USE CURSOR KEYS TO SCROLL TEXT. USE CURSOR KEYS TO SCROLL TEXT. 8 Bit GENERAL MESSAGES 2 GENERAL MESSAGES 2 To: 999 (all members) From: K6X Subject: 8BS-37 The picture of Hendrix in the ADFS Extra Info. was superb. Shame there was not room for the guitar! EDITOR.... Hard Luck! But he is a guitarist. He can sure play the Blues. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, To: 999 (all members) From: K5B (David MacGraw) Subject: Amplinex. Can any member advise what happened to this user group for the Hybrid M5000? I used to subscribe but lost contact around June 1992. What number issue did they reach and would anybody be prepared to copy their last issues for me if I were to send blank discs etc? Thank you. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, To: 999 (all members) From: K5B (David MacGraw) Subject: 512 DOS+ Now that 8bS has taken over the BBCPD support for the 512, I would be very interested to hear from other users of this remarkable system. I make good use of mine for various applications and wonder what use other 512 owners put theirs to. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, To: 999 (all members ages 18+) From: 20G (Roy Dickens) Subject: Just a thought about superhighway information technology. - - - INITIALS FOR BUZZWORDS DON'T ALWAYS FIT, ALTHOUGH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS ALRIGHT WITH I.T. BUT USING SUPER HIGHWAY WITH I.T. WAS ABSURD SO THEY HAD TO MAKE SUPERHIGHWAY JUST ONE WORD! RD WuZ eAr rOY RuLs oK! EDITOR....... A further message from Roy concerns a radio program he suggests we listen to. Radio 5. 1215 pm on Sundays for 45 minutes. The Big Byte. Interesting and up-to-date news. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, To: 999 (all members) From: 20G (Roy Dickens) Subject: 8BS BULLETIN BOARD Chris (our Ed.) has asked us to give it a thought about him setting up a bulletin board. It all sounds exciting but I'm not sure what is needed and of course the cost. If Chris could give us all a little idea of what we will have to get/buy/pay out and do, it would put us in the picture a bit.(Thanks Chris) PS. Is this thing in my Master called *TERMINAL anything to do with it? EDITOR....... There have been a couple of responses to the mention of a bulletin board. This has not really been enough for me to discuss the matter seriously with the 8BS member that volunteered to set one up. However, there is already a bulletin board being run by an 8BS member. See the Regular Contact article for more details. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, To: 999 (all members) From: K6E (ROGER LINGWOOD) Subject: B.B.C. TO ROMANIA As explained last month a consignment of five complete systems were sent to school 22 in Criaova these were model B,s with 40 track drives. Two had colour monitors 3 were mono and two printers these were very welcome as I had installed WORDWISE in some of the machines so I am hoping when they have a bit more experience we may get a letter or even a disc or two. I would like to take this opportunity to thank members who have contributed to this project whether with information equipment, books or just good wishes. These include ROY DICKENS TOM CHILTON DANIEL SHIMMIN and GRAHAM GALLAGER my thanks to you all. I am still receiving bits, and these will go on the next lorry hopefully in DECEMBER if the roads in Romania are up to heavy traffic. If not, it will be the new year ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, To: 999 (all members) From: K6E (ROGER LINGWOOD) Subject: USER INFORMATION & B.Bs In issue 37 there was a request for help regarding SIDEWAYS ROM S/W RAM SHADOW ROM and EPROMS the request was anonymous and I wondered why, I am sure the answers would be of interest to others. It is like the child in the class room who thinks he or she is the only one who does not understand the subject and so is reluctant to ask questions. I am glad you asked as it has made me reply to the question of an 8 BIT B.B apart from the normal use to access P.D Software it would be nice to have a newcomers help line where we the less informed could ask for info and help from the vast amount of talent in the membership. I am 47 years old and have only come to computing in the last 12 months or so but have been guilty of using my B.B.C but not really understanding HOW IT WORKS. I have picked up enough to get by but if I am honest it is only surface knowledge but from the response in the help wanted and some of the excelent 8 BIT discs I have learnt quite a bit since joining and have always found that the members are only too pleased to share their expertise with we mere MORTALS. So yes please to the B.B if poss and can someone tell me how you get to use side 2 of a disc from the side 0 menu a every time I SHIFT/BREAK on side 2 i return to the side 0 menu. My thanks to you all for a great MAG please keep it coming. EDITOR..... *DRIVE 2 *EX.!BOOT (or CHAIN"Menu" or whatever it is) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, To: 999 (all members) From: K5A (Robin Moffatt) Subject: Charges/subs etc Sorry to start the debate up again after it had appeared to die down, but how about an optional subscription so that either i) you pay a sum of money at the beginning of a subscription for 6/12 months, that would cover discs, handlin, postage and copying, or ii) You get each 8BS issue seperately as normal By having a six or twelve month subscription it would mean that you could be sure of getting it instead of having to remember to send of your disc. By having the two options people could also try out 8BS without commitment. Comments/abuse on the subject welcome! :-) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, To: 999 (all members) From: K5A (Robin Moffatt) Subject: Suggestion How about having a "Debate" part on the magazine disc menu, where certain subjects could be argued/discussed. Possible starter subjects could be: Charges (see other message) Piracy Archimedes inclusion in the user group The 'Informaton Super-Highway' - (The Internet) :-) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, To: 999 (all members) From: 4MD (Graham Gallagher) Subject: WEIGHTS & MEASURES PUZZLE Here's another short and simple puzzle (for those who know the answer!) to tax the little grey brain cells: A greengrocer has a set of scales and 4 weights. With only 1 weigh he can give his customers any amount of vegetables weighing between 1 and 40 lbs (no ounces). What are his 4 weights ? Example: 5lb + VEG 10lb = 5lb Example: 5lb+ 10lb VEG = 15lb PS. This puzzle took me about 4 hours to complete in 3 lunch breaks and two evenings, but I did get a bit bogged down. Also, for those who don't wish to use pen and paper I'm sure you could write a short program to search and test for the right combination of weights. Best of luck. Answer in the next issue. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, PRESS BREAK