This page contains copies of reviews and other articles
extracted from various period magazines.
This page started as a place to host scans of the pages
that I had ripped from various magazines back in the '80s, however, as I started to get into it, I found that many more
articles are still available on the internet, albeit that they
can be somewhat difficult to find. I have attempted to make this
a bit easier for you and downloaded or linked to as much as I
can find. If you know of more, please let me know.
This information comes from long defunct publications
and all of it is almost 30 years old. I don't imagine that the
original copyright holders, if they are still around, are
vaguely interested in these pages, but if anyone has issues with
me making this information available, let me know and I will
remove the offending article(s).
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"The Home Computer Course", "mastering
your home computer in 24 weeks". Orbis Publishing, 1983/84,
"the first complete guide to the world of home
computers, specially designed to help you make the most
of your machine." (Their words, not mine). The Memotech MTX512 appeared in
issue 20 (I have the complete set of this work in the
original binders.) (ds) |
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Orbis also published "The Home
Computer Advanced Course" in 96 issues in
'84/85. The
Memotech RS128 appeared in issue 48
I don't have a copy of this edition of the magazine, but it can be
found in the World of Spectrum archive. |
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"The Home
Computer Advanced Course" also did a feature on
Memotech Computers - the Company. This article appeared in issue 29
Again, this page is from the World of Spectrum
archive. |
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The first publicity picture of the
MTX500? The MTX500 was announced at the Earls Court Computer Fair in June 1983.
This is the Memotech entry from the exhibitors
section of the Exhibition Guide
Pictures from Bradford Timeline's
photo stream |
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"Popular Computing Weekly", 7-13th July 1983 Street
Life - "From the top down" - Interview with Geoff Boyd
and Robert Branton
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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"Your Computer" from November 1983
Review of the MTX500
Article courtesy of John58, through
AmiBay
(posted 09/09/2013) |
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"Popular Computing Weekly", 17-23rd November 1983
"Down Memotech Lane" - Review of the MTX500
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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"Which Micro? & Software
Review" from January 1984 "MTX500 Hits the Streets"
Article courtesy of Paul Robinson, through
AmiBay |
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"Personal Computer Games" from issue 3,
February 1984 Review of the MTX500
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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Personal Computing Today, February 1984
Review of the MTX512
Courtesy of
Jim Wills |
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Digital & Micro Electronics, from Issue No.2,
February/March1984 "Memotech's MTX Computer Reviewed"
by Dick Leslie
A Review of the MTX500 & MTX512 |
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What Micro?, March 1984
"Memotechs Are Made of
This"
Review of the MTX500 by Geoff Baines
Courtesy of Rob Green |
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I had a copy
of the content of the DME "Review" article in text
form before I knew its source.
Since a web
page to host the content has already been created, I
will leave it on line; in whatever format, the review contains
some detailed technical information and is well worth a
read in either form.
In its relatively short life, Digital and
Micro Electronics were a strong supporter of the
Memotech machines and went on to print a number of hobbyist projects for the MTX that you can find in
the Projects
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"Computing Today" from April
1984 "MTX Magic" by Owen Bishop, Review of the MTX500
Article courtesy of Paul Daniels |
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"Computer Technik" from May 1984 (In
German) (scanned 15/08/2012) A German review of the MTX512
- if someone who can read German picks up any
interesting facts in the article, please let me know.
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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"Happy Computer" from June
1984 (In
German) (scanned 28/02/2013) Another German review of the MTX512
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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"Microdata" No. 2 from 1984
(In Norwegian) A Norwegian review of the MTX500
(Courtesy of Yngve Kristiansen. Yngve has also run
the article through Google Translate to convert it into
English, I have posted it
here,
along with a few edits that I have made. Being unable to
read Norwegian, there are still a few incorrect words
and phrases that you might be able to help me with?) |
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"Creative Computing", Volume
10, Issue 6, June 1984 "MTX512 Hardware Evaluation" by
John J. Anderson
Also contains a half page on the Memotech HRX High
Resolution Graphics package. (ds) Downloaded from the
Internet Archive |
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"Creative Computing", Volume
10, Issue 6, June 1984 "MTX512 Hardware Evaluation" by
John J. Anderson
Also contains a half page on the Memotech HRX High
Resolution Graphics package. Much better copy than the
one from the
Internet Archive
Courtesy of Dick Govatski, Sales Director of Memotech
USA in 1984 |
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"Personal Computer News",
issue 67, June
30 1984(+)
"MTX Gets Serious" by Keith Hook
Review of FDX Disk System |
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"Personal Computer World", from October
1984
Benchtest : Memotech RS128
Review by
Tony Hetherington
Downloaded from the
Internet Archive |
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Peter Ensor, "Bits & Bytes"
from October 1984 - a Magazine from New Zealand "A lot
in a Metal Case", Hardware review of the MTX500
Article courtesy of Terry Stewart (Tez) on the
Sinclair ZX World Forum - see
Terry's
site here |
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"What Micro? Test" from December 1984
(scanned 04/10/2012) "Memotech
on the up and up"
Review of the RS128 and the FDX, then priced at £1270.
(ds) |
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Darren Williamson, "The Unsung Hero", January 1985
MTX512 Review
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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Charles P. Rubenstein,
"Computers & Electronics" (formerly Popular
Electronics), January 1985 (USA) Memotech MTX512
Review
Article courtesy of
Michael Holley
"Popular Electronics" was a US hobbyist electronics
magazine started in 1954, in November 1982, it was
renamed "Computers & Electronics". The magazine ceased
publication in April 1985. |
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Dick Leslie, "Digital &
Micro Electronics", August/September 1985 (Issue No. 11)
"Memotech Disc Drive", Review of the Single
Disk FDX System
Article courtesy of Terry Johnson, former editor of
DME, December 2012 |
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"Electronics
and Computing Monthly" from September 1985, by Richard
Sargent (scanned 09/07/2012) Pre-release review of the "Speculator",
which was designed to run Sinclair ZX Spectrum games on the MTX512.
Scan available in
greyscale or
black & white. (ds) |
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"Popular Computing Weekly", 10-16th October 1985,
by Tony Kendle
"Game Choice"- Review of the Memotech "Speculator"
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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"Crash", issue 36, Christmas Special,
December/January 1987
"Is it a Spectrum?, Memotech?, Einstein? - No it's a
Speculator".
"Speculator" review, by
Simon Goodwin
Downloaded from
World of Spectrum, the text is also
available at
Crash-on-line |
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Popular Computing
Weekly, 12-18 May 1983 News Desk Pre-release
announcement of the MTX500
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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Popular Computing Weekly, 2-8
June 1983, Editorial Only a few weeks later, already
describing Memotech's decision to launch the MTX "a
brave" one.
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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Popular Computing Weekly, 23-29 June
1983 News Desk
Release of the MTX500 notwithstanding, Popular
Computing Weekly judged the Earls Court Computer Fair of
1983 "a disappointment". The Editorial echoed the same
sentiment.
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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Popular Computing
Weekly, 23-29 June 1983 News Desk Small article
describing the expansion options for the MTX500 and
promising the release of the SM1!
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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There was a half page news
item on the Memotech MTX in the June 1983 issue of "Your
Computer" The cover picture of that edition featured
the Memotech computer looking markedly different from
the released version. There is no indication of whether
this was a prototype or a simple mock-up but it is
interesting all the same. I believe that the copy for
the magazine would have been at the printers a few weeks
before the cover date so it it likely that development
work was still going on after "Your Computer" had done
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This is the "Your Computer"
news item from the June 1983 issue. The grainy B&W
photo shows what appears to be a keyboard with two
colours as shown on the cover, but with the same logo as
the Earls Court brochure. |
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"Personal Computer News" from
issue 46, January 28
1984(+) "Take a Memo"
by Keith Hook
Techniques for programming text & graphics, includes
program listings listings(+)
- listings available as
PDF or
Open Office (Word compatible) documents |
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"Personal Computer News" from
issue 46, January 28
1984 "Take a Memo"
by Keith Hook
This version was kindly provided by the seller when
advertising the magazine on eBay in 2017, the PDF
includes a copy of the magazine cover page and is much
better quality than the version above. |
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"Personal Computer News" from
issue 47, February 4
1984(+) "Memo
Completed" by Keith Hook
Conclusion of the "Take a Memo" article - diagrams to illustrate
MTX screen modes |
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"Your Computer" from February 1984 Win
a Memotech Competition - includes some details of the
machine too.
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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"Your Computer" from March 1984
"Memotech Memory - An Objective Look at the MTX-500"
by David Miles
(ds) |
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"Personal Computer News",
issue 64, June 9
1984(+) "Mastering
MTX Code" by Keith Hook
Example Graphics routines in MTX assembly language |
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"Personal Computer News", issue 75,
August 25 1984 (scanned 10/07/2012) "Screen Studies of an MTX" by Keith
Hook
MTX Screen handling in BASIC (Also available in text
mode with graphics here)
(ds) |
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R.A. Penfold,
"Digital &
Micro Electronics", August/September 1984 (Issue No.5)
"Interfaces for the Memotech MTX" - Discusses
hardware and software support for interfacing to the
MTX.
Article courtesy of Terry Johnson, former editor of
DME, December 2012 |
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"Personal Computer News", issue 93,
January 5 1985 (scanned 19/08/2012)
"Assembly Tune" by DJ Miles
Producing sound using Assembly Language on the MTX
(ds) |
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Popular Computing Weekly, 14 February
1985, News Desk (added 27/09/2013)
Discussing the exhibitions by Acorn, Sinclair and
Memotech at Technobuch '85 in Moscow as
part of their, ultimately unsuccessful, attempts to gain
access to the Russian schools market.
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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"Personal Computer News",
issue 106, April 6
1985(+)
"Anyone for Tennis" by Keith Hook and M Gaut
Pong type game in assembly language, includes program
listings listings(+) - available as
PDF or
Open Office (Word compatible) documents |
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Popular Computing Weekly, 11 April 1985, News Desk
Memotech and Sinclair were invited back to Russia in the
April of 1985 for further negotiations. |
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Personal Computer News, Issue 108, 27 April 1985,
Monitor Confirming granting of export licenses to
Memotech for the sale of MTX computers to the Eastern
Block. |
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Your Computer, May 1985, Editorial Describing the
potential opportunity in Russia and noting "Memotech as
"the surprise front runner". From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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Popular Computing Weekly, 18 July 1985, News Desk The
writing is on the wall - the first order goes to MSX! |
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Popular
Computing Weekly, 27 March -2 April 1986 News Desk
News of the demise of Memotech Limited and the re-launch
of Memotech Computers under Geoff Boyd
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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Popular
Computing Weekly, 12-18 May 1986 Letters
Not an
article as such, but a letter from a "user" of the MTX
computer, extolling its virtues and displaying
remarkable "insight" into Memotech's future plans. I was
pointed to this letter by Tony Smith's
Memotech 30th Anniversary article on The Register
web site. Given the detailed knowledge displayed by the
writer, Tony postulates that "Philip Arkley of Acrington"
was more than likely a pseudonym for Keith Hook!
From the World of Spectrum archive. |
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Popular
Computing Weekly, 26 Jun-2 July 1987 Letters
Another
letter from a different MTX user, A F Wilson, praising
the MTX.
The same
edition contained a PANEL
Copy Utility written by him too
From
archive.org
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