Varisystems, Compugraphic

Hi Bill, I am Gavon Balharry. I was at a customer site in Switzerland, where we took delivery of a Varisystems 16K system in 1974. In May 1976 we bought two 32K Varicomposers. I dumped out the program and decoded it (P16 assembler language) - managed to fix various problems it had and extended the system with some new functionality. Bob Shevlin, who had created it, and was the only one really able to program it hired me in September 1996. I worked for 13 months full time for him at Shefra Graphics out of Slough in the UK. I travelled all over Europe, and even to NZ, Australia, Singapore, Thailand and Hawaii - customizing systems wherever I went. I returned to work with Bobst Graphics in USA starting 4th July 1979. There I wrote the Arabic/English or French version. I was one of three who remained with Bobst Graphics when they closed the American plant at the end of February 1981. I stayed on with Bobst Graphics at Mex, near Lausanne in Switzerland. Before long we were taken over by Autologic from California. I lasted till May 1984, having written front-end systems for typesetting most of the languages of India - using the 1200 system, programming in Z80. I guess I know about as much as anyone could (after Bob Shevlin) about the system, its programs, and all. I even have quite a library of program listings. Just that it has been a while ago. Please contact me, and I can fill you in with whatever details you may need. Best regards, Gavon Balharry Managing director Information Design Ltd Liab Co (registered in Switzerland)