The Event The Acorn User Show is to be held at
the International Centre in Harrogate
on the 22, 23 and 24th of April this
year. Opening times are from 10am to
5pm each day.
It all looks very exciting to be
honest. Over 60 exhibitors are to be at
the show, you name it, they are there.
Ticket prices: IN ADVANCE AT THE DOOR Adults £4.00 £5.00
Under 16 £2.00 £2.50
Family £10.00 £13.00
The Good News 8-Bit Software has been allowed
exhibition space in the "Club Corner".
We will be in an area along with The
Wakefield User group, The Arm Club and
Illusions Disk Magazine. There will be
plenty of room for as much gear as I
can carry there. I plan to take my Beeb
and Master, printer, two twin drives
and a single drive. I may also take my
sound sampler and maybe some other odds
and ends of hardware that I have been
promised. Plus a backup of the PD pool
and a large number of blank discs.
The Idea 1. Show everyone how fantastic 8BS is.
2. Collar a load of new members.
3. Meet you lot.
4. Sell loads of copies of TBI-00 and
the latest issue.
Already, I have had a couple of
volunteers to help but more are
urgently required. I am compiling a
list of people that are willing to pop
across to Harrogate and help out.
Helping out means sitting in a comfy
chair and having a chat with other
computer loonies for maybe a morning,
an afternoon, a day or a couple of
days. What I really need is at least
one person, preferably two other people
present with me at all times on 22, 23
and 24.
Anyone volunteering to help will of
course be entitled to a pass for the
show. I have been allowed a couple of
extra passes for this. Therefore, if
you are willing to help out, please let
me know as soon as possible. Write or
ring and let me know when you can help
out. If you cannot spare a full day,
just a morning or an afternoon would
help a great deal.
If you cannot come to help, then please
come and say hello.
I have booked that week off as holiday
and shall potter across there on the
21st with my wife Gill and youngest lad
Peter.
OK gentlemen, here it is, your 8BS
wangle to get away to the show. Words
to this effect:
You: "Hey, guess what dear."
Wife: "Oh no! Are you on that computer
again, I thought I told you to
paint the windows. What do you
want?"
You: "No. I have just read here that
there is the international flower
show on in Harrogate on the 22,
23 and 24th of April. Apparently
it is the biggest and best show
in the country. Do you fancy
going?" OPTIONAL BIT NOW "We
could spend a couple of days
there in a hotel."
Wife: "Coo, yes, let's go"
I leave the rest to you.
If that fails, try this:
AMARILLIS
Anyone requiring further details or
advanced bookings should contact:
Safesell Exhibitions Limited
Market House
Cross Road
Tadworth
Surrey
KT20 5SR
Tel. 0737 814084.
You may also contact me if you would
like maps/directions or other info
about the event.
Oh you lucky people! A few members can
have free tickets to the show. These
tickets have been donated to 8BS by the
organisers of the show for me to give
as prizes for a competition.
No difficulty at all in deciding on the
competition. Here it is:
At the show, I shall make available one
of my computers, probably the BBC, for
the visitors to the show to fiddle
with. I intend to have a few puzzle
type programs that are
colourful/ingenious/novel/amusing etc
etc. I shall give away the tickets to
the first few members that submit
programs that I could use in this way.
If you don't want a ticket but have a
good idea or a good program that would
fit the bill, please send it in to 8BS.
Guidelines.
A few ideas really:
The program should be colourful so
that it attracts the attention of
passers by. It should be fairly taxing
but quick to complete. A spectacular
reward at the end.