Subject: [afb] Re: Subs mag
Date: 9 Jun 99 20:39:02 +0100
Ben Vost (ben=2Evost@futurenet=2Eco=2Euk) wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
>=20
> > Okay then, out of the 100% of people who bought AF, what % actually
> > returned the survey? I know I didn't, on the grounds that I was far too
> > busy getting a major system at work Y2K compliant, and I forgot=2E Is i=
t
> > still open for submission? If so I'll fill it in now then forget to pos=
t
> > it tomorrow, cos I've got another load of stuff lumped on my plate at t=
he
> > minute ;-)
>=20
> I don't know yet, but I'm willing to bet that it's less than 30%, and tha=
t
> absolutely no-one on this list sent it in=2E Anyone who wants to still ha=
s
> time to send theirs in, but don't delay=2E
I posted mine in today, first class no less! Okay I filled it in in 2 mins
while rushing thru some major work=2E And realised i screwed a couple of q'=
s
up (I need glasses, I should get some soon) but hell, it's in the post!
> > Very interesting, but where were you living when you learnt it then?
>=20
> Colchester in Essex=2E
And they taught you Esperanto? Was it a public school?
=20
> > Surely not somewhere in the UK - I wouldn't have thought any schools or
> > the government in fact using resources on teaching pupils Esperanto unl=
ess
> > they were forced into it=2E I mean, they hardly force French, German or
> > Spanish onto people, and they're part of the National Curriculum! I wis=
h
> > I'd kept up with my French lessons, if you know what I mean ;-)
>=20
> Yup, somewhere in the UK=2E I sent away for the materials for it=2E It do=
esn't
> really need a course taught in school proper - it wouldn't take a year to
> learn, let alone three=2E Mind you, it would probably be a good idea, sin=
ce
> if everyone spoke Esperanto, it would make communication with non-English=
,
> western European people so much easier=2E
You mean you don't just go "DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH? I SAID, DO YOU =2E=2E
SPEAK-ER =2E=2E=2E EN - GER - LISH?"
Seriously, I guess it wasn't a school sponsored thing then and was inspired
home-education on behalf of parents/guardians?
> > Oh, and I only mentioned the Esperanto thing as a Red Dwarf-style joke =
=2E=2E=2E
>=20
> Ah well, don't watch Red Dwarf, it got too boring after about the third
> series=2E
it still hasn't picked up, but there's at least two really funny jokes per
series!
=20
> >> The Viper I was better than the Viper II anyway=2E
>=20
> > Was it? I don't recall ever thinking that - the MkII had autoconfigurin=
g
>=20
> No, it wasn't, my mistake, I was thinking of the Typhoon=2E
*Phew* Thought I was getting confused myself =2E=2E=2E=2E
=20
> > I can't remember off-hand if diskspare can be used as a bootable floppy=
=2E I
> > don't think it was, and thus you had to boot from the first AUI disk
> > anyway to get at the stuff off the second disk=2E Well, okay I didn't, =
cos
> > I'd got diskspare set up on my harddrive anyway, but I mean for floppy
> > users=2E
>=20
> Right=2E We don't have a bootable floppy any longer anyway, but that's a
> serious flaw=2E=2E=2E
Hmmm, how much of the disk is taken up by the files needed to boot wb?
=20
> > I care, cos if swapping floppy sales for CD sales whilst ditching the
> > floppy format completely becomes a reality, the cost of making AF comes
> > down=2E Even if the price doesn't come down, it means that you
> > (theoretically) have more money to spend on each issue!
>=20
> Ha! I wish=2E You mean it would be more money for the bottom line=2E=2E=
=2E
*Sigh* There goes my hopes and dreams of a free Swedish au pair with every
issue =2E=2E=2E
=20
> > Oh, btw Ben, in a previous thread you said it was =A330 to subscribe to=
AF,
> > yet the latest issue states that it is, in actual fact, =A340=2E Are yo=
u about
> > to drop the subscription price by a tenner, perchance? ;-)
>=20
> No chance, mea culpa again=2E Typo I noticed as I was already hitting sen=
d=2E
Damn=2E I was gonna cancle my subscription and re-subscribe at the cheaper
price! Well not really, I presumed it was a typo, but I would have been
most annoyed if, not long after I'd subscribed the cost went down! Okay, 6
months after I subscribed =2E=2E=2E=2E ;)
Kev
--=20
Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 14701124
Message 14423
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:55:01 +0100
Hi Matt
>> >> Are you left-handed?
>> >
>> >No, are you?
>>
>> No I'm not, but I noticed you wear your watch on your right arm like I do.
>> People always laugh at me for doing it and I thought I was the only person
>who
>> does. My mind is at rest now.
>
>You know WHY people laugh at you? Because wearing your watch on your
>right arm is what WOMEN do. Like how the buttons are on the other side of
>shirts/blouses/trousers (if you have button up flies) etc. and stuff..
My mum and my sister don't, and they're women. Apparently.
Anyhow, I've always fuond it easier, more comfortable and more convenient to
wear it on my right arm.
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - who wears his watch with pride
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14424
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:55:57 +0100
Hi Ben
>> You know WHY people laugh at you? Because wearing your watch on your
>> right arm is what WOMEN do. Like how the buttons are on the other side of
>> shirts/blouses/trousers (if you have button up flies) etc. and stuff..
>
>No, that *isn't* why people laugh at Alex, but this is a family list so we
>don't want to go into details here...
They laugh at me for entirely different reasons.
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14425
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: AF Page Tabs (Was: Letters In AF125... and some more...)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 21:03:22 +0100
Hi guys
>> >> 3. The chuky tabs. I quite liked these actually. As it is, we are
>> >> left with approximately a 2cm gap down the edge of the page anyway.
>> >> So why not put a tab there? It makes the mag so much easier to
>> >> navigate.And I see that page 95 has a tab anyway.
>> >
>> >Hmm. It makes the mag look narrow and restricted. That's my opinion, going
>> >through older issues (which were wider anyway). What does everyone else
>> >think? The reason why we still have the tab on the classified page is that
>> >it takes no space in the sold part of the page, which the top bar would.
>>
>>
>> Although it pains me to say it, I think tabs to aid people's flicking through
>> the mag would be a waste of time. By the time you start flicking, you're
almost at the end :-(
>>
>
>Keep it as it is. Anyone who actually reads AF is used by now of the layout.
If I need a tutorial I know exactly where it is, without any tab helps.
Also having them on "graph paper" helps, so tabs aren't needed.
Ho-hum. I'm off to watch ER.
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14426
From: "Malcolm Harnden"
Subject: [afb] Re: Re:Scandoublers
Date: 9 Jun 99 19:50:07 +0100
-----------------------------------------
[ My *PPC* & *CVPPC* Amiga made me reply:|
------------------------------------------
09 Jun 99 14:10:02 +0000
[afb] Re: Re:Scandoublers
> Hello Malcolm Harnden, on 08-Jun-99 19:04:38 you said about:
> [afb] Re:Scandoublers
>
> >Just purchased a scandoubler and FF from Eyeline and the picture
> >quality in pal on an SVGA monitor is crap any info would be
> >appreciated.
>
> >If the quality is going to be this bad then it`s going back....
>
> In what way is the picture quality crap? Did you read the set-up
> instructions that comes with it? (don't know about the internal, but the
> external version has to be adjusted in some cases.)
>
> Before you ask, I used Eyetech's external scandoubler/flicker fixer
> before I had my BVision and IMO the quality was pretty good, or at least
> as good as you're going to get without a GFX card...
>
No instructions came with the SD&FF and ringing Eyeline was as useful
as a chocolate fire guard. Any help would be appreciated.
I have a graphics card but I`ve a few serious programs that require
Pal/aga (I lie they are games).
They also sold me what was billed as their top of the range monitor
but it`s only 25dpi and the image seems a lot less sharp than my
Microvitec 1701 (which blew up) so I`m none to happy all round at the
moment.
As I said before any help would be appreciated.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Malcolm Harnden PPC User.
G4 order placed With Phase5.
Visit My WebSite at:-
http://www.nobleone.u-net.com
Email me at:-
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Message 14427
From: "Malcolm Harnden"
Subject: [afb] Re: Animations on RTG screens
Date: 9 Jun 99 19:53:49 +0100
-----------------------------------------
[ My *PPC* & *CVPPC* Amiga made me reply:|
------------------------------------------
Wed, 09 Jun 1999 12:54:34 +0100
[afb] Re: Animations on RTG screens
> Hi amimatt@hotmail.com,
>
> > No, Can`t say that I have. Am I right in thinking that it is a commersial
> > program. I have seen it in an Epic Marketing advert but apart from that i
> > do not know that much about it.
>
> I doubt that you have, it's a shareware product by Lazlo Torok. He started
> it as a project purely for the Picasso IV, but he's done a standalone one
> as well.
>
Just taken delivery of MooVid Gold today from Epic. Works a treat on
Mov and AVI files. (It comes with some good examples.)
--
Only the Amiga makes it possible (Especially the *G4* Amiga)
Malcolm Harnden
malky@nobleone.u-net.com
http://www.nobleone.u-net.com
/| |\
/ | | \
/ ---- \_
/ \ / | |May the Force be with you.
|)----()---\_|
\ /||\ /
\ /
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::::
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Message 14428
From: "Malcolm Harnden"
Subject: [afb] Re: Animations on RTG screens
Date: 9 Jun 99 19:58:19 +0100
-----------------------------------------
[ My *PPC* & *CVPPC* Amiga made me reply:|
------------------------------------------
Wed, 9 Jun 1999 12:57:54 +0100
[afb] Re: Animations on RTG screens
> > Hi Matt,
> >
> > > Ah, but does it do Indeo?
> >
> > It does if you register it.
>
> And how much does that cost?
----->Moovid Gold is less than a tenner
--
Only the Amiga makes it possible (Especially the *G4* Amiga)
Malcolm Harnden
malky@nobleone.u-net.com
http://www.nobleone.u-net.com
/| |\
/ | | \
/ ---- \_
/ \ / | |May the Force be with you.
|)----()---\_|
\ /||\ /
\ /
^::::::^
::::
: :
: :
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Message 14429
From: "Glen Stansfield"
Subject: [afb] Re: Reminder AF on sale
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 21:10:45 +0100
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Bothwick
To: mapleleaf
Date: 09 June 1999 12:11
Subject: [afb] Re: Reminder AF on sale
>mapleleaf said,
>
>> Off I toddled to my local W.H. Smiths today to buy AF, only to be told by
the
>> staff that it is not published until the third thursday of the month.
Trying
>> to explain the publication dates and AF bulletins was like explaining the
>> theory of relativity to a brick.I`m going back tomorrow with AF124 to
show
>> the publication date for AF125 and to try to enlighten the brick! Anybody
>> else had this problem?
>
>No, because I use a proper newsagent rather than W H Smiths. What's
>the point in putting up with the lower quality service of a "magazine
>supermarket" when you don't get the lower prices to go with it?
I put up with it because they are the only people around here that can
actually be bothered to stock it. I would subscribe but like Mark Catchpole
(AF125) I too feel the dilemma. Should I reduce the newsagent sales and
ultimately lose the sight of AF on the shelves or should I continue to
receive my copy one week later? Will it make a difference if the rest of the
computing public loses sight of the Amiga. I don`t think we get many
converting back to the Amiga from other platforms unless they were
previously Amigans. Ultimately you and Ben are probably right and
subscription is the answer. Nor will we until we can get some serious
applications such as Word and Excel, and as much as I hate Microsoft and all
it entails it is this calibre of software that will ultimately save the
Amiga and persuade people to move away from Mr Gates` empire.
Bye for now
Glen.
Message 14430
From: Pekka Sippola
Subject: [afb] Re: A2000 Accelerators
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 23:01:43 +0200
Hello sniknej@hotmail.com
> I have recently got an A2000 to go with my A1200.
> I was wondering what ypes of accelerators are available for the A2000,
> and which ones are the best/most reliable.
I am very pleased with my Blizzard 2060, but it is out of production -
maybe back later. Compuquick announces GVP 2060 being available $695,
check www.infinet.com/~comquick.
Regards
--
Zipper
proud owner of A500 powerhouse ala '91
now cooking with A4000/233PPC
Message 14431
From: Pekka Sippola
Subject: [afb] Re: Excalibur RAM card
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 23:06:07 +0200
Hello amiga@earthling.net
> Anyone EVER get one of these RAM cards to work on an A4000? It plugs
> into the Processor direct slot, and the CPU is relocated to the
> Excalibur board, which has 4 RAM slots.
> I load the software, and all it does is fail to boot!
> Remove it, and all is normal...
> Any help is appreciated.
What about the clock (int/ext) jumper?
Regards
--
Zipper
proud owner of A500 powerhouse ala '91
now cooking with A4000/233PPC
Message 14432
From: "Ian Urie"
Subject: [afb] Re: Animations on RTG screens
Date: 09 Jun 99 21:08:30 -0500
On 09-Jun-99 07:03:26, Ben Vost said about [afb] Re: Animations on RTG
screens:
> Hi Matt,
>>> Can't remember, I did it too long ago. I think it
>>> was $35, but I'm not sure.
>> Hmm, that`s not bad.. if only I had a graphics
>> card to use it with...
> I think that moovid works on an AGA machine too, but you'll obviously get
> much lower frame rates.
Moovid definitely works on AGA,and the registration is apprx. 10.
Its more if you want the savage driver or the piv version.
More details about speeds etc are on his Web-Page.
--
Ian Urie
Uin:19729444
100 ways to skin a cat, #33: An Epie Lady.
Message 14433
From: Ralph
Subject: [afb] Re: List rules (was)Albatross (was)...
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 21:15:33 +0100
Hello Ashley
On 09-Jun-99, you wrote:
> On 08-Jun-99, James Lowe Wrote........
>
> [=> Hey, Ashley! Can I have some Albatross?
>
> [=> Mind you, the Subject: line for this thread can make some good reply
> [=> headers ;)
>
> Hahahahahaha, Yeah! You're not wrong. Ok you have a point about over
> Quoting. That Albatross thing was "Taking the PISS" ;). But I still think
> that most people follow the rules of common sense!
That is why we have 2 /*on*/ topic threads going on Digital cameras - about
wb3 and AutoStart about Neanderthrals.
And they are the on topic threads .
> We don't need a load of stupid rules to be forced upon us.
> Right, I'm gonna do some programming (Instead of repling here), hehehe.
Sooner or later the way the list keeps growing, 600+ we will need some
rules ,
unless the afb is to change to AnarchyFormatBalderdash ;-)
Ralph
Message 14434
From: Ralph
Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 20:44:28 +0100
Hello Ben
On 09-Jun-99, you wrote:
> Hi Ralph,
> =
>> On the same front I have been asked if there are any sites that list a=
ll
>> the Amiga camera software ?
> =
> I don't think so and some of it is commercial anyway. =
My brother is after spending =A3300+ on a camera and asked what cameras a=
re
suported on the Amiga .
If any one has a list could they send it to me .
If you are just going to send info on 1 camera send it direct to me to ke=
ep
the list mail down .
Ralph
Message 14435
From: "Daniel Thornton"
Subject: [afb] Help!
Date: 9 Jun 99 21:47:29 +0000
Does anyone know where I can download issues 10,12 and 13 of the old
diskmag,The Word from?
I have tried the official download site, but that doesn't go that far, and
although I am in regular contact with the regualr contributors, they all
have PC's now. Searches have thrown up nothing.
As the ill-thought-out Your Sinclair problem page said, "Haylp!"
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Message 14436
From: Robert Johnston
Subject: [afb] Re: IRC
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 08:37:12 +0100
Gerald Mellor wrote:
> > Letting IRC servers do
> > it also means everyone has an equel oppertunity for a nick - I can be
> > Freaky when no one else is using it (I've not once found it to be in use
> > when I was on DalNet - just nickserv bitching about it), or any different
> > version when someone else is. Works well for most networks (including
> > IRCNet, which is about 3 times bigger!), why not DALNet?
>
> Ah well, I don't like equal opportunities. I don't want someone in America
> with free access joining Dalnet as Bauglir and staying there forever so
> that when I join I can't use it. I like being able to kick someone else off
> the network if they're using my nick. :-)
>
> > Maybe, but I've lost count of the number of people I've seen leave DalNet
> > because "it's so laggy".
>
> Yeah I've heard that too. All I can say is that most of the time I'm not
> bothered by it.
>
> > Private messages offering them are common, and I don't support networks
> > who support porn and warez.
>
> Fair enough :)
> I don't support networks that restrict freedom of speech :)
Just so you'd know, I use Undernet most of the time, and I've never had any
problems with it. occasionally you get some problems, when servers lose
communication and the network splits, but this is usually resolved fast, and
doesn't make that much of an interruption. There is no nick registering, and I
think this is fair. If someone else is using your nick, you can ask them to
change, and in general, most people respect that you'd like your nick. If they
don't/won't, you can always use a variation. I.E., my usual nick is |Anakha|,
but if that's taken (With a ghost or something similar) I can use _Anakha_ or
SparHawk (My OLD nick). So don't start bitchin' just coz your nick is taken. use
your imagination and make a new one that no-one's ever thought of.
--
Robert "Anakha" Johnston
Anakha - Without Destiny
CUT: http://www.unmetered.org.uk
Remember, Remember, the 6th of June...
Message 14437
From: "Samuel Brookes"
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 19:05:46 +0100
>No I'm not, but I noticed you wear your watch on your right arm like I do.
>People always laugh at me for doing it and I thought I was the only person
who
>does. My mind is at rest now.
i am right handed and i have my watch on my right arm...
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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ami-gerbil@ami-gerbil.freeserve.co.uk
www.ami-gerbil.freeserve.co.uk
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Message 14438
From: fool
Subject: [afb] Re: Help!
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 22:08:07 +0000
Bother said Daniel Thornton as he realised we were talking about Help!
again...
--
> Does anyone know where I can download issues 10,12 and 13 of the old
> diskmag,The Word from?
Issue 10 (as well as all the preceding issues) is on CUCD7. I would
suggest asking one of the larger PD companies for the others.
Martin.
--
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Sutton, Surrey, UK. Visit my site at:
http://www.3amigas.freeserve.co.uk - fool.
Message 14439
From: "Stephen Harris"
Subject: [afb] Re: OFF TOPIC
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 22:02:13 +0100
> Hi there fool
>=20
> On 06-Jun-99, you wrote:
>=20
> > Bother said Stephen Harris as he realised we were talking about =
[afb] OFF
> > TOPIC again...
> Regards
> And was this buttered rodent related to an Albatross..?
No!
I am not bitting with this one :-)
{albatross}
Bomber Harris
Message 14440
From: "Stephen Harris"
Subject: [afb] Re: image cataloguing
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 21:22:16 +0100
Hi Ken,
>Have there been any give aways on your past CD's or subs disks or what =
about aminet. Does
> Ne1 know of a good one. I just want to see what's on all my saved
> images quickly instead of loading them all up (as the bigger ones can
> take time)
How about Picticon?
drag a picture on to an app-icon and it generates an icon from the file =
- it uses internal/datatypes decoding
Bomber Harris
Message 14441
From: Andy Mills
Subject: [afb] Re: Stargate
Date: 09 Jun 99 22:16:27 +0000
Hello Neil Bothwick, on 09-Jun-99 15:34:58 you said about:
[afb] Re: Stargate
>> Well, looking at yer headers, you're still using NC1.2.
>X-Mailer: MicroDot-II/AmigaOS NC 1.2 [NC2-#00000130]
>This means the NC version of MicroDot 1.2, so it's NVC2 since NC1 had
>version 0.x. Clear as mud innit?
/me bangs head on desk (again) and heads off to opticians....
That's it, I give in, I'm just gonna sit here and shut up before I
make yet another fecking mistake :/
>> The version of
>> Microplop that comes with that is poop and most mailers are better than
>> that. The latest version that comes with NC 2.x is much, much better,
>That's MD 1.3 I think.
NC 2.x = NetConnect v2, not MicroDot....
--
Andy Mills,
South West Amiga Group
http://www.wharne.u-net.com/swag/
--
IF IN DOUBT.WHIP IT OUT...
Message 14442
From: Dave Morgan
Subject: [afb] No Subject
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 15:48:47 +0000
Hi,
Kind regards
--
Dave Morgan - phonix@gooner.demon.co.uk (Home) ICQ:15959445
Amiga A1200, CBM 1084s 14" Monitor, Blizzard 1230/50, 68882, SCSI Kit, 2MB
chip, 48MB Fast, Western Digital 1.8Gb HD, Seagate 520MB HD, Matshita
8xSpeed Atapi/Ide CD-ROM, Plextor 12x Speed SCSI CD-Rom, Ricoh 6201s SCSI
CD-RW, Canon bjc-4200 printer, Microtek E3 SCSI Scanner, Hayes Accura
56K/v.90 Voice/Fax/Speakerphone Modem :-).wanker of highest order
A Southern Redneck's Seven Course Dinner: Possum and a six pack!
Message 14443
From: Dave Morgan
Subject: [afb] No Subject
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 15:49:33 +0000
Hi,
Kind regards
--
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Amiga A1200, CBM 1084s 14" Monitor, Blizzard 1230/50, 68882, SCSI Kit, 2MB
chip, 48MB Fast, Western Digital 1.8Gb HD, Seagate 520MB HD, Matshita
8xSpeed Atapi/Ide CD-ROM, Plextor 12x Speed SCSI CD-Rom, Ricoh 6201s SCSI
CD-RW, Canon bjc-4200 printer, Microtek E3 SCSI Scanner, Hayes Accura
56K/v.90 Voice/Fax/Speakerphone Modem :-).wanker of highest order
Hint for Mom: If you promised, do it.
Message 14444
From: Andy Kinsella
Subject: [afb] Re: 100 mail limit
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 20:51:12 +0100
Greetings Anthony
On 09-Jun-99, you wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Ref 100 Mail limit and list anarchy
>
>> In the immortal words of Mrs Merton - "Let's have a heated debate."
>
> It's a bit messy, but how about a second list, for OT posts (and now
> on AFB a choice of viewing....). We can then choose to subscribe to
> either a general AFB with the number of posts that would mean or a
> stricter AFB for on topic discussions only.
I've mentioned this before. But I'll do it again. If anyone is into
off-topic/weird/scientific/theological debate/chat etc. then Amilluminati
(sister list to the CU List) is the place for you. There is only one
rule. no ON-TOPIC chat is allowed (though you won't get a bollocking for
it (unless Korny wakes up with a hangover) :)
paddle to http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/amilluminati
Oh, and it's been given an "r" rating by onelist, so if you are under 17
you are not allowed in. If you are easily offended or upset, then you
shouldn't be allowed in :)
Regards
Andy
*FUBAR*@http://www.q-soft.demon.co.uk
/PGP Key available on request/
--
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Message 14445
From: Andy Kinsella
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 22:03:20 +0100
Greetings Matt
On 09-Jun-99, you wrote:
>> Hi Ben
>>
>>>> Are you left-handed?
>>>
>>> No, are you?
>>
>> No I'm not, but I noticed you wear your watch on your right arm like I
>> do.
>> People always laugh at me for doing it and I thought I was the only
>> person
> who
>> does. My mind is at rest now.
>
> You know WHY people laugh at you? Because wearing your watch on your
> right arm is what WOMEN do. Like how the buttons are on the other side
> of shirts/blouses/trousers (if you have button up flies) etc. and
> stuff..
Only that buttons buttoning up backwards on womens clothing dates back to
times of old, when posh birds where dressed by their maids. they are
designed so it's easier for someone else to button up rather than ones
self.
Wrist watches did not exist in those days. Cack handers wear watches on
their right hands so that they can manipulate the buttons and stuff with
the good hand.
> --
> Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk
Regards
Andy
*FUBAR*@http://www.q-soft.demon.co.uk
/PGP Key available on request/
--
It is better to have tried and failed than to have failed to try, but
the result's the same.
-- Mike Dennison
Message 14446
From: Andy Kinsella
Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 22:06:00 +0100
Greetings Ben
On 09-Jun-99, you wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> =
>>> I only want to spend about 100 quid and need nothing fancy.
> =
>> A 50 quid 35mm compact would yield far and away better results than an=
y
>> digital within your budget.
> =
>> Well that's not really true. A 20 quid 35mm compact will give better
>> results than a 100 quid digital.
> =
> A =A36.99 disposable probably would!
Hell, some photo sensitive paper shoved on a cardboard box with a small
hole in the front probably would! :)
> All the best,
Regards
Andy
*FUBAR*@http://www.q-soft.demon.co.uk
/PGP Key available on request/
-- =
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to
make it shorter.
-- Blaise Pascal
Message 14447
From: Andy Kinsella
Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 22:07:36 +0100
Greetings C.R.Buchanan@hw.ac.uk
On 09-Jun-99, you wrote:
> Hi all,
> =
>>> I only want to spend about 100 quid and need nothing fancy.
>> =
>> 100! The only one you'll be able to buy is Power's VDC100 y Mustek in
>> that case (I think). Realistically if you want a digicam for your Amig=
a
>> look at spending at least =A3300. But yes, it would connect to your
>> serial port (unless you get a Mavica), and no you wouldn't need a
>> special cable (it would be included).
>> =
> =
> OK, I've changed my mind after the wise (and mostly cynical ;-) advice
> from the AFB frequenters. What is a better, yet convenient way to get
> real life images into an Amiga (for use in web pages etc.)?
> =
> Maybe I should forget it all together and spend my money on some other
> kind of more useful hardware or software. Besides I need something to
> spend the last of my student grant on (beer just doesn't have that
> attraction anymore). I don't get a grant at all next year, so please
> understand how important it is that I squander it.
> =
> What would be a nice thing to buy? Any suggestions?
A half decent camera, a few rolls of slide film (processing is normally
included in film price), and a transparancy scanner.
> --
> God, who needs a signature anyway?
Regards
Andy
*FUBAR*@http://www.q-soft.demon.co.uk
/PGP Key available on request/
-- =
Anyone can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
-- Cicero
Message 14448
From: "Tom"
Subject: [afb] Re: EZ-PZ ?
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 22:42:50 +0100
>It sounds like your bitrate or frequency isn't quite right. Check that
>you get the same result each time you hit the same remote button when
>in Learn mode.
Cheers Ill try that
Tom
Message 14449
From: "Tom"
Subject: [afb] Re: Where's AF Website?
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 22:48:41 +0100
Hi.
>Where's the AF website gone? If it has been erased, then why?
You can get to it at www.amiganet.co.uk but there isn't much there, just a
bit of info on the latest mag and the forums.
Tom
Message 14450
From: "Neil Bothwick"
Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera
Date: 9 Jun 1999 21:0:34 +0100
Matt Sealey said,
> I would say get 3.5 FIRST (be at the forefront of system updatedness!) and
> DOpus LATER.
To be at the forefront of system updatedness you should get each
product as soon as it is available. Opus is available now, 3.5 is not.
> There is only disappointment to be found when you realise
> that the only features you need out of a product are in the OS anyway.
That won't happen. There's no way they could program and test a tenth
of Opus' enhancements to Workbench in the time available.
> Sure, DOpus is great, but can you really say that it is ESSENTIAL?
No more so than a hard drive :-/
> I mean,
> I manage to live without it. It took you so long to be persuaded into using
> it
It took that long to become good enough to be considered essential.
Neil
--
Neil Bothwick - http://www.wirenet.co.uk icq://16361788
Connected via Wirenet, The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
--
Click..Click..Click..Damn! Out of taglines!
Message 14451
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: AF125 - It's here
Date: 8 Jun 99 23:01:44 +0000
On Tue Jun 08 at 23:00:18, Andy Sillwood was heard muttering:
> >> I've got Chemistry module 2 at 2:30 this afternoon :-/
>
> >Excuse ignorance - is this University?
> >If so - are you craaaazy?
>
> In my case its A-Levels, I don't know about Alex though. Module 3 is Friday
> morning, and module 4 next thursday morning.
A-Level chemistry is allowed (I'm doing it myself). I though it might
be uni because in my course you do the 5 modules spread throughout
the 2 years - so only one to go (called "Materials" FYI :)
> As well as Chemistry, I'm doing maths and Physics too.
Maths is allowed (exam on Wednesday 9th!), physics is the easy way out
;)
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
PC.
--
... Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.
Message 14452
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: X, C, & V
Date: 8 Jun 99 23:10:52 +0000
According to Andrew, there's something good going on and it's
something to do with [afb] Re: X, C, & V.
> >Does anybody know of a nice little program that can cut, copy
> >and paste files in workbench. (Like Windoes does)
> Yes, Powersnap. It can be found on AF cd's and Aminet.
If you have MCP installed (which you should ;) there is an identical
option within that. Saves running yet another commodity!
PC.
--
... Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Message 14453
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: Exam poll (WAS AF125 - It's here)
Date: 8 Jun 99 23:24:11 +0000
According to Chris, there's something good going on and it's
something to do with [afb] Re: Exam poll (WAS AF125 - It's here).
> Hi Paul.
Hello Chris.
>
> > God, that was quick. I only said it half an hour ago! Why are you
> > blaming me in the poll mail though?! You actually started the poll.
>
> I'm not *blaming* you as such, just pointing out that it was your suggestion
> for the poll. Sorry if I offended you in that respect - it wasn't the
> intention. Aren't you proud though, to have effectively (if indirectly)
> started an AFB poll?
Yeah, it makes me proud to own an Amiga.....don't worry you didn't
offend me - I just didn't want people whinging "What's the point in
asking people that?".
>
> > I feel obliged to answer it now - my first one ever.
>
> While you're at it, you wouldn't answer my other poll, would you?
> It's about printed manuals.
I've already done the exams one (I was the second voter so I assume
you were the first). I will go back sometime, I always thought it
would take longer.
> I've only got 18 votes so far in 2 days, whereas the exams
> poll has had 14 in less than a day!
Ha ha, so it was a good idea!
> Chrispy
PC.
--
... Amoebit: Amoeba/rabbit cross; it can multiply and divide at
the same time.
Message 14454
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: AF125 - It's here
Date: 9 Jun 99 18:50:29 +0000
What are you on about, Alex Furmanski?
> Hiya
Wotcha
>
> >>> >I've got Chemistry module1 today. In 2 hours time in fact.
> >>>
> >>> I've got Chemistry module 2 at 2:30 this afternoon :-/
> Yes mine are A-levels. Me am doing Computing, Maths and
> Electronics as well.
As I have also replied to Andy (because your mails are never joined to
threads ;/ ) my modules in Chemistry have names and I don't do them
all at once as you appear to be. Dunno why they bother with names
though because it sounds really sad. What would you rather say you are
studying:
a) How far, how fast? [the real name]
b) Rates and Equilibrium [a slightly better name]
> Alex Furmanski
Paul C. (studying chemistry, maths, economics (aarghhh!) and AS
Further Maths). Oh yeah, did you know I can prove that 2=1. And
there's this way of working out days of the week for any date........
--
Update: Just done my Maths exam (NEAB) and it was a piece of piddle!
Hoorah!
--
... If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
Message 14455
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: Anagrams of Amigans!
Date: 8 Jun 99 23:39:11 +0000
At 23:38:30 you said about [afb] Re: Anagrams of Amigans!:
> Hi Paul Cundle
G'day
>
> > And you did make the claim yourself to sending the second-most
> > mails to this list.
>
> And I was as surprised as you are, which is why I demanded a
> re-count. But blow me if it didn't come out as me again!
Red Dwarf, per chance?
What do you mean 'surprised'? It's pretty obvious just looking down my
list of messages ;)
>
> When I get back to college, I'll try out these:
Bit of deduction here - you are doing A-Levels and are going back to
college - does that mean you are at the end of your first year?
>
> "Petro Tyshtywatsit, unpronouncable Amiga bloke"
Was"I lurve jelly and I want to marry it. People may think I'm strange
but I'm not.
> I want to be wedded to jelly and if that's what I want, that's what
I'll have.
> Can I have my jelly now please?" - Rod Hull
>
>
> going to, couldn't spell it.
> "Neil Bothwick, top bearded internet bloke"
Was going to try this (well, sort of!)
> "Bill Gates, bastard"
Won't be long enough. How about, "Bill Gates, really nasty horrible
person"? Maybe not, eh?
>
> Alex Furmanski
PC.
--
... Do they sterilize the needles for lethal injections?
Message 14456
From: "Neil Bullock"
Subject: [afb] Re: Help!
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 09:37:30 +0100
----- Original Message -----
From: fool
To:
Sent: 09 June 1999 23:08
Subject: [afb] Re: Help!
> > Does anyone know where I can download issues 10,12 and 13 of the old
> > diskmag,The Word from?
No, but The Word was part of Point Productions for a while there, which
I now run :)
Just thought I'd point that out
Neil
Message 14457
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: Sub Disk Virus
Date: 9 Jun 99 00:15:12 +0000
MSGTO: Ferenczy
SUBJECT: [afb] Re: Sub Disk Virus
> Cool! I will have to check out that virus - the last one I saw was CCCP back in
> 1992, I think... That was a right pain at the time, with only Steve Tibbet's
> VirusX to fight it off with... ;-)
I'm a bit disappointed it turned out not to be a virus - I've /never/
had one since I got my miggy in early '95. I never run a checker
partly for this reason and partly because I always run out of mem.
PS. Please don't tell me "You should run a checker because...."
Paul C.
--
^^^ Who has just changed his signature from PC after someone pointed
out what a bad choice it was for an Amiga list :)
Message 14458
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: Subs mag
Date: 9 Jun 99 00:27:38 +0000
I was just going to bed, when Ben Vost wrote this and I just HAD to read it:
> Ah Esperanto is easy.
Good, I was going to learn it after my exams before I start work. And
C as well hopefully. I remember seing a review in PDselect years ago
of a tutorial disk for Esperanto and that said it was quite easy.
> > I don't know how compressed the stuff is on the floppies these
> > days, but I think the AUI way of really squeezing things on and
> > using Diskspare to get the last few extra bytes was very
> > clever! Any chance of you copying that? ;-)
>
> I was only kidding about the floppy. Diskspare might be a good idea,
> but you're all CD-ROM owners, what do you care? :)
Don't be silly. We all care about those few floppy users out there who
all make up part of the big Amiga family. [/me goes to throw up in
corner of room]
Paul C.
--
... Is it true that cannibals refuse to eat clowns cause they taste funny?
Message 14459
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: OS3.5 Aweb
Date: 9 Jun 99 00:33:58 +0000
According to Neil, there's something good going on and it's
something to do with [afb] Re: OS3.5 Aweb.
> Banking sites that use JavaScript but not Java now seems to work with
> AWeb and the latest MiamiSSL.
Has anyone managed to get into Egg? I click on the relevant link and
get a "Connection refused - reset by peer" using Voyager. I'd be
grateful if someone could try it out (you don't need an account with
them to visit the first link). I would try Aweb but that needs the
MiamiSSL thing which I think you can't use on the demo of Miami.
> Neil
Paul C.
> Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
Scraping the barrel, Neil?
--
... AND SPEAKING OF NOT LIVING FOREVER...
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters. Both were
particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost children while living in the White House.
Both were shot in the head.
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.
Both successors were named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names compromise fifteen letters.
Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
A week before Lincoln was shot he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot he was in Marilyn Monroe.
Sorry for the long tagline - but I thought it was good. Won't happen
again, mister.
Message 14460
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: EZ-PZ ?
Date: 9 Jun 99 19:19:22 +0000
I was just going to bed, when Alex Furmanski wrote this and I just HAD to read it:
> Just reading Eyetech's ad in AF and something occurred to me that has never done
> so before: All (most) of Eyetech's products are called "EZ-" something. Is
> this supposed to be pronounced "easy", "e-zed", "ez" or what?
I always read it as "e-zed" but "easy" sounds more likely eg.
easylink.
This brings me to a request I've meant to ask for ages for AF:
Can you do a little bit somewhere on "How to pronounce things" Some
example would be
SCSI (scuzzy)
Vost (ie rhymes with cost not toast)
EZ-...
XPK
HTML (is it H.T.M.L or htmul?)
Actually, I can't think of any good ones at the moment. Only SCSI.
Ne'er mind, eh?
> Alex Furmanski
Paul C.
--
... A picture is worth 1,000 words -- but only those to describe the picture.
Hardly any sets of 1,000 words can be adequately described with pictures.
Message 14461
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera
Date: 9 Jun 99 19:44:01 +0000
On Wed Jun 09 at 19:43:13, Colin Buchanan was heard muttering:
> Hi all,
Hellooo,
>=20
> I have recently decided that I must have a digital camera=2E
>=20
> I know there are a few versions of digital camera software out there=2E =
Taking this into account, can anyone recommend a suitable camera? Has anyo=
ne got one that they're satisfied with? And is the software actually any g=
ood?
>=20
> I only want to spend about 100 quid and need nothing fancy=2E
In the latest issue of T3 there's a letter about a cartridge which can
be slotted into the film-holder of any 35mm camera - good if you
already have a decent SLR with lots of lenses and stuff=2E
Don't know if it would work with the Amiga and they don't give a
price=2E All they say is its the EFS-1 cartridge by Imagek=2E Holds 30
pics with 1=2E3million pixels each=2E Phone 001 714 549 8211=2E
There are some digital camera reviews but they seem to cost about
=A3500-600=2E Have a flick through in the newsagents (but again you might
have trouble linking them to the Amiga)=2E
Any use to you?
They've also got some goggles (like virtual reality ones) which
simulate a 52" screen only 2 metres away!!! Oh, and a plasma TV for
=A36,300!
> Colin Buchanan
Paul C=2E
--
=2E=2E=2E Why is the alphabet in that order, is it because of that song?
Message 14462
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: BT-Internet, Fair competition?
Date: 9 Jun 99 00:42:48 +0000
According to Neil, there's something good going on and it's
something to do with [afb] Re: BT-Internet, Fair competition?.
> Ben Vost said,
>
> > Oh great. Another ISP acronym...
>
> IKWYM. These TLAs and ETLAs are a PITA. IMHO TLA users should be
> FATHWTRC. YMMV
For anyone who doesn't know what Neil meant, here is a translation:
I Killed William's Yappy Mongrel. These Telephone Licensing
Associations and External Telephone Licensing Agents are a Pretty
Interesting Type, Actually. Incredibly, Mini-Hitler Organisations
That Lose Actual users should be Fed Anything That Hairy Wolves Try To
Remove Carefully. Yeltsin Momentarily Managed Violence.
I'll shut up now.
Paul C.
--
... Why is "the end" written at the end of books? Isn't it obvious when
the words stop?
Message 14463
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: Reminder: AF on sale!
Date: 9 Jun 99 23:07:24 +0000
At 23:06:43 you said about [afb] Re: Reminder: AF on sale!:
> Hi Paul,
>
> >> Description: AF125 on sale today (July 1999)
> > Wow, really helpful. Shouldn't the date be a bit more specific than
> > "July"?
>
> It's the July issue, the message says on sale today - what more do you need
> to know?
Would be nice to know how many pages news will get, most likely top
story, colour of title, number of graphics, number of funny remarks...
Actually, I was just being picky. It's obvious what date from the
date the message was sent.
>
> >> Deadline day for news items for our tenth birthday issue - AF126.
> > Hey? You mean everything in the news of next issue will be stuff
> > that's happened *before* today? Thank God for the internet.
>
> No, but I do mean that if you have a news story you want to be sure
> is included, it should be in by now.
Okey doke.
> Ben Vost
Paul C.
--
... If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done?
Message 14464
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: Subs mag
Date: 9 Jun 99 23:12:08 +0000
MSGTO: Ben Vost
SUBJECT: [afb] Re: Subs mag
> Hi Paul,
Hello,
> > Cheaper phone calls, cheaper postage.... it ain't fair :(
>
> No free healthcare
It's not free here - what about taxes?
> rampant unemployment
I'm allowed to ignore that - I'm a student (until September)
> Maybe it's fairer than you think?
>
> >> I quite agree, especially seeing as I spend a large proportion of my
> > waking hours actually working on the sodding thing.
>
> > Shock, horror! Newsflash: Amiga mag Editor reveals secret hate of
> > working in the Amiga market.
>
> Not at all, it just takes a lot of effort is all.
And much appreciated: Three cheers: Hip hip......
>
Paul C.
--
I wouldn't be paranoid if everyone didn't pick on me.
Message 14465
From: P Gordon aka Mr Tickle
Subject: [afb] Hello!?
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 15:17:50 -0700 (PDT)
Are my mails getting through? Its just that no one
ever answers me :(
Am I that boring?!
Do my mails smell or something?
I'm a nice guy, I like the Amiga, I have opinions, i
can buy some email-deoderant! :)
Message 14466
From: "Neil Bullock"
Subject: [afb] Re: Hello!?
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:29:36 +0100
----- Original Message -----
From: P Gordon aka Mr Tickle
To:
Sent: 09 June 1999 23:17
Subject: [afb] Hello!?
> Are my mails getting through? Its just that no one
> ever answers me :(
Yep, they're getting through.
>
> Am I that boring?!
>
> Do my mails smell or something?
>
> I'm a nice guy, I like the Amiga, I have opinions, i
> can buy some email-deoderant! :)
>
Perhaps it's that you're so much more intelligent
than everyone on this list that no-one can ever think
of anything to say to match your infinite wisdom? :)
Neil
PS. Nice email address BTW :)
Message 14467
From: "Paul Cundle"
Subject: [afb] Re: Subs mag
Date: 9 Jun 99 23:17:00 +0000
MSGTO: Ben Vost
SUBJECT: [afb] Re: Subs mag
> Hi Paul,
Hello again,
>
> > Half of the stuff appeared on the CD as well anyway, either that month
> > or the month after.
> It shouldn't be that issue, but it may have appeared the issue after.
Hmmmmmm...
>
> > Could you possibly put your real name in your home email-address
> > please?
> Nope,
Pants.
> Ben Vost
Paul C.
--
You will be a winner today. Pick a fight with a four-year-old.
Message 14468
From: paulc@lantik.u-net.com
Subject: [afb] POLL: What sex are you?
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 22:22:51 -0000
I don't think we've had a single poll yet which members haven't ripped
apart and whinged about so I'm trying to come up with one you can't
argue with (though saying that means someone will!)
----
Please select one of the following:
o Male
o Female
o Hermaphrodite
o Neither male nor female
o Don't know
by going to the following Web form:
http://www.egroups.com/vote?id=928966971090
Thank you!
Message 14469
From: Alan Day
Subject: [afb] Unmetered calls
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 23:52:24 +0100
There was a parliamentary debate today (Wed), about the internet,
e-commerce, per-minute charges.
One MP let slip that a major telco will be making announcements within
weeks and that unmetered calls will be available within three
months.("At a premium")
And that high-speed "permanently on" services will also be available
a.k.a ADSL.
:) :)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Alan Day - Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
Team AMIGA ICQ uin 23996342
A member of CUT - Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications
( in the UK ) please register your support for UNMETERED calls at
http://www.unmetered.org.uk
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Message 14470
From: alex.paton@tesco.net
Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 22:58:34 -0000
Hi,
<7jlo5o$d3q-@egroups.com> wrote:
Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=14345
> Hi all,
> OK, I've changed my mind
>
> What would be a nice thing to buy? Any suggestions?
>
I would still advise the digital camera, just don't buy a cheap one. The Kodak DC220 (I think that is the model) gives excellent results.
All the best,
AP
Message 14471
From: "Daniel Thornton"
Subject: [afb] Re: Reminder AF on sale
Date: 9 Jun 99 23:44:17 +0000
On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 21:10:45 +0100, Glen Stansfield wibbled...
> I put up with it because they are the only people around here that can
> actually be bothered to stock it. I would subscribe but like Mark Catchpole
> (AF125) I too feel the dilemma. Should I reduce the newsagent sales and
> ultimately lose the sight of AF on the shelves or should I continue to
> receive my copy one week later?
Why not do what I do and get your local newsagen to order a copy in for you
and keep it on Shop Save? Only one copy needs to be ordered, you don't have
the hassle of trying to find it, and he gets a guranteed sale.
Everybody's happy. Except Ben, who'd obviously prefer you get a
subscription ;)
--
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Message 14472
From: "Samuel Brookes"
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: What sex are you?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 00:21:08 +0100
>I don't think we've had a single poll yet which members haven't ripped
>apart and whinged about so I'm trying to come up with one you can't
>argue with (though saying that means someone will!)
>----
>
>Please select one of the following:
>
> o Male
> o Female
> o Hermaphrodite
> o Neither male nor female
> o Don't know
didnt we have a sex poll a week or 2 back - im sure i amswered one
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Message 14473
From: "Oliver Roberts"
Subject: [afb] Re: Where's AF Website?
Date: 10 Jun 99 00:52:52 +0100
On 09-Jun-99 20:10:15 BST, Ian Shurmer wrote:
> Being (very) new to the 'net, one of the first sites that I wanted to
> visit was that of AF. However, arriving at the Future Publishing site, I
> found that I couldn't view it using Voyager, which I think was due to my
> browser not being able to run MS VBScript. However, I tried to view the
> site on my brother's (Spit!) P.C., but to my suprises I couldn't find the
> AF site anywhere!
>
> Where's the AF website gone? If it has been erased, then why?
>
> If I'm completely overlooking it's location, then could someone inform me
> of it's whereabouts?
http://www.amigaformat.co.uk/
There's also some bits'n'bobs at http://www.amiganet.co.uk/
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Message 14474
From: Bob Rickman
Subject: [afb] Netconnect 2 Mailing list
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 17:42:10 +0100
Hello all,
Can someone kindly confirm to me the address of the Netconnect 2 mailing =
list. I subscribed with majordomo@tigress.com but have received no postin=
gs for several weeks, and wonder if this is still current. I sent a simil=
ar request
some 20 hours ago which appears to have disappeared into the ether;-)
Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
-- =
Bob Rickman
Devon UK
Message 14475
From: David Jackson
Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 01:35:41 +0000
> OK, I've changed my mind after the wise (and mostly cynical ;-) advice =
from
> the AFB frequenters. What is a better, yet convenient way to get real =
life
> images into an Amiga (for use in web pages etc.)? =
> =
Have you thought about a Pro-Grab 24 RT Plus, grab 16.7 million colours i=
n
real time from any existing video source e.g. Camcorder video recorder e.=
t.c.
All for =A399.99 =
=
All the best =
DeeJay
Some people hope to achieve immortality through their works or their
children. I would prefer to achieve it by not dying.
-- Woody Allen
Message 14476
From: free0027740e001@mail.free4all.co.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: How to sell 10 million AmigaNG's in the first year....
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 01:32:59 +0000
Hi all,
QIII Arena would be nice. Even if there aren`t more than a
fractional amount of Amigas that could run it. Slowly. All that
would be needed after that would be an arsenal of s/ware superior to
the industry-standard tools and toys that make an entry-level PC so
sexy.
My personal PPC killer-apps would also include:
* A L***s Notes clone
* A _realtime_ soft synth a la Generator
Any other ideas?
DS
p.s. liz@pagansoft - `allo mate!!!!!
--
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--
Message 14477
From: "Phil Stephens"
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: Which Commodities?
Date: 10 Jun 99 02:16:36 +0000
In PRIV.Amiga Format Ben Vost wrote on Wed, 09 Jun 1999 09:53:38 +0100 about [afb] Re: POLL: Which Commodities?
Hi Ben Vost
> > But doesn't this replace the original Cross Dos, I'm not even sure if
> > I have voted or not now:)
>
> It does, but I'll ask again. Do you actually run the commodity or just the
> DOSdriver?
I run it as the commodity, well at least I have it starting from
WBStartup:)
Weather or not it's setup right is another matter;)
Bye
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Message 14478
From: "Phil Stephens"
Subject: [afb] Re: Animations on RTG screens
Date: 10 Jun 99 02:19:18 +0000
In PRIV.Amiga Format Matt Sealey wrote on Wed, 9 Jun 1999 12:51:39 +0100 about [afb] Re: Animations on RTG screens
Hi Matt Sealey
> > Have you tried MooVid? It's a player that will play both AVI and QT movies
> > is regularly updated and handles quite a lot of codecs.
>
> Ah, but does it do Indeo?
If you register it, yes I believe it does :)
Bye
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Message 14479
From: 4-0 <4-0@beamer.u-net.com>
Subject: [afb] Re: It sticks out!!!
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 16:28:34 +0000
Hello Matt
On 08-Jun-99, you wrote:
> Angled? You mean like the 90degree PCMCIA adapters are "angled"?
Yup, thats the kind i'm on about. If they exist that is.
4-0
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Message 14480
From: 4-0 <4-0@beamer.u-net.com>
Subject: [afb] Re: It sticks out!!!
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 16:38:10 +0000
Hello Phil
On 08-Jun-99, you wrote:
> I can think of another way, buy a tower !
Not a bad idea, except I haven't got much room. And I don't need planning
permision for a desktop case ;-) I mean, those towers are HUGE... Plus I've
had bad experiences with towers when I tried to put my A1200 in one. I'll
say one word... Mikronik... (shudder)..
Cheers though, same to the other person who suggested getting a tower.
4-0
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Message 14481
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: BT-Internet, Fair competition?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:19:27 +0100
Hi Paul,
>> IKWYM. These TLAs and ETLAs are a PITA. IMHO TLA users should be
>> FATHWTRC. YMMV
> For anyone who doesn't know what Neil meant, here is a translation:
> I Killed William's Yappy Mongrel. These Telephone Licensing
> Associations and External Telephone Licensing Agents are a Pretty
> Interesting Type, Actually. Incredibly, Mini-Hitler Organisations
> That Lose Actual users should be Fed Anything That Hairy Wolves Try To
> Remove Carefully. Yeltsin Momentarily Managed Violence.
Excellent. Perhaps we ought to disseminate a dictionary of made-up TLAs to
really confuse net newbies? :)
All the best,
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but I certainly admire the problem.
Message 14482
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: image cataloguing
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:20:30 +0100
Hi Ken,
> I was looking through this months issue of AF and saw about PD select
> and image cataloguing system called photo Folio. I'm after a said bit of
> software to use on my stored pic' files on my HD. Have there been any
> give aways on your past CD's or subs disks or what about aminet does
> anyone know of a good one. I just want to see what's on all my saved
> images quickly instead of loading them all up (as the bigger ones can
> take time) only finger nail size will do, a sort of data base type.
There are absolutely loads of applications like this. Check out aminet.
All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337) T: (+44) 01225 442244
Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I'll try anything once too often
Message 14483
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: A2000 Accelerators
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:22:46 +0100
Hi sniknej@hotmail.com,
> I have recently got an A2000 to go with my A1200.
> I was wondering what ypes of accelerators are available for the A2000,
> and which ones are the best/most reliable.
You won't find many around right now, not if you're based in the UK anyway.
Wait for the Blizzard 20x0 boards to come out again and get one of those.
All the best,
--
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Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI
Message 14484
From: "james"
Subject: [afb] Re: Request for a piece of clipart
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:19:04 +0100
> I have been asked to do a special job (very quickly) for a charity which
> requires some colour images of funeral wreaths and a greyscale image of a
> churchyard stone cross.
There was a pic of a stone cross sent in to AF a few months
back. I don't know which issue though.
james
Message 14485
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Where's AF Website?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:26:32 +0100
Hi Ian,
> If I'm completely overlooking it's location, then could someone inform me
> of it's whereabouts?
http://www.amigaformat.co.uk
All the best,
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Try: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/
Message 14486
From: Duncan Race
Subject: [afb] Fusion/PCX PPC
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 01:28:49 PDT
Microcode solutions are asking for anyone who is interested in the PPC
versions of these programs to register their intention at their website
(WWW.Microcode-solutions.com). If they get 500 people willing to pre order
for each they will begin work on them.
So far they appear to be about half way there but the deadline is in 3
days...........
Info also at the Blittersoft website..
______________________________________________________
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Message 14487
From: xatiminey@knowles-hill.devon.sch.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: It sticks out sideways!!!
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:30:11 -0000
wrote:
Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=14480
> Hello Phil
>
> On 08-Jun-99, you wrote:
>
> > I can think of another way, buy a tower !
>
No! An even Better Idea: Get a cardboard box!
No, seriously, instead of getting a box and trying to put a computer in it, get a computer and find a box to go around it. That way, you're less likely to have space problems... sortof
-A Timiney
Message 14488
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: EZ-PZ ?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:28:36 +0100
Hi Paul,
> This brings me to a request I've meant to ask for ages for AF:
> Can you do a little bit somewhere on "How to pronounce things" Some
> example would be
> SCSI (scuzzy)
> Vost (ie rhymes with cost not toast)
> EZ-...
> XPK
(ecks pee kay)
> HTML (is it H.T.M.L or htmul?)
(aitch tee emm ell)
AGA
(ay gee ay)
MUI
(mooey)
> Actually, I can't think of any good ones at the moment. Only SCSI.
> Ne'er mind, eh?
How's those?
All the best,
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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*all* Amiga owners.
Message 14489
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Subs mag
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:33:30 +0100
Hi Kevin,
> I posted mine in today, first class no less! Okay I filled it in in 2 mins
> while rushing thru some major work. And realised i screwed a couple of q's
> up (I need glasses, I should get some soon) but hell, it's in the post!
Good. See, everyone? It only takes 2 mins (if you can see, that is :)
> And they taught you Esperanto? Was it a public school?
No, I was a grammar school oik.
>> Yup, somewhere in the UK. I sent away for the materials for it. It
>> doesn't really need a course taught in school proper - it wouldn't take a
>> year to learn, let alone three. Mind you, it would probably be a good
>> idea, since if everyone spoke Esperanto, it would make communication with
>> non-English, western European people so much easier.
> You mean you don't just go "DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH? I SAID, DO YOU ..
> SPEAK-ER ... EN - GER - LISH?"
Unfortunately, unless you know the native language of the country you are in
you probably do since practically nobody speaks Esperanto. :(
> Seriously, I guess it wasn't a school sponsored thing then and was
> inspired home-education on behalf of parents/guardians?
My own idea entirely. I guess the impetus was the Stainless Steel Rat books
by Harry Harrison. The hero speaks Esperanto, an artificial language
invented in 1913 (I think) by a guy called Professor Zamenhof.
>> Ah well, don't watch Red Dwarf, it got too boring after about the third
>> series.
> it still hasn't picked up, but there's at least two really funny jokes per
> series!
Presumably they aren't the ones about curry-stained pants or Rimmer's
incompetence... :|
> Hmmm, how much of the disk is taken up by the files needed to boot wb?
About 10%
>> Ha! I wish. You mean it would be more money for the bottom line...
> *Sigh* There goes my hopes and dreams of a free Swedish au pair with every
> issue ...
If only...
All the best,
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Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Message 14490
From: xatiminey@knowles-hill.devon.sch.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: Reminder AF on sale
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:37:04 -0000
wrote:
Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=14471
> On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 21:10:45 +0100, Glen Stansfield wibbled...
>
> > I put up with it because they are the only people around here that can
> > actually be bothered to stock it. I would subscribe but like Mark Catchpole
> > (AF125) I too feel the dilemma. Should I reduce the newsagent sales and
> > ultimately lose the sight of AF on the shelves or should I continue to
> > receive my copy one week later?
>
> Why not do what I do and get your local newsagen to order a copy in for you
> and keep it on Shop Save? Only one copy needs to be ordered, you don't have
> the hassle of trying to find it, and he gets a guranteed sale.
>
> Everybody's happy. Except Ben, who'd obviously prefer you get a
> subscription ;)
>
Well, if you have enough money, maybe you should subscribe _and_ buy AF from the shops? Then, in 20 years time, you can sell your duplicate copies as antiques; a reminder of the good(?) old days.
If you dopn't have enough money, try encouraging others to buy an amiga (should you not be doing this anyway?) then suggest that they buy AF. Sales won't drop in your newsagent when you get a subscription (since your friends will be buying AF of the shelf until they realise what a brilliant magazine it is).
-Alex Timiney
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal labotomy!" - from 'the Existential Blues'
Message 14491
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:35:03 +0100
Hi Paul,
> In the latest issue of T3 there's a letter about a cartridge which can
> be slotted into the film-holder of any 35mm camera - good if you
> already have a decent SLR with lots of lenses and stuff.
> Don't know if it would work with the Amiga and they don't give a
> price. All they say is its the EFS-1 cartridge by Imagek. Holds 30
> pics with 1.3million pixels each. Phone 001 714 549 8211.
> There are some digital camera reviews but they seem to cost about
> =A3500-600. Have a flick through in the newsagents (but again you might=
> have trouble linking them to the Amiga).
Unfortunately it still seems to be vapour ware - I heard about this early=
last year and thought it was a great idea, but nothing seems to have been=
done with it...
All the best,
-- =
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Message 14492
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: What sex are you?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:40:09 +0100
Hi paulc@lantik.u-net.com,
> I don't think we've had a single poll yet which members haven't ripped
> apart and whinged about so I'm trying to come up with one you can't
> argue with (though saying that means someone will!)
Me! Me! There's already a poll that asks that...
All the best,
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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but they won't give me the source code.
Message 14493
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Reminder AF on sale
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:42:14 +0100
Hi Daniel,
> Why not do what I do and get your local newsagen to order a copy in for=
> you and keep it on Shop Save? Only one copy needs to be ordered, you do=
n't
> have the hassle of trying to find it, and he gets a guranteed sale.
> Everybody's happy. Except Ben, who'd obviously prefer you get a
> subscription ;)
I don't mind at all, it's just that you'd only pay about =A33.40 per issu=
e if
you subscribed compared to six quid if you don't, that's all.
All the best,
-- =
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Message 14494
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Where's AF Website?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:42:50 +0100
Hi Oliver,
> http://www.amigaformat.co.uk/
> There's also some bits'n'bobs at http://www.amiganet.co.uk/
No they go to the same place now, and we'll probably ditch the amiganet
domain anyway.
All the best,
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With 13 issues a year we're the best.
Message 14495
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: Which Commodities?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:44:07 +0100
Hi Phil,
>> It does, but I'll ask again. Do you actually run the commodity or just
>> the DOSdriver?
> I run it as the commodity, well at least I have it starting from
> WBStartup:)
That's not what I mean. You may have PC0: in your WBSTartup (which is wrong
btw, it should be in Devs:DOSDrivers), but do you use the actual "CrossDOS"
text manipulation commodity?
All the best,
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Message 14496
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Request for a piece of clipart
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:45:39 +0100
Hi james,
> There was a pic of a stone cross sent in to AF a few months
> back. I don't know which issue though.
It wasn't long ago, AF122? it was by a guy called Ogy if you just want to
look on the CD.
All the best,
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Message 14497
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Fusion/PCX PPC
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:46:07 +0100
Hi Duncan,
> So far they appear to be about half way there but the deadline is in 3 =
> days...........
I thought it was July 13th?
All the best,
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Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
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a m=F6bius tagline. this is a m=F6bius tag
line. this is a m=F6bius tagline. this is
Message 14498
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Guess what?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:52:19 +0100
Hi,
Last night we actually broke the 200 message barrier. Let's cut it down
okay?
All the best,
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Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Message 14499
From: "Matt Sealey"
Subject: [afb] Re: A1200 zorro board
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:57:17 +0100
> Gareth asked
>
> > Having been on the amiga for some time now, i would like to add some
sort of
> > zorro expansion to my a1200 eyetech tower, would anyone know where i
could buy
> > one.
>
> I think Power Computing does one. For sure one of the advertisers in AF do
as
> I saw it in a current issue. You will need a tower though...
Christ Almighty our Saviour! Are people around here STUPID?
First someone asks where they can get a Zorro Board for their EYETECH
tower..
Then someone replies saying Power do one, but they'll NEED A TOWER
No wonder I get so pissed off. If people are really that lazy and/or stupid
then
I think I'll buy a G3 Mac for my next machine and leave you all to it.
--
Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk
Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester
Message 14500
From: duncanrace@hotmail.com
Subject: [afb] Re: Fusion/PCX PPC
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:03:13 -0000
> > So far they appear to be about half way there but the deadline is in 3
> > days...........
>
> I thought it was July 13th?
Hi Ben, just checked their website and it does say June 13th.. it would be good if they did extend it to July !!!
Cheers
Message 14501
From: "Phil Stephens"
Subject: [afb] Re: Animations on RTG screens
Date: 10 Jun 99 02:24:13 +0000
In PRIV.Amiga Format Ben Vost wrote on Wed, 09 Jun 1999 13:09:54 +0100 about [afb] Re: Animations on RTG screens
Hi Ben Vost
> Yeah, you can't play the Star Wars Trailer on moovid anyway at the moment
> seeing as it's been encoded in QT3/4...
You can if you have a friend who has put his cam-corder upto his PC
screen and video'd it off and converted it to AVI and then copied it
back across using a Zip disk and it came out as only 58MB aswell, not
bad quality too and No I'm not sending it !
Bye
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Message 14502
From: "Andy Sillwood"
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: 10 Jun 99 07:42:30 +0100
On 09-Jun-99 22:03:20, Andy Kinsella (andy.k2@ukonline.co.uk) wrote:
>Cack handers wear watches on their right hands so that they can manipulate
>the buttons and stuff with the good hand.
OI! Who you calling cack-handed?? :-)
Whats wrong with being left-handed?
Regards,
Andy
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Message 14503
From: "Neil Bothwick"
Subject: [afb] Re: Reminder AF on sale
Date: 10 Jun 1999 0:55:37 +0100
Glen Stansfield said,
> From: Neil Bothwick
>>No, because I use a proper newsagent rather than W H Smiths. What's
>>the point in putting up with the lower quality service of a "magazine
>>supermarket" when you don't get the lower prices to go with it?
> I put up with it because they are the only people around here that can
> actually be bothered to stock it.
Any newsagent worthy of the name will order it in for you.
Neil
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Message 14504
From: "Andy Sillwood"
Subject: [afb] Re: AF125 - It's here
Date: 10 Jun 99 07:55:01 +0100
On 09-Jun-99 19:50:29, Paul Cundle (paulc@lantik.u-net.com) wrote:
>As I have also replied to Andy (because your mails are never joined to
>threads ;/ )
It that mine, or Alex's?
>--
>Update: Just done my Maths exam (NEAB) and it was a piece of piddle!
>Hoorah!
>--
I did Edexcel (London) pure maths 1 and 2 yesterday, and everyone thought they
were terrible...
Regards,
Andy
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Message 14505
From: "Neil Bothwick"
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: 10 Jun 1999 0:49:14 +0100
Andy Kinsella said,
> Wrist watches did not exist in those days. Cack handers wear watches on
> their right hands so that they can manipulate the buttons and stuff with
> the good hand.
It dates back to before watches had buttons. The reason is to avoid it
catching on things, getting knocked or just getting in the way. I'm
left-handed and used to wear my watches on my left wrist, I was
forever damaging the things. Once I switched it to mu right wrist I
saved a fortune.
Neil
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Message 14506
From: "Matt Sealey"
Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:10:22 +0100
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Vost
To: AFB mailing list
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 9:52 AM
Subject: [afb] Guess what?
> Hi,
>
> Last night we actually broke the 200 message barrier. Let's cut it down
> okay?
He said with huge trails of 10 or more messages behind him..
The culprits are (from the messages I have here)
Ben Vost
Sam Byford
John Hart
Andy (and Andrew) Mills
Alex Furmanski
and of course, me :)
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Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester
Me (to a lesser extent)
Message 14507
From: "Matt Sealey"
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:12:21 +0100
> On 09-Jun-99 22:03:20, Andy Kinsella (andy.k2@ukonline.co.uk) wrote:
>
> >Cack handers wear watches on their right hands so that they
> >can manipulate the buttons and stuff with the good hand.
>
> OI! Who you calling cack-handed?? :-)
>
> Whats wrong with being left-handed?
The word 'mutant' springs to mind.. :)
Seriously, nothing's wrong with being left handed
unless you LIKE being in a minority and love putting
up with Right-Handed ways.
Oh, and having hideous scrawls for handwriting..
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Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk
Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester
Message 14508
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:11:33 +0100
Hi Matt,
>> Last night we actually broke the 200 message barrier. Let's cut it down
>> okay?
> He said with huge trails of 10 or more messages behind him..
Absolutely, but I try not to start new threads on this list so I'm only
responding to other people, then we have the complete waste of space topics
on here...
All the best,
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Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
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Message 14509
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:12:15 +0100
Hi Matt,
> Seriously, nothing's wrong with being left handed
> unless you LIKE being in a minority and love putting
> up with Right-Handed ways.
Sounds a bit like being an Amiga owner to me...
> Oh, and having hideous scrawls for handwriting..
I have that and I'm right-handed.
All the best,
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Message 14510
From: "Neil Bullock"
Subject: [afb] Left handed-ness (was: Calling Mr. Vost)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:22:05 +0100
Hi,
> The word 'mutant' springs to mind.. :)
hehe. Exactly the same joke I used on my girlfriend (ahem :)
(To sam brookes... yes, she is left handed before you ask :)
>
> Seriously, nothing's wrong with being left handed
> unless you LIKE being in a minority and love putting
> up with Right-Handed ways.
Well, they can't help being left handed :)
>
> Oh, and having hideous scrawls for handwriting..
>
Most people I know who are left handed have the hideously
scrawly hand writing, I think the only one who doesn't have
is my girlfriend... Hell, I have scrawly hand writing, and I'm
right handed
Neil
Message 14511
From: "Matt Sealey"
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:20:08 +0100
> Hi Matt,
I vote we ban stupid threads from now on..
> > Seriously, nothing's wrong with being left handed
> > unless you LIKE being in a minority and love putting
> > up with Right-Handed ways.
>
> Sounds a bit like being an Amiga owner to me...
No! Now that you've mentioned an Amiga, you've
validated the existence of the thread for another
week! :)
> > Oh, and having hideous scrawls for handwriting..
>
> I have that and I'm right-handed.
At least we have the choice of having nice handwriting
or not. The fact that we can use Fountain Pens without
smudging the damn things is great..
--
Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk
Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester
Message 14512
From: "Neil Bullock"
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:23:29 +0100
>
> > Seriously, nothing's wrong with being left handed
> > unless you LIKE being in a minority and love putting
> > up with Right-Handed ways.
>
> Sounds a bit like being an Amiga owner to me...
Hmmm. it does now you come to mention it. Ho-hum :)
>
> > Oh, and having hideous scrawls for handwriting..
>
> I have that and I'm right-handed.
>
I've just said this. That's the problem with typing an email
while new emails arrive :)
Neil
Message 14513
From: "Neil Bullock"
Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:24:54 +0100
>
> Hi,
>
> Last night we actually broke the 200 message barrier. Let's cut it down
> okay?
>
Great. I'm really going for it today :) I need about 40-50 mails to catch
up to the nearest person in the list in the postings-chart :) Of course,
I've got a 4 hour break starting soon, so that won't help.
Neil
PS. Don't worry. I'm not going to flood the place with crap :)
Message 14514
From: ragnar.fyri@daf.no
Subject: [afb] Re: Left handed-ness (was: Calling Mr. Vost)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:27:00 -0000
<0922548752192-@selby.ac.uk> wrote:
Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=14510
> >
> > Oh, and having hideous scrawls for handwriting..
> >
>
> Most people I know who are left handed have the hideously
> scrawly hand writing, I think the only one who doesn't have
> is my girlfriend... Hell, I have scrawly hand writing, and I'm
> right handed
I've heard one problem lefties save with writing let to right is that
they have to move their hand over what they just wrote, smudging the text.
For this reason some lefties write right to left.
Just in case this hasn't gone OT enough yet, a dog bit me last week....
Message 14515
From: "Neil Bullock"
Subject: [afb] Re: Request for a piece of clipart
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:31:35 +0100
Sorry, don't have the original message at college, so I can't include it.
try http://www.clipart.com
It's got a few links to other sites. Dunno if it'll have anything of
interest though.
Neil
Message 14516
From: "Neil Bullock"
Subject: [afb] Re: Left handed-ness (was: Calling Mr. Vost)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:34:09 +0100
>
> I've heard one problem lefties save with writing let to right is that
> they have to move their hand over what they just wrote, smudging the
text.
> For this reason some lefties write right to left.
I did notice that. She has to put effort in to avoid this.
> Just in case this hasn't gone OT enough yet, a dog bit me last week....
>
Did it hurt?
Neil
PS. Ok, maybe this is classed as crap, but it's the last one (hopefully)
Message 14517
From: ragnar.fyri@daf.no
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: What sex are you?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:35:50 -0000
<001201beb2ce$c291e160$175b883-@------> wrote:
Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=14472
> didnt we have a sex poll a week or 2 back - im sure i amswered one
That was mine. I'm ending it now so you can all go and mess up the new one
instead. ;)
I'm trying to make a good example here actually. The poll page is full of
old polls and takes ages to load on a small connection, so anyone with the
power to shorten it (i.e. running old polls) please do so.
Message 14518
From: "eGroups.com Poll Results"
Subject: [afb] Voting Results: SEX! (Got your attention didn't it?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:37:35 -0000
Here are the results of the vote:
1. Female 1
2. Male but I play a female on the net 2
3. None of your business! 3
4. What are you talking about? Can't you see I am a computer! 5
5. Male 41
-----
See the results at http://www.egroups.com/vote?vid=afb
Message 14519
From: "Neil Bullock"
Subject: [afb] Re: Voting Results: SEX! (Got your attention didn't it?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:43:03 +0100
>
> Here are the results of the vote:
>
> 1. Female 1
Awww :) only one? There'll be two (at least) in the next poll.
> 2. Male but I play a female on the net 2
Great :)
> 3. None of your business! 3
Hehe.
> 4. What are you talking about? Can't you see I am a computer! 5
Ooh. Lets guess who these are then :)
> 5. Male 41
>
Wonder what the AF Survey results will be like then? :)
Neil
Message 14520
From: ragnar.fyri@daf.no
Subject: [afb] Re: Voting Results: SEX! (Got your attention di
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:41:26 -0000
Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=14518
> Here are the results of the vote:
>
> 1. Female 1
Bet she feels special... or just lonely.
> 3. None of your business! 3
That was the trick option. If you don't want to answer, why did you
answer that you didn't want to answer?
Message 14521
From: "Neil Bullock"
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: What sex are you?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:45:21 +0100
>
> > didnt we have a sex poll a week or 2 back - im sure i amswered one
>
> That was mine. I'm ending it now so you can all go and mess up the new
one
> instead. ;)
>
> I'm trying to make a good example here actually. The poll page is full of
> old polls and takes ages to load on a small connection, so anyone with
the
> power to shorten it (i.e. running old polls) please do so.
>
Yes, or if you want to make it so it gives the email addy of the people who
vote, make it a closed vote. It takes far too much space and looks dog ugly
too :)
Neil
Message 14522
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:52:22 -0000
> > What would be a nice thing to buy? Any suggestions?
>
> A half decent camera, a few rolls of slide film (processing is normally
> included in film price), and a transparancy scanner.
>
You know how much a film scanner costs?!!
Its taken three years for our college to finally agree to pay out the cost of two of the damn things. And then they only bought 35mm ones! (But the medium format film scanner and they can handle 35mm as well).
Bloody Joke!
Bifford.
Message 14523
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:52:31 +0100
Hi samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk,
> You know how much a film scanner costs?!!
There's a difference between a drum film scanner and a transparency adaptor
for a cheapie flatbed scanner, one on the order of several thousand
pounds...
All the best,
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Message 14524
From: "Neil Bothwick"
Subject: [afb] Re: BT-Internet, Fair competition?
Date: 10 Jun 1999 10:38:1 +0100
Paul Cundle said,
> According to Neil, there's something good going on and it's
>> IKWYM. These TLAs and ETLAs are a PITA. IMHO TLA users should be
>> FATHWTRC. YMMV
> For anyone who doesn't know what Neil meant, here is a translation:
> I Killed William's Yappy Mongrel. These Telephone Licensing
> Associations and External Telephone Licensing Agents are a Pretty
> Interesting Type, Actually. Incredibly, Mini-Hitler Organisations
> That Lose Actual users should be Fed Anything That Hairy Wolves Try To
> Remove Carefully. Yeltsin Momentarily Managed Violence.
You have *far* too much free time. Can I suggest you see if your house
has a thing called a "front door". If so, have a look and see what's
on the other side of it.
:-)
Neil
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Message 14525
From: "Neil Bothwick"
Subject: [afb] Re: Sub Disk Virus
Date: 10 Jun 1999 10:45:1 +0100
Paul Cundle said,
> I'm a bit disappointed it turned out not to be a virus - I've /never/
> had one since I got my miggy in early '95. I never run a checker
If you never run a virus checker, how do you know you've never had a
virus?
The only one I got was from a magazine cover disk :-O
> PS. Please don't tell me "You should run a checker because...."
Virus checkers are a PITA. I scan my drives every week or two but
don't like the hassle of having one running all the time. It jumps at
too many shadows on a heavily patched system.
Neil
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Message 14526
From: "Neil Bothwick"
Subject: [afb] Re: OS3.5 Aweb
Date: 10 Jun 1999 10:41:54 +0100
Paul Cundle said,
> According to Neil, there's something good going on and it's
> something to do with [afb] Re: OS3.5 Aweb.
>> Banking sites that use JavaScript but not Java now seems to work with
>> AWeb and the latest MiamiSSL.
> Has anyone managed to get into Egg? I click on the relevant link and
> get a "Connection refused - reset by peer" using Voyager. I'd be
> grateful if someone could try it out (you don't need an account with
> them to visit the first link). I would try Aweb but that needs the
> MiamiSSL thing which I think you can't use on the demo of Miami.
You need the full versions of Miami and AWeb to use MiamiSSL with
AWeb. AFAIR that combination worked fine with the Egg site when I was
there a couple of months ago.
>> Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
> Scraping the barrel, Neil?
A fly without wings can only reach the bottom of the barrel...
> A week before Lincoln was shot he was in Monroe, Maryland.
> A week before Kennedy was shot he was in Marilyn Monroe.
Seen before, but it's still a good'un
Neil
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Message 14527
From: "Neil Bothwick"
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: What sex are you?
Date: 10 Jun 1999 10:48:22 +0100
paulc said,
> I don't think we've had a single poll yet which members haven't ripped
> apart and whinged about so I'm trying to come up with one you can't
> argue with (though saying that means someone will!)
> ----
> Please select one of the following:
> o Male
> o Female
> o Hermaphrodite
> o Neither male nor female
> o Don't know
What about Transexual?
SCNR
Neil
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Message 14528
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: What sex are you?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:58:42 -0000
> Please select one of the following:
>
> o Male
> o Female
> o Hermaphrodite
> o Neither male nor female
> o Don't know
>
>
stupid question - but what is a hermaphrodite? (is it a non-sexed human, or
someone who can change between female and male (like some animals)?)
Bifford.
Message 14529
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] AFB Age Range
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:02:03 -0000
Does everyone think its time I deleted the AFB Age range Poll?
Or are there still people out there who havnt voted?
Any ideas on what to do with the data gathered yey far?
Bifford.
Message 14530
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:05:48 -0000
> He said with huge trails of 10 or more messages behind him..
>
> The culprits are (from the messages I have here)
>
> Ben Vost
> Sam Byford
> John Hart
> Andy (and Andrew) Mills
> Alex Furmanski
>
> and of course, me :)
>
> --
> Matt Sealey
Yay! Call me Bifford though allright?
Honestly though, I'm trying to keep my mails down.
Look on the bright side though: Give it two weeks and there wont be a single mail from me for nigh on FOUR MONTHS! (Uni closes for summer doncha know!). So unless I pop along to Guildford to use their cybercafe you wont be hearing from me to October.
I'm just making sure you dont forget me until then....
Bifford.
Message 14531
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: Left handed-ness (was: Calling Mr. Vost)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:09:54 -0000
> > Seriously, nothing's wrong with being left handed
> > unless you LIKE being in a minority and love putting
> > up with Right-Handed ways.
>
> Well, they can't help being left handed :)
>
Just as a passing comment:) (I cant leave a thread like this to go on without
me...)
Being anti-dextrous like my Dad probably helps.
Bifford.
Message 14532
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: What sex are you?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:09:02 +0100
Hi samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk,
> stupid question - but what is a hermaphrodite? (is it a non-sexed human,
> or someone who can change between female and male (like some animals)?)
It's someone who has the sexual organs of both sexes.
All the best,
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Message 14533
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: Left handed-ness (was: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:11:33 -0000
> Just in case this hasn't gone OT enough yet, a dog bit me last week....
>
>
Well, its obviously got good taste....
Bifford.
(I apologize in advance for that...just my idea of a sick joke.)
Biff.
Message 14534
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Left handed-ness (was: Calling Mr. Vost)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:10:11 +0100
Hi samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk,
> Just as a passing comment:) (I cant leave a thread like this to go on
> without me...)
> Being anti-dextrous like my Dad probably helps.
Is that someone who doesn't like right-handed people or did you mean
ambidextrous?
All the best,
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Message 14535
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: What sex are you?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:13:09 -0000
> > stupid question - but what is a hermaphrodite? (is it a non-sexed human,
> > or someone who can change between female and male (like some animals)?)
>
> It's someone who has the sexual organs of both sexes.
>
Huh! so I was right (kind of).
Bifford.
Message 14536
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: Left handed-ness (was: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:14:08 -0000
Hi Ben
> > Just as a passing comment:) (I cant leave a thread like this to go on
> > without me...)
>
> > Being anti-dextrous like my Dad probably helps.
>
> Is that someone who doesn't like right-handed people or did you mean
> ambidextrous?
>
Oops. Mucked that one up didnt I?
bifford.
Message 14537
From: Matthew Garrett
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:14:41 +0100
On Wed, Jun 09, 1999 at 04:54:57PM +0100, Matt Sealey wrote:
> You know WHY people laugh at you? Because wearing your watch on your
> right arm is what WOMEN do. Like how the buttons are on the other side of
> shirts/blouses/trousers (if you have button up flies) etc. and stuff..
I can't say I've performed a proper survey, but my girlfriend certainly
wears her watch on the left while I wear mine on the right. After puzzling
about why I did this for years, I worked out that I find it more
convenient to look at my right hand when I'm typing, as that's usually the
direction I'm working from is in. I always thought the wearing it on the
left thing was so people could look at their watch while writing or
whatever else it is people spend most of their time doing with their right
hand - my handwriting is so appallingly bad that this has never been a
problem :)
(Seriously - my GCSE and A-Level papers were typed after I'd finished them
to give the examiners a chance. The only times I /ever/ write anything now
are cheques, credit card receipts and exams - which generally means having
to learn how to write again once every year. Sigh. Still, the fact that
society has advanced to the point where I don't need to write much is
quite impressive...)
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@cam.ac.uk
(Who is also quite disturbed that the "David" his girlfriend plays bridge
with is, in fact, David Braben. She knows Clive Sinclair, too. Eek.)
Message 14538
From: 4-0 <4-0@beamer.u-net.com>
Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:38:57 +0000
Hello Ben
> Last night we actually broke the 200 message barrier. Let's cut it down
> okay?
Nahh, lets take it up to 300 :-D
jk
4-0
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Message 14539
From: "Paul Venton"
Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:42:00 +0100
Hello
> > Last night we actually broke the 200 message barrier. Let's cut it down
> > okay?
>
> Nahh, lets take it up to 300 :-D
> jk
>
> 4-0
>
Hell why not, that`ll take me to over 500 mails per day!!
Bye for now
Paul
Message 14540
From: j.hart@ukonline.co.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:48:22 -0000
wrote:
> Have you thought about a Pro-Grab 24 RT Plus, grab 16.7 million colours in
> real time from any existing video source e.g. Camcorder video recorder e.t.c.
> All for 99.99
First are selling it in their sale for 59.99..
J.Hart
Message 14541
From: "Jillian Gibson"
Subject: [afb] Re: Siamese RTG (was Circulation)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:58:58 +0100
>Bother said Jillian Gibson as he realised we were talking about [afb] Re:
>Circulation again...
>--
>
>[big snip]
>
>> On a different note, anyone ever used thew Siamise RTG system over the
>> serial network??
>
>Yeah, V2.1 only though.
>
>> is it any good?
>
>When it works, it's reasonable. It's not unbearably slow
>but if it was any slower it would be.
>
>However, when I first installed it, it failed to work and
>I had to get some updated files from Siamese Systems. And,
>although it worked well for some time after that, I have since
>had to install a more recent version of Win95 and now I can't
>get it working at all. :(
>
>Martin.
>
Chers for the info, but it sounds as though I might have a problem as I`m
using win98 (48 sodding megs on boot up so my lovely 64 megs goes no where
nere as far as it would under workbench 3.5 or not!!! Oh wel thats M$ for
you, they couldn`t programme an OS if someone paid them, that would explain
why Bill had to open his own company. I`d love to have seen his grades if
he`d done computer studies (big fat F). I wouldn`t mind but I only changed
so that I could get on better when doning my PHD which I have noe given up.
I supose that will teach me.
I for one will definately be returning to the AMIGA when the NGamiga comes
out or sooner if it begins to struggle! Any one know if there`s anyway of
linking the AMIGA and PC via PCI slots sine they can be added to an Amiga
now with some daughter boards? Actually that wouldn`t be such a bad idea for
a NG Amiga product so that people could transfere the superiour Amiga
withoput having to give up their old computer which may have lots of
important files on it that are MS only apps plus it would aviod that age old
sticking point for AMIGA (Does it run ....... insert MS product !!!) and we
can gentally easy people around to the best opperating system in the
world!!! Freeing them from the chains of MS!! Plus it would make working
with unelightend companies and schools a whole lot easier, which is the
esence of what new computer user need. After all you could have the best OS
in the wolrd but if its a lot of effort to convert files so that you can use
them at work on MS or MACS then most people really don`t want the hastle and
will stick with M$.
Really hope the AMIGAs future is bright but I would urge AMIGA org to think
about ease of file transfere between non AMIGA systems (even if its just in
the for of file converters so that M$ or MAC files can be exported from
AMIGA apps. even if this requires a condesed emulator to do so!)
If you want to contact me my email is Jillian.Gibson@tesco.net as I couldn`t
cope with the 188 email I have been getting from AFB, but I`m quite happy to
reply to any emails sent to me.
Finally Jillian is my mum, I`m Spencer or preferably Spence!
Spence
Message 14542
From: a.furmanski@virgin.net
Subject: [afb] POLL: AFB - PPC for thee?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:07:45 -0000
10-6-99: PPC! Saviour of the Classic Amiga! Hurrah!
But how many of you own a PPC board? I've also included an option to see if you've got a BVision or CyberVision.
I've made it so you can choose more than one option, but please don't go doing stupid things like saying "BoXeR for me" and "I'm waiting for the NG". Unless you really are of course. Thanks!
----
Please select one or more of the following:
o I have a PPC
o I have a BVision/CyberVision PPC
o I'm gonna get a PPC
o I'm gonna get a BVision/CyberVision PPC
o I've got a Picasso/CV3D and I'm happy with it
o I'm waiting for the G3/G4 cards
o I'm holding out for the BoXeR
o I'm waiting for the NG Amiga before I buy anything
by going to the following Web form:
http://www.egroups.com/vote?id=929012864654
Thank you!
Message 14543
From: "eGroups.com Poll Results"
Subject: [afb] Voting Results: The AFB Age Range
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:17:32 -0000
Here are the results of the vote:
20 to 24
klein@breathemail.net
andrew.ab2000@bigfoot.com
rocky@cisl.ie
lumpbucket@yahoo.com
oliver@websale.de
tthorp@beuno.demon.co.uk
briis@geocities.com
j.hart@ukonline.co.uk
4-0@beamer.u-net.com
odin_descendant@yahoo.co.uk
oliver.roberts@iname.com
ca@fortunecity.com
barrybpl@amiga18.freeserve.co.uk
steenln@post1.tele.dk
mhone@palmer-hargreaves.com
rmarris@computacenter.com
bauglir@utumno.freeserve.co.uk
Duncan.Gibb@ed.ac.uk
dwish@worldonline.nl
sholmes@messages.co.uk
samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
mksh2@hermes.cam.ac.uk
donaldwm@stonelawdrive.freeserve.co.uk
d98fn@efd.lth.se
stephen@scooby.freewire.co.uk
kputtock@wi.leidenuniv.nl
rsdm@eee.rgu.ac.uk
ChrisP@openboxsys.demon.co.uk
masterspiece@icom-web.com
redvers@bigfoot.com
james.rollison@a4027.camcnty.gov.uk
jeh97r@ecs.soton.ac.uk
35 to 39
Mark@pezz-war.demon.co.uk
neil@thenet.co.uk
hoggett@airtime.co.uk
mike@harryhomers.screaming.net
gerryx@albion7.freeserve.co.uk
maartend@dds.nl
corvus@namlangis.u-net.com
Over 50
gj@tesson.demon.co.uk
bob.rickman@ultramail.co.uk
senilix@iname.com
chrisfa@ihug.co.nz
prib@free4all.co.uk
30 to 34
andy@orion27.freeserve.co.uk
fillisch@netspace.net.au
eaborn@powernet.co.uk
harris_s@bigwig.net
jamesa@chilli.net.au
Alan@Anthony1.Freeserve.co.uk
JorisW@dma.be
david@chubbjack.freeserve.co.uk
ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk
cmillar@amigappc.u-net.com
okholm@get2net.dk
jonny@thelabyrinth.free-online.co.uk
ron.ekins@rrds.co.uk
family.martin@wanadoo.fr
liz@pagansoft.freeserve.co.uk
15 to 19
layabouts@the-giant-sofa.demon.co.uk
mr.wibble@harryhill.com
tom.underwood@tesco.net
dave.patterson@net.ntl.com
chris@georth.demon.co.uk
sniknej@hotmail.com
mskov@post6.tele.dk
idavison@bigfoot.com
mateussd@cpovo.net
tcu666@tunderwood.freeserve.co.uk
C.R.Buchanan@hw.ac.uk
a.furmanski@virgin.net
egomaniac@amigauniverse.co.uk
paul@scotek.demon.co.uk
kev@nbfc.freeserve.co.uk
xatiminey@knowles-hill.devon.sch.uk
trogladite@trogsoft.freeserve.co.uk
jonnyb@surfy.net
sam@ami-gerbil.freeserve.co.uk
leeglenn@leggott.ac.uk
paulc@lantik.u-net.com
wingnut145@hotmail.com
ultrasbm@hotmail.com
r.a.mercer@warwick.ac.uk
dean@geoclare.freeserve.co.uk
sills@free4all.co.uk
danny@gespatcho.u-net.com
mws2@leicester.ac.uk
anakha@enterprise.net
2
fool@3amigas.freeserve.co.uk
25 to 29
bill-mod@bacchae.demon.co.uk
chris.cregan@bt.com
richard.drummond@futurenet.co.uk
lodosswar@bigfoot.com
cjermy@exl.co.uk
xtc@amigascne.org
iain@slarti.demon.co.uk
yd@flump.tele2.co.uk
paul@kernow.net
bert@volders.demon.nl
timdstevens@compuserve.com
dwr@enterprise.net
tnarva@abo.fi
pol@g251273.freeserve.co.uk
Andy@wharne.u-net.com
dark.lords@deathsdoor.com
rfield@frog9.freeserve.co.uk
dave@cripps.prestel.co.uk
mlist@cberry.prestel.co.uk
millione@onthepc.co.uk
Snood@UKOnline.co.uk
tdavies@lucent.com
40 to 49
mapleleaf@callnetuk.com
philllip.ellis@ukonline.co.uk
nev@tadley0.demon.co.uk
colin@ringworld.u-net.com
bigken@ukonline.co.uk
neil.ives@btinternet.com
colin@datatechdtp.freeserve.co.uk
rrensen@redestb.es
alex.paton@tesco.net
jerryv@free4all.co.uk
jayne@genats.freeserve.co.uk
Mike@carmic.demon.co.uk
ragnar.fyri@daf.no
-----
See the results at http://www.egroups.com/vote?vid=afb
Message 14544
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Kickflash From Blittersoft
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:36:46 -0000
having just been to Blittersoft site, I noticed a new product due out soon, A
Kickflash ROM. (Article below)
I dont fully understand this. Will we NEED this to have 3.5 or is is just an
extra that means: A. You dont have to buy new ROMS every time they are released
(like we just have with 3.1) and B. You can have the kickstarts for a A500
etc. on it as well as 3.5?
As far as I can tell this is what its saying but can someone clarify for me
please.
Bifford.
Article from Blittersoft:
Kickflash is a special kind of ROM-Swapper for the KickStart-ROM(s) of your Amiga. Being different from regular ROM-Swappers, Kickflash doesn't have room for a second or third ROM chip. Instead, it has got flash memory that can hold a KickStart ROM image. You can write any version of KickStart into this memory and have it available after the next reboot. Flash memory is non-volatile, that means, it doesn't lose it's contents when power is switched off. On the other hand, it's electrically erasable. As soon as the new Kickstart V3.5 is available, you can easily have it as a rom. It has already been announced that nobody will produce mask ROMs of Kick 3.5, so Kickflash is your only chance to get rid of the inconvenient reboot for re-kicking the new ROM. Additionally, re-kicking uses memory, and Kickflash does not, so you can use your FastMem for more important things.
You can also use Kickflash to make your computer compatible with old software by programming Kickstart V1.3 or 2.0 into the flash - it's up to you!
If something should go wrong while "flashing" a new version (power failure, computer crashes) there is no need to panic! Just switch back to your ROM, and the computer will start normally. Even when the switch is set to "ROM" instead of "flash", the flash can be written and verified. The operation just takes a few seconds. For protection against viruses, the flash memory can be write-protected.
Kickflash will be available from October 1998. Three different versions will suit the different Amiga versions
Message 14545
From: Chris Andrews
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 06:42:45 -0500 (CDT)
How about www. So far I've heard
- double-U double-U double-U
- dub dub dub
- wuh wuh wuh
- woo woo woo
- w w w (as in the lowercase sound)
I got a shock when I first heard people say nitsky for NTSC.
bye,
Chris
--
Sid4Amiga - AmigaCentral.com - Server Side Internet Development
chrisandrews@earthling.net - http://www.legpits.ukshells.co.uk
On Thu, 10
Jun 1999, Ben Vost wrote:
> > This brings me to a request I've meant to ask for ages for AF:
> > Can you do a little bit somewhere on "How to pronounce things" Some
> > example would be
> > SCSI (scuzzy)
> > Vost (ie rhymes with cost not toast)
> > EZ-...
> > XPK
Message 14546
From: j.hart@ukonline.co.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: Kickflash From Blittersoft
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:48:44 -0000
<7jo80e$1kt-@egroups.com> wrote:
Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=14544
> having just been to Blittersoft site, I noticed a new product due out soon, A
> Kickflash ROM. (Article below)
>
> I dont fully understand this. Will we NEED this to have 3.5 or is is just an
> extra that means: A. You dont have to buy new ROMS every time they are released
3.5 will not come with ROM upgrades. If it does well and they keep developing the classic OS, maybe v4 would have a ROM upgrade, with PPC support.
> (like we just have with 3.1) and B. You can have the kickstarts for a A500
> etc. on it as well as 3.5?
>
> As far as I can tell this is what its saying but can someone clarify for me
> please.
I think you can swap between two different roms and also flash one of them from an ROM image. So you could find a WB1.3 image, flash it and then use it for old games. You can do this anyway with Blizkick, but this would be quicker. I think that`s right?
JH
Message 14547
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:47:27 +0100
Hi Chris,
> How about www. So far I've heard
> - double-U double-U double-U
> - dub dub dub
> - wuh wuh wuh
^^^^^^^^^^^
I always use this one personally. There was a chap who was trying to get
everyone to just say "web", but that hasn't ever taken off.
> - woo woo woo
> - w w w (as in the lowercase sound)
> I got a shock when I first heard people say nitsky for NTSC.
Tell 'em to say "enn tee ess sea"!
All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337) T: (+44) 01225 442244
Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Amiga Format - your only alternative is
computing suicide...
Message 14548
From: "Matt Sealey"
Subject: [afb] Re: Kickflash From Blittersoft
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:50:03 +0100
> Kickflash is a special kind of ROM-Swapper for the KickStart-ROM(s)
> of your Amiga. Being different from regular ROM-Swappers, Kickflash
> doesn't have room for a second or third ROM chip. Instead, it has got
> flash memory that can hold a KickStart ROM image.
Gasp! A ROM switcher with a Flash ROM on the other end. How.. un-useful..!
> new Kickstart V3.5 is available
AFAIK there isn`t going to BE a Kickstart 3.5 ROM at all. Unless someone
finds a way to MAKE one from the stuff on the CD. And I doubt they'll be
able to do that without invoking the wrath of certain companies..
> It has already been announced that nobody will produce mask ROMs
> of Kick 3.5, so Kickflash is your only chance to get rid of the
inconvenient
> reboot for re-kicking the new ROM. Additionally, re-kicking uses memory
Why is it that all Eyetech articles spread misinformation over twisted
truths
over lies to scare people into buying their products.
Nobody will be producing 3.5 ROMs. You won't be able to "DIY" one. Therefore
Kickflash will be pointless. Nobody at Haage or Amiga has confirmed the
procedure for attaching the sytem extenstions to the system and have
CATEGORICALLY STATED that it WILL NOT BE IN THE FORM OF A SOFT KICKING
ROM IMAGE because it has the possibility of breaking too many machines.
So how are you going to Kickflash this non-existant ROM? Why would you need
a 3.1 ROM if you were going to just soft-kick over it?
It's all bollocks, Sam. Don't trust them..
> You can also use Kickflash to make your computer compatible with old
> software by programming Kickstart V1.3 or 2.0 into the flash - it's up to
you!
Now THAT is slightly useful.
> Kickflash will be available from October 1998. Three different versions
will
> suit the different Amiga versions
Another minority product for a miniscule market. Will they never learn?
--
Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk
Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester
Message 14549
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: EZ-PZ ?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:27:00 +0100
Hi PC. Me again ;-)
>> Just reading Eyetech's ad in AF and something occurred to me that has never
done
>> so before: All (most) of Eyetech's products are called "EZ-" something. Is
>> this supposed to be pronounced "easy", "e-zed", "ez" or what?
>
>I always read it as "e-zed" but "easy" sounds more likely eg.
>easylink.
>This brings me to a request I've meant to ask for ages for AF:
>Can you do a little bit somewhere on "How to pronounce things" Some
>example would be
>SCSI (scuzzy)
>Vost (ie rhymes with cost not toast)
>EZ-...
>XPK
>HTML (is it H.T.M.L or htmul?)
>
>Actually, I can't think of any good ones at the moment. Only SCSI.
>Ne'er mind, eh?
I always call the IOBlix "I-Obelix", HMV "hmmmmv" and similarly FMV "fmmmmv" and
also FHM "fuhum".
Strange, I think, how we say "scuzzy" for SCSI, but not "ide" for IDE.
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14550
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: AF125 - It's here
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:30:31 +0100
Hi PC.
Me again. Again ;-)
>> >>> >I've got Chemistry module1 today. In 2 hours time in fact.
>> >>>
>> >>> I've got Chemistry module 2 at 2:30 this afternoon :-/
>
>> Yes mine are A-levels. Me am doing Computing, Maths and
>> Electronics as well.
>As I have also replied to Andy (because your mails are never joined to
>threads ;/ )
Sorry 'bout that, must be OE's fault.
> my modules in Chemistry have names and I don't do them
>all at once as you appear to be. Dunno why they bother with names
>though because it sounds really sad. What would you rather say you are
>studying:
>a) How far, how fast? [the real name]
>b) Rates and Equilibrium [a slightly better name]
Depends how drunk I am ;-)
>> Alex Furmanski
>Paul C. (studying chemistry, maths, economics (aarghhh!) and AS
>Further Maths). Oh yeah, did you know I can prove that 2=1. And
>there's this way of working out days of the week for any date........
Don't even go there.
>Update: Just done my Maths exam (NEAB) and it was a piece of piddle!
>Hoorah!
Don't you mean your Maths exam (AQA)? They've changed their name now.
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14551
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: Sub Disk Virus
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:44:06 +0100
Hi guys
>> I'm a bit disappointed it turned out not to be a virus - I've /never/
>> had one since I got my miggy in early '95. I never run a checker
>
>If you never run a virus checker, how do you know you've never had a
>virus?
>
>The only one I got was from a magazine cover disk :-O
>
>> PS. Please don't tell me "You should run a checker because...."
>
>Virus checkers are a PITA.
PITA?
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14552
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: Anagrams of Amigans!
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:51:46 +0100
>> Hi Paul Cundle
>G'day
Howdy
>> > And you did make the claim yourself to sending the second-most
>> > mails to this list.
>>
>> And I was as surprised as you are, which is why I demanded a
>> re-count. But blow me if it didn't come out as me again!
>Red Dwarf, per chance?
Ding. 2 points to you.
>What do you mean 'surprised'? It's pretty obvious just looking down my
list of messages ;)
You're not all that quiet y'self ;-)
>> When I get back to college, I'll try out these:
>Bit of deduction here - you are doing A-Levels and are going back to
>college - does that mean you are at the end of your first year?
Ding. Another 2 points.
>> "Petro Tyshtywatsit, unpronouncable Amiga bloke"
>Was"I lurve jelly and I want to marry it. People may think I'm strange
>but I'm not.
>> I want to be wedded to jelly and if that's what I want, that's what
>I'll have.
>> Can I have my jelly now please?" - Rod Hull
>>
>>
>> going to, couldn't spell it.
Pardon? BZZZT. No points
>> "Neil Bothwick, top bearded internet bloke"
>Was going to try this (well, sort of!)
>> "Bill Gates, bastard"
>Won't be long enough. How about, "Bill Gates, really nasty horrible
>person"? Maybe not, eh?
Nah, a point for effort though.
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14553
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: Voting Results: SEX! (Got your attention didn't it?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:52:46 +0100
>Here are the results of the vote:
[snip]
>4. What are you talking about? Can't you see I am a computer! 5
Hmm, AI's progressed further than I had thought. The best conversation I ever
had with a computer was a program called "Shrink" on my Speccy. You'd say "I
don't feel well" and it would say "Why don't you feel well?" so you say "My head
hurts" and it says "Why does your head hurt" and you reply "Because I hit it on
the floor when I fell over, you useless piece of crap" and it says "Are you
feeling angry". You get the picture (mehopes).
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14554
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: AFB Age Range
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:52:39 +0100
Hi Bifford
>Does everyone think its time I deleted the AFB Age range Poll?
>Or are there still people out there who havnt voted?
>Any ideas on what to do with the data gathered yey far?
Yes - calculate the mean (or rather an estimate of), median, mode, standard
deviation (again, an estimate), draw a histogram, a cumulative frequency curve
and a distribution graph.
Then sit back, look at your work and think "Why?"
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14555
From: Bob Rickman
Subject: [afb] Re: Netconnect 2 Mailing list
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 17:07:38 +0100
Apologies for answering my own mail.
On 08-Jun-99, Bob Rickman wrote:
> Hello Andy
>
> On 07-Jun-99, you wrote:
>
>> On 07-Jun-99 15:15:11, Bob Rickman (bob.rickman@ultramail.co.uk) wrote:
>>> nothing I have sent via Free4all over the last three days appears to
>>> have been delivered. They say they have a backlog after problems with
>>> their mail server.
>
>> The mail is being delivered, but as you said there is a delay. This is
>> partly due to us moving the server to a new machine, and partly due to
>> the problems that Freeserve and Demon among others had with their
>> servers, meaning a lot of mail has been difficult to deliver.
>
> This appears to be ongoing, have still not had earlier messages delivered,
> and having perused all recently received mails, the only stuff from your
> ISP is your own stuff. Are you bypassing the queue?
Apologies appear due to free4all. I'm sorry (Hangs head in shame). I find the /missing / messages
had a small typo in the email address, the dot after bob was missing making
them invalid. Hopefully, my config. is now corrected. This also presumably
prevented them from bouncing!
Regards
--
Bob Rickman
Devon UK
Message 14556
From: "Matt Sealey"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:55:34 +0100
> How about www. So far I've heard
>
> - double-U double-U double-U
I say doubler-doubler-doubler in a Southern US kind o' accent, y'all.
> - wuh wuh wuh
And that..
> - w w w (as in the lowercase sound)
Lower case sound?
> I got a shock when I first heard people say nitsky for NTSC.
It`s N T S C as in say the letters. Unlike PAL which is the same as
the dog food..
> > > XPK
I say "X Pack" or "uXPuK" depending on my mood.
I want to know how to pronounce Veitch (V-eye-ch,
Veech, Vey-itch?)
.. and more importantly GIF.
Compuserve say 'JIF' but CU said GIF and so do most
people I meet. When people say JIF I think either
kitchen cream cleaner or Giraffe. What`s the deal there??
--
Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk
Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester
Message 14557
From: j.hart@ukonline.co.uk
Subject: [afb] Copying and Pasting Text
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:56:15 -0000
I`m using an PC (running NT) right now, and a point it has over the AmigaOS is that you can cut and paste text from any source into most others. Most programs have cut , copy and paste menu buttons. I tried using PowerSnap on my Amiga but it just wasn`t intuitive to use for me, and some fonts didn`t work properly. Can someone point out to me the usefulness of the Amiga clipboard that seem to be eluding me?
John Hart
Message 14558
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Kickflash From Blittersoft
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:54:56 +0100
Hi Matt,
> Gasp! A ROM switcher with a Flash ROM on the other end. How.. un-useful..!
How many patches to Kickstart are you currently running then? No OxyPatcher,
no PrepareEmul or the Shapeshifter one? These will all be things that you
would be able to flash, as part of a Kickstart image.
> Why is it that all Eyetech articles spread misinformation over twisted
> truths over lies to scare people into buying their products.
What was it you were saying about people not reading emails? The article was
from a Blittersoft release...
All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337) T: (+44) 01225 442244
Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
try this: http://www.music365.co.uk
Message 14559
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:57:20 +0100
Hi Matt,
> I want to know how to pronounce Veitch (V-eye-ch,
> Veech, Vey-itch?)
You were right the second time around - Veech.
> .. and more importantly GIF.
> Compuserve say 'JIF' but CU said GIF and so do most
> people I meet. When people say JIF I think either
> kitchen cream cleaner or Giraffe. What`s the deal there??
Hmm, I say Gif as well. I also pronounce PNG as ping.
All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337) T: (+44) 01225 442244
Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
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Message 14560
From: "Matt Sealey"
Subject: [afb] Re: Copying and Pasting Text
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:59:54 +0100
----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 12:56 PM
Subject: [afb] Copying and Pasting Text
> I`m using an PC (running NT) right now, and a point it has over the
> AmigaOS is that you can cut and paste text from any source into
> most others. Most programs have cut , copy and paste menu
> buttons. I tried using PowerSnap on my Amiga but it just wasn`t
> intuitive to use for me, and some fonts didn`t work properly. Can
> someone point out to me the usefulness of the Amiga clipboard that
> seem to be eluding me?
Well I regularly cut and paste stuff from the Shell,
IBrowse (drag and release :), YAM, any MUI gadget, most text editors
and everything. I sometimes load pictures in Multiview and copy them
into PPaint as brushes (datatype loading in PPaint crashes sometimes
on rare occasions and I`d rather not risk it).
Just remember the keys RAMIGA-C V X (like CTRL on the PC or Command
on the Mac (or Apple-Squiggle as I call it) etc.) work on most apps.
Except using GoldEd because it switches the keys round a bit :(
I've never needed PowerSnap as all my apps support the clipboard
anyway.
--
Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk
Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester
>
> John Hart
>
>
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>
> eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb
> http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications
>
>
>
>
Message 14561
From: "Matt Sealey"
Subject: [afb] Re: Kickflash From Blittersoft
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:04:41 +0100
> Hi Matt,
>
> > Gasp! A ROM switcher with a Flash ROM on the other end. How..
un-useful..!
>
> How many patches to Kickstart are you currently running then? No
OxyPatcher,
> no PrepareEmul or the Shapeshifter one?
Heh, PrepareEmul IS the Shapeshifter one :)
Unless you know how to build a ROM image, you aren`t going to be able to
flash these in. And no doubt it`ll use a standard 512k EPROM so you
aren`t going to fit much more than the ROM in anyway.
Silly question, but do you actually know how the ROMs work?
> These will all be things that you would be able to flash, as part of a
> Kickstart image.
I agree you could KickShift a ROM image and use that to save you
running PrepareEmul or RsrvCold/Warm but that`s about it. You can`t
just run Oxypatcher, grab an image and expect it to be there - it`s
a very complicated process.. involving downloading individual ROM
components, wedging functions in, creating new libraries and
processes that run off the bootstrap.
I have yet to see anyone create and alternative boot menu or create
a ROM with Picasso96 built in or serial mouse support. That`s because
it`s a pig to do..
> > Why is it that all Eyetech articles spread misinformation over twisted
> > truths over lies to scare people into buying their products.
>
> What was it you were saying about people not reading emails? The article
was
> from a Blittersoft release...
Same difference, I have the same qualms about both companies. Both have
nasty press releases full of scare stories..
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Message 14562
From: "Matt Sealey"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:07:18 +0100
> Hi Matt,
>
> > I want to know how to pronounce Veitch (V-eye-ch,
> > Veech, Vey-itch?)
>
> You were right the second time around - Veech.
:) I used to say V-kitch because a Klingon said it on Star
Trek once and I thought it sounded funny..
Nick Vkitch :)
> > .. and more importantly GIF.
>
> > Compuserve say 'JIF' but CU said GIF and so do most
> > people I meet. When people say JIF I think either
> > kitchen cream cleaner or Giraffe. What`s the deal there??
>
> Hmm, I say Gif as well. I also pronounce PNG as ping.
That`s because PNG is pronounced PiNG though. GIF has
always been a grey area. What I hate is when people TYPE
PiNG as the name of the graphics format.
"All my pages use PiNG images" - ugh! Like we don`t know
how to pronounce it? Or actually CARE?
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Message 14563
From: "Neil Bothwick"
Subject: [afb] Re: Left handed-ness (was: Calling Mr. Vost)
Date: 10 Jun 1999 11:23:20 +0100
ragnar.fyri said,
> I've heard one problem lefties save with writing let to right is that
> they have to move their hand over what they just wrote, smudging the text.
Normally you either rotate the page 90 degrees or contort your wrist
to avoid smudging.
Alternatively, use email...
> For this reason some lefties write right to left.
Leonardo da Vinci did this, all hiss writings haver to be viewed in a
mirror.
Neil
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Message 14564
From: "Neil Bothwick"
Subject: [afb] Re: It sticks out!!!
Date: 10 Jun 1999 11:25:15 +0100
4-0 said,
>> Angled? You mean like the 90degree PCMCIA adapters are "angled"?
> Yup, thats the kind i'm on about. If they exist that is.
Get a power extender cable. not the stupid Y ones that cost a fiver
and only give you one more connector, but the proper ones that give an
extra three or four connectors in a line. I've got a couple of these
from computer fairs and they use right-angle connectors.
Neil
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Message 14565
From: Bob Rickman
Subject: [afb] Re: netconnect2 ML
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 18:41:24 +0100
HiBen
On 09-Jun-99, Ben Vost wrote:
> Didn't someone tell you recently? Wasn't it something like
> majordomo@vapor.com?
That reply was to a repeat posting. This one was delayed since Saturday due
to mail server problems. There may even be another one turning up! Hope not though;-).
Cheers
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Message 14566
From: j.hart@ukonline.co.uk
Subject: [afb] POLL: What new feature would you like most to be in the classic OS
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:28:26 -0000
I was reading an old CU last night with an article about what features people would like to see in an OS upgrade. Seeing as we are getting one soon, I was wondering if a poll may shed some new light on the subject. I have thought of these off the top of my head, and some of them are from the feature list from OS 3.5 (more the old 3.5), and some aren`t (and would require a ROM upgrade). Just select what you think would be the most important in a proper upgraded AmigaOS.
----
Please select one of the following:
o Protected Memory
o Built in RTG and RTA
o Added Support for Datatypes (including streaming)
o New early startup (Play AudioCD/DVD, Disable Processor etc)
o 256/High/True Colour Icons
o Multi-user support
o New GUI (BOOPSI, drag and drop configurable)
o PowerPC Native functions
by going to the following Web form:
http://www.egroups.com/vote?id=929017706331
Thank you!
Message 14567
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronunciation
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:28:41 +0100
Hi,
Oh yes one other:
Amigactive is pronounced Ami Gacktive :)
All the best,
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Message 14568
From: j.hart@ukonline.co.uk
Subject: [afb] New Poll
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:33:12 -0000
Hi All,
I have made my first poll to AFB, on the subject of what would be the most important thing to be added to the Classic OS. I hope it hasn`t been done before, and better. Anyway, more details are on the poll itself. Its cunning, you can only put down one thing, so voters have to think about priorities. In reality, everything in the list should be going in...
John Hart
Message 14569
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: AFB Age Range
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:35:00 -0000
Hi Di Hi, Alex,
> >Does everyone think its time I deleted the AFB Age range Poll?
> >Or are there still people out there who havnt voted?
> >Any ideas on what to do with the data gathered yey far?
>
>
> Yes - calculate the mean (or rather an estimate of), median, mode, standard
> deviation (again, an estimate), draw a histogram, a cumulative frequency curve
> and a distribution graph.
>
> Then sit back, look at your work and think "Why?"
>
Dont forget to / by pie and * the result by 100.
(Why?)
bifford.
Message 14570
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Line extensions
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:41:47 -0000
Is it just me or is egroups playing silly buggers again - not word-wrapping the lines of letters so you get one long line of text that scrolls two/three pages to the right instead of naturally starting a new line. (that should hve happened to this one!).
Anything we can do about this Ben. (Thats if its happening to other peoples systems.)
Bifford.
Message 14571
From: P Gordon aka Mr Tickle
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 05:47:30 -0700 (PDT)
> > Compuserve say 'JIF' but CU said GIF and so do
> Hmm, I say Gif as well. I also pronounce PNG as
Well, comuserve invented it so... :) i say jif
anyway...
Message 14572
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Line extensions
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:43:40 +0100
Hi samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk,
> Is it just me or is egroups playing silly buggers again - not
> word-wrapping the lines of letters so you get one long line of text that
> scrolls two/three pages to the right instead of naturally starting a new
> line. (that should hve happened to this one!).
> Anything we can do about this Ben. (Thats if its happening to other
> peoples systems.)
It only seems to be happening on the website and I've already asked about
it. eGroups are trying to find out exactly why. It would probably be a help
if you report the fault to them yourself and say what software you are
using. Same goes for anyone else on here with similar probs.
All the best,
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Message 14573
From: Chris Andrews
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 07:50:46 -0500 (CDT)
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Ben Vost wrote:
> > - double-U double-U double-U
> > - dub dub dub
> > - wuh wuh wuh
> ^^^^^^^^^^^
> I always use this one personally. There was a chap who was trying to get
> everyone to just say "web", but that hasn't ever taken off.
That isn't so sensible, as there are servers out there called "web"
I'm a double-U double-U double-U person myself, alough it is a bit of a
tongue twister.
> > I got a shock when I first heard people say nitsky for NTSC.
> Tell 'em to say "enn tee ess sea"!
It was someone at the WOA developer conference about two (maybe three)
years ago, they were talking about the Video Toaster. Shortly after this
you mentioned your quest of collecting technical info on peripherals so
that Amiga developers could write drivers for these things. Did you get
much of a take up?
bye,
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Message 14574
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:54:39 +0100
Hi Chris,
>>> I got a shock when I first heard people say nitsky for NTSC.
>> Tell 'em to say "enn tee ess sea"!
> It was someone at the WOA developer conference about two (maybe three)
> years ago, they were talking about the Video Toaster. Shortly after this
> you mentioned your quest of collecting technical info on peripherals so
> that Amiga developers could write drivers for these things. Did you get
> much of a take up?
And I know who it was - Ian Robson. He's definitely in a minority (of one I
think), I've never heard anyone else refer to it that way, and did you see
the look of confusion on the other people's faces?
As for the developer thing, no there was practically no take up. I got one
request for further info in two months, so I dropped the idea. :(
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Message 14575
From: Chris Andrews
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:03:04 -0500 (CDT)
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Matt Sealey wrote:
> > - w w w (as in the lowercase sound)
> Lower case sound?
Yeah, as in not the capital letter.
> It`s N T S C as in say the letters. Unlike PAL which is the same as
> the dog food..
Chappie? :)
> .. and more importantly GIF.
I say tomato you say erm, tomato as well.
The GIF debate is a bit like the scone one. ...and I don't want to
start that one here!
bye,
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Message 14576
From: P Gordon aka Mr Tickle
Subject: [afb] Re: Hello!?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 06:06:55 -0700 (PDT)
> > Are my mails getting through? Its just that no one
> > ever answers me :(
>
> Yep, they're getting through.
Oh good.. I knew i wasnt wasting all this money
reading hundreds of mails online (yahoo mail doesnt
support batch downloading) for nothing...
> Perhaps it's that you're so much more intelligent
> than everyone on this list that no-one can ever
> think
> of anything to say to match your infinite wisdom? :)
Hahah! Well, maybe if I tell myself that enough I'll
believe it :)
Message 14577
From: "i03427"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 14:10:28 +0100
Hi,
> That isn't so sensible, as there are servers out there called "web"
>
> I'm a double-U double-U double-U person myself, alough it is a bit of a
> tongue twister.
>
I tend to say Double-U and the grunt the rest :) because it's the easiest
of the lot. So there :)
Neil
(or i03427. Outlook ain't working I don't think)
Message 14578
From: "Neil Bullock"
Subject: [afb] Re: Hello!?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 14:13:12 +0100
Hi,
>
> > Yep, they're getting through.
>
> Oh good.. I knew i wasnt wasting all this money
> reading hundreds of mails online (yahoo mail doesnt
> support batch downloading) for nothing...
I know. Give me a good POP3 email account any
day. And then make me use hotmail with it completely
cock it up :)
>
> Hahah! Well, maybe if I tell myself that enough I'll
> believe it :)
>
"You're better than everyone else". Everybody on this
list, remember that :)
Neil
Message 14579
From: "Richard Drummond"
Subject: [afb] Re: What new feature would you like most to be in the classic OS
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 14:09:24 +0100
Hello j.hart@ukonline.co.uk
On 10-Jun-99, you wrote:
>
> Please select one of the following:
>
> o Protected Memory
> o Built in RTG and RTA
> o Added Support for Datatypes (including streaming)
> o New early startup (Play AudioCD/DVD, Disable Processor etc)
> o 256/High/True Colour Icons
> o Multi-user support
> o New GUI (BOOPSI, drag and drop configurable)
> o PowerPC Native functions
>
o All of the above
Cheers,
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Message 14580
From: C.R.Buchanan@hw.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:15:59 -0000
Hi,
> > Have you thought about a Pro-Grab 24 RT Plus, grab 16.7 million colours in
> > real time from any existing video source e.g. Camcorder video recorder e.t.c.
> > All for 99.99
>
> First are selling it in their sale for 59.99..
I'd have to buy a camcorder first though, eh?
Darn.
--
Colin
Message 14581
From: Chris Andrews
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:16:29 -0500 (CDT)
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Ben Vost wrote:
> And I know who it was - Ian Robson. He's definitely in a minority (of one I
> think), I've never heard anyone else refer to it that way, and did you see
> the look of confusion on the other people's faces?
Was is Mick Ticker (I seem to remember, for some odd reason, that he was
dressed a little like a plumber...), that was grilling Petro over the
possiblity of make his own Amigas?
...anyway, enough people spotting. (You were right at the front, on the
left :)
> As for the developer thing, no there was practically no take up. I got one
> request for further info in two months, so I dropped the idea. :(
Crying shame.
bye,
Chris
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Message 14582
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: Line extensions
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:22:42 -0000
Hi Ben,
> It only seems to be happening on the website and I've already asked about
> it. eGroups are trying to find out exactly why. It would probably be a help
> if you report the fault to them yourself and say what software you are
> using. Same goes for anyone else on here with similar probs.
>
How do we contact them? there's nothing on my "home space" section for contacting them. Is it just webmaster@egroups.com ?
Bifford.
Message 14583
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Line extensions
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 14:22:53 +0100
Hi samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk,
> How do we contact them? there's nothing on my "home space" section for
> contacting them. Is it just webmaster@egroups.com ?
support@egroups.com
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Message 14584
From: Jayne Johnson
Subject: [afb] Re: Left handed-ness (was: Calling Mr. Vost)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:11:09 +0100
On 10-Jun-99 11:09:54 samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk wrote:
> Being anti-dextrous like my Dad probably helps.
Don't you mean ambidextrous?
I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous. :o
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Message 14585
From: Jayne Johnson
Subject: [afb] Re: Left handed-ness (was: Calling Mr. Vost)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:08:45 +0100
On 10-Jun-99 10:34:09 Neil Bullock wrote:
> Did it hurt?
Being a dog groomer by profession I get bitten on average about once a year.
(It would be more, but you learn to move quickly :)) I can vouch for the
fact that they hurt like hell, tetanus shots are a breeze by comparison.
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Message 14586
From: Jayne Johnson
Subject: [afb] Re: Left handed-ness (was: Calling Mr. Vost)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:04:36 +0100
On 10-Jun-99 10:22:05 Neil Bullock wrote:
> is my girlfriend... Hell, I have scrawly hand writing, and I'm
> right handed
Me too, and my handwriting is absolutely awful, and legible only to me.
Sometimes :o
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Message 14587
From: Jayne Johnson
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: What sex are you?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:14:58 +0100
On 10-Jun-99 10:58:42 samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk wrote:
> stupid question - but what is a hermaphrodite? (is it a non-sexed human,
> or someone who can change between female and male (like some animals)?)
An animal with both male & female sex organs, snails & worms for example are
hermaphrodites.
Adds a whole new meaning to spending a night in alone ;)
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Message 14588
From: "Neil Bothwick"
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: 10 Jun 1999 13:40:34 +0100
Matthew Garrett said,
> I can't say I've performed a proper survey, but my girlfriend certainly
> wears her watch on the left while I wear mine on the right. After puzzling
> about why I did this for years, I worked out that I find it more
> convenient to look at my right hand when I'm typing,
Directory Opus has an option to disply the time in the title bar :)
Neil - the sinister one
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Message 14589
From: "Neil Bothwick"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: 10 Jun 1999 13:46:46 +0100
Matt Sealey said,
> Compuserve say 'JIF' but CU said GIF
CU didn't say anything, it was a magazine, not a talking book :)
Individuals pronounced it differently, I don't think there was an EMAP
directive on this. Some pronounced the G as in gift, some as in Geoff.
Neil
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Message 14590
From: "Neil Bothwick"
Subject: [afb] Re: Sub Disk Virus
Date: 10 Jun 1999 13:47:53 +0100
Alex Furmanski said,
>>Virus checkers are a PITA.
> PITA?
Pain In The Afterburner :)
Neil
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Message 14591
From: "Matt Sealey"
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: What new feature would you like most to be in the classic OS
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:06:52 +0100
> Please select one of the following:
>
> o Protected Memory
Can`t be done without breaking 99% of all apps, you might as
well build an entirely new machine.. oh, wait, they ARE doing..
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Message 14592
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:11:00 +0100
Hi Neil,
>
> Directory Opus has an option to disply the time in the title bar :)
>
But it's no good - you'll still want a third party commodity since DOpus'
clock disappears when DOpus is not the active application. I use TBClock,
which is a bit buggy, but works well enough.
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Message 14593
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:11:58 +0100
Hi Chris,
> Was is Mick Ticker (I seem to remember, for some odd reason, that he was
> dressed a little like a plumber...), that was grilling Petro over the
> possiblity of make his own Amigas?
Yep.
>> As for the developer thing, no there was practically no take up. I got
>> one request for further info in two months, so I dropped the idea. :(
> Crying shame.
And people wonder why I think Amiga users are apathetic...
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Message 14594
From: Robert Simmonds
Subject: [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 01:09:52 +0100
on 09-Jun-99, samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk skillfully scrawled
something along the subject of [afb] Re: Calling Mr. Vost:
> Rest your mind. When I wear a watch I wear it on the right hand (and Im
> also righthanded).
I am left handed, and I wear my watch on my left hand. The histoical reason
behind it is, that if you look at a watch with a winder on it, on the left
hand the winder sticks out towards the left hand, allowing easy winding and
setting of the time with the right hand. When you wear a watch on the right
hand, the winder is pointing toward the elbow, which means a) it is more
awkward to wind, and b) if you are trying to set the time, your left hand
gets in the way of the clock face.
:)
Thanks for your time... (no pun intended ;)
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Message 14595
From: Robert Simmonds
Subject: [afb] Re: Where's AF Website?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:16:15 +0100
on 10-Jun-99, Ben Vost skillfully scrawled something along the subject of
[afb] Re: Where's AF Website?:
> Hi Ian,
>
>> If I'm completely overlooking it's location, then could someone inform me
>> of it's whereabouts?
>
> http://www.amigaformat.co.uk
Unfortunately, Unless you are using AWeb, you will not be able to view the
AF website, due to it using Javascript :/
Quite strange having JScript on an Amiga website
Thanks for your time...
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Message 14596
From: "i03427"
Subject: [afb] Re: Left handed-ness (was: Calling Mr. Vost)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:26:16 +0100
>
> On 10-Jun-99 10:34:09 Neil Bullock wrote:
>
> > Did it hurt?
>
> Being a dog groomer by profession I get bitten on average about once a
year.
> (It would be more, but you learn to move quickly :)) I can vouch for the
> fact that they hurt like hell, tetanus shots are a breeze by comparison.
>
I like teatnus shots. I faint. It's cool :)
Neil
Message 14597
From: "Matt Sealey"
Subject: [afb] Re: Where's AF Website?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:29:32 +0100
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Simmonds
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 3:16 PM
Subject: [afb] Re: Where's AF Website?
> on 10-Jun-99, Ben Vost skillfully scrawled something along the subject of
> [afb] Re: Where's AF Website?:
>
> > Hi Ian,
> >
> >> If I'm completely overlooking it's location, then could someone inform
me
> >> of it's whereabouts?
> >
> > http://www.amigaformat.co.uk
>
> Unfortunately, Unless you are using AWeb, you will not be able to view the
> AF website, due to it using Javascript :/
It doesn`t use any kooky javascript that breaks anything, does it?
> Quite strange having JScript on an Amiga website
It`s not an Amiga website (designed by PC web designers) and
for christ's sake, JScript != Javascript !!!!
Javascript is Netscape's ECMAScript-based scripting language
JScript is Microsoft's J++ based scripting language in the same
vein as VBScript.
There is a profound difference..
--
Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk
Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester
Message 14598
From: "i03427"
Subject: [afb] Digitiser
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:33:40 +0100
Hi,
It had to come up sooner or later. Does anyone on here read digitiser? I
was reading an article about them before which said loadsa bad things about
miggy owners, one of which was that Commodore (or whoever) named the Amiga
as a cruel joke meaning that Amiga owners don't have girlfriends. The
amount of ppl saying to the contrary recently (me included :) proves em
wrong.
Not that that takes much, eh? :)
Neil
Message 14599
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Where's AF Website?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:29:34 +0100
Hi Robert,
>> http://www.amigaformat.co.uk
> Unfortunately, Unless you are using AWeb, you will not be able to view the
> AF website, due to it using Javascript :/
I can view it in iBrowse 1.22.
> Quite strange having JScript on an Amiga website
Loads do, including the original Amiga Inc website and the WoA one.
All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337) T: (+44) 01225 442244
Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Always proofread carefully to
see if you any words out.
Message 14600
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:32:34 +0100
Hi Chris
> How about www. So far I've heard
>
> - double-U double-U double-U
> - dub dub dub
> - wuh wuh wuh
> - woo woo woo
> - w w w (as in the lowercase sound)
I usually go "wuuuuuuuuuuuuh".
Here's a thing - watching ER I've noticed the ambulance team say "G.S.W" instead
of "Gun Shot Wound". Why is this, it's quicker to say "Gun Shot Wound" (3
syllables) than "G.S.W" (5 syllables)?
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14601
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: Voting Results: The AFB Age Range
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:32:41 +0100
[snip]
>2
> fool@3amigas.freeserve.co.uk
Hmmmm, he's a bit precocious.
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14602
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: Kickflash From Blittersoft
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:32:51 +0100
Hi guys + gal
>Kickflash is a special kind of ROM-Swapper for the KickStart-ROM(s) of your
Amiga. Being different from regular ROM-Swappers, Kickflash doesn't have room
for a second or third ROM chip. Instead, it has got flash memory that can hold a
KickStart ROM image. You can write any version of KickStart into this memory and
have it available after the next reboot. Flash memory is non-volatile, that
means, it doesn't lose it's contents when power is switched off. On the other
hand, it's electrically erasable. As soon as the new Kickstart V3.5 is
available, you can easily have it as a rom. It has already been announced that
nobody will produce mask ROMs of Kick 3.5, so Kickflash is your only chance to
get rid of the inconvenient reboot for re-kicking the new ROM. Additionally,
re-kicking uses memory, and Kickflash does not, so you can use your FastMem for
more important things.
>
>You can also use Kickflash to make your computer compatible with old software
by programming Kickstart V1.3 or 2.0 into the flash - it's up to you!
So how does this product stand legally? It's that old thing about using ROM's
on one machine only that bugs me.
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14603
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Digitiser
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:30:38 +0100
Hi i03427,
> It had to come up sooner or later. Does anyone on here read digitiser? I
> was reading an article about them before which said loadsa bad things
> about miggy owners, one of which was that Commodore (or whoever) named the
> Amiga as a cruel joke meaning that Amiga owners don't have girlfriends.
> The amount of ppl saying to the contrary recently (me included :) proves
> em wrong.
Yaawwwn. Don't even bother mentioning Digitiser.
All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337) T: (+44) 01225 442244
Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
try this: http://www.vcnet.com/bms/
Message 14604
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:31:33 +0100
Hi Alex,
> Here's a thing - watching ER I've noticed the ambulance team say "G.S.W=
"
> instead of "Gun Shot Wound". Why is this, it's quicker to say "Gun Shot=
> Wound" (3 syllables) than "G.S.W" (5 syllables)?
Probably because it's quicker to write GSW on forms, and then to say that=
than to have to extract it from the acronym.
All the best,
-- =
Ben Vost (x2337) T: (+44) 01225 442244
Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
a m=F6bius tagline. this is a m=F6bius tag
line. this is a m=F6bius tagline. this is
Message 14605
From: ultrasbm@hotmail.com
Subject: [afb] Amiga's image
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 14:56:04 -0000
Hi
Does anyone know why Digitizer are like, SO anti-Amiga?
It does do my head in all these people that go on and complain about Amiga's.
They go to me "I had an Amiga 600 and I got rid of it - I upgraded to a PC"
And even when I reply by saying "Yeah, but all you had was a 1Mb A600 with no hard drive or nothing, what do you expect it to do?"
Another thing, people ask me a lot of questions about Pee Cee's because I am (Don't hate me) a Technician for a local PC shop, but when my friend asks me a question and he is wrong, he goes "What would you know, you own an Amiga!"
It really bugs me that there are so many uneducated people in this world.
Another example is when I was in WHSmiths the other day buying the new edition of AF, this girl I know comes up to me and said "ahh...an Amiga...I used to have one of those..."
I didn't even bother arguing because people's stereotype of an Amiga is a Double Density floppy drive, 1 Meg of RAM, and a 4 colour workbench.
Then I show them MY amiga.
It shut's most people up - Except for my friend as he goes "I bet my Pentium II 300 has more power" and I just argue and deny even though I know it does, but I just like winding him up.
Anyway, the point of this...text is that Amiga need to make a CORKER of a machine to get rid of this 'image' that they have of Low-spec, under-powered machines that are good for nothing except playing Rodland on a Monday evening (God I love that game!)
Laters!
Pete.
Message 14606
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:48:41 +0100
Hi all
Now then, now then, how's about BMP?
I say buhmp.
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14607
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: AFB Age Range
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:58:32 +0100
Hi Bifford
>> >Does everyone think its time I deleted the AFB Age range Poll?
>> >Or are there still people out there who havnt voted?
>> >Any ideas on what to do with the data gathered yey far?
>>
>>
>> Yes - calculate the mean (or rather an estimate of), median, mode, standard
>> deviation (again, an estimate), draw a histogram, a cumulative frequency
curve
>> and a distribution graph.
>>
>> Then sit back, look at your work and think "Why?"
>>
>
>Dont forget to / by pie and * the result by 100.
>
>(Why?)
Why?
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14608
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: Sub Disk Virus
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:58:39 +0100
Hi Neil Bothwick
>>>Virus checkers are a PITA.
>
>> PITA?
>
>Pain In The Afterburner :)
Thanks. I try to figure them out before asking first, but I just couldn't get
bread out of my mind for this one. Plus the fact I'd convinced myself the P
stood for Piss.
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14609
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: Digitiser
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:58:46 +0100
Hi i03427 (Neil)
>It had to come up sooner or later. Does anyone on here read digitiser? I
>was reading an article about them before which said loadsa bad things about
>miggy owners, one of which was that Commodore (or whoever) named the Amiga
>as a cruel joke meaning that Amiga owners don't have girlfriends. The
>amount of ppl saying to the contrary recently (me included :) proves em
>wrong.
Over the years, I think most Amiga users have realised that Digitiser hate us so
we ignore what it says about us. I read it every now and then to keep abreast I
SAID ABREAST of the console market.
I used to have a digitiser for my Speccy. I was well pleased when I saw my face
on the screen, in its monochrome glory! Hmm, why haven't Digi changed their
name to "Scanner"?
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14610
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: What sex are you?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:58:59 +0100
Hi Jayne
>> stupid question - but what is a hermaphrodite? (is it a non-sexed human,
>> or someone who can change between female and male (like some animals)?)
>
>An animal with both male & female sex organs, snails & worms for example are
>hermaphrodites.
>Adds a whole new meaning to spending a night in alone ;)
Please, this is a family list. We have a 2-year old on here y'know.
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14611
From: "Alex Furmanski"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing (was: EZ-PZ ?)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:59:05 +0100
Hi guys
> The GIF debate is a bit like the scone one. ...and I don't want to
>start that one here!
Let's do a poll!
Tatty byes
==========
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski
For sale: four-poster bed, 130 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Message 14612
From: "Matt Sealey"
Subject: [afb] Re: Digitiser
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:00:26 +0100
> Hi,
>
> It had to come up sooner or later. Does anyone on here read digitiser? I
> was reading an article about them before which said loadsa bad things
about
> miggy owners,
When was this? That Stuart Campbell fuckwit, wasn`t it (swearing justified,
check out http://www.fuckwit.com and find the "registered fuckwits" bit)?
Don`t pay any attention to him. He`s just pissed because the only two
decent jobs he ever had went down the pan. i.e. Editing Amiga Power and
working at Sensible Software writing Amiga games. And he's such a smug
bastard.
All in all, he needs a good kicking. He`s a regular columnist in Arcade
magazine, too.. a decent picture to cut up :)
> one of which was that Commodore (or whoever) named the Amiga
> as a cruel joke meaning that Amiga owners don't have girlfriends.
Heh, he IS an Amiga owner :)
--
Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk
Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester
Message 14613
From: samuel_byford@student.surrart.ac.uk
Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga's image
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:01:18 -0000
pete said:
> Another example is when I was in WHSmiths the other day buying the new edition of AF, this girl I know comes up to me and said "ahh...an Amiga...I used to have one of those...">
Dontcha' know? Thats the chat-up line all the girl are using nowadays!
(I wish!)
Bifford.
Message 14614
From: Chris Andrews
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:01:30 -0500 (CDT)
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Alex Furmanski wrote:
> Now then, now then, how's about BMP?
> I say buhmp.
My flatmate says bumpmap, which make me chuckle, I say "be em pee".
But then I'm like that.
bye,
Chris -- Rapidly heading towards to 200 limit all on his own.
--
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chrisandrews@earthling.net - http://www.legpits.ukshells.co.uk
Message 14615
From: "Neil Bullock"
Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga's image
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:05:18 +0100
Hi,
>
> Hi
> Does anyone know why Digitizer are like, SO anti-Amiga?
> It does do my head in all these people that go on and complain about
Amiga's.
> They go to me "I had an Amiga 600 and I got rid of it - I upgraded to a
PC"
> And even when I reply by saying "Yeah, but all you had was a 1Mb A600
with no hard drive or nothing, what do you expect it to do?"
>
As Ben said don't even mention them, you can do everything to Digitiser.
Verbally abuse them (very badly). They are totally unfeeling arses (if
you'll excuse the phrase)
> Another thing, people ask me a lot of questions about Pee Cee's because I
am (Don't hate me) a Technician for a local PC shop, but when my friend
asks me a question and he is wrong, he goes "What would you know, you own
an Amiga!"
> It really bugs me that there are so many uneducated people in this world.
>
I would get really irritated by this and probably end up screaming a string
of F words at the person. But that wouldn't solve much.
> Another example is when I was in WHSmiths the other day buying the new
edition of AF, this girl I know comes up to me and said "ahh...an Amiga...I
used to have one of those..."
> I didn't even bother arguing because people's stereotype of an Amiga is a
Double Density floppy drive, 1 Meg of RAM, and a 4 colour workbench.
> Then I show them MY amiga.
>
I converted several people. Our old IT teacher at school likes Amigas now.
A lot of my GNVQ IT class like them, I've got my girlfriend liking them,
and a few others.
> It shut's most people up - Except for my friend as he goes "I bet my
Pentium II 300 has more power" and I just argue and deny >even though I
know it does, but I just like winding him up.
Of course, your Amiga probably performs a lot better than that *thing*
does.
>
> Anyway, the point of this...text is that Amiga need to make a CORKER of a
machine to get rid of this 'image' that they have of Low-spec,
under-powered machines that are good for nothing except playing Rodland on
a Monday evening (God I love that game!)
>
Agree totally. Rodland is cool, and we do need to shed this image.
Neil
Message 14616
From: "Ben Vost"
Subject: [afb] Re: Pronouncing
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:00:17 +0100
Hi Alex,
> Now then, now then, how's about BMP?
> I say buhmp.
Since it stands for BitMaP, I just say bee emm pee.
All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337) T: (+44) 01225 442244
Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Try: http://reality.sgi.com/mchaput_aw/
Message 14617
From: "Matt Sealey"