Publications: The Working Spectrum by David Lawrence. R.R.P £5.95. Published 1982 by Sunshine Books. Subtitled 'A library of practical subroutines and programs', this book contains twenty-one programs for you to type in and use as you will. Programs include two files, financial organizers, graphic designers, quizzes, various routines and some games.
Each program is presented in a style that I imagine all BBC programs to look...........mind numbingly boring. When typing in these programs you can imagine yourself sitting in some evening class in Esher being taught computer Basic by some twat wearing a loud christmas jumper. Each listing is so devoid of character and humanity that you just hope to God that you will never ever meet Lawrence at a party (that's strange, Amanda has the same fear about Richard Swann.)
Banker looks fairly promising until you realise it doesn't carry forward a balance to the following month. Pretty useful stuff or what? On the plus side each section of Basic is explained very well but will you get past the first program listing without falling into a coma first? If you see this book in a library, try to burn it. (CLAIRE)
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