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| Filename: | L/+LETT1 |
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| File size: | 0E65 bytes |
| Load address: | 14C20 |
| Exec address: | 13154 |
File contents
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LETTER 15
Tony Boarer 214 Dunraven Drive Derriford Plymouth PL6 6AZ 01752 771276
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Dear Gus,
Re: EUG 28.
Editorial.
Like you I like to use things rather than keep them purely for value.
In my case it's Malt Whisky. I'm a member and shareholder of the
Scotch Malt Whisky Society and I hold a few bottles of Society malts
from distilleries that are now defunct for one reason or another and
may never or cannot be seen again. One is a 26 year old. My wife says
hang on to it - "it may become valuable". I say "not in my lifetime
so I will drink it" - in due course! The Society malts are at cask
strength so are over 100 proof - this and age tends to make them
relatively costly and they need a little Highland Spring water! Still,
who minds paying for the Angels share?
Roy Warner.
Strange I was going to ask the same question about CLICK. I suppose if
the calendar cannot be altered one can always fudge the arithmetic so
that one mentally adds or subtracts years (user choice) after 1998 to
get the correct year and correct days of the week. CLICK would not
then be scrap. I'll have to give it some more thought.
I have just thought "what about the time-clock on my MITAC"? So I have
called up TIME AND DATE and reprogrammed to 00 00 01hrs. at 01 2000,
and entered and up came Saturday 1 01 2000 00, then 01,etc. Software
by Visionsoft - no problem - they have used all four digits for the
year - very sensible. Space saving by only using two or three digits
is all very well but the software must cover all eventualities.
A little history. Leap Year - or Bissextile, was fixed by Julius
Caesar, 45 B.C., the addition of one day in every four years bringing
the measure of the calendar year even with the astronomical year with
three minutes per year over. The Gregorian Calendar corrected this by
dropping leap year at the centuries not divisible by 400. Thus, 1700
,1800 and 1900 were not leap years though divisible by 4.
Now here is the rub - the programme at item 4 of the Programming Menu
gives 2000 as NOT A LEAP YEAR! Also the letter says the same - as I
read it. If line 250 is changed by deleting "2000" and substituting
"1700 OR a%=1800 OR a%=1900" then the program will give correct
answers from 1501 to 2099, although the Gregorian calendar was not
introduced into Italy by Pope Gregory XIII until 1582, and not in
England until 1752 when we found that we were 11 days behind the
Continent. It was not introduced into Russia until 1918 and they refer
to Old Style and New Style dates by "O.S." and "N.S." accordingly. All
this leads to a need for a little sophisticated computer programming.
Further checking for peace of mind! The 200 year calendar in my Oregon
organiser shows 29/2/2000, and the MITAC accepts retiming to 29/2/2000
but will not accept 29/2 if with a non leap year. Hoo-ray!
Another point is that the start of the next millennium is immediately
after the end of 2000 and not at the beginning of 2000. Irrespective
of this ever since I was a boy I have looked forward to seeing 2000
once I realised that I could live that long.
Robert Sprowson.
Thanks for the article on adding a 5 1/2" drive to a 3 1/2" set-up. As
I have not got round to doing this yet in spite of earlier advice from
other members, this may give the incentive!
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One i| 000002b0 73 20 61 20 32 36 20 79 65 61 72 20 6f 6c 64 2e |s a 26 year old.| 000002c0 20 4d 79 20 77 69 66 65 20 73 61 79 73 0d 68 61 | My wife says.ha| 000002d0 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 74 6f 1a 20 69 74 1a 20 20 2d |ng on to. it. -| 000002e0 20 22 69 74 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 20 | "it may become | 000002f0 76 61 6c 75 61 62 6c 65 22 2e 20 49 20 73 61 79 |valuable". I say| 00000300 20 22 6e 6f 74 20 69 6e 20 6d 79 20 6c 69 66 65 | "not in my life| 00000310 74 69 6d 65 0d 73 6f 20 49 20 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |time.so I will | 00000320 64 72 69 6e 6b 20 69 74 22 1a 20 2d 1a 20 69 6e |drink it". -. in| 00000330 1a 20 64 75 65 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 21 20 54 68 |. due course! Th| 00000340 65 20 53 6f 63 69 65 74 79 20 6d 61 6c 74 73 20 |e Society malts | 00000350 61 72 65 20 61 74 20 63 61 73 6b 0d 73 74 72 65 |are at cask.stre| 00000360 6e 67 74 68 20 73 6f 20 61 72 65 20 6f 76 65 72 |ngth so are over| 00000370 20 31 30 30 20 70 72 6f 6f 66 20 2d 20 74 68 69 | 100 proof - thi| 00000380 73 1a 20 61 6e 64 1a 20 61 67 65 1a 20 74 65 6e |s. and. age. ten| 00000390 64 73 1a 20 74 6f 1a 20 6d 61 6b 65 1a 20 74 68 |ds. to. make. th| 000003a0 65 6d 0d 72 65 6c 61 74 69 76 65 6c 79 20 63 6f |em.relatively co| 000003b0 73 74 6c 79 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 79 20 6e 65 |stly and they ne| 000003c0 65 64 20 61 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 48 69 67 68 |ed a little High| 000003d0 6c 61 6e 64 20 53 70 72 69 6e 67 20 77 61 74 65 |land Spring wate| 000003e0 72 21 20 53 74 69 6c 6c 2c 0d 77 68 6f 20 6d 69 |r! Still,.who mi| 000003f0 6e 64 73 20 70 61 79 69 6e 67 20 66 6f 72 20 74 |nds paying for t| 00000400 68 65 20 41 6e 67 65 6c 73 20 73 68 61 72 65 3f |he Angels share?| 00000410 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000430 0d 52 6f 79 20 57 61 72 6e 65 72 2e 0d 53 74 72 |.Roy Warner..Str| 00000440 61 6e 67 65 20 49 20 77 61 73 20 67 6f 69 6e 67 |ange I was going| 00000450 20 74 6f 20 61 73 6b 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 | to ask the same| 00000460 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 | question about | 00000470 43 4c 49 43 4b 2e 20 49 20 73 75 70 70 6f 73 65 |CLICK. I suppose| 00000480 20 69 66 0d 74 68 65 20 63 61 6c 65 6e 64 61 72 | if.the calendar| 00000490 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 61 6c 74 65 72 | cannot be alter| 000004a0 65 64 1a 20 6f 6e 65 20 63 61 6e 20 61 6c 77 61 |ed. one can alwa| 000004b0 79 73 20 66 75 64 67 65 20 74 68 65 20 61 72 69 |ys fudge the ari| 000004c0 74 68 6d 65 74 69 63 20 73 6f 0d 74 68 61 74 20 |thmetic so.that | 000004d0 6f 6e 65 20 6d 65 6e 74 61 6c 6c 79 20 61 64 64 |one mentally add| 000004e0 73 20 6f 72 20 73 75 62 74 72 61 63 74 73 20 79 |s or subtracts y| 000004f0 65 61 72 73 20 28 75 73 65 72 20 63 68 6f 69 63 |ears (user choic| 00000500 65 29 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 31 39 39 38 20 20 74 |e) after 1998 t| 00000510 6f 0d 67 65 74 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 |o.get the correc| 00000520 74 20 79 65 61 72 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 72 72 65 |t year and corre| 00000530 63 74 1a 20 64 61 79 73 1a 20 6f 66 1a 20 74 68 |ct. days. of. th| 00000540 65 1a 20 77 65 65 6b 2e 20 43 4c 49 43 4b 20 77 |e. week. CLICK w| 00000550 6f 75 6c 64 20 6e 6f 74 0d 74 68 65 6e 20 62 65 |ould not.then be| 00000560 20 73 63 72 61 70 2e 20 49 27 6c 6c 20 68 61 76 | scrap. I'll hav| 00000570 65 20 74 6f 20 67 69 76 65 20 69 74 20 73 6f 6d |e to give it som| 00000580 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 1a 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 74 2e |e more. thought.| 00000590 1a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0d |. .| 000005a0 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 6a 75 73 74 20 74 68 6f 75 |I have just thou| 000005b0 67 68 74 20 22 77 68 61 74 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 |ght "what about | 000005c0 74 68 65 20 74 69 6d 65 2d 63 6c 6f 63 6b 20 6f |the time-clock o| 000005d0 6e 20 6d 79 20 4d 49 54 41 43 22 3f 20 53 6f 20 |n my MITAC"? So | 000005e0 49 20 68 61 76 65 0d 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 75 70 |I have.called up| 000005f0 20 54 49 4d 45 20 41 4e 44 20 44 41 54 45 1a 20 | TIME AND DATE. | 00000600 61 6e 64 1a 20 72 65 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 6d 65 |and. reprogramme| 00000610 64 20 74 6f 20 30 30 20 30 30 20 30 31 68 72 73 |d to 00 00 01hrs| 00000620 2e 20 61 74 20 30 31 20 32 30 30 30 2c 0d 61 6e |. at 01 2000,.an| 00000630 64 20 65 6e 74 65 72 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 75 70 |d entered and up| 00000640 20 63 61 6d 65 20 53 61 74 75 72 64 61 79 20 31 | came Saturday 1| 00000650 1a 20 30 31 1a 20 32 30 30 30 20 30 30 2c 20 74 |. 01. 2000 00, t| 00000660 68 65 6e 20 30 31 2c 65 74 63 2e 20 53 6f 66 74 |hen 01,etc. Soft| 00000670 77 61 72 65 0d 62 79 20 56 69 73 69 6f 6e 73 6f |ware.by Visionso| 00000680 66 74 20 2d 20 20 6e 6f 20 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 |ft - no proble| 00000690 6d 20 2d 20 74 68 65 79 20 68 61 76 65 20 75 73 |m - they have us| 000006a0 65 64 1a 20 61 6c 6c 20 66 6f 75 72 20 64 69 67 |ed. all four dig| 000006b0 69 74 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 0d 79 65 61 72 |its for the.year| 000006c0 20 2d 20 76 65 72 79 20 73 65 6e 73 69 62 6c 65 | - very sensible| 000006d0 2e 20 53 70 61 63 65 20 73 61 76 69 6e 67 20 62 |. Space saving b| 000006e0 79 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 77 6f |y only using two| 000006f0 1a 20 6f 72 1a 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 64 69 67 69 |. or. three digi| 00000700 74 73 20 0d 69 73 20 61 6c 6c 20 76 65 72 79 20 |ts .is all very | 00000710 77 65 6c 6c 20 62 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 6f 66 |well but the sof| 00000720 74 77 61 72 65 20 6d 75 73 74 20 63 6f 76 65 72 |tware must cover| 00000730 20 61 6c 6c 20 65 76 65 6e 74 75 61 6c 69 74 69 | all eventualiti| 00000740 65 73 2e 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |es. | 00000750 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0d 41 20 | .A | 00000760 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 68 69 73 74 6f 72 79 2e 20 |little history. | 00000770 4c 65 61 70 20 59 65 61 72 1a 20 2d 1a 20 6f 72 |Leap Year. -. or| 00000780 1a 20 42 69 73 73 65 78 74 69 6c 65 2c 1a 20 77 |. Bissextile,. w| 00000790 61 73 1a 20 66 69 78 65 64 1a 20 62 79 20 4a 75 |as. fixed. by Ju| 000007a0 6c 69 75 73 0d 43 61 65 73 61 72 2c 20 34 35 20 |lius.Caesar, 45 | 000007b0 42 2e 43 2e 2c 20 74 68 65 20 61 64 64 69 74 69 |B.C., the additi| 000007c0 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 6f 6e 65 20 64 61 79 20 69 6e |on of one day in| 000007d0 20 65 76 65 72 79 20 66 6f 75 72 1a 20 79 65 61 | every four. yea| 000007e0 72 73 20 62 72 69 6e 67 69 6e 67 0d 74 68 65 1a |rs bringing.the.| 000007f0 20 6d 65 61 73 75 72 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 | measure of the | 00000800 63 61 6c 65 6e 64 61 72 20 79 65 61 72 20 65 76 |calendar year ev| 00000810 65 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 61 73 74 72 |en with the astr| 00000820 6f 6e 6f 6d 69 63 61 6c 20 79 65 61 72 20 77 69 |onomical year wi| 00000830 74 68 0d 74 68 72 65 65 20 6d 69 6e 75 74 65 73 |th.three minutes| 00000840 1a 20 70 65 72 20 79 65 61 72 20 6f 76 65 72 2e |. per year over.| 00000850 20 54 68 65 20 47 72 65 67 6f 72 69 61 6e 20 43 | The Gregorian C| 00000860 61 6c 65 6e 64 61 72 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 65 |alendar correcte| 00000870 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 62 79 0d 64 72 6f 70 70 69 |d this by.droppi| 00000880 6e 67 20 6c 65 61 70 20 79 65 61 72 1a 20 61 74 |ng leap year. at| 00000890 1a 20 74 68 65 20 63 65 6e 74 75 72 69 65 73 20 |. the centuries | 000008a0 6e 6f 74 20 64 69 76 69 73 69 62 6c 65 20 62 79 |not divisible by| 000008b0 20 34 30 30 2e 20 54 68 75 73 2c 20 31 37 30 30 | 400. Thus, 1700| 000008c0 0d 2c 31 38 30 30 20 61 6e 64 20 31 39 30 30 20 |.,1800 and 1900 | 000008d0 77 65 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 1a 20 6c 65 61 70 20 79 |were not. leap y| 000008e0 65 61 72 73 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 20 64 69 76 69 |ears though divi| 000008f0 73 69 62 6c 65 20 62 79 20 34 2e 20 20 20 20 20 |sible by 4. | 00000900 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0d 4e 6f 77 20 68 65 72 | .Now her| 00000910 65 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 72 75 62 1a 20 2d 20 |e is the rub. - | 00000920 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 6d 65 20 61 74 |the programme at| 00000930 20 69 74 65 6d 20 34 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 50 | item 4 of the P| 00000940 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 6d 69 6e 67 20 4d 65 6e 75 0d |rogramming Menu.| 00000950 67 69 76 65 73 20 32 30 30 30 20 61 73 20 4e 4f |gives 2000 as NO| 00000960 54 20 41 20 4c 45 41 50 20 59 45 41 52 21 20 41 |T A LEAP YEAR! A| 00000970 6c 73 6f 20 74 68 65 1a 20 6c 65 74 74 65 72 1a |lso the. letter.| 00000980 20 73 61 79 73 1a 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 | says. the same | 00000990 2d 20 61 73 20 49 0d 72 65 61 64 1a 20 69 74 2e |- as I.read. it.| 000009a0 1a 20 49 66 1a 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 32 35 30 20 69 |. If. line 250 i| 000009b0 73 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 64 20 62 79 20 64 65 6c |s changed by del| 000009c0 65 74 69 6e 67 20 22 32 30 30 30 22 20 61 6e 64 |eting "2000" and| 000009d0 20 73 75 62 73 74 69 74 75 74 69 6e 67 0d 22 31 | substituting."1| 000009e0 37 30 30 20 4f 52 20 61 25 3d 31 38 30 30 20 4f |700 OR a%=1800 O| 000009f0 52 1a 20 61 25 3d 31 39 30 30 22 1a 20 74 68 65 |R. a%=1900". the| 00000a00 6e 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 1a |n. the. program.| 00000a10 20 77 69 6c 6c 1a 20 67 69 76 65 1a 20 63 6f 72 | will. give. cor| 00000a20 72 65 63 74 0d 61 6e 73 77 65 72 73 1a 20 66 72 |rect.answers. fr| 00000a30 6f 6d 1a 20 31 35 30 31 1a 20 74 6f 1a 20 32 30 |om. 1501. to. 20| 00000a40 39 39 2c 20 61 6c 74 68 6f 75 67 68 20 74 68 65 |99, although the| 00000a50 20 47 72 65 67 6f 72 69 61 6e 20 63 61 6c 65 6e | Gregorian calen| 00000a60 64 61 72 20 77 61 73 20 6e 6f 74 0d 69 6e 74 72 |dar was not.intr| 00000a70 6f 64 75 63 65 64 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 49 74 61 6c |oduced into Ital| 00000a80 79 20 62 79 20 50 6f 70 65 1a 20 47 72 65 67 6f |y by Pope. Grego| 00000a90 72 79 1a 20 58 49 49 49 1a 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 1a |ry. XIII. until.| 00000aa0 20 31 35 38 32 2c 1a 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 | 1582,. and not | 00000ab0 69 6e 0d 45 6e 67 6c 61 6e 64 1a 20 75 6e 74 69 |in.England. unti| 00000ac0 6c 1a 20 31 37 35 32 1a 20 77 68 65 6e 20 77 65 |l. 1752. when we| 00000ad0 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 65 20 77 | found that we w| 00000ae0 65 72 65 20 31 31 1a 20 64 61 79 73 1a 20 62 65 |ere 11. days. be| 00000af0 68 69 6e 64 1a 20 74 68 65 0d 43 6f 6e 74 69 6e |hind. the.Contin| 00000b00 65 6e 74 2e 20 49 74 20 77 61 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 |ent. It was not | 00000b10 69 6e 74 72 6f 64 75 63 65 64 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 |introduced into | 00000b20 52 75 73 73 69 61 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 31 39 31 |Russia until 191| 00000b30 38 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 79 20 72 65 66 65 72 |8 and they refer| 00000b40 0d 74 6f 20 4f 6c 64 20 53 74 79 6c 65 20 61 6e |.to Old Style an| 00000b50 64 20 4e 65 77 20 53 74 79 6c 65 20 64 61 74 65 |d New Style date| 00000b60 73 20 62 79 20 22 4f 2e 53 2e 22 20 61 6e 64 20 |s by "O.S." and | 00000b70 22 4e 2e 53 2e 22 20 61 63 63 6f 72 64 69 6e 67 |"N.S." according| 00000b80 6c 79 2e 20 41 6c 6c 0d 74 68 69 73 20 6c 65 61 |ly. All.this lea| 00000b90 64 73 20 74 6f 20 61 20 6e 65 65 64 20 66 6f 72 |ds to a need for| 00000ba0 20 61 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 73 6f 70 68 69 73 | a little sophis| 00000bb0 74 69 63 61 74 65 64 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 |ticated computer| 00000bc0 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 6d 69 6e 67 2e 0d 46 75 | programming..Fu| 00000bd0 72 74 68 65 72 20 63 68 65 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 66 |rther checking f| 00000be0 6f 72 20 70 65 61 63 65 20 6f 66 20 6d 69 6e 64 |or peace of mind| 00000bf0 21 20 54 68 65 20 32 30 30 20 79 65 61 72 20 63 |! The 200 year c| 00000c00 61 6c 65 6e 64 61 72 20 69 6e 20 6d 79 20 4f 72 |alendar in my Or| 00000c10 65 67 6f 6e 0d 6f 72 67 61 6e 69 73 65 72 20 73 |egon.organiser s| 00000c20 68 6f 77 73 20 32 39 2f 32 2f 32 30 30 30 2c 20 |hows 29/2/2000, | 00000c30 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 4d 49 54 41 43 20 61 63 |and the MITAC ac| 00000c40 63 65 70 74 73 20 72 65 74 69 6d 69 6e 67 20 74 |cepts retiming t| 00000c50 6f 20 32 39 2f 32 2f 32 30 30 30 0d 62 75 74 20 |o 29/2/2000.but | 00000c60 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 63 63 65 70 74 20 |will not accept | 00000c70 32 39 2f 32 20 69 66 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 6e |29/2 if with a n| 00000c80 6f 6e 20 6c 65 61 70 20 79 65 61 72 2e 20 48 6f |on leap year. Ho| 00000c90 6f 2d 72 61 79 21 0d 41 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 70 |o-ray!.Another p| 00000ca0 6f 69 6e 74 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 |oint is that the| 00000cb0 1a 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6e |. start of the n| 00000cc0 65 78 74 20 6d 69 6c 6c 65 6e 6e 69 75 6d 20 69 |ext millennium i| 00000cd0 73 20 69 6d 6d 65 64 69 61 74 65 6c 79 0d 61 66 |s immediately.af| 00000ce0 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 65 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 32 |ter the end of 2| 00000cf0 30 30 30 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 6f 74 1a 20 61 74 1a |000 and not. at.| 00000d00 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 67 69 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 6f | the beginning o| 00000d10 66 20 32 30 30 30 2e 20 49 72 72 65 73 70 65 63 |f 2000. Irrespec| 00000d20 74 69 76 65 0d 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 65 76 65 |tive.of this eve| 00000d30 72 20 73 69 6e 63 65 20 49 20 77 61 73 20 61 20 |r since I was a | 00000d40 62 6f 79 20 49 1a 20 68 61 76 65 1a 20 6c 6f 6f |boy I. have. loo| 00000d50 6b 65 64 1a 20 66 6f 72 77 61 72 64 20 74 6f 20 |ked. forward to | 00000d60 73 65 65 69 6e 67 20 32 30 30 30 0d 6f 6e 63 65 |seeing 2000.once| 00000d70 20 49 20 72 65 61 6c 69 73 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 | I realised that| 00000d80 20 49 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 6c 69 76 65 20 74 68 | I could live th| 00000d90 61 74 20 6c 6f 6e 67 2e 0d 52 6f 62 65 72 74 20 |at long..Robert | 00000da0 53 70 72 6f 77 73 6f 6e 2e 0d 54 68 61 6e 6b 73 |Sprowson..Thanks| 00000db0 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 61 72 74 69 63 6c 65 | for the article| 00000dc0 20 6f 6e 20 61 64 64 69 6e 67 20 61 20 35 20 31 | on adding a 5 1| 00000dd0 2f 32 22 20 64 72 69 76 65 20 74 6f 20 61 20 33 |/2" drive to a 3| 00000de0 20 31 2f 32 22 20 73 65 74 2d 75 70 2e 20 41 73 | 1/2" set-up. As| 00000df0 0d 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 67 6f 74 20 |.I have not got | 00000e00 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 |round to doing t| 00000e10 68 69 73 20 79 65 74 20 69 6e 20 73 70 69 74 65 |his yet in spite| 00000e20 20 6f 66 20 65 61 72 6c 69 65 72 20 61 64 76 69 | of earlier advi| 00000e30 63 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 0d 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6d 65 |ce from.other me| 00000e40 6d 62 65 72 73 2c 20 74 68 69 73 20 6d 61 79 20 |mbers, this may | 00000e50 67 69 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 63 65 6e 74 69 |give the incenti| 00000e60 76 65 21 0d 0d |ve!..| 00000e65
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