_{Cover of the January 5th, 1985 issue of Personal Computer News}

Personal Computer News is a weekly publication that was published in the U.K. in the 1980s. It appears to have covered all of the popular computers of the time. The January 5th, 1985 issue includes:

Cover Story

• Spectrum Revisited - A profile in the Sinclair Spectrum with detailed hardware info plus info on the latest software and peripherals.

Output

• Commodore file - A type-in program for the Commodore 64 that provides a series of disk utilities including file delete, undelete, file copy, block editor and much more.


• Memotech machine head - A machine language program to create music on on the Memotech MTX.


• Amstrad fine art - A type-in routine for storing and retrieving pictures on the Amstrad CPC.
• Lock and Key - A routine for the Spectrum that prevents others from seeing your source code.

Peripherals

• PC Pilot - A review of the Penman Plotter for the BBC.

_{Table of Contents from the January 5th, 1985 issue of Personal Computer News}

Software

• Office Party - Review of a bargain office package for the BBC that includes a spreadsheet, word processing, database, and graphics (charts).

Regulars

• Monitor - New 3-inch disk drive for the Spectrum that stores 500K, a preview of the Which Computer Show, new games for the Commodore 64, the Enterprise goes on sale, MSX prices dropping, and much more.


• PCN Charts - Charts of 1984's best selling games. Decathlon for the Spectrum and Commodore 64 takes the top spot overall with the top spots for each machine being Jet Set Willy (Spectrum), Beach-Head (Commodore 64), Elite (BBC B), Wizard & Princess (VIC 20), Cuthbert (Dragon), and Zaxxon (Atari).


• Random Access - Letters from readers regarding Sanyo software support, on disk copy protection, the Brother M100 printer, and more.


• Routine Enquiries - Questions answered about buying a machine for games, a Spectrum disk drive interface, shopping for a Commodore 64 setup, and more.


• Microwaves - Tips and tricks for printing double height characters on the BBC B, interfacing a Brother printer to a Sinclair QL, fixing the MTX screen saver, and more.

_{Back cover of the January 5th, 1985 issue of Personal Computer News}

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