Home Computing Weekly Magazine Issue 077

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word processor features am display of rime and ounl. plus a words per display and double size option edit and primer The whole package comes operatingguide. "At this price. berestricted (ogames!' said Mr Meakin. Rd. Ha&l •kporiSK7!\'Y

Transcript of Home Computing Weekly Magazine Issue 077

word processor features

am display of rime andounl. plus a words per

display and double size

option In edit and primer

The whole package comes

operating guide. "At this price.

be restricted (o games!' said MrMeakin.

Rd. Ha&l•kpori SK7 !\'Y

PERILS Of...

BEAR GEORGE

* Superb animation and graphics Joystick compatible (Cheetah RAT. Kempston. Interfaces 1 and 2)

• Buill-in surprise lor the raal gluttons amongst you!

Available NOW on the Spectrum 48k, price £6.95 PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW!

August 28-September 3, 1984 Ho. 77

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the Cuthberr Club, is nowoffering membership free of

Anyone wishing 10 join needs

write to Microdeal andmembers will receive a free

:, quarterly magazine and

Check mateThis year's World Micro-computer Chess Championship(the 4th], will lake place in

Glasgow from September '/ in

15.

Any individual or group,

including software houses, mayenter their own chess programs.

John Glendinning, 30 RytandsDrive, Mount Vernon, GlowiwG32 0SB

CharitySuccess

t appeal ;

r softw;O.viam's

so iar resulted in contributions

of over ElO.OOO-worth of games

and business cassettes.

More than 3D ruami factum's,

as well as private individuals

and collectors, have donated

their surplus stock, a

cassettes arc still arriving

Oxfam's North London offi

A spokesman for the charity

said: "This reaction 10 a

appeal has been fant

Obviously, we want to t

cvcrvbodv who has contributed

so far as well as to enco _

others to give us what they can

over the next couple of

months!'lilt software apueal is cue x

finish al the end of September,

and the date of the special sale

will be announced in the near

the primary application is wordprocessing.

A library of over 150 inter-

changeable print wheelsprovides a choice ot type styles

which can be printed 10, 12 Or

15 characters per inch or with

;;ropo;lional spacing.

Three versions of the product

are available, with either

RS232, Centronics or dual

interfaces.

The machine is also capable

of plotting for graphicapplications.

Qualityprinting

Retailing at a cost of £375, the

TRD is a new printer from

Triumph Adler which offers

high quality Daisy Wheelprinting at 20 characters per

This machine is suited for use

costlne from £200 upwards, but

is aimed at any system where

Lead forAmstrad

computer to any Centron

Computer Services.

The lead is lm in length andfeatures gold-plated cor

will: double wipes on34-wav edae connector em

Cost of the lead is £14.87

including postage and packing.

Computer Services, 63 QuilpDrive. Chelmsford. Essex CM I

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cross-assemblerimmenent

Septen I for t

version of Mikro, fromSupersoft

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Mikro SO is being written in

6502 machine code, to run onthe Commodore 64; however ii

will assemble Z-80 opcodesthan 6502 opcodes.

InSupersoft is

-allcl

_ the

assembled code can be transfer-

red to the target computer. Adirect cable link between the 64

and the Z-80 computer seems

the most likely solution.

Supersoft, Winchester Hvuse,

Curmiiiv Road, Weuhktone,Hurrvn; Middlesex HA3 7S.I

Additions have also been

made to the firm's software

range — with eight new game

cassettes are: Bomber Run;Devil Bird, Intrigue, Slots,

Stranded, and Wheels. The newTriple game cassettes are:

Simon/Granny/Spiders andS;ma.-h, Lander-Raiders. Single

games are £.v Q 5 each, and triple

games arc £12,95 each.

Starter Pack from CGL, includin;

Starter packA cassette recorder/ player is

now being given away free with

every new M5 home compfrom CRL — the wl

package forming the newStarter Pack.

Also included in the oackaae

is an application ROM cartridge

You could beon our pageswe welcome programs, articles and tips from

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• Articles on using home computers shouldbe no longer than 2,000 words. Don't worryabout your writing ability — just try to keepto the style in hcw. Articles most likely to bepublished will help our readers make better

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• Tips are short articles, and brief

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consideration for publication.

• Programs must always be sent on cassette.Listings are helpful, but not necessary.

Check carefully that they are bug-free.

include details of what your program does,

how it works, variables vou have used andhints on conversion.

• Articles on using home computers shouldbe no longer than 2,000 words. Don't worryabout your writing ability — lust try to keepto the style In HCW. Articles most likely to bepublished will help our readers make betteruse of their micros by giving useful ideas,

possibly with programming examples, we will

convert any sketched illustrations intofinished artwork.

• Tips are short articles, and brief

programming routines. Your hints can aid

other computer users.

All submissions will be acknowledged and thecopyright In such works which will pass to

Argus Specialist Publications Ltd will be paidfor at competitive rates.

Keep a copy of your work and include an sae.

Label everything clearly and give a daytimeand Home phone number If you can.

All work for consideration should be sent to:

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Most of them comply with the rules

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ire however, drop us a line and we'll send you

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CLASSIC ADVEPTTURE. This is the

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SBC or Electron. If you are

masterful enough you too could

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"The classic brainteaser.''

be warned: it's also very

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STAR TROOPER is a fast, action

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THE HOBBIT. Visit i.R.R. Tolkien':

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amazing adventure yet devised.

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H.U.R.G. A revolutionary piece of COMMODORE G4 HORACE GOES

software for your 48K Spectrum SKIING is the sequel to the very

velop high successful Hungry Horace. In

quality Machine Language

arcade games with absolutely no

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any other adventure game." difficult to find fault with such a

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now available for Dragon.

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FORTH. Abersott Forth is an

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forth is closer to Machine Code

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MELBOURNE DRAW,Melbourne Draw, you can create

dazzling, intricate colour

graphics and pictures on your

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Mugsy graphics which were all

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If you've ever fancied getting a

rating from the Galactic HighCommission, this program fromGraham McDonald will fulfil yourwildest dreams

ShooFrom lhe five-year mission of

Star Trek, la ihe 300 second' Space Target with

Ihis three-part program. It is in

parts so you can see that-- piace

This'

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destroyed and what your score

is. By lhe way, each target has

to be hit 25 times before il is

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Key 8. which is for es

hai :i hii extra, h has a re

which asks you if you wa.

another program or clear

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themYou di-

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skills, so now is the

show enterprise and get as many

Program I, which lells you the name is being loaded

10 REM Program No.

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20 BORDER 0: PAPER O: INK 7: BRIGHT 1: CLEAR30 PRINT AT 6,3: "SPACE TARGET IS LOADING"40 PRINT i FLASH 1 ; AT 12,9; "PLEASE WAIT"

50 FDR b=l TO 5: BEEP -l,b: NEXT b

55 INK O: PAUSE 1060 LOAD "No. 2"

while the main

10 REM Program 220 BORDER 0: PAPER 0:

30 DO SUB 5000

50 PRINT AT 2,6; "60 PRINT AT 3,6; "BOW7Q PRINT AT 4,6;"DO PRINT AT 5,6:"H90 PRINT AT 8,4; "HH100 PRINT AT 9,5; "110 PRINT AT 10,5; "120 PRINT AT 11,5; ",130 PRINT AT 12,5; "H

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INT AT a,b;t$) LET a=a+li IF a=17 THEN LET) NEXT n

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INK 0: LOAD "Main"FOR n=l TO 36: READ y: PLOT n*7,y: NEXT nRETURNDATA 123 , 54 , 23 , 156 , 100 , 23 , 56 , 97 , 45 , 23 , 37 , 23 , 87

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Program 3, the main game program

2 REM3 REM By Graham McDonald4 REM5 REM 19B46 REM

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' REMI LET a*=INK£Y*• REM Stap Tapei BORDER 0: PAPER 0: BRIGHT 1: INK 7: CLEAR. FOR b=l TO 3• PRINT ; FLASH 1 ; AT 15,8; "STOP THE TAPE"I PRINT ; INK 7;AT 10,3;"SPAC£ TARGET HAS LOADED.": BEEP .1,13

I PAUSE 20IS NEXT b

. PAUSE 12017 CLEAR

' REM Beginning20 FDR n=l TD SO30 LET y=RND*174+l40 LET x=RND*254+l50 PLOT K ,

y

60 NEXT n

61 PRINT ; INK 3; PAPER 6;AT , ;"-"."."«."."".".VW.V',"."-"«"«".%"i.".'.V'.*. - •

63 PRINT i INK 3; PAPER 6;AT 21 ,0j"WVWInnflWWnftNnWflnBnMWW

65 PRINT ; PAPER 7; INK 0;AT 10,9; "SPACE TARGET"it BEEP .1,20: PRINT AT 19,0; "Wri tten By Graham McDonald 19B"

67 FOB n=l TO 3: BEEP .25,0: BEEP .25,3: BEEP .25,5: BEEP 1.25,8: NEXT n: BEEP

.5,7: BEEP .5,3: BEEP .5,0: BEEP .5,3: BEEP 2,0: FOR n=l TO 500: NEXT n: BEEP .

1,20: CLS : BO TD 600068 FOR n=l TO 500: NEXT n: BEEP .1,2069 REM Varibles70 LET y=271 LET d=072 LET h=073 LET e=374 LET f=675 LET a=1076 LET p=777 LET 5=079 LET v=079 LET g=45080 LET :i = ll

85 LET b=25B6 GO SUB 800087 FOR c=l TO 1

90 PRINT1

t''pAPER 1; INK 7;flT x,y;CHR* (I431;CHR* (143) ;CHRS (1401; PAPER 0;CH

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PRINT AT 0,ll;"Hits:";hPRINT AT 0,2O; "Destroyed: ";dPRINT AT 0,0; "Time: ";sPRINT ; INK e; PAPER *; FLASHGO SUB g

;AT a b;CHRS 134): INK 7:

ER 4; INK 0;

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PRINT ; INK 6;AT 20,0;" —LET v=INT (RND*7+1)REM I* & Then AreaLET a$=INKEYSLET z=INT (RND»3+1>IF z=0 THEN LET a=a-lIF z=3 THEN LET a=a+lIF z=l THEN LET a=a-lIF Z=4 THEN LET a=a-lIF aS="6" THEN LET x=x+lIF a*="7" THEN LET x=X-lIF a*="9 M THEN SO SUB 9500IF a*="B" THEN GO SUB 96O0

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IF a*="5" AND g=450 THEN GD SUB 1200IF a*="4" THEN GD SUB 1250

>=1S THEN LET x=18IF a>=18 THEN LET a=18

:<=4 THEN LET x=4i<=4 THEN LET a=4i=250 THEN SO SUB £200!«=•"' THEN GO SUB 400

! IF g=450 THEN PRINT ; PAPER 2; INK 7;AT 2,12;"Laser On!"' IF g=96 THEN PRINT ; PAPER 4; INK OjAT 2,12;"Laser O-ff"i IF h=25 THEN GO SUB 1000' REM Stars

ISO PLOT 7,23: PLOT 15,157: PLOT 23,56.' PLOT 31,78: PLOT 39,115: PLOT 55,21: Pt,121: PLOT £7,34: PLOT 7£,34: PLOT 63,134: PLOT 95,75: PLOT 105,30: PLOT 1'

,127: PLOT 144,104: PLOT 159,111: PLOT 168,154190 PLOT 184,34: PLOT 192, 56! PLOT 200,87: PLOT 203,134: PLOT 216,56: PLOT 224.4: PLOT 224,123: PLOT 232,100: PLOT 247,57: PLOT 247,127Z60 PRINT AT X-I,y)2£2 PRINT AT Jt-H,30; "

263 PRINT AT x-1,30; '•

265 PRINT AT K+l,ys"270 PRINT AT a-l,ti; "

275 PRINT AT a+l,b;"300 NEXT c305 REM Time310 LET s=s+l320 LET c=0330 IF 5=300 THEN GO TO 2000340 GO TO 8?399 REM Lasers40O INK 2: LET f*="

PRINT :AT x,£;-fS403 BEEP . 1 , 30410 PAUSE 10: PRINT AT412 IF x=a THEN LET h415 INK 7420 RETURN430 IF a*="0" THEN RETURN455 INK 4: LET s*=" ": PRINT AT a,4;s*460 BEEP . 1 ,35470 PAUSE 10: PRINT AT a, 4;"480 IF a=x THEN GO TO 1500490 INK 7500 RETURN000 REM destroyed

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PRINT AT 0,0)

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1210 BEEP . 1,401230 LET g=961240 RETURN

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PRINT AT 14,0;" Goodbye

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