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The software comprised a menu system to select between displaying the Grapevine (normal operation), editing the Grapevine (for new pages), and supervisor mode (for purging old unused pages and other housekeeping). Pages could be scheduled to appear for certain periods of time, periodically, and repeating: for this the BBC Micro required a concept of the day/month/time to be entered at startup. | The software comprised a menu system to select between displaying the Grapevine (normal operation), editing the Grapevine (for new pages), and supervisor mode (for purging old unused pages and other housekeeping). Pages could be scheduled to appear for certain periods of time, periodically, and repeating: for this the BBC Micro required a concept of the day/month/time to be entered at startup. | ||
In 1994 [[Luke Brown]] added 'Newsbox' functionality which allowed snippets of current news headlines and weather reports to be interspersed with Grapevine pages, news team dedication permitting. | |||
===Amiga version=== | ===Amiga version=== | ||