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Issue 1
April 1982

Editorial director
John Sterlicchi
Consultant editor
Mike Johnston
Production editor
Harold Mayes
Design
Bill Scolding
Advertisement director
Simon Horgan
Advertisement manager
Les Morton
Editorial/production assistant
Sue Hawes
Managing director
Terry Cartwright
Chairman
Richard Hease

Sinclair User is published monthly by ECC Publications Ltd. It is not in any way connected with Sinclair Research Ltd.

  • SINCLAIRVOYANCE The question every user asks is "What will Clive Sinclair do next?" Each month we will look into our crystal ball.

  • SOFTWARE SCENE Hopefully all new software which comes on to the market will come under our scrutiny and will form the basis of a series of snappy reviews.

  • HARDWARE WORLD The same applies to hardware. This month we look at various boards, systems, kits and assorted goodies.

  • INSIDE SINCLAIR Meet Ruth Bramley, who works for Sinclair answering the hundreds of technical queries the company receives from users.

  • MICROFAIR MANIA Once again thousands queued for hours to go to the ZX Microfair. Our photographer captured the happy scenes.

  • STARTING FROM SCRATCH Just bought a ZX-81? Well, here is a guide to help you take those tentative first steps to understanding your system.

  • HELPLINE Is this what you have been waiting for? Our expert, Andrew Hewson, aims to answer problems in his monthly column.

  • SCHOOL SPOT Sinclairs have made such a great impact in our schools that we intend to travel the length and breadth of the U.K. looking for interesting applications.

  • EIGHT PAGES OF PROGRAMS Othello, Blackjack and Star Swerver are just three of the programs we list this month. Remember if you have written a program we will pay if we print it.

  • BUSINESS Who said the ZX-81 was no good for business applications? Certainly not Mike Salem, who sets out to prove it is just fine.

  • CONVERSION No, not just to the Gospel according to Clive! This is one for you folks who climbed aboard the ZX-80 bandwagon and want to convert your programs to the ZX-81.

  • BOOKS Almost as much has been written about the ZX-81 as the rest of the micro scene put together. In each issue we will examine a few offerings.

  • SOFTWARE OVERVIEW As this is the first issue we thought we would skate over some of the products which have been on the market a time before we begin more in depth analyses.

  • HARDWARE OVERVIEW Ditto on the hardware side. Stephen Adams scans the market before getting down to dissecting Sinclair's 16K RAM next month.

  • COMPETITION We know that Sinclair printers are supposed to be as rare as gold dust but we have managed to get our hands on five to give away as prizes.

  • PRESTEL There is £1,000 at stake for the inventor of the best ZX-81/Prestel adaptor. Roger Green looks at what doors such an adaptor would open.

  • MIND GAMES Last but not least we have asked Philip Joy to write a regular column on more thought-provoking games. He, in turn, is asking for help from you the reader.

If you would like to contribute to Sinclair User, please send typed (or beautifully hand-written) articles or programs to -
Sinclair User
ECC Publications,
London.

We will pay £10 for each program printed and £50 for each article which should be approximately 1,000 words long.

© Copyright 1982
Sinclair User
ISSN No. 0262-5458

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