April Fool! |
| We show you how to make fools of your family and friends. |
Acornsoft offer |
| Save up to £160 on Acornsoft products with our amazing money-off coupons. |
Touch Screen |
| Add a touch screen to your micro using hardware already in your computer. |
Hints and Tips - Martin Phillips |
| April Fool! Trick you friends with Martin's Idiotmeter. |
First Byte: handling Strings - Tessie Revivis |
| Tessie looks at some Basic commands that allow a character string to be manipulated. |
Introduction to Logo - Joe Telford |
| Joe kicks off our series on languages with a look at Logo which is popular in schools. |
Touch screen - Alf Ripool |
| Alf brings you a touch screen developed from hardware in the MOS of the Beeb and Electron. |
Atom Forum - Mike Barwise |
| Mike answers your questions about connecting an eight bit only printer to the Atom and linking to toolbox ROMs. |
ZEP100 - Simon Williams |
| How does this Torch second processor fare against the Acorn Z80 in the business market? |
Educational software |
| Answer Back-Senior Quiz, Vectors and Word Skill are under review. |
£50 modem - Bruce Smith |
| Is the cut-price Demon Modem a bargain or a bad buy? |
Games |
| Know Your Own Personality from Mirrorsoft/Ivan Berg, The Sting from Gemini, DACC's 747 Flight Simulator, Addison Wesley's Electronic Colouring Book, Sinbad from Virgin and Pengi from Visions - our reviewers tell you how good they are. |
AMX Mouse - Bruce Smith |
| This relatively low cost mouse for the BBC micro can bring Macintosh-style operation to your computer and be a valuable asset in the home or office. |
RAM/ROM boards - Chris Drage |
| Chris compares seven expansion boards and helps you decide which meets your needs. |
Modem software - Jeff Ashurst |
| You need software to drive modems - Jeff assesses what's on offer. |
News |
| What went wrong at Acorn, Belgrano row using Torchs, Chess contest winners, Beebs in Russia and Mexico, books for BBC and Electron. |
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Acornsoft and Granada books competition |
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Education news - Nick Evans |
| Topics include Microtext licence fees, Acorns International Educational Software Catalogue, and the success of the MEPs bar code reader. |
Business news |
| News about databases, software and books. |
CP/M - Edward Brown |
| To use the ABC business micros and other Z80 second processors to full advantage it's useful to understand how CP/M works. |
Colours by interrupts - Tristram Mabbs |
| Tristram brings you high resolution, multi-colour graphics without eating up too much memory. |
Plotting equations - Nigel Jennings |
| Impress your Maths teacher by plotting equations with Negels' Graph program. |
DIY Icons - Brian Leinard |
| Presents his graphics editor. |
Measuring resistance - Paul Beverley |
| Use the ADC to measure electrical resistance. |
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