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Spectrum, 16K and 48K,
is being phased out from
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like agai n!
Spectrum+ with a £20
'keyboard kit'; if you're
feeling lazy, Sinclair
Research will do the job
for you b u t it'll set you
back another termer!
Vile rumours that Sir
Clive is selling off the
extraneous rubber
keyboards to be melted
down and made into
puppets for 'IV's
Spitting Image are, of
course, blatant lies
especially since Sir
Clive's last appearance
on the show!
And so it really looks
as though the micro-
war's hotting up,
especially when you note
that Acorn Computers
has reduced the price of
the Electron in direct
competition to the
Spectrum+. Good
mates, Sir Clive and
Chris Curry (of Acorn)
were seen recently
attempting to battle the
micro-war on a more
personal basis — but
we're happy to report
that they've since made
up.
As from the next issue 01
Your Spectrum, we
welcome a new slave
driv e r , Editor on this
illustrious mag.
Author of the sarcastic
comments you've come
to know and love
(What's all this? Ed.)
will now be one, Kevin
Cox. As usual, any
attempts to get hold of
the Your Spectrum 'Hey.
tell 'em I'm in a meeting'
Editor can be made on
01-631 1433. Anything
more technical than a
friendly chit-chat should
be directed to
Troubleshootin' Pete
who sits patiently
awaiting your calls on
01-616 2416 (
Andrew (Incentive MD )
and Richard
McCormack (author of
the adventures). This
news arrived just as
Incentive was about to
launch its officially
liceneed version of the
arcade game, Moon
Cresta. The incentive to
ORM
CAH
RS
To quote the press
release, Dk'Tronics has a
"delightful
announcement for the
industry". And that's
that the recently-crashed
Currah Micro Products
beat Moon Cresta comes has been swallowed up
in the arms of the Dk
in the form of
Nichibutsu's original
Moon Cresta machine.
To get hold of this free
standing wonder, all the
player has to do is
amass a score of 30,000
points.
Moon (re cta is now
available for the Speccy
at £6.95 from usual
dealers. More details of
this and Incentive's new
empire.
The good news is that
anyone holding a
guarantee from Currah
will find that Dk will
honour the original
agreement — so your
Currah equipment is safe
for a bit longer!
If you're a hit worried
as to y our warrant y
arrangement , give Dk a
Helpline calls should be
made on Wednesdays
and Fridays only).
I nc e nti v e 's Moon Cr esta —
pr e tty m uc h like the or i gi nal .
Incentive, a company
which actually cares
about its customers, has
announced the winner
of the Ket Trilogy
competition.
Tom Frost, aged 47,
from Montrose collected
his £400 of video
equipment from Ian
game. Confuzion. on
(0734) 591678.
ring on (0799) 26350.
Ne w VS Edi tor , Kevi n
Cox . (April fool ! Ed.)
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