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Noel R. Nihill

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Apr 3, 2002, 5:02:56 AM4/3/02
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Greetings...

Does anyone else remember that fantastic magazine
series by Marshall Cavendish called "Input"? The one
which originally taught ordinary gobshites like me how
to program in BASIC and <GASP!> assembler?

I just remembered that I have all 52 issues.

At the risk of repeating myself, what a fantastic piece
of work. It introduced a clueless thirteen year old
to comcepts like assemblers, I/O ports, memory mapping
and tons more. It was the beginning of the end, the
first step down the Road of the Nerd...


_________________________
Noel R. Nihill
UNIX® platform development
Motorola NSS.
_________________________

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Mike lee

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Apr 3, 2002, 7:04:38 AM4/3/02
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"Noel R. Nihill" wrote:

> Greetings...
>
> Does anyone else remember that fantastic magazine
> series by Marshall Cavendish called "Input"? The one
> which originally taught ordinary gobshites like me how
> to program in BASIC and <GASP!> assembler?
>
> I just remembered that I have all 52 issues.
>
> At the risk of repeating myself, what a fantastic piece
> of work. It introduced a clueless thirteen year old
> to comcepts like assemblers, I/O ports, memory mapping
> and tons more. It was the beginning of the end, the
> first step down the Road of the Nerd...
>
> _________________________
> Noel R. Nihill

> UNIXŽ platform development


> Motorola NSS.
> _________________________
>
> "I'm interested in free beer."
> -- Linus Benedict Torvalds

Yeah, I got all the complete issue's of Input.
I still type those listings in and save them, is this sad or what, well
I dont realy care.
I just love it............

Mike.......


Nick Fleming

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Apr 3, 2002, 7:04:20 AM4/3/02
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> Does anyone else remember that fantastic magazine
> series by Marshall Cavendish called "Input"? The one
> which originally taught ordinary gobshites like me how
> to program in BASIC and <GASP!> assembler?
>
> I just remembered that I have all 52 issues.
>
So have I. My driving instructor gave me them.
It didnt help me pass my test, so let that be a
lesson to you all.

- Nick

onegordon

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Apr 3, 2002, 12:21:34 PM4/3/02
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How about scanning them all and making them available for us sad people? I
had all the issues bar number 17, thought it was fantastic... unfortunately
I swapped my Speccy +2 for an Amiga, and my huge collection of magazines
(including about 3 years worth of Sinclair User, Your Sinclair and Crash)
went with it.

Thinking back on that, I think I got the worst part of that deal... still, I
was much younger and less experienced in those days :(

Steve

"Mike lee" <mldl...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Noel R. Nihill" wrote:
>
> > Greetings...
> >
> > Does anyone else remember that fantastic magazine
> > series by Marshall Cavendish called "Input"? The one
> > which originally taught ordinary gobshites like me how
> > to program in BASIC and <GASP!> assembler?
> >
> > I just remembered that I have all 52 issues.
> >
> > At the risk of repeating myself, what a fantastic piece
> > of work. It introduced a clueless thirteen year old
> > to comcepts like assemblers, I/O ports, memory mapping
> > and tons more. It was the beginning of the end, the
> > first step down the Road of the Nerd...
> >
> > _________________________
> > Noel R. Nihill

> > UNIX® platform development

Derek Glen

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Apr 4, 2002, 3:18:01 AM4/4/02
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"onegordon" <oneg...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> How about scanning them all and making them available for us sad people? I
> had all the issues bar number 17, thought it was fantastic...
unfortunately
> I swapped my Speccy +2 for an Amiga, and my huge collection of magazines
> (including about 3 years worth of Sinclair User, Your Sinclair and Crash)
> went with it.
>

Someone [1] started to do this, and put up a couple of versions of a sample
webpage. I think the two options were fully-scanned pages (i.e. *big*
files) or scanned pictures plus OCR'ed text. Both looked pretty good. I
don't know how far the project has got - I think the estimated completion
date was 2007 or something.

Of course being a bear of very little (and apparently diminishing) brain, I
have no idea what the url might be - check the forums.

[1] Can't remember who - but I think there are a few posts in the WoS forums
which refer to it. It may well have been Fuzzbucket, but don't quote me [2]
on that.

[2] OK, go on Chris, quote me on it - I know you're dying to!

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Chris Young

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Apr 4, 2002, 12:52:06 PM4/4/02
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On Thu, 04 Apr 2002 08:18:01 GMT, Derek Glen (of comp.sys.sinclair "fame")
wibbled on for an age:

> > How about scanning them all and making them available for us sad people?>

> [1] Can't remember who - but I think there are a few posts in the WoS forums


> which refer to it. It may well have been Fuzzbucket, but don't quote me [2]
> on that.
>
> [2] OK, go on Chris, quote me on it - I know you're dying to!

If you insist.

Chris

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Derek Glen

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Apr 5, 2002, 4:20:55 AM4/5/02
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"Chris Young" <unsatis...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 04 Apr 2002 08:18:01 GMT, Derek Glen (of comp.sys.sinclair "fame")
> wibbled on for an age:
>
> > > How about scanning them all and making them available for us sad
people?>
>
> > [1] Can't remember who - but I think there are a few posts in the WoS
forums
> > which refer to it. It may well have been Fuzzbucket, but don't quote me
[2]
> > on that.
> >
> > [2] OK, go on Chris, quote me on it - I know you're dying to!
>
> If you insist.
>
> Chris

Thank you. Now take your rolos, that handful of odd coppers [1] and be off
with you, laddie. There are Input magazines to be scanned, don't you know!

[1] Steady!

Bethany Carlton

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Apr 11, 2002, 9:48:02 PM4/11/02
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"Noel R. Nihill" wrote in message news:a8ek0h$g6...@nntp.cig.mot.com...

>
> Greetings...
>
> Does anyone else remember that fantastic magazine
> series by Marshall Cavendish called "Input"?

A complete set of cover scans, some sample pages, and a brief history of
this magazine are available at http://www.old-computer-mags.co.uk/

I believe the covers are also available on the World of Spectrum site for
those interested. This site is well designed, and has a lot of interesting
information - well worth a visit if you're interested.

"Mike lee" wrote in message news:3CAAEF98...@blueyonder.co.uk...


>
>Yeah, I got all the complete issue's of Input.
> I still type those listings in and save them

There is an effort to archive type-in programs that you may be able to
contribute to; "The Type Fantastic" is maintained by Jim Grimwood on his
"Your Spectrum Unnoficial Archive" site
(http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jimg/) Input magazine is not listed as
one of the magazines currently being archived, but this may be because
nobody has contacted Mr. Grimwood about it yet. Perhaps you could offer your
type-ins to him directly, or make them available through the World of
Spectrum if they are not already there?

Bethany


neuro

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Apr 12, 2002, 12:02:57 AM4/12/02
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"Bethany Carlton" <bethany...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Noel R. Nihill" wrote in message news:a8ek0h$g6...@nntp.cig.mot.com...
> >
> > Greetings...
> >
> > Does anyone else remember that fantastic magazine
> > series by Marshall Cavendish called "Input"?
>
> [snip]

>
> I believe the covers are also available on the World of Spectrum site for
> those interested. This site is well designed, and has a lot of interesting
> information - well worth a visit if you're interested.

yup, ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Input/

> "Mike lee" wrote in message news:3CAAEF98...@blueyonder.co.uk...
> >
> >Yeah, I got all the complete issue's of Input.
> > I still type those listings in and save them


feel free to upload them to WoS!

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Andy Davis

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Apr 13, 2002, 9:28:40 AM4/13/02
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> How about scanning them all and making them available for us sad people? I
> had all the issues bar number 17, thought it was fantastic... unfortunately
> I swapped my Speccy +2 for an Amiga, and my huge collection of magazines
> (including about 3 years worth of Sinclair User, Your Sinclair and Crash)
> went with it.
>
> Thinking back on that, I think I got the worst part of that deal... still, I
> was much younger and less experienced in those days :(
>
> Steve

I actually legally obtained the rights to the magazines back in the
early 90's to use in AlchNews, but I don't have a problem with anyone
making a decent job of making them available again.

Mr. ChiRho

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May 4, 2002, 8:49:46 PM5/4/02
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> I actually legally obtained the rights to the magazines back in the
> early 90's to use in AlchNews, but I don't have a problem with anyone
> making a decent job of making them available again.
Did I read that properly? Any problem with me making them (or at least
the material contained wherein) available online? I'd probably do a
brilliant version of those "WAR TODAY" adverts ;-)

I have all 52, plus the interim indices/errata (and the introductory
note somewhere "A Guide to the 'INPUT' Programming Course"). I think I
might have some files backed up from when I had an emulator installed
where I tried them again there.

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