PersonalComputerNews085-03Nov1984.pdf

(40093 KB) Pobierz
NEWS
SPECTRU
PLUS
-
eller
\--
U
EN
_____
_
COVER
STORY
-
=
~
-
--,'
-
C........,.,.,,...,.-;:-c,:-;:--
""irr,;==.====;
m
'°
ONITOR
w,~
qun
which
.uggest&
the
nat.-
ICrftn TV concepL Sir Chve
warned
,
however
,
t.hat
)'OU
ahou
ldnotea:pedt.otee1t 1na1de
12
monttu
.
lt'1 aleo
unclear whet
her
lh11
wuSpectrumorQLt.ec
hnology
or
10mething
new
Mea
nwhile
,
a
.ource
dote
t.o
Sanc:la1r
RHN.rt:h ha.aan
1n-
t.el'Mling
tale
t.o
tell
The
Spec-
once lhe
Cll"CU.lt
boards
have
been
U3ed
up
we're going
to
be
2,
with
~ee
to
be
completel
y
corn-
~~ru
·Ja:;~~~
o
~e~s
r
claimed
pal
1b
lew1thH:i
at1
ngSpertrum
IOnw a
re
andln terfaces
1a nd2
But
1t'1
th
e
'profe. M>nl'
a
keyboard
that
a
ll the Plu.s fuu
w1llbeabout
,
11.ay
aJohn
Lettu
:e
I
~!,~.~~~~l~!!~~u~~!~~.~~=
'!n!~!~a'!'
~r:;
no":-~t
::
~i::
~n~
1
~:h~~
earherventionoftheSpectrum
willbephued
out.
WhentheSpect.rumPlu
1
wu
be1n,dL1Cuaeedw1th1nS1ncla 1r
Re.eanh,oneoft.heopt.1on1wu
• ven1on of
the
Spertrum
with
built-m
Interface
I and car·
Tht.1
wu
~
.
imd you
ml.lht
think
the
pnuect
wu
dud
and buried
,
but
there
'•
a
OUTPUT
Coo
'-'=
-
=
'
-'
-----
=-
------------
12
You muat
be
canny and
alulrul
to
1unrive the
tropical
rain
forett
.
Part
l
of
a
challengmg
adventure for
you
to
type
m.
QI...._
11
tnd&e
,lot.
:::!lr':r
~~
•~;
ff'U:
~mu:~=hri,':;:!.~~
-"----"
----------------
--
_ _
na
Q
L
w,_
_
w_ need
n_'
be •_'pa'-•n
_r_u--'pe _ ___
u
,i_
'- -'-_ _
ndo ,
_ _
,_
_
_ru
'-
"e_n «_.
Fut.
fingen
a
nd
quick
thmlung are
needed
for~
tomb1nat1on of
a
rcade and loglc games.
_
22
heady
21
""'
:.:
Within Smcla1r Retl,earch
Thunderb1rd
1,
and
u kee n
~o=e~e°!
l:~
•Th:n;::!
r.'ve
~~,acen:~r~~
PCN
put "
to
S,n<leor
Re-
1tatt
h
thattheinlentionwuto
run
down the
product
ion
of
the
firtt. that
thi,
wu
indeed
the
::'t!~~::n~~a~~;e:,
thu,
a
nd
Smelairwu
reluctant
to
g,ve pro,ect.iona
of
aales
or
production
levela.
w
..
b,nk
AsPCNwugoingtopreNwe
spoke to Sir
Clive
hunself,
who
he
didn't
ttJtt1.
the
idea
of
trwn
=-=-=""=--
a1MC.k1n,fu t-action same.
-------------
A
finger
-n1clung
hp-
HARDWARE
Xln-m
:e:
~~~=·~.;~~~
:rJ:tli:~w:i:
~
:p:i~~~
32
~~~~=-:r
~os~
He
added
that
a
long-term
pn>Ject
would
be
to
produce
a
Not just.another
IBM
compel1ble.
The
desktop
Xtra
teeml
to
be
taking
on
the
real
thing
-
the
PC itMlf lt.nScalet
1nvNt11alff
.
PERIPHERALS
--
......_~
Clever atufrwilh
coJoun on
a
Mode
21c:reen
a.
the
prom1te
oft
he
Elect ronu: Colouring Book
..
REGULARS
ID
"
-'---'--
--------'
-
I -
Yet another new
Sp«tnun
1n
PIUNT Hnn
:
tip,
and routine,
the w1np. tha. page:
Acom
from
ou.r readers
fina
lly
rffdy
to
releue
32016,
harddW.
,
and Logo
fort.he
BBC
B;
Quest ttleue1
CP
'M
for
QI.
Three adventutta
that
1e<:Ond-hand
prosramm1ng
knowledp
are
invNt1pt.ed
What'1rone
up
and
wha
t'1,one
downin8nta1n'1weekl
y
micro
"
.._
.
-'--'-
,..
'--- -----
-
-'-
44
charta?
Even Radio I tunes m.
PCN
gives you a
lute
of
things
..........
--
-
..
........
Oon'tketpit.toyourtelf-plu,
m your pnnkra
nd
ahareyour
news, v,e...
and gripes
.
Gotta problem?
-
get
anawer
from
our
e,a:perta.
PCN NOVEM8£R31984
.....,..
5t
C.nyouafl'ordnottolu.rntoour
8ee0nd·hand
bargaana
pace?
IQIII/....._
M
Our
hvely look
at
the
lighte
r
aide
or
mxTOCOmpulln.,
~~.!'QR
continuesto
grow
Acorni•pt.t&na:readytolaunch
• boat
of
new
goodita for
the
BBC
mi
cro
and the
Electron.
-A-partl<Ul~ure
-.--~-~~.~~~~~~__J
p1~~?!1'be£;~~}~~:{:
~t~\~~~ii!tt8
~~~~i2
the
ecenano
for
t
he
IIU.nch
ol
the long-awaited
32016
te00nd
prooeuor, Wancheater
hard
diak.
Logo
and
ISO
Paacal
for
the
Beeb.
And
for
the Eleietron
there
larger
t.haL take
advan·
tage
oft.be
68000 16 bit
data
pa
th.
U·Mkro
ia
off'enng
im-
1
:r:T;i!
tl~~!.U:!1i~
cardA
card
and
an
8
port
1enaJ
board
It
.. offering a
choice
or
operatu1a
l)'llems
bet""·ee
n
CP/M68K
and
UCSD
p-cysiem.
Languapsavailable includeC,
Paacal,
1lM
Buie
and
68000
open·
I
~::.r~::e~t
=
~:iie·~.i~:
~i:·~i
~:~i:,~~:t:!~'t1:1i~r;~
':~'tr!a~i~
will
be
the
first
llhowingof
the
Plu,
Three
di1lc
int.e.rfKe
Jn
a
move
that
will
le.cl
to
Dew
Aseembler
archlt«wre policy
meant
tha
t
compa
ny'•
~"- '
;;
-;....:.,;";,,;-;;;;,,,,
;....:.,;
.-;;,,;·
==""'======
=
tied
on a
3.5in disk form,.t for
the Beeb'•
baby
broth er.
firmly
~t.ed
The32016tee0ndpro,c--,1,1
at
the
Iden-
!1"::.~tb~rt:
with
i~~
will
probably
be
bundled
~~thlan~T:I~~:~~
u
~:
~=l~~that~~it~io:
~°'l:i:.
;;;ci:
~
~::~~~
•
~:eu:,
Expresshelpfor the
i:;i:.nc1
ISO
theiconandw1ndowtec:
hn
olOI)'
to
diaplay
gniphical
repre-
ln
peoplewbowanttodmgnt.M1r
more
.
With
the
Osborne
1
they
RDtatlOnsofta.abtobedone.
add,uon, there'•
an
optional
own
add-on
botard.t
Thi.I
1.1
one
get everything at a
low
price.'
.
feature
of
the
featUttt
that
made
the
The
US-ba.eedOlbome corn·
cordleeamou.ee
The
16 bit Fl
t"Omee
h
a
w1L
Apple
II
1uch
a
tuC(:INl{ul pe.ny
launched
on Thunday a
mono
monito
r
2.56K
of
RAM
and can
hold
720K
1n it.I dill
phy
that
will make
the
Serin
company
says will
replace
the
dnve.
.
Software
bundled
with
1,000taboffintheaamewsy
.
~!i,reu
will .ell
fo
word
p~r
r
it includea a spreadsheet. a
.
a rraph1ca
procram
and FI
tut.ona
l
diak
~~~
!~
1ot
of
The[qoOOlllffo
nR
OM
witb
noor
turtle dnven
and other
ut1l1Lieson
duk
or
cf.tlelte
.
At
~:~~n':i'::1~ch;:S;~!
ueistanoe
ol
teachen
\llln&
Logo
in
the
clusroom and
u •
re9uJti.u
(ull(eaturevenionof
~~k~advantage
o(
the
Beeb'•
hardw&re,
it
will
alto
small business
The
old.iimtr
Oabome 1
will
eoon
be
availab
le
for
leail
than
£600
following the launch
Jut
~'f1"am!i1i~.:~~~~~~
!r7~
::.:.~1~
lands
in
hot
co:ru:t
Chiller
7
diakdriveawith390Keach,
in
8CrttD
and
is
said
to have
an
imc_ved
charackrMt
w~ofuo~1;b
le
machine
at
the
mome.nt
cott.l
mach1:-1:~~CPi~~Lit
by
•
clampdown
i'hnller'.
Mutertronic,
the
budg
et
,of\...
warehouee,1athefintvict
imof
water
OVer
fflUSiC
ctufe.CP'M
,
M
Baa1c
,CBu
1
t,
offer aou.ndcommandaandmul
·
Supe:..C.k
I, Wol"'d&ar
and
tipleacreentwtles.
Mail- Merge.
'ni,e
Puca1
comes
in
two
A
apok.eaman from
Future
~
the
£695but1t1newpricewillmean
aaavingofatleaat£200.A.aput
i;c:x~::
OixonsgetsitsACTFl
~r.r~:.
together
for
Santa
the muaic
Sam
,
WordStar, Ma.al-Merge
~:r:::~~1::e~::'~:!
,
MediaMuter,SuperCalc2and
IOUndtrack
cloeely
resemble,
two
pmes
program&.
the
Michael
Jadtaon
hit,
cl~~·t
~=~~fc
en
h~
r!~:-i:~-:r:.°'r:;r:-~
b~~yca~.;
finttimethatamicrocomputer
The
other
version on
ROM
doean't
Med
the
MCOnd
~
ven
iona.
The
disk
opt.ion.
Manageme.n t
, aole
diMnbutor
localDu.on1.
which
need.I
a
6602
eecond
of0tbomemachinetl0908-615
proceMOrbubee
n
validatedby
27-4
•Ni.
'
People
who
buy a
)
ACT• FI machine
baa
been
the
Brit.lib
Standards
natJtute
BBC
or
Commodore
&4
pn>b-
taken
on
by
the h11h
1treet
l
lfyou
'req
uickolYthemark
,you
could
pick
up
one
of
the
first
Apncol FI micn>1
from
your
been
forced
lO withdraw
the
game, but
a
apok.eaman
for
Mut.ert.ronic:
atated
that
the
companyhaaundertakentopay
royalt1et1andchanplheaound·
tnclt
He went
on
to
aay
that
whether
or
not
a computer
:r:~~t-~~:-1.ar!eved
=========
1--;:::=======
aorandhuonlymeritedaCta..
B certificate.
:
=::.wumu,,cwa,open
0
~
~~
neM
machine
::=ro~eC~.:h
'lf
they
bought
a
computer,
1 The
F1
COit.i
£
1,374
and
uae1
Negotiation,
are
under way
=;i
U-Mlcrotakes
a
bite
at
the
Apple
App
le
add-on
apeciahat
u.
:~~t:=i!Ul~·=
tin
t.
68000
t.eed
aingle
uaer
open ardutecture
micro.
ThebuicmodeloftheU
·Man
Series
1000
ia
not
cheap
at
£2,500
but
comes well·
equi
pped.
For
your
money you
wdl geta
10Mlh68000,a6809
t.oconlrOl
1npuVouiut
,
192Ko(
port,
ge.,.n,J
pu,poN
penllel
port.,
dock/calendar,
speech
ayntheaite:
r
,
noite:
genentor,
mono and RGB colour output
,
~~
a::~.
c::t!n~
alot&.
pl\1.1 ex~1on
four
Bealle
'1
10n1
'When
I'm
Sixty·
Four'
an
the
pme
Dinky
Doo
Rocbof\.
hu
asked
for a
35
pence
royalty
on
each
cassette
aold.
A
1poke1man
for Software
P"rQJectaaaldthata figureoflem
than
five
pence
would
be
ruaonable.
R.ocktof\.
ia keeping
a
beady
eye on
the
M>ft:ware games
market and
will
aoon be talking
t.oother
publi&hera t'lf\ware
aboul
the
mua,cal
content
o(
their same..
The company
ia
alao
In contult.ation
with
,of\...
ware
houaea
over
the
hcenaing
of
the
Beatl
es'
hit
Yellow
Su.bm.arine.
A.a1amea 1deu Wlll no
doubt
..
RIILDS
-
rw ,
,....._flftlOO,-c.flcll-,aK.,.....4114wttli
conllnue
to
develop
from
pop
............
......._Mtl
,707tlte
........
_...
~
.... ._..._...
eonp.
thi•
ra1aea
lhe
perennial
tul:
lllltlll
J121C.M
..........
KNM,a,,_.
...........
IMC1'M
and
thomy
problem
of
piracy.
11Sll2CN24
w.tec.. .... ,,.....
...............
.
...
~
Does
copying
a program
which
.............
CNNl.....iwtil
...
.
...................
dad;
Wies
a
licented
aoundtrack
COD·
......................
~101,211-17547lllfltlle
...........
llltute
infri
ngement.I
both
eot\w&re
and
m\l.llC
copynght?
=~~an
or
...................
.
or
PCN NOVEM8ER31184
~
ONITOR
Quest
IIIIMI
Its
own
quantum
lope
INBRIEF
At
tut.
.:,meone
hu
t.abn a
int.erett
in
the
QL.
Quelt
hu
=l':,°:c:J::;::t~
Aleoavailab
le
willbea•lec.
·
t.ion of
d.iak
drivet,
from a
200K
Ooppyatt249to
a
7.tiiMbWLMie
at
t996.
10CDe
memory
upl..D
·
tion
card,
(64.K
at£99
through
to
152K
at£499),
and
a
8torage
bo;a:-cum-band
rest.
to
take
the
upal*oocardtand
fill
upt.bat
extra
bit
ol
dNlt
apace.
Rwuuna
...i.
,
CP/M,Q,-,
will
be
marbtiDC
the
Padmede
range
ol
bu.aiftMI .t\ware
1)9,Cupl
u
well
u
Tally
I
and
Tally 2
Wider
QDOS.
Tbemain,..oduc<i>lhoCP/M
runrunc
:!~w~rna~
availab
le
on
both cartridp
at
£79.50,
and
dial<
al
£49.50. II
mcludee
a
68000
JNembler,
all
thestandanlCP/M
1ylte:mcom-
m.anda.a.ndaCcompiler.To run
~~~I~~~
RAM
upa.Mion
(dw.apest
wo, ltlng
mclwling
Q
L,
cotta
£577
ududing moo.it.or
and
printer)
.
.,....m,
Thereii
an
advant.qe
,
u
far
u
Qu
Nt.
Llconcerned u
the
OS
card
etrectively
becomM
a
built-indon&i<,
{oo...,lllln&QIA
have
made
a
boutehold
word).
The
RAM
upanaion
ii
needed
becaUN,
for
eome
:,uo~~~~~~
blind
you'd
be
right
in
thinking
it'aadaft.idea,andifyou'veo
nl
y
got.
black
and
wbJt.e
TV
you'd
---
thema1nprogramdoaitornot.
Or an
th
ey?
1f
you're colour
then
checkina
the non-rune-
uonal areu forthinpthat
look
like
cracker
procram1
.
'Allo:
probably
be
bomnamad.
..
parate.'
u!t~:
n:fu':
a nict interf'ace,
to
pull• bloke'• •
~
~r;::
and
It
then
'th
undo
the plug,
rot
Some.
recent ttleae.
UN
::Ji:Xlb~.:
'fi&~
kit
before you can
load
the
pme.
This.
in partKular, thow• •
cnalie
rdiuep.rd
rorthe
UNr'a
need.a.
1r
you can't connect
add-oa.
permanently
you're
not
gollll
be
able
to
Ul'le
)'OW'
to
miao
to
ita
fullett
potential,
and
u
rar
u Interface l
ii
ooooerned
th
..
can
be
a
m,Jor
problem.
It'•
over a year
ii.nee
the
M1crodriv•
t'int.
came out..
yet
IOftware
~
are
at.ill
you've
all your
fairl
y
nove
l
pl"OUICUOO.
method
wb.icb
involve,
POK.&ing
10me
dat.-
into
a
loc:ation
1n
memol')',
IONiq
the
procram.,
t.hen
ebec:ki.o.c
that
the
data
i•
to
lee
et.ill
\here
when the game'•
looded
.
Fair
enough, you may think
Softwarehouses
houaet
are
bla·
tantlyencourqingpiracy
.
Now rve
pt
your at.te.ntion
nt
uplain.
Two
yean
...,,
when
only
the
fil'I\
1yllable:
of
Sir Cli vt-'a
aurname
wu a
decent
tape
at any
rate
-
wen
few
and
far
be-
twee
n.
My
own
humbl
e
Spee-
PCN NOVE.MB£Rllt84
-
if
tome
rotter'
•
wntten their
own
k,ader
and
omitted
to
do
eftCOUl'IP
Some dware
rip-offs
thit
they deee'°"
eve.ryUiin.g
they
pl.
But
there'• a
•ia.1
here,
becauee
part
olthe
protec-
tion
can often depeDd
on
what
you poke into where,
aJld
if you
~-n:e,;.!:l{,::~
handling,
built
C'•
':e"°rf:ci:1;:-:.
in.
I} ~e:1
vem~f!!
!
~~o:
ol
the
....,..m
the
~
chedu"i
location
,
fi
ndin,
u alieri body
kin,-e.iie hNdacbe
ror
every-
and
..
.
reeet.
one
elte.
and
rd
be
inclined
to
Another timple
protection
think
that they
in
part
icular
met.hod
involve. filhng up
the
de.e"eeveryt.hinclheygeL
~~e
'an:o~tb~i;
ID.Khine'•
memory, whether
--

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika:

Zgłoś jeśli naruszono regulamin