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Volume 6

Number 7

September 1988

Managing Editor
Derek Meakin

Group Editor
Alan McLachlan

Features Editor
Peter Davidson

Production Editor
Peter Glover

Assistant Features Editor
Steve Turnbull

News Editor
Mike Cowley

Technical Editor
Mike Cook

Promotions Editor
Christopher Payne

Reviews Coordinator
Pam Turnbull

Advertisement Manager
John Snowden

Advertising Sales
Peter Babbage
Gail Blincow

Published by:
Database Publications Ltd.

ABC 59,727
January-June 1986

FEATURES

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

  • Conversation Piece (*)
    An amazing program to give your BBC Micro artificial intelligence.

  • Hac Man
    A wealth of useful hints and news from our residential games expert.

  • Telesoftware
    An index of programs available for free downloading from MicroLink.

  • Problem Solved
    A helping hand with some of those mind-testing hardware problems.

  • Challenge
    The solution to our sticky test of your problem solving skills.

  • Body Building
    The hardware details for last month's DIY experimenters' board.

  • Mad Hatter
    Our monthly look at adventure games - old, new and revamped.

  • Library
    More high quality routines which you can use in your own programs.

  • Special FX
    Discover how to legally find the vital data about your own system.

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

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

GAMES

UTILITIES

  • Seeing Double (*)
    Now get twice the text or use half the memory - it can be done.

  • Vuppy!
    Beat View's unfriendly highlights easily and use printers properly.

  • The Art of Noise (*)
    You chance to experiment with micro sound modulated by light.

REVIEW

  • Software Scene
    Our reviewers cast their eyes over the very latest games releases.

  • Genie Junior
    Here's a convenient way to keep your important notes to hand.

  • Euclid
    Powerful Archimedes software that lets you move into a 3D world.

  • SideAid 128
    We take a look at this partner to the Solidisk rom/ram boards.

EDUCATION

  • Update
    Up-to-the-minute news of the BBC Micro in the world of education.

  • Education Reviews
    Looking at the best in software for the BBC Micro in schools.

  • ComputerLock
    Can this new ROM really enhance the security of your micro?

Z88 Section

  • Long Distance
    An expert evaluation of a new modem for the Z88 and BBC Micro.

  • Basic Printing
    Three easy ways of getting it all down on paper from Basic.

  • In Command
    We put you in control by unravelling the mysteries of the CLI.

(*) The Type-it-in symbol indicates that the feature contains al least one full length listing for you to key in on your micro.

(c) 1988 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:
Diamond Europress Sales and Distribution.