To: 999 (all members)
From: K5A (Robin Moffatt)
Subject: RISC PC compatibility
Having found to my disipointment that
some of my games wouldn't work on the
RISC PC, I was pleased to hear that
The Arm Club had produced a program
that would make them compatible.
Does anyone know how this program
works, or what it is that prevents
the games from working?
To: 999 (all members)
From: K5A (Robin Moffatt)
Subject: Keyboards
When typing I am finding that I am
having to hit some letters to get them
to print. I suspect that this is
because I need to clean the keyboard,
but I don't know how!
Would anyone like to do an article on
cleaning and maintaining the computer?
To: 999
From: K2C (Frank Jones)
Subject: Melvyn Wright
According to my family I am not at all
musical; infact tone deaf! Yet here I
am beating the big drum for any of
Melvyn Wright's "Musical Machine"
pieces. You 'BeeBug' readers know of
him. Afterall on the front page of
the last issue of your magazine,
centre of the nine pictures IS Melvyn
Wright's "Music Machine".
Regretfully,I was not a subscriber
otherwise I would be hounding the
publishers for information. I have
been priviliged to use their 'Magscan'
but have not come up with anything.
Expressed my admiration of Wright and
of another guy called B.A. Bramson who
digitalised Bach's D Minor fugue,
commonly called "Toccata"...sounds
very classical, but I bet 90% of you
would know it should you hear it...the
graphics on the disc, feature organ
pipes. Was told by the fellow
enthusiatic Beeb owner that I ain't
heard nothing yet till I hear Handel's
music called "The Entry of the Queen
of Sheeba". Agony of Agonies, his
disc was corrupted some years ago and
he had never managed to get another
copy. Date around 1985/6.
Can anyone help with any newly
discoverd pieces of Wright or
Bramsons' works or the "Entry of the
Queen of Sheeba"?.
Frank 0845 (Thirsk) 522241
To: 999 (all members)
From: 3PM (DP-J)
Subject: ECONET Info wanted.
I have a Master128 fitted with Econet
board and ANFS ROM. Also 2 dedicated
Master Econet terminals (they have no
other ancillary facilities). Having no
experience of setting up for Econet I
need a look at:-
Econet Installation Guide
" Advanced User Guide
" Level 2(3) File Server Guide
" Level 2(?) Server Manager Guide
" Printer Server Managers Guide
or anything relevant.
Flowchart Ltd (thanks Rushden Roy) did
have these but...too late again... and
they were only 50p apiece!
Any help appreciated/remunerated or
both even.
DP-J, 69 Ashley Rd., Lytham St Annes,
Lancashire. FY8 3EL or 0253 723074
To: 999 (all members)
From: 3PM (DP-J)
Subject: BBC B POWER SUPPLIES
Re comment by K3T in Iss37 the
capacitor prone to failure is 0,1
microFarad, 250v÷MP,fo=4,9MHz.
It is rectangular with dimensions:
height 13mm
width 23mm
thickness 7mm
The pins are spaced 21 mm apart. It is
not an electrolytic type.
Suppliers in my area are limited but
when I find replacements I will let
you know. Mine blew its side out!
WARNING. These power supply units are
of the Switched Mode type and are more
difficult to deal with than other
kinds. PSUs can give you one hell of a
belt hours after you have unplugged so
you must know what you are doing.
Electronics are not my speciality but
I would not think it a good idea to
replace capacitors of any kind unless
essential.
For those interested the following
books will help:-
More Advanced Power Supply Projects
by R A Penfold. ISBN 0 85934 166 6
Library Ref 621.381'044
Published Babani Ltd 1988
Electronic Power Supply Handbook by
Ian R Sinclair. ISBN 1 870775 03 1
Library Ref 621.381'044
PC Publishing 1990
From K7H: !Shawty!
To: 999
Subject: Help
I am presently writing software on an
IBM PC using the Turbo Assembler. Can
anyone help me with this:
I type this code CALL FAR [BX]
but the assembler insists on assembling
it as CALL [BX]
The arrows in this text are in fact squ
are brackets.
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