FROM D9C
Subject: Hello and Help
HELLO, I'm Jeff Gates, a very new
member, and my ID is D9C, which shows
just how new I am. You will have heard
this before- 'I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
BBC MASTERs', which I have been told I
have. Until now I have been using an
Amstrad CPC6128 with Protext ROM, with
a Siren 3.5 disc drive, and an Epson
LQ-100 printer....I swopped an Amstrad
464 with some bits, for my BBC Master
with a double 5.25" drive, and quite a
few blank discs, but no Welcome discs
or manuals....I have already been in
touch with Chris as you will gather. My
main interest in life is researching
the Flying-boats of the RAF....Over the
years I have typed out the equivalent
of 14 A4 ring-binders of notes....Then
a brilliant idea 'why don't I put it
all on disc?', hence the CPC. Of course
I soon found out that I could not put
line drawings onto the screen...In my
70's, I thought it would be rather
stupid to go out and buy a new PC, so
here I am full of questions.. ...Chris
has told me that he can 'scan' anything
for me, for which I am very grateful,
but I am an exiled Yorkie, self-imposed
I might add, so I would like to be able
to do things for myself ...I know years
ago there was a digital tracer on the
market, which I am told would be
suitable for my needs, is there one
going spare?.....I am not a player of
games, I will only be using 'VIEW'. As
cash comes to hand I will be getting
the manuals from Chris, but if anyone
feels he would like to drop me a line,
or if you live near, drop in, you are
always in for a cup of coffee....
Where do I live I hear you ask!
2 Longfield Rd, Litherland, Liverpool,
L21 8LB, Tele No 0151-933-3328,
I am in every afternoon and evening.
Cheerio Jeff.
From: D7Y (Andrew Medworth)
Subject: Disc Duplicating
Recently I bought the Disc
Duplicator III software from Chris
(BBC-132), which the PD catalogue
states to be "a very successful
protected disc copying program".
The problem is, though, I can't make
it work. The copying programs run
fine, but the copy never works. It
worked once on Exile, but when
something went wrong with the backup
and I tried to make another copy, the
new copy failed on both my BBC B and
my Master 128. Exile was the first
thing I ever copied, and DD3 has
copied nothing successfully since I
made that first copy of Exile.
This is annoying as the facility
provided by DD3 would have been very
useful. Can anybody help me at all,
either with a more successful copier
than DD3, or with instructions as to
how to use DD3 so it actually works?
You can contact me via the 8BS
messaging system or at the following
address:-
Andrew Medworth - D7Y
45 Milton Avenue
Bath
B&NES
BA2 4QZ
Or ring me on 01225 422892 out of
school hours please!
From: D7Y (Andrew Medworth)
Subject: Printer DIP Switches
We own an EPSON LX-86 printer,
which, like most of the older range of
printers, has DIP switches at the
back, to do things like switching line
feeds on and off, changing the form
length from 11" to 12", and lots of
other things like that. The problem is
that these switches are infuriatingly
inaccessible, being situated at the
back of the printer behind all the
continuous paper.
The one I find I most often use is
the line feed switch. People have told
me that it should be left off and,
when you want it on, just do a *FX6.
This works on some things, but not
others, the 8BS 80 column text file
reader being one of the latter.
Does anyone have a solution to this
problem? My address is:
45 Milton Avenue
Bath
B&NES
BA2 4QZ
Or ring me on 01225 422892 out of
school hours please!
From: D8J (John Robson)
Subject: BBC MASTER 128
I have two Master 128 both with
A.D.F.S. and one with A.N.F.S. and
both with the same MOS as supplied
from ACORNS but the one with A.N.F.S
runs about ½ the speed of the other
i.e. loading & saving on disc
regardless of disc drive and
regardless of what Configuration you
set the disc FDRIVE to,the one with
ANFS I have to set to FDRIVE1 the
other on FDRIVE3.
Also the one with ANFS has a problem
cutting in and out quite fast but
only now and again can go for months
then all of a sudden it will start it
seems like low voltage as a relay
keeps cutting in and out as well
would like to know the particular
output voltage & test point so that I
may adjust if ness. Can anybody out
there help please.
My address is:-
62-Whitehouse Road
Eastwood
Leigh-on-Sea
Essex
SS9-5SR. Tel. 01702-420179
From: D8J (John Robson)
Subject: Modems
The idea of the 8BS club using modems
I feel is a very good one and I myself
would prefer to use this method of
communication in general terms i.e.
down loading general info such as
buying,selling,wanting and general
help regarding these wonderful
machines or any other topic that one
might get involved in. But Chris can
you please suggest a good modem so
that I and maybe others can start
looking out for one, I have already
seen several at the local car boot
fairs but not sure of what to get,your
advice please.
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