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File contents
The opening screen came from Wayne Skinner who has a letter
in the letters section.

The cost of each EUG disc for UK members is `1.30. For a 
year this works out at `7.80. I say this because every so 
often I am sent amounts which are not multipuls of `1.30. 
I have tried putting 'iou xxp' on the address labels but 
since I get no reply I just assume that the excess is to 
be donated to EUG funds. Now EUG funds can always do with 
an occasional donation though I'm not touting for any. But 
it is getting a little complicated remembering which 
labels to put iou onto. If you want to donate a few bob to 
EUG it will be put to good use. If you have sent too much 
and you want it credited to your totals then work out what 
you have sent, whatever the excess is short of `1.30 send 
this amount and I will credit you.

I know that a number of people have tried to contact me 
recently and have been unsuccessful. Well the truth is my 
wife and I have been away on holiday for four weeks. OK so 
nobody wants to hear about my holiday but it was good. My 
wife and I know people who live in Mauritius so every few 
years we save everything we can for the airfare and go. This 
time was after a three year gap as I had some extra work 
though normally it takes us about four years. I'm not going 
to bore you about the cool winter tempertures of 25 C or the 
trees with every type of fruit you can think of and more 
besides, have you ever eaten a really fresh pineapple or a 
banana picked from the tree? I won't even mention the sea 
where you can walk up to your neck and still see your feet 
then lean back and float for hours while the waves bring the 
occasional warmer current and the only sound is the 
splashing of water. No that wouldn't be fair, but it was 
good. This is a so called third world country where 
technology has caught on in a big way. Computers are 
everywhere, and the reason is simple. The Mauritians want 
the best things in life like the rest of us and they are 
going out and getting it. In the three year gap since I was 
last there I've seen the most amazing developments. 
Magnificent shopping centres, large office blocks the 
architecture wouldn't be out of place in the city of London 
and it seems as if everyone is into some sort of business or 
other. I saw shops stocking wide ranges of goods in spaces
which we would call cupboards. Unemployment is non-existent 
and migrant workers are regularly brought in to fill the 
labour shortage. The geographical location of Mauritius 
makes it an attractive base for many international 
companies which are everywhere but the real reason for this 
boom is the attitude of the people. They are just going out 
and getting it.

I have one complaint though, their electrical standards are 
so bad.

Recently I read a report in a tabloid about some 13 year old 
school boys who put a recipe for Napalm onto the internet. 
The usual call was made for controls needing to be made on 
the internet. Now it seems to me that the point here is not 
that this item appeared on the internet but rather how did 
some 13 year old school boys apparently work out how to make 
Napalm? Controls on the internet are frankly a little 
unlikely since it is already so big that this would be a 
bit like trying to stop the tide but it's ironic that the 
press should be calling for censorship. Have they got 
nothing better to do? Information of any kind should be as 
freely available to everyone as possible. This was it 
incentive which drove people to establish public librarys. 
As a technicaly minded person I have long since given up on 
public librarys as a decent source of information. 
Librarians like many publishers tend to have arts degrees 
and simply have little or no interest in technical subjects. 
This is why the internet is so exciting, a source which 
isn't limited by concerns for increasing sales since most 
subscribers are using the internet primarily for transfering 
information to other users. Elk users can't access the 
internet but plans are being made by a number of 
organisations to provide terminals so that everyone can. It 
would be a shame if some of these plans were abandoned 
because of the silly worries generated by the same people 
who prevented this country from fully adopting computer 
technology untill 1980 and put our ecconomic progress back.

Any way as I said I've been away for a while, I'm really 
behind with many things and EUG is no exception. I will 
catch up. If I promised you something please remind me if 
I've forgotten something please nag me. And most important 
submissions for EUG SEND THEM IN. The next EUG will have the 
equipment review. I have a lot of details of what people own 
but not much yet on how good/bad what you have is. It 
doesn't need to be too much even marks out of ten for each 
item would be better than nothing though most of us would 
like more. And I will try to dig out all the information 
which has already been sent but don't be afraid to send me 
something again.

And of course remember any other items or programs...
SENDTHEM IN

Gus Donnachaidh 01705 781168

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