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1 The Editor runs in 48K mode when enteredfrom +3 BASIC, so that the commandsSPECTRUM and PLAY are neither tokenisednor interpreted. Also, disk commands inprograms will not work. The Editor supports most extended BASICsoftware tools which add their commandsvia the machine stack and also thecommands added to a 48K spectrum by theInterface 1. The errors are interceptednot via the machine stack but via theinput routine. This leaves the machinestack free for the extended BASICsoftware. The top of the machine stackusually points to the address of a routinefor interpreting the extended commands;for ease of operation this should alreadybe set when the Editor is entered (inwhich case the Query Errors command shouldreveal the error address) so that all theextended commands are accepted. It is,however, possible to set up this addresson the machine stack from within theeditor (provid
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1 Kulik took it for granted that thedestruction was caused by a meteorite. Abrave assumption, for few people wouldbelieve that a space object could andwould hit the earth. Daniel Barringer hadbought the gigantic 500ft deep crater inArizona, America, specifically to provethat it was not volcanic, but the work ofagiant meteor. It was this which led Kulikastray in Siberia, comparing the two. Hewrote: "The area is strewn with dozens ofpeculiar flat joles varying from severalmetres to ten of metres across and severalmetres also in depth. The sides of theseholes are unusually steep although flatsides are also encountered; their base isflat, mossy marshy, and with occasionaltraces of a raised area in the centre." The expeditions stocks were now runnigout, so there was no time to investigatefurther, and they made their way back toVanavara. On
1 In the leather chair, sitting rathercomfortably, was an inmate, they had justsurgically fitted a computer socket to theback of her head, to enable her to bephysically connected to the computer. Thecomputer was just booting up directly tothe computer prompt. The 'master' wentover to the keyboard and typed somethingin, I could just see the result on thescreen -------------------------------------------Windows (DOS) 2125 --Microsoft-Apple-Sinclair Ltd.
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1 @D INDEX (1/3) AN24.0 : INDEX & EDITORIAL. AN24.1 : NEWS. Latest happenings in theAN24.2 : Spectrum & emulator world. AN24.3 : SPECTRUM EMAIL AND MORE. Get connected to the world with this great electronic service. AN24.4 : THE 2nd NSS SHOW. Not as great as the first, but still a good show. AN24.5 : BLOCKER 720. Lloyd Garland reviews this useful +3 disk tool. AN24.6 : CLASSIC FREEWARE. Part 2 - games. AN24.7 : SPECTRUM GAME QUIZ. With Paul 'Holness' Howard. AN24.8 : TAMING THE MOUSE. Useful advice for
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1 30 The Rowans WETHERBY West Yorks LS22 5EB 8BIT CLOSEDOWN? As one magazine continues, another folds.In issue 17 Brian Watson, editor of 8BIT,states that issue 25 will be the last,stating that he would like the magazine to "close with people wanting more, ratherthan risk going stale and becomingboring". As 8BIT is a quarterly magazine, issue 25should appear around mid-1999. Quite along time away where anything could happenin-between. 8BIT has been THEmulti-formats magazine of the 90's andwill be sorely missed by it's thousands ofreaders, and I certainly hope that nobodytries to cas
1 2127. -- --C:/> format b: -- --Warning!. Formatting non-removable --storage medium, do you wish to proceed? --(Y/N) y_ -- --Formatting complete. Enter volume label--name brain_ -- --Label for drive is BRAIN ------------------------------------------- This was why it was known as're-formatting', they connected you up toa computer, and literally reformatted yourbrain, in fact it was rumored that thiswas going to be the next jump in computertechnology. Ever since scientists cloned Dolly thesheep, the computer industry had beenpush
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1 .MOVE <path> number;data To move files specified by "data" into thedirectory "number". Note: by moving a filewithin the current directory will put thefile to the end of that directory. .PRESS <path> To press, "shake down" the currentdirectory. .KILL <path> To erase internal CACHE memory. The use ofthis command is not necessary because DOSmanages all operations within CACHEautomatically. .SEARCH <!> <path> <local> <string> To start a search for a required string ona disk. Names of all directories (only 10characters) and of all existing files arescanned. "!" instructs DOS to scan alsothrough erased files and empty directoryitems. Search starts at the currentdirectory, continues through 255 and 0till it reache
1 "stinks" means that ondisk in drive 3 will be set currentdirectory 5, on disk in drive 8 will beset current directory 22, then the first"fart" directory found after directory 22will be set, and the load-pointer will beset to "stinks" file. Such sequence couldbe ended by ";" if it is required by thecommand's syntax. *** Disk commands *** .FORMAT <path> To erase all files and directories on thedisk. It possible to unformat disk using.UNERASE (in case SAVE is not performedafter .FORMAT). .ERASE <path> data To erase files. It is possible to unerasefiles (if SAVE does not write them over inthe meantime). Erasing the file number0erases the entire current directory.
1 "parameter). All these commands performoperations in the current directory or inthe directory specified by the path (whichbecomes current afterwards). SAVE commandalways saves the file at the end of thedirectory. Characters "!" and "*" areignored; they were impemented in order toaccept commands that were originallycreated in BASIC 128 (LOAD !) or underD40/D80 disk system (LOAD *). VERIFYcommand works as expected; if anydifferences are found during verification,a message specifying a difference areawill appear. NEW <path> <local> parameter This command loads and executes a filespecified by a parameter. If parameter isnumeric, executable file (see below) inthe current directory will be loaded andexecuted. If parameter is string, a filename that corresponds to the string willbe searched in the current directory. Ifno match is found, system will look forspecified fil
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1 Gives a load-pointer position. FN # Gives the number of files in the current directory. FN % Gives the number of empty sectors on the current disk. FN * Gives a 32 characters long stringspecifying current load-pointer item.Example: FN *(7 TO 16) signifies currentfile name FN *(6 TO 22) signifies currentfile header (as on tape) If the load-pointer is not positionedwithin the files of the current directory,empty string will be given instead. Ifload-pointer >=
1 A special function that results in astring that includes memory range 0 to65535. *** BS-ROM 118 *** BS-ROM 118 is the well-known ZX-ROM 48 onwhich the following modifications havebeen performed: *new commands *extended syntax of existing commands *search for tape lead-in tone is shorter 4times *program pointer has been changed ">" to"*"
1 Resets all system variables except ofPROG, VARS and ELINE (see B-command in NMImenu). ^ 128K memory reset (see E-command in NMImenu). ? Displays an information regarding programlength, variables length and empty memoryspace assigned for BASIC available. * Reads headers from the tape and displaysthe following information together witheach header: file type, file name,address, length _ (underline) The same as USR 102 - executes NMI menu. #
1 __________________________________________ COMMS SOFTWARE __________________________________________ Despite never having a dedicated modemfaster than 1200 baud, the Spectrum is avery versatile tool when it comes tocommunications. There's been no shortageof machines or hardware add-ons with RS232capability and their cheap price andowners with more than one machine have ledto lots of articles and programs relatingto communications entering the scene. Inthe 80's, the PRESTEL and MICRONETrevolution brought electronic mail andinformation systems to the Spectrum, andare still available today, thanks toSILICON VILLAGE and many bulletin boardsstill offering access with the old VTXmodem. 1) FIREVIEW 2
1 Received: from arl-img-7.compuserve.com by fmgateb.PhoneLink.COM id aa02043; 13 May 97 21:29 BST Received: by arl-img-7.compuserve.com (8.6.10/5.950515) id QAA19327; Tue, 13 May 1997 16:29:47 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 16:29:36 -0400 From: Ray Smith <[email protected]> Subject: Emailon the Spectrum To: Andy Davis <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected] Spectrum E-Mail Right you lot , Hands up if you rememberthe article on spectrum e-mail by RobertPurchase in alchnews 19 , 1,2,3,4,.....2021,2022 ok that enough, quitealot of you it seems (assuming Alchnewshas that many readers < eds indignantcomment about how many readers he hasinserted here
1 *** An overview of corrected errors *** *NMI routine replaced by NMI menu *PRINT AT 0,0;CHR$ 8; - this command movedPRINT cursor to error position (AT -1,31);corrected *if an error message is to be printed andinterrupt is disabled (DI), system haltsitself (corrected) *ZX-ROM 48 used to overwrite itself(addressed 0-4); BS-ROM 118 was correctedso that it can even run under write enablemode *suppose that last program line is N, ifyou entered in an empty N+1 line andpressed EDIT right away, you would beediting N line together with programpointer; corrected After reset or
1 An Amusing Story.....and why not? Submitted by Captain Kevlar [email protected] The story behind this: There's this nutwho digs things out his back yard andsends the stuff he finds to theSmithsonian Institute, labelling them withscientific names, insisting that they areactual archeological finds. The reallyweird thing about these letters is thatthis guy really exists and does this inhis spare time! Anyway... here's a letterfrom the Smithsonian Institute after hesent them a Barbie doll head. Paleoanthropology Division Smithsonian Institute 207 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20078 Dear Sir:
1 TAMING THE KEMPSTON/DATEL MOUSE Bernadette Downsland So you've got a kempston mouse. Soundsgreat but just how useful is it. I bought mine years ago and was sadlydissapointed with it, it's only in thelast 2 years and ultimately sinceChristmas this year that I finally tamedit. There's not an awful lot of software forit but with a little knowledge you canadapt one or two of your own programs forit. The programs that I am aware of are Artist2 and Advanced Art Studio (these alsocater for the AMX which I also have). Then there is Music Writer, The Writer andIcon Grafix (the later 128 version) inaddition there
1 RECONSTRUCTING TEXT FILES FROM EMULATOR TAP FILES We at AlchNews sometimes send out articlesfrom future issues to other groups for usein their magazines, or to an interestedreader. We usually send them out as TAPfiles, as the articles are composed oredited on Tasword 128 under the Z80emulator. But, if you don't have Tasword 128, andmany don't, it can be rather difficult toread the files. However, with the aid of a simple textreformatting utility for DOS (anyversion), re-constructing these files tostandard PC ASCII text files is verysimple. All that you need is thereformatting utility (which you can get bysending a blank disk and SAE to AlchemistResearch, or it can be encoded and sentvia email), an
1 The Great Siberian Explosion The world certainly had no excuse forignoring perhaps the greatest and mostmysterious explosion that has ever takenplace on Earth. In London, on June 30th1908 it was possible to read The Timesnewspaper at Midnight. In Stockholm, clearscenic photographs were taken in themiddle of what should have been night. InHeidelberg, Germany, bright shining cloudswere visible until morning and in Hollandit was impossible to study the night skyfor it was too light. Scientific instruments across the globealso recorded the event. Half a dozentraces in England recorded one shockwave,then a second, and were even felt inAmerica. In Russia, which was close to theevent, the bright light continued wellinto July and a photo was takn of the centre of th
1 New Clipart hits the Spectrum 'bout time too! <ARRGH! Ed> Most of you will now be aware of thelatest arrivals here at AlchemistSoftware. Loads of new Clipart - most of it neverseen before on the spectrum has arrived.The source? The Alchemist Software Amigalibrary! Andy sent Trevor a small program for thePC from his new Emulator Tools collectiona while ago with the challenge "testthat". Test it we did, and were soimpressed with what it could do, wecarried on "testing" it. First thing we did was to load in loads ofclip art images on the Amiga, re-scalethem to fit on
1 HOW TO FIX A DUFF 48k SPECCY! Lloyd Garland Yeah, I suppose it just had to featureeventually didn't it! We've had circuitsfor amplifiers, monitor adaptors, RS 232plug wiring and don't forget andy's "Heyyou" project. Anyway, on with the show: How many of you out there have a duff 48Kmachine hanging about in the cupboarddoing nothing because you can't work outhow to fix it? Must be somebody! Well, so long as you have the proper toolsand a selection of spare bits it isn'tdifficult - well, not if you write off toBernadette Dowsland and ask her for herlittle 48K tech manual anyway - so long asyou send her 2 `1 coins and ask nicelyas well that is.
1 ZX-RAINBOW V 1.0 c 1996 by OmikroN Software & Andreas Schraepel Introduction If You're also a great fan of Sinclaircomputers and the Spectrum emulators forPC, like us, You're right here! There arelots of games, commercial programs,graphic designers and much more (fun-software, artwork etc.) for ZX-Spectrumemulators You can find in Internet andother computer nets. Take a look of thelittle world around Sir Clive Sinclair's3rd home computer! In the meantime the ZX-Spectrum is themost-emulated home computer of the world,although it was not been manufactured foryears. Now it outlives in emulators, whichwere optimized more and more, so with someof the emulators You have the feeling towork with an original ZX-Spectrum. Theexact number
1 The 2nd NSS SHOW, Wetherby. Saturday 22nd February 1997 And once again, another meeting of Speccynuts anonymous. I'd spoken to AllanClarkson earlier in the week and he seemedworried that nobody would be bringing aSpectrum. The FORMAT fairs are reputed tobe SAM only and I was afraid that NSS weredestined to be the same. However, I hadone surprise for the show. Not having a stall (I wasn't given enoughnotice about the show and didn't want tomess around with equipment and didn'tthink the turnout would be very high.) Iturned up around 11am. After paying (whichwas a crime as I should have got in free -what with being the star guest!) I foundthat Spectrum Support was virtually nonexistent. Luckily, John Garner, AKA Datasoft hadturned up and
1 GARGOYLE GAMES INSTRUCTIONS Reprinted from AN23 to accompany the gamessupplied with this issue. SWEEVO'S WORLD Can our Hero overcome the absurd dangersthat face him and reach Active Status? Themain task would seem to be theextermination of an organism originallydesigned to look after the Folly and keepit clean - the Waste Ingestion and JanitorUnits are not really dangerous but areextremely irritating. On the other hand,the creatures built to guard the place arevery dangerous and will attack at everyopportunity. Sweevo's energy level can be judged by theexpression on the face of the large dial.The Selector Pulse shows the position tobe occupied if an object is picked up.Scoring is v
1 Brian Gaff - B.G. SERVICES NOTE:- B G Services as a companyofficially ceased trading on 6/10/95. Theintention is to carry on supporting Z80 byG A Lunter and the tape interface underthe B G Services name, but the other itemslisted here are supplied only while stockslast. VTX5000 modem for all 48K and grey +2s.+3/+2A needs FIXIT, see below): `8.50 PDTAPE 1 supply own tape (Needs 20min)copy cost: `1.00 OCP MASTER TOOLKIT (48k): `5.00 FIXIT device to allow add-ons made for the48K Spectrum to be at tached to +3 and+2A. 2 port version: `6.50 Cable for 128K or QL RS232 to printer ormodem: `6.50
1 CLASSIC SOFTWARE: PART 2 __________________________________________ GAMES __________________________________________ The quality of games featured in PDlibraries was never of commericalstandard, until Alchemist Research was thefirst group to obtain permission tore-distribute ex-commerical titles fromleading companies. Starting with around 30titles from GREMLING GRAPHICS, there arenow well over 200 high quality commercialtitles in distribution by only the verybest software libraries in Europe.Surprisingly, one service still offersgames almost ten years old, with little orno ex-commercial titles whatsoever!Needless to say, they are no longer amajor player in the Spectrum softwarescene.
1 Simon Owen's Multimania 19 33849,0 time 33538,0; 33539,195 ammo 1942 47007,255 lives 3DC 34298,201 immunity 34036,0 jumps 26955,0 oxygen 720 Degrees 40774,0 lives 40360,0 infy cash 37357,0 tickets Abu Simbel 47684,0 lives Academy 31378,255; 31386,255 no weight 32924,33 any level 50584,201 shields
1 SPECTRUM GAMES TRIVIA *********************** By Paul Howard. Yep, it's another quiz to tickle yourfact-buds (?). I have tried to includequestions ranging from the very firstgames to the very latest, so if youspecialise in one area you should findsome of them tricky! I seem to haveexhausted my usual supply of wittyrepartee, so without further ado here arethe questions... PS. The answers are at the end, so jotdown what you think first so that you canwork out your score at the end. 1. How many Joe Blade games were made? 2. A full version of Prince of Persia wasrecently found for the Spectrum - butwhich company
1 One weekend with a +3 Kevin Gurd The other weekend i bought a +3 from mylocal car-boot. Of course the onlydrawback with buying from a car-boot isthat you can 't get to test it, and sureenough it was knackered. Four pounds wasnot a lot I suppose and it did come withquite a few +3 titles. Once home a quickcheck with my meter showed that the PSUwas duff. I didn't have a spare so Isubstituted it with one from a very oldSirius. It still refused to fire up.However I did manage to get a black screenwith a coloured border? By now it wasstarting to become clear. The previousowner had probably shorted out theExpansion Bus or something similar.Blowing up the PSU and shorting out theRam chips at the same time. <The previoususer probably connected an old piece ofhardware to the back. The +3 I/O port isdrastically di
1 Full Screen Editor This editor is a simulation of some of thefeatures of the VM/SP system editor"XEDIT", with some changes. Initialisation The Full Screen Editor code is fullyrelocatable. Load it in at any address,and then call it at that address using thePRINT USR command. When the editor hasstarted up, enter the command "new" on thecommand line before starting to edit. 3270 Architecture Keyboard input simulates fairly closelythe IBM 3270 structure, in that 1. there are 'protected' fields and'input' fields; the cursor may be anywhereon the screen, but typing is only allowedin input field
1 BLOCKER 720 REVIEW By me, Da Demon Hacker! Hello all you AlchNews readers, here I amback again <oh no - ED> with yet anotherreview of a great bit of new +3 software. What does it do? Blocker 720 scans a disk for bad sectorsand locks out any that it finds. All ofyou people out there who have B: drives onyour +3 must at one time have formatted afresh disk, only to be let down later whenDOS throws an error at you - all thatloverly data gone forever! Graham Collierwrote this, and what a job he's done ofit. How does it work? Blocker 720 works by accessing each trackone after another and locking out those itfinds suspect.
1 BACK TO BASICS No.2 by Ken Beer Before I start on something new, itoccurred to me that there might be someSpeccy owners who have not got a copy ofthe SPECTRUM manual. Perhaps some folkmight want me to elaborate a little onsome of the points already mentioned. Like previous writers I will however,assume that you are familiar with the useof the keyboard itself. The SPECTRUM screen has 24 lines, each of32 characters but only the top 22 linesare used for LISTing or program output.The bottom two lines are used for errorreports, INPUT data etc. When all of the top 22 lines are displayeda SCROLL? message is displayed at thebottom of the
1 Z88 Laptop Review. At the NSS show I picked up my Z88 laptop.I'd been after something portable forquite a while and Bill Richardson had beenpersuading me to get a Z88 for somw time.I had my sights set on an actual PC,something like a 386, just enough to runWindows and the Z80 on at 100%PC%. But,prices are very expensive, even for oldequipment, so I plumped for the Z88. Ithas no MS-DOS, no disk system and a tinyLCD screen, but it is a fine alternative. The machine was released in 1987, at atime when Sinclair had sold out toAmstrad. Amstrad thought they had therights to the machine, but found out theyhadn't when they took a close look attheir contract. They responded byreleasing the Amstrad Notepad ComputerNC-100 as a rival a year or two later.They are very much the same, but theNC-100 has
1 THE FREDDY DRIVE An Interview with the inventor - Roy Everett. The FREDDY drive is a universal disk drivethat attaches to most 8-bit computers,including some laptops, but primarilyaimed at the Amstrad and Spectrummachines. Here, Roy and his partner Nigelexplain how it all comes about: WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO FINANCE THE FREDDYDRIVE? Easy - the CPC without a 3.5" and discs islike Laurel without Hardy. SIREN gave upon the CPC and Nigel haad been makingdrives. These were in plastic videocasesand I knew a firm that would make upmetal cases, their sales rep had gone tomy old school. I lent him a 3.5" drive with a note ofwhat I wanted.
1 LINKING Z88 - PC If you own a Z88, then you will need toconnect it to another machine, no questionabout it. Either for simple file transfer,or to archiving files and programs, thefact that the Z88 has no 'regular' storagemeans that you will want to back up yourinformation to disk. HARDWARE The lead that you need is verynon-standard (anyone would think Amstradhad a hand in designing it!). You need a 9pin male D-type plug to whatever yourother machine has. This could be another 9way D plug, a 25 way one or even the 6 wayIDC plug of the +2 and +3. Bill Richardsonof EEC supplies leads for all machines,but if you are handy with a soldering ironand are familliar with the plugs then youcould save a f
1 PAUL'S RANTINGS ***************** By Paul Howard. Well, here I sit, typing away on theclicky keyboard of the PC while emulatingTasword at 300%. Quite an experiencereally! I won't review the Z80 emulatorbecause everybody else already has; I'lljust say that it is DEFINITELY worthgetting if you have a decent PC and liketo play about with Spectrums. You lucky readers, I have three goodtopics about which to rant this time: discshortages, retro gaming and the sinisterChannel 5. Let's start with the firstone... It had to happen one day, we just neverthought it would be so soon. I buy my 3.5"discs from WH
1 TRADING POST ************** Please enclose a SAE with your enquiry toall services. If purchasing from a privateindividual, make confirmation the articleis still for sale and try not to send cashunless a premium delivery service is used. SERVICES REMOVED: Fountain PD - Closed down. Galaxy / Hammer / EBA - No service. Romantic Robot - No Spectrum hardware left If your group isn't listed, please get intouch and we'll add your details. * * * * * ADVENTURE WORKSHOP 36 Grasmere Road OLDHAM OL2 6SR
1 ** MB-02+ *** Original documentation 8BitCompany 1994-1997 8BitCompany Interactive Entertainment Studios presents MB-02+ Revolutionary Step Forward *** Introduction *** Dear Spectrum-addicted friend, Welcome to the world of a perfectcombination of your computer and a newdisk system. This invention lifts thepossibilities of your Speccy as high aspossible. This is the originaldocumentation
1 Partners by Marie Miller (all comments CC:[email protected]) 8:15 AM Dana Scully walked out of AssistantDirector Skinner's office. He's really notsuch a bad guy, she thought to herself.He'd told her that because of her recentordeal, he thought she should only workhalf days for a few weeks. He also statedthat she wouldn't have to go back to thepressures of teaching if she didn't wantto; he would reassign her to pathology ifshe would feel more relaxed there. Danawas glad he'd offered the reassignment,she hadn't realised how irritating andunintelligent those kids seemed untilshe'd been moved back after the X fileshad been closed. But now the
1 CRACK CITY Desmond Tyler March and April have certainly been busytimes in astronomical circles. First wehad the Hale Bopp comet. May I just stressthat it's HALE as in hail, and not HALLEYas many have been calling it. I seem torecall a certain comedy double act on aSunday evening, but they weren't calledHalley and Pace! Anyway, the comet was spectacular and Ihope that all of you managed to get a goodview of it. We've also had the results of PROJECT BLUEBOOK, the 20 odd year study by the US AirForce about UFOs and they havecategoricaly said that UFOs do not exist.Sure, and Area 51 is a theme park andRoswell is where a weather ballooncrashed.
1 UNTITLED By Roy Benson Two faces peered down, a man and awoman's, he recognized them as his parents 'coochie coo, coochie coo!' they said,amazing to think he could see this. How he had let them down There I am on my tricycle, it took ages tolearn how to ride it, almost as painful astrying to ride that two wheeled bike withthe white tyres, when I was older. The sun was shining, and there was mylittle sister, when she was cute and notsuch a pain in the arse. She's wearing afloral hat to protect her little head. There was the old junior school. I wentthere, for rea
1 CREDITS Greatful appreciation must go out to allwho helped in the production of this finepublication. Notable thanks must go to: Editor: Andy Davis Bsc Sub-Editor: Desmond Tyler Sam compiler: Ferry Groothedde Original Programming: Dominic Morris Later Programming: Andy Davis United Minds Paul Howard Miles Kinloch 128K Music: Agent-X Chris Taylor United Minds Dave Fountain
1 Z80em Acorn Archimedes Spectrum Emulator Reviewed by Peter Scott In the past Acorn and Sinclair haven'talways seen eye to eye <there were reportsof Sinclair's Sir Clive and Acorn's ChrisCurray involved in a punch up at a pub onelunch time. Ed.>, but this is an exampleof them working in harmony <what about theZ88 with BBC basic? Ed.> Z80Em for the Acorn 32 bit range ofcomputers emulates a 48k or 128k Spectrumwith full sound support and runs at exactspeed on any Acorn, although there is anoption to increase the speed if you wish.My hunble Acorn A3010 with a ARM250processor only does around 6MIPS, andbecause of this the fstest it will run isabout 150% speed, but a 200Mhz StrongArmwhich runs at
1 NEWS Happenings in the Community ALCHEMIST BACK ON-LINE Most of you will have got a brief notewith your last copy of AlchNews about ushaving an Email address again. At the endof February we received software from anew company called FREEMAIL, an electronicmail service provider. The bonus of thisservice is that it is entirely free.There's no on-line charges, no monthlyfees and access to the system is by an0800 number. To to it all off, thesoftware is supplied for free. All thatyou need in a PC with Windows95 and amodem. After purchasing a 9600bps fax modem for`10 we were back on-line within minutes.The Alchemist Research mailbox now getsdozens of mail