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F/+ACORN1
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| Filename: | F/+ACORN1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 09FD bytes |
| Load address: | 3A204556 |
| Exec address: | 2E662E30 |
File contents
�COAcorn Show 14 Sep 96 @ New Lynn Community Centre Hall �DH//ACORN SHOW DOWNUNDER// �CE14 September 1996 A warm overcast day saw the start of the annual Acorn Show. The Club didn't hold one last year. The Waikato user group was present as well as some of the Acorn dealers. Acorn Computers NZ had a corner showing us the latest as well as selling off old BBC and Master software. The Electron I have been using for this has been playing up so I am using a friend's Machine. I notice that the screen is brighter so I believe the output from the computer must affect it. There has been quite a lot of interest in the Elk, possibly as it becomes more of a rarity it gains more interest. Much of the accent is on graphics, videotitling, large plotter printouts and music. The show kept busy all day but much of the activity came from visiting members. I'm told that Acorn took good orders for the Strongarm. One of our club members is also active in education on New Zealand and Australia with a MIDI setup and, of course, the Sibelius programme. I am told that this is rapidly becoming a world standard. Another was providing a selection of digitized music. My two Electrons on dislpay attracted more interest than last time and several people out of curiosity or nostalgia stopped by to play a game or two. Two actually left the show and returned with their old Electrons for me fix for them. Amazing how many have had Electrons. One of my Elks was set up with the Cumana disc system which for me is the 720 K on a 5.25" disc. This is where I came unstuck as I had the PRES AP2 ROM in the Plus 1 and I have found since ( I may be wrong and it could be some other fault) that the Cumana DFS is not compatible as it would not pass CDFS commands to the cartridge. I was trying to start this report at the show but with out much success. That was because the computer I had there was also faulty. But even substituting a good computer, I could not get the Cumana working with the PRES AP2 in the Plus 1. There is not problem using the Cumana with a Plus 1 containing the Slogger upgrade (2.02). I wonder if anyone else has had this problem? The other Elk at the show had the PRES AP3 ADFS interface and 3.5" disc drive. This unit was working well without any difficulties. All in all an enjoyable day that passed quite quickly. I did not have time to type half of this at the show and barely had time for a quick look around at what others were doing and check the bargains from Acorn.
00000000 0d 80 43 4f 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 53 68 6f 77 20 31 |..COAcorn Show 1| 00000010 34 20 53 65 70 20 39 36 20 40 20 4e 65 77 20 4c |4 Sep 96 @ New L| 00000020 79 6e 6e 20 43 6f 6d 6d 75 6e 69 74 79 20 43 65 |ynn Community Ce| 00000030 6e 74 72 65 20 48 61 6c 6c 0d 0d 80 44 48 2f 2f |ntre Hall...DH//| 00000040 41 43 4f 52 4e 20 53 48 4f 57 20 44 4f 57 4e 55 |ACORN SHOW DOWNU| 00000050 4e 44 45 52 2f 2f 0d 0d 80 43 45 31 34 20 53 65 |NDER//...CE14 Se| 00000060 70 74 65 6d 62 65 72 20 31 39 39 36 0d 0d 41 20 |ptember 1996..A | 00000070 77 61 72 6d 20 6f 76 65 72 63 61 73 74 20 64 61 |warm overcast da| 00000080 79 20 73 61 77 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 |y saw the start | 00000090 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 61 6e 6e 75 61 6c 20 41 63 |of the annual Ac| 000000a0 6f 72 6e 20 53 68 6f 77 2e 20 54 68 65 20 43 6c |orn Show. The Cl| 000000b0 75 62 20 64 69 64 6e 27 74 0d 68 6f 6c 64 1a 20 |ub didn't.hold. | 000000c0 6f 6e 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 79 65 61 72 2e 20 54 |one last year. T| 000000d0 68 65 20 57 61 69 6b 61 74 6f 20 75 73 65 72 20 |he Waikato user | 000000e0 67 72 6f 75 70 20 77 61 73 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e |group was presen| 000000f0 74 20 61 73 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 61 73 20 73 6f 6d |t as well as som| 00000100 65 20 6f 66 0d 74 68 65 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 64 |e of.the Acorn d| 00000110 65 61 6c 65 72 73 2e 0d 0d 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 43 |ealers...Acorn C| 00000120 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 73 1a 20 4e 5a 1a 20 68 61 |omputers. NZ. ha| 00000130 64 1a 20 61 1a 20 63 6f 72 6e 65 72 1a 20 73 68 |d. a. corner. sh| 00000140 6f 77 69 6e 67 1a 20 75 73 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 |owing. us. the. | 00000150 6c 61 74 65 73 74 1a 20 61 73 1a 20 77 65 6c 6c |latest. as. well| 00000160 20 61 73 0d 73 65 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 66 20 | as.selling off | 00000170 6f 6c 64 20 42 42 43 20 61 6e 64 20 4d 61 73 74 |old BBC and Mast| 00000180 65 72 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 2e 0d 0d 54 68 |er software...Th| 00000190 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 49 20 68 61 76 |e Electron I hav| 000001a0 65 20 62 65 65 6e 1a 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 66 6f |e been. using fo| 000001b0 72 20 74 68 69 73 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 |r this has been | 000001c0 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 75 70 20 73 6f 20 49 20 |playing up so I | 000001d0 61 6d 20 75 73 69 6e 67 0d 61 20 66 72 69 65 6e |am using.a frien| 000001e0 64 27 73 20 4d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 2e 20 49 20 6e |d's Machine. I n| 000001f0 6f 74 69 63 65 20 74 68 61 74 1a 20 74 68 65 20 |otice that. the | 00000200 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 69 73 20 62 72 69 67 68 74 |screen is bright| 00000210 65 72 20 73 6f 20 49 20 62 65 6c 69 65 76 65 20 |er so I believe | 00000220 74 68 65 0d 6f 75 74 70 75 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |the.output from | 00000230 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 6d 75 73 |the computer mus| 00000240 74 20 61 66 66 65 63 74 20 69 74 2e 0d 0d 54 68 |t affect it...Th| 00000250 65 72 65 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 71 75 69 |ere has been qui| 00000260 74 65 20 61 1a 20 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 20 69 6e 74 |te a. lot of int| 00000270 65 72 65 73 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 6b |erest in the Elk| 00000280 2c 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 79 20 61 73 20 69 74 |, possibly as it| 00000290 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 73 0d 6d 6f 72 65 20 6f 66 | becomes.more of| 000002a0 20 61 20 72 61 72 69 74 79 20 69 74 20 67 61 69 | a rarity it gai| 000002b0 6e 73 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 69 6e 74 65 72 65 73 74 |ns more interest| 000002c0 2e 0d 0d 4d 75 63 68 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 61 |...Much of the a| 000002d0 63 63 65 6e 74 20 69 73 20 6f 6e 1a 20 67 72 61 |ccent is on. gra| 000002e0 70 68 69 63 73 2c 1a 20 76 69 64 65 6f 74 69 74 |phics,. videotit| 000002f0 6c 69 6e 67 2c 20 6c 61 72 67 65 20 70 6c 6f 74 |ling, large plot| 00000300 74 65 72 20 70 72 69 6e 74 6f 75 74 73 0d 61 6e |ter printouts.an| 00000310 64 20 6d 75 73 69 63 2e 0d 0d 54 68 65 1a 20 73 |d music...The. s| 00000320 68 6f 77 1a 20 6b 65 70 74 1a 20 62 75 73 79 1a |how. kept. busy.| 00000330 20 61 6c 6c 20 64 61 79 20 62 75 74 20 6d 75 63 | all day but muc| 00000340 68 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 61 63 74 69 76 69 74 |h of the activit| 00000350 79 20 63 61 6d 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 76 69 73 69 |y came from visi| 00000360 74 69 6e 67 0d 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 73 2e 20 49 27 |ting.members. I'| 00000370 6d 20 74 6f 6c 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 41 63 6f 72 |m told that Acor| 00000380 6e 20 74 6f 6f 6b 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 6f 72 64 65 |n took good orde| 00000390 72 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 53 74 72 6f 6e |rs for the Stron| 000003a0 67 61 72 6d 2e 0d 0d 4f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 6f 75 |garm...One of ou| 000003b0 72 20 63 6c 75 62 20 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 73 1a 20 |r club members. | 000003c0 69 73 1a 20 61 6c 73 6f 1a 20 61 63 74 69 76 65 |is. also. active| 000003d0 1a 20 69 6e 20 65 64 75 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f |. in education o| 000003e0 6e 20 4e 65 77 20 5a 65 61 6c 61 6e 64 20 61 6e |n New Zealand an| 000003f0 64 0d 41 75 73 74 72 61 6c 69 61 20 77 69 74 68 |d.Australia with| 00000400 20 61 20 4d 49 44 49 20 73 65 74 75 70 20 61 6e | a MIDI setup an| 00000410 64 2c 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 2c 20 74 68 |d, of course, th| 00000420 65 1a 20 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 1a 20 70 72 6f |e. Sibelius. pro| 00000430 67 72 61 6d 6d 65 2e 20 49 20 61 6d 0d 74 6f 6c |gramme. I am.tol| 00000440 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 72 |d that this is r| 00000450 61 70 69 64 6c 79 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 20 |apidly becoming | 00000460 61 20 77 6f 72 6c 64 20 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 |a world standard| 00000470 2e 20 41 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 77 61 73 20 70 72 |. Another was pr| 00000480 6f 76 69 64 69 6e 67 0d 61 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 |oviding.a select| 00000490 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 64 69 67 69 74 69 7a 65 64 |ion of digitized| 000004a0 20 6d 75 73 69 63 2e 0d 0d 4d 79 20 74 77 6f 20 | music...My two | 000004b0 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 73 20 6f 6e 20 64 69 73 |Electrons on dis| 000004c0 6c 70 61 79 1a 20 61 74 74 72 61 63 74 65 64 1a |lpay. attracted.| 000004d0 20 6d 6f 72 65 1a 20 69 6e 74 65 72 65 73 74 1a | more. interest.| 000004e0 20 74 68 61 6e 20 6c 61 73 74 20 74 69 6d 65 20 | than last time | 000004f0 61 6e 64 0d 73 65 76 65 72 61 6c 20 70 65 6f 70 |and.several peop| 00000500 6c 65 20 6f 75 74 20 6f 66 20 63 75 72 69 6f 73 |le out of curios| 00000510 69 74 79 1a 20 6f 72 20 6e 6f 73 74 61 6c 67 69 |ity. or nostalgi| 00000520 61 20 73 74 6f 70 70 65 64 20 62 79 20 74 6f 20 |a stopped by to | 00000530 70 6c 61 79 20 61 20 67 61 6d 65 20 6f 72 0d 74 |play a game or.t| 00000540 77 6f 2e 20 54 77 6f 20 61 63 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 |wo. Two actually| 00000550 20 6c 65 66 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 6f 77 1a 20 | left the show. | 00000560 61 6e 64 20 72 65 74 75 72 6e 65 64 20 77 69 74 |and returned wit| 00000570 68 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 6f 6c 64 20 45 6c 65 63 |h their old Elec| 00000580 74 72 6f 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 0d 6d 65 20 66 69 78 |trons for.me fix| 00000590 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 6d 2e 20 41 6d 61 7a 69 | for them. Amazi| 000005a0 6e 67 20 68 6f 77 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 68 61 76 65 |ng how many have| 000005b0 20 68 61 64 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 73 2e 0d | had Electrons..| 000005c0 0d 4f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 6d 79 20 45 6c 6b 73 20 |.One of my Elks | 000005d0 77 61 73 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 1a 20 77 69 74 68 |was set up. with| 000005e0 20 74 68 65 20 43 75 6d 61 6e 61 20 64 69 73 63 | the Cumana disc| 000005f0 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 66 6f | system which fo| 00000600 72 20 6d 65 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 0d 37 32 30 20 |r me is the.720 | 00000610 4b 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 35 2e 32 35 22 20 64 69 73 |K on a 5.25" dis| 00000620 63 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 1a 20 77 68 65 72 |c. This is. wher| 00000630 65 20 49 20 63 61 6d 65 20 75 6e 73 74 75 63 6b |e I came unstuck| 00000640 20 61 73 20 49 20 68 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 50 52 | as I had the PR| 00000650 45 53 20 41 50 32 0d 52 4f 4d 20 69 6e 20 74 68 |ES AP2.ROM in th| 00000660 65 20 50 6c 75 73 20 31 20 61 6e 64 20 49 20 68 |e Plus 1 and I h| 00000670 61 76 65 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 1a 20 73 69 6e 63 65 |ave found. since| 00000680 20 28 20 49 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 77 72 6f 6e | ( I may be wron| 00000690 67 20 61 6e 64 20 69 74 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 |g and it could b| 000006a0 65 0d 73 6f 6d 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 66 61 75 |e.some other fau| 000006b0 6c 74 29 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 43 75 6d |lt) that the Cum| 000006c0 61 6e 61 20 44 46 53 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 63 |ana DFS is not c| 000006d0 6f 6d 70 61 74 69 62 6c 65 1a 20 61 73 1a 20 69 |ompatible. as. i| 000006e0 74 1a 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6e 6f 74 0d 70 61 73 |t. would not.pas| 000006f0 73 1a 20 43 44 46 53 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 |s. CDFS commands| 00000700 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 72 74 72 69 64 67 | to the cartridg| 00000710 65 2e 20 49 20 77 61 73 20 74 72 79 69 6e 67 20 |e. I was trying | 00000720 74 6f 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 72 65 |to start this re| 00000730 70 6f 72 74 20 61 74 0d 74 68 65 20 73 68 6f 77 |port at.the show| 00000740 1a 20 62 75 74 1a 20 77 69 74 68 1a 20 6f 75 74 |. but. with. out| 00000750 20 6d 75 63 68 20 73 75 63 63 65 73 73 2e 20 54 | much success. T| 00000760 68 61 74 20 77 61 73 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 |hat was because | 00000770 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 49 20 68 |the computer I h| 00000780 61 64 0d 74 68 65 72 65 20 77 61 73 20 61 6c 73 |ad.there was als| 00000790 6f 20 66 61 75 6c 74 79 2e 20 42 75 74 1a 20 65 |o faulty. But. e| 000007a0 76 65 6e 20 73 75 62 73 74 69 74 75 74 69 6e 67 |ven substituting| 000007b0 20 61 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 | a good computer| 000007c0 2c 20 49 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 6e 6f 74 0d 67 65 |, I could not.ge| 000007d0 74 20 74 68 65 20 43 75 6d 61 6e 61 20 77 6f 72 |t the Cumana wor| 000007e0 6b 69 6e 67 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 1a 20 50 |king with the. P| 000007f0 52 45 53 1a 20 41 50 32 1a 20 69 6e 1a 20 74 68 |RES. AP2. in. th| 00000800 65 1a 20 50 6c 75 73 1a 20 31 2e 20 54 68 65 72 |e. Plus. 1. Ther| 00000810 65 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 0d 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d |e is not.problem| 00000820 1a 20 75 73 69 6e 67 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 43 75 |. using. the. Cu| 00000830 6d 61 6e 61 1a 20 77 69 74 68 1a 20 61 20 50 6c |mana. with. a Pl| 00000840 75 73 20 31 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 |us 1 containing | 00000850 74 68 65 20 53 6c 6f 67 67 65 72 20 75 70 67 72 |the Slogger upgr| 00000860 61 64 65 0d 28 32 2e 30 32 29 2e 20 49 20 77 6f |ade.(2.02). I wo| 00000870 6e 64 65 72 20 69 66 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 65 |nder if anyone e| 00000880 6c 73 65 20 68 61 73 20 68 61 64 20 74 68 69 73 |lse has had this| 00000890 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 3f 0d 0d 54 68 65 20 6f | problem?..The o| 000008a0 74 68 65 72 20 45 6c 6b 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 |ther Elk at the | 000008b0 73 68 6f 77 1a 20 68 61 64 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 |show. had. the. | 000008c0 50 52 45 53 20 41 50 33 20 41 44 46 53 20 69 6e |PRES AP3 ADFS in| 000008d0 74 65 72 66 61 63 65 20 61 6e 64 20 33 2e 35 22 |terface and 3.5"| 000008e0 20 64 69 73 63 0d 64 72 69 76 65 2e 20 54 68 69 | disc.drive. Thi| 000008f0 73 20 75 6e 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 77 6f 72 6b 69 |s unit was worki| 00000900 6e 67 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 |ng well without | 00000910 61 6e 79 20 64 69 66 66 69 63 75 6c 74 69 65 73 |any difficulties| 00000920 2e 0d 0d 41 6c 6c 20 69 6e 20 61 6c 6c 20 61 6e |...All in all an| 00000930 20 65 6e 6a 6f 79 61 62 6c 65 20 64 61 79 20 74 | enjoyable day t| 00000940 68 61 74 20 70 61 73 73 65 64 20 71 75 69 74 65 |hat passed quite| 00000950 20 71 75 69 63 6b 6c 79 2e 20 49 20 64 69 64 20 | quickly. I did | 00000960 6e 6f 74 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 69 6d 65 0d 74 6f |not have time.to| 00000970 20 74 79 70 65 20 68 61 6c 66 20 6f 66 20 74 68 | type half of th| 00000980 69 73 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 6f 77 20 61 |is at the show a| 00000990 6e 64 1a 20 62 61 72 65 6c 79 1a 20 68 61 64 1a |nd. barely. had.| 000009a0 20 74 69 6d 65 1a 20 66 6f 72 1a 20 61 20 71 75 | time. for. a qu| 000009b0 69 63 6b 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 0d 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 |ick look.around | 000009c0 61 74 20 77 68 61 74 20 6f 74 68 65 72 73 20 77 |at what others w| 000009d0 65 72 65 20 64 6f 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 63 68 |ere doing and ch| 000009e0 65 63 6b 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 72 67 61 69 6e 73 |eck the bargains| 000009f0 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 2e 0d | from Acorn..| 000009fd
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