The Editorial               
             The Editorial               
                                         
  Hello again everyone.                  
                                         
  Rumours about the end of my secondment 
  off the road have been greatly         
  exaggerated. It may now be October     
  before I go back to my Paramedic role. 
  Until then, I am off the road          
  organising Clinical Audit.             
                                         
  Despite many people ordering the       
  magazine, there have been very few     
  software submissions sent in again. As 
  a result of this, I have reduced the   
  DFS issue down to a single disc for    
  this and subsequent issues (until      
  further notice that is!).              
                                         
  Those members sending 2 DFS discs will 
  see that I have placed TBI-00, the     
  catalogue/info disc onto disc two.     
  Those of you that paid an extra 50p for
  the second disc need not pay the 50p   
  fee for the next issue.                
                                         
  Those members in credit receiving the  
  issue automatically will notice that   
  their credit total on the address      
  sticker does not take into account my  
  changing the issue from 2 to 1 discs.  
  However, the database has been amended 
  accordingly. Those Members receiving   
  the issue automatically will only      
  receive one disc and will have had     
  their credit reduced by only #1, NOT   
  #2.                                    
                                         
  If any one has any queries about their 
  credit, please do not hesitate to      
  contact me!                            
                                         
  If you were trying to contact me during
  August, you will have failed miserably 
  as I was away on several holidays,     
  making up for the last couple of years.
                                         
  I spent quite some time in Skipton,    
  didn't see you Jim! I also went to     
  Sherwood Forest for a while, followed  
  by The North York moors for another    
  while.                                 
                                         
  ProAction                              
  David Bradforth has announced that as  
  a direct result of the bad review in   
  8BS of the TimeSlip game, while stocks 
  last, the game is down to #1.45. When  
  stocks run out, the game will be lost  
  forever. If anyone buys both XLCR and  
  Moonbase Beta, then they will receive  
  TimeSlip free of charge.               
                                         
  Jon Ripley has rejoined us after a long
  spell trying to get a BBC user group   
  off the ground without any success. It 
  would seem that he chose (on my        
  prompting) to have a go just as the    
  field was drastically reducing.        
                                         
  Interest in the BBC is boiling down to 
  just a few core supporters. There are  
  still many people out there unaware of 
  the support that is available for their
  BBCs. Jonathan Harston was good enough 
  to pay for an advert for 8BS to appear 
  in The Acorn User Green Pages. So far I
  have received 2 enquiries via that     
  advert I think. Stan Casperd (I think) 
  was responsible for 8BS getting a      
  mention in the September 1997 Practical
  Wireless. This has already swamped me  
  with enquiries (alright, about 16 then)
                                         
  Steven Flintham (15A) has sent us an   
  updated messaging system. Info on this 
  issue. He says that he is going to be  
  very busy soon and now is the time to  
  make suggestions for changes to his    
  software before he becomes too busy    
  (although he cannot promise anything). 
                                         
                                         
  The 8BS get together was another fine  
  success. More details of the events of 
  the weekend in the next issue. Ebtel   
  has run into a temporary glitch, do not
  despair, the project is still underway,
  more details next time.                
                                         
  Thanks again to Paul Clucas for        
  checking out the issue for us once     
  more.                                  
                                         
  See you next time!