Hello Malcolm

On 13-Feb-00, Malcolm Campbell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If anyone is looking for a free ISP including the
> free call ones then have a look at FreesiteUK:
> 
> http://www.freesiteuk.com

Nice useful site, well done Malcolm. 
 
> Where appropriate I have mentioned that an ISP
> supports the Amiga.

You might also like to consider adding Free4all in there as well..
http://www.free4all.co.uk

Free email, 25mb webspace and best of all free domain name hosting. Plus very
Amiga friendly too.

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On 12 Feb 00, at 16:17, Steven Holmes wrote:

> Actually, I have found the standard of English on the internet
> appaling. Have people actually been to school before getting on-line I
> wonder? (And I'm talking about native English speakers here!)

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, Steven ;) I'm no 
expert on grammar, so I'll leave that alone, but I'm pretty sure 
"appaling" is spelt with 2 'l's, and "internet" should be capitalised 
(ized? ;)

You should take a look at http://www.ircnews.com
Look for the article called "L33t is not a word" :)

Bauglir

On 13 Feb 00, at 0:53, Sean Martin wrote:

> I need a 4.3 gig hardrive that fits in an A1200 and works with pfs2
> and a 030/50 . I'm pretty sure the medalist 4.3 works but what model
> No. ? as there are several. could someone supply  the info PLEASE

Pretty much any 4.3GB hard drive should work in your A1200, as 
long as you have the right software and interface. It looks like you 
have the right software, and I presume you have cables to connect a 
3.5" IDE device to the A1200's internal 2.5" connector.

Bauglir

Hi,

    I'm using V=B3 (demo) and noticed when I drag down a page it flikers =
my
normal browser is IBrowse and does not do this. I have tried the
settings/images and ticked the box but still the same
 =

See You
-- =

                 Cheers all the best

                       Ken =





  =

Hi All,

Yesterday I installed loads of software onto my new (replaced)
10.2Gb hard drive.  After leaving the computer on for quite some
time I have lost my partition.

The problem is that I do not know what software to use to validate or
repair it again because of its size and configuartion.  BTW, this
 partition did not become 'uninitialized' due to crashing or turning 
the computer off during a write.

My basic configuration.
A1200 '040 25Mhz
Power Flyer with 810Mb boot drive (no probs!) on unit 0,
10.2Gb hard drive on unit 2, and Cd rom on unit 3.

The 10.2Gb drive is split up into 4 partition 3.8Gb, 3.8Gb, 1.7Gb,
0.5Gb.
However, the other partitions on this drive still work.

I used to use Disksalv2 but I think that it might not work with 
partitions over 2Gb.  What else can I use?

Please help.
Nick.

Hi All.

I'm using Microdot 2 that came with the Netconnect2 package.
Sometimes, when I try to send an e-mail it bounces saying that
'Could not send 8bitmime message' (or something like that)
What does this mean and how do I avoid it?

Thanks
Nick.

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 09:35:37 -0800, Nick Darley-Jones (nickdj@free4all=2Eco=
=2Euk) wrote:
> Hi All=2E
>=20
> I'm using Microdot 2 that came with the Netconnect2 package=2E
> Sometimes, when I try to send an e-mail it bounces saying that
> 'Could not send 8bitmime message' (or something like that)
> What does this mean and how do I avoid it?

1)  Upgrade to the y2k compliant version available from
http://www=2Evapor=2Ecom

2)  If this doesn't fix the problem then  Ithink it is cos of you using
special characters in subject lines, such as =A3 =2E=2E=2E

Kev

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Hello Simon

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Neil, I took your advice and used Voyager from AFCD. Works well but couldnt
> access some sites while AWeb could. I think I will use them both.
> 
I use Ibrowse as my main browser with AWeb for the sites IBrowse doesn't like.

> p.s hope these emails from me are working right (now using Yam)
> 
working fine here> 

> 
Regards
-- 
Roger

Amiga 1200, Viper 68030 Mk V Accel with 50Mhz FPU and 8 MBFast, Seagate 410MB
2.5" internal HD and 800MB SCSI HD in a midi tower with 4xCDRom. 56k Modem,
Power Port Junr Serial IF G.Image Hand Scanner & Citizen Swift Printer.
Website:-http://callnetuk.com/home/rogerbu
ICQ-62990780 Robuck2
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective
stories.
-- Arthur C. Clarke

Hello Ken

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Hello 
> 
> With all this stuff about different mother boards (A1200) can we not have a
> list printed in AF with what works with what so we all know which is best
> for our hardware as its getting out of hand.
> 
> I'm sure everyone would like to know what works with what rev' motherboard. 
> 
If the same faults appeared every time it would be easy but there is such a
vast array of set-ups from bogstandard 1200 to PPC with all kinds of add on
cards which all seem to have random failures that the list would be endless. 
> 
Regards
-- 
Roger

Amiga 1200, Viper 68030 Mk V Accel with 50Mhz FPU and 8 MBFast, Seagate 410MB
2.5" internal HD and 800MB SCSI HD in a midi tower with 4xCDRom. 56k Modem,
Power Port Junr Serial IF G.Image Hand Scanner & Citizen Swift Printer.
Website:-http://callnetuk.com/home/rogerbu
ICQ-62990780 Robuck2
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
-- Albert Einstein

Hi Kevin,

> 1)  Upgrade to the y2k compliant version available from
> http://www.vapor.com
> 
> 2)  If this doesn't fix the problem then  Ithink it is cos of you
using
> special characters in subject lines, such as =A3 ...

Just done that after getting v14 of vapor_toolkit.library of an AFCD.
Seems to have worked.

Thanks Kevin.

Nick.

Hi guys.

Is it possible to listen to radio stations (or anything else) that
broadcast using the format audio/x-pn-realaudio? I'm using V3 at the
moment (warts n'all)

Cheers guys.

Dave Porter

Hello Nick

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:
> Yesterday I installed loads of software onto my new (replaced)
> 10.2Gb hard drive.  After leaving the computer on for quite some
> time I have lost my partition.
> 
> The 10.2Gb drive is split up into 4 partition 3.8Gb, 3.8Gb, 1.7Gb,
> 0.5Gb.
> However, the other partitions on this drive still work.
>
Are you running OS3.5?  I've got the same problem with my 13Gb drive, it's
reported as 9.5Gb and only 6Gb is usable.  I thought BoingBag1 would have
sorted it, but the problem still persists.

OS3.5's support of >4Gb HD's isn't all it's cracked up to be, and I'm
getting a bit fed up with only having half my HD at my disposal. :-/

Regards

chris
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Hello Eddie

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Hi Sam,
Cut..
 Also have been waiting
>> approx 3 months for Alive to send out Foundation DC.
> 
> That sucks big time :(   I ordered Foundation DC from
> Weird Science last week. It turned up in the post the next day.
> There's no reason why you should have to wait 3 months for it, well,
> no reason I can think of.
> 
> Ask for your money back and go elsewhere.

I wish I could get my money back, but last time i talked to steven he said
no, too long ago.
for full details of my original problem see: 

Stone Dead Mediasoft
#http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=46861#

> Eddie

Regards

Sam Thomas

> > Is there any chance you could just forward it to me, please? I
> > don't suppose they'll  particularly want the hassle of finding it.
> 
> I could do that although it was not so much a patch thay sent me, but a
> replacement disk 1.

Thanks to "Mad" Matt Thompson for sending me the patched executable.
I should be all sorted now, peeps.

Paul C, wicked
-- 
... "Bother," said Pooh, as the the drug squad broke down the door.

> Having just installed DpaintV from the CD version, it refuses to use
> the media types.

I've now sorted the problem, so thanks to Andy Kinsella.

Paul C, 
-- 
... The trouble with doing something right the first time is that
    nobody appreciates how difficult it was.

On 13. Feb 2000 Alan L. M. Buxey wrote:

<snip>

> Phase5 are now protected by the German credit protection legal
> system. they may now sort out their debts etc by negotiating
> with other peopkle to sell their current stock, intellectual rights
> and R&D work. The company may actually continue tio exist if it
> liscences out everything and just sits back and takes royalities from
> its R&D results... eg the G4 card is ready, but needs to be built.

But is the controller chipset available?


Regards,

Armin

Hello,

Having been online only three weeks i am slowly learning a few thing each
day.

I went to the amiga rc5 website today and downloaded the software.

Anyway is this comp still running or has the key been found?

Cheers,

Sam Thomas

does anyone know if the arcdir utility on directory opus 5 can be used
with
zip archives?

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:16:24 +0100, Sam Thomas (sam.thomas@ukonline.co.uk) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Having been online only three weeks i am slowly learning a few thing each
> day.
> 
> I went to the amiga rc5 website today and downloaded the software.
> 
> Anyway is this comp still running or has the key been found?

It's still going ....

Kev

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Hey GARY

On 12-feb-00, you wrote:

> I wondered if anyone has used web design v2 if so let me know what they=

> thought
> of it.

Actually I used version 1.somthing when I was new on coding HTML. It is a=
 good little tool to help you create your HTML code and it certainly help=
ed me a lot while I was just getting into HTML stuff. However, now I know=
 (and remember) some tags I don't use it anymore. I'm now using EditPAD a=
s an editor and do all the hard work myself. =


> The reason i am asking is that i am currently working on my web page
> and that
> i have found that web design is the best program so far...

So continue using it and, if you've not done so already and can afford it=
, register.
> =

> =

> =

> =

Regards
-- =

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bert@volders.demon.nl
<sb>
Tag of the day:
The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that
the first one was useless.
-- Chamfort

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 15:10:52 +0000, mjg59@cam.ac.uk was largin' it with these words...

> But anyway. The fact that this sort of thing can happen does increase my
> desire for some sort of data haven thing. What we need is a small country
> that can be "persuaded" to "forget" to sign various international
> treaties, 
> Well, it's something for me to work on...

Clearly, you spent too long playing Netropolis, sir.

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On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 17:28:08 +0100, BloodStain@t-online.de was largin' it with these words...

> i agree in Germany they have "Gelbe Seiten" which translated into English
> means "Yellow Pages".So are BT are going to sue Deutche Telekom,i doubt it
> very much.

Yellow Pages is a name licenced out to most major telcos; they don't own
the brand, but they do have a licence to use the trademark for a certain
period of time.

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Hello Bert

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Hey GARY
> 
> On 12-feb-00, you wrote:
> 
>> I wondered if anyone has used web design v2 if so let me know what they
>> thought
>> of it.
> 
> Actually I used version 1.somthing when I was new on coding HTML. It is a
> good little tool to help you create your HTML code and it certainly helped
> me a lot while I was just getting into HTML stuff. However, now I know
> (and remember) some tags I don't use it anymore. I'm now using EditPAD as
> an editor and do all the hard work myself.
> 
>> The reason i am asking is that i am currently working on my web page
>> and that
>> i have found that web design is the best program so far...
> 
> So continue using it and, if you've not done so already and can afford it,
> register.


Well for me, i have used webPlug and registered at woa'99 this seems to be
the most stable package that i have used. Have also got Webplug via NC3 but
have not tried it yet - is it any good?
Regards

Sam Thomas

Hello,

I do not know if there is mailing list for this so:

I have entered all of my details into the Settings/Prefs menu and saved the
changes. I then choose the Project/register UIN option and the window
reports 'creating New UIN' but has not changed for the last 5 minutes what
is happening how do i get it to work? the STRICQ Log says:

Seq          Command                    Packet    Resend    ACK
1                Request New User    No            0                Yes

but no UIN is showing up

Cheers,

Sam Thomas

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:36:43 +0100, Sam Thomas (sam.thomas@ukonline.co.uk) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I do not know if there is mailing list for this so:

There is - check the web page for details http://stricq.owlnet.net

> I have entered all of my details into the Settings/Prefs menu and saved the
> changes. I then choose the Project/register UIN option and the window
> reports 'creating New UIN' but has not changed for the last 5 minutes what
> is happening how do i get it to work? the STRICQ Log says:
> 
> Seq          Command                    Packet    Resend    ACK
> 1                Request New User    No            0                Yes
> 
> but no UIN is showing up

That's because you're using an old version, and Mirabilis has changed the
log on procedure since.  Go to teh above web page and get the latest beta
(0.1723 I think) and your problem will be solved

Kev

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Steven Holmes wrote:

>> 'ize' is the CORRECT way of ending, ie. organize, standardize, specialize
>> etc. Check in the Oxford English Dictionary. The spelling of these types of
>> words using 'ise' instead of 'ize' must be one of the most common spelling
>> mistakes made in English.

> Hmmmmm, it would appear so, but I'm sure that I have always spelt 'ize'
> words 'ise' for a reason.
> Clarification anyone?

I, too, use 'ise', but I'm fairly sure that 'ize' is English, while 'ise' is
American. The two languages are becoming so interchangable that I hesitate
to suggest which might be "correct".

> Still doesn't excuse 'payed' though! ;-)

Now that's just sloppy spelling.  :)

Regards,
Jonny.

Chris Andrews wrote:

>   Oh behave!  I think that before anyone signs up on a mailing list they
> should be made to sign something to say that they won't criticise [or even
> criticize ;) ] the way people say things (or talk, or spell).  IT DOESN'T
> REALLY MATTER!

For fear of resurrecting up an oft-covered AFB thread, it matters when the
messages are difficult to read. Some people completely ignore capital
letters and punctuation, making for a 'stream of consciousness' message.

Everyone makes typographical errors, and I'd like to meet the person who can
spell *every* word in the dictionary, but I wouldn't say that it doesn't
matter.

>   On pain of having the most pedantic person in the world follow you
> around correcting you for the rest of your life.

Hmm, on second thoughts, I *wouldn't* like to meet the person who can spell
*every* word in the dictionary...  :)

Regards,
Jonny.

On 13 Feb 2000 10:8:33 +0000, Neil Bothwick said:

> Sam Thomas said, 
> 
> > Also does anyone else know when BT are starting the BTSurftime? (6.99 for
> > free weekday evening access)
> 
> BT are being very quiet about this, although they are in discussions
> with OFTEL. It's not definite, but it looks like the ISPs won't see any
> of that 6.99 so the "free" ISPs won't be able to offer it unless they
> significantly reduce bandwidth and increase advertising sales.

Is it just me being cynical, or are BT being particularly clever with their
marketing on this one. I mean, for apparantly the first time, they have
announced their /intentions/ before OFTEL have agreed that it can be
launched.

OFTEL may very well get objections from "free" ISP's who hold a telco
license complaining about "unfair competition" or the like. But if they
refuse BT permission, they (BT) can say something like "Well, we tried to
give people unmetered access, but OFTEL won't let you have it."

Hmm...

Chris.

Hello Kevin

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

> That's because you're using an old version, and Mirabilis has changed the
> log on procedure since.  Go to teh above web page and get the latest beta
> (0.1723 I think) and your problem will be solved
> 
> Kev
> 
Yeah, downloaded the beta version and tried it. Now it does not work. It
gets to open's the flash screen thingy then a smaller window opens saying
'Loading Co' and that is all that it does, so still HELP !!

Regards
Sam Thomas

Hello ,

>>> Hello,
>>> Has anyone got an IDE Zip Drive working on FUSION (and how?), by
>>> using the proper IOMEGA zip drive drivers?. I have set it up to be
>>> unit 6 running via atapi.device unit 1. I can format it as a Prodos
>>> disk though.
>> 
>> How can you have it as unit 6 on a device that only supports units
>> 0-3?
> 
> Macs work via SCSI dont they, so when the mac OS looks for the drive
> on SCSI id.6 it will (should, I think) find the Zip drive. This is
> being emulated as unit 6 for the mac but on my Miggy side it is unit 1
> on the atapi.device

You're right (basically), but MacOS doesn't find a SCSI device at unit
6, only an IDE device. And MacOS does not have a clue what to do with an
IDE device on a (virtual) SCSI bus...

Regards
-- 
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On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:30:28 +0100, Oliver Esberger said:

> > Macs work via SCSI dont they, so when the mac OS looks for the drive
> > on SCSI id.6 it will (should, I think) find the Zip drive. This is
> > being emulated as unit 6 for the mac but on my Miggy side it is unit 1
> > on the atapi.device
> 
> You're right (basically), but MacOS doesn't find a SCSI device at unit
> 6, only an IDE device. And MacOS does not have a clue what to do with an
> IDE device on a (virtual) SCSI bus...

But it doesn't need to.
atapi.device (from IDEfix) will quite happily convert SCSI commands to IDE.
I use it myself with FUSION with my CDrom and HD. Works great.

Chris.

Hello Chris,

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

>> You're right (basically), but MacOS doesn't find a SCSI device at
>> unit 6, only an IDE device. And MacOS does not have a clue what to do
>> with an IDE device on a (virtual) SCSI bus...
> 
> But it doesn't need to.
> atapi.device (from IDEfix) will quite happily convert SCSI commands to
> IDE. I use it myself with FUSION with my CDrom and HD. Works great.

Oops, sorry then. I once tried to convince Fusion to use an IDE HD via
scsi.device (yeah right) but couldn't.

The solution was to mount it on AmigaOS' side as DH5: and then put it
into Fusion's list of usable devices. The disadvantage is that everytime
I try to install software via Installer it complains that DH5: is not a
DOS drive... which is very annoying.

Regards
-- 
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Hi Sam

> > That sucks big time :(   I ordered Foundation DC from
> > Weird Science last week. It turned up in the post the next day.
> > There's no reason why you should have to wait 3 months for it, well,
> > no reason I can think of.
> >
> > Ask for your money back and go elsewhere.
>
> I wish I could get my money back, but last time i talked to steven he
said
> no, too long ago.
> for full details of my original problem see:

If you really (and why not) want your money back, all you need do is
point out the law to Steven.  Since you have not received the goods
Alive cannot keep the money.  They have not provided the goods you paid
for, they cannot keep the money.  Time is of no essence here, several
months is plenty long enough for Alive to obtain the goods for resale.

If you still have no joy, tell them that you will be writing a letter to
the Trading Standards, and if that does`nt work, write it!

Jon

Hello Kevin

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:36:43 +0100, Sam Thomas (sam.thomas@ukonline.co.uk)
> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I do not know if there is mailing list for this so:
> 
> There is - check the web page for details http://stricq.owlnet.net
> 
That should be http://stricq.owlnet.net/STRICQ.lha for the latest 0.1723
version.

Regards

chris
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Hi Paul

> > > > Still doesn't excuse 'payed' though! ;-)
>
> > > Pah, everyone does that.
>
> > I don't! ;-)
>
> Well, nor do I.         Usually :)
>
> > It's slack, as with another common one - 'loose' for
> > 'lose'. You certainly don't expect to see it in a magazine!

Come on, it`s a typo.  Spell checking wouldn`t have found it either.
And I`m sure Ben`s (wearing his Mr. Ed cap) a little too busy to go over
everything with a fine toothed comb.
>
> Yup. Yup. Nup.
>
> > Actually, I have found the standard of English on the internet
> > appaling.
>
> Appalling :)

S`funny you should point that out.  When I first saw it i was sure it
was spelt wrong, so I did a single word spell check - in Outlook :-( .
Wasn`t picked up as a mistake.

But now, when I do a multi-word check it comes up.  Either a). Outlook
is crap, or b). I can`t use a spell checker.  Tho s`pose could be both
;-)

On the net, or at least in chat areas, people tend to write in a verbal
style rather van propa English, like.  Probably (possibly) somat to do
with typing on the fly-of-your-thoughts (tm), which is quite possibly
somat to do with the fact that a lot of English people have to pay for
their online time, or have to post on the hush in office hours (you can
always tell when someone is on the net when they shouldn`t be from the
sound of many keys being pressed; much faster than normal anyway)  ;-)

Jon

Me again

>  Also have been waiting
> >> approx 3 months for Alive to send out Foundation DC.
> >
> > That sucks big time :(   I ordered Foundation DC from
> > Weird Science last week. It turned up in the post the next day.
> > There's no reason why you should have to wait 3 months for it, well,
> > no reason I can think of.
> >
> > Ask for your money back and go elsewhere.
>
> I wish I could get my money back, but last time i talked to steven he
said
> no, too long ago.
> for full details of my original problem see:
>
Take a look at this: www.amigaflame.co.uk/amiamth.htm

Seems like Alive would like some opinions for a letters page.  Remember,
be polite ;-)

Jon

Hi Rick 

On 12-Feb-00, you wrote:



>>    What about a tellers cheque, or a money order or COD. can't think of
>> anymore ATM.

> A lot of people are still quite paranoid, I think some people are just
> afraid that the author is going to turn out to be some sort of devious
> scam artist and is just going to take the money...


    With COD the receiver pays for the package when it arrives so your money
is safe. no goods = no payment, unless ofcourse the package is empty :-(
paranoia strikes again!


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Hi Mikey 

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:


> Who would like the option of one day creating a new website to replace
> Amiga Yellow Pages, but can't due to the vapor team's inept mftpII
> program.



    I've used Amftp to upload to my website and don't recall having any
probs. If I remember some of the progs. on NC didn't work properly untill I
changed the stack size to something bigger Amftp is running on a stack size
of 16000 set up in NC dock bar, I don't use Octopus.



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On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 22:07:00 +0100, Oliver Esberger said:
> Oops, sorry then. I once tried to convince Fusion to use an IDE HD via
> scsi.device (yeah right) but couldn't.
> 
> The solution was to mount it on AmigaOS' side as DH5: and then put it
> into Fusion's list of usable devices. The disadvantage is that everytime
> I try to install software via Installer it complains that DH5: is not a
> DOS drive... which is very annoying.

To hide the drive from the OS, Go to HDTOOLBOX, set the FILESYSTEM type to
be CUSTOM 0x0.  When you SAVE the changes to the drive, you will get a
warning message stating that the partition will be destroyed.. ignore the
message, nothing is destroyed.

As no filesystem 0x0 exists, the Amiga will not be able to see it, but as it
is still mounted, FUSION will.
It also hides the drive icon as well.

Chris.

Thanks to all at AFB who responded to the above question. I now know
beyond a shadow of a doubt (code by hand/get Heddley/use GoldED!) how I
should produce an AmigaGuide!
Once again, thanks to all, you can expect to see my dubious
contribution to AF soon.

Cheers, Phil

Hi Chris,

> > Yesterday I installed loads of software onto my new (replaced)
> > 10.2Gb hard drive.  After leaving the computer on for quite some
> > time I have lost my partition.
> > 
> > The 10.2Gb drive is split up into 4 partition 3.8Gb, 3.8Gb, 1.7Gb,
> > 0.5Gb.
> > However, the other partitions on this drive still work.
> >
> Are you running OS3.5?  I've got the same problem with my 13Gb drive,
it's
> reported as 9.5Gb and only 6Gb is usable.  I thought BoingBag1 would
have
> sorted it, but the problem still persists.
> 
> OS3.5's support of >4Gb HD's isn't all it's cracked up to be, and I'm
> getting a bit fed up with only having half my HD at my disposal. :-/

9.5Gb you say?  That's exactly how much space HDToolbox says I have and
mines smaller!  I also am using FastATA (and AllegroCDFS) that came with
the powerflyer.  This in iself supports Hard drives >4Gb.

The other problem is that the patitions show a negative value which
makes installation of old software a problem (unless you use two HD's)

However, I do have a suggestion for all of you out there who have two
Hard drives and a CDrom on your powerflyer.  Use one (smaller and
slower) 
for booting in different formats (i.e Dopus, OS3.5, PCX etc.) and the 
other for other software.  Also have a small partition on that hard
drive
called 'Work', this allows you to install older software where 'Work' is
the default. Use the other (larger and probably faster) Hard drive for
all
your work and games.  Have this set as a secondary master.  And finally 
the CDrom as the secondary slave.  
The reason for this that you can still boot when the other drive
corrupts,
transfer rates are higher between all devices (the boot drive slows it 
down).

I suppose I am just have to format that partition again in my case.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Nick. 

I've opened a total of 6 1200s now, in search of a
1d.1.  So far:

2x2b
4x1d.4

Doh!
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Why did Chris Millar cross the road? To write about [afb] Re: Uninitialized Partition

> Are you running OS3.5?  I've got the same problem with my 13Gb drive, it's
> reported as 9.5Gb and only 6Gb is usable.  I thought BoingBag1 would have
> sorted it, but the problem still persists.

I had some problems with my 13 Gb as well, but then I found out that
putting the file AmigaOS Rom Update from the 3.5 CD into Devs:
(having a 4-way IDE interface I had not installed it) allowed me to
repartition everything and get the whole HD recognized and working.
Hope this helps.

Regards,
Paolo

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Hello Chris

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 22:07:00 +0100, Oliver Esberger said:
>> Oops, sorry then. I once tried to convince Fusion to use an IDE HD via
>> scsi.device (yeah right) but couldn't.
>> 
>> The solution was to mount it on AmigaOS' side as DH5: and then put it
>> into Fusion's list of usable devices. The disadvantage is that everytime
>> I try to install software via Installer it complains that DH5: is not a
>> DOS drive... which is very annoying.
> 
> To hide the drive from the OS, Go to HDTOOLBOX, set the FILESYSTEM type to
> be CUSTOM 0x0.  When you SAVE the changes to the drive, you will get a
> warning message stating that the partition will be destroyed.. ignore the
> message, nothing is destroyed.
> 
> As no filesystem 0x0 exists, the Amiga will not be able to see it, but as
> it is still mounted, FUSION will. It also hides the drive icon as well.
> 
> Chris.

Yeah, This is all very well, but how do i use my IDE Zip drive Via FUSION

Regards

Sam Thomas

Hi, Ant

> I've opened a total of 6 1200s now, in search of a
> 1d.1.  So far:

D'oh indeed :)
I've just put my 3.1 ROMS from my 1.d.4 with knackered PCMCIA and about t=
o beak IDE ports into a 2b, no probs yet. /me keeps fingers crossed :)

Is there a guide to /basic/ flaws in these mobos. ie If I put anything fa=
ster than the powerhouse that is my 030 on it will it fail? Also it has r=
esisters wired across several pads, for example: one from the bottom left=
 clockport pad to a connector next to it. Does this mean it has been fixe=
d?

Tom U, pondering
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s.
   John Bacon

Hi peeps,

I actually got around to sending my contribution for the AFCDs, and
got it returned with the following. I was just wondering: WHY? What
does it mean exactly?

=== BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE ===

    **********************************************
    **      THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY      **
    **  YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE  **
    **********************************************

The original message was received at Sun, 13 Feb 2000 15:48:02 GMT
from serv1.is1.u-net.net [195.102.240.129]

   ----- The following addresses had transient non-fatal errors -----
<afcdsubs@futurenet.co.uk>

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
<afcdsubs@futurenet.co.uk>... Deferred: Connection timed out with
mail.futurenet.co.uk. Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
Will keep trying until message is 1 week, 3 days old

Greetings  Sam 

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Hello Eddie

> On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

>> Hi Sam,
> Cut..
> Also have been waiting
>>> approx 3 months for Alive to send out Foundation DC.

>> That sucks big time :( I ordered Foundation DC from Weird Science
>> last week. It turned up in the post the next day. There's no reason
>> why you should have to wait 3 months for it, well, no reason I can
>> think of.

>> Ask for your money back and go elsewhere.

> I wish I could get my money back, but last time i talked to steven
> he said no, too long ago.
> for full details of my original problem see:

This is where the Trading Standards Office comes in.

Retailers are not allowed to f*** you about. They certainly can't sell
you faulty goods and then string you along for months with false
promises.

A bigger bunch of cowboys have I never heard of.

> Stone Dead Mediasoft
> #http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=46861#

>> Eddie

> Regards

> Sam Thomas

Regards

Andy
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/PGP Key available on request/

Chant down babylon

Greetings  Mark 

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

> On 13-Feb-00, Mikey wrote this:

>
>> Who would like the option of one day creating a new website to
>> replace Amiga Yellow Pages, but can't due to the vapor team's inept
>> mftpII program.

> What about using the one that FINAL DEV created?, their are other
> ftp clients on aminet, if you use opus you could use the ftp module,
> so dont say you cant sucseed just because of mftp.

I've been using that FTPmount since Neil wrote about it in one mag' or
another (I think it was Neil. . . 'twas many moons ago! :)). 

Mounts FTP: which is just like any other volume on yer workbench.
Along with FBack/Mirror it doesn't get much easier.

Regards

Andy
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"Like the butterfly that can't fly steady;
always movin' with that flow, that energy"
-- Luciano

On Sun Feb 13, Jonathan Day was heard muttering:

> Hi Paul

> > > It's slack, as with another common one - 'loose' for
> > > 'lose'. You certainly don't expect to see it in a magazine!
> 
> Come on, it`s a typo.  Spell checking wouldn`t have found it either.
> And I`m sure Ben`s (wearing his Mr. Ed cap) a little too busy to go over
> everything with a fine toothed comb.

I'd just like to waste bandwidth by pointing out I didn't write that
bit.

> > Appalling :)
 
> S`funny you should point that out.

But I did write that bit, 'cos I'm a genius, like.

> Jon

Paul C, in a world that is small
-- 
... Q: How many New Yorkers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
    A: 50. 50? Yeah, 50! It's in the contract.

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 22:55:46 +0100, Sam Thomas said:
> Yeah, This is all very well, but how do i use my IDE Zip drive Via FUSION

Sorry :-)
I only know two ways of using devices:
Using the Peripherals>SCSI settings (try using the Buffered transfers and
Emulated SCSI Hardware settings)

or

Mount it in the Devices section (select removeable device), but a disk might
need to be present at boot time and I'm not sure what will happen with disk
changes.

As I use a SCSI ZIP, I'm guessing that what works for me with CD and HD,
/should/ work for a ZIP.

If it doesn't, sorry, I'm out of ideas other than trying the FUSION ML.

Chris.
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On 13 Feb 2000, Paul Cundle wrote:
> I actually got around to sending my contribution for the AFCDs, and
> got it returned with the following. I was just wondering: WHY? What
> does it mean exactly?

  This is the important bit:

> <afcdsubs@futurenet.co.uk>... Deferred: Connection timed out with
> mail.futurenet.co.uk. Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
> Will keep trying until message is 1 week, 3 days old

  Your mail server is having problems delivering mail to future's mail
server.  It's just a warning in case you're wondering why they haven't
got it (you might have asked them in person).  If it gives up completely
you'll get a proper failure message.


bye,
  Chris

I was just going to bed, when Chris Andrews wrote this and I just HAD to read it:

>   Your mail server is having problems delivering mail to future's mail
> server.  It's just a warning in case you're wondering why they haven't
> got it (you might have asked them in person).

But why would that be? There's nothing wrong with me AFAIK (other than
a bit of excess facial hair at the moment...). Could it be that future
don't accept things at weekends?!

I could probably just wait for Ben (or Neil B) to come up with an
answer but I won't be around for a while so, well, y'know.

>   Chris

Paul C, ta
-- 
... Q: How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb?
    A: Only two - but it's difficult to get them in there.

On 13 Feb 2000, Paul Cundle wrote:
> But why would that be? There's nothing wrong with me AFAIK (other than
> a bit of excess facial hair at the moment...). Could it be that future
> don't accept things at weekends?!

  ...or that their mail server might be down and as it's a weekend no one
is around to fix it?

> I could probably just wait for Ben (or Neil B) to come up with an
> answer but I won't be around for a while so, well, y'know.

  Oh charming ;)  Wait a couple of days and Mash'll just repeat what
someone else has already said for you...



bye,
  Chris

I just read a /very/ interesting mail where you said about [afb] Re: (Fwd) AF submissions:

> > Could it be that future don't accept things at weekends?!

>   ...or that their mail server might be down and as it's a weekend no one
> is around to fix it?

Hardly likely, though, I would have thought.

> > I could probably just wait for Ben (or Neil B) to come up with an
> > answer but I won't be around for a while so, well, y'know.
 
>   Oh charming ;) 

:)  You know what I mean. Anyway, /you/ should be working!

> Wait a couple of days and Mash'll just repeat what someone else has
> already said for you...

No comment :)

>   Chris

Paul C, topher?
-- 
... Q: How many gorillas does it take to screw in a light bulb?
    A: Only one, but it sure takes a shitload of light bulbs!

Hello All,

This isn't an advert as such, but I have heard of an A4000 (030 I beiieve) with
extras which is going to be advertised for 295 in the local press in the
middle of this week. If anyone is looking for one of these and is interested
then if you mail me off list I will send you the advertisers phone number. He
lives on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk.

All the best

Colin


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Hi Everybody,

   I've got the LinuxPPC cd off a friend, but I'm having trouble getting =
Xwindows to work:

I followed the exact same procedure that I used to sucsessfully install t=
he LinuxPPC that came with AFCD40.

   The problem is, when I run startx it brings up the b&w screen with the=
 cross-shaped mouse pointer. It then bombs out with this error:

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting


   So, does anyone know what could be the problem? I've tried with differ=
ent versions of the kernal, XF68_FBDev etc. to no avail...


See ya :)
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Hi Everybody,

> But when I restart, it only offers default - despite the other files
> still being on my HD. Any ideas?

   'Tis a well-known bug in WormsDC

See ya :)
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Hello Andrew

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering

> Hi Everybody,
> 
>> But when I restart, it only offers default - despite the other files
>> still being on my HD. Any ideas?
> 
>   'Tis a well-known bug in WormsDC
> 
> See ya :)

Just rename the modified file to the DEFAULT file and back up the old
file


-- 
Adam james

Hi Everyone,

Thanks to Paul (Cundle and Richard (Lane) for their advice.

I tried the Mail Download Manager and it works OK.

I had recently installed the Pop3 module but it keeps on crashing the system.
The last guru stated "Illegal Instruction"

I did save Nick's email as a text file prior to deleting it and one of the
Header lines stated that JavaScript was the language used.
Could this have caused the email block to occur?

Cheers

Bill

On 13 Feb 00, at 19:16, Sam Thomas wrote:

> Having been online only three weeks i am slowly learning a few thing each
> day.
> 
> I went to the amiga rc5 website today and downloaded the software.
> 
> Anyway is this comp still running or has the key been found?

The competition is definitely still running. We've covered about 19% 
of the keyspace so far, and the Amiga team is currently in 5th 
position.

http://rc5stats.distributed.net for more details.

Bauglir

Hi Alan,

> I bought 6th sense at the WOA... I started to play it, but got engrossed
> in other things. I should get back to it. I'm fed up at the lack of good
> point'n'click adventure games... Gilbert Goodmate is taking ages to come
> out...and that other one from Sweden too!

Neil Ives asked me to come up with an adventure game script for the
Amos list (so far I've given them a rough outline for an SF adventure)
so you'll be able to get even more fed up waiting for that one to see
the light of day as well  ;)

Cheers,

Eddie

On 14 Feb 00, at 0:55, Eddie Maddock wrote:

> Neil Ives asked me to come up with an adventure game script for the
> Amos list (so far I've given them a rough outline for an SF adventure)
> so you'll be able to get even more fed up waiting for that one to see
> the light of day as well  ;)

Yay! I've been hoping and praying for more AMOS games to be 
released, there's just not enough of them, and they're always of such 
high quality. :)

Bauglir

Hi any and every one!

I have purchased an Oktagon 2008 SCSI2 Z2 card for my A4k, and today I
purchased an 8x SCSI2 Plextor PlexWriter CDRW.

Problem is, I haven't got the Oktagon.device!!

boy am i screwed!

please please please somebody help me...

Pete.

PS - I got asked out today as soon as I brought this CDRW! That goes to
proove that size *DOES* matter! (Y'know - mass storage devices et al!)
:o)

Anyone else out there waiting for Power to get more stock of Blizzard
1240 tower version?

I've been waiting 3 weeks and they still haven't got any stock?!  I
know Phase5 aren't manufacturing them any more, but I'm sure someone
is?!  Maybe they had a long Christmas break? :)

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 20:10:32 +0100, Sam Thomas (sam.thomas@ukonline.co.uk) wrote:
> Hello Kevin

'lo

> On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:
> 
> > That's because you're using an old version, and Mirabilis has changed the
> > log on procedure since.  Go to teh above web page and get the latest beta
> > (0.1723 I think) and your problem will be solved
>
> Yeah, downloaded the beta version and tried it. Now it does not work. It
> gets to open's the flash screen thingy then a smaller window opens saying
> 'Loading Co' and that is all that it does, so still HELP !!

Sounds like you've got something missing - check with SnoopDOS ...

Kev

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On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:07:37 -0800, Peter Lewis (ultrasbm@hotmail.com) wrote:
> Hi any and every one!

Hello!

> I have purchased an Oktagon 2008 SCSI2 Z2 card for my A4k, and today I
> purchased an 8x SCSI2 Plextor PlexWriter CDRW.

Nice ....

> Problem is, I haven't got the Oktagon.device!!
> 
> boy am i screwed!

Go to http://www.elaborate-bytes.com and get the latest (and last I
believe) oktapussy.lha archive .... problem solved!

> please please please somebody help me...

Oh go on then!   :-)

> PS - I got asked out today as soon as I brought this CDRW! That goes to
> proove that size *DOES* matter! (Y'know - mass storage devices et al!)
> :o)

It's only cos she doesn't want to be single on valentine's day ...   ;-)

Kev

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On 14 Feb 2000 08:45:25 +0000, Kevin Fairhurst (redvers@redvers.u-net.com) wrote:

> Go to http://www.elaborate-bytes.com and get the latest (and last I
> believe) oktapussy.lha archive .... problem solved!

The direct access page is hard to fine, so it's http://www.elaborate-bytes.com/english/support/oktapussy/download.htm

Kev

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew O'Neill [mailto:mash@myamiga.freeserve.co.uk]
> Sent: 11 February 2000 20:02
> To: afb@egroups.com
> Subject: [afb] Re: New ABC
> 
> > * I'm 100 miles away from Bristol 
> > * I'm almost Seventeen
> > * Which means legally I cannot drive :) (though I can!)
> > * I cannot afford the taxi there ;))
> > * Bus's don't go that far! :)
> 
> I'd have thought not being able to buy the beer would be more of a
> problem...

Actually, I'm over the age of Majroity, but I don't usually end up paying
for all THAT many drinks...
-- 
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Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers
0870 727 4020 x657
Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk
This Space Intentionally Left Blank

Hi all,

I know it's off-topic, and I don't want any follow-ups, but I just saw this
in trade mag MCV:

"With Sony predicting two million sales in as many days..."

So, the PS2 isn't going to be very popular immediately then?

All the best,
-- 
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Editor, Amiga Format                             F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
try: http://www.iarchitect.com/msoft.htm

Hi Matthew,

>> It would, but 1,200 people buying the issue, as opposed to 1,200 people
>> just giving up on their Amigas because they aren't going to buy a CD-ROM
>> drive might be enough to close the mag.

> Would that encourage them to get a cd drive and buy the cd version
> though?.....

If they've been this long without one, I doubt that AF no longer doing a
floppy issue will make much difference.

All the best,
-- 
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Editor, Amiga Format                             F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Mum, I'm going to hypnotise you now", said Tom transparently.

Does anyone know if you can get the Genius Easypen pro graphics 
tablet to work on an Amiga?

james

Hi Daniel,

> Looks like there's some really good features and reviews this month too.
> I still don't like the font used in the games section of the magazine
> though. It'd look much nicer if all of the magazine used the same font
> for body text.

It ain't gonna happen. We use two separate fonts to separate the games stuff
from the "serious".

> Even though it's lost pages, it's not noticeable; AF has improved
> greatly over the last couple of months, and because the remaining text
> is so absorbing, the loss of a few pages isn't really a problem.

Thank you.

> And I like the accidental plug for the AACD as well; (the last picture
> in the DJ Nick WB PStterns drawer). How did that one get through? :)

Ah well, why do you think he didn't win the gallery? ;)

All the best,
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Want the latest Amiga news?  Join the afb by going to:
*http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/*

Hi,

> Yeah, This is all very well, but how do i use my IDE Zip drive Via
FUSION

I have not got round to using Fusion, yet, but I have used ShapeShifter
with anm IDE Zip drive set up a device (hard disk partition) with
removable selected.  Type in the volume's name (ZIP: ??) and select
removable; surely Fusion has this?

All the best,

Nick.

Hi Richard,
 
> > http://www.freesiteuk.com
> Nice useful site, well done Malcolm. 

Thanks, I've been working on it for ages.

>> Where appropriate I have mentioned that an ISP
>> supports the Amiga.
> You might also like to consider adding Free4all in there as well..
> http://www.free4all.co.uk

It's been listed for months.

Regards,
--
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malcolm@freesiteuk.com
FreesiteUK - http://www.freesiteuk.com

On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Chris Millar wrote:

> The latest version of Quake from Frank Wille supports PSXPort :-), it uses
> the D-pad for now, the analogue pads are a bit buggy.  L1 & R1 can be
> assigned to sidestep, just like PSX Doom, although L2 & R2 aren't used yet.

great!

alan

Hi,

This is vaguely OT; though related to the Amiga.  I haven't got time to
contact Andy at S.H.A.C. in the Isle of Wight; because I'm at college
as usual with no money... :)

I have sent a cheque to him which i sent first class last tuesday; now,
how long does it take a first class letter to get from Devon, say to
the Isle of Wight?  I got an e-mail from him today (mon 14th) saying he
had not recieved the letter or the cheque enclosed! :-((

How long does it take; i would phone him but i have no cash and i am
very concerned.

This is a ridiculous question i know....

All the best,

Nick.

On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Ben Vost wrote:

> When? 4.0 isn't even announced and as far as I'm aware Stefan hasn't done
> any work on it for months, so why do people think that 4.0 is coming out?!

and even if it ever did, those with registration keys for 3.x can use
4.x

alan

On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, David McMinn wrote:

> Originally Classact was sort of opposite to this wasn't it? Make the
> developers pay if they use the system in their programs and it was free
> to users. Only thing I can see wrong with this is the lower number of
> registrations, although developers would be charged more.

yes, nice idea...charge the developers for making Amiga
applications. not!

I dont see the MUI problem. pay ONCE and all programs which use MUI can
be customised or setup to exactly how you want them to be. no wonder why
so many people have problems with their software. I can change my
settings in any of the MUI-using programs and go back to that setup when
i next load the program up. 

Alan

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Mark Smith wrote:

> Cybervision64/3D!   A quick trawl across the internet revealed that
> CyberGraphX version 3 is to blame, and that Picasso96 or CyberGraphX
> version 4 would fix it ... think I'll go the cheaper option as I'm
> skint at the moment.

sure, go the cheap route...but all the bells and whistles of P96 only
work on PIV cards - whereas CyberGfx has more bells and whistles for
CyberVision cards

alan

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, David McMinn wrote:

> only making the BVisions and CyberPPC/Visions aren't they. And at
> UKP550 there would be little point in buying one anyway, thats about
> the same price for a good G4.

whats with the G4 fixation? there ARENT any such cards. so you cant
actually buy one..so why even try to price-compare?
 
alan

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Matthew O'Neill wrote:

> Why would I consider paying when there wont be a new version? works both
> ways.

do you ever buy software? If so, do you do so even if there might not be
a new version? yes. you do.  As for MUI, you pay for the
functionality. If you dont pay, you lose all the configuarions you could
be saving with each MUI app

alan

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Jonathan M. Dudley wrote:

> I don't deny that it's a requirement, I'm saying that the consumer should=
n't
> have to pay an extra =A320 for a programmers decision.

?? but it is used by SO MANY programs...you dont have to pay the 20 ukp
for every program you use MUI with.=20

In my case MUI is used by over 100 programs.

alan

On 11 Feb 2000, Daniel Thornton wrote:

I received a free copy of MacWorld magazine t'other day (because I
entered a 'Win an iMac' competition). One of the coverCD's was filled
with all of last years (1999) MacWorld issues. Could this be a feasible
proposition for AmigaFormat? Maybe dont start off with 1999... start off
with all the 96 issues...and then do 97 issues 4 months later etc?

alan 

Bill said, 

> Having just pulled down a number of emails, when it came to one by Nick
> Lamburn, downloading stopped.

Chances are the mail had a "high ASCII" character in a header, possibly
a  sign in the subject. So,me versions of MicroDot had trouble with
these.


Neil
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Chris Dallimore said, 

> On 13 Feb 2000 10:8:33 +0000, Neil Bothwick said:

>> BT are being very quiet about this, although they are in discussions
>> with OFTEL. It's not definite, but it looks like the ISPs won't see any
>> of that 6.99 so the "free" ISPs won't be able to offer it unless they
>> significantly reduce bandwidth and increase advertising sales.

> Is it just me being cynical, or are BT being particularly clever with their
> marketing on this one. I mean, for apparantly the first time, they have
> announced their /intentions/ before OFTEL have agreed that it can be
> launched.

It's typical BT tactics. Remember the ISP tarrif announced in
mid-November, more details would be announced at the end of that month
with a launch in mid-December? Then it disappeared from their web site,
even from the news archives.

> OFTEL may very well get objections from "free" ISP's who hold a telco
> license complaining about "unfair competition" or the like.

Hardly likely, since the other telcos have been able to offer this sort
of service all along. Nynex did it in 96/97, Telewest were supposed to be
starting such a service today. It's only BT that are restricted on
unmetered calls, cable companies have been giving them for years.

The "free" ISPs aren't excluded from Surftime, there's a pat as you go
option (1p evenings and weekends, 2p daytime). BT have already hit the
freebies with BT Together. Reducing the costs of evening calls and
making it up with an increased rental reduces the interconnect fees
available to the ISPs.

> But if they
> refuse BT permission, they (BT) can say something like "Well, we tried to
> give people unmetered access, but OFTEL won't let you have it."

BT and OFTEL seem as bad as each other, both blaming the other party
while nothing gets done.


Neil
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Paul Cundle said, 

> I actually got around to sending my contribution for the AFCDs, and
> got it returned with the following. I was just wondering: WHY? What
> does it mean exactly?

>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> <afcdsubs@futurenet.co.uk>... Deferred: Connection timed out with
> mail.futurenet.co.uk. Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
> Will keep trying until message is 1 week, 3 days old

Future's mail server has a flat battery. I got the same when I sent a
mail to Rich.

BTW Rich, it wasn't the worst joke I've ever heard, but it came close...


Neil
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Peter Lewis said, 

> I have purchased an Oktagon 2008 SCSI2 Z2 card for my A4k, and today I
> purchased an 8x SCSI2 Plextor PlexWriter CDRW.

I got a 12X PlexWriter last week :)

> Problem is, I haven't got the Oktagon.device!!

Yes you have, it's in the boot ROM of the controller card. Drivers for
bootable cards s have to be in ROM, how could you load them from disk?


Neil
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Paul Cundle wrote:
> 
> > Having just installed DpaintV from the CD version, it refuses to use
> > the media types.
> 
> I've now sorted the problem, so thanks to Andy Kinsella.

A question for DPainters out there - as DPaint V was supposed to be
modular, i.e. you can add your own textures, etc. was it the same for
Media?  Is there a documented format for creating new Media file and is
there any third party Media files out there?

- Chris

On 13 Feb 2000, Kevin Fairhurst wrote:

> But it's a moot point cos it's not been cancelled - hurrah!

ha ha...yes, they are waiting for someone with lots of PCB experience to
pop up and finish the job for them. We all know how flooded the Amiga
userbase is with PCB layout experts...

alan

On 13 Feb 2000, Armin wrote:

> > its R&D results... eg the G4 card is ready, but needs to be built.
> 
> But is the controller chipset available?

exactly.

alan

Hello Neil

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Future's mail server has a flat battery. I got the same when I sent a
> mail to Rich.
> 
> BTW Rich, it wasn't the worst joke I've ever heard, but it came close...

;)

I got your original reply, BTW.

Cheers,
Rich

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hi,

> I went to the amiga rc5 website today and downloaded the software.
> 
> Anyway is this comp still running or has the key been found?

yes...its still running. visit www.distributed.net for the HQ

alan

On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Ben Vost wrote:

> "With Sony predicting two million sales in as many days..."

whoa! thats a quick userbase!

alan

> > I went to the amiga rc5 website today and downloaded the software.
> > 
> > Anyway is this comp still running or has the key been found?
> 
> yes...its still running. visit www.distributed.net for the HQ

It's going to take about 2 more years to "crack" the remaing possible
combinations at the current rate.

However they keep popping in other small competitions such as DES or the
recently finished CRC to keep interest going.


Chris

> 
> alan
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> AFB: All polls MUST have dates, and if you have something to
> sell use AmiBench! http://www.amibench.org/
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb
> http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications
> 
> 
> 
> 

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Nick Lamburn wrote:

> I have sent a cheque to him which i sent first class last tuesday; now,
> how long does it take a first class letter to get from Devon, say to
> the Isle of Wight?  I got an e-mail from him today (mon 14th) saying he
> had not recieved the letter or the cheque enclosed! :-((

ah..the isle of wight. well, if the rabbits are active, then the mail
might arrive (once old Edna has sorted it out at Ryde...and shes pushing
on a bit now) within a week. if the rabbits are burrowed and theres a
storm-a-comin' then you are lookin' at 3 weeks next tuesday
 
alan

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Chris Livermore wrote:

> However they keep popping in other small competitions such as DES or the
> recently finished CRC to keep interest going.

the OGR (Optimum Golomb Ruler) challenga actually starts today. These
are useful sets of minimum numbers. I actually ported the OGR-21/22/23
client to Amiga (WarpOS) last year and Amigans solves over 200 billion
nodes. 

The current d.net client for the Amiga hasnt been updated for ages (but
work is being done on this by a proper Amiga d.net team now) and so it
currently doesnt do CSC or OGR work...or any of the other client bells
and whistles...but it will do soon.


alan 

Simon Mason wrote:

> Any of you amigans recomend the best browser?
I prefer IBrowse, cause it looks a heck of alot nicer than AWeb, and it
has a Nutscrape-esque popup menu thingie. Also, I never had much luck
with Voyager, it never seems to work properly, and refused to work at
all untill I fitted an extra $M of RAM. Dunno 'bout V3, though, cos
there doesn't seem to be a demo available for testing.

-curator
-- 
I'm quite happy to solder stuff, as long as it isn't mine :)

Hi Tom

>     Is it possible to run a squirrel (Classic) on a 2b 1200 or
> have I got a duff pcmcia port?

Mine worked perfectly until I replaced the 4Mb Ram expansion on the machine
with  an accelerator. As soon as you speed up the available processor, the
various timing problems and other hardware glitches in the 2B 1200 come into
play.

I got my 2B motherboard 'fixed' by Eyetech, and now it is fault free,
despite being expanded out of all serious proportion!

Cheers
Chris Green
Technical Editor - Computing
VNU Business Publications, 32-34 Broadwick Street, London, W1A 2HG
..................................................................
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-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Buckenham <colin@datatechdtp.co.uk>
To: afb@egroups.com <afb@egroups.com>
Date: 12 February 2000 15:44
Subject: [afb] Apollo 060/75mhz accelerator & Squirrel Problem


>Hello All.

>I have just fitted one of EyeTechs Apollo 1260/75 Turbo boards and
everything is
>working great exept for my Classic Squirrel SCSI Interface. The system no
>longer recognizes it. I have a revision 2B motherboard if that makes any
>differance.
>is there anyone else on the list who has suffered this problem and can
offer me
>any advice?


Hisoft have an '060-friendly squirrel driver - although it doesn't seem to
be on their website since the've revamped it. Try them on 01525 718181.

All '060's need it - not just 060/75's.




Eyetech Group Ltd
The Old Bank
12 West Green
Stokesley, North Yorkshire
TS9 5BB  UK

Hello Richard

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Anyone else out there waiting for Power to get more stock of Blizzard
> 1240 tower version?
> 
> I've been waiting 3 weeks and they still haven't got any stock?!  I
> know Phase5 aren't manufacturing them any more, but I'm sure someone
> is?!  Maybe they had a long Christmas break? :)

You might find that DCE (who are now making most things phase5), will be
more busy doing their BVisions and stuff. Give them time...


Regards

        Sandy

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Hello Ben

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:

>> Looks like there's some really good features and reviews this month too.
>> I still don't like the font used in the games section of the magazine
>> though. It'd look much nicer if all of the magazine used the same font
>> for body text.
> 
> It ain't gonna happen. We use two separate fonts to separate the games
> stuff from the "serious".

Why? It's fairly easy to see which section is which, and besides, that's
what the coloured bar at the top of the page is for.


Regards

        Sandy

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Hello Nick

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:

> How long does it take; i would phone him but i have no cash and i am
> very concerned.

You don't want to hear it, but I would say that it should be there now. 1st
class is supposed to be next day or 2 day delivery, except up here in
Scotland, where an extra day is understandable.

You could cancel the cheque, and send another one by registered post...

Regards

        Sandy

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Hello Ben

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:

> If they've been this long without one, I doubt that AF no longer doing a
> floppy issue will make much difference.

You could have some sort of survey in the next AF- just a little voting slip
on
one of the pages saying "I would/ would not buy a non- DD AF (please
delete)" or something.

Then you just have to count a few thousand votes.

Regards

        Sandy

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Chris Green wrote:
> 
>
> 
> Mine worked perfectly until I replaced the 4Mb Ram expansion on the machine
> with  an accelerator. As soon as you speed up the available processor, the
> various timing problems and other hardware glitches in the 2B 1200 come into
> play.
> 

Arrgh!! Does this mean that different Rev2B's work differently? I have
had no timing problems on mine using classic squirrel with the standard
'020 and then with an 030/50 and now with an 040/25, squirrel doesn't
miss a beat.
So my 2B works fine and yours doesn't. Seems that supposedly identical
motherboards, aren't. Ho-hum.:-(

Arran

Hello xatiminey

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:

 
>> Any of you amigans recomend the best browser?
> I prefer IBrowse, cause it looks a heck of alot nicer than AWeb, and it
> has a Nutscrape-esque popup menu thingie. Also, I never had much luck
> with Voyager, it never seems to work properly, and refused to work at
> all untill I fitted an extra $M of RAM. Dunno 'bout V3, though, cos
> there doesn't seem to be a demo available for testing.

There is.

Try AFCD or Active's website or even Aminet.

(Can't remember where I downloaded it from)

Regards

        Sandy

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Hi Richard

> > I've been waiting 3 weeks and they still haven't got any stock?!  I
> > know Phase5 aren't manufacturing them any more, but I'm sure someone
> > is?!  Maybe they had a long Christmas break? :)

They are now being manufactured by DCE (who have had the licence to do so
since July 99). DCE also has manufacturing rights to all the pre-G4 PPC
stuff, the CyberVision 64-3D, and a whole load of 030, 040 and 060 cards for
the entire Amiga range.

The guys at DCE are doing their best to get all these cards back into
production, but at present DCE do not have enough production capability to
manufacturer all the P5 stuff + their other projects simultaneously.
Therefore, they have to do a lot of stuff in rotation, hence the delays in
getting stock on some items to the likes of Power.

Chris Green
Technical Editor - Computing
VNU Business Publications, 32-34 Broadwick Street, London, W1A 2HG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan M. Dudley [mailto:jonny@thelabyrinth.free-online.co.uk]
> Sent: 13 February 2000 19:50
> To: afb@egroups.com
> Subject: [afb] Re: What is 'payed'?
> 
> >> 'ize' is the CORRECT way of ending, ie. organize, 
> standardize, specialize
> >> etc. Check in the Oxford English Dictionary. The spelling 
> of these types of
> >> words using 'ise' instead of 'ize' must be one of the most 
> common spelling
> >> mistakes made in English.
> 
> > Hmmmmm, it would appear so, but I'm sure that I have always 
> spelt 'ize'
> > words 'ise' for a reason.
> > Clarification anyone?
> 
> I, too, use 'ise', but I'm fairly sure that 'ize' is English, 
> while 'ise' is
> American. The two languages are becoming so interchangable 
> that I hesitate
> to suggest which might be "correct".

The only difference between Americans and English is that they speak the
same language.
-- 
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Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers
0870 727 4020 x657
Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk

Hi Arran

> So my 2B works fine and yours doesn't. Seems that supposedly identical
> motherboards, aren't. Ho-hum.:-(

You'd think that wouldn't you. The A1200 is easily the most temperamental
computer ever made. You could probably ask 100 different owners with that
config the same question and get 100 different responses!

Chris Green
Technical Editor - Computing
VNU Business Publications, 32-34 Broadwick Street, London, W1A 2HG
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Hi Ragnar,

> When I took it out of the mailbox I wondered for a moment if you had
> stopped doing CDs (which would have explained the absence of CDeadlines in
> the calendar

There are CD deadlines on the calendar on the eGroups website...

All the best,
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How did the fool and his money get together in the first place?

Hi Kevin,

> Anyone know what Sunrise AD1012 and AD516s cards are like? Are they Zorro
> or not? Can anyone give me info as to where on the web there'd be details?

They are very good. The 1012 is only 12-bit, while the 516 is 16-bit but has
fewer channels, but Sunrize closed down about three years ago.

All the best,
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Excuse for the day: password is too complex to decrypt

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:26:14 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote:
> Hi Kevin,

Hi!

> > Anyone know what Sunrise AD1012 and AD516s cards are like? Are they Zorro
> > or not? Can anyone give me info as to where on the web there'd be details?
> 
> They are very good. The 1012 is only 12-bit, while the 516 is 16-bit but has
> fewer channels, but Sunrize closed down about three years ago.

Randomize have some in stock, which is why I asked here.  Does anyone know
more about them, such as if they're Zorro cards, and if they're supported
by AHI, and how much they're worth, and if I should get one?

BTW Ben, do you have a projected release date for the Repulse sound card? 
I've emailed Alien Design for more details but have yet to recieve a reply!
 I don't suppose you have some advance knowledge of it perchance?

Kev, wanting a zorro sound card for his miggy, damn it!

PS Anyone here selling a ConciertoIV?  Please?  There's none on AmiBench ...  :(


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Hi Alan,

> > I have sent a cheque to him which i sent first class last tuesday;
now,
> > how long does it take a first class letter to get from Devon, say to
> > the Isle of Wight?  I got an e-mail from him today (mon 14th)
saying he
> > had not recieved the letter or the cheque enclosed! :-((
> 
> ah..the isle of wight. well, if the rabbits are active, then the mail
> might arrive (once old Edna has sorted it out at Ryde...and shes
pushing
> on a bit now) within a week. if the rabbits are burrowed and theres a
> storm-a-comin' then you are lookin' at 3 weeks next tuesday

I have ordered many a time from SHAC; normally it doesn't take too
long.  But if what you are saying is the distorted truth :) (rather
than some mumbo jumbo :) then there's still a chance some postie has
not lost it, or delivered it to the wrong place.  

/me hopes

And where is Tudor... :)

All the best,

Nick.

Hi,

> > How long does it take; i would phone him but i have no cash and i am
> > very concerned.
> 
> You don't want to hear it, but I would say that it should be there
now. 1st
> class is supposed to be next day or 2 day delivery, except up here in
> Scotland, where an extra day is understandable.
> 
> You could cancel the cheque, and send another one by registered
post...

That's what I though, sorry for this but, shit. :((  This hasn't
happened before, oh well, I'll ring Andy tonight and take it from
there...

Thanks for confirming my fears! :)

All the best,

Nick.

Hi Ben,

>I know it's off-topic, and I don't want any follow-ups, but I just saw this
>in trade mag MCV:

Did you also know that the DVD will be cut down, ( no DTS and poss no AC3)

and they are having trouble with the graphics performance.

Regards,

Alan Anthony.
Brown Goods Purchasing Controller.
Bennetts Retail Ltd.
East Anglia's Largest
Independent Electrical Retailer.

Hi Ben,

> >> Looks like there's some really good features and reviews this
month too.
> >> I still don't like the font used in the games section of the
magazine
> >> though. It'd look much nicer if all of the magazine used the same
font
> >> for body text.
> > 
> > It ain't gonna happen. We use two separate fonts to separate the
games
> > stuff from the "serious".
> 
> Why? It's fairly easy to see which section is which, and besides,
that's
> what the coloured bar at the top of the page is for.

Well I have bought my copy of AF today and I am as well as others are,
very pleased with the standard; getting better all the time.  Well
Done! :)  I am also looking forward to having a play with Fusion
tonight (if my past is anything to go by it'll be a knightmare - A4K
floppy, Tower conversion, ateo bus, shapeshifter and all the other
sagas... :) which should be pretty cool.  I wonder if the WBench window
driver is any better than WinnerEVD on ShapeShifter (the 1bit window is
very fast; but the 4bit and 8bit is still usable on my 040/40 gfx. card
amiga...) and if there is any reall speedups... :)

As for PCx, got that already, though curiously i don't have the
T-Shirt..  Plug alert: Check Af125 for how to get Windows 3.11 for
Workgroups running on PCx... :)  And another plug: PC-Task is much
faster, my research shows that an 040/40 on PCx pulls off a respectable
12MHz 80386DX at best, with performance usually lingering at around
8MHz' '386 'speed' (not that an 8MHz '386 existed!), however PC-Task is
quite remarkable, performance can start at 12MHz '386 speed, but at
best can even get 33MHz '386DX speed.  Note that the latter speed is
when a previously translated chunk of code has been called soon after;
so to speak.  I won't go into why the speed varies, unless those who
don't know why want to know... :)

BTW: The Windows '98 shot on the CD cover is a tad misleading me
thinks... :)

While I'm on emulation; realising that sometimes 2-4 sides of paper
cannot always do justice to a product; in AF104 iirc, when you reviewed
Fusion 2.0; you did a mammoth review; which was extremely good, in
depth and an excellent resource i turn to when I need a tid bit of info
regarding Mac emulation.  SO in view of the fact that fewer software
products are released, perhaps when Fusion PPC and PCx PPC are release,
you could do massive reviews of them; depsite the size of AF nowadays.
:)

Shame the 3.1 ROM installation doesn't cover peeps like me who have
their 1200s in towers; i'm NOT looking forward to having to gut the
whole tower completely... :)))

Overall a very good issue IMO; well done, and keep up the good work;
let's make the most of the time that you do have left! :))  Also if you
want to fit more in the magazine; you could always drop the size of
body text down 1pt, then you'll fit more in :).

/me is still worried about the cheque... :/

All the best,

Nick.

Hi Matthew,

On 07-Feb-00, you wrote:
> Yes mine is a legal version to, and yes it still has this bug (amoughst
> others)
> rest assured that on the other versions (my mates mac), its nothing
> amazing or vital to the game anyway.

Thanks Matthew, at least I know I haven't been shafted. :)

Stephen

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Hi Jonathan,

> On the net, or at least in chat areas, people tend to write in a verbal
> style rather van propa English, like.  Probably (possibly) somat to do
> with typing on the fly-of-your-thoughts (tm), which is quite possibly
> somat to do with the fact that a lot of English people have to pay for
> their online time, or have to post on the hush in office hours (you can
> always tell when someone is on the net when they shouldn`t be from the
> sound of many keys being pressed; much faster than normal anyway)  ;-)

Perhaps live chat or IRC can excuse the poor english used on the net, but I
usually read through what I've written before hitting send - that usually
clears up misspellings and grammatical errors, not to mention giving you
the time to calm down and take out all those insulting phrases. Others on
this list could benefit from doing the same.

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Hi Paul,

> I actually got around to sending my contribution for the AFCDs, and
> got it returned with the following. I was just wondering: WHY? What
> does it mean exactly?

Firstly, why send this to the list? Do you really think that Future's mail
server operators will be on here? No. There have been far too many messages
about spam and so on forwarded to the main body of the list recently. Stop
it now!

Secondly, the message is just saying that your mail has been delayed, not
that it can't be delivered, so hang on.

Thirdly, the ISP we're currently using is crap.

All the best,
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Hi,

> Perhaps live chat or IRC can excuse the poor english used on the net,
but I
> usually read through what I've written before hitting send - that
usually
> clears up misspellings and grammatical errors, not to mention giving
you
> the time to calm down and take out all those insulting phrases.
Others on
> this list could benefit from doing the same.

That would probbaly include me! :)  I kid you not, but my written
english ie: non-e-mails is a lot better than my grammar and spelling in
my E-Mails; i think the thing is that E-Mail is so much more immediate;
a lot less formal.  At least there's one thing that I am quite good
with is my apostrophes! :)  I actaully bother to use them, and yes, i
do know how they work... :))

However, my IRC typing is a different kettle of fish; if you can
decipher what i spew forth then that person is a better man than I! :) 
Take a simple sentence:

Hello, how are all of you today?

In mt IRC skills it normally ends up looking like:\

Hwello, ho aer alll o yooui todfsy>?

:)  Nuff said me thinks!  Neil Bullock will confirm this.. :)  The
problem is that you need to type faaaaaast... :)

All the best,

Nick.

Hi Peter,

> I have purchased an Oktagon 2008 SCSI2 Z2 card for my A4k, and today I
> purchased an 8x SCSI2 Plextor PlexWriter CDRW.

> Problem is, I haven't got the Oktagon.device!!

It's in the ROM on the Oktagon...

All the best,
-- 
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Editor, Amiga Format                             F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Hidden AmigaDOS secret: Change Setpatch in S:Startup-sequence to read
"c:Setpatch BUGS=OFF QUIET"

> > only making the BVisions and CyberPPC/Visions aren't they. And at
> > UKP550 there would be little point in buying one anyway, thats about
> > the same price for a good G4.
> 
> whats with the G4 fixation? there ARENT any such cards. so you cant
> actually buy one..so why even try to price-compare?

You can still pre-order G4 cards, and that would be the price you'd pay
(if you pre-ordered). Given the low production volume of PPC cards by
DCE you'd probably have to wait as long for whichever one you ordered,
if you ordered one tomorrow.

Hi Sandy,

>> If they've been this long without one, I doubt that AF no longer doing a
>> floppy issue will make much difference.

> You could have some sort of survey in the next AF- just a little voting
> slip on
> one of the pages saying "I would/ would not buy a non- DD AF (please
> delete)" or something.

> Then you just have to count a few thousand votes.

Ha! Maybe a few hundred. BTW, from our current sales figures, afb members
now form a statistically significant proportion of AF readers. Hopefully
that'll be enough of an incentive for you all to vote in the next poll...

All the best,
-- 
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Editor, Amiga Format                             F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"I won't be on time", Tom said belatedly.

Hello Richard

On 14-Feb-00, Richard wrote:

> Anyone else out there waiting for Power to get more stock of Blizzard
> 1240 tower version?

We are expecting those cards in the next few weeks.
DCE is developing them + BVision and other bits and pieces.

If you have preordered it you will have priority on all the other customers.

-- 
Vincenzo Morra 
vmorra@morres.demon.co.uk
www.morres.demon.co.uk
ICQ: 18467837

Hello Mark

On 12-Feb-00, you wrote:

> 
> I just got a Spam though this list

it looked like it was hacked through this afb mail box... :/

hugo.

Hello Chris

> OFTEL may very well get objections from "free" ISP's who hold a telco
> license complaining about "unfair competition" or the like. But if they
> refuse BT permission, they (BT) can say something like "Well, we tried to
> give people unmetered access, but OFTEL won't let you have it."

apart from the fact that this news is from last Decemeber <grin> I don't
think Oftel will completly RULE OUT the unmetered option..

if they do, then they know (and we know) that they will become the new
'evil' ones..

and you can't have a regulatory authority not doing it's best for the peeps
;)

cya
hugo

Hi,

Just noticed something in the latest AF, me just being finicky, but why
in the ROM upgrade feature, are you upgrading and Amiga Technology's
A1200 to KS3.1? :)  

Surely all AT A1200s have 3.1 ROMs already; or has this A1200 got 3.0
ROMs for some obscure reason?  Or are the chips already 3.1 ROMs
anyway! :)

How do I know it's an AT A1200, check the small logo on the top
lefthand side, nope no Commodore logo, just the new Amiga logo... :)

All the best,

Nick.  

Hi Kevin,

>> They are very good. The 1012 is only 12-bit, while the 516 is 16-bit b=
ut
>> has fewer channels, but Sunrize closed down about three years ago.

> Randomize have some in stock, which is why I asked here.  Does anyone k=
now
> more about them, such as if they're Zorro cards, and if they're support=
ed
> by AHI, and how much they're worth, and if I should get one?

They are Zorro-based, I'm not sure about AHI support, they originally sol=
d
for =A3400 and =A3600 respectively (if I remember rightly).

> BTW Ben, do you have a projected release date for the Repulse sound car=
d?
> I've emailed Alien Design for more details but have yet to recieve a
> reply!
> I don't suppose you have some advance knowledge of it perchance?

My main concern with Repulse is that it's being designed by people who've=

never demonstrated sound audio hardware or general hardware design skills=

previously. Sound cards are notoriously complicated to get right.

> PS Anyone here selling a ConciertoIV? Please? There's none on AmiBench =
=2E..

It's not that good...

All the best,
-- =

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Editor, Amiga Format                             F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
*Aquarius*: /(Jan 20-Feb 18)/ If your birthday is this week, multiply
your calendar age by 4.8 to get your age in far more telling
"Aquarius years."

On 13-Feb-00, Kevin Fairhurst wrote:

>> They've had a mail from me......

> Hopefully not like the one you sent Chesh who gave his Amiga stuff away
> and got a PC .... otherwise you'll just get thought of as a complete idiot
> and we don't want people to start stereotyping Amiga users as complete
> idiots ...

There was nothing wrong with what I sent that guy!!?? you dont even know
what I wrote so bugger off :

Mash - 
-- 
Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

Oxymoron: Exposed Insulation.

Hi Nick,

> Just noticed something in the latest AF, me just being finicky, but why
> in the ROM upgrade feature, are you upgrading and Amiga Technology's
> A1200 to KS3.1? :)  

That machine was actually a KS3.0 machine, and if you look, the KS3.1 ROMS
are the ones we bought from Eyetech.

All the best,
-- 
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Editor, Amiga Format                             F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The worst thing about censorship is xxxx xx xxxx xxx, xxxx xx. xxx
xxxxx xx xxxxxxx xx xxx xxxx xxxxx, xxx xx xxx xxxxx.

Hi Ben,

> > Just noticed something in the latest AF, me just being finicky, but
why
> > in the ROM upgrade feature, are you upgrading and Amiga Technology's
> > A1200 to KS3.1? :)  
> 
> That machine was actually a KS3.0 machine, and if you look, the KS3.1
ROMS
> are the ones we bought from Eyetech.

Yup noticed that too! :)  I guess the 3.1 ROMs were donated to a more
worthy Amiga then! :)

All the best

Nick

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:20:49 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote:
Hi Ben,

> > I have purchased an Oktagon 2008 SCSI2 Z2 card for my A4k, and today I
> > purchased an 8x SCSI2 Plextor PlexWriter CDRW.
> 
> > Problem is, I haven't got the Oktagon.device!!
> 
> It's in the ROM on the Oktagon...

But it's possible that he has the boot ROM disabled due to
incompatibilities with 060 processors.  By using the OktaPussy software I
pointed out, it'd get around this, although he won't be able to boot a hard
drive from the card.

However, IIRC the Oktagon also calls the device "2nd.scsi.device" so he
might be able to access it that way.  I used to use an Oktagon (and wish
I'd kept it - I thought the GVP 4008 was meant to be better ): and it
worked fine with MakeCD and my Yamaha CD writer.

Kev

-- 
Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM

> > whats with the G4 fixation? there ARENT any such cards. so you cant
> > actually buy one..so why even try to price-compare?
> 
> You can still pre-order G4 cards, and that would be the price you'd
pay
> (if you pre-ordered). Given the low production volume of PPC cards by
> DCE you'd probably have to wait as long for whichever one you ordered,
> if you ordered one tomorrow.

Doh! Just remembered that it was only phase5 making G4 cards. Of course
I meant G3 cards all along :)

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 17:18:42 +0100, Matthew O'Neill (mash@myamiga=2Efreeser=
ve=2Eco=2Euk) wrote:
> On 13-Feb-00, Kevin Fairhurst wrote:
>=20
> >> They've had a mail from me=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E
>=20
> > Hopefully not like the one you sent Chesh who gave his Amiga stuff away
> > and got a PC =2E=2E=2E=2E otherwise you'll just get thought of as a com=
plete idiot
> > and we don't want people to start stereotyping Amiga users as complete
> > idiots =2E=2E=2E
>=20
> There was nothing wrong with what I sent that guy!!?? you dont even know
> what I wrote so bugger off :=FE

So you didn't send him derogatory remarks about his bloated PC and how you
hoped it'd crash and burn?   ;-)

Kev

--=20
Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:33:52 +0000, Ben Vost (ben=2Evost@futurenet=2Eco=2Eu=
k) wrote:
> Hi Kevin,

Hi

> >> They are very good=2E The 1012 is only 12-bit, while the 516 is 16-bit=
 but
> >> has fewer channels, but Sunrize closed down about three years ago=2E
>=20
> > Randomize have some in stock, which is why I asked here=2E  Does anyone=
 know
> > more about them, such as if they're Zorro cards, and if they're support=
ed
> > by AHI, and how much they're worth, and if I should get one?
>=20
> They are Zorro-based, I'm not sure about AHI support, they originally sol=
d
> for =A3400 and =A3600 respectively (if I remember rightly)=2E

According to the BBOAHW they don't support AHI=2E  However, =A3400 and =A36=
00??=20
Ouch!  I'm not paying that for a sound card which will probably only offer
me something a =A320 PC sound card would provide =2E=2E=2E it's bad enough =
having
to pay =A380 for a new ConciertoIV, as available from your local birds teet=
h
distributor =2E=2E=2E

> > BTW Ben, do you have a projected release date for the Repulse sound car=
d?
> > I've emailed Alien Design for more details but have yet to recieve a
> > reply!
> > I don't suppose you have some advance knowledge of it perchance?
>=20
> My main concern with Repulse is that it's being designed by people who've
> never demonstrated sound audio hardware or general hardware design skills
> previously=2E Sound cards are notoriously complicated to get right=2E

Well I was worried about it too, which is why I asked a few questions on
email which have yet to be answered =2E=2E=2E=2E

> > PS Anyone here selling a ConciertoIV? Please? There's none on AmiBench =
=2E=2E=2E
>=20
> It's not that good=2E=2E=2E

So?  It's better than nothing, and coupled with my forthcoming PalomaIV I
can add sound to any AVIs I make =2E=2E=2E

Kev

PS  Okay then, a Prelude?   ;)

--=20
Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM

Hello Sam

On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Hello,

> I have entered all of my details into the Settings/Prefs menu and saved the
> changes. I then choose the Project/register UIN option and the window
> reports 'creating New UIN' but has not changed for the last 5 minutes what
> is happening how do i get it to work? the STRICQ Log says:
> 
> Seq          Command                    Packet    Resend    ACK
> 1                Request New User    No            0                Yes
> 
> but no UIN is showing up

I had exactly the same problem and had to get a friend with a PC to log on for
me. Then it worked. 
> 
Regards
-- 
Roger

Amiga 1200, Viper 68030 Mk V Accel with 50Mhz FPU and 8 MBFast, Seagate 410MB
2.5" internal HD and 800MB SCSI HD in a midi tower with 4xCDRom. 56k Modem,
Power Port Junr Serial IF G.Image Hand Scanner & Citizen Swift Printer.
Website:-http://callnetuk.com/home/rogerbu
ICQ-62990780 Robuck2
The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that
the first one was useless.
-- Chamfort

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 10:02:34 +0000, ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk was largin' it with these words...

> It ain't gonna happen. We use two separate fonts to separate the games stuff
> from the "serious".

Fair enough, but how about using a different font? Courier just looks
horrible :/
 
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Hi Daniel,

>> It ain't gonna happen. We use two separate fonts to separate the games
>> stuff from the "serious".

> Fair enough, but how about using a different font? Courier just looks
> horrible :/

It isn't Courier, if you look closely. It's actually a family called
Rockwell that we chose. It scales well and has plenty of weights available
to make it a more complete family.

All the best,
-- 
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Editor, Amiga Format                             F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
try this: http://www.channel4.com/mark_thomas/

Here are the results of the vote:

1. No, I'm too cheap			2
2. No, I can't/couldn't be bothered			4
3. No, I'm happy with the unregistered version			13
4. No, because I CAN'T register (no VISA card, etc.), but I'd love to			14
5. No, other reason			21
6. Yes, I have a registered version of MUI			46

Here are the results of the vote:

1. A local PC dealer			1
2. The Amiga-specific stuff like my CS-PPC I buy from a mail-order Amiga dealer, but everything else like hard-drives I get from a local PC dealer.			1
3. A local amiga dealer			5
4. A mail order dealer			13
5. A mail order amiga dealer			59

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:08:05 +0000, ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk was largin' it with these words...

> It isn't Courier, if you look closely. It's actually a family called
> Rockwell that we chose. It scales well and has plenty of weights available
> to make it a more complete family.

Pedant ;)

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Hello Ben

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:

>> Then you just have to count a few thousand votes.
> 
> Ha! Maybe a few hundred.

I was thinking that. Just thought I'd be optimistic.

> BTW, from our current sales figures, afb members
> now form a statistically significant proportion of AF readers. Hopefully
> that'll be enough of an incentive for you all to vote in the next poll...

Unfortunately, I think it would be right to say that Amiga users on the net
would have generally higher spec machines than those who are not. So if you
were to ask afb how many would buy the CD issue, more would say "yes" than
if the poll was via the mag itself, and snail mail, IMHO.

On the subject of dropping the DD issue, how many people do buy the mag
purely for the disks? True, the AFCD is a great source of stuff, but the
DDs surely cannot be the main reason for buying AF. I reckon that if the DD
issue was dropped, you'd lose fewer readers than you'd think.

But of course, that won't happen soon...

Regards

        Sandy

-- 
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OS3.5 & PPC Powered!
Email: sandy_brownlee@bigfoot.com
Website: http://www.brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk
Sent using YAM 2.0
----------------------------------
Taglies always lie.

Hi Sandy,

>> BTW, from our current sales figures, afb members
>> now form a statistically significant proportion of AF readers. Hopefully
>> that'll be enough of an incentive for you all to vote in the next poll...

> Unfortunately, I think it would be right to say that Amiga users on the
> net would have generally higher spec machines than those who are not. So
> if you were to ask afb how many would buy the CD issue, more would say
> "yes" than if the poll was via the mag itself, and snail mail, IMHO.

No, that's not what I mean. I mean that the 980 members of this list now
form a significant proportion of all AF readers.

> On the subject of dropping the DD issue, how many people do buy the mag
> purely for the disks? True, the AFCD is a great source of stuff, but the
> DDs surely cannot be the main reason for buying AF. I reckon that if the
> DD issue was dropped, you'd lose fewer readers than you'd think.

No, I don't think we would. I think that as soon as we drop DD support, we'd
also lose all those readers who couldn't afford, or couldn't be bothered to
get themselves a CD-ROM drive, which would pretty much be all of them...

All the best,
-- 
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Editor, Amiga Format                             F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Psychiatrists say that 1 of 4 people are mentally ill. Check three
friends. If they're OK, you're it.

Hi, Kevin

> Sounds like you've got something missing - check with SnoopDOS ...

The docs don't seem to mention it, but it appears to need vapor_toolkit.l=
ibrary.

HTH Tom U
-- =

<tsb>Quote of the day:

As you travel the world, do you do a lot of travelling?
   Harvey Smith

Hi, Chris

> Mine worked perfectly until I replaced the 4Mb Ram expansion on the mac=
hine
> with  an accelerator. As soon as you speed up the available processor, =
the
> various timing problems and other hardware glitches in the 2B 1200 come=
 into
> play.

Hmm, well I've put 3.1 in it now, and got an IDE cd-rom, its running an 0=
30/25 and 8 megs fast and seems okay so far.

> I got my 2B motherboard 'fixed' by Eyetech, and now it is fault free,
> despite being expanded out of all serious proportion!

What exactly is this fix? As I mentioned before this mobo has some resist=
ors (the ceramic type) soldered across several pads on the mobo, is this =
'fixed' ?

Tom U
-- =

<tsb>Quote of the day:

A very powerful set of lungs, very much hidden by that chest of his.
   Alan Pascoe

so does this mean that phase5 are gonna still make the G4s? are they
ever gonna make anything anymore, or is this really the end of the
amiga, because phase5 has really carried us along on the hardware side
for many years, such as giving us the PPCs and now without them, does
this really mean no more good hardware? also, is it true that the 603es
are limited in number, becuase several times i've heard most companies
don't have them in stock?
does anybody know how to mount a network drive using SMB using a proper
filesystem? i can do it for NFS, but not SMB.
Simon Hall

On 14-Feb-00, Ben wrote this:

> Firstly, why send this to the list? Do you really think that Future's mail
> server operators will be on here? No. There have been far too many
> messages about spam and so on forwarded to the main body of the list
> recently. Stop it now!

Yep. I hold my hands up to sending a spam back to the mailing list, I'm
sorry ben (how can I make it up to you? :)

I would of thought this list would be closed, but I was told its an open
list, so that anyone can send an email to the list (without been subscribed
to it (I could be wrong as I've not checked this fact))
 
> Thirdly, the ISP we're currently using is crap.

I wonder if its like mine - stayfree, In the states, stayfree, is like
those bodyform thingies....  


-- 
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Team Member of AmiBench
Web: http://www.AmiBench.org
Email: mark@amibench.org

On 14-Feb-00, Ben wrote this:

> Perhaps live chat or IRC can excuse the poor english used on the net, but
> I usually read through what I've written before hitting send - that
> usually clears up misspellings and grammatical errors, not to mention
> giving you the time to calm down and take out all those insulting phrases.
> Others on this list could benefit from doing the same.

So what about people like me who are dyslexic, I have to guess at most
spellings as I dont know (you probably dont notice), but not everyone who
uses the internet has a good level of english.

For example, I always have problems spelling wednesday ( I tend to spell it
wensday)

Not everyone spells badly because they are lazy, it could be other reasons
as well, eg, been dyslexic, or english not been a first language.
-- 
Mark 'tecno' Wilson  

Team Member of AmiBench
Web: http://www.AmiBench.org
Email: mark@amibench.org

Hi,

 I have finally decided to get a CDRW to backup my HD with. I
originally intended to get a 4416 but I cannot find anyone who stocks
the basic SCSI model. AFAIK the 8424 has a Ultra SCSI interface. I want
to attach this to my Blizzard 603e+ via it`s SCSI-2 Interface.

 However I am having difficulty scourcing appropriate cabling. I have
found a "DB68M/50 PIN HEADER IDC INTERNAL SCSI ADAPTER" and
"M68PIN-F50PIN INT SCSI AD" at Jungle and I think I have seen 68 - 50
converters. Will this work bearing in mind that I want to add a HD and
possibly a CD-ROM afterwards and dont want to buy more expensive
cabling.

 As well as cabling I am unsure about termination. The Blizzard manual
says that the card itself is terminated so only one other active
terminatior is required. However I have heard people say that the card
is not terminated. Which is the case ? What should I get / try.

thanks

Chris "Bayliss" Bayliss

Hi Mark,

> I would of thought this list would be closed, but I was told its an open
> list, so that anyone can send an email to the list (without been
> subscribed to it (I could be wrong as I've not checked this fact))

We discussed this a while back, but the members of the list decided that
they preferred the convenience of not having a closed list. Now that you
can have aliases for your email addresses, I wonder if that's still valid?
Also, since I don't have a policy of moderating subscriptions, any spammer
can simply join afb and post - they never get more than one through, since
the managers of this list swiftly remove their ability to post while
ensuring that the offending spammer gets all the mail from the list in the
least concise manner possible (change to html and every mail, rather than a
digest).
 
>> Thirdly, the ISP we're currently using is crap.

> I wonder if its like mine - stayfree, In the states, stayfree, is like
> those bodyform thingies....  

I think it's ISnet, out of Bristol.

All the best,
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Hi Mark,

>> Perhaps live chat or IRC can excuse the poor english used on the net, but
>> I usually read through what I've written before hitting send - that
>> usually clears up misspellings and grammatical errors, not to mention
>> giving you the time to calm down and take out all those insulting
>> phrases. Others on this list could benefit from doing the same.

> So what about people like me who are dyslexic, I have to guess at most
> spellings as I dont know (you probably dont notice), but not everyone who
> uses the internet has a good level of english.

I sympathise, but it doesn't alter the fact that with a bit of care (and a
dictionary!) the standard of spelling on here couldn't be better.

> For example, I always have problems spelling wednesday ( I tend to spell
> it wensday)

Ah, but you spelt it correctly once, which means you can do it again.

> Not everyone spells badly because they are lazy, it could be other reasons
> as well, eg, been dyslexic, or english not been a first language.

I know that.

All the best,
-- 
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Editor, Amiga Format                             F: (+44) 01225 732275
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Hilarious: http://www.freeyellow.com/members7/geraldholmes/

Tom Underwood wrote:
> What exactly is this fix? As I mentioned before this mobo has some resistors (the ceramic type) soldered across several pads on the mobo, is this 'fixed' ?

The fixed resistors should be near the video port (dunno if they're cut
or added, though) and there should also be a wire soldered to the board
near the PCMCIA slot.
There's a web page somewhere with the specifics on it, but I cant
remember which. There's prolly also a doc file on aminet about it, but
I'm not sure which it is (I think its
http://it.aminet.net/pub/aminet/hard/hack/A1200FDfix.lha )

-curry
-- 
I'm quite happy to solder stuff, as long as it isn't mine :)

Alan L.M. Buxey said, 

> On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Ben Vost wrote:

>> When? 4.0 isn't even announced and as far as I'm aware Stefan hasn't done
>> any work on it for months, so why do people think that 4.0 is coming out?!

> and even if it ever did, those with registration keys for 3.x can use
> 4.x

If that were the case, there'd be no point in Stefan Stuntz putting
time into MUI 4. MUI 3 owners will have to pay an upgrade fee, just like
we did to upgrade to MUI 2. Otherwise, who's going to pay for all the
work?


Neil
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The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
http://www.wire.net.uk
-- 
If at first you don't succeed, call in an airstrike.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:neil@wire.net.uk]
> Sent: 14 February 2000 12:34
> To: Alan L.M. Buxey
> Subject: [afb] Re: V
> 
> If at first you don't succeed, call in an airstrike.

Sounds like Worms to me...
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On 6 Feb 2000 18:55:39 +0000, Neil Bothwick (neil@wire.net.uk) wrote:

> > A Yamaha 4416 running on a GVP 4008 SCSI card.  It is fine at 2x speed, but
> > if I try at 4x speed it bombs out after about 5-10Mb.  This happens in both
> > DAO and TAO mode.  MakeCD complains about a SCSI error, but I don't know if
> > it is the drive or the card causing it.   :(
> 
> Most likely the card... or reselection.

Well I now have the writer on my CS-PPC card, and it's written out a
partition back up from image file at 4x fine.  However, I couldn't (as I
thought at first) create an audio CD from mp3 files directly - I got a
buffer under-run, although I'm not sure if I've got the PPC mpega libs
correctly set up.

Next step, try out an audio cd and make sure there is no background noise 
:-)

TA for the help,

Kev

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Hello,

I have been able to test my Micronik keyboard on a PC, and it seems to wo=
rk
okay there, so I'm assuming that it is a fully functional PS/2 keyboard.
Which is the best adaptor to go for, considering that I only need PC
keyboard support, multiple keypresses, and I'm hard pushed to find =A320
after the recent spending spree?


Regards,

        Sandy

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"kevin fairhurst" <redver-@redvers.u-net.com> wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=3D47106
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:20:49 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.u
k) wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> > > I have purchased an Oktagon 2008 SCSI2 Z2 card for my A4k, and
today I
> > > purchased an 8x SCSI2 Plextor PlexWriter CDRW.
> > 
> > > Problem is, I haven't got the Oktagon.device!!
> > 
> > It's in the ROM on the Oktagon...
> 
> But it's possible that he has the boot ROM disabled due to
> incompatibilities with 060 processors.  By using the OktaPussy
software I
> pointed out, it'd get around this, although he won't be able to boot
a hard
> drive from the card.

If he want to boot from the card I recommend that he gets the new
Oktapussy ROM
chip. I recently bought mine from Vesalia http://www.vesalia.de and it
works fine.

> However, IIRC the Oktagon also calls the device "2nd.scsi.device" so
he
> might be able to access it that way.  I used to use an Oktagon (and
wish
> I'd kept it - I thought the GVP 4008 was meant to be better ): and it
> worked fine with MakeCD and my Yamaha CD writer.

Yup, the Oktapussy driver uses 2nd.scsi.device instead of
oktagon.device. And
yes, the combination Oktagon/MakeCD works great! Although IIRC you
should
choose SoftSCSI_OktagonC9XXX.device (use Sysinfo or similar prog to get
the correct
device name) instead of 2nd.blabla in MakeCD's device chooser.

-p=E5l-

Hi,

There wasn't time to announce it in last issue (the one you're reading now),
but we'll have a stonking giveaway on our next issue. I know I've
previously said that I don't like putting full software on the cover, but
since so few people bought this software, he's pretty much left anyway and
we've got the very last version of his stuff on our next CD... stay tuned!

All the best,
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Hello Sandy + All

> I have been able to test my Micronik keyboard on a PC, and it seems to
> work okay there, so I'm assuming that it is a fully functional PS/2
> keyboard. Which is the best adaptor to go for, considering that I only
> need PC keyboard support, multiple keypresses, and I'm hard pushed to f=
ind
> =A320 after the recent spending spree?

i too would like to find an interface supporting multikey presses... i li=
ke
playing Doom and Quake with the keyboard.. but its just not poss without
multikey presses :(

thanks
cya
hugo=

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:12:08 +0000, ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk was largin' it with these words...

> There wasn't time to announce it in last issue (the one you're reading now),
> but we'll have a stonking giveaway on our next issue. 

I meant to ask this the other day; can one of the Fusion hardfiles
you're doing have a Netscape installation on it? It's too big to
download, y'see.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Vost [mailto:ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk]
> Sent: 14 February 2000 17:12
> To: AFB mailing list
> Subject: [afb] Guess what's on AF135?
> 
> Hi,

Hi...

> There wasn't time to announce it in last issue (the one 
> you're reading now),
> but we'll have a stonking giveaway on our next issue. I know I've
> previously said that I don't like putting full software on 
> the cover, but
> since so few people bought this software, he's pretty much 
> left anyway and
> we've got the very last version of his stuff on our next 
> CD... stay tuned!

Names, Details, Dammit, not enough information to work with, and it's a
WHOLE MONTH before the mag's on the shelves! How could you do this to me,
Ben?
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:12:08 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote:
> Hi,

Hullo ....

> There wasn't time to announce it in last issue (the one you're reading now),

Nah, I'm reading my emails.  I've finished the mag already - it's not as if
I've anything better to do   :-)

> but we'll have a stonking giveaway on our next issue. I know I've
> previously said that I don't like putting full software on the cover, but
> since so few people bought this software, he's pretty much left anyway and
> we've got the very last version of his stuff on our next CD... stay tuned!

What's the betting it's something that I've already bought?   ;-)

Any clues as to what this software is, or to the identity of the author? 


Kev

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Hi Robert,

>> There wasn't time to announce it in last issue (the one 
>> you're reading now),
>> but we'll have a stonking giveaway on our next issue. I know I've
>> previously said that I don't like putting full software on 
>> the cover, but
>> since so few people bought this software, he's pretty much 
>> left anyway and
>> we've got the very last version of his stuff on our next 
>> CD... stay tuned!

> Names, Details, Dammit, not enough information to work with, and it's a
> WHOLE MONTH before the mag's on the shelves! How could you do this to me,
> Ben?

You know how when The Phantom Menace was finally announced for May 17th in
the States and they released the first trailer for it? They renamed that
the "teaser". Nearer the time, they put another snippet of the film which
they called a "trailer". I think that that about sums up my policy
concerning the fantastic, brilliant, superb bit of software we've got on
our next CD. Of course, now I've hyped it up too much, just as Georgie boy
did with TPM, but there you go... :)
All the best,
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Hi All

I've got an ICD AdSCSI 2000 Z2 board in my machine, but the icddisk.device
doesn't like my 040 (crashes when its called) except if I disable all caches.

Does anyone know if there's a version that works OK with 040? And where could I
get it? (I've tried ICD's site, and mailed them, but no reply as yet).

Also, if anyone has details of jumper settings, I'd appreciate it if they could
pass them on.

Thanks.

Vaughn

Richard Drummond said, 

> Hello Neil

>> BTW Rich, it wasn't the worst joke I've ever heard, but it came close...

> ;)

> I got your original reply, BTW.

It was worth saying twice :)


Neil
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Christopher Bayliss said, 

>  I have finally decided to get a CDRW to backup my HD with. I
> originally intended to get a 4416 but I cannot find anyone who stocks
> the basic SCSI model. AFAIK the 8424 has a Ultra SCSI interface. I want
> to attach this to my Blizzard 603e+ via it`s SCSI-2 Interface.

It's Ultra, not UltraWide. this uses a standard 50 pin connector (MicroD
for the external model).

>  As well as cabling I am unsure about termination. The Blizzard manual
> says that the card itself is terminated so only one other active
> terminatior is required. However I have heard people say that the card
> is not terminated. Which is the case ? What should I get / try.

The Blizzard card is terminated, the CyberStorm card isn't. The Yamaha
drive has switchable internal termination. If you want to know more,
you'll have to wait until someone publishes a review...


Neil
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Well done the AF team for the latest issue to hit the shops, I thought
it was 

excellently written and full of great articles. Well worth buying, even
if you

own Fusion already.



I think the new aesthetic (so called) limitations suit AF more than
these days

as well, it was looking a bit odd with the jewel box weighing down the
front. 



Good one!



Jon

On 14 Feb 00, at 17:12, Ben Vost wrote:

> There wasn't time to announce it in last issue (the one you're reading now),
> but we'll have a stonking giveaway on our next issue. I know I've
> previously said that I don't like putting full software on the cover, but
> since so few people bought this software, he's pretty much left anyway and
> we've got the very last version of his stuff on our next CD... stay tuned!

If we guess correctly will you tell us? :) Since you're gushing over 
this software so much, I'd guess DOpus, if that wasn't still in 
development. So my next guess would be YAM ;) Then I'd say some 
kind of graphics software? DrawStudio? ArtEffect? I can't remember 
which of those are still being developed...

Bauglir

Hello,

Is there a way of pursuading VistaPro to use my PPC for rendering?

(Just on the off- chance)

Regards,

        Sandy

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Hello Christopher

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:

> I have finally decided to get a CDRW to backup my HD with. I
> originally intended to get a 4416 but I cannot find anyone who stocks
> the basic SCSI model. AFAIK the 8424 has a Ultra SCSI interface. I want
> to attach this to my Blizzard 603e+ via it`s SCSI-2 Interface.
> 
> However I am having difficulty scourcing appropriate cabling. I have
> found a "DB68M/50 PIN HEADER IDC INTERNAL SCSI ADAPTER" and
> "M68PIN-F50PIN INT SCSI AD" at Jungle and I think I have seen 68 - 50
> converters. Will this work bearing in mind that I want to add a HD and
> possibly a CD-ROM afterwards and dont want to buy more expensive
> cabling.

If you get stuck, Tony (I think) at Power Computing was very helpful when I
was looking for some SCSI HDD cables. It'll be expensive, but you know for
sure that it'll work. The others at Power didn't seem to have a clue
though.

> As well as cabling I am unsure about termination. The Blizzard manual
> says that the card itself is terminated so only one other active
> terminatior is required. However I have heard people say that the card
> is not terminated. Which is the case ? What should I get / try.

AFAIK the Blizzard is terminated, but the CyberstormPPC is not. My Blizzard
603e+ is working fine with a harddisk (built- in termination), and no other
terminators, so the card itself is definitely terminated.

Regards

        Sandy

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On 14 Feb 00, at 11:47, xatiminey wrote:

> Dunno 'bout V3, though, cos
> there doesn't seem to be a demo available for testing.

Try ftp.ch.vapor.com/voyager/
(I only say the Swiss one because i usually find that's fastest for me)

Bauglir

Hi Everybody,

> Is there a way of pursuading VistaPro to use my PPC for rendering?
> 
> (Just on the off- chance)

   Not unless they release a PPC version

See ya :)
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Ben Vost said something about [afb] Re: Good news!
 
> > The edition of AF134 on sale in the shops from today has decent selotape
> > holding the CD to the cover; it's that lovely stuff that's halfway
> > between Scotch and normal tape, and therefore doesn't rip the cover to
> > shreads.

> eh? It's not supposed to be on sale until Monday!

In my area WHS (the main distributor) don't deliver magazines to
newsagents on Mondays, so they send them on the Friday or Saturday
preceeding.

Almost as good as subbing :)
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:25:48 +0000, Gerald Mellor (9745589@tiree.sms.ed.ac.uk) wrote:
> On 14 Feb 00, at 17:12, Ben Vost wrote:
> 
> > There wasn't time to announce it in last issue (the one you're reading now),
> > but we'll have a stonking giveaway on our next issue. I know I've
> > previously said that I don't like putting full software on the cover, but
> > since so few people bought this software, he's pretty much left anyway and
> > we've got the very last version of his stuff on our next CD... stay tuned!
> 
> If we guess correctly will you tell us? :) Since you're gushing over 
> this software so much, I'd guess DOpus, if that wasn't still in 
> development. So my next guess would be YAM ;) Then I'd say some 
> kind of graphics software? DrawStudio? ArtEffect? I can't remember 
> which of those are still being developed...

Whatever it is, I don't think we should over-hype it too much.  Which
authors have left the Amiga recently after dissappointing sales?  Besides
Newsrog and the packages you mentioned, I don't know ...

Kev


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Hello Hugo

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:

> i too would like to find an interface supporting multikey presses... i
> like playing Doom and Quake with the keyboard.. but its just not poss
> without multikey presses :(

I currently get by using the mouse for movement and the kb for other stuff,
plus maybe running forward. But this is far from ideal.

Regards

        Sandy

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Hi Everybody,

> Just noticed something in the latest AF, me just being finicky, but why=

> in the ROM upgrade feature, are you upgrading and Amiga Technology's
> A1200 to KS3.1? :)  =


> Surely all AT A1200s have 3.1 ROMs already; or has this A1200 got 3.0
> ROMs for some obscure reason?  Or are the chips already 3.1 ROMs
> anyway! :)

   It depends
 =

> How do I know it's an AT A1200, check the small logo on the top
> lefthand side, nope no Commodore logo, just the new Amiga logo... :)

   Well, if you have 3.1 roms in your A1200, you don't need to upgrade th=
e roms, if you only have 3.0 then you do :)

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> Whatever it is, I don't think we should over-hype it too much.  Which
> authors have left the Amiga recently after dissappointing sales? 
Besides
> Newsrog and the packages you mentioned, I don't know ...

Ben said "he's pretty much left" so it sounds like a not officially
left, just not producing updates very often kind of thing. MiamiDx?
Holger K's away playing Carl S and Rebol now...

Hello Gerald

> If we guess correctly will you tell us? :) Since you're gushing over 
> this software so much, I'd guess DOpus, if that wasn't still in 
> development. So my next guess would be YAM ;) Then I'd say some 
> kind of graphics software? DrawStudio? ArtEffect? I can't remember 
> which of those are still being developed...

Can't be YAM- it's free anyway.

Ben, give us a clue-is it a game or serious?

Regards

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On 14-Feb-00, Gerald wrote this:

>> Dunno 'bout V3, though, cos
>> there doesn't seem to be a demo available for testing.
 
> Try ftp.ch.vapor.com/voyager/
> (I only say the Swiss one because i usually find that's fastest for me)

You could check the uk mirror site at http://bespin.siliconcircus.co.uk/vapor/
this is extremly fast.
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Hi all

I've just trawled through the past 300 mails or so and noone seems to
have mentioned the Amiga press release about Haage and Partner.

http://www.amiga.de/diary/2000/02-14-e.html

This doesn't seem to be earth shattering or unexpected, but at least
it's more news :/
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On 14 Feb 00, at 18:38, Sandy Brownlee wrote:

>> If we guess correctly will you tell us? :) Since you're gushing over 
>> this software so much, I'd guess DOpus, if that wasn't still in 
>> development. So my next guess would be YAM ;) Then I'd say some 
>> kind of graphics software? DrawStudio? ArtEffect? I can't remember 
>> which of those are still being developed...
> 
> Can't be YAM- it's free anyway.

Don't you know what ;) means? :)

Bauglir

> Hisoft have an '060-friendly squirrel driver - although it doesn't seem to
> be on their website since the've revamped it. Try them on 01525 718181.
> 
> All '060's need it - not just 060/75's.
> 
The old Hi-Soft website is on one of the older AFCD's with a copy of
this driver there. Sorry can't remember which number cd. 
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I can't download my mail(it stopped halfway thru yesterday 13th)
 also the mail i did download was -771 days old??????????
 I hope someone can enlighten me 
     graham

I watched as Paul Cundle hammered "[afb] Re: Worms DC" out on their
keyboard...

> Mad Matt reckons he knows a bit about [afb] Re: Worms DC, so I thought I'd
> elaborate:

>>> It's a bug that a patch was being made for, when I last spoke to Andy
>>> Davidson, and that was 1997/98 I think.  It never got released.
> 
>> The patch never got released but you can e-mail team17 and ask them to
>> send you the patch.
> 
>> When I asked for the patch I send them all the nessassery details and
>> it came in the post the next day.

> Is there any chance you could just forward it to me, please? I
> don't suppose they'll  particularly want the hassle of finding it.

Any chance you could CC it to me too?

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I watched as Ben Vost hammered "[afb] momentary lapse of Amiga..." out on
their keyboard...

> Hi all,

> I know it's off-topic, and I don't want any follow-ups, but I just saw
> this in trade mag MCV:

> "With Sony predicting two million sales in as many days..."

> So, the PS2 isn't going to be very popular immediately then?

Hmm...last I checked they said it was going to be 3 million in the first
week, in Japan.  It's just a shame so many people have been sucked in by
the hype...

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I watched as Andy Kinsella hammered "[afb] Re: mftpII from vapor." out on
their keyboard...

> Greetings  Mark 

> On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:

>> On 13-Feb-00, Mikey wrote this:

>> 
>>> Who would like the option of one day creating a new website to
>>> replace Amiga Yellow Pages, but can't due to the vapor team's inept
>>> mftpII program.

>> What about using the one that FINAL DEV created?, their are other
>> ftp clients on aminet, if you use opus you could use the ftp module,
>> so dont say you cant sucseed just because of mftp.

> I've been using that FTPmount since Neil wrote about it in one mag' or
> another (I think it was Neil. . . 'twas many moons ago! :)). 

> Mounts FTP: which is just like any other volume on yer workbench.
> Along with FBack/Mirror it doesn't get much easier.

There is of course, a major problem with that...I'll be buggered if I can
get it to work under OS3.5, the handler just guru's any time I've tried to
use it.

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I watched as Oliver Esberger hammered "[afb] Re: IDE-Zip Drives + FUSION"
out on their keyboard...

> Hello ,

>>>> Hello,
>>>> Has anyone got an IDE Zip Drive working on FUSION (and how?), by
>>>> using the proper IOMEGA zip drive drivers?. I have set it up to be
>>>> unit 6 running via atapi.device unit 1. I can format it as a Prodos
>>>> disk though.
>>> 
>>> How can you have it as unit 6 on a device that only supports units
>>> 0-3?
>> 
>> Macs work via SCSI dont they, so when the mac OS looks for the drive
>> on SCSI id.6 it will (should, I think) find the Zip drive. This is
>> being emulated as unit 6 for the mac but on my Miggy side it is unit 1
>> on the atapi.device

> You're right (basically), but MacOS doesn't find a SCSI device at unit
> 6, only an IDE device. And MacOS does not have a clue what to do with an
> IDE device on a (virtual) SCSI bus...

You're missing the whole point of scsi.device and atapi.device on A1200's,
on Amiga's you *always* use SCSI commands.  scsi.device then translates
that into the proper IDE commands, or if using a SCSI based A4000, leaves
them alone.  atapi.device turns the commands into ATAPI commands, and vice
versa.  It should work just fine.

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I watched as Alexander Birrell hammered "[afb] Re: mftpII from vapor." out
on their keyboard...

> Hi Mikey 

> On 13-Feb-00, you wrote:


>> Who would like the option of one day creating a new website to replace
>> Amiga Yellow Pages, but can't due to the vapor team's inept mftpII
>> program.

>    I've used Amftp to upload to my website and don't recall having any
> probs. If I remember some of the progs. on NC didn't work properly untill
> I changed the stack size to something bigger Amftp is running on a stack
> size of 16000 set up in NC dock bar, I don't use Octopus.

If you'd read the thread, you'd see that he gave up AmFTP when he upgraded
to NetConnect 3 (It gets replaced by mFTP II).  Not to mention that AmFTP
has problems with some servers, for example, on U-Net it will upload a
single file and then stop.  The only way to continue uploading is to quit
the program, start it up again, connect again and start uploading again,
and so on for /every single file/...

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Having just read the latest on Amiga's website, I thought I'd subject
you all to my ideas for Amiga's future. It's clear that Amiga must get
a machine out soon, so here's my ideal developer machine:

 - Altivec G4 CPU
 - 128MB RAM
 - 6.4 GB hard drive
 - 32x CD-ROM drive (DVD option)
 - 18" flat-screen monitor :^)

The problem comes with the graphics. The Amiga has always been the best
graphics machine around. Do we want to throw away that heritage by just
using any old PC gfx card? I don't. I say; put one of the new Bitboys
gfx chips on the motherboard. This avoids any bus bandwidth problems
and gives you one of the best graphics chips around. Of course, Tao's
developer kit should be included.

Tao are one of the most exciting and innovative companies in the
computing world. It's very exciting that our favourite platform is
aligning itself with such a high-profile partner and that this partner
is obviously glad to be with us. In six to nine months' time, Amiga
could have the next generation of fully Digital Integration compatible
products on its hands. Think about it; a completely scalable RTOS with
native Java. Home integration is easily achieved by using Jini to
provide everything in the house with access to everything else. Want to
have the kettle switch itself on five minutes from the end of that Zep
CD? No problem.

The Amiga's future is looking rosier than it has for a long, long time.

Hi Guys,

I know what it's going to be! (says Errol with a big grin on his face!)


best regards,


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Hello Tom

On 10-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Hi, Kevin
> 
>> Sounds like you've got something missing - check with SnoopDOS ...
> 
> The docs don't seem to mention it, but it appears to need
> vapor_toolkit.library.

That won't solve it....I've got that library but I'm suffering the same
problems.

Gotta be summit else. 

Regards

chris
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Powered by PowerPC Amiga in Dumfries & Galloway

A1200 Power Tower, 200Mhz PPC/060 50Mhz, BVision, 74Mb Ram, OS3.5, CGX V4.1

Panasonic 36" Wiiiiddeessccrreeennn TV, Pioneer 717 MultiRegion DVD, Denon
AC3 Decoder, Mordaunt-Short Speakers, Marantz SubWoofer..... 

> > Mounts FTP: which is just like any other volume on yer workbench.
> > Along with FBack/Mirror it doesn't get much easier.
> 
> There is of course, a major problem with that...I'll be buggered if I
can
> get it to work under OS3.5, the handler just guru's any time I've
tried to
> use it.

Works fine on my OS3.5 Amiga. The version I have is the ftpmount
archive plus the ftpmount update (sorry, can't check version numbers
now). Using Miami 3.2b and the standard serial port.

It worked fine with my hypercom3+ before too, although that was before
I got os3.5.

Hi James,

"james" <c96j-@dmu.ac.uk> wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=47046
> Does anyone know if you can get the Genius Easypen pro graphics 
> tablet to work on an Amiga?
> 
> james

I have one in the same, and yes it does work, more or less.

Alex Paton

Alan L.M. Buxey wrote:

>> I don't deny that it's a requirement, I'm saying that the consumer shoul=
dn't
>> have to pay an extra =A320 for a programmers decision.

> ?? but it is used by SO MANY programs...you dont have to pay the 20 ukp
> for every program you use MUI with.

I wasn't suggesting that you do, but it's still once too many IMHO.

> In my case MUI is used by over 100 programs.

That's one chock-a-block HD you have there.  :)

Regards,
Jonny.

Talking about soundcards, does anyone know if Petsoff (Delfina soundcards)
is still alive?

I tried to upgrade to the new Delfina Plus, but the envelope with the order
was send back to me, with a "Unclaimed" sticker on it.

Haven't received any reply to my emails to them either.

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I take it from your last mail that it was blocked :)

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 10:26:28 +0000, Rick Hodger (rick.thehub@bigfoot.com) wrote:

>  Not to mention that AmFTP
> has problems with some servers, for example, on U-Net it will upload a
> single file and then stop.  The only way to continue uploading is to quit
> the program, start it up again, connect again and start uploading again,
> and so on for /every single file/...

Not here it doesn't - I've uploaded my full web page at once and I'm using
AmFTP-NC v1.92 ...

Kev

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hi,one and all,
    just read back messages on afb, looks like this has already been
covered oops............
                 sorry.
                     graham

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:09:15 +0100, Errol (errol@emcomp.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I know what it's going to be! (says Errol with a big grin on his face!)

Awwww ey!   Spill the beans!!   Please tell us?  Even if it's in private
and I wont tell the list, honestly ... ;-)

Kev

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:06:04 +0000, Chris Millar (cmillar@amigappc.u-net.com) wrote:
> Hello Tom
> 
> On 10-Feb-00, you wrote:
> 
> > Hi, Kevin
> > 
> >> Sounds like you've got something missing - check with SnoopDOS ...
> > 
> > The docs don't seem to mention it, but it appears to need
> > vapor_toolkit.library.
> 
> That won't solve it....I've got that library but I'm suffering the same
> problems.
> 
> Gotta be summit else. 

I think you need at least v14 of it ...

Kev

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Hi,

I'd be right in thinking that the OS3.5 CD doesn't have "warez" filenames,
wouldn't I? Like "DaNsK.InFo"? Using CacheCDFS. Never happened before (it is
an original CD) and hasn't happened to any of my other CDs either. And it's
an arse because my hard disk just broke, and I need to reinstall 3.1, then
3.5, and I can't with the current file names (each file also has an
unprintable character followed by the number '1' appended to it's warez
name).

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Hi,

I actually thought that AF without the spine looked ok...... makes it stand
out from PC-Know-Way (the way i like to call PC Know How) and other chunky
mags..... now.... if it was just a bit fatter.....


Best regards

Ben (No!! Don't kill me!! It was just an opinion for gods sake!) Chapman

Digital Images

> I'd be right in thinking that the OS3.5 CD doesn't have "warez" filenames,
> wouldn't I? Like "DaNsK.InFo"? Using CacheCDFS. Never happened before (it
is
> an original CD) and hasn't happened to any of my other CDs either. And it's
> an arse because my hard disk just broke, and I need to reinstall 3.1, then
> 3.5, and I can't with the current file names (each file also has an
> unprintable character followed by the number '1' appended to it's warez
> name).

Oh... never mind, the b*stard thing doesn't even realise my hard disk is
there now. Ah well...

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On 14-Feb-00 james said; 

> Does anyone know if you can get the Genius Easypen pro graphics 
> tablet to work on an Amiga?

Well I don't know but if anyone knows how to get a Micrograf Tabby 2 working
as well...

l8r
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On 14-Feb-00 Ben Vost said; 

> 
>>> There wasn't time to announce it in last issue (the one 
>>> you're reading now),
>>> but we'll have a stonking giveaway on our next issue. I know I've
>>> previously said that I don't like putting full software on 
>>> the cover, but
>>> since so few people bought this software, he's pretty much 
>>> left anyway and
>>> we've got the very last version of his stuff on our next 
>>> CD... stay tuned!

All I can think of is NewsRog

l8r
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> > Having just pulled down a number of emails, when it came to one by Nick
> > Lamburn, downloading stopped.
> 
> Chances are the mail had a "high ASCII" character in a header, possibly
> a  sign in the subject. So,me versions of MicroDot had trouble with
> these.

At the risk of sounding like an AOL user - me too. But oh well, I read
the email thru IMP and then deleted it with MD2's download manager :)

Jason
-- 
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Faith manages.

On 14-Feb-00 06:02:57 GMT, Richard wrote:

> Anyone else out there waiting for Power to get more stock of Blizzard
> 1240 tower version?
>
> I've been waiting 3 weeks and they still haven't got any stock?!  I
> know Phase5 aren't manufacturing them any more, but I'm sure someone
> is?!  Maybe they had a long Christmas break? :)

DCE are the company you're thinking of.  The last I heard was the DCE
have a small limited production line, and they're only able to produce
one product at a time, in largish runs.  I'm sure Power have got loads
of back orders waiting, as usual - it's just a matter of waiting for
DCE to actually make the boards :(

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<tsb>

Once upon a time in the land of AF-ml,
Ben Vost wrote:

> Hi Nyk,

>>> I've got iSpell working in YAM now, but is there a kind soul that can
>>> tell me how to create a user dictionary, or how to add words to user
>>> dictionary, etc.?

>> Can't remember how I installed it (in August 97...) but the user
>> dictionary is ispell:lib/.ispell_english and it's one word per line
>> sort of thing..

> Yep, got that, but iSpell doesn't respond to it...

<checks> Ah...
-->--
ispell:bin/ispell -dispell:lib/english.hash -p/ispell/lib/.ispell_english
--<--

Any better?

Ja,

Nyk
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Hello, all =


I got AF a few days ago and it looks like a thin tv Guide and the cd
wallet is a joke, i asked the woman at the paper shop if it was the
right mag.

Come on AF People sort the mag out, =A36 for a thin mag is beyond the jok=
e =

ps: The cd"s come in handy when i need to put a boiling cup of tea on it
:-) =

-- =

Adam james

Hello Malcolm

On 14-Feb-00, Malcolm Campbell wrote:
 
>>> http://www.freesiteuk.com
>> Nice useful site, well done Malcolm. 
> 
> Thanks, I've been working on it for ages.

Out of curiosity how long did it take you, the typing alone must have taken
ages.

>>> Where appropriate I have mentioned that an ISP
>>> supports the Amiga.
>> You might also like to consider adding Free4all in there as well..
>> http://www.free4all.co.uk
> 
> It's been listed for months.

Sorry I should have said which section. I saw the entry in Free ISP's but you
might also like to also include them in the Web Hosting section. 25mb of
webspace, cgi-bin as many pop3 addresses as you want, etc. The only thing you
need to do is buy your domain name somewhere else and get it transfered to
them. I have my website hosted with them and I'm very happy with the service.


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Hi Alan here
            I am trying to get the jumper settings for a cyberstorm
mark1 carrier board as mine was given to me but will not work.
Could any one help

over the weekend, there was a samba site listed on here, somewhere in the
uk, on force9.co.uk I think anyone got the url?

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:08:21 +0000, adam james (adam=2Ejames@eidosnet=2Eco=
=2Euk) wrote:
> Hello, all=20
>=20
> I got AF a few days ago and it looks like a thin tv Guide and the cd
> wallet is a joke, i asked the woman at the paper shop if it was the
> right mag=2E
>=20
> Come on AF People sort the mag out, =A36 for a thin mag is beyond the jok=
e=20
> ps: The cd"s come in handy when i need to put a boiling cup of tea on it
> :-)=20

Umm, why not get the people at Eidos to release something for the miggy?=20
Thene there's be something for the peopel at AF to actually write about,
something for the advertisers to advertise, something for us to buy, and
reason for AF not to shrink!!!

</rant over>

Kev


PS yes i did see the f'in smiley  ;)


--=20
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On 14 Feb 00, at 14:08, adam james wrote:

> I got AF a few days ago and it looks like a thin tv Guide and the cd
> wallet is a joke, i asked the woman at the paper shop if it was the
> right mag.

You've not been on this list for long, have you? Or at least, you've not 
been reading it. AF have made a couple of cutbacks, perhaps you 
hadn't noticed the Amiga scene isn't as big as it once was. Not sure 
what the problem with the CD case is, do you *really* like the jewel 
cases that much?
  
> ps: The cd"s come in handy when i need to put a boiling cup of tea on it

That's what AOL CDs are for.

Bauglir

Hello all

On the subject Piracy , a letter on PAGE 63 Issue 134 by Helge Kvalheim w=
as absoulute Bollox,

I agree with him about stopping amiga piracy but he has piracy we all hav=
e piracy of some sort =


Examples =


Taping a film from Cable , Sky , TV is piracy (if we dont own the
original) =


A friend brings round a new cassete/cd and 9/10 times we will make a copy=
 of it which is piracy =


Scanning pictures from a magazine (logos adds) is piracy =


Downloading music MP3 WAV files of the internet if we dont own the
originals is piracy =


if you lend a friend a copy of a film which he does not own is some sort
of piracy =


so 100% of people have some sort of piracy in there home, =

and if people can honestly say they dont have piracy of some sort in
there home are talking through there ass  =


so Helge would everyone be behind bars ? =


AMIGA PIRACY SUCKS :-( =


-- =

Adam james

Hello Gerald

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering


> You've not been on this list for long, have you? Or at least, you've
> not been reading it.

Since PC SCUM post on here i dont read it as much as i used to 


> AF have made a couple of cutbacks, perhaps you
> hadn't noticed the Amiga scene isn't as big as it once was. 

Amiga has got a small scene but i support it as much as a can 

Pirates DROP DEAD 


>Not sure what the problem with the CD case is, do you *really* like the
>jewel cases that much?

I have over 500 empty cases but i love the ones from AF 

-- 
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Hiya Ben 

I thought I'ld step out of the shadows for this one!

On 14-Feb-00 13:29:53, you said:


>Ha! Maybe a few hundred. BTW, from our current sales figures, afb members
>now form a statistically significant proportion of AF readers. Hopefully
>that'll be enough of an incentive for you all to vote in the next poll...

To be honest I don't do the polls not out of apathy but for two reasons:

1. Financial - I try to spend an absolute minimum of time online these
days.  I.e. connect once to collect mail.  Write replies offline and
connect again to send them.  I do all the web browsing I need whilst my
mail downloads.  I.e. a quick check on amiga.org for the main news.

2.  The times I have seen a poll that I thought I would enter, I've gone to
the page and then found afterwards that someone has updated it and wants
votes for the updated version as well.  I've done this several times and I
finally decided to give up.

If there's ever a time that you want proper polls that you're actually
going to take notice of then please say so in the email.  And make sure
it's the final version!

Just my opinion,

Tom

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