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Issue 2
May 1982

Editor
Nigel Clark
Consultant editor
Mike Johnston
Production editor
Harold Mayes
Design
William Scolding
Advertisement director
Simon Horgan
Editorial director
John Sterlicchi
Advertisement manager
Les Morton
Editorial/production assistant
Margaret Hawkins
Managing director
Terry Cartwright
Chairman
Richard Hease

Sinclair User is published monthly by ECC Publications Ltd. It is not in any way connected with Sinclair Research Ltd.

  • SINCLAIRVOYANCE The new Sinclair machine, the ZX-Spectrum, is expected any minute now. We peep at its facilities.

  • HARDWARE WORLD A whole batch of hardware goodies examined by our add-on expert.

  • SOFTWARE SCENE As more and more software floods on to the market we test a few programs for your delectation.

  • HELPLINE Andrew Hewson, the Marjorie Proops of the ZX world, answers more of your problems. This month he tackles numbers.

  • LETTERS Your letters have already started to roll in and we present a selection.

  • ADVENTURE GAMES Role-playing games are about to take off in a big way. Phil Garrett looks at part of what is on offer.

  • MEMORY MAP Exploration into the memory map can bring new joys from your ZX 81.

  • 16K RAM Sinclair's 16K RAM opened up a whole new world to users. Stephen Adams looks at its capabilities.

  • EIGHT PAGES OF PROGRAMS Let your fingers do the work. Key-in our great selections of programs. There is one there for ZX-80 owners.

  • TRIGGY QUESTIONS Have you ever wondered what SIN, COS and TAN on your keyboard do? We present a simple guide.

  • MACHINE CODE Moving on from Basic? Then this is the series of articles for which you have been waiting - machine code explained in simple English.

  • STARTING FROM SCRATCH If you have just bought your ZX-81, don't panic - read our guide to help you understand the system quickly.

  • INSIDE SINCLAIR Writer Lynd Church and photographer William Scolding take the high road, this time to Dundee, to find how the ZX-81 is manufactured.

  • BUSINESS Mike Salem continues his series explaining why the ZX-81 can be used to do some business applications.

  • COMPETITION Don't miss the chance to win a Sinclair printer in part two of our competition.

  • BOOKS Publishers and authors are still producing books galore on the Sinclair machine. We read another selection.

  • MIND GAMES This month Philip Joy gets to grips with noughts and crosses.

  • ADVERTISEMENT INDEX Due to popular demand, we have started to include an index to help you find the advertisements you specifically want.


NEXT MONTH

The ZX-Spectrum analysed in depth
Who is THE WINNER OF OUR FIRST COMPETITION?
An in depth look at graphics software

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Sinclair User
ISSN No. 0262-5458

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