Vol.2 No.12 is cover-dated December 1982 and cost 60p
News[]
News Headlines - 2 pages (20-21)
- Christmas tidings cheer those micro Scrooges - (20)
- Love on a hot ZX-81: Love by Remsoft - (20)
- Cunning Lynx avoids mail-order snares - (20)
- Now Forth speakers will be able to consult the Oric in their own tongue - (20)
- Wait for it - here comes the Microdrive - (20)
- Artic has cracked it: Krakit by Artic Computing - (21)
- Sharp sends PC-1251 to front line but keeps MZ-700 in reserve - (21)
- First glimpse of Acorn's Electron - the 32K £150 Spectrum rival - (21)
- ZX Printer for 6502s - (21)
- Chart-topping software makes games hit parade - (21)
Features[]
Games: Flexidisc - 1 page (25)
- Three games are included on this month's Your Computer flexidisc, one for the ZX-81, one for the Spectrum and one for the Vic-20. Bill Bennett keeps you on the right tracks.
Review: Sord M-5 - 3 pages (26-28)
- Made in Japan, but can Sord's £100 colour and sound micro make it over here. Tim Langdell tests its mettle.
Basic Dictionary - 1 page (81)
- This dictionary, compiled by Tony Edwards, will explain the function of common Basic words as used in popular machines, enabling you to work out your own machine's equivalent. A useful complement to our recent series on Basic dialect translation.
Control: MPF-I - 2 pages (88-89)
- Even if by pest control means you programming robot mice, the MPF-I should fit the bill John Dawson reviews.
Regular Features
Editorial/Contents - 1 page (3)
Your Letters - 1 page (19)
Computer Club: The Reading Connection - 1 page (23)
- Simon Beesley finds the missing link between simple Sinclairs and the mighty Cray 1, at the Thames Valley Computer Club.
Response Frame - Tim Hartnell - 1 page (91)
Fingertips - David Pringle - 2 pages (93-94)
Competition Corner - 1 page (111)
Software Survey[]
Survey: VIC Software - 3 pages (30-31,33)
- Neville Ash provides a yuletide round-up of all that is best in Vic-20 software
- Facemaker, Number Chaser, Number Gulper, We Want to Count, Twister, Rainbow Towers (Applied Systems Knowledge)
- The Alien, Amok, Kosmic Kamikaze, Star Wars, Renaissance, Meteor Run, Satellites and Meteorites (Audiogenic)
- Asteroids, Another VIC in the Wall, Vicgammon, Cosmiads, VIC Panic (Bug-Byte)
- English Language, Mastermind, Quizmaster, Adventureland, The Count, Mission Impossible, Pirate Cove, Voodoo Castle (Commodore)
- Gridrunner (Llamasoft)
- Shadowfax, Siege (Postern)
- Hopper, Myriad, Nightcrawler, Space Phreeks, Space Storm (Rabbit Software)
- Mind Twisters, Multisound Synthesiser, Sea Invasion, Shark Attack, Martian Raider (Romik Software)
Type-Ins[]
ZX Spectrum: Flight Simulator - 3 pages (38-39,41)
Atari: Chicken Run - 2 pages (42-43)
Dragon: Nightmare Holiday - 2 pages (44-45)
Sharp: Coup d'etat - 4 pages (48-51)
ZX81: Probe - 2 pages (52-53)
VIC-20: Breakout - 2 pages (57-58)
BBC Micro: Maze Munch - 2 pages (58-59)
Atom: Quest - 3 pages (62-63,65)
ZX81: Chess - 2 pages (68-69)
Atom: Account - 2 pages (70-71)
More Music from the BBC - 3 pages (74-75,77)
ZX81: Happy Hopper - 2 pages (78-79)
ZX81: Forth Dimensions - 2 pages (84-85)
Software File - 9 pages (97-99,101,103,105-106,108-109)
Other Credits[]
Assistant Editor
Staff Writer
Sub-Editor
Editorial Secretary
- Lynn Cowling
Publishing Director
External links[]
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Issue Index[]
| Date | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| 1981 |  1 |
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| 1982 |  6 |
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| 1983 |  18 |
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| 1984 |  30 |
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| 1985 |  41 |
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| 1986 |  53 |
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| 1987 |  65 |
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| 1988 |  77 |
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