Stricken Prism was quiet last week, but no news isn't good news for the former micro distributor. A spokesman for the official receiver who is examining the company's prospects said that there had been no developments during the week. The aim is still to keep the group trading and to negotiate the sale of some of its divisions.

Amstrad has collected another feather to put in its cap with WHSmith's decision to stock the CPC464 at 50 of its stores. Don't look in Smith's computer departments or business computer centres - the Amstrads will be on sale in separate Computer Shops within certain stores.

Tandy and ACT made their joint contribution to the retail scene last week by kicking off AT Computerworld, which will operate 18 former Tandy shops and 20 ACT outlets. But the planned expansion into Europe has been pushed into the background. The operation will concentrate on the UK, where ACT will also supply machines to those other UK Tandy stores that have business computer departments.

3D animation is promised by Bubble Bus Software (0732-355962) for its first stab at an Amstrad program. Called Hi-Rise, the game features a number of ladders and catwalk screens, each of which can be viewed from four different angles. Hi-Rise (costing £6.99) is due to be released in April 1985, with versions for other machines soon afterwards.

The company that built the VTX5000 modem, OEL of Penrith, has launched an adaptor to coincide with a new telesoftware service from Channel 4. The £125 4-Data adaptor will let owners of Spectrum and Spectrum Plus machines tap into teletext information and download software from Channel 4's 4-Tel service.

Amstrad has snuffed out any hopes of a price-cut to the CPC 464 but its managing director Alan Sugar last week held out the prospect of cheaper disk storage this year. The company is refusing to be drawn into a price war. "We're not reducing our prices," said Sugar firmly. He also nailed the reports that Amstrad would launch a new machine at the LET show at Olympia this week - but you won't have much longer to wait.