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  6. Ç
  7. äSympathy??It'sintheDictionarysomewherebetweenShitand
  8. Syphilis..
  9. Ç
  10.  
  11. àAnAlphabetGuidetothe5th16-BitShow...
  12.  
  13. ByCIH.......
  14.  
  15.  
  16. ü'A'isfor.........
  17.  
  18. AtariÇ,forstarters,afterabout18monthsabsencefromanyofthe
  19. UKshows,theyturnedupwiththeirbigstand,andabouttime
  20. too..TobefoundwereanumberofthingsI'llmentioningood
  21. time..AlsoforüAllianceYearAfterÇdemo,(anicescreenbyüBMTÇ..)
  22.  
  23. ü'B'isfor.......'Boxshifter',Çthetime-dishonouredpracticeof
  24. floggingoffoldtatshunnedinthestores..
  25. ü
  26. BritishRailÇ,whodidthehonoursfortravelling,withnocock-ups
  27. thistime..üAtariBookÇ,thenewA4sizednotebookST,just
  28. releasedintheUK,arealneatobitofkitforanyonewithapprox
  29. £1200tospare...
  30. ü
  31. 'C'isfor,CommodoreAmiga,Çsaidto"Lookcheap"bythenew
  32. triple-xsecretmachine,Atariareduetoreleaselaterinthe
  33. year..
  34. üAlso..
  35. Cold,longwaitinthequeue,Çbeforethedoorsopenedat10.00amü,
  36. Çalso,üCarÇ,whichIdecidedagainsttaking,asitcosts£6.00to
  37. parkthethinginLondon..Goodjobreally...üCrapFoodÇ,the
  38. commonmostcateringfoundattheseshows,Ibroughtmyown(See:-
  39. 'GoodFood'veryrareitem..)üCalamusÇontheTT,whichwas
  40. demonstratedbyanicepersonfromAtariWorkshops..
  41. ü
  42. 'D'isfor,,,DrunkÇIencounteredwhenIreturnedtoNorthampton
  43. ÇRailwaystation..(Hewasofthefootballsupportingvariety..)
  44. ü
  45. 'E'isfor,EddieÇoftheHappeningBoiz,whoaccompaniedLeonand
  46. MeinouranguishedZombiewalkaroundtheshow,averyOKperson
  47. byme..(ComescompletewithfullyworkingsetofüCunningDemosÇ..)
  48. ü
  49. 'F'isfor,.,.ÇsocalledüFastLaneÇtickets,theonlydifferenceis
  50. thatthe'FastLane'queuedoesactuallymove!!alsoüFoodÇ(Good),
  51. someAustriansmokedcheesesandwichesImademyself,about900%
  52. cheaperthanthestuffonsaleattheshowtoo..
  53. ü
  54. 'G'isforGFABasicÇ,stillonversion3.5..
  55.  
  56. (FreeSpaceforAdvertising:-Whateverhappenedtothe
  57. Carebears??andwhatishappeningtoTCBTrackerversion2.0,a
  58. switchofdistributorswasannounced,itisnowhandledbynobody.
  59.  
  60. ü'H'isforHisoft,ÇwhohaveDevpac3,butonCommodore
  61. Gamesmachineonly..AnditstandsforüHappeningBoizÇ,(Gad,you
  62. cantellI'mgettingdesperate..)AlsoforäHeadBags,ÇAcertain
  63. brandof"OfftheBum"shoulderbag,usuallyworninthecrowded
  64. gangwaysatcomputershows,andintheaislesofW.H.Smith,by
  65. peoplewhoseemtofeeltheneedtohaveathirdbuttock,and
  66. cannotbebotheredtogrowitbythetimehonouredmethodof
  67. consuminghugequantitiesofbeerandlard..
  68.  
  69. ü'I'isforÇEverytimeItrytotypeinatthispoint,themachine
  70. fallsoverandgoesbacktothedesktop,soIlosewhatI've
  71. wri....
  72.  
  73. ü'J'isfor'JAM'Çor'JustAmigaMonthly',afanzineofthepaper
  74. varietythatapparentlymanagesamonthlyissueMike!!Inspiteof
  75. theirbeingafflictedwithownershipofthewrongcomputer,a
  76. bunchofreallyniceguys,Ihadagoodlongchatwiththemand
  77. comparedscars,er,notes...
  78. ü
  79. 'K'isfor......ÇKYJelly,perhaps?!?!?!üKarsmakers,RichardÇ,When
  80. Çisthenextissueof'üST-News',Çbetyouwecanholdonlonger
  81. forthereleaseofournextissuethanyoucan!!!!!
  82. ä(Youmayhavestartedtosussthatnotalloftheseentriesare
  83. strictlyaboutthe16bitshow..Welltough!!!)
  84. ü
  85. 'L'isforÇ....Leon,afellowtravelleraroundthegreatechoing
  86. hallsofWembley,alsoAtariüLynxÇ,therewasan'arcade'ofthe
  87. diminutivehandheldsontheAtaristand,alsoüLightningÇDemo,by
  88. thePendragons,whichfeaturesaveryniceplasmashowbythe
  89. üOverlandersÇ(WhomIunderstandarenownomore,ontheSTat
  90. least??)
  91. ü
  92. 'M'isfor....ÇüMentalHangoverÇ,anAmigademobyScoopexconverted
  93. totheSTE,bythePixelTwins,Someofitbearsanuncanny
  94. resemblancetotheirrecentüStupendousDemoÇ..Alsodescribesmy
  95. stateofmind,onthetrainridehome,(MentalHangover,thatis,
  96. nottheletter'M'..)AlsoforüMaggieÇ,whichtookAtaribystorm!!
  97. andevenforüMegaSTE,ÇshownbyAtari,onlyayearlate,clearly
  98. anattempttodefytherule,"Idon'twantitgood,Iwantit
  99. Tuesday!"Betterlucknexttime???AlsoüMicrodeal,Çthesurvivorof
  100. the'TrackerWars'withMPH..
  101.  
  102. ü'N'isforÇ.....Nathan,whonowgoesundertheäNomdeOrdinateurÇ
  103. of'Dalton',putinanappearanceonthe'Futureworld'standon
  104. Sunday,asindenturedslavelabourorsomething..
  105. ä(Really??Slaveswithdentures,Ithoughttheyjustusedtolet
  106. alltheirteethdropoutandworkthemtodeathanyway..Well
  107. well,whatevernext!!!)
  108. ü
  109. 'O'isfor..OddwhirlingthingÇabitlikeanastronautzero-
  110. gravitysimulatoronthecheap,inwhichpeoplewereinvitedto
  111. sitinitforaPoundatime,andwhirlandwhirlarounduntil
  112. violentlysick,orsomething..
  113. ü
  114. 'P'isfor..PowerComputing,Çthesameproducts,again..(äSeeÇ
  115. üMicrodeal..Ç)üPlasticGlassesÇ,forbeer,etc..ü
  116.  
  117. ü'Q'isfor..QuantityÇofcomputersonsale,quiteastounding
  118. really..
  119. ü
  120. 'R'isfor.RiverdenePDL,Çwhohadastand,andstoodupaloton
  121. theAtaristand,doingaP.D.workshoporsomething..üRoland,Çwho
  122. appearedinacloudofgolddust..(What?!!?)
  123. ü
  124. 'S',Averyimportantletter,ÇincludingüST'sÇofcourse,üSixteen-
  125. ThirtytwoPDLÇ,whogladlytookontheNewMaggie,üSouthwestPDLÇ,
  126. (Whodidn't,preferringtowaitforBudgietocomeupwiththe
  127. goods..)
  128. ü
  129. 'T'isfor'TT'ÇtherathernicetopendAtariü,Çtherehavebeen
  130. somerecentpricecuts,soIhear..Plentyoftheseinevidenceon
  131. theAtaristand..
  132. ü
  133. 'U'isforÇ'Uckle'thestrangenoisewhichcomesoutofthe
  134. drainageplugofthenexturinaltoyouwhenyouareinsilent
  135. contemplation,apartfromacertainlowhissingnoisethatyouare
  136. helpingtocreate..(CanäanybodyÇthinkofanythingelsetodowith
  137. theletter'U'??Thoughtnot....)
  138.  
  139. ü'V'isfor,ÇVicksVapourrub,someoneämustÇhavehadabottle
  140. somewhereintheshow,(Greatdrink!!)AlsoüVeryInterestingÇ,the
  141. prevailingviewexpressedwhensomeAtaripeoplesawourissue8
  142. articleabouttheEnhancedSTE,or'STEE'(Theywentabit
  143. nonplussedwhenaskedforanyspecificdatesforitthough..)
  144.  
  145. ü'W'isfor,Ç"Where'stheexit??"
  146.  
  147. ü'X'isfor..Ç..........Ohhell......
  148.  
  149. ü'Y'isfor,ÇüYouÇcan'tthinkofanentryfor'Z'canyou!ü
  150.  
  151. 'Z'isfor...'ZZZ'Çrudelyinterruptedatanunearthlyearlyhour,
  152. togetuptogototheshowinLondon..(See!Iknewitcouldbe
  153. done!!!)
  154. ü
  155.