Sometimes it takes a while to get the hang of the yearly change-over, so we hope you'll excuse our lapse in last week's View from the US. Where we said that there should be 1.5 million computer-related jobs by 1955, it should have read 1955.

Anyone who tried the BBC double size characters routine in Microwaves, issue 93, will have come across the problem that the machine tends to turn the display off in line 20. This is due to the two-colour limitation of Mode 0. Change the line to PROCdouble(23,1,1,"DOUBLE HEIGHT IN MODE 0") and you should be in the pink.

Memotech owners will have noticed that our Output article (issue 87) promised more than it could deliver. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the listing to produce the logo mentioned in the text was not printer. Normal service will be resumed in a future issue, when we faithfully undertake to publish the missing listing.

Two weeks ago, we printed the wrong telephone number for Thurnall Electronics. The correct number is 061-775 7922, or alternatively you could try 061-775 4461.