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S/SPROW1
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| Filename: | S/SPROW1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0B51 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
6 Bollinbrook road,
MACCLESFIELD,
Cheshire.
SK10 3DJ.
Sprow3
For some time I have been tired by
the lack of interest of companies who
used to be at the forefront of BBC
sales - I mention no Watford
Electronics in particular.
Instead of sitting around grumbling I
am doing something about it.Hence
Sprow cubed (the 3 doesn't come out
very well on a BBC - the headed
notepaper looks better)
If you have anything 8 bit Acorn
related that needs fixing then this
is where to come - although my
address applies at the time of
writing I shall be moving in October
to start a degree in Electronics.
All work is guaranteed - indeed if
your circuitry comes back in a worse
state the you sent it in you are
entitled to compensation! Hence you
can't loose.
I am also open to questions you might
have,if I can't answer them directly
then I have an Acorn software boffin
friend who surely can.
I shall also be developing a range of
brand new gizmos and add ons while at
University (making use of their
facilities,if you like).So if you're
tired of seeing the same old wood in
forsale notices then watch this
space.
Noteably see my message about the
Viglen/Care cartridges on this
month's disk.The first of many.
Future projects include Real Time
Clock board,8 Mb paged RAM upgrade
(hmm,may take a while so don't hold
your breath),numerous utility ROMs
and software,printer buffer,BBC slow
motion dial (not software driven),
background digital speech playback
started by an OSEvent (prototype
already up and working) such as
'printer buffer emptying event',and
my latest scheme - real time video
feed on screen in a window (I've seen
it done - can't be all that hard).
As you can see,lots of new blood to
look forward to.But in the meantime
do write to me to let me know what
you want to see,software and
hardware,in the future.As well as any
problems you are having with existing
broken hardware/software.
Letters will not be processed before
June 25th,but after that it's a first
come first served basis.
Also on the disk is 'SOSFIX' which is
a skelton text file on which you MUST
submit your entries,so I can get you
all organised in alphabetical and
chronological order.
It is designed for an 80 column 66
line printer only - I will come up
with a more elegant way of doing this
later...
3
Contact Sprow at Robert Sprowson,
6 Bollinbrook road,
MACCLESFIELD,
Cheshire.
SK10 3DJ
Telephone (01625) 431067
I do also intend on being able to
accept long files/requests over the
phone by Modem,let me know if this
service is worth starting.
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I will com| 000009a0 65 20 75 70 20 20 0d 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 6d 6f |e up .with a mo| 000009b0 72 65 20 65 6c 65 67 61 6e 74 20 77 61 79 20 6f |re elegant way o| 000009c0 66 20 64 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 68 69 73 20 0d 6c 61 |f doing this .la| 000009d0 74 65 72 2e 2e 2e 20 20 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ter... . | 000009e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 33 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0d 43 | 3 .C| 000009f0 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 20 53 70 72 6f 77 20 20 61 74 |ontact Sprow at| 00000a00 20 52 6f 62 65 72 74 20 53 70 72 6f 77 73 6f 6e | Robert Sprowson| 00000a10 2c 20 20 20 20 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |, . | 00000a20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 36 20 42 6f 6c 6c 69 6e | 6 Bollin| 00000a30 62 72 6f 6f 6b 20 72 6f 61 64 2c 20 0d 20 20 20 |brook road, . | 00000a40 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4d | M| 00000a50 41 43 43 4c 45 53 46 49 45 4c 44 2c 20 20 20 20 |ACCLESFIELD, | 00000a60 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |. | 00000a70 20 20 20 43 68 65 73 68 69 72 65 2e 20 20 20 20 | Cheshire. | 00000a80 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |. | 00000a90 20 20 20 53 4b 31 30 20 33 44 4a 20 20 20 20 0d | SK10 3DJ .| 00000aa0 20 20 20 0d 54 65 6c 65 70 68 6f 6e 65 20 28 30 | .Telephone (0| 00000ab0 31 36 32 35 29 20 34 33 31 30 36 37 20 20 20 20 |1625) 431067 | 00000ac0 0d 20 0d 49 20 64 6f 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 69 6e 74 |. .I do also int| 00000ad0 65 6e 64 20 6f 6e 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 61 62 6c |end on being abl| 00000ae0 65 20 74 6f 20 20 0d 61 63 63 65 70 74 20 6c 6f |e to .accept lo| 00000af0 6e 67 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2f 72 65 71 75 65 73 74 |ng files/request| 00000b00 73 20 6f 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 20 0d 70 68 6f |s over the .pho| 00000b10 6e 65 20 62 79 20 4d 6f 64 65 6d 2c 6c 65 74 20 |ne by Modem,let | 00000b20 6d 65 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 69 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 |me know if this | 00000b30 20 0d 73 65 72 76 69 63 65 20 69 73 20 77 6f 72 | .service is wor| 00000b40 74 68 20 73 74 61 72 74 69 6e 67 2e 20 20 0d 20 |th starting. . | 00000b50 0d |.| 00000b51
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