You gave an unusually muted response to the Laughline competition in issue 62 - perhaps you thought it irreverant to lampoon the greatest living Englishman?

There were some pretty hostile deliveries from one or two entrants but when the scorecard was totted up we decided that the most appropriate opening partner was Jon Abbot of Cookridge, Leeds (and Yorkshire). He put the cheery beam on Sir Geoffrey's face down to the fact that he is saying: "I bet it doesn't make its RUNs as fast as me!"

Thanks. Jon, the £20 will be on its way soon; and thanks to everybody else who entered this time round.

Advancing - British micros march on with the Advance 86, featured on the cover and Pro-Tested inside.
Still Spritely - Step this way for the machine code approach to good graphics on the Dragon.
Atari diskola - We look at a drive that offers Atari users more than just storage capacity.
Win an Amstrad - the UK's most talked about micro of the moment is the prize in next week's competition
Gameplay - Reviews of the latest software for the Spectrum, BBC, and Commodore 64.

The Courier in Tunbridge Wells has scooped the world with news of a remarkable peripheral that ACT has managed to keep under wraps so far.

It printed this priceless snippet last week in a piece on the Apricot:

"It weighs only 17.5 lb and the 90 character keyboard fits inside the systems box. There is a separate high resolution monitor but a small liquid crystal display (LCD) screen is incorporated in the keyboard, and a mouse trap."

M. J. Edwards of Tunbridge Wells wins £5 for spotting this for the PCN Gibberish and Misprints Bug Hunt.

We suggest he spends it on cheese.