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Title	Writer(s)	Magazine	Page	Group(s)	Language(s)	Computer(s)	Notes
3D Noughts & Crosses	Steve Thomas	PCW • May 1979	72	Code Listing	BASIC	Research Machines/RML 380Z	BASIC game.
3D Noughts and Crosses	Bill Davy	PCW • Dec 1978	56	Code Listing	BASIC		BASIC game.
The 77-68	Tim Moore	PCW • Feb 1978	16	Article	Assember 6800	Newbear/77-68	The 77-68, a simple start to a large system.
8-bit Analog Input for PET	A. R. D. Rodrigues and D. P. Siddons and W. G. Marshall	PCW • Jan 1979	54	Article \| Code Listing	Assember 6502, BASIC		Circuit and 6502 assembler and PET BASIC code.
8080 Debug Routine	Margaret Berg	PCW • Jul 1978	52	Code Listing	Assember Z80		A debugger that can display, goto, and modify memory and set breakpoints.
An Agile Algorithm	R. E. L. Ferguson	PCW • Nov 1978	19	Article \| Code Listing	Assember 6800		Square root by addition.
The Attaché	Martin Healey	PCW • Feb 1979	29	Hardware Review	Assember 8080, BASIC	Pertec/Attache
Acorn Computer advert for the Acron Microcomputer		PCW • Mar 1979	8	Advert		Acorn/System 1	6502 microprocessor; 4KB ROM monitor; 1KB RAM; 25 key hex keypad; Eurocard.
Advanced Intelligence!	Bill Davy	PCW • Sep 1978	39	Article	Assember 8086		Introduction to the Intel 8086 16-bit microprocessor.
Aligning the Decimal Point	Sidney A. Leleux	PCW • Nov 1978	26	Code Listing	BASIC		Few lines of BASIC to align real numbers in columns.
Apple II		PCW • Sep 1978	9	Advert	BASIC	Apple/Apple II	£1850 48KB RAM 18KB ROM (with BASIC); voice recognition card £165; disks 116KB £395 (AppleDOS); terminal card £95; parallel printer card £100.
Apple II	H. N. Dobbs	PCW • Jan 1979	67	Hardware Review \| Software Review	BASIC	Apple/Apple II	Apple ][ review covering integer BASIC and Applesoft [Microsoft] BASIC.
Applications of Computers	David McBride	PCW • Sep 1978	21	Article			(Written by a 14 year old.)
Are Small Businesses Ready to Buy?	D. R. Worsley	PCW • Apr 1979	35	Article
As Per Your Instructions	Victor Nicola	PCW • Dec 1978	19	Article			Understanding Instructions & Data Coding.
Assembly Code Programming for the Beginner	Stephen Collins	PCW • Oct 1978	41	Code Listing	Assember 6800, CESIL
Assembly Point	J. R. Keneally	PCW • Jun 1979	51	Article	Assember Z80	Lynx Electronics/NASCOM I	How to create a NASCOM I Z80 Editor/Assembler.
The Best of Byte Volume 1	Michael James	PCW • May 1978	31	Book Review
The Byte Coserver	Graham J. Trott	PCW • Jan 1979	49	Code Listing	Assember 6800		A 6800 Assembler.
The Buyer Bites Back	Brian W. Haines	PCW • May 1979	29	Article			An occasional look at the law.
Basic Pontoon	Guilbert Percival	PCW • Feb 1978	42	Code Listing	BASIC		Card game.
BASIC The First Steps	Philip Couzens	PCW • May 1978	20	Article	BASIC
Begin.. .. End	Brian Darling	PCW • Feb 1979	16	Article			A Simple Outline of Computing.
Benchmarks Again and Connections	John A. Coll	PCW • Nov 1978	52	Article			PCW BASIC benchmarks for a wide variety of computers.
Binary Finery	Neil Harrison	PCW • Oct 1978	44	Code Listing	Assember Z80		Extensions to the Minmon.
Book Review	Michael James	PCW • Aug 1978	41	Book Review	Assember 6800		SCELBI “6800” Software Gourmet Guide and Cookbook.
Book Review	Michael James	PCW • Apr 1979	73	Book Review			Microprocessor Programming for Computer Hobbyists by Neil Graham.
Book Review	Michael James	PCW • Jun 1979	47	Book Review			A FORTRAN Coloring Book by Roger Emanual Kaufman.
Book Review	Michael James	PCW • Jun 1979	47	Book Review			The Cheap Video Cookbook by Don Lancaster.
Book Reviews		PCW • Feb 1979	61				Compiler Construction for Digital Computers by D. Gries; Fundamental Algorithms by D. E. Knuth; Programming Languages by Peter Wegner; Software Tools by B. W. Kernighan & P. J. Plauger; Systems Programming by J. J. Donovan; Theory & Design of Digital Computers & Logical Design of Switching Circuits by D. Lewin; The Design of Digital Systems by J. B. Peatman; Artificial Intelligence and Natural Man by Margaret Boden; Algol 60 Implementation by B. Randall & L. J. Russell.
Book Reviews	Michael James	PCW • Mar 1979	61	Book Review			An Introduction to Personal and Business Computing by Rodnay Zaks; Microprocessors — From Chips to Systems by Rodnay Zaks; BASIC for Beginners by Brian Kavanagh.
Brains v Brawn	Oliver Dixon	PCW • Dec 1978	45	Article \| Code Listing	BASIC		The evolution of a computer program.
Bridge Hands Competition	Sheridan Williams	PCW • Jun 1979	62	Code Listing	BASIC		Results of a competition to four Bridge hands in BASIC (out of more than 200 entries only 1 was from a female)
Bus of the Century	Francis E. Cox	PCW • Sep 1978	54	Article			The S100 Bus — an expansion board standard introduced by the Altair 8800 and IMSAI 8080.
Business Computing (Part 1)	Rodnay Zaks	PCW • Feb 1979	38	Article			Extract from Zak’s book, An Introduction to Personal and Business Computing.
Business Computing (Part 2; conclusion)	Rodnay Zaks	PCW • Mar 1979	57	Article			Extract from Zak’s book, An Introduction to Personal and Business Computing.
Byte Basher’s Life Saver	Brian Hewart	PCW • Dec 1978	24	Article			Circuit for a logic probe.
A Computer That Means Business	D. Jackman	PCW • Feb 1978	29	Advertorial	Assember Z80, BASIC, Fortran	CASU Limited/SUPER C System	CASU Electronics Limited’s Small Business System.
The Compleat Kit Builder	Jeff Lynch	PCW • May 1978	14	Article			A generic article on how to build kit computers.
The computer is just what the doctor hasn’t ordered	Robert Johnson	PCW • May 1978	61	Article			Advocacy for using personal computers for GP surgeries.
A Cosmac Microprocessor Based System	K. R. James	PCW • Jul 1978	22	Article			An introduction to the RCA COSMAC CPD1802 microprocessor.
A Computer or a Kit	Michael James	PCW • Aug 1978	23	Article
The Cromemco Z-2D	David Smith and Sheridan Williams	PCW • Dec 1978	40	Hardware Review	Assember Z80, BASIC, Fortran	Comememco/Z-2D
The Circuit Inspector	Mike Brinson	PCW • Feb 1979	63	Article \| Code Listing	BASIC		MICRODC circuit design aid in BASIC plus supporting curcuit.
Checkmate	Francis Best	PCW • Apr 1979	55	Article \| Code Listing	BASIC		A computer program for playing a chess ending. (ICL 1903; BASIC; by an 18 year old)
Chess Programming: Before You Begin	David Levy	PCW • May 1979	25	Article
Colossus: Alan Turing and the Stored Program	B. D. Price	PCW • Dec 1978	32	Article
Colour is an Apple II	Charles Sweeten and John A. Coll	PCW • Aug 1978	50	Code Listing \| Hardware Review	BASIC	Apple/Apple II	PCW Review.
Commodore PET		PCW • Jan 1979	18	Advert	BASIC		Advert for 8KB RAM PET with chiclet keyboard and built-in monitor and cassette deck.
Commodore’s Approach to Computing	Kit Spencer	PCW • May 1978	32	Advertorial
Compare	John A. Coll	PCW • Dec 1978	52	Code Listing	Assember 6800		Compare a file on disk with one in memory. [Unspecified assember; 6800 assumed.]
Computer in the Classroom	Charles Sweeten	PCW • May 1978	58	Article	BASIC		Teaching packages (BASIC)
Computer Languages	G. J. Marshall	PCW • Jun 1979	21	Article			The Multilingual Machine.
Computers and Art	Brian Reffin Smith	PCW • Dec 1978	27	Article \| Code Listing	BASIC
Computing and Deafness	T. J. Allen	PCW • Jul 1978	74	Article			Using microcomputers in the education of deaf children.
Computing for Everybody	Magnus Magnusson	PCW • Aug 1978	58	Article			Encouragement to buy and use personal computers.
Computing in the Primary School	Derrick R. Daines	PCW • Oct 1978	22	Article
Concepts of Programming	Barry G. Woolland	PCW • Jan 1979	12	Article
Cutting the World Down to Size	Werner Sieber	PCW • Feb 1978	59	Article			Computer modelling.
A Day in the Life of a Retail Computer Store Circa 1981	Andrew Stephenson and Tim Moore	PCW • Jul 1978	14	Article
Debate of Dinosaurs	Hugh Price	PCW • Apr 1979	17	Article			Impressions of three different “computers in medicine” conferences held in 1978.
Decimal Hexadecimal Binnary Conversion Table	L. F. Heller	PCW • Jan 1979	29	Article			[“Binnary” is misspelt in the title.]
Direct Addressing: Where to get your Personal Computer	John A. Coll	PCW • Feb 1978	55	Article			A look at hardware and software. Includes the first PCW benchmarks.
Do we want our Schools to be Personal or Terminal?	Charles Sweeten	PCW • Feb 1978	52	Article			About MUSE an educational organisation for the use of computers in education.
Do we want our schools to have a Personal Problem?	Mick Coleman	PCW • Sep 1978	22	Article			Advocating the use of microcomputers in schoools.
Dr. Quy and his Research Machines Computer	David Bannister	PCW • Apr 1979	37	Article		Research Machines/RML 380Z	A National Hospital’s Institute of Neurology Research Fellow uses a Research Machines 380Z to monitor brain and heart activity in patients with certain types of epilepsy.
DrawPic: Taking the sweat out of Computer Graphics	A. O. Ellefsen	PCW • Feb 1979	44	Code Listing	BASIC	Tandy Corporation/TRS-80 Model I	TRS-80 Level II BASIC graphics program.
The Elegant Minmon	Neil Harrison	PCW • Feb 1978	26	Code Listing	Assember Z80		Z80 minimum monitor.
The Entrepreneurs		PCW • May 1978	42	Interview		SWTP/6800	Interview of John Burnett and Gordon Ashbee of Computer Workshop; computer shop selling the SWTPC 6800.
An Early Steam Computer	Eric Finlay	PCW • Apr 1979	19	Article			Describes a homebrew sound to drawing (digital–analog) machine.
The Everiss Express		PCW • Jun 1979	33	Interview			A PCW Conversation.
E78 The Europa Bus	Bob Cottis and Dave Howland and Pat Crowe	PCW • May 1978	69	Article			A microprocessor bus specification for EuroCard.
Encode-Decode	R. Seabrook	PCW • Mar 1979	29	Code Listing	Casio calculator		Casio FX201P program to encode and decode values.
Evolutionary Programming	Dr. David J. Hand	PCW • Apr 1979	45	Article			An intelligent answer?
Exidy Sorcerer		PCW • Nov 1978	71	Advert	Assember Z80	Exidy/Sorcerer
Exidy Sorcerer		PCW • Jun 1979	58	Advert		Exidy/Sorcerer	Advert: 8KB RAM £650; 16KB £760; 32KB £859; 5¼" 143KB floppy drive £500; 630KB dual floppy drives £1,200; S100 bus £210; VDU £240; Dev Pack £70; Word Processor £70; Manual £8.95; 16KB RAM expansion £110.
Exploit or Cultivate?	Guy Kewney	PCW • May 1978	30	Article			Comment on the personal computer business.
A First Course	Robert Henley	PCW • Sep 1978	30	Article			Bits and Bytes: binary numbers.
A Filling Routine	John A. Coll	PCW • Sep 1978	44	Code Listing	Assember 6800		Assembler routine to fill a block of memory with a specified byte [does not specify which CPU; looks like 6800]
the Faces Behind the Places		PCW • Apr 1979	13	Article			Photographs by Yoshi Imamura of those involved in early microcomputer businesses (including Bruce Everiss). [Starting “the” is how the title is written.]
the Faces Behind the Places		PCW • May 1979	15	Article			Photographs by Yoshi Imamura of those involved in early microcomputer businesses (including Bruce Everiss). [Starting “the” is how the title is written.]
the Faces Behind the Places		PCW • Jun 1979	17	Article			Photographs by Yoshi Imamura of those involved in early microcomputer businesses.
Faster, More Efficient Programs	Sheridan Williams	PCW • Jul 1978	11	Article	BASIC
Flowchart Your Way Out of Trouble	Guilbert Percival and V. S. Nicola	PCW • Feb 1978	39	Article			An introduction to flowcharting.
Four Easy Pieces	Neil Harrison	PCW • May 1978	54	Article	Assember Z80		A pseudo-random number generator circuit; a potentiometer input circuit; an 8 by 8 bit multiply routine for the Z80; extra Z80 instructions.
From Alpha to Omega: Word processing	Charles Sweeten	PCW • Feb 1979	34	Article		SWTP/6800	Using an SWTP 6800-based system.
From Ideas to Programmes		PCW • Aug 1978	22	Article			General ideas about programming [US “program” spelling not yet adopted]
The Gates of Reason	Michael Whitney	PCW • Feb 1978	32	Article			An Introduction to Computer Logic (part I)
The Gingerbread Man’s Computer	Colin Chatfield	PCW • Feb 1978	37	Article	BASIC		Experience report on computerizing holiday bookings for a charity.
The Gates of Reason	Patrick Sutton	PCW • Jul 1978	16	Article			An Introduction to Computer Logic (part II)
A Guided Tour of the Z80	Neil Harrison	PCW • Jul 1978	48	Article	Assember Z80
Getting into Neighbourhood Consultancy	David Francis	PCW • Aug 1978	16	Article			You Have a Computer Use It!
Getting It Together	Mike Banahan	PCW • Aug 1978	39	Article	Assember Z80		Assembly language and assemblers.
Getting It Together	Mike Banahan	PCW • Sep 1978	32	Article	Assember Z80		Build your own assember (part 2)
Getting It Together	Mike Banahan	PCW • Oct 1978	55	Article	Assember Z80		Build your own assember (part 3)
Getting It Together	Mike Banahan	PCW • Nov 1978	27	Article	Assember Z80		Build your own assember (listing only; part 4)
Getting It Together	Mike Banahan	PCW • Jan 1979	30	Article	Assember Z80		Build your own assember (listing only; part 5)
Getting It Together	Mike Banahan	PCW • Jan 1979	64	Article	Assember Z80		Build your own assember (listing only; part 6—concluded)
Give Him a Mickie	Hugh Price	PCW • Jan 1979	34	Article			Companion article to “Meet Mickie: The Well Mannered Micro” from Dec 1978.
The Hard Keyboard	W. McIvor	PCW • Sep 1978	46	Article			Hex keyboard circuit.
A High Speed Cassette Interface	Bob Cottis and Mike Blandford	PCW • Dec 1978	64	Article			Cassette interface circuit.
Hangman	Mike Dennis	PCW • Aug 1978	35	Code Listing	Assember 8080, Assember Z80		Game.
Hexadecimal Conversion	David Simpson	PCW • Jan 1979	27	Code Listing	BASIC		BASIC program to convert to/from decimal/hexadecimal.
Hints for the Business Beginner	David Hebditch	PCW • Dec 1978	38	Article			How to choose a small business system.
How Not To Crumb Up Your Breadboard	A. T. Richter	PCW • Feb 1978	19	Article			A practical introduction to assembling electronic kits.
How to Control Your BASIC Functions	Christopher Smith	PCW • Nov 1978	33	Article	BASIC		Ideas and code snippets regarding input/output usability.
How to Enter Computer Programming	George Penney	PCW • Nov 1978	35	Article			How to become a programmer via an HND (Higher National Diploma) for those without the A level grades to do a degree. [In the 1960s-1980s anyone with the ability could do a degree since grants were available and sufficient for those from poor families.]
How to find out throught Libraries	Mark O’Connor	PCW • Jul 1978	70	Article			An introduction to using [book] libraries for research.
An Introduction to Microcomputers	Michael James	PCW • Nov 1978	42	Book Review			Volume 1 Basic Concepts by Adam Osborne.
Illustrating BASIC		PCW • Jul 1978	76	Book Review
In Praise of the PDP-11	Mike Lord	PCW • Jul 1978	26	Hardware Review			An introduction to the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP-11 minicomputer.
In Praise of the PDP-11 (part 2)	Mike Lord	PCW • Sep 1978	35	Hardware Review			An introduction to the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP-11 minicomputer.
It’s the Thought That Counts	W. V. Ringer	PCW • Aug 1978	14	Article			About humans as creative and created vs. computers.
I’m a Micro-Computer Widow	Linda A. Grand	PCW • Jul 1978	42	Article
The Janus Interface: A PET Software UA(R)T	Peter Mather	PCW • Feb 1979	23	Code Listing	BASIC		Circuit and BASIC program to print data and programs from cassette.
Johann Sebastian Byte	Michael Inggs	PCW • Jul 1978	34	Code Listing	BASIC		A BASIC program to play tunes based on sheet music.
The KIM-1 Evaluation Unit	C. Corbett	PCW • Aug 1978	24	Hardware Review		MOS Technology Inc./KIM-1
Keeping an Orderly House	A. Clements	PCW • Nov 1978	60	Article \| Code Listing	Assember 6800		Monitors for Microprocessors.
Kim 3B and 4: the Kim addtions	Jim Morris	PCW • Apr 1979	21	Hardware Review		MOS Technology Inc./KIM-1	Review of two Commodore Kim-1 add-ons.
The Little Symposium That Grew	Mike Dennis	PCW • Feb 1978	24	Article		Lynx Electronics/NASCOM I	Lynx home microcomputer symposium.
A Legion of Entries	Sheridan Williams	PCW • Jan 1979	37	Article	BASIC		Roman numerals competition results.
The Learn Machine	Richard Hooper	PCW • Apr 1979	43	Article			Using microcomputers for teaching.
Learning Geography with a Computer	John D. Lee and Timothy D. Lee	PCW • Nov 1978	37	Code Listing	BASIC		A BASIC quiz program to test geographical knowledge.
The MK14	Nick Toop	PCW • May 1978	10	Hardware Review	Assember SC/MP	Science of Cambridge/MK14
The Mystery of the Lost Computer	Harry Harrison	PCW • May 1978	28	Article			Mechanical computers such as the WWII era Sperry K-3 Automatic Computing [gun] Sight.
The Micro is a Many 5plendoured Thing	Leslie Solomon	PCW • Oct 1978	15	Article			Microcomputer uses.
The Micro Muse	Eric Finlay	PCW • Nov 1978	13	Article \| Code Listing	Assember SC/MP		Kinetic poetry in SC/MP assember.
The Micro Muse	Eric Finlay	PCW • Dec 1978	26	Article \| Code Listing	Assember SC/MP		Background to Micro-Poetry 2.
The Micro Muse	Eric Finlay	PCW • Jan 1979	25	Article \| Code Listing	Assember SC/MP		Background to Micro-Poetry 3.
The MSI 6800 System One	Stuart Danton	PCW • Jun 1979	35	Hardware Review	Assember 6800	S.E.E.D./MSI 6800 System One
Making a Splash	F. Heathman	PCW • Jul 1978	66	Article			Compute Your Football Pools Entry.
Meet Mickie: The Well Mannered Micro	Nigel Bevan	PCW • Dec 1978	34	Article \| Code Listing \| Hardware Review	BASIC		A medical interviewing computer.
Microcomputer Architecture	Patrick Sutton	PCW • Dec 1978	16	Article
Microcomputers and Mental Health	John A. Rope	PCW • Sep 1978	57	Article			Using microcomputers to support mental health service professionals.
Microprocessor Interfacing Techniques	Michael James	PCW • Jan 1979	52	Book Review			(Second Edition) Sybex by A. Lesea, R. Zaks.
Micros and Small Businesses	D. R. Worsley	PCW • May 1979	51	Article
Micros for Companies	Richard R. Waller	PCW • Jul 1978	32	Advertorial	COBOL		CAP MicroSoft Ltd. [Unrelated to Micro-Soft]
Minefield	Scott Bell and Simon Dowson	PCW • Mar 1979	64	Code Listing	BASIC		BASIC game.
Minotaur	John D. Lee and Timothy D. Lee	PCW • Oct 1978	28	Code Listing	BASIC		Game in BASIC.
Missionary Job	John M. Anderson	PCW • Feb 1978	47	Article			The conversion of IBM 73 Series I/O writers.
More on the 8086	T. M. Dixon	PCW • Feb 1979	25	Article	Assember 8086
Mortgages: Can You Afford One?	John D. Lee and Timothy D. Lee	PCW • Apr 1979	63	Code Listing	BASIC		BASIC program to calculate monthly payments, loan life, interest rate or amount borrowed.
Motorola D2 Kit		PCW • Sep 1978	2	Advert	Assember 6800		6800 development kit £175; 6800 editor/assember £19.90.
Motorola on Sixteen Cylinders	Graham J. Trott	PCW • Mar 1979	35	Article	Assember 6809		Introduction to the Motorola 6809 microprocessor.
Mugs Away: A Computer Darts Trainer	Sheridan Williams	PCW • May 1979	67	Code Listing	BASIC	Research Machines/RML 380Z	BASIC game.
Nascom I Z80 Microcomputer Kit		PCW • Aug 1978	7	Advert			£197.50.
NASCOM I: Breaking the Soft Barrier	Alan Secker	PCW • Apr 1979	26	Article	Assember Z80	Lynx Electronics/NASCOM I	Ideas on NASCOM I Z80 programming.
Network	L. K. Darnton	PCW • Mar 1979	37	Article			Computer networking all the way up to multi-national networks.
North Star Horizon		PCW • Sep 1978	6	Advert	Assember Z80	North Star Computers/Horizon
On the Line	David Hebditch	PCW • Jan 1979	48	Article			Telecommuting.
On the Line	David Hebditch	PCW • Feb 1979	33	Article			Telecommunications Future.
On the Line	David Hebditch	PCW • Mar 1979	55	Article			Down to Basics: Line Signalling.
On the Line	David Hebditch	PCW • Apr 1979	49	Article			Down to Basics: Timing and Synchronism.
On the Line	David Hebditch	PCW • May 1979	47	Article			Communications Interfaces.
On Your Mark, Get Set: MK14 Diagnostic Program	Clifford Clark	PCW • May 1979	23	Code Listing	Assember SC/MP	Science of Cambridge/MK14
On Your Mark, Get Set: Using the MK14	Clifford Clark	PCW • Mar 1979	25	Hardware Review	Assember SC/MP	Science of Cambridge/MK14
Options for a beginner in business computing	John Burnet	PCW • Dec 1978	39	Article
Owner’s Report: In Defense of PET	Tyrone Crudis	PCW • May 1979	42	Article \| Code Listing	BASIC
Owner’s Report: The TRS-80	A. J. Harding	PCW • Aug 1978	44	Hardware Review	BASIC	Tandy Corporation/TRS-80 Model I
The Power of Positive Tabling	R. W. Davy	PCW • Nov 1978	45	Article			Using decision tables and flowcharts to design process control software.
The Poor Man’s Printer	Phil Cornes	PCW • Dec 1978	59	Article			Circuit and other hardware to use a Type 7 Teleprinter as a microcomputer printer.
A Program for the Z8O for producing hard copy on a Creed 7B page printer	R. J. Chance	PCW • Apr 1979	76	Code Listing	Assember Z80
Parkinson’s REVAS	D. W. Parkinson	PCW • May 1979	59	Article \| Code Listing	Assember Z80	Lynx Electronics/NASCOM I	Z80 reverse assember (disassember) program (part 1)
Parkinson’s REVAS	D. W. Parkinson	PCW • Jun 1979	55	Code Listing	Assember Z80	Lynx Electronics/NASCOM I	Z80 reverse assember (disassember) program (part 2)
Past Procession	Guy Kewney	PCW • Feb 1978	14	Article			A look at the history of computing.
Pattern Recognition: The Ultimate Interface	Dr. David J. Hand	PCW • Jul 1978	62	Article
PCW Case Study	Boris Sedacca	PCW • May 1978	38	Hardware Review	BASIC	EXTEL/Microfile	Experience report on buying an EXTEL Microfile system and writing custom business applications in BASIC.
PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship	David Levy	PCW • Nov 1978	15	Article
PCW Small Business Case Study	Boris Sedacca	PCW • Oct 1978	48	Article	BASIC		Brian Crank Associates, technical public relations using Altair 8800B 40KB RAM, twin 5¼" North Star floppy disks, daisywheel printer, TV, cassette deck (~£7000)
Personal Experience	G. D. Hayes	PCW • Nov 1978	57	Article			Experience of an IBM 360 and 370 user who builds the ACC (Amateur Computer Club) designed WB-1 microcomputer.
Personal Experience	Chris Ward	PCW • Jan 1979	17	Article			A journalist who became a personal computer enthusiast.
Personal Experience: Programming for Pleasure	David McBreen	PCW • Mar 1979	51	Article
Personal Power is Here	J. H. Miller-Kirkpatrick	PCW • Feb 1978	12	Article			Personal Computers in 1978.
PET 2001 Review	John A. Coll	PCW • May 1978	44	Hardware Review	BASIC	Commodore/PET 2001	Really a preview: no price or specification given; mostly covers the built-in BASIC.
PET Preening	Gordon Bell	PCW • Oct 1978	54	Code Listing	BASIC		BASIC two-liner (using POKE, INT, RND, GOTO) to generate patterns.
PET Preening	Gordon Bell	PCW • Feb 1979	43	Code Listing	BASIC		Using a PET (which has a real-time clock) as a timer.
PET Program Supermarket		PCW • Mar 1979	6	Advert			Advert for official Petsoft business and game software £6.00–£49.50.
PILOT Flies Across the Atlantic	John A. Coll	PCW • Oct 1978	19	Article \| Code Listing	PILOT		Introduction to the PILOT (Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching) language — a text handling language.
Plan for a Plotter	R. I. Elliott	PCW • Nov 1978	49	Article \| Code Listing	BASIC		Circuit diagram and few lines of BASIC to interface a PET to a plotter.
Play On: Computer Music	Paul M. Jessop	PCW • Jan 1979	21	Article			Some Thoughts on Data Storage.
Polytechnical Processing	Phillip Lawton	PCW • Jun 1979	29	Article			Computer, Students, Teachers in Leicester Polytechnic.
Power to the People	W. V. Ringer	PCW • May 1978	8	Article			A view of personal computers and their possible effects on us.
Precisely Speaking	Sheridan Williams	PCW • Sep 1978	19	Article			Discusses errors and inaccuracies in working with floating-point numbers.
Prime Numbers Competition	Sheridan Williams	PCW • Nov 1978	21	Article \| Code Listing	BASIC
Programming: A Personal Approach	Stephen Holden	PCW • Jul 1978	29	Code Listing	BASIC		A record searching program.
Pseudo Random Number Generator for Programmable Calculators	Clifford Clark	PCW • Jul 1978	47	Article
Publishing and the Damned	John Kemp	PCW • May 1979	17	Article			The changeover from printer machine operators (e.g., linotype) to computer-based typesetting.
Punch Lines	Mark Colton	PCW • Jul 1978	59	Article	Assember 6800		Interfacing a Westrex Punch to a 6800 mpu System.
Punchlines	Mark Colton	PCW • Jan 1979	65	Article	Assember 6800		Interfacing a Westrex Punch to a 6800 mpu System. [Continued.]
Putting Bits in their Place	David Goadby	PCW • Jul 1978	56	Article			A simple 2708 Programmer (hardware project)
Puzzle Dazzle No. 1: The Undazzles	Neil Harrison	PCW • Jun 1979	61	Code Listing	Assember 8080		Results of a competition to create an 8080 program to set every byte in a 64K RAM memory to 0.
The Resourceful Disassembler	John A. Coll	PCW • Apr 1979	29	Software Review	Assember 6800		A Labelling Disassembler.
R. O. M. Factor	J. Gregory	PCW • Aug 1978	18	Fiction			Story about someone yearning to buy a personal computer.
Random Writings	Michael James	PCW • Feb 1979	55	Article \| Code Listing	BASIC		Generating random numbers in BASIC.
Research Machines 380Z	Mike Dennis	PCW • May 1978	47	Hardware Review	BASIC	Research Machines/RML 380Z
Research Machines 380Z		PCW • Jul 1978	43	Advert			16K RAM system £965; 32K RAM system £1,158.
Research Machines 380Z		PCW • Oct 1978	6	Advert			16KB £965; 32KB £1148 — 3KB ROM OS; BASIC(s), Assemblers; Text Editor.
The Searcher		PCW • Feb 1978	8	Code Listing	Assember 6800		A routine for searching a block of memory for a specified byte sequence.
The Small System Approach to Program Editing	Patrick Sutton	PCW • May 1978	66	Article			A small algorithm for text (program code) editing.
The Sol-20 Computer	Ken Wheeler	PCW • Jul 1978	38	Hardware Review	BASIC	Processor Technology/Sol Terminal Computer SOL-20	Owner’s report.
The Soft Facade	G. J. Flanagan	PCW • Sep 1978	39	Article \| Code Listing	Assember 6800		Hardware and software (assembler) for tracing 6800 execution.
A Step by Step Introduction to 8080 Microprocessor Systems	Michael James	PCW • Dec 1978	44	Book Review			Dilithium Press; by David L. Cohn and L. Melsa.
A single-wire alarm system using the COSMAC microtutor	Les Thurlow and T. F. Lenihan	PCW • Feb 1979	19	Article			A Mighty Micromite in Action—Circuit for a microprocessor-controlled single wire burgler alarm system.
The SYM-1 Single Board Microcomputer	Patrick Sutton	PCW • Mar 1979	17	Hardware Review		Synertek Systems/SYM-1 (or VIM-1)
The Sorcerer’s Wand	Dr. R. J. Beynon	PCW • May 1979	31	Code Listing	BASIC	Exidy/Sorcerer	BASIC graphics on an Exidy Sorcerer.
Science of Cambridge/MK14 Microprocessor Kit		PCW • Feb 1978	8	Advert	Assember SC/MP	Science of Cambridge/MK14
Scramble	Graham J. Trott	PCW • May 1978	56	Code Listing	BASIC		SCRAMBLE is a word game for two or more players.
Showing Characters	Neil Harrison	PCW • Aug 1978	31	Article \| Code Listing	Assember Z80		Circuit and Z80 assembler for VDU memory mapped characters.
Sinclairly yours	W. McIvor	PCW • Feb 1979	67	Article			Microprocessor–Sinclair programmable calculator interface.
Sixteen Bits of Power	Caspar Bowden	PCW • Mar 1979	43	Article	Assember TMS9900		Homebrew TMS9900-based computer.
Small Computers for Small Organisations (part 1)	Mervyn J. Axson	PCW • May 1979	19	Article
Small Computers for Small Organisations (part 2)	Mervyn J. Axson	PCW • Jun 1979	43	Article \| Code Listing	BASIC
Smart 1: How to make a combined buffer and 8K SRAM board for the NASCOM without really trying	Mike Dennis	PCW • May 1979	35	Article			Hardware and circuit.
So You’re Interested in Personal Computing	Brian Hewart	PCW • Sep 1978	16	Article			Introductory article with emphasis on what hardware is needed and how much memory to write simple games in assembly language.
Softly... Softly...	Julian Allason	PCW • Jan 1979	45	Article			Selling Microcomputer Software.
SOL Terminal Computer		PCW • Sep 1978	5	Advert	Assember 8080	Processor Technology/Sol Terminal Computer SOL-20	No prices given; only hardware mentioned.
Something Bit Me	Chris Howland	PCW • Oct 1978	17	Article			Personal Experience of owning and using a microcomputer.
Statpack	Colin Chatfield	PCW • Sep 1978	45	Code Listing	BASIC		Modular statistics program (BASIC); part 1.
Statpack	Colin Chatfield	PCW • Dec 1978	53	Code Listing	BASIC		Modular statistics program (BASIC); part 2.
Statpack	Colin Chatfield	PCW • Jan 1979	39	Code Listing	BASIC		Modular statistics program (BASIC); parts 3 and 4.
Statpack	Colin Chatfield	PCW • Feb 1979	53	Code Listing	BASIC		Modular statistics program (BASIC); part 5.
Statpack	Colin Chatfield	PCW • Apr 1979	61	Code Listing	BASIC		Modular statistics program (BASIC); part 6.
Statpack	Colin Chatfield	PCW • May 1979	70	Code Listing	BASIC		Modular statistics program (BASIC); part 7.
Staying in Shape	Michael James	PCW • Nov 1978	66	Article \| Code Listing	BASIC		Introduction to structured programming.
Submarine Chase	A. J. Harding	PCW • Oct 1978	24	Code Listing	BASIC	Tandy Corporation/TRS-80 Model I	Game for Tandy Level I BASIC (or most others) needing about 3KB RAM.
Super Scamp’s VDU		PCW • Jan 1979	56				A Simple Micro Output Device (curcuit)
A Tidal Wave	Boris Sedacca	PCW • Sep 1978	52	Article			Advocacy of the usefulness of microcomputers.
Take It Or Leave It	Roger Hargrave	PCW • Aug 1978	27	Article			NIM — An Exercise in Flowcharting.
Tandy TRS-80		PCW • Sep 1978	7	Advert	BASIC	Tandy Corporation/TRS-80 Model I	Level I BASIC (4KB £499, 16KB £728); Level II BASIC (4KB £578, 16KB £807) all including 12" monitor, cassette recorder, and a 2 game cassette.
Tandy TRS-80 Review	Mike Dennis	PCW • Sep 1978	26	Hardware Review	Assember Z80, BASIC	Tandy Corporation/TRS-80 Model I	Good value for money.
Teach-In Two’s Complement (with apologies to Strich & Sinden)	Bob Gidden	PCW • Mar 1979	21	Article \| Code Listing	Assember 6800		Explains two’s complement representation and arithmetic, plus 6800 Branch Tester.
Text Processing Demonstrated on the NASCOM I	S. D. Danton	PCW • Jan 1979	49	Article			How the Microcomputer can help improve efficiency at home and in the office.
These Dashed Dots.... Those Dotty Dashes---	Ron Williams	PCW • Jan 1979	19	Code Listing	Assember 6800	Newbear/77-68	Random morse code generation using a 77-68 microcomputer.
Things you wanted to know about micro’s but were afraid to ask	Mike Dennis	PCW • Dec 1978	21	Article			Hints on System Design.
Three Novelty Programs for a Pocket Calculator	Derek J. Chown	PCW • Sep 1978	24	Code Listing	TI-57 calculator		TI-57 — prime factors; sequence of primes; triangles.
Tidy It Up: TRS-80 Level II Renumbering Routine	I. Addinsell	PCW • May 1979	54	Code Listing	Assember Z80	Tandy Corporation/TRS-80 Model I	Z80 assembly program to renumber BASIC programs.
Timetabling for Schools	Charles Sweeten	PCW • Oct 1978	62	Article \| Code Listing	BASIC		BASIC program originally for NOVA 2/10 minicomputer, then ported to SWTPC 6800.
Too High a Price	Dr. John Dawson	PCW • Aug 1978	56	Article			Critique of DHSS plans regarding hardware (big systems) and software (privacy)
Touchdown	N. Rushton	PCW • Oct 1978	32	Code Listing	Casio calculator		Lundar Landing game for Casio programmable calculators (FX201P, FX202P, PRO FX1)
TRS-80 Level II BASIC	P. J. Turner	PCW • Jan 1979	33	Article	BASIC	Tandy Corporation/TRS-80 Model I	With a few helpful mod’s. [Incorrect apostrophe in the original title.]
Turning the Tables	L. R. Carter	PCW • Mar 1979	27	Code Listing	TI-57 calculator		TI-57 — times tables quiz program.
Typing Without Tears	Paul M. Jessop	PCW • May 1978	24	Article			Flowcharts for a touch typing tutor program.
Unravelling the PET IEEE-488 Bus	Dr. C. Preece	PCW • Mar 1979	31	Article	BASIC
Using a Small Computer	P. M. Steele	PCW • Nov 1978	31	Article			Keeping records of subscribers/members/customers comparing using a computing bureau, a word-processor, or a mini[micro]-computer.
A Very Small Business System?	Martin Collis	PCW • May 1978	36	Hardware Review	BASIC	SWTP/6800	Experience report on buying and installing an SWTP 6800 system.
Vector Graphics MZ	Sheridan Williams	PCW • Apr 1979	31	Hardware Review	Assember Z80, BASIC	Vector Graphics/MZ
A Way with Waves	Gordon Bell	PCW • Nov 1978	25	Code Listing	BASIC		Three line BASIC programs to draw sine and cosine waves on a PET.
What Shall We Do In School Today	Charles Sweeten	PCW • Dec 1978	48	Article			The use of computers in schools.
Where the Law Bites	Brian W. Haines	PCW • Jan 1979	47	Article			An occasional look at the legal situation in the computer world.
Yes, But What Does The Little Beast Do?	W. G. Marshall	PCW • May 1978	17	Article			Describes the basic functional blocks which make up a microprocessor system, with particular reference to the National SC/M P.
Yours to Command	K. S. Borland	PCW • Feb 1978	20	Hardware Review	Assember Z80	Lynx Electronics/NASCOM I	Britain’s Own Microcomputer — The NASCOM I.