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A SPECTRUM COLLECTION If you made a list of the programs for the Spectrum which you never wanted to see again, would it include Sketchpad, Llunar Lander and Mastermind? In its hurry to produce for the Spectrum, Spectrum Software has put all three programs, with some others, on to one cassette. Sketchpad can be used to draw pictures using a cursor, the circle command and the Draw command. The pictures can then be saved on to cassette tape. Lunar Lander and Mastermind are both fairly standard programs. The lander program gives you a spacecraft to land, using the cursor keys, on the surface of the moon. The problem with most of the programs is that you must ensure that the computer is in CAPS mode or the programs will not respond to commands. On side two of the cassette is a character generator which will allow you to define your own character set. When it has been defined the new character set can be viewed on screen and SAVEd. The redeeming feature of this package is the diassembler on side two of the cassette. You can list machine code in standard Z-80 mnemonics or assemble your own Z-80 program into machine code. The program is very compact, user-friendly and relatively crashproof. The package, called Spectrum Software, is available from Spectrum Software, [redacted]. All five programs can be obtained for £7.95 or you can have any two for £4.95.

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