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Volume 1

Number 09

November 1983

Managing Editor
Derek Meakin

Features Editor
Mike Bibby

Technical Editor
Mike Cook

Art Editor
Peter Glover

Advertisement Manager
John Riding

Advertising Sales
Mike Hayes

Marketing Manager
Linda Dobson

Editor-in-Chief of
Database Publications:
Peter F. Brameld

Published by:
Database Publications Ltd.

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

  • NEWS Keep your finger on the pulse of BBC Micro happenings with our latest news bulletin.

  • BEGINNERS Character codes, loops and lots more in the latest instalment of our series for beginners.

  • HARDWARE Our impartial experts give their assessment of new pieces of hardware for the BBC Micro.

  • LIGHT PEN Add the power of a light pen to your BBC Micro! It's ideal for computer painters.

  • FORTH We present an in-depth examination of a ROM-based version of this powerful language.

  • BLACKJACK Deal yourself into our compulsive simulation of this casino favourite. Bet you'll love it!

  • GOBLINS Your chance to journey through an enchanted forest - but watch out for the evil Goblins!

  • SIDEWAYS ROM Full details of how to use your sideways ROMs for instant loading of basic programs.

  • SOFTWARE SCENE Our team of frank and thorough reviewers assess one of the latest software releases.

  • RECURSION Does recursion lave you reeling? Find out how easy it is with our domestic robot.

  • COMPETITION Win yourself an Acorn speech chip by writing a simple example of a recursive routine.

  • BODY BUILDING Get into the swing of physics experiments with our fascinating pendulum project.

  • SOUND ADVICE We show you how to become a big noise in the far-from-silent world of the BBC Micro.

  • BUSINESS SCENE Our experts examine three business-oriented programs and give their frank verdicts.

  • BOOKSHELF A thorough evaluation of three of the latest books devoted to the BBC Micro.

  • GRACEFUL GAMES Improve your games programs with careful design. Aleading expert shows you how.

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

  • BACK ISSUES Make sure your Micro User collection is complete. All you've missed and how to get it.

  • SUBSCRIBE NOW A year's subscription to the Micro User will bring you a FREE copy holder and crib sheet.

  • MICROMAIL The section you write yourself. Your ideas, queries and opinions make fascinating reading.

  • FREE! Inside this issue:

  • Electron User - It's the second feature-packed edition of our exciting publication devoted exclusively to the Acorn Electron.

(c) 1983 Database Publications Ltd.

The 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.