From: E6F (John Clarkson)
Subject: Watford DFS 1.43
Not being a computer buff (in fact at
the age of 65 a complete ignoramous)
having shied away from these units for
years, finally I have been bitten by
the bug. So I now have a 22inch colour
monitor with lots of sockets on the
back which I do not understand, and a
BBC microcomputer with Wordwise 1.20.
The computer is fitted with Watford DFS
1.43. Now I have worked out that DFS is
disc filing system I think, but will
somebody PLEASE tell me what the 1.43
stands for? I also have two disc drives
I gave five pounds for at the Elvaston
rally. To add to this I was given an
Epson printer. The only thing with the
printer being it prints the pound sign
instead of the hash sign. Now the
reason for this article is this; I have
a copy of the disc BBC146 and on this
disc is I think a program that will
solve my printer problem. Now I can get
all the files to load into the computer
but when I try to load the programs
into the computer and run them it goes
haywire. If I try it with the printer
on I get yards of paper tring to take
over my bungalow. When I press ESCAPE
nothing happens, except the printer
keeps churning out paper. You know you
could have nightmares about this, I
suppose it's all good fun.
To: 999 (all members)
From: D6G (Sprow)
Subject: Plea for help
Is it possible that anyone out there
has a known working Acorn Teletext
adapter.
The one I have here's power supply
packed up,and in doing so fried some
of the logic chips.
Having repaired the PSU,and checked
that the video demodulator is still
happy I now wish to trace just which
of the logic ICs is at fault.
I will cover any postage costs
incurred in the loan of the box,of
course.
Please contact me if you can help,
Sprow.
6 Bollinbrook road,
MACCLESFIELD
Cheshire.
SK10 3DJ.
email: rps102@york.ac.uk
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