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L/+MLCAY1
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_27.ADF |
| Filename: | L/+MLCAY1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 08FA bytes |
| Load address: | 2B204556 |
| Exec address: | 41434C4D |
File contents
For many years I have been using the following with omplete
satisfaction :- BBC.B, Challenger Disc Drive, Computer Concepts
Rom-Link integrated system (Inter-word, Inter-base, Spellcheck etc)
and Mannesmann Tally 9 pin dot matrix printer.
For better quality of print, I would now like to update to modern
ink jet or bubble jet printer. Before buying, I borrowed such a
printer to try for compatibility, but was unable to get it to work.
It has been suggested that I may need a "printer driver ", which
assume is a program on disc. Could anyone please advise me where
uch a driver can be obtained?
I am also toying with the idea of buying a modern PC, which would
probably run on Windows. If I were to do so, could my existing
files, (particularly word-processor files), be transferred to the new
machine? I would still keep my BBC.B because of my familiarity with
it and it's extreme versatility.
Any advice on the above problems would be greatly appreciated.
Terry Mulcahy.
Forest House, Rudry, Caerphilly, Mid Glam. CF83 3EH. Tel 01633
40406.
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I HAVE ASKED A FRIEND WHO KNOWS A BIT AOUT PRINTERS ABOUT THE BUBBLEJET
AND HE HAS SAID THAT THERE IS REALLY NO REASON WHY IT SHOULDN'T WORK BUT
PERHAPS A MEMBER HAS SOME EXPERIENCE WITH ONE OF THESE PRINTERS?
TRANSFERING WORDPROCESSOR FILES FROM A BEEB TO A PC SHOULD BE POSSABLE
IT'S MAINLY A CASE OF GETTING THE RIGHT SOFTWARE AND THE RIGHT CABLE
BETWEEN BBOTH SERIAL PORTS. I AM LOOKING INTO THIS BUT AGAIN IF A MEMBER
HAS ANY INFORMATION THEN PERHAPS THEY COULD SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF US.
THERE ARE OR WERE A FEW BBC B EMULATORS FRO THE PC AROUND. I THINK THEY
MAY BE AVAILABLE ON THE SHARE WARE MARKET. JUST HAVE TO LOOK FOR THEM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH EXPERIENCE YOU MAY HAVE OF A PC BUT CAN I ADVISE
YOU TO BE CAREFUL ESPECIALLY ABOUT BEING DAZZELED BY FEATURES AND
FANCY GRAPHICS. PC'S ARE EXPENSIVE AND MANY PEOPLE I KNOW HAVE FOUND
THEMSELVES DISAPOINTED AFTER THE EXCITEMENT HAS WORN OFF.
HAVING SAID THAT I HAVE A PC WHICH I USE FOR WORK AND IT IS OK. I HAD
TO FIND A DECENT WORD PROCESSOR AFTER TRYING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ONES
WHICH WERE JUST TOO LABOUROUS FOR MY LIKING. THE ONE I HAVE NOW IS CALLED
GALAXY AND IT IS LIKE AN UPDATED VERSION OF VIEW SO IT SUITS ME FINE.
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Before buyi| 00000160 6e 67 2c 20 49 20 62 6f 72 72 6f 77 65 64 20 73 |ng, I borrowed s| 00000170 75 63 68 20 61 0d 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 74 6f |uch a.printer to| 00000180 20 74 72 79 20 66 6f 72 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 69 | try for compati| 00000190 62 69 6c 69 74 79 2c 20 62 75 74 20 77 61 73 20 |bility, but was | 000001a0 75 6e 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 67 65 74 20 69 74 |unable to get it| 000001b0 20 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 2e 20 0d 49 74 20 68 61 | to work. .It ha| 000001c0 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 73 75 67 67 65 73 74 65 64 |s been suggested| 000001d0 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 6d 61 79 20 6e 65 65 64 | that I may need| 000001e0 20 61 20 22 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 64 72 69 76 | a "printer driv| 000001f0 65 72 20 22 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 0d 61 73 73 |er ", which .ass| 00000200 75 6d 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d |ume is a program| 00000210 20 6f 6e 20 64 69 73 63 2e 20 20 20 43 6f 75 6c | on disc. Coul| 00000220 64 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 |d anyone please | 00000230 61 64 76 69 73 65 20 6d 65 20 77 68 65 72 65 0d |advise me where.| 00000240 75 63 68 20 61 20 64 72 69 76 65 72 20 63 61 6e |uch a driver can| 00000250 20 62 65 20 6f 62 74 61 69 6e 65 64 3f 0d 0d 49 | be obtained?..I| 00000260 20 61 6d 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 74 6f 79 69 6e 67 20 | am also toying | 00000270 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 69 64 65 61 20 6f 66 |with the idea of| 00000280 20 62 75 79 69 6e 67 20 61 20 6d 6f 64 65 72 6e | buying a modern| 00000290 20 50 43 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 | PC, which would| 000002a0 0d 70 72 6f 62 61 62 6c 79 20 72 75 6e 20 6f 6e |.probably run on| 000002b0 20 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 2e 20 20 49 66 20 49 20 | Windows. If I | 000002c0 77 65 72 65 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 73 6f 2c 20 63 |were to do so, c| 000002d0 6f 75 6c 64 20 6d 79 20 65 78 69 73 74 69 6e 67 |ould my existing| 000002e0 0d 66 69 6c 65 73 2c 20 28 70 61 72 74 69 63 75 |.files, (particu| 000002f0 6c 61 72 6c 79 20 77 6f 72 64 2d 70 72 6f 63 65 |larly word-proce| 00000300 73 73 6f 72 20 66 69 6c 65 73 29 2c 20 62 65 20 |ssor files), be | 00000310 74 72 61 6e 73 66 65 72 72 65 64 20 74 6f 20 74 |transferred to t| 00000320 68 65 20 6e 65 77 0d 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 3f 20 |he new.machine? | 00000330 20 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 6b | I would still k| 00000340 65 65 70 20 6d 79 20 42 42 43 2e 42 20 62 65 63 |eep my BBC.B bec| 00000350 61 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 6d 79 20 66 61 6d 69 6c |ause of my famil| 00000360 69 61 72 69 74 79 20 77 69 74 68 0d 69 74 20 61 |iarity with.it a| 00000370 6e 64 20 69 74 27 73 20 65 78 74 72 65 6d 65 20 |nd it's extreme | 00000380 76 65 72 73 61 74 69 6c 69 74 79 2e 0d 0d 41 6e |versatility...An| 00000390 79 20 61 64 76 69 63 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |y advice on the | 000003a0 61 62 6f 76 65 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 20 77 |above problems w| 000003b0 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 67 72 65 61 74 6c 79 20 |ould be greatly | 000003c0 61 70 70 72 65 63 69 61 74 65 64 2e 0d 0d 20 20 |appreciated... | 000003d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000003e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 65 72 72 79 | Terry| 000003f0 20 4d 75 6c 63 61 68 79 2e 0d 46 6f 72 65 73 74 | Mulcahy..Forest| 00000400 20 48 6f 75 73 65 2c 20 52 75 64 72 79 2c 20 43 | House, Rudry, C| 00000410 61 65 72 70 68 69 6c 6c 79 2c 20 4d 69 64 20 47 |aerphilly, Mid G| 00000420 6c 61 6d 2e 20 43 46 38 33 20 33 45 48 2e 20 20 |lam. CF83 3EH. | 00000430 54 65 6c 20 30 31 36 33 33 0d 34 30 34 30 36 2e |Tel 01633.40406.| 00000440 0d 81 20 20 0d 49 20 48 41 56 45 20 41 53 4b 45 |.. .I HAVE ASKE| 00000450 44 20 41 20 46 52 49 45 4e 44 20 57 48 4f 20 4b |D A FRIEND WHO K| 00000460 4e 4f 57 53 20 41 20 42 49 54 20 41 4f 55 54 20 |NOWS A BIT AOUT | 00000470 50 52 49 4e 54 45 52 53 20 41 42 4f 55 54 20 54 |PRINTERS ABOUT T| 00000480 48 45 20 42 55 42 42 4c 45 4a 45 54 20 0d 41 4e |HE BUBBLEJET .AN| 00000490 44 20 48 45 20 48 41 53 20 53 41 49 44 20 54 48 |D HE HAS SAID TH| 000004a0 41 54 20 54 48 45 52 45 20 49 53 20 52 45 41 4c |AT THERE IS REAL| 000004b0 4c 59 20 4e 4f 20 52 45 41 53 4f 4e 20 57 48 59 |LY NO REASON WHY| 000004c0 20 49 54 20 53 48 4f 55 4c 44 4e 27 54 20 57 4f | IT SHOULDN'T WO| 000004d0 52 4b 20 42 55 54 0d 50 45 52 48 41 50 53 20 41 |RK BUT.PERHAPS A| 000004e0 20 4d 45 4d 42 45 52 20 48 41 53 20 53 4f 4d 45 | MEMBER HAS SOME| 000004f0 20 45 58 50 45 52 49 45 4e 43 45 20 57 49 54 48 | EXPERIENCE WITH| 00000500 20 4f 4e 45 20 4f 46 20 54 48 45 53 45 20 50 52 | ONE OF THESE PR| 00000510 49 4e 54 45 52 53 3f 0d 0d 54 52 41 4e 53 46 45 |INTERS?..TRANSFE| 00000520 52 49 4e 47 20 57 4f 52 44 50 52 4f 43 45 53 53 |RING WORDPROCESS| 00000530 4f 52 20 46 49 4c 45 53 20 46 52 4f 4d 20 41 20 |OR FILES FROM A | 00000540 42 45 45 42 20 54 4f 20 41 20 50 43 20 53 48 4f |BEEB TO A PC SHO| 00000550 55 4c 44 20 42 45 20 50 4f 53 53 41 42 4c 45 0d |ULD BE POSSABLE.| 00000560 49 54 27 53 20 4d 41 49 4e 4c 59 20 41 20 43 41 |IT'S MAINLY A CA| 00000570 53 45 20 4f 46 20 47 45 54 54 49 4e 47 20 54 48 |SE OF GETTING TH| 00000580 45 20 52 49 47 48 54 20 53 4f 46 54 57 41 52 45 |E RIGHT SOFTWARE| 00000590 20 41 4e 44 20 54 48 45 20 52 49 47 48 54 20 43 | AND THE RIGHT C| 000005a0 41 42 4c 45 20 0d 42 45 54 57 45 45 4e 20 42 42 |ABLE .BETWEEN BB| 000005b0 4f 54 48 20 53 45 52 49 41 4c 20 50 4f 52 54 53 |OTH SERIAL PORTS| 000005c0 2e 20 49 20 41 4d 20 4c 4f 4f 4b 49 4e 47 20 49 |. I AM LOOKING I| 000005d0 4e 54 4f 20 54 48 49 53 20 42 55 54 20 41 47 41 |NTO THIS BUT AGA| 000005e0 49 4e 20 49 46 20 41 20 4d 45 4d 42 45 52 0d 48 |IN IF A MEMBER.H| 000005f0 41 53 20 41 4e 59 20 49 4e 46 4f 52 4d 41 54 49 |AS ANY INFORMATI| 00000600 4f 4e 20 54 48 45 4e 20 50 45 52 48 41 50 53 20 |ON THEN PERHAPS | 00000610 54 48 45 59 20 43 4f 55 4c 44 20 53 48 41 52 45 |THEY COULD SHARE| 00000620 20 49 54 20 57 49 54 48 20 54 48 45 20 52 45 53 | IT WITH THE RES| 00000630 54 20 4f 46 20 55 53 2e 0d 0d 54 48 45 52 45 20 |T OF US...THERE | 00000640 41 52 45 20 4f 52 20 57 45 52 45 20 41 20 46 45 |ARE OR WERE A FE| 00000650 57 20 42 42 43 20 42 20 45 4d 55 4c 41 54 4f 52 |W BBC B EMULATOR| 00000660 53 20 46 52 4f 20 54 48 45 20 50 43 20 41 52 4f |S FRO THE PC ARO| 00000670 55 4e 44 2e 20 49 20 54 48 49 4e 4b 20 54 48 45 |UND. I THINK THE| 00000680 59 20 0d 4d 41 59 20 42 45 20 41 56 41 49 4c 41 |Y .MAY BE AVAILA| 00000690 42 4c 45 20 4f 4e 20 54 48 45 20 53 48 41 52 45 |BLE ON THE SHARE| 000006a0 20 57 41 52 45 20 4d 41 52 4b 45 54 2e 20 4a 55 | WARE MARKET. JU| 000006b0 53 54 20 48 41 56 45 20 54 4f 20 4c 4f 4f 4b 20 |ST HAVE TO LOOK | 000006c0 46 4f 52 20 54 48 45 4d 2e 0d 0d 49 20 44 4f 4e |FOR THEM...I DON| 000006d0 27 54 20 4b 4e 4f 57 20 48 4f 57 20 4d 55 43 48 |'T KNOW HOW MUCH| 000006e0 20 45 58 50 45 52 49 45 4e 43 45 20 59 4f 55 20 | EXPERIENCE YOU | 000006f0 4d 41 59 20 48 41 56 45 20 4f 46 20 41 20 50 43 |MAY HAVE OF A PC| 00000700 20 42 55 54 20 43 41 4e 20 49 20 41 44 56 49 53 | BUT CAN I ADVIS| 00000710 45 0d 59 4f 55 20 54 4f 20 42 45 20 43 41 52 45 |E.YOU TO BE CARE| 00000720 46 55 4c 20 45 53 50 45 43 49 41 4c 4c 59 20 41 |FUL ESPECIALLY A| 00000730 42 4f 55 54 20 42 45 49 4e 47 20 20 44 41 5a 5a |BOUT BEING DAZZ| 00000740 45 4c 45 44 20 42 59 20 46 45 41 54 55 52 45 53 |ELED BY FEATURES| 00000750 20 41 4e 44 0d 46 41 4e 43 59 20 47 52 41 50 48 | AND.FANCY GRAPH| 00000760 49 43 53 2e 20 50 43 27 53 20 41 52 45 20 45 58 |ICS. PC'S ARE EX| 00000770 50 45 4e 53 49 56 45 20 41 4e 44 20 4d 41 4e 59 |PENSIVE AND MANY| 00000780 20 20 50 45 4f 50 4c 45 20 49 20 4b 4e 4f 57 20 | PEOPLE I KNOW | 00000790 48 41 56 45 20 46 4f 55 4e 44 0d 54 48 45 4d 53 |HAVE FOUND.THEMS| 000007a0 45 4c 56 45 53 20 44 49 53 41 50 4f 49 4e 54 45 |ELVES DISAPOINTE| 000007b0 44 20 41 46 54 45 52 20 54 48 45 20 45 58 43 49 |D AFTER THE EXCI| 000007c0 54 45 4d 45 4e 54 20 20 20 20 48 41 53 20 57 4f |TEMENT HAS WO| 000007d0 52 4e 20 4f 46 46 2e 0d 0d 48 41 56 49 4e 47 20 |RN OFF...HAVING | 000007e0 53 41 49 44 20 54 48 41 54 20 49 20 48 41 56 45 |SAID THAT I HAVE| 000007f0 20 41 20 50 43 20 57 48 49 43 48 20 49 20 55 53 | A PC WHICH I US| 00000800 45 20 46 4f 52 20 57 4f 52 4b 20 41 4e 44 20 49 |E FOR WORK AND I| 00000810 54 20 49 53 20 4f 4b 2e 20 49 20 48 41 44 20 0d |T IS OK. I HAD .| 00000820 54 4f 20 46 49 4e 44 20 41 20 44 45 43 45 4e 54 |TO FIND A DECENT| 00000830 20 57 4f 52 44 20 50 52 4f 43 45 53 53 4f 52 20 | WORD PROCESSOR | 00000840 41 46 54 45 52 20 54 52 59 49 4e 47 20 41 20 4e |AFTER TRYING A N| 00000850 55 4d 42 45 52 20 4f 46 20 44 49 46 46 45 52 45 |UMBER OF DIFFERE| 00000860 4e 54 20 4f 4e 45 53 0d 57 48 49 43 48 20 57 45 |NT ONES.WHICH WE| 00000870 52 45 20 4a 55 53 54 20 54 4f 4f 20 4c 41 42 4f |RE JUST TOO LABO| 00000880 55 52 4f 55 53 20 46 4f 52 20 4d 59 20 4c 49 4b |UROUS FOR MY LIK| 00000890 49 4e 47 2e 20 54 48 45 20 4f 4e 45 20 49 20 48 |ING. THE ONE I H| 000008a0 41 56 45 20 4e 4f 57 20 49 53 20 43 41 4c 4c 45 |AVE NOW IS CALLE| 000008b0 44 0d 47 41 4c 41 58 59 20 41 4e 44 20 49 54 20 |D.GALAXY AND IT | 000008c0 49 53 20 4c 49 4b 45 20 41 4e 20 55 50 44 41 54 |IS LIKE AN UPDAT| 000008d0 45 44 20 56 45 52 53 49 4f 4e 20 4f 46 20 56 49 |ED VERSION OF VI| 000008e0 45 57 20 53 4f 20 49 54 20 53 55 49 54 53 20 4d |EW SO IT SUITS M| 000008f0 45 20 46 49 4e 45 2e 0d 0d 0d |E FINE....| 000008fa
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