Applied Technology and Microbee adverts. - The MESSUI Place

At last 1. the no corn' 

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 development. 

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 incredibly 

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 facilities. 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. 

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 thanks to the enthusiasm of 

the Microworld Users Group. 

1 6K non-volatile 

CMOS RAM 

Sockets for 

Expansion up to 

32K RAM. 

RS232 I/C 

Por 

PCG RAM and 

ROM gives you 

HiRes graphics 

Z80 PIC 

Programmabl( 

I/O Chi[ 

Full constructional details 

as well as a BASIC manual 

and program development 

ideas are available this 

month as an article in 

your 

computer 

Due for Release mid February 

Complete Kit 

Includes manuar 

16K BASIC in Fib 

supply,and IC silo 

kit is complete. 

$399 

• Powerful PLOT facility and high 

resolution graphics can be combined 

with alphanumerics to give the 

MicroBee unparalled graphic display 

Metal Baseplat€ 

Plastic cover lE 

also supplied 

64 ELECTRONICS Australia, February, 1 9bz

omise kit computer 

se, 

ewer 

This 

MicroBee Brief Specs. 

CPU 

VDU 

Z80A 

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, modems etc. 

Parallel Optional 8 bit I/O. Fully 

Interface programmable. 

Audio Internal speaker. BASIC 

Output control. 2 octaves, semitones.Period 

resolution 1/4 

sec. Max. period 1/4x255sec. 

Power 

12VAC at 1 amp 

(supplied ). 

19.51555952:9 

How Good is MicroBee? 

Compare MicroBee feature for feature 

with imported built-up Micros. Only then 

will you appreciate what a bargain it is. 

At last you can buyan Australian designed 

computer incorporating all the best 

features of TRS80, APPLE and 

SORCERER. But at a fraction of the 

price. 

3uilt in speaker. 

MicroBee gives 

ou 2 octaves in 

semitone inter 

rats. 1/4sec. 

ntervals. 

6K BASIC in 

30M as standard 

Power input. 

video output. 

Cassette Interface. 

300/1200 

BAUD. 

Battery Backup. 

Z80A CPU gives 

you a massive 

software base. 

VDU Generator 

gives upper/lower 

case. 

Full function 

Keyboard. 

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 DIRECT 

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 

FECHNOLOGY 

PTY. LTD. 

Showroom/Office at 1A Pattison 

Ave. Waitara. 

Hours: 9-5 Monday to Saturday 

Phone (02) 487 2711 

Telex APPTEC AA72767 

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ELECTRONICS Australia, February, 1982 65

Ayr APPLIED TECHNOLIMY 

IF ill 'THE COMPLIER SUPERMARKET 

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 500 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 yourself to 

find out about MicroBee. 

The no compromis 

kit computer, 

complete 

for $399 

Fa REERFaiM 

IMicroBee kit with 20K RAM (16K user) 

16K BASIC in ROM.Full manuals for I 

assembly and programming. $399.00 

Cassette Recorder $35.00 

Video Monitor $129.00 

I 32K RAM upgrade kit includes 

sockets,powerdown ICs. $120.00 

Editor/Assembler in ROM 

I with manual. $49.50 

All cassette programs (see above 

for details) each $6.95 

Blank 010 computer cassettes $1.00 

I HOW tog et 

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 

I (02)487 3798 

Or order Direct through our superfast 

Mail Order department 

Postage and packing is $6.00. 

Monitors are sent freight on via road 

freight 

I APPLIED 

' TECHNOLOGY 

Office/Showroom: 1A Pattison Ave, 

Waitara 2077 

I Hours: 9-5 Monday to Saturday 

Telephone (02) 487 2711 

Mail Orders to PO Box 311, Hornsby 

10.77 

microbee 

Brief Specifications:- 

• CPU Z80A • Screen format 64x16 upper/lower 

case. PCG gives 512x256 pixels HiRes Graphics 

(can be combined with alphanumeric, 

• Built in sound. Semitone intervals. Under BASIC 

control. 

• RS232 interface standard for Modems, printers. 

• Continuous Memory with Battery Backup. 

• Cassette interface 300/1200 baud. 

• 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. 

MicroBee - 

superblyExpandable 

The problem with rrlost 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 run CP/M 2.2 

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. 

Sofhvcre Growth. 

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- 

Eddttor Assembler in ROM Write machine code 

software on your MicroBee. BEEBUG monitor lets 

you examine and modify memory. Supplied with 

full operator's 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 carries on a meaningful conversation. 

Type Drill Teach yourself to touch type. This 

program draws a keyboard on the screen and 

as you Noe it indicates the keys pressed and the 

correct fingers to use. 

Target The computer screen comes alive with 

enemy aircraft and you have to blast them out 

of the sky. 

Trek Take command of the U. Enterprise and 

destroy Klingons from surrounding galaxies. 

No hidden extras with MicroBee! You 

get full case, power supply, IC sockets, 

16K BA= in ROM, 20K Continuous 

Memory RAM, full function keyboard 

and much more. Don't buy a computer 

kit which has less. 

ELECTRONICS Australia, March, 1982 85

At last - the no corn 

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 it comes 

standard with features that are supplied 

as options on these machines. Like 

upper/lower case, H i Res (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 BASIC in 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 

• AII 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. 

• In 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 and disc 

drives. The programmable VDU chip in 

MicroBee allows the switch to 80x24 

screen format. 

M icroBee opens the doors to the massive 

library of CP/M software. MicroBee is 

the most forward 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. 

YES! Continuous 

Memory is here 

The use of the latest CMOS RAM chips, 

(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 data is still there. 

Complete Kid 

Includes manuals, case, i 6K BASIC 

in ROM, Power Supply and IC 

sockets. This kit is complete. 

16K non-volatile 

CMOS RAM 

Optional 

parallel port. 

RS232 I/O 

Port 

PCG RAM and 

ROM gives you 

HiRes graphics 

Z80 PIC 

Programmabl, 

I/O Chid 

FIRST PRODUCTION SELLS 

OUT IN 10 DAYS 

MicroBee looks like being Australia's most 

popular kit computer 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 get 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 50c to cover postage and 

packing and we'll get your ideas 

book to you today. 

Metal BaseplatE 

Plastic cover iE 

also supplied 

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omise 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. The following 

programmes are supplied on cassette. 

All are $6.95 each. 

Pilot A very user friendly language. 

Especially good for writing computer 

aided instruction material. 

Eliza The ultimate artificial intelligence 

• 

Full expansion 

capability. All 

Z80 pins are 

brought out for 

future growth. 

Built in speaker. 

MicroBee gives 

you 2 octaves in 

semitone inter 

vals. 1/4sec. 

intervals. 

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. 

16K BASIC in 

ROM as standard 

Power input. 

video output. 

Cassette Interface. 

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 1 6K RAM. 1 6K ROM 

BASIC and all manuals $399.00 

MicroBee as above but with 

32K RAM $499.00 

1 6K to 32K RAM upgrade 

(changeover) $120.00 

Mini Word Processor /Assembler in 

ROMs with manual $49.50 

All Cassette software each $6.95 

Video Monitor $129.50 


Order Direct 

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 on their way to you. 

Hotline Number:- 

(02J 487 2711 

Mail Orders to 

PO Box 311, Hornsby 

2077. 

APPLIED 

TECHNOLOGY 

PTY. LTD. 

Showroom/Office at IA Pattison 

Ave. Waitara. 


Phone (02) 487 2 711 


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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 (512x256 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 programmable 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 

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 built in sound facilities bring 

you two octaves of music to tune up your 

programming skills. Again under simple 

to use BASIC control. Add sound to your 

game programs. Or maybe write your 

own music. The speaker is inbuilt. And 

it'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 you're 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 BASIC 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) up to 28K is as easy 

as plugging it in to the memory board. 

Want S100 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 find 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 reporting 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 Micro Bee 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. Or to 

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, 

16K ROM BASIC, $399 

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 

more, simply 

, n ,

Try this with any 

MicroBee, the visual 

breakthrough. 

The power of the personal 

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 

into 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 MicroVVorld 

Users' Group. You'll receive 

our Newsletter. So you'll be in 

contact with other MicroBee 

users 

Programming has 

never been simpler. 

MicroBee is very powerful, yet 

easier to use than other 

Micros. Because they're unde 

60 ELECTRONICS Australia, July, 1982

other computer 

BASIC, the sound and 

graphics are easy to master. 

The BASIC also controls 

printers and modems. So 

interfacing your MicroBee is 

easy. When you want to go 

further, MicroWorld 

Editor/Assembler helps you 

write in Z80 code. 

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 

ROM $49.50 

Video monitor $129.50 


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 

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Showroom/Office: 1 A Pattison 

Ave. Waitara. 

Hours:- 9-5 Monday to Saturday. 

Phone (02)487 2711 


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ELECTRONICS Australia, July, 1982 61

*et 

With one giant step, Australia's 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". 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 

you're ready, MicroBee's memory board 

unplugs, to take the just released 64K 

memory card. With disc drives you can 

run CP/M 2.2; your ticket to the world's 

finest software. Order your MicroBee 

direct or call in and put the little Aussie 

marvel through it's paces. 

To order MicroBee 

phone (02)487 2711 

or mail order: 

PO Box 311 Hornsby 

NSW 2077 

$39900 

16K 

Fully built 

and tested 

microbee 

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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 6411 

PLUS (with optional disk system) MicroBeE 

now offers you a range of microcomputer: 

with capabilities far greater than 

anything else in a similar pride range. 

The 16K PLUS and 32K PLUS are both stand alone 

personal computers based on the powerful 

Z-80 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: 

• RS232 serial interface. 

• Parallel interface. 

• Battery back-up. 

• Programmable character generation. 

• Cassette interface with I/O at either 300 or 1200 

• 16k of BASIC in ROM. 

• Selected continuous memory. 

• Full size 60 key QWERTY keyboard layout 

HARDWARE: 

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XE6000 Graphic Games 

XE6O1O Missile Wars 

XE6O2O PCG Tutorials 

XE6O3O Space Invaders 

XE6O4O Concentration 

XE6O5O Chess 

XE6O6O Typing/Solitaire 

XE6O7O Target 

XE6O8O Lunar Lander/Hurkie 

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11@ 

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. 

by PETER VERNON 

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 "handheld" 

computers. It would fit nicely in a 

briefcase, with room to spare. 

Keyboard and video 

The Microbee keyboard has 60 fulltravel 

keys, again in grey and white, and 

is acceptable, if nothing fancy. Undoubtedly 

it is well suited for the hobbyist 

or occasional user, although it remains 

to be seen how the switch contacts 

hold up under extensive use in a 

word processing application, for example. 

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 by 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. 

o 

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 horizontal 

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, inverse, 

low resolution graphics and high 

resolution graphics. Low resolution is 

128 x 48 pixels and can be mixed indiscriminately 

with text. High resolution 

is 512 x 256 pixels and can be mixed with 

text with some restrictions. Activating 

the high resolution mode clears 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 attributes 

are not available on a characterby-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 programmable 

character blocks held in RAM to 

create unique graphics patterns or alternate 

character sets. It is these programmable 

blocks which are used to create 

the high resolution graphics, and this approach 

does have some limitations. 

94 ELECTRONICS Australia, February, 1 983

A program incorporated in the Basic Interpreter 

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 vertical 

and horizontal lines this method 

works well. Diagonal lines exhaust 

memory space more quickly, and circular 

patterns or complex, full screen 

graphics are not possible. 

Internal details 

Opening up the MicroBee reveals two 

circuit boards, the upper containing 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 programmable 

memory, with room for onboard 

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 addition 

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 integrated 

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 arrangement could be improved 

upon. For a start, the plugpack 

voltage of 12VAC means that a relatively 

high DC voltage is fed to the regulators, 

lading 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 supply 

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 connections 

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 

MicroBee specifications 

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 included 

. with the computer, this is a 

serious failing. 

All in all, the manuals supplied with the 

Microbee suffer from the common failing 

of those written by someone too 

close to the subject. Features not commonly 

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- 

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 143 second. 

Expansion: 64K memory version, S-100 interface, disk drives 

Editor/Assembler, word processor and network communications software is 

available in ROM 

Documentation: Incomplete 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 surprising 

since 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 0 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 

AO$ 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 Al + 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 integer 

always returns an integer result. 

Two statements are provided to get 

around the problem. INT converts a real 

value into the next lowest integer, while 

FLT does the reverse, converting an integer 

into real number format so that it 

can be combined with other real 

number values. 

String handling is another major difference 

between Microworld Basic and 

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 appropriate 

parameters can do the same 

duty as Microsoft's LEFT$, RIGHT$ and 

MID$. 

For example the following program 

reproduces all three functions; 

10 Al $="ABCDEFGH" 

20 PRINT A1$(1,N):REM PRINT THE 

FIRST N CHARACTERS OF A1$ 

30 PRINT Al $[;LEN(Al $)—N+1, 

LEN(Al $)}: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 searches 

a designated string for the occurrence 

of a specified substring, and 

returns the position at which the substring 

is found (or zero if the search is unsuccessful). 

An example will make this 

clearer; 

AO$="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 command 

GX activates a global search 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 IN# INPUT INT IN- 

VERSE KEY$ LEN LET LIST LLIST LOAD LOG LOBES 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 

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 extensive 

error handling statements, including 

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 version 

of Basic is the capability to re-direct 

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 printer 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 tunfortunate 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 extensive 

series of statements to make use of 

the graphics capabilities of the computer. 

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" following the SET statement 

will place the origin of the graphics 

co-ordinates at the top left hand corner 

of the screen rather than its usual position 

at the bottom left. 

While the graphics capabilities are extensive 

and the high resolution mode impressive, 

a considerable amount of 

screen flicker is evident while these 

statements are being executed. Apparently 

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 current 

contents for display, and the conflict 

causes a series of black lines on the 

96 ELECTRONICS Australia, February, 1983

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The MicroBee low cost personal computer 

screen as graphics statements are carried 

out. The Microbee is excellent for 

generating static pictures, but any attempt 

at animated scenes is likely to 

cause disappointment. 

Limited sound capabilities are also provided 

by the Microbee. The PLAY statement 

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 execution 

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 

cold start does not clear out memory, 

and bad values can remain from a program 

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 disconnect 

the battery backup and thus ensure 

a truly cold start. 

Representatives at Applied Technology 

stated that investigations into these problems 

are continuing, and that any Basic 

bugs will be corrected. 

Wordprocessing on tin 

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 battery 

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 only, 

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" 

Om) and dot commands embedded in 

the text for printer control as in "Word- 

Star" (tm). 

Whatever the inspiration, 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 

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 typing 

"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 function 

which returns the number of words 

in the text file. File status can also be 

found, returning the position of the cursor 

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), 

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 

have 

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 cursor 

left, while again Control-L is not used. 

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 continuous 

or case-by-case basis. 

Print formatting commands are equally 

extensive. Printer control functions are 

indicated by "dot" commands embedded 

in the text. Functions available include 

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 MX8O or equivalent printer 

with a serial interface. Neither the 

Microworld Basic manual or the 

continued on p.108 

ELECTRONICS Australia, February, 1e83 97

MicroBee 

. . . from p97 

preliminary word processor manual provides 

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 letter, 

for example. 

Other failings are no doubt due to the 

fact that we reviewed a preliminary version 

of the program. The most glaring is 

the "Kil" or erase function, which according 

to the manual double checks the 

user's intention before deleting a text 

file. In our version of the program, it 

does not. 

These details aside, WordBee is an impressive 

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 equally 

likely to meet the needs of the 

newcomer and the experienced computer 

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 caused 

by retention of programs in memory. 

Ultimately, though, a heftier power supply 

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 additional 

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 expansion 

options. 

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Designed and manufactured in 

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IPWWINIIIM 

MicroBee the fully expandable, cost effective computer 

you have come to know and love is moving ahead with 

COLOUR — soon to be announced. 

See us at the Australian Personal Computer Show 

Centrepoint, Sydney, March 1983. 

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All enquiries to: 

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P.O. Box 311, Hornsby, N.S.W. Phone: 487 2711

Australia's Most 

Exciting Personal 

Computer The 

Incredible Micro Bee 

The Microbee is definitely the most versatile computer now 

available in Australia. 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 capabl, 

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 keyboard, 

inbuilt in/out ports and basic contained 

in ROM. 

The all Australian designed and developed "C„,,,. 

"Bee" incorporates the most powerful and 

comprehensive editing facilities of any microcomputer 

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 

COMPUTER 

D 1016 Microbee 16K Plus. 

D 1032 Microbee 32K Plus 

D 1064 Microbee 64K Plus 

D 1216 16K-16K Plus Conversion Pack 



D 1270 S-100 Digitalker 

D 1275 S-100 Romblaster 

D 1280 S-100 Desk Top Interface 

D 1285 Parallel Port inc. DB15 Plug and Hoo, 

D 1300 Disk Drive with Controller & CP/M2., 

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SOFTWARE 

The Microbee is supported by an ever increasing range 

of software cassettes and ROM chips. 

CASSETTES 

D 2520 Space Invaders $ 14.9, 

D 2521 Concentration $ 

D 2522 Chess $ 

9.9 , 

9.9, 

$ 

D 2524 Target $ 

D 2523 Typing/Solitaire 9.9, 

9.9, 

D 2525 Lunar Landing/Hurkle $ 7.9, 

D 2626 Star Shoot/Hangman $ 7.9! 

D 2527 Biorhythm/Calendar $ 9.9! 

D 2528 Eliza $ 9.9! 

D 2529 Kids Games $ 9.9, 

D 2530 Master Mind/Nim $ 9.9! 

D 2531 Chase/Wumpus $ 9.9! 

D 2532 Z Trek $ 9.9! 

D 2533 Educational Pack 1 $ 24.9! 

D 2534 Educational Pack 2 $ 24.9! 

D 2535 Graphic Games $ 9.9! 

D 2536 Missile Wars $ 9.9! 

D 2537 PCG Tutorials $ 9.9! 

D 2538 Microbee Pilot Educational $ 14.9! 

D 2541 "ESC" Key $ 9.9! 

D 2542 Robot Man $ 14.9! 

ROM 

D 2503 Editor/Assembler $ 59.51 

D 2507 5.1 Basic Upgrade $ 20.01 

D 2540 Word Bee ROMPak (Word Processor) $ 89.51 

D 2543 Pascal 5+ $ 299.01 

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CEAT2934 

1 1 8 ELECTRONICS Australia, May, 198,

16K PLUS 

The 16K PLUS has built in features such as 

music generation, PCG high and low 

resolution graphics, with a screen display of 

16 lines each containing 64 upper and lower 

case characters. When you also consider all 

of the standard extras like continuous 

memory, built in printer and input/output 

interfaces and parallel port, 4.5 volt battery 

back-up and self testing BASIC in ROM, 

the Microbee 16K PLUS is unbeatable in its 

class. 

$449 

Green Screen Monitor pictured is an optional extra. 

3211i PLUS 

All of the standard features of the 16K Plus 

with twice as much usable RAM. When you 

add the new Wordbee ROM Pack, you have 

a powerful word processing capability which 

does a lot more than play the many games 

available for the Microbee. Add a printer 

and just see what you and your family can 

now do with your home computer. 

$549 

AUSTRALIA'S OWN EDUCATIONAL AND PERSONAL COMPUTER 

Designed and manufactured in Australia by 

APPLIED TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD 

Head Office/Showroom: 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. 

welcome here 

CEAT2935 

ELECTRONICS Australia, May, 1983 119

Microcomputer News 

New products at Personal Computer Show 

The First Australian Personal 

Computer Show was held at 

Sydney's Centrepoint from 

March 9th to March 1 1 th this 

year; and from all accounts was 

an immensely successful 

event. 


There were 91 exhibitors, many of them 

displaying three or four different computer 

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 attention 

as one of the most innovative 

new systems on display. The price of the 

system at the moment puts it in a different 

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 appeal 

to many people looking for a lowcost 

business system — chiefly, one 

suspects, because of the software offered 

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, 0-Net, which 

allows four computers to share access to 

a hard disk drive — significantly increasing 

the storage capacity of the computers 

while also adding communications 

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 ordinary. 

Seiko attracted more interest 

with an impressive 8088-based system. 

The most 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, 

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 schoolchildren 

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 

Microcomputer, 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 Commission's 

decision to screen the BBC's instructional 

series on microcomputers 

later this year. 

An Australian Company, R.D.M. Computers 

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 

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 circuitry 

for 80 x 24 text and high resolution 

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 most 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 85% 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 expected. 

Many dealers reported a strong 

buying interest and many will gain quite 

a few customers from their participation. 

128 ELECTRONICS Australia, May, 1983

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 computer is recommended 

for use in schools in NSW along with the Apple, while negotiations 

are continuing with the Education Departments of 

Western Australia and Queensland. 

In addition to the basic Microbee, new colour and diskbased 

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. 

Largely under the impetus of the Microbee, Applied 

WNW 

Mr Owen Hill, Managing Director of Applied Technology, 

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. 

8 ELECTRONICS Australia, June, 1983

DOT BRILLIANT 

MATRIX 

LESS THAN $700 

I80 N TER 

PRINTER 

Just a few short months ago 

we were selling printers of 

comparable auality and specification 

for around $1000. 

With the release of the exciting 

new FAX-80 and our bulk 

purchase powers we are offering 

these for sale at 

just 

$699.50. 

Hurry — present stocks are 

limited. 

GENERAL INFORMATION 

This printer is designed to 

operate through software 

control, supplied from any 

general purpose micro-computer, 

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 characters 

available on the character 

code set of this printer 

beside capability of bit 

image graphic printing it is 

also functionated. Additionally, 

this printer has considerable 

formatting capability 

owing to its own internal 

microprocessor system. 

Interface specifications 

Interface: 

Standard Centronics parallel. Optional 

RS-232C. (SERIAL). 

Data transfer rate: 

4,000 CPS max. 

Synchronization: 

By external supplied STROBE pulses. 

Handshaking: 

By ACKNLG or BUSY signals. 

Logic level: 

Input data and all interface control 

signals are TTL level. 

Functional specifications 

Printing method: 

Serial impact dot matrix. 

Printing format: 

Alpha-numeric — 7 x 8 in 8 x 9 dot 

matrix field. 

Semi-graphic (character graphic) — 7 x 

8 dot matrix. 

Bit image graphic — Vertical 8 dots 

parallel, horizontal 640 dots serial/line. 

Character size: 

2.1mm (0.083")-W x 2.4mm 

(0.091-H/7 x 8 dot matrix. 

Character set: 

228 ASCII characters; Normal and italic 

alpha-numeric font, symbols and semigraphics. 

Printing 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 (1/721 and 0.118mm (1/2161. 

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 — 101.6mm (4") to 254mm 

(10"). 

VALUE PACKED AT 

CAT. D 1170.... $699.50 

Printer Cable Interface Kit 

to suit Microbee 

D 1190 $49.95 

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NEW 3.375 mHz 

CLOCK SPEED 

THE FANTASTIC MICROBEE 

IC HAS ARRIVED 

AVAILABLE IN 

= 16 K or 32K VERSIONS 

4.41,42:70, - 

THE ULTIMATE 

GUIDE TO 

CP/M 

64 x 16 OR 80 x 24 

SCREEN FORMAT 

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 format 

and the clock speed is now a zippy 

3.375 MHZ and over $140 worth of software 

integrated in ROM i.e. the absolute- 

E 

OVER 10,000 

MICROBEES SOLD 

ly delightful Wordbee wordprocessor 

package and Editor Assembly plus all the 

other exciting features that have made the 

Microbee famous. 

D 1020 16 K 499.00 

D 1035 32 K 599.00 

ONLY 

9080 $41.95 

Penned by international computer expert David E. 

Cortesi, INSIDE CP/M is divided into a Tutorial Section 

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/M and MP/M 2.

The Microbee computer 

An introduction 

to micmbee 

personal computers 

and pmgramnung. 

You, Irv, 

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 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 punctuation, 

the edit mode, programming style 

and presentation, program structure, 

constants, variables and arrays, and 

mathematical operations. 

Both high resolution and low resolution 

graphics are discussed in detail, 

again with extensive examples and programs 

illustrating the use of the programmable 

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 appear 

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, 

Books & 

Literature 

beginner's guide 

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 Microworid Basic makes it worthwhile 

reading. (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 suggestions, 

comments and corrections that 

have been received from users over the 

past six months. With that sort of feedback 

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 Microworid 

Basic: is found in Section three, covering 

line numbering, saving and loading programs., 

program editing, music, graphics, 

string functions and error trapping. Section 

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. 

The most extensive part of the manual 

is Section five which contains descriptions 

and examples of all statements and 

commands used by Microworid 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 

Microworid 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 certain 

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.) 

118 ELECTRONICS Australia. July. 1983

ll.robee 

n o 

rc 

Now! Australia's kadini 

ahead with total}, 

operation. 

SELF TEST. 

BASIC WITH GRAPHICS 

MONITOR 

NETWORK 

WORDBEE 

ARCADE GAMES 

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 


• 6545 Programmable VDU Driver. 

• Cassette Interface, 300 and 1200 

baud. 

134 ELECTRONICS Australia, September, 1983

Iersonal Computer moves further 

ntegrated software and faster 

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 

personalleducational 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 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. #7,0 u /1l• •, 

Your microbee IC even has a built in 

40° o 

self test facility so you can be sure its not 

the machine but possibly your program 

that has the bug! 

microbee 16K IC — $499. 

microbee 32K IC — $599. 

Recommended Retail Price Only. Prices may vary beyond Sydney 

PHONE ORDERS 

(02) 487 2711 welcome here 

Available from your 

microbee computer shops: 

1 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 Stirling 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 

mi 'Frobee 

CEAT058 

ELECTRONICS Australia, September, 1983 135

4,111■., 

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 neighbouring 

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 neighbours 

will be brought to life in the next generation. 

A very intrigueing experimenters tool kit. 

Cat. XE-6905 $14.95 

MILLIKAN'S EXPERIMENT 

In 1910 Milli." deduced the charge of an electron. 

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 $14.95 

DISASSEMBLER By Dreamcards 

Some may say "Not another Dtsassernoter". But 

this one has a difference. It allows you to set out 

where the data fields are so the computer is saving 

time, not tying 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. 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-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. 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. 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 

WORD PROCESSOR - MYTEK 

Mytek wordprocessor comes with a quality ring 

binder and feetures 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 a plaything. Although 

simple to use, it is one of the most powerful 

cassette based wordproces,c,, 

able on any microcomputer - now $33 

Cat. XE-7015 kw. $13 

MUSIC - B 

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. XE7010 

$20.Q1 

STOCK SUPERVISOR 

This program is the means of 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. X E-6865 

$15.95 

TRSBEE - MYTE K 

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 required 

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. X E-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 destruction. 

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 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. X E-6999 $14.95 

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 

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. X E- 6895 $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. X E-6885 $14.95 

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GAMES 

BUSINESS 

EDUCATION 

FOR THE 

MICROBEE 

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 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. X E-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 understand and use typical 

Z80 manuals. 

Cat. X E-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. X E.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 in aimers who do not always shoot 

straight! 

Cat. X E-6845 $14.95 

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. X.6765 $15.95 

CARDEX - CARD INDEX SYSTEM 

This 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. X E-6755 $9.95 

FILEX 

Filex is a larger version of Cardex, but handles 

larger amounts of data, and also is easier to find 

"the cards". 

Cat. X E-6760 $14.95 

FINANCIAL MANAGER 

Provides an accurate and clearly formatted 

record of any financial account, and a cost 

analysis stated in money amounts and percentages 

- Personal Account Monitor and Business 

Account Analyst. 

Cat. X E-6750 $15.95 

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 warranted 

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 resolution 

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 disassemble, will disassemble 

any code sequence. Nothing is illegal. It will 

allow you to program with codes that no other 

disassemble, can decipher! 

Cat. X E-6298 $20.00 

SPACE INVADERS 

One of the m ost popular programmes ever released. 

This version was written especially for the Micro- 

Bee. 

Cat. X E-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. X E-6970 $14.95 

FORTH 

A new language for the MicroBee. Comes complete 

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. X E-6965 $45.00 

MINE DROP 

YOJ 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 joystick 

or key controlled game. 

Cat. X E-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 OW, 

Cat. X E-6955 $19.95 

SPACE PATROL 

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 

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DATABE E 

This program is a well written 

ment system that utilised the Mnrneee to its 

la., to provide a Data Management ,ysteni 

similar to those found on Ian, and rrinre expen 

sive systems. This comes complete with la, 

bound manual. 

Cat XE-6945 $19.95 

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 

graphics with four options of speed and display 

time. It Makes a very useful program. 

Cat. X E-6985 • $21.50 

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. X E-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 

mailable making it suitable for everyone. 

Cat. XE-6990 $13.50 

MEASUREMENT 

This tape starts from scratch and defines the unit 

of measurement and what its other equivalents 

are. It 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. It uses graphics to en 

hanee the display and optional time limits and 

difficulty to bring anyones multiplication tables 

up to scratch. 

Cat X E-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 exercises 

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 will blast off. You must use your lasers 

if necessary and dock with the mother ship 

again. A total of six astronauts must be shuffled 

to the mother ship. 

Cat XE-7020 $17.50 

1[-L WHINE NUMMI 

OTHER MICROBEE 'THINGS' 

CORVILLE CASTLE 

,rville Castle is an adventure which will take 

,/ou 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 remember, 

you only have until dusk. 

Cat. X E .6285 $16.95 

CAR ACE 

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 easier 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 sentence 

in English and plays it back in morse, plus 

more. 

Cat. X E-6880 $14.95 

PSYCHOTEC By Dreamcards 

Psychotec provides a striking example of artificial 

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 S15.95 

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. XE-6870 $25.00 

YAHTZE 

The famous old addictive dice game. Try to 

beat your own best score. Up to 3 players. 

Cat. X E-61366 $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 $11.95 

R F MODULATOR FOR MICROBEE 

Allows you to connect your MicroBee to your 

TV 

Cat., E-8052 . $17.50 

REPLACEMENT CASE 

'Cat. X E-6300 $29.50 

EDITOR ASSEMBLER IN ROM 

Cat XE-6505 $59.50 

WORDBEE IN ROM 

Cat XE-6505 159.50 

SW' MEMOREX DISKETTE 

Double sided, double density, soft sector 

Cat. X E-3510 $6.95 

MICROBEE PLUGPACK 

Cat XE-5410 $17.50 

MICROBEE MONITOR LEAD 

Cat. X E-5420 $9.50 

QUALITY BLANK COMPUTER CASSETTES 

XE-3530 C10 $1.10 $0.99, $0.90 

X E-3540 C20 $1.20 $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! 

IFRIM1 "Survivor'. program 

with every Joystick 

$15 value! 

Replacement Battery 

for Backup Circuit 

Cat. X E-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 your MicroBee. 

Do not confuse with units that 

will not work with the Micro- 

Bee!!! 

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POST AND PACKING CHARGES 

$5 - $9.99 ($1.50) $10 - $24.99 ($3.20) 

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$100 - $198 ($8.00) Over $199 ($10) 

"Free INSURANCE for Road & Registered Post over $200" 

All heavy or bulky items (over 20kg.) sent Comet Road Freight $12.00 anywhere 

in Australia. 

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tlficrobee Persona, Gornputer 

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 $14.95 

EDITOR ASSEMBLER TECHNICAL 

INSTRUCTION MANUAL 

Cat. X E-8000 

$11.50 

WORD-BEE TECHNICAL 


Cat. X E-8001 

$15.95 

WILDCARDS VOL.1 

A potpourri of application notes and tips for the 

MicroBee. Excellent book. 

Cat. XE-8015 $15.00 

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Display area — 80 characters 

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Weight 8.6 kg 

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pricing information 

Cat. XE-5000 MicroBee 16K Plus $469.00 

Cat. XE-5050 MicroBee 16K IC $499.00 

Cat. XE-5100 MicroBee 3 2K Plus $5 59.00 



Cat. XE-5250 Single Disc System $1099.00 

Cat. XE-5255 Add-on Disc $559.00 

Cat. XE-5260 Dual Disc Drives $1599.00 

Cat. XE-1205 Printer Cable Interface $49.95 

MICROBEE 

KITS KITS KITS KITS KITS 

ETI 733 RTTY Convertor. Ref: ETI April 1983. This simple project allows you to hook .1c. 

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 

ETI 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 

ETI 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 all IC sockets. 

Cat. KE-4650 $46.50 

Parallel Interface Kit for the MicroBee. Includes 15 pin 'D' plug — add $15.00 if Centronics 

plug required. 

Cat. KE-7017 $15.00

No.1 

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Personal 

Computer 

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THE MICROBEE EX-P-A-N-DS 

AS YOUR NEEDS GROW 

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. 

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 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. 

$469 $599

64K DISK SYSTEM 

A new and exciting release! This 

Rstem is probably the best value 

CP M computer available on the 

,stralian market. The package deal 

dudes Microbee 64K keyboard unit, 

11. new Microbee 400K disk drive 

5.5tem 'bundled' software including 

CP M 2.2, Microsoft and MicroWorld 

tic (disk and tape versions) 

Vocdbee,, Edasm, Busycalc and a host 

I utility programs to format. Also 

mpy disks, compare files, 

communicative ability with other 

computers and demonstration 

crams that enable you to master 

this powerful computer with ease. 

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 the 

Australian market. 

64K/SINGLE 400K DRIVE/SOFTWARE $1495 

64K/DUAL 400K DRIVE/SOFTWARE $1795 

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 $449 

Parallel cable $49.50 

Serial printer $549 

Serial cable $49.50 

Ribbons $12.50 

MICROBEE JOYSTICK: 

Brings your system to life and adds realism and excitement 

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 $7930 

MICROBEE CARRY CASE: 

Strong good looking protective case. $9.95 

MICROBEE 'GREEN MONITOR': 

Features 18MHz bandwidth for a clear display plus 

built-in power supply $199 

BOOKS 

ktt, NE 

"sts 

MICROBEE TECHNICAL MANUAL 250.001 

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 competant 

programmer in Microworld Basic. Prepared by 

two Australian school teachers, this practical course is 

V you already own a 16K/32K Microbee contact your local Microbee shop for an an ideal companion for your Microbee $14.95 

eliciting upgraded quotation that will save $$$ on your new disk system. 

microbee 

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shops 

1 Pattison Ave, 

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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 

PHONE (02) 487 2711 

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, 37 Albert 

Road, South 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 Systems, 



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SOFTWARE & PERIPHERALS 

Comes with special MicroBee 

plug and circuitry to interface 

directly with your MicroBee. 

Do not confuse with units that 

will not work with the Micro- 

Bee!!! 

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liiicrobee 

Matrix Printer 

LOW PRICE 

- Paper width 1 12mm 

- 120 CPS print speed - bidirectional 

- Serial thermal dot matrix 

- 40 char/line. 5 x 7 dot matrix, 96 character 

ASCII, 50 graphic symbols. 280 dots/horiz. line. 

- Friction feed 

- Centronics style 8 bit parallel interface $299 

- Dimensions 71(H) x 250(W) x 182(D)mm 

- Weight 3.3K, 

STAGGERING VALUE AT ONLY $299 

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 

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 

51/4" MEMOREX DISKETTE 

Double sided, double density, soft sector 

Cat. XE-3510 

$6.95 

MICROBEE PLUGPACK 

Cat. XE-5410 

$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 $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 

PAPER & 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 

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BOOKS FOR THE MICROBEE 

INTRODUCTION TO MICROBEE 

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MicroBee IC 


comes with software 

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 Integrated 

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 computer 

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 plugpack 

power supply. 

The powerful MicroWorld Basic interpreter 

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 modifications 

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 versions 

will run without changes under the 

new. The major modification is the inclusion 

of new statements to support colour 

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 statement, 

COLOURM, selects a half-intensity 

background colour mode. Colours are 

specified for each character block on the 

screen, so any graphics character, for example, 

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 cartridges, 

a number of which could be installed 

in the system and activated by 

the appropriate PAK (number) command. 

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. 

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 inclusion 

of the commands LISTU and LISTL, 

which gives the 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 ROMbased 

word processing program. Version 

1.2 of the program incorporates 

several modifications, both to eliminate 

defects of the earlier version and to implement 

suggestions from users. 

The major (and very welcome) change 

is that WordBee now supports redirection 

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 "0" 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 switched 

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 processing 

program have generally speeded 

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 onscreen 

HELP files (a nice feature) have 

124 ELECTRONICS Australia, November, 1983

The Microbee IC in operation. On the screen is the initial WordBee menu. 

also been re-formatted for greater 

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 subsequent 

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 network 

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 so 

that they are arranged in a diamond pattern 

on the standard typewriter 

keyboard. CTRL-E, for example, moves 

the cursor up one line, CTRL-S and -D 

move the cursor left and right respectively 

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 cursor. 

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 mention 

the insert and delete functions provided 

by CTRL-V and CTRL-G because 

we missed them last time. Control-V activates 

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 redirection 

facility allows on-screen review of 

the appearance of the final printed document. 

By specifying "0" in the interface 

menu before beginning a print-out, the 

text will be sent to the video screen 

rather than the printer. The dot cornmands 

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 extensive 

but there is a noticeable lack of versatility: 

As the manual puts it "Whilst 

WordBee can do an excellent job of printing 

a complete document that will totally 

fit into memory, it is somewhat deficient 

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 provision 

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 particularly 

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 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 problems 

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. I cannot see any 

easy fix for this one but will ensure that it 

is fixed by the next release. In the meantime 

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 captive 

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, 1 983 125

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 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 processor 

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 commands and options 

to be used for setting communication 

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 were connected via an 

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 commands and the 

CLS statement are not supported in this 

mode. A second command, IN#7, 

selects input from the buffere,1 RS232C 

port, while 11 selects input from the 

parallel port. The manual for the IC suggests 

that some users may like to add an 

encoded external keyboard (either 

parallel or serial) to suit their own requirements, 

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" format, 

widely used by hobbyist and commercial 

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 

126 ELECTRONICS Australia, November, 1983 

plans for computer bulletin boards based 

on the MicroBee and this communications 

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 examining 

and modifying the contents of 

memory, running machine language programs, 

moving blocks of memory and 

searching memory for a particular pattern 

of characters. Other routines provide 

direct access to the NET commands 

for sending and receiving data files and 

saving and loading files from tape at 

1200 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 provides 

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 troubleshooting 

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. 

MicroBee IC Specifications 

Processor 

RAM 

ROM 

Interfaces 

Keyboard 

Display 

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 switched 

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 additional 

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 built-in software; 

powerful Basic interpreter, word processor 

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 

Z80 at 3.375MHz clock rate 

32K plus 4K for video 

28K 

RS232C and parallel ports 

60 keys, typewriter style 

64 x 16 lines upper and lower case, 

underline and inverse graphics modes 

80 x 24 terminal emulation mode 

Graphics Low resolution 128 x 48 

High resolution 512 x 256 using programmable 

characters. A colour option is 

available 

Sound 

25 tones with duration in increments of 

Y. second 

Software in ROM 

MicroWorld Basic 

WordBee 1.2 

Network communications 

M/L monitor 

Documentation Reviewed EA, July 1983, page 118

MicroBee IC computer 

applications of the machine however. 

While the honesty of the WardBee 

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. 

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 

development 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,

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 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 input/output 

parallel port, programmable RS232 

port, cassette interface, direct video, 50 way Z80 

expansion bus. 

microbee Series 2 

EDUCATOR 

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 magazine was going 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. 

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 

1 is available to connect up to 16 or 

even more microbees on the same 

classroom network so that the 

teacher is able to co-ordinate the 

class with maximum efficiency. 

The microbee Educator uses BA'ITERY 14... for you. 

BACKED NON-VOLATILE CMOS 

RAM so your programs are saved in the microbee Series 2 

microbee Series 2 after the power is PERSONAL 

switched off. Students can bring the COMMUNICATOR 499 

microbee Series 2 Educator home from 


EDUCATOR 

Recommended Options: 

microbee HIGH RESOLUTION 

MONITOR $199.00 

BEEMODEM $149.50 

RGB COLOUR MODULE $12501 

microbee PRINTER $449.00 

BEENET 1 (recommended for school 

classroom use only). 

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If your needs are for POWER 

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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 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. 


ADVANCED PERSONAE, COMPUTER 

WITH SINGLE 400K DISK DRIVE $1495 

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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,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. 



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 input/output 

parallel port, programmable RS232 

port, cassette interface, direct video, 50 way Z80 

expansion bus. 


EXPO' 

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 

microbee computer shops 

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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 MICRO- 

COMPUTER GENERATION in 

1984 then microbee Series 2 Experimenter 

is the ideal starting point. 

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WA.: Altronics, 105 Stirling Street, 

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QLD: Software 80, 105 Milton Road, 

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Townsville. 

TAS: Central Data, 14A Goodwin 

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any of the 5 different common EPROMs available (2716, 2532, 2732, 2732A, 2764). 


Cat. KE-4650 $39.95 



Cat KE-7017 $15.00 

134 ELECTRONICS Australia, December, 1983

ELECTRONIC AGENCILS 

SOFTWARE & PERIPHERALS 

DISASSEMBLER By Dreamcard, 

Some may say "Not another Disassembles". But 





Cat. XE-6915 $15.00 



The best Hangman we've seen yet on side A and 



Cat X E-6920 $15.00 








Cat X E-6925 $14.95 

COMPOSER BEE 






Cat. X E-6.0 $22.50 

WORD ADVENTUR 





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 X E-6935 $14.95 

PONTOON 



banker. 

Cat X E-6940 $14.95 

MUSIC - B MYTEK 

MusicB is a music Composer/Editor that lets you 





included. 

Cat XE-7010 $20.00 

BASIC TUTOR IA' 











Cat. X E-6860 ,20.00 








and being able to understanc and use typical 

Z80 manuals. 

Cat. X E-6855 525.00 






Cat X E-6850 $15.95 

DECODE 


This programme will be an inva.uable aid to any 


code or wants to expand their ,ibrary of proven 

machine code routines. Decode will (al print 

imbedded machine code routines fully and 





Cat. X E-6765 $15.95 

DATABEE 

This program is a well written data base management 

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 X E-6945 >19.95 









Cat. XE-6297 


This secret code disassembler will disassemble 



disassembler can decipher! 

Cat. X E-6298 $20.00 


One of the most popular programmes ever released. 


Bee. 

Cat. XE-6030 $14.95 

FORTH 





manual. 

Cat. X E-6965 $45.00 








Cat XE-6875 $15.95 







Cat X E-6870 $25.00 







Cat. X E-6895 $14.95 

' OG - GENERAL PURPOSE INDEX 


records where indexing land later searching) can 





Cat X E-6890 

'UNE DROP 

-You are a tank running around a maze gathering 



only defenc,, is a remote controlled mine which 



Cat. X E-6960 $14.95 

PENETRATOR 








vour own. 

Cat. X E-695b $19.95 

SPACE PATROL 






a lot harder. 

Cat. XE-6950 

$16.9b 




docked in space with the mother ship. It is your 



the planet, to land safely on a landing pad. An 






Cat. X E-7020 $17.50 


Corville Castle is an adventure which will take 

you to a far away place of mystic castles, fierce 





Cat. X E-6285 $16.95 

TRSBE E - MY TE K 
















MicroBee! 

Cat. X E-7000 $30.00 









Cat. X E-7000 $15.95 








Cat. X E-6999 $14.95 

DEFENDER 

for the 

MicroBee Computer 

Fast Furious Action Gam. 

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 produced 

and the Mytek version is brilliant, a rival for Asteroids Plus. 

Cat. X E-7036 $22.50 

DESTROYEK 

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 

lower with every pass. Good graphics and sound. 

Cat. X E- 7048 

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. 

Cat X E-7049 

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. X E-705U $17.50 

POOLS AND LOTT,' 

Two programs to help make life easier for the Poois and Lotto enthusiast. 

The first program chooses your numbers for the week and the second 

program allows yo, 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. 

Cat. X E- 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. X E-7046 

GEO-TECH DRAWING 

This is the first tape in a series to assist students in grasping the fundamentals 

of geometric and technical drawing. It uses good graphics with 

excellent explanations. 

Cat. X E-7047 

SHOWROOMS 

I ncorporati ng 


117 YORK STREET -- PHONE: 102) 264 .... and 267 1614 

TELEX 72293 

Cnr. CARLINGFORD & PENNANT HILLS ROAD - PHONE: (02) 6724444 

115 - 117 PARRAMATTA ROAD - PHONE: 1021 745 3077 

121 FOREST ROAD - PHONE: 570 7000 



$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) 



in Australia. 






Mai I Order 

By 

BAN KCARD 


ELECTRONICS Australia, December, 1983 135

microbee 

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SWORD QUEST 

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VIPER 

A highly addictive game. You must 

eradicate the rabbits before they 

t p la gcua et cproportionsy ob u rt each 

time you 

tail 

k I reach 

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). 


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. 


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

O 811ABLE 

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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 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 arcade machine. 

Cassette C14.95 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 . . ..... 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 S14.95 • . . • . . 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 microbee 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_95 Diskette $19.95 

RING OF DOOM 

Your quest is to search for the Dark Lord of 

Saurean's Ring of Power. This action adventure 

game will operate in a 16k microbee. 

Cassette $14.95 . . . . - . Diskette $19.95 



Waitara 2077. 

Phone (02) 487 2711 


NSW: Javcar, (inc. Electronic Agencies) 







ComputiEd, 8 Park Arcade, 

Park Avenue, Coifs Harbour. 

729 Glen- - ferrie Rd, 


Phone (03) 818 2244 

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 14.94 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 519.95 Diskette 519.95 

GENIUS AND INSANITY 

Yes, those insanity blocks are back! The game 

has several levels of difficulty but really serves 

as a vivid demonstration of the microbe 

colour graphic capability. 

Cassette 414.95 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 ...... . Diskette $19.9! 

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 i14.95 ...... . Diskette $19.95 

LEARNING CAN 'BEE' FUN 

Now the full series by John Grimley in one 

value package containing 6 cassette tapes (or 1 

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 .............. ...... $39.95 

\ 

Cooleman Court, 

Weston A.C.T. 2611. 

Phone (062) 88 6384 


Centre, Benjamin Way, Beiconnen. 

Computerland South Melbourne, 

37 Albert Road. Melbourne. 




W.A.: Altronics, 105 Stirling Street, 

Perth. 


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 9.95 

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 

Diskette 



Phone (09) 386 8250 

QLD: Software 80, 105 Milton Road, 

Milton. 

Flectrographic Office Systems, 




Townsville. 



VRtt DtiOtitNI 

OV SOVIVI 

tov Ovect Otdevs 

$49.95 

$39.95 

r 

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. 

welcome here 

DIRECT ORDERS 

PHONE (02) 487 2711 

APPLIED 

TECHNOLOGY 

RETAIL 

PTY LTD

nucrobee 

iaby %.0111.11.11 

-Nal for computers 

-Nal for Microbes 

Jaycar Electronic Agencies is proud 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 & 65 character 

by 16 line 

displays. Remember, 

your microbee is 

obsolete-proof with 

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 

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. 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 

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 IC ROWORLD 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 microbee 

to the Series 2 APC at any time. 

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 

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. 

MICROBEE 



your MicroBee to a H F receiver and print radio teletype messages on a monitor screen. 


Cat, KE-4654 ONLY $17.95 








any of the 5 different common EPROMs available (2716, 2532, 2732, 2732A, 27641. 


Cat. KE-4650 539.95 



Cat. KE-7017 $15.00 

122 ELECTRONICS Australia, January, 1984 

sass 

Note: the software that is supplied with each 

machine — at no extra charge!! 

5445 

Cat. XE-4000 

Cat. XE-4050 

Cat. XE-4100 

$1495 

Cat. XE-4200 

SINGLE 400K DISK DRIVE 

$459 

$1195 

DUAL 400K DISK DRIVE 

Cat. XE-4300 

11•111.1111 

BRILLIANT! 389 

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 


Jaycar has made a bulk purchase to bring them to you at the incredibly low price of $399. Amazing value 

for a FULL DUPLEX unit. 

Cat. YC-1350

EILIBERTABLE 11111.11E 

microbee 

SOFTWARE 


Some may say "Not another Disassembler". But 



time, not rying to disassemble data. A program 


Cat XE-6915 $15.00 



The best Hangman we've seen yet on side A anki 



Cat XE-6920 $15.00 








Cat XE-6925 $14.95 

COMPOSER BEE 






Cat. X E-6930 $22.50 






wrong you de given more clues. After the clues 



Cat XE-6935 $14.95 

PONTOON 



banker. 

Cat X E-6940 $14.95 

MUSIC - B MYTEK 






included. 

Cat XE-7010 $20.00 

TRSBEE - MYTEK 
















MicroBee! 

Cat. XE-7005 $30.00 









Cat. X E-7000 $15.95 

BASIC TUTORIAL- 











Cat. X E-6860 $20.00 









Z80 manuals. 

Cat. X E-6855 $25.00 



the task of framing a usable financial budget 



Cat XE-6850 $15.95 

DECODE 






ifibedded machine code routines fully and 





Cat. X E-6765 $15.95 

DATABEE 




similar to those found on larger and more expensive 

systems. This comes complete with large 

bound manual. 

Cat X E -6945 $19.95 

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. X E-7054 $20,00 

CHOPPER - 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. X E-7055 $20.00 

SKETCH PAD 

A program to help you design your own P.C.G. characters. Simple commands 

allow easy drawing of circles, polygons and boxes etc. These they 

can be dumped to tape to be used in a future program. Comes complete 

with manual. 

Cat. X E-7056 $19.95 

PRINTERS MATE 

This program is two screen dump programs to suit CP80, MX80, DT80, 

80DP and FAX80 printers. One program is a screen dump utility while the 

other prints out memory contents in both hex idecimal and ASCII charac- 

'ters. A must for use with printers. 

Cat. X E, 7051 $17.50 

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-7552 $15.95 

EXTENDED TURTLE 

L C 


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 


Cwritten and comes complete with a 40 page clearly written manual with 

Cat X E-6999 $14.95 

helpful drawings. 

at. X E-7053 $29.50 

Jaya 

SYDNEY 

r 

SHOWROOMS 

1 ncorporati ng 


117 YORK STREET - PHONE: 1021 264 6688 and 1021 267 1614 

CARLINGFORD 

TELEX: 72293 


CONCORD 

115 - 1 1 7 PAR RAMATTA ROAD - PHONE: (021 745 3077 

HURSTVILLE 121 FOREST ROAD - PHONE: (02) 570 7000 

NEW SOFTWARE 

FOR JANUARY 









Cat. XE-6297 $22.50 

'BEEZ 80 - MYTEK 





Cat X E-6298 $20.00 




Bee. 

Cat. XE-6030 $14.95 

FORTH 





manual. 

Cat X E-6965 $45.00 








Cat X E-6875 $15.95 







Cat X E-6870 $25.00 







Cat X E-6895 $14.95 



$5 - $9.99 ($1.50) $10 - $24.99 ($3.201 

$25 - $4999 ($4.501 $50 - $99.99 0.501 

$100 - $198 ($8.00) Over $199 ($101 



in Australia. 




Mon - Fri 8.30am - 5,30pm. Sat - 8.30ani 12pm: Thurs night 8.30pm 

MAIL ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE: P.O. Box 185, Concord, 2137 . 

LOG - GENERA PURPOSE INDEX 







Cat X E-6890 $15.95 

MINE DROP 

-You are a tank running around a maze gathering 






Cat XE-6960 $14.95 

PENETRATOR 








your own. 

Cat XE-6955 $19.95 

SPACE PATROL 






a lot harder. 

Cat XE-6950 $16.95 







the planet, to land safely on a landing pad. An 






Cat XE-7020 $17.50 



you to a far away place of mystic castles, fierce 





Cat X E-6285 $16.95 

.DEFENDER - FROM MYTEK 

This long awaited program is finally available. Defender needs no introduction. 

The Defender arcade game is one of the most popular ever produced 

and the Mytek version is brilliant, a rival for Asteroids Plus. 

Cat X E-7036 

DESTROYER 

$22.50 

You are the UFO and you must destroy the enemy city buildings before 


bombs on every pass you make over the city. But beware the UFO gets 


Cat X E-7048 $14.95 

COULOMBS LAW 


part is a tutorial and the second is a simulation of the experiment. 

Cat. X E-7049 $14.95 





Cat X E-7050 $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 you to input your numbers into a program and when 



Cat XE-7045 $14.95 

WONDER WORDS 




enthusiasts. 

Cat XE-7046 

$14.95 


This is the first tape in a series to assist students in grasping the fundamentals 

of geometric and technical drawing. It uses good graphics with 


tat X E-7047 $14.95 

Mail Order 

By 

LED 

BAN KCARD 


ELECTRONICS Australia, January, 1984 123

microbee 

PFRcrlIfIl 

rnnni 1111rFlInR 

microbee 

Series 2 

PERSONAL 

COMMUN- 

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, 

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 batterybacked 

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 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. 



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. 



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. 







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 $449 

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 

$1495 WITH SINGLE 

400K DISK DRIVE 

$1795 WITH DOUBLE 



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/performance 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 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. 


ADDITIONAL DISK DRIVE $300.00 






128K EXPANSION UNIT 

(Soon to be released) 



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 PACKA3E, 

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 

060 your computing development. 



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Phone (02) 487 2711 

Authorised.Dealers: 

NSW: JazTar, (inc. Electronic Agencies) 






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Phone (03) 818 2244 Phone (062) 88 6384 




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S.A... Key Computers, 



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SOFTWARE 

This 

PRINTERS MAT 

DTBO, P a. is FAX80 two screen dump programs o suit CP80, MX80, 

printers One isa screen durnp utility 

ASCII while the other prints out memory contents both hexadecimal and 

Cat. XE-7051 

characters A must for use with printers 

$17.50 

Another 

DUO-ONE , 

has two programs for ineprce ofone rom Dreamcards One side 

Both poker, use Hires and the graphics other is Excellent Casino which value. is a three r. poker machine 

Cat ..-7052 $15.95 

A GREAT SELECTION several A.Turtle.programPigfasiteen 

monin the DEatterNyRagier and has been 

writing 

written and comes complete The with is a one 40 of page the dearly best Turtle programs 

written 

OF MICROBEE 

with manual 

Cat. 

many 

XE-7053 

help.I drawings 

$29.50 

SOFTWARE IS 

This 

DEFENZgyi - 

long awaited program is availlettfender needs no 

ever introduction The Defender arcade game is one of the most popular 

produced 

ALWAYS AVAILABLE Plus and the Mytek version is brilliant, a rival for Asteroids 

Cat. XE-7036. $24.50 

FROM JAYCAR 

This part program is ..mAi ier in e series ysics simulations The first 

Cat. 

is 

XE-7049 

tutorial and the second is a simu.tion of the experiment 

.14.95 

nf BVSMiairse9Mw-n _ 

Riles of the 

Asteroids Plus 

ASTEI59,1eI4S 

is one nest 

Ph.ySrejhuatek 

games ig n graphic arcade doubling International Backgammon Association, including the rules of 

available 

resolution graphics for shields the MicroBee. sound effects, It features intelligent 3-D point objects by guided point Cat. XE-7050 


$1 8.50 

games missile, you black will holes be captivated and a score by board Asteroids tf you Plus enjoy playing • computer This fundamentals is the firstgiEPsenTfsccH, a tslIMAls9n grasping the 

Cat. XE-6297 $22.50 graphics of geometric and technical drawing. It uses good 

A on new one language side of the for tape the and MiafB9e.FFIles supporting programs complete on the with other interpreter 

Cat. XE-7047 

with excellent explanations 

$14,95 

well as this it indudes a very well written bound manual side. As Some DISAWM LFDsMace.wrwris 

difference. may It say allows you an to set r out where the data fields one are has so the a 

Cat. XE-6965 $47.50 shouldn't computer is saving time, not trying to disassemb. da. A program you 

Psychotec PSYTK ByPre.mpard 

provides e a strkuiy example 

allowing a dialogue in English betweencomputer or arti and lc.' intelligence, 

computer playing the ro. of psychiatrist and the operator operator being the 

Cat. XE-6915. 

be without 

$15.95 

`patient' on the couch Leaves other "similar' types for dead a Two 

CHEAPIF Dre43mcAerttses, 

we've top quality programs or price one. Hangman 

Cat. XE-6875. 

$15.95 Both seen yet on side A a. a superb version of Battleship on side R 

Merlin is a 32, 

,,IVIEpLIN 

adve ure set in 

By Elteianc4N, 

uunng u L 

task is to search through the darkforest inhabited by robbers, ages outlaws Your 

Cat. XE-6920. 

have excellent graphic. 

$1 5.9 5 

and An excellent creatures adventure with awesome magic powers to find a legendary sword 

This wincepiviPOER BEE 

to compose, is a very play, well edit, • transpose program as or weff music as being is program able to load allows and save you 

Cat. XE-6870. $25.00 worth your music A program that has been a long time in the writing and well 

This program LOG is - GENERAL 

to 

PURPOSE INDEX 

suit 

indexi (and later a range or where 

Cat. XE-6930. 

buying. 

$22.50 

searching) 

string up to 15 characters can be on one or two words or on a 

record 

Plus up to 12 lines of text Each line can consists con.in up of its to index 41 characters heading, 

A quality fast moving card 

PONTOON 

game re up to 6 players can 

against play 

Cat. XE-6890. $15.95 Cat. XE-6940 

the computer who is banker. 

$14.95 

You are a tank running around 

MINE 

a maze 

DROP. 

can It sounds easy, but you have a guided ga missile ng all hot the on supplies your trail. you TRSBEE is a package-PIM ttiairatfliRS-80 Model .1 and 3 

Your only 

explode at defence will A very is a remote fast joy.. controll. or key mine controlled which game you drop and 

Although Program tapes some into program the MicroE3ee editing will without still be any required additional hardware. 

per to their 

first running, the majori of ram typing time is saved by TRSBEE The 

Cat XE-6960. 

$1 5.95 Most program programs loads may then be BASIC programs into MicroWorid BASIC 

edited 

A low resolution graphicversionthepopugame PENETRATOR 

the and run The second program in 

package 

must defeat the rode. and bomb radars in an `Scrambler'. effort to . to You memory. The loads any TRS-80 machine code file into the MicroBee 

third 

next stage wh. is even harder. This game can be either controlled the MicroBee EDITOR/ASSEMBLER program loads assem. film into the 

Any TRS-80 Model 1 or3 tape may 

a Joystick by keys Being in Lo-res graphics it is a very. game. by 

you are bored with the same land pattern you can devise your own If on be loaded TFISBEE opens up a whole new wort of possib. software 

Cat. 

your 

XE-7005- 

MicroBee, 

$32.50 

Cat. XE-6955. $19.95 This program ,UPsigkEttie9asY?i REGISTER 

Your mission METEOR is o rescue st 

rRan.ci 

as 

lliELLVilftek 

mander of the Landing Modu. docked space with ou the are mother com- homes Fri'. value of your 

It is your ship. bons of contents all fisted for insurance purposes, as weN as providing des., 

items the event of their loss or destruction 

responsibility 

meteor field down to the to surface gu. the of landing the planet module to land through safely on the are catalogued by their name, Effects 

description 

a rooms are provided, and up to 28 items may and value. be list. Nine each. separate 

landing will blast pad off. An You astronaut must use will your then run to your landing module and you Cat. 

lasers ship again. A total of 6 astronauts d necessary must be a. shuttled dock with to XE-7000. $15.95 

mother ship. 

the Is a super teaching Many IC dWoorgriaLfutorial is a set of 9 

Cat XE-6285- $18.50 novice. interactive exercises designed for teaching Basic the computer 

unique double No previous saeen technique kriowledge to display assumed both Basic the normal Tutorial computer uses a 

Just like the 1$111Pg1S-2139 

consists of several frames which s-imillYtnlincie. you must complete The game 

rescue your sweetheart from Kong. Excellent graphics and to 

student output and to use the the tutorial MicroBee exercises in the at normal the one way, time. while This the allows the 

tutorial 

instructions 

sound. 

Cat. XE-7054 

Joystick compatible. 

Cat XE-686t, 

appear in the lower half of the screen 

$22.00 

$22.00 ConsiMignitralgiv99xeDroiEsesWeg9eTfkrir ma ire 

Afast action paced 

CHOPPR 

rc game w ich 

- 11/ek 

must rate 

best. You have full control of a helicopter as and one you of must Mytek's 

code 

over enemy lines to rescue your allies Fast realistic graphics and fly 

computer programming Only a general and related knowledge topics as of they the to the MicroBee 

BASIC assumed Machine Code language is 

Tutorial 

excellent 

Cat. XE-7055 

sou. 

between BASIC programming and being is designed able to to bridge the gap 

understand and 

typical use 

Z80 

$22.00 Cat XE6/355 

manuals 

$27.80 

A program to help you 

SKETCH 

n your own 

Pte 

commands allow easy drawing d circles, polygons . G. characters and boxes Simple 

These then can be dumped to tape to be used in a future program. etc. 

This program is a ad written en management system that 

Comes 

Cat. XE-7056. 

complete with manual 

System utilised similar the MicroE3ee to those fou. to its on ful. larger to provide and more a Da. Management 

expensive 

This comes complete with large bound manual systems 

$19.95 Cat. XE-6945. $19.95 

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CONCORD 

L., 

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U RS-KV I L ,E 121 FOREST ROAD - PHONE: (021 570 7000 



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$100 - $198 (58.001 Over $199 ($101 



in Australia. 





MAIL ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE: P.O. Box 185, Concord, 2137 

ATTENTION 

MICROBEE USERS 

• GOOD ORIGINAL SOFTWARE 

WRITERS REQUIRED 

• TOP MONEY PAID FOR 

If 

ORIGINAL 

you are a crea ive programR9r9oWs§at P 

seN why not write for us? Maybe you can turn your your programs hob into will 

profitable business 

a 

We Jaycar insist will on pay glitch-free you either programs a once-only with fee reasonab. or a commission written instructions 

the sale 

of Either programs 

and you way you will do better with us We will mass produce all material 

can audit us on sales any time 

ff you think that you have a program that is exiting, unique 

better than ‘44-iat's around - why or simpty 

not contact us? 

Just to send evaluate a quality recoding of the cassette, (yes, you CAN tn 

TOP PRICES PAID FOR GOOD PROGRAMS 

NEWT 

ETI 675 MICROBEE 

Parallel-to-serial interface 

Great Ref. ETI kit enables January you 1984 

your MictoBee to a to convert the serial (almost RS-232) port on 

parallel port suibble for the cheap parallel printers 

Cat now KE-4665 around 

ONLY $29.50 

NEwr BASIC KIT 

ETI 656 BUG DEBUGGER 

Ref. ETI January 1984 

What 

bug in a a great EPROM idea, You This can project also enables use it for you temporary to anaYse program a programming 

with battery backup The Jaycar kit comes with all the ETI specified storage 

Cat components KE-4655 

ONLY $35.00 

MICROSOFT BASIC-80 MANUAL 

This Drive book Systems ext:fains It in includes detail the information MicroSoft E3ASIC about that D. f comes with Disc 

e 

instructions on the use of assembly language routines loading and 

Cat. XE-8018 $29.95 

NEW SOFTWARE FOR 

FEBRUARY 1984 

The can then program either allows edit you transpose, Playback or save the the screen notes onto You 

cassette. This is a program which is .ucational and entertaining. 

Cat. XE-7061 $21.95 

Data Each record Manager consists can of hATIM1 4 lines, a reAtioas9iRor search can then 60 records be done (161,1 

word in any record and those records displayed on any 

Cat XE-7062 $15.95 

This more book is the sequellIkaasFM. Pcontains much much 

information 

volume you're going and a to memory love the map sceo. of 7 even pages more tf you liked the first 

Cat. X5-8016. $16.00 

Another excellent hiresg gylp 

added realism, gdiAnYrnek. This is a game with 

excellent 

surpass. themselves with graphics this one and fantastic sound Mytek have far 

Cat. XE-705& $22.50 

A great unity program TikPfmDOCTSR 

backup tapes it can load om bad tapes ek As and in doing as being so points able to out make 

errors in the tape A very useful program 

the 

Cat. XE-7059. $18.50 

albws Another the utility entering program of breakpoin. from RXEltuopGera.s into machine at language assembler programs level and 

very useful utikty to use. 

A 

Cat. XE-7060- $18.50 

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fascinating word of computers or those who want to share the fascination of exploring the exciting developments in the fast 









The microbee Series 2 was specifically designed to serve the need, 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 



The microbee Educator uses BATTERY BACKED NON-VOLATI LE CMOS RAM so your programs are saved in the microbee 





With the BUILT-IN WORDBEE in ROM as well as MICROWORLD BASIC and NETWORKING, the Personal Communicator 



WORDBEE files across any telephone line to another computer. Bee the first on your block to have home telex, 


Now for the first Time in Australia: the microbee Series 2 Advanced Personal Computer with 400K disk drive. Then add 



powerful and best price/performance 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 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 




NEW 

GAMES 

FOR 

MICROBEE 

KING KONG — from MYTEK 

_lust Ike the arcade game of a similar name The game consists of several 

fram es 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 

Jaycar 

SYDNEY 

COntroi of a nelicOPter and you must fly Over enemy lines to 

rescue your ,lies Fast realistic graphics and excellent sound. 

Cat. XE 7055 $22.00 

SHOWROOMS 



117 YORK STREET PHONE (021 264 6688 and (02) 267 1614 

TELEX. 72293 

CARLINGFORD 

Cr, CARLINGFORD & PENNANT HILLS ROAD - PHONE: (02) 8724444 

CONCORD 

115 117 PARRAMATTA ROAD • PHONE: (02) 745 3077 

HURSTVILLE 121 FOREST ROAD PHONE. (02) 570 7000 

Cat. XE-4050 

8449 

Cat. XE-4100 0199 

SKETCH PAD 

o•ogram to ,e p you des gn your own , characters S.,Qie co, 


$1495 $1195 


Cat. XE-4200 


mands allow ea, draw, of c rcles Polygons and boxes etc These then 

can be dumped to tape tO be used r'a futureMgr,- Comes compete 

with mar,. 

Cat. XE 7056 $19.95 

PRINTERS MATE 

• 

s 0,ogram s two Screen dump Programs to suit CP80 MX80 DT80 

80, dr, F AX80 I!r.nter, One prOgrdri, a screen dump ut• tv wh .e the 

it nt, out MernOry contents a^, ASC:i chard, 

ter, A must 'or use vv Th printers 

Cat. XE 7051 $17 50 


$5 — $9.99 ($1.50) $10 — $24.99 ($3.20) 

$25 — $49.99 ($4.501 $50 — $99.99 ($6.50) 

$100 — $198 ($8.00) Over $199 ($10) 



in Australia. 


Mon — Fri 9am 5.30pm: Sat — 9am — 12pm: Thurs night 8.30pm 


Mon — Fri 8.30am — 5,30pm. Sat — 8.30am — 12pm: Thurs night 8.30pm 


s399 

Cat. XE-4000 



Cat. XE-4300 

i 

DUO — ONE 

s 40' the ca,0 pr ce Of one s horn ree Dream, 0s 

-as poker a^O the Other s 

machine 

Both 'es graphics •Exce Ie^t & v e 

Cat. XE 7052 

$15.95 


A e ,ogram wh ch has .tten oy a TaaCner and haS bee, 

es_ 

n,ns n wr, T" iS one 0, 

Selra n "a-Z, 'comes comp ,ere w , tn a 40 page ciear y wr tten 

mTan tye he . 4,, orawngs 

Cat. X E•7053 

$29.50 

,.",■111111111.1.11.11.111■1‘ 

Mai I Order 

By 

BAN KCA R D 

Via Your Phon/

microbee 

Microbee-No.1 for computers 

Jaycar -No.1 for Microbee 





by 16 line 




g'teed upward 




fascinating world of computers or those who want to share the fascination of exploring the exciting developments in the fast 









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 



The microbee Educator uses BATTERY BACKED NON-VOLATILE CMOS RAM so your programs are saved in the microbee 





With the BUILT-IN WORDBEE in ROM as well as MICROWORLD BASIC and NETWORKING, the Persona) Communicator 



WO R DBEE files across any telephone line to another computer. Bee the first on your block to have home telex! 


Now for the first time in Australia: the microbee Series 2 Advanced Personal Computer with 400K disk drive. Then add 



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 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 




MICROBEE 





Cat. KE-4654 ONLY $17.95 








any of the 5 different common EPROMs available (2716, 2532, 2732, 2732A, 2764). 


Cat. KE-4650 $39.95 



Cat KE-7017 $15.00 

74 ELECTRONICS Australia, March, 1984 

$399 



8449 

Cat. XE-4000 

Cat. XE-4050 

Cat. XE-4100 

$1495 

$499 

Cat. XE-4200. 


BRILLIANT! 

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) 

4. AUTO DIAL 

BELL FREQUENCIES INCLUDED 

TELECOM APPROVED 

* 1 YEAR WARRANTY 

NO ADJUSTABLE CIRCUITRY 

* DESIGNED IN AUSTRALIA 

* MADE IN AUSTRALIA 


.,.... • ....„,.....„.... 

UNIVERSAL 0,, T, 

$1195 


Cat. XE-4300 

Jaycar has made a bulk purchase to bring them to you at the incredib low price of $399. Amazing value 

for a FULL DUPLEX unit. Cat. YC 1350

EICIEIERTABLE 

mtcrobee 

SOFTWARE 


Some may say Not another Disassemble,. But 





Cat XE-6915 $15.00 



The best Hangman we've seen yet on side A an 



Cat XE-6920 $15.00 








Cat XE-6925 $14.95 

COMPOSER BEE 






Cat. X E-6930 $22.50 






wrong you ale given more clues. After the clues 



Cat XE-6935 $14.95 

PONTOON 



banker. 

Cat. XE-6940 $14.95 

MUSIC - B - MYTEK 


create and save music and sound effects. with a 




included. 

Cat X E-7010 $20.00 

BASIC TUTORIAL 











Cat. XE-6860 $20.00 









Z80 manuals. 

Cat. XE-6855 $25.00 






Cat. XE-6850 $15.95 

DECODE 






irtibedded machine code routines fully and 





Cat. XE-6765 $15.95 

DATABEE 




similar to those found on larger and more expensive 

systems. This comes complete with large 

bound manual. 

Cat. XE-6945 $19.95 




computer. It features 3-D point by- point resolution 





Cat. XE-6297 $22.50 






Cat. XE-6298 $20.00 




Bee. 

Cat. XE-6030 $14.95 

FORTH 





manual. 

Cat. XE-6965 $45.00 








Cat. XE-6875 $15.95 







Cat. XE-6870 $25.00 







Cat. X E-6895 $14.95 

LOG - GENERAL PURPOSE INDEX 






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 





Cat. X E-6960 $14.95 

PENETRATOR 








your OW, 

• Cat. XE-6955 $19.95 

SPACE PATROL 






a lot harder: 

Cat. XE-6950 $16.95 







. the planet, to land safely on a landing pad. An 


and you will blast off. You must use your lase, 

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 



you to a far away place of mystic castles, fiQrce 



will help you to destroy the warlock. But rernem• 

ber, you only have until dusk. 

Cat. X E-6285 $16.95 

TRSBEE - MYTEK 



the MicroBee without any, additional hardware. 













Micro Bee! 

Cat. XE-7005 $30.00 









Cat. XE-7000 $15.95 








Cat. X E-6999 $14.95 

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. X E-7054 $20.00 

CHOPPER - from MYTEK 

A fast action packed game which must rate as one of Myiek'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. X E-7055 $20.00 

SKETCH PAD 

A program to ,e1, you design your own P.C.G. characters. Simple corn 

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 $19.95 

PRINTERS MATE 

This progpm is two screen dump programs to suit CP80, MX80, DT80, 

80DP and F AX80 printers. One program is a screen dump utility while the 

other pants out memory contents in both hex idecimal and ASCII charac 

ters A must for use with printers. 

Cat. X E•7051 $17.50- 

DUO - ONE 

Another two programs for the price of one from Dreamcards. One side 

has poker. and the other is C.ro which is a three reel poker machine. 

Both use He graphics. Excellent value 

Cat. XE•7052 $15.95 


A • Turtle"' program which has been written by a teacher and has been 

sever. months in the writing. This is one of the best Turtle Programs 

written and comes combiete with a 40 page clearly written manual „„,,, 

help,' drawings 

Cat. X E•7053 

$29.50 • 

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 

Y. are the UFO and you must destroy the enemy city buildings before 


bombs on every pass you make over the city. But .beware the UFO gets 


Cat. XE-7048 $14.95 

COULOMBS LAW 


part is a tutorial .and the second is a simulation of the experiment. 

Cat. XE-7049 $14.95 





Cat. X E-7050 $17.50 

POOLS AND LOTTO 

Two programs to help make life easier for the Pools and Lotto enthusiast. 

The first program chooses your nurnOers for the week and the second 

program aliows you to input your numbers into a program and when 



Cat XE-7045 $14.95 

WONDER WORDS 




enthusiasts. 

Cat. X E-7046 S14.95 


This is the first tape in a series to assist students in grasping the fund, 

menials of geometric and technical drawing. It uses good graphics with 


Cat. X E-7047 

$1 4.95 


Jaycar ELECTRONIC AGENCIES 

SYDNEY 

SHOWROOMS 

117 YORK STREET - PHONE: (02) 264 6688 and (02) 267 1614 

TELEX. 72293 

CARLINGFORD 

Cnr. CARLINGFORD & PENNANT HILLS ROAD PHONE: (02) 872 4444 

CONCORD 

115- 117 PARRAMATTA ROAD - PHONE: (02) 745 3077 

HURSTVILLE 121 FOREST ROAD - PHONE: (02) 570 7000 



$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) 



in Australia. 


Mon - Fri 9am 5.30pm: Sat - 9am - 12pm: Thurs night 8.30pm 




ELECTRONICS Australia, March, 1984 75

• Built-in real time clock with alarm facility 

• 16 programmable baud rates from 50 to 19200 

(7/8 Bit) 

• Auto dialling/hangup for modem 

• File capture to Wordbee format and screen 

printing 

• Super friendly menu driven 

• Usable as stand alone or through Wordbee 

or Basic 

• Now available for all IC or later microbees 

• World standard Christensen protocol for file 

transfer 

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 

screen print utility. 

1984 IS THE YEAR OF THE 

NETWORK . . . . with over 20,000 

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 

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) 

microbee HIGH RESOLUTION MONITOR 

(Green) 

microbee HIGH RESOLUTION MONITOR 

(Amber) 

microbee DOT MATRIX PRINTER 

with cable 

microbee DATA TAPE RECORDER . . 

BEEMODEM 300 baud DIGITAL MODEM 

(Telecom approved) 

TELCOM 1 ROM SET (with manual and 

conversion details) 

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 

price/performance 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 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 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 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 

select screen positioning, background and 

foreground colour, parallel and serial printers 

disk drive information and even auto-start disks. 

$1495 WITH SINGLE 


$1795 WITH DOUBLE 

400K DISK DRIVE

SIANitt KIANG 

nr, I !(:10C ONL 

, 

-HA 

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. 


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. 

Superb graphics and sound effects. (Requires 

32K). 

Cassette $14 95 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. 

Cassettee $14.95 Diskette S19.95 

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. 


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. 


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 arcade machine. 


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). 




Waitara 2077. 

Phone (02) 487 2711 


NSW: Jaycar, (inc. Electronic Agencies) 




Cnr Carlingford and Pennant Hills Road, 

Carlingford. 






Phone (03) 819 5288 

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). 


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? 


LEARNING CAN 'BEE' FUN 

Now the full series by John Grimley in one 

value package containing 6 cassette tapes (or 1 

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 S49.95 

Diskette S39.95 

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 microbee will 

become a useful design aid. 

Cassette $14.9, Diskette $19.95 



Phone (062) 88 6384 

ACT: Computed, Belconnen Churches Centre, 

Benjamin Way, Belconnen. 

V/C.. Computerland South Melbourne, 







Phone (09) 386 8250 

QLD: Software 80, 105 Milton Road, Milton. 




CTL Centre, Anne Street, Aitkenvale, Townsville. 

TAS: Central Data, 14A Goodwin Street, 

Launceston. 

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 S1 4.95 Diskette $19,95 

RING OF DOOM 

Your quest is to search for the Dark Lord of 

Saurean's Ring of Power. This action adventure 

game will operate in a 16k microbee. 

Cassette S14 Q5 Diskette $19.95 

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. 

welcome here 

DIRECT ORDERS 

PHONE (02) 487 2711 

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TECHNOLOGY 

RETAIL 

PTY LTD

oming to terms 

wit the future 

nucrobee 

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 

rvriro!irsriNr- 

LIA1-1-1‘11 I_ ci 1E° I\ 

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 

MICROWORLD. All microbees can be 

expanded at any time. 

microbee Experimenter ..$399 

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. 

SF 12 

CuI rDLI-P7. I‘ 

i'—'714 

/ e9,,,,,,;" • 1,',;,+ . 

r

The Solution: microbee 

Personal Communicator 

Our top selling portable microbee 

the Personal Communicator 

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 1/0 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 worldwide. 

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 

Personal Communicator ...499 


1 Pattison Ave, Authorised Dealers in:— 

Waitara 2077. 

NSW: 

Phone (02) 487 2711 Carlingford, 

729 Glenferrie Rd, Coffs Harbour Concord, 

ursve t ill ' 


H 

Sydney, Waterloo, ' Lismore ' 

Phone (03) 819 5288 w 

Wauchope 

141 Stirling Highway, VICTORIA: 


Glen Waverley, 

Phone (09)386 8250 Melbourne 


QUEENSLAND: 

Weston A.C.T. 2611. Ankenvale, Cairns. 

Phone (062) 88 6384 SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 

Adelaide, Edwardstown, 

151 Unley Road, Unley. Port Lincoln 

S.A. (Opening Soon). WESTERN 

457 Logan Road, AUSTRALIA: 

Stones Corner QLD. Mount Tom Price 

(Opening Soon). 

TASMANIA: 

Koala Crescent, 

Launceston 

West Gosford 2250. 

ACT: 

Belconnen, Weston. 

(043) 24 2711 

Shops and Dealers 

Australia wide 

welcome here 

DIRECT ORDERS 

PHONE (02) 487 2711 

TELEX AA72767 

APPLIED 

TECHNOLOGY 

RETAIL PTY LTD 

ELECTRONICS Australia, April, 1 984 109

Meeting the 

challenge 

of change 

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 

development. 

HI RES Economy Green Screen Monitor 

16K Educator $449 

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 

of software designed for Australian 

curriculum needs. 

32K Personal 

Communicator $499 

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 110 ports, 

programmable cassette interface and 

direct 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, 

110 data can be directed 

at will and best of all, 

MW BASIC is a 

breeze to program 

yourself. 

The low cost 

microbe6 

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 


microbee MB80 Dot Matrix Printer 

Parallel $399.00 

Seriel $449.00 

(Includes cables) 

microbee High Resolution Anti Glare 

Ergonomically Designed 

Amber Screen Monitor . . $249.00 

44

Now with Dynamic RAM 

to meet today's user demands 

64K Advanced 

Personal Computer 

(with Single 400K Disk Drive 

'1 595 

and all manuals) 9 

The microbee 64K Advanced Personal Compute' 

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 mode' 

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 

analysis and networking. 

rnicrobee computer centres 

1 Pattison Ave 

Waitara 2077,N.S.AV. ' 

Phbne (02) 487 2711 


Hawthorn 3122, Vic. 

Phone (03) 819 5288 


Nitmllands, W.A. 

Phone (09) 386 8250 

Coolento') Court, 


Phone (062) 88 6384 

151 Tinley Road, 

Unley 5061, S.A. 

Phone (08) 272 1384 

455 Logan Road 

Stones Corner, Qld 4120 

Phone (07) 394 3688 

Koala Crescent, 

West Gosford 2250. 

Phone (043) 24 2711 

Authorised Dealers in::— 

NSW: Carlingford, 

Coffs Harbour, Concord, 

Hurstville, Lismore, 

Sydney, 

Townsville, Cairns, 

Milton, 

VICTORIA: 

Melbourne, 

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 

Adelaide, Edsvardstowri, 

Port Lincoln. 

WESTERN 

AUSTRALIA: 

Mount Tom Price. 

TASMANIA: 

Launceston 

ACT: 

Belconnen, Weston. 

niTcl-ob 

ee 

microbee 128K 

Computer with 

Dual Disk Drive 

welcome 

here 

DIRECT ,ORDERS 

PHONE (02) ',°n/ R 487 27 

. 

2711 

TELEX 

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ELECTRONICS Australia, July, 1984 45

FEED FOR WARD 

00100 REM BY JOHN LIVINGSTON 11/06/86 

00110 REM ###### B 0 M 8 S ###### 

00120 H.3:N1...COMPUTER. 

00130 DATA 255,126,60,60,255,126,126,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,24,24 

00140 DATA 0,0,0,128,128,128,192,192,224,240,248,252,255,255,255,255 

00150 DATA 0,0.0.0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,255.255,255,255 

00160 DATA 0,0,0,1,1,1,34 3,7,15,31,6,255,255,255,255 

00170 DATA 1,1,3,3.11,I1,47,47,,9,191,191,255,255,255,255,255 

00180 DATA 128,128,192,202,204,216.240,240,240,240,247,250,250,252,255,255 

00190 K.15:J=30:R=0 

00200 S.INT,RND.57/.2 

00210 FORM.645287064528,90 

00220 READD:POKE M,D:NEXTM 

00230 CLS:NORMAL:PRINT.### INSTRUCTIONS ###. 

00240 PRINT.M/SSILES (.;:PCG:PRINT.A.;:NORMAL:PRINT.) ARE FALLING TO EARTH. 

YOU MUST SAVE YOUR PLANET YOUMUST DESTROY THESE MISSILES.. 

00250 PRINT.TO DO THIS YOU MUST BLOCK IT'S PATH AND MAKE IT CRASH ON YOUR 

DEFLECTOR-.:PCG:PRINT.BCCD.:NORMAL:PRINT.TO MANOUVRE YOUR DEFLECTOR USE 

THE ' > KEYS FOR SLOW MOVING &. 

00260 PRINT.YOUR 1 X KEYS FOR FAST MOVING.IF YOU'RE STRUCK TEN TIMES BY 

A BOMB YOU AND YOUR PLANET EARTH ARE DESTROYED.POINTS ARE . 

00270 PRINT.AWARDED FOR EVERY BOMB YOU DEFLECT',' GOOD LUCK DEFENDING 

EARTH..1.,PRESS ANY KEY. 

00280 FOR X.1 TO 1024IF KEY,..THEN 320 ELSE OUT 2,XIOUT 2,0:NeXT X 

00270 S3.=KEY 

00300 IF S35.. .THEN 320 

00310 1F53$=' THEN 290 

00320 CLS:PRINT.m." GET READY. INCOMING BOMBS sm!..:FOR K4.1T02000:NEXTK4 

00330 S=5,2 

00340 PCG:R=0 

00350 S=INT(RND.62),1 

00360 CLS:CURS J,K:PRINT.B.:CURS J+1,,PRINT.C.:CURS J,2,K:PRINT.C.:CURS 

3+3,K:PRINT.D. 

00370 R.R.1: CURS S.R:PRINT.A. 

00380 A.PEEK(258):IFA.44 THEN LET J=J-2 

00390 1E4=26 THEN LET J.J-4 

00400 IFJ,THEN LET,. 

00410 IF J.S AND K=R THEN GOTO 500 

00120 IF K, AND J11,0T.EN SOTO 500 

00430 IFK=R AND J...2.5 THEN GOTO 500 

00440 IFK=R AND J...3.8 THEN GOTO 500 

00450 IF R=15 THEN GOTO 550 

00460 IFA=46 THEN LET J.J.2 

00470 IFA=24 THEN LET J=3,4 

00480 IFJ,61 THEN LET J.59 

00490 GOTO 360 

00500 CURS S,R:PRINT.E. F.:8=8,1 

00510 NORMAL:CURS 1,1:PRINT ṀISSILES DESTROYED .;B:CURS 30,I:PRINT.MISSILES 

HIT EARTH .;N:FCG 

00520 FORI.1 TO 100:OUT 2,125:OUT 2,24:NEXTI 

00530 FORW.IT01000:NEXTW 

00540 GOTO 340 

00550 CURS S,R:PRINT ĖF.:N.N4.1 

00560 NORMAL:CURS 1,1:PRINT.MISSILES DESTROYED .;B:CURS 30,1:PRINT.MISSILES 

HIT EARTH .:N:PCG 

00570 FORI=1 TO 100:OUT 2,125:00T 2,0:NEXTI 

00580 U=1,-1:IFU=10 THEN 610 

00590 FORW.ITOInnfl:NEXTW 

00600 GOTO 74n 

006I0 CLS:NORMAL:PRINT.YOUR SCORE WAS.:B:IFB H THEN 620 ELSE GOTO 650 

00620 LETH=B:GOTO 640 

00630 FORD4=1T02000:NEXTD4:GOTO 640 

00640 PRINT.YOU HAVE MADE A NEW HIGHEST SCORE, \000R NAME IS: INPUT NI. 

00650 FORJ=1T01000:NEXTJ 

00660 3=0 

0067n LETB=H 

00680 CIS:PRINTNI.:. HAS THE HIGHEST SCOPE OF .:1-1 

0069n LET0.0:LETN=0:11=0 

00700 3,0 

00710 PPINT',,\.DO YOU WISH TO SAVE THE EARTH AGAIN ,/N 

00720 INPUT P2. 

00770 IF52...Y.THFN 220 

00740 IEB2...y.THEN 770 

0,750 IFT2,-..”THEN 720 

00760 !F,2$ .N .THEN END 

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 < for left and > for 

right. You are awarded a 

point for every missile you 

deflect. If you miss 10 missiles 

then the game is over. 

J. Livingstone 

Townsville, Qid 

5 POKE53280,4,POKE53281f4:PRINTCHR$(144) 

10 PRINTCHR$(147):PRINT 

20 PRINTSPC(13).,.PRINTSPC(12).,,,, 

30 PRINTSPC,10).,, . 

40 PRINTSPC(10, 4, ,, 

50 PRINTSPC(8,..,-,, CRVON, CC/RT1 CC/RT1 CRVOFI. 

60 PRINTSPC(8).,./. IRVONI CC/RT1,C/RTI,C/RT1 (C/RD ,RVOF1. 

70 PRINTSPC(6)..,--,, (AVON) ,C/RT1 CRVOF1. 

BO PRINTSFCA)"N I (AVON) SC/AT) 1C/RTI,C/RTICC/RT1 CRVOF1. 

90 PRINTSPC(7) ..,-, tRVON1 ,CRT)CC/RTI,C/RT1 ,RVOF1. 

100 PRINTSPC(14 ).CC/DNI,C/DN1CC/DN1CC/DN1CC/DN1PRESS A KEY!. 

110 GETA,TFAS...THEN110 

120 PRINT.,CLR1. 

130 P0KE53280,0.POKE53281,0 

140 X.1524,1.0,C.1 

150 A.PEEK(5632)).B.PEEK(197, 

155 IFA.122THENX.I-41:POKEX.160.T.0 

160 IFA.123THENX.X-1:POKEX,160:T.0 

165 IFA.117THENX.X.41.POKEX,160:T.0 

1,0 IFA.119THENX.X,1,POKEX.160:T.0 

175 IFA.121THENX.X,79:POKEX,160.T.0 

leo IFA.126THENX.X-40:PO5EX,160:T.0 

185 IFA.118THENX.X-39:POKEX.160:T.0 

190 IFA.125THENX,0-40.POKEX,160,.0 

200 IFA.107THENT.1.GOT0400 

210 IFA.103THENT.1:5OT0430 

220 IFA.110THENT.I.GOT0460 

230 IFA.109THENT.1:60T0490 

235 IFB.57THENC.1 




This is a drawing program 

which is controlled by the 

joystick in port 2, and the top 

row of the keyboard. Pressing 

the 'fire' button and required 

Draw 64 

direction will move the cursor 

around the screen. The INST/ 

DEL key will delete at the current 

cursor position, and the 

CLR/HOME key will clear the 

255 IF8.35THENC.11 






285 IF8.48THENC.14 




320 IFB.OTHENPOKEX,72 

330 IFB.51THEN120 

$50 IFV.1067THEN520 

360 IFX>.1984THEN550 

370 2.X,54272POKE,,C 

390 GOT0150 

400 IFT.1THENPOKEX.32 

410 XS-1,POKEX,160 

420 00T0240 

430 IFT.1THENPOKEX.72 

440 X.X,1:POKEX,160 

450 GOT0240 

460 IFT.ITHENPOKEX.32 

470 X=5-40;POKEX.160 

480 GOT0240 

490 IFT.1THENPOKES,72 

500 X.X,40,FOKEX,160 

510 GOT0240 

520 IFT=0THENX.X.,960,CKEX,160 

53(; IFT.ITHENPOKEX,160,... ,60 

540 00T0760 

550 IFT.OTHENX.X-96(,POKEX,160 

screen. The remaining keys in 

the top row changes the colours. 

J. Avis, 

Frenchs Forest, NSW 

52 — ETI April 1987

00100 CLS:CURS 16,6:UNDERLINE:PRINT.Budget Savings Account.:NORMAL:PLAY 0,20 

06110 REM *Mk 1964 by 1,R.Barney *** 

00120 REM *** EDMONTON OLD. *** 

00130 ACCT.:E7... 

00140 DIM C0,10,,N0,7, 

00150 SIO..Car Registration.:620..Car In...ran...I....Life Assurance No. 1.:64*. 

"Life Assurance No. 2.:$51,..Contents Insurance. 

00160 66...Electricity.:675..Telephone.:60...Car Tyres k Maintenance.:131...Savin 

S.. 

00170 CLS:CURS 450:INPUT.Enter today.. date DD,MM,Y(YY ,.,0,0,Y 

00100 CU, 

00190 PRINTM.Do you wish to enter data off tape (Y/14) 'I 

00200 101..KEY:IF THEN 200 

01/210 IF B..," OR 814...y. THEN GOSUB 1290 ELSE GOTO 240 

00220 GOTO 550 

00230 REM *4* Enter amounts via keyboard *** 

00240 CLS 

00250 INPUT.Enter Total Amount in Account:.;C8(1) 

00260 CLS:REM *** Transfer amounts use negative to subtract, positive to add **it 

00270 UNDERLINE.PRINT.Amoont in Acct.:NORMAL:CURS 29:UNDERLINE:PRINT.Item.,NORMA 

L:CURS 47:UNDERLINE:PRINT.Amount Entered,NORMAL:PRINT 

00200 PRINT [F10.2 COC2I]tE70, 

00290 PRINT.Enter Savings Amount ..,:INPUT,K2 

00300 CO(2).00,23.2 

00310 PRINT CF10.2 C0(3/1,E70, 

00320 PRINT SI.' "1,INPUTIK3 

00330 C0(3).00,3/4.K3 

00340 PRINT [F10.2 C0,4/11E70, 

00350 PRINT 620f. ",:INPUTOK4 

00360 CO(4).00(4).. 

00370 PRINT (F10.2 C0,5,11E701 

00380 PRINT 635.. 

00390 CO(5).00,5,..5 

00400 PRINT CF10.2 C0,10/11E701 

00410 PRINT 645.. ..1:INPUTIE1 

00420 C0(10).00(10).E1 

00430 PRINT (F10.2 C0,6)/1E7*, 

00440 PRINT ..1:INPUT,K6 

00450 CO(6)..00(6).K6 

00460 PRINT EF10.2 C0(7)71E70, 

00470 PRINT 660f. ...:INPUTIK7 

00480 

00490 PRINT CF10.2 C018)11E701 

00500 PRINT 670." ..,:INPUT,K0 

00510 C0,8}.00(8).K0 

00520 PRINT (F10.2 C0,9)70E70, 

00530 PRINT 605,.. ..,:INPUT,K1 

00540 C0(9).0019).K1 

00550 CLS 

01560 IF C0(1),>C0(2).00,3/fC0,4,C015,.00(9).00,7,C0(8).00,6).00,10, THEN PRIN 

T.DOESN.T BALANCE.:PLAY0,20:GOTO 180 

00570 GOTO 740 

00580 REM .** Deposit routine *** 

00590 CLS:PRINT.Are Deposits to be added to saving. only?' 

00600 61..KEY:IF 61.... THEN 600 

00610 IF 615..Y. OR 01...y. THEN 1050 

00620 MO.N0(03:M1.0,1):M3.N0,2I:M2.NO(3):M4.NOC7):M5.N0(5):M6.NO(6):M7.N0(4) 

00630 PRINT.Enter Amount Deposited for distribution ..; 

00640 INPUT AZ 

00650 IF A2(M0.M1.2.M34.4.5.M6.M7:A.2:PRINT.Amount entered is too sm.11 to dis 

tribute as required...30TO 750 

00660 A4.A4.A4 

00670 C011).00(1).A2 

00680 A4.2-M0-MI-M3,42-M4-M5-,46-M7 

00690 C6,2,...cgt2, 

00700 C0,10).COCIO)+,40:C0,3).00,3,MI:C0,4,.00 ,4)..3:C0,5}.00(5).M2:C0,9).00,9). 

M4:C0(7).0047,.M5:C0(8).00,8I.M6:C0,6,.00(6).M7 

00710 CLS:REM ... Display routine *** 

00720 IF D.1 THEN OUT,. 

00730 IF D=1 THEN PRINT\\\ 

00740 PRINT -Date 

00750 PRINT SI... .1CF10.2 C0,31).2s.. .1(F10.2 CO(4)1\S3S 

.11F10.2 .1(F10.2 C0110)1 

00760 PRINT ';1F10.2 C0,613\96S.. .,EF10.2 C0(7)ItS7. 

.,CF10.2 C0,8II 

00770 PRINT 605......iff10.2 C0491) 

00780 PRINT Ula.. Balance .1(F10.2 e0,2In(A26 321,410 451,TOTAL BALA 

NCE .1,10.2 C0,1)1 

00790 PRINT CA26 321(410 611 

00800 IF D.1 THEN PRINT,,,,\\\\\\,‘, 

00810 OUT.0:D.0 

00820 PRINT.Pre.s any key to Continue. 

00830 K1S.KEY:IF K1.... THEN 830 

00840 CLS 

00850 PRINT'Type I to Transfer amounts within Account. 

00860 PRINT'Type 2 to Deposit money into Account" 

00870 PRINT'Type 3 to Withdraw money from Account" 

00880 PRINT'Type 4 to Save Data on tape" 

00890 PRINT'Type I to alter Item Amounts. 

00900 PRINT'Type 6 to Dump Display to Printer" 

00910 PRINT.Type 7 to Return to Display" 

00920 PRINT'Type 8 to End" 

0030 Z.8:GOSUB 1610 

00940 ON X GOTO 260,590,980,950,1520,1650,710,1080 

00950 GOSUS 1180 

00960 GOTO 710 

00970 REM See Withdraw' routine .6. 

00980 CLS:PRINT.Where is the amount to be withdrawn from . 

00990 GOSUB 1660 

01000 PRINT Ule.. Type 9' 

01010 Z.9:GOSUB 1610 

01020 CURS 704:PRINT.Enter Amount to be withdrawn from .127., 

01030 ON X GOSUB 1090,1100,1110,1170,1120,1130,1140,1150,1160 

01040 GOTO 710 

01030 PRINT.Enter Amount Deposited ..I.INPUT A2 

01060 C0(2).00(2).A2:C0,1).00(1).A2 

01070 GOTO 710 

01080 CLS:END 

01090 INPUT 81:C0(3)..0043/-81:C0l1/..041,-81:RETURN 

01100 INPUT 113:C0(4).00,4,-113:C0(1).00,1 ,-.3,RETURN 

01110 INPUT 82:C045I.00(5)-62:C6(1).00,13 -82:RETURN 

01120 INPUT B4:C0C6).00,6,-84:C0CII.00 , 1 ,-114:RETURN 

01130 INPUT 65:C0(7).00(7)-05:C0,1I.00,1,-1,5:RETURN 

01140 INPUT 116:C0,6).00,8,-86:C0(1).00(1) -116:RETURN 

01150 INPUT 07:C0,9).00,9,-07:C0ili.COCII -81:RETURN 

01160 INPUT B0:C0,2).00(2)-110:C0(11..c0,1,-00:eol... 

01170 INPUT E4:C0(10).00,10)-E4:C0(1).00CII-E4:RETURN 

01180 GOSUB 1390 

01190 POKE 61440,13 

01200 OUT,. 

01210 111.10 

01220 PRINTEI3 131",.$ 

01230 PRINT CO,III.,.,C0(2),.,.1C0(3)1.,",C0,4/;.,.,C0i5/1.,.1C0(6)1.,"ICO(7)0, 

01240 PRINT N0(0)1...1,0,1/1.,.INO(2),","INO(3),..,N014/1"."1N0(5)1.,.1N0,6/0. 

.1,40(7) 

01250 POKE 61439,9 

01260 PRINT.0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0" 

01270 OUT*0:PLAY 23,4 

01280 RETURN 

01290 GOSUO 1390 

01300 IN03:OUTS0 OFF 

01310 INPUT Z.:IF 2100(11,51........THEN 1310 

01320 NI..20.,111,16):R.I:R.INT(VAL(205,16,10.):POKE 61440,13 

01330 INPUT 20.,C0(1),C0C2,,C0,3),C014),C045,,C0(6),C0,7),C0,9),C0t9I,C0,10/ 

01340 INPUT N0,0,,N0(1),N0,2,,N0,3),N0,4),N045I,N0i6i,N0)7) 

61350 IF INT,VAL,2051),>1 THEN 1380 

01360 POKE 61439,9:1NOICOUTOO 

01370 CLS:PRINT Nle:PLAY ',RETURN 

01380 INSOlOUTSECURS 1.16 ■ PAINT .A. LOA...PLAY S►: RETURN 

01390 CLS 

01400 CURS 470:INVERSE:PRINT' TAPE READY? .:NORMAL:CUR8780:PRINT.Press any key t 

o continue., 

01410 z6..KEy:', U.... THEN 1410 ELSE CLS:RETURN 

01420 REM *************** **************** *************** 

01430 CLS 

01440 CURS 20:IWERSE:PRINT. Alter Amounts of Items ',NORMAL 

01450 PRINT,Where is the item to be altered?' 

01460 GOSUS 1660 

01470 Z.6:00SUB 1610 

01480 CURS 768:PRINT.Enter Item to be altered ',270; 

01490 IF X.4.8.0 

01500 IF X>4:X.X-1 

01510 INPUT N0001 

01520 MO.N0(0):01.N0(1):M3.N0(2):M2.N0(3):M4.N0,7,:M5 N0,5):M6.N0,6.M7.N0(4) 

01530 REM *** Amounts for deduction if** 

01540 CLS:PRINT.Each item is set to deduct the amount as listed below 

01550 PRINT 615.. .1(F10.2 ';CF 

10.2 M23,641.. .1(F10.2 MO) 

01560 PRINT S55.. "1,10.2 M71,66... .,,,,.., 

",CF10.2 M61 

01570 PRINT 500+' .;CF10.2 M4/ 

01580 PRINT .o you wish to alter any items? Y/N.I 

01590 2111.KEY:IF 21.... THEN 1590 

01600 IF 2111..y.ORZ1...Y.THEN 1420 ELSE 710 

01610 REM ***** Select Option ***** 

01620 CURS 960:PRINT'Select Option (1 to.,Z,.)., 

01630 Z7..KEY:IF 27.... THEN 1630 ELSE LET X.INT(VAL(Z *)) 

01640 IF . (1 OR X>Z THEN 1630 ELSE RETURN 

01650 D.1:OOTO 710:REM *** Dump to printer *** 

01660 PRINT, Type 1. 

01670 PRINT Type 2' 

01680 PRINT 535.. Type 3. 

01690 PRINT 84S.. Type 4' 

01700 PRINT 555.. Type 5' 

01710 PRINT 560+' Type 6' 

01720 PRINT 675.. Type 7. 

01730 PRINT SO.... -Type 8. 

01740 RETURN 

This program for the Microbee 

helps to keep track of 

your savings and is useful for 

checking your balances with 

your bank statements. The 

program deducts amounts 

Budget savings account 

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- 

count and item deduction 

can be changed (for inflation). 

D. R. Barney 

Edmonton, QM 

ETI April 1987 - 53

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