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COMPUTER USER

FEBRUARY 1992

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The Quality Magazine for Users of CPC, MHO & (PC PLUS

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QUALITY

EDITORIAL

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CPC PIUS

Look out he's buck!

No window is safe. No fence is too

high. The paperboy is determined

to deliver the paper to his

subscribers any way he can.

Tossing papers left and right, riding

in three directions, jumping

anything, this free-wheeling carrier

visits more neighbourhoods and

houses, faces more targets and

obstacles, in more vivid colours

than ever before.

Plus, rad stunt riding and BMX

tracks in bonus rounds. Choose to

ride as either Paperboy or

Papergirl tooi

Paperboy 2 is a trademark of Tengen Inc.

MINDSCAPE

for your local dealer, contact Mindscape international Ltd, The Coach House, Hooklands Estate, Scaynes Hill, West Sussex RH11 /NG. Tel: 0444 831 761

Brun Word

BrunWord 6128 £30

Complete word processing package (disc) with word

pr ocessor , spelling checker and card ﬁling programme.

BronWord 6128 out performs all other word processors for

the CPC6128. Its high speed screen routine, gives 1 a very

ﬁst reePonit end the editor featises are logically arranged to

be easy to learn. Tha spilling checker, with it dictionary,

lo a d in to m e m o ry a t th e sa m e tim e a s th e wo rd p ro ce sso r,

making access very convenient and exceptionally fast. It is

supplied with .40 page manual mod a tutor ﬁle.

info-Script £50

Complete data processing package (disc), including all the

features of BrurtWord 6128 and BrunSpell. The word

processor a n d d a ta b a se ca n b e re sid e n t to g e th e r g ivin g th e

spe e d a n d co n ve n ie n ce o f a cce ss with n o d isc d e la ys.

9 Pin Elite £55

ROM Module £125

Very Serious

The BrunWord ROM Module is perfect for the basic

mac hine, you need no other add oos. However,

anyone who has two disc drives knows the

frustration of inserting a disc, asking to load a ﬁle

and being told that the other drive has no disc in it.

You simply forgot to inform the computer to change

over drives. You know there's no disc in the other

drive, the computer now knows, so what's the

problem? The software doesn't test both drives!!!

That 's now a thing of the past. The BrunWord ROM

Module will load from whichever drive has the disc in

it. It's simple and it's brilliant, and if your second

drive is a 3.5 inch, you can use the fast ﬁle system

which loads a 64K ﬁle into Info-Script in 7 seconds

or (with extra memory) a 256K ﬁle in 1

6 seconds.

The BailWord ROM Module is a compact unit which

plugs directly onto the expansion socket of the

CPC6128 or 6)28 Plus. It overcomes the memory

limitations of the CPC computer by incorporating the

entire BrunWord Elite system into one very high

capacity ROM (256K bytes). The module measures

three inches wide, half an inch thick and extends

just two and a half inches behind the computer.

On the ROM we have BrunWord Elite, Headline,

10 Headline fonts (including 'Crielmer' and 'Clacton'),

8 fonts for downloading to a 24 pin printer,

BrunSpell, 30,000 word dictionary and Info-Script.

Second disc drives owners can have KDS ROMDOS

added (not 6128 plus) for E15 extra, and remember

that no ROM box is needed.

Great Power

The Elite system for 9 pin printers (on disc) consists of

BrunWord Elite, BrunSpell, Headline, 8 bit printer status port

and 7 'type setting' fonts (fonts are 24 pin in sire but for

9 pin printers). Total price E55

9 Pin Elite+info E92

The Elite system (on disc) as above Out including Info-Script

and a oaticup disc. Total price £92 inclusive,

24 Pin Elite-4-16Th) HO

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BrieWord Elite (on disc), BrunSpell, Info-Script, back up disc,

bit sta tu s p o rt and 7 'typ e se ttin g ' fo n ts fo r d o wn lo a d in g to

a 2 4 p in p rin te r. T o ta l p rice ig a in clu sive .

References

It's totally brilliant carries on the extreme

user friendliness of Brunning products to a very

hi gh standard.... I have one of these little gems

plugged into the back of my CPC right now. As

you can imagine, anything that passes through

the ACU ofﬁce can expect to come in for a hard

time and, I can safely say that to date, the

Br un Word ROM has performed in an exemplary

fashion on all fronts.

Chris Knight (ACU Editor) - ACU August 1991.

Plug on the module, switch ON the cornputer, type

:BW and the whole BrunWord Elite system is in the

computer ready for immediate use. You can type into

the word processor, check the spelling, print it Out,

use the database to print labels or search for and

transfer data to the word processor, print using

headline fonts and 24 pin fonts, all without a single

disc operation, except maybe to load data into

Into

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DEC 1990

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- info-Script.

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- ElfunWord 6126

Page 16

MAY 1981

ACV

- ElftmWord Elite.

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ACV

JUN 1991

- Elite Font Editor.

Page 60/61

ACV

AUG 1991

- Eta ltriWo rd R OM M o d u le .

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wit hout upsetting other data. You can even view

screen dumps stored on disc, or format a 3 inch or

3.5 inch disc, without dishrbing the text in BrunWord

or the data in Info-Script.

Printing Pictures

The Brun'Nor d ROM module has a host of new

features including ﬁve high quality, high speed

screen dump routines for 9 pin and 24 pin printers.

Thes e are special routines using the BrunWord Elite

8 bit printer status port and they •print incredibly

fast compared to desk top publishers. This entire

page including the drawing, the large 'BrunWor d',

the address, credit card symbols and Teddy, was

printed using the BrunWord ROM module and a wide

carriage 24 pin printer in one printing operation.

Relative Reverse

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For printers with reverse (Amstrad DMP2160, Star

LC10 etc), there are now three reference points. The

top of the page, the current print head position and

any point previously deﬁned within the text. The

print head can be moved to a relative position above

or befow any of these references. This reﬁnement

coupled, with the new ability to control the box

reverse, make complex layouts much easier to

desion and give taster, more efﬁcient printouts.

Small and Light

The BrunWord ROM Module has been made as small

and light as possible. When mounted directly onto

the computer it is very very reliable. You are likely

to damage the keyboard if you jolt it hard enough to

give problems. (Other ROM systems use an unwieldy

ROM box which can 'crash with even the slightest

knock).

'William Taylor'

Inis d e lig h tfu l tin e d ra win g b y C h ris R Oth e r0 is D I Ve o f th e illu stra tio n s in 'Stra wb e rry F a ir', a b o o k o t tra d itio n a l so n g s a n d

easy piano m u sic, p u b lish e d b y A & C Bla ck L id . I t wa s D a rt Sca n n e d in to to u r 'scre e n s' b y a g re e rn e n t.

BrunWord 6128 with BrunSpell & Dataf 630.00

Info-Script with BrunWord 6128 & BronSpell 60_00

9 Pin BrunWord Elite 65. 00

9 Pin BrunWord Elite with Info-Script 02.00

24 Pin BrunWord Elite with Info-Script £90.00

Elite Font Editor with 'Chelmer' & 'Clacton' £25.00

Supplied on 3in Disc for CPC6128 or 6128 Plus.

* You must state which computer. *

All prices are inclusive for UK. Overseas orders sent

irsured air mail - Europe add E2.50 : Rest add £7.50

Send cheque/PO/Access number/Visa number tot-

Brunning Sof tware

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Telephone (0255) 862308

Amstrad User February 1992

THE FIRST PC TO BREAK

THE SOUND BARRIER.

And when it comes to using all that storage capacity it has a fast 80.286

chip running at 16 Mhz so you'll be able to get through the business of the

day with enough time left to play around.

THE COMPLETE SYSTEM

We gave the Amstrad PC5286e all the best features you need for

serious business use and great games entertainment.

Then we gave it features which were unheard of.

As you'd expect, it has state-of-the-art graphics with a 14" high quality

VGA monitor which will display up to 256 colours from a palette of over

a quarter of a million.

Terriﬁc for business applications but all that colour is wasted on

games if your sound system comes from the dark ages.

So we gave it a sound system that makes it unique.

Its fully 'Ad-Lib' compatible soundcard with its twin external speakers,

brings you closer to the action bringing a whole new dimension to the PC.

BUILT FOR BUSINESS

If golf isn't your game the Amstrad PC5286egames pack comes with

two other great games. Together with fully featured keyboard, mouse,

DOS 3.3 with user-friendly graphical interface and a joystick.

So at S899 + Vat (&I056.3:3 Inc Vat)

it has to be a sound business pmposition.

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RENIARS

NEWS

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- Land for the New Year.

Editor

Chris Knight

Group Technical Editor

John Taylor

Designers

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Adrian HuIf

Illustrator

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Group Advertisement Sales

Manager

Lynda Elliott

Advertising Executive

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Production Controller

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Production Assistant

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Space Invaders.

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VACE

LETTERS 10

Ziggy dips deep into his bristling mailbag to

sort out your blues.

14 APPLICATIONS 42

The Doc sorts out the mail to help you to

get to grips with your problems.

0-LINERS

David Hall is back on the scene with yet

more superb progettes for your perusal.

THE TECHIE BIT18 HAIRY HACKER

More multiface pokes to peruse and the

latest instalment in the Famous Five saga.

• Doctor Watson heaps on the hex hints

and ushers in some more MC madness.

ADVENTURE 22

EASYDRAW 50

Publishing Director

Wendy Palmer

Deputy Managing Director

Ray Lewis

Group Managing Director

Peter Welham

DM meets out some praise to certain

parties alongside the usual hints and tips.

The full program gets a ﬁnal reprint, before

the additions set your proggie alight

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LISTING 55

Uncle Bob has some gripes to deal with.

whilst dishing out the latest PD DTP

offerings.

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The Bug versus The Pedals. Read on to see

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LENDING TIME 58

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LABELMAKER

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