8 BIT SOFTWARE
From: 15A (Steven Flintham)
Subject: 'Software History' article
I found this very interesting but I
can't seem to find a reference to the
author/submitter anywhere in the
magazine. Is there any chance of a
follow up article?
From: 15A (Steven Flintham)
Subject: Brian Raw's Small C article
I found this very interesting as I
personally never got very far with
Small C. I had no previous experience
with C when I started using it and I
could never be sure whether it was my
fault or the compiler's when something
didn't work.
I did try it again about a month ago
and managed to compile a small program
with it, although it took ages. I was
using a 40T ADFS disc though -
perhaps someone with a better system
could let me know what the compilation
speed is on it, just as a matter of
interest?
I'd also be extremely interested if
anyone who has one of the commercial
BBC C compilers could write an article
describing it, especially if they have
also had experiences of C compilers on
other systems.
(Although I haven't been all that
complimentary about it, I'd like to
stress that I am still very grateful
to the author of Small C for releasing
it into the public domain - I couldn't
even approach writing a C compiler
myself.)
From: 15A (Steven Flintham)
Subject: Martin Wilson's articles
I thought that the articles about the
Amstrad NC100 and the BBC sales
brochure were very good. I might even
buy an NC100 myself if I ever find a
really cheap one. I'd really like a
cheap portable but I don't really need
one (I make about six train journeys a
year when I could use one but that's
about it) and there are so many other
things I want to buy as well...
To: 999 (all members)
From: K8G (Jonathan Harston)
Subject: Archiver Program
Well, I prefer my version of Archive,
oiginally written by Andrew Black and
rewritten by me to be faster and
friendlier. The only thing it can't do
that Chris's can (at the moment) is
extract single files from an archive.
BLAM!