Personal Computing Today Vol.1 No.4

This issue is cover-dated November 1982 and cost 65p

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News

 * Jupiter Ace comes FORTH - (8)


 * Trendsetting Sinclair: Melbourne House reduce ZX81 book prices - (8)


 * BBC Boffins Book: The BBC Micro Revelaed - (8)


 * Asteroid Lander: Bugs in September issues program listing - (8)


 * Low Cost Printer Bonanza - (9)


 * The BBC Gets Discs - (9)

Features
Editorial - 1 page (3)

Contents - 2 pages (4-5)

Next Month - 1 page (13)

Your Letters - 1 page (16)

Microspot: VIC 20 Function Keys - 1 page (18)


 * In many manuals use of the VIC 20s function keys have been omitted but now Dave Tong shows you how to make the most of them in a simple routine.

Computer Users Club - 2 pages (26-27)


 * Starting a computer club yourself is not as difficult as you might at first think. Neville Ian Ash goes through the motions with you giving useful advice throughout.

Technique: Tune Into Teletext - 2 pages (30-31)


 * Roy Walker tells you how to get the BBC microcomputer's teletext graphics mode going at its best.

Spectrum Computer Group: Look Before You Leap - 2 pages (35-36)


 * This month the Spectrum Computer Group is under scrutiny for its selling techniques.

Technique: TRS 80 Tipster - 2 pages (40-41)


 * Some useful tips for TRS-80 owners to help their programming have been gathered together by David Bell.

Reviews
Software

KEY: PQ=Program Quality, VFM=Value for Money, POS=Presentation On-Screen, EOU=Ease of Use, CRA=Crashproofing, INS=Supplied Instructions, OVE=Overall

Summaries

Monaco Grand Prix


 * Overall not a bad race game, but limited as all these types are. After all, there are only so many ways of running into something! Good fun for a while though and handy to have around for passing the odd minute or six.

Alien Defense


 * Overall I enjoyed the game and its complexity, but I did find the control keys difficult to manage.

Type-Ins
Sardaukar Assault (Atari 400/800) - 3 pages (21-23)


 * Defend the Golden Tower against hoards of attacking space warriors in this Atari game by Chris Palmer.

Adverts
Games


 * A&amp;F Software Atom: Zodiac, Torpedo Run, Escape, Cylon Attack, Missile Command, Polaris, BBC Micro: Roadrunner, Early Warning, Tower of Alos, Lunar Lander - page 10


 * Anirog VIC-20: Lost in the Dark, Space Rescue, Slalom - Ski, Goblin's Gold - page 17


 * Pixel Productions - VIC-20, ZX81: The Trader Trilogy - page 17


 * Soft Toys - VIC-20: Soft Toys 1, Soft Toys 2, ATTACK! - page 19


 * Titan Programs VIC-20: Missile Panic, Road Runner, Android Attack, Space Hopper, Space Wars/Battlezone, Star Wars II, Naval Attack, Spectrum: The Ground Force Zero, TI99/4a: Mission 99, Atari 8-bit: Caverns - page 24


 * Audiogenic VIC-20: Cloudburst, Meteor Run, Renaissance, Spiders of Mars, Satellites and Meteorites - page 25


 * Microcomputer Applications - TRS-80: T80-FS1 Flight Simulator - page 28


 * Impact Software Spectrum: The Quest, Starfighter, Orb, Star Trek, VIC-20: Orb, Star Trek, Games Pack - page 32


 * Molimerx - TRS-80: Jumbo - page 37
 * MP Software - BBC Micro: Invaders, Shootout, Hangman, Space Fighter, Firienwood - page 42
 * Artic Computing - ZX81: ZXChess I, ZXChess II, 1k ZX Chess, Adventure A: Planet of Death, Adventure B: Inca Curse, Adventure C: Ship of Doom, Galaxians, Adventure D: Espionage Island, Namtir Raiders, Gobbleman, Spectrum: Spectrum Chess - page 42
 * Channel 8 Software - Atari 8-bit: Caves of Death, Bomb Hunter, Sky Snakes, Murder at Awesome Hall - page 43

Other Credits
Editorial Assistant


 * Chris Palmer