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+wilms1
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Filename: | +wilms1 |
Read OK: | ✔ |
File size: | 07D3 bytes |
Load address: | 3A206576 |
Exec address: | 772B2E30 |
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File contents
From:- D.E. Williams, Plot 6, Oaklands, Cefn Yr Hendy, Miskin, Pontyclun. CF72 8RW Dear Gus, Many thanks for the latest issue of EUG, from which I note you are a bit desperate for input. As I haven't been in touch for a while, due mainly to moving house, I thought I'd throw in a line of two just to let you know I'm still about - not that I have got much to report or drivel on about. I have, in the meantime, upgraded from my A3010 to the A7000+ and still find your discs easily accessible with the emulator. The speed difference between the 3010 and 7000+ has the same gap as the Welsh XV and the South African XV (96 - 0). Having just bought No. 1 son a Pentium II for his PHD I know which I prefer and it's At Heart, not Inside, if you know what I mean. I have enclosed two scraps of info, one from a contact in New Zealand and one from the latest issue of Computer Shopper (must keep a watch on the Windoze unwise). I don't know if you can use them, but they are of interest perhaps! I look forward to the next issue. Yours sincerely, Dil Williams. You know me, I'm always desperate for input, and members need reminding from time to time. The article from Computer shopper for the benifit of everyone else is an advert from a company touting loans. There is a picture of a basic Elk and the caption reads 'NOW IS THE TIME TO UPGRADE'. We all know what they mean. I must confess that while I won't be getting rid of my Elk because it't too much fun I have thought that now might be a good time to think about buying one of the latest (for now ) PCs. (I wonder if there is any co-incidence in the abbreviation PC for personal computer and politically correct?) The prices are so low and what some places are offering is becomming tempting. I saw one ad offering a free digital camera and a colour printer for under #900. Now if I only had #900. I wrote to the address in New Zealand and received a reply back I have put both below for everyone to enjoy
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As | 000000d0 49 20 68 61 76 65 6e 27 74 20 62 65 65 6e 20 69 |I haven't been i| 000000e0 6e 20 74 6f 75 63 68 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 77 68 |n touch for a wh| 000000f0 69 6c 65 2c 20 64 75 65 0d 6d 61 69 6e 6c 79 20 |ile, due.mainly | 00000100 74 6f 20 6d 6f 76 69 6e 67 20 68 6f 75 73 65 2c |to moving house,| 00000110 20 49 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 74 20 49 27 64 20 74 | I thought I'd t| 00000120 68 72 6f 77 20 69 6e 20 61 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6f |hrow in a line o| 00000130 66 20 74 77 6f 20 6a 75 73 74 20 74 6f 20 6c 65 |f two just to le| 00000140 74 0d 79 6f 75 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 49 27 6d 20 73 |t.you know I'm s| 00000150 74 69 6c 6c 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 2d 20 6e 6f 74 |till about - not| 00000160 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 67 6f 74 | that I have got| 00000170 20 6d 75 63 68 20 74 6f 20 72 65 70 6f 72 74 20 | much to report | 00000180 6f 72 20 64 72 69 76 65 6c 20 6f 6e 0d 61 62 6f |or drivel on.abo| 00000190 75 74 2e 0d 0d 09 49 20 68 61 76 65 2c 20 69 6e |ut....I have, in| 000001a0 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 61 6e 74 69 6d 65 2c 20 75 | the meantime, u| 000001b0 70 67 72 61 64 65 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 6d 79 20 |pgraded from my | 000001c0 41 33 30 31 30 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 41 37 30 |A3010 to the A70| 000001d0 30 30 2b 20 61 6e 64 0d 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 66 69 |00+ and.still fi| 000001e0 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 72 20 64 69 73 63 73 20 65 61 |nd your discs ea| 000001f0 73 69 6c 79 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 |sily accessible | 00000200 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 6f |with the emulato| 00000210 72 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 73 70 65 65 64 0d 64 69 |r. The speed.di| 00000220 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e |fference between| 00000230 20 74 68 65 20 33 30 31 30 20 61 6e 64 20 37 30 | the 3010 and 70| 00000240 30 30 2b 20 68 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 |00+ has the same| 00000250 20 67 61 70 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 57 65 6c 73 | gap as the Wels| 00000260 68 20 58 56 20 61 6e 64 0d 74 68 65 20 53 6f 75 |h XV and.the Sou| 00000270 74 68 20 41 66 72 69 63 61 6e 20 58 56 20 28 39 |th African XV (9| 00000280 36 20 2d 20 30 29 2e 20 20 48 61 76 69 6e 67 20 |6 - 0). 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I don't know | 000003c0 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 75 73 65 20 74 |if you can use t| 000003d0 68 65 6d 2c 20 62 75 74 20 74 68 65 79 0d 61 72 |hem, but they.ar| 000003e0 65 20 6f 66 20 69 6e 74 65 72 65 73 74 20 70 65 |e of interest pe| 000003f0 72 68 61 70 73 21 0d 0d 09 49 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 |rhaps!...I look | 00000400 66 6f 72 77 61 72 64 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6e |forward to the n| 00000410 65 78 74 20 69 73 73 75 65 2e 0d 0d 0d 09 09 59 |ext issue......Y| 00000420 6f 75 72 73 20 73 69 6e 63 65 72 65 6c 79 2c 0d |ours sincerely,.| 00000430 0d 09 09 44 69 6c 20 57 69 6c 6c 69 61 6d 73 2e |...Dil Williams.| 00000440 0d 0d 1c 59 6f 75 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 6d 65 2c 20 |...You know me, | 00000450 49 27 6d 20 61 6c 77 61 79 73 20 64 65 73 70 65 |I'm always despe| 00000460 72 61 74 65 20 66 6f 72 20 69 6e 70 75 74 2c 20 |rate for input, | 00000470 61 6e 64 20 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 73 20 6e 65 65 64 |and members need| 00000480 20 72 65 6d 69 6e 64 69 6e 67 0d 66 72 6f 6d 20 | reminding.from | 00000490 74 69 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 0d 0d 54 |time to time...T| 000004a0 68 65 20 61 72 74 69 63 6c 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |he article from | 000004b0 43 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 73 68 6f 70 70 65 72 |Computer shopper| 000004c0 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 6e 69 66 69 74 | for the benifit| 000004d0 20 6f 66 20 65 76 65 72 79 6f 6e 65 20 65 6c 73 | of everyone els| 000004e0 65 20 69 73 20 61 6e 0d 61 64 76 65 72 74 20 66 |e is an.advert f| 000004f0 72 6f 6d 20 61 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 6e 79 20 74 6f |rom a company to| 00000500 75 74 69 6e 67 20 6c 6f 61 6e 73 2e 20 54 68 65 |uting loans. The| 00000510 72 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 70 69 63 74 75 72 65 20 |re is a picture | 00000520 6f 66 20 61 20 62 61 73 69 63 20 45 6c 6b 20 61 |of a basic Elk a| 00000530 6e 64 0d 74 68 65 20 63 61 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 72 |nd.the caption r| 00000540 65 61 64 73 20 27 4e 4f 57 20 49 53 20 54 48 45 |eads 'NOW IS THE| 00000550 20 54 49 4d 45 20 54 4f 20 55 50 47 52 41 44 45 | TIME TO UPGRADE| 00000560 27 2e 20 57 65 20 61 6c 6c 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 77 |'. We all know w| 00000570 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 79 0d 6d 65 61 6e 2e 20 49 |hat they.mean. I| 00000580 20 6d 75 73 74 20 63 6f 6e 66 65 73 73 20 74 68 | must confess th| 00000590 61 74 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 49 20 77 6f 6e 27 74 |at while I won't| 000005a0 20 62 65 20 67 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 72 69 64 20 | be getting rid | 000005b0 6f 66 20 6d 79 20 45 6c 6b 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 |of my Elk becaus| 000005c0 65 0d 69 74 27 74 20 74 6f 6f 20 6d 75 63 68 20 |e.it't too much | 000005d0 66 75 6e 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 68 6f 75 67 |fun I have thoug| 000005e0 68 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 6e 6f 77 20 6d 69 67 68 |ht that now migh| 000005f0 74 20 62 65 20 61 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 74 69 6d 65 |t be a good time| 00000600 20 74 6f 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 0d 61 62 6f 75 74 20 | to think.about | 00000610 62 75 79 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |buying one of th| 00000620 65 20 6c 61 74 65 73 74 20 28 66 6f 72 20 6e 6f |e latest (for no| 00000630 77 20 29 20 50 43 73 2e 20 28 49 20 77 6f 6e 64 |w ) PCs. (I wond| 00000640 65 72 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 61 |er if there is a| 00000650 6e 79 0d 63 6f 2d 69 6e 63 69 64 65 6e 63 65 20 |ny.co-incidence | 00000660 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 61 62 62 72 65 76 69 61 74 |in the abbreviat| 00000670 69 6f 6e 20 50 43 20 66 6f 72 20 70 65 72 73 6f |ion PC for perso| 00000680 6e 61 6c 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 61 6e 64 |nal computer and| 00000690 20 70 6f 6c 69 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 0d 63 6f 72 | politically.cor| 000006a0 72 65 63 74 3f 29 20 54 68 65 20 70 72 69 63 65 |rect?) The price| 000006b0 73 20 61 72 65 20 73 6f 20 6c 6f 77 20 61 6e 64 |s are so low and| 000006c0 20 77 68 61 74 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 70 6c 61 63 65 | what some place| 000006d0 73 20 61 72 65 20 6f 66 66 65 72 69 6e 67 20 69 |s are offering i| 000006e0 73 0d 62 65 63 6f 6d 6d 69 6e 67 20 74 65 6d 70 |s.becomming temp| 000006f0 74 69 6e 67 2e 20 49 20 73 61 77 20 6f 6e 65 20 |ting. I saw one | 00000700 61 64 20 6f 66 66 65 72 69 6e 67 20 61 20 66 72 |ad offering a fr| 00000710 65 65 20 64 69 67 69 74 61 6c 20 63 61 6d 65 72 |ee digital camer| 00000720 61 20 61 6e 64 20 61 0d 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 70 |a and a.colour p| 00000730 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 66 6f 72 20 75 6e 64 65 72 |rinter for under| 00000740 20 23 39 30 30 2e 20 4e 6f 77 20 69 66 20 49 20 | #900. Now if I | 00000750 6f 6e 6c 79 20 68 61 64 20 23 39 30 30 2e 0d 0d |only had #900...| 00000760 49 20 77 72 6f 74 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 61 |I wrote to the a| 00000770 64 64 72 65 73 73 20 69 6e 20 4e 65 77 20 5a 65 |ddress in New Ze| 00000780 61 6c 61 6e 64 20 61 6e 64 20 72 65 63 65 69 76 |aland and receiv| 00000790 65 64 20 61 20 72 65 70 6c 79 20 62 61 63 6b 20 |ed a reply back | 000007a0 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 70 75 74 0d 62 6f 74 68 20 |I have put.both | 000007b0 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 66 6f 72 20 65 76 65 72 79 6f |below for everyo| 000007c0 6e 65 20 74 6f 20 65 6e 6a 6f 79 1c 0d 20 0d 0d |ne to enjoy.. ..| 000007d0 0d 0d 0d |...| 000007d3