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Volume 3

Number 10

December 1985

Managing Editor
Derek Meakin

Features Editor
Mike Bibby

Production Editor
Peter Glover

Art Editor
Heather Sheldrick

Associate Editor
Alan McLachlan

News Editor
Mike Cowley

Technical Editor
Mike Cook

Advertisement Manager
John Riding

Advertising Sales
Mike Hayes
Margaret Clarke

Editor in Chief,
Database Publications
Peter Brameld

Published by:
Database Publications Ltd.

ABC 64,956
January-June 1985

  • NEWS Read all about it! All the latest events in the ever changing world of your BBC Micro.

  • MICROLINK Our monthly update on the ever increasing potential of our on-line database for micros.

  • HARDWARE Star's new trio of matrix printers - the SG-10, SG-15 and SD-10 - are given a thorough test.

  • ROM ROUNDUP Beebugsoft's Murom and Vine's Tape to Disc transfer ROM come under expert scrutiny.

  • DUMPER This interrupt-driven routine will help you keep track of how your programs affect memory.

  • PROBLEM PAGE Our electronic guru turns his thoughts to buffers, typewriters, disc drives and RAM/ROM boards.

  • WIZARD'S CASTLE Find the keys and rescue your Lord and Master's diamond from the clutches of the evil wizard.

  • ADVENTURES Once again our frank columnist takes her critical look at the world of adventures.

  • SOFTWARE SCENE Our fearless reviewers present their detailed evaluation of some of the recent releases just ready for the Christmas market..

  • BASIC ANALYSER This invaluable series closes with a program to produce the vital cross reference tables.

  • WORDSQUARE Are you a puzzle freak? Then amuse your friends with a utility to design your own Wordsquares.

  • MOLECULE Can you find the molecule's atomic structure in this fascinating game of logic and deduction?

  • CROSS ASSEMBLERS Fancy Z80 or 68000 code on your BBC Micro? One of Crossware's latest products could simulate it.

  • ALPHABET TRAIN Letter recognition and spelling made fun in this entertaining children's educational game.

  • McBASE Need a database? You should look no further than our friendly and flexible record handler.

  • SQUARES Recapture that end of term feeling with this version of the classic 'join the dots' game.

  • THE LIGHT PROGRAM The enemy's down below, our mines will see him go. The final part of Al's master game.

  • SECOND PROCESSOR Acornsoft's 6502 Development Package is here at long last. But was it really worth the wait?

  • DFS UPDATE Wondering what's happening to Acorn's DFSs? Get all the facts about the 1770 and ADFS.

  • SHOWTIME All about the latest BBC Micro & Electron User Show in Westminster from November 14 to 17.

  • BODY BUILDING Multiplexing - the cheaper solution to adding extra input/output capability to your micro.

  • MICROMAIL The part of the magazine you write yourself - your news, views, ideas, praise and moans.

  • ORDER FORM Back issues to binders, cassettes to cases, discs to dust covers - they're all here.

(c) 1985 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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