Letter from P.C.R.
Hello LCD! Unfortunately, I only read your previous letter after sending mine. You wanted to know what systems I have: ZX 80, ZX 81, ZX Spectrum, +, 128, +2, +2A/B, +3, +3.5 and the SAM: is that enough? But seriously — I like working most with the +3.5 — that's an old +3 into which I installed a Plus D interface and a 3.5'' drive. And since I value the Plus D very much, I also read your mags with genuine enthusiasm.
Enclosed is the club fee for '97 and a suggestion: couldn't you include the info on until when the fee is paid in the impressum? Specifically due to your lack of knowledge regarding Chicago by WoMo, I will soon write a guide for it, which will be published exclusively in your mag (I hope).
So, until then,
The Freak from the Lower Rhine P.C.R.
Reply from LCD
Hello Peter! Great, you have far more different Spectrum machines than I do, as I found out with surprise! Well, I also have a Spectrum 48, +, 128, +2A, +3, SAM 256 and SAM 512, but ever since I built my 128 into a minitower case with +D and three drives, I only work with that. I still have room in there for a removable hard disk, but until I get around to installing something like that...
Other systems I still have would be: Amiga 500 with quite a bit of accessories (Genlock, video digitizer, hard drive, freezer cartridge, etc.), MSX 2, C64, Elwro Jr 800 (a Spectrum clone, though it has the same video timing issue as the Pentagon over the TTL port, even via SCART! It simply requires a TTL monitor), Meritium (a kind of improved ZX81, though with the same issues as the Elwro), and a 386 SX 25 from which not much was left after I rebuilt the Speccy. Maybe someone could develop a 386 board that emulates the Z80?
I also read my mag very carefully and am now quite pleased with what SCENE+ has become; a quick comparison between issues 1/96 and 12/96, or this one, is enough to see it. Many thanks for the prompt payment of the fee! You took second place with it, as the first was a new member from the Netherlands who paid for all back issues and the subscription for the new year at the same time.
For a few months now, I have been printing the subscription expiry date directly onto the envelope — are you not satisfied with that? If I were to put the individual expiry date into the impressum for each reader and then compress the whole disk as usual, I could never finish an issue on time (which already happens often enough anyway, but then the delay would be even worse). For the time being, I will have to leave it on the envelopes so that as soon as you receive the disk, you already know whether your subscription is ending, and you can take care of payment before the envelope goes into the waste paper bin. That seems easier to me than having to load SCENE+ first, at least in my opinion. If anyone else writes in requesting the expiry date in the impressum, I will certainly have to comply.
Your fee is paid up to 12/97, which is why "12.97" is on the envelope. I understood that extra-thick giant cross on the full subscription option! I do what I can so that SCENE+ appears on time; however, I cannot do anything about the delivery times — that is up to the postal service.
I'm already looking forward to the Chicago guide. See you soon!
The Editorial Board
Letter from Manfred Messerschmidt
Hello LCD! I have just received your last 2 disks of SCENE+ '96! Naturally, I was curious about what was on them. I really like the whole presentation. For this reason, I am renewing my membership for another year. I am enclosing thirty Marks with this letter.
Somehow, things must have gotten mixed up during one of your recent shipments. I have issue number 7 twice. Unfortunately, not number 8. You can fix this slip-up in one of your next deliveries.
Manfred Messerschmidt
Reply from LCD
Hello Manfred,
It is wonderful that you like SCENE+ so much. That shows me I am on the right track regarding the layout. It was definitely a good thing that I recently reprogrammed it.
Mistakes can happen! You will receive issue number 8 shortly, along with some game loading screens for your collection. I looked through your list and noticed that there are indeed several game title screens you don't have yet. Whenever I crack games, I always do it with title screens included, which is why I have gathered quite a decent collection.
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