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- From: odin@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Andrew George Elia)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Looking for a `nice' AGA demo...
- Date: 26 Feb 1996 10:31:13 GMT
- Organization: Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, UK
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- >
- >
- > Hi, Andrew George Elia , on 22-Feb-96 11:46:08 you scribbled....
- > >Mike (Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- > >: Hi, Andy , on 15-Feb-96 17:46:02 you scribbled....
- > >: >In an attempt to help boost the Durham Amiga market (;-)) I decided to try
- > >: >and find a demo for their demonstration machine, which was all set up with
- >
- >
- > >: please post the site/filenames only ( !!) any suitable demos, as I have a
- > >: frined who works in an escom shop, who can also do this...
- >
- >
- > >OK. I think we should work together. I too work in an Escom shop (in case
- > >you haven't heard!).
- >
- > Erm, well I hadn't actually ;) You didnt shout loud enough!
-
- Hmmmm. Judging by the (admittedly accurate) accounts of Escom UK people on the Usenet, it's
- probably a good thing if I didn't shout it from the rooftops! The fact that all the stuff
- I've posted in the past just goes onto c.s.a.advocacy (that'll change, though).
-
- > > I'm producing what can be classed as a rather crap
- > >demo (by Amiga standards) that I plan to stick on an A1200.
- >
- > > If possible,
- > >some I'd like to enlist the help of some decent demo coders to show off
- > >the Amiga in errmm... 2 megs.
- >
- > The problem is the lack of HD..... if its going to be a "good" demo and last a
- > while/loop it needs to a) swap disks b) have HD
- >
- > since it needs to be unattended HD is the only way....
- > This was one of the reasons I posted that my friend was "less able" to sell
- > A1200s than he would be able to sell surfers (A1200 + all important HD)
-
- That's assuming Escom UK pick up the Surfer packs, by the way. I hope that they do, but if
- the Head Office attitude is anything to go by we're lucky to have the A1200s. When I went to
- work on Saturday, I was shocked by the sight of an A1200! It was even connected to a monitor!
- The bloody bad luck was that the monitor was faulty so we STILL couldn't switch it on!
-
- > He's in the Crawley (W. Sussex) branch BTW
- >
- > > I've written a program which is designed
- > >for a hard drive-based A1200 which is basically a simple password system
- > >(experienced Amiga people can crack it in minutes, but I'm counting on
- > >the fact that they're as honest as the ones that read these newsgroups).
- > >It gives you the chance to run THE demo, or load up Workbench once the
- > >password is entered correctly
- >
- > If you're running WB it might be best to remove the format command just to be
- > sure...
-
- Good idea. Just in case any zombified former-Amiga peeps wish to wreak havoc!
-
- > > Basically, Workbench will contain Personal Paint, Wordworth,
- > >etc along with any WB-runnable animations (I'd like to get something from
- > >Eric Schwarz -is he still with us ? If so, how do I contact him ?).
- > His best ones reuired 3Meg+.... but yes, they really would show off ;)
- >
- > >Trouble is getting this to multiple Escom stores. My idea is to either
- > >order a limited number of A1200HDs, which is quite unlikely given the
- > >lack of co-operation I get from purchasing on these matters. Secondly,
- > >get the techie manager to install a 2.5" drive from a notebook.
- >
- > 3.5 ones also fit...just
- > bear in mind there is no loose cable inside...you have to buy a 2.5 (for 2.5 HD)
- > or 2.5->3.5 IDE cable yourself (I had to pay 15 quid for one!!)
-
- Might be worth checking out, but I heard there were power supply problems.
-
- > >means giving them some instructions. Now we could pull that bit off,
- > >Escom Technical must have a CDR machine somewhere because they send out
- > >CDs from time to time.
- > Yeah I noticed that too...
- >
- > > I'm currently using my highly-cool Syquest
- > >EZ-drive to do the job (although I'll need to borrow a Squirrel in order
- > >to get it into our A1200 -can someone help out ? I live in Enfield, North
- > >London - E-Mail me!).
- > Can't help you there I'm an A4000 man....
- >
- > >Assuming we get it on CD-ROM, using PC2Am, and a
- > >Boeder serial cable (which all Escom stores carry), use the CD-ROM from
- > >the PeeCee to read an archived file, which can then be dearchived
- > >directly onto the hard drive of the A1200. All you need is a single
- > >floppy for each machine (for the relavent files for PC2Am) and it should
- > >be OK.
- >
- > PC2Am is strictly one to one though... i.e. one PC to one amiga
- > Its also slow 5k/sec max = slower than floppy :(
-
- Oh. Well, I was hoping that the fact that the machines could be left running would be a plus.
- We often leave laplinks going for hours (which is effectively the same thing via a glorified
- Parnet-style cable).
-
- > Thats all for now...
- >
- >
- > <Posted as well as Emailed>
- >
- > Mike
- >
- > --
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- > Mike Redrobe - Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk MikeRR on #Amiga
- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >
- >
-
- Thanks for your comments. I'd welcome any suggestions for LOOPING, one-disc Amiga demos (no
- swearing) that'll work on the wierd non-DISKREADY disc drives. If the worst comes to the
- worst, then I'm sure I could get A disc copied a few times to stick on A1200s in the shops.
-
- Andy E.
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