From: D8J (JOHN ROBSON)
Subject: GENERAL
I LOVE BOOT FAIRS AND SO DOES MY DEAR
WIFE,WE OFTEN GO TO THE ASHFORD ONE IN
KENT, WHERE I MET A CHAP ALSO INTO THE
BBC RANGE OF COMPUTERS WHO PUT ME IN
TOUCH WITH THE 8BS CLUB SO NOW I HAVE
BEEN A MEMBER FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS I
LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THE MONTHLY
DISC FROM CHRIS.
I STARTED WITH THE ELEC. WHEN THEY
FIRST CAME OUT THEN TO THE BBC'S
AND NOW TO THE MASTER OF WHICH I HAVE
TWO THESE MAINLY COME FROM BOOT FAIRS
AND ALSO THE DISC DRIVES AND A LOT OF
OTHER BITS AND PIECES I AM 55 AND I AM
JUST MOVING BACK TO ESSEX MY HOME
COUNTY AFTER THE UMPTEENTH MOVE.
I AM VERY INTERESTED IN UFO'S AND ALL
THAT KIND OF STUFF AS WELL AS THE
PYRAIMDS OF EGYPT.
WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT LOVE FOR ANIMALS
AND WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THE
ARTICLE ON GREYHOUNDS IT SEEMS A GREAT
SHAME THAT MANKIND DOES THIS SORT OF
THING TO THESE WONDERFUL CREATURES
THAT PUT SO MUCH TRUST IN US, I WONDER
WHAT THEIR REACTION WOULD BE IF WE PUT
THE OWNERS THROUGH THE SAME KIND OF
TREATMENT.
NOTHING TO DO WITH COMPUTERS I KNOW,
BUT IF ANY ONE WOULD LIKE A
DISCUSSION ON THE PARANORMAL ALTHOUGH
QUITE NORMAL AFTER YOU KNOW A LITTLE
BIT THEN LETS START I THINK MARTIN 4WL
HAS STARTED THE BALL ROLLING WITH HIS
ARTICLE ON ISSUE 50 OF THE 8BS DISC.
From: K8P (Brian Tallowin)
Subject: advert for poems
Maze of Life published in
Inspirations from East Anglia
Jan 96
Holme Beach published in
Poetic Hideaways May 96 from
Anchor Books
1-2 Wainman Road,
WOODSTON
PETERBOROUGH PE2 7BU
tel 01733-230761
From: 20G (Roy Dickens)
Subject: I am only trying to help!
If CHRIS (our Ed.) needs answers to
help him with his exams. This list
will give him full marks!
Artery -The study of paintings.
Bacteria -Back door to the cafeteria.
Barium -What the doctors do if
treatment fails.
Bowel -A letter like A-E-I-O-U.
Caesarean Section -A district in Rome.
CAT Scan -Serching for a kitten.
Cauterize -Made eye contact with her.
Coma -A punctuation mark.
D & C -Where Washington is.
Enema -Not a friend.
Hangnail -Coat hook.
Impotent -Distinguished, well-known.
Labour Pain -Getting hurt at work.
Medical Staff -A doctor's cane.
Morbid -A higher offer.
Nitrate -Cheaper than day rate.
Node -Well aware of.
Outpatient -Person who has fainted.
Papsmear -Fatherhood test.
Pelvis -Brother to Elvis.
Postoperative -Letter carrier.
Prostate -Flat on your back.
Recovery Room -Place to do upholstery.
Rectum -Darn near killed him!
Rheumatic -Amorous
Secretion -Hiding something.
Tablet -A small table.
Terminal illness -Getting sick at
the airport.
Tibia -Country in North America.
Tumour -More than one more.
Urine -Opposite of "You're out".
Varicose -Near by.
Vein -Conceited, stuck up.
(List taken from a PC PD)
From: D2N (Vic Horgan)
Subject: GENERAL MESSAGES
To Whom It May Concern:
My Message Disc is a mess! Over the
last 3 issues I put in some messages
and adds.Some of these were O.K.Some
others -Chris said- were not on the
disc.It is possible that I
inadvertently ( a euphemism for
"stupidly" ) rubbed them out. Anyway I
apologise to members who did not get
my thanks, etc.Here, on a brand new
virgin disc, are one or two that I
think were missed.
TO D6U (SYD):
Time's Winged Chariot:
Do not apologise Syd. You might be a
month older than I but I bet I LOOK
years older than you. People stop me in
the street and ask if I have had my
telegram from the Queen yet!
I do not feel that I am growing older
just that people around me seem to be
getting younger.
I had two uncles in the Argyle &
Sutherland Highlanders and my mother
came from a long line of
anti-Sassenach Scots.
Your name is not particularly
Scottish, but then neither is mine. It
is Irish - but we keep quiet about
that ! Best wishes. Vic.
TO BRIAN RAW K6N
I do not know if my message of
thanks got through to you.If not then
I am very grateful for the Colossus 4
Chess. It was kind of you.I said in the
original message that I did not know
your address else I would have
written.
Best wishes. Vic.
From: D2N (Vic Horgan)
Subject: GENERAL
A Little Bit of Sentimentality.
(Nothing to do with
computers,modems,software,hardware or
kitchenware.)
I found this poem during a clear out
of the loft.I think I wrote it
hundreds of years ago for my college
magazine.Then, it was a bit of
egotistical show-off.Now, in my old
age, it says something to me about
getting old, losing friends and
nostalgia:
WHEN WE REMEMBER
When we remember how our days once
knew
The warmth of love and friendship
- changing days
The call of youthful ideals ringing
true,
The moments moving in such gracious
ways;
Then we are all constrained to hidden
tears,
To think nostalgic things, to know
regret,
For lost ambitions and the wasted
years,
For friends and places that we once
loved - yet;
Thinking on this, peace comes to us
again,
For we have known some magic fruits
of life,
In love and laughter and in sweet
refrain,
The thrill of challenge, overcoming
strife -
Then sadness flies - we move again
in dreams,
And hidden glory overwhelming seems.
Hope I haven't depressed the other
mature members of the Group.
Right! Back to your
software,spreadsheets and megabytes.
Vic.
From: D2G ((Neil Parry))
Subject: Elephants & Chimpanzees
Mr Richardson brought loads a gear,
and a great thank you from myself to
Johnathan, for giving up his home to a
load of nuts for the weekend.
A Brilliant time seemed to be had by
all. Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whilst at the meeting Paul Clucas
(K6X) and I had a slight dissagrement.
I would like some information from all
the members to settle this
dissagrement.
On one sunny day of the weekend Paul
and myself carried out numerous
experiments to ascertain which was the
correct way of counting sixty seconds
without looking at a watch. (ie
Elephants or Chimpanzees)
I have always been told at school to
count using Elephants (1 Elephants, 2
Elephants.........) At the weekend
Gill phoned Chris (Arr Aint that Sweet)
and he asked her what she thought was
the correct way of telling time, Yes
her answer was Elephants, and her
daughter's answer was Elephants.
As I said above, at the weekend we
carried out several experiments, Due
to circumstances (Beerr, Larrgger), I,
feel that the experiments were flawed.
However Paul was the most accurate
with his Chimpanzees but that was not
the issue. I said that Elephants were
the correct way of telling time, Just
because I can't do it it does not mean
that I am WRONG!.
Please Help To Settle This Argument.
Yours Unfairly
(D2G)
From: D6E (Richard Harker)
Subject: General (Thank-You)
Thank you to everyone who sent me
messages, and helped me with my
Teletext adaptor. In particular,
thanks to Mike Holdaway for the info
on the Morely adaptor, and Derek
(sorry, I've forgotten your surname!)
for 2 ATS ROM images.
From: 15A (Steven Flintham)
Subject: DFS vs ADFS and the 65C02
macro assembler
I've recently been writing a ROM using
the 65C02 macro assembler and as I got
bored waiting for it to assemble every
time I made a change I started
experimenting to see if I could make
it faster. I was using ADFS and when I
switched to DFS I found things went
noticeably faster, although I can't
remember any exact timings. This
doesn't mean that DFS will always be
faster than ADFS, but it does show
that it's worth trying both if you're
doing something disc intensive.
I also found that not having the code
displayed as it's assembled makes a
surprising amount of difference to the
speed (I was using mode 0, though -
it's possible that displaying the code
in (say) mode 7 has less effect).
To: 999 & D6G (Sprow)
From: 15A (Steven Flintham)
Subject: 8BS messaging system
Just to reassure everyone, although
the changes between versions might be
extremely minor I don't just change
the version numbers to make it look
like I've been doing something. :-)
I always feel it's best to change the
version number when I make any sort of
change to make it possible to
differentiate between them easily.
Also, although I perhaps don't stick
to it rigorously, I think of the
version number as having two parts. If
the number is A.BB then A is the
'major revision number' and should
only change if the program has been
substantially altered. B is the 'minor
revision number' and a change in this
indicates a small alteration.
If I made a 'medium sized' change then
it's possible I'd increase B by more
than 0.01 but I haven't had the
occasion to do this yet.
I hope you're all looking forward to
the release of 'MessagingSystem '97'
anyway...
To: 999 & D6K (M Mallett)
From: 15A (Steven Flintham)
Subject: Dual format BBC/IBM discs
This was an interesting hint, although
I haven't had any reason to try it
yet. It's a pity it's not possible to
have the BBC format on side 0 and the
IBM on the other side, as all IBM 5.25
inch drives are double sided (except
possibly some very old ones) while
single sided BBC drives are relatively
common. I don't think this could be
done without special software on the PC
though, which would really ruin the
whole idea.
I haven't tried it, but if you've got
access to an Archimedes with 5.25 inch
drive then I think the following line
will be equivalent to formatting the
disc on a PC:
*Format <drive> DOS/P
You can also use the Archimedes to
copy the files onto the disc, of
course.