Cover of the October 23-29 issue of Popular Computing Weekly
Popular Computing Weekly was, as the title suggests, a weekly publication that covered the popular computers at the time in the U.K. where it was published. The October 23-29 issue includes:
Software
- Forecasting - A program for the Amstrad CPC that helps business sales.
- K-Switch - A utility for the Atari ST that will allow you to load two programs in memory and switch between them.
Hardware
- Sega Master System - The Sega Master System as just becoming available in the U.K. This article covers the system and the initial games to be available. While consoles would play a role i the downfall of 8-bit computers, the NES had a bigger impact than the Master System.
Games
- Adventure Corner - A look at some of the fanzines available for adventure gamers.
- Adventure Helpline - Readers ask for help on Zork 1 (Commodore Plus/4), Spiderman (Commodore 16), House of Doom (Spectrum), Finders Keepers (MSX), Macbeth (Commodore 64), Hampstead (BBC B), Shadow of the Unknown (Spectrum), Seabase Delta (Spectrum), See-Kaa of Assiah (Spectrum), The Pawn (Atari ST), and Zhul (Sinclair QL).
- Arcade Action - Tips for Knight Type (Commodore 64), Light Force (Spectrum), and more. Plus a list of the top 20 games with Paperboy coming in at the top.
- Reviews - Reviews of The Great Escape (Spectrum), Galvan (Amstrad CPC, Spectrum), Twice Shy (Spectrum), Dragon's Lair (Spectrum), Rogue (Atari ST), and Camelot Warriors (Amstrad CPC).
Table of Contents from the October 23-29 issue of Popular Computing Weekly
Programming
- BBC - A type-in program that creates screens similar to games like Jet Pac and Atac-Atac.
- Atari ST - A machine language program for the Atari ST that will count the words in a document.
- Spectrum - A type-in utility that can be used to slow the execution of games or other programs.
- Amstrad CPC - Part two of a type-in program to help you predict racehorse winners.
- Commodore 64 - Part two of a type-in program that provides various disk utilities.
- Bytes and Pieces - Short type-in programs to use italics on the Spectrum, dump hi-res screens on the Oric 1/Atmos, access shadow RAM on the Atari 130XE
- Peek and Poke - Questions answered from readers about word processing software for the PCW8256, Commodore 64 power supply issues, using an Amstrad monitor with a Commodore 64, Dragon 32 video connections, and more.
- News Desk - Game consoles challenge 8-bit computer sales; Amstrad PC reliability issues, new computer from Saga, new Memotech Business 2 computer, person jailed for exporting computer equipment to the Soviet Union, Cobol for the PC from Micro Focus, and more.
- Letters - Letters from readers about making full use of the Spectrum 128, the Einstein 256, power supply options for the Amstrad, screen dumps from Koala Painter, the MTX 512, and more.
- Soundcheck - A look at music software for the beginner, intermediate, and expert musician.
- Communications - A look at the Musictel network of BBSes.
- New Releases - A brief look at new releases for the Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari, Atari ST, BBC/Electron, Commodore 64, Sinclair QL, and Spectrum.
- Ziggurat - Pondering where all the women users are...
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