe square set to, say. Ink 1 (blue) change and Movement which this window of Ihe screen. This area will use and i^per 6 (yellow) vnlh aU Ihe suiroun- que offers. stlribwe design and each square se( lo as dingsquaresseito/nie, Papers If nash is The design should be planned two nash/. Thereslotthescieencanbediawn on, then a blue square will repeatedly separatepicluies.TheeasiosiwayiEtoplan to pijrel definition in the usual manner, with apiwar and disappear, but since Ink and Pichiie One on squared papei using colou- J7asfi 0. In this way we can have a detailed Paper colours are the same for the back- red pens, making a note thai all colours on picture, with a less detailed portion ani- are Paper colours. matd. Since the Display Hie musi now also ground area it wiU noi be apparent that (he Hctuie One whole scieen is flashing. Picture Two is similarly planned, but m be saved we use Save "name" Screen*. adjaceni character square to Intra Paper i Ivro pictures are now compared, charaaer lor eiqienment, Ihe results being most we will Snd thai our little square no longer squarebycharacterBquaie.wehaweanMr rewarding. ^ : RFH noMFLi: or an oninoTrE locding scBEEhJ. : REM THE BESUUTINS ECReEN Cflia BE SAVED B*.- 9flVE "pi tturB"COBE ;SS7B.76B ',,» :;;::;:::;:;::::;::::::;";!:::i::;"";in;:i;«;™:» ...... • ,,.„.,„.„..™,,,,...,..,..,..™.,,..™..^.™..^ "h 'Z. ;::::;::;::::;;:";":":"::;::;:;:::;::::":::: ... POPULAR COMPUTING WEEKLV Spectrum I MUSIC MICRO PLEASE! lut something and thi BBC& Electron ^nCkHnl nt^n U/AtlnOI' loadyourciwnpi[;Brams.aalheediu»picgram ^/II^^MU&liVII TT%JII«J^I ^ys no pan in ihE. keyword systems' opera- ""^ "^ '"''™^ "^ ^ Speed Lipyour/hpt/fso;! the esCSmffiKeyworab, ?^LS"^ by Richard SnOWdOn U you save iJk ectial machire code lai (as insttuoed wbeii ihe ediax program is run) while piesaaig a progiam provides a keyword sys- holding down ihe TAB key |he next time you turn on your KC rnuro Tlus — leoerkevAtDZ-llmaybeuseMwhendefiniiia lem — similai 10 the Eleclron's on need tba keyiroids syaem. you tieednl 1 just ilsort kBysinlhaedilor,lo|acksanBiblekeys.su(±a3 iheBBCmjcio. It does nol ihe odilot program, you can jua load Ok 1 for Ihe keyword token, il prints the whale S fcM Save and M MoIb. and call it keyword onlo the screen as well as insert- The keywoid system occupies rei user Ram •i.xil-'pr'igiamnis'mXIS lonatapSfVHffln) ing il into the keyboard buffer. as n la all imemrit driven machine code which cslMiDfl? Twenty-siii: keywonls are providBd. pre-sel lan be stored ai &D00, ot WOO cat a disD or (cnadiacsyBBm) 10 ones wtich I thijik are mcs! iBeM, bul Ihey aysBm. These areas are not used fcjr Basic •UBd'prngnannia'-mca CsIi&SOS can be tdianged to suil your procpamming prtigiam storage. The program mdudes the ihe program is needs. If cre^ng a graphira program, store all edila: and ihe assemhJy language keyword More detaQs are giran whan the gia^diics commands, eg, nx Cokxa. Dian. system. run. pra-set This ccnsidei^:te amcunl ri Mote ac,OT. if creating a lea pnigram which C»ice runiting. you can edit the sysrem saves a provide requires string manipulation store the appro- keywords until the required Eubsei is ciilained time, and can be extended lo 66 _„ MidS. hellS. Rights, and ihen Oufl the editor, to ;n elc. system, When the program stops, you lan lypa ke^ and abo, as Ihe ZX ^lectrum has proved. The keywotda are pioduDed an^ by Abw. |or Tbb IV wtUdi duukl give AbH^ and kse its tntuial ease of operation. COMPUTING WEEKLY ^^BBC& Electron .".iF-i29:C«.0IJ«9iENDPBI.T 36fl P we ® AND f-V-l Iiioenicipf/oi: rssn „ oeNexT e ENfi» PEPEft UwriLNOr rNKEV-74i6tlT0133e ep N ne b p ebm wftir": 979PRQCN fl BWe HENlSie §£?||rs:i8!i'Eiti5'silsr I . WINACOMPUTERAND Whafs NewFor HUNDREDS DF[TTHERPRIZ£SAT mE'>1ELPA LONDON CHILD"SrAND Christmas? 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ALARM, error Irappme. break :rappiiui AMSTRAD CPC 464 FONT 464 Is ^ Junt designer and cHsmcrer gentrator tspeclal derelopsd for Ike CPC J64 microcompuicr. Design your own chnracler fonts and graphic symbols wM Ih £14 very friendly and powerful package. oil in one ptckage. Used by many leading loflwate I write ihetr games. "Buy urAdam Denning liS4 I.osd and sure dutntder sels la/froni tape, use the new ler(i! I'lim 0.ASIC. design your awn animated traphics - sn.l n,arr Mlh FONT464 £25 supplied mlh ihree Inieresring and . A powerful and almosi full implimtnlalinn oj Fsscal - nor a FONT4C4/] riay PaseaL A valuable edueational and drvelomnenl lout. > A II Ms puwer for: 1 7. 95 indusire « SpectrviK version Includes Turtle CrBphta iKckaxe, " / liavrn't seen aay other compiler Ihat could maicli HIsofl's Pascal" k',. also ham available ft- llie .InuimJ CPC464 llisofi Devpac our full l&O assembler a,id disauemblerf % Commodore 64 In control ThB main ptogram aJso uses this la On-screen printing wHtiout control characters (or tears) for the with the b\pui 31 call fo CBM 64 by Peter Graves piiiHed a }i position 10 these at the cursor positio- Commodore One of Ihe drawbacks of (Unes ISO to S70) demonsoates the use of the ning has been carried out correctly. The 64 EaEic is [he Lack of simple cuiboi Plot program and the third pan (starting at machme code program (Lmes 100 to 140) poEittoning commands correspon- Line 1000) is the subroutine that transfers and the plot subroutine (lines 1000 to 1060) ding [ Flint At found on olher machines. data to the machine code program, then can be mcorpotated in any program to The cureot can be positioned with stnngs of the internal allow cursor positioning anywhere on the usisdumsy ofra Suppose we wanted Lo start pruituig a 6, 14, PA)/ message at row coLumn Tka IS the 'S and everything is winched up a (?r headmg in lane lEOol the main program. ior home followed by new !n rronl ! the i'luil statement another line is inserted (Line 1!0) ol the form: R=(row number); C=(coliimn niutiber); Gasub (ime rouluie Ihat can be accessed by machine number where subroutine starla). In our code programs. program this is: R = ft C = 14-. GOSUB 1000. The louiine considers thai ihe screen ie The subroutine starling at Line 1000 Poke's made up of 35 rowE. numbered lo 24 from the row and coLumn numbers into loca- lop lo bonom. and 40 columns (numbered tions 4SI53 and 49153 respectively. It then to 391 starting from the left handside of the calls up the machine code program iSys and checit if row number u screen. Thus, the titsi prim posrtiDn in Ihe 49IS4) which loads the row and coLumn for lop left hand comer is row 0, cohinm 0. The numbers into the Xand VregisterE respecti- Repeal coiunm r vely of the microprocesEot, clears the carry (lag {a prerequisite of the mtemal subcou- tiiie operation), then jumps to Ihe internal 260 fJO Delay k tounnB at hex JFfT", This posilions the again code program mlo memory locauons star- cursor from Ihe data in Ihe registers, then . !„„[, ^^ sXou^ ,o fSte row and rislhwi by the Basic program. The second part irtilch in turn returns coiurol to the Basic call up mactiino code ptogi—amQ 10 REM "PLOT" EV P.Fi! GRAVES ^Pi REM ' lye PEM PEhIi III Mhi NINE LUDE Fprn FhM+++ lin Flip N=491=4 Til 4 i-4 IwH FEflD R FOtE N fl 130 ME T 14« DflTfl 1-4 " 1 - 1 ^ 1 1 '2 44 "i 24R.255.96 i=ri FEM riHiH FFiii f'Hri+++++++'f*-f********* 15R FFIHT T 1-11 F=h. i>14 ' n UE imju 1 n FFIMT PLilT HI l-.li F = ln L=4 cn^iii iwnii .111 TNFIIT FmU n-_j PI IF Fl M I iF Rl>24 THEN 16& 11 IF 1 I H OR Cl>,;-:9 THEN 16<^J "" II _ 1 1 IIF iiF „4 -f - 1 M J, ^ M FiiF IiE-1 m MMtt HE T _-H 1 IITII li-M lnuM FOl PLiiT 3UBR1IMTIHE+++++M+++++++* IMlt' FiiKE 4-^1^^ F I'O' FiifE 4-'l'^ r 111 L1 4-'154 I'j^i^ FETIIFII POPULflRCOMPUTINGWEEKLY p/ :©- mkro-ontic/ lehame. Hawlhotne L Codsall. Wolverhamptor I I W Midlands. Tel:09074- M With Primary imbalance and make the Gelds all of the it Data Remember characters, you will reduce your iniiiHi n capacity lo some il records, thus you w_ spend much Muiecessary time Saving and Part One of a powerful filing program by Peter Patton le-loatfing the file in order lo create program for reclaimed. In this way il free records. So you can see the MicidEIb is a diia Eling beon the CPC464, which will allow you minutes with pen and paper, can save , to create data files with up lo 13 1000 dala rt lUoiw A typical example fields oi 80 characters, which is more than It the s. ofth le (ile. sufficienl lot moEl home and small busmess When deciding h .la me 15 first sit down with applications . The ptocnam will prompt you structured, you shouM eveiy step of the way, but Ihe lollowing pen and paper, and decide whal sections or 02 Erst names (29 characters) poims should be considered caielully. fields your dala can be broken down io, and 03 Address (40 characters) Cassene data files aie slow and cumbei- how many characters the largest single dala 04 Town (20 characters) some thingB to use, and roi this reason item will take. In this way you will find thai 05 County (IH characters) Post (10 characters) the program holds il entire dala Qe in youi Sles are laid oul in Ihe way which 06 Code memory. Data is slDi:ed dynamically, that is optimises the storage method outlined 07 Telephone (13 chaiacteis) wilhoul wase, so although you ntay set up a above. For example, if you wish to create a Such a file will now hold over aOO records data hie m which records (»n hold up to TSO file which will hold names and addresses, at the outset, and may well eitpand lo ( characters, only the actual charaaeirs anle- you may decide that you need these data 400 re red into such records ate placed in the lile and the unused portion al the end of a data 1 Surname field are ignofed. Each time a data file is loaded into 3 Address raemoty, a routine within the program 4 Town program pre; ,es the coirecl key. My own often checks to see how much memory space 5 Ctounlv is Itiat people praas lemaina. and allocates Ihe conecl number 6 Post Code wrong keys, and so you will Gnd that all 7 Telephone inputs ui this pi^ogram require you to p ' Having decided Ih : these are the flelds Enlei before any acnon is taken. you wish lo create, s u must then allocate causes litde or no inconvenience, and at Ihe same time allows you to change your mind il re-tofld 1. This raearIS thai if you St irt a you select the wrong key. If at any lime you enter a wrong key, il session you may hav for example, i pressing the Del key. for 100 iM may be canceUed by lUld However, this ts destructive,, and will ei star leU you nat you have space for 80 r any character It passes over, placmg a xs-hoad n Ihe free re up with the name Higginboa. This is ave because you failed to make allov/ances tor them at the end of a dUa tieid. If you wish to autJi eventuality when you ciealed the typing, they are simply typed ovei. space for 95 records This does not t an canyon that 15 records have been lost, il merely An inpul ends wherever Ihe cursor is when indicates that that m uch free space has Similarly, if you Ihink youll play it safe you press Etiler. 170 H»-INKEV«UF q*="" THErj 1 lao IF q«;>" - THEN CLS.-5-"RiJ Variables ttHBII 2330: FDR k=1 TO 2000: 20 DEF (NC(tl = (lS0-LENl5ll/3) IJEXTiCLSiEND 30 HDDE 2:r^CHn«l24):dl=CHR*(lBl l-JO CLSlBDTO IC 40 5='H I C R D F 1 L E":BOSUB 3330 200 '#*«tt*(««»M*«lt Create 50 s="Cnpyriglit "tCHR»ll64)»' 19Bq P. Paton": PRItniSOSUB 3330 210 CLS:5=T R E n T E F I L E'':BDSUB 237-0 iO PRlhJT:PRlNT TflBM01STRrNG«(6fi,95) 220 LOCATE 25,23:PRlMT'Entor Filename ";:l = 10!S0 70 S="f1 fl I N U-:PRINT!PR1NT:G0SUB 2330 MEM SUB 2150!nanie-n:filt-m BO PFrlNT:PRINT:PRINT TflB(27)-l i ) Create fl 230 IF l^N(naBe)=0 THEN PRINT CHRtl?) :13CTD 220 240 LOCATE l,3!s-"Creating :- '*naflie: BOSUB 2330 iPftlWT 2 ) Rviii rlsin Praqraiii':PRlHt IflB(271"l 250 BOSUB 2310 TflBi27)"l 7. 1 Save 2bO LDCflTt 5,23:PRlNT"Ho« Many Fields Da Records Dal:a File" jPBlNT;PRINT TABI27)"I ^ ) In THIS File Contain I I - 15 I ";:K:GDS1IB 2150;>i=V«_ Iml 90 PRINTiPRlNT rflB(10)STRiNG»(60,95> 270 IF )!<1 M) X-15 THEN PRItn CHR*(7)!50T0 260 100 LQCflTE 30,22:PRINT"ChoQ5e Option " ; : 1 -^l : BOSUB 2S0 WtNDOW l,5,75,6,20!SaSUB 2310:DIM ftlii) 290 LOCATE 5,5:PRINT STRING«(70, 131) sLOCflTT 5,21: PRINT STRITO»170, 1401 300 FDfi y-1 TO x:a=STR»(yl 310 IF LS<(al=2 TICN a-"0-+RlGHT»(a, 1 1 ELSE a= t(«»»«M»IHI(HM»lt E: PStHTiBOSUB 2 ZbO f»(y|i(ii 370 IF LEN.If»<^))^0 JXEti f«lyl=f*[v>t" ":60Ta J 3B0 EOSUB 2310:LOCflTE 20,23:PfiINT-Enter Field -: PRINT: 390 LOCflTt 20, 530 IF XI DR ii>y THEN PRIMT CHf(»(7>;aJT0 510 (•; SPACE* (t-LENfnat , ui 530 GOSUB 23J0!L0CATE [0,23!PR1NT- (Nlaiw or )):rCXT ' (Dength " ; : I = 1 : BOSUB 2150 960 LOCATE 5, 2: PR INT 'Free =- '•eei " Records" .m^UPFER*lnt 340 IF n-"L" THEN 590 ELSE IF «=-N" TirEN 560 550 PRINT [>IR*(7)!BOT0 530 2150:iii=UWER»(m) 560 LOCATE 9,U+5):1=10!B0SUB 2150 570 If LENInXlO THEN m=o*" ":EOTn 570 AND X THEN 1060 ELSE IF m='T" THEN 580 Ml[)*lfa<>il,l,10l=-ieoBUB 2310:G0T0 460 20, l<*5llPRlNr dliLOCATE 20, U'Sl: 590 LOCATE 1000 IF m^-B" AND xjl1 THENTl K-K-liGOTO 940 ELSE 1=2:G0SUB 2150 IF IB="B" TiEN 1070 600 IF VALImXl OR VM.Iii)>S0 THEN PRINT CHR*(7) 1010 IF --J- THEN SOSUB 1100:BOTO 940 jGRTD 590 1020 IF B="D" THEN FD^ t=l TO yidat U, t)=STRIN6» 610 LOCATE 20,(x+5l!PRIMT"< '[3TRIND»[VALln) (VflL(RIGHT«lf«(t},2)), 45)!NE«T:GOT0 940 1030 IF iii="A" THEN GOSUB 2310:L0CflTE 20,Z3:PR1NT D 460 " 'flmenO Field : : 1 =2: 60 SUB 2150:GOSUB 10aO:LaCATE 22, (ti*5):l=VALlRlSHTf (f»lb), 2)1: EOSUB 2150: dat Ii b)=B:SOTD 970 GOSUB 23lO!LtM:ATE 5,23:PRINT"Inse 1040 IF «!--+" THEN GOSUB 1130:G0T0 960 d Rewind Then Pre5s "ir;" RtC "irj- 1050 PRINT CHR»(71:6DT0 970 flV ";r;" Then "jr;" ENTER "i--;- ";: 1060 K=s+liGOT0 940 1070 BOSUB Z310:LIKfiTE 1,23:PH1NT r;- OUT UF RANGE "iriCHRt(7):F0R t =1 TO lOOOiHEXTiGOTQ 970 1080 b^VALIffl) -+ 660 name=" 1090 IF b 1 120 GOTO 1070 1130 j=j<-l:x-j:LDCflTE 57,4:PRINT y.;- 0f;j:FDR 730 CLOSeOUTiGDSUB 2J1 h=l TO y:LDCATE 22, (B' SliPHINT STRING«iVAL (RI&rr*ft*(hl,2)>,45!!NEXT 1140 LOCATE 5,2:PRINT"Free Space = "jfrpe;" 750 CLS!5-"R I C R F 1 l_ E-:SDSUB Z330 760 s="M E N U":PRINr:PRINT:eOSUB 2330 1150 FOR B=l TO yiLOCRTE 22, rb+5):1 IL (RIGHT* (* 770 PRINTiPRINT TflE(l01STftIrffi*(60,951 ltil,2i::5DSUB 2iaOida t i^,hl'n:(CXT 15-21 NOVEMBER ISM VAMPIRE KILLER DESTROY DRACULA IN OUR GREAT VAMPIRE GAME AND YOU COULD WIN £100 TO SPEND AS YOU WISH AT YOUR FAVOURITE COMPUTER STORE VAMPIRE KILLER IS an exciting arcade adventure for THE48K SPECTRUM & ARMSTRAD. 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Access/Viso No. I I i I II 15-21 NOVEMBER 1984 ' Open Forum Wt ail alwayi acUvely intking pro^ta ogian umse ihauld b* huI, togathu with, wheievci pcwOile, > Hnd copr on cuhUb. '""" squares, lo represent a bit value [LineE oi eighl conseculive tnemoiy localionp. 161-1631. You can use il lo prohe Memory probe inio the Rom or On KOMiing the prograni. one is invited to Ram byte codings. give the Erst memory position lo be stu- on Vif2l) Roughly n works by ANDing the value died. The chaj-ader held in that and the Thin piogiam worlu on ihe UDexpanded following seven byres is then printed on Vic2Q, oi Ihe expanded (ISE) machine each of the f oUnwing bit values m tur:i> 2', Ihe screen [ogeiher witti the addresses of and is extremely useful as il allows one lo 2*. a*, 2*, 2^, 2\ Z'. 2°, (See Linea 15B & 139). each bylB, Preeaing function button F7 al- dopldy on ihe scieen a greatly enlarged If (he result ^ poEiuve (ie, greater than D) lows one lo smdy the suhsequani eight version of Ihe i then a character is printed m one of the big byles, and so on. 1^6 REM "flEMORV PROK" 162 P0KEni,52 Ri=Rl+l.G0TG164 147 PEn BV C.J.CflTTflNRCH 164 NEXTK 148 PRIKT"!;iVE STRRT OF riEKQffV" 165 IFRl=a4THEH173 149 INPlJTfl 166 Rl=fll+L4-R-R+1 150 f^RisTCHRiaaD^si-ssaea 167 G0T0156 151 F0RL2=ST015'1STEP23 173 neTfl*:iFfl«=""THEH173 152 F!:f?LS=0TC- 174 lFfl«<-"rTHeN177 153 P0KESH-L2+LI.6 i:^ Q0TD173 154 NEXTiNDiT 177 PRIHTCHR*.,147l 155 PI=PE£i':-:548)ilf236:fl3=fil fl.t-fli+leS 17S FORL2-0TO154STEP22 173 FORL1=0TC7 157 F0R!,=7TC!9STEP-1 186 P0KES1*L2*L1.6 155 IFRBS(RnNIii:;tX)>09THENiei 181 N£XT:MEXT 159 IFHES';RWIKafl<))=0THEW16S 182 fll=R3-t=i=fl+l:!;0TO!!ft I?l POi(Efll.31:«l=f11+l:O0TC164 183 5T0P by C Catlanach Arcade Avenue Gays, "U a native Oashes ii and 11 will walk underneath. are H means that it is in Une with a There three unkillabie nearby part of ihe amulet bin il monsters - ihe Hippo, Rhino IS not necessarily a short route and Warthog, Only Ihe rhino to il 1)." He also npsusthal every renims when n hits a wall, tht and rips from people with a others go to sleep and if they greater amouni of wholesome extra monster appears, but he dedicaiion- doesn't offer a high score of his possible lo gel pasl by movmg mm eft and holding 'lire' and Dedicated iTvine, also m Scotland, has a John Gibson ol Sheffield first down'. The warnors appear m high, or should I say a low. finished the game with a score lifferenl colours, is there any score of B305U and 6 1 » , Steven of 137.80B. bul has since achie- diaetence?" asks If I can reveal anything ved a high of 363,296 and 98% 1 think Ihe answer to the las which he attributes lo having to pesUon is no, unless you are VjZg .he mess.ige that derwmlde. but by the nme you referring lo the jaundiced flash- read this it should be available the last piece ol the amulet. He JSW infinite Lves as together with Smgltt Lore. has also flnished Atic Aracand handle, 1 am now They both promise to be some- JSW (by cheating) and gives his ime you collect an amulel lade of thing special , 'best buy tips as Dealhcliase. liece bul 1 thmk we wiU leave Sabre WaU pokes - moslo! Steven's low score has been Codsname Mat. }m Pac Ant hat for players lo discover fOi which we have akeady prin- beaten however by Mr D M AirackManjcMiierandPene- hemaelves. ted Can 1 say again Mountain of Brighouse who 3inal, or finished with 80,333 and 60%, Finally Andrew Simmons of rather [ess popular. His tip is to make a map and Drybrook, who has a score ol Thanks aiyway io 'Elvin Iron- then only go id areas where 104285 and 78%. Contrary to there aje dead ends to find Ihe other letters, he is sure that man Tiemey oi London, and amulel. He ihen goes on lo aak, pieces do nol only appear in David McGavin of Erskine in "What does il mean when Ihe dead-end clearings and also Scotland who has an natives nun yellovT and make a otteis some tips. To escape )m "se- noise?" the Sabre Wui! on the bottom ven hour EhnlE at ga leslike Siieal. London WMB 3LD If could drew Dunbar of Buckley who into Ihe enlrance to a passage POPULARCOMPUTINQWEEKLV Open Forum match up the graphic b^mbob with the table below, and tyi>e on BBC appiopiiale IiuiciiDn key to o in, Qashing letteis. )mpuTer version of Itie o! 1 hand When typing the program you m and 29BPR1NT"AIC3W I ' THEtd RJN ELSE GOTO &ZB ICDDE BHin»f7 • '. !!'. !oHE6N 1i yELLOUfS BL.UG It I MfiG. *5 ^ cyan '6 ZSBIF X-K 26elF X>K 27BIF 1=1 !MS!3S5SM by SARUG. and Micioradio ken. I put the major ICe m program. A brief look at the sockets which is always worth circuit shows serial lo parallel go. I have delayed the review doing both because soldering conversion is achieved by an until now to see rf I could make large ICs is not the simplest B2S1A USAET chip, tones are func- I the philosophy task and because it makea modulated by an XR3306 Ihalif I lo it anycme can. Ihem easier lo change i! they tion generator IC and demo- s designed by a fail some time. I found that sol- di^ted by an XH23I I FSK de- 3ur called Hen- modulator. Where would we was a bit fiddly, but v. m lor use with II you want a complete unii Do-it-yourself although a Setting tt d up 3 the made and tested along with piece of software could be the program it will cost you true amaleui tradition, used as well, either bought or £70. The pncB of the PCB with Inmicroradio goes hoine- selT-writlen. The printed ar- making the cuil board is compact and quency checking program. youisell way lo get youi 5m- well-made which gives a fee- Most people among the ama- tware is £10. SAfiUG point out claii Spectrum on the sir with hng ol confidence from the be- teur fraternity can get access that they do not supply kits, Radio Teletype (ETTY). ginning. What IS remarkable is lo one oi these through a only either the complete unit The Sinclair Amateur Radio that this board holds both the already made oi the PCB. 1 User Group (SflRUGI at 3 Red lerminal unit and the inlertace found that all the components House Lane, Iisislon, Suffollt making it a complete modem. were readily available from mail-order llrms, IP16 4JZ (SAE with aU enqui- Referring to the enclosed tried tl , — — several GWGJIN rieE) has released details ol an component list, 1 then went vuoiked Erst time, if you are Ray Beny HTTV syEterti for the Spectrum about gathering the bits to- which can be puichased as a gether. Luckily I had some of ions give plenty of help with complete unit already made the components ahfeady. but a fault finding. Failing this, EA- and set-up oi as just the pro- RUC can be called on to help. gram and the printed cin On air the unit works very board wilh extensive inan well. In fact, once it is plugged tions on how lo make it y£ onto the back of the Spectrum self. The unu was initially it can be forgotten about smce all is nounced a month or two , contial harulled by the 1S-21 NOVEUBEnieSA Open Forum T bar Barchart imdameath. A till 20-300 Intio, input nurabeiB and na Also included is a ahoti (iling routine [ot 310-680 on Dragon Draw the bars, title and m stonng and remeving the number sets. The 700-1130 Charactera Thia program diawG li a baiclan for up text an the high resolution screen is achie- 1140-1230 Draw characters values, scaling it neceEsary, Each ba ved using fhe Dragon Dn 1240-1340 Input the file shown on the Bcieen, with a name for FMode 4 13S0-1430 Send out file The Music Box excelleni DK600 polysynth, programmable sound genera- it) belter sound from a simple have complaled ihe conver- tor (PSG) lo produce all the keyboard which allows you to sion of their MIDI step-time sound output. The 64 is really use the 54's SID chip. However, sequencer for ihe BBC, This becoming the de faaa stan- if you've got the money (and it enables you lo use a synthesi- dard (or musical applications will cost considerably more ser lo play compoaiiions made and I shall be dealing with it (as than the MT-ZOO) buy a MIDI also have (£449) well a cheap MIDI as other machines like the keyboard with interiace and a ^>Bcmini and the BBC] at grea- — die MK900, ding Ihe column for more info! The race tor snch an iuslni- Marc Ryan of Shelheld has at menl a price that can make a coirunera on the brouhaha fot- synih a convincing peripheral lowmg Masternonic's release crack — Ihe problem o foi your computer is on. Front of their •Chillef game, whose facing a guitar. This is flood — in lime, no doubt, for runners are Siel. Casio with the musical soundtiBck has had to gether bigger question the annual iitual of gross indul- CTIOI and Yamaha with the be changed. Fve heaid the genCG called Chnatmas. original track, and 1 must say I At Coinpec [his week cornea course, includes a fully- found tt aalonishingly good, the release ol Acorn's long- fledged Synth in the form of a Chillei is a sign of things to awaited music system for the plug-in keyboard and FM come. Record companies and BBC - Acorn Music 500, by synthesis module, Further de- music pubhahers had better sll Hybrid Technology ol iTam- tails of these ftom: Sial (UK), bndge I shall be reporting on AHED Depot, Reigale Road, Mark Gomall has vurilten this in a fonhcoining column. Hookwood, Horley, Surrey RHB from Edinburgh asking OAY; CasiD. Unil 6, 1000 North whether he should buy a key- Any Eeulers with ezpaiiencie theie are plenty of alternatives Circular Road. London NW3 board which uses his 64's >f can^imer music makiiig or around, for the and BBC as welt as TJD; Yamaha- Kemble Mu- sound dup or whether he ampanias with new produa other micros, so don't be cajo- sic (UK), Mount Avenue, Blet- should buy a synth that mter- led into buying just because ot chley, Milton Keynes MKl IJE. taces to his compuler. Wall, There are yel more periphe- Mark, your example of the they're doino to: Gary HEnnan, ThB MuHie rals for the Commodore 64 Casio MT-300 is not something Box. 13.13 , Ncwpon Soeet, London amving daily -- many of which I'd choose - you will gel far WCaB uhiise the machine's on -board more Rexibility and (dare 1 say kH COMPUTING WEEKLY \Open Forum 1:f!f!i!9^^M This book h few syslem vaiiablea Dach and fills a gap wing this comes itiany ol ili by uncovering a hitherto well ODOS traps, though il has m hidden area. It deserves Lo do missing than the Advan User Guide, w chapters ai I, which s purely lo Oil apace, as ( program iL >. It should boofclv a punishable offence a lot of money Tiers guide to 68008 prograjn- to produce abook of 370 pages analyios ol games piogram- otherwise wiiich would be ming, but it's nothing ol the sort. viilh such an unhelpful index. ming. It emphasises good ha- wasted on grade E rubbish- In fad, it's very similar to the None of the text has beer bits, such as pte-planning and Sensibly written with the OL Advanced User Guide, its typeset, bul is straight dai- , while it is not afraid main rival, which is itself simi- sy wheel output, which in do more than provide frank lar to the Sinclair ODOS Ma- and sound effects. reviews of over a hurdied The book won't make you a used gives i1 a rather cheap appearance inside. Although it computer whizz-kid ouemlghl (though check how well yours seems to look larger than the QL Advanced Usee Gwde. it friendly rather strange. Then H starts on types ol ODOS, covenng (he memory layoul and usage, though gives only the slightest menlion of a !1 NOVEMBER 19B4 . THE INDEPENDENT ,^anNs.. ^4^. HOME-MICRO NEWSLETTER * GOSSIP AND RUMOURS * ALIHTERKROMSlRCLIVe -fitw would you like ID receive a pcr&onBl nniuhly iRIci fiom heir virwi ea lo how ilifj sec ihc rmuic of ihf * HARDWARK * free advertising Ttm >. anolliei Trsi for Hone Minn. All mcnibcii may place as many 'fm od<- fnr etvKynu evnyiliinn you niKd in knrwaboul wi.d,andatHo[ulelylKl;L. rticHmnc anil haw niuch. j'lus. we affer our own thoit • what you get Mkm 'Ad' Sbppleniem is distrihmcd in all rammcrls on value and UiBbilily. Evciylhiiiis from cnmrfne qnmpmn^ lo carrying cases i( is. . nahlinp nicinher lo rannher Lnnlai:( wiih if Christmas offer fi'ilow enihuMuM'.. WHY NOT PI ACF fiNULISH ANO NEVER DUl.l . 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You'll discover how a databa.se helps you with vourdomesticclKires.and with your hobbies. Youll learn why word processing is worth your while, andhow spreadsheets are tailormade foryour personal finances. jargon -free This comprehensive, , book can help you to find out exactly how your micro can help you. Don't leave your home micro wit SUNSHIHE Lookout tor thi'Sunshini- rongc at W II Smiths. I) nols, John.Menzie8.othKrl(Midin^ retail i-hiiinsand ulluuud bookshops. Deiili>rKnqumos: 111 -4;<7 4:<4:t. Tony Bridge's Adventure Corner away as you wish. More senous dangers There, at 'the Umpteenth ZX Microfair', present themselves in the form of weird V0u1t be able lo visit a couple of slands. On monsters who can jump out from a bush iust one of Ihese is a take-olf of Vallialla, when you are getting complacent. complete with Little Graphics, while on Ihe Ta Na Nog should now be on sale and a other you can actually hold a conversation more in-depth repon will be forlhcoming as with someone called Tony Bridge! Add lo soon as The Grand Eil receives a copy, tn this the title page, which features a couple ol the meantime, I think you will enjoy il. adventure in-jokes and a picture of a very Details from Gargoyle Gaines. 74 King siiange-looking person, only one or mio Street, Dudley. West Midlands, spelling mistakes and the Beeb-lookallke A branch of adventuring which 1 have character sel, and you have a wonderfully always had a londjiess loi. is Sword and winy [no silly nudge-nudge humour) adven- Sorcery. In facl, this is the forerunner of ture, which pokes gentle fun and is a Dungeons and Dragon^ which in its turn pleasure to play. - was the foundation of computer advenhi- The only diawbadt, apart from actually nng. So, PSS's latest piogiam, aptiy enlitled gettingsnick in the Gobbn's Dungeon again SH-ordsand Sorcery, is of great interest For (1 thought Td seen the last of that one), is the the CommDdoie 64 and Spectrunt, this number oi locations — a mere 34. 1 could certainly have done with many more — Pick of the crop program is promised as ihe first of a series — the character developed in this game can come on Delia 4, you've got 14K left to dehght us withl Coniaa Delta 4. ihe lun-up 10 Chrislmas is getting be transferred to subsequent expansion The Despite the impression you Shieling, New Road, Swanmote, Hants. ) top gear, we adveniuiers look modules. may this is Nemesis Software is a company that ! being assured Ihe best crop of gain from the hyperbole of the adveo, m Idea, is of soflware for a couple of yeare. not a new and nor the idea Amslrad Tfie Grand CU caught a biiei gttmpss of "wandering through the unending comdor newest micro success story — the have imo in Til Na Nog the other day, and was on a quest for material, physical and/or CPC464. They now advemures Ihe Arnold Blackwood series: they are Trial oveiwfialmed (and not. this tune, hi FCW spiritual power. ' However, there has been to coffeell This graphic Bdvenluie fiomGai- considerable interest shown in this game — of Arnold Blackwood and Arnold goes govle Games, until now known for theu agaui, a Grand Elf Report Somewhere Else. Whal a wonderful title! As iicade hit. Ad Asua. is sel in Itie 'land of possible. Details from youth' of Celuafi myttology. While il owes PSS, 432 Stoney Stan- much to both Vallialla and Lo! iMicIss Is daslgnad lor rt Wiinl ie>ilewe wile to; Tony Bridge, Advamuie Cormi. Populai Computing Weekly. 12-13 UBH Newport SIraet. tontton W(aB 3LD. POPULAR COMPUTING WEEKLY . . SINCLAIR QL SEE HEAR (EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE) HEAR rT...SPELL rT...SEE IT... EDITORiASSEMBLER - Q pssE m'code assembler ICUWIENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THE 48K linked by 's donnectlng lead In your computer ant headphones. All on one cartridge. C54.e5 Inc VAT. 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I would not waii V I have had a number of for the MSX machines, as Ihey "Lletteis on this subject, and are likely lo be too expensive lule 1 symp^hise with the pon the cassetle wUI be able la lot Ihe kids to buy. The Ams- imls made in Craig's letter, I be Etaited and stopped by ;o understand Ihe software piogram control. hate to say this), why have you impanies point of view. To creale youi own UDGs on not considered Lhe BBC B, the Vic. is quile a eomplei Dection option. The amotinl o[ process to explain, so I will soHware available lor this ma- confine mysell to merely sho- chine through the education authorities is very large, wing you how to do il. and modelled on Ihe mainframe the Electron is well within the compuier versions. Whai I POKE 64a.30iPOKE 612,33: price range ol mosi people. mean is that when a mainframe POKE 3eBS9,340-fOEE 36866,150: program is compiled, in order POKE O.IOaiPOKE 1,0:POKE Sprite needs lo be able ic mthst Video collisions disc libraries. These libre recorder are not available on machines KBLcofSc such as the Spectrum, and so 10 know how programmers use the same i.PEEK(i+a5600);NEXT i Ihe 9' code (contained within the QI read wltli latetest yam spilte and data can be delec- compiler) to achieve Ihese uuwei to S Keodna n- 10 FOR i - 743S TO 7wa-SZI ted, Biul with what sprite and gantlng tecording prasraiiu biPOKE iiJIEXT what data on the CBM 647 Youm on a video caooette recorder. ZO DATA 60.126.90,136.60.36,10 The CBM 64 sprite system detects I hava a VCR ami a BBC B Aautomatically compnter, and since 1 have Teacher lisLons between any sprite and verf little Imowledge of te- any background data. The trouble spnie lo data collision Extra methwl, I would be gralefnl if {Hex DOIF) commands conid Idndly let me know Binninghasn, Ifae following: M Reynolds at d. This tegi. 1)H. and used, in exactly the sk S Bennerr of Preslaiyn. Clwyd. des- ^Vl am a sdmd teacher way as the sprite collision ^Jperatelv camlng to grips gisler (hex DOIEI. Hemeit ^^Conld yon please let me wiui the micro revDlntion! K As you may k The Biimiiigham schoolE have the RML 460Z ma- chines, bul these are not within my price range. I have Spectrum for some time thought of wri- compiler tten is perhaps a little silly, t have now taken my pen in Craig Shorland of Leicester, band Id ask it anyway. la there machine in the for Ihe CBM 64 leads made foi Lhis, bw this will any recenlly acquired a Xicompilet modest price range 01 claims to be able lo ient ro problem, as [he more compiler for my ZX which compatilile la Basic with the handle Basic slatemen!. It !s al eilhei end aie beely Spectrum, bnl was disappoin- any available. RML machine? ted to find that the compiled IS almost always Ihe case with to start a compileis, that there are 1 do noi know of any books 1 would like code would not nui indepen- micro ovenng VCR as a compurar school computer club and dently of the compiler. This lacihuea ol Basic that are not would like to recommend a supported. Normally this does I the mpiler machine for the children so vonld have to be loaded each not present a problem. that Ustings, etc, can be sha- a compiler which Le lhal 1 ieany 11 you find red. I have a Vic 20 bnt that ipUed programs, oilers additional faohties lo has obvions limitations, Ain I and the compiler itself uses normal Basic, and compdes Ihe better advised to wait for the 5V?K. Creating think MSX machines, or would say Could you please recom- commands, then I you UDG's an AmstlBd be better? 1 hope mend some compQeis which would be advised yon can catch my drift? compile most of the Spectnim and 1 1 Ihe A cheap micio Ihst is commands and do not ikeed lo commands. You may find tha R J Burden ot Wyke Regis, Acompatible with an RML theu use will shorten you: 480Z, lhal a child could use . . compiled code- Basic programs ui any case. OFIeoM coald yoa lell me how to disable the Re- I definitely congratulate you Is there anything about your computer you don't cord DD llie cassette tape on attempting lo lake the bull understand, and which everyone else seems to take recDrdei and how to do UDGs by Ihe hooa. You are Elaning forgranted? Whatever your problem Peek it to Phil OD the 16K Vic 20? off on a very inieiesting period Rogers and every week he will Poke back as many Peek Poke, I am aJiaid Ihal there is no in your teaching career, if my answers as he can. 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It no-one gets it right the £50 will be added to the following week's chart and so on until someone gels it right! (If iher more than one winner that week's prize — whatever the 'pot' stands at — will be split equally between all the correct entries.) It £50. Voting for My Top 3: Voting Week 1 Diary POPULAR COMPUTING WEEKLY New Re eases - really isn'l loo much to it. ft and dog control . you aie in choice o( colours and a choice competition with a nval gun- slightly lapey shapes which man cornplete with his own gun NATURAL FORM 1 1 wished lo of — i phrases such as Leav can be selected and tested is Intercep- fun the Jewels of Babylon Bcal and Exil Boat before spelling colours and so On. ll lis a game and excelleni; the Micro's beat Specuum realised ihat llie niosl nature appears lo be aU in Basic and giaphicB are game (o dale — in lechiucal Enghah language took ages to load. Number dogs really bounce about one. but very authentically — not foi harde- requesi was Ihe i one m a field of playing isims (well, urdess you uon. An excellent program. bad value just Ihe same. ned Animal Bighlsor Leagued loBlhe advenliueB). Cruel Spoils campaigners The plol is nolliing new - a PiDgram St^apesand Colours though. fabulous lieasuie is hidden aoniewheie on an island, home Ptagraro Cun Dogs KeySoBvmre wales. Find it, using a Ptics £5.^ CpnunodDiP $4 sophist lea Micm SiqqiUn Hill MacObbon Soallan^puailXXISAB English language Neai Hobbil-)ike in lacl. Jewels of Babylon is a gra- DOG CONTROL phic advennira and the gra- phics are really aslonishmg — beaulifully diawn m i and displayHd ina No Leaming to type is something deSnitely wander Inteiceploc NO VALUE ihai a computet can laborious graphics-only demc help you with, The Independent software (or the succession of quick brown QL dnits through in dnbs and ' e enlivened by the The lilUe 1 managed lo play drabs — mostly drab actually. 1 TV s I you Next up IS an educational pro- you're getting o gram from Key Software. The a muddy swamp armed only dmg each key press. program mlends to teach is a lypir with a shoe and a crocodile thai ft&Tian Typing shape and colour recogmtion. keeps turning up The way its tutor for the BBC B. There aj Now there isn't anythmg very types oi exercises — dri program understands 'real' TOO diBicult about tlus: show a child graphics and gel it to some putting each linger in tlie rig press the appropriate key — the of simple little basic Whenever Andromeda — ll kmd which lest particular combina- program that rmghl retail lor a Hungarian software company ihe classi- — are behind a program you couple of pounds in At the end of each practice there is the know you'll gel something a fied. Bill wilh Ihe QL exercise, there is an asses- little dilfeienl. Hill MacGibbon sment of your speed and the their price, secon- have jusl issued a game, writ- drives and peicemage accuracy. It's a cynical about It, ten for them by Andromeda, dly to be more neat. weD-designed package you tan always get away with called Gun Dogs. but you'll have to pay for it — for in the early days Qui Dogs is a game in which less more the cassette is £9,95. of a machine smce Ihe compe- you blast away at hannless and rather sweei-lookmg ducks Key Software's Shapes and which then tumble lo the Colours relails for £14,95 and ground. Then you send your pcrfecily exemplifies the pnn- gun dog of! to pick Ihe c< 1S21 NOVeiffiER 1984 NewReleases another player and there is a _^ OTHELLO Pnsnm The Moon CliailengB 3-D WINNER Pri« £655 The Moors Challenge aounds Cyclone, you will Itave seen Smqdiei TrniPfHipSallvaie adverts for. Since the Andioiil like an unusual game but il isn't. games and Tamadoliow Level. new machine a llnle after Vones have been one ot the Wangman and Chess you gei Wesll^a-^ houses of all. Cyclone is the latest program and il hones the Now [ haven'l got anything three dimensional techniques used in previous games to produce Ihe best ever Vocrex stick my neck out) it isn't very SPREADSHEET popular. How many peopJe game yei nng each oihei up and aay Cydone has many sinulari- with fancy a quick play ot Othello nes Tornado — your task IS lo pilot a helicopter over a lanight' — Lhiee oi leas, that's was i buEDieas machine. That large area afsea and islands all how many, and one of diem is a was Commodore's idea any- drawn wilh a three drmesional way, but it nevei really happe- peispediva. Like Anf i^fracic you can change your view of lei? And why la u always one o[ nol difficult to EBB why. the landscape Ihe Disl releases? 1 think we as if switching to another camera position to 'see should be told iowarda possible landing sii as a small business tnachinc Landing is ditTicuH but by The taak is to colled and h in the form of The Moors means as bad BE ir TIiL. Alto- return lo base a number of ChaUenge (Moor b ihe sense gether, what you gel is TLL with crates; aside from finding Ihem of swarthy gentleman from fo- even more impressive gra- there is the problem of stray markeled by Audiogenic is phics (watch the way Ihe httle aircraft roving about and occa- operated in a 'pop up' menu figures climb up your winch sional people requiring help. style much beloved of irendier rope when you rescue tl Worse still is a cyclone which and more expensive compu- and much increased playabili- leis, and has space for a vast n.'ad,M.T.ljj.r.Jl,.iini.iM playing area creating winds number ot cell mantces. THE The package Includes ready prepared lemplales' for same Micto ^wcmim of the most common spread- SoppUar Voirex MOORS SSOfliDoilsndsKcBi ipecial map to help guide you MandieaerM3J9HD CHALLENGE get, car costs, loans and ex- penses. A small, illustrated ma- Commodore 64 version titial claiiTies those points not game, has, despite all its su obvious from simply using Itie CONVERSION ior faciUlies. actually I system. There are a number of pro- grams, which begin life on one I don't know why this should machine (otien the Spectrum) be so — perhaps all the pro- gramming enon has been ex- hausted in creating the original and the ne swap over. le, the code is kept as logically similar as passible firnrn^ AcUvlllon 15 Harley House. I^aiyiebone Road, ReganlsPark, NVtil SHE Antrog Software fS West Hill. Darttord CSP Sysle StainbeckRoad. Leeds. Chalkfloft 37 Willowslea Road, Worces' POPULARCOMPUTINGWI New Releases .-. r ihan tewritmg coinple- lunny bul the an of leap . jsmg the stienglhs and over them proved exlretnely .iiluig the of ihe weaknesses dilficull and [ haveni yet made it into Zyco's bram, (1 forgot to \ <;a3e in point is Digital m anon's JTgflrer Htof which -onEideted a flight dmula- Inshon.ilseemsa satisfacto- Psion's original m the Speamm ry dodge type game, not des- orld. On the Commodoie 64 it perately original and it it was ititich a less impresaive pto- more eitpensive i probably would be harder on It, but for = = dispJay (green land, blue PaiBonslly, 1 thinV it is a KGB £1,09 It's going lo give a lot of plot lo desaoy the veiy founda- people many hours of Fur le sound when the fadlues and truly Bnlish. The people responsible should be pui in the tower. Oh, by the way it's a have a llighl e [in panicuiat. Now ar Sunshine Towers we're a pretty royal lot the Sun- pBSf shine enolOBUie at Ascot is always hJled to the brim with Queen fans (alvrays prefenod Frits Lang tnyselO the Sun- u!d for the BRAIN HUNT gents it's top hat and laik The njghtly Eing-song ol Rule Bnlla- Along with a new version ol jua still brings a tear lo eve- CM/er(hope you've already got ryone from the humblest your copyl MaBterHoiuc have inlcwell liliet (a leant ol small issued more titles for the children rei.-cue'l from the Commodore 64 which they woikhouses by Sunshme Cha- claim are well up lo full pr:ce rities Inc. a stinicmg rich non- standard, JV^d Control is a proRi making oiganisadon) to platforms and levels game with if you want one which lets you the elusive and near mytliical Ik and blast baddies) this la 'Mighty Joe' Sunshine himsell The idea is that you have to no means a hiad piogiam. — owner of the entire tnono- negotiate a vanety of obstacles : a disappointing one. lilhic corporation and several to reach the centre of Zyco'a Prq^am Fii;htet Pilot Latin countries, Amancan brain — tliis apparently is the £9.95 Linle wonder that a new pio- only way Zyco (an evil mons- gram. Di's Baby, deahng with ter] can be destroyed. The a copy and om own faiiy tale Pnnce and game has a iot of wit — the Erst PrmcBBE's attempts lo bring a section involves dodging a se- s. Populai Computing new member into the world, ries of geriatrics inhabiting Zy- y. l?-n Little Mewpoil filled us all with deep horror co's nursing home. . LorOon WC2R 3LD and a genuine sense of shock- Their relentless midge looks i^nnvmn m 'OP Channel B Software 51 FishBrgalB. Icon SatlwareES High Slieel, Goslonii. R Paton 2 The Avenue, Fallings Paik, V m. Mikro-Gen 4J Group. Holborn ;iicus. LonOan EC1 Mistral Soltware : Read, Tun linage Veils, Kent TN2 5HT P. Carlin 8 Tithe Ct. . ._ _...__ _., on WV1O0HT. Scorpio Gwncswoilitaoy-aiaCfimEichange Building ;amearalStrael,riiancneslefi1 Soapan Soft 1 Wartjorough Close, Old load, LlariBlli Dyfad. Tarry Sofl SB WoodOnage Road, Borkina. Essex j| 1 9ER, Tiinealhi SlonejUurn WorKstiops, The Old Pnmary Scnooi. ':iiin Slreet, SlonayOu'n, Wesi Lotnian, Scotland EH47 BAP US Gold 15-21 NOVEM8em984 , Ziggurat Bssa Tommy's birthday ptoducets like lO deal with things which aie considered lobe Eure-fiie, and the seemin- gly SQie-tire approach is mote and mote spedal eOecls. Many ol us have seen the elfects of s, and like hlDi yo suie-flie special ellecls in Elms, wilh no story attached. Such antics are now being mlnorad ui the dinsots, suie-fite special I Now taking ihew ihioughouc. with no stoiy att>tche If you want to lUidresE a high lesolutioit AEimav noted (In How Sdence Isaac woman on the scieen as part of some badly FicBon Came to be Big BuEinesS. 1960) programmed game, you deserve pity. Gai- Uiat Sfar Wars was well pholographed, mng wives by clubbmg, and draggmg to a nade inspued use of a pau oi robols, sitd cave - as in flC fliU - serves to hide Kis good humouted Uiroughoul. another version oi the age-oid micro game -The r Kingdom. There has been a reaction by games ^ .TALKTAlXTfiLE is players against the simplisdc zap and povi . .798979883086. games — not due to any genoraj pacilistic leanmgs, but through boTBdom — the games do not ollei etiough to the player. Tacky tries with tired twists or trite ntillation offer no advanca. ness and good humour," do offer far m le old ideas all GOTO210«FOHD = £ 1TO950IFD Asimov pointed out that it what he termed is Z^us rMac. iNOOTOaooBOFORi -oToazoiTi- VORT- DTHEN GOTO 190 BO LET EVE visual' science Bclion clings to special Automata. There are Ihe new Braingames effects as the all-in-all, each must exceed its from Amphconlui flune Quesr ii pays to be predecessors if it is to be a block-buster chivalrous); and there is While Lghrning^bB and the public will become guickly jaded. tremendous Fonh games creating system , MIDS I the compelling a iDim are lejecied by iuceis of Euch Sims, I ol the dice IE the 1 pauperdom and a{- r 16 D P Smith pf Haniona H The Hackers teaai fact) sir, fct we're Sa}Dure Jiolj alone, hapua^, ..M its criy aiaikble fcr the itscalW me, the ffewfain anlfe iWTndm^-up a Jjusiness. POPULAR COMPUTING W