MicroComputer Printout (November 1982)

MicroComputer Printout (November 1982)

MicroComputer Printout was a U.K. based computer magazine published in the early 1980s. It covered the various mostly 8-bit computers of the time and included type-in programs. The November 1982 issue includes:

• Brochures - How to see through the sales talk.
• Computer People - How to recognize them, and how to be one-up!
• Alternatives to Keyboards - Speech recognition, light pens and bar codes are all ways of getting round this bottleneck.

Features

• Seven Deadly Sins - The right and wrong way to run a business computer.
• Japan - and a Thinking Micro - The Japanese are now developing a personal computer with frightening powers of reason.
• Player-Missile Graphics - How to get stunning effects from your Atari.
• Meeting Scheduler - An invaluable program for busy managers. Full listing.
• How it Works - What does a Disk Operating System do?
• Microscope - How much memory do you really need?

Regulars

• Tommy's Tips - Programming problems solved here.
• Read/Write - Where the readers fight back.
• Hotline - Lots of new micros and an interview with the man who invented Microsoft BASIC.
• Rex Malik's Joke Book - Some 'unofficial' laws of computing.
• Inside Trader - More writ-defying libel.

Cover Story

• Database - Probably the most heavily promoted and least understood computer program on the market, a database is one of the most efficient ways of computerizing your business. But how do you chose between the many packages on the market? We explain.

...and more!