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Volume 2

Number 1

March 1984

Managing Editor
Derek Meakin

Features Editor
Mike Bibby

Technical Editor
Mike Cook

Art Editor
Peter Glover

Layout Design
Heather Sheldrick

Advertisement Manager
John Riding

Advertising Sales
Mike Hayes

Marketing Manager
Sue Casewell

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

Published by:
Database Publications Ltd.

 

  • NEWS Keep in touch with the latest happenings in the eventful world of the BBC Micro.

  • BEGINNERS Bring your micro to life with a touch of colour. We show you how simply it can be done.

  • ONLY HUMAN The second part of our series on user-friendly programs, with the emphasis on education.

  • NETWORK An economic and simple method of allowing several BBC Micros to share a disc unit.

  • COMPETITION List eight ROMs in order of importance, and win them - plus a sideways ROM board.

  • DENARY DERRICK Lots of fun and education value in this simple number game for children.

  • WORKSHOP Passing arrays to procedures is simplicity itself if you use our cunning techniques.

  • MAZEMUNCH Tremendous fun for all in our explosive version of one of the great, all-time arcade hits.

  • SOUND ADVICE We continue our series by explaining how to fully exploit the sound effects channel.

  • BIRTHDAY Our anniversary game. Can you light the candle before you are blown out?

  • ADVENTURES Our forthright columnist takes her usual critical look at the world of adventures.

  • YEAR OF THE DISC 32 page disc special - essential reading for anyone interested in discs.

  • RECOVERY 'Bad Program' messages? Why not use our invaluable program recovery routine?

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

  • BODY BUILDING A high speed A/D converter can turn your BBC Micro into an oscilloscope.

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

  • LIGHT PEN Single pixel resolution for light pens is now possible with our resolution revolution!

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

  • 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 Micro User cassette.

  • MICROMAIL The page you write yourself. Just a small selection from the flood of letters pouring in.

(c) 1984 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.