Date   : Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:55:21 +0000
From   : darren.storer@... (Storer, Darren)
Subject: Old advert - programming job in Bradford

I have to agree with Rob about it not looking like Pace. At that time Andy
was still a director and he handled the software development himself or
he collaborated with external specialists.

Best regards

Darren

On 7 December 2012 08:20, Rob <robert@...> wrote:

> On 7 December 2012 05:03, Mike Pepper <profpep@...> wrote:
> >> My second thought was: I wonder who they were. There's no indication or
> >> anything other than the PO Box address. Any ideas?
> >
> > My guess is Pace - they were in that area, (still are, in fact -
> Shipley),
> > and were into micro peripherals in a fairly big way, in those days. These
> > days they make set-top boxes amongst other things.
>
>
> A bit of googling comes up with some broken links to copies of Amiga
> Shopper, but it's possible to find manipulate them to find references
> to "Dlskovery PD, 108 The Avenue, Clayton, Bradford, West Yorkshire
> BD14 6SJ."
>
> Knowing the Post Office's penchant for allocating the postcode of a PO
> Box as close as possible to the post code of the owner, I'd guess that
> this is the outfit.
>
> I visited Pace in the 1980s, (to sell them OBBS) and whilst I cannot
> remember the address, that doesn't look like the area they were in at
> the time.
>
> Rob
>
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