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Volume 4

Number 1

March 1986

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
Peter Babbage

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.

  • REVS GUIDE Is Acornsoft's latest mega-simulation driving you round the bend? Here's all the help you need.

  • ROM ROUNDUP The latest spelling checkers from Watford and Beebugsoft are given a very thorough testing.

  • HARDWARE SCENE An external ROM box from HCR and Epson's LX80 printer are put through their paces.

  • MORRIS MINER Have you the skill to collect all the keys and escape from the mine before your time runs out?

  • MACHINE CODE Our machine code series for beginners looks at hexadecimal and we write our first program.

  • THE MASTER Mike Cook provides an in depth evaluation of Acorn's newest arrival on the micro scene.

  • BEGIN HERE We look closer at numeric and string variables and put them to use in some simple programs.

  • SOFTWARE SCENE Our fearless reviewers present their detailed evaluation of some of the recent releases.

  • BUSINESS Our experts scan the BBC Micro's business world and review some of the products on the market.

  • OSWORD 8271 The latest of the series looks at bad tracks and deleted data and completes the 8271 command list.

  • CHARACTER SETS We take a look at creating your own character sets and provide you with the programs to do it.

  • POSTER PUZZLER Are sliding block puzzles your weakness? This micro version will keep you amused for hours.

  • ADVENTURES Our adventurer treks from Woodbury End to Terrormolinos and finally meets the Worm in Paradise.

  • QUICKSORT Need a fast sort routine? Here's one that uses and teaches recursion to achieve its results.

  • BODY BUILDING Using January's sound sampler we massage and manipulate noise and even play a tune with it.

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

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

(c) 1986 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.

News trade distribution:
Europress Sales and Distribution Limited.