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| Load address: | 4C204556 |
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File contents
D Edwards,
42 Canterbury Road
Redcar
Cleveland
TS10 3QF
15 July 1994
Gus Donnachaidh
25 Bertie Road
SouthSea
Hampshire
PO4 8JX
Dear Gus,
This is going to be a reasonably long letter, as there are a lot of things
I would like to put to you in it. I have owned an Elk for 8 years, during
which time I have accumulated a large amount of software, but my set-up is
very simple; an Elk and a Plus 1.
In addition I own an Amiga 500 (with Video and Audio digitiser) and a BBC
Master D-S- ADFS system. I tend to find that if I produce Art on the Amiga
art packages then COPY it to the BBC Master, that I can achieve some
splendid results. My only full-blown professional game, "Sunday" is
nearing completion with over twenty-four fully animated scenes, over 400
different responses and a Command Mode. The use of Mode 4 graphics on a
grid in the centre of the screen (11 x 8 CHR$) allows the rest of the
screen to be used for text talk, descriptions and responses similar in
many ways to "Monkey Island" on the Amiga. Using a BBC Master also allows
four channel sound so it is possible to incoporate music and FX to give
the game a large sense of "realism".
Although when completly finished, I intend to chop massive chunks out of
it and convert it to the Electron, there will probably be a long delay
because of no Plus 3 on my Elk (for which I am not paying `150 for a new
one!) which will no doubt cause me a LOT of problems working from tape. If
anyone can give me any advice on how to sort this thing out I would like
to hear from them?
Now from what I've heard, a lot of Elk games cannot be transferred to disk
from tape due to "complications with memory". As far as I can see,
Superior as the only ones who bother to think about how long us tape
owners have to spend loading in a game (i.e. Combat Lynx and Exile take
about ten minutes!) and copyright laws also forbid us to copy tapes onto
discs, but what I want to KNOW is...what about all those thousands of
firms who produced only one or two games for the Elk, then ceased trading?
These firms who can now not make any profit, surely don't mind us making
copies of their games for us and our friends enjoyment?!
Myself, I have around 500 different games, and only 3 of them are pirated
(these being "Orbital" (Impact Software), "Four Stones" (Scott Adams) and
"Space Shuttle" (English Software) ), this because I cannot get the
originals anywhere. Now, I don't know how the law works, but I have been
informed that copyrights DO run out, so may'be soon it will be possible to
start re-distributing some of these smaller games without being liable for
prosecution, on TAPE format in the future. It would seem to me to be a
good way (perhaps the only way) to keep support for the Elk strong enough.
If anyone out there knows anything more than I do, let's hear from you, as
I also have a utility called "TurboCon" which not only copies almost EVERY
game, but also changes the signal sent to the tape machine in such a way
that the game loads in in two thirds of the time! Exceptions to copying
are Birdstrike, Elite, Exile, The Hacker, Video Classics, Stairway To
Hell, Southern Belle, Chip Buster and Star Drifter. And while I'm on about
copying, does anyone know how the altered loading systems shown on
BirdStrike, Star Drifter and The Hacker are achieved?
I also think that it may be wise to begin a list of all the software which
was ever produced for the Electron. My list is a good start, and if
everyone sends in their lists, I'm sure that we can make a comprehensive
"Games List" which could appear in the magazine in a format such as:
Game Software House C/O Inst. Original Comp. Enquire
LEMMING SYNDROME SuperSellers O Yes Dynabyte Col A
LICENCE TO KILL Alternative O Yes -- B
"C/O" denotes Copy or Original. "Inst." whether the person has the
instructions, and the "Enquire" like so...
A ) Supplier: David Edwards, 42 Canterbury Road, Redcar, Cleveland, TS10
3QF.
B ) Supplier: Mr X, 43 X Lane, X Town, X County, XXX XXX.
...we could then set up trades of software between Electron Users. These
may sound like big ideas to a lot of EUG readers, but would certainly keep
life in the old machine running.
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"complications| 000007b0 1a 20 77 69 74 68 1a 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 22 2e |. with. memory".| 000007c0 1a 20 41 73 1a 20 66 61 72 20 61 73 20 49 20 63 |. As. far as I c| 000007d0 61 6e 20 73 65 65 2c 0d 53 75 70 65 72 69 6f 72 |an see,.Superior| 000007e0 1a 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6f 6e |. as the only on| 000007f0 65 73 20 77 68 6f 20 62 6f 74 68 65 72 20 74 6f |es who bother to| 00000800 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 1a 20 61 62 6f 75 74 1a 20 68 | think. about. h| 00000810 6f 77 1a 20 6c 6f 6e 67 1a 20 75 73 1a 20 74 61 |ow. long. us. ta| 00000820 70 65 0d 6f 77 6e 65 72 73 20 68 61 76 65 1a 20 |pe.owners have. | 00000830 74 6f 1a 20 73 70 65 6e 64 1a 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 |to. spend. loadi| 00000840 6e 67 20 69 6e 20 61 20 67 61 6d 65 20 28 69 2e |ng in a game (i.| 00000850 65 2e 20 43 6f 6d 62 61 74 20 4c 79 6e 78 20 61 |e. Combat Lynx a| 00000860 6e 64 20 45 78 69 6c 65 20 74 61 6b 65 0d 61 62 |nd Exile take.ab| 00000870 6f 75 74 20 74 65 6e 20 6d 69 6e 75 74 65 73 21 |out ten minutes!| 00000880 29 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 1a |) and copyright.| 00000890 20 6c 61 77 73 1a 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 66 6f 72 62 | laws. also forb| 000008a0 69 64 20 75 73 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 70 79 20 74 61 |id us to copy ta| 000008b0 70 65 73 20 6f 6e 74 6f 0d 64 69 73 63 73 2c 20 |pes onto.discs, | 000008c0 62 75 74 20 77 68 61 74 20 49 20 77 61 6e 74 20 |but what I want | 000008d0 74 6f 20 4b 4e 4f 57 1a 20 69 73 2e 2e 2e 77 68 |to KNOW. is...wh| 000008e0 61 74 1a 20 61 62 6f 75 74 1a 20 61 6c 6c 1a 20 |at. about. all. | 000008f0 74 68 6f 73 65 1a 20 74 68 6f 75 73 61 6e 64 73 |those. thousands| 00000900 20 6f 66 0d 66 69 72 6d 73 20 77 68 6f 20 70 72 | of.firms who pr| 00000910 6f 64 75 63 65 64 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6f 6e 65 20 |oduced only one | 00000920 6f 72 20 74 77 6f 20 67 61 6d 65 73 20 66 6f 72 |or two games for| 00000930 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 6b 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 63 | the Elk, then c| 00000940 65 61 73 65 64 20 74 72 61 64 69 6e 67 3f 0d 54 |eased trading?.T| 00000950 68 65 73 65 20 66 69 72 6d 73 20 77 68 6f 20 63 |hese firms who c| 00000960 61 6e 20 6e 6f 77 20 6e 6f 74 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 |an now not make | 00000970 61 6e 79 20 70 72 6f 66 69 74 2c 20 73 75 72 65 |any profit, sure| 00000980 6c 79 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 6d 69 6e 64 1a 20 75 |ly don't mind. u| 00000990 73 1a 20 6d 61 6b 69 6e 67 0d 63 6f 70 69 65 73 |s. making.copies| 000009a0 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 67 61 6d 65 73 20 | of their games | 000009b0 66 6f 72 20 75 73 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 75 72 20 66 |for us and our f| 000009c0 72 69 65 6e 64 73 20 65 6e 6a 6f 79 6d 65 6e 74 |riends enjoyment| 000009d0 3f 21 0d 0d 4d 79 73 65 6c 66 2c 20 49 20 68 61 |?!..Myself, I ha| 000009e0 76 65 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 35 30 30 1a 20 64 |ve around 500. d| 000009f0 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 67 61 6d 65 73 2c 20 |ifferent games, | 00000a00 61 6e 64 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 33 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |and only 3 of th| 00000a10 65 6d 20 61 72 65 20 70 69 72 61 74 65 64 0d 28 |em are pirated.(| 00000a20 74 68 65 73 65 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 22 4f 72 62 |these being "Orb| 00000a30 69 74 61 6c 22 20 28 49 6d 70 61 63 74 20 53 6f |ital" (Impact So| 00000a40 66 74 77 61 72 65 29 2c 20 22 46 6f 75 72 1a 20 |ftware), "Four. | 00000a50 53 74 6f 6e 65 73 22 20 28 53 63 6f 74 74 20 41 |Stones" (Scott A| 00000a60 64 61 6d 73 29 20 61 6e 64 0d 22 53 70 61 63 65 |dams) and."Space| 00000a70 1a 20 53 68 75 74 74 6c 65 22 1a 20 28 45 6e 67 |. Shuttle". (Eng| 00000a80 6c 69 73 68 1a 20 53 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 29 20 |lish. Software) | 00000a90 29 2c 20 74 68 69 73 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 1a |), this because.| 00000aa0 20 49 1a 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 1a 20 67 65 74 1a | I. cannot. get.| 00000ab0 20 74 68 65 0d 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 73 20 61 | the.originals a| 00000ac0 6e 79 77 68 65 72 65 2e 20 4e 6f 77 2c 20 49 1a |nywhere. Now, I.| 00000ad0 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 1a 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 68 6f 77 | don't. know how| 00000ae0 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 77 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 2c 20 | the law works, | 00000af0 62 75 74 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e 0d |but I have been.| 00000b00 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 63 6f |informed that co| 00000b10 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 73 20 44 4f 20 72 75 6e 20 |pyrights DO run | 00000b20 6f 75 74 2c 20 73 6f 20 6d 61 79 27 62 65 20 73 |out, so may'be s| 00000b30 6f 6f 6e 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 70 |oon it will be p| 00000b40 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 0d 73 74 61 72 74 |ossible to.start| 00000b50 20 72 65 2d 64 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 69 6e 67 | re-distributing| 00000b60 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 73 | some of these s| 00000b70 6d 61 6c 6c 65 72 20 67 61 6d 65 73 20 77 69 74 |maller games wit| 00000b80 68 6f 75 74 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 6c 69 61 62 6c |hout being liabl| 00000b90 65 20 66 6f 72 0d 70 72 6f 73 65 63 75 74 69 6f |e for.prosecutio| 00000ba0 6e 2c 20 6f 6e 20 54 41 50 45 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 |n, on TAPE forma| 00000bb0 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 1a 20 66 75 74 75 72 65 |t in the. future| 00000bc0 2e 1a 20 49 74 1a 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 1a 20 73 65 |.. 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Elite,.| 00000d70 20 45 78 69 6c 65 2c 1a 20 54 68 65 1a 20 48 61 | Exile,. The. Ha| 00000d80 63 6b 65 72 2c 1a 20 56 69 64 65 6f 20 43 6c 61 |cker,. Video Cla| 00000d90 73 73 69 63 73 2c 20 53 74 61 69 72 77 61 79 20 |ssics, Stairway | 00000da0 54 6f 0d 48 65 6c 6c 2c 20 53 6f 75 74 68 65 72 |To.Hell, Souther| 00000db0 6e 20 42 65 6c 6c 65 2c 20 43 68 69 70 20 42 75 |n Belle, Chip Bu| 00000dc0 73 74 65 72 20 61 6e 64 20 53 74 61 72 20 44 72 |ster and Star Dr| 00000dd0 69 66 74 65 72 2e 20 41 6e 64 20 77 68 69 6c 65 |ifter. 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