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Filename: R/+AMSTR1
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File size: 18CB bytes
Load address: 52204556
Exec address: 4D412B2E
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File contents
                       Product:    AMSTRAD PCW16X
             Approx. price:    Less than `100 (second hand)
                   Reviewed by Ross Little in EUG #54

SOME years ago, when I was checking out the high street stores before 
buying my PC, I stumbled across this curious looking beast in Dixons. 
Dubbed the Amstrad PcW16, this was quite unlike any of the tortuous
PCWs I had avoided in the past. In fact, it wasn't even similar to any
PCs, Macs or Acorns I had seen, despite its graphical user interface. 
This little creature, humbly referring to itself as a word-processor,
was the simplest but most productive lump of silicon I had seen (ex-
cluding pocket calculators).
   Virtually every step took me by surprise: when you pressed the on
button, it actually took you straight to the program menu! Just when I
had got used to the PC philosophy that to see a menu option within the
first three minutes was an unreasonable request... (Of course, I 
totally disbelieved the salesman when he said it turned straight on. I
assumed he had just turned the monitor off! How naive!)
   When you saw the menu, you could select between the word processor,
spreadsheet, address book, diary and alarm, calculator and the file
manager tool. Excuse me? I was beginning to get the impression I could
actually use this as a reference tool because of the way it turns on
(and off) virtually instantly. So I could actually retrieve my phone
numbers and bank statement without waiting for the PC's five minute
down-time? And look up instantly all the letters I wrote in the past
year without needing copious printouts?! Ok, sounds a bit unreal but it
gets even more bizzare. The guy told me that if you set an alarm to go
off, the machine would actually SWITCH ITSELF ON before relentlessly 
beeping for a few minutes to remind you that its Laura's birthday today
or whatever! I was left wondering what was wrong with the PC philosophy
...you know, the one where you set the alarm and it tells you about the 
appointment the next time you turn the computer on. Normally a week
late.
   Oh, there was just one more thing. Pretty important though. With word
processed files stored in almost pure ascii, a long file was only around
7k. It had about 1Mb of memory (small even then) but the 172k or so for
files went a long way. But there was a big, big bonus. The backup option
(just four clicks away from the startup screen) would save the ENTIRE
system, complete with settings, to just a SINGLE floppy disk. Now do you
EVER remember a computer where you could backup the system to just one
disk costing 59p from Argos? Having been brought up on a diet of Micro-
soft and Intel, I had to carefully consider whether to ditch my reli-
gious fervour for storing every file on a 1Gb disk and hoping Windows 
wouldn't crash...today. And who knows, maybe once a year I could back up
the system onto fifty floppy disks. Though I'd obviously lose every 
system setting I'd made over the past few years. Hmmm, now I'd be back-
ing up data every three days, safe in the knowledge I simply COULDN'T
lose a file.
   But hey, there was a catch. There's always a catch. It cost `300. And
it wasn't much use without a printer. That cost `100. And four big ones
was just too much for me then. I needed a PC for the flexibility at 
college and the two would have set me back more than a grand. So I had
to sell my sanity to Mr Gates and I left the shop with a wistful look in 
my eyes, knowing that one day that machine would be mine. Chances are it
would have been someone else's first, but it would be mine in the end. 
And I would never part with it.
   Eventually it was. I gladly paid `160 for a secod had PcW and Canon
BJC 4100 in August 1999. At long last, I had a computer (to call it a
word processor is patronising, I tell you!) which was fast and efficient.
But the most noticeable thing was that it made no noise. Whatsoever. I
was used to a fan and a hard drive. Apparently, they're for wimps. The
PcW likes its chips served hot, and stores all its memory in battery
backed RAM. You know that 1Mb I mentioned? Well, that's the lot. But it
goes a long way. So does a mere 16 MHz of speed. Even the darling Elec-
tron ran at 4 MHz or so (correct me if I'm wrong) but this machine
manages a full graphical interface and then some.
   Taking the programs in turn, obviously I can make plenty of gripes.
The main point to note, though, is that I use almost every function of 
the programs and so I know what the computer is doing, or trying to do.
In other words, I am in control. It doesn't try to second guess me, or
deluge me with options. It is up to you whether you are prepared to
sacrifice the extra functionality - no internet, clip art, and only a
few games or extra programs. But you get more than your money's worth in
efficiency.
   First the word processor. Just two fonts but it will do italics,
bold, underline and plenty of sizes. Generally, the printouts are in-
distinguishable from a PC. They are just much easier to do. Sadly missed
is the vertical scroll bar. This is purely down to a lack of compu-
tational speed, but using keyboard buttons to page up and page down does
feel primitive and inflexible. It boasts a comprehensive spell checker
(it doesn't bother with a grammar checker. As if I could understand them
anyway). The machine can, of course, be turned off just by flicking the
power button from inside the wp. It will go and save your file, sort out
anything else automatically and then shut down. Nice and classy. And if
you want, when you turn it on again it will go and enter the wp (or
whatever program you were using) and load up the file you were working
on ready to continue. So much more practical than a PC but a fraction of
the price.
   The only program where you will notice the lack of speed is the 
spreadsheet. You can opt to have the autorecalculate function on or off
(one of the system settings never forgotten because of the good backup
system). Either way, though, you won't be too happy. On the one hand,
you can guess which values are rendered invalid by any changes until you
update the spreadsheet with a simple button press, or you can let the
spreadsheet update everything (slowly) after every entry.

                                  * * *
 
              This review is continued in the file R.+AMSTR2

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