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MICRONET 800 (C) 800111627a 0p Pace answer 25:04:85 Pace will launch a new version of their Nightingale Modem at the Electron and BBC Micro User show next month. The modem will include an auto answer/auto dial board. It's expected to cost under £200. Owners of the current Nightingale modem will be able to buy an upgrade board for around £70. The new modem (and upgrade board) will be supplied with software to use the auto dial feature. This will allow an unlimited number of telephone numbers to be stored on disc, and ten on the.. more...# GOTO 1 Early news 8 Newsflashes GOTO 2 News Index 9 A - Z Index
MICRONET 800 (C) 800111627b 0p Pace answer 25:04:85 ... board itself. A battery back-up keeps these numbers in memory. Software to run a bulletin board using auto answer will be available soon. Initially the software for both auto dial and auto answer will only be available for the BBC Micro and Apple. Others are expected to follow. Pace hope the new modem and auto dial/ answer board will be available within a week of the launch on May 9th. Which means they've brought the date forward - last time we spoke to them they said it would be ready in June. GOTO 1 Early news 8 Newsflashes GOTO 2 News Index 9 A - Z Index
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MICRONET 800 (C) 60040715a 0p Computing Contacts - Friday I will be opening up my Viewdata BB # on Tuesday night between 6pm and 11pm # Why not send me letters on any topic # and I'll but them up for all to see. # Signed continued # 062835305 .... The phone number will be given # out on Friday night or Monday. PLEASE # WRITE or I'll have nothing to put up! # Anything that comes into your head! # Signed 062835305 sysop. # 062835305 P.S. This will be open for one night # only as it will be a chance for me to # test the software before I get a new # telephone line in. Thanks! # Signed 062835305 sysop. # 062835305 # for more 1 Index 7 earlier
MICRONET 800 (C) 600437563a 0p NEW MODEMS FOR OLD FROM MODEM HOUSE Send us your Pace Nightingale and we will send you a brand new acoustic modem for only £19.95 HURRY WHILE STOCKS LAST ORDERING DETAILS GOTO 1 GOTO 2 Modem House Index 9 What's New Buyers' Guide
... 35 Tubelink 16 News Standards 36 Notice Board 21 Micronet News 41 Letterbox 22 Viewfax News 42 Chat...
... I have put it up for a friend who has only got a Micronet rom, and needs a 300 baud terminal. I wil...
...rbox Automatic noticeboards - Timefame 3 Contact (Micronet CUG) Micronet's bulletin board 4 Midnight...
MICRONET (c) 81188a 0p MICRONET Pressing 1 now will connect you to the Shades environment, which costs 1.62 pence per minute (round- ed up to the nearest whole unit 6p) Be sure to know how to play Shades BEFORE incurring charges key 9 01 MNet Guide 9 Shades Info
MICRONET DEMO 5659a 0p WELCOME TO MICRONET Welcome to a taste of the future. Micronet, in association with Disk User magazine, presents a sample of its demonstration database. If you have a modem and viewdata terminal software you can call the real thing on 01 623 8855. Use the customer ID of 4444444444, and the password of 4444. To use this demonstration, simply key the number next to one of the menu options presented on each frame. These numbers are called 'routes'. On the real database you can use star commands too to speed up usage. 0 Help 8 Main Menu 7 Join
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MICRONET DEMO 56590a 0p ###### FINDING THE WAY LOST? DON'T PANIC! Goto 7 How To JOIN Goto 8 MAIN MENU Goto 9 New Readers Guide
MICRONET DEMO 56591a 0p NEW READER'S GUIDE You are using a Micronet sample data- base, produced in association with Disk User. Try the real thing on 01 623 8855 using the ID 4444444444 & password 4444 This short guide will help you find your way around the database. As you will already have discovered, keying the number next to a menu item takes you to the indicated item. This number is called a 'ROUTE'. The only other key you will need to use is the # or 'hash' key. The # key is usually your or key. Try keying # now... 0 Help 8 Main Menu 7 Join
MICRONET DEMO 56591b 0p NEW READER'S GUIDE ..Good, you have found the # key. It is worth noting that over 99% of the country has LOCAL CALL ACCESS to Micronet. When you join you will be be given a special 'phone number that will give YOU local call access. Micronet is FREE to use between 6pm-8am weekdays, and 1pm SAT to 8am MON. Finding your way around is made much easier if you remember that certain routes are 'reserved'; this means that they always do the same thing. These routes are explained on the next frame. (key # again to see the next frame). more...# 0 Help 8 Main Menu 7 Join
MICRONET DEMO 56591c 0p NEW READER'S GUIDE KEYING 0 Will always take you to a help menu. KEYING 7 Will take you to the How To Join index and give you further details about joining MICRONET. KEYING 8 Will take you up to the next logical index or menu. So if you are reading a news story, 8 would take you to the news index and so on. KEYING 9 Will 'browse' i.e. if you are in a main menu or index, 9 will take you to the next index. If you are reading a news item, 9 will take you to the next news item. more...# 0 Help 8 Main Menu 7 Join
MICRONET DEMO 56591d 0p NEW READER'S GUIDE The reserved routes will always work even if they are not shown on the page. As you can see Micronet is very quick and easy to use, but when you become used to the system it is even faster. You can key page numbers directly using page no.# and NOW subscribers have the benefits of Keyword Search. We can only hope to show you a tiny sample of some of MICRONET'S pages in this demonstration. There are about 80 pages here compared to over 350,000 in MICRONET and Prestel. KEY 8 to return to the Main Menu KEY 9 to 'browse' 0 Help 8 Main Menu 7 Join
MICRONET DEMO 56592a 0p 11 MAILBOX 15 SWAP SHOP 12 TELEX 16 LETTERS 13 CHATLINES 21 R.S.G.B. 14 CONTACTS 22 B.T.GOLD Because Micronet is INTERACTIVE, you'll soon communicate with us and 120,000 other Prestel and B.T.Gold subscribers. INSTANTLY! (& 2m telex users worldwide) 8 Main menu 0 Help 7 JOIN MICRONET 9 INFORMATION
MICRONET DEMO 565921a 0p 'COMMS' INTERMEDIATE INDEX 1 Mailbox (e-mail) 2 Telex 3 Chatlines 4 Contacts 5 Swap Shop 6 Letters YOU HAVE KEYED THE FIRST DIGIT NOW KEY THE SECOND (You don't have to wait for the whole page to come down before you key the number you want - If you know the routes you want you can key as many keypresses as you like in advance) 8 Communications 9 Browse 7 Join Micronet 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 5659211a 0p Mailbox is Micronet's version of electronic mail, and it's FREE! Send just 8 Messages a week and you have paid for your subscription in unused stamps! You can send and receive mess- ages 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year. There are even mailboxes for special occaisions. 0 Help 8 Comms Index 9 Telex
MICRONET DEMO 5659212a 0p When you join Micronet, your micro can be used as a Telex terminal, giving you instant communication with 2 million telex users world-wide. No expensive, noisy telex machines, no need to pay high line rental charges. You only pay for the service when you use it: outgoing telexes cost as little as 50p for a whole page, and incoming telexes are FREE! Sending and receiving telexes is as simple as electronic mail. Simply type in your message online, or prepare it offline and save money! sample...# 0 Help 7 Join 8 Index 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 5659212b 0p From 023471201# MICRONET 800 To (telex) 123456TELEXUSER# Message THIS IS A TYPICAL TELEX. YOU'LL BE TOLD WHEN THE TELEX HAS BEEN SUCESSFULLY SENT AND ONLY THEN ARE YOU CHARGED. FOR JUST 50p PER 520 CHARACTERS AND NO OTHER CHARGES IN OFF-PEAK TIME IT MUST BE THE THE CHEAPEST WAY TO SEND A TELEX! . 0 Help 7 Join 8 Index 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 5659213a 0p Hello...switchboard Micronet Chatlines Micronet Chatlines enable you to chat online to as many friends, colleagues or strangers as you like in a real time 'electronic conference' for no more than the price of a local call! There are over 20 different Chatlines, simply choose the channel you want. From real time bulletin boards where you can browse through the evening's conversation, to real time electronic conferencing facilities, Micronet has it all in Multi User communications. 7 Join 8 Comms Menu 9 Contacts
MICRONET DEMO 5659214a 0p Whatever your interests you can find like-minded Micronetters via the CONTACT area. CONTACT ads are free and appear on the system as soon as they're sent. CONTACT ads cover most activities. 8 Comms Menu 0 HELP 7 Join Micronet 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 5659215a 0p Buying or selling? Then Swap Shop is the place to visit. Our subscribers can sell any- thing from computers to HI-FI in our Bargain Basement. Sell your skill or talent in Talentsearch. Moving house? Use Homesearch to find or sell your house. Swap Shop ads are FREE to all Micronet subscribers. 8 Comms Menu 0 HELP 7 Join Micronet 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 5659216a 0p Letters to the Editor. KEY # Witty, urbane, Editor SID SMITH answers your letters thrice weekly: prizes to the best. Thousands of other users and a myriad of topical letters sections allow you to air your views or get help on almost ANYTHING!!! 0 Help 8 Communications 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 565922a 0p 'COMMS' INTERMEDIATE INDEX 1 R.S.G.B 2 Link with BT GOLD YOU HAVE KEYED THE FIRST DIGIT NOW KEY THE SECOND (You don't have to wait for the whole page to come down before you key the number you want - If you know the routes you want you can key as many keypresses as you like in advance) 8 Communications 9 Browse 7 Join Micronet 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 5659221a 0p RADIO SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN Database for 'Hams' 8 'Comms' 7 Join 0 Help 9 Next Band Plans Propagation Diary of Events Radio Clubs Letters RAYNET Licencing and Repeaters and Morse Exams Beacons GENERAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS News Index RSGB Books and Packet Radio Products Satellites RSGB Services Telesoftware R U Watching? A database covering all aspects of amateur radio. On Micronet you can contact the RSGB and other even when they aren't in!!! KEY #
MICRONET DEMO 5659222a 0p Gateway to Gold 01:05:87 Micronet now have an EXCLUSIVE link up with both the Prestel and Telecom Gold messaging systems. Micronet subscribers can now register with INTERLINK - a service which gives users access to Telecom Gold's message service through a 'gateway' frame. This means 'one stop' access to over 130,000 mailboxes in this country alone! No equivalent service will initially be available to Gold users. And the cost of joining this excellent new service? Nothing - it's completely More... # 8 Comms Index 0 Help 7 Join Now 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 5659222b 0p Gateway to Gold 01:05:87 FREE! There are no hefty registration charges, and no minimum invoices every month. In fact wherever you are in the country Interlink offers you the cheapest way to get and maintain a Telecom Gold mailbox. More than 99% of subscribers have local call access to Interlink, which means no more expensive PSS links to Telecom Gold from outside London. Once using Telecom Gold users pay only the usual rates for local access to Telecom Gold, with the usual Prestel charges if used in peak hours. 8 Comms Index 0 Help 7 Join Now 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 56593a 0p Daily updates mean you get information the same day. Available 24 hours a day 365 days a year, so much for so little! 1 News Access all the 2 Microbases information you want 3 Technical Help immediately: at the 4 Education touch of a button. 5 Prestel 8 Main menu 0 Help 7 How to Join 9 SOFTWARE
MICRONET DEMO 565931a 0p News index Newsflashes is where you will find in-depth coverage of the world of comp- uting. 3-5 news items EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR!! For example we covered the launch of the Acorn Archimedes LIVE, as it was happening! When Acorn's shares were at rockbottom you would have found out first on Micro net. Then you could have immediately bought shares at 2p using your telebro- ker. Think you could be a millionaire! 8 Information Menu 5 Mouse!! 7 Join Micronet 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 565932a 0p Microbases are electronic databases for your micro. Get the news, views and reviews faster than any magazines. We cover many micros apart from the BBC, but it is the single most popular micro amongst our subscribers. Imagine belonging to a user group of such huge proportions. 8 Info Menu 0 HELP 7 Join Micronet 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 565933a 0p Joining Micronet gives you access to free technical help and advice for all your computer and communications problems. Almost every computer problem is solved by talking to other members or one of these FREE professional services: Troubleshooter (home micros) PC Support (PC compatibles) Technical Help Desk (comms) 8 Information 7 JOIN 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 565934a 0p Education on Micronet has two aspects: one is our in-depth areas on computing such as Inner Secrets, the other is Prestel Education which is exclusive to Educational and Micronet subscribers. But many articles on programming and computers and communications around the world educate you about the latest developments from around the world - especially the USA! 8 Info Index 7 JOIN 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 565935a 0p When you subscribe to Micronet you also get access to the whole of the massive Prestel database, you can control your bank account through your micro, book a train ticket or get a weather report direct from the Meteorological Office and much, much more! You can do your banking and broking, organise you travel and entertainment and even do all your shopping online. (some services may require an extra subscription. Ring 822 1122 for more details). 8 Information 7 JOIN 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 56594a 0p On Micronet you can download software from our Computer to your computer through the telephone line. Just think - all the software you want at your fingertips - and half of it is FREE. There is a wide selection of titles available at any one time up to 150 BEEB titles or even more! Education, games, utilities and business are all catered for. Key 1 for more about Telesoftware Key 2 for details about SOFTSHOP. 8 Main menu 0 Help 7 JOIN MICRONET 9 RECREATION
MICRONET DEMO 565941a 0p TELESOFTWARE Titles are updated weekly, and include anything from useful utilites written by members for members to top selling commercial programs at discounted prices. Telesoftware saves you time and money, just press one button to buy a program. No more trekking to the shops for your software purchases - do it from the comfort of your armchair. Don't forget - half the programs are FREE to Micronet subscribers. KEY # FOR SAMPLES... 8 Software Menu 0 Help 7 JOIN MICRONET 9 Softshop
MICRONET DEMO 565941b 0p This week's STAR program Ever been an elite............ PAPERBOY. (18/8/87) Key # for samples You get FREE help and advice with telesoftware. You can vote on your favourite programs and charts are published so you see how the USERS rate the latest programs! 8 Software Menu 0 Help 7 JOIN MICRONET 9 Softshop
MICRONET DEMO 565941c 0p BBC Games = Reviewed 1 COMMANDO Elite £8.49 Brave enough to fight a lone battle against over- whelming odds? 2 CINDERS G.Dean FREE Can you help Cinders get to the ball on time ? 3 HARVEY HEADBANGER Firebird £3 Out manoeuvre your rival in this head- banging game of skill and dexterity. Exclusive to Micronet 4 FORTRESS Pace FREE THE definitive version of the Arcade Classic. 5 EYE Vs EYE T.Austin FREE Bounce your eyeball off your partners eyeball! 18.8 KEY # FOR MORE... 8 Software Menu 0 Help 7 JOIN MICRONET 9 Softshop
MICRONET DEMO 565941d 0p BBC Games = Reviewed 1 SKY PILOT 2 S.P.Woodbridge FREE Can you save the universe? 11.6.87 2 HELLFORCE C Butcher FREE May the force be with you in this shoot em up extravaganza..... 3 THE COMMITTEE Arrowsoft FREE Try and win the Committee over. 9.7. 4 BRIDGE CHALLENGE Livewire £8.45 Play an intelligent game of Rubber Bridge at an experienced level. 5 STAR CHESS D.Gilchrist £1.50 Chess with a considerable differance! 6 PIPE PANIC Arrowsoft £1.99 Move the run-a-way drill around the oil field KEY # FOR MORE... 8 Software Menu 0 Help 7 JOIN MICRONET 9 Softshop
MICRONET DEMO 565941e 0p BBC Utilities 1 UTILS Taurus Micro Systems £1.50 A comprehensive set of sideways RAM and disc utilities. 2 SHADOW SCREEN SAVE G.Cox FREE Auto save shadow screens on the Master. 3 SCDUMP P.Lennon FREE A rom/sideways ram based screen dump routine. 3.6.87 4 CLOCK J.Trueman £2.00 Keep your bills down to size! 5 LOGO DESIGNER Beebug FREE/50p Free to Beebug members, this is a letterhead logo designer for use with your w.p. 6 T TO V J.Tissandier £1.50 Prepare your mailboxes with a Wordprocessor! 7 LABELMASTER UPGRADE Calderdata £15.99 A comprehensive label printing package. KEY # FOR MORE... 8 Software Menu 0 Help 7 JOIN MICRONET 9 Softshop
MICRONET DEMO 565941f 0p BBC Utilities = Reviewed 1 AUTO SAVE BEEBUG FREE/50p This Utility allows you to save a Basic program by entering AS. 2 GRAPH P.Lennon FREE Draws graphs to your selection. 27.5.87 3 BLIPS Beebug FREE Get a bleep from every key! 4 BASIC 2 TO 1 S Lazareno FREE Convert your programs from BASIC 2 to 1. 5 LOWRY CLASSIC Acorn User FREE Ever wanted to own a Lowry painting? 17.6. 6 TEXTWORKSHOP J.Walsh £1.50 Screen dumps galore with this utility! 7 SIDEWAYS RAM UTILS Acorn User £8.00 A package of utilities for all you with sideways RAM. KEY # FOR MORE... 8 Software Menu 0 Help 7 JOIN MICRONET 9 Softshop
MICRONET DEMO 565941g 0p BBC Games = Reviewed 1 THE QUEST FOR THE LAST BAKED BEAN C Macdonald FREE The world is nearly beanless and only you can help! 16.7 2 FIBBERS Arrowsoft £2.99 Can you tell when someone's telling porkies? Here's your chance to find out.... 3 MR SHIFTER MRM FREE Out on parole, this poor postman and his parcels! 4 ABUSERS GAME A.U. FREE A silly little game from the back page! 14.4.87 AND THAT WAS ONLY A SMALL SAMPLE!!! 8 Software Menu 0 Help 7 JOIN MICRONET 9 Softshop
MICRONET DEMO 565942a 0p SOFTSHOP The armchair shopping revolution is HERE! Using electronic mail you can order all your favourite programs from our very comprehensive on screen selection. Simply quote your credit card number or send us a cheque and we will rush you the program. Because we use electronic mail we are quicker than just about anyone else. Key # for a flavour of softshop... 7 Join Micronet 8 Software Menu 9 Recreation 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 565942b 0p BBC PROGRAMS ON SOFTSHOP RRP MRP (C) FIRETRACK 9.99 7.99 (D) FIRETRACK 14.99 12.99 (C) ARKANOID 8.95 6.95 (C) ELITE 12.95 10.35 (D) ELITE 14.95 11.95 (C) DALEYS SUPER TEST 8.95 6.99 (D) DALEYS SUPER TEST 12.95 10.35 (C) REVS 12.95 10.35 (D) REVS 14.95 11.95 (D) CHOLO 17.95 15.49 Key # for more samples... 7 Join Micronet 8 Software Menu 9 Recreation 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 565942c 0p BBC PROGRAMS ON SOFTSHOP RRP MRP (D) RAVENSKULL 11.95 9.95 (C) RAVENSKULL 9.95 7.95 (D) ARGUS COMPILATION 7.95 6.50 (C) AIRWOLF 9.95 7.50 (R) MINI OFFICE II (ROM VERSION) 59.00 49.00 (C) CODENAME DROID 9.95 8.50 (D) CODENAME DROID 5¼ 11.95 9.99 (D) CODENAME DROID 3½ 14.95 12.99 (STRYKERS RUN PART II) (D)=disc (C)=cassette 7 Join Micronet 8 Software Menu 9 Recreation 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 56595a 0p 1 Adventure 2 Clubs and HobbySpot 3 Teleshopping 4 Sunday Xtra Magazine 5 Entertainment 6 Electronic Publishing 8 Main menu 0 Help 7 JOIN MICRONET 9 BUSINESS AREA
MICRONET DEMO 565951a 0p Play LIVE adventure games on Micronet. No more boring trolls who bite off your head in exactly the same way every time you blunder into the cave! Most chara- cters are REAL PEOPLE pitting their wits against yours! There's even an area with hints on how to do the infuriating bits in adventure games you've already bought. SHADES (live) STARNET (strategy) SPECIAL ADVENTURE AREA 0 HELP 7 HOW TO JOIN 8 RECREATION 9 CLUBS & HOBBIES
MICRONET DEMO 565952a 0p MAIN INDEX ACC / ALCC Adventure & (contact clubs) Multi User Arena Bulletin Boards News & Views Communications QNET-2 RSGB User Groups Education Reviews Talkabout Messages ClubSpot is an area where many clubs and special interest groups have data- bases of information and points of contact for people like you. HobbySpot - Art, Astronomy, Chess, Music, SF, Photography and lots more! 8 Recreation 7 JOIN 9 Teleshop
MICRONET DEMO 565953a 0p Teleshopping means no more struggling through the crowds in town on a wet weekend! Simply key a number to go to the elec- ronic shop of your choice, view the goods in a catalogue or read a descrip- tion and simply type in what you want. Your order is made instantly! Buy anything from your weekly groceries to computer goods or a new watch! You can even book a holiday! 7 Join Micronet 9 Sunday Xtra
MICRONET DEMO 565954a 0p MICRONET'S SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT Sunday FEATURES From news of the Libyan scandal to real life adventure in the caves of Kent. GOSSIP Our resident snake in the grass reports LETTERS TO XTRA Write in and air your views, then read 'em and weep MEDIA News and reviews of Cinema, Television, Theatre and Literature. MUSIC Reviews of the latest Album and Single releases, plus charts and more... 8 Index 7 JOIN 9 Quizzes & Games
MICRONET DEMO 565955a 0p TAINMENT...ENTERTAINMENT...ENTERTAI Where else can you watch quizzes, adventures, game shows & celebrity chat shows every night of the week? TV? well er yes, but where else can you actually JOIN IN?? Only on MICRONET!!! 20th Century Hamster (games, quizzes) Line Noise (live shows & competitions) Waveguide (radio & TV) Key 8 for index 9 to browse 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 565956a 0p MICRONET'S If you have ever read something and were sure you could do better, then publish your own magazine! GALLERY is an area on Micronet where you can edit pages electronically and publish them at the touch of a button for thousands of other users to see! 7 JOIN MICRONET 8 Menu 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 56596a 0p MICRONET'S BUSINESS AREA KEY 11 Free Legal Advice 16 Teleshopping 12 Online Accounting 21 Sub-I.P.s 13 Business Information 22 Security & 14 E-mail & Telex Billing 15 Jobsearch 8 Main Menu 0 Help 7 JOIN MICRONET 9 GET ONLINE!
MICRONET DEMO 565961a 0p BIZZNET INTERMEDIATE INDEX 1 Free Legal Advice 2 Online Accounts 3 Business Info. 4 E-mail & Telex 5 Jobsearch 6 Teleshopping YOU HAVE KEYED THE FIRST DIGIT NOW KEY THE SECOND (You don't have to wait for the whole page to come down before you key the number you want - If you know the routes you want you can key as many keypresses as you like in advance) 8 Business Index 9 Browse 7 Join Micronet 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 5659611a 0p The BIZZNET lawyer answers your legal queries Get FREE legal advice from our online solicitor. Here are some of the services available: Question & Answer spot Legal database for common legal problems Very competitive in depth services from conveyancing to court cases. 8 Main Menu 0 HELP 7 Join Micronet 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 5659612a 0p M.A.S Accounting ONLINE SERVICE M.A.S. is an online accounting service offering the following features: Online entry & storage of all transactions - no more cumbersome paperwork, no training needed. Monthly analysis of your business (cashflow, projections etc.) All your VAT & tax returns done for you on neat printouts. Incredibly simple to use: all the work done for you from only £12 p.m! 8 Main Menu more... # 7 Join Micronet 9 Business Info
MICRONET DEMO 5659612b 0p M.A.S Accounting This accounting system has been proven in over 20 years of use. Familiar to hundreds of firms of accountants. Easy and convienient to use: no need to understand computers to use this technology. Fully confidential service. This accounting system will almost certainly save you time and money. One months FREE trial of the service - we can't say fairer than that! 8 Main Menu 0 Help 7 JOIN MICRONET 9 Business Info
MICRONET DEMO 5659613a 0p Micronet's Bizznet gives you online information on: Business - How to start it up, how to run it, how other people do it. Business software reviews and practical tips on everything from Cellphones to Symphony. Money - How to make it work for you, making the best investments. Tax - How to pay it and how not to! MORE... # 7 Join Micronet 8 Business Menu 9 Browse 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 5659613b 0p Insurance - the best policy, how to make a claim and get your money etc. Property - Pros and Cons of buying property, when to buy and when to sell, getting the cheapest mortgage. Portfolio - Micronet's City pages: advice and explanations of every- thing from shares to traded options. Interlex - Technical problems and hints and tips. Unemployment - how to cope, how to get what you're entitled, and how to get a new job! MORE... # 8 Bizznet 0 Help 7 JOIN 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 5659613c 0p And that's not all! As a Micronet member you can do all this: Look up all the latest share prices updated direct from SEAQ on the Citiservice pages. Run an online company search and credit check with the Infocheck service (hardcopies are sent to you automatically - free of charge) Manage your share portfolio through Hoare Govett's telebroking service And much much more. If there's some- thing we don't do you can always write to our Bizznet Editor and moan! 7 How to Join 8 Business Index 9 Next Item 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 5659614a 0p On Micronet electronic mail is FREE. If you use the service after 6pm, all you pay for is a LOCAL PHONE CALL. (4.4p for 6 mins) In 6 minutes you can send about 6 typical mailboxes. The time and money saved on postage alone will pay for your subscription! Even in office hours all you pay is a 6p/min connection charge, and soon you will be able to link into a TELECOM GOLD mailbox with the same call! Your micro can also be used as a telex terminal when you join Micronet. For more information go to our communica- tions index (key 1 to get there now). 1 Communications 7 How to Join 8 Bizznet Index 9 Next Item
MICRONET DEMO 5659615a 0p Jobsearch is an area where you can find and advertise jobs. Whether you're looking for a new job or hoping to recruit someone for your organization, Jobsearch is the area for you. Jobs from 'Computer News' updated every week and much more besides. This is the place to find computer people. 8 Main Menu 0 HELP 7 Join Micronet 9 Browse
MICRONET DEMO 5659616a 0p You can set up your own 'electronic shop' on Micronet by advertising on the database. Just think, no huge overheads or staffing problems. Your customers can contact you DIRECT. You can have your own electronic mail- box or even set up a response frame for customers to fill in then and there. When customers are interested they can make a HARD ORDER: no time for them to forget or lose interest. For more information contact MICRONET on 01 278 3143. 7 How to Join 8 Bizznet 9 Browse 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 565962a 0p BIZZNET INTERMEDIATE INDEX 1 Private Databases 2 Security & Billing YOU HAVE KEYED THE FIRST DIGIT NOW KEY THE SECOND (You don't have to wait for the whole page to come down before you key the number you want - If you know the routes you want you can key as many keypresses as you like in advance) 8 Business Index 9 Browse 7 Join Micronet 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 5659621a 0p Maintain a constantly updated database of information for your customers or agents; accessible accross the country simpy by making a local call. Available 24 HOURS A DAY. Just think of the applications! Your salesmen and customers no longer have to hang around on the phone to make an order or find out your latest product information. No more huge printing bills for updates and replacement bro- chures. All your information can be safely... more... # 8 Business Index 9 Next Item 7 Join Micronet 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 5659621b 0p ..sealed off in its own Closed User Group, or on open access to the Public. Once you have received any kind of information through our system you can print it out, save it to disk or memory for later use or even pull it into your computer system for automatic manipula- tion. All this from little more than £1000 per annum! Think what it could do for your chain of retail outlets or sales team. You could even run a local data- base and get local advertising. For more information contact Jonathan Edward on 01 278 3143. 8 Business Index 9 Next Item 7 Join Micronet 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 5659622a 0p When you join Micronet you'll be given a 10-digit ID and a 4-digit password. You can change your password whenever you like to any combination of letters or numbers. This means over 62,000,000,000,000 possible combinations! Each time someone tries to log on, he is only given three attempts before being disconnected from the phone. It would take over ten million years to try all the combinations. The billing system is easy and you... more... # 7 Join Micronet 8 Business Index 9 How To Join 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 5659622b 0p ..can keep a constant check on your bill online. Simply go to your bill page whenever you log on and you get a breakdown of your bill to date and the cost of your current call. You are billed quarterly in advance for your subscription, and in arrears for your usage. There is an annual billing option, and online payment via credit card will be available soon. 7 Join Micronet 8 Business Index 9 How To Join 0 Help
MICRONET DEMO 56597a 0p 1 How much does Micronet cost? 2 Apply to join Micronet NOW! AND CLAIM YOUR FREE MODEM FOR A BROCHURE & APPLICATION FORM 3 Make an enquiry NOW! 99 FREE MODEM IF YOU JOIN NOW!
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MICRONET (c) 811220057a 0p011110665 MR M G SISI Part of the Elktel Electron Network The latest news in the Electron world and also a help service with free downloadable software. Contributions: 011110665 Latest update 09/11/88 Elkwatch Electron Users Directory .. 3 Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220057b 0p011110665 Hi there, nice to have you back. Well firstly I'm sorry for the delay in the update of this gallery. I also hope to have an update every Monday, so make sure you read these pages ever week. This week sees the Elk and BBC show in the New Horticultural Hall, London. It is on from Friday to Sunday. Most of major Electron related companies will be there showing off new products. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220057c 0p011110665 I can recomend these shows to any body with an interest in computers. I will be down at the show on Sunday, so if you would like to meet me there and buy me a drink then give me a MBX before Friday. Give me your phone number so I can arrange the meet in more detail. Elktel News After mentioning in the last update of a comms package from Project Expansions I have the unfortunate news that P.E. is no more. All the products will now be marketed by Slogger. Marchino 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055a 0p219996557 DAVE BRIERLEY Fun Games jokes Sport Filth Insults In Short... MUSATOID MADNESS Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055b 0p219996557 INTRODUCING THE NEW RONCO 'PORTABOG' EXCITING NEW CONCEPT! Yes! The toilet you can take anywhere. Totally discrete. 3 gallon tank. Comes complete with brass toilet roll holder. Complete at £99.99 Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055c 0p219996557 Quiztime! Win a great prize. Here a four simple clues: 1) Large marine mammal (5) 2) Cod Liver, Olive, Castrol etc (3) 3) Meat from a cow (4) 4) When a fish is caught it can be netted or ......? (6) The answers make up a well known phrase. Now complete the sentence "I would say this phrase if I saw a ....." Send us the phrase and your completed sentence on a mbx! And the prize? A fab football poster. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055d 0p219996557 HAVE YOU GOT A TV LICENCE? Because if you havn't the authorities WILL - 1. bash down your door 2. Ask you a few questions. 3. Exhume your grandparents 4. Murder your children with radio- active rays 5. Send a Polaris Sub to blow you and the rest of the world to bits. remember WE WILL FIND YOU AND KILL YOU. ..AND thats even if you DON'T have a TV you stupid half terrorised old gimmers. Buy a TV licence now or suffer ever- lasting damnation . Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055e 0p219996557 YOUR DREAMS AND WHAT THEY MEAN Everyone has dreams and often wake up perplexed as to what they signify. I will attempt to answer just what YOU dream about and the meaning behind it 1. Female Breasts. This is a common dream, it usually refers back to childhood experiences when one used to clamber on hilllocks. 2. Male Sexual Organ. Again,back to childhood ,when one recalls trips to Blackpool Tower and other perpendickular structures of entertainment. More >>>>> Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055f 0p219996557 MORE DREAMS...... 3. Female Sex Organ This dream common amongst rail enthus- iasts and signifies a desire to explore those tunnels of the Southern Region. Well thats about it for dreams,, but I do have one query? Just what is a 'Wet' dream? Well key a few of these numbers to find out- 3-Mucky Thoughts. 4- Another of these Rail pervoes! 5- Ninestien at his best. 6- KNACRO !! MORE NEXT WEEK FOLKS- ..We feature- how many pints do you have before you go for a piss? 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055a 0p219996557 DAVE BRIERLEY Fun Games jokes Sport Filth Insults In Short... MUSATOID MADNESS Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055b 0p219996557 INTRODUCING THE NEW RONCO 'PORTABOG' EXCITING NEW CONCEPT! Yes! The toilet you can take anywhere. Totally discrete. 3 gallon tank. Comes complete with brass toilet roll holder. Complete at £99.99 Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055c 0p219996557 Quiztime! Win a great prize. Here a four simple clues: 1) Large marine mammal (5) 2) Cod Liver, Olive, Castrol etc (3) 3) Meat from a cow (4) 4) When a fish is caught it can be netted or ......? (6) The answers make up a well known phrase. Now complete the sentence "I would say this phrase if I saw a ....." Send us the phrase and your completed sentence on a mbx! And the prize? A fab football poster. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055d 0p219996557 HAVE YOU GOT A TV LICENCE? Because if you havn't the authorities WILL - 1. bash down your door 2. Ask you a few questions. 3. Exhume your grandparents 4. Murder your children with radio- active rays 5. Send a Polaris Sub to blow you and the rest of the world to bits. remember WE WILL FIND YOU AND KILL YOU. ..AND thats even if you DON'T have a TV you stupid half terrorised old gimmers. Buy a TV licence now or suffer ever- lasting damnation . Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055e 0p219996557 YOUR DREAMS AND WHAT THEY MEAN Everyone has dreams and often wake up perplexed as to what they signify. I will attempt to answer just what YOU dream about and the meaning behind it 1. Female Breasts. This is a common dream, it usually refers back to childhood experiences when one used to clamber on hilllocks. 2. Male Sexual Organ. Again,back to childhood ,when one recalls trips to Blackpool Tower and other perpendickular structures of entertainment. More >>>>> Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055f 0p219996557 MORE DREAMS...... 3. Female Sex Organ This dream common amongst rail enthus- iasts and signifies a desire to explore those tunnels of the Southern Region. Well thats about it for dreams,, but I do have one query? Just what is a 'Wet' dream? Well key a few of these numbers to find out- 3-Mucky Thoughts. 4- Another of these Rail pervoes! 5- Ninestien at his best. 6- KNACRO !! MORE NEXT WEEK FOLKS- ..We feature- how many pints do you have before you go for a piss? 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055a 0p219996557 DAVE BRIERLEY Fun Games jokes Sport Filth Insults In Short... MUSATOID MADNESS Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055b 0p219996557 Clean up after your dog with the new RONCO TURD-O-SCOOP. Discrete. Only £29.99 As used by a top breeder. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055c 0p219996557 VALENTINE'S DAY MESSAGES HUNNYBUNCH: I'd like to see you in a School Uniform, but you'd best change out of it first. - Bill WIFFLE: Roses are red Violets are Blue I've got AIDS Now you have too. - Harvey POOPLODS: Not tonight dear, I've taken a rather large overdose. - Bjorn PIDDLEPANTS: There's a lot of food poisoning about, but I'll eat your meat anytime. - Edwina Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055d 0p219996557 THE MERRY SHRUBBERS PAGE Just What is the Greenhouse Effect? People have asked me why, at this time of year my allotment is in full bloom with all sorts of exotic fruit normally associated with the tropics and not a British windswept mudpatch in the middle of February. Well its due to something called the 'Greenhouse' effect. Basically it is this, I built a huge greenhouse with central heating and the plants don't suffer from the winter chills! Easy eh? Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055e 0p219996557 SHOCK REPORT-EATING POISON CAN KILL! YES!, Oblivion City can reveal a shock report by experts that says that eating substances called poisons can in fact make you ill and in some cases actually kill you. " Vomiting,diahorrea and pains in the stomach are the least you can expect" a local chemist told us. A lot depends on the quantity taken but even small amounts of substances such as Cynanide and Arsenic can be fatal. Next week we reveal another report linking TV Car adverts and stupid bastards. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055f 0p219996557 THIS WEEKS COMPETITION. HOW MANY PINTS CAN YOU DRINK BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE TOILET? Think its easy? Well go to a pub and tick off the pints you drink before you have to 'pay a call', Then go home and MBX me with the results-I'll announce the winners next week folks! Meanwhile for similiar diuretic effects try these-key3 Bonny Colne upon the hill Key5 Fandabidozo key 4 for how to enjoy Kent by rail. And finally key 6 for Nacker. 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055a 0p219996557 DAVE BRIERLEY Fun Games jokes Sport Filth Insults In Short... MUSATOID MADNESS Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055b 0p219996557 SITUATIONS VACANT- Person required to break wind in lifts and then get out and let someone else take the blame. Man required to insert fag ends in the drain coverings of urinals - also maybe required to stuff bog paper down the toilets in trains. Elderly person needed to perform complex and lengthy transactions at the front of queues in Banks,Post Offices etc. Car Driver required to rev up engines at traffic lights on red scaring pedes- trians shitless. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055c 0p219996557 THE MERRY SHRUBBERS ADVICE PAGE HOW YOU CAN GIVE UP SMOKING. A Lot of my fellow allotmenteers have tried to give up fags(but thats another story!), but can't. Well here are some tips - and not filters either! hohoho! 1. Try sucking a 'substitute' no not one of Notts County's!! hahahaha!! 2. Try using hard drugs, their narcotic effects will take your mind off the craving for nicotine. 3. Light the other end of the cig, the burning sensation in ones mouth will soon put you off! 4. Aversion therapy-each time you smoke drink warm sick. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055d 0p219996557 VINNY JONES' RECORD COLLECTION 1 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Kevin Ratcliffe 2 Don't Bring Me Down - ELO 3 Na Na Hey Hey Nut Him Goodbye Bananarama 4 He Aint Heavy He's A Mard Scouse Git Kevin Ratcliffe 5 Oops Upside Your Head Gap Band 6 He Got Me By The Bollocks - Paul Gascoigne 7 Oh What a Circus Wimbledon FC Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055e 0p219996557 Banana City Abridged Film Classics! Ooooh what pretty lights. Oh I'm dead. Or am I? - 2001 A Space Odyssey Clean that sick up at once. - The Exorcist Hello, Tara - Brief Encounter My Privates are revolting - All the Carry On Films Ouch - Texas Chain Saw Massacre Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055f 0p219996557 COMPETITION PAGE!! Last weeks winner of the'how many pints can you drink before going to the toil- et' was won by a Mr J Duckworth of Hale Cheshire who boasts six pints before needing to pay a call! well done! You are Bladderman of the year! All you others must be totally inconti- nent, and I bet even some of you actua- lly go to the toilet even before you have started drinking.Puffs.Anyway you had best have a wee before looking at these pages-key3 Noggers thoughts(sic) key4Great Railway journeys of the world key 5 Ninestein!! key 6 NACRO 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055a 0p219996557 DAVE BRIERLEY Fun Games jokes Sport Filth Insults In Short... MUSATOID MADNESS Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055b 0p219996557 ABRIDGED FILM CLASSICS GONE WITH THE WIND - obvious choice for fart jokes BEN HUR - 10/1 on the jew to win MONA LISA - "!&^!in' Hell" THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY - "!&^!in' Hell" (EVERY FILM STARRING BOB HOSKINS- - "!&^!in' Hell" THE FRENCH LEIUTENANTS WOMAN - - "Sod off you cheap tart" Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055c 0p219996557 CONSUMER WATCHDOG REPORT! Are our Abbatoirs safe? No, not really, especially if you are fat farm animal. Is tap water safe to drink? yes. Is it safe to travel by train? No Why is it so called diahorrea pills never actually give you diahorrea? We don't know, its a real bummer. Are CFC's destroying the atmosphere? Yes, they have been using them at Old Trafford for years! Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055d 0p219996557 SITS VAC - HOTEL & CATERING Person required to dine at Indian rest- aurants and continually call the waiter 'Gunga Din' in a loud voice. Manual labourer needed to go into a busy fish and shop and order all the dinners for his 60 mates on the nearby building site. Obstreperous children wanted to cause maximum irritation in Little Chefs and Pizza Huts. Pizza Hut also require a person to fill his or her 6" diameter bowl with the entire contents of the self service salad bar. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055e 0p219996557 " MERRY SHRUBBERS BANKING SERVICES Introducing the new 'Allotment Account' Folks! forget the big banks posh new account services like 'Orchard' and such! Try my new account service - it features> Free Banking! (unless of course you go overdrawn in which case you will incur a £1 charge on every single financial transaction you have been involved in since you were born). Rent Free Queuing - spend all your lunch hour waiting to get served or waiting to use the instant cash machine- more>>>> Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220055f 0p219996557 More services include> Have you ever used a cash machine only to find the message on screen saying "sorry there are insufficient funds in your account for this withdrawal" and then you have to pretend that you only wanted to check your balance anyway? The Allotment machine will give you bits of paper that from a distance look like you have taken out pots of dosh. Now key these for more- 3 The Colne Dynamo 4 Railway journey 5 the Kandy toilet 6 Nackro 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220051a 0p219996557 DAVE BRIERLEY Oblivion City Consumer Report!! SUPERMARKET PRODUCE COVERED IN SHITE -SHOCK. Recent food poisoning scares have led people to become more aware about how standards of food produce are falling. I have conducted a survey on vegetables and 99% of all produce is simply left in the ground. So called farmers simply pour animal excrement over foodstuffs that we are later expected to eat. Surely there must be a cleaner and more hygenic way of cultivating Veg. 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220051a 0p219996557 DAVE BRIERLEY OBLIVION CITY REPORTS ON--- SATTELITE DISHES: ARE THEY WORTH IT? At the top of the range, one of the best dishes one can use is of course the one at Jodrell Bank, though at several million pounds it may well be beyond the reach of some purses.It is rumoured that Dixons may be bringing out a new credit deal. At the bottom end of the market is of course the dustbin lid, this is for receiving SKY Television. How it works twat in studio sattelite twat at home 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220051a 0p219996557 DAVE BRIERLEY OBLIVIAN CITY GALLERY GUIDE THE NATIONAL GALLERY,Trafalgar Sq. Not bad for a gallery this one, its simply choc full of paintings and features an hilarious Da Vinci Cartoon. THE TATE GALLERY,Millbank This one has lots of pictures too,and some crazy stuff,not much sugar though. THE TATE GALLERY,Albert Doccccch(scouse pronounciation) Whats the bloody point of an Art gallery in Liverpool eh? The last thing they had in there was a pile of jam butties and assorted food, or was that the snaccch bar? Next week > more shite. 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220051a 0p219996557 DAVE BRIERLEY THE OBLIVION CITY FAMOUS WAR QUOTES "Quick lads,a bucket of water over here"- Dresden Fire Brigade. "After the war,we are going to have this wall knocked throu...." .- Hiroshima Householder 1945 "You get a different perspective of Milan this way up"-Benito Mussolini "One sip of this Schnapps Hans, and you will be warm as toast..Hans?" - overheard Eastern Front 1942 " There is a bit of a nip in the air tonight"-Pearl Harbor 1941. "Manchester United will launch their best bid for the Title yet."- MUFC August 1939. 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220051a 0p219996557 DAVE BRIERLEY -I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I- SEXY RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD No 12 PENISTONE TO MAIDENHEAD A great journey this one,simply board the train at Penistone via the platform and then travel to Sheffield-the place with those huge great holes in the street. Then catch a train to St Pancras station in London,then simply make your way to Paddington, there get on a train to Maidenhead,the climax of a great journey.Do not get off at Ealing Broadway prematurely though! Next week - Littlehampton to Scunthorpe. 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET CHATLINE 811220051a 0p219996557 DAVE BRIERLEY More highlights from City v United Manchester United's Scottish international goalkeeper Jim Leighton seems to be a wee bit dismayed as City stick a fifth one in his net. MCFC ROLL OF HONOUR COOPER HINCHCLIFFE GAYLE FLEMING REDMOND BISHOP LAKE BRIGHTWELL MORLEY OLDFIELD WHITE BECKFORD 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220072c 0p222754313 A tiny creature appeared from the wreckage. It stopped, looked around a bit then scurried off to greet a colleague that was close by. "Hi George." "Hello James, my lil buddy. Weather's taken a turn for the worse hasn't it?" "Sure has. Oh, while I remember, did you get 10 down today? Real bitch." "Nope. Too tough for me. Still, never mind, I'll just have to get the answer from tomorrow's issue...." 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220072a 0p222754313 GERAINT E. PRITCHARD (BLOOD) Pleasure-Dome Katrina shuffled up the slop, tired and weary. It had been a long, hard journey, far harder than she had expected; not many even contemplated the trip to the pleasure-dome. A lifetime of infinite pleasure, of all-consuming ecstasy, that was the dream that the pleasure-dome promised to turn into reality. And she was almost there. She reached the height of the slope and looked down at the view that had been in her dreams for years. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220072b 0p222754313 The pleasure-dome stood in the centre of the valley, looking immaculate as sunlight washed across the huge struct- ure of reflective glass. She almost cried. It looked exactly like the pictures in the books. Finding new energy, she ran down the slope towards the entrance. A vast archway led her into a room decorated with mirrors. In her haste the pit in the centre of the room remained unnoticed, disguised by countless reflections, and reflections of reflections. She fell, gliding down the glassy surface of the trap, and landed heavily. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220072c 0p222754313 As she glanced around at her gloomy new surroundings four creatures appeared from the shadows. "Welcome." said the largest, spittle running from his mouth. As her eyes grew accustomed to the dark she saw the blood-stained tables, littered with knives, saws and needles. "Where am I?" she asked, panic starting to creep into her voice. "This isn't the pleasure-dome!" "Oh," said the creature, scraping the rusty knife in his hand against a wall, "but it is.". It smiled sadistically. The End 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220072a 0p222754313 GERAINT E. PRITCHARD (BLOOD) They sat on the floor pondering life's injustices and watched two cochroaches scamper across the floor. One of the workmen stretched his leg delicately and squashed a cockroach into the floorboards. "You'd think, what with evolution 'n all that, that cockroaches would be made of rubber wouldn't you?" "Huh?" The Times crossword was tough going today, "Yeah, sure." "I mean, here's us humans, evolved from monkeys, and masters of the planet, whereas cockroaches have stayed the same for ages." Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220072b 0p222754313 "Finished!". "What?". "I've finished the crossword. Ten down was a bit tricky but...." "You haven't been listening to a word I've been saying have you?" He looked down at the remaining cockroach who seemed to be mourning the loss of its partner. He smiled. "I'll have to start again now..." The bomb struck but a mile away, sending a heat blast that melted the flesh from their bones. The shock wave struck a split second later, levelling the building. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220072c 0p222754313 A tiny creature appeared from the wreckage. It stopped, looked around a bit then scurried off to greet a colleague that was close by. "Hi George." "Hello James, my lil buddy. Weather's taken a turn for the worse hasn't it?" "Sure has. Oh, while I remember, did you get 10 down today? Real bitch." "Nope. Too tough for me. Still, never mind, I'll just have to get the answer from tomorrow's issue...." 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220072a 0p222754313 GERAINT E. PRITCHARD (BLOOD) Pleasure-Dome Katrina shuffled up the slop, tired and weary. It had been a long, hard journey, far harder than she had expected; not many even contemplated the trip to the pleasure-dome. A lifetime of infinite pleasure, of all-consuming ecstasy, that was the dream that the pleasure-dome promised to turn into reality. And she was almost there. She reached the height of the slope and looked down at the view that had been in her dreams for years. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220072b 0p222754313 The pleasure-dome stood in the centre of the valley, looking immaculate as sunlight washed across the huge struct- ure of reflective glass. She almost cried. It looked exactly like the pictures in the books. Finding new energy, she ran down the slope towards the entrance. A vast archway led her into a room decorated with mirrors. In her haste the pit in the centre of the room remained unnoticed, disguised by countless reflections, and reflections of reflections. She fell, gliding down the glassy surface of the trap, and landed heavily. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220072c 0p222754313 As she glanced around at her gloomy new surroundings four creatures appeared from the shadows. "Welcome." said the largest, spittle running from his mouth. As her eyes grew accustomed to the dark she saw the blood-stained tables, littered with knives, saws and needles. "Where am I?" she asked, panic starting to creep into her voice. "This isn't the pleasure-dome!" "Oh," said the creature, scraping the rusty knife in his hand against a wall, "but it is.". It smiled sadistically. The End 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
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MICRONET (c) 800111471a 0p NEWS: OS/2 for Amstrad at Which THU IB As expected, Amstrad had their 286 and 386 2000 series PCs on display and the company confirmed that supplies of these machines had already reached the UK. Amstrad has also announced the availability of OS/2 for 2286 and 2386 machines from May this year. The OS/2 Presentation manager windowing front-end will also be available on machines with larger installed memories. The 2386 comes bundled with a business package called Graphite. This is a stock exchange monitoring program... more... # 1 Next 23:02:89 8 News Index 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800111471b 0p NEWS: OS/2 for Amstrad at Which THU IB ..which contains the FTSE 100 shares over the last five years and can be updated on a daily basis. The 2286 has a 12MHz 80286 processor, with an option for maths co-processor, whilst the 2386 has a 20MHz 80386 complete with 64K RAM cache. Both get DOS 4.0 and MS Windows as standard. Samples of 2286 and 2386 pricing are as follows: 2286 DD12MD, 1Mb RAM, mono display, with twin floppies: £999+VAT 2286 DD12HRCD, 1Mb RAM, hires colour... More... # 1 Next 23:02:89 8 News Index 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800111471c 0p NEWS: OS/2 for Amstrad at Which THU IB ..display, twin floppies: £1249+VAT 2286 HD12HRCD, as above but with 40Mb winchester: £1599. 14" colour monitors are also available. 2386 HD12MD, 4Mb RAM, 12" mono display, 65Mb winchester: £2649+VAT 2386 HD14CD, as above but with standard 12" colour display: £2799+VAT 2386 HD12HRCD, with hires colour display: £2899+VAT. Also dotted around the Amstrad stand were quite a few PC1512, PPC, 1640,... More... # 1 Next 23:02:89 8 News Index 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800111471d 0p NEWS: OS/2 for Amstrad at Which THU IB ..and PCW machines, but not a single Sinclair badged micro was evident, including the all-black Sinclair PC200 'games' machine. In Amstrad's publicity blurb there is much made of their dominance of the 8086 equipped PC market, with over 50% of sales attributed to Amstrad last year according to a Romtec story. But how much longer will this dominance last? Now the question is how will IBM's recent announcement regarding PC price cuts affect Amstrad. 1 Next 23:02:89 8 News Index 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800111465a 0p NEWS: IBM warning to Amstrad? THU IB Yesterday we asked Apple why weren't attending this week's Which Computer Show. The biggest name of all, IBM of course, is also absent from the show, a trend which Big Blue has followed for three years now. However, if IBM wasn't there in body, you couldn't escape its soul. Rumours had been circulating for the last week that a major announcement on PS/2 pricing was due yesterday (Wednesday). In the event the news wasn't so earth shattering, though IBM seems to be aiming straight between Alan Sugar's eyes with the revelation that a... More... # 1 Next 23:02:89 8 News Index 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800111465b 0p NEWS: IBM warning to Amstrad? THU ..'considerable' promotional discount on the entry level PS/2 Model 30 (8086 processor and standard bus expansion) has been offered to IBM dealers. "Whether dealers pass the saving on to customers is down to them - we don't set retail prices," said an IBM spokesman. The deal is in two tiers, one on bundles of 50 machines - aimed at the smaller dealer, and the second on quantities of twelve container loads (!) - around 1700 machines. Dixons has already been heavily... More... # 1 Next 23:02:89 8 News Index 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800111465c 0p NEWS: IBM warning to Amstrad? THU ..promoting the PS/2 Model 30, which competes with the Amstrad PC1640 and the newer PC2086. Neither Dixons or the big corporate IBM dealer, Computer Centre, were able to comment in reaction to the IBM initiative today, though it's thought that the discount could bring Model 30 prices to within 15% of Amstrad retail prices. Some notable industry watchers say that Amstrad should be flattered that IBM has apparently lowered its prices to compete. On the other hand Amstrad shares are now heading for a new 140p low, down from 170p just a weekago! 1 Next 23:02:89 8 News Index 9 Micronet
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MICRONET (c) 800111474b 0p NEWS: Fastest PCs Launched FRI The STEP range has several features which set them apart from other companies' offerings. In particular, they use a special memory management technique called 'write-back' cache. This technology has, until now, been the sole domain of mainframe computers. Caching is used in most 386-based PCs as a way of reducing the cost of memory while keeping the speed of the machine up. Using a high-speed cache allows the manufacturer to use slower speed (cheaper) chips in the main memory of the system. If the CPU only accessed the slow memory, then it would have to be kept hanging around waiting for... More... # 1 Next 23:02:89 8 News Index 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800111474c 0p NEWS: Fastest PCs Launched FRI ..each request for data to be carried out. A cache acts as an interface between the CPU and the main memory. The cache controller chip has to 'guess' what data the CPU is going to need and have it ready and waiting when the CPU requests it. When the CPU writes to the cache it must wait for the main memory to updated as well. The Everex cache system is different, as it allows new data to be written to the cache without it having to be written to the main memory at the same time (the cache controller chip... More... # 1 Next 23:02:89 8 News Index 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800111474d 0p NEWS: Fastest PCs Launched FRI ..handles the updating of the main memory). This reduces the time the CPU has to be kept waiting when it writes to RAM and makes the Step 386/25 the fastest PC around. The system also differs from other caching mechanisms by being expandable to 256K (64K is the cache size provided in Compaq, Dell and other machines). According to Everex, their expandable cache yields a 'hit' ratio of 93 to 99 percent (this ratio describes how often the CPU finds the data it needs in the cache -- going outside the cache for data will slow the CPU down). Other... More... # 1 Next 23:02:89 8 News Index 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800111474e 0p NEWS: Fastest PCs Launched FRI ..PCs usually have a hit rate of less than 90 percent. Everex will be shipping the STEP PCs later this month. The retail prices for base units with mono screen, 1Mbyte memory and a 40Mbyte hard disk range from £2416 to £4816. 1 Next 23:02:89 8 News Index 9 Micronet
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MICRONET (c) 800500225a 0p HARDWARE REVIEWS 28/11/88 Euro PC Reviewed by David Janda The market for low cost PCs is expanding. Alan Sugar can no longer claim to have the market sewn up as far as choice is concerned. Having said that, his share of the market - as far as sales are concerned - is big. Of course, we've been spoilt for choice when it comes to low cost systems. Far Eastern manufacturers have been dumping their boxes on our shores for quite some time. But let's face it, who wants to put their trust in a box that nobody has heard of before? More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500225b 0p HARDWARE REVIEWS Euro PC Major manufacturers, including Commodore and Tandy, now offer the first-time buyer an alternative to Amstrad's range of kit and one time European partner to Amstrad, Schneider Computers, has now jumped on the bandwagon. Their offering consists of the Euro PC. Made in Turkheim, West Germany, the kit is aimed squarely at the first time buyer and is a direct competitor to the likes of the Spectrum PC200. So what does your hard earned wedge get you? The punter has two distinct choices: At £399 there's the entry level system comprising of... More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500225c 0p HARDWARE REVIEWS Euro PC ..CPU/keyboard with internal 3.5" disc drive together with 12" mono monitor, or £549 for the same setup but with 14" colour monitor. For the purposes of this review, I tested the Euro PC with both monitors plus the Schneider 3.5" 20Mbyte hard disc. First impressions count, so they say. The Euro PC struck me as being a very well built piece of kit; it looks good too. Indeed, some have commented that the keyboard is similar to that on the Amiga. Not surprising either, as Schneider's R&D manager used to work for Commodore in West Germany. More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500225d 0p HARDWARE REVIEWS Euro PC The keyboard is a quality item with well spaced keys that do not suffer from the tatty feel of Amstrad's 1512/1640 series. Four LEDs above the keypad indicate the status of the floppy drive, power, caps and num lock. Another nice design consideration is the sloping front which serves well as a palm rest. Ventilation is plentiful with slots stretching the complete length of the upper/rear casing, as well as underneath the machine and to one side. I kept the machine on for 36 hours and it didn't even get warm. No doubt this is partly due to the... More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500225e 0p HARDWARE REVIEWS Euro PC ..PSU which is external to the CPU. Both the mono and colour monitors have internal power supplies so the number of wires trailing from the system is kept to a manageable two. I've got mixed feelings when it comes to expansion. On the one hand there are enough ports at the back of the machine to keep anyone happy, yet, as far as card and memory expansion is concerned, the Euro is stuck in a rut. Why? There is no internal facility to upgrade RAM from 512K to a full 640K. To do that requires using up the only expansion slot which is a half-height affair. More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500225f 0p HARDWARE REVIEWS Euro PC Still on the subject of expansion the Euro has ports at the rear for a hard disc, extra floppy (5.25 or 3.5"), parallel and serial ports and a digital mouse/joystick port. On default the Euro boots from the internal drive, but the system can be configured to boot from the external floppy, or the hard disc if no other drive is attached. Configuring the system is a piece of cake. Pressing Ctrl+Alt and Escape produces the SETUP menu from which most options can be defined such as country, date/time, video card, monitor type and so on. Once defined the settings are... More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500225g 0p HARDWARE REVIEWS Euro PC ..stored in the Euro's battery-backed configuration memory and will be used as default settings from then on. A nice touch is the keyboard reset. No matter how badly the machine has crashed pressing Ctrl+Alt and Del will reset the machine and call up the SETUP menu - a nice touch. So what's it like? Well I've been using the machine constantly for two weeks and, besides my moan about the expansion capabilities, cannot find fault with it. No fault with the hardware, that is, but with the bundled package supplied with the machine (Microsoft Works is not my cup of... More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500225h 0p HARDWARE REVIEWS Euro PC ..tea). However the Works documentation is excellent and the tutorial discs should keep most people happy for hours. One item I must comment on is the mono monitor. It is excellent! With a 20MHz bandwidth the picture is rock steady and letters are crisp and sharp. This is best appreciated when using the graph facilities with the Works spreadsheet. They make use of the Hercules graphic mode and the clarity is something to be seen! Indeed, when I received the medium res colour monitor the difference was... More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500225i 0p HARDWARE REVIEWS Euro PC ..startling. That brings me on to the subject of choice - which do you choose the mono or colour setup? Considering the fact that the Euro PC is an applications-driven machine, you can get away with a mono system quite easily. Many packages support the Hercules standard and there are some very respectable public domain CGA emulators knocking about. Without a doubt I would recommend the Euro PC to any first time buyer and here's why - quality. It's extremely well built and rugged, which is essential in a home environment. More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500225j 0p HARDWARE REVIEWS Euro PC It's nice looking, too. OK, so does that matter a great deal? Well, some people are content with having an ugly box of tricks in their homes, but many are not. Which category do you fit into? Check it out and see for yourself. SPECIFICATIONS AND PRICES 9.54, 7.16 or 4.77 MHz RAM: 512Kbytes expandable to 640 via external card Keyboard: 86-key AT compatible keyboard with number block and 12 function keys. Display: 12" monochrome monitor,... More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500225k 0p HARDWARE REVIEWS Euro PC ..Hercules graphics 720 x 348 or 14" colour monitor, CGA colour graphics, 320 x 200 16 colours, 640 x 200 4 colours. Prices: Euro PC mono £399, Euro PC colour £549, External drive (3.5 or 5.25") £113, 20Mbyte 3.5" hard disc drive £299. All prices exclusive of VAT. Distributed by: MicroSales Distribution Ltd, (0279) 639000 Greyhound Marketing, (0532) 621111 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 80050061a 0p Letters Index PC LETTERS# Letters are replied to each week day by the PC-Base Editor, Dave Dorn. Previous updates are listed below. 1....Latest Letters.....24 Feb 2....Letters............21 Feb 3....Letters............23 Feb 4....Letters............24 Feb 5....Letter.............17 Feb 6....Letters............20 Feb 7 Send a Letter 9 Front Page
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MICRONET (c) 80050063b 0p PC Base COMMENT 21/02/89 First up - keyboards. The French have a system called Azerty rather than Qwerty like us over here (and most of the world, come to that!). Each country is going to need its accents on a keyboard: umlauts for Germany, untold weird squiggles for places like Norway. So that's different keyboards for each country, I expect. For seconds - online systems. Once all the small companies start branching into other countries, they're going to need good lines of communications with their 'foreign' branches. BT isn't that hot on getting its... More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 80050063c 0p PC Base COMMENT 21/02/89 ..Prestel and Telecom Gold systems integrated, let alone finding a way to allow systems like Minitel and Gold, for instance, to communicate with each other - should this be necessary. How about the power supply in the different countries? Will Europe suddenly adopt a standard mains voltage and make everyone's old appliances useless without expensive alterations so they can run on the new voltage? Of course, that isn't too big a problem; Al needs only to put a switch in his computers to make them run of a variety of voltages. More expense though. More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 80050063d 0p PC Base COMMENT 21/02/89 Maybe we'll even have something called ESCII - European Standard Code for Information Interchange rather than ASCII. Don't forget about ISO7, too: another character set which is still quite well used. Of course, this is all pure fiction. 1992 will probably come and go with the same speculation and disappointment that 1984 did. At least the idea of a standard European currency never got off the ground. Now that would have been a problem. Probably loads of problems. Imagine people trying to get used to... More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 80050063e 0p PC Base COMMENT 21/02/89 ..a totally different currency. Decimalisation was bad (I'm told!), I'd hate to think how Granny would cope with a 'Euro Franc'. What with the advent of the Chunnel though, it seems certain we're heading for Big Changes. 1992 is the year it all starts, I doubt very much if it'll be running smoothly much before 2000. But, like they say on the adverts, if you're a small company, send off for the leaflets. Europe's a big place. There's a huge potential for increased custom. What with just the few... More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 80050063f 0p PC Base COMMENT 21/02/89 ..glitches I've mentioned in a fairly light vein the better prepared you are the bigger chance you'll have to cash in on it. I might be spewing fiction here, but I'm pretty sure - and I would expect most to agree - 1992 is going to bring its fair share of problems. "Be Prepared". Vince Merrell ('Pinky' to his friends) is a Micronet member, and works at Lloyds of London. 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500706a 0p LEISURE REVIEWS 21/02/89 Vulcan by R T Smith John Wallbridge Vulcan, the third of R T Smith's Second World War simulations, enables you to replay (and study) the Tunisian campaign of 1942. In Operation Torch the British, Americans (and, after a slow start, the French) attempted to bounce the Germans and Italians out of North Africa. They nearly succeeded, but the speed of the German reaction was such that it took a long and costly campaign (Operation Vulcan) to bring about the Axis surrender at Cape Bon in May 1943. More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500706b 0p PC REVIEWS Vulcan R T Smith The inexperience of the newly-trained Americans, political complications with the French plus the need to learn how to operate a Supreme Allied Headquarters over units from many nations, were partly responsible for the delay. The lessons learned played a large part in the later success of the landings in Sicily, Italy and Normandy. Vulcan is not really concerned with the high strategy. Its interest lies in the more local strategy and tactics. There were five scenarios in the original 48K Spectrum game - extended in the PC version. Technically, the game is superb. As... More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500706c 0p PC REVIEWS Vulcan R T Smith ..in its predecessor Desert Rats, there is a main game with several sub- scenarios. Weighting of armour, infantry and logistics is even more subtle and the variety and careful choice of random factors gives it staying power as well as initial interest. The sub-scenarios cover the Race for Tunis, Kasserine, Eighth Army (Mareth and Maknassy) and Vulcan (the final offensive). These take from 40-120 minutes each to play while the full game takes about ten hours. The geography of the campaign forces an oblong map, rather than the the long... More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500706d 0p PC REVIEWS Vulcan R T Smith ..scrolling strips of the author's earlier games. Good provision is made for the use of air power and the enemy movements can be hidden. You can play either side or use it as a two player game. Smith's clear graphics style will be familiar to his many fans and is very similar to that of earlier games. The manual is (as we've come to expect from CCS) clear and concise with well- chosen illustrations. In every way, Vulcan shows the maturing of Smith's style. Somehow I can't quite develop the affection for it that I... More... # 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 800500706e 0p PC REVIEWS Vulcan R T Smith . have for its predecessors but that, perhaps, is because the Tunisian campaign was inherently less of a cliffhanger. The IBM version has two additional scenarios: an option in which the Axis has captured Malta (thus easing its own supply problems and increasing those of the Allies) and one in which Rommel's Africa Korps is destroyed before it gets back to Tunisia. These add quite a lot to the fun, but are less interesting to students of history. No serious wargamer would be without any of these - and Vulcan, perhaps, could be called a student's special. 3 Start 8 PC Base 9 Micronet
MICRONET (c) 80056020a 0p LETTERS From 011111402 Paul D Needs Subject: Filling disk space # De-fragmenting programs on the PC are for a different purpose than the Krunch program that Bert Brewer mentions. On the Speccy Opus drives, when you save a program it only saves it as a contiguousblock. If a larger program has previously been deleted, it will be saved there, but leaves blank space at the end which is probably too small Signed more THU 23 FEB 1989 21:24:33 Aha! Like COMPACT on a Beebon? 8 PC Base
MICRONET (c) 80056021a 0p LETTERS From 011111402 Paul D Needs Subject: cont'd # to ever be filled in. The result is useless empty blocks in the middle of a disk. The Beeb DFS is similar. The same does not apply to the PC, as the OS will save the file in bits, wherever there is space. The Krunch program shunts the complete program blocks so that the gaps move to the end, making more disk space. Signed more THU 23 FEB 1989 21:27:09 Uhuh! I only ever used Microdrives on my speccy, and they were sloooow! 8 PC Base
MICRONET (c) 80056022a 0p LETTERS From 219992706 DAVID FOSTER Subject: cont'd # The only purpose of the PC defragmenting programs is to rearrange the files so that all the bits are gathered together into a contiguous block, which has the effect of improvingacces speed a bit. Signed David THU 23 FEB 1989 21:28:24 I see now. I've often done a defragment on my hard disc, usually after I've purged ancient files. Never seems to make THAT much difference! 8 PC Base
MICRONET (c) 80056023a 0p LETTERS From 219992706 DAVID FOSTER Subject: BB software. # Too late Dave. It's been done! I was a complete newcomer to BB software when i tried Wildcat. Got it running in no time. I still haven't managed to get Opus working as it should! Maybe i was just unfortunate and got a mixed bag of files, but they did come froma BB that used Opus, so they ought to be right. Signed David. THU 23 FEB 1989 21:32:10 Hmmm! It's just that, sometimes, an empirical test serves to settle an argument. (plus, I wanna have a look at Wildcat!, hehe) 8 PC Base
MICRONET (c) 80056024a 0p LETTERS From 219992706 DAVID FOSTER Subject: Eazilink. # The reason for Chris Manning not being able to download version 2 of EaziLink as he isn't a registered user is that itisn't available yet! Beta test versions have been available to registered users of V1, so that they could test it out. When finished (any day) it will be made generally available. If Chris Manning has had problems with V1, then he Signed more THU 23 FEB 1989 21:37:07 That makes sense! You can't have what doesn't exist. How soon is "Any day"? 8 PC Base
MICRONET (c) 80056025a 0p LETTERS From 219992706 DAVID FOSTER Subject: cont'd. # should have left a message on The Gas Lamp for the author, saying what the problems are. If people don't tell him, he is hardly likely to fix them! Version2 is vastly enhanced and i think it oughto run on virtually any machine that claims to be PC compatible. Latest addition to it is CGA graphics emulationfor Prestel, as well as earlier mode.# Signed David. THU 23 FEB 1989 21:39:28 I look forward to seeing it. You've been a bit busy on here today, haven't you? 8 PC Base
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MICRONET (c) 8005630a 0p LETTERS From 015674957 MR B S BREWER(BSB WM1 Subject: Comms # I have been offered a Datachat 1223 at a price slightly less than the cost of aNew one from Micronet as I have to usea VTX 5000 with my 128 Spectrum is this a fairly good buy to use on my Comcen Thanks # Signed Bert Brewer B S B # FRI 10 FEB 1989 19:43:31
MICRONET (c) 80056301a 0p LETTERS From 219995673 MR ROBERT JOHN BARTH Subject: Time # Re yesterday's answer to my q. about slowing down - I shelved the mouse yonksago so it's nowt to do wi'that. Any ideas? # Signed Rob # FRI 10 FEB 1989 20:54:03 9 Letters 8 PC Base Latest 91
MICRONET (c) 80056302a 0p LETTERS From 219995673 MR ROBERT JOHN BARTH Subject: Prestel graphics # Any idea where to get hold of a decent prestel-style graphics page editor (preferably pd!) No-one seems to know much in this shady area.. # Signed Rob # SUN 12 FEB 1989 00:00:40 9 Letters 8 PC Base Latest 91
MICRONET (c) 80056303a 0p LETTERS From 016330913 COURSE SUPPORT UNIT Subject: Mouse with WORD4 # I have been having problems with the Amstrad Mouse with WORD4 npthing happens. have tried using a serial mousenothing this is on the 2086 Amstrad all works on the 1640 can any one suggest a solution # Signed Mike Clinch # SUN 12 FEB 1989 21:23:25 9 Letters 8 PC Base Latest 91
MICRONET (c) 80056304a 0p LETTERS From 219992706 DAVID FOSTER Subject: Timeworks/Bitstream # Problem solved. Bitstream fonts for theLaserjet will install in Timeworks! The problem was simply one of having different versions of Laserjet set in different programs! My printer has an HPLaserjet Plus emulation, but most software woreks better with Laserjet II drivers for some obscure reason. One program that I use needs the Plus # Signed David. # SUN 12 FEB 1989 22:34:04 9 Letters 8 PC Base Latest 91
MICRONET (c) 80056305a 0p LETTERS From 219992706 DAVID FOSTER Subject: cont'd. # emulation though and i had adjusted theBitstream package to it last time I usedit! Aaargh. What puzzles me is why different programs running under the same sytem work better with different emulations? # Signed David. # SUN 12 FEB 1989 22:35:59 9 Letters 8 PC Base Latest 91
MICRONET (c) 80056306a 0p LETTERS From 219995673 MR ROBERT JOHN BARTH Subject: MSDOS EXPLAINED # You seem to have a few q.s about the series you put up. I downloaded the whole lot recently though gawd knows why- if anyone wants it it's word-processorformatted & takes up about 40 pages (10cpi) or 20 (20cpi) Just send me a mbxor disk & tell me what wp you're using &I'll send it OK? # Signed Rob # MON 13 FEB 1989 18:27:53 9 Letters 8 PC Base Latest 91
MICRONET (c) 80056307a 0p LETTERS From 027172319 A R COCKMAN Subject: Hardcard on 1640 # Can anyone tell me why my 32MB Hardcardgives a "seek" error until it has warmedup foe half an hour, and when 1st started quite often shows "1701" in the top left corner then tells me to insert a system disc in drive A? # Signed Alan # MON 13 FEB 1989 20:46:16 9 Letters 8 PC Base Latest 91
MICRONET (c) 80056308a 0p LETTERS From 011137531 MR P A FAWLEY Subject: Viewdata eds. # Don't want to upset bob too much, but the problem with Viewdata is that Prestel insist on charging for any info relating to the system. Like the Viewdata spec intself. I think the best people to talk to would be the CET section on Prestel. Last time I enquiredI think the fee was about £30 for the Viewdata spec bumpf. # Signed Tony # TUE 14 FEB 1989 00:07:12 9 Letters 8 PC Base Latest 91
MICRONET (c) 80056309a 0p LETTERS From 395270919 COMPUTER CENTRE Subject: Computer Viruses # With the spread of insidious computer viruses and the loss of much valuable data we would ask the help of the responsible computer community to track down all strains of virus. If you can help please contact us. Signed Harry Hopkins TUE 14 FEB 1989 16:57:39 I'd be interested to read your findings and I hope any PC Base reader with 1st hand knowledge will help you. My feeling is that the problem isn't that big - more in a feature soon! 9 Letters 8 PC Base Latest 91
MICRONET (c) 8005631a 0p LETTERS From 013280047 MR P A CLARK Subject: I think..... # that the Telesoftware people are getting what they paid for when they bought an Amiga instead of a semi- desant computer to begin with (did I notsay, all that long time ago, that this would happen using an Amiga? Signed Pete TUE 14 FEB 1989 18:36:10 I think you could be right, Pete! But don't say I said so! My info is that the light at the end of the tunnel is brightening rapidly, so keep everything crossed. Did you get my MBX? 9 Letters 8 PC Base Latest 91
MICRONET (c) 80056310a 0p LETTERS From 453833554 MR D W MOORE Subject: DFDOS yw # ¾iA big thanks for DF for the MS¾iDOS series, as a newcomer to PCs I found it better than reading the manuals! Don't think I will be bothering with Modula 2 right now ¾ibut will probably store the frames for later. Signed David TUE 14 FEB 1989 19:29:36 From what DF has told me, the Modula 2 series will be very useful to keep by the PC. I'm looking forward to it enormously! 9 Letters 8 PC Base Latest 91
MICRONET (c) 80056311a 0p LETTERS From 219992706 DAVID FOSTER Subject: Hardcard on 1640 # Generally speaking the 1701 message loosely means "The hard disk isn't ready", which is why it asks for a floppy in A: instead. Send it back. I wouldn't trust it. Signed David. TUE 14 FEB 1989 23:30:15 Is that another way of saying it's bust? Thought so! Didn't you have a drive that did that to you? Here endeth today's epistles. Thursday will see them being updated from London. It'll all end in tears! 9 Letters 8 PC Base Latest 91
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MICRONET (c) 811220043a 0p011110665 MR M G SISI Part of the Elktel Electron Network Editors : Marchino Sisi Gareth Babb Contributions : 011110665 Latest Update : 28/2/89 Next : 6/3/89 Elktel Users Directory ......... 3 Electron Hardware Database ..... 4 Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043b 0p011110665 Elktel, the choice of experience? Well here we are again, one full week went by without an update. Gareth takes credit for the gallery, but he can't be bothered to update it. At least this week we might have some good news for you. There will be an Acorn User show in July. It will be held at Alexandra Palace, a bloody change from the Barbican (at least you can walk three yards without bumping into the support pillars!). Well are you for going? Will get the dates as Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043c 0p011110665 soon as possible. I haven't recieved my Stop Press pack from good old Chrisy babes! It is true Gareth. The last update was tampered with. Gaz put his own points of view in, but I really can't see how someone who spills coffee all over his Electron can talk about people. ( Do you understand me now? ) Well lets all say hello to Mike Allison (219999374). Mike please remember that Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043d 0p011110665 you can use lower case letters on Prestel MBX! Will contact you concern- ing last MBX you sent. Still unable to get review of AP6/7. It just takes time. Be patient. Here is a BB for you to dial. It is Pazaz Viewdata 0383 620259, I will soon have an Elktel Cug on there. More info soon. How many of you out there would like to recieve an Elktel monthly news letter? If enough people then you'll get one. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043e 0p011110665 Elktel, the choice of experience? to err is human....but to really screw things up you need a computer Marchino 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220074a 0p919998555 ANGUS M FRASER Why is there such a fuss just now about a piece of waste ground in London.Just because Big Bill Shakespeare strutted his funky-then- stuff there,maybe,a lot of actor chappies have taken an intense dislike to a proposed new building there! Who really cares whether or nor the guy pranced about in what is now just a mud heap.All this heritage is just posteruring and in reality not worth our or thier efforts. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220074b 0p919998555 Not that I think London needs yet another damn office block. When the place is already overflowing with people and thier means of transport its just plain daft. If the company involved really wants or needs the flor space build it somewhere where the jobs created are needed,Northen England or Scotland. If they insist of building on that particular site then put up something useful like a Car Park!! 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043a 0p011110665 MR M G SISI Part of the Elktel Electron Network Editors : Marchino Sisi Gareth Babb Contributions : 011110665 Latest Update : 6/3/89 Next : 13/3/89 Elkwatch Users Directory ....... 3 Electron Hardware Database ..... 4 Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043b 0p011110665 SOZ AN UPDATE WILL BE SOON! Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043c 0p011110665 I PROMISE........ Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043d 0p011110665 REALLY....... Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043e 0p011110665 SOON, VERY SOON... BYE, ME! BABANNO 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220067a 0p592750115 PETER LEE Part of the Elktel Electron Network Electron Users Directory Register via mbx 592750115 Updated ..........19.03.89 Elktel Gallery Pages......Key 3 Elk Hardware Database.....Key 4 Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220067b 0p592750115 The Electron Users Directory Marchino Sisi 011110665 Auchinleck Peter Lee 592750115 Glenrothes Howard Marshall 919995382 The South Graham Dean 219996384 Lancashire Richard Brewer 919998235 Andover Trevor Dunkerley 734587723 Reading Dennis Rhodes 924261355 Wakefield Peter Higgins 219996386 Lancashire Dave Walton 919999066 Luton John Wike 219997483 Wales Mike Allison 219999374 Surrey P.T.O.!! Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220067c 0p592750115 The Electron Users Directory Howard Armstrong 617970388 Bury,Lancs AT LAST !!! We've made it onto the second page. Welcome to Mike and Howard who are the recent 'new' members on the directory. There seems to be a comms upsurge on again. Keep registering, I'm sure there are more of us about. Cheers the noo, Pete 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043a 0p011110665 MR M G SISI Part of the Elktel Electron Network Editors : » Gareth Babb « El prat »»» Marchino Sisi Contributions : 011110665 Latest Update : 23/3/89 Next : 2001 Elktel Users Directory ......... 3 Electron Hardware Database ..... 4 Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043b 0p011110665 Elktel, the choice of cucumbers ? Me again, Gaz Babb, well what fun I've been having. So has Marchino, all that studying he has been doing, you name it Physics, Geography, BIOLOGY (!!!). This comes to you courtesy of an Issue 4 Electron, my pride and joy, an Issue 2, got fried last week (by me sob sob) while doing a little experiment, more on that later. So I had to get another Elk quickly. Also I fried my Pace RS cartridge (what a shame) but as you can see I got this up, got Pete's !!!!!!!!! Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043c 0p011110665 More on that slight experiment, which Marchino has been indulging in aswell, keeps his mind off all those BIOLOGY questions. To give myself the concept of the Slogger RX, but not the tin box type thing, I pulled my Elk apart, so I had a bare Elk PCB, Plus 3 PCB and Plus 1 PCB, which neatly goes in a big draw by my side, and connected to this is a long (1½m odd) ribbon cable from the Keyboard to the Elk itself. This doesnt work as it stands but Chris babes says buffering the Keyboard Data lines is enough, use something like an 74LS244 or the more exotic 74LS245, Mbx if you Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043d 0p011110665 haven't a clue what I'm talking about. The only trouble now is that my Plus 5 gets in the way !! While trying to sort all the probs out (keyboard, Plus 5) I decided to put everything back together after putting the Elk together I turned it on and zzzaappp, my Basic/OS ROM started bubbling and my ULA, after experimenting, is also dead, I now also suspect the 6502, so sod it, I got another one. Anyway the last one went out in style. I may try revivivg it at a later date. As to the Plus 5, it looks like I may Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220043e 0p011110665 have to buffer all the Address/Data lines from a Plus 1 Slot and have the Plus 5 outside, so I can get to the various ports etc. NO RESPONSIBITY CAN BE HELD FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOUR ELECTRON IF YOU START PULLING IT APART AND TRYING THIS IDEA OUT !!! I'm waiting, that is I'm waiting for the first Elk BB to open, there are a few in the offing, one from Slogger, one from someone else and maybe one from us, watch this space ! Gaz 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 800111405a 0p NEWS Goodbye Herbal Hill CLine WED Ian Burley The almighty upheaval on Friday is looming close. We're relocating from our Herbal Hill base in London's Clerkenwell to Apsley in rural Hertfordshire (Key 94). To mark the parting of the ways between Micronet and the place which has been home to us for five years now, there will be a special Celebrity Chatline tomorrow (Thursday), starting at 6pm. Everyone is welcome to join in the live fun. As well as chat about the meaning of life there'll be quiz questions with prizes - software and, yes, T-shirsts. Send a question: Key 5 CelebLine: 6 1 Next 17:05:89 Recent 8 2 Back 3 Start 7 Talk Latest 9
MICRONET (c) 80088a 0p We've said Bye to the Hovel. Ta to all who joined in, and if you missed it, you can read the party by keying 1. Why? Why?!: 3 Send Question : Interview : 1 Last Question : 2
MICRONET (c) 8008800a 0p Well, we're here for the VERY lastest CelebChat from our solubrious offices in Herbal Hill. Here, awaiting your messages and inanities are Me, Patman (in spirit only), Daemonn, Woj, Ian Burley, Anna The Vigilant, Jo, Bob 'the Innocent' Johnston, Paul Vigay, And there'll be a few late arrivals soon, including Michael "Wind Wrestler and mud Surfing" Weatherseed... BACK FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 80088000a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 Shades of the old Line Noise here! It was a sad day when that passed away! I remember winning a Line Noise! Excellent feeling when you've been online 3 hours and at 1230 you win! Sent 18:04:51 Hi Sean. Line Noise was a wonderful thing, but it took up so much of poor old (hehe!) Lunchbreak's time we had to call a halt. However, there may be a few odd Noises in the future - keep your eyes peeled. As first message of the evening, you get one of our lousy shirsts! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880000a 0p FRASER C MOORE 219998821 Will the move improve services? What is the reason for the move? Sent 18:05:19 As you've no doubt read, costs of office space in London are rising VERY steeply, so it's simply much cheaper for us to move out there. AND, once we're there, we should be able to walk to other parts of the building and sort out any problems much more easily than in the past. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880001a 0p DAVID RAINEY 219992951 Why is Paul Needs such a great guy? And I claim my copy of Chuck YeagerAF Sent 18:13:34 Shucks... Chuck Yeager is currently in a big beige box, awaiting transportation up to Apsley - as long as you have a PC! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880002a 0p MR M G SISI 011110665 Well I s'ppose you'll miss good olde Herbal but when you move give the best you can, I'm sure you will anyway. I hada nice Latin phrase to quote, but I've forgotten it, but it meant don't let the grind you down !! Gaz Sent 18:27:14 There were some nice pubs... You mean "Illegitimi non carborundum"? Late arrivals have arrived, including Ron Meldrum and Tbrix, David "I got my foto in Popcorn" Rosenbaum and ESMFOD himself, Sanjay Bowry. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880003a 0p MR M G SISI 011110665 How about a Herbal 'open day', where weall can come along and wreck the place ?? Free booze laid on, food, I can see it now, everyone would come, including 9e, and fun was (sorry will be) had by all. Gaz Sent 18:28:52 That's what we're doing! We have the free booze and food, pity you couldn't make it! 1ST COMPO - the first person to arrive at our offices with a full, sealed, genuine bottle of Grolsch for Bob gets a shirst! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880004a 0p MR M G SISI 011110665 Who wrote the Celeb Chat paragraph typething, come on own up. What's Herbal going to be turned into now you have gone ?? Sent 18:30:58 'Twas Anna the Vigilant! I think it's being turned into a small family butcher's shop, but I could be wrong... BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880005a 0p GARY L WATSON 425271385 How many Staff have quit working for Micronet because of your move? Sent 19:29:34 None! Who did you want to? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880006a 0p DAVID RUSSELL 919992457 Which day do you most remember about your life at Herbal Hill......?? Sent 19:33:39 PN says that he most remembers the first day he came to the building, and wondered how people could work in such a ....! This seems to be common amongst everyone here! Anna says that her most memorable day was back in 1984 when she received her last pay rise! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880007a 0p MR M BROWN 011113232 Salut! Je vous souhaite bonne chance dans votre nouvel endroit. Faire attention et soit sage, mes amis. Felicitations a tous, THIRD MILLENIUM SYSTEMS Sent 20:26:56 Que? Vous est un "Git Flashe" Michael! Danke Schoen mein butti! Thanks for the wishes, and all the best with 3M (!?). BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880008a 0p MARGO FOURMAN-PAUL STEVENSON 533704786 What will you miss most when you have moved to rural surroundings? Paul Sent 21:08:17 The smog and the Coach and Horses... and the Banks and Taylor's SOD, and the wholemeal bread, tube strikes, the rubbish outside the front door, the ballet school (see Slasher for further details), panoramic views of the excavations next door, the sandwich girl, the custard doughnuts, and our wonderful elevator, the unisex toilets, the statically charged carpets and door handles, the burglars and the general chaos that has made Micronet the wonderful thing that it is today! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880009a 0p DAVID E NUTTER 219995096 Hi! Enjoy the move. I'm sorry I won't be with you for the celebrity thingy butI'm just a mean sod and can't afford the1p/min. nogger. Sent 22:37:46 Anna the Vigilant says "Hi"! I hope we enjoy it as well... BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 80088001a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 Who did you use to lug all of your computer equipment from Herbal Hill and isn't there a chance that you'll loose data if you say drop a 'pooter? Sent 18:01:29 Actually, we hired the transporter from Star Trek, and beamed it all to Apsley! We're giving away the transporter kit - but you'll have to supply a compatible keyboard and monitor yourself! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880010a 0p MR M A WHELAN 011138245 Hi gang! I've only been a 'netter since Christmas but I'd just like to saythat I really think you lot have provided us with a really decent service. Is it true that Mnet will eventually split up from Pretzel? Rgds, Marc. Sent 18:13:20 Thanks very much - we try our best, and there is still much we can do to improve things further. I think that's unlikely, as there isn't a comparable nationwide local access system that we could use! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880011a 0p WAVEGUIDE 819992418 Hi All. Good luck with the move. We're glad we're staying where we are. Anyway, all the best. John & Ian Sent 18:18:31 Thanks to you both! Keep up the good work !( WAVEGUIDE# Folks!) COMPO TIME! (By the way, where's the Grolsch?) To win a copy of "Guild of Thieves" for the ST, send in the slogan appearing on the Garfield pictured in the last issue of Log On. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880012a 0p TELEMAP GROUP LTD 730363001 Hello Every One! It's Patman in the Machine room in Apsley! Save me some Coke. Sent 18:21:41 Hi Pat! No. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880013a 0p Mr T S Looney (Trevour) 019994269 Hull thereMNET(000 Trevvy on the hash smashin! Can Bill Hooks and I have aSIP-IP for TrevernET'? MBX4u me now! Sent 14:32:06 High Terv! Mbx4u me right away! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880014a 0p MR P SHARP 011152694 Prestel must be a very complex system but how do you edit it as the frames arealways interesting (keep up the god work) Sent 18:31:12 Ooh, that's a complex one. In short, we have our own editing system, where we upload text files and do graphics and things, and then that automatically (sometimes) sends the stuff back to Prestel. This could make a good Log On article for the future maybe...? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880015a 0p DAVID MARTIN 019997086 When Mnet was in Peterborough I swopped a Bruce Springsteen T-Shirt for a Mnet one. Did I do well? Sent 18:46:00 I'd say you you did well! Our Shirsts aren't as common as Springsteens! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880016a 0p DAVID RAINEY 219992951 The garfield thingy is wearing a garment that has 'A good elf is hard to find' Don't have a PC though, a nice EGA PC game would go down luverly Sent 19:03:54 Well done! How about "Hostages" by Infogrames? Not that you have any choice... it's in the post! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880017a 0p MR R G CRACKNELL 919996054 Since when has Pol been a great guy? I always reckoned he is mind you! Or are you poking fun?... Sent 18:32:18 Since.... erm.. OK, he's not really! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880018a 0p MR P SHARP 011152694 Who is the owner of prestel (is it one person or is it shares?) Sent 18:34:37 It's owned wholly by BT, and therefore by BT's shareholders. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880019a 0p MR P SHARP 011152694 Who was the inventor of prestel? Sent 18:39:47 Do we get a shirst if we get it right? Next question: What are the names of the two editing systems that we use in-house? Prize: A Micronet carrier bag full of polystyrene snow! Just one correct gets you just the empty bag! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 80088002a 0p DAVID MARTIN 019997086 Does Mr. Rosenbaum think he will eventually grow to fit his coat? I remember when he was a mere music fan on here...and was alledgly costing Mnet £1,000 a week...ah memories. Sent 18:40:20 David is (allegedly) paid so little that he can't afford to eat, or to shop in the children's section of M&S. He still does... BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880020a 0p SPACE BURGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! 011112553 Have some of my questions been lost? Sent 18:41:03 No - we just have so many it would be impossible to answer them all, but we're trying! By the way, the times you see up there in cyan are the times you sent your messages. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880021a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 Will you do me a little favour, can youjust describe your squalid conditions atthe hill of herbs? Sent 18:43:15 Squalid, noisy, wet, windy (when GRiSm is in the office), wires and paper everywhere... etc. You don't want to know the BAD bits! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880022a 0p MR P SHARP 011152694 How could i become the editor of a BB board (I mean where could i get the equipment and how much would it cost )(Ihave a speccy and a PC-MD 1640 computer) Sent 18:43:58 Software could cost you very little - for the Speccy it would cost you £25. For more details, write to the ZX and PC areas! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880023a 0p MR M G SISI 011110665 Well now the booze has worn off from when I sent those last msgs. Why don't you have a applecider (Apsley or howeveryou spell it) open day ?? Sent 18:44:25 We couldn't afford the cost of all the security pass cards! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880024a 0p Mark Boulton (Trainman) 011112026 Bonjour mate! J'ai want to avec you unfond farewell from l'headquarters dans le 'erbal 'ill! Miles Kington eat your heart out!! What I'm trying to say is all the best in sunny Apsley..I'll be round with the JCB soon!! Sent 18:49:18 Ta! > Someone shouts "Where's my bleedin' Grolsch"! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880025a 0p DR TIM RIDGE(JEMAL) 919991471 ...Hope your move goes well,guys and gals! I hope the travelling to deserted wasteland is compensated by the better offices and proximity to Pestel ( and the latter is a PLUS oint? Shriek! ) TBRIX-dare you to register as a CS! Sent 18:49:35 Ta! TBrix says "If I get the time!" BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880026a 0p DAVID MARTIN 019997086 Do you keep intouch with former Mnet Celebs..such as David Babsky, Sid Smith and Denise ? Do the people who leave stay in comms or go down other paths? Sent 18:49:41 Yep, we do keep in touch. I think their new careers vary - Sid Smith is News Ed of PC User for instance. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880027a 0p JAMES PERRY 011138257 Well, err we just had a 1.5 hour power cut so I'm late! Are you moving all your'pooters with you??? will this mean any service improvements such as a well needed micronet only mailbox with full duplex uploading.... Sent 18:53:09 Yes, all our Amigas, Decs, PCs, Beebs, Spectrums, Amstrads, RML and Abacus are moving with us. You already have full duplex uploading! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880028a 0p JAMES PERRY 011138257 Also, what are these prizes?????? If I'm good, do I get a T-shirt?? Sent 18:54:00 Prizes are things we're NOT taking to Apsley! Not if you're good you won't! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880029a 0p Mark Boulton (Trainman) 011112026 PS : Thanks for the countless routings from your What's New page to my Gallery...couldn't have lived without them!! Editor,Transtalk,page 811220002 (ex Ldn-Hastings Station by Station) Sent 19:00:36 S'OK - thanks for the cheques! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 80088003a 0p Mark Boulton (Trainman) 011112026 Glad you didn't say you used Red S--r! It would have gone missing en route!!!! Or arrived two days late!!!! Hey,what am I saying? I work for this firm!!! Ahem.... Sent 18:58:09 Any chance of a discount? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880030a 0p MR M G SISI 011110665 "Hello, we are from Telemap, dear Mr Dialcom person where are out offices then" "Offices ??" "Yes" "Oh yes, that cupboard over there" Sent 18:45:23 C'mon - get it right! "Those 3 cupboards over there..." BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880031a 0p DAVID RAINEY 219992951 And why do you call your garments 'Shirsts'? Sent 19:13:29 Tradition! Former Ed David Babsky once mis-spelled "Shirt", and it's stuck ever since. Besides, if we called them shirts I reckon we could be sued... BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880032a 0p DAVID RAINEY 219992951 Anygame at all.... Sent 19:14:08 OK, Hostage it is! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880033a 0p IAN FRANCIS BURLEY 015084817 Bon soir tout le monde! Er, qu'est-ce que le (la?) Troisieme Millenaires Methodes?? Je voudrai un verre du vin- rouge delicieux, MAINTENANT!!!, s'il vous plait. Vive le Teletel!!! Le redacteur information Sent 19:14:48 Bogezz vous orf! Vive Teletel? Bagh! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880034a 0p IAN FRANCIS BURLEY 015084817 How baout this one... who was the Net'sfirst ever Telesoftware manager? NFEd (AKA Zonko) Sent 19:16:25 OK - a shirst for the first of you to name the man! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880035a 0p DAVID RAINEY 219992951 throughout the new plush offices? I take it thay are THAT luxurious.... Sent 19:16:50 Yes - they are VERY luxurious! Reclining chairs, sofas, drinks cabinets, TVs, CDs, centrally-heated toilet seats - that's what WE call hi-Tech! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880036a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 How does one obtain shares in Telemap? Or can't you? Sent 19:18:00 Telemap isn't listed, so no individual person can buy shares. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880037a 0p DAVID MARTIN 019997086 Moving out of London, do you think thiswill be reflected in Micronet. Farming hints, daily milk yields? Sent 19:20:15 Indeed! We've already got articles such as "How to plan your milking programme using your ZX81", and Dialtalk is becoming "Animal farm". What's more, Paul Needs is starting an area called Sheep Net... BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880038a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 I notice you didn't answer Mr Sharps message regarding ''ho invened pretzel' well the bloke who done it was Sam Fedidia (do I get a shirt yet?) this is my 5th attempt so far.. Sent 19:28:14 Well done! You (undeservedly perhaps) get a Shirst, a 'Net Shirst, and a signed copy of the 1988 London Central Yellow Pages! A UNIQUE prize, and one to treasure for at least a week! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880039a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 First ever tsoft manager??! Erm... the first one I knew was Phil Brown.. (I hope I got his name right... my mind plays tricks!) Sent 19:42:05 Nope! We'll take your shirst back! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 80088004a 0p MR M G SISI 011110665 Ace place for a party, I told you. Sent 19:43:05 Bring on the dancing girls! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880040a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 A suggestion for a question. When did they retire the beeb running the Chatlines (month/Year..or date!)! I know, you know but do THEY know!! Sent 19:44:06 We didn't retire it - we put a label saying "DEC Microvax" on it, and called it ...oops! NEARLY gave an answer away then! Could you tell US?! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880041a 0p MR M G SISI 011110665 What am I talking about, Mr Phil Godsell (could he ?? GET the joke ??) Sent 19:45:01 Actually - Phil was the third TSox manager, and his father is a Vicar! QUESTION for tonight's main prize of one transporter a la Star Trek! What TV Star appeared on Celeb Chat, and found that car stereo had been nicked when he left? CLUE: He doesn't wear a wig any more! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880042a 0p MR M G SISI 011110665 The letter I got from Phil (years and years ago) about contributing sox had a dodgy signature, under duress or something. Are all forms and letters signed under pressure ?? Sent 19:46:59 If you want the ink to get onto the paper, then yes! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880043a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 Thanks for the t-shirst.. I suppose a trappist monk I shall have to be! (hehe) Are there new flashy MicroNet T-shirsts in the pipeline, or are these the last we shall see!? S Sent 19:48:32 I hope that we'll get a new run sometime soon - they were quite popular! Flashy - I doubt this bit. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880044a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 Yellow pages???! ..blimey, we have some odd prizes.. I read a booklet not so long ago published by Prestel when they were just setting up! WH Smith and allsort Sent 19:52:13 Bl@@dy right we have weird prizes! Wait til we get onto the carpets... No takers for the 'Net bag of polystyrene snow? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880045a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 ..and they reckoned everyone would have Prestel by 1985! ..what happened to their dream!? Sent 19:52:46 I don't think that the majority of people were ready, and didn't take to the Prestel TV sets that they tried to sell. Anyway, everyone that counts has Prestel and Micronet! QUESTION: Which of the following DIDN'T appear on Celebrity Chatline? Rolf Harris, Fergal Sharkey, Mary Whitehouse or Tony Blackburn. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880046a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 arrrrgggghhh! You wouldn't! ..you would?! (take the shirst back) Bang goes the holy orders.. next stop Soho Brother Paul! hehe Sent 19:55:34 Nah - we wouldn't! (hehe...) BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880047a 0p MICRONET 800 023472108 Still no Grolsch! I AM DEPRESSED. Sent 19:59:46 So am I. (hic). BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880048a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 'twas Paul Daniels! (had his stereo nicked) Sent 20:01:25 What Micro you got these days? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880049a 0p THE CUG 928852867 ANSWER: Paul Daniels, and he DOES still wear a wig, AND uses MANE. Sent 20:02:06 Correct - but too late! You win the booby prize of a part-used 250 plastic self-adhesive reinforcements! (And what you use them for is up to you FliPz!). BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 80088005a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 ..and he liked it, not a lot! Talking of Chatlines, remember when Martin thingy the pop singer (can't recall his surname to save my life) didn't turn up?! All waiting around! Sent 20:03:15 Yeah - didn't he play in that band called... erm... whotsitcalled, and they were into left wing politics and hated The Human League? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880050a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 Why thanks for the t-shirt... and of course the Yellow Pages which I will cherish for the rest of my life (?), I've just finished watching Eastenders and noticed that in that ward michelle was in thee walpaper changed colour>> Sent 20:04:44 more>>> BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880051a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 between scenes... who's gonna write to the BBC first then? Sent 20:05:18 Why not write to Waveguide? P.S. Don't tell me what happened - I'm videoing it. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880052a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 Ere's a question for people to answer. and I'll also send the winner a nice TDKMF2DD floppy disk (of course it's used!)... Name 10 of the objects shown on the front of the Mnet brochure (the one selling itself!)... go on! Sent 20:10:42 OI! We're trying to get rid of OUR junk! QUESTION: What newspaper editor, now involved with satellite TV, interviewed former 'Net Commercial Director Simon D'Arcy at our Herbal Hill (sniff) offices on TV. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880053a 0p MR R W SEARLE 043022488 EXCUSE ME BUT WHOS ON THIS CELEB CHATLINE? Sent 20:11:38 At this precise time we have Beeb Ed Paul Vigay, News and features Ed Ian Burley, Ron of THD, Tbrix of Starnet, Daemonn Brody (Elf), Anna the Vigilant, Michael "I'm only here for the crisps" Weatherseed and Paul (Bagh) Needs! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880054a 0p FlippeR / FliPz! 919993612 Tony Blackburn didn't appear. Sent 20:13:52 Wrong! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880055a 0p MR M G SISI 011110665 Tony blackburn. If I don't get a shirst I'll scream andI'll scream and I'll scream. (I just spent 5 minutes trying to do EscF !!) Sent 20:19:59 Wrong! (wottagiveaway!). Ah - we don't let you do ESC codes! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880056a 0p BRIAN GAFF 013970763 Probably too late but if Ron is still there how about having a whip round to buy him some shelves to put all the gearon at Apsley? I gather space is not thatgeat there at present! BG Sent 20:20:11 I'm not sure whether Ron is into whips... (NFEd standing in for PDN here) BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880057a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 Yes, Martyn Ware was it? Can't recall the group though... ..definitely left wing though.. wasn't Tears for Fears.. hmmm Sent 20:20:26 You're almost right, and yep, noone here can remember the name of the group either! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880058a 0p BRIAN GAFF 013970763 You can get TELETEL s/w for the Speccy now ARGH! Why is Ian showing off by speaking French? It ought to be Italian as he is an Acron person! BG Sent on 18/05/89 at 20:24:16 Ah! Ein bier bitter!!! (gros bier!!!) BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880059a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 Me? I got a BBC, Spectrum and Amiga.. if I can get a decent price for the Beeb I may get one of these Archie 3000s when they appear! ..long way from my early VTX days! Sent 20:13:45 What ever happened to Miller-net? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 80088006a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 Who thinks BT should have FREE phone calls after 12 so we can call Micronet at NO CHARGE AT LL!!!! Sent 20:24:18 I also think I should have a free Lamborghini Countach and a free season ticket on British Airways... BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880060a 0p ANDY CLOKE (NINEY) 089572494 So you're moving at last. The journey will give GRiSM a chance to go down the motorway at astonomical speeds on the way to work, Has he crashed his car yet? His record with a motorbike wasn't too hot! hehe Sent 20:24:35 Apparently parking spaces at Apsley could have a remarkable effect on how early we all get to work every morning... BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880061a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 WHo's got the power to shut Prestel down? (outa interest), of course we'd never want that would we??? Sent 20:27:25 The Almighty, probably????... Hehe. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880062a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 ..is the editor scottish and linked to the ubiquitous Pamella Bordes by any chance??? ..ex-Sunday Times? Sent 20:27:45 I don't know him that well, but you probably aren't that far off... BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880063a 0p BRIAN GAFF 013970763 How did Paul Daniels get into the conversation? Do you know that a lot of this is UNAVAILABLE AT PRESENT down in here? BG Sent 20:28:23 Paul Daniels? It was simply magic... BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880064a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 Tony Blackburn was NEVER on Celeb Chat (that was a guess and a half!) Sent 20:12:50 Oh yes he was!!! I was there, I saw that amazing hair style of his at first hand! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880065a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 Sorry to answer all these questions! Old Rolfy never appeared (Rolf Harris) Sent 20:11:42 Daemonn here Sean, Rolfy did appear - Ian says he did it in his house! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880066a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 ...tie me kangaroo down sport, or Jake the Peg (with his extra leg) might throw it down the billabong! Sent 20:12:49 Err.. where did this one come from??! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880067a 0p DAVID RAINEY 219992951 Erm, that fist message shoulf have read'I dont Have an ST' dearie me.... Got the new Clannad album yesterday, not bad, couple of real good ones, a fewvery awful folkies, and the brilliant Harry's Game. What music is piped Sent 19:16:23 We don't know, what music is piped? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880068a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 How come it takes you so long to answera message (via mailbox) sometimes, I've got a sugestion, why not have an option where you can send a message to ALL, this'd be well useful for those of us who do mailbox advertising!!! Bibi... Sent 19:16:41 Delays can occur when we are answering mailboxes if there is a lot of checking or investigating to do. This is particularly the case with technical mail. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880069a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 Are there any pooters that you have left behind? like the speccys? (as you can guess I DON'T own a speccy!) Sent 19:31:59 We care too much to leave any behind... BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 80088007a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 More precisely 1st November, to coincide with the launch of Buttons Rumours about the wonderful Buttons Chatline were around for days before that... ..where did those days go!? Sent 19:59:04 Where do those days come from? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880070a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 What does Michael Weatherseed actually do? It's not a name I recall.. I can't think of this bl@@dy editor's name to save my life.. I see his face, but.. ! Sent 20:29:57 Michael is Telemap Groups General Manager. (The man with the money!) Creep, creep..... BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880071a 0p MR T EYRE 919999365 I ABSOLUTELY HAVENT GOT A CLUE TO ANY OF THE ANSWERS TO ANYTHE QUESTIONS. DO IGET A 'T' SHIRT(large please) FOR BEING A MINDLESS MORON? Sent 20:31:01 OK, you worked for it - it's in the post. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880072a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 I remember Tony Blackburn appearing! He went to the same school as I did for my 'A'levels, though not at the same time! He's about 80 years older than me! Sent 20:31:10 Sensational. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880073a 0p FlippeR / FliPz! 919993612 Oh er! Frame got lost there . Not TB eh! Must be Mary Whitehouse then, didn'tshe ask for a lota dosh to appear? Where's Lunchy tonight then? Sent 20:32:21 Lunchy is up in Scottyland on his well deserved holidays. He picked a good week to go though! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880074a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 How are things Ron? I remember when MICRON BBs were all the thing.. Ron was the Guru of Micron.. KEY-BOARD the Mecca of MICRON sysops! I would ring Patman, he would ring Ron.! Recall meeting at the MicroFair too! Sent 20:34:36 Ron says - "Keyboard has grown up a lot since those early days - running it on a PC now!" Hmm.. where is Patman!? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880075a 0p BRIAN GAFF 013970763 Why is Pat in the machine room, is he doing his washing? I don't remember seeing Rolf Harris on here, Perhaps its just as well. BG Sent 20:39:37 Pat is working hard preparing the machine room in Apsley for the Vax, PDP and Orson. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880076a 0p HELEN GARDNER & DOUG WELLER 217456932 Any chance of donating the DT penguin as a prize? Sent 20:41:35 'evening Doug, I'd much prefer to donate someone's cat! Hehe! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880077a 0p FlippeR / FliPz! 919993612 Thought there would have been more roomat Asply, used to hate trying to park atHerbal Hovel. When's the office warming party then guys. Sent 20:41:56 Wait till we've found a good pub. Don't call us though, we have a great deal of research to do before we find somewhere worthy! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880078a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 In that case it must be Mary W but I am SURE she came on! I remember asking her questions! Feargal was on...twice even if I remember right!! ..used to have a MBX no. too! Sent 20:52:21 Mary was supposed to be here - however, at the last minute it was cancelled and that was that! Err.. was there a prize involved here somewhere? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880079a 0p MR T EYRE 919999365 St.Bruno music is piped hehe Sent 20:52:45 Agh! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 80088008a 0p MR M BROWN 011113232 Richard Tyner = first tsw manager (OK, so I cheated) THIRD MILLENIUM SYSTEMS Sent 20:48:11 We'll send you a T-Shirt anyway Mike? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880080a 0p MR M BROWN 011113232 wot's a "Gite Flashe" Paul? Je ne le comprends pas du tout. C'est gaullois, n'est ce pas? Sent 20:49:41 Bonsoir michel, Ian Ici encore une fois. As tu voire mon message plus tot? Aimes tu ma traduction de Hmm.. vive le Bildschirmtext??? IB BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880081a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 ..you're in a right flap here! Losing messages back and forth! You asked me when the Beeb CLINES ended and VAX ones began! 1st November 1986, to coincide with BUTTONS starting! Sent 20:57:46 We didn't lose it - we just wanted to see whether anyone else would come up with an answer! Anyway - just how many shirsts can a man want! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880082a 0p MR M S CARPENTER (XARN) 219998799 Hi!Good luck with the move! What's happening to Music City??? Sent 21:02:10 Thanks very much! When we get into our new gaff (no, not you Brian!), Music City will be revamped to include MIDI programs and things like that. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880083a 0p MR M BROWN 011113232 Andrew Neill is the Wapping inmate who interviewed Lord D'Arcy of Dinaithe in MY office! (OK, so I cheated again) Mike Sent 21:09:51 Tsk! When you coming over next Mike? For the Shades meet Saturday night? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880084a 0p CHANNEL-X COMMS 603505971 How does one persuade you to open a comms area on Mnet (of which I would be willing to run), bearing in mind that mybank balance is into the dreaded 'DR' which to anyone who doesn't bank with Barclays meand Overdrawn!!!! Sent 21:11:33 Ah - one needs a very healthy bank balance to run an area for us! It's a good idea though, I'll think about it when we're settled in. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880085a 0p Mark Boulton (Trainman) 011112026 Who's the most unpopular fan on the terraces at Borussia Moenchengladbach? A : The one who shouts : "GIVE US A 'B'!" Do I get a shirst for the most crap joke of all time?! Sent 21:13:33 Yes, alright! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880086a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 Dunno about prize - Flipper got Mary Whitehouse before I did! .got sidetracked by the feeling that she had been on! ..sean Sent 21:15:43 Daemonn says that's a good point, but does FLiPz really deserve a prize? BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880087a 0p SEAN MILLER 045833334 ..the SUnday Times fellow was actually Andrew Neill wasn't it.. I remember now! Ah well..! Sean Sent 21:22:13 Yep, it was! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880088a 0p VINCE MERRELL 011110415 Amazing! Ian Burley does a better job in French than in English! Oooooh! Get those claws out! Hope the move goes well! Vince Sent 21:24:49 That is a compliment that I did not want to hear! Hi Pinky! Cheers. BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
MICRONET (c) 800880089a 0p MR T EYRE 919999365 Could this be a trade descriptions thingy, cos you are'nt actually celebs are you? Well, we're Celebs in the Micronet sense of the word! And, on our hundreth message of the night, we're off home. Thanks to everyone who joined in & sent messages - even those we didn't publish (sorry!) Goodnight - we'll be back on Monday (ish). By the way, I (Paul Needs) will be at the Shades meet on Saturday night, so you can be me a Coke or try to persuade me to give you a shirst! BACK 2 FORWARD 1 SEND A MESSAGE 8 CELEBLINE INDEX 9 LATEST MESSAGE 92
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MICRONET (c) 800111206a 0p 1989 THE NEWS BEFORE IT HAPPENS Pt 1 Chris Bourne JANUARY ------- The Commodore 64 surprises everyone by being the largest selling micro over the Christmas period. Retailers tap their noses and put it down to the 'superb marketing package and support ramp' provided by Commodore. The true reason is that more games of unbridled violence which can be played by morons are available for the Commode than for any other machine and 125 come free with the special Dixons package. Commodore tries to look embarrassed, More... # 1 Next 30:12:88 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111206b 0p ..but fails. FEBRUARY -------- Software houses react to the news about the Commodore 64 by ploughing increasing amounts of money into developing huge graphics demos for the Amiga and ST. These are called 'Adventures' and can only sell a maximum of 40 copies each, due to the advanced piracy techniques of 16-bit owners. David Ward of Ocean and Nick Alexander of Virgin grin smugly, since they own the entire backlist of Commodore 64... More... # 1 Next 30:12:88 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111206c 0p ..martial arts games, having bought out everybody else on December 24th, 1988, previously Christmas Eve, but now known as The Night of the Exploding Wallet. Atari introduces a new ST: the 1020- Mini-ST. This is just like the 1020 Mega-ST, but the keyboard and processing units are combined. It is bundled with Heat Sink, a radical new software package which 'cools down' the processor by switching the machine off at three second intervals. In the world of comms, three unapproved sub-£200 4800/4800 Hayes-compatible smart modems are launched... More... # 1 Next 30:12:88 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111206d 0p ..simultaneously. However, rumours of an Amstrad card version stiff sales. MARCH ----- IBM announces a revolutionary breakthrough in micro-technology: the YTS-3 operating system. The central feature of the new OS is a five byte routine which makes the IBM logo flash in blue whenever the presence of a virus is detected. This also has the virtue of rendering most versions of WordStar unuseable with the new system. The UK computer press is unanimous in its support of the new system, ... More... # 1 Next 30:12:88 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111206e 0p ..following a lunch and press launch at Buckingham Palace, which has been hired for the occasion under the Government's new scheme for privatising the Royal List. Bruce Everiss (Codemasters) threatens to sue IBM for stealing the flashing blue logo idea from Codemasters' latest game, Eddie Edwards' BMX Bike Jump. Part Two will appear tomorrow 1 Next 30:12:88 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111211a 0p 1989 THE NEWS BEFORE IT HAPPENS Pt 2 Chris Bourne APRIL ----- Atari announces a new ST: the 660ST- HT. This hybrid features an extra MIDI port, no TV modulator and an 'entry-level' 256K hard disc drive. "It is just what the market needs" comments Jack Tramiel, unconvincingly. The world is shocked by the mass suicide of 187 IBM dealers in the Vatican during an IBM conference. The dealers are reported to have drunk Pina Coladas laced with Gallidium Arsenide following a sales talk from the Vice... More... # 1 Next 31:12:88 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111211b 0p ..President (Marketing) of the new YTS-3 project. Alan Sugar vehemently denies all plans for the rumoured modem card. He tells Steve Gold of Micronet: "You are a hostile little berk and I will be phoning your boss about this. You are going to get disembowelled, my son." Sir Clive Sinclair announces a new version of the Z88 laptop, with a revolutionary 'touch-sensitive' built-in cellphone. The computer press is sceptical, following a glass of low-alcohol wine in a dingy King's Cross hotel. More... # 1 Next 31:12:88 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111211c 0p MAY --- Amstrad launches a new 'music' centre with built-in video and TV at £89.95, a range of fibre-optically controlled washing machines and a sub-£200 4800/ 4800 Hayes-compatible smart modem. 75% of Micronet's staff resign complaining that the new accomodation in Hemel Hempstead is 'unworkable'. Telemap Group Ltd (UK) and Prestel issue a joint statement denying that the resignations have anything to do with Dialcom's new Vasscom system. Atari announces a new ST: the... More... # 1 Next 31:12:88 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111211d 0p ..2080-ST; just like the 1040-ST but with two of everything, just in case. Record crowds attend Database's new exhibition in Preston, the Machine- Specific Micro Magazine User Show, at which old copies of defunct computer magazines can be bought up cheap for a variety of domestic purposes. The Big K Kitchen Rolls are especially popular. JUNE ---- Sir Clive Sinclair announces a deal to sell 600,000 Z88 Mk IIs to American Express as promotional free gifts... More... # 1 Next 31:12:88 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111211e 0p ..for 'ordinary' Amex card holders. "This demonstrates once and for all" says Sir Clive, "That the Z88 is the market leader in laptop disposables." The Shefford Brewery announces the opening of its first public house in the Hemel Hempstead area. Telemap Group Ltd (UK) announces the return of all but two of the staff who resigned. Ian Burley apparently failed to hear the news in time and Chris Bourne was told he needn't bother reapplying. Alan Sugar announces record profits for Amstrad. Their shares take a nosedive in the City. Everybody is surprised... More... # 1 Next 31:12:88 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111211f 0p ..by this, until it is discovered that the 12-year-old friend of the 9-year- old-son of the 28-year-old mistress of the 64-year-old chairman of the 150- year-old stockbroking company Blood, Tattle and Rumour had been heard to opine: "Amstrad are a load of rubbish 'cos the graphics are crap". Part 3 will appear tomorrow 1 Next 31:12:88 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111212a 0p 1989 THE NEWS BEFORE IT HAPPENS Pt 3 Chris Bourne JULY ---- David Janda is appointed news editor of Micronet and Ian Burley, having finally heard about the new pub, has to make do with the BBC Microbase again. Lord Young orders a full inquiry into insider dealing over the Amstrad share price disaster, following the news that 12-year-old Damian Spot of Coventry sold 30000 shares through the National Westminster Bank, where he had a trading account, shortly before the price collapse. His headmaster, Dr... More... # 1 Next 01:01:89 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111212b 0p ..Rory Anorak, commented: "I think the graphics are crap, too." The Codemasters hit game Eddie Edwards' BMX Bike Jump becomes the first game to sell over two million copies. Most of the profits go towards the IBM copyright action. AUGUST ------ IBM calls a press conference on the space shuttle Enterprise to celebrate its victory in the Codemasters copyright action. After three days in orbit, NASA medical teams are called in to investigate the effects of... More... # 1 Next 01:01:89 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111212c 0p ..discharging 50 gallons of Bollinger into the journalists at zero gravity. The findings indicate that the journalists experienced no difficulty at all in coping with their ordeal. Atari announces a new ST: the 1020 ST-DAT which incorporates a 30Gb Digital Tape Recorder for which no games will ever be written. A new computer virus sweeps through the United States, corrupting all ASCII files held on the Apple Macintosh and replacing them with extracts from the new Dirk Gently novel by Douglas Adams. More... # 1 Next 01:01:89 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111212d 0p David Ward (Ocean) announces the merger of Codemasters and his own comapny. The first release is Eddie Edwards' Alpine BMX Bike Jump, confidently expected to sell 1,999,950 copies. SEPTEMBER --------- A 12-year-old boy appears before Coventry magistrates on charges of hacking into the Kremlin's secret databases and stealing information concerning future IBM press launches. Sir Clive Sinclair announces a revolutionary new CDV player shaped like a rugby ball. It uses advanced... More... # 1 Next 01:01:89 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111212e 0p ..fibre-optic technology and silicon wafers, but only takes non-standard 4½" CDs. British Telecom announces the imminent launch of its first modem: a 4800/4800 Hayes compatible smart modem. Rumours of a deal to badge the Amstrad card modem and sell it in a BT-designed plastic case are hotly denied by Alan Sugar. "You're a stupid little boy" he tells Steve Gold of Micronet, "And I'm going to make sure you never write another story about me. I'm going to bite your fingers off at the knuckle. Yerr." Part 4 will appear tomorrow 1 Next 01:01:89 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111213a 0p 1989 THE NEWS BEFORE IT HAPPENS Pt 4 Chris Bourne OCTOBER ------- The press launch for the new BT modem is cancelled due to delays in manufacturing the plastic casing. Atari announces a new range of STs: the 530ST-VHF with a voice synthesiser which enables you to play Elite on the radio; also, the 530ST-CD which does exactly the same thing on a CD player, with the added advantage that you can save the game to Deutsche Grammophon. Nick Alexander (Virgin) announces a... More... # 1 Next 02:01:89 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111213b 0p ..new mega-game for the Amiga and ST, which, he confidently predicts, will 'take the market by storm this Xmas'. Emma Thompson: The Computer Game inspires numerous imitations, including Atari Smith and Jones, Tracy Ullman's Star Command and The Jonathon Ross Trivia Test. NOVEMBER -------- The new BT modem is finally released. Alan Sugar reveals that it is, in fact, his £199.95 Amstrad Tackycard modem in a rebadged plastic case. The modem is advertised nationwide at the "very... More... # 1 Next 02:01:89 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111213c 0p ..competitive price" of £899.95 ex VAT. David Ward (Ocean) announces the launch of his new mega-game, Bros: The Computer Game for the ST and Amiga. This spawns numerous imitations, such as Tanita Tikaram's Tricky Twists, PC Pop Will Eat Itself (EGA mix, not compatible with YTS-3) and Buddy Holly Has Risen From the Grave. Mr Herbert Spot (43) of Coventry wins a staggering three million-pound Pools payouts in a row. "There's something fishy going on," comments a Littlewoods spokeman. More... # 1 Next 02:01:89 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111213d 0p DECEMBER -------- Atari launches a new ST: the 32ST. This is a games console based on thousands of earlier STs bought back from furious dealers. Not only will it play Atari games cartridges, but has a built-in CD player, tuner and DAT recorder. "A snip at £399," comments Jack Tramiel, Nick Alexander (Orgin) and David Ward (Vicean) announce a joint compilation: Way Of The Ninja Barbarian contains all 120 items from their back catalogue martial arts games. This runs only on the Commodore 64 and is packaged with a huge poster of Chesty Morgan dressed... More... # 1 Next 02:01:89 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111213e 0p ..as a geisha girl. IBM calls a press conference in an orbiting restaurant between the second and third rings of Saturn to announce profits of sixty million trillion zillion dollars, a fall of .8% on the previous year. Retailers, meanwhile, are taken completely by surprise when once again the Commodore 64 seems to outsell all other micros this Christmas. "We are very embarrassed," says a Commodore spokesperson. "We're not," say Nick Ward and Dave Alexander. 1 Next 02:01:89 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (c) 800111213f 0p very embarrassed," says a Commodore spokesperson. "We're not," say Nick Ward and Dave Alexander. More... # 1 Next 02:01:89 Back 2 3 Start 7 Talk Index 9
MICRONET (C) 800111384a 0p NEWS 13 bulletin boards raided WED Ian Burley Early morning police raids on 13 computer bulletin board premises has resulted in the arrests of 13 people and the confiscation of about £25,000 worth of computer and communications equipment. The raids, code named Operation Southall, were carried out by the Thames Valley Police Regional Crime Squad, assisted by personnel from British Telecom. The 13 arrested come from London, Newcastle, Dunstable, Hemel Hempstead, Sheffield, Glasgow and Worcester. All have been released on police bail. More... # 1 Next 18:04:90 Recent 8 2 Back 3 Start 7 Talk Latest 9
MICRONET (C) 800111384b 0p NEWS 13 bulletin boards raided WED The investigation behind the police action had started nine months previously and is primarily thought to be in response to accusations of 'phone phreaking' - the use of electronic black boxes to avoid phone charges. Other press reports have highlighted the involvement of the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST), an industry sponsored organisation set up a few years ago to combat software piracy. Thames Valley Police had nothing to say about any involvement with FAST, though FAST itself is currently preparing a... More... # 1 Next 18:04:90 Recent 8 2 Back 3 Start 7 Talk Latest 9
MICRONET (C) 800111384c 0p NEWS 13 bulletin boards raided WED ..press statement for release later in the week. The Operation Southall investigation is ongoing and more arrests are expected. 1 Next 18:04:90 Recent 8 2 Back 3 Start 7 Talk Latest 9
MICRONET (C) 800111393a 0p NEWS Bulletin board bust update THU Ian Burley A clearer picture has emerged concerning recent news of 13 arrests over alleged 'phone phreaking' and software piracy related to the use of computer bulletin boards (Key 5). Bob Hay, coordinator of the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST), confirmed to us today that only one bulletin board was involved in the police raids, contrary to some earlier press reports. Both FAST and the police had been separately investigating bulletin boards as far back as October last year. FAST had been alerted to... More... # 1 Next 19:04:90 Recent 8 2 Back 3 Start 7 Talk Latest 9
MICRONET (C) 800111393b 0p NEWS Bulletin board bust update THU ..allegations of mass software piracy and the police, with BT, were investigating alleged phone phreaking. FAST cooperated with the police and became involved in planning the raids. It appears that the 13 arrests included a BB operator and 12 persons who allegedly made use of the BB without incurring phone charges. BT representatives accompanied the police to all the addresses raided at 7AM in the morning two weeks ago and FAST operations officer, Robin Lawrence, was present at the address of the BB in question. More... # 1 Next 19:04:90 Recent 8 2 Back 3 Start 7 Talk Latest 9
MICRONET (C) 800111393c 0p NEWS Bulletin board bust update THU We understand that the BB had used national magazines to advertise its services and a subscription was being charged to access the board. Hay estimates that £20,000 worth of software has been seized as a result of Operation Southall, much of it coming from the States, and around 40% of it is business software. It's now clear that users of bulletin boards as well as the BB operators themselves are potential targets for police action if law-breaking is suspected. More... # 1 Next 19:04:90 Recent 8 2 Back 3 Start 7 Talk Latest 9
MICRONET (C) 800111393d 0p NEWS Bulletin board bust update THU The phone phreaking aspect ties in neatly with FAST's crusade against software piracy. The elimination of phone charges is an ideal incentive encourage the electronic distribution of 'hot' software, especially as modern 16-bit programs are comparatively large. Your comments on the BB bust - Key 7 and tell us. 1 Next 19:04:90 Recent 8 2 Back 3 Start 7 Talk Latest 9
MICRONET (c) 811220074a 0p919998555 ANGUS M FRASER The loud ringing of the alarm roused her out of a heavy sleep.Letting it ring several more seconds to waken her she finally gave in and turned it off. Bathed in sweat faint recollections of a disturbing dream flitted around in her head, but she was unable to lock on to specifics.Getting up she drew the curtains and looked out at a grey morning much like many others that winter. Faint stirrings again disturbed her thoughts as she tidied the bed and got dressed.What was it? The image of breaking glass flashed through her head. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220074b 0p919998555 Moving over to her small kitchenette she puzzle over the fleeting image that had flashed by her. Put it out of your mind she thought and got on with preparing breakfast.As the kettle boiledshe went back to the window. Suddenly the glass disintegrated,something dark swung through,she tried to scream but the hands on her neck prevented it,she was blacking out. She sat bolt upright,shaking listening to the insistant,wonderful ringing of the alarm. 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220038a 0p919998555 ANGUS M FRASER Politics for Beginners! This is the first installment in a series of one. It will endeavour to teach you the rudiments of international politics. We will first of all look at several different political systems in an easy to understand format, ie. That of a farmer with 2 cows. We shall see how our man fairs under each. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220038b 0p919998555 SOCIALISM:- If you have 2 cows you give 1 to your neighbour. COMMUNISM:- The Goverment takes both cows and you queue for the milk. CAPITALISM:- You sell 1 cow and buy a bull. FACISM:- The Goverment takes both cows and sells you the milk. NAZISM:- The Goverment takes both cows and shoots you. THATCHERISM:- The Goverment takes both cows and offers you shares in them, sells you the milk at inflated prices and tells you there is no alternative. Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220038c 0p919998555 There endeth todays lesson. 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220038a 0p919998555 ANGUS M FRASER The moon rose over the familiar landscape and Sub-Gunner Talman watched it with only passing intrerest. Despite its magnificent colouring and its huge size he had seen it so many times as to be now almost un-aware of its beauty. Now into the seventh hour of his shift he was feeling the time drag. Nothing ever happened and after three decades of peace between his race and the people of their closest planetry neighbour he was convinced nothing ever would. Glancing again at >>>>>> Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220038b 0p919998555 his view-scope he noted that it was still clear of any traces, as usual. Time to catch up on the local vidcomm broadcast he decided and reached for his pocket viewer. Turning it on he watched the drone repeating the same headlines between sponsors messages. Turning his head away from the screen he thought he saw the image of an echo on the scope, but looking closely at the memory trace he saw nothing important and decided it was no more than debris or a meteor which he glimpsed >>>>> Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220038c 0p919998555 The moonlight was now flooding the landscape with its own brand of light, and Talman watched the shadows lengthening toward him. The armoured arm grabbed him round the neck and lifted him bodily from his seat, up and back till the pressure caused him to black out. He opened his eyes and saw nothing, it was black where-ever he was. The floor was warm and slightly flexible, but it was the sound and the motion that convinced him he was in a short-hop shuttle-----But to where?? Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220038d 0p919998555 For the technically minded that was whatwas known as an open ended story. If on another night shift I get bored(very likely) I MIGHT write part II. All begging mbxs asking me not to will be ignored. 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220038a 0p919998555 ANGUS M FRASER Story With No Name Pt II Talman woke with a start, the room was ablaze with light revealing an empty cell with the red indicator on the door panel showing it was locked. He had no idea where he was, what time it was or how long it had been since he had been removed from the shuttle as he had passed out onboard, probably due to something in the air supply used to passify him. Suddenly the door slid open and he looked outside to see nothing but a bare corridor, for some reason his captors were in no mood to reveal >> Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for list of exhibitors 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220038b 0p919998555 themselves, which only added to his sense of isolation and fear. After several minutes pondering he decided that there was nothing to gain by staying where he was so he got up and went through the door, shivering momentarily as the door closed behind him. The corridor stretched ahead with no obvious exits left or right. Talman walked on. For several minutes he walked carefully down the empty walkway listening to his own footsteps clicking on the tiled floor , alert to any sound >>> Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220038c 0p919998555 that might give some indication of ANYTHING! He had been aware for a time of the seemingly odd way the walls appeared to diverge, but now he was certain, they were! Gradually the coridor widened till it was twice its original width, ahead he saw another door, the green light showing it was un-locked. With no-where to go but through he summoned up all his courage and walked through. It opened ahead of him and he walked on through, and as before it was shut behind him. Looking around he saw he was in a >>>> Key # to continue 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
MICRONET (c) 811220038d 0p919998555 large circular arena with people watching from the balconies and standing a short distance away a man in armoured battledress. He was holding two identical weapons. 'Surely this couldn't be what it looks like' thought Talman......... T.B.C. or not. All on a whim you know. 2 BACK 1 FORWARD 8 for start of this exhibit 9 INDEX
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MICRONET (C) 800020211a 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two PART 1: A bit of background by Paul Blitz 08/03/91 Paul's last series looked mainly at the way modems operate (ie their modulations) and briefly touched upon other subjects, such as error correction and data compression. However, several people said that they would like to have more details on the way that MNP works, so here he is, with a slightly (!) wider brief than that! Since those original articles were written, we have now seen the emergence of another, CCITT-produced, standard... more... # : Forward : Last 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800020211b 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 1 ..for error correction (V.42) and data compression (42bis). Thus, this series will not only be looking at MNP, but also at V.42 and V.42bis. Not only will we look inside these protocols (ie at the mechanisms used), but we'll also look at them from the outside: how we configure a modem to use them; what strange effects may happen when using, say, MNP with a non- MNP modem; and the pros and cons of using/not using these protocols. At the same time, where relevant, we'll see how various bits of MNP have been included into terminal emulation packages. more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800020211c 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 1 As ever, if you have any comments, or questions, just drop a note to the letters page on PC Base (KEY 7) and I'll do my best to answer. Background and History --------------------------------------- I started the last series with a bit of background to the topic; that was quite popular, so I thought I would start the same way again. In the "early days" the only reason for wanting to use a modem was because the teletype you were using was not located next to the computer. One example would be that of a student in a university: the computer is in one building, but... more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800020211d 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 1 ..the departmental terminal was on the other side of the site! So, a 300bps (or slower) modem would have been installed and used. After a while, you would find that a department would wish to use several terminals. As remote usage became the norm, it was apparent that using lots of individual modems was no longer cost effective. A way was needed of combining several low-speed links over a faster link, so a faster modem and a multiplexer would be used. The modem would provide the aggregate or trunk link, which the MUX would split into many channels. more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800020211e 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 1 The simplest type of MUX is a TDM: Time Division Multiplexer. Here, the available time is split (usually equally) between the users, so that a 1200 bps link would support 3 x 300 bps users. A TDM is a simple device, but is actually very inefficient: if a terminal is not in use, no-one else can take advantage of that fact. Thus the statistical multiplexer was invented: this allowed users to only take up time on the link when they needed it. Typically, a user may only be using the link for half the time (the other half they would be waiting for the... more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800020211f 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 1 ..computer, or having a cigarette or cup of coffee!!). As a result, a 1200 bps modem link would be able, on average, to support eight users rather than only four. At the transmitting end of the link, the STAT MUX would wait for either (a) a full block of characters (pick a number.... 32? 64? 128?); or (b) a timeout. At this point it would send a packet of information. This packet would start with a reference as to which port it was destined for and a counter to say how many characters there were in the packet. The receiving MUX would get... more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800020211g 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 1 ..this data down the aggregate link, read the header to see who the data was for, then pass it to the correct port. "But what has all this to do with error correction?" you ask.... after all, that is part of what this series is all about. Well, it quickly becomes obvious that, if the header information becomes corrupted, then the data might be sent to the wrong terminal and, even worse, everything could get out of step because of an error in the character counter. Thus, it is essential that all the... more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800020211h 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 1 ..headers which pass over the aggregate link are error-corrected! Mind you, while we are at it, we may as well correct the data too: the users will like that, and it makes a very nice product selling point! Well, having given you a hint of where error correction started, we'll stop for the moment. Next time (this is a fortnightly series, so I can't say "next week", can I?) we'll continue our look at multiplexers and the error correction that is needed. Coffee: mild and milky...... you won't need the strong stuff just yet! 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800664212a 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two PART 2: Error correction et al by Paul Blitz 12/05/91 Error Correction --------------------------------------- In the first part, we introduced you to the Stat-Mux, and showed why we needed to be able to use error correction on the aggregate link. Let's look at this a little more: we decided that, whilst it was essential to error protect the header information, it would be nice to also error protect the user data too. Now, Stat-Muxes are specifically... more... # : Forward 2: Last 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800664212b 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 2 ..used to multiplex several ASYNCHRONOUS data streams into a single aggregate stream. There is nothing to say that the aggregate must also be asynchronous. In fact, if we were to strip all the stop and start bits from the user data, we could get a 20% increase in data throughput.... just by using synchronous data instead of asynchronous data. The disadvantage (if you can remember back to my original series) of synchronous modems is that you have no way of knowing which bit is the FIRST data bit of a character. So we... more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800664212c 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 2 ..have to send SYNCHRONISING characters. With a stat-mux, this is no problem: it is all handled by the mux, and as the muxes are ALWAYS talking to each other (if only to check that the link is still working) then they won't need to re-synchronise very often. So if we can use a synchronous aggregate, we can use synchronous modems to connect the two muxes. Again, you may remember from my previous series, that the "newer" and faster V.26, V.27 and V.29 modems are all synchronous. more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800664212d 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 2 All this now nicely leads us on to MNP. First, what does MNP stand for? Microcom Network Protocol is the answer. You notice that there is nothing in there that says anything specifically about MODEMS. That is because the MNP error correction protocols apply equally to a comms NETWORK as to a modem. In its simplest form, a network could be two terminals, each plugged into an asynchronous modem. In this case, the MNP error correction would occur between the two modems. In a larger network, there may be... more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800664212e 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 2 ..modems being used in the middle of a network, but the user connects to the modem via some form of non error- correcting mux (eg a TDM). If the user wants an error corrected link, then he could plug in an "error correcting unit" on each end of the link and plug his terminal into that. In this case, the modems have NO error correction, and the error correction is across the COMPLETE LINK. MNP started life in the early 1980's as a proprietary protocol, invented by Microcom: other manufacturers used their own protocols. As the protocols were all doing pretty much the same... more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800664212f 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 2 ..thing, they were all fairly similar in concept. When Microcom applied this to modems, they decided to make the protocol available to other manufacturers - for a price. As different manufacturers took out licenses, then modems from DIFFERENT manufacturers could all not just link up to each other (assuming they used the same modulation scheme!) but could work in an error corrected mode. However, at the same time, other manufacturers had their OWN error correction protocols for modems: for example, early Dowty Quattro modems... more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800664212g 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 2 ..didn't use MNP, but SPAR (which was of course, incompatible with MNP!) - only later Quattros included MNP. As Microcom improved MNP, they allowed FREE use of the earlier versions: currently MNP level 4 may be used without charge. MNP level 5 requires a single payment (about £2000, I think) by the manufacturer for a license. Thus MNP was fast becoming the de-facto standard (in the same way that the Hayes AT command set was), so more and more modems included MNP. Many of the older, low-cost, modems did not include MNP for one simple... more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800664212h 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 2 ..reason: MNP requires that the modem incorporates a microprocessor, and these simple modems did not use one! Now that microprocessors are so cheap, almost ALL new modems can include MNP, and indeed almost all DO. MNP started life as a very simple half- duplex protocol, very similar in operation to Xmodem. As it was improved, it was made 100% backwards compatible: thus MNP level 4 operation implies that it can also work at levels 1, 2 and 3. Before I start going into the details of the operation of MNP, let's end... more... # 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
MICRONET (C) 800664212i 0p ADVANCED DATA COMMS Series Two Pt 2 ..this weeks article with a list of what the different levels of MNP offer (just to level 5, for the moment): Level 1: half duplex, asynchronous: the "original" version. Level 2: full duplex, asynchronous. Level 3: full duplex, synchronous. Level 4: as level 3, plus variable packet size, and data phase optimisation. Level 5: as level 4, plus data compression. 3: Start 7: Write 9: Index
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