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D/LETTS10
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| Filename: | D/LETTS10 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0A84 bytes |
| Load address: | 24204556 |
| Exec address: | 4C2E442E |
File contents
R KILROY
14 FIRST AVENUE
GARSTON AVENUE
WATFORD
HERTS
WD2 6PZ
5 aUGUST 1994
Dear Gus,
Enclosed is a cheque for `xx.xx to cover my subscriptions for copies of
EUG subsequent to issue 14.
The EUG has been of consuderable help by enabling me to contact one of
our subscribers who helped me establish a 'PRINTER DRIVER' that elusive
program mentioned in the view instruction manual.
My initial quest for a RINTER DRIVER led me to a local shop WATFORD
ELECTRONICS whose assistant denied ever knowing the ELECTRON, ingrates!
One local computer shop advised me to scrap my machine, and that was all!
The world is my oyster now that I can print in italics, my begging
letters no longer look formal.
As a suggestion for future issues if EUG could someone explain the
development of both the Electron and the BBC Micro, the various models
and the alph-numeric add-ons?
I frequently receive letters and anniversary cards from my son and
daughter in law in Australia, the cards are usually home made and
illustrated using their PC plus some special software (clip art?) can
any reader help with a program that will enable me to respond in a like
manner using my Electron and Panasonic KK-P1081?
Yours faithfully,
RON KILROY
YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH WATFORD ELECTRONICS AND A COMPUTER SHOP ARE NOT
UNUSUAL. KNOWING SOME PEOPLE IN THE TRADE I CAN TELL YOU THAT FROM THEIR
POINT OF VIEW BUSINESS IS CUTTHROAT. THEY NEED TO GENERATE NEW SALES JUST
TO SURVIVE. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE NOW TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING SELLING
COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE AND THE MARKET FOR PROGRAMMERS IS TOTALLY
SATURATED. A CASE IN POINT. I HAVE A 386 NOTEBOOK PC ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD.
COST ABOUT `1000 WHEN NEW. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO DITCH IT AND BUY
SOMETHING MORE MODERN! I WILL AS SOON AS MY MONEY TREE STARTS BEARING
FRUIT. AN ARTICLE SENT BY A NEW ZEALAND MEMBER ILLUSTRATES THIS POINT
FURTHER.
PREVIOUS ISSUES OF EUG HAVE COVERED SOME OF THE POINTS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT
OF THE ELK AND THE BEEB BUT SO MANY MEMBERS ARE NOW ASKING ABOUT THINGS
WHICH WERE IN EARLIER ISSUES THAT I AM THINKING OF REPRINTING AND PERHAPS
UPDATING SOME THINGS FROM EARLIER ISSUES. I WON'T TILL ISSUE 20 THOUGH.
MAKING CARDS IS A GREAT IDEA. DIAGRAM IN THIS ISSUE SPRINGS TO MIND. IT
WILL NEED A BIT MORE TO BE EFFECTIVE. SEE THE TEXT PRECEEDING DIAGRAM.
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20 20 20 20 20 20 35 20 61 55 47 55 53 54 20 31 | 5 aUGUST 1| 00000160 39 39 34 0d 0d 44 65 61 72 20 47 75 73 2c 0d 0d |994..Dear Gus,..| 00000170 45 6e 63 6c 6f 73 65 64 20 10 69 73 20 10 61 20 |Enclosed .is .a | 00000180 63 68 65 71 75 65 20 66 6f 72 20 60 78 78 2e 78 |cheque for `xx.x| 00000190 78 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 76 65 72 20 6d 79 20 73 75 |x to cover my su| 000001a0 62 73 63 72 69 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 20 |bscriptions for | 000001b0 63 6f 70 69 65 73 20 6f 66 20 0d 45 55 47 20 73 |copies of .EUG s| 000001c0 75 62 73 65 71 75 65 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 69 73 73 |ubsequent to iss| 000001d0 75 65 20 31 34 2e 0d 0d 54 68 65 20 10 45 55 47 |ue 14...The .EUG| 000001e0 20 10 68 61 73 20 10 62 65 65 6e 20 6f 66 20 63 | .has .been of c| 000001f0 6f 6e 73 75 64 65 72 61 62 6c 65 20 68 65 6c 70 |onsuderable help| 00000200 20 62 79 20 65 6e 61 62 6c 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 20 | by enabling me | 00000210 74 6f 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f |to contact one o| 00000220 66 20 0d 6f 75 72 20 10 73 75 62 73 63 72 69 62 |f .our .subscrib| 00000230 65 72 73 20 10 77 68 6f 20 68 65 6c 70 65 64 20 |ers .who helped | 00000240 6d 65 20 65 73 74 61 62 6c 69 73 68 20 61 20 27 |me establish a '| 00000250 50 52 49 4e 54 45 52 20 44 52 49 56 45 52 27 20 |PRINTER DRIVER' | 00000260 74 68 61 74 20 65 6c 75 73 69 76 65 20 0d 70 72 |that elusive .pr| 00000270 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 6d 65 6e 74 69 6f 6e 65 64 20 |ogram mentioned | 00000280 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 76 69 65 77 20 69 6e 73 74 |in the view inst| 00000290 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c 2e 0d |ruction manual..| 000002a0 4d 79 20 10 69 6e 69 74 69 61 6c 20 10 71 75 65 |My .initial .que| 000002b0 73 74 20 10 66 6f 72 20 10 61 20 10 52 49 4e 54 |st .for .a .RINT| 000002c0 45 52 20 10 44 52 49 56 45 52 20 6c 65 64 20 6d |ER .DRIVER led m| 000002d0 65 20 74 6f 20 61 20 6c 6f 63 61 6c 20 73 68 6f |e to a local sho| 000002e0 70 20 57 41 54 46 4f 52 44 20 0d 45 4c 45 43 54 |p WATFORD .ELECT| 000002f0 52 4f 4e 49 43 53 20 77 68 6f 73 65 20 61 73 73 |RONICS whose ass| 00000300 69 73 74 61 6e 74 20 64 65 6e 69 65 64 20 65 76 |istant denied ev| 00000310 65 72 20 6b 6e 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 45 |er knowing the E| 00000320 4c 45 43 54 52 4f 4e 2c 20 69 6e 67 72 61 74 65 |LECTRON, ingrate| 00000330 73 21 0d 4f 6e 65 20 6c 6f 63 61 6c 20 63 6f 6d |s!.One local com| 00000340 70 75 74 65 72 20 73 68 6f 70 20 61 64 76 69 73 |puter shop advis| 00000350 65 64 20 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 73 63 72 61 70 20 6d |ed me to scrap m| 00000360 79 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 |y machine, and t| 00000370 68 61 74 20 77 61 73 20 61 6c 6c 21 0d 0d 54 68 |hat was all!..Th| 00000380 65 20 10 77 6f 72 6c 64 20 10 69 73 20 10 6d 79 |e .world .is .my| 00000390 20 10 6f 79 73 74 65 72 20 10 6e 6f 77 20 10 74 | .oyster .now .t| 000003a0 68 61 74 20 10 49 20 63 61 6e 20 70 72 69 6e 74 |hat .I can print| 000003b0 20 69 6e 20 69 74 61 6c 69 63 73 2c 20 6d 79 20 | in italics, my | 000003c0 62 65 67 67 69 6e 67 20 0d 6c 65 74 74 65 72 73 |begging .letters| 000003d0 20 6e 6f 20 6c 6f 6e 67 65 72 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 | no longer look | 000003e0 66 6f 72 6d 61 6c 2e 0d 0d 41 73 20 20 61 20 20 |formal...As a | 000003f0 73 75 67 67 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 20 20 66 6f 72 20 |suggestion for | 00000400 20 66 75 74 75 72 65 20 20 69 73 73 75 65 73 20 | future issues | 00000410 20 69 66 20 20 45 55 47 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 73 | if EUG could s| 00000420 6f 6d 65 6f 6e 65 20 65 78 70 6c 61 69 6e 20 74 |omeone explain t| 00000430 68 65 20 0d 64 65 76 65 6c 6f 70 6d 65 6e 74 20 |he .development | 00000440 10 6f 66 20 10 62 6f 74 68 20 10 74 68 65 20 45 |.of .both .the E| 00000450 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 |lectron and the | 00000460 42 42 43 20 4d 69 63 72 6f 2c 20 74 68 65 20 76 |BBC Micro, the v| 00000470 61 72 69 6f 75 73 20 6d 6f 64 65 6c 73 20 0d 61 |arious models .a| 00000480 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 61 6c 70 68 2d 6e 75 6d 65 |nd the alph-nume| 00000490 72 69 63 20 61 64 64 2d 6f 6e 73 3f 0d 0d 49 20 |ric add-ons?..I | 000004a0 10 66 72 65 71 75 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 10 72 65 63 |.frequently .rec| 000004b0 65 69 76 65 20 10 6c 65 74 74 65 72 73 20 10 61 |eive .letters .a| 000004c0 6e 64 20 10 61 6e 6e 69 76 65 72 73 61 72 79 20 |nd .anniversary | 000004d0 10 63 61 72 64 73 20 10 66 72 6f 6d 20 6d 79 20 |.cards .from my | 000004e0 73 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 0d 64 61 75 67 68 74 65 |son and .daughte| 000004f0 72 20 10 69 6e 20 10 6c 61 77 20 10 69 6e 20 10 |r .in .law .in .| 00000500 41 75 73 74 72 61 6c 69 61 2c 20 10 74 68 65 20 |Australia, .the | 00000510 10 63 61 72 64 73 20 10 61 72 65 20 10 75 73 75 |.cards .are .usu| 00000520 61 6c 6c 79 20 68 6f 6d 65 20 6d 61 64 65 20 61 |ally home made a| 00000530 6e 64 20 0d 69 6c 6c 75 73 74 72 61 74 65 64 20 |nd .illustrated | 00000540 10 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 10 74 68 65 69 72 20 10 |. using .their .| 00000550 50 43 20 70 6c 75 73 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 73 70 65 |PC plus some spe| 00000560 63 69 61 6c 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 28 63 |cial software (c| 00000570 6c 69 70 20 61 72 74 3f 29 20 63 61 6e 20 0d 61 |lip art?) can .a| 00000580 6e 79 20 10 72 65 61 64 65 72 20 10 68 65 6c 70 |ny .reader .help| 00000590 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 | with a program | 000005a0 74 68 61 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 65 6e 61 62 6c 65 |that will enable| 000005b0 20 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 20 69 | me to respond i| 000005c0 6e 20 61 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 0d 6d 61 6e 6e 65 72 |n a like .manner| 000005d0 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 6d 79 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 | using my Electr| 000005e0 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 50 61 6e 61 73 6f 6e 69 63 |on and Panasonic| 000005f0 20 4b 4b 2d 50 31 30 38 31 3f 0d 0d 59 6f 75 72 | KK-P1081?..Your| 00000600 73 20 66 61 69 74 68 66 75 6c 6c 79 2c 0d 52 4f |s faithfully,.RO| 00000610 4e 20 4b 49 4c 52 4f 59 0d 0d 59 4f 55 52 20 10 |N KILROY..YOUR .| 00000620 45 58 50 45 52 49 45 4e 43 45 20 10 57 49 54 48 |EXPERIENCE .WITH| 00000630 20 10 57 41 54 46 4f 52 44 20 10 45 4c 45 43 54 | .WATFORD .ELECT| 00000640 52 4f 4e 49 43 53 20 10 41 4e 44 20 41 20 43 4f |RONICS .AND A CO| 00000650 4d 50 55 54 45 52 20 53 48 4f 50 20 41 52 45 20 |MPUTER SHOP ARE | 00000660 4e 4f 54 20 0d 55 4e 55 53 55 41 4c 2e 20 10 4b |NOT .UNUSUAL. .K| 00000670 4e 4f 57 49 4e 47 20 53 4f 4d 45 20 50 45 4f 50 |NOWING SOME PEOP| 00000680 4c 45 20 49 4e 20 54 48 45 20 54 52 41 44 45 20 |LE IN THE TRADE | 00000690 49 20 43 41 4e 20 54 45 4c 4c 20 59 4f 55 20 54 |I CAN TELL YOU T| 000006a0 48 41 54 20 46 52 4f 4d 20 54 48 45 49 52 20 0d |HAT FROM THEIR .| 000006b0 50 4f 49 4e 54 20 4f 46 20 56 49 45 57 20 42 55 |POINT OF VIEW BU| 000006c0 53 49 4e 45 53 53 20 49 53 20 43 55 54 54 48 52 |SINESS IS CUTTHR| 000006d0 4f 41 54 2e 20 54 48 45 59 20 4e 45 45 44 20 54 |OAT. THEY NEED T| 000006e0 4f 20 47 45 4e 45 52 41 54 45 20 4e 45 57 20 53 |O GENERATE NEW S| 000006f0 41 4c 45 53 20 4a 55 53 54 20 0d 54 4f 20 10 53 |ALES JUST .TO .S| 00000700 55 52 56 49 56 45 2e 20 10 53 4f 20 10 4d 41 4e |URVIVE. .SO .MAN| 00000710 59 20 10 50 45 4f 50 4c 45 20 10 41 52 45 20 10 |Y .PEOPLE .ARE .| 00000720 4e 4f 57 20 10 54 52 59 49 4e 47 20 54 4f 20 4d |NOW .TRYING TO M| 00000730 41 4b 45 20 41 20 4c 49 56 49 4e 47 20 53 45 4c |AKE A LIVING SEL| 00000740 4c 49 4e 47 20 0d 43 4f 4d 50 55 54 45 52 53 20 |LING .COMPUTERS | 00000750 10 41 4e 44 20 10 53 4f 46 54 57 41 52 45 20 10 |.AND .SOFTWARE .| 00000760 41 4e 44 20 10 54 48 45 20 10 4d 41 52 4b 45 54 |AND .THE .MARKET| 00000770 20 10 46 4f 52 20 10 50 52 4f 47 52 41 4d 4d 45 | .FOR .PROGRAMME| 00000780 52 53 20 10 49 53 20 10 54 4f 54 41 4c 4c 59 20 |RS .IS .TOTALLY | 00000790 0d 53 41 54 55 52 41 54 45 44 2e 20 10 41 20 10 |.SATURATED. .A .| 000007a0 43 41 53 45 20 49 4e 20 50 4f 49 4e 54 2e 20 49 |CASE IN POINT. I| 000007b0 20 48 41 56 45 20 41 20 33 38 36 20 4e 4f 54 45 | HAVE A 386 NOTE| 000007c0 42 4f 4f 4b 20 50 43 20 41 42 4f 55 54 20 33 20 |BOOK PC ABOUT 3 | 000007d0 59 45 41 52 53 20 4f 4c 44 2e 20 0d 43 4f 53 54 |YEARS OLD. .COST| 000007e0 20 10 41 42 4f 55 54 20 10 60 31 30 30 30 20 10 | .ABOUT .`1000 .| 000007f0 57 48 45 4e 20 10 4e 45 57 2e 20 10 49 20 10 10 |WHEN .NEW. .I ..| 00000800 48 41 56 45 20 42 45 45 4e 20 41 44 56 49 53 45 |HAVE BEEN ADVISE| 00000810 44 20 54 4f 20 44 49 54 43 48 20 49 54 20 41 4e |D TO DITCH IT AN| 00000820 44 20 42 55 59 20 0d 53 4f 4d 45 54 48 49 4e 47 |D BUY .SOMETHING| 00000830 20 10 4d 4f 52 45 20 10 4d 4f 44 45 52 4e 21 20 | .MORE .MODERN! | 00000840 10 49 20 10 57 49 4c 4c 20 41 53 20 53 4f 4f 4e |.I .WILL AS SOON| 00000850 20 41 53 20 4d 59 20 4d 4f 4e 45 59 20 54 52 45 | AS MY MONEY TRE| 00000860 45 20 53 54 41 52 54 53 20 42 45 41 52 49 4e 47 |E STARTS BEARING| 00000870 20 0d 46 52 55 49 54 2e 20 10 41 4e 20 10 41 52 | .FRUIT. .AN .AR| 00000880 54 49 43 4c 45 20 10 53 45 4e 54 20 10 42 59 20 |TICLE .SENT .BY | 00000890 41 20 4e 45 57 20 5a 45 41 4c 41 4e 44 20 4d 45 |A NEW ZEALAND ME| 000008a0 4d 42 45 52 20 49 4c 4c 55 53 54 52 41 54 45 53 |MBER ILLUSTRATES| 000008b0 20 54 48 49 53 20 50 4f 49 4e 54 20 0d 46 55 52 | THIS POINT .FUR| 000008c0 54 48 45 52 2e 0d 0d 50 52 45 56 49 4f 55 53 20 |THER...PREVIOUS | 000008d0 10 49 53 53 55 45 53 20 4f 46 20 45 55 47 20 48 |.ISSUES OF EUG H| 000008e0 41 56 45 20 43 4f 56 45 52 45 44 20 53 4f 4d 45 |AVE COVERED SOME| 000008f0 20 4f 46 20 54 48 45 20 50 4f 49 4e 54 53 20 41 | OF THE POINTS A| 00000900 42 4f 55 54 20 44 45 56 45 4c 4f 50 4d 45 4e 54 |BOUT DEVELOPMENT| 00000910 20 0d 4f 46 20 10 54 48 45 20 10 45 4c 4b 20 41 | .OF .THE .ELK A| 00000920 4e 44 20 54 48 45 20 42 45 45 42 20 42 55 54 20 |ND THE BEEB BUT | 00000930 53 4f 20 4d 41 4e 59 20 4d 45 4d 42 45 52 53 20 |SO MANY MEMBERS | 00000940 41 52 45 20 4e 4f 57 20 41 53 4b 49 4e 47 20 41 |ARE NOW ASKING A| 00000950 42 4f 55 54 20 54 48 49 4e 47 53 20 0d 57 48 49 |BOUT THINGS .WHI| 00000960 43 48 20 57 45 52 45 20 49 4e 20 45 41 52 4c 49 |CH WERE IN EARLI| 00000970 45 52 20 49 53 53 55 45 53 20 54 48 41 54 20 49 |ER ISSUES THAT I| 00000980 20 41 4d 20 54 48 49 4e 4b 49 4e 47 20 4f 46 20 | AM THINKING OF | 00000990 52 45 50 52 49 4e 54 49 4e 47 20 41 4e 44 20 50 |REPRINTING AND P| 000009a0 45 52 48 41 50 53 20 0d 55 50 44 41 54 49 4e 47 |ERHAPS .UPDATING| 000009b0 20 53 4f 4d 45 20 54 48 49 4e 47 53 20 46 52 4f | SOME THINGS FRO| 000009c0 4d 20 45 41 52 4c 49 45 52 20 49 53 53 55 45 53 |M EARLIER ISSUES| 000009d0 2e 20 49 20 57 4f 4e 27 54 20 54 49 4c 4c 20 49 |. I WON'T TILL I| 000009e0 53 53 55 45 20 32 30 20 54 48 4f 55 47 48 2e 0d |SSUE 20 THOUGH..| 000009f0 0d 4d 41 4b 49 4e 47 20 10 43 41 52 44 53 20 10 |.MAKING .CARDS .| 00000a00 49 53 20 41 20 47 52 45 41 54 20 49 44 45 41 2e |IS A GREAT IDEA.| 00000a10 20 44 49 41 47 52 41 4d 20 49 4e 20 54 48 49 53 | DIAGRAM IN THIS| 00000a20 20 49 53 53 55 45 20 53 50 52 49 4e 47 53 20 54 | ISSUE SPRINGS T| 00000a30 4f 20 4d 49 4e 44 2e 20 49 54 20 0d 57 49 4c 4c |O MIND. IT .WILL| 00000a40 20 4e 45 45 44 20 41 20 42 49 54 20 4d 4f 52 45 | NEED A BIT MORE| 00000a50 20 54 4f 20 42 45 20 45 46 46 45 43 54 49 56 45 | TO BE EFFECTIVE| 00000a60 2e 20 53 45 45 20 54 48 45 20 54 45 58 54 20 50 |. SEE THE TEXT P| 00000a70 52 45 43 45 45 44 49 4e 47 20 44 49 41 47 52 41 |RECEEDING DIAGRA| 00000a80 4d 2e 0d 0d |M...| 00000a84
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