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At Pioneer we've never believed in following the
crowd. We prefr them to b one step behind us.
And with our innovative reputation in Hi-Fi and In-Car
Entertainment, people tend C demand rather special
things fom us. Our new PX-7 home computer Gjust that
lt has all the bnef you'd expect fom a standard
MSX home computer, but with a few added talents.
No other home computer enables you to create your
own art and animation like the PX-7
Up V16 difrent colour are available and by using
the optonal 7 graphic tablet you can create illus
trations, shapes and various backgrounds. Then store up
V eight of thes shapes with their respective animation
programmes in the computer memor
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m0V0g MO. Use the PX-7 in conjunction with
a video or LaserDis* player to superimpose your graphic,
creations or titles onto a moving video picture. The PX-7
can also produce stereo sound with three difrent voice
pattrns over eight octaves and superimpose them over
other sound sources.
Vide CJl l. When usd in cofunction with our
SD-26 component television and LD-700 LaserDisc* player
the PX7 has the added veratilit of being able to
understand and control the complete system.
So if you're looking fr a home computer that's
versatile, talented and one step ahead of the crowd,
remembr there's only one. The Pioneer PX-7.
Phone 01-200 020 for your nearest PX-7 dealer
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Autumn 1985 Volume 1 Number d
EDITORIAL
LdItof. Hazel James
DopuQLdItof. Steve
Mansfield
A88I8tahtLdItof8. Sally Wood
Julia Alexander
AdLdItof: Richard Gri 1 1
o0fotafIo8. Nikkie Smith
Lilamani Thiagaraja
Photogfaphy. Dave King, Sta n
Papior, Matthew Barnes
Pu0II8hof.Gareth Renowden
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Eric Verdon-Roe
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SUBSCRIPTIONS:
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Europe ............................. 10
Overseas .......................... 10
Airmail-Middle East ............. 15
Airmail-Norh America, Afri ca,
Indi a ................... . ..... ....... 18
5 We bring you up-to-date with the latest MSX news:
details on the brand new Mitsubishi, information on all
the latest games and business software plus facts on
monitors, printers and much more.
COMPETITIONS
37 Yamaha. Get your thinking caps on and you could win
yourself a complete Yamaha music system.
55 Mltsublshl. Here's your chance to take home one of
three Mitsubishi ML-F80 micros.
ON TRIAL
18 Pioneer PX-7. lt's not just a computer, but par of a
sophisticated and costly video controlling system. Is it
worth the money?
26 Toshlba HX-22. Simon Craven previews Toshiba's
upgraded micro and likes what he sees.
38 Spectravldeo X'Press. MSX is in business with this
machine-we find out how good it really is.
GROUP TESTS
30 MSX Review. Over the past year, eleven MSX micros
have been launched. We take a look at each one.
58 Sof Spot. A round-up of our top 20 favourite games
plus reviews of 23 new titles.
BACKGROUND
Airmai i-Aust., NZ, Japan ....... 20
10 Introducing MSX. What does MSX mean? A look back
over the year and towards a promising future.
Back numbers and subscriptions:
obtai nabl e by post from the Book
Sales Department, 12-14 Ansdell
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Telephone: 01-937 7288. Please
allow two weeks for del i very.
The editor welcomes any
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quoted in edi tori al and
advertisements are correct at
press day but may be subject to
variation.
Every care is taken in compiling
the contents of the magazine to
ensure they are correct and
accurate, but the publisher
assumes no responsi bility for any
effect from errors or omissions.
All materi al published i n What
MSX? i s copyright and
reproduction in whole or in par is
forbidden, except by permission
of the publishers.
Editorial, adverising and
ci rculation deparments:
Haymarket Publi shing Ltd.,
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MSX BSIC and others. Tim Markes looks at the many
BASIC dialects plus languages such as FORTRAN,
COBOL and LOGO.
MSX-DOS. How closely is MSX-DOS related to MS-DOS
and what is it anyway? All will be revealed.
STARTING OUT
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MSX packages. Compose music, balance accounts
and design pictures-all with MSX. We show you how.
The day I bought an MSX. Mike Gerrard discovers
there's more to buying a micro than meets the eye.
Disk drives. For the serious side of micro life a disk
drive is essential. Graham Bland explains why.
Monitors. Do you need a 1or a dedicated computer
monitor? We guide you through the pitfalls.

Printers. Do you know the difference between a

daisywheel and a dot matrix? With our help you soon
wi .
Data recorders. Most software is cassette-based so a
data recorder is essential equipment. We check out
the models available.
Joysticks. Zap mutated aliens in comfor-choose the
right joystick. Mike Gerrard provides some tips.
Books. We select the best introductory MSX books.
BUYERS GUIDE
92 A comprehensive guide to all MSX computers,
joysticks, monitors, printers and software. If you want
to know what's available, you'll find it here.
Spectravideo's business -p Q J
Printers' words of advice-p M 7
A touch of class from !VL~p .&
All the latest softare -p . 5
Win yourself a Yamaha ... p . J7
. . . and a Mitsubishi p. 5J
Sanyo's N` may be fn, but it's far fom
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Our NlI IUUis the kind of quaity machine
only one of te world's leading manufacturers
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You can rely on Sanyo back-up as well.
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Sky Jaguar .......................... LJb.b Adventure Quest. ................ L.b
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Circus Charlie .....................LJb.b Emerald Isle ..........................Lb.b
Time Pilot.. .......................... LJb.b Snowball .............................. L.b
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Athletic Land .......................LJb.b Return to Eden ...................... L.b
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North Sea Bullion Adventure LT.b
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Super Chess ........................ Lb.b
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Manic Miner ......................... LT.b
Ninja ..................................... Lb.b
Shadow of the Bear ............. LT.b
Darkwood Manor .................. LT.b
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Staring Machine Code with MSX
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MSX Exposed .................... Lb.b
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MSX Pro's Ref Guide ........ LJ4.b
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Superpuzzle ..........a.............. Lb.b
Panic Junction ..................... Lb.b
Calculation |......................... L.b
Memory ................................ L.b
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Anty .................................... Lb.b
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Mailshot Wordprocessor & Cards
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Pitfall |l................................ LJJ.
Ghostbusters ...................... LJJ.
Decathlon ........................... LJJ.
River Raid ...........................LJJ.
Hero ................................... LJJ.
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Battlecross (HBFG 005) ..... LJT.b
Mouseo (HBFG 007C) ........ LJT.b
Juno First (HBFG 002C) ..... LJT.b
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Rollerball ........................... LJ4.b
Hole in One ......................... LJ4.b
Step Up ...............................LJ4.b
Super Billiards ................... LJ4.b
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DK TRONICS
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Sanyo DR-202 Data Recorder
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Sanyo Lightpen ................... Lb.b
Sony JS-55 Joystick .......... LJ.b
Sony JS-75 Remote Joystick
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i ndi Oa!O|S and a mOni!O|
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SOl Ii ngOvOqhi ngOllOhOaply,
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(ROSOa|Oh and DOvOl OpmOn!)
gO!Ii ng Our p|OduO!S aS i nnO-
va!ivO and SOphi S!iOa!Od aS
pOSSibIO'.
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i nSpOOi al iS!OOnSumO|Ol OO!rO-
ni OShOpS,avOi di nganypOSSi-
bl OOOnlIiO!wi!hna!i Onal mul!i-
pIOSli kODixOnSandLaSky'S.
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p|OduO!S Ii nOd up lO| uS. T/
mOni!O|Si n!hOLOOwOpi pOIi nO
i nOIudO!hOI,2Iand27i nOh
T/mOni !O|S, aIl u!i Ii Si ng lIa!
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quaIi!y, di S!Odi On l|OO di S-
pIayS.LOOwOhaSn'! dOOidOdOn
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bu!VO|nOnOxpOO!SIhOm!OSOII
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bOOn having!hi SyOar- !hOy
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way O! DragOn, Or| O and !hO
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magazinO Oal lOd What MSX?
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DOdy'SmaOhi nO.
'Nigh on a mil lion
machines have been
sold In Japan in the
lat to years or so'
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gamD| O IhaI IhO| | IOOhnO| Ogy
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B|| Ia| n, whO|O IhO DOOm had
a| |OadygOnO Dang, IhO gO| ng
waS dO!| n| IOly a |OI IOughO|
This autumn sees the release of several 'enhanced' MSX mlcros
Including the Toshlba HX22 and the Spectravldeo X'Press
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wh| S!| OS. A! |IS hOa|liI`S 1|| Od
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maOh| nOS.
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hi -!| S, v| dOO |OOO|dO|S and
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MSX!O|IhO||hOmOOOmpuIO|S.
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!aOIu|O|S and IhO Ond uSO|S.
1hOy`|O p|O!Iy uSO!ul !O| SO!I-
wa|O OOmpani OS. l nS!Oad O!
havi ng IO w||!O d| !!O|OnI vO|-
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maOhi nOS | n IhO dK. 1hOSO
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MSX | nIhO wO||d -wiIh On| y
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wa|O OOmpan| OS !i nd IhOm-
SO|vOSw|!ha!|u|y| nIO|naIiOna|
ma|kOI - and mOSI O! !hO
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a| | nIhO dK havO DOOn happy
[andSu|p|iSOd)DyIhOquanI| Iy
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j uSIaDOuIOvO|yOOun!|ywhO|O
MSX OOmpuIO|S a|O On Sa| O.
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WO'vOa||OadySOOnIhaIMSX
haSn'I had an OaSyI| mO | n iIS
!| |S! yOa| i n B|iIa| n, DuI whaI
OxaO!|y haS DOOn gO| ng On?
MSX OOmpuIO|S havO a|||vOd
!|Om CanOn, GO|dSIa|, JVC,
M| ISuD| Sh| , NOIwO|k, FanaSO-
n| O, SanyO, SOny, SpOOI|a-
v| dOO, 1OSh| Da and Yamaha.
YOuOanaddFiOnOO|IOIhaI| | SI
!O| Ih| S auIumn, and OOm-
pani OS aS D| g aS Fh| | | pS and
Hi IaOh| a|O wa| !| ng | n IhO
w| ngS.
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a|O!a| || yO|d| na|y` , 4KmOm-
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muS| Oa| | nSI|umOnIS and h| -!|
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Si SIO|magazi nOMSX Comput
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gOOd aS SynIhOSiSO|S OOSI| ng
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whOwanIaOOmpuIO|, O|OOm-
puIO|Du!!S whOwanIa SynIh-
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p|Omi SO. Chuckie Egg and
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1hi SauIumn, IhO|O'Sa |OIO!
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maOhi nO w|Ih Dui | I-| n wO|d
p|OOOSSO| and HS232 OOm-
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!O|ay |n!O IhO dK OOmpu!O|
ma|kO!, haS an MSX maOh| nO
w|Ih!u| | vidOOOvO||ayOapaD| | -
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whaIOvO| yOur |Oqu| |OmOnIS,
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bOOOm|ng ava| | ab| O [and aI
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IiOS!OrSOr|OuSbuS| nOSSSO!I-
wa|O arO dramaIiOal | y | m-
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IO OnO O! IhO SIandard buS| -
nOSSOpO|aI|ngSySIOmS, CPlM,
wh|OhOpOnSIhOdOOrIO||IO|a| -
|yhund|OdS, i !nOIIhOuSandS,
O! `|Oa| ' buS|nOSS p|OgramS.
1hOSO ShOu|d SIarI IO appOar
IOwardS IhO Ond O! Ih| S yOar
and Ih|OughOuI l98. [Thi S
a|I|OlO waS w||IIOn On a di Sk
baSOd MSX wO|d prOOOSSi ng
p|Og|am!rOm HOl | and. )
'During early '86 we
should see the fi rst
of a 'new generation'
of MSX computers'
Du|ing Oa||y '8 wO ShOu| d
a|SObOg| nIO SOOIhO!| rSIO!a
'nOwgOnOraI|On' O! MSXOOm-
puIO|S, O|Oa||y dOSignOd w|Ih
Sma||buS|nOSSuSO|S | nm| nd,
buIa| SOOapablOO!SOmO!ai || y
SIunn| ngIhingS.
DubbOd MSX, buIpO|hapS
bOSI OallOd MSX Pl uS, IhOSO
OOmpuIO|S w|1 1 bO !u| | y OOm-
paI| b|O w|Ih OxiSI|ng
maOh|nOS, Oapab|OO!runni ng
a| | IhOir SO!IwarO, buI w|Ih
SOmO | nIOrOSIi ng addi Ii OnS.
1hOSOa|Oma| nl yIOdOwiIhIhO
graphiOS IhO maOh| nOS Oan
d|Splay-wh|Ohw| l l ||valSOmO
O!IhO'I|Ondy'maOh| nOS.lImay
bO pOSSib|O IO upg|adO Ox-
iSIing MSX maOhi nOS by a
plug-|nOarIr|dgO.
1hO mai n uSO IhaI Ihi S | m-
Nlk Kerhaw on Yamaha's CXSM combined computer and music synthesizer: 'For 600 lt's amazing!'
prOvOdg|aphi OSOapab| | iIyw| | |
bO puIIOi nIhOOa|| ydaySw| | l
bOIhOhandl| ngO!Tandv| dOO
i magOS, IhOugh prOIIy amaz-
| nggamOSw||bOpOSS| blOIOO.
l nIhOmOd| umIO|m | IO!!OrS
IhOpOSS| bi | |IyO!IhOSO-Oal | Od
Wl MP OnvirOnmOnI [w| ndOw
| OOn-mOuSO -SOrIO!O| OOI|O-
n| O dOSkIOp On SOrOOn) , and
SOmO way bOyOnd IhaI IhOrO
may OvOn bO l and 32 b| I
vOrS| OnSO!MSX, uSi ngp|OOOS-
SOrSmuOhmO|OpOwOr!u|Ihan
IhO 8-biI Z8U | nS| dO OurrOnI
maOh| nOS.
ByIhOnIhOrO'SavO|yd|SIi nOI
pOSS| bi | iIy IhaI MSX SIanda|d
OOmpuIO|Swi | l bOO|Oppi ngup
i nS| dO a1 1 SOrIS O! hOmO ap-
pl | anOOS - !rOm m| OrOwavO
OvOnS IO IOlOphOnOS, vidOO
|OOOrdOrS and h| -!| SySIOmS.
YOuIhOnhavOIhOprOSpOOIO!
a| | IhOSOIhi ngSIa| k| ngIOOaOh
OIhOrandOpOraI| ngundO|OOn-
Ira| OOnIrO| . YOu OOu| d, !O|
| nSIanOO, nOI|OOIhOSnOw!a| l -
| ngOuIS| dOyOu|O!!|OOw| ndOw,
andIhOnr| nghOmOIOIO| l yOur
OOnIra| hOaIing IO w| nd |ISO| !
upa!OwdOgrOOS.O|yOuOOul d
bO || ngi ng hOmO IO IOl | IhO
v| dOO rOOOrdOr IO rOOO|d Dal
lasty, and IhO mi OrOwavO IO
havO a SIOami ng p| aIO O!
l aSagnO |Oady whOn yOu gOI
baOk.
lI mi ghI SOund !ar!OIOhOd,
buI IhO pOSS| bi | iIy | S a| |Oady
bO| ng rOal | SOd | nSOmOa|OaS,
and i ! |I'S OvOr IO bOOOmO a
OOmmOrOi al |Oa| |Iy, | I wi | | bO
MSXIhaI'SaIIhOhOarIO!| Ial | .
Buyi ng an MSX OOmpuIO|
nOw| SnOIuSI |OOOgni Si ngIhaI
yOu`|OgOII| ngva| uO!OrmOnOy
w|IhaIr|OdandIOSIOdSySIOm,
iI'Sal SOgOIIi ngyOu|SO|!rOady
!Or IhO hOmO O! IhO !uIu|O
whOrOOOmpuIOrShavO
rOaluSOS.
MSX SPECI FICATION
Tho hoad of mA l8 It8
8pocIfIcatIoh, Whlch you'lI
fIhd II8tod boIoW. It'8 Wodh
polhtIhg out that thl8 l8 a
mIhlmum 8pocIfIcatIoh. AII
mA machIho8 moot thl8
8poc,butmo8tgoboyohdltlh
8lghIfIcaht afoa8 olthof
oXtfa momoQ, ofoXtfa buIlt-
Ihpfogfam8tofago(HUm,a8
oppo8od to HAm, of reud-
onl memoQ a8 oppo8od to
rundomucce99memoQ.
lof oXampIo, aII tho UK
mA machIho8 haVo a mIhI
mumofdZKofHAm,Whofoa8
tho 8poc ohIy a8K8 fof BK.
Uthof machIho8, IIKo tho
ohy of tho hoW To8hIba,
haVo oXtfa pfogfam8 buIltIh
Ih To8hIba'8 ca8o a hINy
IlttIo Wofd pfoco88of. PIoh
oof'8 machIho ha8 ah oX-
tohdod AlC, caIIod P-
WIC,WhIchaIIoW8thou8of
to cohtfoI tho machIho'8
VIdoo capabIIItIo8 ffom
WICpfogfam8.
CohtfaI pfoco88of! Zi | Og
Z8UA OrOqu|va| OnI, wOrk| ng
aI a ' Ol OOk SpOOd' O!
3. 7P4MHz.
momoQ! 32K MSX SySIOm
SO!!wa|O [ | nO| udOS BASlC) i n
ROM, 8K RAM. BOIh OxIOnd-
ab| O-RAMupIO 4x4K[ i n
'pagOS`) .
VIdoo dI8pIay pfoco88of!
TOxaS l nSIrumOnIS PP2PAO|
Oqu|va| OnI.
DI8play modo8! Hi gh |OSOl u-
I| On -2xlP2p| xOl S. 1OxI
4UOharaOIO|Si n24| | nOS. l
OOl Ou|S max| mum. 32 prOg-
|ammab| OSp|i IOS.
ouhdgohofatof:GOnOrall n-
SIrumOnIS AY-3-8PlU gi vOS
Ih|OO i ndOpOndOnI OhannOl S
and8OOIavO|angO. COnI|Ol | -
ab| O!rOmBASlC[MuS| OMaO
rO LanguagO) .
Ca88otto Ihtodaco. ||OquOn-
OySh| !IkOyingmOdul aI| OnaI
l2UUO|24UUbaud [b|ISpO|
SOOOnd) .
Chafactof 8ot8. A| pha-
numO|i O, Lu|OpOan, g|aph| O.
Koyboafd. 73kOySm| n| mum
Lpah8Ioh8Iot8! Mi n| mumO!
OnOOarIr|dgOpOrIandOxpan-
S| OnbuS.
Joy8tIcK!M| ni mumOnOSOOk-
OI, 'AIari ' OOmpaI| b| O [a| | UK
maOhi nOShavOIwO) .
y8tomcIocK.baIIO|ybaOkOd
CMOS.
CommuhIcatIoh8 Ihtodaco.
RS232. Onl y IhO TOShiba
HX-22 and SpOOIrav| dOO
X' PrOSS havO Ihi S !|IIOd On-
bOa|daIIhOmOmOnI, IhOugh
RS232 OarIr|dgOS a|O ava| |
abl O.
PfIhtofIhtodaco: COnI|OniOS
pa|a| l O| pOrI - OnO O! IhO
i nduSIrySIanda|dS.
PfogfammabIopofIphofaIIh-
todaco (PPI]. |nIO| i -82.
Th| S Oh| p OOnI|O| S IhO i npuI
andOuIpuIIOOaSSOIIOrOOOr-
dO|S and di Sk dri vOS - IhO
wayIhOmaOh| nOIalkSIOIhO
wO|l d.
Jd
You have to tal k to your computer i n its
own lan ua e. But micros speak more
than one ton ue, explai ns Tim Markes
t WIllhothaVoo8capodyouf
hotlcothatmAcomputof8
haVo WlC lhcludod lhtho
pacKago. lfyou afo folatlVoly
hoW to computof8, you mlght
ju8t a8K youf8olf a couplo of
poNlhoht quo8tloh8. What l8
thI8 WlC thlhgahdWhy do l
hoodlt?
WOl | l O!'S!aOOi!,manyhOmO
OOmpu!Or uSOrS dO nO! nOOd
BASl C and may nOvOr uSO i!.
ThOSOarOpun!OrSwhOSOSOl O
OOmpu!Or aO!ivi!y OOnSi S!S O!
|Oadi ngandrunni ng,!rOm!apO
Or d| Sk, SO!!warO whi Oh haS
DOOnwr|!!OnDySOmOOnOO| SO.
|Or many MSX OwnOrS,
!hOugh,!hO!Omp!a!iOn!O'0rO
a!O an | n!O| l i gOn! maOhi nO'
!hOmSO|vOS prOvOS irrOS|S!i-
Dl O. TOaOhi OvO!hiS,wOnOOd!O
gO! a SOquOnOO O! l Ogi Oal
i nS!ruO!iOnS (a prOgram| ) i n!O
!hOOOmpu!Or.WOmuS!!Ol l Our
mi OrO aDOu!!h| SprOgram | na
| anguagO whi Oh | ! wi l l undOr-
S!and.ThOprOOOSSwi|DO|OSS
pa| n!ul i !wO Oan alSO undOr-
S!and!hOlanguagOqui Okl yand
OaS| |yOurSOlvOS.
ThO MSXOOmpu!Ori SDaSOd
On !hO Z8U mi OrOprOOOSSOr,
OnOO!!hOmOS!pOpul arOh| pS
!Or8Di!hOmOOOmpu!OrS.ThO
S| nO| ai r SpOO!rum, and !hO
AmS!rad arO a| SO dOS|gnOd
arOund!hOZ8U,!OrOxampl O.
ThO !ypO O! prOOOSSOr i S
| mpOr!an!.SOmOprOgramSarO
24
i nOv|!aDl y!| mOOrSpaOOOr| !| Oa|
-!aS!mOvinggraphiOS, OOm-
mun| Oa!iOnS,OvOnM|Dl muSi O
SOquOnOOrSarO!ypiOa| .
|Or O!!| Oi OnOy, !hOSO prOg-
ramS [Or !hO kOy rOu!inOS, a!
| OaS!)muS!DOi nmaOh| nOOOdO
- whi Oh i S SpOOi!| O !O !hO
prOOOSSOrandnO!!hOOaS| OS!
l anguagO!OgraSp!OraDOgin-
nOr. |Ora Ol OarOxplana!| OnO!
maOhi nOOOdOand!hO ma!Oh-
| ng assembly language, SOO
!hO SOriOS i n MSX Computing
Dy Adam DOnni ng !rOm !hO
|ODruary'8iSSuO.
FrOgramm| ng | n maOh| nO
OOdO i nvOlvOS an undOrS!and-
i ngO!S!rangO!hi ngS | | kODi !S,
Dy!OS, (nyDD| OSwOu| dyOu DO-
l i OvO) , rOg|S!OrS, Di nary, hOx-
adOOi mal , S!aOkS,!lagS,pari!yl
OvOr|Ow and an aw!u| |O! O!
numDOrS.l npraO!|OOyOuwOu| d
uSOanaSSOmD| Orwh| Ohal | OwS
yOu!OOmpl OyShOna| phaDO!iO
mnOmOni OSandl aDO| Si nS!Oad
O! mOani nglOSS hOxadOOi mal
numDOrS.
DiSaSSOmDl OrS |OOk a!
'For many MSX owners
the temptation to
create an Intell igent
machine themselves
proves i rresistible'
maOh| nOOOdOand!ranSl a!O i!
DaOk i n!O aSSOmD|y | anguagO
-uSO!ul !Ori nvOS!iga!| ng!hO
OOn!On!SO!prOgrammOdOhi pS
(ROMS) lOga| l y Or O!hOrw|SO.
Kuma and Hi SO!! DO!h markO!
aSSOmD| Or and di SaSSOmD| Or
paOkagOS!OrMSX. l !yOuwan!
!O prOgram i na mOrO !riOnd| y
l anguagOwi!hOu!ShOul dOri ng
!hi SDurdOn,hOwOvOr,rOadOnl
BOg| nnOrSAl | -purpOSO Sym-
DO| i Ol nS!ruO!iOnCOdO (BASlC)
i SyOurSaviOur.TOgivOyOu an
i mmOdi a!O !|avOur O!!hO | an-
guagO, i !OOn!ai nS manySuOh
!ri Ond| yBASl CkOywOrdSaS.
lNPUT,PHlNT, HLD, DATA
LvOn i!S dOOi Si On maki ng | n-
S!ruO!iOnS arO OaSy !O undOr
S!and -!OrOxamp| O.
l l NJ>NZ THLN GUTU Jb
LLLPHlNTNZ
JuS!aSCOBOL(COmmOnBuSi -
nOSS OriOn!a!Od LanguagO,
l99) rOma| nS !hO S!andard
prOgramm| ng | anguagO !Or
l argOmai n!ramOOOmpu!OrSi n
!hODuSi nOSSwOrld,SOBAS|Ci S
nOw !hO mOS! OOmmOn| y
O!!OrOdanduSOdprOgramm| ng
l anguagO!Ormi OrOS.
MSX m| OrOS arO Suppl | Od
w| !h a BASlC i n!OrprO!Or pOr-
manOn!ly rOSidOn! i n ROM
(ROadOnl yMOmOry) .WhOnOv-

G
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Or!hOOOmpu!Ori SSwi!OhOdOn,
!hOrO!OrO, |! | S | mmOdia!Oly
rOady !O i n!OrprO! any BASl C
prOgrammi ng i nS!ruO!|OnSyOu
!ypO i n. YOurS!a!OmOn!SmuS!
DO O| Oar and unamDi guOuS i !
yOu OxpOO! !O DO undOrS!OOd
andyOu wi | | !i nd!ha!a 'gram-
ma!i Oa| ' mi S!akO iS aDrup!|y
rOjOO!Od aS a Syntax error.
Any!hi ng mOrO pO| i!O and i n-
!Orma!|vO!han!hiSwOul d!akO
up mOrO mOmOry SpaOO and
l OavO yOu |OSS rOOm !Or yOur
Own (OrDOugh!-i n) prOgramS.
ThO pOpu| arm| OrOS arO nO!
al | DaSOdOn!hOSamOm| OrOp-
rOOOSSOr,Du!!hOydOSharO!h| S
OOmmOn BASlC prOgramm| ng
| anguagO.DOOS!h| SmOan!ha!
any prOgram wr|!!On i n BASl C
wi l | run w|!hOu! al!Ora!i On On
any m| OrO wh| Oh i nO| udOS a
BAS|C i n!OrprO!Or?WOl l un!Or-
!una!Oly nO!,aSyOumi gh!havO
guOSSOd.
LaOh manu!aO!urOr haS i!S
Own di a| OO! O! BASl C. Wi!h a
vO|y pOwOdul 'OOmpu!Or' Si!-
!ingOn OurShOu| dOrS, i!i SnO!
di!!iOu|!!OruShumanS, wi!ha
| i!!|O OxpOriOnOO, !O undOr-
S!and any O! !hOSO BASlC
dia|OO!S [SpOO!rum, AmS!rad,
MSX O!O) . ThO humbl O mi OrO
prOOOSSOr, On!hO O!hOrhand,
Oan Only undOrS!and !hO di -
alOO!O!BASl COxpOO!Od by i!S
BASlC i n!OrprO!Or rOSidOn! i n
i!SROM.
ThO uni quO advan!agO O!
MSX BAS|CiS!ha!,!Or!hO!i rS!
!imO, a numbOr O! di !!OrOn!
manu!aO!urOrS [SOny, JVC,
1OShibaO!al )and!hOOwnOrO!
!hOOOpyrigh![Mi OrOSO!!) havO
agrOOdadi a| OO!O!BAS|C!ObO
iSSuOd On al | O! !hO manu!aO-
'ou could tr
swapping computers
for a week and make
up your own mind
about MSX BASIC'
!urOrS'MSXmaOhi nOS.
Thi S mOanS !ha! an MSX
BAS|C[OrmaOhi nOOOdO)prOg-
ramwi1 1 runOnanMSXOOmpu-
!OrO!anymanu!aO!urO,whOrO-
aS Si nOl ai r SpOO!rum OwnOrS
OannO! run !hOi r [Z8O baSOd)
BASl C Or maOhi nO OOdO prOg-
ramS On a [Z8O baSOd) Am
S!rad!
BAS|C i nwha!OvOrdi al OO!i S
nOvOr!hOl OSSauni vOrSalmi OrO
l anguagO whi Oh bri ngS OOn
Si dOrabl O bOnO!i!S. An i dOa|
i n!rOduO!iOn i S !hO SOriOS i n
MSX Computing [baOk iSSuOS
avai l abl O) ,bu!yOuOanal SOgO!
alO!O!i n!OrOS!andi dOaS!rOm
rOadi ng bOOkS whi Oh SuppOr!
OOmpu!OrS O!hOr !han MSX.
LOOk Ou! al SO !Or ar!i Ol OS Or
magazi nOSOriOSwhi OhSpOOi!i
Oal l y dOal wi!h !hO [ mi nOr)
BASlC OOnvOrSi On prOblOmS
bO!wOOnmaOhi nOS.
YOuOOul d!|ySwappi ngOOm-
pu!OrSwi!ha!ri Ond!OrawOOk
and makO up yOur Own mi nd
abOu! hOw MSX BASlC OOm-
parOSwi!hO!hOrvOrSi OnS.
l !yOu wan!!O upgradO !O a
mOrO pOwOr!ul and SOhiS!i
Oa!OdmaOhi nO-pOrhapS!Ora
Smal | buSi nOSS, !hO OddS arO
!ha! i! wi1 1 bO Supp| iOd wi!h
BASlC - a !aOili!y yOu wi1 1
rOOOgni SOi mmOdi a!Ol y.
l !wOul dbOgrOa!!O Say!ha!
MSX BASl C i S!hO bOS! O! !hO
variOuSvOrSi OnSuSOdOnpOpu
l armi OrOS - bu!wOwOn'! bO
!Omp!Od! |!'SnO!OaSy!OmakO
a Si mpl O judgOmOn! O! !ha!
ki ndwhOni !OOmOS!OBASl C-
and many O!hOr OOmpu!ing
Op!iOnS !Or !ha! ma!!Or. 1hO
mai n rOaSOn iS !ha! OvOry
!aOili!y haS a OOS!, !rOquOn!ly
!hiSi Si n!OrmSO!SpaOOOr!i mO
[ra!hOr!hanmOnOy) .
BBC BAS|C haS |Ong bOOn
rOgardOdaS!hOmOS!OOmprO
hOnSivO BAS|C On !hO hOmO
OOmpu!Or markO! !Oday. YO!
!hO MSX i mpl OmOn!a!i On,
whi l O vOry di !!OrOn!, haS
a!!raO!Od Oqual | y ardOn! Sup
pOr!OrS. LaOh haS di !!OrOn!
S!rOng!hS,and!Or!hOavOragO
hOmO`uSOrMSXBAS|C iSprOb-
Jb

.
ably SupOriOr bOOauSO O! i!S
S!rOng SOund and graphi OS
OOmmandS. A!!hOO!hOrOndO!
!hOSOa|O, !hO COmmOdOrO4
vOrSiOn OOul d pOrhapS bO dO-
SOribOd aS MOLnrOO BASlC -
unOi vi | iSOd and a pai n i n !hO
baOkSidO?
BO!h !hO BBC and !hO Am-
S!rad pOrmi! | Ong namOS !Or
variab|OS (mOmOry lOOa!iOnS) ,
whiOhmakOprOgramSOaSi Or!O
undOrS!andOn!i rS!rOadi ng.
On !hO O!hOr hand, mu| !i-
OharaO!OrnamOSuSO upmOrO
valuablO mOmOry SpaOO and
!akO mOrO !i mO !O !ypO. MOS!
prOgrammOrSwOu| di npraO!iOO
uSO!hO| OngnamO!aOi l i!yOn| y

rarO|y and !hO !wO OharaO!Or

variO!y uSOd On MSX iS qui!O
Su!!iOiOn!. YOu Oan uSO | Ong
namOS wi!h MSX BASlC, bu!
Onl y !hO!i rS!!wOOharaO!OrSarO
!rOa!OdaSbOi ngSi gni !i Oan!.
BBC BASl C a| OnO i mpl O-
mOn!SprOOOdurOS,whi OhpOSi-
!ivO|y OnOOuragO wO| | S!ruO-
!urOd prOgramS. HOwOvOr, yOu
Oan OOr!ai nl yaOhi OvO !hiS uS-
i ng !hO Si mpl O GOSUB (Sub-
rOu!inO) SyS!Om uSOd On !hO
MSXandmOS!O!hOrmi OrOS.
MSXmi OrOSa| SOhavOOxOO|-
lOn! BASl C Odi !i ng !aOi l i!iOS
and

many hO| p!u| !riOkS | i kO

au!Oma!iO and rOviSOd li nO
numbOring whi Oh arO nO! al -
wayS avai | ab| O. Graphi OS and
SOund handl i ng (arOaS whOrO
yOu wi l | !i nd !hO mOS! divOrg-
OnOO bO!wOOn di !!OrOn! nOn-
MSX manu!aO!urOrS) arO al SO
wOl | SuppOr!Od.WhOwOul dnO!
bO rOaSSurOd !O SOO !hO
kOywOrdS SCRLLN, COLOR,
0RAW, Ll NL, ClRCLL, FLAY i n
!hOirmanual ?
'MSX micros also have
excellent BASIC
editing facilities
and many helpful
tricks available'
Bu!al | !hiS!a| kabOu!BASlC
ObSOurOSOnOi mpOr!an!!aO!-
OOmpu!OrSarOOSSOn!ia| | yda!a
OrunOhOrS, and dOn'! rOal | y
mi nd wha! | anguagO !hOy'rO
SpOaking. And O!hOr | an-
guagOSarOavai l ab| O.
By!hi S!i mOyOu'rO prObably
aSking hOw BASl C OOmparOS
wi!h O!hOr l anguagOS and arO
!hOyavai l abl OOnMSX?l n!aO!,
OOmparOd wi!h !hO O!hOrS,
BASl C i Squi!O yOu!h!u| -!hO
!i rS! i mpl OmOn!a!iOn bOi ng i n
Jb

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+
l9 (Kur!z and KOrOny) .
BASl C waS a muOh Si mp| i!iOd
and ang| i OiSOd vOrSiOn O!!hO
!i rS!maOrhigh |OvOl maOhi nO
i ndOpOndOn! l anguagO |OR-
TRAN (|ORmu| a TRANSla!Or)
dOvOlOpOd i n !hO |a!O US
mai nl y !Or SOiOn!i!iO and On-
gi nOOri ngapp| iOa!iOnS.
A!!OrmanyrO!i nOmOn!S, Bi | |
Ga!OS and Fau| A| l an wrO!O a
BASl C !Or !hO !i rS! mi OrO, !hO
MlTSA|!ai r (baSOdOn!hO |n!Ol
8U8U) i n!hOmi d-7US. Thi S|Od
!OMi OrOSO!!and!hOMi OrOSO!!
OOrpOra!iOnhOadOdby!hOS!i1 1
yOu!h!ul MrGa!OS.
|ORTRAN rOqui rOS muOh
mOrO mOmOry SpaOO !han
BASlC - !ypi Oal | y 4K RAM
pl uS !wO !|Oppydi Sk drivOS
!OOmuOh!Or!hOavOragOmi OrO
OOn!igura!i On. AnO!hOr maOr
di !!OrOnOO iS !ha!, whOrOaS a
OOmplO!O |ORTRAN prOgram
muS! bO OOmpi lOd i n!O
maOhi nO | anguagO bO!OrO i!
Oan bO run, BASlC i S i n!Or-
prO!Od l i nO by l i nO. ThO | a!!Or
| OadS !O Si mpl O 'i n!OraO!ivO'
prOgrammi ng and,uS! aS i m-
f
pOr!an!, !aS! dObuggi ng (OOr-
rOO!i ng!au| !S) .
FASCALwaSdOrivOdbyNi kO-
| auS Wi r!h (l97U) !rOm !hO
hi OrarOhi Oa| l y S!ruO!urOd
ALGOLU (l9U) and namOd
a!!Or !hO |rOnOh ma!hOma!i-
Oi an B| aiSO FaSOa| . l! iS a
prOOOdurO Ori On!a!Od | an-
guagO whi Oh SuppOr!S wO| l
dOSignOd, OarO!u| | yS!ruO!urOd
prOgrammi ng.
Go forh
A!OnO!i mOFASCALSOOmOd
dOS!inOd !O bO !hO !avOuri!O
mi OrOOOmpu!Or l anguagO O!
!hO Oi gh!iOS, bu! !hi S SOOmS
mOrOdOub!!u| nOw. ThOrO arO
vOrSiOnS avai l abl O!OrmOS!O!
!hO l Oadi ng mi OrOS i nOl udi ng
buSi nOSSmaOhi nOS.HiSO!!haS
prOduOOd FASCAL !Or MSX a!
29. 9.
|ORTHwaSOrigi nal | ywri!!On
(Char|OS MOOrO - l9U) !O
OOn!rO| an ObSOrva!Ory. l !i Sa
vO|y i ndi vi dua| | anguagO ( i n
OvOryway)andi!S!anSarOvO|y
On!huSi aS!i O! HOrO !hOrO arO
On| ya Smal | numbOrO!prOdO-
!i nOd kOywOrdS - knOwn aS
primitives. YOu makO up !hO
rOS! O! !hO | anguagO aS yOu
prOgram (nO ki ddi ng) i n!OrmS
O!!hOSOpri mi!ivOS.
|ORTH OanbOuSOd i n!OraO-
!ivO|y | i kO BASlC (un| i kO FAS-
CAL) and!hO rOSu| !i ngOOdO i S
rOpu!Od|y !aS! OnOugh !O bO
Sui !ab| O!OrarOadOgamOS.
'Computers are
essentially data
crunchers and don't
mind what language
they're speaki ng'
UndOrS!andi ng SOmOOnO
OlSO'S prOgram (Or OvOn yOur
Own) , hOwOvOr,OanbOamaOr
prOb| Om. Agai n!hOrO arO vOr-
Si OnSO!|ORTH!OrmOS!mi OrOS
i nOl udi ng Z8U baSOd mOdOlS
and Kuma |ORTH iS avai | ab| O
!OrMSXnOw.
FOrhapS !hO OaSi OS! | an-
guagOnamO!OrOmOmbOri SC,
dOvOlOpOd (i n l978) a! BO| l
LabOra!OriOS!Owri!O!hO UNl X
OpOra!ingSyS!Om. Ca1 1 OwS!hO
prOgrammOr O| OSO aOOOSS !O
!hOhardwarO!Oa!urOS,bu!haS
hi gh-lOvOl Ol OmOn!S -and i S
pO|!abl ObO!wOOnmaOhi nOS.l !
haS !ana!iOa| SuppOr! (Or
OppOSi!iOn)andiSmai nl yuSOd
!Orwri!ingO!hOrSyS!OmSSO!!-
warO (OOmpi l OrSlOpOra!ing
SyS!OmS) . A vOrSi On O! C !Or
MSXiSduOOu!!rOmHi SO!!|a!Or
i n!hOyOar.
LOGO (l9U SOymOur
FapOd a! MlT) i S mOS! wO| |
knOwn !Or !u|!lO graphi OSand
!hOOduOa!iOn!iOl d. MOS!rOpu-
!ab| Oi mp| OmOn!a!iOnSShOu| d
al SO i nO| udO list processing
i nSpi rOd by LlSF (l98 -
MOCa|!hy) .
ThOprOOOSSO!di rOO!ing!hO
prOgrOSS (NOdh SOu!h LaS!
WOS! O!O) by prOgram O! an
i magi nary !ur!lO, wi!h i!S pOn
(!ai l ?) On Or O!! !hO SOrOOn,
hO| pS!hO' Ohi | d-OOn!rOd | Oarn-
i ng'O!gOOmO!|y,ma!hS-and
OOmpu!OrprOgrammi ng.
AdvOOa!OS O! LOGO i n
SOhOO|S, SuOh aS BOriS Al | an,
arO OurrOn!|y argui ng i!S rO|a-
!ivOmOri!Swi!hCOMALSuppOr-
!OrS. Bu! LOGO undOub!Od| y
haSbO!h a di S!i ngui ShOd paS!
anda!i rm!u!urO.Awi dOvari O!y
O! i mp| OmOn!a!iOnS arO avai | -
ab| OOOvOri ngmOS!mi OrOSand
a LOGO!OrMSXiSmark
O!OdbyKuma.
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Pioneer's CPU has an abundance of Interaces
The CPU features a red reset and video/audio switches
Create and animate graphics with Pioneer's I90VIdeo Ar Tablet
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ra!O!rOmIhOma| nun| IyOuOan
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IhO kOybOa|d al IOgOIhO| and
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di |OOI|yi nIOIhOCPUun| I.
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prOIOO!Od i n a b| aOk mOIa|
OaS| ng and | S | |!IOrOd w|!h
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du|i ngprO| OngOduSO.
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panO| , IhO|O'SanabundanOOO!
!aO| | |I|OS.1hOrOarOi n!O|!aOOS
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pO|I w| Ih a pu| | -O!! prOIOO!|vO
OOvOr and a para| | O| pr| nIO|
OOnnOOIOr.
'The PX 7 is just a
nucleus . it is up
to you to expand
the system
to meet your own
requirements'
ThO baSO un| IaSa whO|O | S
madO O!a bl aOkmO!al OaSi ng
buI !hO !rOn! and rOar panO| S
a|OO!b| aOkpl aSIiOw|!haS| |vO|
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Oan OaS| | y bO | nSIa| | Od | n an
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d| SOp| ayO|.
L| kO IhO kOybOa|d IhO baSO
un| I | S wO| | dOS|gnOd w|Ih a
h| gh-IOOh !| n| Sh | OOk| ng rO-
markab| y l| kO anaudi Oamp|| -
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O! IhO jOyS!|Ok pOr!S i n OaSy
rOaOhOnIhO!rOnI - |I'Sa p| Iy
OIhOrmanu!aOIurOrS dOn'!pu!
IhO| r pO|IS | n SuOh a SOnS| b| O
pOS| I| On.
Surpr| S| ngl y, !hO PX-7 | SnO!
a 4KmaOh| nO. l I haS32KRAM
VCR
TV set
RGBpack
Comonent display umt
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Colour monitor V1deo camera
Laser di scplayers
VCR
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Datarecorder
Hi-fi
Pri nter
Headphones
Koard
Di sc driv
R cartndge
Jsticks
R cartndge
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a| armOd -whOn yOu'|O uS| ng
BASlC!hOPX-7SI|1 1 haS28KO!
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nOI|OO IhO | aOk O! mOmO|y | S
whOn yOu !ry!O wr|IO OruSO a
maOh| nO OOdO prOgram IhaI'S
mOrOIhan32K, OIhO|!hanIha!
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OxIOndS |IS !aO| l |IiOS and p|O-
v| dOS mOrO pOwOrSO IhaI yOu
Oan OOnIrO| IhO PX-7'S SupO|-
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SIOrOOOOnIrOl!unO!| OnS.
l n O|dO| IO uSO P-BASl C a1 1
yOu havO !O dO | Swa| I!O| !hO
SOrOOn IO appOarw|!h !hOIwO
Op!| OnS, MSX BASl C and P-
BASl C, andSO| OO!IhOOnOyOu
rOqu| rO. And IO uSO !hO Ox-
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juSIS| mply p| aOO!hO kOywO|d
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bOuSOd.Al | Ihi S| SOxp| a| nOd| n
IhO manua| and yOu ShOul d
havOl | !!| Od| !!i Ou|Iy.
O! OOu|SO P-BASl C |Sn'I
gO| ng !O bO O! muOh uSO | !
yOu'rO uSI gO| ng !O uSO IhO
PX-7 !O| p| ay| ng gamOS and
w||I| ngSIanda|dprOg|amS.
P| OnOO|'S nOw baby | S a
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!u| | pOIOnIi al O!IhOmaOh| nO|S
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pOIOnI|a| !Or bOIh | nIOraOIivO
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NOIOn| ydOIhOyO!!O||Oa||S-
I| O vidOO | magOS and aud| O
|Op|OduOIi On, buI IhO aOIual
di SOS arO Oapab| O O! S!O|| ng
vaSI amOunIS O! i n!O|ma!|On
and prOv| d| ng qu| Ok |andOm
aOOOSSIOanypa|I.
l n Japan, |aSOr d| SOS a|O
a| rOady a bi g h|! | n hOmO
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!|OOzO, SlOw dOwn, |OvO|SO O|
Oa| | upapa|l| Ou| a|!ramOa| l via
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IhO graph| OS IhaI yOu'vO c|O-

PBIC
Sophisticated add-ons
Stylish design
Separate keyboard
a!Od yOu Oan SupOri mpOSO
lhOm OvOr a SOquOnOO O!
!ramOS!rOm!hOd| SOOryOuOan
SupOri mpOSOyOurOwn!i!lOSOn
!hOSOrOOn.
00IO|!una!Oly laSOr d| SO
SO!!warO haSn'! arrivOd hOrO
yO!. Bu! yOu Oan havOj uS! aS
muOh Iun w|!h a graphiOS
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!hO V|dOO Ar! TaDlO!. l ! OOS!S
UU, and OOmOS w|!h Oar-
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wi!h!hOPX-7andhadgrOa!!un
OtpOr|mOn!|ngw|!h i!.ThOdO-
v|OOOOnSiS!SOIa!|a!padanda
!OuOh pOn. l n IaO!, |!'S vOry
S|mi|ar !O Bri!|Sh M| OrO'S
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Animation
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pOr|phOra| . l!prOv| dOSyOuw|!h
a| | !hO S!andard p| O!urO draw-
|0g!aOi | i!|OSwO'rOuSOd!O!rOm
dOv|OOSl | kO!hOSOny| i gh!pOn.
ThOSO |nOludO S!raigh! | i nOS,
O|rO|OS, OraSO, OhangO OOl Our
a0d OhangO DaOkgrOund OO| -
Our. AndyOu OanIi | | aShapOi na
d|!IOrOn! OOlOur - a IaOi l |!y
!ha!S nO! | nO| udOd wi!h !hO
| | gh!pOn.
1hO whO|O prOduO! i S vOry
S|mp|O!OuSO.YOuuS! p| Ok Ou!
!hO OO|OurS and ShapOS yOu
rOqu| rOOn!hOpadanddraw.
1hOrO iS a|SO an ani ma!i On
mOdO. Th|S a| |OwS yOu !O dO-
SOr|bObymOving!hOpOnOn!hO
graph|OS!ablO!!hO way yOu'd
| i kO !hO graphiOS yOu'vO juS!
OrOa!Od !O mOvO arOund !hO
SOrOO0 . YOu Oan makO a !OS!
ru0!O makOSurO!ha!|!'SOkay,
!hO0SavOOrSupOri mpOSO|!On
|aSOrdiSODaSOdIOO!agO.
Amat| mumOIOigh!Spr|!OS
Oa0 bO an| ma!Od | n !h| S way.
WO drOw Du!!O|!| iOS and dOgS
and had grOa! !un wa!Oh| ng
!hOm!| u!!Or andhOpaOrOSS!hO
DISLI KES
Limitations of 32K
Price

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Laser or video discs hold great potential for Interactive enterainment. This unit will cost you around I00
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AS anOrdi nary MSXOOmpu-
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andi SdOI| n| !O| ymuOhmOrOup

markO!!hanaGO| dS!ar,SanyO
OrSOny,bu!!hOn|!'Sa| mOda!a
di !!OrOn! markO!. JuS! aS !hO
Yamaha i Sa| mOd pri mari l ya!
!hO Duddi ng muS| Oi an, !hO
Fi OnOOr i S ai mOd !i rS! and
!OrOmOS! a! !hO OOnSumOr
whOSOmai n| n!OrOS!iS| nhOmO
On!O|!a| nmOn!, pa|!i Oul arl y
vidOO. YOu dOn'! havO !O DO a
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MSX OOnOOp! prOud. NO! On| y
haSi !prOduOOd a hi gh qua| i!y
m| OrO Du! a rangO O! Oqual | y
SOphi S!| Oa!Od aOOOSSOr|OS
!ha!addup!Oa!ul l y| n!Ogra!Od
On!OCa| nmOn!SyS!Om.
WOrOOa| | !ha!,a!!hO| aunOh
OIMSX, mOS!O!!hO manuIaO-
!urOrS O| a| mOd !ha! !hOy wOrO
wOrking !OwardS SuOh a SyS-
!Om. Bu!!O da!O On| yF| OnOOr
haS madO !hOSO O| a| mS a
rOal |!y. l! rOmai nS !O DO SOOn
whO!hOr !hO rOS! w| l | !Ol l Ow
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Verdict
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PA-7 oafly Ih optombof 8o If
you'foohthoVofgoofbuyIhgah
mAtaKo a tIpffom u8hIp
doWh to youf locaI doalofahd
taKoagoodIooK.
AtzdItl8h'tchoap,padI-
culafIyWhohmahyofthoothof
mA modoI8 afo boIhg 8old
WIth 8ub8tahtIal pfIco foduc-
tIoh8.
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l8Ihaloaguooflt8oWh.Thofo
l8 ho othof machIho cuffohtIy
oh tho mafKot to match It8
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about,ahdItha8booh
WolIWodhthoWaIt.
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MEMORY
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VIDEO RAM 1A
KEYBOARD
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COLOURS
SPRITES
OUTPUT
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OUTPUTS |0I6|0|S6K6|S
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H600006S(SI6|60)
L|060uIuI[SI6|60)
1DY/1K0
INTERFACES
JOYSTICKS
CARTRIDGE
PORTS
PRINTER
CASSETE
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DIMENSIONS
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business or video mes,
MSX has the answer
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andOnO!ha!'SOaSi O| !OanSwOr
wi!hMSXmi OrOS!hananyO!hOr
SyS!Om. Tha!'S DOOauSO MSX
OOmpu!OrS dOn'! uS! Si!!hOrO
andhum, nOrdO!hOyjuS!p| ay
SupOrD gamOS (al!hOugh !hOy
OandO!ha!,O!OOurSO) .
L| SOwhOrO i n!hi S iSSuOyOu
Oan rOad aDOu!pl anS !Or MSX
mi OrOS !O OOn!rOl mi OrOwavO
OvOnSandOOn!ra|hOa!i ngSyS-
!OmS. Bu! OvOn !hOugh !hOSO
app| iOa!iOnSarOS!i1 1 SOmOway
O!!, !hOrO arO p| On!y O!uSO!ul
!hi ngS yOu Oan dO wi!h yOur
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SOmO O! !hO hardwarO and
SO!!wa|O paOkagOS !ha! Oan
!urnyOurmi O|O i n!Oa muSi Oal
i nS!rumOn!, ar!iS!'S OanvaS Or
DuSi nOSS!OO| .
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arOa, DOOauSO !ha! i S,
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pOrhapS, O! i n!O|OS! !O mOS!
pOOpl O. A| mOS! OvO|yOnO Oan
makOuSOO!awO|dprOOOSSOr,
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dOOOn!DuSi nOSSSO!!warOhaS
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O! di Sk drivOS. A! !hO !i mO O!
wri!ing, Only OnO drivO, !hO
SOny, i S !rOOly avai l aDl O, and
!ha!'Sa!ara!hOrhi ghpri OO.
BuSi nOSS prOgramS, Or !hO
!i |OS!hOyuSO, rOa| lynOOd!ODO
Ondi Sk, aSyOu'rOO!!On Swap-
pi ng DO!wOOn !i |OS and prOg-
ramS. OnO OOmpany, COm-
pu!Orma!OS, haS SO|vOd !hi S
prOD| Om Dy pu!!i ng al | O! i!S
prOgramSOnOaCridgO.
OnO O! !hO advan!agOS O!
!hi S i S !ha! !hO prOgramS run
i nS!an!ly. |Or!hO!i | OS, hOwOv-
Or, DO!hdi SkSOrOaSSO!!OSOan
DOuSOddOpOndi ngOnwha!yOu
havOa!!hO!i mO(yOuOanOvOn
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panymakOSa wi dO
|angO O! SOnSi D| O SO!!warO,
wi!hal l !hO!i!lOSDui l !arOunda
OOmmOn !O|ma!. SO i ! yOu'vO
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O!hO|S.
COmpu!O|ma!OS haS a| SO
adOp!Od a ki nd O! mOdu| ar
apprOaOh !O i!S SO!!warO,
whO|O prOgramS, avai | aD| O
SOpara!Ol y, arOa| SOOOmDi nOd
i n!O paOkagOS. |O| Oxamp| O,
!hO Word Processor andCards
da!aDaSOp|Og|amShavODOOn
pu!!OgO!hO|!O!OrmMailshot.
Wi!h !hi S, !Ox! !rOm !hO wO|d
prOOOSSOrOanDOappOndOd!O
namOS and add|OSSOS OOn-
!ai nOdi n!hOda!aDaSO.
ThO Cards prOgram iS par!i-
Oul ar| y gOOd, duO !O i!S !rOO-
!Orm !Ox! and |api d SOarOh
!aOi l i!y. Wi!h!hOwO|d prOOOS-
SOr i! OOu| d OaSi l y !Orm !hO
hOar!O!anyDuSi nOSSOu!!i!.
HOwOvO|, !hOrO i SOnO mO|O
paOkagOOOn!ai ni ngDO!h!hOSO
@ MU~ P
p|OgramS, and !ha!'S Comms
Plus. Thi ShaS!hOaddOd!aOi | -
i!y O! SOphi S!i Oa!Od OOm-
muni Oa!iOnSSO!!warO(!O|l i nk-
i ng up wi!h O!hOr OOmpu!OrS)
andanRS232CSO|i al pOr!Dui |!
i n!O!hOOar!|idgO.
A! arOund 2UU i!'S nO!!hO
OhOapOS! pi OOO O! SO!!warO
a|Ound, Du! i! dOOS rOp|OSOn!
OxOO| lOn! val uO !Or mOnOy,
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uSOwi!hvi Owda!aSyS!OmSli kO
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ma!OS wO|!h addi ng !O yOu|
DuSi nOSS OO| lOO!iOn a|O
Spreadsheet and Cash
Accounts. ThOSO i ndivi dua'
prOgramS OOS! arOund 40
OaOh,SOSO!!i ngupaDuSi nOSs
SyS!OmiSn'!gOi ng!ODOOhOap.
For youngsters and adults alike, MSX provides a wide range of
possibilities, Including games playing, accounts, graphics, word
processing, music, filing and much more besides
Bu!!hOrO'Sa lO!!O DO Sai d!Or
O!!ina| l yOur SOUwarO !rOm
0nO Supp| iOr - uSi ng !hO
c0mpu!OriSmuOhOaSiOri!a| l
!hOprOramSwOrki n!hOSamO
way.
lI!ha!'S nO! SO i mpOr!an!!O
y0u, i!'S w0dh | OOki ng a! !hO
Huma SprOadShOO!, a| !hOugh
i!'S 00|yavai l aD| OOnOaSSO!!O
a! !hO mOmOn!. HOpO!u| l y a
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iS Aackotext - undOuD!Od| y
00O O! !hO DOS! MSX wOrd
pr0cOSSOrS arOund. Al!hOugh
!hO C0mpu!Orma!OS prOgram
iSidOa|!OrShOr!pi OOOSO!!Ox!
SuchaSmOmOS,andSupOrDaS
a!Ox! Odi!Or IOr !hO Mailshot
a0d O0mmuniOa!iOnS paOk-
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Aackotext !Or lOngOr pi OOOS.
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arOund 4U IOr !hO prOgram,
Du!i!'SwOr!hi!i !yOuwri!Ol Ong
| O!!OrS,rOpOdSOrmOdi umSizO
adi O| OS.
ThO OhanOOS arO !ha! i !
yOu'rOuSi ngawOrdprOOOSSOr,
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prOgram, yOu'rOgOi ng !OSpOnd
l 0ngpOriOdSO!!i mOS!ari nga!
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mOnS!Or,!hi nkOarO!ul l yaDOu!
gO!!i ngamOni!Or.Ll SOwhOrOi n
!hi SmagazinOSOmOadviOOOn
OhOOSing mOni!OrS i S gi vOn.
Bu!, i nDriO!,!OrDuSi nOSSuSO,
an amDOr Or

grOOn SOrOOn
mOnOOhrOmOmOni!Ori SDOS!.
ThOFhi li pS'mOdO| SarOidOal
aS!hOyhavOa!aOi|i!y!OmOvO

!hO SOrOOn imagO Si dOwayS.

Thi SS!OpSyOu | OSi ng!hO !i rS!
OharaO!Or O! OaOh l i nO whi Oh
OanOOOaSi Onal |y happOnwi!h
MSX mi OrOS and SOmO mOni -
!OrSOrTVS.
OnO padi Ou| arly uSOIu|
mOni !Or i S !hO nOw Fhi | i pS
CM824. ThiS i S a O0| Our
vOrSi On, wi!h Si mp| O phOnO
i npu!S !OrSOundandvi Si On -
OxaO!ly!hO SamO aS!hO OOm-
pOSi!O vidOO Ou!pu!S On mOS!
MSXmi OrOS.
|! al SO haS RGB i npu!S,
al !hOugh, i !yOu havO a mi OrO
wi!h RGBOu!pu!yOu' l l havO!O
OhOOk !ha! i!'S a OOmpa!i D| O
Si gnal . Swi!Ohi ng DO!wOOn
RGBandOOmpOSi!OmOdOSi Sa
Si mp| O ma!!Or O! prOSSi ng a
Du!!On.
AnO!hOrDu!!OnOOnvOr!S!hO

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SOrOOn mOn0OhrOmO mOni !Or
-Oqual l yuSO!u|!OrDuSi nOSS
appl i Oa!iOnS and amOS. A!
arOund 2 i!'S a gOOd a| | -
purpOSO VDU, a| !hOugh i !yOu
OvOn!ual l yuSOami OrOwi!han
8U OO| umn SOrOOn (whiOh !hO
nOx! gOnOra!iOn O! MSX
maOhi nOSShOu| d havO) yOu'rO
gOi ng!O nOOdSOmO!hi ngwi!h
hi ghOrrOSOl u!i On.
BO| iOvO i! OrnO!, yOu' l | a| SO
nOOdaOOmpu!Or.A!Ii rS!Si gh!
!hOrOmi gh!SOOm!ODOl i!!lO!O
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!ruO.
l !yOu'rOgOing!O DOdOi nga
|O! O! wOrd prOOOSSi n, yOu' | |
nOOd a mi OrO wi!h a OOd
Zd
qua| iIy kOyDOard. ThO Mi !Su-
D| Shi , JVC and SOny mOdO| S
Sp|| ng IO mi nd. Bu! i ! yOu'rO
| n!O numDOr OrunOh| ng,
pO|hapS w|Ih a Sp|OadShOO!,
IhOn IhO SpOO!ravidOO SVl-
728'S numOri Oal kOypad w| l l
OOmO| nOx!|OmO| yhandy.
AS !ar aS | mm| nOn!
maOhinOS a|O OOnOOrnOd, !hO
S|OOk TOShi Da HX-22 haS a
Du| |!-| nwOrd prOOOSSi ng p|Og-
|am, Sav|ngyOu!hOIrOuDl OO!
Duy| ng OnO. And SpOOIra-
v| dOO'S X'F|OSS haS a Du| l I- | n
d| Sk dr| vO - an OvOn Di ggOr
DOnuS.
A|!hOugh a d| Sk drivO | S
al mOS!OSSOnIi al !Or DuSi nOSS
wO|k, a pr| n!O| i S an OvOn
Di ggOr muS!. l!'S nO gOOd
havi ng rOamS O! !| gurOS !Or
yOuraOOOunIan!, Ora Ful iIzO|
Fr|zO-w| nn| ng arI| O| O !Or yOur
!r| OndlynO| ghDOurhOOdOd| !Or,
|!!hOyhavO!OIrOkrOund!OyOur
hOuSOIOSOOIhOm.
Na!ura| l y, anMSX-OOmpaIi-
D| Opri nIO|| Si dOa| , aSiIal l OwS
yOu IO uSO al | IhOSO |OvO|y
g|aphi OS OharaOIOrS. Bu! !Or
p|aOI| Oal | y a| l DuSi nOSS ap-
p| | OaI| OnS a S!andard da|Sy
whOO| Or dO! ma!rix pri n!Or | S
!|nO - IhO !OrmO| !Or nOa!
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qua| |Iy.
SOIhOwhOl ODuSi nOSSpaOk-
agO i nO| udOS IhO m| O|O, a
mOnOOhrOmOmOni!Or, prinIOr,
SO!IwarO and, p|O!OraDl y, a
d| Sk dri vO. l !yOu Oan'! a!!Ord
IhOd| Skun| I, !hOnyOu' | | nOOda
da!a rOOOrdOr. YOu ShOul d DO
aD| OIO OOl |OO!!hO SOI!OrwO| |
undOrlUUU, whi Oh | S prOI!y
|OaSOnaD| Oi nDuS| nOSS!O|mS.
'On a lighter note
MSX micros are just as
good at handl i ng tunes
as they are at handl i ng
your bank balance'
Onara!hOr| | gh!OrnO!O,MSX
m| O|OS arO juSI aS gOOd a!
handl | ng IunOS aSIhOy arO a!
handl i ng yOur Dank Dal anOO.
ThaI'SDOOnODv|OuSr|gh!!|Om
!hO DOg| nni ng wiIh !hO i nOl u-
S| On O! Yamaha'S 32K CXM
amOngSIIhO!| rS!maOh| nOS.
ThO Yamaha | S DO| ng SO| d
ma| n| y aS a muSi O mi O|O,
OOmp| OIO w| !h a OhO| OO O!
| nSIrumOnI kOyDOardS, and a
Du| | I-| nM| Dl i n!O|!aOO.
ThO | aI!Or | S | mpOrIanI.

come In all shapes and sizes. Here's JVC's at 9and Sanyo's at 0

A prnter Is essential for business users-here's Canon's F-60theral dot matrix model
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!ha! | a| d dOwn a SIanda|d !Or
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muS| Oa| | nSIrumOn!S.
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l nS!rumOn! Di gi Ial |nIO|!aOO)
and IhOO|OIi Oal | y, any Ml Dl
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l i nkOd IO any OIhO|. Tha!'S
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muS| O IhrOugh an amp| i !i Or.
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prO!OSS| Ona| Syn!hOSizOr, IO
Si mp| i!y |!S prOgramm| ng -
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OaS| Or.
ThO SOund O! IhO CXM | S
prOduOOdDyan|MSynIhOSizOr
un|!, uni quO !O Yamaha. Thi S
g|vOSanal mOS!unl | m|!Odvar| -
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| S whaI haS madO IhO OOm-
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| nSIrumOn!SSOSuOOOSS!ul .
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Ml Dl | n!OdaOOIOSIandardMSX
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!aOOS !Or a rangO O! hOmO
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!hO | aIOSI| nIhOl | nO.
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warO mOdul OSIO al |Owa w| dO
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muS| O pr| nIOuI and Odi Ii ng O!
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ThO SO!IwarO mOdu| OS
ShOul dOOS! DO!wOOnland
U, wiIh IhO | n!Or!aOO iISOl!
OOSI| ng aDOu! 9U. YOu IhOn
havO!Op| ugaM| Dl OOmpaIi Dl O
kOyDOard i n!O yOur OOmpu!Or.
SO!hOwhO| OpaOkagOdOOSn'!
OOmO OhOap, DuI |! i S a vOry
SOph| SIi Oa!OdIOO|!Or!hOdOd| -
Oa!OdOl OOIrOni OmuS| O| an.

Sanyo has developed a range of add-ons Including monitors, joysticks and light pens
More disk drives are appearing for MSX users Akotext-one of the best MSX word processors
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dOsi gn spriIOs and IhOn ani -
maIOIhOm, ca|IOOn!ashi On.
'The Tracker Ball takes
a lot of beating,
paricularly when it
comes to qualit of
manufacture'
A mO|O unusua| g|aph|cs
dOv|cO |s IhO MarcOni I|ackO|
bal | . As| IsOunds, Ih| s!OaIu|Os
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sysIOms.
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prOg|amsIO ObIa| n!u| | cO| Ou|
sc|OOndumps.
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Ph| | | ps mOdO| mOnIiOnOd Oa|
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i n!O !hO Odi Ii ng SOrOOn, upOn
whi Oh yOu m| ghI rOOOgn| zO a
S!rOng rOSOmDl anOO !O !hO
COmpuIOrma!OS wOrd prOOOS
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O| udOS mOSI O! !hO !unO!iOnS
wO Ori Ii O| SOd COmpu!Orma!OS
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!OrOdi!i ng!OxIi SaDOu!2UK,Or
SOmO!hi ng i nOxOOSS O!3UUU
wOrdS,whi Ohi Sd| Spl ayOd Dya
S!a!uS | i nOOn!hOSOrOOn.
A pret healthy aray of Interaces on the HX22, Including the RS232 on the right
AlSOdi Spl ayOdarO!hO!unO-
!iOnS OarriOd Ou! Dy!hO !unO-
!i On kOyS. WhOn yOu S!ad
'The free memor
available for
editing text Is
something In excess
of 3000 words'
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!hOmOani ngO!!hOkOyS -|l
nOw markS !hO S!ad O! a
dOSigna!Od!Ox! Dl OOk, and |2
OndSi!.
FrOSSi ngSLLLCTOnOOmOrO
rOdO!i nOS!hOkOyS agai n, giv-
i ng yOu !hO D|OOk !unO!iOnS
MOVL,COFY,DLLLTLandRLS-
TORL. ThO laS! i S a uSO!ul
'OOpSl ' !unO!i On, rOOal l i ng !hO
laS!D| OOkyOudOl O!Od.
YO! anO!hOr dOprOSSi On O!
SLLLCT givOS yOu |l ND and
RLFLACLOn|land|2. ThOSO
wOrkOSSOn!i al | y!hOSamOway
-yOuOnIOraSIr| ngO!OharaO-
!OrS !O DO SOarOhOd, !hO prO-
gram aSkSwhO!hOr OrnO!yOu
wan!!hOOaSO (uppOrOr| OwOr)
!ODOignOrOd.
TOrOpOa!a|l NDOrRLFLCL
OpOra!iOn al | yOu dO |S hi!
RLTURN i n rOSpOnSO IO a
prOmp!. LSCqui!S!hOrOu!i nO.
OnO!hi ngyOuOan' !dO(wO!hi nk
-i!'Shard!ODOSurOyOu'vOgO!
OvOryth| ng wiIhOu! any dOOu-
mOn!a!| On) iS havO !hO prO-
gram rOp|aOO all IhO OOOurr-
OnOOS O! a S!ri ng wi!hOu!
aSki ng yOu OaOh !i mO i! yOu
rOal l ymOani !.
A!!OryOu havO!i ni ShOdwi!h
!hOSO !unOI| OnS, SLLLCT rOS-
!OrOS!hO!unO!iOnkOyS!O!hOi r
i ni !i al Od| !i ng!unO!iOnS.
Naviga!ingyOurwayarOund
!hO !OxI i S a l i!!lO Ol umSy, aS
!hOrOarOnO

ShOr!Ou!S.YOuOan
mOvO!hOOurSOrOnOOharaO!Or
Two carrdge prs come as standard -an Improement on the H10
The jotick and dat recorder pors rnged along the right hand side
'Deleting text Is
another area where
full-scale busi ness
word processors have
more flexibilit'
lO!tOr ri gh!a!a!i mO, OrOnOl | nO
vOr!iOal | y. ThOrO | S nO way O!

umpi ngS!raigh!!O!hOOndOr
!hO DOg| nni ng O! !hO !i l O, Or
dOwn OnO paragraph, Or mOv
i ngOnOwOrdaIa!i mO.
DO| OIi ng!OxIi SanOIhOrarOa
whOrO!ul |-SOa|ODuSi nOSSwOrd
prOOOSSOrShavOmOrO!lOxi Di l -
i!y.W| !h!hi SOnO,yOuOanOnl y
dOl O!OOnOOharaO!Ora!a!i mO,
DaOkwardS, uSi ng !hO DaOk
SpaOOkOy. |OmarddOlO!| On| S
nO!pOSS| D| O, nOr| S!hOrOa!OxI
OvOrwri!OOp!i On.
Al!hOugh !hO !OO| O! !hO
kOyDOard i S grOa!|y i mprOvOd
OvOr IhaI O! !hO HX-lU, wO
!OundIha!iIrOSpOndOd raIhOr
The MSX standard cursor keypad
remains on the HX22
S| uggi Sh| y,and!OndOd!Omi SS
OuI OharaO!OrS OnOO !hO uSOr
gO! upa gOOd hOad O!S!Oam.
Thi S iS a pO!On!i a| | y SOriOuS
!law!OrSO|!-Iaugh!!yp| SISwhO
SpOnd!hOi r!| mO| OOki nga!!hO
kOyDOard i nS!Oad O! !hO
SOrOOn, Du! |! | S hard !O Say
whO!hOrIhOprODlOm| i OSi n!hO
hardwarOOr!hOSO!!warO.
WhOn |! OOmOS !O prln!ing
!hO IOx!, yOu wi l | !i rS! nOOd !O
Oxami nOOp!iOnOn!hOOpOn-
i ng mOnu, FrOgramVari aD| OS.
Thi SOp!iOn| O!SyOuOhangO!hO
paramO!OrS!OrSOrOOn Or pri n-
!Or Ou!pu!. Frin! paramO!OrS
i nOl udO numDOr O! l i nOS pOr
pagO, !hO margi nS | O!t a! !hO
!Op, DO!!Om and lO!! O! !hO
papOr,IhOl | nOlOng!h,hOadi ng
margi n, l i nO SpaOi ng, and Onl
O!! !OgglOS !Or wOrdwrap and
uSI|!iOa!i On.
Parameters
O!OOurSO, OnO O!!hOdraw-
DaOkS O! Odi !| ng On a 4U-
OO| umn di Spl ay i S !ha! !hO
pri n!Od rOSul!S DOar nO rOla-
!iOnShi p!Owha!yOugO!On!hO
SOrOOn.
ThO SOrOOn paramO!OrS yOu
OanSO! i nOl udO, vOryuSO!u| | y,
!hO| Ong!hO!!hOdi Spl ayOdl i nO
(39 Or 37 OharaO!OrS) . ThiS
gO!SrOund!hOprODlOmOxpOri-
OnOOdwi!hSOmOOOmpu!Or
OOmDi na!i OnSwhOrODy!hOlO!t-
mOS!OharaO!OrSO!!hOdi Splay
di SappOarO!!!hOOdgO O! !hO
SOrOOn.
YOuOan!urnO!!!hOwarning
DOOpSand!hOOOhOOdkOy Ol iOk
SOund, !hOugh !hO kOyDOard'S
annOy| ng!OndOnOy!Omi SSOu!
OharaO!OrS mOanSyOu ShOu|d
rOal l ykOOp!hOkOyOl i Ok!urnOd
On. |i nal l y, !hO OOl Our O! !hO
DaOkgrOundOanDOOhangOd.
OnOOyOu havOSO! up!hOSO
vari aD| O paramO!OrS !O yOur
Own!aS!O, yOu OanSavO!hOm
On di Sk Or OaSSO!!O !Or !u!urO
uSO.
OnO Op!iOn O! !hO wOrd
prOOOSSOr OpOni ng mOnu
wh|OhSOOmSIOhavO| |IIlOIOdO
w|IhwOrdprOOOSS| ngi SIhaIO!
OOmmuniOaI|OnviaIhODu| lI- | n
HS-232| nIOr!aOO.WhOnIhi S| S
SO|OOIOd yOu arO prOmpIOd IO
SOI IhO IranS!Or raIO - S| x
SOII|ngS arO pOrm| IIOd DO-
IwOOllUand48UUDaud.
YOuIhOn havOIhOOhO| OOO!
rOOO|v|ng IOxI, whi Oh uSI
OpOS IhO RS-232 unI|l IhO
Od-O!-!i | O OharaOIOr OOmOS
IhrOugh, SOndi ng IOxI, whi Oh
IraSm|IS IhO dOOumOnI yOu
havO | mOmOq, Or OOm-
u|OaI|OnSwhiOhgivOSyOua
chaI' !aOi | |Iy. ThO SOrOOn i S
Sp|iI hOr|zOnIa| l y DOIwOOn i n-
cOm|gandOuIgO| ngdaIa.
1hO HS-232 | nIOr!aOOOnIhO
MX22 |S Oqu| ppOd w|Ih an
O-O!!Sw|IOh i nOaSOyOuwanI
IO uSO a d| !!OrOnI, p| ug-i n
HS-232, | | kO IhO COmpuIOr-
aIOSOa|Ir|dgO. Sw|IOhi ngO!!
IhO O-bOard uni I Ol | mi naIOd
ay pOSS| D| ||Iy O! a Ol aSh,
whOrObyOaOh!| ghIS!Orpri OriIy
OvOrIhOOIhOr.
Built-in sofare
RS-232 provided
Two carridge pors
Atractive stling
ThO hX-22 iS a Si gni !i OanI
|mprOvOmOnI OvOr IhO DaSi O
VSXSpOO|!iOaIi On, wh| OhdOOS
nOIOOmprOmiSOMSXOOmpaIi -
bi ' iIy | any way. ThO RS-232
|IOdaOO| nparI| Ou| ar|SSOmO-
Ih|ng IhO MSX SpOO| !| OaIiOn
ShOu|dhavO | nO| udOdaSSIan-
dardIO SIa|Iw|Ih.
ThO wOrd prOOOSSOr | S IhO
bOSI wO havO SOOn On MSX,
ad, w|Ih IhO add| I| On O! a
pr| IOr, makOS IhO OOmpuIOr
Su|Iab|O !Or IhO prOduOI|On O!
|OIIOrS,mOmOSOrarIiO|OSupIO
abOuI 3UUU wOrdS | n l OngIh
abOuI IhO SamO aS IhrOO
pagOS O! wa| l -IO-wal | maga-
z|Opr|Ii ng) .
VuOhdOpOndSOnTOSh| Da'S
pr|O|g pO||Oy, whi Oh aI IhO
I|mOO!gOingIOprOSShad nOI
bOOdOO|dOd.WOwOul dl i kOIO
SOOIhOhX-22SOl l !OrnOmOrO
Iha lUU mOrO Ihan IhO
hXlU, OIhOrw|SO | Im| ghInOI
OjOy IhO SalOS SuOOOSS i I
dOSOrvOS.
ThO!aOIIhaIwOmanagOdIO
uSOIhOmaOh|nOqu|IOhappi l y
w|IhOuI any dOOumOnIaI|On
SayS quiIO a |OI !Or IhO OxIra
The H22Is definitely more stlish than Its predecessor-a pity about that key response, though
ROM-DaSOd SO!IwarO. HOw-
OvOr,IhOrOarOwayS| nwh| Oh iI
TOSHIBA HX22
rOma| nS Sl | ghIly i nOl OganI. l n
TBA
padi Oul ari ISOOmSwaSIO!u|O!
ROMSpaOO.
ThOrO arO many pl aOOS
whOrO S| i ghI| y d| !!OrOnI, and
unnOOOSSar| l y wOrdy prOmpIS
arO uSOd, whOrO IhO uSO O! a
!Ow OOmmOn rOuI|nOS wOul d
SavOSpaOO. ThO OpOn| ngOi Iy-
SOapO| Sa|SOawaSIOO!SpaOO _
IOIhOOnduSOr.
DISLI KES
Erratic key response
Wasted ROM space
HOwOvOr,IhO OOmDi naI| On O!
IhO RS-232 andwOrd prOOOS-
SOr makOS IhO HX-22 parI|Ou-
| arl yaIIraOI|vOIOanyOnOwanI-
| nga|Ow-OOSIwayO! | Oggi ngOn
IOOOmmOrO| a| daIaDaSOS,and
Dul | OIi nDOardS.An8O-OO| umn
di Spl ay wOu| d | mprOvO maI-
IOrS,andrOmOvOIhOnOOOSSiIy
IOrOadwOrdSIranSmi IIOd!rOm
a rOmOIO OOmpuIOrwh| Oh arO
arD| Irari | y Spl i I Dy IhO 4U-
OO| umnrOSIr| OIi On.
Verdict
Codalhly thI8 I8 tho bo8t
mA machlho 8o faf fof tho
maIh8tfoam computof ohthu-
8la8t, fathofthahtho8oWIth a
padIcuIaf 8poclalI8od Ih-
tofo8t,8ucha8mu8lcofVldoo.
ltl8aI8oa8lghlflcahtlmpfoVo-
moht oVof To8hIba'8 pfoVlou8
offofIhgIhtofm8of8tylo.uta
Iot dopohd8 oh Whothof tho
compahy cah 8oII It
ata foa8ohabIopfIco.
SPECI FICATION
CPU d6qu|V|60
(o. MH6|06K]
MEMORY
RAM 4A
ROM oZAMbb
|uShMS0w|6
VIDEO RAM 1A
KBOARD
TPE
KS
NUMERIC
KPAD
|u|||V6
4o|00u6||6
Z1600|0|K6yS
. u|S0|K6y0
N0

VIDEO DISPLY
TE
GRAPHICS
COLOURS
SPRITES
OUTPUT
SOUND
46||66|S
Z4 | | 06S
MX|u
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1Z|X6|S
1
oZ
h(1Y]
00S|600|0|
h00|0|
GENERATOR o60006|Sw|0o
06V6 |06
OUPUTS M000u0|00uu
INTERFACES
JOYSTICK ZMbS00|0
EPANSION
BUS N006
CARTRIDGE
PORT Z
PRINTER 60|00|6S
SERIAL PORT hbZoZ
CASSmE o|0|N
RESE N0
DIMENSIONS
4Z X ZZ X JD
[ ^ ^ H]
WEIGHT Z. JA
POWER SUPPLY
|06|0|
FINISH |6K|S|66S6
SOFARE INCLUDED
u|||0w0|0
|066SS0|00
60u0|6|00S
S0w|6
DISTRIBUTOR
10S0|0UA0,
10S0|0H0uS6,
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06||6y,
bu||6yU1 DJJ
16| . (ZJ] ZZZZ
t'8 ohIy a yoaf 8lhco mA
mlcfo8 flf8t appoafod lh
fltalh ahd aIfoady oIoVoh
dlUofoht machlho8 Ihhablt
computofdopaNmoht8aIIoVof
tho couhtQ. mA I8 pfoVlhg
lt8oIfa8afofcotobofocKohod
Wlth lh tho homo computof
floId ahd I8 doflhltoIy hofo to
8tay.
Al!hOughal | maOh| nOShavO
DOOn OOnS!ruO!Od !O Sa!| S!y a
SO! O! m| n| mum MSX rOqui rO-
mOn!S, !hO var| a!| OnS | n dO-
S| gn, appOaranOO, SpOOi!iOa-
!iOnS and priOO | S SO grOa!
!ha! Ol OvOn uni quO-l OOki ng
maOhi nOS havO DOOn prO-
duOOd. l!`S nOw pOSSi Dl O !O
OhOOSO a OOmpu!Or aS i ! yOu
wOrODuyi ngadrOSSOraSui!.
TakO !hO SOny Hi! B|!, an
O| Ogan! S!y| i Sh maOhi nO. l! | S
!hO Onl yOnO!O i nOOrpOra!O a
lK ROM Oh| p OOn!a| n| ng an
addrOSS DOOk prOgram and iS
alSO OnO O! On| y !wO MSX
m| OrOS !O i nO| udO an RGB
SOOkO!,i nva| uaDl O| ! yOu| n!Ond
!O!akOadvan!agOO!!hOqual | -
CANON V-20
QIl8hIychuhKythat'8pfob-
abIythobo8tWayofdo8cflblhg
tho Cahoh VZ. Tho 8IooK
bIacK ca8o, adofhod Wlth tho
ofahgoahdWhltoCahohIogo,
ahd tho mlXtufo of dafK ahd
paIogfoyKoy8comblhotoglVo
thl8 machlho a modl8h pfo-
fo88lohaIIooK.
NO!|OOaD| O !Oa!urOS On !hO
CanOnarOi!ShugOOurSOrkOyS
and!hOarrayO!| argO!unO!|On
kOyS aOrOSS !hO !Op. ThOSO
wOu| dDO pOr!OO!!OrprOgram-
mi ngandOSpOO| a| l y!OrgamOS
p| ay, Du!un!Or!una!Oly,!avOur-
aD| O !i rS! | mprOSS| OnS arO lO!
dOwna | |!!|ODy!hOkOyDOard'S
!OO| .
KOyrOSpOnSO | SSpOngyand
!hOyO| i OkwhOnprOSSOd.WhOn
hand| Od, !hO kOyS !OgO!hOr
wi!h!hOOaS| ng!OOlOhOapand
' p| aS!|Oy`. WOrd prOOOSS| ng
l argOquan!i!iOSO!!Ox!OanDO
!ryi ng, par!| Oul arl y aS !hO
SpaOO Dar i Sa l i!!lOShOr!.ThO
RLTURN kOy, hOwOvOr, | Sl argO
andwO| | -pl aOOd!Or!yp|S!S.
UnuSua| !Oa!urOS i nO| udO
!hOpl aS!|OprO!OO!ivOOOvOri ng
On!hO!wOOar!ridgOpO|!S and
!hO O| OvOr pOSi!i Oni ng O! !hO
!wO}OyS!iOkpO|!Sa!!hO!rOn!O!
!y d| Sp| ayS gOnOra!Od Dy an
RGBmOn|!Or.JVC`SHC-7| S!hO
O!hOrOnO. TOShi Da`SHX-lU,On
!hOO!hOrhand,S!iOkS!Oa!a| r| y
S!andardOOn!igura!iOn.
Variations
DOS| gn varia!| OnS l | O | n!hO
i nO| uS| On O! l | gh!pOn hOl dOrS,
Oi !hOr OnO Or !wO Oar!ridgO
pOr!S, rOSO! Du!!OnS, numOriO
kOypadS, muS| O Syn!hOSiSOr
Ohi pS and OvOn Sma| l !hi ngS
SuOh aS !hO !OO| O! !hO
kOyDOard, !unO!iOnkOyS| zOOr
OO| OurSOhOmOS.
ThOmaOh| nOS appOar!O DO
280
!hO maOh| nO !hO uSua|
lOOa!iOnOnanMSXmi OrO| Sa!
!hOSi dO.
ArOSO!Du!On| SaDSOn!!rOm
!hOCanOn, Du!!hODaOkO!!hO
mi OrOOOn!a| nS!hOuSual array
O! | n!Or!aOO pO|!S, COn!rOniOS
pr| n!Or,8-p| nDl NOaSSO!!Oand
!hO vi dOO, aud| O and R| (!Or
OOnnOO!| On !O TVS) phOnO
SOOkO!S.
Costly
NOSO!!warOOrSpOO| al O!!OrS
aOOOmpany!hOm| OrO,whi Oha!
28U i S OOS!|y. ThO |n!rOduO-
!| Onmanual SarO!hOS!andard
MSX O!!Ori ng and !OaOh !i rS!
!| mOuSOrS!OdO!h| ngSSuOhaS
OOnnOO! !hO maOh| nO !O a T
and a D| !O! MSX BASl C prOg-
rammi ng.
ROundOd OOrnOrS, a Sma|!
OO| OurSOhOmOandwO| l p| aOOd
vOn!i | a!| On Sha!!S g|vO !hi S
maOhi nOi!SgOOdlOOkS,Du!!hO
DOau!yi SuS! a| |!!lOSk| ndOOp.
l ! yOu | i kO p| ay| ng gamOS,
OSpOOi a| l y!hO Track and Field
variO!y, !hOCanOn'ShugO Our
SOrkOyS arO aDSOl u!Oly i dOa| ,
Du!28U i Sa lO!!O pay!Ora
gamOSpl ay| ngmaOhi nOOnl y.
SOd| !!OrOn!!ha!!hOrO| SOnO!O
Sui ! OvOry pOrSOna| i !y and
pOOkO!. FriOOS rangO !rOm
l39!Or!hO GOl dS!ar|C-2UU
!O299!Or!hOSOnyH|!B| !and
SanyOMCF-lUU.
COmpO!|!iOn DO!wOOn !hO
maOh| nOS i S i nOvi!aDlO and
Mi !SuD| Shi | n par!| Ou| ar haS
madOgrOa!O!!Or!S!OmakO|!S
maOhi nOSa!!raO!|vO wi!h SuD
S!an!| al pr| OO rOduO!i OnS, !rOO
qua| i!y SO!!warO paOkS and
OvOn an O!!Or !O !akO U O!!
!hO maOhi nO` S priOO i n Ox-
OhangO!OryOurO| dOOmpu!Or.
GrOa! Darga| nS OxiS! i n
ShOpS SuOh aS UndOrwOOdS
and D| xOnS whOrO, !Or Oxam-
pl O, !hO SOny Hi! Bi! and
FanaSOn| OC|-27UUhavODOOn
rOduOOd !O 99. ThOSO O!!OrS
arO rOg| Onal and On| y Ox|S!
whi | OS!OOkSlaS!.
ThO nOx!wavO O!MSXOOm-
pu!OrS | S S!ar!| ng !O arrivO i n
!hO OOun!ry, SuOh aS SpOO!ra-
v| dOO'SX'FrOSS, TOShi Da` SHX-
22andF| OnOOr'SCX- 7.
LikO !hO Yamaha w|!h |!S
i nDui | ! |M Syn!hOS|SOr Oh| p,
OaOh OnO | S rOSpOO!ivO|y | ndi -
v| dua| iSOd wi!h SpOOi al !Oa-
!urOS SuOh S Du| l !-| n di Sk
dr| vOS, wOrd prOOOSSOrS and
F-BASl C [a graphi OS | anguagO
OnaD| | ng!hO maOh| nO!O OOn-
!rO|vidOOi magOSandSupOr| m-
pOSO !Ox! and graphiOS On
SOrOOn) ,wh| | OS!i | | OOn!Orm| ng
!OMSXS!andardS.
TO hOl p yOu makO an i n-
!OrmOd OhOi OO, wO`vO Summa-
r| SOd!hO O| OvOn Ox| S!| ngMSX
OOmpu!OrS. SOmO OxOOl | On!
DargainSOanDO!OundSO lOOk
arOundDO!OrOpa|!| ngw|!hany
hard-OarnOdOaSh.
SPECIFICATIONS
CPU
MEMORY
oo. MH6|06K
hM 4AhMoZA
Mbb|Y|L
hM 1A
VIDEO DISPLY 460|66|S X Z4
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ZDX 1Z|X6|S
1 60|0u|S
oZS||6S
OUPUTS T,600S6V|060
00|0|, 000u0|0
SOUND o60006|So06V6S
KBOARD 4o|00u6||6
K6yS, Z1u06|00
K6yS, 6u|S0| K6y0
INTERFACES Zj0yS|6K0|S
Z 6|||060fS

160|00|6S||06|
0|, 1 o|0|N
6SS66 0|
RESE BuoN N0
DIMENSIONS oJ X Z1o X
W X X H
WEIGHT Z. 4A
SOFARE N006
INCLUDED
ACCESSORIES 1V|06060|6
1 u0|060|6
|0S|u6|000u|S
DISTRIBUTOR 000 [UA) L0
M00|h00
W||| 000
bu||6ybM
16|.1JJoo1Jo
CPU
MEMORY
oo. MH6|06K
hM4A
hMoZA
Mbb|
Y|LhM
4A
VIDEO DISPLY 4 60|6I6|S X Z4
||06Sh6S0| uI|00.
ZD X 1Z|X6|S
1 60|0u|S
oZ S||I6S
OUTPS 1, 600S|I6V|060
00|I0|, 000u0|0
SOUND o60006|So06IV6S
KEYBOARD 4o |00u6||6
K6yS, Z1u06I|00
K6yS, 6u|S0| K6y0
INTRFACES Z]0ySI|6K0|IS
16X0S|000uS
JVC HC7
1VC 0a8 aIWay8 Kopt lt8olf at
t080Igh8to0dofthocoh8umof
8I80tto0I08 mafKot Wlth top
quaIIq fodu0t8 8uch a8 T8,
0|fI8a0dVId8o focofdof8that
0oto0Iyf8oIahdlooKgood,but
mot8 mom0tIy afo good.
108dC7, |IKooVoQthlhgol8o
ftom VC, I8 a 8IooK, WoII
0o08ttu0tod, good IooKIhg
0omut8f.
10O O0mpany dOOSn'I gO | n
I0|IhOOuI-p||OOIaOIiOSuSOdDy
s0mO O0mpaniOS whOn SalOS
a|O slOw, and aI 279, IhO
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The built-In disk drive seen from the top (above) and the side (below) Is an
atractive feature of the X'press, making lt good value for money
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SPECIFICATION
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DISLI KES
No reset switch
Cramped keyboard
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Whether you're operating from home, school
or office, the Halgo PCW (Ref 81 2) adds the
professional touch to your computer layout.
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Handsome, sturdy, with a place for everything, the `'
Hago PCW
is the home every personal computer deserves.
VDU Worktop with
paper rack takes all
VDU's and TV's up to 1 4"

SIZe.
Adjustable to keep VDU
correctly related to the
keyboard. Worktop size
241/4" ^ 1 33/4".
Optional shelf for disc
drives, tape recorder,
printer etc. (Ref 81 3).
Optional undershelf with
paper rack (Ref 81 4).
Overall size:
31 1/4"d ^ 363/4"h ^ 2214"W.
Optional
programme
copyholder
(Ref 81 5).
Keyboard
Worktop.
Adjusts from
203/4" to 291/4" high.
Sturdy stable
frame finished in
Chocolate Brown with
simulated Teak work
tops.
Mounted on castors
for complete mobility.
Hago Products Limited, Shripney Road,
Bognor Regis, West Sussex.
Telephone: 0243 8631 31 Telex 86421

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Sorer, from VIrgin combines an adventure with fast arcade action
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HAL's Super Snake In full slither
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c0Su|IanI aI l nIOl , prOduOOd
I0O DaSiS O! whaI waS IO
0OcOmO CFlM [COnIrO| FrOg-
|am!OrM| OrOOOmpuIOrS) .
CPlMSprOadIhrOughOuIIhO
| c|OcOmpuIOr | nduSIry | i kO
W||d!irO,DOOOmi ngIhOde fac
|0 SIandard !Or 8-DiI mi OrO-
cOmpuIOrS. l Ii SSI|1 1 vOqmuOh
a| |vO IOday, O!!OrOdOna l argO
dmDO| O! OOmpuIOrS i nO| ud-
| IhO TaIung Li nSIO| n and
0wMSX [OnIhOSpOOIrav| dOO
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WOI On| y dOOS IhO SySIOm
aagO` yOur OOmpuIO| !Or
Od, DuI | I a| SO Supp| iOS a
^dmbOrO!uIi l | I| OSi nOl ud| ngan
OdiIOrIOOrOaIOprOgramS,and
aaSSOmD| OranddODuggOr!Or
^ac0| nOOOdODu!!S.
'010of the beauties of
CP/M Is that the user
interace looks the
M0on all computers
running CP/M'
A 0ugO numDOrO!prOgramS
0avODOOndOS|gnOdIO|unw| Ih
CPlV, | nOl udi ng WOrdSIar
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daIaDaSO) and Mul Ii pl an
SprOadS0OOI).
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l0O puDl i O dOma| n [IhaI
OaS, nOIOOpyri ghIOd -!Or
OtamplOBaOh`SmuS| Oi SpuD|i O
d0ma| n) arO ava| | aD| O !rOO IO
CPlV uSOrS.
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SI0aIIhOuSOr| nIOr!aOOlOOkS
I0O SamO On al l OOmpuIOrS
|cn|ngCFlM, nOmaIIOrwhaI
0ardwarOd| !!OrOnOOIhOrOmay
0O.|O|Oxamp| O,CFlM2. 2Ona
1adyTRS-8Uw| | l appOarIODO
|dOI|Oa| IO CFlM 2. 2 On IhO
SpOcI|av| dOO X`FrOSS, OvOn
I0Ou0 IhO OOmpuIOrS havO
I0Ia| | ydi!!OrOnIhardwarO.
T0|S ' hardwarO | ndOpOn-
dOcO` | S al SO SOOn i n MSX-
00S. T|m FaIIOrSOn dOSignOd
CP/M Z. Z
COMMAND
SUMMARY
Am Run IhO
DDT
DlH
DUmF
ASSOmD| Or
prOg|am
LOadandrun
IhOdODuggOr
Di SplayS
d| rOOIOry
Di Splay!| l O| n
hOxadOO|mal
LD LdiIa!| l O
LHA LraSO!i l O
LUAD LOadaprOgram
mUVCFm CrOaIOaOOpyO!
FIF
HLN
AVL
TAT
CFlM
FOr!O|m!| l O
OpOraI| OnS, O. g
OOnOaIOnaI| On,
OOpyi ng, OaSO
OOnvOrSi OnOIO.
ROnamO!i l O
SavOa!| l O
G|vOSIaIuSO!
var| OuSdOviOOS
and!| | OS
UmlT CauSOCFlMIO
aOOOpI
OOmmandS!rOm
a!| | O| nSIOadO!
OOnSOlO
FC-DOS [| ISOl! dOrivOd !rOm
MS-DOS)IhOOpOraIingSySIOm
!Or IhO l BM FC, SO waS IhO
naIural OhOi OO IO prOvidO IhO
OpOraIi ng SySIOm !Or IhO nOw
MSXOOmpuIOrS.
WhOnIhO!i rSI l-D|Im| OrO-
prOOOSSO| DOOamO ava| l aDl O,
i nSIOad O! wa| Ii ng !Or IhO
arrivalO!CFlM-8,hOwrOIOhi S
OwnvOrSi On O!CFlM,whi OhwaS
|aIOr IO OvOlvO i nIO FC-DOS.
MSX-DOS aOknOw|OdgOS IhO
| mpO|IanOO O!DOIh CFlM and
MS-DOS, and haS!uSOd IhOm
IOgOIhOr.
WhaIhaSrOSu|IOdSOOmSIO
DO DaS| Oa| l y CFlM wiIh a uSOr
| nIOr!aOO IhaI | OOkS l | kO MS-
DOS. OnO O!IhO Or| Ii O| SmS O!
CFlMwaSIhaI| I waSn`IparI|Ou-
| ar| yuSOr-!ri Ondl y, O!!O|i ng an
array O! m| nd-DOgg| | ng OrrOr
mOSSagOS.
MSX-DOS iS a !a| rD| I mOrO
pl OaSanIIOuSOi nIh| SrOSpOOI,
p|OSOnIi ngamOrO| n!OrmaIivO
and hOl p!ul !aOO whOn Ih| ngS
gOwrOng.ThODaSi OCFlM and
MSX-DOSOOmmandSarOgivOn
| nIhOIaDl ODO|OwIOgivOyOu
SOmOidOaO!IhOd| !!OrOnOOS.
MSX-DOS prOv|dOS a hi gh
dOgrOO O! OOmpaI| D| l i Iy w|Ih
CFlM 2. 2, SO prOgramS dO-
Si gnOd!OrCFlM2. 2should |un
OnMSX-DOSSySIOmS.WOhavO
nOIyOIIOSIOdIhi SOOmpaIi Di !-
YGLN
TFL
ULH
CrOaIOvOrSiOnS
O! CFlM
D| Sp| ay
OOnIOnISO!a
!| l O
SOIuSOrnumDOr
MSX-DOS
COMMAND
SUMMARY
AlC
CUFY
DATL
DLL
(LHAL]
DIH
lUHmAT
mUDL
FAUL
HLm
GOIOMSX-
BASlC
COpi OS!i | O[S)
Di Sp| aySand
SOISdaIO
DO| OIOS!| l O[S)
Di Sp| ayS
di rOOIOry
|OrmaISa!lOppy
di Sk
SOISSO|OOn
widIhlmOdO
SOISapauSO| n
aDaIOh!i l O
A| l OwSa
OOmmOnI| na
DaIOh!i | O
HLN ROnamOSa!i | O
(HLNAmL]
TFL L| SISIhO
OOnIOnISO!a
!| | O
iIy, SO i !yOuwanIIODuyCFlM
prOgramS !Or MSX-DOS, rO-
mOmDOr. always tr before you
buy!
ThOwayIhaIMSX-DOSOrga-
ni SOS|ISdaIaOnd| SkS[IhOdi Sk
!OrmaI) | S SuppOSOd IO DO
i dOnI| Oa| IO IhaI O! MS-DOS,
wh| Oh | n IhOOry ShOu| d a| lOw
daIa [nOI prOgram) OxOhangO
DOIwOOn yOur humDl O 8-D| I
MSX SySIOm and IhO mOrO
pOwO|!ul l-D|IMS-DOSOOm-
puIOrS|ikOIhOApr|OOI.
Thi SwOul d al |OwyOu IO SOI
up a ' Dr| dgO' DOIwOOn O!!|OO
and hOmO. l magi nO S| av| ng
away w|Ih Wordstar On an
Ap|| OOIal | dayaIIhOO!!iOO,and
yOu`rO SI| | l nOI !| n|ShOd Dy
. 3U. SOyOu SavO yOurdOOu-
mOnIOnd| Sk,IakOiIhOmOwiIh
yOu . ROIri Ov| ngyOurMSXOOm-
puIOr !rOm IhO handS O! a
OrazOd al i On zappOr, yOu SIaC
upyOur MSX-vOrSi On O!WOrd-
SIar, rOIriOvO yOu| dOOumOnI
!rOmdi Sk, andOarqOnwOrking
!rOmwhOrOyOu | O!I O!!. WO`vO
yOIIOIOSIIh| S!OaIurO,DuI| !| I
wOrkS|I`Sa lOvO|y| dOa.
ThOvOrSi OnO!MSX-DOSwO
SawwaSa | i II|Od| SappOi nIi ng,
DOi ngvO|ymuOhapOOrrO| aI| On
IO MS-DOS. Many O!IhO uIi | i -
I| OSOxpOOIOdarOaDSOnI,SuOh
aS IhO M-8U aSSOmD| Or, IhO
vOry uSO!u| CHKDSK [wh| Oh
OhOOkS yOur di Sk) , D|SKCOFY
[OOp| OS an OnI|rO d|Sk) , and
LDLl N[anOdiIOr) .
ThO Tl ML !unOI|On whi Oh | S
uSOdIOSOIIhOSySIOm'SOlOOk
d| d nOI wOrk On O| IhOr IhO
SpOOIrav|dOOOrTOShi DaHX-22
SySIOmS wO Ir| Od. Thi S | S DO-
OauSO IhO i nIOrna| MSXI| mOr
may DO IOmpOrari l y SIOppOd
whOn SOmO i npuI and OuIpuI
OpOraI|OnSarOOarriOdOuI.
'If you want to buy
CP/M programs for
MSX-DOS, always tr
before you buy'
HOpO!ul | y, laIOrvOrSiOnS O!
MSX wi l | OOrrOOI Ihi S!OaIurO.
AnOIhOrmi SSi ng!OaIurO| SIhO
prOm|SOd 'IrOO` di rOOIOriOS,
wh| OhIurnyOurdi Sk| nIOak| nd
O!mul I| -l OvO| !i l | ngOaD| nOI.
lI |S pOSS| D| OIhaIIhOSpOO-
Irav|dOOMSX-DOSiSprO| i mi n-
a|y, DuI IhO dOOumOnIaI|On
|OOkS!a| rl yOOmp| OIO. MOSIO!
IhO ' mi SS| ng` !OaIurOS may
p|ODaD|y DO addOd i n laIOr
vOrSiOnSO!IhO OpOraI| ngSyS-
IOm. ThO OurrOnI vOrSi On i S,
a!IOral l , vOrSi Onl. UU|
WhOn DOIh MSX-DOS and
CFlMDOOOmOw| dO| yavai | aD| O
!OrMSXOOmpuIOrS,wOShOul d
SOOarangOO!prOvOnandwO| l
SuppO|IOd DuS| nOSS SO!|warO
DOi ngmadOava| l aDl O. A num-
DOrO!MSXOOmpuIOrSSOOmIO
havODOOndOS| gnOdwiIhSOmO
DuS| nOSSuSOi nmi nd, IhOSOny
andFiOnOOrmOdOl SarOOxOO|-
lOnI Oxamp|OS duO IO IhOi r
kOyDOardS wh| Oh arO parI|Ou-
l ar| ygOOd!OrwOrd-OrunOhi ng.
ThOSO whO arO mOrO Ori OnI-
aIOdIOwardSprOgramm| ngwi 1 1
DO O!!OrOd IhO OhanOO IO Ox-
pl OrO nOw | anguagOS whOn
OOmp| l OrS DOOOmO ava| l aDl O.
BASl C, COBOL, |ORTRAN, and
FaSOa|OOmpi | OrSarOprOm|SOd
!rOm M| OrOSO!I IhOmSOlvOS,
wiIh IhO pOSS| Di l | Iy O! LOGO,
Ll SF, and C !rOm OIhOr Sup-
pl | OrS.
L| !O w| Ih an OpOraIing SyS-
IOm i S aS Si mpl O Or OOmp| i -
OaIOd aSyOu wiSh IO makO iI.
YOu dOn'I nOOd IO dO| vO dOOp
i nIO uSi ngIhOm, DuIi!yOudO,
yOumay!| nd| I vOryi nIOrOSIi ng.
W|IhOuI IhOm IhOugh, l|!O
OOul O DO vOry di !!| Ou|I. JuSI
Ih| nk aDOuI al | IhOSO
punOhOdOardS|

como8 a tImo Ihahy

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putofoWhof'8cafoofWhoh
thopufcha8o ofa mohItofWIII
bocoh8Idofod. lt'8 hotamaUof
to botaKoh lIghtlytho pat0
tobuyIhga8ultabIomohltofI8
a hazafdou8 ohoahdthofIf8t
thlhg to o8tabll8h l8 Whothot
youfoallydo hoodoho.
|Sn`! !hO !ami |y TV SO!
OnOugh?ThOOhanOOSarO!ha!
i! wOn'! DO. |ami | y TS a|O
a| wayS !hO SOOnO O! !| gh!S aS
Grann| Oandki dS| S!O|SDa!!|Oi!
Ou! | n!hO |iving |OOm uS! !0
dOO| dOwhO!hOr|!SgO| ng!O bO
Bugs Bunny O| Coronation
Street !On| gh!.
YOuand yOur OOmpu!OrwOn`!
S!andaOhanOOO!OvOnp| ayi n
a qui Ok gamO O! KOnam|'S
Tennis nOvO| mi nd prOg|am-
mi ng yOur l a!OS! Op| O gamO.
LvOni ! yOudOgO!!O!hOSO!,!hO
Tp| O!urO| S!uzzy,!l | OkOrSand
wi 1 1 d|i vO yOu| OyOS DananaS
a!!O| a wh| l O. l !!h| SS|!ua!|0
SOundS !am| l | ar, !hOn an
a|!Orna!ivO VDU SOurOO |S
nOOdOd -- amOn|!O|.
A DOw| l dOri ng !aSk awa|!S
yOu. MOn|!OrS OOmO | n a|
ShapOS and SizOS and Oan bO
d|vi dOd i n!O !ivO mai ng|OupS,
mOnOOh|OmO, TV lmOni!O|S,
S!anda|d, mOd| um and h| gH
rOSO| u!| On mOn|!OrS. DOSp|!O
!hOSO!ai rlyOl OarOu!Oa!OgO|
| OS, !hO|O arO manyva|| ab|OS
i nvOlvOd| nDuyi ngamOni !Or.
Manu!aO!urO|S!Ond!Oi n!O|
prO!S!andardSd| !!OrOn!lyand
al !hOughSOmO!h| ngS,SuOhaS
!hO SOrOOn d| Sp| ay qual |!y,
rarO|y vary, SOmO mOdOlS w| | |
nOl udO Ox!raS SuOh aSSCAR1
OkO!S, an!i g| a|O SO|OOnS
nd rOmO!O OOn!|O| un|!S !0|
O SamO pri OO aS a S| mi |a|
Oni!Or wh| Oh l aOkS !hOSO
Oa!urOS.
ThOrOarOhund|OdSO!mOn| -
rSl urki ngaDOu!| nShOpSand
mO hOwyOu'vOgO!!OnOgO!|
a!O !hO ODS!aOl O OOurSO 0!
Duyi ng OnO, | n!|a!Od pri OOS,
Or ShOp SOlOO!| On, and
aSS| S!an!SwhOknOwOvOn| OSS
!hanyOudO.
HOmOOOmpu!OrSarOuSual| y
uSOd!Or!hO!Ol l Ow| ng, p| ay| n
gamOS,wOrd p|OOOSS| ng, aSa
DuS| nOSS!OO|and!OrprOg|am
m| ng. COnS| dOrwh| OhO!!hOSO
appl | Oa!| OnSyOu i n!Ond!OuSO
yOurMSX!OrandyOu' | l DO ha|!
way!OOhOOSi ngamOdO| .
Thi Si SDOOauSOSOmOmOn|-
!OrS arO mOrO Sui !aD| O !0|
OOr!a| n app| i Oa!iOnS !ha
O!hOrS,!Ori nS!anOOwhOrOaSa
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SYNC
The encoding process In a computer

Aerial lead
from computer
Compsite vide
output (PAL)
Cops1te
video
Sound--
Compsite
vi _input
I
f
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f l .l
Aerial

connecting
lead

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W 1V sigals
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SYNC R U
Sigal conversion process In a T/monltor
Pin configurations for Loewe's SCART socket
I -Audio right out
2 -Audio rght In
3 -Audio lef out
1 -Audio ground
5 -Blue ground
8 -Switching voltage
9 -Green ground
10-Not connected
11-Green signal
15 -Red signal
16-Blanking
17 -VIdeo ground
MBlanking ground
19-CVBSout
20-CVBS in 6 -Audio lef In
1-Not connected
13-Red ground
! -Blue signal 14-Not connected 21-Shielding pin
!|^O!OrgamOS,i!wi l l havO| i !!| O
csO!OrwOrOprOOOSSi ng.
VOnOOhrOmO mOni !OrS Oan
0O piOkOO up !Or unOOrlUU
ad arO uSual l yavai | aD| Owi!h
0|IHOramDOrOrgrOOnSOrOOnS.
T0Od| Splay| Spar!i Oul ar| ygOOO
!0|wOrO prOOOSSi ng, prOgram-
Ting anO DuSi nOSS uSO
a|IHOugh vi r!ual l y uSO|OSS !Or
amOS.
1HOSOmOni!OrSO!!Ori nOrOO-
0| ygOOOva| uO!OrmOnOyanO
0c|aOv|OO | S!ha! i !yOu | n!OnO
to 0SO i!!Or!hO mOrO SOri OuS
s|dO O! mi OrO l i !O - DuyOnO.
wO'vO !r|OO !hO 89 Phi | i pS
b22, a l2 i nOh mOOOl ava| l -
a0|O | nDO!h amDOranO grOOn
scrOOnSanO!OunO!ha!i!givOS
0tcOl | On!rOSu|!S.
VOn|!Or rOSO| u!i On gOvOrnS
!hO qua| i!y O! a mOn|!Or'S
Oi Spl ay. l !rO!OrS!O!hOaD| l i!yO!
a mOni!Or!O O| Oarl yOi Spl ay a
numDOrO! pi xOlS OrOOmpu!Or
OO!i nOO OO!S. Pi xOl S arO !hO
uni!S whi Oh makO up !hO
graphi OS Or !Ox! i magOS On
SOrOOn anO !hO hi ghOr !hOi r
OOnS| !y, !hO DO!!Or!hOqual |!y
O!v| Sual Oi Spl ay.
ROSOl u!i On i S rOla!OO !O !hO
pi!OhSi zO. Thi Si S!hOOi S!anOO
DO!wOOn aOjaOOn! grOupS O!
phOSphOrOO!SOn!hO!uDO, anO
i Sa!!OO!OODy!hO!uDOSi zO.|Or
Oxamp| O, a l4 i nOh mOn|!Or
wi!haU. mmp| !Ohwi | l |OSOlvO
4U pi xO| S pOrhOrizOn!al l | nO
whOrOaSa 2Ui nOh!uDOwi!ha
O. Bmm pi!Oh rOSO|vOS UU
pi xO| S -!hOi nOrOaSOOSOrOOn
Si zO al | OwS mOrO phOSphOr
Loewe's porable MCP110 T/
monitor can even be used off a
car bater. At 375, lt features a
'flat' display which doesn't sufer
the distorion normally associ
ated with Ts and monitors.
OO!S!O DO l a| OOOwn.
Wha!OvOr!hOSOrOOn SizO, a
S!anOarOmOni!Orwi | l Onl yp|O-
OuOOaOi Spl aygOOOOnOugh!Or
a 4U OO| umn SOrOOn. Tha!'S
grOa!!Or gamOS, Du! nO!!Orr-
i D| y gOOO va| uO aS !Or a !Ow
pOunOS mOrO i! i S pOSSi Dl O!O
gO! a TlmOn|!Or, OOmDi n| ng
!hO S!anOarO mOni!Or !aOi l |!y
wi!haT.
LvOn SO, !hO DranO nOw
Phi | i pS CM824 a!2 i S a
gOOO Oxampl O O! a S!anOarO
mOn|!Or,Du!haSOnOughaOOi -
!i Onal !Oa!urOS!OpuShi!aDOvO
!hOavOragO S!anOarO mOni!Or
anOOvOn aDOvO a TVlMOn| !Or.
ThOSO i nOl uOOa S!yl i ShSwivOl
S!anO, an!i -gl arOSOrOOn,Du| l!-
i nquar!zOl OOk, Oi Sp| ayOOn!Or-
| ngOOn!rO|anO, pOrhapSmOS!
i mpOr!an!ly, | ! haS a g|OOn
SOrOOnOp!| On.
|l i Oki ng !hO grOOn SOrOOn
Sw|!Oh OhangOS i! !O a
mOnOOhrOmO SOrOOn, au!O-
ma!| Oal |y !urn| ng !hO mOn| !Or
i n!O avi aD| OOOn!OnOOr!Or!hO
DuSi nOSS anO prOgrammi ng
markO!.
SanyO'SCD3l9Bi SanO!hOr
!riOO anO wO| l likOO S!anOarO
mOni!Or wi!h a grOOn SOrOOn
Op!i On, Du! rO!ai | i ng a!3U,i!
i SlUU mOrO OxpOnSivO - |!
payS!OShOparOunO|
NOx! up i S !hO mOOi um rO-
SO| u!i On mOni !Or. A l4 i nOh
!uDO wi!h a U. 4mm pi!Oh |O-
SO|vOSaDOu!8Up|xOlSa | i nO
wh| Oh mOanS!ha! 8U OharaO-
!OrS a l | nOOan DO rOSOlvOO -
uS!.
Mi OrOvi!OO'S CuD l4l APl
MSi SanOxampl O O!!hiS!ypO
anOi Si nOOnS!an!uSO, hOrO | n
!hO What MSX? O!!| OO. WOuSO
i!!OrOviOwgamOSanO!Or| a|gO
amOun!S O! wOrO prOOOSSi ng,
anO i! haS a|wayS p|OOuOOO
OxOO| l On!rOSu|!S. ThOrO'SvOry
l | !!l OOyO S!rai n, O!!On a prOD-
l Om w|!h lOwOr |OSOl u!| On
mOni!OrS.
' Hi-res monitors are
the best but the price
puts them beyond the
reach of most home
computer users'
Hi ghrOSOl u!i OnmOni!O|SarO
!hODOS!, Du!!hO| r pri OO, O!!On
4U Or mOrO, pu!S !hOm
DOyOnO!hOrOaOhO!mOS!hOmO
OOmpu!Or OwnOrS - unl OSS
!hOy'vOuS!wOn!hOpOO| SOri!'S
i n!OnOOO!OrDuSi nOSS.
Al4i nOhuni !haSa pi!OhO!
U. 3lmmanO rOSOlvOS arOunO
BOO pi xO| S, pOr!OO! !Or 8U
OharaO!OruSO.
WO'vO alrOaOy !OuOhOO On
TVlmOni!O|S. Buyi ng OnO O!
!hOSO ShOul O DO OOnSiOOrOO
OarO!u| l y DOOauSO !hOrO arO
SOmO OxOO| l On! DargainS On
!hOmarkO!a!!hOmOmOn!.
Upun!i |!h| S yOar,mOS!O!!hO
TVlmOn|!OrS OOmD| nOO a TV
!aOi l |!ywi!haS!anOarOmOni!Or
Oi Sp| ay. Bu! LOOwO Op!a, a
GOrman OOmpany whiOh haS
rOOOn!ly S!ar!OO !O SO| | i!S
prOOuO!S i n !hO UK haS
OhangOO !ha! wi!h !hO | n!rO-
OuO!i On O! !hO mOO| umlhigh
rOSOl u!i On lU i nOh MCP llU
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We stock software for Spectrum, Commodore 4, Atari,
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FEATbRE5AN05PECI FICATI0N5
Tape
Model Counter
Bin atone Yes
016565

Omega Yes
Compucorder

JVC Yes
HC-R105
Netork Yes
NW900
.
Sanyo Yes
DR101
Toshlba Yes
HX-C810
Toshlba HX-C810
SanyoDR101
lt's just possible that you
don't need the extra features
of a data recorder, and that
an ordinar cassete recorder
will fill your needs. To give
you an Idea we looked at
three models from Omega,
Netork and Toshlba.
The recorders we looked at
range In price from 24.95
for the Omega Compucorder
to 34.95 for the Toshlba
HX-C810. The Netork costs
the same as the Blnatone but
looks nowhere near as
atractive.
All three were tested by
saving and loading various
programs and a selection of
games and to be honest they
worked just as well as the
data recorders.
The Toshlba HX-C810,
although called a cassete
recorder, has (unlike the
Automatic
Level Phase
Control Switch
Yes Yes
Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes No
Omega Compucorder

Blnatone 016565
Monitor
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Omega and Netork) a handy
monitor switch - usually
found on dedicated data re
corders.
Toshlba has also spent a
lot of time on the rather
elegant design so that lt
matches up with the com
pany's new HX-22 micro.
At 34.95 you might think
that lt's a litle pricey. On the
other and the Omega Com
pucorder and the Netork
model don't have monitor
switches.
The Omega, which is the
cheapest model (ane looks
lt) saves and loads programs
just as well as the others as
far as we could see. lt's just a
pit the company didn't pay a
litle more atention to stle
and finish. A paricularly
painful example Is the cas
sete flap which only closes
Price Supplier
29. 95 Bi natone
01-903 5211
24.95 Mi crodealer
(07073) 28181

89 JVC
01-450 3282
29. 95 Network Marketing
01-202 0911
29.95 Sanyo
(0923) 46363
34.95 Toshi ba
(0276) 62222
Netok NW900
JVCHC-R105
when lt's slammed down ver
hard. Afer doing that for a
few times lt's sure to get on
your neres N N lt did ours!
The overall finish of the
machine Isn't up to that of the
other to models
As for the Netork we did
experience a few loading
problems, but we discovered
that lt's necessar to set the
volume and tone controls to
maximum.
Overall we were Impressed
with all three models as each
lived up to the manufacturers
claims. Ultimately the deci
sion to buy a data or cassete
recorder Is yours.
But before you do, take a
tip from us. Don't be tempted
Into forking out for a model
just because lt looks good
when an ordinar, no-friiis
one will work just as well.
Get the most from your mes with a
joystick or to. Mi ke Gerrard tries out a
few of his favourites and ives his verdict
f you thought lt was hard
enough choosing an mX
machine from the wide
range available, just wait till
you come to choosing a joys
tick. To say there are mil lions
available Is perhaps a slight
exaggeration, but there are
cerainly several dozen
around. Even If there were only
to types you could still end up
buying the wrong one and not
being able to get t"e most out
of those games.
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f you've bought an MSX
micro and can't make head
or tall of the manufacturer's
manuals, don't despair. The
launch of a new computer
always heralds the publishing
of a wealth of titles each
claiming to be the definitive
guide-and MSX Is no excep
tion.
Even before the machi nes
were offi ci al l y announced
Jonathan Pearce and Graham
Bl and jumped onto the i m
pendi ng ba.ndwagon with MSX
An Introduction. The acknow
ledgement to Spectravideo
and the appendi ces hi ghl i ght
i ng the di fferences between its
BASIC and MSX-BASIC ex
pl ai ns how thei r title hit the
bookstal l s i n record ti me, mak
i ng it the fi rst gui de to MSX.
And i t was soon fol l owed by
many others with si mi l arl y un
i nspi ri ng titles.
There are now as many
books as machi nes on the
market and they tend to fal l
i nto three mai n categori es; for
the. compl ete begi nner, for
those with previous home com
puter experience but new to
MSX and for those who are
experienced BASIC program
mers and i nterested i n
machi ne code.
I f you're a compl ete begi n
ner steer cl ear of Bl and and
Pearce's contribution to MSX
(even though it's pi tched at the
uni niti ated) . Not onl y i s it ful l of
typographi cal errors, i naccu
rate and nonsensi cal flow
charts but it i ntroduces such
terms as strings and sub
routines without offeri ng ex
pl anati ons, a sure way to
confuse and lose novices. And
to cap it al l there isn't even an
i ndex!
I n compl ete contrast i s Tony
Marriot's Starting With The
MSX. Thi s i s ai med specifical l y
at the fi rst ti me user and kicks
off with an expl anati on of
computer jargon before goi ng
on to describe the layout of the
keyboard and the functions of
the vari ous keys.
Most begi nners wi l l fi nd thi s
an easy and i nformative read
but whether i t warrants a price
tag of 5. 95 is debatabl e as
it's noticeably ful l of 'creative'
white space.
Lowerdownthepricescal e i s
An Introduction To MSX BASIC
An Introduction to MSX BASIC
MSX An Introduction
Very BASIC BASIC
Worki ng with MSX BASIC
Teach Yourself Computer
Programmi ng i n MSX BASI C
Stari ng with the MSX
MSX Exposed
The Compl ete MSX Programmers
Gui de
Introduci ng MSX BASIC
MSX BASIC Revealed
A Programmer's Gui de to th_e MSX
System
Getting more from MSX with
Spectravideo and al l MSX
computers
I ntroduci ng MSX assembl y
l anguage and machi ne code
Starti ng machi ne code on the MSX
Practi cal MSX machi ne code
costing a mere 2. 50. Li ke
Marri ot's book it too i s ai med at
fi rst ti me users who've prob
abl y exhausted the novelty of
games pl ayi ng and want to
write programs of thei r own.
Readers with pre-MSX prog
rammi ng experience wi l l al so
fi nd i t a good read as i t covers
MSX's musi c capabi l ities and
shows how to create a three
part harmony. lt pays consider
abl e attenti on to multicol our
and sprite graphics whereas
many i ntroductory books onl y
give them a fl eeting menti on.
However, i f you' re not a
novice, but are hankeri ng after
somethi ng a l ittle more meaty
and own a Spectravi deo, Bri an
Boyde-Shaw's book mi ght
appeal . Getting more from
MSX-With Spectra video And
All MSX Computers, tel l s you
who the text is pri mari lywritten
for.
Begi nners wi l l fi nd the fi rst
chapter a struggle as wi l l
non-Spectravideo owners . . .
despite the ti tl e. Like Pearce
and Bl and, Boyde-Shaw wrote
Babani 2. 50
Century 7. 95
Century 2. 95
Col i i ns 7. 95

hi s book pri or to the MSX

l aunch. And l woul dn't mi nd
betti ng that he ori gi nal l y wrote
i t around Spectravideo's SV
318 and SV 328 machi nes and
then hasti l y revamped the
book when those machi nes
were dropped and the 'real'
MSX machi nes were brought
out.
A novel feature of the title i s
that each new concept i ntro
duced i s presented as a prob
l em to be solved. The program
whi ch solves the problem i s
then i l l ustrated and expl ai ned.
As a suppl ement to a manu
facturer's manual (namely
Spectravideo's) this book is a
good buy; owners of other
machi nes woul d do better
looki ng el sewhere to spend
thei r 7 . 95.
Like I sai d before there' sa lot
of books l yi ng around with the
fami l i ar and much over-used
ti tl e 'An i ntroduction to . . . '
and Kuczora and Ki ng's Intro
ducing MSX BASIC i s yet
another.
Ai med at the new MSX owner
who has previous computing
experience, i n other words a
pre-MSXer, the authors fall
i nto th'e usual trap of explain
i ng the whol e concept of
MSX . . . i f readers have MSX
machi nes then they must sure-
Hodder/Stoughton 3. 50
Kuma 5. 95
Mel bourne House 7. 95
.
ly know what the MSX standard
i s, or at least have an i nkl i ng?
Mel bourne House 14. 95
Mi cro Books 6. 95
Pengui n 6. 95
Sigma 7. 95
Si gma 7. 95
Col i i ns 8.95
Kuma 7. 95
,
Vi rgi n 4. 95
The authors stress that there
i s no substitute for hands-on
experience. With thi s i n mind
the book has been spl it i nto
three secti ons. The third sec
ti on contai ns five program
mi ng projects whi ch have been
chosen to 'represent as wide a
cross section as possi bl e of
the range of uses to which a
home computer can be put'.
lt sounds good but what
you're offered i s three games,
an educati onal game and a
very fami l i ar uti l ity - an

address book. MSX's musi c
abi l ities have been total l y
ignored.
But, to give i t credit, the
projects are wel l thought out.
Staring from scratch you are
shown step-by-step how to
build up a program.
Joe Pritchard has broken
away from the 'An I ntroduction
to . . .
,
moul d and has a more
meaningful titl e for hi s book,
MSXEposed and expose i t he
does!
Writing i n much the same
vein as Tony Marriot he knows
exactly who hi s readers are
newcomers - and adopts a
tutorial approach begi nni ng
with BASIC programmi ng
through to m a eh i ne code.
Pritchard is meti cul ousl y
thorough. Every program state
ment is ea refu 1 1 y exp I a i ned and
backed up with demonstrati on
programs, tables of vital mem
ory locations and system vari
ables. If you're l ooki ng for a
broad perspective on MSX's
capabi l ities then thi s i s the
book to go for.
However, if it sounds too
advanced because you've not
got much further than switch
ing your mi cro on, Very BASIC
BASIC cou I d wel l solve the
problem.
This is a title that shoul d be
standard issue with every MSX
computer. lt caters for the
non-techni cal novice and
starts off with a reassuri ng
'Don't Pani c! ' and then fami li a
rises the reader with the part of
the computer that i s used fi rst
-the keyboard.
Once that's out of the way
basic programmi ng techni
ques are introduced. Al l the
examples are presented i n the
form of a qui z, game or self
questi onnai re whi ch adds to

the book's appeal and j ust

goes to show that learni ng how
to program can and shoul d be
fun.
Al l thi sfor2. 95. The author
avoids hi gh fal uti n techni cal
jargon - i t real l y can be
cl assified as an ' i ntroductory'
text.
Sl ightly hi gher up the price
scal e at350 i s averydown to
earth text with a sl ant towards
the more ' professi onal ' com
puter user. Arithmetic and sci
entic functi ons are heavi l y
emphasi sed throughout.
Both authors have taught i n
col l eges of hi gher education
- the give-away is that the
chapters are l i beral l y scat
tered with 'problems' for the
reader to sol ve.
Thi s i s by no stretch of the
i magi nati on a ' I ight' read, but it
gets the message across l oud
and cl ear and at 3.50 wi l l
hardl y break the bank.
So many titles cl ai m to cater
for the novice and the experi
enced programmer, i ncl udi ng
MSX BASIC Revealed by Pal m er
and Ri chards. Havi ng read the
text from cover to cover it's the
novice who' l l get most benefit
from the fi rst ni ne chapters, as
the experienced bods wi 1 1
al ready understand strings
and vari abl es.
And I ' m not convi need that
they wi l l want to part with
6. 95 j ust to gl ean a few tasty
morsel s out of the l ast few
chapters on col our, graphics
and sprites.
lt's written very much i n the
same vei n as l an Si ncl ai r' s
Working With MSX BASIC. He
has the edge over Pal mer and
Ri chards as he goes a step
further and gives more space
to graphics and sound.
Both titles are worth del vi ng
i nto but for more experienced
programmers I'd recommend a
more advanced title such as A
Programmer's Guide to the
MSXSystem.
Thi s i s compel l i ng readi ng
but onl y for the competent
programmer and those i n
terested i n machi ne code. lt i s
a very meaty titl e and mi ght be
heavy goi ng.
Thi s i s a diffi cul t book to get
i nto but i f you're i nterested i n
writi ng hi gh performance prog
rams and i mprovi ng your
machi ne codi ng thi s is the
book to buy.
At 14. 95 The Complete
MSX Programmers Guide i s
currently the most expensive
ti tl e on the bookstal l s. But
when you see how many pages
it has (568) and run your eyes
down the contents page you' l l
see that it's not just another
text book but a programmer's
bi bl e desi gned to be conti nual
l y referred to.
lt contai ns just about every
thi ng and coul d quite easi l y
have been cal l ed Everthing
You Wanted To Know About
MSX But Were Afraid To Ask. lt
i s an i nval uabl e gui de for al l
MSX users from novice to the
most advanced.

There aren't that many titles
avai l abl e yet for the thi rd
category, those i nterested i n
machi ne code, but the three
I've come across offer a sound
i ntroduction to the subject.
Most peopl e turn to machi ne
code because it offers better
faci l ities for creating stunni ng
graphics and sound effects,
hi gher speeds and more effi
cient use of memory than i s
possi bl e usi ng BASI C al one.
Steve Webb's Practical MSX
Machine Code Programming i s
a good pl ace to start i f you're
new or vaguely fami l i ar with
code. Webb restri cts the scope
of hi s coverage ver tightly i n
order to cover a few areas i n
terms that any BASI C program
mer can understand.
Havi ng sai d that, the book
doesn't teach m a eh i ne code as
such but assembly l anguage
and it doesn't real ly do that
either. What it does is to offer
an overview of both, so i t mi ght
be an idea to suppl ement it
with Introducing MSX Assem
bly Language and Machine
Code whi ch real l y does do the
busi ness.
I n compl ete contrast is Ri d
ley's contri buti on, Starting
Machine Code On The MSX.
Al l I can say i s that Ri dley
obviously knows hi s stuff but
has probl ems putting it down i n
pri nt. He seems to be i mprovis
i ng the book as he goes al ong,
a sure way to baffle novices
and frustrate those more ex
peri enced.
Whether you're a novice to
home computi ng, a pre-MSXer
or i nterested i n machi ne code
there are pl enty of books to
choose from to sui t a 1 1 pockets.
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others as viewdata termi nal s.
There's a tremendous vari ety
of pri nters to choose from, and
this gui de shoul d put you on
the right path.
The last section of the
Buyers' Gui de l i sts MSX soft
ware. Some of i t may not be
avai l abl e immedi ately, but is
promised for the near future. .
As there are so many soft
ware packages avai l abl e,
we've grouped them i nto cate
gories. These are games,
educati on, business, uti l ity
and other. We've |isted the
suppl i er of each package, and
you' l l fi nd addresses and
' phone numbers of suppl iers.
Some of the software may not
be avai l abl e through your l ocal
MSXdeal er, so you may have to
order di rect.
Prices throughout are
approximate onl y. Peripherals
may be di scounted, particul ar
l y i f they are popul ar and wi del y
avai l abl e. Computer prices
can vary from shop to shop too.
Check out advertised prices.
With the huge amount of
MSX hard and software arriving
on the market, we're sure you'l l
fi nd j ust what you are l ooking
for to make your MSX system
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the background. The X'Press, when i t i s eventual l y l aunched by
Spectravi deo, wi l l be the fi rst MSX busi ness oriented machi ne.
Its features i ncl ude a bui lt-i n 3. 5 i nch di sk dri ve, RS232C
i nteface and an 80 col umn card.
Wi th these faci l iti es both MSX-DOS and CP/M operati ng
systems can be used.
lt's a formi dabl e computer and i f it does sel l for 400, the
X' Press wi | | be hard to beat.
ToshibaHX-10 ZJ
Toshi ba was the fi rst Japanese maker to bri ng out an MSX
computer and have been the most active i n promoting the
standard. The HX-10 i s a mi d-priced uni t, currently suppl i ed with
a package of software and wi del y avai l abl e through ma]c|
mul ti pl es. l t i s a 64K machi ne with the usual range of i nterfaces,
though there i s onl y one true cartridge port.
Toshi ba' s peri pheral s i ncl ude a joysti ck, an RS232-C adaptor.
a dot matrix pri nter, a pri nter pl otter and the usual array of date
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Canon are perhaps better known for thei r cameras and copiers.
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specificati ons. The attention-grabbi ng feature i s the extra l arge
cursor keypad that i s excel lent for games pl ayi ng. There are two
joystick ports too, and the pri ce i s a I ittle lower than the top range
MSX rival s.
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make non-MSX pri nters. They are keepi ng a low profi l e i n the
market, with machi nes avai l abl e mai nl y through Comet and
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al l a 64K MSX mi cro shoul d.
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machi ne, bl essed wi th excel l ent styl i ng and qual ity throughout.
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space for other peri pheral s.
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choice.
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make sense of the variety of
models avai l abl e.
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Type: M -Dot matrix printer.
The image is pri nted by the
impact of pi ns from a pi n
matrix, the parti cul ar pi ns de
termi ni ng the shape of the
character. Dot matrix pri nters
are very fast.
D - Dai sywheel pri nter.
These pri nters work rather l i ke
el ectroni c typewriters, usi ng a
dai syheel of formed charac
ters. Qual ity is hi gh, but
speeds are sl ower and you are
l i mited to the characters on the
dai sywheel .
T - Therm a | printer. The
print head i s heated, thus
transferring i nk to paper, usi ng
a matrix of needl es. These
pri nters run very quietly.
I nkjet printer. Squi rts of
i nk are di rected at the paper to
form the characters. lt i s al l
relatively new and pricey.
Matrix size: Appl i cabl e onl y to
dot matrix and thermal pri nters
-the number of pi ns used to
form a character. Maxi mum
figures are given, the more, the
better the qual ity.
Maximum speed: The number
of characters per second (cps)
that can be printed.
Paper width: The maxi mum
width of paper the pri nter wi 1 1
take i n i nches.
Paper feed: T -Tractor feed.
Continuous paper, perforated
at the edges, i s used and width
is adjustabl e.
P-Pinfeed. As tractor feed,
but paper width i s fixed.
F-Friction feed. The sor of
feed found on typewriters, for
one sheet of paper at a ti me.
Graphics: BBl ock graphi cs.
Prints usi ng set characters
provided by the pri nter.
H - Hi -res graphi cs. The
printer can pri nt anythi ng that
appears on the screen, i n text
or graphics modes.
Interace : C-Centroni cs. The
pri nter i nterface found on MSX
computers.
R-RS232C. An al ternative
pri nter i nterface that can be
added to MSX computers.
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the lower porti on of characters
that extend below the |i ne (g,j
etc. )
M-the pri nter has a sl ower
printing speed to give near
l etter qual ity pri nting.
B - the pri nter i s battery
powered.
C-the pri nter pri nts i n more
than one col our.
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One of the ways we keep a check on the
advertising that appears in the press, on posters
and in the cinema is by responding to consumers'
complaints.
Any complaint sent to us is considered
carefully and, if there's a case to answer, a full.
investigation is made.
If you think you've got good reason to
complain about an advertisement, send off for a
copy of our fee leaflet.
It will tell you all you need to know to help us
process your complaint as quickly as possible.
The Advertising Standards Authority.
an advertisement is wrong, we're here to put it right.
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General advice to readers
concerning advertisements
When reply1ng to advertisements in this issue, you should note the follow1ng points:
1 . Always clarify the exact nature of any guarantee being offered.
. Never send cash -always a cheque, Postal or Money Order.
. Insist on a wntten rece1pt.
0. Clearly state the equipment you seek, and detail any acceptable alternatives.
. Request an immediate statement of how and when the goods are to be delivered
and whether the delivery w1ll be split.
. Check by telephone the latest pnces and ava1lab1llty of gods you are ordenng.
7. Cases of non-supply or wrong supply of goods should initially be taken up directly
and as soon as possible with the supplier.
. Because of fluctuations 1n prices and discunts, 1t 1s advisable to ensure that you
reply only to adverisements published in current issues.
Ma| I Order Protecton Scheme
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If you order gods from mall order adverisers In this magazine and pay by post
In advance of deliver, this publication (What MSX?) will consider you for
compensation if the adveriser should bcome Insolvent or bankrupt, provide:
1 . You have not received the goods or had your money returned; and
Z. You write to the publisher of this publication (What MSX?) explaining the
psition not earlier than Z days from the day you sent your order and not
later than Z months from that day.
Please do not wait until the last moment to Inform us. When you write, we will
tell you how to make your claim and what evidence of payment is required.
We guarantee to meet the ctlms from readers made In accordance with the
abve proedure as son as possible afer the advertiser has been declared
bankrupt or insolvent up to a limit of ,500pr annum for any one advertiser so
afected and up to 1 9,500p.a. In respect of all insolvent adverisers. Claims may
b paid for higher amounts, or when the above procedure had not ben complied
with, at the decision of the publication (What MSX?) but we do not guarante to
do so In view of the need to set some limit to this commitment and to learn
quickly of readers' dificulties.
This guarantee covers only advance payments sent in direct response to an
advertisement in this magazine (not, for example, payments made in response
to catalogues etc, received as a result of answering such adverisements).
Classified adverisements are excluded.
Nlte: The sums referred to are annual amounts available for compensation
and they will be divided equally amongst all valid claims received.
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You'd expct one of the best-slling
home computers in Japan to have a
specification list as big as its memory.
But the Toshiba HX10 dosn't just
limit 00to that.
lt was developed along with other
Japanes home computers to operate
on one language:MSX.You can swap prog
rams,games,cassttes,even pripherals
like disk drives, printers, and joyticks:
they're all compatible with every other
MSX computer
All of which makes MSX the system
of the future.
5if you want a computer that won't
b obsolete in a few years, buy an MSX.
If you want one of the best-slling MSX
computers in Japan, buy a Toshiba HX10.
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