Popular Computing Weekly
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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
- PCW Sept 13 '84 - 464 Sound effects
- PCW Sept 27 '84 - 464 Animations
- PCW Oct 04 '84 - Type-in game: Helicopter fury
- PCW Oct 11 '84 - Type-in: Word game
- PCW Oct 25 '84 - Artwork: Scribble
- PCW Nov 15 '84 - File Organiser Part 1 & Type-in: Battleships
- PCW Nov 22 '84 - File Organiser Part 2
- PCW Dec 06 '84 - CPC464 Inside Arnold's memory
- PCW Dec 13 '84 - CPC464 Graphics commands
- PCW Dec 20 '84 - Microcomputer summary
- PCW Jan 17 '85 - Type-in: Graphing program
- PCW Jan 17 '85 - Type-in: Dice throw
- PCW Jan 31 '85 - Rom to Tape Util
- PCW Feb 07 '85 - CPC664 Review & Scroll command
- PCW Feb 14 '85 - Printer utils
- PCW Feb 21 '85 - Strings and Arrays
- PCW Feb 28 '85 - Poker Game Type-in
- PCW March 07 '85 - Poker Game Type-in
- PCW March 14 '85 - Background Printing
- PCW March 21 '85 - Drawing Circles
- PCW March 28 '85 - Amstrad Robotics
- PCW April 04 '85 - Type-in game: Shipwrecked
- PCW April 11 '85 - Useful MC routines
- PCW April 18 '85 - Useful MC routines part 2
- PCW April 25 '85 - CPC664 Review
- PCW May 02 '85 - Type-in: Making waves
- PCW May 09 '85 - Type-in: MC Alarm Clock
- PCW May 31 '85 - Type-in game: Lunar Lander
- PCW June 13 '85 - Function key programming & 6128 preview
- PCW June 20 '85 - Sort routine
- PCW June 27 '85 - Sound effects
- PCW July 04 '85 - Drawing effects
- PCW July 11 '85 - MC Memory info
- PCW July 18 '85 - Fast saving/loading
- PCW July 25 '85 - Type-in game: Solitaire
- PCW August 08 '85 - Type-in: Morse code program
- PCW August 15 '85 - 6128 News, MC Screen dump
- PCW August 22 '85 - CPC6128 review & screen utility
- PCW August 29 '85 - Colour Swapping Techniques
- PCW Sept 05 '85 - Type-in game: Smasher
- PCW Sept 12 '85 - Type-in game: Smasher part 2
- PCW Sept 19 '85 - Type-in utility: Inventory manager
- PCW Sept 26 '85 - Type-in: Screen effects
- PCW Oct 03 '85 - Type-in game: Prediction
- PCW Oct 10 '85 - Type-in: Mode Mixer
- PCW Oct 17 '85 - Type-in game: Space Station Zebra
- PCW Oct 24 '85 - Type-in game: Space Station Zebra Part 2
- PCW Oct 31 '85 - Type-in: Chemistry Quiz
- PCW Nov 07 '85 - Type-in game: Naval warfare
- PCW Nov 14 '85 - Type-in: Typing Tutor
- PCW Nov 21 '85 - Type-in: Sound sampler
- PCW Nov 28 '85 - Type-in: Music effects
- PCW Dec 05 '85 - Type-in: Data protection
- PCW Dec 12 '85 - Type-in game: Connect 4
- PCW Dec 26 '85 - Type-in: Electronic xmas cards, Microcomputing 1985 review
- PCW Jan 09 '86 - Type-in: Clock, Disc Dir
- PCW Jan 16 '86 - Type-in: Random Access
- PCW Jan 23 '86 - Type-in: Random Access part 2
- PCW Feb 06 '86 - Type-in: Printing modes
- PCW Feb 13 '86 - Type-in: Printing modes
- PCW Feb 20 '86 - Type-in: Word Processor
- PCW Feb 27 '86 - Type-in: Word Processor
- PCW Mar 06 '86 - Type-in: Word Processor
- PCW Mar 13 '86 - Type-in: Basic Commands
- PCW Mar 20 '86 - Type-in: Infinite Colours
- PCW Mar 27 '86 - Type-in game: Tarot
- PCW Apr 03 '86 - Type-in: Tarot
- PCW Apr 10 '86 - Type-in: Puzzle
- PCW Apr 24 '86 - Type-in game: Time Race
- PCW May 01 '86 - Type-in game: Submarine, LOGO
- PCW May 08 '86 - Type-ins: Planet Positions, Trace Routine
- PCW May 15 '86 - Type-ins: Planet Positions, Disc Utility
- PCW May 22 '86 - Type-ins: Character Expansion
- PCW May 29 '86 - Type-ins: Amstrad Database
- PCW June 05 '86 - Type-ins: Address Master
- PCW June 12 '86 - Type-ins: Sound Command, Large Char Print
- PCW June 19 '86 - Type-ins: Sounds part 2, Fractals
- PCW June 26 '86 - Type-ins: Fancy Letters, Decoder
- PCW July 03 '86 - Type-in game: 'Debuggin
- PCW July 10 '86 - Game Reviews
- PCW July 17 '86 - Type-ins: Disc Directory
- PCW July 24 '86 - Type-in game: 3D Maze, Upside down print
- PCW July 31 '86 - Type-ins: 3D Maze part 2
- PCW Aug 07 '86 - Type-ins: Futuristic Character Set
- PCW Aug 14 '86 - Type-ins: Futuristic Character Set
- PCW Aug 28 '86 - Type-ins: Small print, Search program, Speedload
- PCW Sept 04 '86 - Type-ins: Xen rsx, Disc Util
- PCW Sept 11 '86 - Type-ins: Xen part 2
- PCW Sept 18 '86 - Type-ins: Mem Edit, Game: Road Toad
- PCW Sept 25 '86 - Type-ins: VDU, Status. Game: Road Toad part 2
- 1986 to go here (Oct-Dec) *
- PCW Jan 01 '87 - Type-ins: Game Khandal
- PCW Jan 08 '87 - Type-ins: Game: Khandal
- PCW Jan 29 '87 - Type-ins: Converter
- PCW Feb 12 '87 - Type-ins: RSX, Screen Clear
- PCW Apr 03 '87 - Type-ins: Split Colours, Message Scroller
- PCW Apr 17 '87 - Type-ins: Icon Toolkit
- PCW May 01 '87 - Type-ins: Icon Toolkit, Screen collapse
- PCW May 08 '87 - Type-ins: Icon Toolkit
- PCW May 29 '87 - Type-ins: Print Codes, Screen Inverter
- PCW Jun 05 '87 - Type-ins: Register Loader
- PCW Jun 12 '87 - Type-ins: Game: Khandal 2, Scroller
- PCW Jun 19 '87 - Type-ins: Game: Khandal 2, CRT Pulse
- PCW Jun 26 '87 - Type-ins: Game: Khandal 2
- PCW July 24 '87 - Type-ins: RSX Designer, Giant Text
- PCW July 31 '87 - Type-ins: Variable Lister, 256 Directories RSX
- PCW Aug 07 '87 - Type-in: File Verify
- PCW Aug 21 '87 - Type-in: MC Memory string finder
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- PCW Sept 04 '87 - Type-in: RSX's
- PCW Sept 25 '87 - Type-in: News Maker
- PCW Oct 16 '87 - Type-in: Desktop Publish part 1
- PCW Oct 23 '87 - Type-in: Desktop Publish part 2
- PCW Nov 06 '87 - Type-in: String Split
- PCW Nov 13 '87 - 6128 Databases
- PCW Dec 03 '87 - Type-in: Sprite routine and designer
- PCW Dec 10 '87 - Type-in: Screen Print / Scroll routines
- PCW Dec 17 '89 - Type-in game: Tank
- PCW May 18 '89 - Type-in: Rolling Characters
