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| Exec address: | 44414843 |
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Dear Gus I've been humming and hawing these last few weeks whether I should renew my EUG subscription. It's not that I don't like the machines I do. After a hard day at the computer interface being thrown and picking up a lot of unwelcome to very unwelcome problems, it is very nice to play with a good old Acorn 8 bit that will bundle along with few if any worries. I mention this because in my last received EUG36 Feb 98, you set the question which boiled down to "quick and dirty or slow and good?" The only possible answer has to be slow and good (tested). I probably have the skill to crack the problems that occur, but I really don't have the motivation. It's the Microsoft secret really, it works well enough enough of the time. So, if my EUG disc presents programs that don't work, I rarely investigate, thus much hard work sits unenjoyed. PLEASE TEST. However, my decision was forced for me the other week. The room presently used as the IT suite here at Chadder Mansions is to be redesignated Nursery over the coming months, so my room of Acorn junk and other stuff is to be relocated to the attic, leaving me with only an unfriendly PC. Can I suggest a quarterly publication rate? Set about compiling the next issue. When you have completed the contents, begin compiling next plus one while testing the issue just compiled - perhaps you could send out a copy for review to a trusted member - when the next issue is published you can begin compiling next plus two and testing next plus one and so on. Once this gets going I think you have a better magazine and it's not so rigid that you can't slip in a late breaking item. And talking of late breaking items. Computer control by brain wave is now a reality. This is not a joke or wind up. Some one in the states has devised a gane for the Mac where play is controlled by brain waves collected by sensers attached to the head. The review I saw said it didn't work too well first time, but what's wrong with a little practice? This device and others like it is in the US equivalent of PC World (Or Mac world) now. It is real and it is happening. Something else in the same article went on about "teleporting" (As in beam me up Scotty) data. I always thought teleporting data was called radio, so I've missed something there. The article was of the opinion that physical teleportation was not far over the horizon. I stress this is genuine. Anyway, because this will be my final contribution and I will no longer be able to follow the mag, I thought I'd bring you up to date on a couple of things I've written about before. MONDEX the cash on a card card. The end is nigh, July 31 in fact. They continued trying to flog this around Swindon, and it continued to have a smaller than anticipated take up and use. The problem boils down to it's non-universality. I'd love to use Mondex but haven't for months or years because it just isn't on my flight paths. Swindon has a very high commuter population, both in to and out from the town. This must surely have an effect upon take up. Why didn't they choose, say, Stirling? YEAR 2000. Be worried. There is a great deal of hype around and some of it is frighteningly obvious. Equally frightening is the amount of recent software which only now the manufacturers are guardedly admitting may not be wholly year 2000 compliant. Windows 95 for example, not all versions are fully compliant but Microsoft are very cagey about what exactly is wrong. These are the things that will cause problems. That and the cowboy programmer trainers who will surface in the next few months/weeks to badly train would be Y2K bug fixers - bad training means mistakes and that means problems for all of us. I think the embedded code scare is being exaggerated, but there certainly will be problems. More worrying is the robber gangs waiting for mass disruption and who will be the greatest bane in new year 2000. I respectfully suggest you don't leave the country for new year 2000, try not to leave town actually. Get in a supply of tinned food you can eat cold (beans, fish) and a big bag of potatoes. Dried might be an idea too, along with large water containers in case service is restricetd. Get a supply of cash at home (If the banks aren't working you will be able to drive really hard bargains with folding money). Not too much though and start picking it up from about September 99. Fix any drafts or leaks in your flat or house in case the power is disrupted. I don't wish to be alarmist about year 2000 but I think you would be very sensible to take a prudently cautious attitude. BEATLES. I speak only to true fans of the music. There are a pair of albums, with a third on the way, called Exotic Beatles. It takes as its premise 'what if' all the fab hums that were invented by the fab four had been distributed around the world? What would 'She Loves You' have sounded like if recorded by a Spanish Gypsy guitarist? Or 'Things We Said Today' by a Brazilian punk band? Or if 'I Wanna Be Your Man' was actually a piece of erotic love poetry? Perhaps "When I'm 64" by a Police choir? This album gathers those recordings. Some are unintentionally funny but in each case the performer is treating the song as his own and consequently some are BETTER than the original. Yes really. If you love the music of the Beatles buy this album. Is this what you call buy bye? Chris I'm not too sure what you mean when you say I offered the choice between 'quick and dirty or slow and good'. I try always to make EUG as good as possable. Mistakes which do occur happen because of the endless complications associated with publishing a magazine of this kind. In a nutshell, after loking at everything over and over again, it becomes increasingly easy to miss the odd mistake. EUG36 caused a problem for some Elk users because I left in a REM statement at the end of the new menu. The new menu was started to reduce mistakes caused by producing repeated menus of every directory and to reduce file count on DFS and so it goes on. I shall miss your anecdotes. But congratulations on the mini Chadders. I only wish there could be a mini Gus but sadly this is not to be. Reading your prophecies of doom for year 2000 I am beginning to feel a bit like the 'multitudes who taunted of Noah'. I must confess that I have lately given some serious consideration to buying one of those Pentium II computers which are being hawked by just about everyone at the moment. I really am more interested in getting onto the Internet. I've seen some which will do this for about `500 but where do I stop? Best of luck for the future especially baby Chadwick. Keep in touch if you can.
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After.a | 000000a0 68 61 72 64 20 64 61 79 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 |hard day at the | 000000b0 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 69 6e 74 65 72 66 61 |computer interfa| 000000c0 63 65 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 74 68 72 6f 77 6e 20 |ce being thrown | 000000d0 61 6e 64 20 70 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 75 70 20 61 |and picking up a| 000000e0 20 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 0d 75 6e 77 65 6c 63 6f 6d | lot of.unwelcom| 000000f0 65 20 74 6f 20 76 65 72 79 20 75 6e 77 65 6c 63 |e to very unwelc| 00000100 6f 6d 65 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 2c 20 69 74 |ome problems, it| 00000110 20 69 73 20 76 65 72 79 20 6e 69 63 65 20 74 6f | is very nice to| 00000120 20 70 6c 61 79 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 67 6f 6f | play with a goo| 00000130 64 0d 6f 6c 64 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 38 20 62 69 |d.old Acorn 8 bi| 00000140 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 75 6e 64 |t that will bund| 00000150 6c 65 20 61 6c 6f 6e 67 20 77 69 74 68 20 66 65 |le along with fe| 00000160 77 20 69 66 20 61 6e 79 20 77 6f 72 72 69 65 73 |w if any worries| 00000170 2e 0d 0d 49 20 6d 65 6e 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 68 69 |...I mention thi| 00000180 73 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 69 6e 20 6d 79 20 |s because in my | 00000190 6c 61 73 74 20 72 65 63 65 69 76 65 64 20 45 55 |last received EU| 000001a0 47 33 36 20 46 65 62 20 39 38 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 |G36 Feb 98, you | 000001b0 73 65 74 20 74 68 65 0d 71 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e |set the.question| 000001c0 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 62 6f 69 6c 65 64 20 64 6f | which boiled do| 000001d0 77 6e 20 74 6f 20 22 71 75 69 63 6b 20 61 6e 64 |wn to "quick and| 000001e0 20 64 69 72 74 79 20 6f 72 20 73 6c 6f 77 20 61 | dirty or slow a| 000001f0 6e 64 20 67 6f 6f 64 3f 22 20 20 54 68 65 0d 6f |nd good?" The.o| 00000200 6e 6c 79 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 61 6e 73 |nly possible ans| 00000210 77 65 72 20 68 61 73 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 73 6c |wer has to be sl| 00000220 6f 77 20 61 6e 64 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 28 74 65 73 |ow and good (tes| 00000230 74 65 64 29 2e 20 20 49 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62 6c |ted). I probabl| 00000240 79 20 68 61 76 65 0d 74 68 65 20 73 6b 69 6c 6c |y have.the skill| 00000250 20 74 6f 20 63 72 61 63 6b 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 | to crack the pr| 00000260 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 6f 63 63 75 |oblems that occu| 00000270 72 2c 20 62 75 74 20 49 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 |r, but I really | 00000280 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 0d 6d |don't have the.m| 00000290 6f 74 69 76 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 20 49 74 27 73 |otivation. It's| 000002a0 20 74 68 65 20 4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f 66 74 20 73 | the Microsoft s| 000002b0 65 63 72 65 74 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 2c 20 69 74 |ecret really, it| 000002c0 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 65 6e 6f 75 | works well enou| 000002d0 67 68 20 65 6e 6f 75 67 68 0d 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |gh enough.of the| 000002e0 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 20 20 53 6f 2c 20 69 66 20 6d | time. So, if m| 000002f0 79 20 45 55 47 20 64 69 73 63 20 70 72 65 73 65 |y EUG disc prese| 00000300 6e 74 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 20 74 68 61 |nts programs tha| 00000310 74 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 2c 20 49 0d |t don't work, I.| 00000320 72 61 72 65 6c 79 20 69 6e 76 65 73 74 69 67 61 |rarely investiga| 00000330 74 65 2c 20 74 68 75 73 20 6d 75 63 68 20 68 61 |te, thus much ha| 00000340 72 64 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 73 69 74 73 20 75 6e 65 |rd work sits une| 00000350 6e 6a 6f 79 65 64 2e 20 20 50 4c 45 41 53 45 20 |njoyed. 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I'd love to u| 00000b30 73 65 20 4d 6f 6e 64 65 78 20 62 75 74 20 68 61 |se Mondex but ha| 00000b40 76 65 6e 27 74 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 6f 6e 74 68 73 |ven't for months| 00000b50 20 6f 72 20 79 65 61 72 73 0d 62 65 63 61 75 73 | or years.becaus| 00000b60 65 20 69 74 20 6a 75 73 74 20 69 73 6e 27 74 20 |e it just isn't | 00000b70 6f 6e 20 6d 79 20 66 6c 69 67 68 74 20 70 61 74 |on my flight pat| 00000b80 68 73 2e 20 20 53 77 69 6e 64 6f 6e 20 68 61 73 |hs. Swindon has| 00000b90 20 61 20 76 65 72 79 20 68 69 67 68 0d 63 6f 6d | a very high.com| 00000ba0 6d 75 74 65 72 20 70 6f 70 75 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e |muter population| 00000bb0 2c 20 62 6f 74 68 20 69 6e 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 64 |, both in to and| 00000bc0 20 6f 75 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f | out from the to| 00000bd0 77 6e 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 6d 75 73 74 20 73 |wn. 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