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Volume 5

Number 7

September 1987

Managing Editor
Derek Meakin

Features Editor
Peter Davidson

Production Editor
Peter Glover

Art Editor
Heather Sheldrick

Associate Editor
Alan McLachlan

Assistant Features Editor
Steve Turnbull

Reviews Editor
Christopher Payne

News Editor
Mike Cowley

Technical Editor
Mike Cook

Advertising Sales
 John Snowden
Peter Babbage
Gail Blincow

Published by:
Database Publications Ltd.

ABC 59,727
January-June 1986

FEATURES

  • News
    All the latest happenings in the ever-changing world of your BBC Micro.

  • Innovation Update
    Some of the entries to The Micro User Innovation Award 1987.

  • Archimedes Revealed
    Questions answered in a second look at Acorn's super micro.

  • Games over the Phone
    Play multi-user mega-adventures via your BBC Micro.

  • Commander Stryker wants YOUR help!
    Design a new mission for intrepid John Stryker. That's the challenge for readers this month. And there's £500 worth of prizes for the winner.

  • Hac Man
    How to find the pokes to make your games easier to play.

  • MicroLink News
    New developments on Britain's nationwide online database for micros.

  • Future Programming
    A detailed analysis of a complete Archimedes machine code program.

  • Library
    We present more high-quality routines for you to use.

  • Problem Solved
    More solutions to some of those difficult hardware problems.

  • Adventures
    Oxbridge explored, plus a map of Snowball.

  • Body Building
    Take a step in the right direction with this map measurer.

  • Programming Adventures
    Learn how to write better Basic in our continuing series.

  • Gallery
    Colourful masterpieces created by our readers on the BBC Micro.

  • Letters
    The chance to get your news, views, moans and name into print.

  • Ceefax Guide
    What's coming this month on the BBC's telesoftware pages.

GAMES

  • Soccer Manager
    Can you take a Fourth Division team to the top of the First?

UTILITIES

  • Computing in Action
    Graph your car's fuel consumption with this great little routine.

  • Disc Copy
    Use this superb utility to simplify the transfer of disc files.

REVIEWS

  • Software Scene
    Our experts cast a critical eye over the latest games releases.

  • Sideways Rom
    The Advanced Control Panel is put through its paces.

  • All about ARM
    We review the first book on the ARM Assembly Language.

  • Micro Music
    A thorough evaluation of the complete Hybrid music system.

  • Communications
    A user's experiences with the new PMS Dial-Up software.

EDUCATION

  • News
    Up-to-date reports about ways of using the BBC Micro in education.

  • Adventuring
    Educational software with a difference: a review of Zoopak.

  • Micro Surgery
    The BBC Micro as a teaching tool in tertiary education.

  • Letters
    Another selection from our mailbag expressing educational views.

(c) 1987 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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