Your Computer (March 1984)

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Cover of the March 1984 issue of Your Computer

Your computer is a magazine that was published in the U.K. that covered the popular computers there during the early to mid 1980s. Game coverage was pretty heavy though it was not exclusively a game magazine. The March 1984 issue includes:

  • Editorial and Your Letters -Letters from readers about the Lynx computer, the Dragon and saving machine language files, using the MicroDrive with the Spectrum, auto starting programs on the Spectrum, and more. Plus and editorial about the MSX.

  • News - Apple introduces the Macintosh; Romox introduces reprogrammable cartridges; an add-on that allows the Spectrum to output sound through the TV; Commodore introduces the 264; and more.

  • First Bytes - 32-bit computers vs. 16-bit computers and a look at the Sinclair QL; comparing printers for the Spectrum; and more.

  • Computer Club - A vision of computers in education.


    • Table of Contents from the March 1984 issue of Your Computer

  • Atmos - A look at the Oric Atmos, a new computer featuring a 6502A CPU @ 1 MHz, 48K RAM, 16K ROM (including BASIC), and more. This was basically an upgrade to the Oric-1.

  • MSX Invaders - A look at several new MSX computers including he Spectravideo SV-318, Spectravideo SV-328, Mitsubishi ML-8000, Toshiba Pasopia IQ HX-10, National CF-2000, and Yamaha YIS-503.

  • Spectrum Software - A look at some of the best and worst Spectrum software available.

  • Commodore Zagorsk - An adventure game writing tutorial and type-in adventure game for the Commodore 64 called Treasures of Zagorsk.

  • VIC Millipods - A type-in Millipede clone for the VIC-20.

  • ZX Pac-81 Man - A type-in variation of Pac-Man for the ZX-81.

  • Sinclair Clean-Up - How to keep your ZX Printer clean and in good working condition.

  • MTX-500 Start-Up - An introduction to the Memotech MTX-500 computer.

  • VIC CESIL - An introduction to low level programming on the VIC-20.

  • Oric Ape - A type-in program for the Oric called Krazy Ape that looks a lot like Donkey Kong.

  • BBC Sprite Graphics - A type-in sprite creator and animator for the BBC.

  • Dragon Graphics - Creating hi-res color graphics on the Dragon. Includes programming examples.

  • Spectrum Graphics - Creating graphics on the Spectrum.

  • Compander - A type-in text compression routine for the ZX-81.

  • Heartstop - A look at artificial intelligence and how it works. ChatGPT may be new but computers and AI go way back.


Back cover of the March 1984 issue of Your Computer

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This is post of the year!!!!!!

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I used to buy this magazine and I can remember typing in code from mags line by line, many pages at a time. Cover disks were amazing when they started to come out.

What a treasure trove you’ve got here!!! Wow!!!

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I may well have bought that magazine. I used to buy several such as Personal Computer World, Practical Computing and Computer & Video Games. Happy times. There were so many different computers then. I had a BBC Micro.

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I was a C64 guy and later Amiga 🤓

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I had an Amiga much later. I was in a computer club that may have involved 'swapping' games. There were many debates about which computer was best. The Beeb was expensive, but it had some cool features.

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I loved the Beeb Model B and the Acorn Electron was fabulous too

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My Beeb started as an A and I upgraded the memory so I could play all the games. I remember the Electron lacked a few things to keep the price down. The Beeb had some cool upgrades such as add-on processors, but those were expensive. I never even got a floppy drive for mine. I still wish I'd kept it.

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I remember selling my 64 to a lovely young lady who had a little boy. I almost said to them, do take good care of the computer, it’s served me well and now it’s yours to take care of in the same way i loved it.

Yes sad nerd that I am lol 😂

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This was still a few years before I even had my Commodore 64. Living in the U.S. we didn't have this particular magazine but I did buy Commodore Magazine (Commodore's official publication at the time that covered the C64, C128 and Amiga) and RUN (just covered Commodore 8-bit). I

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There were some magazines for the Beeb too. It's years since I last bought a computer magazine.

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I bought Maximum PC on and off over the years but even they ceased publication not too long ago.

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