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L/+CONGRA
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| Filename: | L/+CONGRA |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0DDC bytes |
| Load address: | 4C204556 |
| Exec address: | 4F432B2E |
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File contents
CONGRATULATIONS!
GREETINGS from New Zealand and congratulations to EUG on reaching the
ripe old (st)age of producing a fiftieth issue. Great work from a line
of dedicated editors [And readers - Ed].
Down under an Electron is definitely a rarity. Concomitant with this
article, I am writing a small piece (My first, I think) for the local
Acorn Users' Group newsletter. The members will probably be surprised
to learn that the Electron is still supported overseas (by EUG). The
pressure mounts to upgrade to an Archimedes or perhaps a RISC OS
machine. They are all I read about in the local newsletter.
Since we moved I have not had as many computers set up as I used to.
Previously, I had a Sinclair Spectrum ZX81, Commodore 64, Z88 and a
Memotech MTX512 set up and ready to run. Now is down to the Elk and the
Z88. The pressure to become Internet capable also works against staying
with an older computer. I have email through the Commodore computer
Bulletin Board service. This is workable because I can work with text.
It's the large memory required for screen graphics that limits what I
can receive. And now music files!
Still, the Electron has been amazingly adaptable considering the
design requirements at the time it was developed. I think the design
team did very well. Microsoft prefers to change the operating system
every year or so. Not my idea of a useful setup. Some of the software
produced for the BBC and Electron range has also proven to be quite
advanced when compared to other offerings. I am thinging especially of
the VIEW series.
In New Zealand, probably because of the size of the market, dealers
move to support naything new and rapidly lose interest in supporting
older machines. This applies to several brands, and not just the
Electron. Overseas I notice that support for older machines continues
for a long time.
Double-density disks are also reaching the end of their production.
Has anyone looked at whether an LS-120 drive (Superdrive) can be made
to work with an Electron? It would give us readability of double-density
disks and the option of using high density 3.5" disks or the 120 mega-
byte disk which could be something like having a hard drive? Would need
some software written for it.
I am currently running my Electron with the Master RAM Board, Plus 1,
Acorn Data recorder, Advanced Plus 3 (twin double-sides 3.5" drives
under ADFS), a Super 5 EQ-333 24-pin printer and Pace Commstar RS-423
port connected to a LineLink 144e which I run at 9600 baud. I can also
download files from my Z88 for storage on disk via the Elk. The screen I
am using is a Roland CC-121. I have three of these but only one is work-
ing. It gives a good screen resolution but I cannot get them serviced
here. The flyback transformer is no longer available. I wonder whether
these were popular in the UK and if so, whether there might still be
flyback transformers available for them.
I like our Editor's idea of looking at programmes that have been
available through Public Domain libraries. Seems we could find a gem or
two. I also think it's a great idea (worthy of support) to have a
repository for all that was ever produced for the Electron - amazing
just how much was! Any chance of a master list of all these things?
Hardware, software, books et al.
How about a survey for the millennium? Who is still using an Elec-
tron? What is it used for? How long has it been used for? Etc, etc.
Alan Richardson
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Great work fr| 000000b0 6f 6d 20 61 20 6c 69 6e 65 0d 6f 66 20 64 65 64 |om a line.of ded| 000000c0 69 63 61 74 65 64 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 73 20 5b |icated editors [| 000000d0 41 6e 64 20 72 65 61 64 65 72 73 20 2d 20 45 64 |And readers - Ed| 000000e0 5d 2e 0d 20 20 20 44 6f 77 6e 20 75 6e 64 65 72 |].. Down under| 000000f0 20 61 6e 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 | an Electron is | 00000100 64 65 66 69 6e 69 74 65 6c 79 20 61 20 72 61 72 |definitely a rar| 00000110 69 74 79 2e 20 43 6f 6e 63 6f 6d 69 74 61 6e 74 |ity. 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The pressur| 00000360 65 20 74 6f 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 20 49 6e 74 65 |e to become Inte| 00000370 72 6e 65 74 20 63 61 70 61 62 6c 65 20 61 6c 73 |rnet capable als| 00000380 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 20 61 67 61 69 6e 73 74 20 |o works against | 00000390 73 74 61 79 69 6e 67 0d 77 69 74 68 20 61 6e 20 |staying.with an | 000003a0 6f 6c 64 65 72 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 2e 20 |older computer. | 000003b0 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 20 74 68 72 |I have email thr| 000003c0 6f 75 67 68 20 74 68 65 20 43 6f 6d 6d 6f 64 6f |ough the Commodo| 000003d0 72 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 0d 42 75 6c 6c |re computer.Bull| 000003e0 65 74 69 6e 20 42 6f 61 72 64 20 73 65 72 76 69 |etin Board servi| 000003f0 63 65 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 77 6f 72 6b |ce. This is work| 00000400 61 62 6c 65 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 49 20 63 |able because I c| 00000410 61 6e 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 65 78 |an work with tex| 00000420 74 2e 0d 49 74 27 73 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 72 67 |t..It's the larg| 00000430 65 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 |e memory require| 00000440 64 20 66 6f 72 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 67 72 61 |d for screen gra| 00000450 70 68 69 63 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 6c 69 6d 69 74 |phics that limit| 00000460 73 20 77 68 61 74 20 49 0d 63 61 6e 20 72 65 63 |s what I.can rec| 00000470 65 69 76 65 2e 20 41 6e 64 20 6e 6f 77 20 6d 75 |eive. And now mu| 00000480 73 69 63 20 66 69 6c 65 73 21 0d 20 20 20 53 74 |sic files!. St| 00000490 69 6c 6c 2c 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f |ill, the Electro| 000004a0 6e 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 61 6d 61 7a 69 |n has been amazi| 000004b0 6e 67 6c 79 20 61 64 61 70 74 61 62 6c 65 20 63 |ngly adaptable c| 000004c0 6f 6e 73 69 64 65 72 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 0d |onsidering the .| 000004d0 64 65 73 69 67 6e 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 6d 65 |design requireme| 000004e0 6e 74 73 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 |nts at the time | 000004f0 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 64 65 76 65 6c 6f 70 65 64 |it was developed| 00000500 2e 20 49 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 |. I think the de| 00000510 73 69 67 6e 0d 74 65 61 6d 20 64 69 64 20 76 65 |sign.team did ve| 00000520 72 79 20 77 65 6c 6c 2e 20 4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f |ry well. 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Some| 00000590 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 | of the software| 000005a0 0d 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 |.produced for th| 000005b0 65 20 42 42 43 20 61 6e 64 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 |e BBC and Electr| 000005c0 6f 6e 20 72 61 6e 67 65 20 68 61 73 20 61 6c 73 |on range has als| 000005d0 6f 20 70 72 6f 76 65 6e 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 71 |o proven to be q| 000005e0 75 69 74 65 0d 61 64 76 61 6e 63 65 64 20 77 68 |uite.advanced wh| 000005f0 65 6e 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 72 65 64 20 74 6f 20 6f |en compared to o| 00000600 74 68 65 72 20 6f 66 66 65 72 69 6e 67 73 2e 20 |ther offerings. | 00000610 49 20 61 6d 20 74 68 69 6e 67 69 6e 67 20 65 73 |I am thinging es| 00000620 70 65 63 69 61 6c 6c 79 20 6f 66 0d 74 68 65 20 |pecially of.the | 00000630 56 49 45 57 20 73 65 72 69 65 73 2e 0d 20 20 20 |VIEW series.. | 00000640 49 6e 20 4e 65 77 20 5a 65 61 6c 61 6e 64 2c 20 |In New Zealand, | 00000650 70 72 6f 62 61 62 6c 79 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 |probably because| 00000660 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 7a 65 20 6f 66 20 | of the size of | 00000670 74 68 65 20 6d 61 72 6b 65 74 2c 20 64 65 61 6c |the market, deal| 00000680 65 72 73 0d 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 6f 20 73 75 70 70 |ers.move to supp| 00000690 6f 72 74 20 6e 61 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 6e 65 77 |ort naything new| 000006a0 20 61 6e 64 20 72 61 70 69 64 6c 79 20 6c 6f 73 | and rapidly los| 000006b0 65 20 69 6e 74 65 72 65 73 74 20 69 6e 20 73 75 |e interest in su| 000006c0 70 70 6f 72 74 69 6e 67 0d 6f 6c 64 65 72 20 6d |pporting.older m| 000006d0 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 61 70 |achines. This ap| 000006e0 70 6c 69 65 73 20 74 6f 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 6c |plies to several| 000006f0 20 62 72 61 6e 64 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 6f 74 | brands, and not| 00000700 20 6a 75 73 74 20 74 68 65 20 0d 45 6c 65 63 74 | just the .Elect| 00000710 72 6f 6e 2e 20 4f 76 65 72 73 65 61 73 20 49 20 |ron. Overseas I | 00000720 6e 6f 74 69 63 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 75 70 70 |notice that supp| 00000730 6f 72 74 20 66 6f 72 20 6f 6c 64 65 72 20 6d 61 |ort for older ma| 00000740 63 68 69 6e 65 73 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 65 73 |chines continues| 00000750 20 0d 66 6f 72 20 61 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 74 69 6d | .for a long tim| 00000760 65 2e 0d 20 20 20 44 6f 75 62 6c 65 2d 64 65 6e |e.. Double-den| 00000770 73 69 74 79 20 64 69 73 6b 73 20 61 72 65 20 61 |sity disks are a| 00000780 6c 73 6f 20 72 65 61 63 68 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 |lso reaching the| 00000790 20 65 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 70 72 | end of their pr| 000007a0 6f 64 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0d 48 61 73 20 61 6e |oduction..Has an| 000007b0 79 6f 6e 65 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 65 64 20 61 74 20 77 |yone looked at w| 000007c0 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 61 6e 20 4c 53 2d 31 32 30 |hether an LS-120| 000007d0 20 64 72 69 76 65 20 28 53 75 70 65 72 64 72 69 | drive (Superdri| 000007e0 76 65 29 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 6d 61 64 65 0d |ve) can be made.| 000007f0 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6e 20 |to work with an | 00000800 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 3f 20 49 74 20 77 6f 75 |Electron? 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Wou| 000008c0 6c 64 20 6e 65 65 64 0d 73 6f 6d 65 20 73 6f 66 |ld need.some sof| 000008d0 74 77 61 72 65 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 66 6f |tware written fo| 000008e0 72 20 69 74 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 20 61 6d 20 63 75 |r it.. I am cu| 000008f0 72 72 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 |rrently running | 00000900 6d 79 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 |my Electron with| 00000910 20 74 68 65 20 4d 61 73 74 65 72 20 52 41 4d 20 | the Master RAM | 00000920 42 6f 61 72 64 2c 20 50 6c 75 73 20 31 2c 0d 41 |Board, Plus 1,.A| 00000930 63 6f 72 6e 20 44 61 74 61 20 72 65 63 6f 72 64 |corn Data record| 00000940 65 72 2c 20 41 64 76 61 6e 63 65 64 20 50 6c 75 |er, Advanced Plu| 00000950 73 20 33 20 28 74 77 69 6e 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 |s 3 (twin double| 00000960 2d 73 69 64 65 73 20 33 2e 35 22 20 64 72 69 76 |-sides 3.5" driv| 00000970 65 73 20 0d 75 6e 64 65 72 20 41 44 46 53 29 2c |es .under ADFS),| 00000980 20 61 20 53 75 70 65 72 20 35 20 45 51 2d 33 33 | a Super 5 EQ-33| 00000990 33 20 32 34 2d 70 69 6e 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 |3 24-pin printer| 000009a0 20 61 6e 64 20 50 61 63 65 20 43 6f 6d 6d 73 74 | and Pace Commst| 000009b0 61 72 20 52 53 2d 34 32 33 0d 70 6f 72 74 20 63 |ar RS-423.port c| 000009c0 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 20 4c 69 |onnected to a Li| 000009d0 6e 65 4c 69 6e 6b 20 31 34 34 65 20 77 68 69 63 |neLink 144e whic| 000009e0 68 20 49 20 72 75 6e 20 61 74 20 39 36 30 30 20 |h I run at 9600 | 000009f0 62 61 75 64 2e 20 49 20 63 61 6e 20 61 6c 73 6f |baud. I can also| 00000a00 0d 64 6f 77 6e 6c 6f 61 64 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 |.download files | 00000a10 66 72 6f 6d 20 6d 79 20 5a 38 38 20 66 6f 72 20 |from my Z88 for | 00000a20 73 74 6f 72 61 67 65 20 6f 6e 20 64 69 73 6b 20 |storage on disk | 00000a30 76 69 61 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 6b 2e 20 54 68 65 |via the Elk. The| 00000a40 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 49 0d 61 6d 20 75 73 69 | screen I.am usi| 00000a50 6e 67 20 69 73 20 61 20 52 6f 6c 61 6e 64 20 43 |ng is a Roland C| 00000a60 43 2d 31 32 31 2e 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 68 |C-121. I have th| 00000a70 72 65 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 62 75 74 |ree of these but| 00000a80 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6f 6e 65 20 69 73 20 77 6f 72 | only one is wor| 00000a90 6b 2d 0d 69 6e 67 2e 20 49 74 20 67 69 76 65 73 |k-.ing. It gives| 00000aa0 20 61 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 72 | a good screen r| 00000ab0 65 73 6f 6c 75 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 75 74 20 49 20 |esolution but I | 00000ac0 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 67 65 74 20 74 68 65 6d 20 |cannot get them | 00000ad0 73 65 72 76 69 63 65 64 0d 68 65 72 65 2e 20 54 |serviced.here. T| 00000ae0 68 65 20 66 6c 79 62 61 63 6b 20 74 72 61 6e 73 |he flyback trans| 00000af0 66 6f 72 6d 65 72 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 20 6c 6f 6e |former is no lon| 00000b00 67 65 72 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 2e 20 49 |ger available. I| 00000b10 20 77 6f 6e 64 65 72 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 0d | wonder whether.| 00000b20 74 68 65 73 65 20 77 65 72 65 20 70 6f 70 75 6c |these were popul| 00000b30 61 72 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 55 4b 20 61 6e 64 |ar in the UK and| 00000b40 20 69 66 20 73 6f 2c 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 | if so, whether | 00000b50 74 68 65 72 65 20 6d 69 67 68 74 20 73 74 69 6c |there might stil| 00000b60 6c 20 62 65 0d 66 6c 79 62 61 63 6b 20 74 72 61 |l be.flyback tra| 00000b70 6e 73 66 6f 72 6d 65 72 73 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 |nsformers availa| 00000b80 62 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 6d 2e 0d 20 20 |ble for them.. | 00000b90 20 49 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 6f 75 72 20 45 64 69 74 | I like our Edit| 00000ba0 6f 72 27 73 20 69 64 65 61 20 6f 66 20 6c 6f 6f |or's idea of loo| 00000bb0 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 74 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 6d |king at programm| 00000bc0 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 |es that have bee| 00000bd0 6e 0d 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 74 68 72 6f |n.available thro| 00000be0 75 67 68 20 50 75 62 6c 69 63 20 44 6f 6d 61 69 |ugh Public Domai| 00000bf0 6e 20 6c 69 62 72 61 72 69 65 73 2e 20 53 65 65 |n libraries. See| 00000c00 6d 73 20 77 65 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 66 69 6e 64 |ms we could find| 00000c10 20 61 20 67 65 6d 20 6f 72 0d 74 77 6f 2e 20 49 | a gem or.two. I| 00000c20 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 69 74 27 73 | also think it's| 00000c30 20 61 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 69 64 65 61 20 28 77 | a great idea (w| 00000c40 6f 72 74 68 79 20 6f 66 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 |orthy of support| 00000c50 29 20 74 6f 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 0d 72 65 70 |) to have a .rep| 00000c60 6f 73 69 74 6f 72 79 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6c 6c 20 |ository for all | 00000c70 74 68 61 74 20 77 61 73 20 65 76 65 72 20 70 72 |that was ever pr| 00000c80 6f 64 75 63 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 45 |oduced for the E| 00000c90 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 2d 20 61 6d 61 7a 69 6e |lectron - amazin| 00000ca0 67 20 0d 6a 75 73 74 20 68 6f 77 20 6d 75 63 68 |g .just how much| 00000cb0 20 77 61 73 21 20 41 6e 79 20 63 68 61 6e 63 65 | was! Any chance| 00000cc0 20 6f 66 20 61 20 6d 61 73 74 65 72 20 6c 69 73 | of a master lis| 00000cd0 74 20 6f 66 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 74 |t of all these t| 00000ce0 68 69 6e 67 73 3f 20 0d 48 61 72 64 77 61 72 65 |hings? .Hardware| 00000cf0 2c 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 2c 20 62 6f 6f 6b |, software, book| 00000d00 73 20 65 74 20 61 6c 2e 0d 20 20 20 48 6f 77 20 |s et al.. How | 00000d10 61 62 6f 75 74 20 61 20 73 75 72 76 65 79 20 66 |about a survey f| 00000d20 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 6c 6c 65 6e 6e 69 75 |or the millenniu| 00000d30 6d 3f 20 57 68 6f 20 69 73 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 |m? Who is still | 00000d40 75 73 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 20 45 6c 65 63 2d 0d 74 |using an Elec-.t| 00000d50 72 6f 6e 3f 20 57 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 69 74 20 |ron? What is it | 00000d60 75 73 65 64 20 66 6f 72 3f 20 48 6f 77 20 6c 6f |used for? How lo| 00000d70 6e 67 20 68 61 73 20 69 74 20 62 65 65 6e 20 75 |ng has it been u| 00000d80 73 65 64 20 66 6f 72 3f 20 45 74 63 2c 20 65 74 |sed for? Etc, et| 00000d90 63 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |c.. | 00000da0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000dc0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 6c 61 6e | Alan| 00000dd0 20 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 73 6f 6e 0d | Richardson.| 00000ddc
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