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A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR COMMODORE 64, 64c & 128 COMPUTERS deshTop: organi/et and file NOW AVAILABLE IN THE UK manager AT geoPxIat: nowcrftil graphics editor gMWrile; easy to u«:. grapbics based ward processor diskTarbo: fasl file loader dwHI£49-X #^9S^ine VAT & CARRIAGE DeskAccessories: alarm clock. calculator, notepad, ptiolo PLEASE SEND CHEQUES/PO's to: album, text album, and preference manager First Analytical Ltd 6 NEWCOMEN STREET, LONDON SE1 1YR TEL: 01 -524 5630 Comntodore 64. 64c, l2SKarcgi!ii mdanarkof CALLERS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY COMMtHXWE ELECTtONICS L1 ES Retail only Memotech's a We cannot imag ne Ra n Rolls Royce loulng on the Ei bird having any objecl on o your project wha soeve After reading Popular las und. ihe Bxtremelv versa-
f^ weak. I lelt compelled tc ; Genpal commands and the A load of and echo iha things super-fasl tape loading, but I IhBi Philip rubbish AfklBv said regetd- think Memoteoh itself mould ing Iha Mamolech a letter published Popu (Lenars, be better al that than me. In August U), and also lo nn- Alan Hamilton lar, December 5 985 large a linle on how good a Ayrshire machine ihe MTX 512 reallv loops thai were a oad o Bedroom games
I the Memotech. The your magaiine
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: Memotech, which i puters, including Ihe Due lo a prinl ng arror Ihe I am particularly i meres ted graphic charac a s n the in getting a poster of the UXB listing we e om ed picture of Ihe ice skull and ihe The following lines contain GLP correction debugger and analyser. wizard on the rope bridge, as the characters which must be If you thought the giaphics this larger version may be typed in with the cursor in Cnceming the latter by on the Commodore 64 were used to scale up the picture lo graphics mode, as explained Niel Markwick {Populai painl on my bedroom wall. by Ian Grainger In the August 28lh, August) describing ihe Would it ba breaking any 28th issue. facilities of Ihe Centronics Basic, using very advanced copyright laws if I was lo do . GLP pnnlet, in NLO mode it
Logo [ype graphic commands this? Would I have to gam ::' prints al only 12cps. not and II does it at lightning permission from the pub- 25cps as staled. He also said
lishers? I would appreciate : a that ii can prim in 3 different And lor ihose of any you who information you could : lexl sizes. There ate in fact 4
give me on this matiet, ;i - textsi7es:5cpi(40char/line), PPanayis ' 8.5cpi (66 char/line), lOcpi '~ C35, you can buy a Specuta- Northampton .« :.. (80 char/ line) ' 17cpi(132
The publisher of The Pawn -. ; char/line) A jrther 2 dif- of iheMTX 512 and lets you on the Atari ST is Rainbird - are available use a lot of Spectrum Software. The address is : aub/BU ipi, plus bit software? 74 New Oxford Street. : e image graphics mode.
1 could go on about the 32 London W1 (01-631 5206). z-
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This results in a nurnber of possible The closing dale for puzzle X. Qoill it in parallel interface uersion CIO one operating this service The outshines
I members' views aspects. argu- (tVATI more will buy a paral- 1 Derby as far as know, tape/disc of many My lol/serial model. For E:120 Paul Simpson menl is thai GAC is quick for pro- (+VAT1, a tractor feed option 4 J Naim Avenue The subscription fee and easy to use, and wUh both Interfaces can be Chaddesden this IS a measly £3 per year. duces Illustrated adven- Derby interested should tures whii:h are more obvi- had. \ have this model linked Anyone I'll ously 'commercial'. lo my Sinclair OL, and am drop a line and a siampand for all its advan- very pleased uvilh the results. send further details. TTia Quill, Je» Walker tages, needs The Patch and The GLP II superceded the Illustrator to produce GLP. and for £130 (WAT! The you can buy the parallel Iniet- facB version from the same merits of supplier IRockhall of Glenfield Whatever the
The Quill. I think an adven- amended ture written with GAC is I feel that the clarify the certainly simpler for non- information will up trusty copy Picking my programmers to produce — of the pnniet. I whole ability of Popular. August 21.1 heartedly agree with Niel and surely that's a strong noted with interest a feature Markwick's s on Incentive's Graphic Adven- GLP efor 9 ture Creator lonhe BBC Being RSX supplied Dnay. somewhat involved in the for Amstrad field of advemiirea, I mas in- referencE to n terested lo see what CAC With RSX extension pr. s like ft Luck of the Irish gram Xen for the Amstr; comparing GAC with The (see this week's issue), would like to add that I v. Ouill. Anyone who can say supply the package on ta( "Forget The Quill" in prefer- for C2.50, or disc for £6 ence lo GAC needs a strong B, Choict The for Romanesque address is below The GAC system is good; Leuel 9s duplicator, I've been Goody/ii my Romans program for let me say that first. However, using MegaLoad. a turbo In 1 7 Foun the OL (Programming. in terms of flexibility and loader from Choice Software Acklam August 3 1 1 thnre is an omis- for their C64 masters. sion It IS now necessary to MegaLoad employs thtse Cleveland tJeleie line 290 for the pro- spesds, 9. 7 and 5 times and 7S57 7LW each uses a multi-coloured Even there, GAC Is only a iding SI Quality and little more advanced, With starling I such a piuful amount of power tion back in 1978, Iwe been memory free and serious limi- am a recent and happy offered many very varied and ownei ot the Memotech some, very expensive, tur- 1 found' max location descriptions, it l^1TX5 12, which have bos, but rue found nothing to could never have been used to bo a beast of quality, value match this product. Long may t It pnmanly Demolition to write 7?ie Boggit which The and power use they continue to produce I Quill handled easily. for programming, although I Simon Stable derby Statements like "For the first time ... a utility which DU for out . can create freestanding pro- are rwiiculous. Electronic repair irijm In fb/3ufar, June 19. grams" just To Unfortunately you omitted the reviewer, Richard Benson. manual needed of to mention how lo gel the I can only say that some us am a regular reader of game tunning once the code are above being impressed by and back? Can you tell me where I I Popular Compiling Weekly IS lypad in. The following a few pretty graphics a and hope your readers might can gel books and software fortheMTX512? be able to help me through I would encourage readers Chris Ellis the courtesy of your leileia to consider whether they page. want an old system capable of producing large, high Devon I am very interested in elec- quality adventures or what The fl/lemotBch user group is called Genpat, and is run the 'adventure' bit boiled on. by Keith Hook. He can be contacted on 0282 33596, WACCI club And i) Mr Benson si ill can- not produce a decent game Met tip moved. don't I Many thanks for publi using The Quill. I have one We
ion for Fergus McNeill be contacted on 0993 Delta 4 Software 75251, Swanmore For books and software, try Syntaxsott. wfioae tele-
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GAC, and of the fact that Genpat.
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POPULAR COMPUTINa WHKLV/13 Software: Reviews Getting to First Base with Minerva field which v
lempiing ti Ihe key field. the pioblar The database c ling lo gtjps spreadsheets, etc, forthe un- iBls: for example, initiaied wiih a serias of i:!'5is.i..,»,,;aiiE""""'""" ill people liuing in 'Learner Friendly' packagas. ) malting list datat range, s fast bur simple dals- bsse for the PCW 8256/
jccurring a mail mBrge facility (or use with Locoscrfpt documents,
. Minet«a'5 idea and It mav well be worth a potential look for this alone ) be that users shouid buy
Christina Erskine more specifically 255 fiHlrts. each field m their needs However, First Base \s not in Program First Base Mi- sign for a database is any way a tutorial program. I cro PCW 8256/8512 wouid say It is useful for any- Prica e2g 95 Suppliar Once the databas Minerva Systema, 69 Sid- well Street, Exeter. Devon Tel: 0392 37756.
Bridging tlie card games gap
« m *ith Colpssiis Chess mprovomenls. There is now »#m# going from slrsnglh "Its greatest strength Js a full score shcel, for exam- i lo strength in all its the sheer range ofpractice niiiaie conversions such as sprea^d^^its'^'^n'Ts^ a^hlt'^with and cheat options . . . Blackwood Colossus Bridge. these make Colossus the Altogeihar, Colossus moa- Beanng in mind Ihat i;Dn- best bridge practice iratl bridge often evokes (not most bridge simulations It very acLurale) images of golf has a range of options 10 beat has gone lo town with the through the bidding and ihe enough lo salisfy most For the bidding, ihe pro- leople
The boK includes ihe excel- Probably ils greatest gram follows the principles of CDS hopes it will attract the lenl book Begirt Bridge by G C slronglh is the sheer range of Acol, using a weak opening mention of non-bridge H FoK. which together with practice and cheat options. no trump, and Slay man. Bar- ilayers who wanl lo leatn. ihfi sample hands demon- rebidding, reselling youi on and Blackwood conven- he accompanying booh and strated on the reverse of the original speed and distribu- tions. Generally it is sound. sample hands will cenainiy lape, makes ihis a suitable with occasional cycbrow- lelp in this respect, if you are your own hand, replaying a raising bids—nothing loo dis- order form for Systema hand, asking tho computer to similar to real life in facl. pjay a card, claiming some or As for Colossus '5 cand lo-one IS going lo shout al
mon electronic games, and a all of The remaining tricks. play, it follows the generally you, but 11 can slill be a ionely subscription offer for Inlerria- getting the computer to play understood opening iead con- tional Popular Bridge Monthly Ihe entire hand. All ihese
Of course, the program it- make Colossus probably the pleys fairly solidly and pre-
Bridge Micro* Amsirad yet. times - draws ils trumps and CPCs (Spectrum conver- plays "al good club player Some of the options, in sion expecled) Prica levei*. ism there too. fact, are almost too dotailBd, Programmed by ihe team Cotossus follows the format You can sot the computer's which developed CP s latest disc Suppirar COS Soft- of previous bridge simuta- response rate at any number Bndse Player for the PCW lions you play one hand, the 8256/85 12, Colossus is simi- Road. Don caster, S Yorks. found anything below 16 loo lar m format with a number of
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Atari hits on four favourites
belaced leap for selling a( belors th
vagon i current day budget title.
Englisf Software i I four Hack, chop, kick. urgh. GIAM Atari acES. as iheyli Chop SuBy is your basic mar- to call them on ihe inlay. tial arts game. Graphically What you get for your lenner are Eleklmgfide. Media- The last game in the pack- Quasimodo and Chap age. Mediator, is probably the Susy. most intBrasling game to
play, even if [he insTruciions give you little idea of what the of the games are aclual- hell you're supposed lo be After docking the action id. Elekliaglide, ihe 3D doing. Vou take off in scene goes into 3D for the next driving game is probably lbs one from a large circular couple of scenes, which
besi of Ihe bunch although rl space si include, after you've fought ling 10 look a litiie dated The obji ProgrBm Atari Smash Hits Entombed look-alike. Micro Alsn 400/800/ Quasimodo m IS thro Overall the pacloge can XL/XE PriGBe9.95 Sup- only really be considered pliar English Soflware, 1 for money if don't value you North PersiiB, Parsonage the of Gardens, Manchester M60 This 1BX. GIANT CI AiJeykat racing
isibly the r awaited follow-up of and gives the impression of lime. Alleykal has a having been rushed oui to capitalise on the success of
Popular Appeal ^ # 4 ^ Chris Jenkins
degrees. The objec Prognm AHeyKet Micro cally, Commodore 64 Pric« CB.S5 Supplier Hewson. ship which can gain height, 566 Mil ion Trading Eslaie, zap obstacles and change to Milton. Abingdon. Oxon. fighter mode to eliminate par ticularly dangerous hazards. Energy nodes and money be collected by C16 game in the running ming o Its a hard life being a 64 - with the added advan-
IfC16 owner, it must be tage of a fabby soundtrack will soon be upon ui eshol Just about polished enough Then differenl Limited memory, no hard- landscapes to compete over, enjoy games of this type, you and many different kinds of good sound chip. Despite wont be disappointed. race; slalom, survival, demoli- as, theC16ver- Popular appBSI « * « tion and so on. Only if yoJ an increasing amount of CI lot have this John Cook complete a cenain number of software is verging towards laps can you gain a bonus and what might be called respect- qualify for the next round of ProorBin Monty on the the challenge. much of it. like Monty on Ihe Run Micro C16 Prlctt Run. comes from Gremlin £6.96 Suppllar Gremlin screens, compfex sound ef- Eigned, nicely thought out Gcapbics, Alpha House. 10 fects and polished music Monty on the Run was ori- CarverStreel, SheffteklSI combine to make Alleykal 4F5.
le/POPUtAR COMPUTING VU Games: Reviews
Johnny Reb II comes marching in
defending though t force). As J of slrenglh, exper- you that you can break in to a W'iv 1 for ence and morale, which menu at certain stages Be- Speclrum' Probably, and The Confederates can refnember from Ihia point cross nonces. Four types of units in hislory? But whatever the from defending Ur chionological order of things troops. namely, artillery, infantry, arningl lo IBfVI formail might be, Lolhlonen's name The default set-up <9 pretty cavalry and supply. remains in the forefront of bare, with justa coupleof hills Play is via joystick or cursoi uvaryame software wf iters, and roads, plus some houses, keys (which can be re-de- This new program drags that but the new version allows fined) ~ as Ihe 'cursor box' is greai old game into the mod- the player (or players) lo cre- moved over e unit. Ihe details ern era, while the essonlial ate fences, walls and build- of that unit are displayed, and a range of options available, Gameplay takes place in the scape must remain the same. including orders lo move {fir- American Civil War, and fol- Similarly, the composition ing or noti, dig in, charge and lows the efforts of a Strong and names of both forces can Pragram Joh/my fteb II Confederate force sweeping be tailored to the players' \ Amsirat CPCs from left to right of the play requiremanrs. Micrc Prica £9.95 Supplier area, atlemptiny lo break To reflect the arf/ioc make- | Lothlor en, Victory House. Lhrough a lighter Union force up of Ihe opposing armies in e. though nn Leioesi r Place. -ondon I left and the conflict (drawn from both ) of how m regular n progress. WC2H 7NH.
Moonlight Madness for insomniacs """ ','' it Imie monotonous, then '. ploipi 01 lo Moonlight a f^^''W- ' The " Madness ISis sosi flimsy I begins lo grate the neivos \^\'l.^^^~:^^^-:^^i.-^^-:;^^i.-^^^^--.^^.-^ won"! bothe After a while it begins to take you with it. Suffice lo say that on all the appeal of the this is a called Ihe sixteen Chinese water torture. keys and open the safe game If you have trouble getting with a thrilling 2D display end single colour graphics. r method So, off you go, leaping from platform to platfon-
hings. iding . Popular Appeal 4
Program Moonlight Mad- ness Micro Spectrum Price £7.95 Supplier Bubble Bus Software. 87 about this appallingly Higti Street, Ton bridge. KantTNS 1RX, It first it sounds all right, if
Tennis, anyone? J; vaguely the right position anc ' ^ anoihe thrash at the return. There's no way to control lbs powei of your shot, choose fore hand or backhand, produce spin, or whatever. There is some element o)
keyboard or \o' of the players" PopularAppeal«**«
e top. and all the rules of tei Ptogram Tennis Micro Spectrum Price E9.9S Unfonuoately i Supplier Imagine, 6 Cen- tral Street, Manchester.
iTSEPTEMBiniase Games: Reviews
Interplanetary influences
Tony Bridge returns to Adventure Soft's Rebel Planet - plus a sneak glimpse of Fergus McNeill's latest opus
Some WHHks ago, the Grand Ell had floor, set to explode after a certain lime. a Innk ai Rebel Planet from Adven- II you happen to be on the same floor The adventure is quite Iarg4 luiB Soft UK; lack of space Ihol as an exploding bomb - bye bye. other- of objects to be picked up week maani ihai the look mas more of a wise, you're okay for the moment, but Some are red herrings, but m' sidelong C)la stupidly opaque and obtuse. I would still store IS well created.
; store, the phar- ticns, but \ suppose Ihm there has to be s irede-od somewhere between graphics macy, general office, accounts depari- and text - and the wait between com- mand input and Iho re-appearance of the lanitor roving around, likely lo appear at cursor can be annoying, partccularly after
playing a recent Level 9 opus. In whirh licking away , . .
lis version of multi-tasking makes waits Although I enjoyed the adventure im- like this a thing of the past. But the mensely and found the Ideas of the plot storyline IS excellent and there are plenty inlurcsting and unusual land al €3.99 it is
of things to divert the attention, like certainly this side of good valuel. I had a few doubts about tho tastefulness of the strappadto your wrist (attends to certain project, what with bombs in large de- partment stores, and Harridges being on personal as well as mechanical sta- hardly an impenetrable disguise. tus), and liying to open those damned Adventiiie Soft UK Distributed bv US Gold. Unit 10, The Parkway Industrial frustrating Centre. Heneage Street. Birmingham B7. The £9.95 price tag means, as tt Ventuiesoft 23 Aragon Close, Kings should, thai ReOel Planet is bug-free (as Hedges. Cambridge CB4 2SU.
far as I could seej and that the packaging is good It Is a pity that Ran\ save/load is Fergus's latest not supported - but the extra commands that hasn't and the flexibility of the language makes Now to an adventure beE in fact is still in the proce- this story worth looking at. released yet. of nit en. Terry Braverman will be known to being w slilll Ih Cornet addicts from his contribution to lllusirsie yet, but 1 have seen some ol ihe gan company, t might add, with Bob Frank- pressed into service, and these can get a has constructs d around tl lin's Here be Tygers). litlle boring at times as they take up quite nat Fergus a lot of time. Although you can turn iha pictures off. is a of soft: the scenario of The Sleventti Hour you are lumtwrod with the sound affects. iiower, out mere yrand parade concerns a bomb-scare al Harridges of However, the program is blessed with others including a piece of luggage that London - ol course, you. the bomb- Rsmsai/e and load, as well as unique walks on a hundred legs and the old disposal expert, have been volunteered commands like Bombs (number defused) spectra himself. Death. The story is to enter the store and defuse the bombs. and Time (taken so farj. Graphics may be spread over three parts, so if you want to Bombs? Well, these are the work of the switched on and off with the simple lo be one jump ahead, start badgering your remember Pictures or Words, which is a local library now for a copy. lot better than Gron and Groff and other 1
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ADVENTURE the gun ro gf dunaeons but I capmol find Ihe mark of Daviri StBwan Ihe snake. Helpl David Stewart. 3 Ave- nue des LInoites. 1160 Brussels, HELPLINE Belgium. mmodorB 64. What di Robin of on Spectrum. Sherwood Suspended on Commodore 64. I
Where do I (ind Siward ihe and how have replaced the faulty wire but I Slitl
Thisf? I enler the grange? Petsr How do cannot reset Ihe system. Also I cannot Van Wingerden, Dierennem 24, 3225 find the vuire cutlers. Please help. David seisluis. Holland Help offered Slewan, 3 Avenue des LInolles, 1160 of Time. Lords of Midnighi, Zoric III on Commodore 64. 1- Brussels. Belgium I'S Havenge, Golden Apple, Zkul on Sinclair OL. He across Ihe underground laki
SBB-Kah of AsBiah on i Ihe ock. Peie Coombes, 2 Cast led i 64. How du ycu escape from the castle Crescent. Park si one, Poole, Dort when Iha huge bird ariives? Paul Siral- ion, 32 Hy Regi RA, BFPO 20.
1 160 Brussels. Belgium. The Patwn on Sinclair QL. 1 1 How do I lodore 64. I pass the alchemiBts? 2| How do I open 7 blue i from the s Ultima III on EKodus Commodore ihB dpor under Ihe tree? 3) What use are the red, green and blue? Michael Scott, Adventure Helpline 10 Hough Green, Chester, CH4 8JG
Going ijananas? II yoii are sluck in a Robin of Sherwood on Amstrad. Remsmber - the syaiam only works Where can you find the Holy Crest, and those adventurers who have solved i despair - help is at hand. where do you find the AOO gold pieces? puziles 9BI in touch. Euory week is Sa An Advonlurar Today (SAAT} weekl Gavin Lennon, Wanle Bridge PO, New- ton Butler, Co Fermanagh
System 1 5000 on Spectrum. I would like any mlormalion on playing the game that anyone can offer. Steyo Chapman, 8 Oak Gardens, Ivybridge, Devon. PL2 FREE GAME when you subscribe to nPOPULflRnP
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Finding tlie Pliaroah
Tony Kendle peeks into the mailbag and finds some pokes
HI \r from Alasdair Mai Las! Pharaah. Knowing how J like finding decent QL games you will find ihe lollouving 'es poke invaluable.
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r, ENTER and back lash (top righi of saving for accumufaiion of points - put score on the Off The H ° keyboard) and lastly Escape. This them aside and once you ve got most Splalil and you should Tinves all baddies but if you get stuck u will he unable to abandon ihB game together and your bonus score is doub- level. by pressing escape. "The SBme ilaelf consists of a very large me^e - I've visited at least s hundred screens so far. I've now almost ^aissm finished it - unfortunately some keys and the wall 'paintings' which change colour and gain points only appear after one has Top Twenty )om or something. 1 (11 Speed King MastBrtronlc 2 121 Firoblrd/Superior ling keys Eventually you i 3 14) Ghosts and Goblins ElKa ACE Caicad- ill yoi r keys, not knowing whar S 15] Ninja Master Firebird I've also |UBt completed Spill Person- S (81 es on the C64, The lechnique for 7 (16) Kane 8 (9) Dragon's Lair Software Projacta zing the game is to get lots of bon- s on the easier screens since every Knight Rider Ocean 10 16) Ninja picture takes so long and will un- It (14) Video Olympics doubiably involve loss of at least one life. Mastertronlc The pictures are fleagan. Thatcher. Kin- Molecule Man nock. Sir Clive. Sugar. Bogey (an awful 13 (10) (7) Hole in picturel. Charles and Di. Andy and Fergie 14 One Dare Virgin d lasily Monroe To complete Monroe Dan Gamea 16 Kick Slart Maitartronic lu have to get all the pieces from the (191 17 (201 Mirraraoft 18 (181 Jack the Nipper Gremlin Skool Daze 299 Clatsics for getting ri of bombs and if a 20 (131 Leaderboard US Gold 1
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Name that sci-fi movie still The prizes af Popular's autui competition this year are really hati We've got five (yes, five] bra novu Spectrum Plus 2 machines give away to the lop winners tl
But don't despair If you just mi out on the first priies, because the next ten winners will receive a Star Micronix STX-SO printer. Then there are 50 Mastertronic Magnum joysticks to the ninners- up. New on to the market, the Magnum is the joystick everyone
Five Spectrum Plus 2s What you have to do
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rrtplHi id anything in yet; is stills ic Study [he photographs shown here :afefullv. If ylJU think you can identify the
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ingly advanced joyst _ Micronix the most of your garne 5 -playing skills. The Spectrui Plus 2 Dpeiates like a Ergonomically designed for riglii- or left-
128K Specliui , but has a full-travel handed players, the Magnum features electronic switching, a fast- printers kevt>Da''d, bull I n tape deck, RGB. RS- high speed 232 and MIDI orls and an expansion action trigger, counier-balarced "pistal- facility for gnp" handle, steal shaft and bearings The Plus 2 also has twin joystick ports and extra-long cattle. Compatible with Magnum and will hai/e a range of disk drives anc Commodore, Atari, Am s trad and Sinclair 50 the other peripherals available Relsil price 1^ micros (with suitable adaptor), Mag- ri49. num normally retails at £112.50. joysticlis Competition
First prize: The Spectrum Plus 2. Five to be won. Second prize: The Star Micronix printer. Ten to go! Third prize: The Magnum joysticks: 50 for the runner-ups
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PCW show report Promises, promises... John Lattice on the wealth of new hardware at the show
ProrniBHs are going oul of fashion, if sophisticated disp last weeks PCWs^ow is anvltiing graphics package to go by. Shows in vears gonB bv Until its rivals w up and fit high-r alvvav^ used to have a substantial contin- tntrollers as eiar^dard Amstrad is liat gent of star ry-eved optimists, promising I have the graphics field to itself, ai staggering new ptoducls Real Soon Now ill be flagging Gem for all n's worth
|RSN), but iiowadays sadder e new Spectrum Plus 2 and t Amstrad CPC machines, now apparen
n this reforn n standard, and ai- [)ew PC range (se full details) was there in force, a: allegedly on display in branches Sinclair black the full travel keyboard and
built-in tape recorder should make it a Amstrad's stand was packed good seller this Christmas, capacity, giving the impression lh Acom's new machine, ihe Mastar
n the heart of the throng Wi Compact, It ks attractive, although it's free money", but the dra pricey by th standards of the Amstrad PCW. The asic machine with single more than living up 10 expectations I dnva comes in at €441.25, a bundled with monochrome mon- "Amstrad's stand was Is f 537.85, while a colour moni- lel will set you back £687.35, At packed to capacity. . the irices the Compacts aren't going new machines were more ) hearts round at Amstrad, but
I hey should be of interest at least to living to than up Acorn enthusiasts. expectations" Tatung's new machine, the Einstein 256, IS a more overt challenge to the Brentwood contingent. It's pnced at £141 for a 258K machine with single 3 inch drive and colour monitor, and Apple' s Macinto atthough it's not directly compatible, ACC WHS displaying a £19,95 PCW emulator on Tatung's stand.
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ama:;ing all-singini chip (hat should d( maal includible things, jusl as so s the softwara
iIq is also to feature nevv machine, which
One na chine that e OL. s vhich r( o for th ippears that
the machine, but has backed off again The company may just be keeping rls eiing relaunching the machine. CST's Thor upgrade (or the QL, which currentiv seems to be the machine's best exhibited, and he expects to be able to deliver with or wilhout Arnslrad's co- operation. The company claims 30,000
eicislBnce, so feels it can continije selling the Thor, which is basically a QL up-
it. The Amiga was a ipany was also demon- lor, acquinng a new high-res Mitsubishi ractive video system for colour primer that Commodore intends lich It hopes- will make its to sell bundled with the Amiga for markets
Atari launches the blitter chip
Duncan Evans tours the Atari village in search of new machines and software
d display. Rather than just a chip I ware from Atari was concerned B was the re-packaged machine you can simply plug into your 520 or <-Max cr consisiing of a two megabyte ST uuith 1040ST. It's not available anywhere yet, ed to Vie cartridge port of an ST, con-
detachable keyboard, monochrome although it has an initial price tag of $160 taining an interface board, dual proces- monitor and disc drive box (see page (about £100), but should be in this tour for more details). transputers and two blocks of 2S6k Also lurking in Sam Tramiel's office Ram. Each T414 is a 7.5 million instruc- were the chunky looking prototypes of a tions per second. 32 bit Rise (Reduced 2080STS and 4160STS, officially Insi ruction Set Computer) parallel pro- launched today. Another item in the pipeline is a box containing a 66020 n45D'. processor running drive which will Haba SyateitiB had a video digiliser, simply plug into your ST and might be from the Gorman company Pnnt Tech- available In the second quarter of 1 987 nik, on display which enabled you lo The 520 STFM, the one with the buih- digitise pictures from a camera or video in disc dnve and modulator, which was recorder. Watching the thing being dem-
originally going to be released at the onsu-aied, il only took around four se- same time as the 520 STM hut was than conds for a screen picture to appear rescheduled lor a September launch, once the video camera was rolling. The was nowhere id be seen. However, camera is simply plugged into the digi- according to Tramiel, it will be here in tiser. Itself plugged into the ST via the November, priced al or under the cost of A contender for the desktop publish- Centronics interface.
I STM plus disc drive. ing market came (rom the combination .. The c One p of an ST, Fleet Street Editor (move on FSE
printer from Quadram called, appro- e games front Eidersoft Soft- priately enough. Quadlaser. This unched the most titles at one go machine has 1.5 megabytes of memory.
3 printing speed of eight pages a minute . ST Ksrate featured digitised at 300 X 300 dpi per page Cenironios which was inaudible because of and RS2320 interfaces and a price of e coming from the other games), around C5000. nd two player option, multiple If It's a really imprasi
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le hasn't been written yet and all they on display wore some very good
jres which wilt be in it. The game ST PralBclor was a Dafentler style jld follow the basic plot of the film game with a mountainous skyline (as ivake you up. If vou pet- erthan just being of the hack, chop. opposed 10 the normal line drawing! but lorm something fairly badly, then can hardly be said id be wondetfullv anoiher character appears on screen elease in November.
eiiciiing. and, well . . takes the mickey is the Mirrors oft also announced Strike
Space Stalion looked okav even it it did polite expression Costing a modest (in Force Harrier and The Bermuda Pm/ect. resemble a poor [endltion of V on the C29.95, Arena is one to look The eight- bit Atari's were represented 64c. Fire Blaster was basically a shoot in the Alan village, bul only just. Rad the things coming down from the top of Rat Software had on display the Panic Express (disc E5.95 lape £3.95), Scream-
platform game v^ith vary small, if colour- ing Wings (£:9,95/E7 95) and A Day at ful, graphics Ihe Races (f:9,95/f:7.95|. Announced The prices ranged from C24,95 to Freaky Factory. Rocket Repairman.
f:29 95 which was a bit on 1 he high side War Copter. Astro Droid. Demoiilion Der- by. Treasure Island. Dragon 's Breath, Oo- ups on the ST yet. ' the Undead and Escape from The most impressive games came from Psygnosis, authors of Brartacas. Deep Space had soma excelleni graphic scenes, namely one featuring a close up of a 'Death Star", seemed to be very
much in ihe Sfsf Raiders dflpartmenl. I say seemed because the game kept crashing early on when someone ined to illection.
It would work in the end and would cost GST, authors of tst Word, bunc £34,95, yet. Among these were Electronic Pool, ith the ST at the moment, were shi The other product from the Liyerpool not giaphically brilliant but seemed real- 9 the follow up, imaginatively called Jst lads was Arena, a sporting events game, istic in play, and Pinball. Plus. This version kept the sa which had Branacas siiecf character Pinball has the facility to design and graphics set against a stadium type colour your own pinbaU table. Graphically lorporaied a if new festuri backdrop. Eight events were on offer. speaking, Ihe best thing from Microdeal a spelling checker. The mo Including running, javelin and shot put. was Karate Kid 2. Unfortunately the
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lor £39 95 and a Fractal Generator cost- ing C19.95. CaBhIink Software was displaving Cashllnh ST Accounts which claimed lo
bB a comp/eie accounis depanment. I<
handles all credit accounis with full accouiwng ledgers and mainlams re- cords tor your slocks using slock con- Irol. This comprahensiue accounis peck- SHB would set you back £295 (plus VAT). For Ihoae inieresied in other lan- guages Proapsro Software was showing ks Fort ran- 7 7 and Pascal com- pilers. ThD Fonran-77 was a full AnsI X3. 9-1978 Fonran compiler far the ST leaiuring 7 and 16digil precision floating poini, four byte integers and full Gem AES and VD! bindings. Pro Pascal is a complete Ansi 770X3.97 Standard Pascal compiler wuh ihe same son of feaiures found in the Fonran compiler Both programs cost £129 (ptua VAT)
tions, was the facilily lo allow graphics from any Gem applicalion 1 to be rnduded in the document. There is progfam called Sn^s/fOf which 'snaps* a picture of any Gem program and stores the screen in a GST pacl^ed format. Once saved the piclure can then be loaded and incorporated into any documant Also from Ihs GST stable were Is! Mail, a mail merge program for f:29.95, C Compiler for [;59.95. Macro Assembler "'a 'n
:
liiI^H r^"*^^ PCW show report Marbles, madness and Scooby Doo
John Cook with the fun and games part of the show
I p'jrsonalmes. Ihe glilter. the razza-
-ig closed, ihe shouls of itie workmen ing logattiBf unfinished atands, the SI of white noise as pre -produc lion {jrams crash speclHCLilsHv. This Ihe sluff shows are made of ear was no enceplion. The big nes software goes) nop c even The Edge is gatting in on the wiih Shao-Un's Road, from Kon. which was the lollow-up lo the gi made successful on home micros Imagjns, Vie Ar Kung Fu. "We war
! anyone.
s; "Things ate looking up." wfts the oncensus. Certainly a change from ih gloom and desponden- cy displayed at ime poinis last year. So what did vou m s, if you weren't there' Actlvislon - vhile vying for the holly George Stone Press Release of PCW 1986"" - had a going to be one to watch out for. Avail- wide range of software under its awn able on Spectrum. C64, Amstrad CPC. Amsttad PCW and Alan ST soon, of associated labels, the newest of Loricels had its newest, Bactton This is a 3D perspective job on the Wackier sliil, try Tass Times in Tone- This IS a label dedicated to the produc- Amstrad CPC that has you fighting lo tion of graphic/ text adventures, the first keep yourself healthy while you're being reality adventuring, Ullerly weird disc of which IS Chicago. In this one you play aiiacked by sundry bacteria and viruses. based entertainment on CBfW 64, Apple
ihe pan of Rats Muldano - recently The ideal program for hypochondriacs. II, PC, fulac, Amiga and ST ruleased from gaol What makes this Out later on in the month What has David Crane been doing
effort particularly noteiMorthy is the fact //scire/' '/was impressive. With several ! Utile Computer People? Tmnsfoim
that II was wriiien by The Ram Jam video displays functioning on screen at le gami Corporation using its custom design ad once, this one looks good. Out on all r of toy/comic spin-offs adventure writing system. The Biro. The maior formats soon. this year, its oul for Commodore own- warped mind oi Ram Jam mastermind Howard ihe Ducli was in evidence on ers in October, Sports simulation were glued lo the Gamastar seclian - with the unveiling of three new programs from the US; Championship Golf. Championship Basket- ball and Championship Baseball, while System 3 fans were glued to the wall - reading the promotional posters for The Last Ninga. Bangkok Knights and Domina- tion. The lack of any working demos suggests that the '"available shortly" tag as "don'l hold ^aih.'
The t 3 Of t
coming up on \ Activisions Trzinstormers vs Ariola- soft's Gobots Although Ariola might be bahind in Ihe programming slakes (the licensing deal was only very recently
signed) it did have the advantage of having a fully functioning robot actually present on their stand. Other highlights of the stand included hands-on demos of the flagship of the
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ie64. With the launch of Ihe Amatrad PC - Arioia also had Pinbell Construction. Music Construction, and Seven Cities of Gold for the beast. Queue here. Allisata was strategically placed near the lower ground floor bar - aliowing persons to stagger out and try their hand at Pub Games, on the Spectrum, C64 and Amsirad mechines, witti darts. El aring h il Alli-
I UnlB! ofc< Anco was displayint; a wide selection of games - bul the monilor ihat was The cheerful chappies from CDS were - all formats [9 95 being given ihe doses! mspeciron was keeping a lowish profile; but had Colos- Digital Intsgration Strip Poker on Ihe Atari ST. Described as sus Bridge on display for CPCs plus years to write 77 flace/- IB finished "siiiling ontenainmenl" - Anco precari- plenty of existing software to play produci was there on Spectrum, to- usiy avoids the chaige of seitiam bv hands-on , . which cannot be said of gether with hunky Suzuki racing bike. making available data discs containing CRL An impressive Bank of 20 video JusI as good and twice as uneKpected, entra opponents, both male and female. s OK fi Tomahawk vuas up and running the Am- The question of the programs naffness. sirad PCW. If Batman was the death of the idea that you couldn't write arcade 1/3S headlining with Hear)- games for the Joyce, then this must be body else? the equivalent of jumping up and down
Domark officiaily released Trivial Pur- 'If Batman was the death suit - the computer game - and with Voung Player, of the idea that you Baby Boomer and Genus II mUm couldn 't write arcade games for the Joyce, then lease nent bpnng Ana when we say this must be the equivalent ofjumping up and down on the grave" able for Fairlighl II subttllsd A Trail of Darkness, from Tho Edgs. Specifically written with the Spectrum 128/Plus 2 in mind {although there is a multi-load 4aK Displayed on the sore i (carefully version), improved graphics and outdoor placed at neck straining seemed - probably for the same reason Colourful 3-D was in evidence on the saving. you don't gel comfy chairs at Macdon- Amstrad CPC In the shape of Palitmn - tnleresling Ihings you can do with your alds) was. amongst other things, Cyborg. wrinen by en-Virgin programmer Charles Speclrum number 1097 - use it to heip and CRLs 3 D Game Maker, which al- Goodwin you pass your driving rest. The program lows you to create your own Knigfit Lore Equal first (wilh Gauntlet on the US of the same name, (a Supersofi release, type games. Gold stand) for bui on Ihe Audioganic stand takes you through ao lessons, with graphics, giv- ing you driving tips and asking you questions Based on an existing best
On Ihe Baynnd stand, the organised crowds of Trekies running over to the game is a giant left, then the right, then throwing them- selves on the ground, failed to appear. res! of the program is up Shame, but early video demos of the Spectrum owners should be queuing game were present - iooking very nice to iDuy this one at the end of indeed. Other Beyond games were on e show, a Dutell display, such as Dante's Inferno from compilation The Big 4 - Combat Lynx. Denton and the new Besf of BeYonrl Critical Mass. Turbo Esprrt and Saboteur on Spectrum. CBM 64 and Amstrad CPC PCW show report
A\iat\abiB lo plat - Scooby Oaa. '34
and Commodota Paperboy, a\\ up lo ll" usual standard. Electric Dreams has s white pyramid dominating Ihi
buying a new packer of raior blades Bags of new stuff Though. Two w produce conversions of the old Aian classics, Tempesl and Star Paiiiers 1/ and king "Gauntlet" type gatns, Dauntless, to name bui two ~ and 1 liB-ins, Big Trouble in
Utile Chins and Aliens II. Firebird were out in force, wrlti firsi irngs of megagames to be, Cholo and Sentinel - both out first on BBC. Druid made quite an impression (another game in The "Gauntlet" moldl and head and shoulders above the other
Silver releases. Gyron Arena If you never
compensation it num joystick on the Maslertronic stand, with games taking a second place
Sharing the stand were Odin, with ' Ihe fact that Brian Jacks was on the to the strangely shaped beast as ii many of Iheir nowasl releasBS, including Martech stand, ptomoling Uchi-Mara? perched rosplendenl beneath the pet- the stylish Heartland, and a demo of a The organisers did. however, a Now spex. The less awe struck, however, Hyperball. new aulumn release. Mikro-Gen to release Froslbyte on Am- would have Flash Gordon - coming lo Gremliri were well represenled. tl)e strad CPC, an arcade adventure fearuring your Commodore soon. most interesting program being a a liquorice allson as the mam clia racier. Mirrorsoft was out in force with a Bounder derivative, Trailblazer It's Identify with that, krds. number of recent and future r^easea on another, "bounce on ihs squares or fall After a relatively silent summer, a display. Wlih Icon Jon. it asks the philo- oft" Job, granled, but from "a different lluriy of activity from Melbourne sophically daunting question, "What - perspeciive the 64 version hias a great HouBS, with Fist II taking the starring happens to a program when the com- role, closely followed up by AsTerix and puter gets turned off?" faces at the Glum Mikro~Gan stand, the Magic Cauldron amongst others Far As a program I tapped insids a com- as the PCW Show organisers decided from being just a load of old Gauls, the Ihal It was too dangerous xo have game genuinely aeemed lo capture the cting a rnBinbers of the SAS hanging round the ii of If )Iing ob|BCls -
stand, promoting the yet lo be relBHSed, ill worth looking out fi ir Marble Strike Force. The appearance of SAS s Construction . . teenage pash Ricky Steel, complete with Pride of place was gi loughl provoking masterpieces
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pleai of rtittera language
Meiteneiy's. As for MercEnary II thai mjd '87 - as Novagen's Tim Boaher savs, "Mercenary I is a hard acl lo follow." On Ehe Ocean/ Ifnagine stand, the sharp eyed could spot the one meVe all been wailing, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting (or. Srree(Waiv*wasseenijp and running on Amsirad - and looked i/ery impressive to boot Good news for C16/Plus 4 owners - versions of Hambo. Green Berel and Hvper Sports are on the way.
If only Eddie Waring were here to see
It — that game without frontiars, H's a Knockoul has finally reached the home computer {Commodore 64 and Atari only). No Spectrum version, which is a pity as a decent attribute clash would have perfectly replicated Sluan Hall's usual shin/lie combination. Palaca Softwara releases are few and far between, but they tend to be good Demoed at the show this year was their neitt release The Sacred Armour of Anlinad. The piot comes straight out of pulp comic fiction, which isn't surprising, since a comic artist. Dan lulalone de- signed it. Set in a post-holocaust world where the primitive survivors have been enslaved by an alien race (never rains but
5, eh?)
i Tal, is to f
I This IE of. On Commodore 64 and Spectrum in October, Amstrad CPC by Christmas. Piranha had plenty of bite on its stand - a lankful of them in fact, complete with bones stripped clean of flesh by the little beasties. The latest release Trap Door was in evidence (play iha game, eat the
Trooper and a few beautifully detailed screens from Nosferatu like an astounding flight simulator by Rain bird had a good show, with pride promotional devices cenainly have Microprose of place being taken bySfa/^Ai^ermnning advaniagas for the exhibitor - The first US Gold/Vortex tie-up has on the ST. Although not quite finished E of pre-production games have produced Revoluv'on, a game which yet, an advanced demo was up and been known to crash for enampie looks as challenging and stylish as thai running and performing very well indeed. ire were one or iwo mtirmers of previous Vortex hit. Highway Encounter. Vector graphics space games will never ills and. to be fair, other Another complex arcade pu?ile with be the same again. stands, where you couldn't gei your some great 3[3 perspective effects. Other highhgiits: Tracker, billed as an arcade /strategy wargame - and a game Never- the -less. US Gold has a lot of pholo: At the PCW show that seems to have been hanging around good stuff coming out this autumn, with the highlights being Gauntlet (on Spec- Commodore 64 - The Pawn. trum. CBM 64, Amstrad CPC, Alan, ST, . . US Gold have kept the video makers PC and Amiga!. Super Cycle (motor rac- ing from the guys that brought you Pole py,^ Hght: Denl home micro game to be seen. While Position, Epyii) and AcroJel - what looks tional rohot
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Christina Erskine leaves the crowds round the Amstrad PC to view the new PCW 8256/85 1 2 products
it be bought for Amslrad's PC range drew sorr plotters. Isitenilon away from the now wel Grafsales is also making this product fcsiablished PCW machines, ii made r available for the Commodore 64, and difference to the ihird parry companies hoping to link it with Geos. Grafpad 3 is Tfie sheer variely of sofrwars and adi also ready for the PC1512 (and thus other IBM compatibles), the CPC range,
Mirrorsoft's Graphics Operating System unveiled. IS still very much in the embryonic stage, Graphics? No problem. Take your pick but when released, will provide progrem- from a lighi pen, rnica. a forlficoming mers with a set of grapliic tools on disc. graph pad. or Mirroisofl's ambitious Fsa lures Include all the usual s. plus char- graphic operating system, all of which acter drawing to any were being publicised al the show. Ses, windowing and Electric Studios light pen (for a full Mirrorsoft was also showing a demon- rnuiHW, see Popular Supplement, Sep- stration ot Fleet Street Publisher on tho lember 4> plugs directly into the PCWs PCW machines. expansion port, and comes complete This IS Fleet Street editor but an eche- with An. a graphics software package. lon higher, in that more sophisticated
With ,'lfr and the pen. mosi standard newsletters can be written - to the graphics features ate supported: pencil. extent thai the Fleet Street series can begin to approach a typesetting machms plus, a variety ol polygons, and various level. See elsewhere in this report for copying, moving of pictures, eic. op- more on FSE. tions. A GSX driver is included to enable (ylore details on Mirrorsoft 's pr ith DP Draw. ipany at suppliei Majwell House, Worship Street, London d adds tacilil £C3. Publishing type programs are much in voguH Bi the moment, with several font Curiously, Electric packages - to enable print-out in a viding a joystick s vanety of different typefi interface, and a [oys Iha mouse One such is Gemini's Fontgem. which )ose, gives a choice of eight different priming pressed to styles, and avoids the all too usual pitfall I ng Electric of offering typefaces which have a
Slue I products include PCW video novelty value only, and are generally ei, and a font n lie, both of illegible. compatible with and expected But the mam asset ol Fontgem Is that it lobe used with the >l/7 package. IS compatible with both Locoscripl and The light pen costs C79.95. the mouse CP/M programs. pack £:i29,95. Electric Studio can be Also new from Gemini is Taxgem, a contaciad at Unit 13, The Business Inland Revenue to it" program Centre, Avenue One, Letchworth, Harts. Taxgem enables Another PCW mouse comes from liability for the year, a depressing occi
Kempston. While tho mouse itself has pation that I doubt is made any happ«
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Stieet Editor series were 1; M a solid shape ai ihe shavu. n millimeties, inches or ion, released earlier this ems, half tones, eigtil different fonts, plus a foni designer, a hyphenation drc- h help Ir if Ihe lionary and kerning (a thoroughly corr- stoiBd graphics" affair. F/eet Streets demons iraiBd for the PCW 8256/85 1 2. Alari ST and IBM PC compaTiblas (ttius including you-know-whai) use the more powerful fea lures of the machines lo and scaling for those graphics. their best effect. For the ST, three versions are planned, Tfie Si an Editor, a Publisher v/h\ch car\ be linked Fleet Street Editors and F/eel Street to a laser printer, and a Publisher which Publishers. can become a typesetting workstation Put simply, frtfora specifically cater for The PCW i/ersion is being developed one page news-sheels. while Publishers go 3 very highly sophisticated specifica- cater for multiple page numbering. Some tion, with features similar id that ol the of Ihe machines mill have both Editor and ST iiBrBion. At present, however, its Publisher versions. our put IS necsEsahly geared On display last week was a scrolling of Publisher, demo PCWFS still in embry- I Editor, and a onic stages, a very nearly finished ST Publisher. For Ar Publisher and finished a IBM Publisher Fleet Street Editor but also professionally in Iia up the Lypesetters, and Lo sell to When released t^ iild range so Ihal it )t only manufacturers on an OEM t. etc. Equipment ti/lanufacturar) basi;
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the printer. 'N' Llie effort involved. This program will plfiiod selficimg option three allows you will send the display to hopsfully solve Ihese protilams, lo move Llie furriilure around to your will allow you to move tha next piece of the Start by typing in the proHram and hearts content. Use 'N' forihe nextiteni furniture while F' returns you to main saving it with Goto 9000 if you have until you ar'ive ai the desired piece then microdrives or Goto 9 J 00 if nol. use 'S' to seiecl that item You now have Now, run The program, shIbcI option the choice of '5/6/7/8' for moving the
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10 BRIGHT I TV Test 20 ^OR n=l TO 2 2 30 ^OR c=7 TO STEP -1 40 >APER c: PRINT " Pattern 50 JEXT c:NEXT n 60 IRIGHT 0: PAPER 7 by John Yobec 70 IF INKEyS="" THEN GO '0 70 80 CLS The fol lowing Spec in m progrart1 will enable you lo discern whether your I V 90 'OR y=0 TO 173 STEP 16 set is functioning correctly. IOC PLOT 0,y On running the program a colour bar lie DRAW 255,0 sii will displayed containing colours be 12C NEXT y They are. in order, yellow, cyan, graen, 13C TO 2 55 STJCP fi magenta, red and blue. If any of the FOR x=0 colours are incorrect then ypur set is in 14C PLOT x,0 need of repair or adjsutment. 15C DRAW 0, 175 Now, press any key and than a circla 16C NEXT X and i^foss hatch display will appear. The 17C PLOT 255,175: DRAW -175 1 lines of this pattern should be sharp. If not then adjust the locus. 18C PLOT 0,175: DRAW 255 If the lines are not black then your 19C CIRCLE 127,88,84 convergence needs adjustment. If the 20C IF INKEY5="" THEN GC Tf 200 circle is egg shaped then linearity needs 210 GO TO 10
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Address . . Programming: Peek & Poke
logical opera- «olls informing ihe proce whether ihe interrupt v caused by IRQ or BRK. Unfor- occurred NMI. IRQ and BRK inierr Once the 6502 has been noiffiad of an inlarrupl. it aied with 1he RTI instriicl
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operations are FFFA (low 8 bitsi and FFFB Following ibis is Forth From Basic Garroch Tho computet 51 ores (high 8 biTs|. With Kenn inary form Ihe reset address m FFFC and (-32768 !o 32767. the most FFFD (agin lorn high lespec-
^ely) 31 lally 1 e IRQ a Bored with games ^>Q'^'f'>'^ s in FFFE and FFFF Be- pro fore going lo the service Ql have been gramming in Basic routine, Ihe 6502 stores the years processor status, and the val- now for two and have decided that it is recently bought a ue of the program counter on time I branched c Q>Comtn odors 64 and the Slack. These can then be lai I after getting borad accessed by the RTI (letum would like to get a Forth with playing games, de- from interrupt) instruction lo tor my micro but am f continue the program where il off by the use of ftever left off. The NMI iniern.pl programming in Basic. All Polish Natation. Could cannol be slopped if the NMI want well until I came you explain the differ- across the commands pin is pulled low | obviously ence between this type AND, OR and NOT. What this is why it is called non- of arittimetic and the nor do these do and why do maskable). On the other hand, mal kind I was taught ii they not always appear to the status i agister contains a work correctly? mask fail for the IRQ iniarrupi
Reverse Polish Noialior (fiPNI IS used in Forth A because of the langua- ge's almost total dependenc on the LiFO ILast In Fust Out) ing wilh siiua lions where Fun with the 6502 to the routine whose address things are inie or false The is given in locations FFFE and its operators (-»-, other use is for bii orreniated FFFF Al this point, the pro- between the numh operations, perhaps the most cessor also sets Ihe mask bit operated on i.e. i useful in the long run. in the status register lo disa- HPN. on the other hand is post On the Commodore, any Ql have been playing ble any other IRQs thai might tin which means the opera- come along. The mask bit can tors come after the numbers. -3276B and 32767 is 6502, lor fun mote also be controlled from Ihe For example: than anytliing else. Ono program with the SEI and CLI 2-^3 would b' beiny false as the following part of the procaaaor I 2-^3x10 could be 23+ lOx understand are the or 23 10+xinRPN lOA-1 don't the bit respectively. interrupts and how they The resei line car also be The latter enampfi 20 IF A THEN PRINT "A IS work. Could you explain although that RPN is a lot more specific TRUE" used as an Interrupi NMI are? allow 30A=0 what IHO and most systems won't this since the signal also goes brackets 31 torn 40 IF A THEN PRINT "A IS L micfopro STILL The 6502 TRUE" onto the stack before r of e«ernal circuitry. The 6502 placed 11 had a program that you on. The i^m inlerrupl possibilities. also has a hangover from the ihey can be operated 234l0x IS entered as The mam ones are IRQ (imer- 6800 processor called the sum exactly that in Forth. Entering rijpi requeslj and NMI |non- software inleriupt. This in- puis them c ' maskable inlerrjpl). Resel is struction (BRK) causes the 2 and 3 also an mierrupt but is used processor lo think an IRQ has
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ARE utwlerneath) . The 10 THEN "ALL ANSWERS sor lo jump to its first instruc- The vector (address where nothing leaves the stack ir TRUE' lion. On the 6502 chip itself, the address of the inierrupi then
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David Wallin introduces radio communications, an alternative to modems
AM, USB, LSB and CW |morse| anodea. The Wlaplin Kit is a good TV and ideal beginner. It is not lo expensive A variable bandwidih is an advantage, for Ihe offers facilities for the price. It but an enoansive ona and is by no rneans and good vyorks with all RS 232 compatible with Bach olher. The advan- vital. To gel started cheaplv. one ! the micros Another TV. for Ihe C64, called lage of communicaling via tadio is ihe radios with nine or 10 5W bands would Ihe Pakraii PK-64, is available which loss of high quarlerly phone bills, the suffice, though they are normal radios. offers; Morse, Baudot RTTY, Ascii disadi/aniaaes are iha loss of range and and Packel This costs the cost of equipment. vital (Of SW recep- RTTY, Amlor about e250 though, but doss include This
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RTTV software and others wil Lois of stuff ahouL Lransmiviing v USB their normal telephone ci I. An active djpole is and who therefore can't iransn matte use of the information. specialised This article should tell you wher many antennae ranging from (super ^o lake an input di ct fron- can get mote informal! antenna for satellite reception the headphone socket things, and for Ihe mo enthusiastic of high frequency) to a general coverage an active dipoie. Warn- by-passing the need for an interface. you, IhII yoii what aquipmem will be antenna, such as well This makes reception a lol cheapei. needed for listening so thai you can get ing- an antenna should be kept away equipment, lor ihe from the compular as the CPU has a The lolal coal of could E35 (only hatiii of causing bad interference beginner, he from about communica- The Radio Amateur There are a number of interfaces or ter- software, no TV or proper (Second minal units on Ihe market These range tions receiver) to aboul £200 Exam receiver. soflware). from a £50 Maplin Elsctronics' RTTY kii hand TV and to the highly expensive multi-mode TV's with everything from RTTY to Packet, radio amateur exam The BSGB (Radio Society of Great Brilainl supplies a com- The mos commonly used abbrevialions in radio prehensive booklet lalling you whals in ihc syllabus, condiiions, costs, etc. This AIW - Amplitude (Vlodulaled booklet is free on requesi to the RSGB, - AMaieur Radio and Computer (club) e addre AWIRAC AMTOR - AMatour Telex Over Radio BARTG - British Amateur Radio TeleprinlBr Group Required Equipment CW - Morse - Frequency Modulated - Frequency Shift Key wish to gel slatted right away. Informa- FSK LSB - Lower Side Band tion about iha requited equipment. There RAfvlTOP - Radio Amateur Microcomputer Techniques, Operations and are three main pieces of equipment re- Programs (society) quited to use your micro to listen in on RIF - Radio Interference Filler - Radio Interference lions receiver, an antenna, an interface FISGB - Radio Society of Great Britain (and or software). RTTY - Radio TeleTYpe Communications Receiver is the techni- SSB - Single Side Band Billy si SSTV - Slow Scan Television 5 (high frequency) radio r TV USB - Upper Side Band CB0-n20. t C150 upwards Frequency (30GHi-3GHz) SW reception can be used, though li shf" -Super High - nol really suitable as SSB and CW mod UHF Ultra High Frequency |3GH?-300MHl) - are required as well as AM A goi VHF Very High Frequency (300MHi-30MHz) receiver (ElOO upwards 2n6 hand, trc - High Frequency [30MHi-3MHz) - kHz) C250 new) should have a minimi rviF Medium Frequency (3 MHz- 3 00 LF - Low Frequency (300 kHz -30kHz) VLf - Very Low Frequency (30kHz-3kHz)
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nonage of music products for Track ST Is a 20-track real-time l^di ments in mind, on 0905-21260 lafler vrdo range of machines ai ihe recorder with extensive editing facilities 6.00 pml or el Wooden Software, 12 N- rsonal Computer World Show which should enable you to produce a Bishops Avenue, Worcester WR3 8XA. om a CZ9 95 complaie music nole-perfecl performance. DX-Dn3id and Lastly, an excellent audio tape trom r IhB Spectrum to pro qua lily CZ-Droid are software sound library Andrew Wilson of Edinburgh. Andrew's ind hardware for the Alan ST. packages for the Yamaha and Casio system proves that Midi and computer symhs, which include "inielligent" control allow you to dispense with s go toyelher right across the sound creation routines which enable expensive eight- or sixteen -track tacofd- market. ers. Unfortunately, Andrew seems to Perhaps mosi impressr Onih have spent a fortune on synths instead, power and economy was the RAM with a Mirage sampler. Yamaha DX7, Musli: Machine for ihe Specirum. TX7, Oscar monosynih. Sequential Six- Designed by SincSair offshoots Flare sampling at 44.1KH2 gives a 20 second Trak. and the awesome Elka Syntheit Technology, the Music Machine crams sample. At lOKHz you can have an appearing on the tape together with an incredible amount in one small plug -in astounding 80 second monophonic Yamaha RX15 drums. All the music is package. It features an eight-voice digit- iample. The ADAP is fully Midi compati- sequenced hve using a BBC B with the all v-sam pled drum machine, which can UMI soft /hardware package. This pow- be played directly from the keyboard or erful lihough, in some people's opinion, programmed It unless you have a big mixer with a symhs via the In, Out and Through ble, allows stereo panning, 64-way of effects sends, the plenty of reverb sockets. You can play pre-set sample multi-sampling, delay, reverb, oscillo- and echo units, the overall ambience of sounds off your IWidi keyboerd, or re- scupe displays, on-screen sample edit- each piece is difficult to vary, Mosi of place them with your own samples. ing fefllurmg cut and paste, auto- loop- Andrew's pieces, which are fairly light, The software is menu -driven and ing, full compatibility with the new Midi up-tempo ins iru mentals sounding very seems clear and easy lo use. and the sample information standard, and lots much like advertising jingles (and that's pack comes equipped with the micro- meant as a complimenil) are awash wiih phone you'll need tor sampling, and a thousand pound studio gear like Bel and ing for each demo tape. Cost? Not £200, not £100. Rebis devices, the ADAP is standanj 19- but £49.95. We'll publish a full review as inch studio rack-mounting and costs e Midi-o S1995. Pnces and distribution (or the Hybrid Ans prortucis in the UK have not b. even this aspect ol recording Just along the balcony was Ihe be under Midi control from your Cheetah Marketing Stand, showing the "the ler soon If anyone would like to long-promised Midi interface and sound :opy of Andrew's excellent tape.
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1984, anv new games machine HUfearf of the Inreleased appeared to be WEEK judged by its resBmblancB lo Manic MinerUet Set Willy. Lasl VE3t. licensing deals machines had been as kjcked off The spring fashions arcade Special supplement
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- if I that people can look at, gel a papers and TV, remem- ber nghtly- This year, the Amstrad PCs leased. The glossy stands are (subject of more anonymous jusi pan of the marketing. sightings than Luceni filled Hejolulion from Vortex /US the same gap. On both occa- Gold would look just as good sions, the Amstrad stand has displayed on a wooden bench been congested in Ihe ex- Communications e. This with a dusi cover backdrop. All you ever wanted to kn a single
of the keeps their neck to a glimpse machines. doors and at iheir computers. much-fabled ' year. rival Last years PCW show sur- test before buying (any Last Amstrad's Atari. This prised many peopte with its for crowds was itself Games record-breaking levels of at- time. Atari dissociated before buying needs their from the riff-raff and cunning- The latest from Vortex, pre ly relocated in tfie corridor. goodies looks lo be jutil as suct^ssful head examiningl. Video de- ducer of such a mos are beginning to reach Higbway Encounter. ThI the retailers, but have been a one's called Reyoluihn. an packed lo bursting point, and curiously long lime in comino. between thi business frantic. Visitors and bridging the gap business market.ket. stand holders mopped brows IV companies vi home and Erskina This teat will probably be Christina HEARTLAND
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