andmp@np1a.bristol.ac.uk (D M Pickles) (09/14/90)
Regarding the recent missives about Amstrad PCW's etc: I am a PCW owner inthe UK, and can confirm there are several external 3.5" and 5.25" disc drives marketed for it by various companies over here... there is also a 3" external drive (i.e. one which takes those nasty little Amstrad- specific diskettes) intended to be hooked up to a PC. I believe several of the packages come with software intended to transfer files from the Amstrad's CP/M to MS-DOS format too. There is also *definitely* a MS-DOS version of the Locoscript WP software, only recently released by Locomotive Software - called surprisingly, Locoscript-PC. Costs about 100 pounds. Locomotive do produce a BASIC (called Mallard Basic, which is bundled with the PCW along with CP/M+ and Locoscript), and lots of other stuff like LocoSpell, LocoMail (self explanatory) LocoFile (pop-up database), LocoFont (different fonts for the PCW's bundled printer, plus several more I don't remember off-hand, all of which are ancillary to LocoScript. If anyone wants any more specific info, contact me by Email and I'll delve into my back-issues of Amstrad magazines! --David Pickles (andmp@uk.ac.bristol.np1a)