Compute_Issue_031_1982_Dec.pdf

HowTo SelectYour First Home Computer

COMPUTE!

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December

1982

Issue 31

Vol. A, No. 12

63379 £185 in UK

TheLeading MagazineOfHome,Educational,And Recreational Computing

SpecialHomeApplicationsIssue

HowCOMPUTE!Readers

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Computers In The

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