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COVER
STORY
Rift threatens MSXimpact
'Microeoft. in
the
UK
wu
never
intt:oded
to
play
a m-,or
pa.rt
in
the promotion
ofMSX,'
ea.id
a
M1croeoft.
spokesman
Japaneae
micro
m.anul,c
-
However,
1l 1•
widely
be-
turen.
lieved
that
M1croeofl'
lack
of
•
BBC
givHon«reen
control
of
'
Buically
,
M1croeoft.
hu
enthut1um 1n working
w
ith
The
impact of
MSX
microe
in
OUTPUT
!~~.J::~::,u~~?.t~:_rour
the
UK
maiy be
fatally
weakened following a rift.
be-
tween
Microeoft.UK
and
the
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one
of
the
MSX
companiet.
Another powerful
graph1a
tutonal
up
la1nt
how
to
make
uae
of
Mic:roeoR.had
not
alw•yt
di•play Im
mterrupt.t.
turned up
to
meet.tnp
at
I.he
MSX
worlung
group
,
tit.ndin.g
--
part
twoof
PCN,
utility
program
for the ArMt.rad
we take you
In
ll
further
down
the
road
to
creetan1 your own garnet
nc«ied advke or information
rrom
M1c.roeof\,
1thu
had
togo
Make
lenM
of
your
hatinp
with
th1•
pro,ram
for
Spectrum and
to
Aacu M1croeoR.
in
Japan,
--
21
Microdri
Vff
.
cauaana
further
delays.
Sever.I of
the
MSX
com-
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~1rethe
~:n c:~
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1
1
••gn
iu
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royaltaet
and
licence
fees
10
direct
ly
to
Aacii
M1croeof\..
A
contri butory
fact.or
ll
that
Micro.oft
spent
a
lot
of
money
trying to
up
two
UK
to produce
MSX
HARDWARE
PERIPHERALS
...
.,......,
31
MSX
ata.ndanl
m
the
crucial
run up to
lhe
all
important
den_y1ng
any
aui,NllONI
One
of
theee wu Dra,ron
DalA,
whoM
M
SX
pn>Jf!d.
on
behalfofGEC bit theduat
when
the
company
cruhed ear!Jer
tha1
year.
It
may yet
re-appear
unde
r
GEC'•
banner.
Fil"lt out
i,
Toatuba
with
it.
HX-10-featured
laatweek
in
Chnttmat NIH
eeuon
.
For
11-
part
,
M1croeof\
i•
o(
a
~M::.:u.t
,fl
,ogeru_po_w-ith_•_funo
k-ey -,-ha-,--
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-
-
_ll_p_i•_
-boanl-
_
. ,u-p-,-=nto
nf\..
Cunys' adverts which 1a1dthat
the
micro wu
available
tn
tel«ud
at.orN
but
rould
be
ordered from
any
branch
.
ll
it
priced
at
.£279.99.
-Vic
your
Commodore.
43
The,oodold Vic
hun'lthe
biggest
memory
m
the
world.
Check
out
thia upanaion cartndge
that
110lvtt
that
problem,
and Olhen
too.
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SOFTWARE
--
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A newd.t.abue1y1tem
for
ACT'1glamoroua
m1croo«erta
few new
ideu
on information
managemenL
Ult rakit
ofJ'en
the Buie programmer a
hoet.of toola.
FrNh
from
the
US-
the
ldeu
Procea.or mak.N aome
big
claims
.
--
51
li::x.
machines
.
drool
w1thenvy-but
make you
for
othe
r
we've plent
y
of
otrenn!!
REGULARS
Upt
end
down.
in
the
m1cro-
world u newcomen challenge
your
old
favourii.e.
.
lt'a
Bri
·
t.ain'•
only weekly
chart.
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Draaona.
troll•
,
bobb
ii.,
de-
eerted
dt1es, vamp1n
cut.let.
All
I.hi•
and more
in
our
weekly
u.cunion
into
the
adven
ture
qL VllW-qL
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fir
att
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Your
Jett.en
-
on
any compu·
U!r-releled
1ubjecL
And
there'•
tll5inst.orefort.heweek'1be.t...
-
10
Hint.I
and
Lii»
from
the
beat
b~
in,
an
the
countl')'
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to
be
for
bargai
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11u.s via,on,
almOlt
too
good
to
be
true.
to
th
e
be.lonp
There
art more
dangen
Jung
le.
There are
abo
1har
kl,
out
or place maybe,
not no
leN
VICIOUA
for that
t
he
Wit h the free form
Junj:le
and
Compunet'1
deci·
1ion
lo leave useni large
ly
m
ch3:.1leofwhatappeare, there••
not
h1n,e
lo slop a
1ub.cnbe
r
ma.king a few quid
by
1nnply
~:e~~!~~:i
h
-:~'!;~:
or
than
~:'d~J
~~:;grn:e:
ot:~;
tan80m for aettM.
Unfortunately,1tL1notpo911·
ble to
examine
the
cont.eni.o
f
a
page
before you purch.ue: 1t.
though 1t 1 poMible for
m
·
1
format
ion
prov1den lo prod
uce
a free page
t
hat will tell you
what you are about
t.obuy
Even though the
system
11
m
11-
ea
rl
y
days and charge.
aren't being made yel
to
u.en a
~~tute 1
~u1:i:t A=
iatz::
K.hemee
for computer dealen
lut.
v,·ee.k
11\e finl
ii
a
echeme
to
IOrl
out
the
cowboys
rrom prore.1o
nal
relllilen
Under
th11
a
dealer -
whet her
a
CTA
member
or
noL
-
would have to
.sal.lafy
the
A that
Ila
staff have adequ-
ate k.nowledp
and are able
to
on the lype
ewe
correct
or
equ,pme.nl
1
1ell1
t
A's tetta
1
l
If it
puees
the
will
be
able
to dncnbe
1tM!lr
u
a 'certified
computer dealer'
n.e
crtd1t card, which will
probably
called
simply
"The
Card'
i•
aimed
at
shop9
Lhat
want lo nval the mult 1plet
The
Great Computer Shakeout
ha.a:
claimed anot
her
vlel1m
Gavi
lanComputenllthelatet:t
US
com
pany
t.otee.k
prot.ection
from cred
1
ton at the
door
by
h1dmgbeh1odChapter
11oflhe
US'•
bankn.iptcy laws
Gav1lan bunt. on
t.o
the
mar·
ket lutyea
r
when
it
announced
what wu
t
hen an mnova
t
tve
lap-held
micro.
Det1gn
and
manufactu
rmg
problem, held
up
1LI
rtleue until March th1.s
cert1ficat.1on
er
advice
er
,
....
The Juki
family
o(
dal..lywheel
pnnten h•
ue 101
hu
been
ext.ended with Lwoadcht1ona.
The
cheaper
of
t
he two
i•
the
Juki
2200
al £309
Running
at
10
q,9,
lh1.s keyboan::l,pnn ter·
ter minal comet with an mte
r
·
nal receive-only
RS232C
inter·
and work.e wi
th
ffl
l
Cl"OI
U1Jng
t
he
aame
connect.ion.
At
£9
18,
IBM
PC.
and
look,
hook up
to
the
J
uki
alike.
6300.
With
a
3K
bu
ffer
expand·
able to
15K,
the
printer
hu
race
can
be.
By
then
teveral
ot
her
manu·
facturen had managed to get
11mdar
product.I
on
lo the mar·
ket Accordms to
one of
Gavi-
lan'1 m11e&ton, lhe company
owes about $10 milhon
==~~er::t':Ji!:fy,rt
1
:rJ
prmllng, ahadow pnnung
and
aut.o-centnng.
}~or
furthe
r
m·
rorm11t1on
contact
Micro
Pe: 1
r
phera
1
on
025,6
47232
1
Hitachi
machine
comesdownin price
D1xona
ha.a
ha
lved
the pnce of
the
Hitachi
MBE 16002
at
£1,489
the
IBM
compatible
machine
COmN
wit
h
128K
RAM,
tv,·o
di
sk
dr
ive. with 320K
each,
key.
boan::I
eight
colour monitor
and
I
n
add1t1on. you
get
£-900.
worth
or free aonware
which
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Selli
~~~~
~e:x':;:
1
:'.~~d~
ng
r::•b
l:ei:
~ee•~r:;~
a
lot f:re for the
amount
1tcosi.'
and: 'I
don't thmk much of the
colour Kheme either'.
A
apokeaman
ror
Compunet
aa1d
that 1t wu reaimmend1n1
t.hat usenorthe
syste
m
ahou
ld
J!{:;;
With
MSOOS
u
::i"::u~ln!w~t
!!!~
C.lcmaater
it
will alao run
mme
t
~:!
an 1t1operat1ng1yatemandM
1cro-
80ft.Bute
purc
hasing,
either through
in
formation
page or reco
m·
mend.al.Ionby another use
r
He
added tha
t
1ranyone
wu
n
pped
off by another
u.aer
they should
getmtouc
b
w1thCom
pune t
and
action would be taken
agamat
the
offender,
who
would
have
h1
number
eraied and
be
left.
1
wit h
an
unuaable modem
~
~,:~nt
to
preu
last
week,
Dixons
had made
a
£
182mb1dfortheC u
rryacha1n
CTAweeds
out
cowboyretailers
By
th1a t1me
next year you
1hould
be
able lo walk
a
compute
r
shop
certa
in
ID
the
in
to
tallu ne about..
And
1f
you
decide
to buy
10meth1ng. you lhould be able
1t
to
pay for 1twith aapec.1alc;red.
or
card
accepted
1D
bu
n~
,im
1lar
ahopt aroun
d
the
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PUYON-W,-nwfMdNl,.,....,•llldJ
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(TMS
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count.ry.
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Microdrlve2
faces
stem
test
A S1ndair,pokMm&n
t.N.
'Problem,
.....
quite often
rtlatlld to
the
Macrodnve
lftOM
admlt-
failure
rate..
With
the machine
',
rant
·~
i.n
thope
be.in,
IO
recent
it ..
too
....ty
to
talk
about
relW'n ,...
but
With
=:,t~~u:~
t.Dou&bt
tale
ll WU
Jua
when Suldatr mua have
way or another
'
MICr"Odrive
2
to
lhow
11-
-IObetha-1thnlr.
,
and
.. an utn.mec:ue
,
but
allot.bat
problem,
with
ll"tn't
uncommon
M1crodnvm
=~~~~~
tha
.....
i... ..-Jed
that
llm
Ouutmu
approechin.a: can
11
banllybeloo-.
O...callerlO
PCN
l.ut
wttlc
wu
on
hia
fourth
Q
L
&fur a
aucceNion
ot
=~~v~~:
J.:ea:1'~
a«.enUon..
'
that
'11.gnifkant
bup
'
would
be
dN.lt
wsth
u
they
a,,ow.
He
dedtned
at
the
1.11ne define
a
to
...,..r.....
t
.....
.
but
......i...
\o
UM
IIM)k.man
tome
have
been
a
ueoded
to
On
the
M1e
·
lolr'o
N'C"I S...le
ooe deale:r
reported
lo.d.Jnc
dafficulu-.
Dunn,
the
1ummer
Sane:
·
pn,mlad
dON Hll
u
~t=o~ 1
::U;1~
lr~Qf
well
to
unall
bua1neNN
u
the
Spe,rtnam
dNI
tohomemic:rouars.
~=~n:
plien u
too
unrellabl
•
to be
a
medium for t.hetr
producte.
With
a pair
oltbem
bu.11t
to
m
the,
QL
t.be.ir
Nhab&hty
becom-
INBRIEF
=:~
nve
,
hke a
lot
of
other Uunp
.
hu
hod •
lot
ol
.....
lopmont
lt
'1ai..ohadaNdpre.and
aa
,een by many ..t\ware
tup-
IEWFROM
AMERICA
Thi111themottcombe.t.avt
part
of
the
year
While
the
eoundof'youn, footblll
playen
bitlln1
each other
reeoundt
~::i=::.,~;
own.
.
l!'l'nlmel
..
concerned
With
between
$2
million
and
S3
Topnewfor$149
mllhon
M..,antOilh
tol\W&NI
are
pt,.
lln.,
into
the
lhope
at
lut.,
with
'Topvle'Wiaa
buacally
olftnnc
Apple
and
IBM
are
l'Dil.lna
IICCOWlt.8
fund..ou.,
ud
the
-csr-ve
moV99
and the
U
·
Bul
producu
.ucb
u
IBM
Pe.....i
..... -
DlbLh1wn PNll
·a
PC-s.M.ac-
aimed
at~
Doc
and
~lJ~
and·&ck
ror
oom.ma
wiLb
an
snpha
URn
but
with
price
•pedal
elect.ton .-ue
of
Ne-.
lBM
PC
,
and
Winte.rha.lt.er'•
week will
h•ve 40
of
iu
114
0.ta
Talker'Mat
,
which let.a
a
Mac
emul•t.e
an
lBM
3270
compeuuon
.
movinc: analytta
terminal
,
may
be
Nu.eel
oa
t.o
IIOl.e
that
fll"IDI
1uch U
Lob.I.I
pnerally
NU.
t.hrw
mtlbon
eqeriy
byuea.it..1ve1w-howa.ol
hovebundrodool-.....iool
-
orow,d
tha
-1c1.
and
Mac
but
work
•MN
the
t.w
ia
happy
C\18t.omera
wbo
won't
be
Applewlllbet.heM>leedVfl'tdfl"
81
budpd
LOO
eutly
from
what
ln
that
uiMM
.
'fb19
uduuve
WO
1n
lhe
news
tlua they
al,-dy
know
and
hke.
deal
ii
rrput.ed
to
have
coet
1ummer when il
announced
between
September
November30
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and tha
tha
... _ foll,
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for
paul.Wm
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the
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pre,pe.nn, an
1n~ted
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Mac
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ol
aoft.ware developnwnl at
pmee,. commwuuttona
pr.ek·
Boca
R.ton
.
Exi,un,
IOft.ware
.,.. and
gnphlc:s ln
lhe
lead
ror Lhe
PC
will
run under
Pew
nval.ato
MacWnte
have
Topvlew
but won't ulr:e
full
advan&&p
o/
the
1yate.rm ree-
NowlBM
b.ubroqbtout31
of
1i.
own
procra.m1
ror
the PC,
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tlv
-
•
1preadAheeclword
J>t'OCN90t
ror
nut
year
hu
Qmpened
the
eoftware mdwilly'a compeU
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