| First Byte - Tessie Revivis |
 | Opens text and graphics windows for you in her follow up to last month's drawing program. |
| Hints and Tips - Martin Phillips |
| Full control codes for Epsons, improving your micro's memory, using the Command Line Interpreter, how to fit headphones and the use of STOP are the subjects up for discussion. |
| Letters |
| Software piracy; is the quality of cassettes up to scratch?; the on/off debate is on again; and advice on taping data are among the topics you put pen to paper about. |
| Dear Kitty |
| Kitty finds space to fill in a reader about the 'No Room' message and suggests how to order your priorities when purchasing peripherals. |
| Domesday 1986 |
| To mark the 900th anniversary of the Domesday Book the BBC is launching a massive project to produce a modern day equivalent on video disc - with the help of BBC micros in schools. |
| Barcode Breakout |
| You could be up for parole on the sentence of typing in listings as barcodes escape from the confines of supermarkets and libraries into home usage. |
| Joe's Jottings - Joe Telford |
| While away those long winter nights with jiving Joe's Christmas project to organise your Beeb with a low-cost keyboard. |
| Bumper Dumper |
| 'I found dumping games' screens impossible' says a frustrated reader... until he discovered George Hill's programs. |
| Speeding up - Paul Beverley |
| Try Paul's quick steps to a faster micro. |
| DIY database - Mike Ryer |
| Mike's comprehensive database management program could revolutionise your business activities. |
| Database comparison - Vincent Fojut |
| Vincent puts six commercial packages through their paces to help you decide which is the best for your needs. |
| News round-up |
| Videos, Quinkeys, computer 'junkies' and 'authoring' software are under discussion this month. |
| Science quiz |
| Fifteen Science Topics packs to be won. |
| Exploratory programs - Nick Evans |
| Nick maps out his views on Dudley Program's suite of software on the exploration theme. |
| Build a ROM pager - Alan Knowles |
| Alan shows you how to construct a ROM pager for your Atom. |
| Atom Forum - Barry Pickles |
| More Atomic topics from Barry Pickles. |
| Competition |
| Atoms only! Write a winning graphics demonstration and choose your prize. |
| Logo for the Beeb - Nick Evans |
| Nick reports on Acornsoft's implementation of the language. |
| Acornsoft's Pascal - Simon Williams |
| The first major compiled language for general use is reviewed. |
| Games of the year - Jonathan Griffiths and Peter Killworth |
| Jonathan rates the 18 Arcade games that scored a hit in 1984 and Peter picks the best adventures. |
| Games |
| Abyss by Case Computer Simulations; Birdie Barrage by Computersolve; Battle Planet by ISP Marketing; One Last Game and Mayday from Clemoes Software; Micro Power's Blockbuster and Rubble Trouble; UBIK Software's Paranoid Pete and Brainstorm by Virgin. |
| Lightpens illuminated - Chris Drage |
| Chris opens his two part review by casting some light on four models. |
| New books |
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| The News |
| Micronet's 'almighty row', interactive video, musics synthesiser, 32016 second processor release all make headlines - plus Chris Curry's involvement in the Brighton bombing. |
| Noticeboard |
| Events which affect readers on TV, radio, film and paper. We tell you what not to miss. |
| Competition |
| Five barcode readers to be won. Plus the lucky August winners. |
| Beeb Forum |
| Help for readers by readers. |
| Top 20 Software |
| Elite - straight to the top. |
| Acorn Abuser's Diary |
| GOTO the Acornpoly board. |
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