Interesting fact number one: Presto News is actually named after the album from the Canadian band, Rush. Bet you already knew that. Interesting fact number two: Presto News is probably the best fanzine it is possible to buy. After it's mention in Amstrad Action about 'not getting many words for your wonga', Matt Gullam has moved up to using PowerPage, which now produces pages packed with text. But if you tell him that issue one of the magazine was of very high quality, he'll probably disagree with you. Issue three has 27 pages (well, 28 if you count the second page 11) dedicated to anything even remotely linked to the CPC and GX4000. This includes an adventure column from The White Witch, a guide to creating your own clip art from existing slideshows and a look at second hand hardware for the CPC. Especially useful here is a list of sensible prices to expect for addons such as lightpen, scanner and a GX4000 which he has priced at being no more than £25. Also there is a look at sex stereotyping in computing, with a one page report that makes a myth of the statement 'Girls don't really like computing on the CPC'. It goes without saying that there is a full Presto catalogue in the magazine, but Matt has also let other libraries have a say in a section dedicated to... er... letting other librarians have their say. (Amstrad Action - the cutting edge of quality journalism.) On the whole, if you are interested in more than one aspect of the CPC, Presto News is for you. It is well written and informative, vital ingredients that are often missing in many fanzines. AA | ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ DOWNLOAD ★ |
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Page créée en 460 millisecondes et consultée 1252 foisL'Amstrad CPC est une machine 8 bits à base d'un Z80 à 4MHz. Le premier de la gamme fut le CPC 464 en 1984, équipé d'un lecteur de cassettes intégré il se plaçait en concurrent du Commodore C64 beaucoup plus compliqué à utiliser et plus cher. Ce fut un réel succès et sorti cette même années le CPC 664 équipé d'un lecteur de disquettes trois pouces intégré. Sa vie fut de courte durée puisqu'en 1985 il fut remplacé par le CPC 6128 qui était plus compact, plus soigné et surtout qui avait 128Ko de RAM au lieu de 64Ko. |
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