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Popular Computing Weekly (1984-10-18) . Onty40p. 18-24 October 1984 'U'i^t^ieitieUiM^U'eeMif Vol 3 No 43 Spectnim+ siupiise Specbum I The machine will be m the shops this month and will cosi £179.95. Whal you gel for your money is a 4eKSpecniiiii in a new case wiih a OL-type professional' keyboard. The machine is fully aoflware compatible wi± ihe existing 4aE Spectium and m- eluded in the £ 1 79. 95 pnce IS an BO-page fuU colour manual and six bee software programs: Sciabble, Chequered Flag. Taswoid 2. Chess, Vu-3D and Make-a-Chip. The Spectrum (ujly compatible with ZX [nierlace Ocean buys and 2 and microdrives, Micronet settles on Imagine fight with Ck>mpunet left-overs A BATTLE of the databases il £5 (Compunet ui now seems inevitable as Mi- will I able t buy by the Manchester software cronel plans a November Telecom's viewdata software launch for its house. Ocean. "Weh own Clsrarnodore package giving access to Mi- 64 Ocean last week announced all the people who have been viewdata and telesoftware cronet and Prestel. but Compu- Tipeled n saying Ihal the Spectrum needs net modem owners wJl not be for the purchase from Ima- a good keyboard," explained a able to use any of Micronei's gine's liquidator. Christopher Sinclair spokesman. interactive services — they will Chambers of Arthur Young He denied thai the Spetarum not be able to down-load soft- McClelland Moores, of the ma- was a reaction to falling Spec- package, using the 1 ware from the system or up- jor portion of the failed trum sales: "The classic wrong dem 1000 unit, will a compa- thing to do is to wait for your than the Compunet : This is leading product to malure be- £99.95 compared wi fore doing anything about it. i64o' The Spectrum is still the opt for the Compunet modem numbeTHsne selbng machine hoping also to access Micronet Micronet subscribers. 'This as wd 1 thuJc that our share of the — advertised by Commo- software is unique to us," .arket come ChnstmaB will be dore — nowr seem likely to be confirmed Micronefs John disappomted. By paying an INSIDE EIHSniM REVIEW) NEW MUSIC COLUMN) QLM/C) ^KoalaPadJouchTabiet JUST PICTURE IT! Arallable with Cassette or Disk sotlviare for the commodare Si From all good computer shops - or direct from Audiogenic - just fill In the couponi -Sx- la Please send me (OTY] Koa Pad Disk/Casseire' I enclose cheque/P.O Iqi Commodore 64 DiskorCassetle£79.95t IMS KOALA Pai3 IS a PRODUCT OF I I I I I I I I I '»^P''"'»""""' ' «,b,«., "1^ I Slfliamn? ©hoala 25 I Technologies Corporation I ^^r,.",.;MlBs| I I I I 1 1 Ada.c^ I I 1 I I I I Exclusive dialributioii in UK, and Eire by I M I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I f P.O. BOX 8B, READING. BERKS. , Vol 3 No 42 rages them to ofler better pro- ducts and services. Occasionally though snch )Piesents.„ Now we have Midonet, tl BT-Preslel-Teleinap venlur and Commodore's Cotnpun News > Two more for MSX > QL Discs > Oric writ Machine Review > Jeff Naylor tries out Commodore 64 owners. They Tatung's Einstein micro are both producing iheir own modems and. whiie each can 16 system, only the Micronel mo- dem can be used to access any Hardware Review > Graham Taylor has been making funny of the KicronBI'E system's inle- noises..,, find out about them and the LVL Echo 1 keyboard for 19 ractive services — down-load the BBC B software, send messages oi access its leleshopping ser- Software Reviews > New for the Amstrad from Kuma flies Star vice. And it seems likely that Avenger > TrafSc in the front room courtesy of QuicksEva 23 SpectnuB > Map your microdrives with this utility from Philip Hickling down-load Compunel software The QL Page > Hold your breath...Part or access Comp-u-Card. One of a OL Disassemblerby Keith Poole What this means is that any Commodore 64 owner wanting Dragon > No smoke without fire - . to use both aervicee to the hill Birthday Cake by Nicholas Smith will have to spend £200 raiher than £100 and buy two modems BBC and Electron > Squeeze a few more graphics into your rather than one. memory by Andy Mitchell 39 Which all seems eMremely short-EJghted. At such an early Commodore 64 > To speed up your programs a Machine Code stage In the developmenl Inteipreter Devlin 44 ol from Dominick Bert of the Rest > Letters 7 > Open Forum SI > Microradio 51 > Arcade surely i nme for Avenue 53 > The Music Box 53 > Advennue Comer 57 > Peek & Poke 59 > is, people Diary 56 > Top Ten, This Week 67 > New Releases 68 > Zigourat, Puzzle, vice to choose and end up Hackers 6S joining neither. BT — which approves such systems — should perhaps step in and indicate some sort of communicaaons standard And is it also a good idea that BT should have it cotumercial )Futiiies. involvement with one parlicu- Astronomy program for the Electron . , a new print routine on the Spectrum , . part 2 of the OL Disassembler oecFetary Geialdine 18-MOCTOBEI119e4 JS' SnmpuTER iCDnnECTiDns EVERY PROGRAMMER HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EARN IN EXCESS OF £10.000 WITH US THIS YEAR Due to expansion in Product Activity, we are in a position to offer unique opportunities lo competent programmers. To ascertain if you can fulfill our requirements, simply answer the fallowing questions, AFIE YOU A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER? YES \ NO 1 1 DO YOU WISH TO HAVE YOUR PROGRAMS PUBLISHED BY A SOFTWARE HOUSE WITH A MAJOR MARKET SHARE IN YOUR PARTICULAR FIELD? yes\no DO YOU SEEK PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. BOTH COMMERCIAL AND TECHNICAL? YES 1 NO 1 1 DO YOU WISH TO AVOID THE COMPLICATED PROCEDURE OF NEGOTIATING FOR CONTRACTS WITH PUBLISHERS? YES 1 NO 1 1 WOULD YOU ACCEPT SPECIFIC CONVERSION WORK. THAT WE CAN OFFER YOU? YES NO 1 1 1 ARE YOU UNHAPPY WITH THE MARKETING YOUR PROGRAMS ARE RECEIVING? 1 YES NO 1 \ If you have answered YES to question 1 and at least one other question and you are not already "rolling" in It, then contact us now. The company has strong connections in the computer industry with such names as K-Tol and Ouicksilva in our portfolios. During the two years we have been in operation, we have gained the confidence of numerous professional programmers. We are also interested In aspiring programmers, young or old, who require professional help and guidance. Our FREE services include practical advice and ideas designed to improve your programming skills and overall results. For furiher details of how Computer Connections can successfully market and develop your ideas, please write with brief personal details and if possible samples of previous work to: The Technical Director. Computer Connections. Barmor House, 70 Rhodes Avenue, Pleckgate. Blackburn, Lancashire BB1 8NP. iEampuTEn t?DnnECTiDns ///////////IIMIIIIIimMUWWWW n. CONNECTING YOU WITH TOMORROWS WORLD TODAY + One served Two more micros 7th record year MSX for Commodore writbyDurreU THE MARCH of MSX conliiiues Yeno DPH-64. Although Saga is with two more Japanese best known in this country for NOTWITHSTANDING last companies announcing MSE- arcade games like Fioggei compatible machines. and ^inoti it sold 120,000 the rmandal viabillTy of Ihe Yashica — best known in Ihe home micros in I^an last year further period of solid growth. company Siom its major sup- UK for its camera equipment — and its previous machines - Sales are up by SB per cent pliers, Oiic has now been ser- has launched its YC-B4 B4lt the Yeno SC3000 16E and 3aK compared wilh the previous ved wi!h a wril by Dmrell year to ll.ZIba and proQis Software lot non-payment of have increased by 63 per cent a £4,000 debt rasuUing from over the same period. \if to tapes supplied by the software S143.Bm. house to Oric. Commented it is (he seventh successive Ode spokesman, "DuneU will year of record sales and net be paid as soon as possible. earnings for the company. "CMC's recant cash-Dow pto- Commodore share prices btems have been widely repor- however fell in Ihe last quaner ted and as a resuH of tfis of Ihe period to June 30 resul- meeting of major suppliers ting from investor uncertainty following Oric now has the tims il needs the departure of Ihe company's founder Jack Tra- "The company has E6m miel in January and his subse- woith of Dutslandiiig orders quent reappearance as Chief tnicro. No price details are yet models (all Z£OA-based) have and its cash flow problem is Executive of Atari. available bia first machines are been tnarkeled in other Euro- already showmg signs of ea- ejtpected to anive in Europe at pean countries — thotigh not BT the baginiung of next month. the UK. No details of price or BRITISH Telecom's game sof- Sega. Ihe top arcade game delivery dates for Ihe DFHE4 tware venrare, Firebird, win manufacturer has also announ- MSX machine are so far aval- Ocean follow Its first three budgel- pnced £3,50 ntles launched next month — The Wild Bunch logo and trading style. Disc drives (Spectrum 48K), Booty Ocean intends Uie Imagine for the QL (Commodore 64) and Bird name to be used for a range of SOike (BBC) — with another new prestige titles. Commen- 16 btles. led from Quest Ocean's managing direcior These are: film Sabyifun and David Ward, mtend to sell QUEST Mictoayatems is shonly "We Menace (Spectrum 16S); Mr Freeze, Exodus, Booty.
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