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+ | '''Download:'''[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10705 Disk and Tape Image of Sound Experiment Program on CPC-Power.] | ||
<gallery caption="PCW Sept 27 '84 - 464 Animations"> | <gallery caption="PCW Sept 27 '84 - 464 Animations"> | ||
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+ | '''Download:'''[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10703 Disk Image of Animated Fans on CPC-Power] | ||
<gallery caption="PCW Oct 04 '84 - Type-in game: Helicopter fury"> | <gallery caption="PCW Oct 04 '84 - Type-in game: Helicopter fury"> | ||
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+ | ''Please Note: Helicopter Fury will crash if AMSDOS is present. Program will work if OUT statements in 1120 are omitted or amended.'' | ||
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+ | '''Download:'''[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10702 Disk and Tape Image of Helicopter Fury on CPC-Power] | ||
<gallery caption="PCW Oct 11 '84 - Type-in: Word game"> | <gallery caption="PCW Oct 11 '84 - Type-in: Word game"> | ||
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+ | '''Download:''' [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10706 Disk Image of Nellie's Anagrams on CPC-Power] | ||
<gallery caption="PCW Oct 25 '84 - Artwork: Scribble"> | <gallery caption="PCW Oct 25 '84 - Artwork: Scribble"> | ||
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+ | '''Download:''' [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10707 Disk Image of Amstrad Scribble on CPC-Power] | ||
<gallery caption="PCW Nov 15 '84 - File Organiser Part 1 & Type-in: Battleships"> | <gallery caption="PCW Nov 15 '84 - File Organiser Part 1 & Type-in: Battleships"> | ||
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+ | ''Please Note: Battleships Type-in has some printing issues, line 1540 is incomplete, this line appears to be the same as Line 1680. Line 1570 has a RETURN at the end of it. A number of lines have print statements with no closing quote, these lines have spaces in them with closing quote. '' | ||
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+ | '''Download:'''[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10708 Disk and Tape Image of Battleships on CPC-Power] | ||
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+ | '''Download:'''[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10709 Disk Image of Microfile on CPC-Power] | ||
<gallery caption="PCW Nov 22 '84 - File Organiser Part 2"> | <gallery caption="PCW Nov 22 '84 - File Organiser Part 2"> | ||
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+ | '''Download:'''[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10709 Disk Image of Microfile on CPC-Power] | ||
<gallery caption="PCW Dec 06 '84 - CPC464 Inside Arnold's memory"> | <gallery caption="PCW Dec 06 '84 - CPC464 Inside Arnold's memory"> | ||
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+ | '''Download:''' [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10710 Disk and Tape Image of HiROMLoROMRAM on CPC-Power] | ||
<gallery caption="PCW Dec 13 '84 - CPC464 Graphics commands"> | <gallery caption="PCW Dec 13 '84 - CPC464 Graphics commands"> | ||
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+ | ''Please Note: The BASIC Loader program for "A New Image" loads this early Sprite Driver where AMSDOS resides, however Assembly Source is available in this issue & Dec 20 Issue of PCW, this program will function on a 6128 while in Tape Mode.'' | ||
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+ | '''Download:''' [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10711 Tape Image of A New Image & Demonstration on CPC-Power] | ||
<gallery caption="PCW Dec 20 '84 - Microcomputer summary"> | <gallery caption="PCW Dec 20 '84 - Microcomputer summary"> | ||
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− | <gallery caption="PCW Jan | + | '''Download:''' [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10711 Tape Image of A New Image & Demonstration on CPC-Power] |
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+ | <gallery caption="PCW Jan 3 '85 - Type-in: Graphing program"> | ||
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+ | '''Download:''' [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=5723 Disk Image of Shipwrecked on CPC-Power] | ||
<gallery caption="PCW April 11 '85 - Useful MC routines"> | <gallery caption="PCW April 11 '85 - Useful MC routines"> | ||
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+ | '''Download:''' [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=8837 Disk Image of Solitaire on CPC-Power] | ||
<gallery caption="PCW August 08 '85 - Type-in: Morse code program"> | <gallery caption="PCW August 08 '85 - Type-in: Morse code program"> | ||
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+ | '''Download:'''[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10769 Disk Image of Fractals on CPC-Power.] | ||
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<gallery caption="PCW June 26 '86 - Type-ins: Fancy Letters, Decoder"> | <gallery caption="PCW June 26 '86 - Type-ins: Fancy Letters, Decoder"> | ||
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− | <gallery caption="PCW Jan 01 '87 - Type- | + | <gallery caption="PCW Sept 11 '86 - Type-ins: Xen part 2"> |
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+ | <gallery caption="PCW Sept 18 '86 - Type-ins: Mem Edit, Game: Road Toad"> | ||
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+ | </gallery> | ||
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+ | '''Download:'''[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=3410 Disk Image of Road Toad on CPC-Power.] | ||
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+ | <gallery caption="PCW Sept 25 '86 - Type-ins: VDU, Status. Game: Road Toad part 2"> | ||
+ | Image:PopularComputingWeekly86092500001.jpg | ||
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+ | </gallery> | ||
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+ | '''Download:'''[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=3410 Disk Image of Road Toad on CPC-Power.] | ||
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+ | <gallery caption="PCW Oct 02 '86 - Type-in game: Road Toad part 3"> | ||
+ | Image:PopularComputingWeekly86100200001.jpg | ||
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+ | </gallery> | ||
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+ | '''Download:'''[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=3410 Disk Image of Road Toad on CPC-Power.] | ||
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+ | <gallery caption="PCW Oct 09 '86 - Type-ins: RAM Disc, Screen Scroller"> | ||
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+ | </gallery> | ||
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+ | <gallery caption="PCW Oct 16 '86 - Type-ins: Race Adviser part 1, Fast Printer, Disc Turbo"> | ||
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+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | <gallery caption="PCW Oct 23 '86 - Type-ins: Race advisor part 2"> | ||
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+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | <gallery caption="PCW Oct 30 '86 - Type-ins: Abbreviations for keywords"> | ||
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+ | <gallery caption="PCW Nov 20 '86 - Type-ins: Xen Plus, Character Modes"> | ||
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+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | <gallery caption="PCW Nov 27 '86 - Type-ins: Xen plus cont..."> | ||
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+ | </gallery> | ||
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+ | <gallery caption="PCW Dec 04 '86 - Type-ins: Assembler/Disassembler program part 1"> | ||
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+ | </gallery> | ||
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+ | <gallery caption="PCW Dec 11 '86 - Type-ins: Assembler/Disassembler program part 2, system time, Teletext aid"> | ||
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+ | <gallery caption="PCW Dec 18 '86 - Type-in: Arcade Adventure game: Khandal part 1"> | ||
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+ | <gallery caption="PCW Jan 01 '87 - Type-in: Arcade Adventure game: Khandal part 2"> | ||
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+ | '''Download:'''[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10801 Disk Image of Screen Collapse on CPC-Power] | ||
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<gallery caption="PCW May 08 '87 - Type-ins: Icon Toolkit"> | <gallery caption="PCW May 08 '87 - Type-ins: Icon Toolkit"> | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:37, 6 January 2016
Popular Computing Weekly was a weekly UK magazine that covered the range of home microcomputers during the 80's. It Ran until the early 90's.
Amstrad content appeared in April of 1984 with the launch of the CPC 464. Other reviews, type-ins etc followed in an intermittent manner (starting fortnighly in September 1984 and eventually become weekly in 1985).
Below is just Amstrad CPC relevant content:
Download:Disk and Tape Image of Sound Experiment Program on CPC-Power.
Download:Disk Image of Animated Fans on CPC-Power
Please Note: Helicopter Fury will crash if AMSDOS is present. Program will work if OUT statements in 1120 are omitted or amended.
Download:Disk and Tape Image of Helicopter Fury on CPC-Power
Download: Disk Image of Nellie's Anagrams on CPC-Power
Download: Disk Image of Amstrad Scribble on CPC-Power
Please Note: Battleships Type-in has some printing issues, line 1540 is incomplete, this line appears to be the same as Line 1680. Line 1570 has a RETURN at the end of it. A number of lines have print statements with no closing quote, these lines have spaces in them with closing quote.
Download:Disk and Tape Image of Battleships on CPC-Power
Download:Disk Image of Microfile on CPC-Power
Download:Disk Image of Microfile on CPC-Power
Download: Disk and Tape Image of HiROMLoROMRAM on CPC-Power
Please Note: The BASIC Loader program for "A New Image" loads this early Sprite Driver where AMSDOS resides, however Assembly Source is available in this issue & Dec 20 Issue of PCW, this program will function on a 6128 while in Tape Mode.
Download: Tape Image of A New Image & Demonstration on CPC-Power
Download: Tape Image of A New Image & Demonstration on CPC-Power
Download: Disk Image of Shipwrecked on CPC-Power
Download: Disk Image of Solitaire on CPC-Power
Download:Disk Image of Fractals on CPC-Power.
Download:Disk Image of Road Toad on CPC-Power.
Download:Disk Image of Road Toad on CPC-Power.
Download:Disk Image of Road Toad on CPC-Power.
Download:Disk Image of Screen Collapse on CPC-Power