Amstrad Computer User (January 1990)

(Edited)


Cover of the January 1990 issue of Amstrad Computer User

While the Amstrad CPC was virtually unheard of in the U.S., it was a popular computer in the U.K. from the mid 1980s into the early 1990s. While there were several variants, they were all based on a 4 MHz Z80 processor and most commonly had 64KB to 12KB of RAM and a built-in cassette or 3-inch disk drive. Amstrad Computer User was one of the magazines dedicated to these machines. The January 1990 issue includes:

Regulars

  • Letters - Letters from readers about splitting the screen into two modes, fractal landscapes, typing in programs, building a robot, and more.

  • News - Sexism in software; Darius+; the new Delta 2000 joystick; Page Publisher, a new desktop publishing package released; Verran AC Datalink; and more.

  • Competition - Win several Ghostbusters themed items by answering a few simple questions about the movies.

  • Combat Zone - A look at upcoming arcade games including Exterminator (Gotlieb), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Konami), Special Criminal Investigations (Taito), Mechanized Attack (SNK), and Line of Fire (Sega).

  • 10 Liners - Short type-in programs to create a TV static effect, a robot race, a disk management program, and a morse code converter.

  • Microscope - Capturing and printing out images with the CPC.


Table of Contents from the January 1990 issue of Amstrad Computer User

Features

  • Sprites Alive - A review of a software package that allows you to generate your own sprites.

  • Ledger - A review to an update of General Ledger 6128, a computerized book-keeping program for the Amstrad CPC from SD Microsystems.


Back cover of the January 1990 issue of Amstrad Computer User

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I never had an Amstrad, I was a spectrum user then a c64 user, the amstrad always intrigued me though and was supposedly a good system, especially when programmers took advantage of the system instead of doing cheap spectrum conversions, I’m going to have to try this system, only on emulation though, but I’m itching to see what it was like lol

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I had a Commodore 64 for about six years before moving on to the PC. I really wanted an Amiga and the Amiga 4000 was still relatively new at the time. However, it was clear the writing was on the wall for Commodore and they were out of business a year or so later (though the Amiga limped on for a while afterwards). I loved my Commodore 64 and would have loved an Amiga but I never regretted moving on to a PC. Living in the U.S., the Amstrad was never even really a choice and I didn't know it existed until many years later.

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I loved my Amiga, I initially had an a500 then upgraded to the a1200, I had the blizzard 030/50 had a hd fitted as well as cd rom, I didn’t get the pc until about 1998 lol. We were lucky to live through what I call the golden years, it feels like everything has gone stagnant now, they are just recycling old stuff and just making it faster, I mean the processors we used today were initially created in the 70s and 80s, even the latest apple silicon is based on 80’s technology lol

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