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New Zealand Bits & Bytes - Issue 2.8 (May 1984)

In Volume 2, Issue 8, along with news, editorial comment, letters, club contacts and a glossary, you will find...

  • Plotters available in New Zealand
  • Computing for astrologers
  • Independent importers get up the nose of national computer distributors
  • Telecomputing - Krackowicz, daddy of the pirates
  • Are you entitled to the 10% sales tax rebate?
  • Artificial Intelligence - Quest for an intelligent machine
  • Education - Games as a tool in the classroom
  • Review of the Casio FP-200 handheld
  • Review of the Sharp MZ700
  • Review of the Apricot. An elegant 16-bit machine from Britain
  • Review of the "luggable" Televideo
  • Review of the Sanyo 550/555
  • Review of the Zeta-C682 cassette deck
  • Programs for Spectrum
  • An introduction of FORTH, Pascal and C
  • Disks 2: Physical aspects
  • Support columns for the
    • Osborne (Teach yourself typing)
    • ZX-81 (three arcade games)
    • System 80/TRS80 (MultiDOS)
    • Spectrum (Microdrove Interface 1 and 2)
    • Apple (Screen layouts)
    • Commodore 64 (Looking after your machine)
    • Sega (Getting to know your machine)
    • BBC Micro (Menus and ROMS for graphics)

...and the usual collection of classic computer advertisements!

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