ZX81 Video View

ZX Computing

SOFT OPTIONS FOR YOUR ZX81 Puzzled by Dr. Nowotnik, after a glass of wine Nick Pearce settles down to checking out some of the software commercially available for your ZX81. Written for the 16K ZX81, the range includes Video Sketch, a program exploiting the full graphics capabilities of the ZX81; Video Map, a game in which you have to navigate your 'plane to its target without being shot down; Video-View, which allows the user to create a miniature view-data system; VideoGraph, a planning and design aid; Video index, a sophisticated indexing system allowing up to 1,000 references; Video Plan, an electronic planning chart or 'spreadsheet'; and Video Ad, providing an active information display. Video-View. VideoGraph and Video-Ad can also be used on the ZX80 should you possess the necessary amount of memory. Also available are a number of games cassettes including Football-League, Test-Match, Stock Market and Party-Tricks. Every program is recorded twice and with the exception of Video-Index and Party Tricks, an audio commentary describing the operation of the program is also included. All the more 'serious' programs are accompanied by a comprehensive operating manual. A similar range of programs will soon be available for the ZX Spectrum. All of these programs can be ordered by mail order and are priced between £3.95 and £9.95. For more information you could write to Video Software Ltd, [redacted] or 'phone them on [redacted].

Sinclair User

MAKING LAYOUTS SIMPLER Simplifies the drawing of program layouts for games or teaching programs. It is menu-driven, which means that you have a multiple-choice question to answer for the things you want to do. The characters are inserted on the screen by moving a cursor to the place on the screen where you want the graphic and pressing key 9. That then draws a line which will follow the cursor until key 0 is pressed. That puts the cursor back into the rub-out mode. Text and graphics can be inserted anywhere on the screen and up to 12 screens full can be stored in one 16K RAM pack. The entire program, including all the screens, can be saved on cassette for running later. The cost is £6.95 for the cassette and manual. £8.95 for boxed de-luxe sets. Video Sketch is available from Video Software, [redacted].