To : 999 (All)
From : 19F (Theo Gray)
Subject: For Sale
I am still offering the Watford
Electronics Printer ROM for £6. Phone
(0525) 220136 if you are interested
after 7:30pm weekdays. Also I have some
software for sale:
-On Tape-
2 Welcome tapes (yes I know, but
someone might want them) 50p each
Shapes (under 5's) - 50p
Monsters )
Missile Base )
Meteors ) - 75p each
Snapper )
Bumble Bee )
Missing Signs )
Table Adventures ) - £1.00
Cranky ) each
Palace of Magic (+Map) - £2.00
Play it again Sam 2:
Repton 3, Crazee Rider, Galaforce, Code
name:Droid - £2.00
-On Disc-
Ziggy - £2.50
Knitwear Designer - £4.00
Mini Office II - £6.00
All are originals in original boxes
with instructions (NOT incl. postage)
£21.00 for the lot (incl. postage)
-Books-
35 Educational Programs For the BBC
Micro - Ian Murray
Writing Educational Programs for the
BBC and Electron: A Practical Guide
- Dave Carlos/ Tim Harrison
Help Your Child: Computing, the first
step - Caroline hughes
Disk Systems for the BBC Micro - Ian
Sinclair (a very useful guide to disk
systems, carefully explaining them, and
the jargon associated)
Micro's are Fun )from the ladybird
Projects for Programs )computing series
30 Hour BASIC: Standard Edition - Clive
Prigmore
To : 999 (All)
From : 20G (Roy Dickens)
Subject: Football pools program
Reference the FOOTBALL POOLS program
issue 26.
Unfortunately this program (I wrote it
in 1992) is now a bit out of date. The
drawn match's now have different points
for checking to see if you have won the
jackpot! Also one coupon now charges
more per line. I'll have a go at
updating it in the near
To : 15A (Stephen Flintham) and 999
From : 4G7 J.R. Hay
Subject: The Help Rom 1.01
Further to my letter to Stephen I find
that in loading the Rom Image I did not
*RWRITE the Rom bank and of course the
Helpfile could not load properly.
However, having said that, the details
of the file "BASIC" provided as an
example does load and can be called up
by *HLP keyword, but the file which I
prepared and SPOOLED without codes from
Inter-Word will give me the list of key
words but on calling *HLP (Keyword)
will not give me the detailed text
associated with that keyword.
I happened to have access to a copy of
Mini-Office II and prepared a file on
the WP program using the ASCII file
option to save it, with the same
result. I prepared another file on
Inter-Word and saved it as a 'marked'
section. On calling *HLP I got the
first Keyword and when I called *HLP
'Keyword' I got the first keyword
details followed by the rest of the
file, including the other keywords all
as typed, including the [ which
prefixes the keyword. Has anyone used
this Rom Image with Inter-Word, and
with what results?
To : 999 (All)
From : 15A (Steven Flintham)
Subject: Trivial point - shadow memory
I was looking through a copy of Bruce
Smith's "View: A Dabhand Guide" the
other day when I noticed that it
advised the use of shadow mode 3 (131)
if you owned a high-resolution monitor.
Several other books/articles have
recommended this in the past as well.
What I can't understand is why users
with shadow memory shouldn't use mode
128 (shadow mode 0). It's just as easy
to read on a high-resolution monitor
and gives an extra seven text lines
without using any more main memory.
Does anyone know the reason for this?
To : 999 (All)
From : 4G7
Subject: HINTS ON USING INTER-WORD.
Text :
1. If the BBC B is fitted with a Shadow
Ram Board (in my case an Aries B-32)
and there is no Sideways Ram Image
loaded into the Rom 14 slot, that slot
lies unused. It can be used as a
Printer Buffer.
2. If the WP package is being used
mainly for correspondence the number of
files will soon reach the DFS limit of
31. Even using the Multifile facility
does not help. On the other hand, using
the pages of the package as separate
files can increase the disc capacity
considerably.
The files can be organised:
By name, if a number of letters to a
particular party are envisaged.
By date if a number of letters are
written per day/week/month.
By subject.
Short letters can even be written on
the same page, if:
a. The file is restricted to ten pages,
leaving two pages at the end with which
to juggle.
b. The individual letters are given a
full page to start and after printing
they are re-formatted on to the
previous page, before being SAVEd with
the rest of the file.
c. Re-printing any letter can be
achieved by re-formatting that letter
to a separate page for printing and
then replacing to it's former position
in the file.
d. The cursor is left at the end of the
last letter on the file before the file
is SAVEd, the cursor will be at the
same position when the file is next
LOADed.
3. Once again, if the WP package is
being used for letters it is possible
to load the package and a pre-formatted
page (e.g. letter-head) at the same
time in a !BOOT file:
*BUFFER PRINTER 14
*IW."LETHEAD"
(ESC)
There was an article in A & B Computing
(October 1987) by Jon Vogler 'Down to
Business' which covers the subject of
Integration and devotes over four pages
to the 'Inter' suite of programs of
Computer Concepts and earlier review
articles by Gordon Taylor on Inter-
Sheet and Inter-Chart (September,
November & December 1985), Inter-Word
(August 1986), Inter-Base, (September
1987).
To : 999 (All Members)
From : 4G7
Subject: Wants
Can anyone let me have a copy of the
articles in A & B Computing?:
"Inter-Sheet Review" by Gordon Taylor -
September, 1985
"Inter-Chart Review" by Gordon Taylor -
November?December, 1985
"Exec Files" - January, 1986.
To : 999 (All Members)
From : 4G7
Subject:
Has anyone come across a "TRS-80 Colour
Computer Electronic Book"?
This is a product of Tandy Computer
Products Catalogue No. 26-3141 and
consists of a three-ring looseleaf
binder, the inside rear cover being a
grid of three by four blocks numbered 1
to 12. It is intended to be used by
plugging in to the 'analogue in' port.
What function does it perform and how
does one make use of it? I would
imagine that it was on the market in
1984-86 and retailed at £16.95.
4G7's Name and address....
J.R.Hay
14 Halliburton Way
Galashiels
Borders region