Difference between revisions of "Popular Computing Weekly"

Revision as of 18:11, 9 January 2013

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:

• PCW April 19 '84 - CPC464 Review
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• PCW Sept 13 '84 - 464 Sound effects
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• PCW Sept 27 '84 - 464 Animations
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• PCW Oct 04 '84 - Type-in game: Helicopter fury
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• PCW Oct 11 '84 - Type-in: Word game
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• PCW Oct 25 '84 - Artwork: Scribble
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• PCW Nov 15 '84 - File Organiser Part 1 & Type-in: Battleships
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• PCW Nov 22 '84 - File Organiser Part 2
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• PCW Dec 06 '84 - CPC464 Inside Arnold's memory
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• PCW Dec 13 '84 - CPC464 Graphics commands
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• PCW Dec 20 '84 - Microcomputer summary
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• PCW Jan 17 '85 - Type-in: Graphing program
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• PCW Jan 17 '85 - Type-in: Dice throw
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• PCW Jan 31 '85 - Rom to Tape Util
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• PCW Feb 07 '85 - CPC664 Review & Scroll command
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• PCW Feb 14 '85 - Printer utils
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• PCW Feb 21 '85 - Strings and Arrays
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• PCW Feb 28 '85 - Poker Game Type-in
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• PCW March 07 '85 - Poker Game Type-in
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• PCW March 14 '85 - Background Printing
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• PCW March 21 '85 - Drawing Circles
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• PCW March 28 '85 - Amstrad Robotics
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• PCW April 04 '85 - Type-in game: Shipwrecked
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• PCW April 11 '85 - Useful MC routines
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• PCW April 18 '85 - Useful MC routines part 2
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• PCW April 25 '85 - CPC664 Review
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• PCW May 02 '85 - Type-in: Making waves
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• PCW May 09 '85 - Type-in: MC Alarm Clock
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• PCW May 31 '85 - Type-in game: Lunar Lander
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• PCW June 13 '85 - Function key programming & 6128 preview
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• PCW June 20 '85 - Sort routine
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• PCW June 27 '85 - Sound effects
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• PCW July 04 '85 - Drawing effects
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• PCW July 11 '85 - MC Memory info
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• PCW July 18 '85 - Fast saving/loading
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• PCW July 25 '85 - Type-in game: Solitaire
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• PCW August 08 '85 - Type-in: Morse code program
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• PCW August 15 '85 - 6128 News, MC Screen dump
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• PCW August 22 '85 - CPC6128 review & screen utility
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• PCW August 29 '85 - Colour Swapping Techniques
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• PCW Sept 05 '85 - Type-in game: Smasher
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• PCW Sept 12 '85 - Type-in game: Smasher part 2
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• PCW Sept 19 '85 - Type-in utility: Inventory manager
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• PCW Sept 26 '85 - Type-in: Screen effects
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• PCW Oct 03 '85 - Type-in game: Prediction
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• PCW Oct 10 '85 - Type-in: Mode Mixer
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• PCW Oct 17 '85 - Type-in game: Space Station Zebra
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• PCW Oct 24 '85 - Type-in game: Space Station Zebra Part 2
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• PCW Oct 31 '85 - Type-in: Chemistry Quiz
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• PCW Nov 07 '85 - Type-in game: Naval warfare
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• PCW Nov 14 '85 - Type-in: Typing Tutor
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• PCW Nov 21 '85 - Type-in: Sound sampler
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• PCW Nov 28 '85 - Type-in: Music effects
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• PCW Dec 05 '85 - Type-in: Data protection
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• PCW Dec 12 '85 - Type-in game: Connect 4
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• PCW Dec 26 '85 - Type-in: Electronic xmas cards, Microcomputing 1985 review
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• 1986 to go here *

• 1987 (jan-nov)to go here *

• PCW Dec 03 '87 - Type-in:
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• PCW Dec 10 '87 - Type-in:
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• PCW Dec 17 '89 - Type-in:
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• PCW May 18 '89 - Type-in: Rolling Characters
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