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L/+GUSBAC
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_50.ADF |
| Filename: | L/+GUSBAC |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 096B bytes |
| Load address: | 4C204556 |
| Exec address: | 55472B2E |
File contents
GUS IS BACK!
HELLO everybody!
First, congratulations to Dave on EUG #50. To think that we are still
going strong...supporting a computer first made in 1983 which was dis-
missed at the time as being a commercial and technical failure.
I have at least three more 'modern' computers lying around which are
obsolete. Funny old world.
My latest 'modern' computer is a 350 MHz Pentium 2 which, at eighteen
months, is out of date. I still prefer the word processor on my Elk -
it's quicker and so much more flexible.
Right. Why did I hand EUG over to Dave?
I had been thinking about it for a long time. I took over EUG because
I had some ideas which I wanted to try. I thought it would be interest-
ing to see how they went and I wanted to contribute something to EUG.
I realised by EUG #30 that it was time to hand over to someone else.
That someone wasn't immediately apparent until Dave came along.
Let's face it. With something like EUG you have to know when it's
time to walk away, and that time came for me.
I really must take this opportunity to apologise to those who have
written to me since I handed over to Dave. I will get around to reply-
ing. Your letters are much appreciated.
I have recently been contacted by the National Museum of Wales who
are looking for an Electron which was built in Wales for their
exhibition. Some were made in Malaysia but quite a few were made in
Wales. I happened to have one which is winging its way to the land of
song. If anyone happens to see the exhibition, perhaps they might send a
report.
Anyway, as those who know me will know, I like nothing better than
taking something to bits and trying to improve it in some way.
I have sent in a program which was based upon something I found in a
book from 1984. I have restructed it, rewriting many of the lines and
created an address book program which might suit some tastes. Read
V.+ADD (Articles Menu) for more details.
The best of luck to Dave and everyone else. I intend to continue
following EUG and I am pleased to say that I made many friends during my
period in the editor's chair. I hope this doesn't sound too ITV but I
would like to thank Richard Dimond, EUG's answer to Roland Waddilove,
for his continual support - even when I really needed my wrists slapped!
Gus Donnachaidh
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To th| 00000070 69 6e 6b 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 65 20 61 72 65 20 |ink that we are | 00000080 73 74 69 6c 6c 0d 67 6f 69 6e 67 20 73 74 72 6f |still.going stro| 00000090 6e 67 2e 2e 2e 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 69 6e 67 20 |ng...supporting | 000000a0 61 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 66 69 72 73 74 |a computer first| 000000b0 20 6d 61 64 65 20 69 6e 20 31 39 38 33 20 77 68 | made in 1983 wh| 000000c0 69 63 68 20 77 61 73 20 64 69 73 2d 0d 6d 69 73 |ich was dis-.mis| 000000d0 73 65 64 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 |sed at the time | 000000e0 61 73 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 61 20 63 6f 6d 6d 65 |as being a comme| 000000f0 72 63 69 61 6c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 65 63 68 6e 69 |rcial and techni| 00000100 63 61 6c 20 66 61 69 6c 75 72 65 2e 0d 20 20 20 |cal failure.. | 00000110 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 74 20 6c 65 61 73 74 20 |I have at least | 00000120 74 68 72 65 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 27 6d 6f 64 65 |three more 'mode| 00000130 72 6e 27 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 73 20 6c 79 |rn' computers ly| 00000140 69 6e 67 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 77 68 69 63 68 |ing around which| 00000150 20 61 72 65 0d 6f 62 73 6f 6c 65 74 65 2e 20 46 | are.obsolete. F| 00000160 75 6e 6e 79 20 6f 6c 64 20 77 6f 72 6c 64 2e 0d |unny old world..| 00000170 20 20 20 4d 79 20 6c 61 74 65 73 74 20 27 6d 6f | My latest 'mo| 00000180 64 65 72 6e 27 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 69 |dern' computer i| 00000190 73 20 61 20 33 35 30 20 4d 48 7a 20 50 65 6e 74 |s a 350 MHz Pent| 000001a0 69 75 6d 20 32 20 77 68 69 63 68 2c 20 61 74 20 |ium 2 which, at | 000001b0 65 69 67 68 74 65 65 6e 0d 6d 6f 6e 74 68 73 2c |eighteen.months,| 000001c0 20 69 73 20 6f 75 74 20 6f 66 20 64 61 74 65 2e | is out of date.| 000001d0 20 49 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 70 72 65 66 65 72 20 | I still prefer | 000001e0 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 64 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 |the word process| 000001f0 6f 72 20 6f 6e 20 6d 79 20 45 6c 6b 20 2d 20 0d |or on my Elk - .| 00000200 69 74 27 73 20 71 75 69 63 6b 65 72 20 61 6e 64 |it's quicker and| 00000210 20 73 6f 20 6d 75 63 68 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 66 6c | so much more fl| 00000220 65 78 69 62 6c 65 2e 0d 20 20 20 52 69 67 68 74 |exible.. Right| 00000230 2e 20 57 68 79 20 64 69 64 20 49 20 68 61 6e 64 |. Why did I hand| 00000240 20 45 55 47 20 6f 76 65 72 20 74 6f 20 44 61 76 | EUG over to Dav| 00000250 65 3f 0d 20 20 20 49 20 68 61 64 20 62 65 65 6e |e?. I had been| 00000260 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 | thinking about | 00000270 69 74 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 74 69 |it for a long ti| 00000280 6d 65 2e 20 49 20 74 6f 6f 6b 20 6f 76 65 72 20 |me. I took over | 00000290 45 55 47 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 0d 49 20 68 61 |EUG because.I ha| 000002a0 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 69 64 65 61 73 20 77 68 69 |d some ideas whi| 000002b0 63 68 20 49 20 77 61 6e 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 74 |ch I wanted to t| 000002c0 72 79 2e 20 49 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 74 20 69 74 |ry. I thought it| 000002d0 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 69 6e 74 65 72 65 | would be intere| 000002e0 73 74 2d 0d 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 73 65 65 20 68 |st-.ing to see h| 000002f0 6f 77 20 74 68 65 79 20 77 65 6e 74 20 61 6e 64 |ow they went and| 00000300 20 49 20 77 61 6e 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6e | I wanted to con| 00000310 74 72 69 62 75 74 65 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e |tribute somethin| 00000320 67 20 74 6f 20 45 55 47 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 20 72 |g to EUG.. I r| 00000330 65 61 6c 69 73 65 64 20 62 79 20 45 55 47 20 23 |ealised by EUG #| 00000340 33 30 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 74 |30 that it was t| 00000350 69 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 68 61 6e 64 20 6f 76 65 72 |ime to hand over| 00000360 20 74 6f 20 73 6f 6d 65 6f 6e 65 20 65 6c 73 65 | to someone else| 00000370 2e 0d 54 68 61 74 20 73 6f 6d 65 6f 6e 65 20 77 |..That someone w| 00000380 61 73 6e 27 74 20 69 6d 6d 65 64 69 61 74 65 6c |asn't immediatel| 00000390 79 20 61 70 70 61 72 65 6e 74 20 75 6e 74 69 6c |y apparent until| 000003a0 20 44 61 76 65 20 63 61 6d 65 20 61 6c 6f 6e 67 | Dave came along| 000003b0 2e 0d 20 20 20 4c 65 74 27 73 20 66 61 63 65 20 |.. Let's face | 000003c0 69 74 2e 20 57 69 74 68 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 |it. With somethi| 000003d0 6e 67 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 45 55 47 20 79 6f 75 20 |ng like EUG you | 000003e0 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 77 68 65 |have to know whe| 000003f0 6e 20 69 74 27 73 0d 74 69 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 77 |n it's.time to w| 00000400 61 6c 6b 20 61 77 61 79 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 |alk away, and th| 00000410 61 74 20 74 69 6d 65 20 63 61 6d 65 20 66 6f 72 |at time came for| 00000420 20 6d 65 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 | me.. I really| 00000430 20 6d 75 73 74 20 74 61 6b 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 | must take this | 00000440 6f 70 70 6f 72 74 75 6e 69 74 79 20 74 6f 20 61 |opportunity to a| 00000450 70 6f 6c 6f 67 69 73 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 6f 73 |pologise to thos| 00000460 65 20 77 68 6f 20 68 61 76 65 0d 77 72 69 74 74 |e who have.writt| 00000470 65 6e 20 74 6f 20 6d 65 20 73 69 6e 63 65 20 49 |en to me since I| 00000480 20 68 61 6e 64 65 64 20 6f 76 65 72 20 74 6f 20 | handed over to | 00000490 44 61 76 65 2e 20 49 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 67 65 74 |Dave. I will get| 000004a0 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 72 65 70 6c 79 | around to reply| 000004b0 2d 0d 69 6e 67 2e 20 59 6f 75 72 20 6c 65 74 74 |-.ing. Your lett| 000004c0 65 72 73 20 61 72 65 20 6d 75 63 68 20 61 70 70 |ers are much app| 000004d0 72 65 63 69 61 74 65 64 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 20 68 |reciated.. I h| 000004e0 61 76 65 20 72 65 63 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 62 65 65 |ave recently bee| 000004f0 6e 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 65 64 20 62 79 20 74 |n contacted by t| 00000500 68 65 20 4e 61 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 20 4d 75 73 65 |he National Muse| 00000510 75 6d 20 6f 66 20 57 61 6c 65 73 20 77 68 6f 20 |um of Wales who | 00000520 0d 61 72 65 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 69 6e 67 20 66 6f 72 |.are looking for| 00000530 20 61 6e 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 77 68 69 | an Electron whi| 00000540 63 68 20 77 61 73 20 62 75 69 6c 74 20 69 6e 20 |ch was built in | 00000550 57 61 6c 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 |Wales for their | 00000560 0d 65 78 68 69 62 69 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 53 6f 6d |.exhibition. Som| 00000570 65 20 77 65 72 65 20 6d 61 64 65 20 69 6e 20 4d |e were made in M| 00000580 61 6c 61 79 73 69 61 20 62 75 74 20 71 75 69 74 |alaysia but quit| 00000590 65 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 77 65 72 65 20 6d 61 64 |e a few were mad| 000005a0 65 20 69 6e 20 0d 57 61 6c 65 73 2e 20 49 20 68 |e in .Wales. I h| 000005b0 61 70 70 65 6e 65 64 20 74 6f 20 68 61 76 65 20 |appened to have | 000005c0 6f 6e 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 77 69 6e |one which is win| 000005d0 67 69 6e 67 20 69 74 73 20 77 61 79 20 74 6f 20 |ging its way to | 000005e0 74 68 65 20 6c 61 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 0d 73 6f 6e |the land of .son| 000005f0 67 2e 20 49 66 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 68 61 70 |g. If anyone hap| 00000600 70 65 6e 73 20 74 6f 20 73 65 65 20 74 68 65 20 |pens to see the | 00000610 65 78 68 69 62 69 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 70 65 72 68 |exhibition, perh| 00000620 61 70 73 20 74 68 65 79 20 6d 69 67 68 74 20 73 |aps they might s| 00000630 65 6e 64 20 61 0d 72 65 70 6f 72 74 2e 0d 20 20 |end a.report.. | 00000640 20 41 6e 79 77 61 79 2c 20 61 73 20 74 68 6f 73 | Anyway, as thos| 00000650 65 20 77 68 6f 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 6d 65 20 77 69 |e who know me wi| 00000660 6c 6c 20 6b 6e 6f 77 2c 20 49 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 |ll know, I like | 00000670 6e 6f 74 68 69 6e 67 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 74 |nothing better t| 00000680 68 61 6e 0d 74 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 |han.taking somet| 00000690 68 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 62 69 74 73 20 61 6e 64 |hing to bits and| 000006a0 20 74 72 79 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 69 6d 70 72 6f | trying to impro| 000006b0 76 65 20 69 74 20 69 6e 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 77 61 |ve it in some wa| 000006c0 79 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 65 6e |y.. I have sen| 000006d0 74 20 69 6e 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 |t in a program w| 000006e0 68 69 63 68 20 77 61 73 20 62 61 73 65 64 20 75 |hich was based u| 000006f0 70 6f 6e 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 20 49 20 |pon something I | 00000700 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 69 6e 20 61 0d 62 6f 6f 6b 20 |found in a.book | 00000710 66 72 6f 6d 20 31 39 38 34 2e 20 49 20 68 61 76 |from 1984. I hav| 00000720 65 20 72 65 73 74 72 75 63 74 65 64 20 69 74 2c |e restructed it,| 00000730 20 72 65 77 72 69 74 69 6e 67 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 | rewriting many | 00000740 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 20 61 6e 64 |of the lines and| 00000750 0d 63 72 65 61 74 65 64 20 61 6e 20 61 64 64 72 |.created an addr| 00000760 65 73 73 20 62 6f 6f 6b 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d |ess book program| 00000770 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 6d 69 67 68 74 20 73 75 69 | which might sui| 00000780 74 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 74 61 73 74 65 73 2e 20 52 |t some tastes. R| 00000790 65 61 64 20 0d 56 2e 2b 41 44 44 20 28 41 72 74 |ead .V.+ADD (Art| 000007a0 69 63 6c 65 73 20 4d 65 6e 75 29 20 66 6f 72 20 |icles Menu) for | 000007b0 6d 6f 72 65 20 64 65 74 61 69 6c 73 2e 0d 20 20 |more details.. | 000007c0 20 54 68 65 20 62 65 73 74 20 6f 66 20 6c 75 63 | The best of luc| 000007d0 6b 20 74 6f 20 44 61 76 65 20 61 6e 64 20 65 76 |k to Dave and ev| 000007e0 65 72 79 6f 6e 65 20 65 6c 73 65 2e 20 49 20 69 |eryone else. I i| 000007f0 6e 74 65 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 |ntend to continu| 00000800 65 0d 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 45 55 47 20 |e.following EUG | 00000810 61 6e 64 20 49 20 61 6d 20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 64 |and I am pleased| 00000820 20 74 6f 20 73 61 79 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 6d | to say that I m| 00000830 61 64 65 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 66 72 69 65 6e 64 73 |ade many friends| 00000840 20 64 75 72 69 6e 67 20 6d 79 0d 70 65 72 69 6f | during my.perio| 00000850 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 27 |d in the editor'| 00000860 73 20 63 68 61 69 72 2e 20 49 20 68 6f 70 65 20 |s chair. I hope | 00000870 74 68 69 73 20 64 6f 65 73 6e 27 74 20 73 6f 75 |this doesn't sou| 00000880 6e 64 20 74 6f 6f 20 49 54 56 20 62 75 74 20 49 |nd too ITV but I| 00000890 20 0d 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 74 6f 20 | .would like to | 000008a0 74 68 61 6e 6b 20 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 20 44 69 |thank Richard Di| 000008b0 6d 6f 6e 64 2c 20 45 55 47 27 73 20 61 6e 73 77 |mond, EUG's answ| 000008c0 65 72 20 74 6f 20 52 6f 6c 61 6e 64 20 57 61 64 |er to Roland Wad| 000008d0 64 69 6c 6f 76 65 2c 20 0d 66 6f 72 20 68 69 73 |dilove, .for his| 000008e0 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 61 6c 20 73 75 70 70 6f | continual suppo| 000008f0 72 74 20 2d 20 65 76 65 6e 20 77 68 65 6e 20 49 |rt - even when I| 00000900 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 6e 65 65 64 65 64 20 6d | really needed m| 00000910 79 20 77 72 69 73 74 73 20 73 6c 61 70 70 65 64 |y wrists slapped| 00000920 21 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |!. | 00000930 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000950 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 47 75 73 20 44 | Gus D| 00000960 6f 6e 6e 61 63 68 61 69 64 68 0d |onnachaidh.| 0000096b
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