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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 PCW • Jan 1979 54 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
The ACT System 800 (review) David Tebbutt PCW • Feb 1980 39 Computer Review Assember Z80, BASIC ACT/System 800
Acorn Atom advert PCW • May 1980 65 Advert Acorn/Atom
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.
Altos ACS 8000-2 Computer benchtest Sue Eisenbach PCW • May 1980 52 Computer Review Altos/ACS 8000-2
Analysing the TI-59 Dick Pountain PCW • Dec 1979 70 Computer Review Calculator corner focusing on programmable calculators.
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.
Apple Medical Application «anonymous» PCW • Aug 1979 21 Article PCW Case Study.
AppleVision: Demonstrations using the Apple II G. F. Filbey PCW • Jun 1979 67 Code Listing Assember 6502, BASIC Apple/Apple II Using graphics to visualize simulated processes (part 1)
AppleVision: Demonstrations using the Apple II G. F. Filbey PCW • Jul 1979 65 Code Listing Assember 6502, BASIC Apple/Apple II Using graphics to visualize simulated processes (part 2)
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 • Feb 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
Beefing up the MK.14 Tim Hawkins PCW • Apr 1980 63 Hardware Project Science of Cambridge/MK14
Begin.. .. End Brian Darling PCW • Feb 1979 16 Article A Simple Outline of Computing.
Beginner’s Gambit R. A. Diamond PCW • Jul 1979 57 Article BASIC Notes on “32”~A Version of Chess.
Benchmarks Again and Connections John A. Coll PCW • Nov 1978 52 Article PCW BASIC benchmarks for a wide variety of computers.
Betting on PET Mike Knight PCW • Oct 1979 48 Article Commodore/PET 2001 How a bookmaker (betting shop) bought and used a PET computer.
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 Review Michael James PCW • Jul 1979 55 Book Review Basic Computer Games by D. H. Ahl.
Book Review Michael James PCW • Jul 1979 55 Book Review Computer Models in the Social Sciences by R. B. Coats and A. Parkin.
Book Review Michael James PCW • Aug 1979 67 Book Review Using Computers in Physics by J. R. Merrill.
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.
Brew it Yourself Martin Lea PCW • Jan 1980 58 Hardware Project Assember Z80 A home-brew design for a Z80-based microcomputer.
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)
Bugging the 6800 John Moore PCW • Nov 1979 82 Code Listing Assember 6800 Newbear/77-68 A 6800 monitor for the 77-68 system.
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.
Buying a Computer for a Small Business M. D. Nott PCW • Aug 1979 62 Article
Buzzwords Peter Reynolds PCW • Sep 1978 60 Article Computer terms glossary (‘A’ words)
Buzzwords Peter Reynolds PCW • Oct 1978 60 Article Computer terms glossary (‘B’ words)
Buzzwords Peter Reynolds PCW • Nov 1978 54 Article Computer terms glossary (‘C’ words)
Buzzwords Peter Reynolds PCW • Jan 1979 61 Article Computer terms glossary (‘D’ words)
Buzzwords Peter Reynolds PCW • Feb 1979 70 Article Computer terms glossary (‘E’ words)
Buzzwords Peter Reynolds PCW • Apr 1979 74 Article Computer terms glossary (‘F’ words)
Buzzwords Peter Reynolds PCW • Jun 1979 75 Article Computer terms glossary (‘G’ words)
Buzzwords Peter Reynolds PCW • Aug 1979 73 Article Computer terms glossary (‘H’ words)
Buzzwords Peter Reynolds PCW • Sep 1979 62 Article Computer terms glossary (‘I’ words)
Buzzwords Peter Reynolds PCW • Nov 1979 71 Article Computer terms glossary (‘J’, ‘K’, ‘L’ words)
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 Cromemco/Z-2D
The Circuit Inspector Mike Brinson PCW • Feb 1979 63 Article | Code Listing BASIC MICRODC circuit design aid in BASIC plus supporting circuit.
The Complete Pascal Chris Sadler and Sue Eisenbach PCW • Sep 1979 54 Language Article Pascal Introduction to Pascal (part 1 of 10)
The Complete Pascal Chris Sadler and Sue Eisenbach PCW • Oct 1979 74 Language Article Pascal Introduction to Pascal (part 2 of 10)
The Complete Pascal Chris Sadler and Sue Eisenbach PCW • Nov 1979 72 Language Article Pascal Introduction to Pascal (part 3 of 10)
The Complete Pascal Chris Sadler and Sue Eisenbach PCW • Dec 1979 52 Language Article Pascal Introduction to Pascal (part 4 of 10)
The Complete Pascal Chris Sadler and Sue Eisenbach PCW • Jan 1980 74 Language Article Pascal Introduction to Pascal (part 5 of 10)
The Complete Pascal Chris Sadler and Sue Eisenbach PCW • Feb 1980 80 Language Article Pascal Introduction to Pascal (part 6 of 10)
The Complete Pascal Chris Sadler and Sue Eisenbach PCW • Mar 1980 68 Language Article Pascal Introduction to Pascal (part 7 of 10)
The Complete Pascal Chris Sadler and Sue Eisenbach PCW • Apr 1980 93 Language Article Pascal Introduction to Pascal (part 8 of 10)
The Complete Pascal Chris Sadler and Sue Eisenbach PCW • May 1980 92 Language Article Pascal Introduction to Pascal (part 9 of 10)
The Complete Pascal Chris Sadler and Sue Eisenbach PCW • Jun 1980 84 Language Article Pascal Introduction to Pascal (part 10 of 10)
Challenger C2-4P Mike Dennis PCW • Apr 1980 42 Code Listing BASIC Challenger/C2-4P
Challenger C3-S1 (review) Julian Allason and Sue Eisenbach PCW • Nov 1979 48 Article | Computer Review Challenger/C3-S1
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.]
Compucolor II Benchtest Stephen Withers and Sue Eisenbach PCW • Sep 1979 36 Computer Review | Hardware Review Assember 8080 Apple/Apple II, Compucolor Corporation/Compucolor II
Computer Games David Levy PCW • Jan 1980 66 Article Article #1 on the principles behind programming computers to play games.
Computer Games: And Then There Were Two David Levy PCW • Feb 1980 69 Article Article #2 on the principles behind programming computers to play games.
Computer Games: Guessing the Odds David Levy PCW • Jun 1980 94 Article Article #6 on the principles behind programming computers to play games.
Computer Games: More Complex Evaluation Functions David Levy PCW • May 1980 80 Article Article #5 on the principles behind programming computers to play games.
Computer Games: Pruning Big Trees David Levy PCW • Mar 1980 85 Article Article #3 on the principles behind programming computers to play games.
Computer Games: Speeding-Up the Search David Levy PCW • Apr 1980 79 Article Article #4 on the principles behind programming computers to play games.
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
Cromemco System 3 Benchtest Sue Eisenbach PCW • Oct 1979 38 Computer Review Assember Z80 Cromemco/System 3
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
D to A Converter John A. Coll PCW • Jul 1979 35 Hardware Project
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.]
Dexterous Displays Tyrone Crudis PCW • Oct 1979 52 Article BASIC Commodore/PET 2001, Exidy/Sorcerer Guide to Better Games Graphics using the game of HEX or HEXPAWN.
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.
Easier Communication for the Disabled A. R. Berry PCW • Apr 1980 50 Hardware Review Review of the Electraid 5602.
Encode-Decode R. Seabrook PCW • Mar 1979 29 Code Listing Casio calculator Casio FX201P program to encode and decode values.
ESP: Psychic Perception—Or Deception? Tyrone Crudis PCW • Sep 1979 48 Code Listing BASIC A BASIC program for ESP testing.
Evolutionary Programming Dr. David J. Hand PCW • Apr 1979 45 Article An intelligent answer?
Exatron Stringy Floppy Thomas Murphy PCW • Jun 1980 90 Hardware Review A form of storage that aims to be faster than cassettes and cheaper than disc drives.
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.
Exidy Sorcerer Owner’s Report Valerie A. Downes PCW • Jul 1979 23 Computer Review BASIC Exidy/Sorcerer
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.
Fanfare for the BCS (Dame) Steve Shirley PCW • Feb 1980 47 Article The British Computing Society.
Faster, More Efficient Programs Sheridan Williams PCW • Jul 1978 11 Article BASIC
Fifth West Coast Computer Faire David Tebbutt PCW • May 1980 71 Article
Flowchart Your Way Out of Trouble Guilbert Percival and V. S. Nicola PCW • Feb 1978 39 Article An introduction to flowcharting.
Forging Links with the Outside World Allan Mills and K. T. Kibase PCW • Feb 1980 78 Article The design and “connective abilities” of the IEEE 488 bus.
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
Garage Accounting Program W. H. Davies PCW • Aug 1979 55 Code Listing BASIC Tandy Corporation/TRS-80 Model I
Getting in the Swim PCW • Jul 1979 51 System monitor for the 6800.
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 • Feb 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.
Give Us this Day Our Business Processor Mark Fillingham PCW • Aug 1979 63 Article Article about choosing “best buy” computer systems.
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.
Hard Copy at a Soft Price Tim Steele PCW • May 1980 77 Hardware Project How to turn a teleprinter into a cheap computer printer.
Hard Times: Winchester discs-secure or not? David A. Broad PCW • Nov 1979 92 Article
Heath WH-89 (review) David Tebbutt PCW • Feb 1980 48 Computer Review BASIC Heath/WH-89
Hello Z8000 David Goadby and Mike Lord PCW • Jul 1979 47 Article | Hardware Review Assember 6800, Assember Z8000
Heuristics Speechlab PCW • Sep 1979 43 Review of a plug-in voice input device (board plus mic) for the Apple II.
Hewlett-Packard 41C Calculator (review) PCW • Oct 1979 66 Computer Review
Hexadecimal Conversion David Simpson PCW • Jan 1979 27 Code Listing BASIC BASIC program to convert to/from decimal/hexadecimal.
High-Speed Software Cassette Interface for the SWTP 6800 System David R. Isaac PCW • Aug 1979 39 Code Listing Assember 6800 SWTP/6800
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.
HP 41C: Alpha and omega of programmables? Dick Pountain PCW • Apr 1980 98 Computer Review Calculator review.
HP-85 Computer benchtest Guy Kewney PCW • May 1980 57 Computer Review BASIC Hewlett Packard/HP-85
An Introduction to Microcomputers Michael James PCW • Nov 1978 42 Book Review Volume 1 Basic Concepts by Adam Osborne.
I Love Computers, But… Chris Howland PCW • Aug 1979 17 Article The not So private Computer.
Illustrating BASIC PCW • Jul 1978 76 Book Review
IMPHEX = HEX + AI² Tyrone Crudis PCW • Apr 1980 72 Article BASIC An improved version of Hex, the artificial intelligence game [see also “Dexterous Displays” October 1979]
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.
In which Language should I program my Microcomputer? Martin Beer PCW • Jul 1979 20 Article BASIC, Pascal A comparison between BASIC and Pascal.
Interrupt PCW • Jan 1980 64 Article An abridged version of the talk given by Lord Avebury at the University of Sussex, November 1st, 1979.
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.
Just the Job David Tebbutt PCW • Jun 1980 64 Article Installing a Compucolor II computer system.
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.
Luxor ABC-80 (review) Sue Eisenbach PCW • Jan 1980 43 Computer Review BASIC Luxor/ABC-80
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
The Memory Lingers On John A. Stephenson and Malcolm Peltu PCW • Sep 1979 52 Book Review | Hardware Project Assember SC/MP Science of Cambridge/MK14 Hardware and software project for programming 2708 and 2716 PROMS (part 1)
The Micromation Z-Plus Sue Eisenbach PCW • Dec 1979 42 Computer Review Micromation/Z-Plus
The Mighty Micro Man Malcolm Peltu PCW • Jan 1980 73 Article A tribute to Dr Christopher Evans, author of “The Mighty Micro”.
The Memory Lingers On John A. Stephenson PCW • Mar 1980 94 Hardware Project Assember SC/MP Science of Cambridge/MK14 Hardware and software project for programming 2708 and 2716 PROMS (part 2)
Macronoia Graham Addis PCW • Mar 1980 59 Code Listing BASIC Commodore/PET 2001 Macroeconomic modelling using PET BASIC.
Magic Squares Competition Sheridan Williams PCW • Jun 1979 65
Making a Splash F. Heathman PCW • Jul 1978 66 Article Compute Your Football Pools Entry.
May I Interrupt Mike Dennis PCW • Jun 1980 60 Code Listing | Hardware Project Assember Z80 Lynx Electronics/NASCOM I Using interrupts with a PIO on a Nascom computer.
Meet Mickie: The Well Mannered Micro Nigel Bevan PCW • Dec 1978 34 Article | Code Listing | Hardware Review BASIC A medical interviewing computer.
Micro Astrology: Modern Technology Meets the Second Oldest Profession Roger Elliot PCW • Feb 1980 60 Article Article by a man who runs a computerised horoscope service from home.
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.
Microdata UV8 EPROM Eraser John Moore PCW • May 1980 76 Hardware Review
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]
Micros in Control Allan Mills and K. T. Kibase PCW • Jun 1980 105 Article Using microcomputers for real-time tasks.
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.
The North Star Horizon Martin Healey and Mike Rees and Paul Woodward PCW • Aug 1979 23 Hardware Review Assember Z80 North Star Computers/Horizon
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 the Line David Hebditch PCW • Jul 1979 31 Article Communications I/O.
On the Line David Hebditch PCW • Sep 1979 69 Article Data link controls (part 1)
On the Line David Hebditch PCW • Oct 1979 57 Article Data link controls (part 2)
On the Line David Hebditch PCW • Nov 1979 89 Article High-Level Protocols.
On the Line David Hebditch PCW • Jan 1980 54 Article The Post Office connection (part 1)
On the Line David Hebditch PCW • Feb 1980 73 Article The Post Office connection (part 2)
On the Line David Hebditch PCW • Mar 1980 80 Article End of transmission (concluding article)
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: MK14 Random Number Generator Clifford Clark PCW • Aug 1979 35 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
The Programmed Punter Dr. M. R. J. Morgan PCW • Jul 1979 70 Code Listing BASIC PERMS: A BASIC Computer Program for the Betting Man.
Panasonic JD-700U Sue Eisenbach PCW • Mar 1980 43 Computer Review BASIC Panasonic/JD-700U
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)
Parkinson’s REVAS D. W. Parkinson PCW • Jul 1979 74 Code Listing Assember Z80 Lynx Electronics/NASCOM I Z80 reverse assember (disassember) program (part 3)
Parkinson’s REVAS D. W. Parkinson PCW • Aug 1979 67 Code Listing Assember Z80 Lynx Electronics/NASCOM I Z80 reverse assember (disassember) program (part 4)
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 Backgammon game J. Aughton PCW • May 1980 132 Code Listing BASIC Commodore/PET 2001 A BASIC program listing in the “Programs” section.
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 Preening Rupert Steele PCW • Jul 1979 59 Code Listing BASIC Playing Snap on your PET.
PET Printer Pep-Up J. C. Moore PCW • May 1980 91 Code Listing Assember 6502, BASIC Commodore/PET 2001 Printing upper- and lower-case letters on a printer.
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 Supplies Explained C. E. Collingham PCW • Jun 1980 75 Article
Power to the People W. V. Ringer PCW • May 1978 8 Article A view of personal computers and their possible effects on us.
Powering-Up The Post David Hebditch PCW • May 1980 60 Article About postal mail vs. telex vs. email, and about modems.
Practicing a little Micro-control Mike Dennis PCW • Jul 1979 37 Article Assember Z80 Z80 control signals.
Precisely Speaking Sheridan Williams PCW • Sep 1978 19 Article Discusses errors and inaccuracies in working with floating-point numbers.
Prestel Report Dr. Adrian Stokes PCW • Jun 1980 59 Article
Prime Numbers Competition Sheridan Williams PCW • Nov 1978 21 Article | Code Listing BASIC
Programming - The Simple Approach Mervyn J. Axson PCW • Mar 1980 76 Code Listing BASIC A gentle introduction to writing “real” programs in BASIC.
Programming: A Personal Approach Stephen Holden PCW • Jul 1978 29 Code Listing BASIC A record searching program.
Programs PCW • Sep 1979 71 Code Listing Assember 6800, BASIC Review of Spaceship game for Casio fx201-P calculator; Memory Game in Applie II BASIC; Acronyms program in BASIC; Digital clock in PET BASIC; Orbital simulation in BASIC; A limited time response subroutine in 6800 assembler.
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.
The Reader’s Dilemma Sheridan Williams PCW • Aug 1979 57 Article Commodore/PET 2001, North Star Computers/Horizon, Vector Graphics/MZ A reader writes asking for advice on buying a system and gets a considered reply from a PCW staff writer.
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.
Random Writings Resumed Michael James PCW • May 1980 101 Code Listing BASIC Uses and generation of random numbers.
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.
Scale Gillian Richmond PCW • Aug 1979 47 Code Listing BASIC A General Purpose Graph Scaling and Plotting Program.
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.
Sense of Reality T. Jones PCW • Oct 1979 58 Hardware Project Assember 6800, Assember 8080 Interfacing Your Personal Computer to the Analog World.
Shakespeare, BASIC and the CIA PCW • Nov 1979 63 Literary detection.
Sharp MZ-80K (review) PCW • Oct 1979 71 Computer Review BASIC Sharp/MZ-80K
Showing Characters Neil Harrison PCW • Aug 1978 31 Article | Code Listing Assember Z80 Circuit and Z80 assembler for VDU memory mapped characters.
Simple TV/Monitor Conversion Peter Dunkley PCW • Mar 1980 90 Hardware Project How to turn a TV into a monitor.
Sinclair Z80 David Tebbutt PCW • Apr 1980 55 Computer Review BASIC Sinclair/ZX80
Sinclair ZX80 PCW • Mar 1980 18 Advert Sinclair/ZX80 First advert.
Sinclairly yours W. McIvor PCW • Feb 1979 67 Article Microprocessor–Sinclair programmable calculator interface.
Sintom Periflex 630/48 benchtest Mike Dennis PCW • Jun 1980 56 Computer Review BASIC Sintrom/Periflex 630/48
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
Small Systems are Good for Small Businesses John Braga PCW • Jul 1979 29 Article
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.
So, I Got a Wordprocessor Edward P. Hawthorne PCW • Aug 1979 29 Article Assember 6800
Softly... Softly... Julian Allason PCW • Jan 1979 45 Article Selling Microcomputer Software.
Softy Intelligent EPROM Programmer Mike Dennis PCW • Jun 1980 72 Hardware Review
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.
Statpack Colin Chatfield PCW • Jun 1979 73 Code Listing BASIC Modular statistics program (BASIC); part 8.
Statpack Colin Chatfield PCW • Aug 1979 45 Code Listing BASIC Modular statistics program (BASIC); part 9.
Staying in Shape Michael James PCW • Nov 1978 66 Article | Code Listing BASIC Introduction to structured programming.
Straight Dealing David Tebbutt PCW • Jan 1980 42 Article The setting up of the Computer Retailers Association.
Straight Dealing David Firnberg PCW • Apr 1980 68 Article Who needs the C.R.A? (Computer Retailers Association)
Structuring in Style Seamus Dunn PCW • Jun 1980 98 Code Listing BASIC Commodore/PET 2001 How to structure certain kinds of programs using PET BASIC.
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 W. G. Marshall PCW • Jan 1979 56 Hardware Project Assember SC/MP A Simple Micro Output Device (circuit)
Supercalc: A Quick Look at the Casio FX-501P Dick Pountain PCW • Oct 1979 50 Computer Review Calculator review.
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.
Tandy TRS-80: The Soft Cursor M. O. Benjamin PCW • Jul 1979 60 Code Listing BASIC BASIC program to save on-screen graphics to tape.
Tangerine Microtan 65 PCW • Mar 1980 30 Advert Tangerine Computer Systems Ltd/Microtan 65 First advert.
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.
Think Tanks in Ferment PCW • Sep 1979 60 A narrative-style review of several books.
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.
TI 58/59 pseudo op-codes Dick Pountain PCW • Jan 1980 81 Computer Review Calculator Corner.
TI99/4 Home Computer benchtest David Tebbutt PCW • May 1980 48 Computer Review BASIC Texas Instruments/TI99/4
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.
Tinkering with Technology Ian Lloyd MP PCW • Apr 1980 39 Article Report on the House of Commons and the “micro revolution” by an MP.
Today Translators Tomorrow the World Guy Kewney PCW • Dec 1979 40 Article A review of two pocket word translators.
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.]
TRS-80 Model II benchtest Stephen Withers PCW • Jun 1980 50 Computer Review BASIC Tandy Corporation/TRS-80 Model II
Turning the Tables L. R. Carter PCW • Mar 1979 27 Code Listing TI-57 calculator TI-57 — times tables quiz program.
Two-page Tandy advert introducing TRS-80 Model II with 500KB 8" floppy disc drives and 32-64KB RAM, e.g., 64KB with 1 drive £2586 and claiming that TRS-80 Model I is “The World’s Biggest Selling Microcomputer” PCW • May 1980 4 Advert Tandy Corporation/TRS-80 Model I, Tandy Corporation/TRS-80 Model II
Typical PSU Design Derek J. Chown PCW • Jun 1980 74 Hardware Project
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 Flashwriter II Andrew M. Stephenson PCW • Feb 1980 66 Hardware Review Graphics card review.
Vector Graphics MZ Sheridan Williams PCW • Apr 1979 31 Hardware Review Assember Z80, BASIC Vector Graphics/MZ
Video Genie (review) PCW • Feb 1980 87 Computer Review
Video Genie System PCW • Feb 1980 13 Advert EACA/Video Genie Tandy TRS-80 Model I clone from Hong Kong.
Viewdata and the Information Age Dr. Adrian Stokes PCW • Apr 1980 47 Article Part 1: Fact and Fantasy.
Viewdata and the Information Age Dr. Adrian Stokes PCW • May 1980 63 Article Part 2: Theory into Practice.
Visionlink: More VDU Bits W. G. Marshall PCW • Jul 1979 42 Hardware Project Assember SC/MP Interfacing & Software for Super Scamp’s VDU.
Viva Las Vegas! Julian Allason PCW • Mar 1980 46 Article The Consumer Electronics Fair.
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.
Wave-Making on a NASCOM I Don Finlay PCW • May 1980 88 Code Listing Assember Z80 Lynx Electronics/NASCOM I Music synthesis.
What Shall We Do In School Today Charles Sweeten PCW • Dec 1978 48 Article The use of computers in schools.
What Sort of Sort? Dr. William B. Samson PCW • Aug 1979 51 Code Listing BASIC A comparison of sort routines in BASIC.
Wheeler Dealer: Roulette game Ken Wheeler PCW • Jun 1979 71 Code Listing BASIC Processor Technology/Sol Terminal Computer SOL-20 SOL BASIC Roulette.
Where the Law Bites Brian W. Haines PCW • Jan 1979 47 Article An occasional look at the legal situation in the computer world.
Which micro-toy? David Tebbutt PCW • Dec 1979 50 Article Overview of electronic toys as potential Christmas presents.
Whistle Up a Colour on Your Apple II/ITT 2020 R. W. Lawrence PCW • Mar 1980 51 Code Listing Assember 6502, BASIC Apple/Apple II Using a cassette and microphone/pre-amp to generate effects based on the user whistling at different frequencies.
WitBit David Parkinson and Graham J. Trott PCW • Jun 1979 73 Article Assember 6800, Assember Z80 Assembly language problem forum (Z80 or 6800)
Words and music by NASCOM Don Finlay PCW • Dec 1979 61 Hardware Project Assember Z80 Lynx Electronics/NASCOM I How to make a Nascom I play tunes.
Yankee Doodles Tom Williams PCW • Jun 1980 47 Article The first of a regular report column from the US.
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.

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