Crumbs!
Well, I
didn't
know that
From : 2J3 (Chris Richardson)
Subject : Changes to the TBI pool
As you all know, I am now editing 8BS
issues permanently. I have decided to
make a couple of changes to the TBI
pool.
Firstly, in the past, the pool has only
been available to members. I intend to
change this and make the pool available
to anyone at all.
The second change is the charge. Up to
now the charge for anything in the TBI
pool has been a nominal 10p. This will
remain at 10p for members but will be
one pound for non-members.
For £1.00p I supply the disc and
return postage. Any member may also use
this option if they wish.
I have no plans at the moment to
separate the TBI pool and 8BS. However,
I will keep this as an option for the
future if use of the TBI pool does not
increase.
The TBI pool is increasing in size all
the time. Today (23.6.93) I have added
two discs of satellite pictures. There
are more to come too, showing some
really rough weather from a couple of
years ago apparently.
From : 2J3
Subject : TBI-00 Hot off the press!
Available now from the TBI pool, TBI-00
which contains 8BS info and utilities.
It contains the new catalogue database,
useful info, questionnaires and the
brand new messaging system. The
messaging system and catalogue may be
featured in the next issue, but why
wait? Send off for TBI-00 now!
From : 0E7
Subject : BEEBUG I expect by now you have all heard the
bad news that BeeBug are to cease
publication in April ( I think .) next
year of their 8Bit magazine. This will
leave the market place void of any 8Bit
publications for the BEEB as far as I
know. It would appear to force Beeb
users into the position where they give
up the Beeb and turn to the Arc or PC.
There is one further avenue of escape
still open to us all and I think I
will travel along it once my BeeBug
subscription is exhausted and I have
the time. The escape route is to join
SOLINET and hope that between 8BITPD
and SOLINET there is a large enough
force to keep things going for quite
some time to come. But as they say the
moving finger having writ moves on. It
could appear that we are begining to
see the end as no boubt if BeeBug sales
are falling how long before Acorn
abandon the Beeb?
With this thought in mind for the
future what would the advanced
programmers/users do.What PC would they
buy. If not a PC what Arc set up would
they opt for. Perhaps thay would care
to comment on the matter so I can start
and put my house in order?
From : 2J3 (Chris Richardson)
Subject: Rating questionnaire Some of you have very kindly returned
to me comment files produced by RatQ,
the program on issue 27.
With the comment files some people have
made suggestions. This has enabled me
to produce version 2. Data from version
1 is compatible with version 2 (nearly,
as makes no difference anyway).
In the near future, I may make
available the updated version.
From : 2J3
Subject:
Steven Flintham is adding the finishing
touches to a messaging system for 8BS.
This system consists of a text editor
with which you can write messages to be
forwarded to me. The system asks for
the type of message that you wish to
send, for instance comments, private or
public messages. It will then label the
file accordingly. You then send the
file to me and I can then process it
further.
The real beauty of this system is that
it uses mode 7. It can be used to just
type out plain messages or the more
adventurous can use all the other
capabilities of mode 7, colour, double
height or even a pixel editor to draw
pictures.
See the notes about TBI-00 just ready
for release. You can send off for it
now, there is no 10p charge for TBI-00!
Many thanks to Mick Needham who
reminded me of Duncan Websters original
idea.
In anticipation, many thanks once more
to Steven Flintham for a rapid and
excellent production.
From : 3WU (Fred Price)
GEORDIE BROWNS HEART ATTACK
===========================
When Geordie Brown of Backworth
suffered from a heart attack
he had to leave his work and he
wondered if he would get back,
The doctor said "YOU'L HAVE TO REST
FORGET ABOUT YOUR TOOLS"
and the only thing that he could do was
the football pools.
When he got up out of bed he was far
thinner than a leek
and he had to go for checkups to the
doctors twice a week,
Sometimes he coud'nt get his breath and
that give his wife a gliff
the thought that he could pass out
quick had Martha worried stiff.
He went down to the surgery one morning
about ten
and Martha just sat there worrying
about his heart and then,
There came a knock on her front door
and there on the front step
A fella said "DOES BROWN LIVE HERE" he
seemed a civil kind of chap.
She said "OUR GEORDIE IS'NT IN IM
MARTHA WILL I DO" and the chap said
"O NO I HAVE SOME FORMS THAT HE HAS TO
FILL IN FOR ME,
HE'S JUST WON 60,000 POUNDS HE'S GIVE
THE POOLS A KNOCK"
"EEE" Martha said "YOU MUST NOT TELL
HIM THAT HE'LL PASS OUT WITH THE SHOCK.
"HE'S GONE DOWN TO THE DOCTORS IT'S HIS
CHECKUP DAY TODAY"
And the chap said "OH WELL WHEN I SEE
HIM I'LL BE CAREFULL WHAT I SAY,
I KNOW I'LL TELL THE DOCTOR WHAT HE'S
WON AND I'LL BET HE UNDERSTANDS
HE'LL TELL HIM SO HE DOE'ST HAVE A DEAD
MAN ON HIS HANDS."
He went and seen the doctor before
Geordie had been in
He said "THERES 60,000 POUNDS FOR
GEORDIE IN THIS WIN,
HIS WIFE IS VERY FRIGHTEND THE SHOCK
MIGHT KNOCK HIM OUT
SO I'LL LEAVE THESE FORMS WITH YOU, YOU
CAN TELL HIM WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT".
So when it came to geordie's turn he
heard the doctor say
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON 60,000
POUNDS TODAY,"
"WELL I'D GIVE YOU HALF" said geordie"
THE DOCTORS FACE WENT BLUE THEN RED"
and geordie got the shock all right,
"BECAUSE THE DOCTOR DROPPED DOWN DEAD"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
From : 20G (Roy Dickens)
Nice to see 8-bit (issue 26) praised in
July ACORN COMPUTING with a sixty line
write-up in their PD section.
From : 2J3 (C.J.Richardson)
Subject: The Archimedes debate.
I thought I might stick my
oar in. Not that I wish to enter the
debate, I wish that I had all of the
machines as I am sure that each offers
its own advantage.
This is only an observation anyway. On
25.5.93 I was watching an item on
Newsnight about semi conductors and the
British being at the leading edge of
technology (financed by the Japanese,
there you go). As the interview was
taking place in the research
establishment, I noticed in the
background, nestled amongst all the
very hi-tech looking gear, a good old
BBC Master.