Date   : Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:58:25 +0100
From   : rs423@... (Mick Champion)
Subject: Leccy @ Acorn World '09

Jeremy Grayson wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2009-09-17, Phil Blundell wrote:
> >I don't think BS7671 is available electronically.
>
> > Amazon are selling it for ?45.50 at the moment which, although still not
> > exactly cheap, is a fair saving on the list price of ?65. I suspect
> > that's about as good as it's likely to get: you might perhaps find a
> > used copy somewhere but there isn't exactly a glut of them.
>
Well spotted that man and thanks Phil.  :-)   I will go for that.




> > Make sure that you buy the correct version, obviously. The current
> > edition is the 17th, which was published in 2008 and has a red cover.
> > You still find older versions on sale occasionally: these are cheaper,
> > as you'd expect, but not very useful for much beyond curiosity value.
>
Agreed.




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> With my librarian hat on for a second, I can suggest that it *chould* 
> be possible to obtain a print copy of any British Standard for little 
> or no money from the larger public libraries' reference departments.
>
That's a good point, thanks.


>  
>
> Certainly in North Yorkshire Libraries up until six years ago (when I 
> left), central reference at Northallerton maintained a CD ROM copy of 
> every known British Standard, from which it and any of the other 
> branch libraries could request printoffs to be issued to users' 
> library tickets (very) temporarily as per lending stock.
>
I haven't joined a library since my very local one closed. I have used 
the reference library before, but the one I used wouldn't lend out 
reference books at all. Out of interest, I will ask my Dad if his local 
library will allow this. Definitely worth a enquiry in case my curiosity 
for other standards arise. I'm going to snap up the 17th edition regs 
from Amazon though.

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>
> Hope this helps
>
Absolutely yes. Even if the library won't lend, it's a good source I had 
completely forgotten about. I can still scrawl some notes when 
absolutely necessary if i pretend the pen is a keyboard ;-)   Thanks Jeremy.


Mick.