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Volume 7

Number 6

August 1989

Managing Editor
Derek Meakin

Features Editor
Peter Davidson

Deputy Features Editor
Steve Turnbull

Production Editor
Peter Glover

News Editor
Don Lewis

Technical Editor
Mike Cook

Promotions Editor
Christopher Payne

Promotions Coordinator
Robin Nixon

Reviews Coordinator
Pam Turnbull

Advertisement Manager
John Snowden

Advertising Sales
Peter Babbage
Gail Blincow
Richard Gingell

Assistant to the Managing Editor
Alan McLachlan

Published by:
Database Publications Ltd.

ABC 59,727
January-June 1986

REGULARS

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

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

  • Body Building
    Mike Cook keeps his cool and describes his latest slimline fan.

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

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

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

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

SERIES

  • Sprites (*)
    More ways to move and stop screen objects in our tutorial.

  • Wimps (*)
    The series continues by showing you how to re-size the windows.

  • Fractal Magic (*)
    We reveal more new and natural depths in this area of micro maths.

  • The Last Ninja
    A helping hand giving maps and clues to this challenging quest.

FEATURES

  • The A3000
    Two experts view the new BBC Micro from very different angles.

GAMES

  • Merrills (*)
    A popular ancient board game brought up to date on your micro.

  • The Gate (*)
    Can you get rid of the demon in this action-packed arcade game?

UTILITIES

  • Date Analysis (*)
    A neat way to solve the problem of untidy date validation techniques.

  • Overlays (*)
    Write bigger Basic programs using sideways ram to hold the routines.

  • Keeping Track (*)
    Get an audible warning each time a teletext screen display changes.

REVIEW

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

  • Studio 24 Plus
    We take a look at the latest music designer for the Archimedes.

  • Film Maker
    Making movies with 3 dimensional animation on your Archimedes.

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 series in schools.

  • Econet
    How networking in a school is helping to improve work quality.

  • Pro-Artisan
    Some practical applications of this superb graphics package.

(*) 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) 1989 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.

Database Publications is a division of Europress Ltd.