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Volume 1

Number 01

March 1983

Managing Editor
Derek Meakin

Features Editor
Mike Bibby

Advertisement Manager
John Riding

Advertising Sales
John Snowden
Mike Hayes

Published by:
Database Publications Ltd.

Thanks to Dave Moore from Stairway To Hell for supplying a copy of this issue.

  • NEWS Keep up to date with all the latest developments in the bustling BBC Micro world.

  • TUTORIAL We show the first-time user that programming is nothing like as hard as it might sound.

  • TAPE OFFER Save yourself the chore of keying in programs from this issue with our cassette.

  • DO-IT-YOURSELF A step-by-step guide to building a cheap but highly efficient BBC Micro games paddle.

  • WORD PROCESSING We put the Alphabeta WP package through its paces - and find it useful but over-priced.

  • COMPETITION Find a way of completing our unfinished program - and win a BBC colour monitor.

  • COLOUR Have fun in the wonderful world of computer colour with our explicit beginner's guide.

  • HOW IT WORKS Conducted tour round the inside of the BBC Micro starts with the operating system.

  • TAPE TROUBLES Do you have problems loading programs on cassette? We may have the answers.

  • DEATHWATCH We start off with a bang. There's only one word for "Deathwatch" - stupendous!

  • BOOKSHELF Our team of critics review 11 books that will help teach you more about the BBC Micro.

  • INTERVIEW A regional head of MEP talks about the micro explosion now under way in Britain's schools.

  • SOFTWARE Programs galore - but are they all they claim to be? Our frank reviewers give you the facts.

  • UPGRADE Turn your "A" into a "B" for half the price in our helpful Beeb Body-building Course.

  • GRAPHICS Our "Shapes" program helps you create your own computerised portrait gallery on tape.

  • NUMBERS How to use random numbers to write easy games - and have fun with Bingo too.

  • MONITORS Thinking of buying a colour monitor? You ought to read this article before you do.

  • BUBBLESORTS Sorting routines that speed up processing time, with listing for a fast Double Bubble.

  • WORKSHOP A forum for your ideas, starting with a test for function keys in machine code routines.

  • SAVE MONEY! A subscription ensures you get BBC Micro User every month - and there's a £2 saving

(c) 1983 Database Publications Ltd.

BBC Micro User is an independent publication and neither the BBC nor Acorn Computers Ltd are responsible for any of the articles in this issue or for any of the opinions expressed.

Distribution to the news trade in the UK and Ireland is by Wells Gardner, Darton and Co Ltd.