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title: "Dear Editor"
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published_at: "2020-10-27T17:12:17+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-01-12T20:02:51+00:00"
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excerpt: "Letters about issues assembling MicroAce; tv/cassette player placement; adapting programs; reverse video; cassette eavesdropper; amateur radio operators."
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  - name: "Bill Cotham"
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  - name: "Bill Eder"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/bill-eder/"
  - name: "Colin Alexander"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/alexander-colin/"
  - name: "John Sampson"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/john-sampson/"
  - name: "John Walsh"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/john-walsh/"
  - name: "Martin Irons (K2MI)"
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publication: "Syntax"
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  title: "Syntax"
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authors: "John Walsh; John Sampson; Colin Alexander; Bill Cothan; Bill Eder; Martin Irons"
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  - name: "John Sampson"
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  - name: "Colin Alexander"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/alexander-colin/"
  - name: "Bill Cotham"
    slug: "bill-cotham"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/bill-cotham/"
  - name: "Bill Eder"
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    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/bill-eder/"
  - name: "Martin Irons (K2MI)"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/martin-irons-k2mi/"
volume: "2"
issue: "2"
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  - id: 26694
    title: "Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v2 n2"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/syntax-syntax-zx80-v2-n2/"
pages: "9-10"
pubdate: "February 1981"
archive_link: false
volumeissue: "v2n2"
companies_articles:
  - id: 11104
    title: "MicroAce"
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---

# Dear Editor

Letters about issues assembling MicroAce; tv/cassette player placement; adapting programs; reverse video; cassette eavesdropper; amateur radio operators.