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L/Walker1
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_22.ADF |
| Filename: | L/Walker1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 07F3 bytes |
| Load address: | 57204556 |
| Exec address: | 656B6C61 |
File contents
�.........*.......*.......*.......*.......*.......*.......*.......*.......*.< Dear Gus, Please find enclosed my postal order for `7.80 for another year of 8-bit Elk madness! Just a general query really, do you or any other Elk users have any trouble with your ULA's ? (No, it's not a medical complaint !) I seem to to remember reading in the dim and distant past of Electron User magazine that ULA trouble is a common fault. My problem occurs like this : Elk works perfectly OK for about three to four weeks, After this time, machine will occasionally "hang-up" when working and emit a long continuous beeping tone. On switching off and back on again, machine will just show a bright yellow screen! (Why yellow i'm not sure!) Machine will now not "start" properly no matter how many times you try switching off and on.(Or hitting it with a 7lb hammer!!!) I have found that the only cure for this little sickness is to remove the ULA chip from its spring carrier and wiggle it about in the socket. This seems to do the trick for about a month, when the problems start all over again. I presume it is a bad connection in the chip socket, which only manifests itself over time. If there are any other users with similar problems, this little tip may provide a temporary cure. My question is : are there any users who have had this trouble and have found a permanent solution ? I will sign off now before the screen goes bright yellow and starts going "BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!" Keep up the good work, NICK WALKER, 111 JUSTINS AVENUE, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, WARWICKSHIRE, CV37 ODA p.s Does anyone know if Slogger & PRES are still trading? If so what are their addresses? I seem to have lost them!! There's an idea. How about a "Useful Addresses" section, like there used to be on the back of the EUG magazine? SEE THE FILE ON TIS DISC RE COMPUTER PROBLEMS. SLOGGER AND PRESS ARE STILL AROUND BUT GETTING BUSINESS FROM THEM IS BECOMMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULY AS THE LOSE INTEREST. THERE WAS A USEFUL ADDRESSES SECTION IN EUG17.
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(| 00000110 4e 6f 2c 20 69 74 27 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 20 6d |No, it's not a m| 00000120 65 64 69 63 61 6c 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 61 69 6e 74 |edical complaint| 00000130 20 21 29 0d 49 20 73 65 65 6d 20 74 6f 20 74 6f | !).I seem to to| 00000140 20 72 65 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 20 72 65 61 64 69 6e | remember readin| 00000150 67 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 6d 20 61 6e 64 |g in the dim and| 00000160 20 64 69 73 74 61 6e 74 20 70 61 73 74 20 6f 66 | distant past of| 00000170 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 55 73 65 72 0d 6d | Electron User.m| 00000180 61 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 55 4c 41 |agazine that ULA| 00000190 20 74 72 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 63 6f | trouble is a co| 000001a0 6d 6d 6f 6e 20 66 61 75 6c 74 2e 0d 4d 79 20 70 |mmon fault..My p| 000001b0 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 6f 63 63 75 72 73 20 6c 69 |roblem occurs li| 000001c0 6b 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 3a 20 0d 45 6c 6b 20 77 |ke this : .Elk w| 000001d0 6f 72 6b 73 20 70 65 72 66 65 63 74 6c 79 20 4f |orks perfectly O| 000001e0 4b 20 66 6f 72 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 72 65 |K for about thre| 000001f0 65 20 74 6f 20 66 6f 75 72 20 77 65 65 6b 73 2c |e to four weeks,| 00000200 0d 41 66 74 65 72 20 74 68 69 73 20 74 69 6d 65 |.After this time| 00000210 2c 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6f |, machine will o| 00000220 63 63 61 73 69 6f 6e 61 6c 6c 79 20 22 68 61 6e |ccasionally "han| 00000230 67 2d 75 70 22 20 77 68 65 6e 20 77 6f 72 6b 69 |g-up" when worki| 00000240 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 65 6d 69 74 0d 61 20 6c 6f |ng and emit.a lo| 00000250 6e 67 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 6f 75 73 20 62 65 |ng continuous be| 00000260 65 70 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 6e 65 2e 0d 4f 6e 20 73 |eping tone..On s| 00000270 77 69 74 63 68 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 66 20 61 6e 64 |witching off and| 00000280 20 62 61 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 61 67 61 69 6e 2c 20 | back on again, | 00000290 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6a 75 73 |machine will jus| 000002a0 74 20 73 68 6f 77 20 61 20 62 72 69 67 68 74 20 |t show a bright | 000002b0 79 65 6c 6c 6f 77 0d 73 63 72 65 65 6e 21 20 28 |yellow.screen! (| 000002c0 57 68 79 20 79 65 6c 6c 6f 77 20 69 27 6d 20 6e |Why yellow i'm n| 000002d0 6f 74 20 73 75 72 65 21 29 0d 4d 61 63 68 69 6e |ot sure!).Machin| 000002e0 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 77 20 6e 6f 74 20 22 |e will now not "| 000002f0 73 74 61 72 74 22 20 70 72 6f 70 65 72 6c 79 20 |start" properly | 00000300 6e 6f 20 6d 61 74 74 65 72 20 68 6f 77 20 6d 61 |no matter how ma| 00000310 6e 79 20 74 69 6d 65 73 20 79 6f 75 20 74 72 79 |ny times you try| 00000320 0d 73 77 69 74 63 68 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 66 20 61 |.switching off a| 00000330 6e 64 20 6f 6e 2e 28 4f 72 20 68 69 74 74 69 6e |nd on.(Or hittin| 00000340 67 20 69 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 37 6c 62 20 |g it with a 7lb | 00000350 68 61 6d 6d 65 72 21 21 21 29 0d 49 20 68 61 76 |hammer!!!).I hav| 00000360 65 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 |e found that the| 00000370 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 63 75 72 65 20 66 6f 72 20 74 | only cure for t| 00000380 68 69 73 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 73 69 63 6b 6e |his little sickn| 00000390 65 73 73 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 |ess is to remove| 000003a0 20 74 68 65 0d 55 4c 41 20 63 68 69 70 20 66 72 | the.ULA chip fr| 000003b0 6f 6d 20 69 74 73 20 73 70 72 69 6e 67 20 63 61 |om its spring ca| 000003c0 72 72 69 65 72 20 61 6e 64 20 77 69 67 67 6c 65 |rrier and wiggle| 000003d0 20 69 74 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 | it about in the| 000003e0 20 73 6f 63 6b 65 74 2e 20 54 68 69 73 0d 73 65 | socket. This.se| 000003f0 65 6d 73 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 74 68 65 20 74 72 |ems to do the tr| 00000400 69 63 6b 20 66 6f 72 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 61 20 |ick for about a | 00000410 6d 6f 6e 74 68 2c 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |month, when the | 00000420 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 61 |problems start a| 00000430 6c 6c 20 6f 76 65 72 0d 61 67 61 69 6e 2e 0d 49 |ll over.again..I| 00000440 20 70 72 65 73 75 6d 65 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 61 | presume it is a| 00000450 20 62 61 64 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 | bad connection | 00000460 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 68 69 70 20 73 6f 63 6b |in the chip sock| 00000470 65 74 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6d |et, which only m| 00000480 61 6e 69 66 65 73 74 73 0d 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 |anifests.itself | 00000490 6f 76 65 72 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 0d 0d 49 66 20 74 |over time...If t| 000004a0 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 74 68 |here are any oth| 000004b0 65 72 20 75 73 65 72 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 73 69 |er users with si| 000004c0 6d 69 6c 61 72 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 2c 20 |milar problems, | 000004d0 74 68 69 73 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 74 69 70 20 |this little tip | 000004e0 6d 61 79 0d 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 20 61 20 74 65 |may.provide a te| 000004f0 6d 70 6f 72 61 72 79 20 63 75 72 65 2e 20 4d 79 |mporary cure. My| 00000500 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 3a 20 61 | question is : a| 00000510 72 65 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 6e 79 20 75 73 65 |re there any use| 00000520 72 73 20 77 68 6f 20 68 61 76 65 0d 68 61 64 20 |rs who have.had | 00000530 74 68 69 73 20 74 72 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 61 6e 64 |this trouble and| 00000540 20 68 61 76 65 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 20 70 65 | have found a pe| 00000550 72 6d 61 6e 65 6e 74 20 73 6f 6c 75 74 69 6f 6e |rmanent solution| 00000560 20 3f 20 0d 0d 49 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 69 67 6e | ? ..I will sign| 00000570 20 6f 66 66 20 6e 6f 77 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 | off now before | 00000580 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 67 6f 65 73 20 |the screen goes | 00000590 62 72 69 67 68 74 20 79 65 6c 6c 6f 77 20 61 6e |bright yellow an| 000005a0 64 20 73 74 61 72 74 73 20 67 6f 69 6e 67 0d 22 |d starts going."| 000005b0 42 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 50 21 |BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!| 000005c0 21 22 0d 0d 4b 65 65 70 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 |!"..Keep up the | 000005d0 67 6f 6f 64 20 77 6f 72 6b 2c 0d 0d 09 09 4e 49 |good work,....NI| 000005e0 43 4b 20 57 41 4c 4b 45 52 2c 20 31 31 31 20 4a |CK WALKER, 111 J| 000005f0 55 53 54 49 4e 53 20 41 56 45 4e 55 45 2c 20 53 |USTINS AVENUE, S| 00000600 54 52 41 54 46 4f 52 44 2d 55 50 4f 4e 2d 41 56 |TRATFORD-UPON-AV| 00000610 4f 4e 2c 20 0d 09 09 57 41 52 57 49 43 4b 53 48 |ON, ...WARWICKSH| 00000620 49 52 45 2c 20 43 56 33 37 20 4f 44 41 0d 0d 70 |IRE, CV37 ODA..p| 00000630 2e 73 20 44 6f 65 73 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 6b |.s Does anyone k| 00000640 6e 6f 77 20 69 66 20 53 6c 6f 67 67 65 72 20 26 |now if Slogger &| 00000650 20 50 52 45 53 20 61 72 65 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 | PRES are still | 00000660 74 72 61 64 69 6e 67 3f 20 49 66 20 73 6f 20 77 |trading? If so w| 00000670 68 61 74 20 61 72 65 0d 74 68 65 69 72 20 61 64 |hat are.their ad| 00000680 64 72 65 73 73 65 73 3f 20 49 20 73 65 65 6d 20 |dresses? I seem | 00000690 74 6f 20 68 61 76 65 20 6c 6f 73 74 20 74 68 65 |to have lost the| 000006a0 6d 21 21 09 54 68 65 72 65 27 73 20 61 6e 20 69 |m!!.There's an i| 000006b0 64 65 61 2e 20 48 6f 77 20 61 62 6f 75 74 0d 61 |dea. How about.a| 000006c0 20 22 55 73 65 66 75 6c 20 41 64 64 72 65 73 73 | "Useful Address| 000006d0 65 73 22 20 73 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 6c 69 6b |es" section, lik| 000006e0 65 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |e there used to | 000006f0 62 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 63 6b 20 6f |be on the back o| 00000700 66 20 74 68 65 20 45 55 47 0d 6d 61 67 61 7a 69 |f the EUG.magazi| 00000710 6e 65 3f 0d 0d 53 45 45 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 4c |ne?..SEE THE FIL| 00000720 45 20 4f 4e 20 54 49 53 20 44 49 53 43 20 52 45 |E ON TIS DISC RE| 00000730 20 43 4f 4d 50 55 54 45 52 20 50 52 4f 42 4c 45 | COMPUTER PROBLE| 00000740 4d 53 2e 0d 0d 53 4c 4f 47 47 45 52 20 41 4e 44 |MS...SLOGGER AND| 00000750 20 50 52 45 53 53 20 41 52 45 20 53 54 49 4c 4c | PRESS ARE STILL| 00000760 20 41 52 4f 55 4e 44 20 42 55 54 20 47 45 54 54 | AROUND BUT GETT| 00000770 49 4e 47 20 42 55 53 49 4e 45 53 53 20 46 52 4f |ING BUSINESS FRO| 00000780 4d 20 54 48 45 4d 20 49 53 0d 42 45 43 4f 4d 4d |M THEM IS.BECOMM| 00000790 49 4e 47 20 49 4e 43 52 45 41 53 49 4e 47 4c 59 |ING INCREASINGLY| 000007a0 20 44 49 46 46 49 43 55 4c 59 20 41 53 20 54 48 | DIFFICULY AS TH| 000007b0 45 20 4c 4f 53 45 20 49 4e 54 45 52 45 53 54 2e |E LOSE INTEREST.| 000007c0 20 0d 0d 54 48 45 52 45 20 57 41 53 20 41 20 55 | ..THERE WAS A U| 000007d0 53 45 46 55 4c 20 41 44 44 52 45 53 53 45 53 20 |SEFUL ADDRESSES | 000007e0 53 45 43 54 49 4f 4e 20 49 4e 20 45 55 47 31 37 |SECTION IN EUG17| 000007f0 2e 0d 0d |...| 000007f3
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