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ONITOR
Acorn lines up
its
OPDchallenger
Growing old gnoe(ully, the
S1ncla1r ZX Speclrum
1•
ahno.t
thrtt
.
We
analyM
t.he
UK'•
famou.1
micro:
1t.1
good
~t
point.a,
1ta
n()t..1e>-good
point.I,
and
It.I
keyboard
What
price
another
three
years
for the
Spectrum?
ICLmayha\·e,tolen
amare
hon
1tacompet
1
ton wat.hit.One
Per
Delk
(lMue
88), but
1l
1t
unlike-
ly
to
have the field lO
1i..elr
for
Cedar
and
wu
ong1nally
de-
a,gned by Rolm,
a
t.elecom-
:~m:t1~:,'pr:f~th
ThelBMo
en
n
g11calledthe
long
The lint
UK threat
to
ICL
will
come
in
the ahape
of
promiled
to
Commun1-
managing
Accord1n1
I~:!
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t~;n~i>f:
OUTPUT
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Oc.;
For
UM!.rsofthe 64
a
nd
the
1641 dlik
dnve
.
here'1a coll«tion
ot
utihtiee
to
ext.endyour
nte
handling
Acom
',
<a,.,
d61gnfromout.1ide.
lt.1PC7300
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O
MOIOTEQt~Na4
17
From
Buie
the Memot.« h't
lOUnd
capacity
i1
lim1ted-
but
you
c.n make more
of
at
with
theN
machine
code
roullnet
director Chri1 Cuny,
it.I
offer-
mg
will
undercut
the
pnce
of
the
OPD
with
a price
IOme-
where between
£500
and £800.
~~
p!:::i;
:n
~bit
Unhlr.eothermanufacturen,
Acom
11
doing
all
the devel~
ment ,i11•ork
in-houae,
althoug
h
:iO:!':°~t·:~1~?:!:
pany
that
produCH
a
r
ange
of
pereonal computers that
in
-
vanably appear
with
other
peo-
ple'•
Jabelt
on
Sance
both
t.heM!
Amencan
mach1nea combine
the
power of
a pereonal tomput.er
with
the
rommunicat1onafacil1tietofan
1nt.elhgtnl telephone they will
co.t
co1111derably
moN'.I
than
ICL'•OPO
All
the&e
OPD compet1tol"'I
are
due to appear
m
the
UK
dunng
the
rourwofthe year.
Acom
,
having
leaked
the
Commurucator't eiutt.ence,
hu
now
returned
to
it.I
traditional
reluctance
to
d1
,cua
future
lheaummer
Rqardle11
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your
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lt'
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act1on
all
1;::~~0~
1
::~u':~ng
:zo
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11
their
=t
the
way
m
t.hl1apple-p1dtuig
hard-dnving
game
24
-ATARI
on
e
1thtr
the
BBC
board
or
th
e
Electron
From
the other
11de
of
the
Atl
antK:
comes new1
that
both
IBM
and
AT&T are
planning
produc:u.
eo'!:~:a;~~~;.r::~nw~
=~h:,:;
~c!:!:~~~:.~~:::9.=
enthu.i ullc
around a
a1x
months
lead.
product
.
rar:~~~~:;rm~
of who maket
1t
firtt,1twouldettmlhatlCLhu
PERIPHERALS
It n1ea
like
a
turtle
and
draw•
like
Pic:8.SIO
the
£250 Pen.man
-
Plott.er for
the
BBC
tunui
a
few
tncU
.
Check
out
Compnnt,
the
interface
that'•
your
link
to
Epeon-type
print.el"'Ifrom the notor1owily
fu.
y
Commodore
64
--
PCN
.IANUARY
51986
sonwARE
REGULARS
ShaN'.1
your
hint.I
and
tis,9.
-
-
Spectrumusers
get
third disk option
1ty,
the
d11k dnv
e
will run
a
wealth
Interface
1,
a
host.
of
print.en
andjoytt1clu.
Thetyst.em will
be
availab
le
1n
late
January
and
1fyou're
not
aaLitfied
with
it.a
performance
when
you've
bought 1l the
company
ii
offering
a
money
bt,ck
pa
r
antee
.
~t:!:=~01~::
of
10f\ware
a
lready
L.
6
9,n
colOW'
which
gets
down
to
business
::~:"J!':i:!;!:'l':,,~~".::i
ICl'ffn
The
Wh
ich
Computer? Show
at
B1rm1neham next week wins
the
ultimate
•coolade -
S1nc-
la
1r
will be there for
the
first
nning11am
show
i:i~~:"ndb&:~~~:
~coi:'!:'::~~:f~b~~
~~ 1i
ll
Vlrtuallen
and point-of-ule
.....
the
ra:iJ:~~
:b~t!Wt:
QL.
1
Sance
the
four day ahow
i•
but you11 be
able
to
IN
Commodore,
which
u.&ed
the
ahow
lutyeut.o(lvethe
latest
re-launch to
ita
will
o'
the
wllp
7001y1tem
(now you
eee at,
now
you don't),
will
produce an
IBM-compatible
deakt.op from
up
lta
aleeve
thil
time round
(iuue92).
l
BM-compaLibihty
will
at.o
be
the theme
of
the
Canon
lhopU1i.i.anu.
=·
the
Spectrum
and
Spect.rum
w1ll
aleo
be
on
view.
Thi•
could
mee,n
that
new
QL
peripherals
~U:~~;mne~m:::1~m'::.
~;,
~vth'r:~~~
·,
at.and,
where the
new A200
micro
will
make
it.a
dtbut
.
A
u
part or
the
buic
Sinclair's latest
Ohvetli
,
the quietelt
of
the
of
faith
la~held
micro
make.ta,will
be
IOUndiRf
ofTon
the
aubjed.
or
The
ZX81
hu
oft.en
be.en
de-
acnbed u
the
Mode.IT
Ford
or
the
microcomputer
indua:try, IIO
pe.nona
l
computetl
in
offioe at'• per haps
ine
vitable
that
e.nv1ronmenta
It.a
744
,qua.re
.
me.treaof
n
oor1paoewill
not.be
Z'X81
oft.he
moto
r
1nd\l.ltry,
~
11)e
C5
ll
a bare-bone.
eort
of
machine
-
eo much eo that we
act
~a:,!t:
{:;
l~~!o~
:_Ln~tedtak-;
:::;i
~;~:::J:ei;~~--~·:
~~l=~T=~fir.°Yo:
Lhe
feature
or
thi1
lyttem
i1
the
1ystem
launched at the ume time,
to
give u.1en
the
ability
to
com-
taelrand
municate with
the
PC
1
with
Apricot
mien»
.
Compaq
will
alto
be
demonttratmg
ita
Q-Link
networking
~~~~=~~:~~~~~':;
the
mo9t
t.antalllin, of
Janu
·
ary'1
new nach1nn
will
not
be
at
theahow,
nor for that
ma
tter
m the cou.ntry. One
intend.I
to
launch
at.a
St.rat.Ge France,
1n
andwillonlybr1ngit
tot.he
UK
.bow
Lh
National
Compu
t
ing
e
on
Centre
1aputt.1111
1eminara,
or
which
the
tnOlt
1nterett1na
for
pe.nonal
computer u.ae.ra
lookalike
it.a
e.xpot1tion
of the
Data
Protectio
n
Act.
The
Which
Com
puter?
Show
takea
place
at
the
Nat ional
Exhibition Centre,
Binnina:·
ham,
from
Jan
uary
115 18.
to
don't
need
a machine
-
ju.,t
ons.
follow
tbeee
1nst.rud.1
First.,
lie down
on
your back
.
:=~~
::l
rro::
n'!!t::J
t.Jl
your
head forward
.
You're
t
now
most.of
the
way
th
ere,
buL
1tart
pedalhna wit
h
you
r feet
.
Juat
a
few
more
houn
pnct1
ce
and
you thould be a competent
C5driver
.
Of
coul'N:you
can
aleogo into
full
11mulator
mode
b
y repeat-
ing
the
above
inatrud.ion1
1n
Lhe
ltat.che.n,
thia
tame wit
h
th
e
wu)ungmach1neon
aothatyou
~
~n::i;:~
kn:!.7::
C64
games
top
new
year releases
New
year
90ft.ware for Com-
modore 64
and
QL
uan
ia
on
the
w•y from Romilt
,
Pact.
and
Energy
Soft..
Romik
'a
KnaghLmare
and
~
t.!-:S~"b~J:U:..~~
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'v~
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-
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AllDOtlattheWJuchComputer?
A200-C..ftrft;•......,._
are
upected,
eithe
r
from Smc-
~~1~t':!
o~ro~,:nt:
~~iltt!:~~~~
are
•:
i
!
f!.~~=ta
almo1t ready
~ ~
:::1\
;:
Sharp,
Lhe Japaneee raant
ofTera
compatibility
with
the
MZ
700
home
micro
but
Sharp
intend& 1t for •er1om bua
m
eu
app
lications
in
Lhe
style
or
Lhe
QLort.heComrnodore Plu,,4.
Sharp',
bu.a1nea-hke
approach
tot.he
1ub,ect.will allo
beevidentintwoother1y1tern1
on ahow
.
Theee are for specific
d~:==
~
=(:.~~':,":,.~:
::..•.:td:ri=
"t~;::l:ce~
~~u:~I
a1m1n.g m
the
N..me
direction
with
•
machme
called the
Se.nea 9.
MSX
will belhe.re, but Sanyo
will probably
11ve
more
prom·
inenceto1t1newMBC775than
micro.
The
to
the
MPCIOOMSX
MBC775,
wilh
256K and an
8088, ;. designed aaya
Sanyo
to
~ro~;
oth<,
UK
compon]eo
launching new mac.hinet
fall
firmly into
the
buainet11catq-
by
Romik
u
'
the
belt
gamee
thefv
eeve.rreleued '.
You'll
be
•ble
to
Judge for youne.lf at
the
e.nd
o(th1.1
week,
whe.n they
Co
~00()
1~:m;!~bl:.
a
onule.
Pad.
(0733-233600)
baa
~;:!'.i~;
i~e!nr:~~
adde.d
a
awitch
and
two
LEDt
to
Ouran10
Poppy
.
Tadpole
could
afao
put
a
bla:fe.t
round
your ahoulde.ra
to
11mulate
the
"''Nthe.r·proofing
add-on
duat
will
be produced for
iL
You can
probably
deduce
from
all thia that
the
C5
1an't
Tec
h
-
Panda
20
'64
will
let
you uae
a
non-Commodore
recorde
r
with
either
Lhe Vic 20 or
the 64
.
It
costa£17
.99.
hu
been
upectina
It'•
an
open-topped
three-wheeler
wboee
motor will take 1t up to
a:~.':
~JbMn::::tli~
:;~rd
rrr:und
f:!!~
~iC~v:r.;
not though,
becaute
you
don't
to
have a licence
,
uuur
-
helmet
or
road
tax
ror a veh
icle
wit
h
a
maximum
apeed
ol
15mph.
SinclairUa1mina:fo
rprod
1.1c-
t.1on
or
100,000C6t
next
ye.ar,
But
with the vehicle aellin.,
for
le.
than
£400
we shou
ld
aoon
tee
recumbent
pionee.n
1lid1ng
--l.51
--lo-
33988)
thia
month.
The
90ft.
ware
provide1
a
range o(
dnw·
ins
fac1ht1e.,
IN you
mi.I:
text
and
graphica.,
c:ope1
with
full
need
nt~fro~~~f~CI<'=~
ance,
cruh
t:::,!'y~:~~n~~:t.
lt
'1
a
moot
point whethe
r
the
vehicle Wlll revolut1o
nu1ecom-
m1.1tina,
but
it'a
cert&ln
to
r.chieve
minorcultttatua:
•t
the
ve.ry
leut.
And
there
could
be
more where
it came
from,
aa
Sinclair
ia
t.alki11J
•bout
pro-
duetne a
whole
te:n
eeor
electric
vebkle..
PCN
can
e.xclutive.ly
reveal
1.hat
the first
ate.p
will be
lhe
~t
--
.
The
machine',
aucceNOI',
the
C6,
will
have
a
nwnber
o(
added
fN.tura
,
in-
cludin,
a
rubber
membrane
keyboard
to
replace
the
C6'•
preMu.r&«naitive handle.bars
.
PCN JANUARY51986
=,~;i:c:
~1f~!i~
)"OU
pedal
rut.er
ONITOR
erprise
sneaksin
at
last minute
11\e
Enterpnlle micro finally
made
1t
m
to the
ahope
with Just
a
week
to
,pert
before
Chn•tmu
Tn.iet.oform, lhem1crolhati.a
16
month,
old
at birt
h
hned up
on
the
,tart.ml' end
aft.er Jut
minute
hi
ccuJ)'and
fal.1e1tarta
.
E
nterpn.M! expected to
have
3,000
mach
u\NI
1nate
lert1on
of
ahopa
1n iteett
l
IOC11t1ons
on
December
10.
But by December
13
the
d11tn but.or,
Prum,
1t11l
had noth1n,
to
d111tnbut.e;En-
terp
r
1.ee wu
ta
llung
about
numben d0&er
to
300
and
the
fflOI»
turned out to be Jual
round
t
he
c.omer
from
E
nt.er-
pnae'• London
HQ
On
December
1-i
the
firtt
reported retail
11ght.tng1
or
the
famou, micro
started to come
in
Two reta
ilers
clauned
to
have
a
handful
of
mach1net
En!·rp~~!
1
~rrn!:
oen"eC:~~:
told out
over
the weekend
The next deadline
for
the
company
to
watch
come
and
,o
11m1d-February,when 1tt1due
to h
it
full
production
We'll have
a
full Pro-Tettof
the
E
nterpn&e 64
1n
our next
iNue Here by
way of a
lrtide
r
att:
90me of our
rev1ewer'1
oommenta
on
the micro that
came in from
the
ookl
'Si.s.t.een
:
month,
ago
the
E
nterprue wu
probab
ly
the
dream machine
of
Juat
abou
1-
every computtt
own·
t'.
tn
the
country. However,
r
more than
one yN.r
late
r
, e.n·
thusium for the machine
haa
dropped
'U
nfortunately
t.he
Ente~
pnaeo
ffenthecomputerpubl1c
nothing that h.. n'l been
&een
befof't'.
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