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Volume 2

Number 7

September 1984

Managing Editor
Derek Meakin

Features Editor
Mike Bibby

Associate Editor
Alan McLachlan

News Editor
Mike Cowley

Technical Editor
Mike Cook

Production Editor
Peter Glover

Layout Design
Heather Sheldrick

Advertisement Manager
John Riding

Advertising Sales
Mike Hayes

Marketing Manager
Susan Williams

Published by:
Database Publications Ltd.

 

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

  • BEGINNERS Save that precious memory and increase speed with fast and efficient integer variables.

  • TELETEXT TALES We continue our easy-to-follow introduction to programming in teletext mode.

  • TELETEXT DUMP Now you can dump Mode 7 text and graphics screens with this useful Epson utility.

  • SECOND PROCESSOR We describe the hidden power of the 6502 second processor's extended instruction set.

  • CLASSROOM CORNER An entertaining program using simple sums to test children on the four rules of number.

  • PROBLEM PAGE Mike Cook explains the things you've always wanted to know but been afraid to ask.

  • COMPETITION You could win one of the latest language ROMs for the BBC Micro in this month's contest.

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

  • SOFTWARE SCENE The latest software releases assessed by our team of frank and thorough reviewers.

  • VILLAINS Can you preserve your Lidthium crystals from the attacks of Hugo and his assassins?

  • VIDEO Add that professional touch to your home video titles with our effective routines.

  • BINARY BEACONS Communications is all the rage, but it's been going on longer than you think...

  • LOGGING ON Have you logged onto Microweb yet? Our helpful article shows how simple it is to do.

  • MICROWEB This fascinating selection of messages shows why Microweb is a runaway success.

  • MICROTERMINAL Log on to Microweb with this superb terminal program. It's all done with interrupts.

  • BIG BROTHER A cat can look at a king, and a modest micro can talk to a mainframe - we show you how.

  • HARDWARE SCENE We assess an interfacing package, an Eprom blower and compare two machine code monitors.

  • ROLLERBALL A gentle yet compulsive simulation of a child's toy. Can you control the rolling spheres?

  • BODY BUILDING Build a simple digital frequency meter and let your BBC Micro write your music for you.

  • SHOWTIME We're moving back to Manchester for our fifth great show. And the walk-in forum returns!

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

  • ORDER FORM From back issues to covers, cassettes to cases...everything you need is here.

(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.

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