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•MAY
II 1985
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it
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track record of
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last
year
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exactly
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a
wonderful
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perienceform
icroohopsofany
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prntige
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first impreSiiono are
thattheoddsan,stackt<lheav-
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parents
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italongwithyou)willbeableto
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thepriceona
everythi
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all
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while
QC011trial
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If you tho~htthings
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lookingbadinthehomem,=
market,
confkmation
arrived
1
g;;~m"",:O':.., ;re :;•wo~i'd~
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number Ii•
up
against the
roln:'euSgia
nthaspooted_third
quarter 1~•"[$20
m,ll,~
-
ayearearher1\wasshow1ng
profita?f$36million
.
Worstof
all,clunrman
lrvingGouldhas
warned that the company will
on
probably
show a
IOSII
the
ye~r'• operatiorui. It'• been a
wh1lc•inoethathappened.
MrGouldwasquotcdinthe
Fi1u11u;io/
T;,,..,,
last week as
saying
earnings were affected
by'apric.,r.,ductioninFebru·
COMMODORE
HIT BY LOSSE
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out to Mac
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inf
avouroftheMacintoah.
Lisa
wao
launclied
in 1983
andbroughtthenowfas.ionab!e
•..-ndow
·cons
and
m·ce
"nto
o,
beenverylow,largelybecaUM
~~::a;:gh
price
and lack
of
ary,areluctanceofretailento
Sinc.,th
cnaroundofprice
nebuild their depleted
inven· cutting on the oewer model,,
tory
and
by
the general
•low·
but not on th
e
64
has made a
0
8
.'b~~;guff
:1:~thT.:m!::-1:\.:;;:;-;
doThi~
toUA,buttakenatfaceva
lue
launohofthelBM.oompatibl
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Lisa loses
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t::.t...MO<J~u~!i.fur:~:::
go into a prioe war,_and
ev!n
after
i\
did reta1le111
01.tll
thou
ght
it.1
producta
were
wronglypriood
The truthiothatCommodore
"''entintol9841ikeachampion
and came out ofit
ataggering.
It's product range
was
badly
11<
rambled
with
the inlroduc
-
tionoftheC16andPlusl4-\he
128
is the machine it
,
hould
h,1xereleas,,dforChristmaa.
~".:'~1:a~~~:°~[b:tti::
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butCommodorerouldgetbadly
hurttrymgtorea88ert1tafor.
mer_pooitionatt
hetop
ofthc
bu.am.,..market
!fanyonefromCommodo
n,~
readingtbi
o,we'dsul(l!eslyou
drop
the
!6andthePlu!W4,
cut
thc64tothepooitiontheVio
onoobeld,movethe12Sinto
the
64'•
•lot
and
put your
faith in
God
and
the Amiga. not
neu,,.
sarilyintha\order
App!er.,duccdLisa"
o
pric.,to
£4,000lastyearbutisnowto
replaceitw
ith
a512KMacwith
a20Mbharddill.Arangeof
i:~:eJ:'~"
.1;.,!:;
M!~!~g~~·
and
bu.siness image will be
madeavail
ablelaterthioy""t
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COMPAQ
GOES
TWO
UP ON IBM PC
AT
The4th National Apple
Uoer
Exhibition
(May
9-1
I)
will
see
demonsttations of Ma"" net·
workedwithAppletalkdriving
laserprintersviaLaserwriter
lnter
... t among
UK 110llware
houseoi.slugh
:l.<Jtuowillbe
showingJazz.(duefotrelease
May 27),
Blyth
Soll.ware will
launch
a
networked0mnis3,
Pace
iA
developing a commo
paokageandPoionhasaMacio-
toahsersionofit.sChe
..
Priceerror
Forthmaybeafa,tlanguage,
cspeciallyontheQL,butthat'o
no
exouse for
the
rampant
int1a11on••
a
pplledtoCompu
e
ter One
,
Yeraion. It
costs
f;.!·!~()6ot£!39aswestatcdin
Legalaid
Readen
with long memories
mayrememberthefuS8being
creittcdlutyearo,·eroome
i~j~gA~l!n8~h':_D!~e1:":.:
deoignedtocoverperaon
•
and
~:;t_~oruiu
oingcomputer
Aowithalllawo,thedetaili
s
mind·bogglinglycomplexwith
lotsofclauoeodefiningwhoi
s
affected, and why, and
what
thcyhav
e
todoaboutit
Tohe!p.theOffioooftheData
Prot.ectionRegiatrari•i
..
uing
llOfl.warecompatibilityextends
aserieoofbookle
l>lexplaining
toMSDOS3.l.thenewlBMl'C
thelawanditsprovisioru,
.]fyou
~\work.
the
Topview
operat-
ing system and
the
enhanced think you might
be
affected,
youcangetcopi
.. fromCham
IBMgraphi
a,ada
pter
hen of Commeroe, National
The
machineswillbelaun-
cited in the
US thi
o
_month, Compu\ingCentre,andahost
0
arriving
in the UK ,n
late
~:~t!r;'he
oummer
P,:ireoha,•enotbe<lnfixedbut
tion Regiatrar, Springfield
Bnt.iah owners
can
exi>ect
to
Wilm.low,
pay"around£4,000'
.
C<,mpaq- them011tou..,...ful
manufacturerofth
c
JBMcom·
patibles
-
onnouncedtwooew
produ<'."tlt
Jut
w.,.,k
that will
increaae
th~
pteii8ure
on Big
Bluetoll0rt1taelfout
an%:k~i,p;~!,~i~
ble
with and, according to
~mpaq,bettetthanthePC
Botharebasedonlntel'o
th
lateot hot
P"""'""°'·
e
80286. and the portabl
e
io
easily the
mos\
po_werful
tem
in
ita c!a"" with
a
20Mb
hardd.iskandup2.6MbofRAM
.
Compaqsayoitwillruoupto30
percentfasterthantheATbu\
youcanslowitdownforfullAT
compatibility
TheDeolr.prowillgiveupto
70Mb of hard disk spaceaod
S.2MbofRAM. Hardware and
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Theinterfaceanddi•k·ba8ed
oofl.ware give
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mail, telex
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to ele<:tr<>nic
andarangeofhulletinboanl,,.
The
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loo
1uppottll
the
download,ngoftel""°fl.ware.
Best new1 ofall
,o
th~t the
pack.oge ,o e<>mpatibl w,thall
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fromtheold 400
andSOOthroughth
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XLrange
andthenewXEserieo.
It
should
he
available
throughmostofthemainAtari
de_aleroorhymailorderfrom
M,rade Technology, St
Petena
~treet,IJJ$wich[Pl lXB.Price
11£61.10
MUSICAL
MICROS
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atatugofall
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