If anyone's interested, Sir Clive will be appearing in a program on BBC4 on digital TV only at 10PM tonight (monday), about the history of home computers...just in case he mentions QLs and Z88s!
And speaking of digital TV, those who still have old ITV digital set top boxes may like to know there's a new subscription TV service coming, called "Top Up TV". For about �8/month (as opposed to �13.50 to �40 plus for Sky) you can get some of the popular "sky" channels like Discovery, UK Gold, E4 etc (i.e. more popular channels than current Freeview ones), but the nice feature (unlike Sky) is that you can mix and match or select your own set of channels rather than have Sky select all the ones you don't like for you. Those (like me) who have a Freeview box (as opposed to an old ITV digital box) will need an add-on card reader (more junk!) costing about �20. Oops, before I'd typed that I'd thought of a QL-connection to all this but can't remember it now, so it'll have to go as an off-topic which was meant to be on-topic, sorry. P.S. Ah, just remembered...the person I sopke to said the prototype he'd seen had an RS232 socket on the back - purpose unknown but always a QL link possibility I suppose. He didn't know if it was just for testing of prototypes or something, in which case it may not be in final versions. I have a copy of an article about it if anyone would like a scanned copy (requests off list if possible). (I used to work in broadcasting hence my interest and excitement...also QL connection of underdog taking on bigger brother...Top Up TV vs Sky). -- Dilwyn Jones
