Crumbs!
Well, I
didn't
know that
I have been in touch with Paul Harvey
of ByteBack the brand new computer mag.
I have received issue 1 and 2. They are
6"x8" 15 paged leaflets in black and
white. They contain several scanned
pictures.
The magazine contains news, software
and hardware reviews. There is a
computers in education section,
letters, PD section and adverts.
The magazine is quite entertaining and
is worth a look.
The price is 1 pound for each issue.
75p for the mag and 25p for postage.
You can subscribe in advance for up to
12 issues.
Write to:
ByteBack
33 King Henrys Mews
Enfield Lock
Middlesex
EN3 6JS
Make cheques payable to P.Harvey.
Some of the teletext files in 8BS
magazines are too large to fit into
memory in one go. So the BREAK key is
programmed to load in the next file
instead of re-booting the menu.
It would appear that on some MASTER
machines with certain configurations,
pressing BREAK does not load in the
second file as intended, but re-boots
the menu instead.
For this reason I have included the
option to load the second part of an
article from the menu.
Try writing to:
Destroyed Realities
82 Main Street
Pembroke
Dyfed
Wales
SA71 4HH
I understand that this is another
gestating computer mag.
With only one or two exceptions,
absolutely everyone has used the 8BS
messaging system. I would like to thank
you all for making the effort and
making Steven Flintham's program work
so well.
I would also like to thank those
members that have taken the effort to
comment on the program and offer
suggestions for improvements.
Maybe Steven will take some of the
suggestions on board (particularly the
word wrap idea) at some stage.
Keep up the good work everyone.
How about someone drawing some teletext
pictures? I don't seem to have had
enough time to produce any recently.
BBING
The post office is to put up it's
charges on November the first.
First class goes up to 25p.
Second class goes up to 19p.
While on with the Post Office, here are
some guidelines issued by the Royal
Mail:
Preferred Envelope Sizes:
Length Depth
Maximum 240mm 165mm
Minimum 140mm 60mm
They should be oblong in shape with the
longer side at least 1.4 times the
length of the shorter.
Printing should be black on a white
background.
Tape over the sharp edges of staples.
Pack computer discs, audio and video
cassettes in a minimum of 100mm of soft
material.
Having said all this, in the time that
I have been receiving 8BS stuff through
the post, I have NEVER had any problems
at all. Twice I have received envelopes
with loose coins in that were nearly
falling out, but that is all.
Members having requested details about
light pens please bear with me, I have
not forgotten you. John Ilsley who can
get light pens knocked up quite cheaply
has been out of action for a while and
has therefore been unable to respond to
requests for details.
Here is a list of people that I have
been in contact with who you might want
to contact. The addresses may be
mentioned elsewhere in the mag.
Alan Blundell
BBC PD
18 Carlton Close
Blackrod
Bolton
BL6 5DL
Paul Harvey
ByteBack
33 King Henrys Mews
Enfield Lock
Middlesex
EN3 6JS
Frisky Clams (no reply yet)
37 Cassiobury Drive
Watford
Herts
WD1 3AA
Destroyed Realities
82 Main Street
Pembroke
Dyfed
Wales
SA71 4HH
James Farmer
JJF PD
49 Hollyberry Close
Winyates Green
Redditch
Worcs
B98 0QT
Ron Marshall
Solinet
41 Westbrook Drive
Rainworth
Notts
NG21 0FB
Joel Rowottom
Mad Rabbit PD
PO BOX 4
Crigglestone
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 3XE
The article and program by Steven
Flintham on issue 29 is the new 8BS
competition. Have a go at writing a
file for this. I shall give the new
competition an airing in issue 31.