{"id":23983,"date":"2019-11-21T15:44:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T20:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=23983"},"modified":"2019-12-04T14:47:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:47:19","slug":"microcomputer-printout-november-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/11\/21\/microcomputer-printout-november-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"MicroComputer Printout (November 1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FMicroComputer_Printout%2FIssue8211&amp;twg_show=MicroComputerPrintout821100001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23984\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MicroComputerPrintout821100001-745x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FMicroComputer_Printout%2FIssue8211&amp;twg_show=MicroComputerPrintout821100001.jpg\">MicroComputer Printout &#8211; November 1982<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>MicroComputer Printout was a U.K. based computer magazine published in the early 1980s. It covered the various mostly 8-bit computers of the time and included type-in programs. The November 1982 issue includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Brochures<\/b> &#8211; How to see through the sales talk.<\/li>\n<li><b>Computer People<\/b> &#8211; How to recognize them, and how to be one-up!<\/li>\n<li><b>Alternatives to Keyboards<\/b> &#8211; Speech recognition, light pens and bar codes are all ways of getting round this bottleneck.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Seven Deadly Sins<\/b> &#8211; The right and wrong way to run a business computer.<\/li>\n<li><b>Japan &#8211; and a Thinking Micro<\/b> &#8211; The Japanese are now developing a personal computer with frightening powers of reason.<\/li>\n<li><b>Player-Missile Graphics<\/b> &#8211; How to get stunning effects from your Atari.<\/li>\n<li><b>Meeting Scheduler<\/b> &#8211; An invaluable program for busy managers. Full listing.<\/li>\n<li><b>How it Works<\/b> &#8211; What does a Disk Operating System do?<\/li>\n<li><b>Microscope<\/b> &#8211; How much memory do you really need?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regulars<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tommy&#8217;s Tips<\/b> &#8211; Programming problems solved here.<\/li>\n<li><b>Read\/Write<\/b> &#8211; Where the readers fight back.<\/li>\n<li><b>Hotline<\/b> &#8211; Lots of new micros and an interview with the man who invented Microsoft BASIC.<\/li>\n<li><b>Rex Malik&#8217;s Joke Book<\/b> &#8211; Some &#8216;unofficial&#8217; laws of computing.<\/li>\n<li><b>Inside Trader<\/b> &#8211; More writ-defying libel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cover Story<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Database<\/b> &#8211; Probably the most heavily promoted and least understood computer program on the market, a database is one of the most efficient ways of computerizing your business. But how do you chose between the many packages on the market? We explain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: MicroComputer Printout &#8211; November 1982 MicroComputer Printout was a U.K. based computer magazine published in the early 1980s. It covered the various mostly 8-bit computers of the time and included type-in programs. The November 1982 issue includes: Brochures &#8211; How to see through the sales talk. Computer People &#8211; How to recognize them, and how to be one-up! Alternatives to Keyboards &#8211; Speech recognition, light pens and bar codes are all ways of getting round this bottleneck. Features Seven Deadly Sins &#8211; The right and wrong way to run a business computer. Japan &#8211; and a Thinking Micro &#8211; The Japanese are now developing a personal computer with frightening powers of reason. Player-Missile Graphics &#8211; How to get stunning effects from your Atari. Meeting Scheduler &#8211; An invaluable program for busy managers. Full listing. How it Works &#8211; What does a Disk Operating System do? Microscope &#8211; How much memory do you really need? Regulars Tommy&#8217;s Tips &#8211; Programming problems solved here. Read\/Write &#8211; Where the readers fight back. Hotline &#8211; Lots of new micros and an interview with the man who invented Microsoft BASIC. Rex Malik&#8217;s Joke Book &#8211; Some &#8216;unofficial&#8217; laws of computing. Inside Trader &#8211; More [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2362],"class_list":["post-23983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-arcana","tag-retrocomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}