Date : Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:03:14 -0000
From : "M J Forbes" <mjforbes@...>
Subject: Magazine freebies.
Hi 8-bit people,
I've just been having a flick across the comp.sys.acorn.hardware newsgroup,
and came across a message regarding the old 7-inch flimsy 'singles' that
were occasionally given away as a covermount on magazines.
A friend an I were discussing the same thing in the pub a week or so ago,
and it developed into one of 'those' arguments - I claim that these 'discs'
sometimes contained software (record the single onto a cassette, then load
it into your computer as you would do with any other item of software,
whereas he claims that they only ever contained stuff like interviews with
software authors or reviews of games with sound effects etc.
Does anyone on this wonderful group ..
a) Even remember these things, and if so .
b) Settle the software -v- non-software argument for us?
Thanks in advance,
Matt
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve just been having a flick across the
comp.sys.acorn.hardware
newsgroup, and came across a message regarding the old 7-inch flimsy
‘singles’
that were occasionally given away as a covermount on
magazines.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A friend an I were discussing the same thing in the
pub a
week or so ago, and it developed into one of ‘those’
arguments –
I claim that these ‘discs’ sometimes contained software
(record the
single onto a cassette, then load it into your computer as you would do
with
any other item of software, whereas he claims that they only ever
contained
stuff like interviews with software authors or reviews of games with
sound
effects etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Does anyone on this wonderful group
….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
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things, and if
so …<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
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non-software
argument for us?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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Hampshire, UK</span></font></st1:City><o:p></o:p></p>
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