To: 999 (all members)
From: E2K (J.W.Smith)
Subject:
DOES ANY ONE KNOW HOW TO CONSTRUCT A
FLY LEAD THAT WILL DRIVE A DUAL
3.5" & 5.25" DISC DRIVE FOR THE MASTER
128.
ALSO THE POWER CABLE FOR THE ABOVE!
BOTH DRIVES ARE OUT OF PC'S
CAN ANYONE HELP ME ON THE SUBJECT OF
ECONET AS I'M TRYING TO SET UP A SMALL
ECONET NETWORK.
ANY HELP OR TIPS WILL BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED!
PLEASE CONTACT;
J.W.SMITH E2K
145 CHARLES ST
SELBY
N/YORKS
Y08 0YG
To: 999 (all members)
From: D9F (GARY SCOTT)
Subject: !!! HELP !!!
I sent a message out in issue 8BS 56-2
asking if any 8BS member had a
programme in which I could alter fonts
and font sizes. I was later sent a
copy of FONTSTYLE which can be used
with WORDWISE+ and so I found one of
my WORDWISE+ ROM's and plugged it into
my machine.
Now every other time that I switch on
my machine the *CONFIGURATION is
altered and so I have had to create a
START UP disk which I load when I turn
the machine on.
What I need to know is : Can I save
the *CONFIGURATION settings so that
they can not reset ???
Please send all information to :
Gary Scott
7 Trafford Road
Fair Oak
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 7LB
To: 999 (all members)
From: D9F (GARY SCOTT)
Subject: VIEWSTORE
Does anyone know how I can
transfer/integrate a VIEW file into
the VIEWSTORE database.
If you can help with this then please
contact me at :
Gary Scott
7 Trafford Road
Fair Oak
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 7LB
To: 999 (all members)
From: D6F (John Crane)
Subject: Disc Formatter
Can anyone give me an address for PD
software author JJA VAN GINK or the
company he works (worked ?) for DER
HANSIE DEVELOPMENTS ?
I have a disc formatter program made
by them.In the listing it says"Please
feel free to suggest other formats for
inclusion in the program.Send us a
formatted disc and we'll write the
format into the program".However no
address is given,so I don't know where
to write to.The program copyright date
is (C) 1990.
Alternatively can anyone tell me of a
formatter application for use in the
Desktop of my A3010,which will allow
me to format ADFS (S) and (M)
formats?I can format (L) sometimes
called 640K or 640K(L) with the normal
facilities provided with my A3010 and
I have a program on a PD disc already
mentioned above which also does (L)
format.I also have 1 or 2 ADFS Utility
discs from BBC etc,But it appears to
be impossible to format within BBC
emulator.
Perhaps if I send a copy of the PD
Desktop Formatter program to someone
handy at programming they could adapt
it for me ?
JOHN CRANE (D6F).34 ST ANDREWS WALK
HARROGATE NORTH YORKSHIRE HG2 7RL
(01423) 885049 OR 8BSMAIL ME.
To: 999 (all members)
From: E3M (Steve Allsopp)
Subject: ROM Chips
As a newcomer to computers and
computing I am finding some aspects
rather complicated. I bought my first
BBC computer about 18 months ago, with
the idea of introducing myself to
computers and to use it for word
processing, making out bills and
estimates. Since then I've bought
several other pieces of
equipment, including another Master
with a co-processor. This computer
came with a box of 50 Rom
chips and although I've managed to
find some information about them I
would appreciate any help that other
members could supply, either manuals
or photocopies of manuals for an
agreed price.
I've recently bought a Rom/Ram box
and have fitted most of the chips in
that I have information on. My problem
with this is that I have a Printwise
Rom which would operate in my Master
but will not run on my BBC B which has
the Rom/Ram board connected to it. Do
the chips have to fitted in a certain
order? Any help will be appreciated.
The chips that I require information
about are:-Autosave, ATS, Pagemaker,
BSII, Enigma, Flopptwise, B'Board,
Graphics System 11.08, Interchart
1.01, Mega Rom, UviProm and Cprom. All
the names listed are taken from the
stick-on labels attached to each of
the chips so some of them may not make
sense to those of you that know about
these things.
I think that some of these chips may
have specialist applications so they
may be of no use to me, so if any
members are interested in buying these
then please let me know. I would like
to be advised which Roms I
might find useful to me for general
word processing, text layout and for
utilities.
To: 999 (all members)
From: 4TK (H.Frost)
Subject: Printers
I am looking for a colour printer for
my BBC. I do not wish to spend more
than around £250. Can any one offer me
any advice please?
To: 999 (all members)
From: E2E (Richard Tinkel)
Subject: PRINTING OUT FRACTIONS
How can I persuade my Master 512 to
print out fractions from ViewStore
files? The fractions required, are
already available on the keyboard,
namely:- ¼, ½ and ¾, and appear
correctly on a MODE 7 screen. However,
the resultant printout, renders the
symbols as displayed in all other text
MODEs, ie backslash and open/close
parentheses respectively.
If you have a solution, please contact
me either through this magazine, or
TEL: 01332 602382. There are no prizes
unfortunately, but lots of praise and
grateful thanks guaranteed.
To: 999 (all members)
From: E2E (Richard Tinkel)
Subject: * BBC MICRO ADVENTURERS *
Are there any intrepid adventure
gamers out there amongst you? I am
looking for contacts with whom I can
exchange hints 'n' tips and/or
software.
I am trying to amass all the adventure
games ever written for the BBC series
of micros, including books on the
subject. If anyone has a copy of "The
Adventure Gamers' Manual" by Bob
Redrup, for instance, then I would be
most interested.
If any of you have any adventure games
or books for disposal, contact me via
this magazine, or TEL: (01332) 602382