Issue 7
October 1982

Editor
Nigel Clark
Consultant editor
Mike Johnston
Production editor
Harold Mayes MBE
Staff writer
John Gilbert
Design
William Scolding
Editorial director
John Sterlicchi
Advertisement director
Simon Horgan
Advertisement manager
John Ross
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 Clive Sinclair makes his excuses for delays in Spectrum delivery. The product may be good but production could be better.

• SINCLAIR USER CLUB More news on the club scene.

• NEWS Software and hardware prices start to fall; the designers of the Spectrum branch-out on their own.

• YOUR LETTERS You give us your views on the world of Sinclair computers.

• GOLDEN AGES Clive Sinclair gives his views on the future.

• SOFTWARE SCENE The invaders are let loose on the Spectrum and the mysteries of the Sinclair Horizons give-away are probed.

• HARDWARE WORLD Stephen Adams looks at the latest add-ons for Sinclair computers.

• STARTING FROM SCRATCH Our guide to how to learn to use your ZX-81.

• PROGRAM PRINTOUT Eight more pages of our popular programs.

• TAPE RECORDERS AND COMPUTERS Mike Salem gives hints on tape storage.

• HELPLINE Andrew Hewson answers readers' questions.

• COMPETITION WINNER The winner of our EPROM blower competition.

• COMPANY PROFILE Data-Assette entered the ZX-81 market via its tape business. It now sees its future tied closely to the machine.

• MIND GAMES Philip Joy explores chess, one of the oldest mind games.

• FREE INSIDE - Spectrum User: devoted to news about the Spectrum, its uses and its problems.

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Sinclair User
ISSN No. 0262-5458

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