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10th January 1999

Added issue 15 featured articles, and updated Contents & KwikPik
Added this What's Gnu page
Added the Index Summary page
Updated HEX_LOAD.ZIP and associated comments on the Spot's Pourri page
Updated issue 11 Contents and KwikPik
Small corrections to issue 5,7,9 KwikPik, plus issue 14 Alien 8 & Joystick Jury pages
Updated the Home & Credits pages

23rd January 1999

Added issue 16 featured articles, and updated Contents & KwikPik
Added Avalon news article to issue 14 Frontlines page, & updated Contents and KwikPik
Updated issue 15 Adventure & Hack-Free Zone pages
Updated the Credits, Index Summary, Links & SPOT pages

24th January 1999

Updated issue 16 Adventure (Funhouse screenshot) and Shadowfire (browser note) pages

2nd March 1999

Added issue 17 featured articles, and updated Contents & KwikPik
Added issue 2 Protection Racket & Getting Into Print features, & Antescher map, & updated Contents and KwikPik
Small typo corrections to issue 16 Shadowfire & Top Ten pages, & updated Contents and KwikPik
Updated the Credits / Good Egg & Index Summary pages

4th March 1999

Corrections to URLs on Index Summary page

16th March 1999

Added issue 18 featured articles, and updated Contents & KwikPik
Updated links on issues 12 & 14 Hacking Away pages
Correction to issue 17 Top 10 Chart
Updated the Credits, Links & Index Summary pages

17th March 1999

Improved the layout of the issue 18 Jet Set Willy 2 page

19th March 1999

Updated SPOT page & Jet Set Willy example SPOT listing

13th April 1999

Added issue 19 featured articles, and updated Contents & KwikPik
Updated all 21 Contents pages to include links to large cover scans on WoS
Added extra Reader's Program links to DID on issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 Contents & KwikPik
Updated issue 14 Alien 8 article to include original doctored screenshot with Sabreman
Updated the Credits, Links, SPOT & Index Summary pages

5th June 1999

Added issue 20 featured articles, and updated Contents & KwikPik
Small corrections to issue 9 Contents & KwikPik, and issue 19 All Time Top Ten
Updated the Credits, Links, SPOT & Index Summary pages

17th June 1999

Added issue 16 3D Daze programming article, and updated Contents & KwikPik
Updated the Credits / Good Eggs, Links & Index Summary pages

28th June 1999

Added Game Over poster to the Spot's Pourri page
Updated the SPOT page

5th July 1999

Removed issue 16 Disko-Tech & issue 17 Black Magic Boxes articles, at request of author, Iolo Davidson
Updated the Credits & Index Summary pages

17th July 1999

Added "Kwik Kliks" box to Home page
Added !SoS! (Swap or Sale) page
Updated the Spot's Pourri page & Lunar Buggy ZIP archive
Updated the Credits, Links & SPOT pages

8th September 1999

Added issue 21 (*FINAL ISSUE*) featured articles, and updated Contents & KwikPik
Correction to issue 20 Top 10 Chart
Updated the Credits, Index Summary & !SoS! pages

20th September 1999

Added screenshots to issue 21 Sorderon's Shadow page
Small change to the Spot's Pourri page

31st December 1999

Added missing screenshots to Joystick Jury in issues: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17, 18
Updated the Links page

30th March 2000

Added Andy Pennell's Microdrive file recovery articles in issues 8 and 14, and updated Contents & KwikPik
Updated the Credits, Index Summary & !SoS! pages

21st April 2000

Added Paperdata book review features in issues: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Added Frontlines book reviews in issues: 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Added programming features in issues: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 17, 20
Added Forum letters page in issue 2
Updated the Credits, Index Summary & !SoS! pages

9th May 2000

Added Andy Pennell's famous Dumps of Distinction programming feature in issue 4, and updated Contents & KwikPik
Added related Forum letters pages, and updated Contents & KwikPik, in issues: 7, 8, 10, 14, 16; and updated Forum letters page in issue 12
Added Contents & KwikPik links on other topics in above Forum pages, in issues: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12
Updated the Credits, Index Summary & Links pages

1st July 2000

On request, added Toni Baker's Interrupt Manager programming feature Just a Tick! in issue 17, and updated Contents & KwikPik
Added related Forum letters pages, and updated Contents & KwikPik, in issues: 19, 20
Added Contents & KwikPik links on other topics in above Forum pages, in issues: 1, 8, 16, 18
Updated the Credits & Index Summary pages

28th August 2000

Added Variables on a Theme (Spectrum system variables) articles in issues 2 & 3
Added Spectrolysis: Channels & Streams articles in issues 5 & 7
Added Spectrum Speakers review feature in issue 9
Added Routine Errors (error trapping) & Machine Code Commands (calling BASIC from machine code) programming articles in issue 11
Updated all associated Contents & KwikPik pages, plus the Credits & Index Summary pages

20th March 2001

Added the Spectrum VU-R browser & Hex Tools program archives on the Spot's Pourri page
Added programming features in issues: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13 (2), 15, 16, 19 (2) - [note 1];
including five more by Toni Baker
Updated the sale/swap/wants lists on the !SoS! page
Updated all associated Contents & KwikPik pages, plus the Credits / Good Eggs & Index Summary pages

24th March 2001

Added the ZIP Compiler features in issues: 3, 4, 5, 6
Added ZIP Compiler printing errors correction to the issue 5 Frontlines page
Made a one-line correction to the published version of the demo code in the issue 7 Smooth Moves article, to liven up the demo - as suggested by the author
Updated all associated Contents & KwikPik pages, plus the Credits & Index Summary pages

26th March 2001

Updated the Spectrum VU-R browser on the Spot's Pourri page: redefined several of the Print64 characters to improve their appearance; added a Section skip feature
Updated all 12 of the programming articles uploaded on 20th March to use the new Spectrum VU-R format
Updated the four ZIP Compiler articles uploaded on 24th March with a note on how to get the latest version & documentation

28th March 2001

Added QL User article A Process of Philosophy in issue 5, and updated Contents & KwikPik
Updated the Credits & Index Summary pages

7th April 2001

Added programming features in issues: 6, 11, 12, 20 - [note 1]
Added hardware features in issues: 4, 10
Updated the sale/swap/wants lists on the !SoS! page
Updated the Spectrum VU-R browser on the Spot's Pourri page to include UDGs
Updated all associated Contents & KwikPik pages, plus the Credits & Index Summary pages

26th April 2001

Added all the QL User supplements in issues: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Added a separate QL User supplement index page
Updated the sale/swap/wants lists on the !SoS! page
Updated all associated Contents & KwikPik pages, plus the Credits, Links & Index Summary pages

28th April 2001

Added Jet Set Willy articles April Showers (issue 13) and Interior Decorating (issue 15)
Added Frontlines news article in issue 15 re. April Showers compo winner
Updated all associated Contents & KwikPik pages, plus the Credits & Index Summary pages

13th July 2001

Added the "Mind over Machine" Z80 tutorial series by Marcus Jeffery from Sinclair User on the Spot's Pourri page

2nd August 2001

Added the "First Steps in Machine Code" Z80 tutorial series by David Nowotnik from ZX Computing on the Spot's Pourri page

31st October 2001

Added the "YS MegaBasic" manual on the Spot's Pourri page; plus links from associated articles in issues 8, 9, 10 & 13
Updated the Good Eggs page

14th November 2001

Updated all the readers' type-in program links on the Index Summary page, and all Contents & KwikPik pages, to point to their new locations at my The Type Fantastic (TTFn) site

Updated various articles and archive files referenced from TTFn, where necessary to consolidate the information:

Issue 1	Machine Code Breakout
Issue 3	ZIP Compiler
Issue 4	ZIP Compiler; Dumps of Distinction
Issue 5	ZIP Compiler
Issue 6	ZIP Compiler
Issue 8	Running Repairs
Issue 14	Patching Up the 'Drives
Issue 16	3D Daze
Issue 17	Interrupt Manager

24th November 2001

Updated the Hex Dumper & Hex Loader programs in the Hex Tools archive on the Spot's Pourri page

10th February 2003

Added a "YS Digi'T'ape" page

23rd May 2003

Added DIY Spectrum Keyboard Buffer article (issue 1)
Added Forum letters page (issue 3)
Added DIY Joystick Interface articles (issues 4 & 5)
Updated various screenshots & diagrams with improved resolution versions
Updated associated Contents & KwikPik pages, plus the Credits, Index Summary & Good Eggs pages

10th August 2003

Added YS MegaBasic articles Snap, Crackle & Pop (issue 15) and Shrink Wrapped (issue 20)
Updated associated Contents & KwikPik pages, plus the Credits, Index Summary & Good Eggs pages

29th March - 16th April 2004

Revision, enlargement & enhancement of screenshots & diagrams - all 21 issues
Added Jasper & Stuart Henry's Pop Quiz news articles (issue 9)
Updated associated Contents & KwikPik pages, plus the Credits & Index Summary pages

18th-23rd April 2004

Further revision of all pages - all 21 issues

31st July 2004

Added Plotting in 3D article (issues 3 & 4) and Mastermind article (issue 15)
Updated associated Contents & KwikPik pages, plus the Credits & Index Summary pages

12th February, 9th May 2005

Added Small Adventure Builder on the Spot's Pourri page
Added missing screenshots to Spectrum Soft in issues: 2 (Xark), 3 (Super Snails); and Joystick Jury in issue 8 (Star Trucker)

10th August / 24th September 2005

Added/updated Random Plot on the Spot's Pourri page

22nd,28th August / 27th September / 4th October 2005

Various corrections & improvements to presentation
Added missing screenshot to Joystick Jury in issue 7 (Buffer Adventure)

12th January / 15th,23rd February / 9th April 2006

Various corrections & improvements to presentation
Added missing screenshots to Joystick Jury in issue 12 (Spectune); and Spectrum Adventures in issue 12 (Ghoulies)

4th,6th,7th,10th,24th,25th October 2006

Various corrections & improvements to presentation

13th November 2006

Corrections to VU-R notes in various ZIP files

21st December 2006

Corrections to Rumbles in issue 3

21st,30th August 2007

Updates to SPOT History and Digi'T'apes pages

13th,19th September 2007

Corrections to Spectrum Soft in issue 1 and Joystick Jury in issue 18
Updates to Credits page

11th December 2007

Corrections to Index Summary page

7th,28th May 2008

Corrections to issue 10 index page
Updates to Links page

25th May 2009

Updates to Digi'T'apes page

18th February 2012

Added BOB the Screen Builder to the Spot's Pourri page

1st October 2023

Change to contact email in ZIP Compiler articles
Change to Credits page for Music on Spec article

NOTE 1:
The articles marked need the Spectrum VU-R browser to view them
(plus a Spectrum, or an emulator which supports Z80 & TAP formats).
The Spectrum VU-R browser is included in each article's ZIP file.
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