The home-computer industry has recently seen important changes of fortune for some of its major players, including Sir Clive Sinclair , Alan Sugar of Amstrad, and Bryan Long of Acorn. Their views, plus a look at the latest hardware and software, make up an assessment of changes since the last Micro Live back in March. Also a review of do-it-yourself computer animation software and then, hot-footing it from this year's Computer Animation Film Festival ceremony, Lesley Judd reviews the best of this year's mainframe masterpieces.