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1. VIPER A highly addictive game You must eradicate the rabbits before they reach plague proportions but each time you catch a rabbit your tail grows 14 95 Cassette Diskette 19 95 MONOPOLY Now a full graphic version of the old family game of the same name The entire board players Community Chest and Chance cards are displayed as required in this fast moving game Full details of land ownership and finances Supurb graphics and sound effects Requires 32K 14 95 Cassette Diskette 19 95 SWORD QUEST Just like the Dungeons and Dragons series Select your characters level of armour weapons strength and skill Explore in search of treasure and the Great Sword and battle with the dungeon s creatures 14 95 Cassette Diskette 19 95 FROG HOP A most graphic variation of the popular arcade game You must hop across a busy street watch out for the trucks and across a crocodile infested stream before your frogs are safely home Guaranteed to appeal to all ages 14 95 Cassette Diskette 19 95 5 ROBOT MAN 84 Now one of the most popular games ever written for the microbee has been rewritten with new twists a joystick and colour option Cassette 14 95 005 Diskette 19 95 MICROSPACE INVADERS 84 New update of one of the original microbee games Now with full colour and joystick option Sound and speed controls Turn your microbee into a home ar
2. 2 oa W o j W jl t a Q x e q D ALTRONICS SENSATIONAL SCOOPS BRILLIANT NEW FAX 80 DOT MATRIX PRINTER Just a few short months ago we were selling printers of comparable auality and spe cification for around 1000 With the release of the excit ing new FAX 80 and our bulk purchase powers we are of fering these for sale at jut 699 50 Hurry present stocks are limited GENERAL INFORMATION This printer is designed to operate through software control supplied from any general purpose micro com puter personal computer Office computer etc that has provision of printing data out put that should conform with this specification it prints upper and lower case alpha numeric characters in both normal and italic letter forms and graphic charac ters available on the charac ter code set of this printer beside capability of bit image graphic printing it is 4000 C also functionated Addi tionally this printer has con siderable formatting cap ability owing to its own inter nal microprocessor system THE FANTASTIC MICROBEE LESS THAN 700 Interface specifications interface Standard Centronics paraliei Optional RS 232C SERIAL Data transfer rate PS max Synchronization By external supplied STROBE pulses Handshaking By ACKNLG or BUSY signals Logic ievel Input data and all interface control signals are TTL level IC HAS ARRIVED NEW 3 375 mHz CLOCK SP
3. the Personal Communicator with its generous 68K Memory comprising of 32K user RAM 28K ROM Software 4K Character Rom 4K Graphics and Screen Memory is the computer for you microbee Series 2 PERSONAL 49 I COMMUNICATOR For serious use you can select the microbee Advanced Personal Computer APC which can be used with 1 2 or even more disk drives to provide computing power unmatched by other computers in its class microbee Series 2 ADVANCED PERSONAL COMPUTER WITH SINGLE 400K DISK DRIVE 1495 WITH DUAL 400K DISK DRIVE 1795 Specifications PROCESSOR Z80A running at 3 375 MHZ KEYBOARD 60 key FULL SIZED QWER TY layout with full travel MEMORY 36K comprising of 8K user RAM expandable on board to 16K 20K ROM soft ware 4K character ROM 4K graphics and screen memory DISPLAY Direct video to external monitor or modified TV 80 by 24 and 64 by 16 character display modes high resolution PCG graphics to 512 by 256 pixels Upper and lower case with full programmability at any screen location SOFTWARE MICROWORLD 16K BASIC V5 2 in ROM MICROWORLD Z80 machine code monitor built in diagnostics NETWORK ING with programmable baud rates from 110 to 4800 Baud 7 8 bit formats half full duplex transmission and complete file transfer using the HOBBY standard Christensen protocol INPUT OUTPUT Programmable 8 bit i in put output parallel port programmable RS232 port cass
4. The microbee 64K Advanced Personal Computer with a Single 400K Disk Drive is the ultimate configuration for the serious enthusiast It is supplied bundled with world class software such as CP M MICROSOFT BASIC MULTIPLAN WORDSTAR and a powerful library of support programs Comprehensive user manuals are also supplied No wonder this model microbee is regarded as the most powerful and best price performance computer in its class microbee 128K with Dual 400K Disk Drives and all manuals 1 995 Designed for the serious home and small business user the package consists of the microbee with 128K of dynamic RAM controlled by the proven Z80A processor plus a dual 400K disk drive with the increased power more sophisticated programs can be executed including a whole host of bundled software for word processing terminal emulation and communication with other computers worldwide spreadsheet m e M microbee 128K analysis and networking a Computer with Dual Disk Drive bala eiaa gsi ELECTRONICS Australia July 1984 45 A CULM 00100 REM BY JOHN LIVINGSTON 11 06 86 Q 0420 IF ROR AND Jti STUEN GOTO Si 00110 REM 48884 BOM B 5 itii 00430 IFK R AND J 2 S THEN GOTO 500 00120 Hx3 N1 COMPUTER 00440 IFK R AND J 2 S THEN GOTO 500 OO130 DATA 235 126 60 60 255 126 126 606 66 60 60 60 60 60 24 24 00450 IF R 5 THEN GOTO 550 00140 DATA 0 0 9 128 128 128 192 19
5. D 1 80TO 710 REM 334 Dump to printer 34 PRINTS S19 lues Type 17 PRINT 829 cece ee Type 2 PRINT S39 Type 3 PRINT S49 Type 4 PRINT SS9 Type 5 PRINT S S ccee secs Type PRINT S79 c c coe Type 7 PRINT SOS Type 8 RETURN count and item deduction can be changed for infia tion D R Bamey Edmonton Qid a RETE E aR DM CL LLL DC cA M CIEN LCD D cc D D I GN CN MESES CE DCILOO CE C MEMO ETI April 1987 53
6. MORD BEE Ver 1 2 c MicroWorld 1982 Serial 1201K U File help Printer help File status Q Load tape L Network N tee Maud tese Oud F baud 110 BR 600 1200 2400 4000 format B no even odd full half save load ver ihe tage E Fk LU Monitor des MOY Peat ta BOI E Print file Pork Count words forz Kod or Print Jord Kill file KIL RETURN to file NETWORK gt WORDBEE ARCADE GAMES Microbee features e 16K and 32K Non Volatile CMOS RAM e Programmable RS232 Serial Port e Programmable 8 Bit I O Port Display 64 x 16 and 80 x 24 ium 1 screen format i MEN e 6545 Programmable VDU Driver mom Cassette Interface 300 and 1200 BE ee baud 134 FLECTRONICS Australia September 1983 ersonal Computer moves further ntegrated software and faster microbee First in the world with all these software features integrated into one computer MICROWORLD COLOUR BASIC 5 22e WORDBEE WORD PROCESSOR NETWORKING TERMINAL COMMUNICATIONS MACHINE CODE MONITOR SELF TESTING Here s why microbee has become Australia s biggest selling personal educational computer Over 3000 microbees are already helping teaching in Australian schools T A F E s and Universities New enhanced MICROWORLD BASIC 5 22e allows easy programming of colour into educational software and games with high resolution graphics 16 Background and 26 Foreground colours Wordbee in ROM means you can connect your microbee to a
7. With the release of the MicroBee Applied Technology brings you a state of the art computer you can build yourself MicroBee is unique among kit computers in its price range It offers facilities which make it comparable to machines costing 2 to 4 times its price Brilliant cost effective design and new technology have come together to make this machine possible MicroBee is a complete computer It is physically complete You get a full case and chassis You get the power supply You get full manuals for assembly BASIC programming and software develop ment IC sockets are supplied The advanced 16K basic is supplied in ROM not on cassette There are no extras to buy with MicroBee In terms of performance MicroBee comes standard with features which come as extras on SYSTEM 80 and APPLE Such as upper lower case and RS232 interface And things not available on either of these machines Like continuous memory and built in sound MicroBee achieves this at its in credibly low price by using the latest technology The huge price drops in ICs in recent years have also aided us in bringing you the MicroBee at such a down to earth price 16K ROM BASIC MicroBee has been developed as the finest instructional computer on the market Its superb 16K BASIC in ROM makes this possible Whether you are a novice or advanced enthusiast MicroWorld BASIC is a delight to use with its advanced error reporting and powerful graphics facilit
8. deflect If you miss 10 missiles then the game is over J Livingstone Townsville Qid 5 POKESS280 4 POKES 2281 4 FPRINTCHRS 144 295 IFR ZSTHENC 11 10 PRINTCHRS 147 PRINT 260 IFB 8THENC 4 20 FRINTSPC CIS SP RINTSPE 12 URSON 265 IF B 40THENC 10 20 FRINTSPC 10 8 NT o 270 IFB 11THENC 5 40 PRINTSPCT 10 9 275 IFB 43THENC 123 SO PRINTSFC 8 7 L TRYON TC RT3 C RT CRVOFD 2BO IFEZSi6THENC 6 60 PRINTSPC B8 RVON CC RTICC RTX CCO RT C C RT2 RVDF 285 IF B 48THENC 14 70 PRINTSPC 4 ATN RVON lt C RT CRVOF 290 IFB 19THENC 7 80 PRINTSPC 6 RVON2 CC RT32 fC RT CC RT2 C RT2 CRVOFD 300 IFB 24THENC 90 PRINTSPC 7 Nae RVON3 CC RT C RTI C RT3 RVOF2 S10 IFB Z27THENC 9 100 PRINTSPC 14 IC DN C DN CC DN2 C DN CC DNTPRESS A KEY 320 IFRB OTHENPOKEX Z2 110 GETAS IFAS THENI 10 330 TF ReS1THENL2O 120 PRINT CLR mat IFXO 106Z2THENS2O 130 POKESS280 0 POKES3281 0 260 IF X gt 1984THENSSO 140 X 1524 T 0 C 370 Z X S4272 FOKEZ T 150 A PEEK 56220 B PEERK 197 390 GOTO150 1959 IFA 1232THENX X 41 FOKEX 160 TxO 400 TFT 1THENFPOREX 32 160 IFAz12Z2THENXzX 1 FO0KEX 160 T O 410 X X 1 FOKEX 160 165 IFA 117THENXzX 41 P 0EKEX 160 TzO 420 GOTOZ2A4O0 170 IFA 119THENX X 1 FOKEX 160 TzO 30 IFT 1iTHENFOKEX Z2 175 IFASL21LTHENX X 29 FOREX 1460 T 0 440 XzXt 1 POEEX 160 180 IFA 126THENX X 40 FOKEX 160 T 0 450 GO TOZ240 185 IFA 118THENXzX Z9 F KEX 160 TzO 460 IFT iTHENPO
9. 91569 51578 9158 81399 91698 16198 21629 g16368 91642 91658 Bi bbe 1678 g1609 g1699 g1i7909 81719 1729 91739 01748 Z 9 KEY IF Z6 u8 THEN 1419 ELSE CLS RETURN REM AHR REE EEE E PHREEK CLs CURS 298 INVERSE PRINT Alter Amounts of Items PRINT Where is the item to be altered GOSUB 1669 Zw8 GO0SUB 14619 CURS 768 PRINT Enter Item to be altered 2791 IF xag xag IF X54 X X 1 INPUT N6 OO ee i MOXNOCO MIMNOCI I IMSENO 2 MZN LS MARNE 7 MSAND i5 2 MSxNO C M7 RNS 4 REM Ji Amounts tor deduction CLS PRINT Each item is set to deduct the amount as listed below PRINT S 19 3 EF19 2 MI1J2 S29 4CtF19g 2 Ma CF19 2 M7I S6e 1 NORMAL c gjtFig 2 n3 S396 3 tF PRINT s59 1CF109 2 M l PRINT S9 S ItF19 2 M4 PRINT Do you wish to alter any items Y N ZiS KEY IF Z19 THEN 15992 IF Z19 y ORZ19 Y THENM 1429 ELSE 718 REM HHH Select Option HHS CURS 969 PRINT Select Option 1 to Z3 3 Z279 kEY IF 279 THEN 16398 ELSE LET X INT VAL 22 IF X 1 OR XOZ THEN 1638 ELSE RETURN jCF18 2 M513S79 Budget savings account This program for the Micro bee helps to keep track of your savings and is useful for checking your balances with your bank statements The program deducts amounts for the various budget items and keeps a balance of each item A net balance is given to compare with your bank statement Amounts can be transferred within the ac
10. Software in ROM MicroWorld Basic WordBee 1 2 Network communications M L monitor Documentation 126 ELECTRONICS Australia November 1983 The MicroBee 32 as the name implies provides 32K bytes of programmable memory while the other half of the memory board has provision for up to 28K of Read Only Memory MicroWorld Basic occupies 16K with the remaining space available for the WordBee NET and monitor ROMs A feature of the MicroBee is its use of CMOS memory which draws very little current A 4 5V battery provides sufficient power to allow the memory to be maintained on standby when the main supply is switch ed off Programs and text in memory are retained between uses unless explicitly erased At the rear of the machine is a 25 pin D type connector for the RS232C serial interface and a 15 pin connector which gives access to the pins of a Zilog PIO Parallel Input Output chip As it stands this port is unsuitable for driving a parallel printer and requires an addi tional IC and a few minor components This circuit was incorporated in the printer cable of the review machine Two other openings at the rear of the case are provided for later expansion of the system and the circuit board is designed to allow for the addition of an expansion interface connector There is not enough information available to make this practicable for the average hobbyist however In conclusion With an array of
11. part is a tutorial and the second is a simulation of the experiment Cat XE 7049 14 95 Fast Furious Action Game BACKGAMMON FROM MYTEK This game conforms exactly to that set down in the official rules of the International Backgammon Association including the rules of doubling and scoring Cat XE 7050 30 00 HOUSEHOLD REGISTER This program will simplify the task of determing the value of your home s contents for insurance purposes as well as providing descriptions of all listed items in the event of their loss or destruc tion Effects are catalogued by name description and value Nine separate rooms are provided and up to 28 items may be listed in each Cat XE 7000 15 95 STAT PACK STATISTICS This program is a genera purpose graph plotting linear regression line of best fit and correlation program t features a t test of significance for the correlation coefficient and if no evidence of correlation is found a determination of minimum sample size is performed 14 95 Cat XE 6999 Incorporating JAY CAN aene SHOWROOMS 117 YORK STREET PHONE 02 264 6688 and 267 1614 TELEX 72293 Cnr CARLINGFORD amp PENNANT HILLS ROAD PHONE 02 872 4444 17 50 POOLS AND LOTTO Two programs to help make life easier for the Pools and Lotto enthusiast The first program chooses your numbers for the week and the second program allows yoy to input your numbers into a program and when Lotto night arrives y
12. screen print utility 1984 IS THE YEAR OF THE NETWORK with over 20 000 microbee PR mi LE The microbee Series 2 Advanced Personal Computer with 400K disk drive and world class software such as CP M MICROSOFT BASIC MULTIPLAN WORDSTAR and a powerful library of support programs all for only 1495 The microbee Series 2 Advanced Personal Computer is the most powerful and best e World standard Christensen protocol for file transfer microbees now in everyday use and most with integrated software including WORDBEE MICROWORLD BASIC and COMMUNICATIONS capability are you missing out on the computing opportunity of the year Using a low cost modem such as the BEEMODEM you can now talk to other computers around the world use the public domain bulletin boards shop electronically communicate with friends with your own home telex and extend your computing horizons by converting your microbee to your personal INFORMATION WINDOW to the world A big feature of the microbee PERSONAL COMMUNICATOR is the battery backed CMOS RAM which stores your programs even when the power has been disconnected This The microbee Series 2 APC uses the popular Z80 microprocessor and runs standard CP M so that users have access to the vast library of CP M software available world wide You can expand your microbee Series 2 APC to drive 2 or more disk drives A hard disk drive unit is now operational and will release soon Your mic
13. soft sector Cat XE 3510 6 95 MICROBEE PLUGPACK Cat XE 54 10 17 50 MICROBEE MONITOR LEAD Cat XE 5420 9 50 QUALITY BLANK COMPUTER CASSETTES XE 3530 C10 1 10 0 99 0 90 XE 3540 C20 1 20 1 08 0 99 XE 3545 C30 140 1 26 1 15 1 9 10 19 20 or more The quality tapes are supplied to us in boxes of 20 so make it easier and buy at our special 20 or more price and save money FREE Survivor program with every Joystick i 15 value POST AND PACKING CHARGES 10 24 99 3 20 50 99 99 6 50 Over 199 10 in Australia SHOP HOURS CARLINGFORD CONCORD amp HURSTVILLE Mon Fri 9am 5 30pm Sat 9am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm SHOP HOURS SYDNEY Mon Fri 8 30am 5 30pm Sat 8 30am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm ES MAIL ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE BOX K 39 HAYMARKET SYDNEY 2000 S p ag ine WARE Replacement Battery for Backup Circuit Cat XE 8030 5 50 MICROBEE JOYSTICK New for the MicroBee is the Quickshot Joystick Connects straight into the MicroBee s I O port and provides real time action in games This unit can be mounted on a table with its suction cups giving one handed operation With its contour design and very fast response this unit will give you the edge in winning computer games Cat XE 7030 49 95 Comes with special MicroBee plug and circuitry to interface directly with
14. 0 5 to 20 Cat XE 5150 MicroBee 32K IC 599 00 240V AC amp 12V DC Cat XE 5200 MicroBee 64K Plus 699 00 Cat XE 5250 Single Disc System 1099 00 199 Cat XE 5255 Add on Disc 559 00 Cat YM20 Cat XE 5260 Dual Disc Drives 1599 00 Cat XE 1205 Printer Cable Interface 49 95 MICROBEE cassetie EE ee a ose KITS KITS KITS KITS KITS f off the price Micron adjustable azimuth p ETI 733 RTTY Convertor Ref ETI April 1983 This simple project allows you to hook up data compatible cassette B your MicroBee to a HF receiver and print radio teletype messages on a monitor screen preen Screen data C 0 es we ten quali monitor on the market B Listen to world news for FREE Cat XE 1190 E Cat KE 4654 ONLY 17 95 M ETI 649 MicroBee Light Pen Ref ETI August 1983 This simple low cost device plugs WAS 325 into the Bee s 8 bit port The pen gives you an entry into the worid of light pens and interactive software SAV E 66 Cat KE 4656 SHORTFORM 19 50 SPECIAL PROBE CASE TO SUIT as specified in ETI article Cat HB 6400 19 95 ETI 668 MicroBee EPROM Programmer Ref ETI February 1983 This simple low cost EPROM programmer just plugs into the Bee s O port and enables you to save programs in any of the 5 different common EPROMs available 2716 2532 2732 2732A 2764 Kit comes complete with Personality plug and all IC sockets Cat KE 4650 46 50 Parallel Interface Kit for the MicroBee Inclu
15. 1 08 0 99 XE 3545 C30 1 40 1 26 1 15 1 9 10 19 20 or more The quality tapes are supplied to us in boxes of 20 so make it easier and buy at our special 20 or more price and save money Replacement Battery for Backup Circuit Cat XE 8030 5 50 BOOKS FOR THE MICROBEE INTRODUCTION TO MICROBEE YOUR FIRST 100 PROGRAMS This book is specially prepared for people who have never had their hands on a computer before Cat XE 8010 14 95 MICROBEE BASIC MANUAL The very manual that is supplied with the Micro Cat No Description E range PU 14 95 BE 8150 Computers for Everybody 9 95 i re E ea aa 135 x 210mm 259 pages JAYCAR Cat XE 8000 1150 BE 8152 Intemational Microcomputer Dictionary 7 50 oe ST HAS an 110x 165mm 119 pages fx x 9 Cat XE 8001 1595 BE 8155 Introduction to Word Processing 23 95 117 YORK ST _ WILDCARDS VOL 1 150 x 227mm 205 pages OUR TELEPHONE x A potpourri OF application notes and tips for the BE 8157 CP M Handbook over 300 pages 225 x 150mm 27 95 jt NUMBER REMAINS Cat XE 8015 15 00 BE 8162 Your First Computer 140 x 215mm 258 pages 16 95 NP MEE xx BE 8165 Your 1st Basic Program 188 pages 180x 275mm 14 95 BE 8170 How to Start with CP M 158 pages 215 x 140mm 25 95 XX NUMBER 1 FOR KITS POST AND PACKING CHARGES 5 9 99 1 50 10 24 99 3 20 25 49 99 4 50 50 99 99 6 50 Incorporating ELECTRONIC AGENCIES Jaycar Ma
16. 1984 then Cat XE 4000 m c EE is the ideal starting point Of course you can expand your microbee Series 2 Experimenter Note tbe software that is supplied with each macbine at no extra cbarge microbee Series 2 EDUCATOR g The microbee Series 2 was specifically designed to serve the needs of the EDUCATION MARKET Let s face it the primary non business use for most personal microcomputers is to increase our learning capabilities either about computers computer awareness or about life itself microbee Series 2 has now been officially approved by Education Departments in NSW WA and Queensland and is being carefully considered in virtually all other states and by the National Schools Commission at the time this ad was going to press The microbee Educator uses BATTERY BACKED NON VOLATILE CMOS RAM so your programs are saved in the microbee Series 2 after the power is switched off Students can bring the microbee Series 2 Educator home from school to complete Cat X E 4050 assignments ready for class the next day With the optional BEEMODEM you can use your microbee Series 2 Educator to talk to other computers or information networks microbee Series 2 PERSONAL COMMUNICATOR With the BUILT IN WORDBEE in ROM as well as MICROWORLD BASIC and NETWORKING the Personal Communicator is a powerful home computer ideal for virtually any home use from wordprocessing spreadsheet analysis eduction and even experimentation with the computer concepts as
17. Assembler in ROMs with manual 49 50 All Cassette software each 6 95 Video Monitor 129 50 Cassette Recorder 35 00 Order Direct Save Time To order your MicroBee all you have to dois phone on our Hotline number give your Bankcard number and name We ll get the goods on their way to you Hotline Number 02 487 2711 Mail Orders to PO Box 311 Hornsby 2077 APPLIED TEGHNOLUGY PTY LTD Showroom Office at 1A Pattison Ave Waitara Hours 9 5 Monday to Saturday Phone 02 487 2711 Telex APPTEC AA72767 Glover amp Assoc AT 15 ELECTRONICS Australia April 1982 73 HIGH RESOLUTION HIGH VISIBILITY GRAPHICS MicroBee brings you unsurpassed graphics facilities under easy to learn BASIC control In low resolution mode 128x48 units you can generate chunky graphics and run Tandy programmes For finer control a couple of keystrokes switch you to high resolution graphics 612x256 units and still let you combine them with text Doing all this is easy for MicroBee It shares the same intelligent VDU controller IC with IBM s new personal computer So like the IBM MicroBee has a fully E screen display MicroBee s standard 16 line by 64 character upper lower case format can be updated to the professional 80x24 format to run CP M programs No need for expensive add ons Simple easy to use BASIC commands make using your MicroBee easy even if you re just getting into computers UNIQUE CONTINUOUS
18. CQ INS78 eee ess EFI18 2 CHB PRINT SOm 5 CF10 2 C89 9 PRINT U19 Balance 3 EF1B 2 COCZ2 1NLA26 321EA18 451 TOTAL BALA 3CF1g 2 Cetiry PRINT tA26 321r A19 613 IF Dei THEN PRINTANANASANNANNAS OUTHS Dae PRINT Press any key to Continue KiS KEY IF K19 THEN 939 CLS PRINT Type 1 to Transfer amounts within Account PRINT Type 2 to Deposit money into Account PRINT Type 3 to Withdraw money trom Account PRINT YT ype 4 to Save Data on tape PRINT Type 5 to Alter Item Amounts PRINT Type 6 to Dump Display to Printer PRINT Type 7 to Return to Display PRINT Type B to End Z 8 008UB 1619 ON X GOTO 269 598 789 95 1529 16358 718 1889 GOSUB 1182 GOTO 718 REM XXX Withdrawl routine X X goose BAIID giogp gigis 01028 Biase CLS PRINT Where is the amount to be withdrawn from GOSUB 1669 PRINT UlSe cc cee sro oos Typm 9 Z 9 G0SUB 16128 CURS 794 PRINT Enter Amount to be withdrawn from 342259 ON X GOSUB 1999 1120 11190 1179 1129 1138 1140 11529 1169 i840 GOTO 710 81050 PRINT Enter Amount Deposited 1 INPUT A2 81860 COU2 CH 2 A2 COX41 eC L1 A2 1079 GOTO 718 g ige CLS END 1098 INPUT B1 C0 3 CO B1 CHL CB CY BI1 RETURN 81180 INPUT B3 CHB 4 CU 4 BI CHLI CO C1 BS RETURN 91118 INPUT B2 08 9CO0 5 BZ I CHC1 CO C1 BP E RETURN 811298 INPUT BACHLA CIG Bdt COLI CO 12 BA RETURN 21130 INPUT BCP aCA BICOL CO CL B
19. Cat XE 7048 Cat XE 7049 20 00 bombs on every pass you make over the city But beware the UFO gets lower with every pass Good graphics and sound 14 95 COULOMBS LAW This program is another in the series of Physics simulations The first part is a tutorial and the second is a simulation of the experiment 14 95 BACKGAMMON FROM MYTEK This game conforms exactly to that set down in the official rules of the and scoring Cat XE 7050 International Backgammon Association including the rules of doubling 17 50 POOLS AND LOTTO 19 95 17 50 Cat XE 7045 Two programs to help make life easier for the Pools and Lotto enthusiast The first program chooses your numbers for the week and the second program aliows you to input your numbers into a program and when Lotto night arrives you can input the winning numbers and the computer will check your Lotto for you 14 95 WONDER WORDS This program allows you to input 20 words and the computer will create a Wonder Word puzzle This can be either sent to a printer or solved on the screen or let the computer solve it Just the program for Wonder Word 15 95 enthusiasts Cat XE 7046 excellent explanations NER Cat XE 7047 NUMBER 1 FOR KITS POST AND PACKING CHARGES 10 24 99 3 20 50 99 99 6 50 Over 199 10 in Australia SHOP HOURS CARLINGFORD CONCORD amp HURSTVILLE Mon Fri 9am 5 30pm Sat 9am 12pm Thur
20. Fri 9am 5 30pm Sat 9am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm SHOP HOURS SYDNEY Mon Fri 8 30am 5 30pm Sat 8 30am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm MAIL ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE P O Box 185 Concord 2137 Ze BANKCARD Via Your Phone icrobee No 1 for computers Jaycar No 1 for Microbee Jaycar Electronic Agencies ts prone to announce the 1984 range of microbee computers at new low prices The microbee Series 2 machines are ALL supplied with built in communications capability dual font 80 character by 24 line amp 65 cbar pee E acter by 16 line displays Remember your microbee is obsolete proof witb g teed upward expandability microbee Series 2 EXPERIMENTER By popular request the low cost microbee Series 2 Experimenter has been designed for those who are starting out in the fascinating world of computers or those who want to share the fascination of exploring the exciting developments in the fast moving MICRO WORLD Demand for projects using the microbee is so great that Electronics Today are now planning to run a microbee project every month during 1984 So far ET has described the light pen EPROM programmer a radio TTY printer the world s first home facsimile receiver and ROM expander board for the microbee Virtually every local computer magazine has run reviews and or columns devoted entirely to the microbee 1f you want to be part of the MICROCOMPUTER GENERATION in
21. INPUT Enter today s date DD MM YYYY 7 16 0 Y cus PRINT Do you wish to enter data off tape BISeKEY IF Bie THEN 2989 IF Bi Y OR Bis y THEN GOSUB 1298 ELSE GOTO 249 GOTO 59 REM 44 Enter amounts via keyboard 4 CLs INPUT Enter Total Amount in Accaunt sCBth CLS REM 44 Transfer amounts use negative to subtract positive to add itt Y N UNDERLINE PRINT Amount in ACCt NORMAL CURS 29 UNDERLINE PRINT Item NORMA L CURS 47 UNDERLINE PRINT Amount Entered NORMAL PRINT 9852609 89299 S938 gosio 905320 00330 28348 LAGT 89369 820379 98369 so0398 goaso sete 8420 88438 89449 909458 284468 89Sd4 9 go490 go4on epe 99518 29529 9es31o gos4e sas5o eoss g PRINT F18 2 C82 E791 PRINT Enter Savings Amount 1 INPUTIK2 CBHC21 CHL2 K2 PRINT F19 2 COCS 1E7983 PRINT SiMe cece 22252 FT INPUTIKS CHS aCS 31 K3 PRINT F19g 2 COt4 1I E783 PRINT S2M4 cc ccc cee eee 55 F3 INPUTIKA CHt4 eC O14 exa PRINT F19 2 C815 J E761 PRINT 93 9 9 FS INPUTIKS CHS CBS KS PRINT CFLB 2 CO t 19 3 E791 PRINT 849e sss 1 JE INPUTIEL COtL189 COLD E PRINT F18g 2 C 6 11E79 PRINT 859 4 2 JS INPUTIKG CHG CHG K6 PRINT F18 2 C8 2 11E79 PRINT S6e l S INPUTIK2 C9t71 CO 7 4K PRINT F19 2 C8 18 1 E791 PRINT SPM 8 Cc cece mew ooo Fs INPUTI KE CBG CB 8 Ke PRINT CF1I9 2 C39 9 1j E79 PRINT S99
22. MEMORY AND BUILT IN SOUND Only MicroBee brings you this great facility You can hold programs and data in continuous memory when you switch off or move to a new location There s no longer any need to store on cassette or floppy discs at the end of the day A power failure doesn t mean the loss of valuable programs or data An inbuilt battery holds everything in memory until power is restored or you switch on again MicroBee your portable terminal MicroBee s builtin sound facilities bring you two octaves of music to tune up your programming skills fen under simple to use BASIC control Add sound to your game programs Or maybe write your own music The speaker is inbuilt And i s so easy to learn MicroBee brings you unique facilities and opens up new programming opportunities MicroBee the personal computer that never forgets SERIAL AND PARALLEL PORTS READY Your MicroBee is fully equipped to interface and communicate with the outside world The programmable RS232 standard port means connecting a serial printer modem or another computer is as simple as plugging it in MicroBee s built in software means you re ready to run at 300 or 1200 baud When Pina ready to go further use MicroBee s parallel port and connect up joysticks Centronics type printers or any other peripherals needing a parallel port Even the cassette interface has something special It will store and load programmes at 300 or 1200 baud in either BA
23. NOTO 740 00270 PRINT AWARDED FOR EVERY BOMB YOU DEFLECT GOOD LUCK DEFENDING OO61Q CLS NORMAL PRINT YDUR SCORE WAS iB IFE H THEN 4670 ELSE GOTO 656 EARTH PRESS ANY KEY 00620 LETH R GOTO 640 00280 FOR X 1 TO 1024 1F KEY lt C gt THEN 320 ELSE QUT 2 X DUT 2 0 N XT X 00630 FORD4 1TO2000 NEXTD4 GOTO 640 002930 S3 zkEY 00640 PRINT YOU HAVE MADE A NEW HIGHEST SCORE YOUR NAME IS INFUT Ni OO3OO IF S3 THEN 320 00650 FORJz1TOIOOO NEXTJ 00310 IFS3 THEN 290 09660 J 0 00520 CLS PRINT GET READY INCOMING BOMBS i FO0R K4 1T02000 NEXTK4 00670 LETB H 00330 S 2 OO680 CLS FRINTNi i HAS THE HIGHEST SCORE OF H 00340 FCG R 0 00690 LETO 0 LETN 0 120 00350 SINT CRND amp 62 1 00700 J 30 OO3560 CLS CURGS J E PRINT B CURS J 1 E PRINT C CURS JAZ kK PRINT C CURS QO710 PRINTAS AYDO YOU BISH TO SAVE THE EARTH AGAIN Y N J 3 KsPRINT D OO720 INEUT Bos 00370 R R i CURS S R FRINT A OO720 TFR2 V THEN ZOO OO38G A PEEK 258 IF A 44 THEN LET J J 2 00740 IFHZ2SZS y THEN 20 00390 IFA 26 THEN LET J J 4 00750 IFB2 THEN 720 00400 IFJ 1THEN LETJ 1 90760 TIFRZ v THEN END 00410 IF J S AND K R THEN GOTO 500 The aim of this simple game for the Microbee is for the player to deflect falling bombs using a deflector shield To move the shield Bomb deflector quickly press Z for left X for right and for slow alterations press lt for leff and gt for right You are awarded a point for every missile you
24. Programmes you have come to know and love is moving ahead with 3 COLOUR soon to be announced See us at the Australian Personal Computer Show Centrepoint Sydney March 1983 All enquiries to Applied Technology P O Box 311 Hornsby N S W Phone 487 2711 T Q e Q oa d lt 7 e Q fn sas qd N B e e Ce mm lt a o Q e Ce lt 9 Q e Q as lt Ui O 2 O E end lt ALTRONICS ALTRONICS Australia s Most Exciting Personal Computer The ALTRONICS ALTRONICS Incredible Micro M The Microbee is definitely the most versatile computer now available in A stralia Its ability to run complex software and its friendliness to the user have gained the Bee great acceptance in the home in small to medium businesses and in schools In fact the Bee has recently been approved and recommended under contract by the N S W and W A Education Departments Children are growing up with Bee s In its basic 16K PLUS form the Bee is capable of playing music through its built in speaker high and low resolution graphics upper and lower case characters direct connection to printers and has standard features such as battery backup keep programs in RAM for months full size QWERTY E inbuilt in out ports and basic containe in ROM C The all Australian designed and developed Bee incorporates the most powerful and comprehensive editing facilities of any micro com
25. Sec tion four begins programming with a complete discussion of the many Basic statements mathematical and string operations loops and subroutines and graphics and input output operations 118 ELECTRONICS Australia July 1983 The most extensive part of the manual is Section five which contains descrip tions and examples of all statements and commands used by Microworld Basic Section six rounds out the manual with a selection of applications programs and instructions for converting programs in other versions of Basic to the Microworld format A glossary and appendices covering ASCII and hexadecimal codes ROM memory locations I O ports and the Microbee Basic token codes completes the manual All in all this new user s manual is cer tain to meet the criticisms levelled against the original publication It has been re written with the beginner in mind with extensive examples and a step by step guide to getting the Microbee up and running It is the ideal complement to the versatile and friendly Microbee computer P V D N ow Australia s leadin ahead with totall Operation l Doo MicroBee Monitor Applied Technology MicroBee Colour Basic Ver 5 22e i Mn COO OO T 1 1 CHEMO EMCEE meom aemec gU HD AR CREA HA COO RD DORCOU GTE GS EA HAH TS SSE BOD 4m ok ECE ST BY Gem TRACER MSS sare wae Copyr ight 3 1983 for Microorld Australia ch rom och ram pcg SELF TEST MONITOR
26. Series 2 was specifically designed to serve the needs of the EDUCATION MARKET Let s face it the primary non business use for most personal microcomputers is to increase our learning capabilities either about computers computer awareness or about life itself microbee Series 2 has now been Officially approved by Education Departments in NSW WA and Queensland and is being carefully considered in virtually all other states and by the National Schools Commission at the time this magazine was Boing to press Over 5 000 microbees are now in constant use in schools universities and technical colleges throughout Australia and New Zealand and the number is growing daily A large and increasing body of highly creative software has now been written for the microbee by students teachers and professional programmers We are aware of up to 6 new programs a day so you are assured of long term support The microbee Educator uses BATTERY BACKED NON VOLATILE CMOS RAM so your programs are saved in the microbee Series 2 after the power is switched off Students can bring the microbee Series 2 Educator home from school to complete assignments ready for class the next day With the optional BEEMODEM you can use your microbee Series 2 Educator to talk to other computers or information networks For school classroom use BEENET is available to connect up to 16 or even more microbees on the same classroom networ
27. St Sydney Phone 29 2098 2137 100 ormore 550 100 ormore 750 welcome here Saturday 9am 2pm All heavy or bulky items over 20kg sent Comet Road Freight 12 00 anywhere in Australia New from MicroBee the PLUS Series from the new 16K PLUS to the 64K PLUS with optional disk system MicroBee now offers you a range of microcomputers with capabilities far greater than anything else in a similar price range The 16K PLUS and 32K PLUS are both stand alone personal computers based on the powerful Z 8O microprocessor with either 16K or 32K of CMOS RAM These low power RAMS allow programs to be held in memory by using the Battery back up system now standard on the new MicroBee PLUS series Standard features of the MicroBee PLUS Series now include e RS232 serial interface Ue e Parallel interface e Battery back up e Programmable character generation e Cassette interface with I O at either 300 or 1200 baud 16k of BASIC in ROM f 4 e Selected continuous memory Sr e Full size 60 key QWERTY keyboard layout QF HARDWARE XE6O9O StarShoot Hangman 7 95 XE5OOO MicroBee 16K PLUS 449 00 XE6IOO Biorhythm Calender 9 95 XE51OO MicroBee 32K PLUS 549 00 XE llO Eliza 9 95 XE52OO MicroBee 64K PLUS 699 00 XE 6l2O KidsGame 9 95 SOFTWARE XE6130 Master Mind Nim 9 95 XE6l4O Chase Wumpus 9 95 MicroBee CASSETTES XE61I50 ZTrek 9 95 XE6OOO Graphic Games 9 95 XE61
28. TECHNOLOG Y RETAIL PTY LID OLD Software 80 105 Milton Road Electrographic Office Svstems 25 Grafton Street Cairns Town and Country Computers CTL Centre Anne Street Aitkenvale microbee icrobee No 1 for computers Jaycar No 1 for Microbee Jaycar Electronic Agencies is proud to announce tbe 1984 range of microbee computers at new low prices Tbe microbee Series 2 macbines are ALL supplied witb built in communications capability dual font 80 cbaracter by 24 line amp 65 cbar acter by 16 line displays Remember your microbee is e obsolete proof witb e g teed upward expandability microbee Series 2 EXPERIMENTER By popular request the low cost microbee Series 2 Experimenter has been designed for those who are starting out in the fascinating world of computers or those who want to share the fascination of exploring the exciting developments in the fast moving MICRO WORLD Demand for projects using the microbee is so great that Electronics Today are now planning to run a microbee project every month during 1984 So far ETI has described the light pen EPROM programmer a radio TTY printer the world s first home facsimile receiver and ROM expander board for the microbee Virtually every local computer magazine has run reviews and or columns devoted entirely to the microbee If you want to be part of the MICROCOMPUTER GENERATION in 1984 then Cat XE 4000 microbee Series 2 Experimenter is th
29. You learn to control the built in sound graphics and write and correct programs more easily with MicroBee Printers modems and cassette storage plug straight in The optional parallel and Z80 port let you connect joysticks or use the world standard S100 bus MicroBee grows with you Inexpensively Add disc drives voice synthesizers colour graphics and EPROM programmers Editor Assembler in ROM lets you programme in Z80 code And when youre ready MicroBee s memory board unplugs to take the just released 64K memory card With disc drives you can run CP M 22 your ticket to the world s finest software Order your MicroBee direct or call in and put the little Aussie marvel through its paces To order MicroBee phone 02 487 2711 or mail order PO Box 311 Hornsby NSW 2077 Fully built and tested Pa ie Z 2SLBIBAEIZSE 2954 Goods instock APPLIED IEUIPIINWMLWAS T ac prices correct 1A Pattison Ave Waitara NSW 2077 guo Hours 9 5 Monday to Saturday Phone 02 487 2711 Telex APPTEC AA72767 Glover amp Assoc AT 29 VU BILL EDGES LECTRONIC AGENCIES NSW amp ACTONLY VIC TRADING HOURS 115 17 Parramatta Rd Concord 2137 tera 8 999 150 Sl 999 150 fM BOTH STORES Corner Parramatta Rd amp Lloyd George Ave Ox S10 2499 250 10 2499 400 leva a selees Mon Fri 9 am 5 30 pm Telephone 02 745 3077 two lines Concord a mid VE oo 12 P OO Thursday 9am 8pm 117 York
30. a mixture of RAM and ROM and the lower carrying the Z80 microprocessor video display circuitry cassette interface tone generator keyboard and interface connectors A standard Microbee has 16K of pro grammable memory with room for on board expansion to 32K The other half of the memory board has space for up to 28K of ROM MicroWorld Basic occupies 16K with the remaining space available for utilities such as an editor assembler network communications program or a word processing package Our review machine contained the word processor of which more later A feature of the Microbee is its use of CMOS memory which draws very little current A 4 5V camera battery provides sufficient power to allow the memory to be maintained on standby while the mains supply is off The program in memory is retained whether the user wants it or not An RS 232C interface is provided for connection of a printer or other serial device Two other openings at the rear of the case provide access to the circuit board which is pre drilled to allow addi tion of an expansion connector for the Z80 bus and parallel interface circuitry A parallel port can be added by installing a 25 pin D type connector and a single in tegrated circuit One of the reasons why the Microbee is so compact is that it has an external power supply in the form of a 12VAC plugpack This feeds rectifiers filters and three 5V regulators in the Microbee As such this arrange
31. and disc drives The programmable VDU chip in MicroBee allows the switch to 80x24 screen format MicroBee opens the doors to the massive library of CP M software MicroBee is the mostforward thinking Micro you can buy today It is your best starting point wherever you want to go in personal computing And it s still only 399 in kit form YES 16K ROM BASIC MicroBee has been developed as the finest instructional computer on the market Its superb 16K BASIC in ROM makes this possible Whether you are a novice or advanced enthusiast MicroWorld BASIC is a delight to use with its advanced error reporting and powerful graphics facilities 96000 REM This subroutine draws a square of lengths 11 12 G6805 REM with the bottom corner at al bi 86210 VAR AL B1 L1 L2 OSAA REM Draw left side then top then right then bottom 06038 GOSUB AL P1 Al Bit2 4000 86040 GOSB AL BiH2 ALH1 BiH2 4000 gA GOSUB C ALH1 BiH2 A1H1 B1 4000 Gode GOSUB AL 1 B1 A1 B1 4008 86999 RETURN Portions of lines may also be underlined for another effect ocedure must be followed at all times e g This or in case of special notation a cos w b sin w The verb in this sentence is swam YES Continuous Memory is here The use ot the latest CMOS RAM chips M 6116 has made battery backup of memory possible Just think you can store a program or data in RAM switch off move to a new location and your program and d
32. be taken to the school or office for printout Of course the MICROWORLD BASIC is also built in to your Personal Communicator so you can run any of the software developed for any microbee to date In fact the Personal Communicator is also the Experimenter and Educator microbees fully expanded You have the features of every machine If your needs grow you may consider expanding your Communicator to the Advanced Personal Computer using disk drives Ask your local microbee shop for details Specifications PROCESSOR Z80A running at 3 375 MHZ KEYBOARD 60 key FULL SIZED QWERTY layout with full travel MEMORY 68K comprising of 32K user RAM 28K ROM software 4K character ROM 4K graphics and screen memory DISPLAY Direct video to external monitor or modified TV 80 by 24 and 64 by 16 character display modes high resolution PCG graphics to 512 by 256 pixels Upper and lower case with full programmability at any screen location SOFTWARE MICROWORLD 16K BASIC V5 22 in ROM MICROWORLD Z80 machine code monitor built in diagnostics NETWORKING with programmable baud rates from 110 to 4800 Baud 7 8 bit formats half full duplex transmission and complete file transfer using the HOBBY standard Christensen protocol INPUT OUTPUT Programmable 8 bit input output parallel port programmable RS23 port cassette interface direct video 50 way Z80 expansion bus Recommended Options microbee HIGH RESOLUTION MONITOR 22
33. builtin software powerful Basic interpreter word pro cessor and communications programs the MicroBee IC seems ideally suited for the hobbyist Deservedly the machine is also attracting a lot of attention in the educational field because of its potential as a teaching system and software for a wide variety of applications is becoming available There may be problems with business Reviewed EA July 1983 page 118 MicroBee IC computer applications of the machine however While the honesty of the WordBee manual is a refreshing change from the ambitious claims of more commercially oriented authors and manufacturers it does leave a lingering doubt as to the reliability of the software While it s nice to draw your customers attention to program defects that may effect their use of the computer it is far preferable to ensure that the bugs are eliminated before the product is sold development In the near future expansion options will be available to add a colour display to the MicroBee IC and to convert the standard model to a 64K disk based CP M system At its present stage of the MicroBee is a remarkable product and at 599 offers exceptional value for money Its wider appeal however will depend to a great extent on polishing the software to bring it up to the standard expected by business and professional users ELECTRONICS Australia November microbee Series 2 EDUCATOR The microbee
34. edge 34 80 inc tax PRAAPPPRPPPPAPBPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP PP PPP PP PP PP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP AP ADD A AAA AAP INA MICROBEE is a registered Trademark of Applied Technology by PETER VERNON The MicroBee IC is the newest version of the well known MicroBee computer with features that should further enhance the popularity of the system While retaining the same case and keyboard the MicroBee IC for In tegrated Computer provides faster operation as a result of upgrading the system clock speed to 3 375MHz and comes with an extensive array of built in software We first reviewed the MicroBee com puter in our February 1983 issue and our comments then remain applicable a compact neatly presented unit not much bigger than some machines being promoted as handheld computers The potential of the MicroBee as a portable computer has yet to be exploited chiefly due to the need for an external plug pack power supply The powerful MicroWorld Basic inter preter was fully described in the previous article so we will not go into detail here Version 5 22e supplied with the IC system has a number of modifica tions worth mentioning however more for the light they throw on Applied Technology s plans than for their current usefulness The new version of Basic is fully upward compatible with older versions sO programs written for previous ver sions will run without changes under the new The major modification
35. implemented sometimes with undesirable side effects Time and again the manual for the first version of WordBee uses phrases such as The code is not yet optimised and or worse still It is hoped that these pro blems will be cured by the next release of WordBee The most glaring example is this quote again taken from the manual for the first version Several users have discovered that if you enter a line of text that is exactly one screen width long and then press the RETURN key the program will sometimes either destroy the file or omit the line from the file cannot see any easy fix for this one but will ensure that it is fixed by the next release In the mean time if you have a long file in memory keep backups in case you are unlucky enough to be caught by this bug We can only report that yes some problems have been fixed while yet some remain In effect owners of the MicroBee must expect to serve as a cap tive test market and quality control department In this spirit we can report that there seems to be some fault in the block movement routines Each time we attempted to relocate a paragraph within the text following the directions given in the instruction manual the result was to reset the computer dump ELECTRONICS Australia November 1983 125 MicroBee IC computer ing us back into Basic It was no surprise but extremely frustrating to return to the word processing program and find that
36. introduction to the Microbee computer written by two Australian school teachers and intended for people who have never had their hands on a computer before In 50 rather tight packed pages it covers the Microbee from setting up to advanced graphics procedures aided by sample programs and extensive diagrams Topics covered in the book include the use of the PRINT statement and punctua tion the edit mode programming style and presentation program structure constants variables and arrays and mathematical operations Both high resolution and low resolu tion graphics are discussed in detail again with extensive examples and pro grams illustrating the use of the program mable character generator Music is also well covered and a brief explanation of all Basic statements and commands is included Worksheets for defining programmable characters and formatting screen displays are included towards the end of the book with a glossary While we didn t count them there ap pear to be at least 100 program listings in the book most of them short examples on one or another feature of the Microbee computer Larger programs are provided to cover financial planning appointments scheduling and filing among other topics This book will be of interest to all users of the Microbee computer Our review copy from the publishers The amount of information provided on the Microbee and Microworld Basic makes it wor thwhile reading
37. is a serious failing All in all the manuals supplied with the Microbee suffer from the common fail ing of those written by someone too close to the subject Features not com monly used are treated in loving detail while vital information for the beginner is either glossed over or missing entirely At the time of this review an extensive re writing of the manuals was underway so these comments may not be ap MicroBee specifications Processor Z80 RAM 16K expandable on board to 32K with battery back up ROM 16K expandable on board to 28K Interfaces RS232C serial port optional parallel port and S 100 expansion Keyboard 60 keys including spacebar typewriter style Display 64 x 16 upper and lower case underline and inverse video modes Graphics High resolution 512 x 256 using programmable characters Low resolution 128 x 48 128 programmable characters 8 x 16 pixel matrix Sound 25 tones with duration in increments of second Expansion 64K memory version S 100 interface disk drives Editor Assembler word processor and network communications software is available in ROM Documentation Incompiete at time of writing ELECTRONICS Australia February 1983 95 The MicroBee a low cost personal computer plicable to the final versions of the manuals Basic programming Microworld Basic supplied with the Microbee has a strong resemblance to the Basic of the Super 80 This is not sur prising since
38. is the inclu sion of new statements to support col our operation so that no software changes are necessary when a colour display board is installed in the MicroBee The COLOUR statement allows the selection of one of 32 foreground colours in conjunction with one of eight background colours specified by COLOURB A third state ment COLOURM selects a half intensity background colour mode Colours are specified for each character block on the screen so any graphics character for ex ample can be displayed in one colour only limiting the high resolution capability of the system Other new statements include the PAK command which allows the selection of one of several banks of Read Only Memory Future plans for the MicroBee include the production of ROM car tridges a number of which could be in stalled in the system and activated by the appropriate PAK number com mand At the moment these cartridges The Admate DP 80 printer is distributed by Applied Technology for use with the Microbee computer The 80cps dot matrix printer provides a range of type fonts and sizes and dot addressable graphics accepting either friction or tractor feed paper 124 ELECTRONICS Australia November 1983 are in the planning stage and the PAK command is equivalent to typing EDASM it activates the ROM software installed at address C000 One other minor change is the inclu sion of the commands LISTU and LISTL which gives th
39. light pen EPROM programmer a radio TTY printer the world s first home facsimile receiver and ROM expander board for the microbee Virtually every local computer magazine has run reviews and or columns devoted entirely to the microbee f you want to be part of the MICROCOMPUTER GENERATION in 1984 then microbee Series 2 Experimenter is the ideal starting point Of course you can expand your microbee Series 2 Experimenter as your need grows microbee Series 2 EDUCATOR The microbee Series 2 was specifically designed to serve the needs of the EDUCATION MARKET Lets face it the primary non business use for most personal microcomputers is to increase our learning capabilities either about computers computer awareness or about life itself microbee Series 2 has now been officially approved by Education Departments in NSW WA and Queensland and is being carefully considered in virtually all other states and by the National Schools Commission at the time this ad was going to press The microbee Educator uses BATTERY BACKED NON VOLATILE CMOS RAM so your programs are saved in the microbee Series 2 after the power is switched off Students can bring the microbee Series 2 Educator home from school to complete assignments ready for class the next day With the optional BEEMODEM you can use your microbee Series 2 Educator to talk to other computers or information networks microbee Series 2 PERSONAL COMMUNICATOR With the BUILT IN WORDBEE in ROM as well as M
40. monochrome video output A vast library of educational entertainment and utility software is now widely available Microworld BASIC supports full high resolution graphics colour if required music I O data can be directed at will and best of all MW BASIC is a breeze to program yourself The low cost BEEMODEM can be added enabling your microbee via your phone line to communicate with other computers worldwide Software and your microbee Whichever microbee model you choose there is a vast and growing array of software to use with it some built in and included in the price of your computer Games and family entertainment education programmes communication information systems personal and business finance word processing and much much more Ask at your microbee Computer Centre for the current range of software included with each model or ask for the catalogue of Software Available Options and Peripherials Advanced State of the Art peripherals and options are available to interface with your microbee such as microbee HI RES Economy Green Screen Monitor 149 50 Adjustable Monitor Stand 19 95 BEEMODEM 149 50 microbee MB80 Dot Matrix Printer Paralle 3 microbee High Resolution Anti Glare Ergonomically Designed Amber Screen Monitor 249 00 Now with Dynamic to meet today s user demands 64K Advanced Personal Computer with Single 400K Disk Drive and all manuals 1 595
41. on a string of up to 15 characters Each record consists of its index heading plus up to 12 lines of text Each line can contain up to 41 characters Cat XE 6890 15 95 MINE DROP You are a tank running around a maze gathering all the supplies you can It sounds easy but you have a guiced missile hot on your trail Your only defence is a remote controlled mine which you drop and explode at will A very fast joy stick or key controlled game Cat XE 6960 14 95 PENETRATOR A low resolution graphic version of the popular game Scrambler You must defeat the rockets and bomb the radars in an effort to get to the next stage which is even harder This game can be either controlled by a Joystick or by keys Being in Lores graphics it is a very fast game f you are bored with the same land pattern you can devise vour own Cat XE 6955 19 95 SPACE PATROL A tot tike Penetrator but in high resolution graphics You must battle your way through the various stages where at the last stage you have four chances of blowing up a neutron bomb shelter If you are successful the next round is a lot harder Cat XE 6950 16 95 METEOR RESCUE MYTEK Your mission is to rescue stranded astronauts You are the commander of the Landing Module docked in space with the mother ship It is your responsibility to guide the landing module through a meteor field down to the surface of the planet to land safely on a landing pad An astron
42. program simulates the card index systems of yesteryear in that it neatly files a series of records and the user can leaf through the file inspecting each record one by one Cat XE 6755 9 95 Filex is a larger version of Cardex but handles larger amounts of data and also is easier to find the cards Cat XE 6760 FINANCIAL MANAGER Provides an accurate and clearly formatted record of any financial account and a cost analysis stated in money amounts and percent ages Personal Account Monitor and Business Account Analyst Cat XE 6750 14 95 15 95 f TEXTED This program helps to produce a neatly formatted document of word processor appearance with an absolute minimum of fuss on the user s part It is the logical alternative when a high powered and high priced word processor is not warran 3 ted and or not justified Cat XE 6745 14 95 ASTEROIDS PLUS MYTEK Asteroids Plus is one of the finest high resolution graphic arcade games available for the MicroBee computer It features 3 D point by point resolu tion graphics shields sound effects intelligent objects guided missiles black holes and a score board If you enjoy playing computer games you will be captivated by Asteroids Plus Cat XE 6297 22 50 BEEZ 80 MYTEK This secret code disassembler will disassemble any code sequence Nothing is illegal It will allow you to program with codes that no other disassembler can
43. returns the position at which the sub string is found or zero if the search is un successful An example will make this clearer A0 ABCDEF PRINT SEARCH A0 DEF This example will return 4 the position of the start of the substring DEF On a more general basis the com mand GX activates a global search and replace function which will locate a specified series of characters and replace them with another set of characters It is an editing command and very useful for correcting errors which occur throughout a program Although similar to Super 80 Basic MicroWorld Basic is more extensive as indicated by the additional 4K of ROM required to contain it Super 80 Basic is a 12K version MicroWorld Basic adds ex tensive error handling statements in cluding ON ERROR GOTO and ERRORL which returns the line number at which the last error occurred Error messages are explantory text rather than cryptic code numbers and an arrow is displayed at the approximate position of the error Another valuable feature of this ver sion of Basic is the capability to re direct 96 ELECTRONICS Australia February 1983 input and output Basic statements are provided to allow output that would normally be displayed on screen to be sent to a printer cassette recorder or RS 232C device such as a modem Input data can similarly be taken from the keyboard cassette recorder or the RS232C interface Activating a prin
44. run CP M 22 with disc drives MicroBee is a new generation design It is designed to grow painlessly in the ways we have found most computer enthusiasts will want to move Because it s Z80 based MicroBee has a huge software base And it s a base which we re improving all the time MicroBee runs all the MicroWorld BBASIC software Newly released software for March includes Edditor Assembler in ROM Write machine code software on your MicroBee BEEBUG rnonitor lets you examine and modify memory Supplied with full operators manual Preprogrammed ROMs fit straight onto your MicroBee 49 50 Cassette Software The following programmes are supplied in machine code on cassette All are 6 95 each Pilot A simple programming language used extensively in computer aided instruction Chatterbox Experiment with artificial intelligence as the computer answers your questions and actually caries on a meaningful conversation Type Drill Teach yourself to touch type This program draws a keyboard on the screen and as you type it indicates the keys pressed and the conect fingers to use Target The computer screen comes alive with enemy aircraft and you have to biast them out of the sky Trek Take command of the USS Enterprise and destroy Klingons from surrounding galaxies No hidden extras with MicroBee You get full case power supply IC sockets 16K BASIC in ROM 20K Continuous Memory RAM full function keyboord and much more Don t buy a co
45. s leading personal oe Computer Now with Jaycar Dealer Support BRILLIANT a i pricing information 3 AA Cat XE 5000 MicroBee 16K Plus 469 00 DIRECT CONNECT MODEM RN lt Cat XE 5050 MicroBee 16K IC 499 00 WEV FEATURES O Cat XE 5100 MicroBee 32K Plus 559 00 aa e a e Coca Cat XE 5150 MicroBee 32K IC 599 00 75 BPS BACK CHANNEL FULL V23 Cat XE 5200 MicroBee 64K Plus 699 00 7 AUTO DIAL ENCIS INCLUDED Cat XE 5250 Single Disc System 1099 00 TELECOM APPROVED mra A l Cat XE 5255 Add on Disc 559 00 NO ADJUSTABLE CIRCUITRY UNIVERSAL BATA MODS J Cat XE 5260 Dual Disc Drives 1599 00 DESIGNED IN AUSTRALIA MADE IN AUSTRALIA THIS IS NOT A TOY 134 Cat XE 1205 Printer Cable Interface 49 95 Rp Sree eee Jaycar has made a bulk purchase to bring them to you at the incredibly ow price of S399 Amazing value M IC RO B EE fora FULL DUPLEX unit Cat YC 1350 ITs Y ADAPTOR LEAD KITS KITS KITS KITS KITS KITS KITS You could simply plug this adaptor lead into your telephone socket if you ETI 733 RTTY Convertor Ref ET April 1983 This simple project allows you to hook up your MicroBee to a HF receiver and print radio teletype messages on a monitor screen were allowed to It plits to two sockets One for the YC 1350 Modem Lister t world news for FALE special A and the other for a telephone No need to disconnect the Cat KE 4654 ONLY 1785 phone
46. they evolve during the year With the optional BEEMODEM you can send Cat X E 4100 WORDBEE files across any telephone line to another computer Bee the first on your block to have home telex microbee Series 2 ADVANCED PERSONAL COMPUTER Now for the first time in Australia the microbee Series 2 Advanced Personal Computer with 400K disk drive Then add bundled world class software such as CP M MICROSOFT BASIC MULTIPLAN WORDSTAR and a powerful library of support programs and you will have some idea as to why the microbee Series 2 Advanced Personal Computer is the most powerful and best price performance computer in its class What s more any existing microbee owner can convert his micro bee to the Series 2 APC at any time DUAL 400K DISK DRIVE The microbee Series 2 APC uses the popular Z80 microprocessor and runs standard CP M so that users have access to the vast library of CP M software available world wide MICROSOFT BASIC is now supplied on disk WORDSTAR according to Cat XE 4200 Cat XE 43 00 independent surveys now accounts for 5096 of ALL word processing software now in use so the designers of the Series 2 APC decided to purchase the OEM rights for your benefit MULTIPLAN is considered by many to be one of the most powerful SINGLE 400K DISK DRIVE DIRECT CONNECT MODEM KITS KITS KITS KITS KITS KITS KITS KEY FEATURES ETI 733 RTTY Convertor Ref ETI April 1983 This simple project allows you to hook up your Micro
47. to share the fascination of exploring the so exciting developments in the fast moving MICROWORLD All microbees can be expanded at any time 108 ELECTRONICS Australia April 1984 The microbee Series 2 Educator was pecifically designed to serve the needs of the 4 EZ IN 05251 pom for doing something useful in the world Man uses TOOLS to achieve his goals microbee recognises this and provides Wordprocessing Communications BASIC and a host of utilities inside each unit In all cases microbee is being used as a TOOL in the service of mankind Family Entertainment Not all applications need to be so serious microbee is ideal as a basis for exciting and stimulating games for all the family Fast moving graphics sound effects and over 200 top quality popular games mean your microbee is ideal for family fun as well hat the microbee has been chosen by ustralian Schools Commission asa coi recommended computer for use in schools With the exceptional performanceata 99 Australian curriculum needs microbee is SW WA Queensland and the 50 m Mo ULL tt n e The microbee Series 2 APC with 50 Drive is the most powerful and best lt 3 si v priced performance computer in its class The realistic price powerful software designed for APC is now supplied bundled with WORD micri STAR MULTIPLAN microbee BASIC in godt CPIM 22 plus MI
48. to master Microworld Basic there is a FROG HOP Use the high resolution graphics in your series of hints and suggested subroutines A most graphic variation of the popular arcade microbee with this most effective drawing aid arranged in a most effective menu driven style _ game You must hop across a busy street watch Ideal as an introduction to Cad techniques and Cassette 14 95 Diskette 19 95 out for the trucks and across a crocodile you can create complex shapes with a little RING OF DOOM infested stream before your frogs are safely practice You can also trace from images taped Your quest is to search for the Dark Lord of home Guaranteed to appeal to all ages onto the screen to generate faithful Saurean s Ring of Power This action adventure Cassette 14 95 Diskette 19 95 reproductions Have you ever wondered how game will Verl in a 16k microbee ROBOT MAN 84 Pci ay create the graphics for their Cassette 14 95 LL Diskette 19 95 Now one of the most popular games ever MU written for the microbee has been rewritten with Cassette 14 95 wees Diskette 19 95 new twists a joystick and colour option LEARNING CAN BEE FUN Cassette 14 95 LLL Diskette 19 95 Now the full series by John Grimley in one MICROSPACE INVADERS 84 value package containing 6 cassette tapes or diskette Utilizing well known games such as Donkey Kong Frog Hop and R
49. 002 WoA Q OHH YU quo qX uUqI qodoqmu dododuuu qu D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D en On On On OF OO 0 OF 1 0 OT 0 0 6 0 Editor Assembler 5 1 Basic Upgrade Word Bee ROMPak Word Processor Pascal S NO o0 ou oo 89 50 299 00 440 44060 0 UO 0 0 0 0 4994040 490990 0 006 00 MICRON 12 Green Phosphor Monitor Features 12 screen Front controls on off contrast reverse bright ness Power 240V 50Hz or 12V DC Input RCA type DC Output Jack 12V 1 1 Amp power your Micro direct without a power pack Bandwidth 10Hz to 20MHz the resultant definition is truly amazing for a low cost monitor Guaranteed by ALTRONICS Incredible Value D 1112 199 50 Adjustable Azimuth DATA CASSETTE At last a Data Cassette Recorder Player you can afford The Micron D 1120 is fully adjustable azimuth absolutely essential in our opinion and incorporates tailored audio frequency response audio stage together with low distortion Now you can save and load software in your Micro with confidence Micron D 1120 Data Cassette ONLY 49 50 D 1140 C10 Data Cassette Tape 1 10 D 1141 C20 Data Cassette Tape 1 20 EPSON MX80 3 DOT MATRIX PRINTER All serious programmers require hard copy of program listings and every business needs a printer for stock control invoicing monthly balances etc The economy priced MX80 has full graphic capabilities 480 x8 960x 8 do
50. 0K RAM 16K user 16K BASIC in ROM Full manuals for assembly and programming 399 00 Cassette Recorder 35 00 Video Monitor 129 00 32K RAM upgrade kit includes sockets powerdown ICs 120 00 Editor Assembler in ROM with manual 49 50 All cassette programs see above for details each 6 95 Blank C10 computer cassettes 1 00 How to get MicroBee Don t waste time driving across town Order your MicroBee on our Hotline number Use your Bankcard We ll get it away to you tonight 022487 3798 Or order Direct through our superfast Mail Order department Postage and packing is 6 00 Monitors are sent freight on via road freight APPLIED TECHNOLOGY Office Showroom 1A Pattison Ave Waitara 2077 Hours 9 5 Monday to Saturday Telephone 02 487 2711 Mail Orders to PO Box 311 Hornsby 2077 Do you want to know why MicroBee is the best investment in personal micros available today Then you need our 32 page ideas Book The Ideas Book published as an insert in February Your Computer magazine is now available separately Just send 50 to cover post and packing and we ll rush your copy to you The book shows how MicroBee works how it can be programmed using its fantastic 16K BASIC as well as a variety of software ideas which illustrate the power and usefulness of the MicroBee If you want to know about the most advanced kit Micro around you owe it to yoursel
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52. 200 baud The MicroBee IC manual also provides the details required to allow a user program to make full use of the communications routines contained in the network ROM Both the monitor and the networking ROM allow the user to activate the MicroBee s self test routine which pro vides a screen display and automatic check of the functioning of the keyboard ROM and RAM and the character generators of the system Just what you do when a fault is reported is not mentioned however A trouble shooting guide internal details and circuit diagrams are not included in the MicroBee manual The Hardware Internally the MicroBee consists of two circuit boards one containing a mixture of RAM and ROM and the other carrying the Z80 microprocessor support chips video display circuitry and keyboard A programmable tone generator and cassette interface are also provided Processor Z80 at 3 375MHz clock rate RAM ua usen dre Rot Ar dee 32K plus 4K for video ROM Pa xus ced a tr FN du ud 28K Interfaces RS232C and parallel ports Keyboard 60 keys typewriter style Display 64 x 16 lines upper and lower case underline and inverse graphics modes 80 x 24 terminal emulation mode Graphics ssa Rad Low resolution 128 x 48 High resolution 512 x 256 using pro grammable characters A colour option is available SOUNO zs cs bis wea f dca 25 tones with duration in increments of Ye Second
53. 2v 3 SSAAQU 199 00 BEEMODEM csceeeeee 149 50 RGB COLOUR MODULE 125 00 microbee PRINTER 449 00 Other Personal Computers in the Microbee Series 2 range all with guaranteed E X P A N D A B I L I T Y microbee EXPERIMENTER 399 The low cost microbee Series 2 Experimenter has been designed for those starting out in the fascinating world of computers or those who want to explore the exciting developments in the fast moving MICROWORLD microbee EDUCATOR 3449 The microbee Series 2 Educator was specifically designed to serve the needs of the education market to increase our learning capabilities either about computers or about life itself In constant use in schools universities and technical colleges throughout Australia and New Zealand microbee Series 2 ADVANCED PERSONAL COMPUTER Now for the first time in Australia the microbee Series 2 Advanced Personal Computer with 400K disk drive for 995 00 including sales tax Then add bundled world class software such as CP M MICROSOFT BASIC MULTIPLAN WORDSTAR and a powerful library of support programs for 500 00 and you will have some idea as to why the microbee Series 2 Advanced Personal Computer is the most powerful and best price pe formance computer in its class What s more any existing microbee owner can convert his microbee to the Series 2 APC at any time The microbee Series 2 APC uses
54. 5 PONTOON A quality fast moving card game where up to 6 players can play against the computer who is banker Cat XE 6940 14 95 MUSIC B MYTEK MusicB is a music Composer Editor that lets you create and save music and sound effects with a flexibility that makes chopsticks of the Basic PLAY command MusicB is a great way to learn and play music Comprehensive instructions are included Cat X E 7010 TRSBEE MYTEK TRSBEE is a package of three programs that loads TRS 80 Model 1 and 3 program tapes into the MicroBee without any additional hardware Although some program editing will still be re quired prior to their running the majority of program typing time is saved by TRSBEE The first program loads TRS 80 BASIC programs into MicroWorld BASIC Most prgrams may then be edited and run The second program in the package loads any TRS 80 machine code file into MicroBee memory The third program loads TRS 80 assembler files into the MicroBee EDITOR ASSEMBLER Any TRS 80 Model 1 or 3 tape may be loaded TRSBEE opens up a whole new world of possible software on your MicroBee Cat XE 7005 20 00 HOUSEHOLD REGISTER This program will simplify the task of determing the value of your home s contents for insurance purposes as well as providing descriptions of all listed items in the event of their loss or destruc tion Effects are catalogued by name description and value Nine separate rooms are provided and up to 28 i
55. 6O Esc Key 9 95 Microbee XE6OIO Missile Wars 9 95 Phone Orders XE6O2O0 PCG Tutorials 9 95 SOFTWARE IN ROM XE6030 Space Invaders 14 95 XE65OO MicroBee Editor O2 29 2098 E Concentration ee ee ATE RETE m 59 50 XE605 Chess 9 9 icroBee Word Bee XE6O6O Typing Solitaire 9 95 R NOT MORE XE6070 Target 9 95 XE670O MicroBee 51 Basic SPEAKERS XE608O__ Lunar Lander Hurkle Upgrade RS With these new additions to our range we have nearly 90 different speakers in stock This gives us the largest range in Australia We are now stocking the fabulous WE ARE THE KIT SPECIALISTS kabia eus of others advertising compote kits which don t supply hing you need to fini h the NEW PRODUCTS UPGRADED TRANSISTOR ASSISTED IGNITION KIT KEI94O O 3Ov Power Supply kit ied range of Australian made Etone KEOI96 Boggle Goggles kit j i See EA Jan 1983 KElO55 Super Siren kit 22 00 TORE Etone oer Deve the ia This new addition gives KE1088 Driveway Sentry kit 32 00 advantage over other speakers in that longer spark duration and CE2082 Philips ADO2IO Sq8 Dome Midrange 150 Save they may be reconed if damaged more reliable operation Our HESI2 Instrument case like Pactec es 912 50 We are only carrying in stock some of kit includes a die cast box KE9022 25 mhz Crystal 6 50 their HiFi speakers because they have for less interferance and to LE enm 1 such a large range of woofers and PA keep out the nas
56. AM 6545 Programmable VDU Z80A Microprocessor Driver 3 375 Mhz Clock Generator IND Full Size 60 Key Positive Travel Keyboard New from Microbee a world first totally new concept Now with totally integrated software such as BASIC WORDBEE MACHINE MONITOR TERMINAL COMMUNICATION the new MICROBEE 16K IC and MICROBEE 32K IC represents a major breakthrough in microcomputer technology The MICROBEE IC computers now all run at a FAST 3 375 Mhz all fitted with the new 6 0 ENHANCED MICROWORLD BASIC all are capable of 64 by 16 or 80 by 24 screen formatting The MICROBEE IC series are software compatible with the earlier MICROBEES and owners of earlier BEES can easily upgrade their machines You get all the features that have made the MICROBEE what YOUR COMPUTER calls one of the success stories of the Australian computer industry with bonus features like word processing communications integrated BASIC and Z80 machine code operation the MICROBEE IC series is the ideal educational personal computer that you take home with you With almost 10 000 MICROBEES sold to date a large base of highly original and effective software for games business and educational uses CAN YOU AFFORD NOT TO CONSIDER this Australian designed computer for your next purchase MICROBEE 16K IC 499 MICROBEE 32K IC 599 microbee I AUSTRALIA S OWN EDUCATIONAL AND PERSONAL COMPUTER CEAT2934 118 ELECTRONICS Australia May 1983 Learning is F
57. Automatic word wraparound at the end of each line is provided as is auto key repeat Using the editing functions is fairly easy although few of the single letter Control commands bear any relationship to the actions they invoke Control E for example moves the cursor up one line while Control U is not currently used Control B activates the block mode while Control C scrolls the file towards the beginning Control D moves the cur sor left while again Control L is not us ed All in all 22 Control key commands are provided The Block command Control B and the Find function Control F activate their own sub menus which in the first case allows the user to copy delete and move marked blocks of text around in a document and in the second allows specified words to be searched for and optionally replaced either on a con tinuous or case by case basis Print formatting commands are equally extensive Printer control functions are indicated by dot commands embed ded in the text Functions available in clude justification double spacing line and page length specifications and page headers The user can also specify whether a line feed is to be sent after a carriage return the number of line feeds to be sent at the end of a page and Escape code sequences to control special features of a particular printer As supplied WordBee is set up to use an Epson MX80 or equivalent printer with a serial interface Neithe
58. Bee to a HF receiver and print radio teletype messages on a monitor screen DIRECT ATTACH AUTO ANSWER MODEM 300 BPS FULL DUPLEX CCITT V21 Listen to world news for FREE 1200 BPS HALF DUPLEX CCITT V23 Cat KE 4654 ONLY 17 95 ET 649 MicroBee Light Pen Ref ETI August 1983 This simple low cost device plugs 75 BPS BACK CHANNEL FULL V23 AUTO DIAL into the Bee s 8 bit port The pen gives you an entry into the world of light pens and interactive software Cat KE 4656 SHORTFORM 19 50 P L PROBE E U ified i article Cat HB 6400 19 BELL FREQUENCIES INCLUDED SPECIA OBE CASE TO SUIT as specified in ETI article Cat HB 19 95 TELECOM APPROVED 1 YEAR WARRANTY NO ADJUSTABLE CIRCUITRY ETI 668 MicroBee EPROM Programmer Ref ETI February 1983 This simple low cost DESIGNED IN AUSTRALIA EPROM programmer just plugs into the Bee s I O port and enables you to save programs in any of the 5 different common EPROMs available 2716 2532 2732 2732A 2764 MADE IN AUSTRALIA THIS IS NOTA TOY Kit comes complete with Personality plug and all IC sockets Cat KE 4650 39 95 Parallel Interface Kit for the MicroBee Includes 15 pin D plug add 15 00 if Centronics plug required Cat KE 7017 15 00 Jaycar has made a bulk purchase to bring them to you at the incredibly low price of 5399 Aae value fora FULL DUPLEX unit Cat YC 1350 74 ELECTRONICS Australia March 1984
59. CROWORLD packages chnical colleges and such as disk WORDBEE EDASM BASIC FORMAT COMPARE Comprehensive v to terms the future Why not try your hand at Micro Space Invaders Robotman or play Bee Monopoly the 1984 way Think you know a lot about chess Try your skills against microbee it can also show how to improve your game Personal Finance microbee is a powerful calculator and can be used to improve your personal financial planning start a data base or even schedule your appointments microbee is indeed a modern tool for today s times enabling young and old to come to terms with the future in a constructive informative and entertaining way t Microworld User Manual also supplied 00 z m crobee APCcingle Disk Drive 91495 microbee APC Dual Disk Drive se LE The Solution microbee Personal Communicator Our top selling portable microbee the Personal Communicator now features Telcom firmware WORDBEE Microworld BASIC machine code MONITOR ADM 3A terminal emulation self test in 28K of ROM with 32K of CMOS battery backed user memory high resolution PCG GRAPHICS SERIAL AND PARALLEL I O ports programmable cassette interface and direct monochrome video output Add the low cost BEEMODEM and your Personal Communicator uses the home telephone line to become a complete home terminal ready willing and able to communicate with other computers world
60. Diskette 19 95 Pattison Ave Waitara 2077 Phone 02 487 2711 Authorised Dealers NSW Jaycar inc Electronic Agencies 117 York Street Sydney 115 Parramatta Road Concord 121 Forest Road Hurstville Cnr Carlingford and Pennant Hills Road Carlingford Compu K 7 Casino Street Lismore Comput Ed 8 Park Arcade Park Avenue Coffs Harbour V Lo d RT 729 Glenferrie Rd Hawthorn 3122 Phone 03 818 2244 ACT Computech Belconnen Churches Centre Benjamin Way Belconnen VIC Computerland South Melbourne 37 Albert Road Melbourne S A Kev Computers 1061 South Road Edwardstown 77 Grenfell Street Adelaide W A Altronics 105 Stirling Street Perth SKETCH PAD Use the high resolution graphics in your microbee with this most effective drawing aid Ideal as an introduction to Cad techniques and you can create complex shapes with a little practice You can also trace from images taped onto the screen to generate faithful reproductions Have you ever wondered how programmers create the graphics for their software Cassette 14 95 Diskette 19 95 CHOPPER PILOT Fly your helicopter through a small city and a series of mazes without crashing into the scenery Has a training mode as well as the real thing for those who want to practice first Now with joystick option Cassette 19 95 Diskette 19 95 GENIUS AND INSANITY Yes those insanity blocks are back The
61. E 400K DISK DRIVE Recommended Options ADDITIONAL DISK DRIVE 300 00 microbee HIGH RESOLUTION MONITOR cee eee 199 00 BEEMODEM RCM 149 50 RGB COLOUR MODULE 125 00 microbee PRINTER 449 00 128K EXPANSION UNIT Soon to be released Specifications PROCESSOR Z80A running at 3 375 MHZ KEYBOARD 60 key FULL SIZED QWERTY layout with full travel MEMORY 64K comprising of 8K ROM 4k graphics and screen memory DISPLAY Direct video to external monitor or modified TV 80 by 24 and 64 by 16 character display modes high resolution PCG graphics to 512 by 256 pixels Upper and lower case with full programmability at any screen location SOFTWARE CP M 2 2 MICROSOFT BASIC 80 WORDSTAR 3 0 MULTIPLAN V1 05 MICROWORLD BASIC V6 0 WORDBEE EDASM CP M UTILITIES COMMUNICATIONS PACKAGE MICROWORLD SUPPORT LIBRARY INPUT OUTPUT Programmable 8 bit input output parallel port programmable RS232 port cassette interface direct video Well mannered friendly personal computers that start you computing and expand to keep pace with your needs providing challenges and encouragement at each stage of so your computing development microbee computer shops welcome here DIRECT ORDERS PHONE 02 487 2711 n o APPLIED l Pattison Ave 729 Glenferrie Rd Cooleman Court 141 Stirling Highway TECHNOLOGY Waitara 2077 Hawthorn 3122 Wes
62. EED Tl n uum an n una ndr I 64 x 16 OR 80 x 24 SCREEN FORMAT TITTTTTT TT TEETTETTTTI TETTE TTL TLETI ITI rd The all new Microbee IC has got to be the most value packed ROM based personal computer available today New enhanced basic enables 64 x 16 or 80 x 24 screen for mat and the clock speed is now a zippy 3 375 MHZ and over 140 worth of soft ware integrated in ROM i e the absolute Functional specifications Printing method Seriai impact dot matrix Printing format Alpha numeric 7 x 8 in 8x9 dot matrix fieid Semi graphic character graphic 7 x 8 dot matrix Bit image graphic Vertical 8 dots parallel horizontal 640 dots serial line Character size 2 4mm 0 083 W x 2 4mm 0 09 H 7 x 8 dot matrix Character set 228 ASCII characters Normal and Italic alpha numeric font symbols and seml graphics nting speed 80 CPS 640 dots line per second Printing direction Normal Bidirectional logic seeking Superscript and bit image graphics Unidirectional left to right Line spacing Normal 4 23mm 1 6 Programmable in increments of 0 35mm 1 72 and 0 118mm 1 216 Columns line Normal size 80 columns Double width 40 columns Compressed print 142 columns Compressed double width 71 columns The above can be mixed in a line Paper feed adjustable sprocket feed and friction feed Paper type Fanfold Single sheet Paper width 101 6m
63. ICROWORLD BASIC and NETWORKING the Personal Communicator is a powerful home computer ideal for virtually any home use from wordprocessing spreadsheet analysis eduction and even experimentation with the computer concepts as they evolve during the year With the optional BEEMODEM you can send WORDBEE files across any telephone line to another computer Bee the first on your block to have home telex microbee Series 2 ADVANCED PERSONAL COMPUTER Now for the first time in Australia the microbee Series 2 Advanced Personal Computer with 400K disk drive Then add bundled world class software such as CP M MICROSOFT BASIC MULTIPLAN WORDSTAR and a powerful library of support programs and you will have some idea as to why the microbee Series 2 Advanced Personal Computer is the most powerful and best price performance computer in its class What s more any existing microbee owner can convert his micro bee to the Series 2 APC at any time The microbee Series 2 APC uses the popular 280 microprocessor and runs standard CP M so that users have access to the vast library of CP M software available world wide MICROSOFT BASIC is now supplied on disk WORDSTAR according to independent surveys now accounts for 50 of ALL word processing software now in use so the designers of the Series 2 APC decided to purchase the OEM rights for your benefit MULTIPLAN is considered by many to be one of the most powerful spreadsheets yet produced for the microcomputer Ca
64. INPUT KI1 CHICA K1 CLs IF CHCl CB L2 CB CX eCO LA CO LS CO 9 CO 7 CO B CHS CBCIO THEN PRIN TY DOESN T BALANCE PLAYO 20 GOTO 109 88578 2895090 g0599 SIEVE gasin Paid goes 9g6ao IGAS GOTO 748 REM 3HHkR Deposit routine 4 CLS PRINT Are Deposits to be added to savings only BiS KEY IF O19e THEN 6990 IF G19 vY OR Qi9s y THEN 1958 MOANA COT IMIENOLIO SMSENOL22 2 M2 NO C3 MANO 2 SOND S MANBO 2 M7 ENS CA PRINT Enter Amount Deposited for distribution i INPUT A2 IF AZCMIeMLEMZ MS4MS4 MS MG M 7 A2 PRINT Amount entered is too smal to dis tribute as required GOTO 738 ges5scg ggg MBAS BBE 9o6 99 ARAS AS C 8i1 7zC8Cc1 A2 AQxA2 MO MI M3 M2 M4 M5 M6 M7 C8 2 A4 CB C2 CBULIB TCOLUIO MO CO US CB US ME CB LA C 4 MIL CB CO CO 50 M2 CO 9 Cp con M4 CO 2 C0 7 MB CO B CO B MG CB LG CO 6 M7 998719 88729 8738 99248 BI7ASB t 9gp76g 4 B0770 502788 NCE 907 0 goocoes gPOoSig BIBI BBVIB 228648 apasa gac g peo s seen goson aIo SBIIS 30920 opv38 gaca4g goaos pg pooog popv o CLB REM 3X3XX Display routine KE IF D 1 THEN OUTW1 YF D 1 THEN PRINT PRINT Date G1 pO 5 YN PRINT S1W EF189 2 CO CS 3AS294 2 I EF10 2 CO CIO 1N 558 o SCFLG 2 CHS AS4897 TCF19 2 CO LI8 0 PRINT 59 E EF18 2 CHUB A869 c c 5TF18 2
65. P V Microbee manual updated version USER S MANUAL MICROWORLD 16K BASIC Published by Honeysoft Publishing Company Waitara NSW 1983 Soft covers 152 x 210mm 157 pages 14 95 This is not the usual type of publication reviewed in these pages but rather a revised and re written version of the User s Manual for the Applied Technology Microbee computer published by Honeysoft the publishing subsidiary of Applied Technology Pty Ltd We do not normally review user s manuals but Applied Technology sought our comments following criticism of the original manual in our review of the Microbee computer The new manual is well presented and laid out and incorporates all the sugges tions comments and corrections that have been received from users over the past six months With that sort of feed back it should now be thoroughly debugged The manual is divided into eight sections Section one is an introduction to the Microbee with sub sections covering setting up the system and an explanation of terms used in the manual Section two is a broad overview of Microworld Basic explaining in simple language the uses of variables constants and expressions the process of entering a program and use of the Microbee in the immediate mode A tutorial introduction to Microworld Basic is found in Section three covering line numbering saving and loading pro grams program editing music graphics string functions and error trapping
66. PER from MYTEK A fast action packed game which must rate as one of Mytek s best You have full control of a helicopter and you must fly over enemy lines to rescue your allies Fast realistic graphics and excellent sound Cat XE 7055 SKETCH PAD A program to help you design your own P C G characters Simple com mands allow easy drawing of circles polygons and boxes etc These then can be dumped to tape to be used in a future program Comes complete with manual Cat XE 7056 PRINTERS MATE This program is two screen dump programs to suit CP80 MX80 DT8O 80DP and FAX80 printers One program is a screen dump utility while the other prints out memory contents in both hexidecimal and ASCII charac ters A must for use with printers Cat XE 7051 DUO ONE Another two programs for the price of one from Dreamcards One side has poker and the other is Casino which is a three reel poker machine Both use Hires graphics Excellent value Cat XE 7052 EXTENDED TURTLE A Turtle program which has been written by a teacher and has been several months in the writing This is one of the best Turtle programs written and comes complete with a 40 page clearly written manual with many helpful drawings Cat XE 7053 Incorporating ELECTRONIC AGENCIES 5 9 99 1 50 25 49 99 4 50 100 198 8 00 Free INSURANCE for Road amp Registered Post over 200 All heavy or bulky items over 20kg sent Comet Roa
67. REX 22 190 IFA 125 THENX X 40 FOKEX loO T 0 470 X X 40 FOREX 160 200 TFA LO7THENT 1 G60TO400 480 GOTO240 210 IFAZIOZTHENTz i1 G0TOAZO 490 IFTZITHENFD REX ZZ 220 IFA 110THENT 1 6G0TOA450 SOO X2X 4o POREX 160 220 IFA 1O09THENT 1 G0T9490 510 GOTOZ2A4O 235 IFBZS7THENC 1 S20 IFT zOTHENX2X 960 P OKEX 150 240 IFB S6THENC 2 oro TP T iLTHENFOREX 160 X K 960 245 IFBZZ2THENC 12 540 GOTOT60 l 250 IFB 59THENC 3 50 IF T OTHENX X 960 FPOREX 160 This is a drawing program which is controlled by ihe joystick in port 2 and the top row of the keyboard Pressing the fire button and required 52 ETI April 1987 Draw 64 direction will move the cursor around the screen The NST DEL key will delete at the cur rent cursor position and the CLR HOME key will clear the screen The remaining keys in the top row changes the co lours J Avis Frenchs Forest NSW Willits I soie 99118 99129 8s41390 89149 90159 Life 898168 gs 98178 91098 B0190 J020 89219 902290 90232 89249 902598 982595 88278 CLS CURS 18 6 UNDERLINE PRINT Budget Savings Account NORMAL PLAY 8 28 REM iHHt 1984 by D R Barney REM WHE EDMONTON QLD dH N19 B ACCT E S s DIM CHLI N8 7 S19 Car Registration 9S29 Car Insurance S39 Life Assurance No Assurance No 2 859 Contents Insurance S69 Electricity S79 Telephone S5098 Car Tyres k Maintenance UiS Savin 1 949 CLS CURS 450
68. RSBEE is a package of three programs that loads TRS 80 Model 1 and 3 program tapes into the MicroBee without any additional hardware Although some program editing will still be re quired prior to their running the majority of program typing time is saved by TRSBEE The first program loads TRS 80 BASIC programs into MicroWorld BASIC Most prgrams may then be edited and run The second program in the package loads any TRS 80 machine code file into MicroBee memory The third program loads TRS 80 assembler files into the MicroBee EDITOR ASSEMBLER Any TRS 80 Model 1 or 3 tape may be loaded TRSBEE opens up a whole new world of possible software on your MicroBee Cat XE 7005 i HOUSEHOLD REGISTER This program will simplify the task of determing the value of your home s contents for insurance purposes as well as providing descriptions of all listed items in the event of their loss or destruc tion Effects are catalogued by name description and value Nine separate rooms are provided and up to 28 items may be listed in each Cat XE 7000 STAT PACK STATISTICS This program is a general purpose graph plotting linear regression line of best fit and correlation program It features a t test of significance for the correlation coefficient and if no evidence of correlation is found a determination of minimum sample size is performed Cat XE 6999 14 95 LOG GENERAL PURPOSE INDEX This program is designed to suit a wide range o
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70. SIC or Z80 code as well as letting you merge lines into an already existing BASIC program MicroBee works happily with your ordinary audio cassette recorder and gives you a good load and save every time even at the higher 1200 baud rate It s as simple as plugging it in with MicroBee microbee does EXPANSION POWER If you re not sure how you ll be using your MicroBee in the future we ve thought of that too MicroBee is designed for inexpensive future expansion The basic MicroBee with 16K of user RAM easily converts to 32K with a changeover board Adding ROM Read Only Memory upto 28K is as easy as plugging it in to the memory board Want 100 expansion MicroBee goes one better Its unique Z80 expansion bus lets your MicroBee interface with S100 as well as all the other expansion busses And if you re thinking of using disc drives and want to be able to run world standard CP M Software MicroBee s still with you The soon to be released memory board and factory mod convert your MicroBee to 48K RAM running CP M with the ability to take disc drives So you can run the same programs as IBM DEC Xerox and HP do on their Micros MicroBee ready when you are POWERFUL 16K MICROWORLD BASIC Programming has never been simpler Novice or experienced programmer you ll ind MicroBee s 16K BASIC in ROM a delight to use MicroWorld gives you everything you get with other BASICs plus extra help Like special error reportin
71. SIC programming and being able to understand and use typical Z80 manuals Cat XE 6855 25 00 BUDGET SPREADSHEET This program is designed to speed up and simplify the task of framing a usable financial budget Applications range from personal or household to small business finances A quality program Cat XE 6850 15 95 DECODE Basit decoder and listing formatter This programme will be an invaluable aid to any one taking first steps in understanding machine code or wants to expand their library of proven machine code routines Decode will a print ihbedded machine code routines fully and accurately b print all unprintable characters c provide a clearer easier to read listing and send all output to a printer if so required ED ASM is not required Cat XE 6765 15 95 DATABEE This program is a well written data base manage ment system that utilised the MicroBee to its fullest to provide a Data Management System similar to those found on larger and more expen sive systems This comes complete with large bound manual Cat XE 6945 19 95 NEW SOFTWARE FOR 1984 KING KONG from MYTEK Just like the arcade game of a similar name The game consists of several frames which you must complete to rescue your sweetheart from Kong Excellent graphics and sound Joystick compatible Cat XE 7054 CHOPPER from MYTEK A fast action packed game which must rate as one of Mytek s best You have full control of a
72. TROL A lot like Penetrator but in high resolution graphics You must battle your way through the various stages where at the last stage you have four chances of blowing up a neutron bomb shelter If you are successful the next round is a lot harder Cat XE 6950 16 95 METEOR RESCUE MYTEK Your mission is to rescue stranded astronauts You are the commander of the Landing Module docked in space with the mother ship It is your to guide the landing module through a meteor field down to the surface of the planet to land safely on a landing pad An astronaut wil then run to your landing module and you wil blast off You must use your lasers if necessary and dock with the mother ship again A total of six astronauts must be shuff led to the mother ship 17 50 CORVILLE CASTLE Corville Castle is an adventure which will take you to a far away place of mystic castles fierce monsters and evil warlocks You must enter the warlocks castle and find some dark secret which will help you to destroy the warlock But remem ber you only have until dusk Cat XE 6285 16 95 DEFENDER FROM MYTEK This long awaited program is finally available Defender needs no intro duction The Defender arcade game is one of the most popular ever pro duced and the Mytek version is brilliant a rival for Asteroids Plus Cat XE 7036 DESTROYER 22 50 You are the UFO and you must destroy the enemy city buildings before you can land You h
73. TRONIC AGENCIES 125 amp 117 YORK STREET PHONE 02 264 6688 and 02 267 1614 Cnr CARLINGFORD amp PENNANT HILLS ROAD PHONE 02 872 4444 115 117 PARRAMATTA ROAD PHONE 02 745 3077 HURSTVILLE 121 FOREST ROAD PHONE 02 570 7000 CORVILLE CASTLE Corville Castle is an adventure which will take you to a far away place of mystic castles fierce monsters and evil warlocks You must enter the warlocks castle and find some dark secret which will hetp you to destroy the warlock But remem ber you only have until dusk Cat XE 6285 CARACE A fast exciting graphic game for the MicroBee You must weave your way through a field of cars and oil slicks to produce the highest score If you re too good at one speed then try the next 10 speeds to choose from Cat XE 6700 11 95 EYE OF MIN 32K An adventure game with a difference in that it gives you a picture of where you are Once you enter the castle you are given a floor plan making it easter than moving in the dark A very thrilling adventure game Cat X E 7025 14 95 MORSE CODE TUTOR Perfect for all you budding young amateurs Quality program which covers the full alphabet random letters and allows you to enter a sen tence in English and plays it back in morse plus more Cat XE 6880 14 95 PSY CHOTEC By Dreamcards Psychotec provides a striking example of art ificial intelligence allowing a dialogue in English between computer and operator the
74. TRSB running the majority of prograrniyi typing time is saved EE The first program loads C programs into MicroWorld BASIC Most programs may then be edited and run The second program in the pa Arr any Mica machine code file into the MicroBee memory ro pogam ds TRS 80 assembler files into the MicroBee EDIT TOR EMBLER Sy TRES 0 Model 1 or3tape may be loaded TRSBEE opens up a whole new world of possible software on your MicroBee Cat XE 7005 e22309 022902999292095394909339899990 09 0999299991 32 50 This program HO JUS RHOLD REGIST ER value of your homes contents for insurance purposes as well as providing descrip tions of all listed items in the evoh of their Ioas or destruction Effects are catalogued by their name description and value Nine separate rooms are provided and up to 28 items may be listed in each Cat XE 7000 eossovepsecuveevesesceoteusevoceeusscevtevecoceooo 1 5 95 interactive exercises IC TUTORIAL oval is a set of 9 secare unique double screen technique to display both he normal computer output and the tutorial exercises at the one time This allows the student to use the MicroBee in the normal way while the tutorial instructions appear in the lower half of the screen Cat XE 686U EG OL EE E OCCORRE CO ROCA OR EE 22 00 con A ME E DES TELE IA MYtek ino ls a super teaching code Homer ing and related topics as they tothe MicroBee computer na monede ve IC language is ne Code Tutorial to bridge
75. UPLEX unit Cat YC 1350 122 ELECTRONICS Australia January 1984 UCIBEATABLE VALUE DISASSEMBLER By Dreamcards Some may say Not another Disassembler But this one has a difference It allows you to set out where the data fields are so the computer is saving time not rying to disassemble data A program you shouldn t be without Cat XE 6915 15 00 CHEAPIE By Dreamcards Two top quality programs for the price of one The best Hangman we ve seen yet on side A an a superb version of Battleship on side B Bot have excellent graphics Cat XE 6920 15 00 CANNIBALS AND MISSIONARIES The old logic problem game of transferring 3 Cannibals and 3 Missionaries from one side of a river to the other in a boat that holds two If there are more Cannibals than Missionaries on either side at any time the Cannibals revert to their favourite form of feeding Cat XE 6925 14 95 COMPOSER BEE This is a very well written program for music This program allows you to compose play edit transpose as well as being able to load and save your music program that has been a long time in the writing and well worth buying Cat XE 6930 22 50 WORD ADVENTURE A program with very good graphics using little characters to entice the user to think what word js either a synonym antonym or homonym of the word they are showing Everytime you get it wrong you are given more clues After the clues run out you must face the Dragon when
76. all the text in memory had been erased Network communications An outstanding feature of the MicroBee IC is the provision of network communications software in Read Only Memory The Network ROM is activated with the command NET from Basic or by selecting the N option of the WordBee interface menu and allows word pro cessor files and Basic or machine code programs to be transferred into and out of the computer either via a modem or a direct RS232C link to another system Once activated the network ROM displays a menu of comniands and op tions to be used for setting communica tion parameters Standard transmission rates from 110 to 4800 baud can be selected data format established and either full or half duplex communication initiated from this menu For modem communications the default transmission speed is 300 baud but a terminal emulation mode can also be selected at speeds of up to 1200 baud to allow the MicroBee to be connected directly to a host computer If two MicroBees RS232C link data can be transferred at up to 4800 baud while intermediate baud rates are provided to allow the use of a wider range of serial printers Other facilities are also provided by the network ROM in conjunction with Basic The Basic command OUT 6 now sets the screen to an 80 x 24 lines format as used by the terminal emulation routines of the NET program Under Basic this facility is of limited use as graphics screen positioning c
77. ata is still there in ROM Power Supply and IC SOCkets This kit is complete 16K non volatile CMOS RAM Optional parallel port RS232 V0 Port PCG RAM and ROM gives you HiRes graphics Z80 PIO Programmable I O Chip i Metal Baseplate Plastic cover is also supplied l ELECTRONICS Australia April 1982 Complete Kit 399 Includes manuals case 16K BASIC FIRST PRODUCTION SELLS OUT IN 10 DAYS MicroBee looks like being Australia s most popular kitcomputer ever As you read this magazine we are assembling the next run So order now to avoid delay and disappointment if you want to learn more about MicroBee then g t us to send you a copy of our fantastic Ideas Book Its 32 pages are packed with information and applications software on MicroBee Just send 50 to cover postage and packing and we ll get your ideas book to you today promise kit computer Software Growth Being Z80 based MicroBee has a huge software base And it s one we re improving all the time New releases include Mini Word Processor Assembler in ROM This great monitor not only lets you write machine language programmes it also functions as a great little word processor Functions include search and replace and edit 49 50 Cassette Software Ihe following programmes are supplied on cassette All are 6 95 each Pilot A very user friendly language Especially good for writing c
78. attractive Japanese system would have to be the NEC Advanced Personal Computer Using the 8086 the true 16 bit version of the 8088 the APC includes two 20cm disk drives and a high resolution colour monitor with the most impressive graphics capability of any machine at the show Both MS DOS and CP M 86 operating systems are available 128 Two of the new systems at the show were the Mitsui Sord M23P with microfloppy disks and LCD display and 64K CP M disk versions of the Applied Technology Microbee giving access to a wide range of software At the low end the most significant new releases were the colour and disk versions of Applied Technology s MicroBee computer With 26 background and foreground colours high resolution graphics and complete compatibility with earlier MicroBees the colour machine is certain to be a winner The disk based MicroBee provides 64K of memory coupled with two slim line 13cm minifloppy disk drives and CP M 2 2 It may set a new low price for a CP M based computer system Both Tandy and Commodore had displays of their low cost offerings the Color Computer and the VIC 20 both eagerly surrounded by the school children who were present en masse Commodore also showed the VIC 64 although in a very low key way It should be in the shops by the end of this month so readers can judge for themselves Again in the low end as far as pricing goes but not in capabilities was the BBC Microcompute
79. aut will then run to your landing module and you will blast off You must use your lasers if necessary and dock with the mother ship again A total of six astronauts must be shuff led to the mother ship Cat XE 7020 17 50 CORVILLE CASTLE Corville Castle is an adventure which will take you to a far away place of mystic castles fierce monsters and evil warlocks You must enter the warlocks castle and find some dark secret which will help you to destroy the warlock But remem ber you only have until dusk Cat XE 6285 16 95 DEFENDER FROMMYTEK This long awaited program is finally available Defender needs no intro duction The Defender arcade game is one of the most popular ever pro duced and the Mytek version is brilliant a rival for Asteroids Plus DESTROYER 22 50 You are the UFO and you must destroy the enemy city buildings before you can land You have no control over the UFO except for the three bombs on every pass you make over the city But beware the UFO gets package loads any TRS 80 machine code file MicroBee Computer into MicroBee memory The third program loads TRS 80 assembler files into the MicroBee EDITOR ASSEMBLER Any TRS 80 Model 1 or 3 tape may be loaded TRSBEE opens up a whole new world of possible software on your MicroBee Cat XE 7005 lower with every pass Good araphics and sound Cat XE 7048 14 95 COULOMBS LAW This program is another in the series of Physics simulations The first
80. ave no control over the UFO except for the three 20 00 Cat XE 7048 Cat XE 7049 20 00 bombs on every pass you make over the city But beware the UFO gets lower with every pass Good graphics and sound COULOMBS LAW This program is another in the series of Physics simulations The first part is a tutorial and the second is a simulation of the experiment BACKGAMMON FROM MYTEK 14 95 14 95 This game conforms exactly to that set down in the official rules of the and scoring Cat XE 7050 International Backgammon Association including the rules of doubling 17 50 POOLS AND LOTTO 19 95 17 50 Cat XE 7045 Two programs to help make life easier for the Pools and Lotto enthusiast The first program chooses your numbers for the week and the second program allows you to input your numbers into a program and when Lotto night arrives you can input the winning numbers and the computer will check your Lotto for vou 14 95 WONDER WORDS 15 95 enthusiasts Cat XE 7046 excellent explanations PA Cat XE 7047 NUMBER 1 FOR KITS POST AND PACKING CHARGES 10 24 99 3 20 50 99 99 6 50 Over 199 10 in Australia SHOP HOURS CARLINGFORD CONCORD amp HURSTVILLE Mon Fri 9am 5 30pm Sat 9am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm SHOP HOURS SYDNEY Mon Fri 8 30am 5 30pm Sat 8 30am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm MAIL ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE P O Box 185 Conc
81. both are based on Basic ETC originally supplied by East Texas Computers and written by John Arnold and Dick Whipple the co developers of the original Tiny Basic Microworld Basic shows its Tiny Basic heritage particularly in the use of single letter variable names and restrictions on mixing variables of different types Perhaps the most confusing point for new users of Microworld Basic is the restriction on variable names There are a number of rules which must be observed Firstly the type of variable is indicated by its name A numeric variable is represented either by a single letter for integer values or a letter followed by a number between O and 7 for real number values A string variable consists of a letter a number from 0 to 7 and a sign Variables are distinguished by the first letter part of the name so AO and A0 cannot both be used in the same program as Basic will not recognise them as different variables Mixing integer and real variables in the same expression will result in an error message The Statements PRINT A1 B or PRINT C DO will cause this error because of the combination of integer and real variables This peculiarity has more subtle effects as well The following program 10 A 3 20 PRINT A 2 will return 1 not 1 5 Division of an in teger always returns an integer result Two statements are provided to get around the problem INT converts a real value into the next lowest integ
82. cade machine Cassette 14 95 Diskette 19 95 SCRAMBLER A full colour version of the popular arcade game You are the sole surviving defender of earth and you must destroy the aliens at all cost very effective colour graphics also suitable for non colour microbees Cassette 14 95 0 0008 Diskette 19 95 EYE OF MIN A graphic adventure game that will absorb you for hours If you can solve this excellent mystery then you can proceed to the next saga Sabre of Sultan Requires 32K Cassette 14 95 0 Diskette 19 95 ELECTRONIC HOBBY MATE A real first This clever program deals with resistors capacitors electronic terms and contains a wealth of live information A must for all experimenters Your micrebee will become a useful design aid Cassette 14 95 Diskette 19 95 TUTORIAL Touch Typing Tutor and Basic Tricks The microbee is an ideal educational computer recommended by educational authorities across Australia This package enables you to learn to touch type using the Pitman touch typing method For those who want to master Microworld Basic there is a series of hints and suggested subroutines arranged in a most effective menu driven style Cassette 14 98 Diskette 19 95 RING OF DOOM Your quest is to search for the Dark Lord of saurean s Ring of Power This action adven ture game will operate in a 16k microbee Cassette 14 95
83. computer playing the role of psychiatrist and the operator being a patient on the couch Leaves other similar types for dead Cat XE 6875 MERLIN By Dreamcards Merlin is a 32K adventure set in England during the dark ages Your task is to search through the dark forest inhabited by robbers outlaws and creatures with awesome magic powers to find a legendary sword An excellent adventure Cat XE 6870 15 95 25 00 YAHTZE The famous old addictive dice game Try to beat your own best score Up to 3 players Cat X E 6866 14 95 UNDERWORLD OF KYN Underworld of Kyn is an advanced adventure average playing time to complete the game is about 10 to 12 hours for this reason it is recommended for experienced adventurers Cat XE 6840 14 95 BACUP A program to assist you in making back up copies Allows you to load in a file loaded at 300 baud and save it again at 200 baud or 1200 baud Cat X E 6780 5 9 99 1 50 25 49 99 4 50 100 198 8 00 Free INSURANCE for Road amp Registered Post over 200 All heavy or bulky items over 20kg sent Comet Road Freight 12 00 anywhere 16 95 NUMBER 1 FOR KITS OTHER MICROBEE THINGS RF MODULATOR FOR MICROBEE Allows you to connect your MicroBee to your TV i Cat XE 8052 17 50 REPLACEMENT CASE Cat XE 6300 29 50 EDITOR ASSEMBLER IN ROM Cat XE 6505 59 50 WORDBEE IN ROM Cat XE 6505 59 50 5 4 MEMOREX DISKETTE Double sided double density
84. ct allows you to hook up your MicroBee to a HF receiver and print radio teletype messages on a monitor screen Listen to world news for FREE Cat KE 4654 ONLY 17 95 ET 649 MicroBee Light Pen Ref ETI August 1983 This simple low cost device plugs into the Bee s 8 bit port The pen gives you an entry into the world of light pens and interactive software Cat KE 4656 SHORTFORM 19 50 SPECIAL PROBE CASE TO SUIT as specified in ETI article Cat HB 6400 19 95 ET 668 MicroBee EPROM Programmer Ref ETI February 1983 This simple low cost EPROM programmer just plugs into the Bee s I O port and enables you to save programs in any of the 5 different common EPROMs available 2716 2532 2732 2732A 2764 Kit comes complete with Personality plug and alt IC sockets DIRECT CONNECT MODEM KEY FEATURES DIRECT ATTACH AUTO ANSWER MODEM 300 BPS FULL DUPLEX CCITT V21 1200 BPS HALF DUPLEX CCITT V23 75 BPS BACK CHANNEL FULL V23 AUTO DIAL BELL FREQUENCIES INCLUDED TELECOM APPROVED 1 YEAR WARRANTY NO ADJUSTABLE CIRCUITRY DESIGNED IN AUSTRALIA MADE IN AUSTRALIA Cat KE 4650 39 95 THIS ISNOT A TOY Parallel Interface Kit for the MicroBee Includes 15 pin D plug add 15 00 if Centronics plug required ER RRR LORNA HCE CINCO TORT TT IIIT ot Cat KE 7017 15 00 AUN Jaycar has made a bulk purchase to bring them to you at the incredibly low price of 399 Amazing value for a FULL D
85. d Freight 12 00 anywhere ASTEROIDS PLUS MYTEK Asteroids Plus is one of the finest high resolution graphic arcade games available for the MicroBee computer It features 3 D point by point resolu tion graphics shields sound effects intelligent objects guided missiles black holes and a score board If you enjoy playing computer games you will be captivated by Asteroids Plus Cat XE 6297 22 50 BEEZ 80 MYTEK This secret code disassembler will disassemble any code sequence Nothing is illegal It will allow you to program with codes that no other disassembler can decipher Cat XE 6298 20 00 SPACE INVADERS One of the most popular programmes ever released This version was written especially for the Micro Bee Cat XE 6030 14 95 FORTH A new language for the MicroBee Comes comp lete with interpreter on one side of the tape and supporting programs on the other side As well as this it includes a very well written bound manual Cat XE 6965 45 00 PSYCHOTEC By Dreamcards Psychotec provides a striking example of art ificial intelligence allowing a dialogue in English between computer and operator the computer playing the role of psychiatrist and the operator being a patient on the couch Leaves other similar types for dead Cat XE 6875 15 95 MERLIN By Dreamcards Merlin is a 32K adventure set in England during the dark ages Your task is to search through the dark forest inhabited by
86. d by name description and value Nine separate rooms are provided and up to 28 items may be listed in each Cat XE 7000 15 95 STAT PACK STATISTICS This program is a general purpose graph plotting linear regression line of best fit and correlation program it features a t test of significance for the correlation coefficient and if no evidence of correlation is found a determination of minimum sample size is performed Cat XE 6999 14 95 Jayca SYDNEY SHOWROOMS 117 YORK STREET PHONE 02 264 6688 and 02 267 1614 TELEX 72293 Cnr CARLINGFORD amp PENNANT HILLS ROAD PHONE 02 872 4444 CARLINGFORD CONCORD 115 117 PARRAMATTA ROAD PHONE 02 745 3077 HURSTVILLE 121 Forest ROAD PHONE 02 570 7000 microbee SOFTWARE BASIC TUTORIAL ls a super teaching aid for any classroom Basic Tutorial is a set of 9 interactive exercises designed for teaching Basic to the computer novice No previous knowledge is assumed Basic Tutorial uses a unique double screen technique to display both the normal computer output and the tuto rial exercises at the one time This allows the student to use the MicroBee in the normal way while the tutorial instructions appear in the lower half of the screen Cat XE 6860 20 00 MACHINE CODE TUTORIAL MYTEK Consists of 8 interactive exercises designed for teaching machine code programming and related topics as they apply to the MicroBee computer Only a gen
87. decipher Cat XE 6298 20 00 SPACE INVADERS One of themost popular programmes ever released This version was written especially for the Micro Bee Cat XE 6030 14 95 SCREEN DUMP This tape comes with two programmes and can be used on both parallel and serial printers such as Star FX80 Epson and other compatible types Side A Horizontal Dump executed from net command Side B Vertical Dump executed from CTRL P command Cat XE 6970 14 95 FORTH A new language for the MicroBee Comes comp lete with interpreter on one side of the tape and supporting programs on the other side As well as this it includes a very well written bound manual Cat XE 6965 45 00 MINE DROP You are a tank running around a maze gathering all the supplies you can It sounds easy but you have a guided missile hot on your trail Your only defence is a remote controlled mine which you drop and explode at will A very fast joy stick or key controlled game Cat XE 6960 14 95 PENETRATOR A low resolution graphic version of the popular game Scrambler You must defeat the rockets and bomb the radars in an effort to get to the next stage which is even harder This game can be either controlled by a Joystick or by keys Being in Lores graphics it is a very fast game f you are bored with the same land pattern you can devise your own Cat XE 6955 19 95 SPACE PATROL l A lot like Penetrator but in high res
88. des 15 pin D plug add 15 00 if Centronics plug required Cat KE 7017 15 00 112 ELECTRONICS Australia October 1983 Australian Personal Computer MICROBEE _ the Australian designed and built computer system that grows with your needs to give you a whole world of computing opportunities As you add a range of options your Microbee grows and is supported by an ever increasing range of software and accessories Microbee is recommended by the Education Departments of N S W Western Australia and Queensland and is used by schools technical colleges and universities throughout Australia and New Zealand Schools around Australia and New Zealand have found the 16K PLUS to be the ideal starting system tru C THE MICROBEE E X P A N D S AS YOUR NEEDS GROW 16K PLUS It features Microworld Basic in ROM 16K of user RAM for program storage backed by CMOS battery to retain programs when the machine is switched off It also has a 16 line 64 character upper and lower case display with low and high resolution graphics cassette interface RS232 programmable 1 0 port and a host of other features others charge as extras Your system becomes even more expandable with the addition of software in ROM such as Wordbee Logo Edasm Pascal and even Forth Add a RGB colour option and your programs take on an exciting new visual dimension 32K IC The Microbee 32K IC features 32K of CMOS RAM
89. e ideal starting point Of course you can expand your microbee Series 2 Experimenter do eU Dieci OUS Note tbe software tbat is supplied witb eacb i i machine 1 microbee Series 2 EDUCATOR achine at no extra charge The microbee Series 2 was specifically designed to serve the needs of the EDUCATION MARKET Let s face it the primary non business use for most personal microcomputers is to increase our learning capabilities either about computers computer awareness or about life itself microbee Series 2 has now been officially approved by Education Departments in NSW WA and Queensland and is being carefully considered in virtually all other states and by the National Schools Commission at the time this ad was going to press The microbee Educator uses BATTERY BACKED NON VOLAT LE CMOS RAM so your programs are saved in the microbee Series 2 after the power is switched off Students can bring the microbee Series 2 Educator home from school to cornplete Cat X E 4050 assignments ready for class the next day With the optional BEEMODEM you can use your microbee Series 2 Educator to talk to other computers or information networks microbee Series 2 PERSONAL COMMUNICATOR With the BUILT IN WORDBEE in ROM as well as MICROWORLD BASIC and NETWORKING the Personal Communicator is a powerful home computer ideal for virtually any home use from wordprocessing spreadsheet analysis eduction and even experimentation with the computer concepts as they e
90. e user the option of listing programs with Basic keywords in upper or lower case contributing to the readability of listings Word processing is built in The MicroBee IC also features an enhanced version of WordBee a ROM based word processing program Ver sion 1 2 of the program incorporates several modifications both to eliminate defects of the earlier version and to im plement suggestions from users The major and very welcome change is that WordBee now supports re direction of input and output in the same way as does Basic allowing a parallel printer to be used with the system with a minimum of fuss The new O command allows output to parallel and serial printers at either 300 or 1200 baud or output to a cassette recorder and will also work in conjunction with the NET communications program The new WordBee also supports the special features of the low cost Centronics type dot matrix printers now appearing on the market Underlining and double strike printing can be switch ed on and off by inserting user defined markers in the text and the XN and XY commands are now fully implemented allowing a printer to be switched on and off line by the computer Also available is the ES command which allows control codes to be sent straight through to the printer port to enable features such as double width printing and bit mapped graphics Other modifications to the word pro cessing program have generally speed
91. ed up operation Text wrap around and screen updating are now much faster no more dropped characters even at typing speeds of 50 words per minute The on screen HELP files a nice feature have The Microbee IC in operation On the screen is the initial WordBee menu also been re formatted for clarity To make room for the additional code required for these enhancements the diagnostic tape CRO program has been removed from the new WordBee ROMs It is still available on cassette tape however Using WordBee The first screen display on entering WordBee is an interface menu which serves as a despatch point for subse quent commands Either of the two HELP files can be used to display editing or printer control codes and text can be loaded or saved to tape Printing of a text file is initiated from this level and the user can also activate Basic the net work communications program or the machine language monitor from this menu At any time during text entry the interface menu can be activated by pressing the line feed key on the keyboard Pressing RETURN while in the interface menu puts the user in the text editing mode signified by a blank screen with a flashing block cursor Combinations of the Control key and a letter key control the movement of the cursor and allow the insertion and deletion of lines and characters in the text and activate a separate block move mode The cursor control keys are chosen s
92. ems So interfacing your MicroBee is easy When you want to go further MicroWorld Editor Assembler helps you write in Z80 code 7 Ready for expansion Your MicroBee is equipped with a programmable RS232 port so you can connect a printer or modem straight on A dual speed cassette interface is fitted Continuous memory means you can move to a new location and your program and data are still there MicroBee is complete MicroBee kit including all manuals 16K BASIC in ROM Power Supply IC sockets 16K RAM 399 00 Editor Assembler in HOM 49 50 Video monitor 129 50 Cassette Recorder 35 00 Order direct on our Hotline number Just phone 02 487 2711 Or use our Blue Ribbon mail order service PO Box 311 Hornsby NSW 2077 APPLIED TECHNOLOGY Showroom Office 1A Pattison Ave Waitara Hours 9 5 Monday to Saturday Phone 02 487 2711 Telex APPTEC AA72767 29 Player s Score VAS uM 40 49 68 6 SOD Glover amp Assoc AT 19 ELECTRONICS Australia July 1982 61 grasp the future With one giant step Australias MicroBee brings the power of the personal computer within your reach MicroBee is now ready built with a superb new case Yet incredibly it costs no more MicroBee is a complete learning package Explore and master programming with the BASIC manuals and inbuilt 16K ROM BASIC The NSW Department of Education chose MicroBee Find out why MicroBee is powerful and friendly
93. er while FLT does the reverse converting an in teger into real number format so that it can be combined with other real number values String handling is another major dif ference between Microworld Basic and MicroWorld Basic statements and functions ABS ASC ATAN AUTO CHR CLEAR CLS CONT COS CURS DATA DELETE DIM EDIT END ERRORC ERRORL EXEC EXP FLT FOR TO FRACT FRE GOSUB GOTO GX HIRES IF THEN IN INZ INPUT INT IN VERSE KEY LEN LET LIST LLIST LOAD LOG LORES LPRINT NEW NEXT NORMAL ON ERROR ON GOSUB ON GOTO OUT OUT outl OUTL PCG PEEK PLAY PLOT POINT POKE POS PRINT PRMT READ REM RENUM RESET RESTORE RETURN RND RUN SAVE SD SEARCH SET SGN SIN SPC SPEED SQR STEP STOP STR STRS TAB TRACE UNDERLINE USED USR VAL VAR ZONE Microsoft In many ways the Microworld string statements are more flexible and are certainly more consistent in format A single reference to a string of characters combined with the ap propriate parameters can do the same duty as Microsoft s LEFT RIGHT and MID For example the following program reproduces all three functions 10 A1 ABCDEFGH 20 PRINT A1 1 N REM PRINT THE FIRST N CHARACTERS OF A1 30 PRINT A1 LEN A1 N 1 LEN A1 REM PRINT THE LAST N CHARACTERS 40 PRINT A1 N M REM PRINT THE CHARACTERS FROM POSITION N TO POSITION M Also unusual is the presence of a SEARCH statement This statement sear ches a designated string for the occur rence of a specified substring and
94. eral knowledge of the BASIC language is assumed Machine Code Tutorial is designed to bridge the gap bewteen BASIC programming and being able to understand and use typical Z80 manuals Cat XE 6855 25 00 BUDGET SPREADSHEET This program is designed to speed up and simplify the task of framing a usable financial budget Applications range from personal or household to small business finances A quality program Cat XE 6850 15 95 DECODE Basit decoder and listing formatter This programme will be an invaluable aid to any one taking first steps in understanding machine code or wants to expand their library of proven machine code routines Decode will a print imhbedded machine code routines fully and accurately b print all unprintable characters c provide a clearer easier to read listing and send all output to a printer if so required ED ASM is not required Cat XE 6765 15 95 DATABEE This program is a well written data base manage ment system that utilised the MicroBee to its fullest to provide a Data Management System similar to those found on larger and more expen sive systems This comes complete with large bound manual Cat XE 6945 19 95 NEW SOFTWARE FOR JANUARY KING KONG from MYTEK Just iike the arcade game of a similar name The game consists of several frames which you must complete to rescue your sweetheart from Kong Excellent graphics and sound Joystick compatible Cat XE 7054 CHOP
95. ere up to 6 players can play against the computer who is banker Cat XE 6940 WORD PROCESSOR MYTEK Mytek Wordprocessor comes with a quality ring binder and features most of the commands of the highly acclaimed SPELLBINDER Mytek Wordprocessor is screen orientated and re formats the screen to 32 lines allowing twice the amount of text to be displayed at once Commands which are all single keystrokes included APPEND BACK CLOSE DELETE EDIT FORWARD HOLD INSERT KILL LINE LENGTH MEM ORY OPEN PRINT READ SEARCH REPLACE TOP UNHOLD VERIFY WRITE and EXIT Mytek Wordprocessor is not aplaything Although simple to use it is one of the most powerful cassette based wordprocesscrs currenthy avai able on any microcomputer Cat XE 7015 dud herr s MUSIC B MY TiK MusicB is a music Composer Editor that lets you create and save music and sound effects with a flexibility that makes chopsticks of the Basic PLAY command MusicB is a great way to learn and play music Comprehensive instructions are included Cat XE 7010 14 95 20 0f 4 STOCK SUPERVISOR This program is the means ot creating a stock or product data base which provides an on line information system This system is then capable of being continuously and easily updated to reflect all the inventory and accounting aspects of stock on hand Cat XE 6865 14 95 E 14 95 15 95 ELECTRONICS Australia October 1983 TRSBEE MYTEK T
96. erformance computer in its class What s more any existing microbee owner can convert his microbee to the Series 2 APC at any time ATING o ioc enr ETUR RE VIPER A highly addictive game You must eradicate the rabbits before they reach plague proportions but each time you catch a rabbit your tail grows Cassette 14 95 Diskette 19 95 BEE MONOPOLY Now a full graphic version of the old family game of the same name The entire board players Community Chest and Chance cards are displayed as required in this fast moving game Full details of land ownership and finances e graphics and sound effects Requires Cassette 14 95 Diskette 19 95 SWORD QUEST EYE OF MIN TUTORIAL Touch Typing Tutor and Basic Just like the Dungeons and Dragons series A graphic adventure game that will absorb you Tricks The microbee is an ideal educational Select your characters level of armour weapons for hours If you can solve this excellent computer recommended by educational strength and skill Explore in search of treasure mystery then you can proceed to the next saga authorities across Australia This package and the Great Sword and battle with the Sabre of Sultan Requires 32K enables you to learn to touch type using the dungeon s creatures Cassette 14 95 Diskette 19 95 Pitman touch typing method For those who Cassettee 14 95 LLL Diskette 19 95 SKETCH PAD want
97. escue you can enjoy the game and learn at the same time New update of one of the original microbee games Now with full colour and joystick option Sound and speed controls Turn your microbee into a home arcade machine Cassette Library Pack ee X Cassette 14 95 Luuu Diskette 19 95 Diskette 39 95 S SCRAMBLER ELECTRONIC HOBBY MATE Ask your nearest microbee dealer for a A full colour version of the popular arcade A real first This clever program deals with catalogue of over 100 microbee game You are the sole surviving defender of resistors capacitors electronic terms and rograms now available on cassette earth and you must destroy the aliens at all cost contains a wealth of live information A must diskette and ROM e Very effective colour graphics also suitable for all experimenters Your microbee will BACHE ANA COPEFME for non colour microbees become a useful don aid applications in education games and Cassette 14 95 2 0 2 eee eee Diskette 19 95 Cassette id 95 0 Diskette 19 95 utility functions E microbee computer shops 5 welcome here microbes A CN DIRECTORDERS PHONE 02 487 2711 Www APPLIED TECHNOLOGY r 1 Patterson Ave BURWOOD ROAO lt 4 FROM CAMBERWELL Waitars 1 Pattison Ave 729 Glenferrie Rd Cooleman Court 141 Stirling Highway Waitara 2077 Hawthorn 3122 Weston A C T 2611 Nedlands Perth Ph
98. eston WORD ADVENTURE A powerful and gripping educational program Follow the trails by solving problems involving homonyms synonyms and antonyms Various creatures will meet you along the trails and give you clues to the words you seek If you make too many errors you will certainly have to face the spelling serpent who will test your fate Once you master the first game you will learn a password which will enable you to load the next secret program Requires 32K Cassette 14 95 Diskette 19 95 BEE CASINO Another value package with a collection of all the popular gambling casino games written for the microbee No need to take the wife to Las Vegas or Wrest Point This makes ideal party material for after the kids go to bed Cassette Library Pack 39 95 Diskette eee 39 95 BEE SCIENTIST Physics and Chemistry Laboratory A collection of practical experiments and courses on physics and chemistry You can study chemical equations valency Kepplers laws Coulombs Laws and Milliken s experiment A valuable teaching aid now used in schools Cassette Library Pack 49 95 Diskette eeeeeeees 39 95 Ask your nearest microbee dealer for a catalogue of over 100 microbee programs now available on cassette diskette and ROM covering applications in education games and utility functions uJeicome here DIRECT ORDERS PHONE 02 487 2711 APPLIED
99. ette interface direct video 50 way Z80 expansion bus month during 1984 So far ETI has microbee Series 2 NE described the light pen EPROM EPI Re IVE NITR programmer a radio TTY printer microbee Series 2 m mnm mE the World s first home facsimile EXPERIMENTER By popular request the low cost microbee receiver and ROM expander board his Series 2 Experimenter has been designed for the microbee Virtually every Recommended Options for those who are starting out in the local computer magazine has run microbee HIGH RESOLUTION fascinating world of computers or those reviews and or columns devoted MONITOR 9 199 00 who want to share the fascination M th entirely to the microbee If you BEEMODEM 149 50 exploring the exciting developments in the want to be part of the MICRO p RN E 125 fast moving MICRO WORLD COMPUTER GENERATION in RGB COLOUR MODULE 125 00 Demand for projects using the microbee is 1984 then microbee Series 2 Experi microbee PRINTER 449 00 so great that Electronics Today are now menter is the ideal starting point PROJECT BOARD Coming planning to run a microbee project every Soon microbee microbee computer shops 3 welcome here DIRECT ORDERS _ qum PHONE 02 487 2711 computer shop aa 2 Bh BARKERS G Mw microbee computer shop Neg ande heo Patterson Ave n S ANODD ROAD Scr Ren in S APPLIED 1 Pattison Ave 729 Glenferrie Rd Coole
100. ever ONLY 29 95 ETI 649 MicroBee Light Pen Ref ET August 1983 This simple low cost device plugs into the Bee s 8 bit port The pen gives you an entry into the world of light pens and MICROBEE CAR RY CASE interactive software Cat KE 4656 SHORTFORM 19 50 C M B d i I SPECIAL PROBE CASE TO SUIT as specified in ET article Cat HB 6400 19 95 arry your MicroBee around without risking damage ETI 668 MicroBee EPROM Programmer Ref ETI February 1983 This simple low cost i 1 PM EPROM programmer just plugs into the Bee s I O port and enables you to save programs in Glittering brown vinyl rigid enclosure measures any of the 5 different common EPROMs available 2716 2532 2732 2732A 2764 Kit comes complete with Personality plug and all IC sockets 355 W x 245 D x 75 H mm Incorporates the Cat KE 4650 39 95 MicroBee logo em blem on box Parallel Interface Kit for the MicroBee Includes 15 pin D plug add 15 00 if Centronics i plug required FANTASTIC VALUE AT 12 50 Cat KE 7017 15 00 ELECTRONICS Australia December 1983 fORCOMBUT DISASSEMBLER By Dreamcards Some may say Not another Disassembler But this one has a difference It allows you to set out where the data fields are so the computer is saving time not rying to disassemble data A program you shouldn t be without Cat XE 6915 15 00 CHEAPIE By Dreamcards Two top quality programs for the price of one The best Hangman we ve seen yet
101. f records where indexing and later searching can be on one or two words or on a string of up to 15 characters Each record consists of its index heading plus up to 12 lines of text Each line can contain up to 41 characters Cat XE 6890 PROGRAMMING HINTS Consists of a collection of modules which you may use to improve your own BASIC programs They are all linked together under a menu driven display which allows you to RUN or LIST each module to see how they work Cat XE 6895 30 00 15 95 15 95 14 95 PROSPECTOR Arcade game in which you are the prospector attempting to get gold and diamonds which are scattered around the field and at the same time avoid two drunken bandits who are chasing you Cat XE 6885 14 95 GAMES BUSINESS EDUCATION FOR THE MICROBEE N SAAR S SS SESSIONS WS 3 BASIC TUTORIAL Is a super teaching aid for any classroom Basic Tutorial is a set of 9 interactive exercises designed for teaching Basic to the computer novice No previous knowledge is assumed Basic Tutorial uses a unique double screen technique to display both the normal computer output and the tuto rial exercises at the one time This allows the student to use the MicroBee in the normal way while the tutorial instructions appear in the lower half of the screen Cat XE 6860 20 00 MACHINE CODE TUTORIAL MY TEK Consists of 8 interactive exercises designed for teachin
102. f to find out about MicroBee romis CO Q OLD Y microbee Brief Specifications CPU Z80A Screen format 64x16 upper lower case PCG gives 512x256 pixels HiRes Graphics can be combined with alphanumerics Built in sound Semitone intervals Under BASIC control RS232 interface standard for Modems printers Continuous Memory with Battery Backup Cassette interface 300 1200 baud Qe Parallel interface option Full function QUERTY keyboard Expandable to 32K RAM 32K ROM user fitted or to 48K RAM to run CP M 2 2 and take disc drives factory fitted option Prices correct and goods expected in stock at time of going to press Please phone to check stock ELECTRONICS Australia March 1982 APPLIED TECHNOLOGY E COMPUTER SUPERMARKET MicroBee Superbly Expandable The problem with rrtost personal micros such as the TRS80 and APPLE lies not such much in the basic machines but in the cost of expansion Once you have mastered the base machine getting it to do any more is very expensive MicroBee gets around this by having a special plug in top board We call it the Core Board The MicroBee is supplied as standard with a Core Board which takes up to 32K RAM 16K supplied 16K ROM BASIC and a further 12K ROM for Monitor Program Networking ROM or your own custom ROM programs A factory change fits a new Core Board so you have 48K RAM an 80x24 screen format and are ready to
103. following the SET state ment will place the origin of the graphics co ordinates at the top left hand corner of the screen rather than its usual posi tion at the bottom left While the graphics capabilities are ex tensive and the high resolution mode im pressive a considerable amount of screen flicker is evident while these statements are being executed Ap parently no attempt has been made to synchronise memory accesses by the CPU and the video display generator The result is that the CPU updates memory at the same time as the display generator is attempting to read the cur rent contents for display and the conflict causes a series of black lines on the The MicroBee low cost personal computer screen as graphics statements are carried out The Microbee is excellent for generating static pictures but any at tempt at animated scenes is likely to cause disappointment Limited sound capabilities are also pro vided by the Microbee The PLAY state ment will sound one or more notes from an internal speaker with a duration specified in increments of second Twenty five possible notes can be generated covering a frequency range of 220Hz to 831Hz almost two octaves Sounds are produced directly by the microprocessor interrupting the execu tion of other program statements for the duration of the sound There have been reports of bugs in MicroWorld Basic possibly as a result of the continuous memory feature Even a co
104. g and editing And support of the built in sound and graphics facilities So MicroBee s powers aren t hard to use The BASIC also controls printers and modems Writing programs is simpler because of the BASIC s search and replace ability When you want to go further MicroWorld Editor Assembler helps you use Z80 code and write USR subroutines It s in ROM for instant access Or get going right away with Cassette Programs From only 6 95 each Chose from games like Chase Target ZTrek Solitaire Wumpus Biorythm Calender Maker or utilities like Typing Drill Diagnostic Textmaster SOFTWARE SUPPORT As a MicroBee owner you ll become a member of the MicroWorld Users group and receive our newsletter and updates Your kit comes on 14 day satisfaction guarantee And there s a 50 complete cover service coupon if you have trouble You can phone order MicroBee on 02 487 3798 Use your Bankcard Orto Mail Order your MicroBee just write to MicroBee Box311 Hornsby NSW 2077 Due to enormous demand MicroBee deliveries have been delayed Complete kit Includes 16K RAM an 16K ROM BASIC all manuals Software includes Editor Assembler ROMs Manual 49 50 Cassette software each 6 95 APPLIED TECHNOLOGY Showroom Office 1 A Pattison Ave Waitara Hours 9 5 Monday to Saturday Phone 02 487 2711 Telex APPTEC 72767 microbee J Try this with an MicroBee the visual breakthrough The power of the pe
105. g machine code programming and related topics as they apply to the MicroBee computer Only a general knowledge of the BASIC language is assumed Machine Code Tutorial is designed to bridge the gap bewteen BASIC programming and being able to understand and use typical Z80 manuals Cat XE 6855 25 00 BUDGET SPREADSHEET This program is designed to speed up and simplify the task of framing a usable financial budget Applications range from personal or household to smal business finances A quality program Cat XE 6850 15 95 SEADOG Seadog a war game between two ships from the days of Nelson You may play against a friend or against the computer The game features limited resolution graphics for the war battle sequences As well as the enemy fleet you must survive hazzards such as hurricanes diseases and your own gun aimers who do not always shoot straight Cat XE 6845 14 95 RANN NO S NC Rn ar ud x SES SS X TW Y DECODE Basic decoder and listing formatter This programme will be an invaluable aid to any one taking first steps in understanding machine code or wants to expand their library of proven machine code routines Decode will a print imbedded machine code routines fully and accurately b print all unprintable characters c provide a clearer easier to read listing and send all output to a printer if so required ED ASM is not required Cat XE 6765 15 95 CARDEX CARD INDEX SYSTEM This
106. game has several levels of difficulty but really serves as a vivid demonstration of the microb e colour graphic capability Cassette 14 95 ls Diskette 19 95 CHESS CHESS TUTOR For those who enjoy a serious graphics game it is hard to beat Chess If your game needs improving try the tutorial first You can select from 6 levels of play and these can be altered during the game This program features very good graphics and particularly at the higher play levels becomes a most worthy opponent 32k microbee recommended Cassette 14 95 0 Diskette 19 95 TARGET TREK These are two of the classics of computer games and will still impress with the use of characters to emulate graphics remember they only had teletypes on the old days around 1976 The challenge of Trek will attract even the most ardent anti games freaks Cassette 14 95 055 Diskette 19 95 LEARNING CAN BEE FUN Now the full series by John Grimley in one value package containing 6 cassette tapes or diskette Utilizing well known games such as Donkey Kong Frog Hop and Rescue you can enjoy the game and learn at the same time Cassette Library Pack 49 95 Diskette 0 0 ce cee ee 39 95 Cooleman Court Weston A C T 2611 Phone 062 88 6384 Milton Townsville 141 Stirling Highway Nedlands Perth Phone 09 386 8250 TAS Central Data 14A Goodwin Street Launc
107. hallenge of change microbee Four award winning models to choose from microbee really is meeting the challenge of change with two ROM and two DISK based models each guaranteed expandable to any level From arcade games through to word processing and business management you can choose the level of development to suit your needs Tomorrow looks equally bright for microbee Owners with new technology and advances with reports and literature on new software and peripherals and with training courses for each level of development H1 RES Economy Green Screen Monitor oy IE OS 44 16K Educator 5449 Now with WORDBEE The microbee Educator is specifically designed for the education market and has been chosen by NSW Western Australia Queensland and the Australian Schools Commission as a computer for use in schools microbee Educator boasts high quality graphics and sound effects capability exceptional performance at a realistic price plus powerful software designed for Australian curriculum needs 32K Personal Communicator 5499 microbee s top selling portable computer now features Telcom 1 firmware WORDBEE Microworld BASIC machine code MONITOR ADM 3A terminal emulation self test in 28K of ROM with 32K of CMOS battery backed user memory high resolution PCG GRAPHICS SERIAL AND PARALLEL I O ports programmable cassette interface and direct
108. he task of framing a usable financial budget Applications range from personal or household to small business finances A quality program Cat XE 6850 15 95 DECODE Basic decoder and listing formatter This programme will be an inva uable aid to any one taking first steps in understanding machine code or wants to expand their ibrary of proven machine code routines Decode will a print imbedded machine code routines fully and accurately b print all unprintable characters c provide a clearer easier to read listing and send all output to a printer if so required ED ASM is not reauired Cat XE 6765 15 95 DATABEE This program is a well written data base manage ment system that utilised the MicroBee to its fullest to provide a Data Management System similar to those found on larger and more expen sive systems This comes complete with large bound manual Cat XE 6945 19 95 DEFENDER for the Rs amp ASTEROIDS PLUS MYTEK Asteroids Plus is one of the finest high resolution graphic arcade games available for the MicroBee computer it features 3 D point by point resolu tion graphics shields sound effects intelligent objects guided missiles black holes and a score board If you enjoy playing computer games you will be captivated by Asteroids Plus Cat XE 6297 22 50 BEEZ 80 MYTEK This secret code disassembler will disassemble any code sequence Nothing is illegal tt will allow you to program wi
109. he video screen rather than the printer The dot com mands which specify printing format will be operative however allowing the user to check specifications such as line length line spacing and justification before the text is committed to paper Print formatting commands are exten sive but there is a noticeable lack of ver satility As the manual puts it Whilst WordBee can do an excellent job of prin ting a complete document that will total ly fit into memory it is somewhat defi cient when it comes to printing just part of a document or a document that is too large to fit into memory These tasks can be handled by WordBee but often require a bit of fiddling round with DOT commands and the shuffling of bits of the file to or from cassette There are two commands for printing one to print the entire document and the other to print from the position of the cursor to the end of the file There is no provi sion for printing a single paragraph or a group of lines in the middle of a file which makes updates and corrections a tedious matter Several features of WordBee are par ticularly attractive we especially liked the file status and word counting utilities for example and the provision for automatic page headings and page numbering WordBee does have some problems however The MicroBee computer is a rapidly evolving product and it seems that each new suggestion for improvements and modifications is eagerly
110. helicopter and you must fly over enemy lines to rescue your allies Fast realistic graphics and excellent sound Cat XE 7055 SKETCH PAD A program to help you design your own P C G characters Simple com mands allow easy drawing of circles polygons and boxes etc These then can be dumped to tape to be used in a future program Comes complete with manual Cat XE 7056 PRINTERS MATE This progam IS two screen dump programs to suit CP80 MX80 DT80O 80DP and FAX80 printers One program is a screen dump utility while the other prints out memory contents in both hexidecimal and ASCII charac ters A must for use with printers Cat XE 7051 DUO ONE Another two programs for the price of one from Dreamcards One side has poker and the other is Casino which is a three reel poker machine Both use Hires graphics Excellent value Cat XE 7052 EXTENDED TURTLE A Turtle program which has been written by a teacher and has been severa months in the writing This is one of the best Turtle programs written and comes compiete with a 40 page clearly written manual with many helpful drawings Cat XE 7053 I ncorporating ELECTRONIC AGENCIES 5 9 99 1 50 25 49 99 4 50 100 198 8 00 Free INSURANCE for Road amp Registered Post over 200 All heavy or bulky items over 20kg sent Comet Road Freight 12 00 anywhere PHONE 02 872 4444 UNBEATABLE VALUE G amp D ASTEROIDS PLUS MYTEK Asteroid
111. ies Just to give you some idea of its power its gives yOU Advanced error reporting with 33 comprehensive error mesages and a feature packed program editor This BASIC is so friendly that anyone can master the computer and establish computer literacy so vital in today s technological world 06000 REM This subroutine draws a square of lengths 11 12 95005 REM with the bottom corner at ai bi 06810 VAR AL B1 L1 L2 OGBA REM Draw left side then top then right then bottom 05838 GOSUB A1 B1 A1 Bix2 4000 06040 GOSUB Rt BiH2 ALH1 Bit2 1 4000 a GOSUB C AHI BEL2 R14 1 B1 4000 GA COSB A1 L1 B1 A1 B1 4000 e Powerful PLOT facility and high resolution graphics can be combined with alphanumerics to give the MicroBee unparalled graphic display 64 At last the no com Portions of lines may also be underlined for another effect e g This must be followed at all times Full constructional details as well as a BASIC manual and program development ideas are available this month as an article in Vomputer or in case of special notation r a coslw b sin w The verb in this sentence is swam and educational capability And with Microworld BASIC you have the support of a great software base Your MicroBee will run the whole range of MicroWorld BASIC software This includes a wide range of games and utilities And the range is increasing all the time tha
112. il Order SYDNEY SHOWROOMS 100 198 8 00 Over 199 10 By 7 1614 Free INSURANCE for Road amp Registered Post over 200 117 YORK STREET PHONE 02 264 6688 uod A All heavy or bulky items over 20kg sent Comet Road Freight 12 00 anywhere CARLINGFORD es in Australia Cnr CARL PENNANT HILLS ROAD PHONE 02 872 4444 SHOP HOURS CARLINGFORD CONCORD amp HURSTVILLE MV aue DUNG OBS EN oed Mon Fri 9am 5 30pm Sat 9am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm s oo RE CONCORD SHOP HOURS SYDNEY BANKCARD 115 117 PARRAMATTA ROAD PHONE 02 745 3077 HURSTVILLE 121 FOREST ROAD PHONE 02 570 7000 Mon Fri 8 30am 5 30pm Sat 8 30am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm MAIL ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE BOX K 39 HAYMARKET SYDNEY 2000 A e o ELECTRONICS Australia November 1983 Via Your Phone 83 YES WE HAVE PRODUCED OUR OWN DISK CONTROLLER AND IT HANDLES 8 DRIVES OR 5 DRIVES COME AND SEE IT WORKING AT OUR CITY STORE CONTROLLER CONTROLLER CARD CARD 2 1M BYTE 1M BYTE DRIVE DRIVES CASE CASE POWER POWER SUPPLY SUPPLY 795 1195 INC TAX INC TAX 695 EXC TAX 1045 EXC TAX Note these prices do not include operating system This unit has all the S100 signals so you can add in boards to carry out a host of functions Avail able in 4 weeks Note Master Slave operation of the Microbee unit is not implemented For example 2000 9 x 11 sheets keen
113. interpreter on one side of the tape and supporting pr ms onthe other side As well as this it includes a very well written nd manual Cat ES SSV pessaecvveveesuvoeoenevsuvecestevecuesooseccesoeeeas 47 50 Peychotec pi M ct a UOTE BY Brema a Folligence allowing a dialogue in English Delweefn computer and operator the computer playing the role of psychiatrist and the operator being a patient on the couch Leaves other similar types for dead Cat XE 6875 sheet 1 5 95 Merlin is a 32 ME ure LIN By Dream card Sark ages Your task is to search through the dark forest inhabited by robbers outlaws and creatures with awesome magic powers to find alegendary sword An excellent adventure Cat OG vemovsosvonovseveseonoepevovaseocvescvescsesnsovo 25 O0 This program LOG GENERAL D Suit a PURPOSE INDEX where indexing and later searching can be on one or ne owe words or on a string of up to 15 characters Each record consists of itsindex heading plus up to 12 lines of text Each line can contain up to 41 characters Cat XE 6890 varssavsouevvveesesocbeovvavvevecvtcesaceceeoeces 1 5 95 You are a tank running MINE DI gathering all the supplies you can It sounds easy but you have a guided missile hot on your trail Your only defence is a remote controlled mine which you drop and explode at will A very fast joystick or key controlled game Cat XE 6960 s arosateseesubvvev tesev9ssoutesatvovenoevosio 1 5 95 Alow resolut
114. ion graphic PENETRA ATOR me Scrambler You must defeat the rockets and bomb the radars in an effort to get to the next stage which is even harder This game canbe either controlled a Joystick or by keys Being in Lores graphics it is a very fast game you are bored with the same land pattem you can devise your own Cat XE 6955 es0no9vstt9baetososoovatosovevevaevepssseapsooe 1 9 95 Your mission METEO R RESCUE Mytek ou are the conr mander of the Landing Module docked in space with the mother ship It is your responsibility to guide the landing module through the meteor field down to the surface of the planet to land safely on a landing pad An astronaut will then run to your landing module and you will blast off You must use your lasers if necessary and dock with the Mops ow again A total of 6 astronauts must be shuttled to the mother ship Just like the KING G KONG Myte ek The game consists of severa frames which yo u must complete to rescue your sweetheart from Kong Excellent graphics and sound Joystick compatible Cat XE 7054 pesosoevsaavetoa beseocvepoove vonoovvos 22 oo Afast action pa OT ORR which R Myte ate k one of Mytek s best You have full control of a helicopter and you must fly over enemy lines to rescue your allies Fast realistic graphics and excellent sound Cat XE 7055 b osocecst sapeseuvatesaeceeatessocsoesaeococapoveove 22 00 A program to help Nodes your own PAR characters Simple commands all
115. k so that the teacher is able to co ordinate the class with maximum efficiency Specifications PROCESSOR Z80A running at 3 375 MHZ KEYBOARD 60 key FULL SIZED QWER TY layout with full travel MEMORY 44K comprising of 16K user RAM expandable on board to 32K 20K ROM software 4K character ROM 4K graphics and screen memory DISPLAY Direct video to external monitor or modified TV 80 by 24 and 64 by 16 character display modes high resolution PCG graphics to 512 by 256 pixels Upper and lower case with full programmability at any screen location SOFTWARE MICROWORLD 16K BASIC V5 22 in ROM MICROWORLD Z380 machine code monitor built in diagnostics NETWORK ING with programmable baud rates from 110 to 4800 Baud 7 8 bit formats half full duplex transmission and complete file transfer using the HOBBY standard Christensen protocol INPUT OUTPUT Programmable 8 bit in put output parallel port programmable RS232 port cassette interface direct video 50 way 280 expansion bus microbee Series 2 EDUCATOR Recommended Options microbee HIGH RESOLUTION MONITOR 199 00 BEEMODEM 149 50 RGB COLOUR MODULE 125 00 microbee PRINTER 449 00 BEENET 1 recommended for school classroom use only Choose your Personal Computer from the all New microbee Series 2 with Guaranteed E X P A N D A B LL LT Y d If your needs are for POWER PACKED computer for the home then
116. ld start does not clear out memory and bad values can remain from a pro gram gone awry This results in mysterious errors which show up when a program is listed and remain in spite of attempts to correct the offending line Perhaps some of these problems could be solved by adding a switch to discon nect the battery backup and thus ensure a truly cold start Representatives at Applied Technology stated that investigations into these pro blems are continuing and that any Basic bugs will be corrected Wordprocessing on the MicroBee The version of the MicroBee reviewed here was supplied with word processing software built in Called WordBee this the program is contained in a set of ROM chips and when combined with the bat tery back up for the MicroBee s memory produces a very powerful and unusual word processing system It should be noted that the version of WordBee we received was a sample on ly and the program was not then advertised by Applied Technology This aside WordBee shows great promise The author of the program and the preliminary manual which accompanied it makes no secret of the fact that Word Bee has features of several of the most popular word processing systems with screen formatting and menu displays reminiscent of Electric Pencil tm a Help command as in Word Master tm and dot commands embedded in the text for printer control as in Word Star tm Whatever the inspiratio
117. m puter user For the newcomer the manuals leave something to be desired despite the presence of a tutorial section why is it one of the last sections in the book Experienced programmers will be delighted by the power and flexibility of MicroWorld Basic and the extensive graphics capabilities of the MicroBee A simple program to clear the entire memory will circumvent problems caus ed by retention of programs in memory Ultimately though a heftier power sup ply may be required if much expansion of the system is planned With these reservations the MicroBee seems to provide excellent value for the price If Applied Technology s marketing and manufacturing plans are realised the system will take off in a big way A MicroBee with 16K of memory and MicroWorld Basic costs 449 An addi tional 16K of memory adds 100 to the price The WordBee word processing program is 89 50 and an Editor Assembler in ROM is available for 59 50 An S 100 expansion interface is also available at 299 with disk drive controller and CP M operating system for 799 There is no shortage of expan sion options ww Business Graphics ao Eo 7X MicroBee Australia s own a rcada NAE educational and personal computer s I Designed and manufactured in VON Australia PK Over 7 000 sold gt Over 2 500 in Australian schools MicroBee the fully expandable cost effective computer Educational
118. m 4 to 254mm 10 VALUE PACKED AT CAT D 1170 699 50 Printer Cable Interface Kit to sult Microbee D 1190 THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CP M AVAILABLE IN 16Kor 32K VERSIONS ees Tayn VES IHE LLLI LL E OVER 10 000 MICROBEES SOLD y PUT d ly delightful Wordbee wordprocessor package and Editor Assembly plus ali the other exciting features that nave made the Microbee famous 499 00 D 1020 D 1035 599 00 B 9080 1 Penned by international computer expert David E Cortesi INSIDE CP M is divided into a Tutorial Sec tion and a Reference Section The tutorial is again divided into four sections one for Novices Users New Programmers and Experienced Programmers The Reference Section is the most comprehensive we have ever seen and this book should sit proudly next to any CP M system APPLICABLE TO CP M 1 4 2 2 86 MP Mand MP M 2 ALTRONICS e RVICE DELIVERY NEXT DAY ALTRONICS BANKCARD mes ALTRONICS FOR DESPATCH P amp P CHARGES AND ADDRESS DETAILS PLEASE REFER TO OUR AD ON PAGE 950 The Microbee computer beginner s guide An introduction to microbee personal computers and programming Your First 100 prograns microbee AN INTRODUCTION TO MICROBEE PER SONAL COMPUTERS AND PRO GRAMMING Published by Honeysoft Publishing Company Waitara NSW 1983 Soft covers 210 x 298mm 50 pages 14 95 This thin book subtitled Your first 100 programs is an
119. man Court 141 Stirling Highway TECHNOLOGY Waitara 2077 Hawthorn 3122 Weston A C T 2611 Nedlands Perth RETAIL Phone 02 487 2711 Phone 03 818 2244 Phone 062 88 6384 Phone 09 386 8250 PTY LTD Authorised Dealers NSW Jaycar inc Electronic Agencies ACT Computech Belconnen Churches QLD Software 80 105 Milton Road 117 York Street Sydney Centre Benjamin Way Belconnen Milton 115 Parramatta Road Concord VIC Computerland South Melbourne Electrographic Office Systems 121 Forest Road Hurstville 37 Albert Road Melbourne 25 Grafton Street Cairns Cnr Carlingford and Pennant Hills 4 Key Computers Town and Country Computers Road Carlingford 1061 South Road Edwardstown CTL Centre Anne Street Aitkenvale Compu K 7 Casino Street Lismore 77 Grenfell Street Adelaide Townsville Comput Ed 8 Park Arcade W A Altronics 105 Stirling Street TAS Central Data 14A Goodwin Park Avenue Coffs Harbour Perth Street Launceston microbee 3ldd33N319 vente rs for heels Romes und sou CHECK YOUR LOCAL STORE FOR EXTENDED TRADING HOURS OVER CHRISTMAS A SURERADEN JAYCAR ELECTRONICS amp No 1 FOR COMPUTERS Microbee features 16K and 32K Non Volatile CMOS RAM Programmable RS232 Serial Port Programmable 8 Bit I O Port Display 64 x 16 and 80 x 24 screen format 6545 Programmable VDU Driver Cassette Interface 300 and 1200 baud Australia
120. ment could be improv ed upon For a start the plugpack voltage of 12VAC means that a relatively high DC voltage is fed to the regulators leading to higher than necessary power dissipation in the case High resolution 512 x 256 graphics displays can be over printed with text as shown here The incomplete design results when all programmable characters have been used And it would seem that when the Microbee is fully optioned up the power supply is not quite up to the task While some owners have gone to the trouble of building a more rugged external supp ly it would seem that these problems could be overcome by providing a plugpack with a lower output voltage and a higher current rating ie with the same overall power rating Power is supplied to the Microbee from the 12VAC plugpack with a 5 pin DIN connector The same connector is also used for the cassette interface con nections and direct video output There is no RF modulator so attempting to connect the computer to a standard television set is doomed to failure The manual accompanying the machine makes no mention of the need for a direct entry video monitor In the same fashion it is not until page 124 of the 144 page booklet that instructions are given for connecting a cassette recorder and even then the manual refers to a red plug which is actually grey Considering that a demonstration tape intended for classroom use was in cluded with the computer this
121. microbee SOFTWARE DISASSEMBLER By Dreamcards Some may say Not another Disassembler But this one has a difference It allows you to set out where the data fields are so the computer is saving time not rying to disassemble data A program you shouldn t be without Cat XE 6915 CHEAPIE By Dreamcards Two top quality programs for the price of one The best Hangman we ve seen yet on side A an a superb version of Battleship on side B Bot have excellent graphics Cat XE 6920 15 00 CANNIBALS AND MISSIONARIES The old logic problem game of transferring 3 Cannibals and 3 Missionaries from one side of a river to the other in a boat that holds two If there are more Cannibals than Missionaries on either side at any time the Cannibals revert to their favourite form of feeding Cat XE 6925 15 00 14 95 COMPOSER BEE This is a very well written program for music This program allows you to compose play edit transpose as well as being able to load and save your music A program that has been a long time in the writing and well worth buying Cat XE 6930 22 50 WORD ADVENTURE A program with very good graphics using little characters to entice the user to think what word is either a synonym antonym or homonym of the word they are showing Everytime you get it wrong you are given more clues After the clues run out you must face the Dragon when you must spell the word he is holding correctly before you Cat X E 6935 14 9
122. mp LCD Digi Capacitance Mater Audio Oscillator gt ae eens Analyser 89 00 17 95 19 50 DISCONTINUED KIT SPECIALS Save Save Save Save Save Save 5 00 7 00 4 50 5 00 20 00 CE2200 ToC CE2017 10 00 CE2303 10 00 16 00 CE2318 apo CE2320 13 00 10 00 CE2323 A 2 EO ALL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS STOCKED FROM 1975 Eton 10 Woofer BOWRMS No 118 Freq Resp 30 4 OOOHz Res freq 3OHz 49 00 Etone 10 Twin Cone Wide Range suitable for disco 8OWRMS No 119 Freq Resp 30 12 000Hz Res Freq 3OHz 51 00 Etone 12 Woofer OOWRMS No 518 Freq Resp 30 4 000OHz Res Freq 3OHz 56 00 Etone 12 Twin Cone Wide Range suitable for disco IOOWRMS No 519 Freq Resp 3O 12000Hz Res Freq 3OHz 59 00 Eton 15 Woofer IOOWRMS No 418 Freq Resp 30 3 500Hz ResFreq 3OHz 99 00 Novik Horn Tweeter 5 x 2 Freq Resp 2KHz 2OKHz 80 Watts 9 90 5 Widerange Jone Huge magnet Freq Resp 80 15KHz30 watts 14 50 6 Coaxial Speaker built in tweeter Freq Resp 9OHz 20KHz 4 8 ohms 40 watts 21 90 each 6 Triaxial Speaker built in tweeter and midrange Freq Resp 70Hz 2OKHz 80 watts 35 00 each 9x6 Triaxial Speaker built in tweeter and midrange Freq Resp 4OHz 2OKHZ 60 watts 35 00 each 9x6 Twin Cone Speaker Freq Resp 4OHz 15KHz 40 watts 16 90 each Flat Piezo Tweeter Over 1OO watts handling No crossover needed Freq Resp 4KHz 4OKHz Two driversineachspeaker Extremely wide dispersion Bea
123. mputer kit which has less 85 At last the no com Do you want to build your own state of the art computer Do you want a computer which can grow and expand with your changing needs Then MicroBee is the answer MicroBee incorporates some of the most advanced technology available today So it s not surprising that it has features not available on computers such as APPLE and TRS80 like built in sound and battery backup And itcomes standard with features that are supplied as options on these machines Like upper lower case HiRes 512x256 programmable graphics and an RS232 port for printers and modems Superbly Expandable Most personal Micros offer good value in their basic form but let you down when it comes to expansion This is where MicroBee is different The top or Core board of the MicroBee plugs in and offers tremendous expansion potential As standard you can have 32K RAM 16K BASICin ROM is standard and there is room for a further 12K of ROM For the Monitor ROM and Networking ROM For people whose needs grow further we have provided two things YES CP M and S100 e ii the Z80 CPU pins necessary have been brought out see photo to the rear of the Core Board So your MicroBee can be interfaced with any of the S100 standards en the near future MicroBee owners will be able to have their machines factory upgraded by the fitting of a modified Core board and other mods to 48K RAM S100 running CP M
124. n however WordBee is an impressive program It is menu driven with extensive prompts and operating guides available at any time Because it is ROM co resident with High resolution display which also shows the programmable characters that have been used to build up the design White areas are inverse video characters MicroBee s Basic the word processing program is available for use at any time Battery powered memory means that word processor files can be retained even when the power is switched off The result is a word processor that can be used anywhere a video monitor is available Files can be entered into memory and edited and then printed out at a later date WordBee is entered from Basic by typ ing EDASM apparently this command accesses the ROM address space and the first program to be supplied for this space by Allied Technology was an Editor Assembler On entry the first menu is displayed and the MicroBee is in the interface mode This mode is used for switching between control menus and text saving and loading files from tape and checking file status A nice feature is the word count func tion which returns the number of words in the text file File status can also be found returning the position of the cur sor in the file the total length of the file in characters the number of characters which can be added to the file remaining memory space and total memory space 30462 bytes in a 32K system
125. ndary sword An excellent adventure Cat XE 6870 PROGRAMMING HINTS Consists of a collection of modules which you may use to improve your own BASIC programs They are all linked together under a menu driven display which allows you to RUN or LIST each module to see how they work Cat XE 6895 15 95 25 00 14 95 Cat XE 6955 LOG GENERAL PURPOSE INDEX This program is designed to suit a wide range of records where indexing and later searching can be on one or two words or on a string of up to 15 characters Each record consists of its index heading plus up to 12 lines of text Each line can contain up to 41 characters Cat X E 6890 15 95 MINE DROP You are a tank running around a maze gathering all the supplies you can It sounds easy but you have a guided missile hot on your trail Your only defence is a remote controlled mine which you drop and explode at will A very fast joy Stick or key controlled game Cat XE 6960 14 95 PENETRATOR A low resolution graphic version of the popular game Scrambler You must defeat the rockets and bomb the radars in an effort to get to the next stage which is even harder This game can be either controlled by a Joystick or by keys Being in Lores graphics it is a very fast game If you are bored with the same land pattern you can devise your own 19 95 SPACE PATROL A lot like Penetrator but in high resolution graphics You must battle your way thro
126. nks to the enthusiasm of the Microworld Users Group Due for Release mid February omplete Kit 399 16K non volatile CMOS RAM Sockets for Expansion up to 32K RAM ho292 VO Port Includes manus 16K BASIC in Re supply and IC s kit is complete PCG RAM and ROM gives you HiRes graphics LOO TER Programmable I O Chip Metal Baseplate Plastic cover is also supplied ELECTRONICS Australia February 195z romise kit computer MicroBee Brief Specs CPU Z80A VDU Memory Mapped 16x64 format Upper lower case Graphics Under BASIC Hires 512x256 Low res 128x64 Keyboard Full size 60 key QUERTY standard layout Cassette Interface loads and saves Interface at 300 1200 BAUD Serial RS232 With connector Interface Suits printers VO FU etc Parallel Optional 8 bit Fully Interface piogian maple BASS How Good is MicroBee Audio nternal speaker Compare MicroBee feature for feature Output control 2 octaves semi with imported built up Micros Only then tones Period resolution will you appreciate what a bargain it is sec Max period 4x255sec Atlastyou can buyan Australian designed Power 12VAC at 1 amp computer incorporating all the best supplied features of TRS80 APPLE and SORCERER But at a fraction of the price This Builtin speaker MicroBee gives you 2 octaves in semitone inter vals 4Sec intervals 16K BASIC in ROM as standard Power in
127. nto the MicroBee s I O port and provides real time action in games This unit can be mounted on a table with its suction cups giving one handed operation With its contour design and very fast response this unit will give you the edge in winning computer games Cat XE 7030 49 95 OTHER MICROBEE THINGS RF MODULATOR FOR MICROBEE Allows you to connect your MicroBee to your TV Cat XE 8052 17 50 REPLACEMENT CASE Cat XE 6300 29 50 EDITOR ASSEMBLER IN ROM Cat XE 6505 59 50 WORDBEE IN ROM Cat XE 6505 59 50 544 MEMOREX DISKETTE Double sided double density soft sector PAPER amp RIBBONS If you have bought an 80 CPS matrix printer lately chances are that it is called a Something or other 80 most of these machines are identical Jaycar has them too but we are one of the few with paper sprocket feed and spare ribbon cartridges to suit Cat YM 2405 2000 sheets fan form paper lined sprocket feed perforated ends sprocket paper can be removed Sheet size 240 W x 280 H mm 39 50 Cat YM 2402 Cartridge ribbon Suitable for 80 series dot matrix printers 14 95 MX 80 CP 80 FX 80 FAX 80 80 80 80 etc Cat XE 3510 6 95 manners 13 Ef 7v MICROBEE PLUGPACK Cat XE 5410 17 50 J MICROBEE MONITOR LEAD Cat XE 5420 9 50 eo otha QUALITY BLANK COMPUTER CASSETTES s i SN eem XE 3530 C10 1 10 0 99 0 90 XE 3540 C20 1 20
128. o that they are arranged in a diamond pat tern on the standard typewriter greater keyboard CTRL E for example moves the cursor up one line CTRL S and D move the cursor left and right respec tively and CTRL X moves the cursor down one line CTRL A moves the cursor to the start of the current line and in answer to numerous requests there is now also a CTRL F combination which will move the cursor to the end of the current line The logic of this choice is dictated by the layout of the other cur sor movement keys but it does mean that the search command of previous versions of WordBee CTRL F for Find has had to be re named The search function is now initiated by pressing CTRL L for Locate While not new we should also men tion the insert and delete functions pro vided by CTRL V and CTRL G because we missed them last time Control V ac tivates a character insert mode which moves existing text to the right to make space for new characters as they are typed Control G on the other hand deletes the character under the cursor and moves the text to the left to close up the vacant space This is not quite the same as using the Delete key which will erase characters without closing up the space An interesting use of the I O redirec tion facility allows on screen review of the appearance of the final printed docu ment By specifying O in the interface menu before beginning a print out the text will be sent to t
129. offs Harbour ACT Computech Belconnen Churches Centre Benjamin Way Belconnen VIC Computerland 37 Albert Road South Melbourne S A Key Computers 1061 South Road Edwardstown 77 Grenfell Street Adelaide Street Perth QLD Software 80 105 Milton Road Milton Electrographic Office Systems 25 Grafton Street Cairns Town and Country Computers CTL Centre Anne Street Aitkenvale Townsville TAS Central Data 14A Goodwin Street Launceston APPLIED TECHNOLOGY RETAIL ow es Bei Ri ak BCs AG OMM C EA Hi RR DEO SN Ss QUE Ir AE SIR n E T E TAT RE Ti x ALES F Aree B IL E EC NA Rd o adus M MM IE AM welcome here microbee Personal computers tor schools homes and vou CEAT3091 d microbee FORUM DUTERO ELECTRONIC AGENCIES Matrix Printer SOFTWARE amp PERIPHERALS LOW PRICE Comes with special MicroBee 120 CPS print speed bidirectional plug and circuitry to interface Serial thermal dot matrix STAGGERING VALUE AT ONLY 299 directly with your MicroBee Do not confuse with units that P ML oun aoe 2 y a cnar iine X ot matrix character will not work with the Micro ASCII 50 graphic symbols 280 dots horiz line Friction feed Centronics style 8 bit parallel interface Dimensions 71 H x 250 W x 182 D mm Weight 3 3Kg MICROBEE JOYSTICK New for the MicroBee is the Quickshot Joystick Connects straight i
130. olution graphics You must battle your way through the various stages where at the last stage you have four chances of blowing up a neutron bomb shelter If you are successful the next round is a lot harder Cat XE 6950 16 95 NOSILO DATABEE This program is a well written data base raanage ment system that utilised the MicroBee to its ullest to provide a Data Management System similar to those found on larger and mare expen sive systems This comes complete with large bound manual Cat XE 6945 TEACHERS MASTER TAPE This tape allows the user to enter 20 words for a spelling list These words are then at a later stage displayed back on the screen in clear grabhics with four options of speed and display time It makes a very useful program Cat XE 6985 21 59 FRACTIONS AND DECIMALS Side one of the tape goes through a graphic tutorial of what fractions are and what they look like Side two explains what equivalent fractions are and also introduces decimals to two decimal places A well written tape which uses graphics to its fullest to teach the principles Cat XE 6980 16 95 NUMBER HANGMAN A graphic game which helps improve times in solving mathematical questions You must answer the question before the hangman has time to hang himself Optional times and difficulty are available making it suitable for everyone Cat XE 6990 13 50 19 95 MEASUREMENT This tape starts from scratch and defines the unit of mea
131. ommands and the CLS statement are not supported in this mode A second command IN 7 selects input from the buffered RS232C port while 11 selects input from the parallel port The manual for the IC sug gests that some users may like to add an encoded external keyboard either parallel or serial to suit their own re quirements and these two commands make the addition easy The communications protocol used by the network ROM is one which has been publicised as the Ward Christensen for mat widely used by hobbyist and com mercial networks in the United States and gaining increasing popularity in Australia One factor in this wide support is that various programs are available to implement the protocol under CP M allowing communication between the MicroBee and CP M systems A number of computer clubs have also announced were connected via an plans for computer bulletin boards bas ed on the MicroBee and this communica tions protocol Machine language monitor An extensive monitor program is also provided by the MicroBee IC Accessible from Basic NET or WordBee this monitor includes commands for examin ing and modifying the contents of memory running machine language pro grams moving blocks of memory and searching memory for a particular pat tern of characters Other routines pro vide direct access to the NET commands for sending and receiving data files and saving and loading files from tape at 1
132. omputer aided instruction material Eliza The ultimate artificial intelligence programme Actually carries on meaningful conversation Target The computer screen becomes a battlefield covered with enemy aircraft Trek Take command of the USS Enterprise and destroy those nasty Klingons Full expansion capability All Z80 pins are brought out for future growth Builtin speaker MicroBee gives you 2 octaves in semitone inter vals sec intervals 16K BASIC in ROM as standard Pt LEAS Power input video Output Cassette Inter face 300 1200 BAUD Battery Backup Z80A CPU gives you a massive software base VDU Generator gives upper lower Case Full function Keyboard No Apologies Service Coupon With our easy step by step assembly manual solder masked PC boards and socketing throughout assembly is very easy If you do have any trouble just fill in the NO APOLOGIES coupon with the 50 service fee and we will finish building your MicroBee for you and return it to you FREE MEMBERSHIP When you get your MicroBee you gain free membership of the MicroWorld Users Group You ll be kept fully informed of all software developments and ideas We ll keep you and your MicroBee busy ORDER DETAILS MicroBee with 16K RAM 16K ROM BASIC and all manuals 399 00 MicroBee as above but with 32K RAM 499 00 16K to 32K RAM upgrade changeover 120 00 Mini Word Processor
133. on side A and a superb version of Battleship on side B Both have excellent graphics Cat XE 6920 15 00 CANNIBALS AND MISSIONARIES The old logic problem game of transferring 3 Cannibals and 3 Missionaries from one side of a river to the other in a boat that holds two If there are more Cannibals than Missionaries on either side at any time the Cannibals revert to their favourite form of feeding Cat XE 925 14 95 COMPOSER BEE This is a very well written program for music This program allows you to compose play edit transpose as well as being able to load and save your music A program that has been a long time in the writing and well worth buying Cat XE 6930 22 50 WORD ADVENTURE A program with very good graphics using little characters to entice the user to think what word is either a synonym antonym or homonym of the word they are showing Everytime you get it wrong you are given more clues After the clues run out you must face the Dragon when vou must spell the word he is holding correctly before you Cat XE 6935 14 95 PONTOON A quality fast moving card game where up to 6 players can play against the computer who is banker Cat XE 6940 14 95 MUSIC B MYTEK MusicB is a music Composer Editor that lets you create and save music and sound effects with a flexibility that makes chopsticks of the Basic PLAY command MusicB is a great way to learn and play music Comprehensive instructions are incl
134. one 02 487 2711 Phone 03 819 5288 Phone 062 88 6384 Phone 09 386 8250 Authorised Dealers Me T def e pene Agencies ACT arate TE Churches Centre QLD Software 80 105 Milton Road Milton ork Street Sydney Benjamin Way Belconnen 115 Parramatta Road Concord VIC land South Melb ebd te pi pe ue 121 Forest Road Hurstville 3 pay Add M i outh Melbourne Cnr Carlingford and Pennant Hills Road rt Road Melbourne Town and Country Computers Carlingford S A Key Computers CTL Centre Anne Street Aitkenvale Townsville Compu K 7 Casino Street Lismore 1061 South Road Edwardstown TAS Central Data 14A G oodwin Street Comput Ed 8 Park Arcade 77 Grenfell Street Adelaide Launceston Park Avenue Coffs Harbour microbee Education microbee is now Officially recognized as Australia s Educational Home Computer With the release of BEENET 2 it is now possible to NETWORK 16 or more microbees in a classroom with each student station linked to the teacher s file server to produce the ideal classroom system sharing printers disk drives and rapidly transferring information as required Personal Business Use People don t only want to just use a personal computer Computers are EXPERIMEN EXPERIMENTER By popular request th losc gost aalcrobee Series 2 Experimenter has been designed for those who are starting out in the fascinating world of computers or those who want
135. ord 2137 ELECTRONICS Australia January 1984 This program allows you to input 20 words and the computer will create E Wonder Word puzzle This can be either sent to a printer or solved on the screen or let the computer solve it Just the program for Wonder Word 14 95 A GEO TECH DRAWING This is the first tape in a series to assist students in grasping the funda mentals of geometric and technical drawing It uses good graphics with 14 95 BANKCARD Via Your Phone 123 ac p ICATOR Now ready for 1984 watch out George Orwell big brother is watching with envy the microbee Series 2 Personal Communicator has been designed to meet the needs of modern times It has BUILT IN WORDBEE in ROM as well as MICROWORLD BASIC and NETWORKING The Personal Communicator is a powerful home computer ideal for virtually any home use from wordprocessing microbee f 4 spreadsheet analysis education and even experimentation with the computer concepts as they evolve during the year With the optional BEEMODEM you can send WORDBEE files across any telephone line to another computer Bee the first on your block to have home telex A big feature of the Personal Communicator is the use of battery backed CMOS RAM so that programs can be stored even when the power has been disconnected This is particularly useful with WORDBEE or BASIC files which can be developed at home and then the computer can
136. ost notable aspect of the show was the relative absence of games The emphasis was very much on the serious aspects of microcomputer use with business applications occupying perhaps 8596 of the show Also noticeable was the emphasis on stand alone computers perhaps linked into a network but each fully capable of all computer functions With the decreasing cost of microcomputers the idea of multi terminal systems with one central computer seems to be on the decline The trend to built in hard disk drives can only accelerate this movement Attendance figures indicate that over 23 000 people saw the three day show well above the 15 000 20 000 initially ex pected Many dealers reported a strong buying interest and many will gain quite a few customers from their participation Applied Technology expands Microbee production Applied Technology has opened a new factory in West Gosford to meet the demand for their Microbee personal computer At the opening in April Applied Technology s managing director Owen Hill announced that the Microbee will be distributed in Sweden Norway Israel the UK Canada United States South Africa Malaysia the Philippines and West Germany In Malaysia the computer is being considered for use in government schools as an educational computer Over 8000 Microbees are already in use in Australian homes and schools with over 2500 computers used in primary and secondary education in NSW The com
137. ou can input the winning numbers and the computer will check your Lotto for you Cat XE 7045 14 95 WONDER WORDS This program allows you to input 20 words and the computer will create a Wonder Word puzzle This can be either sent to a printer or solved on the screen or let the computer solve it Just the program for Wonder Word enthusiasts Cat XE 7046 14 95 GEO TECH DRAWING This is the first tape in a series to assist students in grasping the funda mentals of geometric and technical drawing It uses good graphics with excellent explanations Cat XE 7047 NUMBER 1 FOR KITS POST AND PACKING CHARGES 5 9 99 1 50 10 24 99 3 20 25 49 99 4 50 50 99 99 6 50 100 198 8 00 Over 199 10 Free INSURANCE for Road amp Registered Post over 200 All heavy or bulky items over 20kg sent Comet Road Freight 12 00 anywhere in Australia SHOP HOURS CARLINGFORD CONCORD amp HURSTVILLE Mon Fri 9am 5 30pm Sat 9am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm SHOP HOURS SYDNEY Mon Fri 8 30am 5 30pm Sat 8 30am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm Pau MAIL ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE BOX K 39 HAYMARKET SYONE Y 2000 ESA N ws NS NN Mail Order NS BANKCARD Via Your Phone 115 117 PARRAMATTA ROAD PHONE 02 745 3077 121 FOREST ROAD PHONE 570 7000 ELECTRONICS Australia December 1983 135 SVINISIIHO 33AO SANOH ONIGVAL Q3aN31X3 AOd 3801S 1V901 ANOA 9293HO
138. ow easy drawing of circles S and boxes etc Ce nen can De cumpa tifepe to oe in a future program Comes complete with manual Cat XE 7056 s hehehe hene 19 95 Incorporating Jaycar SYDNEY SHOWROOMS 117 YORK STREET PHONE 02 564 ggggand 02 267 1614 TELEX 72293 ORD amp PENNANT HILLS ROAD PHONE 02 872 4444 CARLINGF ORD RLINGF RD RAMATTA ROAD PHONE 02 745 3077 E 121 FOREST ROAD PHONE 02 570 7000 ELECTRONIC AGENCIES This s Mmo INTERS MAT O suit CP80 MX80 DT80 P and FAX80 printers One program isa screen dump utility while the other prints out memory contents in both hexadecimal and ASCII characters A must for use with printers Another two DUO ONE Dreamcards One side has poker and the other is Casino which is a three reel poker machine Both use Hires graphics Excellent value Cat 70542 Hee ethernet 15 95 NOED TURTLE orananas been 2n a mbna This is one of the best Turtle programs vation He eres SOMOS dia 40 page cleats Ao manual with many helpful drawings Cat XE 7053 en nnn 29 50 This End awaited Desain Waly av MYS K iender needs no introduction The Defende game is one of the most popular a acid and the vielem version is Pn is brilkant a rival for Asteroids Cat XE 7036 e90e4909809a209990992a298009099004924099909999 24 50 This program is ano ULO OMBA LAW simulations The first part is tutorial and the second is a simulation of the experiment Cat aoe ee errr
139. plus integrated software such as Wordbee Communications Machine Code Monitor and Self Test It can be easily connected to a modem to talk to other computers over telephone lines and is even capable of becoming a terminal for other systems The battery backed CMOS RAM enables you to write word processing files or run basic programs anywhere then return to school office to print them out The remarkable capabilities of the Microbee 32K IC have won so much approval that it has become our best seller for serious home use 509 OW 64K DISK SYSTEM Your Microbee 16K or 32K can be adapted to a full disc system Ask your nearest Microbee shop for a quotation Or for versatility add a second disk drive to your 64K disk system and look for the hard disk drive early in 1984 All Microbee options can be added to expand your system to suit your needs Your carefully selected library of programs is worth much more than the 500 price tag The 995 keyboard and single drive must be today s best value on mer Australian market oui 4 new and exciting release This gastem is probably the best value CP M computer available on the Australian market The package deal anciudes Microbee 64K keyboard unit tw new Microbee 400K disk drive sstem bundled software including CP M 2 2 Microsoft and Microworld Basic disk and tape versions Wordbee Edasm Busycalc and a host af utility programs to format Also cc disk
140. ply 000005 199 BOOKS RELEW AS MICROBEE TECHNICAL MANUAL 250 001 E Contains full technical description of the Microbee operation service instructions circuit diagrams and component list Registration form is included for automatic up date service for 12 months 65 MICROSOFT BASIC MANUAL 250 005 For full use of your Microbee Disk System with MBASIC This manual is all you ll need to master M SOFT BASIC on your Microbee 24 95 INTRODUCTION TO MICROBEE 250 009 Your first 100 programs Walk into the world of Microbee computing with ease This manual takes you from go to becoming a compe tant programmer in Microworld Basic Prepared by two Australian school teachers this practical course is an ideal companion for your Microbee 14 95 He shops Pattison Ave Waitara 2077 Phone 02 487 2711 729 Glenferrie Rd Hawthorn 3122 Phone 03 818 2244 141 Stirling Highway Nedlands Perth Phone 09 386 8250 Cooleman Court Weston A C T 2611 Phone 062 88 6384 DIRECT ORDERS THONE 02 asi oe n eee EE NOU RSIS PE ANE SCDEMEUTO DR ee We CH c M ME LO microbee NSW Jaycar inc Electronic computer Agencies 117 York Street Sydney 115 Parramatta Road Concord 121 Forest Road Hurstville Cnr Carlingford and Pennant Hills Road Carlingford Compu K 7 Casino Street Lismore Comput Ed 8 Park Arcade Park Avenue C
141. printer and have a complete word processor in your home for letters school and Uni assignments and accounts Add a low cost modem or accoustic coupler and you can exchange BASIC and WORDBEE files with other microbees OR you can talk to the popular bulletin boards and sources around the world Select the Terminal Mode to give you standard ADM3A or Televideo 912C terminal emulation in 80 x 24 format Your microbee becomes a personal terminal to communicate with mainframe computers your window to the world Select the machine code monitor and you can program the Z80 microprocessor directly PT AA FC OUCA Your microbee JC even has a built in self test facility so you can be sure its not the machine but possibly your program that has the bug P ON Available from your microbee computer shops Pattison Ave Waitara Sydney Phone 02 487 2711 729 Glenferrie Rd Hawthorn Melbourne Phone 818 2244 141 Stirling Highway Nedlands Perth Phone 386 8250 Cooleman Court Weston Phone 88 6384 Microbee dealers NSW Electronic Agencies 117 York Street Sydney 115 Parramatta Road Concord Compu K 7 Casino Street South Lismore Comput Ed 8 Park Arcade Park Avenue Coffs Harbour ACT Computech Belconnen Churches Centre Benjamin Way Belconnen VIC Computerland South Melbourne 37 Albert Road Melbourne S A Key Computers 1061 South Road Edwardstown 77 Grenfell Street Adelaide W A Altronics 105 S
142. put video output Cassette Inter face 300 1200 BAUD Battery Backup Z80A CPU gives you a massive software base VDU Generator gives upper lower case Full function Keyboard ELECTRONICS Australia February 1982 NON VOLATILE CMOS MEMORY The use of the latest CMOS RAM chips 6116 has made battery backup of memory possible With MicroBee you can store a program or data in RAM switch off come back later or move the machine to a new location switch on again and your program or data is still there No Apologies Service Coupon With our easy step by step assembly manual solder masked PC boards and socketing throughout assembly is very straightforward If you do have any trouble getting your MicroBee going just fill in the NO APOLOGIES coupon Supplied and return your kit to us for service ORDER DIRE CT SAVE TIME To order your MicroBee all you have to do is phone on our Hotline number give your Bankcard number and name We ll get the goods away to you right away Hotline Number 02 487 2711 Blue Ribbon Mail Order Service Mail Orders to PO Box 311 Hornsby 2077 APPLIED TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD Showroom Office at 1A Pattison Ave Waitara Hours 9 5 Monday to Saturday Phone 02 487 2711 Telex APPTEC AA72767 Glover amp Assoc AT 15 65 INT n rM The no comp kit computer lete com for 399 ORDER FORM MicroBee kit with 2
143. puter is recommended for use in schools in NSW along with the Apple while negotia tions are continuing with the Education Departments_ of Western Australia and Queensland In addition to the basic Microbee new colour and disk based CP M systems are in production and the new Microbee IC has been introduced This new machine includes integrated Basic word processing machine language monitor and terminal communications software built in in ROM The new factory is already producing just on 1000 Microbees a month with production set to move to 2000 a month Future plans call for the production of 100 000 units each year from the Gosford factory and the establishment of an Australia wide network of retailers and dealers for Microbee computers software and peripherals 8 ELECTRONICS Australia June 1983 Largely under the impetus of the Microbee Applied looks on as the new Gosford factory is officially opened by the NSW Minister for Education Mr J J Mulock Technology has grown from just two employees two years ago to over 80 full time and part time employees providing a significant boost to employment in Gosford For further information on the Microbee contact Applied Technology PO Box 311 Hornsby NSW 2077 SEE RIE TOTES DMS MEE NEP POINT BREF IE IDE NR GAO ISEB EWI STE ASLEEP OCP OEE AR AREA ENE DC IIE LAER OTE IEEE ALTRONICS o Q e Q c x q o gt q Q X ul 2 gt c Ww 2 m W ui
144. puter yet released editing being the single most important operator programmer facility With the Bee it s a dream and incidentally attracting attention WORLD WIDE FEATURES OF COMPUTERS COSTING MANY TIMES ITS PRICE The Bee can be expanded through various stages 16K 32K 32K 64K to a powerful 2 2CP M Bee with disks capable of word processing and running world class software from machines such as IBM DEC and HEWLETT PACKARD THE VARIOUS BEES AND HARDWARE Microbee 16K Plus Microbee 32K Plus Microbee 64K Plus 16K 16K Plus Conversion Pack 16K 32K Plus Conversion Pack 32K 64K Plus Conversion Pack S 100 Digitalker E S 100 Romblaster l S 100 Desk Top Interface Parallel Port inc 0B15 Plug and Hood UPGRADE TO A CP M2 2 DISK DRIVE SYSTEM D 1300 Disk Drive with Controller amp CP M2 2 D 1305 Add On Disk Drive D 2600 CP M2 2 Disk SOFTWARE The Microbee is supported by an ever increasing range of software cassettes and ROM chips CASSETTES D 2520 Space Invaders D 2521 Concentration 2522 Chess 2523 Typing Solitaire 2524 Target 2525 Lunar Landing Hurkle 2626 Star Shoot Hangman 2527 Biorhythm Calendar 2528 Eliza 2529 Kids Games 2530 Master Mind Nim 2531 Chase Wumpus 2532 Z Trek Educational Pack 1 Educational Pack 2 Graphic Games Missile Wars PCG Tutorials Microbee Pilot Educational ESC Key Robot Man o OCOUOCOOCOCO 99490909090 799 00 659 00 200 00 NN P 0h00 5 5000000 100
145. r a product which should give Tandy Commodore and Atari a run for their money With colour graphics sound effects and an excellent version of Basic the BBC Microcomputer will also have the marketing advantages provided by the Australian Broadcasting Commis sion s decision to screen the BBC s in structional series on microcomputers later this year An Australian Company R D M Com puters Pty Ltd were exhibiting a new single board computer designed and manufactured in Australia specifically to run the newer higher performance operating systems such as CP M 3 MP M II CPNET 1 1 and Turbodos On ELECTRONICS Australia May 1983 a single 420 x 297mm board are 256K bytes of RAM four RS232C serial ports a Z80A processor two Winchester hard disk interfaces a floppy disk controller capable of handling up to eight double sided double density drives video cir cuitry for 80 x 24 text and high resolu tion graphics and a keyboard port Called the Aussie Byte the board is offered fully assembled and tested with a 12 months warranty for 950 plus tax Significantly at least two exhibitors were displaying robots at the show Jaycar Pty Ltd had the Genesis P 102 and the Micrograsp which is available in kit form while Mitsubishi showed their Movemaster robot arm The Sorcerer Users Group of Sydney exhibited a more practical device a computer controlled engraving machine built by one of their members Perhaps the m
146. r the Microworld Basic manual or the continued on p 108 ELECTRONICS Australia February 1983 97 108 ELECTRONICS Australia February 1983 ZEE atin a MicroBee from p97 preliminary word processor manual pro vides sufficient information to connect a printer without a great deal of trial and error Although extensive WordBee does have some faults The lack of easily remembered control command names is one More serious is the apparent absence of any command which allows spaces to be opened in text to insert new material It can be done with the use of the Block copy mode or the Find and replace function but this seems like a lot of work just to insert a missing let ter for example Other failings are no doubt due to the fact that we reviewed a preliminary ver sion of the program The most glaring is the Kil or erase function which accor ding to the manual double checks the i user s intention before deleting a text file In our version of the program it does not These details aside WordBee is an im pressive program and is considerably enhanced by the features of the MicroBee itself Bearing in mind the reservations expressed on the robustness of the keyboard the MicroBee with WordBee would not be out of place in the small business Conclusions All in all the MicroBee is a compact powerful computer with features equal ly likely to meet the needs of the newcomer and the experienced co
147. rer rere eee eee eee eee errr 14 95 This game cont PA ACKGAMMO N MMSK rules of the International Backgammon Association including the rules of doubling and scoring Cat Mice oecteeaauqoseaecvevatsaeveseessetoaqeaqueveccasa 1 8 50 This is the iG 3E o series TECH DF WING in grasping the fundamentals of geometric and technical drawing It uses good graphics with excellent explanations Cat XE 7047 n m n Henn P 4 95 Some DISASSBEMBLER By Dreameards one has a difference It allows you to set out where the data fields are so the computer is saving time not trying to disassemble data A program you shouldn t be without Cat CH escosovecnvseeceeBbuaveeecscehonoesacovoseceeceteco 15 95 EAPIE By Dr Dreamcards Hangman Two top quai H we ve seen yet on si A and a superb version of Battleship on side B Both have excellent graphics Cat XE 692Q nmm 1 5 95 This is a very well GOMPO BER BEE iS program allows you to compose play edit edit transpose as well as being able to load and save your music A program that has been a long time in the writing and well worth buying Cat XE 6930 aeo anoesatevoqstspeosesoseocveeceeetevsevsese 22 50 A quality fast moving card PONTON up to 6 players can play against the computer who is banke TRSBEEisa package DAP SBEE BEE i Mytelh ao Model 1 and 3 program tapes into the MicrcBee V without any pee hardware Although some program editing will still be required pa to their by
148. robbers outlaws and creatures with awesome magic powers to find a legendary sword An excellent adventure Cat XE 6870 25 00 PROGRAMMING HINTS Consists of a collection of modules which you may use to improve your own BASIC programs They are all linked together under a menu driven display which allows you to RUN or LIST each module to see how they work Cat XE 6895 14 95 Cat XE 6955 responsibility Cat XE 7020 LOG GENERAL PURPOSE INDEX This program is designed to suit a wide range of records where indexing and later searching can be on one or two words or on a string of up to 15 characters Each record consists of its index heading plus up to 12 lines of text Each line can contain up to 41 characters Cat XE 6890 15 95 MINE DROP You are a tank running around a maze gathering all the supplies you can It sounds easy but you have a guided missile hot on your trail Your only defence is a remote controlled mine which you drop and explode at will A very fast joy Stick or key controlled game Cat XE 6960 14 95 PENETRATOR l A low resolution graphic version of the popular game Scrambler You must defeat the rockets and bomb the radars in an effort to get to the next stage which is even harder This game can be either controlled by a Joystick or by keys Being in Lores graphics it is a very fast game If you are bored with the same land pattern you can devise your own 19 95 SPACE PA
149. robee Series 2 APC is a world class machine from the hardware as well as the software point of view The exclusive SETDRIVE utility will convert your disk system to read diskettes from a host of other computers The Series 2 APC is also equipped with VIRTUAL DRIVE capability This means single disk owners can readily copy from A to B using only one drive Another world first is the CONFIG program which enables a Series 2 APC user to reCONFIGure his CP M system to is particularly useful with WORDBEE or BASIC files which can be entered at home and then your microbee can be taken to school or the office for printout or further editing If your needs grow you can expand your PERSONAL COMMUNICATOR to the ADVANCED PERSONAL COMPUTER using disk drives Ask your microbee computer shop for details microbee SERIES 2 PERSONAL COMMUNICATOR with TELCOM 1 Mana HIGH RESOLUTION MONITOR Green ouest o howe ee en VR microbee HIGH RESOLUTION MONITOR Amber e eee sess eee p eed microbee DOT MATRIX PRINTER with cable wk eel ReLIa DEED microbee DATA TAPE RECORDER BEEMODEM 300 baud DIGITAL MODEM Telecom approved TELCOM 1 ROM SET with manual and conversion details LLe 1495 WITH SINGLE 400K DISK DRIVE 1795 wITH DOUBLE 400K DISK DRIVE select screen positioning background and foreground colour parallel and serial printers disk drive information and even auto start disks price p
150. rsonal computer lies in what it can do on the screen MicroBee brings you superb graphics capabilities under easy to use BASIC control Both high and low resolution graphics can be combined with text And text is full upper lower case This makes MicroBee the finest low cost educational machine you can buy MicroBee has been chosen for use in NSW government schools MicroBee your guide info programming Your MicroBee isn t just a computer it s a complete learning package You get a step by step construction guide and a service coupon if you get into trouble The BASIC tutorial and BASIC manual give you the knowledge you need to master programming You ll quickly learn how to use MicroBee s powerful BASIC language And you ll be able to enter a whole range of demonstration programs which show you how to use MicroBee As a MicroBee owner you become a member of the MicroWorld Users Group You ll receive our Newsletter So you ll be in contact with other MicroBee Programming has never been simpler MicroBee is very powerful yet easier to use than other Micros Because they re under 60 ELECTRONICS Australia July 1982 1 N wh y E ur i e Try this NI anu other computer M Li as 3 dimensional plot of Nj z 4X x Xcos y texp x using the MicroBee s HIRES graphics other computers microbee BASIC the sound and graphics are easy to master The BASIC also controls printers and m d
151. s compare files communicative ability with other camputers and demonstration programs that enable you to master tft powerful computer with ease 64K SINGLE 400K DRIVE SOFTWARE 1495 64K DUAL 400K DRIVE SOFTWARE 1795 E vou already own a 16K 32K Microbee contact your local Microbee shop for an e pleas aoe that will save on your new disk Pon ae O EE UE SA P PANEL p c Een DEALERS WITH WORLD CLASS SOFTWARE MICROBEE CP M64 DISK SYSTEM Sx EG LO A pede s aei ap eges oS easel e m XXE Popper qd PES QE D W A Altronics 105 Stirling ACCESSORIES MICROBEE DOT MATRIX PRINTER Ideal for graphics or letter writing Can be connected by cable to the parallel port or with a serial option to the R232 port Parallel Printer esa once Xm eee eR PE 449 Parallel cable 0 000 e eee 49 50 Serial printer 2422445083 euiviees erie ENAA 549 S rial Cables ici ce os See eet RERE TREE 49 50 Ribbons sd aite oL ems Hones es Be 12 50 MICROBEE JOYSTICK Brings your system to life and adds realism and ex citement to your programs 39 50 ROM BOARD Extends the internal memory so your Microbee can use a wide range of software packages without changing the ROM 05 79 50 MICROBEE CARRY CASE Strong good looking protective case 9 95 MICROBEE GREEN MONITOR Features 18MHz bandwidth for a clear display plus built in power sup
152. s And kong S0 ponts eut the See Drs AR program Cat XE 7059 strc e n n 18 50 Another utility program from REBUG Operates at assembler level and allows the entering of breakpoints into machine language programs A very useful utility to use NUMBER 1 FOR KITS 5 9 99 1 50 25 49 99 4 50 100 198 8 00 POST AND PACKING CHARGES 10 24 99 3 20 50 99 99 6 50 Over 199 10 Free INSURANCE for Road amp Registered Post over 200 VN Mail Order By All heavy or bulky items over 20kg sent Comet Road Freight 12 00 anywhere in Australia Mon Fri 9am 5 30pm Sat SHOP HOURS SYDNEY Mon Fri 8 30am 5 30pm Sat 8 30am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm MAIL ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE P O Box 185 Concord 2137 SHOP HOURS CARLINGFORD CONCORD amp HURSTVILLE 9am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm BANKCARD Via Your Phone CHECK OUR CONCORD STORE FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON TRADING IN FEBRUARY 109 microbee Series 2 EXPERIMENTER By popular request the low cost microbee Series 2 Experimenter has been designed for those who are starting out in the fascinating wor d of computers or those who want to share the fascination of exploring the exciting developments in the fast moving MICRO WORLD Demand for projects using the microbee is so great that Electronics Today are now planning to run a microbee project every month during 1984 So far ETI has described the
153. s Plus is one of the finest high resolution graphic arcade games available for the MicroBee computer It features 3 D point by point resolu tion graphics shields sound effects intelligent objects guided missiles black holes and a score board If you enjoy playing computer games you will be captivated by Asteroids Plus Cat XE 6297 BEEZ 80 MYTEK This secret code disassembler will disassemble any code sequence Nothing is illegal t will allow you to program with codes that no other disassembler can decipher Cat XE 6298 SPACE INVADERS One of the most popular programmes ever released This version was written especially for the Micro Bee Cat XE 6030 22 50 20 00 14 95 FORTH A new language for the MicroBee Comes comp lete with interpreter on one side of the tape and supporting programs on the other side As well as this it includes a very well written bound manual Cat XE 6965 45 00 PSYCHOTEC By Dreamcards Psychotec provides a striking example of art ificial intelligence allowing a dialogue in English between computer and operator the computer playing the role of psychiatrist and the operator being a patient on the couch Leaves other similar types for dead Cat XE 6875 MERLIN By Dreamcards Merlin is a 32K adventure set in England during the dark ages Your task is to search through the dark forest inhabited by robbers outlaws and creatures with awesome magic powers to find a lege
154. s night 8 30pm SHOP HOURS SYDNEY Mon Fri 8 30am 5 30pm Sat 8 30am 12pm Thurs night 8 30pm MAIL ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE P O Box 185 Concord 2137 ELECTRONICS Australia March 1984 14 95 GEO TECH DRAWING This is the first tape in a series to assist students in grasping the funda mentals of geometric and technical drawing It uses good graphics with Mail Order By BANKCARD Via Your Phone 75 ES microbee H Built in real time clock with alarm facility e 16 programmable baud rates from 50 to 19200 7 8 Bit Auto dialling hangup for modem e File capture to Wordbee format and screen printing e Super friendly menu driven e Usable as stand alone or through Wordbee or Basic e Now available for all IC or later microbees Now every microbee can become a personal terminal using TELCOM 1 TELCOM 1 is a ROM based communications program suitable for all ROM based microbee IC and later models It allows the use of the serial RS232 port at 16 baud rates from 50 to 19200 Baud provides real time clock with alarm feature modem control functions such as automatic dialling BASIC WORDBEE and MACHINE LANGUAGE file transfer via the serial port Additionally the ROM emulates the ADM 3A and Televideo 912 terminals for connection to other computers All information can be viewed on the screen and retrieved as a WORDBEE file and even printer out using the built in
155. s the screen but alphanumeric characters can be printed after the completion of a high resolution drawing Inverse and underline characters are mutually exclusive the display can be either one or the other These two at tributes are not available on a character by character basis typing UNDERLINE for example means that every character is displayed with an underline until the display is restored by typing NORMAL When none of the graphics or character attribute modes are in use the programmer can access 128 program mable character blocks held in RAM to create unique graphics patterns or alter nate character sets It is these program mable blocks which are used to create the high resolution graphics and this ap proach does have some limitations A program incorporated in the Basic In terpreter determines which pixels of the character cell need to be illuminated and where the character must be placed on the screen to create the display required The same program keeps track of how many of the 128 programmable characters have been used and which of these can be over written as more of the screen is filled As long as displays are confined to ver tical and horizontal lines this method works well Diagonal lines exhaust memory space more quickly and cir cular patterns or complex full screen graphics are not possible Internal details Opening up the MicroBee reveals two circuit boards the upper containing
156. so use it for temporary program storage with pale ae A backup The Jaycar kit comes with all the ETI specified ONLY 35 00 MICROSOFT BASIC 80 MANUAL This book explains in detail the MicroSoft BASIC that comes with Disc Drive Systems It includes information about Disc file loading and instructions on the use of assembly language routines Cat XE BOTB ierra deer Re aaea E OR eUS 29 95 dh NEW SOFTWARE FOR FEBRUARY 1984 mo pogram alone ENR Ras B o the screen You can then either edit transpose playback or save the notes onto cassette This is a program which is ergab alle and entertaining Cat XE 7061 eoc9 pt ovonse0sooovevoo9oseoenssesa cqovessvesccve 21 95 Data Manager can nPATAMAN ANAGER co records 16K Each record consists of 4 lines a search can then be done on any word in any record and those records displayed Cat XE 7062 hesessecoscovedeeobcoveevcecbevessecevobtoesveceseoveot 1 5 95 This book is the sexus EAE I it contains much much more information and a memory map of 7 pages If you liked the first volume you re going to love the sceond even more Cat XE 8016 COC ee eer etre o ose oto9tesoptoocosso occoc vo 16 00 Adria excellent hires oe MY J JAYS ior This is agame with added realism excellent arani and fantastic sound Mytek have far surpassed themselves with this one Cat XE 7058 e Henne 22 50 A Aoma utility program TAP PROSTOR being able to make up tapan Ii can load Pad tape
157. surement and what its other equivalents are t gives exercises converting measures small and large to the standard metre It continues on to show perimeters length and area and giving various exercises on the way Another program that uses graphics to prove a point Cat X E 6998 13 50 MULTIPLICATION TABLES This program is directed more at operation rather than age or grade t uses graphics to en hance the display and optional time limits and difficulty to bring anyones multiplication tables up to scratch Cat XE 6975 10 95 ALGEBRA 1 This program introduces the uses of pronumerals as theoretical numbers with simple problems Simple algebraic equations are treated showing collection of like terms etc It then gives exer cises to try to further push the principles of algebra Cat XE 6995 13 50 METEOR RESCUE MYTEK Your mission is to rescue stranded astronauts You are the commander of the Landing Module docked in space with the mother ship It is your responsibility to guide the landing module through a meteor field down to the surface of the planet to land safely on a landing pad An astronaut will then run to your landing module and you wil blast off You must use your lasers if necessary and dock with the mother ship again A total of six astronauts must be shuff led to the mother ship Cat XE 7020 17 50 Jaycar SYDNEY SHOWROOMS TELEX 72293 CARLINGFORD CONCORD Incorporating ELEC
158. t XE 4000 Note tbe software tbat is supplied witb eacb macbine at no extra cbarge Cat XE 4050 Cat XE 4100 s499 fe 1495 91798 Cat XE 4200 NEW GAMES FOR MICROBEE Jaycar SYDNEY 117 YORK STREET CARLINGFORD KING KONG from MYTEK Just itke the arcade game of a similar name The game consists of several frames which you must complete to rescue your sweetheart from Kong Excellent graphics and sound Joystick compatible Cat XE 7054 22 00 CHOPPER from MYTEK A fast action packed game which must rate as one of Mytek s best You have fu contro of a helicopter and you must flv over enemy lines to rescue your allies Fast realistic graphics and excellent sound Cat XE 7055 22 00 incorporating ELECTRONIC AGENCIES SHOWROOMS PHONE 02 264 6688 and 02 267 1614 TELEX 72293 Cnr CARLINGFORD amp PENNANT HILLS ROAD PHONE 02 872 4444 CONCORD 115 117 PARRAMATTA ROAD PHONE 02 745 3077 HURSTVILLE 121 FOREST ROAD PHONE 02 570 7000 SKETCHPAD A program to ep you des gn your own P C G characters Simple com mands allow easy drawing of c rcles polygons and boxes etc These then can be dumped tc tape to be used a future program Comes compiete with manua Cat XE 7056 19 95 PRINTERSMATE Ths program is two Screen dump programs to suit CP80 MX80 DT80 80DP ana FAXBO printers One program is a screen dump ut ty wh e the Other pr nts out memory contents n poth he
159. tems may be listed in each Cat XE 7000 STAT PACK STATISTICS This program is a general purpose graph plotting linear regression line of best fit and correlation program It features a t test of significance for the correlation coefficient and if no evidence of correlation is found a determination of minimum sample size is performed Cat XE 6999 Jaycar SY DNEY 15 95 14 95 SHOWROOMS 117 YORK STREET PHONE 02 264 6688 and 02 267 1614 TELEX 72293 CARLINGFORD Cnr CARLINGFORD amp PENNANT HILLS ROAD CONCORD 115 117 PARRAMATTA ROAD PHONE 02 745 3077 HURSTVILLE 121 FOREST ROAD PHONE 02 570 7000 30 00 BASIC TUTORIAL Is a super teaching aid for any classroom Basic Tutorial is a set of 9 interactive exercises designed for teaching Basic to the computer novice No previous knowledge is assumed Basic Tutorial uses a unique double screen technique to display both the normal computer output and the tuto rial exercises at the one time This allows the student to use the MicroBee in the normal way while the tutorial instructions appear in the lower half of the screen Cat XE 6860 20 00 MACHINE CODE TUTORIAL MYTEK Consists of 8 interactive exercises designed for teaching machine code programming and related topics as they apply to the MicroBee computer Only a general knowledge of the BASIC language is assumed Machine Code Tutorial is designed to bridge the gap bewteen BA
160. ter connected to the parallel port is simply a matter of typing OUT 1 ON Cassette operation can be at one of two speeds either 300 baud or 1200 baud and file names can be up to six characters long All file names are displayed as the Microbee searches the cassette tape and a LOAD command is provided which allows a program on tape to be compared with a program in memory Given this array of cassette operating facilities it is unfortunate that no provision has been made for direct computer control of the cassette recorder Automatic line numbering is provided by the AUTO command and programs can also be re numbered on command In combination with the ability to accept input from the cassette recorder as if it was typed from the keyboard this facility allows a program on tape to be merged with a program held in memory Graphics abilities MicroWorld Basic provides an exten sive series of statements to make use of the graphics capabilities of the com puter The PLOT statement available in either high or low resolution allows lines to be drawn on the screen by specifying the start and end points Lines can also be erased with PLOT R or inverted by adding I to the statement Inversion in this sense means that any points on the line which are illuminated will be erased while points which are currently off will be turned on The SET statement allows individual points to be turned on RESET is provided to erase a point An H
161. th codes that no other disassembler can decipher Cat XE 6298 20 00 SPACE INVADERS One of the most popular programmes ever released This version was written especially for the Micro Bee Cat XE 6030 14 95 FORTH A new language for the MicroBee Comes comp lete with interpreter on one side of the tape and supporting programs on the other side As well as this it includes a very well written bound manual Cat XE 6965 45 00 PSYCHOTEC By Dreamcards Psychotec provides a striking example of art ificial intelligence allowing a dialogue in English between computer and operator the computer playing the role of psychiatrist and the operator being a patient on the couch Leaves other similar types for dead Cat XE 6875 15 95 MERLIN By Dreamcards Merlin is a 32K adventure set in England during the dark ages Your task is to search through the dark forest inhabited by robbers outlaws and creatures with awesome magic powers to find a legendary sword An excellent adventure Cat X E 6870 25 00 PROGRAMMING HINTS Consists of a collection of modules which you may use to improve your own BASIC programs They are all linked together under a menu driven display which allows you to RUN or LIST each module to see how they work Cat XE 6895 14 95 Cat XE 7036 LOG GENERAL PURPOSE INDEX This program is designed to suit a wide range of records where indexing and later searching can be on one or two words or
162. the gap between sli BASIC brogramming and being to understand and use typical Z80 manuals m is a well wiRA TABE E anegement system that This utilised MicroBee to its fullest to Eve a Data ment System similar to those found on larger and more expensive systems This comes complete with large bound manual Cat XE 6945 e96c5950t6 o0u0000080980009605o9952790999929970499 1 9 95 ATTENTION MICROBEE USERS GOOD ORIGINAL SOFTWARE WRITERS REQUIRED TOP MONEY PAID FOR ORIGINAL PROGRAMS ouro sel not write for fay Us Maybe vou Gan um Your business We insist on glitch free programs with reasonable written instructions eet we bevy pay you either a once onty fee or a commission on the sale programs Either way you will do better with us We will mass produce all material and you can audit us on sales any time If you think that you have a program that is exciting unique or simply better than what s around why not contact us Just send Lead os VOU CAN trust us for us to evaluate TOP PRICES PAID FOR GOOD PROGRAMS ms will into a NEW ETI 675 MICROBEE ParalleFto serial interface Ref ET January 1984 Great kit enables you to convert the serial almost RS 232 port on your MicroBee to a parallel port suitable for the cheap parallel printers ass ONLY 29 50 N l BASIC KIT ETI 656 BUG DEBUGGER Ref ETI ana n What a great idea This project enables you to analyse a programming bug in a EPROM You can al
163. the popular Z80 microprocessor and runs standard CP M so that users have access to the vast library of CP M software available world wide MICROSOFT BASIC is now supplied on disk WORDSTAR according to independent surveys now accounts for 50 of all word processing software now in use so the designers of the Series 2 APC decided to purchase the OEM rights for your benefit MULTIPLAN is considered by many to be one of the most powerful spreadsheets yet produced for the microcomputer You can expand your microbee Series 2 APC to drive 2 or more disk drives A hard disk drive unit is now operational and will release soon Watch the magazines for news of the 128K controller board for the Series 2 APC and the 16 bit expansion policies Your microbee Series 2 APC is a world class machine from the hardware as well as the software point of view The exclusive SETDRIVE utility will convert your disk system to read diskettes from other computers such as OSBORNE KAYPRO BBC and a host of others The Series 2 APC is also equipped with VIRTUAL DRIVE capability This means single disk owners can readily copy from A to B using only one drive Another world first is the CONFIG program which enables a Series 2 APC user to reCONFIGure his CP M system to select screen positioning background and foreground colour parallel and serial printers disk drive information and even auto start disks 1495 wrrH SINGLE amp 400K DISK DRIVE 1795 WITH DOUBL
164. ties like SE2486 Watch Patar E Ready 357 3 99 speakers we simply could not carry water dirt grease and oil A SAA TRIAT ISA 500V SC250E Stud ae them all If you require any Etone ae speakers other than those listed we can 2 8 50 j NIY 35 00 xues TRANG E a o or Malin 1250 order them in for you upon receiving a wee not add a Breakerless F Control 17 50 depos Hi kit llf full WEG243 lO GyR CADO Gabi s 90 mt Pos Ignition kit as well for a fu way Rainbow cable m g WE6244 16 way Rainbow cable 150 mt NEW SPEAKERS reliable electronic ignitio WE6247 24 way Rainbow cable eR GA dumma oos eee Tr er ern m t T TUM n s HUMEUR E ea SA Ale eI System KEI85O ETI 1508 TRAIN CONTROLLER KIT See ETI Dec 82 Short Form Kit We supply PCB all components Quality C amp K flattened toggle mini switches relay Single track unit double for twin track PL3O 6OVA Transformer ME2849 21 90 extra z W _KEZQOO VA ET1461 Balanced InPUT PREAMP KIT See ETI Dec 82 Short Form Kit PCB and components only 19 50 xe7001 KEIOOO Selectalotto KEIOIO Photon Torpedo KElO25 Pools LottoSelector KRlO27 SandglassTimer KElIOS5O PCBirdies KElO75 ETIDrumMachine KE1O76 Suquencerfor above KElO9O Speed Sentry KEN25 Versatile Timer KEI410 TVCroAdaptor Dual Trace Switch for Cro Low Ohms Meter ETIS81 15vP Supply Stylus Timer Loudspeaker Protector EA Electronic Organ ETI498 PA Prea
165. tirling Street Perth QLD Software 80 200 Moggill Road Taringa Electrographic Office Systems 25 Grafton Street Cairns Town and Country Computers CTL Centre Anne Street Aitkenvale Townsville TAS Central Data 14A Goodwin Street Launceston PHONE ORDERS 02 487 2711 Applied Technology Retail Pty Ltd microbee 32K IC 599 e Recommended Retail Price Only Prices may vary beyond Sydney 4 H J PHONE ORDERS Wy b e B micropee ih 02 487 2 1 1 welcome here CEAT0S81 ELECTRONICS Australia September 1983 135 82 U AVG ARTS RETECTIRONIGIGENG KEPLERS LAWS A simulation of planetary orbits producing data for analysis by students of the laws of Periods Ellipses and Areas Year 11 12 Physics Cat XE 6900 GRAPHIC LIFE Life is played on a two dimesional grid of squares so that every square has eight neighbou ring squares or cells Each cell is either alive or dead and each cell lives or dies depending on its neighbour cells A dead cell with three live neigh bours will be brought to life in the next genera tion A very intrigueing experimenters tool kit Cat XE 6905 MILLIKAN S EXPERIMENT In 1910 Millikan deduced the charge of an elect ron Side A is a simulation in HIRES graphics of the experiment Side B contains a tutorial on Millikan and his experiment and students must answer questions as they work through Year 11 12 Physics Cat XE 6910 DISASSEMBLER By Dreamcards Some ma
166. ton A C T 2611 Nedlands Perth RETAIL Phone 02 487 2711 Phone 03 818 2244 Phone 062 88 6384 Phone 09 386 8250 PTY LTD Authorised Dealers NSW Jaycar inc Electronic Agencies 117 York Street Sydney 115 Parramatta Road Concord 121 Forest Road Hurstville Cnr Carlingford and Pennant Hills Road Carlingford Compu K 7 Casino Street Lismore Comput Ed 8 Park Arcade Park Avenue Coffs Harbour ACT Computech Belconnen Churches Centre Benjamin Way Belconnen VIC Computerland South Melbourne 37 Albert Road Melbourne S A Key Computers 1061 South Road Edwardstown 77 Grenfell Street Adelaide W A Altronics 105 Stirling Street Perth QLD Software 80 105 Milton Road Milton Electrographic Office Svstems 25 Grafton Street Cairns Town and Country Computers CTL Centre Anne Street Aitkenvale Townsville TAS Central Data 14A Goodwin Street Launceston microbee SOFTWARE A GREAT SELECTION OF MICROBEE SOFTWARE IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE FROM JAYCAR Asteroids Plus IS one ASTERQIDS PLI US Mytek piel pear games available for the MicroBee It C feafires 3 D point by resolution graphics shields sound effects intelligent objects Arlt missiles black holes and a score board If yous lad paying computer games you will be captivated by Asteroids Pl Cat XE 6297 vacsvsesveseovetevotvebtsoaosvsomsvuctasatevesiotvsiosvs 22 50 A new language for the v SORTE complete with
167. ts line bit image THE QUALIT Y OF THIS MACHINE S PRINTING MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED Specifications Print Rate 80 char per sec Print Direction Bidirectional logic seeking Character Set Full 96 character ASCII with descenders plus 8 International char sets Character Structure 9 x 9 text mode Character Size 3 1 H x 2 1 W mm Total of 32 Printing Styles Normal Normal Enlarged Condensed Condensed Entarged Emphasized Programmable Paper Feed Adjustable sprocket 4 10 plus Friction Feed Interface Ceritronics 8 Bit Parallel D 1180 MX80 F T No Graphics 1025 00 D 1183 MX80 3 FT Graphics D 1188 MX80 Serial Interface Adaptor Board D 1189 MX80 3 Serial l Face Board w 2K Buffer D 1190 Printer Cable Interface Kit EE BANKCARD JETSERVICE DELIVERY NEXT DAY BANKCARD JETSERVICE everyones fingertips microbee For full details of the complete microbee range of personal computers and your nearest stockist phone write or call in to Applied Technology Pty Ltd 1 Pattison Ave Waitara N S W 2077 Phone 02 487 2711 Open 9am to 5pm Mon to Sat CEAT 2821 je vd esi 2 Z80 Expansion Port g RAM 16K or 32K CMOS Non Volatile Integrated Software in ROM Programmable RS232 Battery Backup M Serial Port Programmable 8 Bit I O Port Cassette Interface 300 and 1200 Baud IK Screen RAM Character Generator ROM Z80A PIO PCG Graphics R
168. uded Cat XE 7010 20 00 TRSBEE MYTEK TRSBEE is a package of three programs that loads TRS 80 Mode 1 and 3 program tapes into the MicroBee without any additional hardware Although some program editing will still be re quired prior to their running the majority of program typing time is saved by TRSBEE The first program loads TRS 80 BASIC programs into MicroWorld BASIC Most prgrams may then be edited and run The second program in the ELECTRONIC AGENCIES SOFTWARE amp PERIPHERALS BASIC TUTORIAL is a super teaching aid for any classroom Basic Tutorial is a set of 9 interactive exercises designed for teaching Basic to the computer novice No previous knowledge is assumed Basic Tutorial uses a unique double screen technique to display both the normal computer output and the tuto rial exercises at the one time This allows the student to use the MicroBee in the normal way while the tutorial instructions appear in the lower half of the screen Cat XE 6860 20 00 MACHINE CODE TUTORIAL MYTEK Consists of 8 interactive exercises designed for teaching machine code programming and related topics as they apply to the MicroBee computer Only a general knowledge of the BASIC language is assumed Machine Code Tutorial is designed to bridge the gap bewteen BASIC programming and being able to understanc and use typical Z80 manuals Cat XE 6855 25 00 BUDGET SPREADSHEET This program is designed to speed up and simplify t
169. ugh the various stages where at the last stage you have four chances of blowing up a neutron bomb shelter If you are successful the next round is a lot harder Cat XE 6950 16 95 METEOR RESCUE MYTEK Your mission is to rescue stranded astronauts You are the commander of the Landing Module docked in space with the mother ship It is your responsibility to guide the landing module through a meteor field down to the surface of _ the planet to land safely on a landing pad An astronaut will then run to your landing module and you will blast off You must use your lasers if necessary and dock with the mother ship again A total of six astronauts must be shuff led to the mother ship Cat XE 7020 17 50 CORVILLE CASTLE Corville Castle is an adventure which will take yOu to a far away place of mystic castles fierce monsters and evil warlocks You must enter the warlocks castle and find some dark secret which will help you to destroy the warlock But remem ber you only have until dusk Cat XE 6285 16 95 DEFENDER FROM MYTEK This long awaited program is finally available Defender needs no intro duction The Defender arcade game is one of the most popular ever pro duced and the Mytek version is brilliant a rival for Asteroids Plus Cat XE 7036 DESTROYER 22 50 You are the UFO and you must destroy the enemy city buildings before you can land You have no control over the UFO except for the three 20 00
170. un Green Screen Monitor pictured is an optional extra I6GK PLUS 92K PLUS The 16K PLUS has built in features such as All of the standard features of the 16K Plus music generation PCG high and low with twice as much usable RAM When you resolution graphics with a screen display of add the new Wordbee ROM Pack you have 16 lines each containing 64 upper and lower a powerful word processing capability which case characters When you also consider all does a lot more than play the many games of the standard extras like continuous available for the Microbee Add a printer memory built in printer and input output and just see what you and your family can interfaces and parallel port 4 5 volt battery now do with your home computer back up and self testing BASIC in ROM 449 OSA WDA its 5 49 microbee 2 AUSTRALIA S OWN EDUCATIONAL AND PERSONAL COMPUTER Designed and manufactured in Australia by APPLIED TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD Head OfficelShowroom 1 Pattison Avenue Waitara 2077 N S W Factory 1 Debenham Road West Gosford 2256 N S W Telephone 02 487 2711 Telephone 043 24 2711 Telex AA72767 For direct enquiries or the name of your nearest dealer Phone 02 487 2711 eicomehere CEAT2935 uJ oe ELECTRONICS Australia May 1983 119 The First Australian Personal Computer Show was held at Sydney s Centrepoint from March 9th to March 11th this year and from all accounts was an immensely successful e
171. utiful looking 26 00 3 replacement speaker for radios clock radios etc 3 95 Personal computer review The Micemrese low Cost ersonall computer A revised version of the Applied Technology Microbee computer has just been released and is now available from selected retailers throughout Australia A feature of the new computer is an extensive array of software available in EPROM Our first impression of the Microbee was that it was a compact neatly presented unit The case is moulded in white and grey plastic with overall dimensions of 350 x 230 x 58mm W x D x H not much bigger than some machines being promoted as hand held computers It would fit nicely in a briefcase with room to spare Keyboard and video The Microbee keyboard has 60 full travel keys again in grey and white and is acceptable if nothing fancy Un doubtedly it is well suited for the hob byist or occasional user although it re mains to be seen how the switch con tacts hold up under extensive use in a ramum word processing application for exam ple At high typing speeds the keyboard produces a rattling sound which may be disturbing to bystanders The keyboard is normally in a typewriter mode generating lower case characters with upper case accessed by the Shift key Pressing Lock however reverses this format for alphabetic characters only In this mode upper case letters are generated with lower case produced b
172. vent by PETER VERNON There were 91 exhibitors many of them displaying three or four different com puter systems IBM was out in force with a new computer the IBM XT an upgrade of their Personal Computer announced just one month after the launch of the PC in Australia Apple s Lisa system attracted a lot of at tention as one of the most innovative new systems on display The price of the system at the moment puts it in a dif ferent market from that of the IBM and its look alikes but rumours abound of new lower cost implementations of the Lisa concept The Osborne portable seemed to ap peal to many people looking for a low cost business system chiefly one suspects because of the software of fered with the computer Osborne have now gone into production with an 80 column card designed in Australia which overcomes the handicap of the 50 column screen Also announced by Osborne was a new networking system O Net which allows four computers to share access to a hard disk drive significantly increas ing the storage capacity of the com puters while also adding communica tions capabilities Japanese manufacturers were also well represented but many of their products showed a depressing sameness Toshiba Sharp and Okura presented Z80 based systems running CP M and Microsoft Basic which is nothing out of the or dinary Seiko attracted more interest with an impressive 8088 based system The most
173. volve during the year With the optional BEEMODEM you can send Cat X E 41 00 WORDBEE files across any telephone line to another computer Bee the first on your block to have home telex microbee Series 2 ADVANCED PERSONAL COMPUTER 91795 Now for the first time in Australia the microbee Series 2 Advanced Personal Computer with 400K disk drive Then add bundled world class software such as CP M MICROSOFT BASIC MULTIPLAN WORDSTAR and a powerful library of support programs and you will have some idea as to why the microbee Series 2 Advanced Personal Computer is the most powerful and best price performance computer in its class What s more any existing microbee owner can convert his micro bee to the Series 2 APC at any time DUAL 400K DISK DRIVE The microbee Series 2 APC uses the popular Z80 microprocessor and runs standard CP M so that users have access to the vast library of CP M software available world wide MICROSOFT BASIC is now supplied on disk WORDSTAR according to Cat XE 4200 Cat XE 43 00 independent surveys now accounts for 50 of ALL word processing software now in use so the designers of the Series 2 APC decided to purchase the OEM rights for your benefit MULTIPLAN is considered by many to be one of the most powerful SINGLE 400K DISK DRIVE spreadsheets yet produced for the microcomputer MICROBEE KITS KITS KITS KITS KITS KITS KITS ETI 733 RTTY Convertor Ref ET April 1983 This simple proje
174. wide Microworld BASIC has long been a powerful feature of the microbee A vast library of educational entertainment and utility software is now widely available on the market Microworld BASIC supports full high resolution graphics colour if required music I O data can be directed at will and best of all MW BASIC is a breeze to learn to program yourself microbee Parsonal Communicator s49 9 i microbee computer 1 Pattison Ave Waitara 2077 Phone 02 487 zu 729 Glenferrie Rd Hawthorn 3122 D benHcord NSW d zi D welcomehere Authorised Dealers i in s Carlingford Coffs Harbour Con Hurstville Lismore DIRECT ORDERS PHONE 02 487 2711 TELEX AA72767 Phone 03 819 5288 141 Stirling Highway Nedlands Perth Phone 09 386 8250 Cooleman Court Weston A C T 2611 Phone 062 88 6384 151 Unley Road Unley S A Opening Soon 457 Logan Road Stones Corner QLD Opening Soon Koala Crescent West Gosford 2250 043 24 2711 Melbourne TASMANIA Sydney Waterloo Wauchope VICT ORIA Glen Waverley APPLIED TECHNOLOGY RETAIL PTY LTD QUEENSLAND Aitkenvale Cairns SOUTH A UST RALIA Adelaide Edwardstown Port Lincoln rm NP 9 AUSTRALIA 5 000 Mount Tom Price am 9 po EN Shops and Dealers C ns Wen _ Australia wide ELECTRONICS Australia April 1984 109 Meeting the c
175. x decma and ASCii charac ters A must for use w th printers Cat XE 7051 17 50 NUMBER 1 FOR KITS POST AND PACKING CHARGES 5 9 99 1 50 10 24 99 3 20 25 49 99 4 50 50 99 99 6 50 100 198 8 00 Over 199 10 Cat XE 7052 icrobee No 1 for computers Jaycar No 1 for Microbee Jaycar Electronic Agencies is proud to announce the 1984 range of microbee com puters at new low prices The microbee Series 2 machines are ALL supplied with built in communications capability dual font 80 character by 24 line amp 65 char acter by 16 line displays Remember your microbee is obsolete proof witb g teed upward expan dability S449 v DUAL 400K DISK DRIVE Cat XE 4300 SINGLE 400K DISK DRIVE DUO ONE Anotne two programs for the pr ce of one from Dreamcards One s de as poker and the other s Casino which s a three ree poker machine Botn use res graphics Exce lent value zt ie Y 15 95 a EXTENDED TURTLE A Tote program whch has beer written oy a teacher and has been severa months n the wrtag T s is one of tne best Turtie programs W tte and comes compete with a 40 page Clear y wr tt n manua with many he pfu draw ngs Cat XE 7053 2950 Free INSURANCE for Road amp Registered Post over 200 in Australia All heavy or bulky items over 20kg sent Comet Road Freight 12 00 anywhere SHOP HOURS CARLINGFORD CONCORD amp HURSTVILLE Mon
176. y Shift This arrangement is very convenient for program entry and an unexpected bonus in a low cost system The video display is a rock steady 64 x 16 lines and the 6545 programmable video generator can be programmed for other formats such as 40 x 24 or 80 x The Applied Technology MicroBee computer is supplied with a 12VAC plugpack power supply manual and demonstration cassette Plugs at front are for cassette recorder 94 ELECTRONICS Australia February 1983 by PETER VERNON 24 although no details of how to do this are given Characters are formed in an 8 x 16 block rather than the more usual 8 x 8 pixels The resulting characters are tall and narrow Because of the design of the character set there is almost no horizon tal separation between some adjacent characters making the screen hard to read at times On the plus side the character set has true descenders and has no vertical compromises to give these descenders This is probably one of the reasons that the Microbee was approved for use in schools by the NSW Education Department In addition to upper and lower case alphanumeric characters the Microbee has four display modes underline in verse low resolution graphics and high resolution graphics Low resolution is 128 x 48 pixels and can be mixed in discriminately with text High resolution is 512 x 256 pixels and can be mixed with text with some restrictions Activating the high resolution mode clear
177. y say Not another Disassemnier But this one has a difference It allows you to set out where the data fields are so the computer is saving time not rying to disassemble data A program you shouldn t be without Cat XE 6915 CHEAPIE By Dreamcards Two top quality programs for the price of one The best Hangman we ve seen yet on side A an a superb version of Battleship on side B Bot have excellent graphics Cat XE 6920 15 00 CANNIBALS AND MISSIONARIES The old logic problem game of transferring 3 Cannibals and 3 Missionaries from one side of a river to the other in a boat that holds two If there are more Cannibals than Missionaries on either side at any time the Cannibals revert to their favourite form of feeding Cat XE 6925 14 95 15 00 14 95 COMPOSER BEE This is a very well written program for music This program allows you to compose play edit transpose as well as being able to load and save your music A program that has been a long time in the writing and well worth buying Cat XE 6930 WORD ADVENTURE A program with very good graphics using little characters to entice the user to think what word is either a synonym antonym or homonym of the word they are showing Everytime you get it wrong you are given more clues After the clues run out you must face the Dragon when you must spell the word he is holding correctly before you Cat XE 6935 14 95 22 50 PONTOON A quality fast moving card game wh
178. you must spell the word he is holding correctly before you Cat XE 6935 1 PONTOON A quality fast moving card game where up to 6 players can play against the computer who is banker Cat XE 6940 14 95 MUSIC B MYTEK MusicB is a music Composer Editor that lets you create and save music and sound effects with a flexibility that makes chopsticks of the Basic PLAY command MusicB is a great way to learn and play music Comprehensive instructions are included Cat XE 7010 20 00 TRSBEE MYTEK TRSBEE is a package of three programs that loads TRS 80 Model 1 and 3 program tapes into the MicroBee without any additional hardware Although some program editing will still be re quired prior to their running the majority of program typing time is saved by TRSBEE The first program loads TRS 80 BASIC programs into MicroWorld BASIC Most prgrams may then be edited and run The second program in the package loads any TRS 80 machine code file into MicroBee memory The third program loads TRS 80 assembler files into the MicroBee EDITOR ASSEMBLER Any TRS 80 Mode 1 or 3 tape may be loaded TRSBEE opens up a whole new world of possible software on your MicroBee i Cat XE 7005 30 00 HOUSEHOLD REGISTER This program will simplify the task of determing the value of your home s contents for insurance purposes as well as providing descriptions of all listed items in the event of their loss or destruc tion Effects are catalogue
179. your MicroBee Do not confuse with units that will not work with the Micro Bee penu Nest volume One ti cation notes and tips ersonal Computer BOOKS FOR THE MICROBEE INTRODUCTION TO MICROBEE YOUR FIRST 100 PROGRAMS This book is specially prepared for people who have never had their hands on a computer before Cat XE 8010 14 95 MICROBEE BASIC MANUAL The very manual that is supplied with the Micro Bee is available separately Cat XE 8005 EDITOR ASSEMBLER TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION MANUAL 14 95 Cat XE 8000 11 50 WORD BEE TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION MANUAL Cat XE 8001 15 95 _ WILDCARDS VOL 1 A potpourri of application notes and tips for the MicroBee Excellent book Cat XE 8015 15 00 BANKCARD Via Your Phone BUDE EAS JAYCAR ELECTRONICS amp No 1 FOR COMPUTERS Microbee features 16K and 32K Non Volatile CMOS RAM Pregrammable RS232 Serial Port Programmable 8 Bit I O Port Display 64 x 16 and 80 x 24 screen format 6545 Programmable VDU Driver Cassette Interface 300 and 1200 baud microbee Australia s leading personal Computer Now with Dealer Support videu monitor Z P9 Se Ipricing information Display eroe Bg hue video monitor Cat XE 5000 MicroBee 16K Plus 469 00 Were nea E KAGA DENSHI Cat XE 5050 MicroBee 16K IC 499 00 Bandwidth 10Hz Cat XE 5100 MicroBee 32K Plus 559 00 Input sig

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