AmstradComputerUser24-1186.pdf

The Ofﬁcial Amstrad Magazine

November 1986

MIVIPUTER USER

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EVERY WILD IMAGINATION NEEDS

A LITTLE SELF CONTROL.

When we introduced our AMX Mouse to Amstrad CPC users the

response was phenomenal. We didn't claim it was 'the best input device'.

The press said it for us.

In fact it has received outstanding critical acclaim, and no wonder!

It has brought to Amstrad users the same freedom arid versatility 111

which has up to now been the exclusive province of much more advanced

computers.

In fact it is no surprise that nearly all new 'State of the Art' computers

such as the latest Amstrad PC 1512 now come with a mouse as standard.

Proof, if proof were needed, that the mouse is here to say.

We have developed the AMX Mouse for the Amstrad Personal

Word processor. It comes complete with a full graphic front end, as a

replacement to the CPM disc Management System, providing you with the

User friendly approach of a mouse environment and freeing you from the

complexities of CPM Plus,

1.VFOR INSTANT ACCESSIVISA Pr

Cataloguing, copying and running

programs are just some of the many

features available at the touch of a

button.

Desk accessories such as a

calculator, memo pad, address/

telephone directory and alarm clock

are also included.

The AMX Mouse for the Amstrad CPC

home computer is supplied with sophisticated Art

software, incorporating Windows, Icons, Menus and

Pointers and comes complete with an operating

system, enabling you to create a mouse environment in

your own programs.

Isn't it time you trapped an AMX Mouse.

The following AMX Mouse packages are available;

Package A - For the Amstrad CPC 464/664/6128 includes, Mouse

and interface, AMX Art arid AMX Control plus a fully illustrated operating

manual - E69.95

Package B - For the Amstrad PCW 8256/8512, includes Mouse

interface, AMX Desktop and operating manual - E79.95.

The AMS range of Mouse software for the CPC, includes AMX Utilities

E19_95 (Disc), AMX Pagemaker E49,95 (Disc), AMX 3D Zicon E24.95

(Disc) and for the PCW 'Stop Press E49.95 is to be released shortly.

These superb packages are available from all good computer dealers

or direct, using the FREEPOST order form supplied.

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42 Power from PIP

Nigel Grant reveals the power behind

three letters

56 Double trouble

Two listings at once. Twice the fun, half

the effort

5 News

11 Letters

68 Gallup Chart

114 Least Signiﬁcant Bit

47 Exploring MS-DOS

Understanding your PC operating system

makes it easier to use

70 Goini Loco

Get out your drawing pens and start

designing

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17 Adventure Column

What's zis - Ze French adventure

23 Hairy Hackers

Pokes for the old and new, programmed

just for you

s t e a a a a m e .J.r

28 In the picture

Which art package? Jill Lawson draws her

conclusions

53 Prestel, past and

present

The number one comms service explained

60 King Combat

Does Barry McGuigan beat Frank Bruno,

Is a ﬁ st better than a Ninja?

73 Mikro Gen keeping

fresh

Alexander Martin vists the people behind

Frost Byte

79 Ask Alan Sugar

Your chance to write to the man himself

89 Latest games

Dan Dares, Mission Elevates and Frost

Byte in the games reviews. Do you agree

with Colin, Nigel arid Liz?

81 The PCW goes ﬁlming

Thirty seconds of televison takes three

days to ﬁlm. Sally Tyler ﬁnds out why

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110 The ACU shop

Backnumbers and binders,

subs and savings

76 Ambyte comp°

Disc owners !Win a new game every week

for six months.

AMSTRAD

COMPUTER USER

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for any mistakes or misprints. The views and opinions

expressed are not necessarily those of Amstrad or

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owners, members and contributors. We regret that

Amstrad Computer User cannot enter into personal

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Assistant Editor: Alexander Martin

Advertisement Manager: Jane Nolan

Advertisement Assistant: Lorraine Day

The ofﬁcial magazine for all

user s of Amstrad computers

Amstrad User November 86

Page 3

WHEN YOU HAVE MADE

THE DISCOVERY •

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The

Am/wad CPC 464/644/6128

The Animator gives you the chance to transform the

-ideas and images in your mind into pictures on your

screen The • • er of your computer is enormous, the

creativity wt • ••• your mind is greater still The Animator

allows the two to COtne together to open up a whole new

computing world.

Pytaword

Ani str ad u 464/661/6128

Coming Soon — the complete word processor for Amsuad_

It is a single programme, simple enough to be learnt quickly

by those not familiar with computers, but at the same time

producing many types of sophistiated printing normally

associated with more expensive software.

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The Code Machine

Amstrad CPC 461/664/6123 &Spectrum

The code machine is a full feature machine

code programming development package

consisting of an Editor/Asserobier and a

sepetate monitor dissasemhier. Both programs

are entirely self-contained, and written entirely

in machine code.

Emu

Amstrad CPC

464464/6128

Emu is the

electronic music

utility which will

move a great deal of

the haul work and

mystery from Program.

ming the Amstrad

Sound Chip All your

creations can be saved in a

form that lets you use them in your own Basic

or Machine code programs — and despite its

complerdty EMU is very easy to use.

Pyradev

Amstrad

CPC 4641664/6128

Pyradev is a set of 5

pmgrams which aillec-

'lively provide a secure

and comionable environ-

ment for the development

of AMSDOS and CPM software on these Amstrad

machines using the DIX disc system.

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The Animator

The Code Machine — Spectmm

Emu

Pyraword

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Please charge my Access! Visa the sum of

Post & Packaging

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Please allow 25 days for delivery_ 'All cheques made payable to Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd_

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AMSTRAD

NEWS

Clock this from

Citizen

In a brave attempt to make Amstrad

Computer User run out of watch and

time jokes, Citizen has launced three

more printers.

The MSP 10E and MSP 15E are 80

column and 136 column printers. The

major difference between them is the

width of platen as they have similar

performance characteristics.

NIA will give 40 cps while draft prints

at 160. Both have a full bit image

graphics capability and are Epsom and

IBM compatible with a Centronics input

as standard.

The 10E sells for £349 and the 15E at

£449.

The third of the new printers is a 24 pin

clot matrix printer using a 12x12 matrix

on a staggered print head. (Yes, I don't

know what that's supposed to mean

either.)

This gives an exceptionally high

quality of print at speeds of 200 cps in

draft and 66 cps in letter quality.

The printer has a 132 column width

and a serial and parallel interface as

standard. Automatic paper load, a 24k

buffer and additional fonts on plug-in

cards makes it very special indeed.

Dan Dare to

the rescue

Left: MSP 10E

and 15E - both

offer high speed

draft and NLQ

modes, IBM

compatibility

and Alz buffer

Right: HQP 45 -

ﬁrst of a new

range 24 pin dot

matrix printers

from Citizen

Best seller on screen

animated horse-racing game which

can be played separately.

If you win at the races you return

to the main adventure, which

involves avoiding the heavy mob of

the horse racing world. They want

to relieve you of some intriguing

game-usable software that has

come into your possession and the

money in your pocket.

An Amstard version will be

available for E9.95.

Adventure gainers and fans of Dick

Francis will be pleased to hear of a

new game based on his thriller

Twice Shy.

The game has been written by the

Ram Jam Corporation for Mosaic

Publishing which is currently

working on The Archers and will

shortly be releasing the Snow

Queen.

It combines the usual form of

illustrated adventure with an

A funny thing happened on the way to

the duplicators.

It happened to Virgin's disc version of

Dan Dare. The inlay says RITN"DISC. In

fact to load the game you must type

:CPM (: is achieved by Shift +@).

Virgin says the mistake was a result of

a mix up between itself and the

duplicators.

Still, it's nice to know there is a disc

version.

Amstrad User November 86

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