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Volume 7

Number 8

October 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

Reviews Coordinator
Pam Turnbull

Advertisement Manager
John Snowden

Advertising Sales
Peter Babbage
Gail Blincow
Richard Gingell
Jane Conway

Published by:
Database Publications Ltd.

ABC 40,376
January-June 1988

REGULARS

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

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

  • Body Building (*)
    We show how you can connect your micro to electronic gadgets.

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

  • Mad Hatter
    Our expert looks at adventure games - old, new and revamped.

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

SERIES

  • Desktop Publishing
    We begin a new series on how to produce the best possible pages.

  • Challenge
    Hints and tips to help you simulate condensation on a micro.

  • Sprites (*)
    Expand the sprite routine to its ultimate stage as our series ends.

  • Last Ninja
    All the help and maps you need to complete levels five and six.

FEATURES

  • Outer space (*)
    Break out of your old orbit with the micro view study of the planets.

  • Ceefax Letters
    We tap into the protests that greeted the closure of BBC Telesoftware.

  • Communications
    New Microlink service offers even more gateways to the future.

GAMES

UTILITIES

  • Sweep clean (*)
    How to clear out old rom images from your micro's sideways ram.

REVIEW

  • Acorn DTP
    We check out the first major DTP package for the 32 bit machines.

  • Wapping Editor
    This massive package unleashes the full potential of your 8 bit BBC Micro.

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

  • Speed Read
    We evaluate a package to speed up reading and comprehension.

  • Designer Intro
    We take a look at what kind of introduction you get into CAD.

  • Atelier
    We review the newest 256 colour art package for the Archimedes.

  • Instigator
    Find out how useful a toolkit for the 32 bit Acorn machines is.

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.

  • School's Press
    We present one school's approach to producing their own newspaper.

(*) 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.