Hello again you lot.
No barrels scraped again!
I hope you enjoy this issue, I am quite
pleased with some of the software
especially. There is more good stuff
planned for the next issue too
including Stuart MaConnachie's
brilliant CocaCola demo that he is
converting to an 8BS demo.
I have not planned an 8BS get together
this year as I am trying (and failing
to be honest) to have a quieter year.
Sorry about this, I know that several
of you will be disappointed. I promise
something for next year.
Late addition!
Jonathan Harston has opened up his
doors again. 24th to the 26th July, you
are all invited. Contact Jonathan
directly, address in the 'Contacts'
section.
People keep asking me if the Ebtel
project is really done for. The answer
at this moment is yes, it is dead. I
recently picked up a modem for my BBC
and would not be averse to trying this
out with anyone that fancies it.
The BBC is still alive and strong you
know. I hear from a lot of people that
almost apologise when they say they are
still using a BBC. Others proudly
announce the fact that they still use a
good ol' BBC.
Some laugh at the BBC with its puny
32K, I feel sorry that these people do
not know what they are missing.
Maybe some laugh because the BBC does
not cost £1000 and crash randomly. My
son John made a good point the other
day whilst we were watching a film. A
woman was on the internet, talking on
the telephone and then a fax came
through. Gill commented on this that
there must be 3 phone lines, I said,
"No, that's multi-tasking for you",
John said "No it can't be because the
computer didn't crash!". He was dead
right of course.
I got an enquiry from the owner of a
factory the other day. They use a
Master 128 to control a complex
milling machine. He wanted a couple of
manuals as he fancied having a go at
programming the Master. Why pay
thousands of pounds for a machine that
will regularly crash and when it does
you have to call in a spotty youth on a
minimum of £500 per day to fix it, when
you can pay virtually nothing for a
good old BBC that you can also fix
yourself for virtually nothing? No
contest, but then I am preaching to the
converted.
Greenweld Electronics have several
hundred copies of the book Sensing and
Control Projects for the BBC. Well
worth a look at. The books are £2 each
plus postage which will be about £1
apparently. The book contains some
interesting projects for your user port
and analogue port. 01703 772501
Please take a look at Robert Sprowson's
advert which is really a request for
interest in Master Cartridges. I know
that there are several people after
these. If you are interested, please
contact him as soon as possible, let's
make it a successful project!
There have been a few new entries in
the pool this time. Martin Pickering
has released the copyright on his
Inter-Base utilities and various other
odds and ends. Send for a copy of
TBI-00!
See you next time then.