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Issue 78 : January 1989

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Contents

News
More Masters in demand, Uniplex software for UNIX.
Comms Column
Customer Hotline
Preview
Wordpower, budget Arc drawing packages, Technology and Design 2, Colour Screenprint.
Noticeboard
Reader Service
Competition Results
Blunderbox
User Card Database - Joe Telford
Joe shows how you can use concepts from Apple's Hypercard visual database.
ARC GKS Graphics - Guy Martin and Gary Phillips
Guy and Gary introduce 'segments' to the GKS standard library.
Shooting Gallery - Graham Bell
Taking good photos of computer screens is easier than you think.
The Mystery of Maps - Peter Voke
Random numbers can create an almost infinite number of maps, landscapes and mazes.
Games Page - Sam Greenhill
Sam presents his favourite five games of 1988, plus a trio of Arc entertainments.
Games Reviews
Minerva's Freddy's Folly, Clogger from Impact, Mandarin's Lancelot and Rainbird's game of the year, Corruption, all under the spotlight.
Coming Together
Games compilations: are they good value for money? Three recent packages reviewed.
Pin Power
Is this the best-value 24 pin printer yet? Panasonic's KX-P1124.
Captured - Rob Wilmott
See how the Watford Arc digitiser captures live pictures from video, even in colour.
Driven Crazy - Robert Elwell
Robert assesses two ROMs that can make it easier to escape from the printer maze with View.
Education News
Commodore Amiga to emulate BBC micro.
Infant Adventurers - Chris Drage and Nick Evans
Chris and Nick discuss using adventure games with young children.
Hints and Tips - David Atherton
David shows how to edit Basic programs in InterWord, and keep Wordwise Plus backups.
ARC Agora - David Acton
Untangling sound on the Arc and generating your own voices.
Business - Roger Carus
Roger surveys some of your ways of making use of the BBC micro.
Yellow Pages
Letters
Free Ads
Acorn Abuser's Diary



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