Hello again you lot.                   
                                         
  No barrels scraped again!              
  I hope you enjoy this issue, I am quite
  pleased with some of the software      
  especially. There is more good stuff   
  planned for the next issue too         
  including Stuart MaConnachie's         
  brilliant CocaCola demo that he is     
  converting to an 8BS demo.             
                                         
  I have not planned an 8BS get together 
  this year as I am trying (and failing  
  to be honest) to have a quieter year.  
  Sorry about this, I know that several  
  of you will be disappointed. I promise 
  something for next year.               
  Late addition!                         
  Jonathan Harston has opened up his     
  doors again. 24th to the 26th July, you
  are all invited. Contact Jonathan      
  directly, address in the 'Contacts'    
  section.                               
                                         
  People keep asking me if the Ebtel     
  project is really done for. The answer 
  at this moment is yes, it is dead. I   
  recently picked up a modem for my BBC  
  and would not be averse to trying this 
  out with anyone that fancies it.       
                                         
  The BBC is still alive and strong you  
  know. I hear from a lot of people that 
  almost apologise when they say they are
  still using a BBC. Others proudly      
  announce the fact that they still use a
  good ol' BBC.                          
                                         
  Some laugh at the BBC with its puny    
  32K, I feel sorry that these people do 
  not know what they are missing.        
                                         
  Maybe some laugh because the BBC does  
  not cost #1000 and crash randomly. My  
  son John made a good point the other   
  day whilst we were watching a film. A  
  woman was on the internet, talking on  
  the telephone and then a fax came      
  through. Gill commented on this that   
  there must be 3 phone lines, I said,   
  "No, that's multi-tasking for you",    
  John said "No it can't be because the  
  computer didn't crash!". He was dead   
  right of course.                       
                                         
  I got an enquiry from the owner of a   
  factory the other day. They use a      
  Master 128 to control a complex        
  milling machine. He wanted a couple of 
  manuals as he fancied having a go at   
  programming the Master. Why pay        
  thousands of pounds for a machine that 
  will regularly crash and when it does  
  you have to call in a spotty youth on a
  minimum of #500 per day to fix it, when
  you can pay virtually nothing for a    
  good old BBC that you can also fix     
  yourself for virtually nothing? No     
  contest, but then I am preaching to the
  converted.                             
                                         
  Greenweld Electronics have several     
  hundred copies of the book Sensing and 
  Control Projects for the BBC. Well     
  worth a look at. The books are #2 each 
  plus postage which will be about #1    
  apparently. The book contains some     
  interesting projects for your user port
  and analogue port.        
                                         
  Please take a look at Robert Sprowson's
  advert which is really a request for   
  interest in Master Cartridges. I know  
  that there are several people after    
  these. If you are interested, please   
  contact him as soon as possible, let's 
  make it a successful project!          
                                         
  There have been a few new entries in   
  the pool this time. Martin Pickering   
  has released the copyright on his      
  Inter-Base utilities and various other 
  odds and ends. Send for a copy of      
  TBI-00!                                
                                         
  See you next time then.