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L/Jones1
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Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_18.ADF |
Filename: | L/Jones1 |
Read OK: | ✔ |
File size: | 0B53 bytes |
Load address: | 4A204556 |
Exec address: | 73656E6F |
File contents
"Carrwood", 21, Back Lane, Sowerby, THIRSK North Yorkshire. YO7 1NQ Dear Gus, All my gear is in the garden shed. Well over the years I have made it more comfortable than one would expect. Sadly though the outer shell is beginning to rot away so time will tell which goes first, me or the shed. I have ben driven into the shed because my wife cannot stand the noise of computers and printers. Sadly she had two heart attacks over Christmas resulting in a stay of nearly three weeks in hospital. With the uncertainty of when I would be free, this foreknowledge necessary to switch the heat on a couple of hours before going into the shed I brought the Electron indoors and in my at home times other than doing the necessary chores had a lot of fun with it. Though I have been into computing as a hobby for 7 or 8 years I really am a dilettante with it. I have a BBC range and a PC(8086) I am a master of non. To read in/on disc of other members' pursuits either in programming, memory understanding or pushing the Electron to the ultimate makes me realise my own inadequacies. My New Year resolution is to really try and understand what it is all about...without spending too much money. The Electron was my first computer and of course will always be kept for nostalgic reasons. I must say how much I enjoyed the two disc magazines you sent me mid-December; they were both enjoyed and throughly explored. I never qite finished that game 'Beleaguered Castle'! I notice you want some answers from members:- Having a BBC and a Master I can cope with DFS 5.25 DSDD and even for the 'Electron' I have a DFS rog but no drive to load a 5.25 so I prefer the magazine on 3.5 adfs. Oddly enough, I did receive No.15 on 5.25 and Nos. 16 and 17 on 3.5. I have no objection to members codes or any use of my name and address in a database for the use and benefit of the Group. Many thanks for your Christmas card and Good wishes for the New Year....a belated "and the samne to you and yours" and thanks for your work for EUG. Regards Frank Jones. PS Sorry about the spelling and I even have a Spell Checker. I HAVE TO, OF COURSE, SYMPATHISE WITH YOU ABOUT SELLING. PERSONALLY I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT PROVIDED YOU ARE UNDERSTOOD THEN VARIATIONS IN SPELLING GAVE CHARACTER TO TEXT. LOOK AT SOME OF THE TEXTS FROM THE 14 TO THE 18 CENTUARIES, WOULD THEY BE THE SAME WITHOUT THEIR PECULIAR SPELLING? BEING A TEACHERS SON THIS VIEW DID NOT GO DOWN TOO WELL WHEN I WAS A CHILD AND NOW I DO TRY BUT I OFTEN WONDER HOW MANY GOOD IDEAS ARE REJECTED BECAUSE OF SPELLING. SADLY WARS ARE CAUSED BECAUSE PEOPLE REFUSE TO COMMUNICATE.
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To rea| 00000490 64 20 69 6e 2f 6f 6e 20 64 69 73 63 20 6f 66 20 |d in/on disc of | 000004a0 6f 74 68 65 72 20 0d 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 73 27 20 |other .members' | 000004b0 70 75 72 73 75 69 74 73 20 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 |pursuits either | 000004c0 69 6e 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 6d 69 6e 67 2c 20 |in programming, | 000004d0 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 75 6e 64 65 72 73 74 61 6e |memory understan| 000004e0 64 69 6e 67 20 0d 6f 72 20 70 75 73 68 69 6e 67 |ding .or pushing| 000004f0 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 74 6f | the Electron to| 00000500 20 74 68 65 20 75 6c 74 69 6d 61 74 65 20 6d 61 | the ultimate ma| 00000510 6b 65 73 20 6d 65 20 72 65 61 6c 69 73 65 20 6d |kes me realise m| 00000520 79 20 6f 77 6e 20 0d 69 6e 61 64 65 71 75 61 63 |y own .inadequac| 00000530 69 65 73 2e 20 4d 79 20 4e 65 77 20 59 65 61 72 |ies. My New Year| 00000540 20 72 65 73 6f 6c 75 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 74 | resolution is t| 00000550 6f 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 74 72 79 20 61 6e 64 |o really try and| 00000560 20 0d 75 6e 64 65 72 73 74 61 6e 64 20 77 68 61 | .understand wha| 00000570 74 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 61 6c 6c 20 61 62 6f 75 |t it is all abou| 00000580 74 2e 2e 2e 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 73 70 65 6e |t...without spen| 00000590 64 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 6f 20 6d 75 63 68 20 0d 6d |ding too much .m| 000005a0 6f 6e 65 79 2e 0d 0d 54 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 |oney...The Elect| 000005b0 72 6f 6e 20 77 61 73 20 6d 79 20 66 69 72 73 74 |ron was my first| 000005c0 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 66 | computer and of| 000005d0 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 6c 77 | course will alw| 000005e0 61 79 73 20 62 65 20 0d 6b 65 70 74 20 66 6f 72 |ays be .kept for| 000005f0 20 6e 6f 73 74 61 6c 67 69 63 20 72 65 61 73 6f | nostalgic reaso| 00000600 6e 73 2e 20 49 20 6d 75 73 74 20 73 61 79 20 68 |ns. I must say h| 00000610 6f 77 20 6d 75 63 68 20 49 20 65 6e 6a 6f 79 65 |ow much I enjoye| 00000620 64 20 74 68 65 20 0d 74 77 6f 20 64 69 73 63 20 |d the .two disc | 00000630 6d 61 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 73 20 79 6f 75 20 73 65 |magazines you se| 00000640 6e 74 20 6d 65 20 6d 69 64 2d 44 65 63 65 6d 62 |nt me mid-Decemb| 00000650 65 72 3b 20 74 68 65 79 20 77 65 72 65 20 62 6f |er; they were bo| 00000660 74 68 20 0d 65 6e 6a 6f 79 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 |th .enjoyed and | 00000670 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 6c 79 20 65 78 70 6c 6f 72 |throughly explor| 00000680 65 64 2e 20 49 20 6e 65 76 65 72 20 71 69 74 65 |ed. I never qite| 00000690 20 66 69 6e 69 73 68 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 67 | finished that g| 000006a0 61 6d 65 20 0d 27 42 65 6c 65 61 67 75 65 72 65 |ame .'Beleaguere| 000006b0 64 20 43 61 73 74 6c 65 27 21 0d 0d 49 20 6e 6f |d Castle'!..I no| 000006c0 74 69 63 65 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 73 6f |tice you want so| 000006d0 6d 65 20 61 6e 73 77 65 72 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |me answers from | 000006e0 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 73 3a 2d 0d 0d 48 61 76 69 6e |members:-..Havin| 000006f0 67 20 61 20 42 42 43 20 61 6e 64 20 61 20 4d 61 |g a BBC and a Ma| 00000700 73 74 65 72 20 49 20 63 61 6e 20 63 6f 70 65 20 |ster I can cope | 00000710 77 69 74 68 20 44 46 53 20 35 2e 32 35 20 44 53 |with DFS 5.25 DS| 00000720 44 44 20 61 6e 64 20 0d 65 76 65 6e 20 66 6f 72 |DD and .even for| 00000730 20 74 68 65 20 27 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 27 20 | the 'Electron' | 00000740 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 44 46 53 20 72 6f 67 |I have a DFS rog| 00000750 20 62 75 74 20 6e 6f 20 64 72 69 76 65 20 74 6f | but no drive to| 00000760 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 61 20 0d 35 2e 32 35 20 73 6f | load a .5.25 so| 00000770 20 49 20 70 72 65 66 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 | I prefer the ma| 00000780 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 20 6f 6e 20 33 2e 35 20 61 64 |gazine on 3.5 ad| 00000790 66 73 2e 20 4f 64 64 6c 79 20 65 6e 6f 75 67 68 |fs. Oddly enough| 000007a0 2c 20 49 20 64 69 64 20 0d 72 65 63 65 69 76 65 |, I did .receive| 000007b0 20 4e 6f 2e 31 35 20 6f 6e 20 35 2e 32 35 20 61 | No.15 on 5.25 a| 000007c0 6e 64 20 4e 6f 73 2e 20 31 36 20 61 6e 64 20 31 |nd Nos. 16 and 1| 000007d0 37 20 6f 6e 20 33 2e 35 2e 0d 0d 49 20 68 61 76 |7 on 3.5...I hav| 000007e0 65 20 6e 6f 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 |e no objection t| 000007f0 6f 20 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 73 20 63 6f 64 65 73 20 |o members codes | 00000800 6f 72 20 61 6e 79 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 6d 79 |or any use of my| 00000810 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 61 6e 64 20 0d 61 64 64 72 65 | name and .addre| 00000820 73 73 20 69 6e 20 61 20 64 61 74 61 62 61 73 65 |ss in a database| 00000830 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 20 61 6e 64 | for the use and| 00000840 20 62 65 6e 65 66 69 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 | benefit of the | 00000850 47 72 6f 75 70 2e 0d 0d 4d 61 6e 79 20 74 68 61 |Group...Many tha| 00000860 6e 6b 73 20 66 6f 72 20 79 6f 75 72 20 43 68 72 |nks for your Chr| 00000870 69 73 74 6d 61 73 20 63 61 72 64 20 61 6e 64 20 |istmas card and | 00000880 47 6f 6f 64 20 77 69 73 68 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 |Good wishes for | 00000890 74 68 65 20 4e 65 77 20 0d 59 65 61 72 2e 2e 2e |the New .Year...| 000008a0 2e 61 20 62 65 6c 61 74 65 64 20 22 61 6e 64 20 |.a belated "and | 000008b0 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 6e 65 20 74 6f 20 79 6f 75 |the samne to you| 000008c0 20 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 72 73 22 20 61 6e 64 20 | and yours" and | 000008d0 74 68 61 6e 6b 73 20 0d 66 6f 72 20 79 6f 75 72 |thanks .for your| 000008e0 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 66 6f 72 20 45 55 47 2e 0d 0d | work for EUG...| 000008f0 52 65 67 61 72 64 73 0d 0d 46 72 61 6e 6b 20 4a |Regards..Frank J| 00000900 6f 6e 65 73 2e 0d 0d 50 53 20 53 6f 72 72 79 20 |ones...PS Sorry | 00000910 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 65 6c 6c 69 |about the spelli| 00000920 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 49 20 65 76 65 6e 20 68 61 |ng and I even ha| 00000930 76 65 20 61 20 53 70 65 6c 6c 20 43 68 65 63 6b |ve a Spell Check| 00000940 65 72 2e 0d 0d 49 20 48 41 56 45 20 54 4f 2c 20 |er...I HAVE TO, | 00000950 4f 46 20 43 4f 55 52 53 45 2c 20 53 59 4d 50 41 |OF COURSE, SYMPA| 00000960 54 48 49 53 45 20 57 49 54 48 20 59 4f 55 20 41 |THISE WITH YOU A| 00000970 42 4f 55 54 20 53 45 4c 4c 49 4e 47 2e 20 10 0d |BOUT SELLING. ..| 00000980 50 45 52 53 4f 4e 41 4c 4c 59 20 49 20 48 41 56 |PERSONALLY I HAV| 00000990 45 20 41 4c 57 41 59 53 20 54 48 4f 55 47 48 54 |E ALWAYS THOUGHT| 000009a0 20 54 48 41 54 20 50 52 4f 56 49 44 45 44 20 59 | THAT PROVIDED Y| 000009b0 4f 55 20 41 52 45 20 0d 55 4e 44 45 52 53 54 4f |OU ARE .UNDERSTO| 000009c0 4f 44 20 54 48 45 4e 20 56 41 52 49 41 54 49 4f |OD THEN VARIATIO| 000009d0 4e 53 20 49 4e 20 53 50 45 4c 4c 49 4e 47 20 47 |NS IN SPELLING G| 000009e0 41 56 45 20 43 48 41 52 41 43 54 45 52 20 54 4f |AVE CHARACTER TO| 000009f0 20 54 45 58 54 2e 20 0d 4c 4f 4f 4b 20 41 54 20 | TEXT. .LOOK AT | 00000a00 53 4f 4d 45 20 4f 46 20 54 48 45 20 54 45 58 54 |SOME OF THE TEXT| 00000a10 53 20 46 52 4f 4d 20 54 48 45 20 31 34 20 54 4f |S FROM THE 14 TO| 00000a20 20 54 48 45 20 31 38 20 43 45 4e 54 55 41 52 49 | THE 18 CENTUARI| 00000a30 45 53 2c 20 0d 57 4f 55 4c 44 20 54 48 45 59 20 |ES, .WOULD THEY | 00000a40 42 45 20 54 48 45 20 53 41 4d 45 20 57 49 54 48 |BE THE SAME WITH| 00000a50 4f 55 54 20 54 48 45 49 52 20 50 45 43 55 4c 49 |OUT THEIR PECULI| 00000a60 41 52 20 53 50 45 4c 4c 49 4e 47 3f 0d 42 45 49 |AR SPELLING?.BEI| 00000a70 4e 47 20 41 20 54 45 41 43 48 45 52 53 20 53 4f |NG A TEACHERS SO| 00000a80 4e 20 54 48 49 53 20 56 49 45 57 20 44 49 44 20 |N THIS VIEW DID | 00000a90 4e 4f 54 20 47 4f 20 44 4f 57 4e 20 54 4f 4f 20 |NOT GO DOWN TOO | 00000aa0 57 45 4c 4c 20 57 48 45 4e 20 49 20 0d 57 41 53 |WELL WHEN I .WAS| 00000ab0 20 41 20 43 48 49 4c 44 20 41 4e 44 20 4e 4f 57 | A CHILD AND NOW| 00000ac0 20 49 20 44 4f 20 54 52 59 20 42 55 54 20 49 20 | I DO TRY BUT I | 00000ad0 4f 46 54 45 4e 20 57 4f 4e 44 45 52 20 48 4f 57 |OFTEN WONDER HOW| 00000ae0 20 4d 41 4e 59 20 47 4f 4f 44 20 0d 49 44 45 41 | MANY GOOD .IDEA| 00000af0 53 20 41 52 45 20 52 45 4a 45 43 54 45 44 20 42 |S ARE REJECTED B| 00000b00 45 43 41 55 53 45 20 4f 46 20 53 50 45 4c 4c 49 |ECAUSE OF SPELLI| 00000b10 4e 47 2e 20 53 41 44 4c 59 20 57 41 52 53 20 41 |NG. SADLY WARS A| 00000b20 52 45 20 43 41 55 53 45 44 20 0d 42 45 43 41 55 |RE CAUSED .BECAU| 00000b30 53 45 20 50 45 4f 50 4c 45 20 52 45 46 55 53 45 |SE PEOPLE REFUSE| 00000b40 20 54 4f 20 43 4f 4d 4d 55 4e 49 43 41 54 45 2e | TO COMMUNICATE.| 00000b50 20 0d 0d | ..| 00000b53