Australian Personal Computer vol.7-4 (April 1986)

REGULARS
PROGRAMMING
5 NEWSPRINT
There’s good news just around the Kewney…
47 YANKEE DOODIES
David Ahl with notes from the dark side of the pond.
124 SCREENPLAY
An animated Tolkien classic leads off this month’s games.
141 LETTERS
Our readers write.
145 SUBSCRIPTIONS
Why it makes sense to part with your cash.
161 BIBLIOFILE
The regular bookshelf full of computer works, read by David Taylor.
168 COMMUNICATIONS
Steve Withers presents more new numbers for you to dial up. ___________________________________________
179 END ZONE
Features computer chess. Diary Data, Numbers Count, Lazing Around and Users’ Group Update.
188 PROGRAM OF THE MONTH
Fractal landscapes on the Macintosh demonstrate some mathematical techniques.
206 CHIPCHAT
More trivia from the micro industry.
207 ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
A guide to who’s where in APC.
85 SIMULATING SYNAPSES
A demonstration of how simulating a neural network can produce significant pattern recognition capability.
173 SUBSET
Machine code marvels from David Barrow.
187 PROGRAM FILE
This month’s readers’ listings.
FEATURES
15 LIFE AFTER THE SHOW
Richard Rydge looks at the main attractions at last month’s PC86 Show in Sydney.
40 MAN OR MOUSE?
Dennis Freeman finds out whether a mouse can really beat the keyboard for word processing.
59 VIATEL: ONE YEAR LATER
Steve Withers looks at the first twelve months of Australia’s fastest growing electronic database.
100 SUPER CLASS
Spreadsheet programs can be used for more than financial projections — teaching mathematics and statistics, for example.
147 REVERSE BUT NOT PERVERSE
Calculators can work out answers forwards — or backwards.
Robert Pearson explains.
157 NOLAN’S PETS
Nolan Bushnell was the founder of Atari and the Pizza-Time Theatre, and is now selling pet robots.