Oh lord I was a subscriber to TGAH! So many good memories! In many ways it was better than the Micronet pages. I had to give it up in the end the phone bill was prohibitive (student days for me)

T'GG, Gnomey, ARG, Brian Gaff, Thanatos, where are you now guys? I miss you.

Ahh yes I was a subscriber to TGAH as well as Prestel. Fond memories and I loved the viewdata format. I still miss both of these, but luckily I save many Viewdata frames to disc on my Amstrad 6128. In spite of the internet, I wish these systems still existed.

Me too - I would have thought there'd be more people waxing nostalgic about it.

Ah, it was the RPG that kept me there there, with Thanatos running it, and me, Wabit, Blue Adept, Hercules, and probably others with equally fun names I've forgotten, playing. Even had a meet up.

So many good memories - good lord was it that many years ago? Glad to see that the Internet is finally recognising its roots. We WERE the pioneers!

I was *The Cunning Canadian*

I ran the WACCI On-Line site (WOLi) and then went on to be the Editor of the actual WACCI magazine.

I am writing a slightly longer missive so I will be back soon.

Is there a word-limit on this page?

I am just testing to see if there is a character-count on this site. If there isn’t... then the G@H spirit is still alive.... I will post this and see if it gets through. If it does?... I will write a book!


So many good memories - good lord was it that many years ago?

I was *The Cunning Canadian*

If you can remember, I ran the WACCI On-Line site (WOLi) and then went on to be the Editor of the actual WACCI magazine.

Yes I remember all of those good friends... The Giant Gnome (Glynn), Gnomey, ARG, Brian Gaff, Thanatos, Dark Star, Dog Breff, the recidivist,

Those were my computing formative years. I had just upgraded from a ZX81 to a CPC 6128 and bought a modem from Keith Rose. Yes it actually worked.... and the first BB I hooked up to (on that rainy Sunday afternoon) was The Gnome @ Home... the rest was history.



Does anyone else remember “Auntie John’s Problem Page?”

Q : CPC CF2 discs are so expensive - are there any alternatives?
A : Try formatting a McVities Chocolate digestive - one sided only though.

WACCI also pissed off Bruce Everiss with an article by Glenn Carey that said he was such a money-grabber that he even sold hot water to his mother at his birth

I actually lugged Jeff Walker (the Editor of WACCI at the time) up to Gnome Central (in Tottenham) to meet Glynn. We took my CPC6128, an RS232 interface and a bunch of CP/M+ PD software to transfer over to the G@H system.

That was a wonderful evening. Seeing a dozen BBC-Bs hardwired together and seeing this ENOURMOUS hugely-bearded, fat guy sitting in a leather swivel-chair. He and Jeff interfaced my computer and the G@H system seamlessly. Seeing all that data being uploaded to a central server was a subliminal experience... like losing your virginity... you may not be sure what is going on but you like it... and you know you’ll remember it for the rest of your life!

:-)
I remember my first encounter with Glynn & Gnome Central. Awe-inspiring.

In some ways it feels only yesterday; at other ways it was so long ago. The world has changed, and got bigger. Still, we enjoy our memories; keep them coming!

Hello from Grendel. How many years ago was this! God I feel old now!

Good to see something Gnome.. I was a Wizop at one point. I loved it. It was quite revolutionary and Glyn cooked up some superb ideas...

Hey! Cunning Canandian. I'm in journalism now would you like to buy a Big Issue magazine....
Times got tough, had an undiagnosed illness which has finally been isolated and am improving daily....
I only go back the street as part of promos etc for the Big Issue. You have probably seen me on television as BavonWW

Hey young sir... you still alive? We did better than either of us expected then eh?

Tell me, is that the legendary musical "Bavon" who used to tout the advantages of the Atari ST over the Amiga 500+?

Remind me - what were they?

Forget it - neither you or I can dig that far back into our memories.

TG@H took me into the world of freelance computer journalism and publishing... 25 years later I have no regrets and I am living comfortably in my home country...

I owe a lot to Clive Sinclair, Clive Sugar, TG@H, Gnomey, TGG and Mr Rose (who sold me my first 12/75 modem) and all the other people who taught me how to use the internet - before it was even known as such!

Wayne.... just mail Rob at

robert@irrelevant.com

and remind him of who you are - then you and I can get chatting on his Viewdata site!

Chat to you soon Mr Bavon! :-)

Glynn was certainly a larger than life person, I remember he designed the Demon modem in his garret (prior to his Tottenham days) and he helped me design the modems I made, which were sold by Keith Rose in Modem house (sod went bust owing me loads, then he ended up in Parkhurst!).

The Kirk Modems? I remember them, might even still have one buried in a box somewhere. And Keith Rose of course; he was somewhat notorious at the time for his rip-off actions. Was the Magic Modem his, and a straight copy of somebody else's too, or am I getting my teenager-memories muddled again?

Glynn as part of SoftMachinery, seems to have been responsible for a large proportion of the modems, and Beeb software, around at the time!