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F/NZSHOW1
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| Filename: | F/NZSHOW1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0B3A bytes |
| Load address: | 4E204556 |
| Exec address: | 4F48535A |
File contents
THE ACORN USER AUCKLAND SHOW 29 APRIL 1995 I arrived at the show slightly late and began setting up my equipment. I also supply the club with discs (my business) and the club had a selection of discs for sale at special prices. So I had to deliver all that was required for this as well. Then I was told I had forgotten something so this meant a quick sorty to get more stock. That done I continued to set up my "historical" section. I have several Electrons but none very fully equipped like some of our members. One setup was an Elk, Plus 3 and Plus 1 which part of the time had the title screen for one of the E.U.G. newsletters. The other I set up with a Cumana drive and VIEW in the front slot of the Plus 1 which I used during the show to make this report as it happened (well almost). I found that there was so much going on that it was not always easy to get to the keyboard. You can probably imagine that I was surrounded by Archimedes and Risc PCs (are they an Arc?). All sorts of demonstrations were going on at the same time. School halls are often not the best for acoustics and this was no exception. All the latest seems to require a fair amount of sound and the show was was quite noisy a lot of the time. Acorn Computers had a small stand with the latest on display plus an example of Interactive Multimedia. this is not online yet so we had a simulated showing. Used a Risc PC to provide the data. A couple of Acorn dealers were present, and, believe it or not, one had several programmes for the Electron at very good prices. I didn't hesitate to add them to my collection. In New Zealand Acorn's strength is in the educational market with some movement into specialized areas such as music with Sibelius, and DTP. It has a dedicate band of supporters such as the user group but is not well known outside of these areas. A friend of mine was telling me how his company had upgraded from PCs to Macs for inhouse publishing. The company had allocated several thousand dollars for the upgrading. I asked whther an Acorn setup had been considered. It was for a desktop publishing package (large). The answer was, "What's an Acorn?" There isn't a lot of media promotion. Although I believe this may change with the Interactive TV thrust. The show maintained momentum through the afternoon and we packed up at 4.00 p.m. Well, my Electron setup will do me for a while yet, mainly because my main use of a computer is catered for by it. Next year may see me with another machine. A few people stopped by uttering expressions of nostalgia and one person said he had a box full of Elk and Beeb software! Some of the youngsters played a game or two. Just had an interesting thought. Gus can't read Cumana format discs so I'd better transfer this to a DFS disc
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I also s| 00000080 75 70 70 6c 79 20 74 68 65 20 63 6c 75 62 20 77 |upply the club w| 00000090 69 74 68 20 64 69 73 63 73 20 28 6d 79 20 62 75 |ith discs (my bu| 000000a0 73 69 6e 65 73 73 29 20 61 6e 64 0d 74 68 65 20 |siness) and.the | 000000b0 63 6c 75 62 20 68 61 64 20 61 20 73 65 6c 65 63 |club had a selec| 000000c0 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 64 69 73 63 73 20 66 6f |tion of discs fo| 000000d0 72 1a 20 73 61 6c 65 20 61 74 20 73 70 65 63 69 |r. sale at speci| 000000e0 61 6c 20 70 72 69 63 65 73 2e 0d 53 6f 20 49 20 |al prices..So I | 000000f0 68 61 64 20 74 6f 20 64 65 6c 69 76 65 72 20 61 |had to deliver a| 00000100 6c 6c 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 61 73 20 72 65 71 75 |ll that was requ| 00000110 69 72 65 64 1a 20 66 6f 72 1a 20 74 68 69 73 1a |ired. for. this.| 00000120 20 61 73 20 77 65 6c 6c 2e 0d 54 68 65 6e 1a 20 | as well..Then. | 00000130 49 1a 20 77 61 73 1a 20 74 6f 6c 64 1a 20 49 1a |I. was. told. I.| 00000140 20 68 61 64 20 66 6f 72 67 6f 74 74 65 6e 20 73 | had forgotten s| 00000150 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 20 73 6f 20 74 68 69 73 |omething so this| 00000160 20 6d 65 61 6e 74 20 61 0d 71 75 69 63 6b 20 73 | meant a.quick s| 00000170 6f 72 74 79 20 74 6f 20 67 65 74 20 6d 6f 72 65 |orty to get more| 00000180 20 73 74 6f 63 6b 2e 20 54 68 61 74 20 64 6f 6e | stock. That don| 00000190 65 20 49 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 65 64 20 74 6f |e I continued to| 000001a0 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 0d 6d 79 20 22 68 69 73 74 | set up.my "hist| 000001b0 6f 72 69 63 61 6c 22 20 73 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 2e |orical" section.| 000001c0 0d 0d 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 6c |..I have several| 000001d0 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 73 20 62 75 74 1a 20 | Electrons but. | 000001e0 6e 6f 6e 65 1a 20 76 65 72 79 1a 20 66 75 6c 6c |none. very. full| 000001f0 79 1a 20 65 71 75 69 70 70 65 64 20 6c 69 6b 65 |y. equipped like| 00000200 0d 73 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 6f 75 72 20 6d 65 6d |.some of our mem| 00000210 62 65 72 73 2e 20 4f 6e 65 20 73 65 74 75 70 20 |bers. One setup | 00000220 77 61 73 20 61 6e 20 45 6c 6b 2c 1a 20 50 6c 75 |was an Elk,. Plu| 00000230 73 1a 20 33 20 61 6e 64 20 50 6c 75 73 20 31 0d |s. 3 and Plus 1.| 00000240 77 68 69 63 68 1a 20 70 61 72 74 1a 20 6f 66 20 |which. part. of | 00000250 74 68 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 68 61 64 20 74 68 65 |the time had the| 00000260 20 74 69 74 6c 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 66 6f | title screen fo| 00000270 72 20 6f 6e 65 1a 20 6f 66 1a 20 74 68 65 0d 45 |r one. of. the.E| 00000280 2e 55 2e 47 2e 20 6e 65 77 73 6c 65 74 74 65 72 |.U.G. newsletter| 00000290 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 49 20 73 |s. 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All. sorts of | 00000400 64 65 6d 6f 6e 73 74 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 0d 77 |demonstrations.w| 00000410 65 72 65 20 67 6f 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 61 74 20 |ere going on at | 00000420 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 20 53 |the same time. S| 00000430 63 68 6f 6f 6c 20 68 61 6c 6c 73 20 61 72 65 20 |chool halls are | 00000440 6f 66 74 65 6e 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 68 65 0d 62 65 |often not the.be| 00000450 73 74 20 66 6f 72 20 61 63 6f 75 73 74 69 63 73 |st for acoustics| 00000460 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 77 61 73 20 6e 6f | and this was no| 00000470 20 65 78 63 65 70 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 41 6c 6c 1a | exception. All.| 00000480 20 74 68 65 1a 20 6c 61 74 65 73 74 0d 73 65 65 | the. latest.see| 00000490 6d 73 1a 20 74 6f 1a 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 20 |ms. to. require | 000004a0 61 20 66 61 69 72 20 61 6d 6f 75 6e 74 20 6f 66 |a fair amount of| 000004b0 20 73 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 | sound and the s| 000004c0 68 6f 77 20 77 61 73 20 77 61 73 0d 71 75 69 74 |how was was.quit| 000004d0 65 20 6e 6f 69 73 79 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 |e noisy a lot of| 000004e0 20 74 68 65 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 0d 0d 41 63 6f 72 | the time...Acor| 000004f0 6e 20 43 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 73 20 68 61 64 20 |n Computers had | 00000500 61 20 73 6d 61 6c 6c 1a 20 73 74 61 6e 64 1a 20 |a small. stand. | 00000510 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 74 65 73 74 20 |with the latest | 00000520 6f 6e 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 0d 70 6c 75 73 20 |on display.plus | 00000530 61 6e 20 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 49 6e |an example of In| 00000540 74 65 72 61 63 74 69 76 65 20 4d 75 6c 74 69 6d |teractive Multim| 00000550 65 64 69 61 2e 20 74 68 69 73 1a 20 69 73 20 6e |edia. this. is n| 00000560 6f 74 20 6f 6e 6c 69 6e 65 0d 79 65 74 20 73 6f |ot online.yet so| 00000570 20 77 65 20 68 61 64 20 61 20 73 69 6d 75 6c 61 | we had a simula| 00000580 74 65 64 20 73 68 6f 77 69 6e 67 2e 20 55 73 65 |ted showing. Use| 00000590 64 1a 20 61 1a 20 52 69 73 63 20 50 43 20 74 6f |d. a. Risc PC to| 000005a0 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 0d 74 68 65 20 64 61 74 | provide.the dat| 000005b0 61 2e 20 41 20 63 6f 75 70 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 41 |a. A couple of A| 000005c0 63 6f 72 6e 20 64 65 61 6c 65 72 73 20 77 65 72 |corn dealers wer| 000005d0 65 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 2c 20 |e present, and, | 000005e0 62 65 6c 69 65 76 65 0d 69 74 1a 20 6f 72 1a 20 |believe.it. or. | 000005f0 6e 6f 74 2c 1a 20 6f 6e 65 1a 20 68 61 64 20 73 |not,. one. had s| 00000600 65 76 65 72 61 6c 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 6d 65 |everal programme| 00000610 73 20 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 |s for the Elect| 00000620 72 6f 6e 20 61 74 0d 76 65 72 79 1a 20 67 6f 6f |ron at.very. goo| 00000630 64 1a 20 70 72 69 63 65 73 2e 1a 20 49 20 64 69 |d. prices.. I di| 00000640 64 6e 27 74 1a 20 68 65 73 69 74 61 74 65 1a 20 |dn't. hesitate. | 00000650 74 6f 1a 20 61 64 64 1a 20 74 68 65 6d 1a 20 74 |to. add. them. t| 00000660 6f 1a 20 6d 79 0d 63 6f 6c 6c 65 63 74 69 6f 6e |o. my.collection| 00000670 2e 0d 0d 49 6e 20 4e 65 77 20 5a 65 61 6c 61 6e |...In New Zealan| 00000680 64 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 27 73 20 73 74 72 65 6e 67 |d Acorn's streng| 00000690 74 68 1a 20 69 73 1a 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 65 |th. is. in the e| 000006a0 64 75 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 20 6d 61 72 6b 65 |ducational marke| 000006b0 74 0d 77 69 74 68 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6d 6f 76 65 |t.with some move| 000006c0 6d 65 6e 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 73 70 65 63 69 61 |ment into specia| 000006d0 6c 69 7a 65 64 20 61 72 65 61 73 20 73 75 63 68 |lized areas such| 000006e0 1a 20 61 73 1a 20 6d 75 73 69 63 20 77 69 74 68 |. as. music with| 000006f0 0d 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 44 |.Sibelius, and D| 00000700 54 50 2e 20 49 74 20 68 61 73 20 61 20 64 65 64 |TP. It has a ded| 00000710 69 63 61 74 65 20 62 61 6e 64 20 6f 66 1a 20 73 |icate band of. s| 00000720 75 70 70 6f 72 74 65 72 73 1a 20 73 75 63 68 0d |upporters. such.| 00000730 61 73 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 75 73 65 72 1a 20 67 |as. the. user. g| 00000740 72 6f 75 70 1a 20 62 75 74 1a 20 69 73 1a 20 6e |roup. but. is. n| 00000750 6f 74 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6e 20 6f 75 |ot well known ou| 00000760 74 73 69 64 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 73 65 0d 61 |tside of these.a| 00000770 72 65 61 73 2e 20 41 20 66 72 69 65 6e 64 20 6f |reas. A friend o| 00000780 66 20 6d 69 6e 65 20 77 61 73 20 74 65 6c 6c 69 |f mine was telli| 00000790 6e 67 1a 20 6d 65 1a 20 68 6f 77 1a 20 68 69 73 |ng. me. how. his| 000007a0 1a 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 6e 79 20 68 61 64 0d 75 70 |. company had.up| 000007b0 67 72 61 64 65 64 1a 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 50 43 73 |graded. from PCs| 000007c0 20 74 6f 20 4d 61 63 73 20 66 6f 72 20 69 6e 68 | to Macs for inh| 000007d0 6f 75 73 65 20 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 69 6e 67 2e |ouse publishing.| 000007e0 20 54 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 6e 79 0d 68 61 64 | The company.had| 000007f0 20 61 6c 6c 6f 63 61 74 65 64 1a 20 73 65 76 65 | allocated. seve| 00000800 72 61 6c 1a 20 74 68 6f 75 73 61 6e 64 1a 20 64 |ral. thousand. d| 00000810 6f 6c 6c 61 72 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 75 |ollars for the u| 00000820 70 67 72 61 64 69 6e 67 2e 20 49 0d 61 73 6b 65 |pgrading. I.aske| 00000830 64 20 77 68 74 68 65 72 20 61 6e 20 41 63 6f 72 |d whther an Acor| 00000840 6e 20 73 65 74 75 70 1a 20 68 61 64 20 62 65 65 |n setup. had bee| 00000850 6e 20 63 6f 6e 73 69 64 65 72 65 64 2e 20 49 74 |n considered. It| 00000860 20 77 61 73 20 66 6f 72 20 61 0d 64 65 73 6b 74 | was for a.deskt| 00000870 6f 70 20 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 69 6e 67 20 70 61 |op publishing pa| 00000880 63 6b 61 67 65 20 28 6c 61 72 67 65 29 2e 20 54 |ckage (large). T| 00000890 68 65 20 61 6e 73 77 65 72 20 77 61 73 2c 20 22 |he answer was, "| 000008a0 57 68 61 74 27 73 20 61 6e 0d 41 63 6f 72 6e 3f |What's an.Acorn?| 000008b0 22 1a 20 54 68 65 72 65 1a 20 69 73 6e 27 74 20 |". There. isn't | 000008c0 61 20 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 1a 20 6d 65 64 69 61 1a |a lot of. media.| 000008d0 20 70 72 6f 6d 6f 74 69 6f 6e 2e 1a 20 41 6c 74 | promotion.. Alt| 000008e0 68 6f 75 67 68 1a 20 49 0d 62 65 6c 69 65 76 65 |hough. I.believe| 000008f0 20 74 68 69 73 20 6d 61 79 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 | this may change| 00000900 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 49 6e 74 65 72 61 | with the Intera| 00000910 63 74 69 76 65 20 54 56 20 74 68 72 75 73 74 2e |ctive TV thrust.| 00000920 0d 0d 54 68 65 1a 20 73 68 6f 77 20 6d 61 69 6e |..The. show main| 00000930 74 61 69 6e 65 64 20 6d 6f 6d 65 6e 74 75 6d 20 |tained momentum | 00000940 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 61 66 |through. the. af| 00000950 74 65 72 6e 6f 6f 6e 1a 20 61 6e 64 1a 20 77 65 |ternoon. and. we| 00000960 0d 70 61 63 6b 65 64 20 75 70 20 61 74 20 34 2e |.packed up at 4.| 00000970 30 30 20 70 2e 6d 2e 0d 0d 57 65 6c 6c 2c 20 6d |00 p.m...Well, m| 00000980 79 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 73 65 74 75 70 |y Electron setup| 00000990 20 77 69 6c 6c 1a 20 64 6f 1a 20 6d 65 1a 20 66 | will. do. me. f| 000009a0 6f 72 1a 20 61 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 79 65 74 2c |or. a while yet,| 000009b0 20 6d 61 69 6e 6c 79 0d 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 | mainly.because | 000009c0 6d 79 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 61 |my main use of a| 000009d0 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 69 73 20 63 61 74 | computer is cat| 000009e0 65 72 65 64 1a 20 66 6f 72 1a 20 62 79 20 69 74 |ered. for. by it| 000009f0 2e 20 4e 65 78 74 0d 79 65 61 72 1a 20 6d 61 79 |. Next.year. may| 00000a00 20 73 65 65 20 6d 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6e 6f | see me with ano| 00000a10 74 68 65 72 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 2e 20 41 20 |ther machine. A | 00000a20 66 65 77 20 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 20 73 74 6f 70 70 |few people stopp| 00000a30 65 64 20 62 79 0d 75 74 74 65 72 69 6e 67 20 65 |ed by.uttering e| 00000a40 78 70 72 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 6f 66 20 6e 6f |xpressions of no| 00000a50 73 74 61 6c 67 69 61 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 6e 65 20 |stalgia and one | 00000a60 70 65 72 73 6f 6e 20 73 61 69 64 20 68 65 20 68 |person said he h| 00000a70 61 64 20 61 0d 62 6f 78 20 66 75 6c 6c 1a 20 6f |ad a.box full. o| 00000a80 66 1a 20 45 6c 6b 1a 20 61 6e 64 1a 20 42 65 65 |f. Elk. and. Bee| 00000a90 62 1a 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 21 20 53 6f 6d |b. software! Som| 00000aa0 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 79 6f 75 6e 67 73 74 |e of the youngst| 00000ab0 65 72 73 0d 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 61 20 67 61 6d |ers.played a gam| 00000ac0 65 20 6f 72 20 74 77 6f 2e 0d 0d 4a 75 73 74 20 |e or two...Just | 00000ad0 68 61 64 20 61 6e 20 69 6e 74 65 72 65 73 74 69 |had an interesti| 00000ae0 6e 67 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 74 2e 1a 20 47 75 73 |ng thought.. Gus| 00000af0 20 63 61 6e 27 74 20 72 65 61 64 20 43 75 6d 61 | can't read Cuma| 00000b00 6e 61 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 0d 64 69 73 63 73 20 |na format.discs | 00000b10 73 6f 20 49 27 64 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 74 72 |so I'd better tr| 00000b20 61 6e 73 66 65 72 20 74 68 69 73 20 74 6f 20 61 |ansfer this to a| 00000b30 20 44 46 53 20 64 69 73 63 0d | DFS disc.| 00000b3a
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