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| ALCHEMIST RESEARCH,  62 TITHE BARN LANE,  WOODFIELD,  SHEFFIELD.  S13 7LN |
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ALCHEMIST RESEARCH is a free Spectrum User group, not funded by high costs
to the user. We were established in 1986 and expanded rapidly due to our fast, 
friendly service and cheap prices which have yet to be beaten by any rivals. 
We guarantee to answer all letters personally and process orders in under ONE 
HOUR.  We have close links with all the major Spectrum producers in the UK and
Europe. We support the main Spectrum formats, which are:

TAPE            +D DISK: 3.5", 5.25"          PCW DISK : 3", 3.5", 5.25"
MICRODRIVE      +3 DISK: 3", 3.5", 5.25"      AMIGA DISK: 3", 3.5", 5.25"

PC owners or users of the Opus Discovery 80 track drives can access +D disks
with the relevant emulator & reader programs. We accept payment in POUNDS 
STERLING, cash, postal orders or cheques made payable to 'A. DAVIS' please.

                        The Alchemist Research group:

1) ALCHNEWS, the popular and long running Spectrum tape and disk magazine, 
   which has one of the largest magazine circulations in the Spectrum 
   community, being distributed by Alchemist Research, registered quality 
   companies and many other dedicated "Specateers"!  AlchNews incorporates
   newsletters and folded fanzines of the past, including  SARUG,  SINCLAIR
   NEWS, 1982 and has rights to republish the INPUT series of magazines. We
   have a wide variety of writers and programmers helping in the production
   of the magazine, all of which are happy to help out with any problems.

   It costs one pound for tape, 3.5" or 5.25" disk which includes all costs. 
   Or, to make it even more value for money, it can be obtained FREE if an 
   SAE and media is sent.  AlchNews features many sections, including news, 
   reviews, the best in PD reviews and tutorials, in depth articles, hardware, 
   projects, specialist articles and free ads for honest and reputable traders. 
   We cover the +D & +3 disk systems in great deal and feature information on
   DOS bugs and fixes, all supplied free on request, thanks to Miles Kinloch
   and "Miktor".  There is a subscription package available for only 5 for
   tape & disk (not 3") which comprises of a years supply of AlchNews and the
   newsletters, latest PD catalogue and regular updates,  plus discounts to 
   other companies and dozens of free PD credits!

2) ALCHEMIST PD. The largest Spectrum PD library in existence. Our prices are 
   just 2 pounds for 15 titles. We are the ONLY library to offer totally free
   small orders to each customer, with no purchases necessary or hidden clauses.
   We also do compilation tapes and disks of +D utilities, +3 utilities, 
   Microdrive utilities, games, music (Soundtracker and many unreleased song 
   files) which are only ONE POUND, inclusive of media and postage costs.  We
   are the only AUTHORISED group to feature titles from UK demo coders Triad
   Developments and The United Minds.  Alchemist PD stocks only quality and
   value for money titles and no adult or illegal software, unlike less
   reputable Public Domain Libraries. We also currently stock a large range
   of adventures. These are free of charge, along with programs written by
   Dominic Morris, Chris Taylor and Mark "Miktor" Harris plus many more.  
   Charges have been drastically reduced from 1994 and we envisage to make all 
   PD software orders free of charge.  Alchemist PD has thousands of PD
   programs, covering all tastes of the Spectrum, many of which are available 
   ONLY from us. We also get all the best imports from across the world FIRST.

   To see what Alchemist PD has to offer, we supply a large A4 detailed
   catalogue of all our titles, ordering instructions and information on
   contributing, free titles, special offers etc. This catalogue is 40p 
   (refundable with subsequent order).  At time of this newsletter,
   Alchemist PD released 3000 titles from an archive of 5000!  Alchemist PD
   also supports the only other REPUTABLE Spectrum library in the UK, MGPD.

3) ALCHEMIST SOFTWARE: The non-PD arm of Alchemist Research. We urge program
   writers to put their software into this business so other groups cannot 
   abuse their work.  Alchemist software is sold for the price of media and
   postage (and, where relevant, programmer's royalty) only. Some of our many
   titles include the 007 DISASSEMBLER & SPY, the Dot Matrix printer driver
   program, DUMPY, Buttercraft Software, CCS Software and Marshall Cavendish
   software, adventure games plus programs from some of the UK's finest demo
   coders.

4) HELPLINE SERVICE, where all Spectrum related problems try to be solved.
   Problems can be sent via post or telephone.  Thanks to our helpers, we have 
   already found and cured several bugs in the +D DOSses and new commands have
   also been added.  We have also done one or two projects to take advantage 
   of the 128k keypad port and do +D conversions of your personal or commercial
   programs, if you want to sell your games on media you cannot support.  We  
   do not forget the +3 and have successfully fitted an external drive and had 
   some special software written for it.  We can also aid in tracking down 
   elusive pieces of hardware and software and have a record of customers with
   large collections of Spectrum equipment for sale.

5) ALCHEMIST CP/M: A CP/M user group, primarily for the Spectrum +3 computer. 
   We have a wide selection of software volumes available, on any sized disk
   media.  Many of our AlchNews writers are also experimenting with CP/M and 
   regularly feature their results and progress in their articles.

6) STAR USERS CLUB: A club aimed at Spectrum owners of Star printers. We
   collect and offer free advice, hints, tips and software for all.  The club 
   has a regular column in "AlchNews" magazine and has the official recognition
   of Star Micronics UK.

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| ALCHEMIST RESEARCH,  62 TITHE BARN LANE,  WOODFIELD,  SHEFFIELD.  S13 7LN |
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