P L O K T A

The Journal Of Superfluous Technology


November 1996 -- Volume 1, Number 4


Plokta comes to you from Steve Davies and Alison Scott. It is available for letter of comment (one copy is fine!), trade (2 copies if poss, please), contribution, quantities of decent beer, clues, or superfluous technology. Email them to locs@plokta.com. Void where prohibited by law. The cabal comprises Steven Cain, Giulia de Cesare, Sue Mason and Mike Scott.

[When we came to convert issue 4 to HTML, we couldn't find the original Word file. This issue has therefore been scanned and OCRed, and our thanks to Cognitive Technology for making a demo package of their OCR software, Cuneiform OCR, available on the web. The demo is good for 30 scans, and Plokta only has 14 pages. It worked pretty well, and apart from some difficulty with ampersands and italic square brackets only made one or two errors per page.]

Issue 4 Contents

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Editorial bits etc.

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Genuine Fan History

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It Can Do It Again If It Likes

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Born Again Fifties Fan

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Dr Plokta Can't Be With Us Today

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The Plokta Cabal Explained

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I Spy

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Flowers and Phalluses

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Pubic House

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Separated at Birth

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Lokta Plokta

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Acronym City

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Never Lie to a Market Researcher

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Webby Stuff

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The Ploktacard

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Simo: That Picture Explained

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DIY Tickboxes

Fillos by Dave Mooring (Novas, Blondes, Frog, Goat), Eddie Jones (Brumcon programme book cover), Sue Mason (Wasps, Kettle, Teenage Gamers, Moose & Merkin, Soprano, Ploktacard designs), Steve Davies (Installing Pod).

Photo credits: Robert Mapplethorpe (Robert Mapplethorpe), Croydon Advertiser (Simo), QV-10 (all the rest).

We're all knackered now, but at least the clocks go back tonight.


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