As much as I want the QHJ to come out about every other month, It’s slowly becoming a quarterly. Between work, family, and other hobbies, the QHJ is getting little time. Luckily, this month most of the articles are user submitted. In fact, this is the first time that more than one article in a month has been user submitted. A big thanks to Franz Herrmann, Herb Schaaf, and Mike Fink.
After the last QHJ came out, I broadcast an offer from Bob Dyl, publisher of International QL Report, to provide a free sample copy of the IQLR. Fourteen readers responded to the offer. By now all of those that responded should have their issue. As expected, most of the responses came from Europe, but I did get one from the US.
For the record, Herb Schaaf was the taker in the offer of “The Elements of Programming Style” from the last issue.
Coming up on 14 May, is the 2nd annual Miracle in Newport show, in Newport, Rhode Island. I plan to attend again this year. I getting a ride with Paul Holmgren (Mechanical Affinity) and will be there for the show (but little else). We’ll be leaving early Sunday morning. If you are going to be there, drop by and see me. I’ll be in my QHJ T-shirt. I’ll bring along some extra issues and some disks with all of the past issues on them.
For those following the legal side of programming, there was a good article in the May 94 issue of Dr Dobbs Journal discussing the recent lawsuit between Microsoft and Stac Electronics. The article did a great job a covering the facts fully and easily. If you can’t get DDJ near you, I can copy the article and pass it along.
In the April issue of DDJ, Michael Swaine discusses Risc chips and mentions some history of the Acorn Risc chip and the British microcomputer scene. Of course, he mentions Sinclair. It’s nice to know that the mainstream press still remembers Sinclair.