As the issue was more than full before
the deadline, a lot of messages quite
simply would not fit onto the first
disc. These messages are of various
types all put together into one file.
Help offered, help requested and for
sale.
To: 999 (all members)
From: D5J (B.Thorogood)
Subject: "SCRIBE" and "VIEWSHEET"
Can anyone supply me a Manual for
'Scribe' together with a 'Utility
Disc' as this is needed to start the
system off. Also I require a Manual for
'Viewsheet' Can anyone help?
This is my first message to 8-Bit.
Please telephone anytime on 01237
424814.
Many Thanks.
To: 999 (all members)
From: K3Y (Lorna Jenne)
Subject: Part 2 on Stylus Ink-Jet
Printer
Sorry about delay in this but I have
been using the Stylus + Interword
+Intersheet to produce my friend's
M.Sc.thesis-16,000 words, long job but
managed with all those effects double
height/bold/condensed/double
underlining etc all using the STAR
program (Now sent to Chris for
library, need to copy on to blank disc
before running. EDITOR..(ON TBI-68)
Now about Graphic printing with the
Stylus. Using all the screen dump
programs I had (for 9 pin printers) the
pictures were very faint. I got the
Acorn User Disc for 1988 which had 24
pin dumps and there was a lot of
improvements, but the dumps were
quite small.
Better results were found using a
program from AU August 1988 Hints &
Tips page 43. The idea is that this
converter takes 8 pin graphic data and
converts it to 24 pin. It can also be
used with Screen Thief/Dumpout 3 and
Dumpmaster so making the Screen dumps
more versatile (in all cases some
problems are found like changing the
place where it is loaded) But without
a straight forward sceen dump for the
Stylus, it is worth playing about with
the programm to make it work.
(Copy on Same Disc as Star) TBI-68
The only other way I have used the
Stylus is with Wapping Editor a DTP
package, this has normal/High
resolution dumps. Using the High
resolution, a reasonable dark picture
is obtained, which is very good if you
want to photocopy the results.
Until some one writes a special dump
for the 48 Pin Stylus (This is beyond
me, I am afraid) this is the best I
can do to get graphics.
The results are not brillant but
useable.
My latest purchase is an Integrex
Colourjet Classic which emulates the
Integrex 132. This is supported by both
Screen Thief and Dumpmaster, so no
problems in printing graphics.
To: 999 (all members)
From: K3Y (Lorna Jenne)
Subject: For Sale
I have a number of items for sale
which belong to the College of Nursing
where my friend Carol works. They have
given all their Beebs to a Primary
School and one tutor was vainly trying
to sort out what was left.(The
Computer manager was made redundant)
and they were completely amazed to
know that I might be able to sell
beeb bits and pieces. Like all
hospitals they need the money!!!
Most prices include postage but large
items have postage extra
I have tried to check out the ROMs
discs etc and all seem to work. But
they have not had extensive testing!!
Watford Co-processor Adaptor - fitted
with the Master co-processor Turbo
board 65C102 +User Guide and Disc.
This can be used with B,B+ or Master
I used it with Reading University's
Statistic package. It is faster than a
6502 second processor Cost 30 +
postage £4 (weight 2kg.)
Watford Co-processor Adaptor - fitted
with a 512K 80186 Board + manual+Gem
Package (need to have a mouse for Gem)
and also need 1770 DFS & ADFS ROM
Can be used with BBC B,B+ or Master
Cost 30 + postage 4
-------
Support Disc for Turbo 65C102
processor (x3) 1.20 each
(DFS 40T contains Hiedit, Hibasic)
Masterfile II Beebug Soft,ADFS Disc
Database + manual 2.50
Master Series Reference manual Part 1
and 2 - 5 for both + postage 2.50
Trival Pursuit DFS 40/80 for BBC B
Boxed with instructions 2
Printmaster Rom for Star printer
Untested 2.50
Spellcheck II (Beebug) Rom+disc +
manual 3
Spellcheck III (on an Eprom + disc no
manual but can include a photocopy of
Spellcheck II manual) 2.50
MicroTEXT Plus Eprom+ 2 disc
Interactive Presentation of
information program from National
Phyiscal Laboratory lots of on screen
information on use. 4
MEGA Rom Computer Concept (contains
InterWord, InterSheet, Interchart)
+ all 3 manuals 30
Interword Rom +Manual 10
Interbase Rom +Disc+Manual 10
Master Z80 MCP2.02 Rom (untested) 1
Various disc etc for TORCH SYSTEM
Rom MCP 1.01CB
System Disc TSD 0106
Wordstar x2
Hard Disc Utilies V 4.62
Standard Utilies V2.10
Perfect Filer/Calcand Writer
(I donot know anything about all these
and they are untested) If intetested
can have for a donation ?)
Wordwise Plus Rom + manual
WE Word Aid Rom.
7 discs including WordEase,Hi Wordwise
Plus,Welcome utilities, WW+ Handbook
Norwich Computer Service. all for £20
Interchart Manual 1.50
Intersheet Manual 1.50
BBC Micro Rom Book (B.Smith) 3.50
BBC B User Guide 3.5
AMX Super Art Package on Disc to load
into Sidways Ram on Master as need 4
banks of SW Ram. +Manual + extra disk.
AMX Utilities on Disc + manual
AMX Desk on Disc + manual ALL for £20
AMX PAGEMAKER on disc to load into
Sideways RAM (2 Banks)+ System Disc +
Font disc + Manual
Extra! Extra! Utilities for Pagemaker
on Disc + Manual +Clip Art Disc
All for £20
or make me an offer!!
Phone all day (before 9.00pm)
0181 670 6665 (South London)
To: 999 (all members)
From: D2N (VIC HORGAN)
Subject: WANTED & HELP (Again)
A voice crying in the wilderness.
My plea for information on the
availability of:-
(1) CDS Software Ltd.'s COLOSSUS 4
CHESS for BBC & Master 128 on 5.25in
discs.
(2) A New,Unused, or even hardly Used
MASTER 128 COMPUTER to use as a spare
when,inevitably, my present 128 goes
on strike.
(3) The name of a firm,organisation,
shop or member that will mend tired
and ageing BBCs & Masters.Preferably
not in the Outer Hebrides or Scilly
Isles (I live near Oxford).
which I sent in last month was
probably too late to be published in
Issue 41.This is just a reminder to my
new-found associates that I am still
in a highly fraught condition
-expecting my computer to blow up any
minute,being consistantly thrashed at
chess and constantly reading the
glossy brochures about the Archimedes.
Never one to miss an opportunity, I
would like to add a comment which
really should be in another section.
This is my second Disc Magazine
issue and I find it even more
informative and interesting than the
first.Chris Richardson and his
helpers are doing a great service to
all faithful Beeb owners.
Victor J.Horgan
24 Kings Lane,Harwell Village
Didcot, Oxon. OX11 OEJ
Tel: O1235 834544.
To: 999 (all members)
From: D2N (VIC HORGAN)
Subject: WANTED & INFORMATION
Back again.Been away for 6 months (in
Scotland,not prison).Hope the
Group,Chris and his helpers are still
prospering.
Thanks for the help in obtaining a
spare Master 128.I would still like
to obtain:
COLOSSUS CHESS 4 for Master 128 on
5.25 Disc.It was issued by CDS
Software Ltd. but they no longer
supply it.
If COLOSSUS CHESS has vanished from
the planet I would welcome any other
really good CHESS game.Price no
object (within the limits of my
pension).
Vic Horgan
Tel: O1235 834544
P.S. Am I the most geriatric of the
Group's members? I am 75 and have
been using computers since 1965 and
the BBC (and then the Master) since
1982.
To: 999 (all members)
From: K2K (Peter Davy)
Subject: 100 People/100 Pounds Puzzle
in TBS Magazine Disk no.45.
2J3's solution takes more than 5
minutes on my Master-128. By
restricting the range of men + women +
children tested to just those which
add up to 100 a much faster solution
results. My solution, to be found
elsewhere on this disk, uses two
nested FOR-NEXT loops and produces the
answer in a couple of seconds.
My program may be used to discover
figures for similar puzzles. All that
is needed is to change the numbers for
the number of people, the total sum of
money and the money received by each
class of person and then run the
program to see if there is an answer.
In the following examples I have left
the number of people at 100 and the
total cash at 100 pounds. To be on the
safe side change the figure 9 in line
30 to 100.
Change the .125 in line 60 to .25.
This means that children get 25p
instead of 12.5p. When the program is
run, two answers are found:
Men 10pounds Women 50p Children 25p
7 27 66
6 66 28
Change values in line 60: 10 to 6, .5
to .8 and .125 to .2
Men 6pounds Women 80p Children 20p
11 27 62
5 85 10
One set of figures I tried gave 12
answers:
Men 5pounds Women 1pnd. Children 50p
11 1 88
10 10 80
9 19 72
8 28 64
7 37 56
6 46 48
5 55 40
4 64 32
3 73 24
2 82 16
1 91 8
0 100 0
The only figures I tried which gave
just a single answer were:
Men 10pounds Women 50p Chil. 37.5p
6 38 56
It would be possible to write a
program to systematically vary the the
total sum of money, the total number
of people sharing it and the sum
received by each class of person. But
is it worth doing?
To: 999 (all members)
From: D2G (Neil Parry)
Subject: Colossus 4 Chess
HELP !!!!!!!! HELP !!!!!!! HELP!!!!!
Can anybody help me..
I am looking for Colussus 4 and I cant
find it anywhere, I have looked for it
all over the place but know one can
help me it just seems to have
disappeared form existance.
Please help from a frustrated Chess
Player.
Also has anyone got a Helicopter
flight simulator apart from Combat
lynx.
Contact me at:
Neil Parry
17 Coke Street
Bathside
Harwich
Essex
CO12 3HP
Or Phone: (01255) 506620
No I'm not joking about my address it
is real, the number of people that
think im taking the P*!S is unreal....
Thanking you in anticipation..
A Frustrated Chess Pilot..
To: 999 and L1M (Janny Looyenga)
From: K5K (David Robinson)
Subject: .BMP to BBC Image Conversion
No, you didn't miss anything!
I just haven't got round to finishing
off the documentation yet.
The CHEETAH pics (ADFS) were early
results, I have improved the programs
quite a lot since then. Results in
MODE 2 are pretty good!
I hope to submit the conversion
programs, documentation and a 'slide
show' of converted pictures very soon.
To: 999 (all members)
From: K5K (David Robinson)
Subject: HP DESKJET PRINTERS
Having just bought a Deskjet 600 &
colour option, not even unpacked yet,
does anyone have a screen dump program
for one?
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