Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We continue our exploration of PAGE 6, the UK's first magazine devoted to Atari home computers. By the publication's fourth issue, PAGE 6 had already attained an international audience, with readers and contributors from all over the world. Editor Les Ellingham decided to brand this issue the "International Edition" in appreciation for the worldwide audience.
It's a sign that, although Ellingham had to work hard to get engagement and participation from the community he was building, particularly in these early days, great things were ahead for the magazine.
0:00 Introduction and cover
0:30 Inside cover and contents
4:10 Editorial
8:06 News
15:03 Readers' letters
20:47 Lunar V by Stan Ockers
22:22 Error 17 and User Groups
24:31 Arcade Action: Zaxxon and Qix
30:00 Merlin's Magic Square by Steve Hutton
31:16 Calisto Computers and software prices circa 1983
34:44 Memory mapped screens by Phil Griffin
37:09 Price increase and software reviews in brief
39:44 BASIC timing by David Harry
42:16 Some more software adverts
43:24 Grab an Apple by Jamie Athas and Garry Francis
45:23 Stone of Sisyphus review
48:13 Triad review
50:27 The Search review
53:00 Shaft Raider review
54:52 Up, Up and Away review
56:50 Reviews in brief, including Monkeymath and Four Letter Word
59:32 Disk Sort by Peter Franey
1:00:57 Corrections and Public Domain
1:04:11 First Steps by John Dimmer
1:07:34 Awards and dust covers
1:09:42 BUG Club Call
1:14:28 Closing adverts
Video acknowledgements:
1450XLD brochure: youtube.com/watch?v=wnFftwSxyZ4
1400 XL: youtube.com/watch?v=f0lboRrqzDc
We continue our exploration of PAGE 6, the UK's first magazine devoted to Atari home computers. By the publication's fourth issue, PAGE 6 had already attained an international audience, with readers and contributors from all over the world. Editor Les Ellingham decided to brand this issue the "International Edition" in appreciation for the worldwide audience.
It's a sign that, although Ellingham had to work hard to get engagement and participation from the community he was building, particularly in these early days, great things were ahead for the magazine.
0:00 Introduction and cover
0:30 Inside cover and contents
4:10 Editorial
8:06 News
15:03 Readers' letters
20:47 Lunar V by Stan Ockers
22:22 Error 17 and User Groups
24:31 Arcade Action: Zaxxon and Qix
30:00 Merlin's Magic Square by Steve Hutton
31:16 Calisto Computers and software prices circa 1983
34:44 Memory mapped screens by Phil Griffin
37:09 Price increase and software reviews in brief
39:44 BASIC timing by David Harry
42:16 Some more software adverts
43:24 Grab an Apple by Jamie Athas and Garry Francis
45:23 Stone of Sisyphus review
48:13 Triad review
50:27 The Search review
53:00 Shaft Raider review
54:52 Up, Up and Away review
56:50 Reviews in brief, including Monkeymath and Four Letter Word
59:32 Disk Sort by Peter Franey
1:00:57 Corrections and Public Domain
1:04:11 First Steps by John Dimmer
1:07:34 Awards and dust covers
1:09:42 BUG Club Call
1:14:28 Closing adverts
Video acknowledgements:
1450XLD brochure: youtube.com/watch?v=wnFftwSxyZ4
1400 XL: youtube.com/watch?v=f0lboRrqzDc
