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               E.U.G. - NEWS FROM THE ELECTRON USER GROUP
               First published in Electron User Group #54

The Late Great EUG
==================
IT will probably not have escaped readers' attentions that this EUG is a
whole month overdue. Unfortunately, little heed at all was paid to the
Ed's warning in EUG #53 and, as the strong editorial in this issue makes
pains to point out, EUG is quickly approaching a crisis point. The EUG
disk may not ever be the same again but, with the amount of time spent
on it halved, EUG HQ will now be tidied up and there will be much more
time to sort and archive Elk commerical and PD software for the huge
database envisioned.

Beta 3 Version Of ElectrEm Released
===================================
THE web site has moved but the fantastic work continues on the first
and amazing Acorn Electron emulator for 80x86 PCs under DOS, Windows 
and Linux. The list concerning what the latest version claims to support
is lengthy: the official 6502 instruction set, full graphics and sound
output, keyboard input, support for the tape interface, full ADFS and an
elementary DFS with PAGE at &E00.
   While the last disk format is still being worked on for the Beta 4
version, one of the notable differences between the new ElectrEm 
emulator and a 'real' Electron concerns tape. We all know all profess-
ional software on tape takes a good few minutes to load and this timing
is replicated with the emulator itself - but only in 50% of cases. An
incorporated 'speedup hack' will whizz through loading screens and put
the tape game on the screen in less than five seconds!
   Working closely with its creator, Thomas Harte, is Dave M of the
Stairway to Hell web page. The union has resulted in staggering numbers
of Acorn Electron tape software being offered in the new emulated format
on the STH web page; with full details of whether the 'speedup hack' can
be used with them. With full documentation plus a mailing list offering
immediate updates on the emulator, there is a real air that this is to 
be the future of the Electron (and it may be in this format that EUG 
will make its way onto the so-often-requested emulated disk image 
format).
   Practically all of the catalogues of many recognisable software 
companies have been put into the UEF format required and made available
via Dave M with very rare titles making an appearance too (AIRLINE,
LOONY LOCO, HARERAISER, SPACEMAN SID, PLUNDER, SURVIVOR plus New Zealand
releases of COMBAT LYNX, ROULETTE and REPTON). Titles which caused
problems - unsurprisingly consisting of those tape games with continuous
data streams or changing filenames (although TWIN KINGDOM VALLEY is also
being difficult) - and why, are also documented.
   The best news has to be that ALL Superior's greatest titles are there
for all to download and enjoy at the usual STH address of:
      http://www.stairwaytohell.com/

To go direct to Thomas Harte's wonderful work in progress page, it's:
      http://electrem.emuulim.com/

All in all, it's a fantastic time for the Electron if you're on line!

New From The Netherlands
========================
THERE'S a new Electron web site out there run from the Netherlands! For-
tunately, it's in English and 'The Acorn Electron Lives' site, begun 
25.05.00, states its aims to be "total Acorn Electron dedication" and 
"to create a web site as informative as 'The BBC Lives' one" 
(www.nvg.org/bbc/index.shtml#top).
   As email to the address bounces, it doesn't yet look as if it will
achieve either for quite some time. Owned by Bas Verhoeven, it offers
clear scans of ELECTRON USER issue cover art (although these are also
present on the famous 'Stairway To Hell' page), a reasonably full list
of expansions produced for the Electron and a fair few 'zipped' files
for use with BBC emulators. Worth a peek, it also appears that the site
is updated very regularly and, when the email business is sorted, will
grow and grow.
   For more, point your web browser toward:
      http://piazza.iae.nl/users/bverhoev/

EUG On Film
===========
EUG got a very brief mention in a recent 'documentary' from amateur film
producer cum EUG Editor, the Dave, named "Mathilde's Postcards From 
Teesside". The Mathilde of its title is his latest (in a longish line
of) European girlfriends and the 'postcards' project their inspired idea
to show her French family life 'en Angleterre'.
   Shot in English, the short sequence shows the TOY STORY 2 poster that
inspired the EUG #50 opener on the wall of EUG HQ with Mathilde in the
foreground scooting through the history of EUG. Interlaced with shots of
the Electron, SUNDAY, EUG #50, the BBC Master and X*L*C*R, the punchy 
narrative quickly leaves EUG behind as the Redcar 'postcard' begins.
   Still, as Dave points out, not only was the project never to be a 
full blown 8 bit docusoap but "if the snoozeworthy job of running EUG
was to be filmed, it could only work at a quick pace with a curvy young
French girl putting it firmly in the backdrop."
   Full name Mathilde Lubrano was also behind the new revamped EUG web
page currently accessed with www.acornelectron.co.uk. Brains and beauty,
if you're not jealous yet, you can always order a video cassette of the
full feature (and glean an invaluable insight into your Ed's personality
at the same time) for 3.00 GBP postage inclusive from EUG HQ.

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