To: 999 (all members)
From: 19F (Theo Gray)
Subject: TO ALL PC USERS OUT THERE
A few weeks ago I finished writing a
brillant (or so I think anyway), version
of Tetris. Its name is Tetish. If you
own a PC, then this game is for you. It
should run on any PC 286 or higher
(maybe lower, I don't know), with EGA
or higher resolution monitor. 1Mb of
memory is plenty. It may work with
less, although I don't know. It should
work with any version of DOS (apart
from 1.x probably), and was written in
Turbo Pascal. I would like to release
it as shareware, so if anyone is
interesed, please send me 1 disk (3.5"
only) +60p+p&p, or `1.40+p&p. I only
have HD disks, but I can convert them to
DD if you want me to. Please send any
money and disks to:
Theo Gray
'OAKINS' Eaton Bray Road,
Northall,
Dunstable,
Beds,
LU6 2EU
To: 999 (all members)
From: K3U (Lol Simmonds)
Subject: Messaging System
Why is it that some messages come up
like this
* [*@
odd characters rubbish etc
+*? [[[
bleah. ?
UPDATE.....19/APRIL/94
I've just received iss 34 and I
couldn't read the editorial, so I ran
the disk repair program from the disk
user I sent Chris and low and behold it
ran....ish. So maybe it's the crappy
BT disks I'm using.
To: 999 (all members)
From: K5N (Stan Doran)
Subject: PRISM MODEM (Micro Net)
I have an old modem that I have not
used since Prestel closed down Micro
Net a few years ago. Does anyone know
of any BBs that can be contacted using
this type of modem? I think the rate
used is 75/1200.
To: 999 (all members)
From: 2J3 (Chris Richardson)
Subject: Notepad article Issue 35
K2O apologises for a slight slip in the
notepad comparison article in issue 35.
He stated that the NC100 has a 128K rom
whereas it in fact has 256K rom.
To: 999 (all members)
From: K2F (John Davis)
Subject: Anagrams
Can you solve all these anagrams,
using all the letters of the word in
red to make the blank word(s) in each
sentence. And can you do it without
the aid of technology, using only your
little grey cells?
The SENATOR was charged with ------- .
Who's that RUFFIAN disturbing this
------- ?
That -------- can GENERATE a lot of
energy.
They ------- to parenthood, and
PRAISED the clinic when the baby came,
but all those ------- soon had them in
------- .
It's an exotic new shade of nail
polish, called TOENAIL ------- !
The gardener was MEASURING the
--------- .
And finally, a very famous anagram:
Get that CARTHORSE out of this
--------- !
Answers next time.
For a future competition, Chris, how
about anagrams of "Eight Bit Software"
such as:
Two Bite Gearshift , or
Ghostwrite Fab Tie , or
The Wet Frog's Tibia , or even
Frostbite With Age .
Well, maybe not.
Yours faithfully,
Figwort B. Hesitate.
P.S. An anagram of Chris Richardson
is, rather appropriately, H.R.H. Sir
Acorn Disc . Is this the hand of fate
at work?
To: 999 (all members)
From: K2F (John Davis)
Subject: Hmmm...
My local library is selling off all
its books on the Beeb. Do you think
they're trying to tell us something..?
To: K4V + 999
From: K2F (John Davis)
Subject: Postal Chess
Following your message in the last
issue, why not get another 8BS member
to do battle, chess-wise, in the 999
pages of 8BS, one move per issue. I'm
just a chess watcher, not a player,
but it would be interesting to watch
the struggle unfold. Also, 8BS would
then have to exist until the end of
the game - at least six years, I
reckon...
To: 999 (all members)
From: K4V (Trevor Crapper)
Subject: POSTAL CHESS
My thanks to Graham Gallagher, forgot
your ident silly me! If anyone else
wants some addresses to write to for
further information then please try
these gentlemen:-
Barry Darkin
207 Yardley Avenue
Pitstone
Leighton Buzzard
Beds
LU7 9BE
Reg Gillman
85 Hillyard Road
London
W7 1BJ
Ask Reg about correspondence chess in
general, he is the President of the
British Postal Chess Federation which
is the main body representing most of
the C.C. clubs in Britain.
Stephen Ruthen
Quince House
79 St. Neots Road
Sandy
Beds
SG19 1LQ
There are quite a few more but if you
ak nicely Reg will probably name them,
he may not of course!
To: 999 (all members)
From: K2H (Ron Boyce)
Subject: Alphabetical sorting
Re my request for HELP! (in issue 34)
on alphabetically sorting nine school
registers, I am most grateful to those
8BS members who telephoned me
(especially the caller from Holland)
offering assistance.
Stephan Richardson has kindly offered
to do the sorting (WHEN I have finished
typing in the thousands of names etc.)
This just shows how valuable 8BS
membership can be, and how helpful 8BS
people can be!
EDITOR... Well done everyone!
To: 999 (all members)
From: 0E7 (Fred Nevin)
Subject: ACORN RISC 600 Series
SORRY. THOUGHT I WOULD BE FIRST WITH
THE NEWS BUT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE COME
'FOURTH'.
It would appear that the rumours of a
new Acorn Personal Computer are
correct as details have appeared in at
least one of the mags I have seen on
the news stand.
All you need to purchase one of these
is some `1250 + VAT + whatever else
they decide to charge for the bits and
pieces they forgot to put on in the
first place.
Now dont all rush!!!!!
unless you know where there is an
A5000 going for about `200 being sold
off by a dealer.If so let me know.
......... S T O P P R E S S .........
New Machine Features
Graphics manipulation 6 times faster
than a 486 DX2-66
Low cost processor upgrades
RISC-OS powerful multi-tasking op sys
Low cost access to DOS and WINDOWS
appilcations
Lightening fast manipulation of
still and moving images
24 bit colour supported as standard
Dual processor slots
Up to 256 Megabytes of RAM
3 Basic Options Available
2Mb HD210 @ `1249 + VAT
5Mb HD210 @ `1399 + VAT
9Mb HD420 @ `1699 + VAT
Processor 30MhzARM610
Main Memory 2,4 or 8 Megabytes
Video Memory 0,1 or 1 Megabyte
Expandable to 2,2 or 2Megabytes
Hard Disc 210,210 or 420 MB
3.5" Floppy 1.6 MB
Std Monitor 14" SVGA to 1024x768
Warranty 12 months on site I expect
that this only applies to Micropower
Ltd who solicited my custom via the
Postal Authorities.
Trade UP options
A3000 `140
`3010 `160
A3020 FD `250
A3020 HD `310
A4000 `300
The above prices are 'With Monitor'
'Without Monitor' reduce by `30
These are 'Trade UP' offers by
Micropower Ltd.
Northwood House
North Street
Leeds
LS7 2AA
Tele 0532 458800
The above information is for those of
you that wish to dash off and place an
order before the offer is
withdrawn due to demand exceeding
supply as it is thought that there
will be as usual insufficient
machines to meet normal demand until
late Autumn.
Seems like we have heard this tale
before which if it runs true to course
will no doubt mean a new operating
system by the end of the year which
will iron out all of the bugs in the
one they have rushed onto the market.
Now I wonder what all that makes a
Master 3 years old worth ??? Any ideas
Watch this space for future
developements unless I am beaten to
the post again.
Thats all for now folks
Cheers
All the best
Fred
To: 999 (all members)
From: K2U (DAVID BROWN)
Subject: GENERAL
I THOUGHT THAT ALL THE PROGRAMS ON
ISSUE 35 WERE BRILLIANT. AS A NOVICE TO
THE BBC COMPUTER ALL YOU BEEB
PROGRAMERS ARE A MUST AND OF COURSE
WITHOUT THE BOSS HIMSELF CHRIS
RICHADSON WHERE WOULD WE ALL BEEB
EXCUSE THE PUN. LASTLY ALSO MY THANKS
GO TO ALL WHO HELPED CHRIS PROMOTE THE
BBC 8 BIT CLUB. AT THE COMPUTER SHOW
THE MORE MEMBERS THE BETTER FOR ALL OF
US. DAVID BROWN.
To: 999 (all members)
From: K2K (Peter Davy)
Subject: Palindromic Numbers
The following points refer to the
piece in Program Documentation in the
Magazine Disk issue no.35.
(1) I made a careless mistake in the
sentence which says "It took my
Master-128 about 19 hours to generate
all the palindromes between 11 and
99999999." The figure "99999999"
should be "999999999" i.e. 9 9's not 8
9's!
(2) Thank you Chris for inserting a
MODE7 into my program LAPPY. It is one
of my bad habits to rely on the
computer switching on in MODE7 rather
than including a MODE statement. I get
away with it in my educational
programs as they are all loaded
through a MENU program which does
include a MODE7.
(3) Chris's mention of the use of a
piece of Sellotape to hold down the
SHIFT key has prompted me to reveal
that I use a stapler. It is a rather
heavy one with a little catch to allow
it to be opened up straight. I open up
the stapler to form an inverted V and
rest the base of the stapler on the
table and the business end on the
SHIFT key. It is quite stable and has
never fallen off. A SHIFT weight
working on this principle could be
made from a piece of flat metal strip,
bent to form an inverted V with a
weight fixed near the end of one of
the limbs.
To: 999 (all members)
From: K2K (Peter Davy)
Subject: Flippy Disks
Chris asked in issue no.35 if anyone
knew of a source of low cost "flippies"
otherwise known as reversible disks. I
have used these for many years to
supply copies of my Adult Basic
Education programs. The disks have two
write-protect notches enabling both
sides of the disk to be 0 sides so
that a user with a single sided disk
drive can use both sides of the disk.
My most recent supplier has been
Aardvark Computer Services, Ilkley but
they can no longer find a source of
supply. Un-branded flippies used to
cost rather less than 50p each
including postage and packing compared
with ordinary disks at rather under
30p each.
Reluctantly I have given up any hope
of using flippies in the future. Users
very often have no idea whether their
drives are double-sided or
single-sided.
To: 999 (all members)
From: K5A (Robin Moffatt)
Subject: Northern Ireland
This has nothing to do with
Computers!!
I am studying GCSE history at school,
and I am researching Northern Ireland
for two of my assignments. One of which
is a piece of Empathy, and the other is
an Essay. For the Empathy piece, I have
to express opinions of i) the british
soldiers there, and ii) the people
living there.
If anyone has any experience of either
of these, or any information you might
think useful, I would be very, very,
very (etc) grateful.
If you do have anything then PLEASE
write to me at:
6 Kenbourne Grove
Sheffield
S7 1NH
To: 999 (all members)
From: K5N (STAN DORAN)
Subject: Blackpool Computer Club
Caters for BBCs Masters and Arcs
stillgoing but declining but will
go on while funds (also declining)
allow; a few more years.
Meets every other Monday at Staining
Scout Centre not far from the
Blackpool North turnoff from the M55.
Ring Blackpool (Evenings) 0253 301015
the first meetings in August will be
1st, 15th and most likely 29th B/Hol.
To: 999 (all members)
From: 8J4 (Charles Spender)
Subject: General and help
I completely agree with KB4 Geo Lynch
in approach to those who for various
reasons do not or can not contribute
on a learned scale technically.
Accordingly a premium should be
implemeted.
I did just after Christmas propose
that such members might consider
subscribing a ten pound note with the
January/February issue. Plus SAE etc.
If our earnest mentor can reel out
some 8 or more issues a year there is
a small surplus for the kitty. Chris
will receive this upfront and enable
him to budget accordingly.( Only a
small mental reservation here, it does
of course increase his admin work
somewhat,which he can well do without)
HELP.
EDITOR........ Thanks for the comments
Charles. This discussion will go on for
ever I suppose. The funds tend to
bounce up and down close to the bottom
most of the time and any voluntary
donations are greatfully accepted.
A lot of members give donations of
hardware or cash. Some try to buy up
the library. I would like to keep it
this way so that the people that cannot
afford to pay higher prices, and cannot
write machine code interrupts to answer
the front door can still benefit from
8BS. More comments invited!
When scrolling through the program
with the arrowed keys these will at
times after a few pressings simply
crash and no other further movement
apart from a restart when the same
thing will happen again. I cannot
think this is the keyboard for Chris
developed a program that was
implemented in some previous issues
using named letter keys instead but
alas this only produced the same
result. Consulting with any local
repair shop has only resulted im my
contributing to his welfare with
negative results.
As any other member suffered anything
similar?
Wanted.
Has any member access to a user manual
for a Star FR-1- printer any help
would be appreciated. inter any help
would be appreciated. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
To: 999 (all members)
From: 20G (Roy Dickens)
Subject: TV and Radio programs
Most probably a lot of the members
have been viewing THE NET on Thursdays
about eight pm.-June 23rd was the
final programme in the series. There
is now a Radio programme that is very
interesting THE NETWORK this is on
Tuesdays at 8.30pm.(Have a listen as
you bash the keys). I also find the
Sunday morning (11.00am) TV programme
title COMPUTING FOR THE LESS TERRIFIED
worth a look.
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