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File contents
A NEW DOG WITH OLD TRICKS
THE Editor's strong words in EUG #53 have indeed prompted me to write -
hoping others do too! - to comment on the Group's future.
When I got my first issue of the ELECTRON USER GROUP magazine (EUG
#47), I was delighted "life was in the old dog" and it's been a pleasure
!BOOTing up each one since. Those openers, the latest one no exception,
are mindblowing and I share Will Watts' fascination as to how they are
prepared. Is there a wonderful art package out there I don't know about?
Similarly, the news roundup is always easy to understand, even for us
non-techies.
I've been able to purchase some back issues and, finances allowing,
hope to complete the whole set of EUG mags in a while. As a bit of a
'dabbler' in other quarters too, I truly think no other 8-bit computer
can boast such an informed newsletter as this. There are some things I
should bring to its leader's attention however...
It's only a thought but I wonder how many people are, like me, not
owners of an Electron but of a BBC Master. Most people will know the BBC
outlived the Elk by a good few years and the Master had more (shadow)
memory. I'm not saying I ever sneered at Elk owners - and, if I did, I
am put squarely into place by this mag's success - but I didn't know, in
a fashion, that there were similarities between the two machines! So I
went hunting only for User Groups with BBC in their titles. This may be
because I joined the BBC scene a bit late (about '93) and the glossies,
besides not catering for me, never mentioned the little Electron.
There could be literally hundreds of people who, like I was, are
completely unaware that ELECTRON USER GROUP is also a BBC USER GROUP.
You need more publicity stating how almost everything on each EUG disk
works on a BBC too. On EUG #53, BBC owners could play everything on it
(apart from HOUSE which I'll get to in a minute) and a few items of PD
were even BBC only [ECG DEMO and PYRAMID PATIENCE - Ed]. And a huge
advertisement page was filled with BBC, not Electron, wants and sales!
If I understand rightly from the web page itself, the magazine has
'evolved'. So if it's become as much BBC as Electron-friendly then it's
time the name's changed to BEM (BBC & ELECTRON MAGAZINE) or something as
fitting. Had it been so, I for one would have been likely to contact it
sooner! The ELECTRON in the present title makes it still sound specific
to Elk users! Is it or isn't it?
Now onto HOUSE which our Editor said he'd debugged. First, I'd never
got as far as making a bomb due to another bug that occurs when you GIVE
WHISKEY TO MAGGIE in Downing Street. You are meant to get petrol in ex-
change but instead both the Mode 7 MICRO USER 12. 6 and the Mode 6 BBC/
Elk EUG version crash the inventory and ruin the adventure. The "patch"
has no effect at all and, having been disappointed when I got stuck in
HOUSE all those years ago, I was faced with the same bug again! What I
don't understand is, if EUG is prepared ON a Master - as the Ed informed
me once - how this bug was missed. Let alone how he managed to play past
it to use the bomb! I hope he will now re-check the code and patch up
this other bug so I can finally complete it.
That's about all I can think of for now and to end positively I will
repeat that EUG is, in all respects apart these, a fantastic publication
and I hope it remains at its monthly circulation!
Torsten Lindh, Dunbarton, SCOTLAND
THIS letter prompted me to think carefully, not to mention arm myself
with all manner of BBC machines - and a HOUSE solution - to check out
Torsten's complaint, before responding. But in particular the idea of
changing EUG's name seemed a colossal move!
The easy bit to answer regards EUG's recent opening screens. There
have been many (well, three including his!) exclamations of bewilderment
upon seeing these grace monitor screens on such 'simple' computers.
All will be revealed in full sometime but the most I choose to dis-
close here is that the colourful Mode 1 pics are created via customised
programs, not a BBC/Electron art package. My occasional other EUG pics
(in Modes 4 and 5) over the years were produced using THE ART STUDIO by
Impact Software; the best art package not requiring external addons!
Torsten's story of being unaware that the EUG disk was compatible
with BBCs is a cause for concern and I can definitely see his point.
If you've never heard of the Acorn Electron, then you're no more likely
to search for an Electron User Group than you are an Amstrad one!
On the other hand, the opening page of the web site makes it very
clear that the magazine IS compatible, Torsten DID realise this in the
end, links appear on all the main BBC sites implying the mag will work
and the name is well-established; to abandon it could seem unnecessary
and pointless. Similar stories to his may sway me though - the Elk's
importance is not underestimated by EUG but it IS diminishing as more
readers with BBCs send in subscriptions.
This area is an open invitation for readers' perspectives. Are any of
those who have been with the mag right from the start completely
opposed to change? Part of me wants to see EUG continue past 82 issues
(i.e. even longer than ELECTRON USER managed!) but of course a new maga-
zine would cut this completely short.
The final, not completely unrelated point, is HOUSE - IT'S QUITE
BADLY BUGGED REALLY. Passing the buck in one sense, I would like to note
I had the idea to convert it when I obtained THE MICRO USER Vol 12 No. 6
disk last month and, although I hadn't noticed it, the bug discussed
(when handing over the bottle of whisky) IS there in the conversion.
The odd thing is, though, that this bug only appears when playing on
a Master 128 computer. On an Electron, both DFS and with PAGE at &1D00
and MRB enabled, it works absolutely perfectly (at least, with the patch
I put in). With DFS on the Model B, it also works fine. This leads me to
think that whatever causes the crash is a bug in the Master's architec-
ture which it is, unfortunately, beyond my skills to doctor. Oh, and the
"Convert" utility doesn't correct it.
The bug's there in every version; both the MICRO USER one and the
EUG #53 one. It is not a result of my conversion which I game-tested on
the Electron, not the Master, because I wanted to ensure (obviously)
that it worked. It never crossed my mind that the version converted may
actually not work on one of the BBC machines - especially when THE MICRO
USER was meant to be a BBC disk!
All I can do is to offer my apologies and appeal to someone more
technically-minded to explain why it occurs.
Dave Edwards, EUG #54
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