★ GAMES ★ DIVERS ★ BBC AND AMSTRAD ADDED AS SOFT AID RAISES £350,000 (POPULAR COMPUTING WEEKLY) ★![]() |
BBC and Amstrad added as Soft Aid raises £350,000 (Popular Computing Weekly) | Games Divers |
A NEW Soft Aid compilation tape is set for release this Autumn, this time for the BBC and Amstrad machines. “Soft Aid has so far raised around £350,000 for the Band Aid trust, and putting it on the Amstrad and BBC micros could push that figure up to the half million mark,” said Rod Cousens, organiser of the original Soft Aid cassettes, which were inspired by Band Aid's hit record, Do They Know Its Christmas? “The Band Aid trust has already received £150,000 which was passed on on July 10,” Rod continued. “Another £100,000 will be paid in the near future - the difficulty is the time taken for various companies to pay their share.” When Soft Aid was first released, the focus was very much on the plight of Ethiopia. Now, with the spread of famine to the Sudan and other parts of North Africa, the Band Aid Trust is distributing aid more widely. PCW
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