P161 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                  September     ¶ The Commodore 64 begins shipping in  the USA. Suggested retail price is  US$595.  ¶ The Jupiter Ace is announced for  only £89.95. It is a ZX-81 competitor  and runs Forth which is a lot faster  than Basic. It has 3K of RAM and a Z80  running at 3.25MHz. It has been  designed by two former Sinclair  employees Richard Altwasser and Steven  Vickers.  ¶ Ceefax strarts the telesoftware  magazine REM.     100-Contents 101-Headlines   Next       Prev       Home        End