Articles

THE OPENING SCREEN DISECTED
That opening screen takes a few BASIC techniques and one or two more cunning and sophisticated ones. Learn how Gus Donnachaidh did it with this short article and program annotation.

SAVE PROTECTION
Ross Little cleans up the ADFS and DFS Save Protection utilities.

SUPERELK REVIEW
John Crane buys the Electron big enough to take on the world and win!

TIPS ON COMPUTER PROBLEMS
Gus Donnachaidh presents a list of some of the things that can go wrong with your machines...and how to fix some of them.

TOO WEIRD ELECTRON
John Wells' found effect is more baffling than typing DAYTONA in VIEW.

USING THE ASSEMBLER PART 5
Richard Dimond continues to thrill us all with Machine Code demos.

Games And Demos

RUBIK'S CUBE
John McHugh creates a simulation of Rubik's cube puzzle which allows you to view all the sides of the cube simultaneously. Full Instructions.

SQUARES
James Treadwell presents the world famous schoolroom distraction.

UNO
A great simulation of the classic card game by Waddingtons. Made compatible with all series and formats in just three files by The Dave and the PD company we should've treasured, HeadFirst. Full Instructions.

Utilities

ADFS AND DFS SAVE PROTECTION
Ross Little saves us from those programming slip-ups. Instructions included.

INVISIBLE !BOOT
Richard Dimond presents a program to alter your own !BOOT files for a more professional !BOOT-up feel. Instructions Included.

ROM LIST
See what ROMs are present in your machine.

STRIPPER
Edit your programs in the VIEW word processor with this useful line number STRIPPER utility. To load, type CH."U.STRIPER" and follow the documentation.

Mailbag

The readers are still tops with a huge selection of comments, feedback and suggestion. Amongst the pile, Mike Olive offers a Beebug Issue Trade, Alan Richardson asks whether Pres care about Elk owners any more but the worst news of all - HeadFirst PD is closing down!