Hello again
AAWWW Phooey, not again, more blobs:
Members in credit that receive the DFS
version of the magazine please note;
due to an oversight in the label
printing query in the 8BS database, the
credit level has been printed
incorrectly for all recent issues where
there was only one DFS disc. This DID
NOT affect your actual credit, only the
way it was printed on the sticker.
Basically, I forgot to change the
CREDIT -2 to CREDIT -1 when issues went
back to single discs. I HAD changed it
in the reduce credit query, so not to
worry, you have not been robbed!
I spotted this when putting the
stickers for this issue on to
envelopes, so your credit has been
corrected in biro. All will be
wonderfully correct on the next issue.
I hope.
Peter 'diesel' Waters. I always enjoy a
visit from an 8BS member. D3W popped
across to 8BS HQ to pick up a lovely
twin disc drive the other day. On his
way here he filled up with fuel,
unfortunately, the wrong sort. Diesel
in a petrol engine doesn't run very
well! It is nice to see this sort of
thing happen to someone else! Maybe I
should try diesel in my VW Camper,
diesel does not burst into flames
does it?
I am Touched
Many people think so! I am grateful for
the many comments received after I
moaned in the last issue about people
letting me down. Thanks to you all.
Roy Keeling reminded me of a poem by
Richard Harris that sums it up nicely:
"It rains in the life of the just and
the unjust fella,
But it rains more on the just,
Than the unjust,
Because the unjust,
Carries the justs umbrella"
Neil Parry put finger to keyboard to
help out 8BS and wrote a missing
review. Remember last issue where I
bleated on about a member who took a
copy of Acornsoft Hits Vol. 1 for
review but never came up with the
goods? Neil volunteered to do it,
unfortunately we got our wires crossed
and Neil ended up reviewing a disc that
had already been done! Any how, I have
included his review on this issue as it
is well worth looking at and it is
maybe a good idea to see more than one
review about a game any way. Sorry
Neil. How about it then? Do you feel up
to just one more Neil?
This reminds me of something that I
have been meaning to say for a while
now. These reviews are the opinions of
the people that write them! Pretty
obvious thing to say really, but please
do not let a bad review put you off a
game. In this issue I notice a review
slating a game that I thought was
excellent!
THANKS!!
I should take this opportunity to say
thank you to several members for
various reasons:
Lorna Jenne for the bits of gear and
her help given to several other 8BS
members. I keep hearing reports of how
good you are Lorna!
Steve Allsopp for padding out blank
bits in the 8BS catalogue. He is
working mainly on the 512 section but
has done a bit in the TAU section too.
Stephan Richardson for the continuing
help given to me and other members.
Lawrie Hallam, now left the BBC after
donating his whole setup to 8BS.
Alan Hunneyball for finding large
amounts of BBC stuff and sending it on
to 8BS.
Paul Clucas for checking the magazine
issue for spelling and other errors
using equipment that tests his patience
to the limit. His disc drives keep
playing him up but he struggles on! OH!
and thanks for the padded envelopes
Paul
Neil Parry for giving me a laugh now
and again. Sorry about the review!
Ian Bell for the interesting chats
about bits of gear he picks up and for
fielding some of the enquiries I cannot
handle.
John my oldest lad who can now strip a
beeb, clean it check it out and put it
back together again with great ease.
Who pleased me greatly when he set
himself up a B+ in his bedroom.
Gill, my better half who puts up with
it all for some odd reason.
That's it until next time