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NO. 20July 19-2S. 1983IBATTLE RACES OVERIFUTURE MICROSbankes arc locked inhighlighu the rivalry, he said:"Digital He*earch are jusl noipopular in JapanIhcy have got—be up to five compidblelincluding the DigiResearch version.(uallysystems,Hemanyanl 10 sign as'said:"Itmarket. But ihc—!tandarilswhich"E think one will becomepredonunant. and that's MSXwith (he weiihl of Ihe Japaneseindustry bchmd it. I would nollike to try and stt it,"MSXwith inscanI Microioft,and Digital Reieatch,i which has a combination of itsCPAl opeitaling lystan uiedandmostly for business microsDigital Research sees ii dif'ferently.ofcoutse. Itsdirectorofcaused aDigitalOf fragmcnlation."Researchwasdetemiin-Ilotcd to be competitive Ihroughouilthe whole range of confrom large disc-based b——IBASIC.Already Microsoft sayi il hasbroat) agreement fiom ]imicro makers and theJ JapaneseI first MSX adaptor would btI available for Speclia«deo com-I putersbylheendofiheyearwithinMSX compuin by early nextteMSXcamputersarenpecltd to follow shortlyafter-II wards from Japanese companies.II as promising soflwaiecompalibilily. thecanHOW vou 3Dwrite amaze gameMSX standardII includes colour graphics andI sound and even the positions ofI ihcpons.ti is based on the popular ZSOAResearch, whichDigitallecentlyIhasopened an office inCP/M, by farpopular operatingJapan, already hastIIMBASICandthenewly launched Personal BASIC.larketingitsCP/Mopcraling systemIIcomputer makers.Iecompatiblesophisticated software."eight-bittohomeandHesaid l4JapancsecompaniesifiiMHiBest for software— every weeki
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July 19-25, 1983Micro groupr. ActMinistA:)vedMrBailey,*ho reckoneduter Trades Assoc-Trade Under Secretary JohhisThecompany would have finished iisdcvelopmenl work in six monih' ,(id; "ll's going lobe a lol more(ciling. You will be able lo gel athe 'unfaiHowever, Gail WcllinElon,UK softwarewhich m,—inslandardising on.stem developmence abroad.Afle the meeting,oiii:foriiwould beWesaidfeltthat v ewould be mos businessle same lines. Theproblem is that theing alongcomputersmamwhere the demand was for morememory and speed, ralher ihencolour,CTAretary Nigel BackliurstShe believedusefuleducation andimport levy - sixV,Commodore'sgetellsnowfour-str ng delegation fromgraphics andfor spreadsheeii:sand databases.Goyernmesound and special effects.tthe urgeny,didrotrealisethai action hasShe thought a standard couldTheplug-in option, or builL-in andswitch able.CTAistaking legalmanager. Graham Richardson,said: "!'d like to see it happen. A[the present lime ihcre is such con'he minds of ihc user i.]uld a buyersioflw;particularly disturbed aboother people selling software fGEC,"Andionsitsthere would be an cadvantage for soflwamore people withoutitrialgroup, has bought a 76 parcent stake in Torch Corn-ur computers.shareholders.Chairman Martin VrieiandBoddy and managing directorhaviPeter Harris, who foundedTorch two years ago, retainLots OfAStorage forimation and Power Systemsbrought out a dual floppyunit which lakes 3-incli flop-py disks. The disks store 125K insingle density and 250Kindoubledensity format.The only drawback is ihal at 400. the unit costs quite a bitre than the computers.'omaiiiin c* Power Syslems,6-8 Foredown Drive. Porlsliide.B'ishioiTorch spol!esm3nsaidthe 'large sum of money' wasneeded for research, development and marketing, and thatTor VIC-20aniGECDKlgner:Bryan Pitch fordMnaigingEditor:beliei/editwasagoodopDOrtunity to buy into ahigh led! no logy company.The iowest priced Torchis 2,795 with 96Ko1 RAIUl,and the company has jusllaunched the Super Torchand 300 Series work station.Each Torch incorporates aboard from Acorn which isalso used in the BBC micro.HOME COMPUTING WEEKLYl?July 19K3Page3
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;;MEWSUS softwarefirm acts onrentalsClardina expects theD.riccmcase to encourage other USware companies lo starteeedings againstrentalcAnd David Butcher, direMicroPro's UK diviswarned that similar acofA lawsuit currently in progress iniheJJSoversoftwareremaieouldhave important repercussions onthe softwarecountry.industryinIhisProgramsware and produced the WordStarword processing program, hastaken software rental companyUnited Computer Corporation locourt, elaitning copyright infr-ingementthat meanbusiness.MicroPro wants UCC to paydamages of SIO millioti, and thefourcompanyprincipals to payrange: Directory, Price List,Sales Ledger, Purchase [.edger,SI million each.Invoicing and Stock Control.cost 19,95 each, includingTheyEach program can be usedseparately, but the range has beendesigned to work as a completesKiKhlinu(trui;iiii. j :ilMail orderwith ahuman faceup in Ludlow, warnsend lo Tacekss mailRoger Kean, onepanners in Crash,ling 10ireebui producers and dislribulor iaren't ircaling il wiih ihe son ofshowbii ?ap found in ihe popmusic industry. Yel in many ways"Gamesplayingisenjoyable.From data tomusic — andbacicaimedspecifically albut the choosing and purchasingfun.whoOur customers should lino"they are talking to and buy-Bui a useful feature of IheDRIOI lets you change from datatipsfromour readers.PROGRAMSshould, If possible, be computerprinted to a width of 48 characters (use aribbon) and/or sent on cassette. Checkcarefully that they are biig-free. includedetails of what your program does, how itworks, variables you have used and hints on"an eight-page e\travagania".Currently the company sellsover 50 titles by post, all for theSpectrum. But il "ill be expanding into ZX81, BBC andDragon software soon.Send 50p. freeposl. for a cop of the catalogue: you gel the 50pback with your tirst order.Crash Micro Comes Action,conversion.describes asARTICLES on using home computers shouldbe no longer than 2,000 words. Don't worryabout your writing abilityJust try to keepto the style in HCW. Articles most likely to bepublished will help our readers make betteruse of their micros by giving useful Ideas,possibly with programming examples, wewill convert any sketched Illustrations intofinished artwork.—LiuJIow.ShropsSYSIBRlo music mode at the flick ofA third data mode alio"!to hear the data as it's beinjloaded or recorded.switch.TIPS are short articieSj and briefprogramming routines which we can puttogether with others. Your hints can aidother computer users.youOther features are tecordinjcompetitive rates are paid.Keepa copy Of your submissions and includean SAE If you want them returned. Labeleverything clearly and give a daytime andhome phone numberhome eom-puier users.We welcome programs articles andnewcompanye-b '-poslciiGeneral CounselYOU could beon our pagesanyo, S Greycaine Road, CWaiford, Hensifyou can.
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ONE MAN'S VIEWTimes area-changingfor softwareSoftware writers —it's your agent If you've wrillen a program youihink mighl make Ihe big lime,you may be inleiesled id hear thaiNeil GibsonCo will acl as anageni for software wriiers.&John Courage, a marketingrhe software 'mdiislry is fast opprvaching malurily. A change istaking place from an amateur backroom industry io a professionalbusiness. This is conclusively proted by the arrival of VirginGames and Uhimate on the scene.The change can only be good for Ihe cusfomer. Quality,especklly in games, is rising sharply, caused b.v increasingcompetition and more critical reviews in magazines, I' will be hard10 beat the quality of games like Ultimate'! Jei Pac for thetrigconsullant who set up ihe venture, explained: "In publishingor music, writers lake their worklo agents who negotiate the bestdeals for Ihem. Software is theonly industry [ know of whereI his doesn't happen:;.Write,or themselve;Spectrum.O O O Opanel,whoof a paid userplay the games andsay what theyabout them,likeanddislikehas been underway. Mr Couragesays they have been seni aboutZdOprograms, of which half havehad 10 be rejected. A quarter arebeing improved, and a quarterhave been placed with softwarecompanies.If it succeeds in selling a prolo a company. Neil Gibsonsix to 25 per cent of theproceeds, depending on howhas gone into IhegramAll this has meant greater pressure on programmers to beconstantly bettering their creations. A ihoroiighly professionalnow has to be taken with each new game.More and more frequently, teams of people are invoheit in.Artists to design the graphics; speciaiiils toadvise on sound effects; and often offensive critical te' ters.Programmers not only need to know how to write code, hutmust be good all-rounders too. They must have a talent fordrawing, a reasonable understanding of music and sound effects,and greater-than-Bverage knowledge of hardware.A lolofsoft ware houses are now moving over from freelanceprt rammers to full-time, in-liouse programmers, who can makeIhe most of lime and expertise without nmning up a huge phonebill. The days of the schoolboy programmer who earns more thanhis father are numbered; the public Just won 't tolerate amateursatliluiiepanyhadmadetotwoofhissonsfriends. He said: "1 was franklytakes fromappalled at Ihe terms oflhe offer.much workproducing a program."But we have to accept thesame terms as the programmer",Mr Couragewe havestraightforward leMr Couragesetuphis venturesix months ago. after researchingIhe market for a year. As part ofhe says, he looked atallthe commercially availablehis research,for the Sinclairand 1 n("My ascupboardsO O O OOver the next few years. I foresee the software housesbecoming the record labels and the programmes the equivalent ofpop stars. This is a tried and tested technique which has workedforfilms and records, and will work again.On the subject of marketing, a more honest attitude to advertising is bound to develop soon because of the disillu-iionment withtympanies who spend more on hyped-up advertising than they dodeveloping their programs. No one wantsixty [5 or 16 for afancy cassette insert covering a game whichsaid. "If they'repaid a percentage of sales, thento wait for our percen-prevKfull'ofsaid. "It hasn't gonewell with our wives."downvery"And if by any chance wespend more on promoting a program than we gel back, we don'task Ihe programmer to make IheMr Couragethey've actually been pprogram. Programs thasaid he expectedmaking a protwo years' lime. "Wethe venture 10 slarlfitinm& Co, 42 AbbeygaitBury St Edmunds. Suf-Neil GibsonO OStreet,HCWThere has been a lot of discussion inJsonthesubject of software pricing, I don't think il.appreciates the cost of launching a software casseiie. ito-one canpredict whether a game will be a roaring success or a pitiful flop;and you've got to cover yourself against copying too.Not until bankruptcies start occurring among the amateurswho only put people off buying further cassettes will prices start tildrop to a more reasonable 3.50or 4but they'll never go ai low—As one who knows the software business from the insiik.say that the public should be careful when spending their moiand always look at a selection of programs before buying. Ifthink a program 's too expensive, don 't buy it! Sales or the locithem are the only thing that will guarantee a better situationboth consumer and software company. David J. AndMM nSpeclnim programmer for SiJversorr andAyrshireBiin
ThereleasingarietorSandssaid:"Ileard (hai so-wiih a programthough!,in-Philip1Ihe backandprograms Anco ison record are for thefirsiSpectrum. There is a 10-gamespack and a nen' game. Sam Slug,which will both run on the 16Kmachine, and a 48K version ofDefender. Each game will costThe games can be loadeddirectlyfrom a record player intothe Spectrum via the headphonefoundacompan'good deasocket, butbackup copyMr Sand?aims lo appealimpuler gamesoul ofs afLwareisintheAncoSoftwi.Coatbridge"all-round eitainment", according to directorspecialises inChristianPen fold.It has worked withRadioVictory before, producing a20-week qui? series which Chris-was "rather like UniverChallenge without thetian saidsity—SpectrumPhilip Sands wants to dropthe price of the software recordsstill fuiihei if the idea catches on.Meanwhile, he will be continuingto supply Anco software onSireer,came from Eladio Victory, bAutomata is no stranger to radio.As weU as software, the com[iscost half of Lhepr ce of producingpresenl", hesaid, "Iheonly wiThe competitionform of a program written forRadio Victory by Portsmouth-Anco recommendsa reallyplayers buyingTheidea for the com petit i Ifyou'reaSpecrrum owner livingPortsmouth area, tune intoRadio Victory this Saturday for acompetition designed with yourin ihe 2,25 inc postage and packing.why do tigiveilalry?producers to geyou could be among the luckyWin a prizewith yourspectrumGoing for the recordreleasing ihem or 7 in ftrunTmd a couple of litseem familiar.If you tProm books to softwareAnothersignthings tocomeof the shape ofcomputedifferentin the softwidistributors WebstersGroupWebsters plansii400 programs, maiIalso some educational and smallbusiness software. This list ispected to quickly double in sizlikeWebsters, whichcome onthe software sc ne readytoarmedWebsters saysitwnrst topromotion in other fields, is justpart of [he steady professionalisation of home computersoftware.Clive Digby-Jones, who is incharge of the Websters Softwareoperation, said: "We'll be sellinginto retailers,thetmarketing supi"Instead of having to deal withdozens of different suppliers, theft)comes with aand Audiogenic's Susan Allan sndlonger lifeFrancis getsour top prizeFrancis, a trainee chartered accountant, aged 22, found themall. His share of the 1.000 worthmonths to write. The game is anadventure based on real -lifeFrancis were Paul Liptrot. ofHome Computing Weekly; MrSmithson and Susan Allan, ofAudiogenic; and Jeremy BiggandFranMcMillan,Audiogenic's publicconsultants.ofrelationsretailerwhoare godealsWithLuck,lookJabberwocky's Jean Frost eightincludes information fromtimetables andthe ABC World Airways Guide.The aim of Ihe game is tofrom Russia to Italy, tryingand out-manoeuvreKGB as you go.Thomas Cook'swill be Epic,game witlBBC miiAnother game is "wailingfor clearance from a higherauthority", according to ChrisSmith. "It's something 10 dothe RAF", he said.Bui he emphasised,won't be rushing games on l market. We believe in qualityto oul-shootJabberwocky SofimWashwooil Heath[heBirminghamtravelwAccording [o Chris Smilh ofJabberwocky. "it has arcadeaction, but you need to useand judgement ydifference" for theAugiogenic's catalogue. Totalvalue of his prizes: 300.He was also given a preview ofmade in the boardroom by DavidSmithson. product manager ofwant Webstersvalue for money.signments of software, but an itire package including prodievaluation, testing and marketingsupport."Websms Software, LanghanPark. Calleshall Lane. Godalming. Surrey GUI? INGofferingWordcraft 20 word processorcartridge for the VIC-20 plus i;0-worth of software fromihe sponsors of the competition."Weth work andwho won't by anycomputer shops,1ng manager Jennyirus saia:titlesB82HG
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"-SPECTRUM SOFTWARE REVIEWSMonsters In"IIlieilfca.Sfla329 CroMcdQliek,Road.otidon SE24 "r " *' " '"'''''If ivon 1 survive [nem lArieralL,Mi h supposed lo be Hell!)You do have a cenainamouni of help in ihe form ofEarth,Holysnakes andHell's Flames Hk-ke ralihefooioC Ihc screen, w!various doors aret1beyond il'i gelVampire Monsters, hand soEquipped only wilh ammcr, you sei out lo breakfireface [he clonesin the floors and consign jusl wasn't fnsl enoimonster chasers to Ihe hereby lies my biggesliesliWhy no variable spceiproblem After-,r firstn,.the)uls.andafter 10—sendspbyabiliiyof themgraphicsvalue formMad Monkclones of himself,sendsMler 65killssendheYOU can battle against theelements (well, some of them)in these Spectrum games, ratedfor vou by our review panelhisvou can re-equiphanout againsome of Ihe gold over.Reasonable but not spec-buildings,and 4.95Jl-lrimics,UmlIndusiiialEstate,2,dingSliirL Hilliiatfton-bystarttacular graphics—1minerpuisuplike theWalden, EsseswayStarting at the pithead of agoldThere are four levels ofdifficulty, and a nice touch isthat you con define your ownkeys. There's. an introductionto the game on one side of Ihetape, with the game on thetheItrich.Barring the way to wealthare hard rock, streams, rockfalls,or simply fatigue.Co loofarandyouwon'tbeabletogelback, collect too much goldyou'll be too heavy for theandhoist toliftyou.gave Ihehaw;Wfoplayability75 fo'Sfographicsvalue formoneyET.99PO Bosof this2,A"gomeisrmLCothePacmaninthaobjects,,hhl . 110 variousV "8 7'"P„„and that'ssimilarity ends.ere ihe,"*'"'."""s'f «.ncodld ri rss"" "y nbm,,»%»,t ''"' Plyin'"--i.lesnaWs-sideisSraphics. 'ayouiwfl.rt:ffTSfnUJUsnake Pitaction,1,ditiinFirebirds 5.95Glosdo ittord, Cheltenham.Ti,.'EA" o.m,«„,adventure.I ThisP.F.instructionsIf you manage to get yourbooty back to the mine IgL54 5SW"- S-I '''I'PPSI Street,propspitI[nine, you must ascend anddescend the mineshaft and digfor gold in the hope of strikingB"lSoflck.329 CrostedRoad,Bombers. Tm not su e aboutthese White Bombers, bi'causethey didn't drop any bombs,but you have to co tinuallydodge them. Finally alongLondon SE24'«ell.,l,enyoucanBeiJ '»'' ; ; Altoge'het'a' ' ,addictive game,mind snakes.instructionsifyo" ' p o;., playability g,graphics-,;n"IheThe graphics anin at ion isveiygood,andthegam e is verytheplayable, though„,.meu. .uicsurviveIf vou cane.t n,,,n'l'wUhout being'-moneyForonce1agreedescription of theinlay,afastwithgame onmoving, supersmooth high resolution shootem-up game.WavesofFirebirdsswoopand dance in formation whilecontinually dropping bombs.As if this isn't enougli. alongtheirbeams ofit1did n'l 951,,value formoneylOO'".destruction.1I
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BBC PROGRAMon your bikethisneeds alicliBBC1up. down,left":er.withand.Ihal ihegamebeginsaiiilsure you and your ophave ihe slicks pushedMakeineni.onplayingineYou can use.pensive joyslickspluggcd inanalogue lo digilal conven; back of the microAfter running vou will begreeted by a shorl inslruclion andkeyboard.a joysticif foriiandlebarswilh joysiicks.\slhe cycles have lotKRace around the screen withShingo Sugiura's program forthe BBC model b micro, plus apair of cheap jovsticks. Shingogot the idea from the Disneyfilm, Tronfrom Ihe boliom of ihe screenyouin Ihe film—onhcscleft h.olher as quickly as you can or youiry ID survive as long as jou.Pressihespatebar foranother game.If you do noi have joysticksshould be very simple coiigthe programloscarjyboard instead of ihejoyslieks.1 be cutremely'dirricull 10 playand theipoint of the program in Ihe fiirstplace was To use the joysticks!Althoughinthemanualit
"'LETTERSCan you takeSend your letter to Letters,R have had no reply. What's goingletter could win 5 worth ofsoftware. Queries cannot be(Pcnwiih Area In-1"Compuier Club)pagehopes to changeThe Cluballthebe covered in shiny hard plastic,whereas on the second pageof thead [he keys appear as their nor-mal rubbet selves.Taking a closer look al Ihephoto on the first page, you canAcl 1979. lquote:"Where goodsare sold by description, there is animplied condition that the goodscorrespond with the description" (Section 13).If a photo isn't a descripwillwhatis?HensJ. Bailey.BillNkHoIIs. for Sinclai'Halfldd,"AHlouched Infrantically trying to get a batchupthat "swe doforepincludes a represen-kwomen,business applications, forandihomefor under ISs.The Clubat presentisevery Friday in a well-:ingequipped room above the PenMicro Centre, which hasallowedlheclub access to someofequipment and use of a panPAiCCisOric.Having recommended IheOric to a friend,hefinallyfully affiliated toACC and prospectivemembcrsshouldphoneoneofthefollowing; Steven EricssonZenith on Hayle 754845, PaulWhitehead on Penzance 663 3 6 orMissMillageonSenncnSOO.with the AdvertisingStandards Authority lately, ive'reWest Lothian,own an Oric? am toyiing with the idea of starling anOrieclubforlhearea,withaview:elings for swap-own as to how a club should berun, but I'm open to suggestions.Rallyingjoining a group of users in theroundWest Lothian area, ring me onWhitburn 42673.Sluart Wilson. Whitburn, WestIfRecently I bought a copy of yourmagazine (June 14-22) and typedin the rally program for the VIC20. The game would not run properly until the following changesyou are interestedsupposeIphasise inandit backhad been soits,potential.myIfailed tofirsl letter1em-that theOric's reviewers on the wholefailed to do their usually ve:ygood job. For once they all sb'had review models thatweren't working properly. Howcould they review a machine thwasn't fully operational?Now a few specific points.As Mark Phillips says, the Oricdoes Indeed have syntax chonce you have entered thewhole program and run ii. Most—know, but is it really a,in a machine aimed at the begin-in starling/LnlhlanC. Black from Glasgow onlythe Oric, so I don't see how he catbe aware of the possible sound effects an the Spectrum. Admittedlyitisic Oric, tWhere's mygame?tainlyTo90lFPEEK l 160OR PEEK(DTHENlieOthegamethatyouras good as itis.luck for the future.Simon Fowler, Romford, EssexMrBlack,around for some cheap games.saw an ad for CascadeSoftware's 50 Games for 9.95,and seni off my postal orders 13weeks ago. Seven weeks later.Johntime,Ibought an Atari 400 and,being on limited means, lookedthis,hopeparaphraseone final point you may get whatyou pay for. but price is subjective. The 48KOrics and Spectmnwere both originally priced Ihesame, and it's only good businesspuling would help to pass thewill staywhenfell guiltyIsliced bread.'Scotland,inbeing super-careful now,ranmagazineIto takethatin assessingreally fe l thai on the basis ofboth the adverts and reviews thatitwascrackeduptobebetlerthanthat theyAnyone for anone GlubTbrusliesGoodhadsurprisedwrongof their premises,Sleten Ericsson Zenith, Hayle,we Ihoughl people1a:forCornwallwould wani lo be able lo readIhem. Apart from Ihal, ihereSbeen no hocus pocus with thekeyboard. Having had a fewwell.ivhet'rrIfor local in-education,fory,andhe despatchedone critic'AlCC FoundingDoes anyoneApart from10 standard,they'llsoon as possible.telhelocal educati'r.Ihai pholijusi becauseaimed ai bothand amateurgoal 10 promote com-fullsize pholOEtaph of Ihe Specmimon ihe front page of Sinclair'sads? If you look carefully a: thekeypad in [he pholograph, youwill notice thai the keys seem totion,professionalItsHave you ever noiiced ihcthat neglect.non-profit making,isaligned, andSpectrum'skey IllusionW.promisinghave written asking foreither the tape or a refund, butyour computer — the bestch,letterHdays, anddelivery wiihinICharing Cross Road, LondonthisathePAiCG(slc ?Home Computing weekly, 145WC2H OEE. Don't forget to nameanswered onmethey sentI:Sbtall.HOME COMPUTING WEEKLYLondon N419Jul;-1M3
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