Issue 9
December 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
Sales executive
Annette Burrows
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 Looking at ways of ensuring you all have a happy Christmas.

• SINCLAIR USER CLUB A special introductory offer for the festive season.

• NEWS The latest on the Spectrum deliveries, worries about imports, a new breed of adventure game, and much more.

• YOUR LETTERS Another look into our bulging postbag for your latest views.

• HARDWARE WORLD Our regular look at all that is new in the add-on market.

• PRINTERS We survey all the printers and interfaces available for the ZX-81.

• INSIDE SINCLAIR Nigel Searle gives his thoughts on the future.

• STARTING FROM SCRATCH Our monthly feature on the easiest way to get the best from your new ZX-81.

• FUTUROLOGY Chris Reynolds expresses some of his fears about the growing use of micros.

• SPECTRUM SOFTWARE John Gilbert reviews Sinclair's latest range of software for the Spectrum.

• SOFTWARE SCENE Our writers look again at the growing amount of software for all machines.

• EDUCATION Eric Deeson has reservations about the value of the Sinclair Research offer to schools.

• PROGRAM PRINTOUT Nine programs in this month's issue for the ZX-81 and Spectrum.

• HELPLINE Andrew Hewson answers more of your problems.

• MIND GAMES Philip Joy looks at the games which test your minds.

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ECC Publications,
London.

We will pay £10 for each program printed and £50 for each article which should be approximately 1,000 words long.

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Sinclair User
ISSN No. 0262-5458

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