[access-uk] Re: Hal for DOS

  • From: Michael Cassidy <mike.cassidy137@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Access-UK <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 22:02:30 +0100

Hi Jackie,

I used WP for a long time, but it got less speech-friendly as time went by. As 
you say, all great fun and part of the computer adventure.

Cheers,

Mike

On 4 May 2016, at 17:15, Jackie Brown <jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Mike

Hal for DOS was fantastic at the time, especially with WordPerfect 5.1.  How 
could you forget all those Environment files and those synthesisers we had?

Kind Regards,

Jackie Brown
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Michael Cassidy
Sent: 04 May 2016 17:05
To: Access-UK <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Hal for DOS

Hi Jackie,

He certainly edited it for a while. He’s a very friendly fellow and would do 
anything to help us. I was privileged among others to have used the very 
early versions of Hal when it was called PC Speak.

Cheers,

Mike
On 4 May 2016, at 16:55, Jackie Brown <jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Mike

It seems he had something to do with both Hal and the Vincent program.  He 
started the Access IT magazine off at RNIB as well I think.

Kind Regards,

Jackie Brown
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Michael Cassidy
Sent: 04 May 2016 16:47
To: Access-UK <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Hal for DOS

Hi Jackie,

It was Paul Blenkhorn, an incredibly versatile programmer. I believe he’s up 
in Manchester now. Mike Townsend might be the man to ask.

Mike
On 4 May 2016, at 15:57, Jackie Brown <jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Does anyone have any information they could pass on about who worked 
on the Hal program for DOS back in the day?  I know it was sold by 
Dolphin, but I wonder who was behind it.

Trust me, I do have a reason for asking that I can't disclose right now.

Kind Regards,

Jackie Brown
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