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************************************************************************** A. Richardson, P.O. Box 5471, Wellesley Street, Auckland, New Zealand 1036 ************************************************************************** 3 August 1998 E-mail alanr@amiga.gen.nz My Ref.: VG3/eug-ed Dear 'Gus, Just received the fix for EUG36 on the EUG38 disc - many thanks. Works well. Our Acorn Group is expecting an address from Alistair France of Acorn on some aspects of Acorn's future. Should be an interesting address. A lot of the early books on programmes and utilities for the Electron had discs or tapes of the programmes listed in the books. I am wondering whether anyone has a collection of these? Possibly the PD libraries. I am still seeking a ROM image for my Cumana disc drive interface for the Electron. Is anyone in touch with someone who has worked for Acacia Computers? Acacia wrote the software for Cumana. Or anyone who used to be with Cumana when it was producing disc drives? I'm still interested in contacting anyone who has expertise with the Okimate 20 printer, especially relating to a colour dump for the Electron. I was told that Electron User used an Okimate 20 with some specially written software for screen snaps that appeared in the magazine. I am still after an original tape of 'Boffin' by Addictive. There was a group called the Friendly Electron Club in Gillingham, Kent. As with many others it appears to be no more. Does anyone know of it or its history? A letter sent has remained unanswered. Does anyone have the disc from "New Advanced User Guide" published by Adder Publishing Ltd? I'm happy to send two blank discs for one in return? I had several queries in my last letter and I've had one response by e-mail. There must be some people sitting on extensive collections of Elk software. On a broader front, I notice that A&B offered quite a lot of Elk software over the years, mostly on disc. Does anyone know what happened to this? Could make a good collection judging by some of the titles. I've listed a few wants in the buy/sell area. I've just remembered that Gus asked me about the blackout in Auckland. Having the central business district of a city of 1 000 000 plus people out of action for over three weeks is a major. I believe some small businesses did not survive. But then, it's amazing how innovative some of the survivors become. Cooking with gas ... dinner by candlelight .... My mother and brother live in apartments in the CBD but fortunately their building was fed by a cable from another area. I live on the North Shore and we were not affected. It was never a complete blackout. Sometimes some of the traffic lights would be working then the next day they would be out. By and large traffic was well behaved. Helped by the fact that not a lot of people were coming into the city. Tall buildings that relied on air conditioning had problems. Most were evacuated where the occupants could find other offices or had surburban branches that became a temporary head office. Someone I know was asked to stay in a building to man the phones. She said it was difficult climbing eight floors with stale air and every so often they had to go onto the roof and breathe deeply for a while. Many had generators installed but not all could afford the cost. Basicly we had been relying on four old cables. As soon as one failed the exttra load on the other three caused two more to fail. There was always one cable supplying some power. The supplier, Mercury Energy, intalled temporary overhead lines and this is working well. I believe that there will eventually be new cables in a tunnel that is still being built. Best wishes to all. Alan Richardson ************************************************************************** To be honest Alan This story illustrates the character of the New Zealander. If this had happened here there would have been hell to pay and the government would probably have fallen. If you can we would really like a report of the meeting with Mr. France. Acorn generally abandoned us here. Best of luck with your software requests.
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Or anyone w| 000003b0 68 6f 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 0d 77 69 |ho used to be.wi| 000003c0 74 68 20 43 75 6d 61 6e 61 20 77 68 65 6e 20 69 |th Cumana when i| 000003d0 74 20 77 61 73 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 69 6e 67 20 |t was producing | 000003e0 64 69 73 63 20 64 72 69 76 65 73 3f 0d 0d 49 27 |disc drives?..I'| 000003f0 6d 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 69 6e 74 65 72 65 73 74 |m still interest| 00000400 65 64 20 69 6e 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 69 6e 67 |ed in contacting| 00000410 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 77 68 6f 20 68 61 73 20 | anyone who has | 00000420 65 78 70 65 72 74 69 73 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 |expertise with t| 00000430 68 65 0d 4f 6b 69 6d 61 74 65 20 32 30 20 70 72 |he.Okimate 20 pr| 00000440 69 6e 74 65 72 2c 20 65 73 70 65 63 69 61 6c 6c |inter, especiall| 00000450 79 20 72 65 6c 61 74 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 61 20 |y relating to a | 00000460 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 64 75 6d 70 20 66 6f 72 20 |colour dump for | 00000470 74 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 2e 0d 49 20 |the Electron..I | 00000480 77 61 73 20 74 6f 6c 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 45 6c |was told that El| 00000490 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 55 73 65 72 20 75 73 65 64 |ectron User used| 000004a0 20 61 6e 20 4f 6b 69 6d 61 74 65 20 32 30 20 77 | an Okimate 20 w| 000004b0 69 74 68 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 73 70 65 63 69 61 6c |ith some special| 000004c0 6c 79 0d 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 73 6f 66 74 77 |ly.written softw| 000004d0 61 72 65 20 66 6f 72 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 73 |are for screen s| 000004e0 6e 61 70 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 |naps that appear| 000004f0 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 67 61 7a 69 |ed in the magazi| 00000500 6e 65 2e 0d 0d 49 20 61 6d 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 |ne...I am still | 00000510 61 66 74 65 72 20 61 6e 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 |after an origina| 00000520 6c 20 74 61 70 65 20 6f 66 20 27 42 6f 66 66 69 |l tape of 'Boffi| 00000530 6e 27 20 62 79 20 41 64 64 69 63 74 69 76 65 2e |n' by Addictive.| 00000540 0d 0d 54 68 65 72 65 20 77 61 73 20 61 20 67 72 |..There was a gr| 00000550 6f 75 70 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 46 |oup called the F| 00000560 72 69 65 6e 64 6c 79 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e |riendly Electron| 00000570 20 43 6c 75 62 20 69 6e 20 47 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 | Club in Gilling| 00000580 68 61 6d 2c 20 4b 65 6e 74 2e 0d 41 73 20 77 69 |ham, Kent..As wi| 00000590 74 68 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 6f 74 68 65 72 73 20 69 |th many others i| 000005a0 74 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 73 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 |t appears to be | 000005b0 6e 6f 20 6d 6f 72 65 2e 20 44 6f 65 73 20 61 6e |no more. Does an| 000005c0 79 6f 6e 65 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 6f 66 20 69 74 20 |yone know of it | 000005d0 6f 72 0d 69 74 73 20 68 69 73 74 6f 72 79 3f 20 |or.its history? | 000005e0 41 20 6c 65 74 74 65 72 20 73 65 6e 74 20 68 61 |A letter sent ha| 000005f0 73 20 72 65 6d 61 69 6e 65 64 20 75 6e 61 6e 73 |s remained unans| 00000600 77 65 72 65 64 2e 0d 0d 44 6f 65 73 20 61 6e 79 |wered...Does any| 00000610 6f 6e 65 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 |one have the dis| 00000620 63 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 22 4e 65 77 20 41 64 76 61 |c from "New Adva| 00000630 6e 63 65 64 20 55 73 65 72 20 47 75 69 64 65 22 |nced User Guide"| 00000640 20 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 65 64 20 62 79 0d 41 64 | published by.Ad| 00000650 64 65 72 20 50 75 62 6c 69 73 68 69 6e 67 20 4c |der Publishing L| 00000660 74 64 3f 20 49 27 6d 20 68 61 70 70 79 20 74 6f |td? I'm happy to| 00000670 20 73 65 6e 64 20 74 77 6f 20 62 6c 61 6e 6b 20 | send two blank | 00000680 64 69 73 63 73 20 66 6f 72 20 6f 6e 65 20 69 6e |discs for one in| 00000690 20 72 65 74 75 72 6e 3f 0d 0d 49 20 68 61 64 20 | return?..I had | 000006a0 73 65 76 65 72 61 6c 20 71 75 65 72 69 65 73 20 |several queries | 000006b0 69 6e 20 6d 79 20 6c 61 73 74 20 6c 65 74 74 65 |in my last lette| 000006c0 72 20 61 6e 64 20 49 27 76 65 20 68 61 64 20 6f |r and I've had o| 000006d0 6e 65 20 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 73 65 20 62 79 0d 65 |ne response by.e| 000006e0 2d 6d 61 69 6c 2e 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 6d 75 73 |-mail. There mus| 000006f0 74 20 62 65 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 |t be some people| 00000700 20 73 69 74 74 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 65 78 74 65 | sitting on exte| 00000710 6e 73 69 76 65 20 63 6f 6c 6c 65 63 74 69 6f 6e |nsive collection| 00000720 73 20 6f 66 20 45 6c 6b 0d 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 |s of Elk.softwar| 00000730 65 2e 0d 0d 4f 6e 20 61 20 62 72 6f 61 64 65 72 |e...On a broader| 00000740 20 66 72 6f 6e 74 2c 20 49 20 6e 6f 74 69 63 65 | front, I notice| 00000750 20 74 68 61 74 20 41 26 42 20 6f 66 66 65 72 65 | that A&B offere| 00000760 64 20 71 75 69 74 65 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 |d quite a lot of| 00000770 20 45 6c 6b 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 0d 6f 76 | Elk software.ov| 00000780 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 79 65 61 72 73 2c 20 6d 6f |er the years, mo| 00000790 73 74 6c 79 20 6f 6e 20 64 69 73 63 2e 20 44 6f |stly on disc. 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But then, it's| 00000930 20 61 6d 61 7a 69 6e 67 20 68 6f 77 20 69 6e 6e | amazing how inn| 00000940 6f 76 61 74 69 76 65 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 0d |ovative some of.| 00000950 74 68 65 20 73 75 72 76 69 76 6f 72 73 20 62 65 |the survivors be| 00000960 63 6f 6d 65 2e 20 43 6f 6f 6b 69 6e 67 20 77 69 |come. Cooking wi| 00000970 74 68 20 67 61 73 20 2e 2e 2e 20 64 69 6e 6e 65 |th gas ... dinne| 00000980 72 20 62 79 20 63 61 6e 64 6c 65 6c 69 67 68 74 |r by candlelight| 00000990 20 2e 2e 2e 2e 20 4d 79 0d 6d 6f 74 68 65 72 20 | .... My.mother | 000009a0 61 6e 64 20 62 72 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6c 69 76 65 |and brother live| 000009b0 20 69 6e 20 61 70 61 72 74 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 69 | in apartments i| 000009c0 6e 20 74 68 65 20 43 42 44 20 62 75 74 20 66 6f |n the CBD but fo| 000009d0 72 74 75 6e 61 74 65 6c 79 20 74 68 65 69 72 0d |rtunately their.| 000009e0 62 75 69 6c 64 69 6e 67 20 77 61 73 20 66 65 64 |building was fed| 000009f0 20 62 79 20 61 20 63 61 62 6c 65 20 66 72 6f 6d | by a cable from| 00000a00 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 61 72 65 61 2e 20 49 | another area. I| 00000a10 20 6c 69 76 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 4e 6f 72 | live on the Nor| 00000a20 74 68 20 53 68 6f 72 65 0d 61 6e 64 20 77 65 20 |th Shore.and we | 00000a30 77 65 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 66 66 65 63 74 65 |were not affecte| 00000a40 64 2e 20 49 74 20 77 61 73 20 6e 65 76 65 72 20 |d. It was never | 00000a50 61 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 20 62 6c 61 63 6b |a complete black| 00000a60 6f 75 74 2e 20 53 6f 6d 65 74 69 6d 65 73 20 73 |out. Sometimes s| 00000a70 6f 6d 65 0d 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 74 72 61 66 66 |ome.of the traff| 00000a80 69 63 20 6c 69 67 68 74 73 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 |ic lights would | 00000a90 62 65 20 77 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 6e 20 |be working then | 00000aa0 74 68 65 20 6e 65 78 74 20 64 61 79 20 74 68 65 |the next day the| 00000ab0 79 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 0d 6f 75 74 2e 20 |y would be.out. | 00000ac0 42 79 20 61 6e 64 20 6c 61 72 67 65 20 74 72 61 |By and large tra| 00000ad0 66 66 69 63 20 77 61 73 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 62 65 |ffic was well be| 00000ae0 68 61 76 65 64 2e 20 48 65 6c 70 65 64 20 62 79 |haved. Helped by| 00000af0 20 74 68 65 20 66 61 63 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 6e | the fact that n| 00000b00 6f 74 20 61 0d 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 20 70 65 6f 70 |ot a.lot of peop| 00000b10 6c 65 20 77 65 72 65 20 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 20 69 |le were coming i| 00000b20 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 63 69 74 79 2e 20 54 61 |nto the city. 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Someo| 00000bf0 6e 65 20 49 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 77 61 73 20 61 73 |ne I know was as| 00000c00 6b 65 64 20 74 6f 20 73 74 61 79 20 69 6e 20 61 |ked to stay in a| 00000c10 20 62 75 69 6c 64 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 6e | building to man| 00000c20 20 74 68 65 20 70 68 6f 6e 65 73 2e 0d 53 68 65 | the phones..She| 00000c30 20 73 61 69 64 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 64 69 66 | said it was dif| 00000c40 66 69 63 75 6c 74 20 63 6c 69 6d 62 69 6e 67 20 |ficult climbing | 00000c50 65 69 67 68 74 20 66 6c 6f 6f 72 73 20 77 69 74 |eight floors wit| 00000c60 68 20 73 74 61 6c 65 20 61 69 72 20 61 6e 64 20 |h stale air and | 00000c70 65 76 65 72 79 0d 73 6f 20 6f 66 74 65 6e 20 74 |every.so often t| 00000c80 68 65 79 20 68 61 64 20 74 6f 20 67 6f 20 6f 6e |hey had to go on| 00000c90 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 72 6f 6f 66 20 61 6e 64 20 |to the roof and | 00000ca0 62 72 65 61 74 68 65 20 64 65 65 70 6c 79 20 66 |breathe deeply f| 00000cb0 6f 72 20 61 20 77 68 69 6c 65 2e 20 4d 61 6e 79 |or a while. Many| 00000cc0 0d 68 61 64 20 67 65 6e 65 72 61 74 6f 72 73 20 |.had generators | 00000cd0 69 6e 73 74 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 62 75 74 20 6e 6f |installed but no| 00000ce0 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 61 66 66 6f |t all could affo| 00000cf0 72 64 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 73 74 2e 0d 0d 42 61 |rd the cost...Ba| 00000d00 73 69 63 6c 79 20 77 65 20 68 61 64 20 62 65 65 |sicly we had bee| 00000d10 6e 20 72 65 6c 79 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 66 6f 75 |n relying on fou| 00000d20 72 20 6f 6c 64 20 63 61 62 6c 65 73 2e 20 41 73 |r old cables. 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