I'm aware that the computer press in this country suffers from a severe case of myopia when it comes to coverage of the microcomputer industry (i.e. Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC and Amstrad are the only ones in vision), but surely when someone asks for advice you should put some glasses on.

Admittedly Brian Turner (Routine Enquiries, issue 98) did not mention the Memotech computer in his question but that was possibly because he is unaware of its facilities.

The graphics (including sprites) and sound on the Memotech are excellent and are easily manipulated from within Basic. With its built-in assembler and front panel the Memotech allows the owner to move into assembly language programming without any extra expense.

Given these features, the Memotech fits Mr. Turner's requirements down to the ground but your failed to include it in your reply.

The standard rebuff to those people pushing the numerous advantages of the Memotech is that there is very little software available. This has become a fallacy because the software scene has improved a great deal and with the developments which are under way software will soon be available in large quantities.

It may be of interest to your readers that Genpat, the Memotech computer users club, will be launching a speech synthesiser and a graph pad within the next few weeks.

Tim Rothwell
Genpat, 3 Bulcock Street, Burnley, Lancs