From D6G Sprow
For some time I have been tired by
the lack of interest of companies who
used to be at the forefront of BBC
sales - I mention no Watford
Electronics in particular.
Instead of sitting around grumbling I
am doing something about it. Hence
Sprow cubed (the 3 doesn't come out
very well on a BBC - the headed
notepaper looks better)
If you have anything 8 bit Acorn
related that needs fixing then this
is where to come - although my
address applies at the time of
writing I shall be moving in October
to start a degree in Electronics.
All work is guaranteed - indeed if
your circuitry comes back in a worse
state the you sent it in you are
entitled to compensation! Hence you
can't lose.
I am also open to questions you might
have, if I can't answer them directly
then I have an Acorn software boffin
friend who surely can.
I shall also be developing a range of
brand new gizmos and add ons while at
University (making use of their
facilities, if you like). So if you're
tired of seeing the same old wood in
forsale notices then watch this
space.
Noteably see my message about the
Viglen/Care cartridges on this
month's disk. The first of many.
Future projects include Real Time
Clock board,8 Mb paged RAM upgrade
(hmm,may take a while so don't hold
your breath), numerous utility ROMs
and software, printer buffer, BBC slow
motion dial (not software driven),
background digital speech playback
started by an OSEvent (prototype
already up and working) such as
'printer buffer emptying event', and
my latest scheme - real time video
feed on screen in a window (I've seen
it done - can't be all that hard).
As you can see,lots of new blood to
look forward to. But in the meantime
do write to me to let me know what
you want to see, software and
hardware, in the future. As well as any
problems you are having with existing
broken hardware/software.
Letters will not be processed before
June 25th,but after that it's a first
come first served basis.
Also on the disk is 'SOSFIX' which is
a skelton text file on which you MUST
submit your entries, so I can get you
all organised in alphabetical and
chronological order.
It is designed for an 80 column 66
line printer only - I will come up
with a more elegant way of doing this
later...
Contact Sprow at: Robert Sprowson,
6 Bollinbrook road,
MACCLESFIELD,
Cheshire.
SK10 3DJ
Telephone (01625) 431067
8BSmail me on D6G
I do also intend on being able to
accept long files/requests over the
phone by Modem, let me know if this
service is worth starting.