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B/FEA5
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_15.ADF |
| Filename: | B/FEA5 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 086B bytes |
| Load address: | 35204556 |
| Exec address: | 69765A4E |
File contents
Home Computer News Mar (Aug) 1994 4. Versatile ComputeResearch (NZ) unLtd. F4/177 Shirley rd. Papatoetoe, Auckland Ph.278-1150(EVNGS). Which Word?:- Once you've used a word processor 2 write your 4-C you'll never go back 2 a typewriter or even handwriting because correcting spelling errors ect. is so easy that even your old granny could do it in her sleep with the help of Gordon Well's guide 2 low-cost word-processing from Alison Busby. As this was published in 1986 it doesn't mention Sloggers Electron compatable Starword or Peter Brunning's CPC compatable Brunword Elite which r both rom based programs. Starword is a View look alike with the same gap-tooth appeence & a built in printer driver. Which Base?:- My 1st data-base choice is the Electron-compatable Slogger DAF Star-store #2 which also vaguely resembles the view series. Other choices are the Inter-base, which is primarily a 64k programming language with an additional d/bs & Star-base which is partly rom/disk based. Unfortunately I don't possess the hd/bk so can't get 2 write 2 the disk. In any case it's DFS only. Could some kind person please tell me if it's fdc-8271 single density or 1770 double density compatable? Which System?:- The computer industry and its supporters r 2 conservative; the keyboards that they use were designed 100 yrs ago. Many PC clone machines r still fitted with old-fashioned 5-1/4in drives. Hoo-boy, That's Progress! Everything's up to date in Kansas ct! I(ve got a great idea! Instead of trying to sell us glitzy-but-incompatable new Pentium based machines, y don't the wheeler dealers try supporting the old machines that are already available? Timex-Sinclair:- Even when using Tas-word it's 32 column screen-width is not really suitable 4 w/p but if retro fitted with an MGT Disciple type printer/disk i/f it's still capable of supporting a d/bs or small sread sheet. Acorn Electron/Beeble-Cee/Master-128 (Look out Doctor!) :-I'm typing this news-letter on a Master sing WW+ but I'll soon be changing to an Amstrad CPC-6128 fitted with a Brun-word/Info-Script w/p-d/bs as soon as I can fit an external 3-1/2in disk-drive.
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F4/17| 00000050 37 20 53 68 69 72 6c 65 79 20 72 64 2e 0d 50 61 |7 Shirley rd..Pa| 00000060 70 61 74 6f 65 74 6f 65 2c 20 41 75 63 6b 6c 61 |patoetoe, Auckla| 00000070 6e 64 20 50 68 2e 32 37 38 2d 31 31 35 30 28 45 |nd Ph.278-1150(E| 00000080 56 4e 47 53 29 2e 0d 57 68 69 63 68 20 57 6f 72 |VNGS)..Which Wor| 00000090 64 3f 3a 2d 0d 4f 6e 63 65 20 79 6f 75 27 76 65 |d?:-.Once you've| 000000a0 20 75 73 65 64 20 61 20 77 6f 72 64 20 70 72 6f | used a word pro| 000000b0 63 65 73 73 6f 72 20 32 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 79 |cessor 2 write y| 000000c0 6f 75 72 20 34 2d 43 20 79 6f 75 27 6c 6c 20 6e |our 4-C you'll n| 000000d0 65 76 65 72 20 67 6f 20 62 61 63 6b 20 32 20 0d |ever go back 2 .| 000000e0 61 20 74 79 70 65 77 72 69 74 65 72 20 6f 72 20 |a typewriter or | 000000f0 65 76 65 6e 20 68 61 6e 64 77 72 69 74 69 6e 67 |even handwriting| 00000100 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 | because correct| 00000110 69 6e 67 20 73 70 65 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 65 72 72 |ing spelling err| 00000120 6f 72 73 20 65 63 74 2e 20 0d 69 73 20 73 6f 20 |ors ect. .is so | 00000130 65 61 73 79 20 74 68 61 74 20 65 76 65 6e 20 79 |easy that even y| 00000140 6f 75 72 20 6f 6c 64 20 67 72 61 6e 6e 79 20 63 |our old granny c| 00000150 6f 75 6c 64 20 64 6f 20 69 74 20 69 6e 20 68 65 |ould do it in he| 00000160 72 20 73 6c 65 65 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 |r sleep with the| 00000170 20 0d 68 65 6c 70 20 6f 66 20 47 6f 72 64 6f 6e | .help of Gordon| 00000180 20 57 65 6c 6c 27 73 20 67 75 69 64 65 20 32 20 | Well's guide 2 | 00000190 6c 6f 77 2d 63 6f 73 74 20 77 6f 72 64 2d 70 72 |low-cost word-pr| 000001a0 6f 63 65 73 73 69 6e 67 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 41 6c |ocessing from Al| 000001b0 69 73 6f 6e 20 42 75 73 62 79 2e 20 0d 41 73 20 |ison Busby. .As | 000001c0 74 68 69 73 20 77 61 73 20 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 |this was publish| 000001d0 65 64 20 69 6e 20 31 39 38 36 20 69 74 20 64 6f |ed in 1986 it do| 000001e0 65 73 6e 27 74 20 6d 65 6e 74 69 6f 6e 20 53 6c |esn't mention Sl| 000001f0 6f 67 67 65 72 73 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 |oggers Electron | 00000200 0d 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 61 62 6c 65 20 53 74 61 72 |.compatable Star| 00000210 77 6f 72 64 20 6f 72 20 50 65 74 65 72 20 42 72 |word or Peter Br| 00000220 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 27 73 20 43 50 43 20 63 6f 6d |unning's CPC com| 00000230 70 61 74 61 62 6c 65 20 42 72 75 6e 77 6f 72 64 |patable Brunword| 00000240 20 45 6c 69 74 65 20 0d 77 68 69 63 68 20 72 20 | Elite .which r | 00000250 62 6f 74 68 20 72 6f 6d 20 62 61 73 65 64 20 70 |both rom based p| 00000260 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 2e 20 53 74 61 72 77 6f 72 |rograms. Starwor| 00000270 64 20 69 73 20 61 20 56 69 65 77 20 6c 6f 6f 6b |d is a View look| 00000280 20 61 6c 69 6b 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 | alike with the | 00000290 0d 73 61 6d 65 20 67 61 70 2d 74 6f 6f 74 68 20 |.same gap-tooth | 000002a0 61 70 70 65 65 6e 63 65 20 26 20 61 20 62 75 69 |appeence & a bui| 000002b0 6c 74 20 69 6e 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 64 72 |lt in printer dr| 000002c0 69 76 65 72 2e 0d 57 68 69 63 68 20 42 61 73 65 |iver..Which Base| 000002d0 3f 3a 2d 0d 4d 79 20 31 73 74 20 64 61 74 61 2d |?:-.My 1st data-| 000002e0 62 61 73 65 20 63 68 6f 69 63 65 20 69 73 20 74 |base choice is t| 000002f0 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 2d 63 6f 6d 70 |he Electron-comp| 00000300 61 74 61 62 6c 65 20 53 6c 6f 67 67 65 72 20 44 |atable Slogger D| 00000310 41 46 20 53 74 61 72 2d 73 74 6f 72 65 20 0d 23 |AF Star-store .#| 00000320 32 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 76 61 67 |2 which also vag| 00000330 75 65 6c 79 20 72 65 73 65 6d 62 6c 65 73 20 74 |uely resembles t| 00000340 68 65 20 76 69 65 77 20 73 65 72 69 65 73 2e 20 |he view series. | 00000350 4f 74 68 65 72 20 63 68 6f 69 63 65 73 20 61 72 |Other choices ar| 00000360 65 20 74 68 65 20 0d 49 6e 74 65 72 2d 62 61 73 |e the .Inter-bas| 00000370 65 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 70 72 69 6d |e, which is prim| 00000380 61 72 69 6c 79 20 61 20 36 34 6b 20 70 72 6f 67 |arily a 64k prog| 00000390 72 61 6d 6d 69 6e 67 20 6c 61 6e 67 75 61 67 65 |ramming language| 000003a0 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6e 20 0d 61 64 64 69 74 69 | with an .additi| 000003b0 6f 6e 61 6c 20 64 2f 62 73 20 26 20 53 74 61 72 |onal d/bs & Star| 000003c0 2d 62 61 73 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 70 |-base which is p| 000003d0 61 72 74 6c 79 20 72 6f 6d 2f 64 69 73 6b 20 62 |artly rom/disk b| 000003e0 61 73 65 64 2e 20 55 6e 66 6f 72 74 75 6e 61 74 |ased. Unfortunat| 000003f0 65 6c 79 20 0d 49 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 70 6f 73 |ely .I don't pos| 00000400 73 65 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 68 64 2f 62 6b 20 73 |sess the hd/bk s| 00000410 6f 20 63 61 6e 27 74 20 67 65 74 20 32 20 77 72 |o can't get 2 wr| 00000420 69 74 65 20 32 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 6b 2e 20 |ite 2 the disk. | 00000430 49 6e 20 61 6e 79 20 63 61 73 65 20 0d 69 74 27 |In any case .it'| 00000440 73 20 44 46 53 20 6f 6e 6c 79 2e 20 43 6f 75 6c |s DFS only. Coul| 00000450 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6b 69 6e 64 20 70 65 72 73 |d some kind pers| 00000460 6f 6e 20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 74 65 6c 6c 20 6d |on please tell m| 00000470 65 20 69 66 20 69 74 27 73 20 66 64 63 2d 38 32 |e if it's fdc-82| 00000480 37 31 20 0d 73 69 6e 67 6c 65 20 64 65 6e 73 69 |71 .single densi| 00000490 74 79 20 6f 72 20 31 37 37 30 20 64 6f 75 62 6c |ty or 1770 doubl| 000004a0 65 20 64 65 6e 73 69 74 79 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 |e density compat| 000004b0 61 62 6c 65 3f 0d 57 68 69 63 68 20 53 79 73 74 |able?.Which Syst| 000004c0 65 6d 3f 3a 2d 0d 54 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 |em?:-.The comput| 000004d0 65 72 20 69 6e 64 75 73 74 72 79 20 61 6e 64 20 |er industry and | 000004e0 69 74 73 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 65 72 73 20 72 |its supporters r| 000004f0 20 32 20 63 6f 6e 73 65 72 76 61 74 69 76 65 3b | 2 conservative;| 00000500 20 74 68 65 20 6b 65 79 62 6f 61 72 64 73 20 0d | the keyboards .| 00000510 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 79 20 75 73 65 20 77 65 |that they use we| 00000520 72 65 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e 65 64 20 31 30 30 20 |re designed 100 | 00000530 79 72 73 20 61 67 6f 2e 20 4d 61 6e 79 20 50 43 |yrs ago. Many PC| 00000540 20 63 6c 6f 6e 65 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 20 | clone machines | 00000550 72 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 0d 66 69 74 74 65 64 20 |r still .fitted | 00000560 77 69 74 68 20 6f 6c 64 2d 66 61 73 68 69 6f 6e |with old-fashion| 00000570 65 64 20 35 2d 31 2f 34 69 6e 20 64 72 69 76 65 |ed 5-1/4in drive| 00000580 73 2e 20 48 6f 6f 2d 62 6f 79 2c 20 54 68 61 74 |s. Hoo-boy, That| 00000590 27 73 20 50 72 6f 67 72 65 73 73 21 0d 45 76 65 |'s Progress!.Eve| 000005a0 72 79 74 68 69 6e 67 27 73 20 75 70 20 74 6f 20 |rything's up to | 000005b0 64 61 74 65 20 69 6e 20 4b 61 6e 73 61 73 20 63 |date in Kansas c| 000005c0 74 21 20 49 28 76 65 20 67 6f 74 20 61 20 67 72 |t! I(ve got a gr| 000005d0 65 61 74 20 69 64 65 61 21 20 49 6e 73 74 65 61 |eat idea! Instea| 000005e0 64 20 6f 66 20 0d 74 72 79 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 |d of .trying to | 000005f0 73 65 6c 6c 20 75 73 20 67 6c 69 74 7a 79 2d 62 |sell us glitzy-b| 00000600 75 74 2d 69 6e 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 61 62 6c 65 20 |ut-incompatable | 00000610 6e 65 77 20 50 65 6e 74 69 75 6d 20 62 61 73 65 |new Pentium base| 00000620 64 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 2c 20 79 20 0d 64 |d machines, y .d| 00000630 6f 6e 27 74 20 74 68 65 20 77 68 65 65 6c 65 72 |on't the wheeler| 00000640 20 64 65 61 6c 65 72 73 20 74 72 79 20 73 75 70 | dealers try sup| 00000650 70 6f 72 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6c 64 20 |porting the old | 00000660 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 72 |machines that ar| 00000670 65 20 0d 61 6c 72 65 61 64 79 20 61 76 61 69 6c |e .already avail| 00000680 61 62 6c 65 3f 0d 54 69 6d 65 78 2d 53 69 6e 63 |able?.Timex-Sinc| 00000690 6c 61 69 72 3a 2d 20 45 76 65 6e 20 77 68 65 6e |lair:- Even when| 000006a0 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 54 61 73 2d 77 6f 72 64 20 | using Tas-word | 000006b0 69 74 27 73 20 33 32 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 73 |it's 32 column s| 000006c0 63 72 65 65 6e 2d 77 69 64 74 68 20 69 73 20 0d |creen-width is .| 000006d0 6e 6f 74 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 73 75 69 74 61 |not really suita| 000006e0 62 6c 65 20 34 20 77 2f 70 20 62 75 74 20 69 66 |ble 4 w/p but if| 000006f0 20 72 65 74 72 6f 20 66 69 74 74 65 64 20 77 69 | retro fitted wi| 00000700 74 68 20 61 6e 20 4d 47 54 20 44 69 73 63 69 70 |th an MGT Discip| 00000710 6c 65 20 74 79 70 65 20 0d 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 |le type .printer| 00000720 2f 64 69 73 6b 20 69 2f 66 20 69 74 27 73 20 73 |/disk i/f it's s| 00000730 74 69 6c 6c 20 63 61 70 61 62 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 |till capable of | 00000740 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 69 6e 67 20 61 20 64 2f 62 |supporting a d/b| 00000750 73 20 6f 72 20 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 73 72 65 61 64 |s or small sread| 00000760 20 0d 73 68 65 65 74 2e 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 45 | .sheet. Acorn E| 00000770 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 2f 42 65 65 62 6c 65 2d 43 |lectron/Beeble-C| 00000780 65 65 2f 4d 61 73 74 65 72 2d 31 32 38 20 28 4c |ee/Master-128 (L| 00000790 6f 6f 6b 20 6f 75 74 20 44 6f 63 74 6f 72 21 29 |ook out Doctor!)| 000007a0 20 3a 2d 49 27 6d 20 0d 74 79 70 69 6e 67 20 74 | :-I'm .typing t| 000007b0 68 69 73 20 6e 65 77 73 2d 6c 65 74 74 65 72 20 |his news-letter | 000007c0 6f 6e 20 61 20 4d 61 73 74 65 72 20 73 69 6e 67 |on a Master sing| 000007d0 20 57 57 2b 20 62 75 74 20 49 27 6c 6c 20 73 6f | WW+ but I'll so| 000007e0 6f 6e 20 62 65 20 63 68 61 6e 67 69 6e 67 20 74 |on be changing t| 000007f0 6f 20 0d 61 6e 20 41 6d 73 74 72 61 64 20 43 50 |o .an Amstrad CP| 00000800 43 2d 36 31 32 38 20 66 69 74 74 65 64 20 77 69 |C-6128 fitted wi| 00000810 74 68 20 61 20 42 72 75 6e 2d 77 6f 72 64 2f 49 |th a Brun-word/I| 00000820 6e 66 6f 2d 53 63 72 69 70 74 20 77 2f 70 2d 64 |nfo-Script w/p-d| 00000830 2f 62 73 20 61 73 20 73 6f 6f 6e 20 0d 61 73 20 |/bs as soon .as | 00000840 49 20 63 61 6e 20 66 69 74 20 61 6e 20 65 78 74 |I can fit an ext| 00000850 65 72 6e 61 6c 20 33 2d 31 2f 32 69 6e 20 64 69 |ernal 3-1/2in di| 00000860 73 6b 2d 64 72 69 76 65 2e 0d 0d |sk-drive...| 0000086b
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