Issue 6.1 (September 1987)

Issue scanned by Richard Goulstone
(Many thanks Richard!)

In Volume 6, Issue 1 along with letters, Q+As, a crossword and classifieds you will find...

• News, gossip and snippets from the industry
• Hardware reviews of:
  • The Video Technology Laser 128 (Apple IIC look-alike)
  • Cauzin Softstrip Reader by Verbatim
  • The Compaq Portable III
  • The Hercules InColor card
  • The Spectravideo SVI-640 IMB 8088 Compatible
• Software reviews of:
  • General Optimization Inc's What's Best: Taking the spreadsheet further...
  • PC-MOS/386: A multiuser DOS
  • The Complete PC Tutorial from Intouch Computing
  • DBXL: A dBASE III clone
• To buy or not to buy? Renting a computer
• Printer roundup - Part 1. Printers under $2000
• Printers: The hidden costs
• Multiuser operating systems for the 80-386
• Software Piracy - The debate continues: Try before you buy
• New Zealand personal computing post-election: Where the Parties stand.
• Rural Computing. The next phase in electronic weighing
• Communications software
• Columns for
  • MS-DOS - Review: The Peter Norton Programmers Guide to the IBM-PC
  • Macintosh - MacDevelopers Conference
  • Commodore
    • Freeze and Reset buttons for the C64
    • Passing values to BASIC from a machine language routine
  • 6502 Machine language - To BCD or not to BCD
  • Amstrad - Assisting with program conversion

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

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