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Editor

JOHN COOK

Production Editor

BARBORA HAJEK

Software Editor

GRAHAM TAYLOR

Editorial Secretary

LUCINDA LEE

Advertisement Manager

SIMON LANGSTON

Administration

GERALDINE SMYTH

Managing Editor

PETER WORLOCK

Publishing Director

JENNY IRE LAND

Subs c ript ions

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ISSN 0265-0177. Telex: 296275

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News

Destructor!

Ouickbeam • Sh a o lin Ma st e r u p d a t e —

Show report from Cardiff — Plus follow-up

Show in Leeds — Microdeal to organise

two conventions this year — Details inside

— Plus Total Eclipse update a n d more!

The E a r t h is i n peril — y et a g a i n — a n d

naturally, only you can save it. Defuse the

t hree bombs t hat are set t o blow our world

to bit s a l l i n ma c h i n e c o d e f r o m t h e

keyboard o f Steve Gathercole.

Communication

Machine Code Tutor

2 2

Have you got a problem , t h e n we want to

hear about it. Send all your Dragon related

queries to us and get results fast! Or maybe

this is your chance to help someone out?

Messrs J a s o n O r b a u m a n d G e o f f e ry

Campbell continue our exploration into the

world o f ma ch in e c o d e — t h is mo n t h

discussing c h i p a rch ite ctu re a n d ﬂ o w -

charting.

Letters

Software

Published by Suns hine Books. Sc ot Press

Ltd. (D Sunshine Books 1986

Typesetting by Ches ham Press. Ches ham,

Bucks. printed by Greenaway Harrison

(Southend) Ltd. Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Distributed b y S. M. Dis t ribut ion, L o n d o n

SW9. 01-274 8611. Telex: 261643

Registered at t he Post Ofﬁ ce as a news -

paper

Dragon a n d i t s l o g o a r e t rademark s o f

Dragon Data Ltd

Ho w to s ubmit articles

The quality of the material we can publish in

Dragon User each month will, to a very great

extent d e p e n d o n t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e

discoveries t hat y ou c an mak e wit h y our

Dragon. The Dragon computer was launched

on to the market wit h a powerful version of

Basic, but with very poor documentation.

Articles whic h a r e s ubmit t ed t o Dragon

User for publication should not be more than

3000 words long. All submissions should be

typed. Pleas e leav e wi d e margins and a

double space between each line. Programs

should, whenev er pos s ible, b e c omput er

printed on plain white paper and be accom-

panied by a tape of the program.

We c annot guarant ee t o ret urn ev ery

submitted article or program, so please keep

a copy. If you want t o hav e y our program

returned y o u mu s t inc lude a s t amped,

addressed envelope.

Your ch a n ce t o e xp re ss y o u r vie ws t o

thousands o f o th e r Dra g o n Use rs. Th is

month (amongst others) — mo re bulletin

board numbers — update on O S

g ro u p

— plus your letter (whoops _ t h a t ' s next

— u s e r s

tmonth, isn't it?)

h e

v e

People's Chart

r y

lThis is it, the results o f the ﬁ rst People's

Chart, compiled by you, the Dragon U s e r

s t

plus

— your chance to vote in Chart Number

Three, Vote! Vote! Vote!

Expert System

They sa y everyone's an expert at so me -

thing — so wh y not try creating your own

expert system, using this program by Peter

tWhittaker.

Hardware

s f n e w M X T co n tro lle r, f r o m C o m -

The

o r

pusense, opens up vast n e w applications

m your Dragon — fro m burglar alarm to

for

teasmaid. Wa s Ro y Co a te s impressed'?

e r

Read on fo r details.

Jason Orbaum's selection for this month —

the good, the bad, the supremely indifferent

— can you afford n o t to read this?

Dragon Answers

More t ec hnic al ans wers to a whole bunc h of

readers technical a n d not-so-technical

questions , f r o m t h e keyboard o f t h e

awesomely knowledgable Brian Cadge,

Adventure Trail

Mike Gerrard collects the usual assortment

of waifs and strays of the adventure world

and p u ts th e m b a ck o n th e straight and

narrow. Tip s galore

Firmware

All good things co me to a n end a n d

judging by the mail bag, this one has been

particularly popular. The ﬁnal instalment of

the Dragon Firmwa re guide.

Competition

Gordon Lee ponders the -

mont h

a n

s et s

his

u s u a l brain t eas er -

imp o

a b e

which presents you with a chance to win a

t h i s

copy o f Micro Vision's Beanstalker.

Editorial

ORDERING goods by mail has always been a bit of a strange business. For

a start, apart from the massive glossy household catalogues, the range of

goods available via this strange transaction always seem to be — well — a

bit out of the ordinary. Take a look at the classiﬁed ads in your Sunday

newspaper. Whalebone corsets, Toupees and X-Ray specs h a r d l y run

of the mill. Plus, if you think about it, the actual act of faith in sending some

money off to a strange address and hoping something will come back

seems on a par with expecting trains to run on time, or England to beat the

West Indies. And when it does arrive — is it really what you wanted in the

ﬁrst place?

Luckily for us, actual crooks are very few and far between in the computer

market, but as recent events have shown, delays that drag on for weeks and

months cause unnecessary worry, are downright frustrating and (worst of

all) cause a lack of conﬁdence in the system that hits every company —

good and bad. So what can the consumer do?

You can always read the reviews in Dragon User of course, but this is the

area where shows come into their own. At a show, you can meet the people

behind the companies. Look at the goods and form your own opinions, chat

to other users. Even if you can't make it to a show physically, you can bet

that if someone is exhibiting regularly, then they are run by enthusiastic,

active Dragon supporters.

So, if there's a show near you, why not pay it a visit. In fact, you'd be daft

not to. As the lawyers say, 'Let the buyer beware'.

April 1986 Dragon Use r 3

News desk

If you have any new products for the Dragon — software or hardware —

ring the News Desk on 01-437 4343

South Wales

success

THE Dragon comes home to

Wales' s how, held o n 15th

February in Cardiff, was by all

accounts quite a success —

with a total attendance o f

around 700, Trade supporters

included Blaby, Compusense,

Computape. Datapen, Grosv-

enore, J o h n P e n n , P a m -

comma and Peaksoft. "Every-

one that came seemed hap-

py," said organiser John Penn,

"and we've already had quite a

few nic e letters," T he event

generated a great deal of in-

terest — with people coming

from as far away as Birming-

ham — and coverage fr om

GWR Radio and the Western

Mail.

So much so, in fact, that a

repeat performance is already

in t h e adv anc ed planning

stage — this time to be held in

the Leeds area, in the middle of

May.

But in addition to the usual

trade exhibitors, John is hop-

ing t o encourage us ers t o

come along and actually show

the public what varied uses

they can put to. "Radio com-

munications, Model train con-

trollers, t hat k ind o f thing,"

explained John. "We're trying

to show people what can be

done with their computers." He

added, "We'r e continuing t o

support the Dragon in every

way we can — trying to bring in

all aspects of Dragon use —

not just a roadshow,"

Anyone who feels they have

a project that might b e o f

interest. contact John Penn on

Bordon (04203) 5970.

Although at the time of going

to press, Eclipse were unavail-

able f o r c omment, r epor ts

were coming in of the arrival of

the game from a ll ov er the

country. As soon as our copy

arrives, expect a full review.

Watch this (empty) space,

Hold the Bus!

ANDTEK Data Design are now

offering a B U S Ex pans ion

available t o t h e Dragon o r

Tandy colour computer user.

Called Addbus it consists of a

Buffer cartridge, and a com-

pact, six slot, Expansion Unit.

Cartridges can be mixed with

Disk Interfaces, or used simply

as a peripheral I/0 Expansion

Bus. The user is offered the

choice of cartridge selection,

from a digital switch, or under

software control, either from

cartridge o r loc al program.

Additionally an 8 bit I/0 parallel

Port conﬁgured as a Centronic

Printer Interface is a standard

in-built feature.

Andtek's future plans in -

clude the release o f a n 8 0

column card, ROM Disk Card,

and RAM Expansion, all with

the enthusiastic upgrader in

mind.

Addbus is offered as a set of

P.C.B's, cartridge case, and

constructors/operators manu-

al, at E38.00. Als o available

fully built, and tested. For full

details, please write to; Andtek

Data Des ign, 4 1 Pebwor th

Road, Harrow, Middlesex HAl

3U D.

supported by a panel o f ex-

perts t o s er v ic e ex tended

question and answer sessions

after each lecture. Microdeal

are als o throwing open t h e

doors to any user groups or

adventure clubs that want to

use the facilities. Entrance is

expected t o b e E l .75 f o r

adults, 75p for children. Said

spokeswoman Jennifer Pope,

"We're expecting to take Man-

chester by storm!"

For further details about

accommodation, v enue a n d

availability of club space, con-

tact Jennifer on (0726) 68020,

or write to Box 68, St Austell,

Cornwall PL25 4Y13.

be E45 per person. Interested

parties contact Bob at the Mid

Wales Tourism Counc il o n

0654 2654.

Now

Showing

YET more s how news, this

time from Microdeal, who are

holding two 6809 Conventions,

one in London in November,

and one at CMIST in Manches-

ter, t o b e h e ld o v e r t h e

weekend of April 5th and 7th.

Apart from trade exhibitors

(already 12 in number) a major

feature of the convention will

be a series of lectures (three

per d a y ) c ov er ing v ar ious

aspects o f 6809 computing,

Eclipsed

FOLLOWING coverage of de-

lays re the game Total Eclipse

(Dragon Us er March 1986),

West Midlands Consumer ser-

vices were inundated with calls

from dis gr untled r eader s .

Weekend

away

in Wales

IF YOU'RE still thinking about

going to the Dragon 'Week-

end i n Wales ' (s ee Dragon

User Feb 1986) at the end of

this month, you'd better make

your mind up soon! Says event

organiser Bob Morgan, ''Book-

ings are going very well, but

some places may still be avail-

able. We're looking forward to

an exciting weekend." Bob is

particularly looking for a few

more experienced OS-9 users,

so if that's your cup of tea, why

not give it a try?

The event is to be held at the

Trefeddian Hotel, Aberdovey

in Gwynedd over the weekend

of 21-23rd, with a variety of

talks and demonstrations plan-

ned — including an appear-

ance by our very own Brian

Cadge on the Saturday.

The cost, fully inclusive of

accommodation and board will

Black Box

UNTIL recently, t h e m a jo r

problem with converting joy -

sticks for the Dragon has been

that the actual conversion, no

matter how careful, automati-

cally invalidates the manufac-

turers warranty . H ow ev er .

those clever Peaksoft people

have come up with a remedy.

in the shape of a little black

box, c alled t h e Dragoniser.

The box just plugs in between

the unconverted 9-pin Atari-

type joystick and your compu-

ter — it's as simple as that

Initially, Peaksoft will be sup-

plying the Dragoniser only with

the Quickshot II Autoﬁre joy-

stick — at an inclusive price of

E14.95.

Contact Peak s oft a t 4 8

Queen S t r e e t , Balder ton,

Newark, Notts . T e l ( 0636)

705230.

Extra!

NEWS that will interest poten-

tial purchasers of Quickbeam's

Shaolin Master — the game

now has an extra bonus, a

'Challenge Screen' between

bouts — but don't worry i f

you've alr eady b o u g h t i t ,

Quickbeam's Dave Hitchman

is offering the upgrade to ex-

4 Dragon User April 1986

isting owners just for the post-

age. Send your tape back to

them w i t h t h e appropriate

number of stamps and you'll

get your upgrade, for no extra

charge.

For ﬁrst time purchasers, the

price remains a t E7,95 plus

Sop P&P. Contact Quickbeam

Software. 6 7 O l d Naz eing

Road, Br ox bour ne. H e r t s

EN10 6RN.

Communication

Problem I have aquired a copy

of Speculator (Radio Shack for

Tandy Co-Co), a spreadsheet

in cartridge form. Is there any

way I can get it to perform on

my Dragon 3 2 ? I hav e n o

instructions for it, and every

time I start it, I get the spread-

sheet layout and an entry re-

quest. Pressing keys registers

a very slow response, but I am

unable to transfer data from

the entry line to the spread-

sheet. The Enter key gener-

ates a command error mes-

sage. Can anyone help? Alter-

nativly, is there a good spread-

sheet or Database available on

cartridge?

Enquirer Robert Brown, ISD,

17 Antrim Road. Lisburn, Co

Antrim BT28 3AL.

Problem Pok es o r routines

required to disable List. Break

key and Reset Button,

Enquirer Alan Burton, 11 Ing-

away. Basildon, Essex SS16

5OR

Problem Please help a Span-

ish boy who will be in y our

country six months. Where can

I ﬁnd a Dragon available to use

or rent in London?

Enquirer Angel Vicente, 5 5

Send in you questions, requests, and pleas to Communication,

Dragon User. 1 2 - 1 3 Little Newport Street. London WC2

Rue Patenier , 4 6 B5000,

Namur. Belgium.

Problem I can't get my Super

Dragon Writer to drive a serial

printer on my Dragon 64 via the

serial port (Dragon Data Car-

tridge). Help please.

Enquirer M a t h e w L o d g e ,

Maen Melia, Holmes Chapel

Road, Lac h Dennis . Nor th-

with, Cheshire CW9 7SZ.

Problem Last Christmas I re-

ceived a Touchmaster graph-

pad. After a lo t o f work. I

eventually g o t m y Cumana

DOS Cartridge to ﬁ t into the

Touchmaster expansion port,

but to no avail.

When I use the

multipaint program and try to

save the graphics on disc. I get

an F D error (Directory Full).

Please can anyone tell me how

I save these graphics on my

Cumana Disc Drive?

Enquirer Andrew J. Golledge,

Robin Hood Cottage, Pinfold

Lane, Northop Hall, Nr Mold,

Clwyd CH7 6HE.

Problem Is it possible to link a

Dragon 3 2 t o a E B S O I

Centronics computer printer

and use Dragon commands?

Enquirer James P. O'Connell,

8 Colombo Crescent, Weston-

super-Mare. Avon BS23 40A.

Riverside G a r d e n s , K i n g

Street. London W6.

Problem Sometimes when I

try to load a program the cursor

dissapears too soon and the

program does not load. Could

you please help me?

Enquirer D a v id Pa t o n , 8

Ardoch Park, Glenrothes, Fife

KY6 3PT_

Problem I am searching any

literature (books, issues) con-

cerning t h e D r agon ( tips ,

games) plus back issues o f

Dragon Us er: a ll 1983 and

before, 1984 January, April,

June. Can anyone help?

Enquirer Lemaire Jacques.

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