On 14 Feb 00, at 21:27, adam james wrote:

>> 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 

Okay... nice to see the grand old Amiga tradition of fanaticism to the 
point of insanity is still being upheld in some parts of the world :)

Bauglir

Hello Gerald

On 14-Feb-00, you 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? :)

D'oh! I always miss the smilieys without noses.

Regards

        Sandy

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Email: sandy_brownlee@bigfoot.com
Website: http://www.brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk
Sent using YAM 2.0
----------------------------------
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Kevin Fairhurst said, 

> 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 ...

It's one of those weird bugs that affects some people and not others.
It's a client-side thing, people with various ISPs reported the same
problem, but others on those ISPs had no trouble.


Neil
-- 
Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet
The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
http://www.wire.net.uk
-- 
The value of a program is proportional to the weight of its output.

Hi, xatiminey

> http://it.aminet.net/pub/aminet/hard/hack/A1200FDfix.lha )

Ta, I'll look later

Tom U
-- 
<tsb>Quote of the day:

I wanted him to be the kind of man who had never walked along the beach and
felt the grass under his feet.
   Bill Forsyth

> 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.

I don't think it matters what the size of the mag is. It's the most
dedicated Amiga mag around (IMHO).

> Come on AF People sort the mag out, =A36 for a thin mag is beyond the
joke 
> ps: The cd"s come in handy when i need to put a boiling cup of tea on
it

If you subscribed to AF it would cost you a lot less - look at the
subscription offers in your 'thin tv guide'.

Simon

Hello all,
    I don't seem to be recieving any mails from afb anymore, I visited the
website & it had my status as "permanently bouncing" but I couldnt see any
options for fixing/altering this status, I'm recieveing other mails to this
address so I'm pretty sure the problem isnt at this end, if one of you kind
gents or ladies (I can live in hope cant I) could help me out here I would be
gratefull.

Cheers
Graham

Eeerm.. I think I've fixed it. this is a test

Hi Ben

First off, please don`t slam me for the apostraphy, don`t want to start
that thread again  :-)

Secondly, what`s happening with the surveys?  Have you organised it with
someone else?

Cheers

Jon

Hi adam,

On 14-Feb-00 21:19:57 GMT, adam james wrote:

> On the subject Piracy , a letter on PAGE 63 Issue 134 by Helge Kvalheim
> was absoulute Bollox,
>
> I agree with him about stopping amiga piracy but he has piracy we all
> have piracy of some sort 

Which reminds me... what's this I hear about you slagging me off on
IRC?  Something about me "grassing on you" for pirating PSX games?

I'm not quite sure what you meant by this...  All I did was politely
inform you that discussion regarding pirating PSX games is not
welcome on the psxamiga list.  The only thing I "did" was to mark
your subscription so that I had to manually let your posts through -
I didn't want to stop you having your say, but I didn't want you
to spam the list with stuff about trading games, etc.  I notice
you unsubscribed on your own accord.

I don't see how you can call that "grassing" - you were the one
who posted a message on a public message forum (anybody could have
read your message), admitting that you owned illegal/pirate PSX
games.

I really don't know why I'm wasting my time writing this message - I
suppose I just don't like being accused for things I haven't done!

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Anthony Prime wrote:
> 
> 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 :/

Yeh, great..... more buggy programs.

> --
> Anthony Prime
> >>Powered by Amiga in Crewe
> anthony@prime.clara.co.uk

--
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"paul cundle" <paul-@lantik.u-net.com> wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=47024
> 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 :)

Yeah thanks for that one, I cringed when I saw it, but it was a mere
mis-pressed key rather than a mis-spelt word.
There is a distinction between the person who makes mistakes whilst
typing, and the person who makes mistakes because they don't know any
better (or don't care!).


Steven Holmes

Hi Errol
>
> I know what it's going to be! (says Errol with a big grin on his
face!)
>
Is that a big grin because you know, or because it`s a hellofa proggy?
Or both?

Jon, wandering if you`ve signed a NDA

Hi Mark
>
> 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?

Never tried it myself, but apparently if you log into afb via the
website, there`s some sort of search engine.  That should be able to
find what you`re after.

Jon

Hello Oliver

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

> Hi adam,

> Which reminds me... what's this I hear about you slagging me off on
> IRC?  Something about me "grassing on you" for pirating PSX games?

What are you going on about i never use IRC , I use ICQ 


> I don't see how you can call that "grassing" - you were the one
> who posted a message on a public message forum (anybody could have
> read your message), admitting that you owned illegal/pirate PSX
> games.

Are you sure you have got the right person i do not own a psx and i
certainly don't pirate psx games  

Do you honestly think somebody would be so stupid to post about using
pirate games 

> 
> I really don't know why I'm wasting my time writing this message - I
> suppose I just don't like being accused for things I haven't done

You have got the wrong person here and thanks a lot for branding me a
pirate :-(  

-- 
Adam (Wrongfully accused) james

If its a set up then Labour is involved 

Hello Simon

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

> I don't think it matters what the size of the mag is. It's the most
> dedicated Amiga mag around (IMHO).

so if it was 50 pages would you stil subscribe to it ?


> If you subscribed to AF it would cost you a lot less - look at the
> subscription offers in your 'thin tv guide'.

if it works out a lot cheaper then i will subscribe 

Af is a good mag , why dont neil bothwick have his own page :-)


-- 
Adam james

> Hi Ben
>
> First off, please don`t slam me for the apostraphy, don`t want to
start
> that thread again  :-)
>
> Secondly, what`s happening with the surveys?  Have you organised it
with
> someone else?

OK, I know I`m replying to my own message, but, as it`s probably already
been pointed out by now, I sort of totally cacked up spelling
"apostrophe".  Sorry, I was too busy wandering about the bloomin "`".

I`d just put my head on the pillow when... <strange wavely lines> the
word 'apostraphy' slowly appears on the screen </strange wavely lines>
Christ I didn`t really did I?  So I`ve just had to reboot (it`s a PC
too) to find that yep, I did. Doh.

Jon, wandering whether it was ever settled whether as being D`oh or
Doh...

On 15 Feb 00, at 0:42, Jonathan Day wrote:

> OK, I know I`m replying to my own message, but, as it`s probably already
> been pointed out by now, I sort of totally cacked up spelling
> "apostrophe".  Sorry, I was too busy wandering about the bloomin "`".
[snip]
> Jon, wandering whether it was ever settled whether as being D`oh or
> Doh...

*wondering if you'll post again to correct your spelling of "wondering"* 
;)

Bauglir

> Do you honestly think somebody would be so stupid to post about using
> pirate games

Yahuh... I've seen people do it loads of times on various forums. A lot of
them PC related, but one or two Amiga related :/

--
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Hello Neil

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

>> Do you honestly think somebody would be so stupid to post about using
>> pirate games
> 
> Yahuh... I've seen people do it loads of times on various forums. A
> lot of them PC related, but one or two Amiga related :/
> 

Yep you do see that, but how many times do you see people posting
slanderous postings accusing people of anything 

I am so disgusted that people post on here accusing people of piracy  

AFB is great for amiga users but for the slanderous posters it SUCKS

as you can tell the post by Oliver has pissed me off  

-- 
Adam james
--

I asked sales@metabox.de what the status of the AmiJOE project was --
all the more interesting now the phase5 is bankrupt -- and got this
response (basically the same day, considering time-zones):

****
Hi,
enclosed you get our latest information sheet.
Release for AmiJoe1200 will be in the end of march 2000.
Regards
Sabine
****

It included a 2.2MB PDF file as an attachment, which I've saved a copy of
at:

<http://nexus.cs.mu.oz.au/amiga>

(The PDF file still says it'll be available Oct 1999)

The text of the PDF (because reading PDF can be a pain):



G3 Upgrade Card
met@box
amiJoe 1200


Up to 143 times faster
than your Amiga(TM) 1200
(Based upon Motorola
specifications at 333MHz)


About the amiJoe 1200...
========================

The amiJoe 1200 is the ideal accelerator
to push the Amiga(TM) 1200 into the age of the
PowerPC(TM).

Features of the amiJoe 1200...
==============================

Using the powerful processor PPC750 (G3),
the high speed backside cache and a pci bridge
the Amiga(TM) becomes a modern computer.
The included 68k emulation runs current
Amiga applications whereas native PPC programs
use the full performance of the PPC(TM).
RAM is upgradable to 512BM using standard
laptop PC66, PC100 or faster SO-DIMMs.

A real time clock (RTC) is included as well.

Upgradable Systems
==================

Amiga(TM) 1200 and Amiga(TM) 1200 Tower.

Expandability:
==============
- 16MByte - 512MByte with PC66 or PC100 SO-DIMM
 by PCI compatible connetors
- additional hard disk
- CD ROM drive
- DVD drive
Planned modules:
-I/O Interface card, Graphics accelerator

Availability and prices
=======================

-amiJoe1200-250/512kb	US $420, -excl. VAT

-amiJoe1200-300/512kb   US $504, -excl. VAT

-amiJoe1200-333/1Mb	US $645, -excl. VAT

-amiJoe1200-400/1Mb     US $714, -excl. VAT

-Deliverable from October 1999 on <nothing here in PDF to go with the "on">

More Upgrade Cards under development
====================================

-amiJoe2000
plugs into the processor slot of the A2000
Specifications: G3 up to 466MHz and upgradable to 768MB
PC100 DIMMs.  All other specifications like amiJoe1200-
except the real time clock.

-amiJoe3000/amiJoe4000
plugs into the processor slot of the A3000 (T) and A4000 (T)
Specifications: G3 up to 466MHz and upgradable to 768MB PC100
Dimms.  All other specifications like amiJoe1200-
except the real time clock


met@box

Met@boxAG
Daimlerring 37
31135 Hildesheim
Fon: + 49 (0) 5121-7533-0
Fax: + 49 (0) 5121-7533-75
Http://www.joecard.com
e-mail:info@metabox.de


All trademarks belonging to their respective owners.
Subject to change without notice.



-----
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Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
University of Melbourne, Australia.

From: Robert Johnston 
 

>> Are there any tools that map the bad blocks on a device ?, and then
>> create those .badblock files. 

>I seem to recall a program to do this for Floppy disks, and Im sure the
>same could be used on a Hard-drive... I cant remember what it was
>called,tho.

Its called Quarterback tools 


-- 
Adam james

> Yep you do see that, but how many times do you see people posting
> slanderous postings accusing people of anything

Ever heard of a mistake?

> I am so disgusted that people post on here accusing people of piracy
> AFB is great for amiga users but for the slanderous posters it SUCKS
> as you can tell the post by Oliver has pissed me off

From what I've seen, Oliver wouldn't go around accusing people of that sort
of thing if he didn't have some sort of basis for his claims. Perhaps someone
called adam james did say those psx things, but it was a different one, or
something.

If it wasn't you, say so. No need to get in a bad mood about it.

Either way, Oliver is a moderator on here :)

--
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ICQ: 27873010                   IRC: frodo.afternet.org/#trogsoft
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On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 12:37:04AM +0000, adam james wrote:

> Are you sure you have got the right person i do not own a psx and i
> certainly don't pirate psx games  

Well, this was posted to the psxamiga list in January:

>Hello Stephen
>
>On 04-Jan-00, you wrote something worth answering
>
>
>> BTW -  if anyone wants Le Mans, my copy is available for swapping
>> as I'm sick of it.. I haven't got the dosh to swap it yet at the
>> local shop, but if any one of you want to swap me something for
>> it, then fine :)
>
>is Le Mans a copy or a original , i have a lot of games if you want to
>trade
>
>
>ps: my games are copies not originals all UK PAL versions 
>
>i have enclosed all my psx games in a list attached to this email 
>
>-- 
>Adam james

The style is identical to yours. If it wasn't you, I'd recommend that you
get in touch with EGroups so you can find out who did post it and get
their ISP to take action against them - I haven't got the original copy
with headers to hand, but the post is archived at
http://www.egroups.com/group/psxamiga/39.html? . 

> If its a set up then Labour is involved 

Argh. Can we please leave politics out of it?

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@cam.ac.uk

On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 09:27:35PM +0000, adam james wrote:

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

And can we forget the mindless insults as well?

-- 
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Hello,

I did not understand from the review of Pagestream4 if a full
printed manual comes with it.

Kind regards
-- 
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vmorra@morres.demon.co.uk
www.morres.demon.co.uk
ICQ: 18467837

On 15-Feb-00 Tyler Saxton wrote:

> I asked sales@metabox.de what the status of the AmiJOE project was --
> all the more interesting now the phase5 is bankrupt -- and got this
> response (basically the same day, considering time-zones):
[snip]

Interesting... if the MC68K emulation really works, this might be the
way to go... but it would mean Id have to drop my plans of bying the
BVision gxf card. :(

The cards seem rather pricey, too - I could barely afford the cheapest
one if living with bread & water for several months. On the other hand,
selling my PPC card would partially cover it.

Now, if these fit into the BoXeR...

- Jani
-- 
"The capacity of technology to modify the definition of humanity"

> 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

I personally think it is that excellent program Deluxe Paint III - WITH
THE ART DISK!!!!

(Who HASN'T got that anyway???? I have the orginal *3* times over!)

KF>> > PS Anyone here selling a ConciertoIV? Please? There's none on
KF>> > AmiBench ...
KF>> 
KF>> It's not that good...
KF> 
KF> So? It's better than nothing, and coupled with my forthcoming PalomaIV I
KF> can add sound to any AVIs I make ...

Heh....I remember a long time ago on this list I asked what the best sound
card was. Ben said Prelude, but for those with a PIV, the Concierto would
be the best option. :)

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

Yeah, I know, you have a PPC so you should be able to burn MP3s on the
fly...but take my advice: use MakeCD to convert 'em to AIFF or CDDA or
something, then burn the converted files. Never fails.

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Hi Neil 

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:


> 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.

    I start with Telewests ~Surfunlimeted~ package next Monday (21st). 10
no limit online time all day every day. You just have to spend 10 on
metered calls per month. It'll save me a fortune (I hope).:-)


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Hi Rick 

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:



>>   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/...

    I can't read my own dock bar :-) well I can it says Amftp because I am
still using the NC Dock Bar but the program it launches is mftpII. I really
should change the label.........right done now it says mFTPII :-)
    I found that with Amftp if you tried to upload mre than one file it
would do as you say, and I have been using mFTPII the same way out of habit
so I don't know if it will upload more than one file at a time, but as I say
I can't recall any problems.

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Hi 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.

    Should take 2 days from time of posting at most, if you had sent it
Registered Post, and it wasn't delivered by 12.30pm the next day you could
claim compensation, up to 100 I think but not sure.


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Hi Ben,

On 14-Feb-00 you wrote: [afb] Guess what's on AF135?

> 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!

This doesn't involve Petro doing a runner or anything?

 :)

Regards, Andrew Bell.
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Hi Ben,

> 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.....

Hey, I also agree! :)  I like the new, umm 'look' as well. :)  Now as
and when the Amiga scene picks up of more adverts appear in AF then
perhaps we will see some more pages, perhaps... :)

All the best,

Nick.

Hi,

Since when were Newbie ideas silly, I'm not a net veteran myself... :)

> 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 :^)

Unfortunately I would agree with what you are saying, but more likely
is that Amiga will state an x86 box for development.  This is because:

a) They are every cheap
b) Easy to get hold of
c) Tao's Elate runs on it, and their Java thingy which i cannot
remember the name of

Though c) applies to PPC, a) and b) don't really IMO. :)

> 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.
 
Here's another way I look at it; if you really like Custom chips,
instead of soldering them to the computer; stick them on a PCI or Zorro
whatever card so that they can be upgraded easily.  Though the Amiga's
spec. would have to have a decent sized BUS to start with; because we
can't have a 32bit bus and a 32bit custom chip card and then decide to
upgrade to 64BITs; otherwise we would immediately have a bottleneck;
rather like AGA's 32->16Bit. :)

> 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.

I too am excited by Tao, and the development possibilities.  I would
even say I am more enthusiastic about Tao over QNX... :)
 
> The Amiga's future is looking rosier than it has for a long, long
time.

I couldn't agree more; however there are two things that worry me:

a) The dire lack of software, there may well be G4s and G3s, Power
Flyer, IR, Gfx. Cards but what use are they without killer software? Or
even just software. (I am a developer myself so I am really trying to
boost the market...)
 
b) Piracy.  Nuff Said; stamp this out or crush it soon, or everything
will be in vain..

All the best,

Nick.

Hi Ben,

> 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!

Awww come on, let us know! :)  It's the least you could do, we do buy
your magazine after all.... :))

All the best,

Nick.

Hi Rick,

>>> 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?

Why oh why do people insist on using this list for this, rather than simply
sending mail to the person that will be able to do it for them?!

All the best,
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Excuse for the day: working as designed

Hi Vincenzo,

> I did not understand from the review of Pagestream4 if a full
> printed manual comes with it.

I don't think it does. I think it only comes with the online help (just
don't quote me on that!).

Paul Laycock

Hi Rick,

>> 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...

I thought I said I don't want any follow-ups? Besides which, re-read what I
quoted, aloud if necessary.

All the best,
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Doctors lash out at backlash against whiplash

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:41:37 +0000, adam james (adam.james@eidosnet.co.uk) wrote:
> Hello Simon
> 
> On 14-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering
> 
> > I don't think it matters what the size of the mag is. It's the most
> > dedicated Amiga mag around (IMHO).
> 
> so if it was 50 pages would you stil subscribe to it ?

I would ... I subscribe to the "other" magazine which IIRC is around 64
pages ...

> > If you subscribed to AF it would cost you a lot less - look at the
> > subscription offers in your 'thin tv guide'.
> 
> if it works out a lot cheaper then i will subscribe 

It works out about half price I think - is that cheaper enough?

> Af is a good mag , why dont neil bothwick have his own page :-)

Cos he now works for the "other" magazine exclusively I think ... unless
he's finishing articles off for AF before leaving ...

Kev

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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:42:09 -0000, Jonathan Day (jonday@totalise.co.uk) wrote:

> Jon, wandering whether it was ever settled whether as being D`oh or
> Doh...

It's actually D'oh, not D`oh ....

And (while I'm at it) you were "wondering" that, not "wandering" ...

And you used "whether" twice in the same sentance.

Kev, strangely picky this morning ...

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 23:32:50 -0500, Dauber (dauber@wallnet=2Ecom) wrote:
> KF> Well I now have the writer on my CS-PPC card, and it's written out a
> KF> partition back up from image file at 4x fine=2E  However, I couldn't =
(as I
> KF> thought at first) create an audio CD from mp3 files directly - I got =
a
> KF> buffer under-run, although I'm not sure if I've got the PPC mpega lib=
s
> KF> correctly set up=2E
>=20
> Yeah, I know, you have a PPC so you should be able to burn MP3s on the
> fly=2E=2E=2Ebut take my advice: use MakeCD to convert 'em to AIFF or CDDA=
 or
> something, then burn the converted files=2E Never fails=2E

Some rogue install script had dumped an 0x0 version of mpega=2Elibrary into
libs: overwriting the one which directs everything to the =2Eelf to use the
PPC=2E  A quick copy of the right mpega lib back, et voil=E0, on the fly mp=
3
decoding and creation of an audio CD at 4x  :-D

Kev, a very happy chappy about that  :)


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

Hi Errol,

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

Oi! You're only supposed to lurk!

All the best,
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try: http://www.realdreams.cz/amiga/

Hi Alexander,

> > 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

> I found that with Amftp if you tried to upload mre than one file it
> would do as you say

I used to find that a pain too. Then I discovered the holiness that is
DOpus FTP... ;)

Paul Laycock

Hi Jonathan,

> 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.

Thanks.

> 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. 

Well, I have wanted to ditch the jewel case for some time now anyway, but I
agree, it does work better (and makes the bundles of AF much easier for our
postie to carry! :)

All the best,
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Good Science: 'Tri' variants of compounds previously only available
as 'Bi' ones

Hi Andrew,

> > 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!
> 
> This doesn't involve Petro doing a runner or anything?

Hopefully not! Anyway, it could apply to any software out there, since
no one makes excellent sales these days :(

Paul Laycock

Hi Gerald,

> If we guess correctly will you tell us? :) Since you're gushing over 

Even if you guess correctly, I'll probably say "no, not that one"... >:>

All the best,
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Hi Kevin,

> 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 ...

Oh come on, I'm not exactly cutting down the field dramatically with that
one...

All the best,
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Good Science: 'Tri' variants of compounds previously only available
as 'Bi' ones

Hi,

What did I say yesterday?  Something along the lines of "I'm looking
forward to playing with Fusion tonight, though going by my past it'll
be a saga..."

Well to start with all was great, and my Mac OS 7.6.1 hard disk
partition I had been using with ShapeShifter worked great; first time,
and I was beggining to enjoy using Fusion; but I will still conscious
that ShapeShifter was still my favourite.  (Fusion's new so it'll take
time to get used to it :)

However, I was fedup with 640x480 in 256 colours, I wanted to use
1,024x768 in 256 colours like I had been doing with ShapeShifter. 
Disaster strikes (no surprises because everything goes wrong for me...)
when I go to Monitors control panel and select 1024x768 and guess what;
the display buggers up! :)  Everything goes white and sonly certain
colours on the screen are shown up making it impossible to see anything.

Now, I did get this mode running, once.  And I did fiddle with the
Gamma settings which did actually give the same thing (this awful white
mess...), but since restoring the display settings in SShifter I have
made sure the Gamma is set on the normal one; or is that the normal one
i selected....

Hmmm. :)

Oh and I need to find out why when I set Virtual Memory on, the Mac's
Finder crashes... :)  Dum diddly f'ing dumm... :)))

Guess I will get time to read the docs better tonight! :)  Please don't
tell me to RTFM regarding my display problem because it's not in the
manual! :)

I am running Picasso `96 2.0 on a Pixel 64 on a XC68040RC40 BTW... :)

I want to use Fusion in the hope of being able to print on my Epson
Stylus Colour 400 which was not possible on SShifter.. :)

/me goes back to ShapeShifter for the time being... :)

All the best,

Nick.

Hi Tom,

> 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.

There is a minimum charge of 5p anyway, and you can certainly get to afb and
vote on several polls in that time - I do so from home!

> 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.

It doesn't happen *that* often.

> 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!

If I did that, don't you think that everyone would also do that, thus
rendering it a bit unimportant? Besides which, you can see for yourself
that the polls get used - they are on the afb page every issue.

All the best,
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...late than never

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:55:11 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote:

> > 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. 
> 
> Well, I have wanted to ditch the jewel case for some time now anyway

I think it looks better with a cardboard case too, but having seen another
one at the user group at the weekend, I don't see how cutting along that
red line would make the whole case fit into a jewel one ...  ;-)

Kev

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Hi Vincenzo,

> I did not understand from the review of Pagestream4 if a full
> printed manual comes with it.

Sorry, no it doesn't yet. Nor up-to-date online docs.

All the best,
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Sony unveils matt-black box of red and green lights

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:46:42 -0800, Nick Lamburn (oruk-amigan@excite.com) wrote:

> b) Piracy.  Nuff Said; stamp this out or crush it soon, or everything
> will be in vain..

The only way they will do this is if they give every machine a unique
serial number, which you tell to the vendor when you buy the software. 
They lock it so that it will only run on that machine.  It's a bit
controversial, cos what if you want to play your game on your mayes house? 
You have to take the whole shebang with you.  And what if your machine
breaks and you get a new one?  Do you have to buy it all again, or pay a
"renumber" fee?

Kev

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Jonathan Day said, 

> First off, please don`t slam me for the apostraphy,

That's not an apostraphy, it's not even an apostrophe. It's a backtick :)


Neil
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The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
http://www.wire.net.uk
-- 
Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

Hi Jonathan,

> First off, please don`t slam me for the apostraphy, don`t want to start
> that thread again  :-)

> Secondly, what`s happening with the surveys?  Have you organised it with
> someone else?

Sorry, I dropped the ball on it, I still have them here.

All the best,
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Stuff happens to thing due to whatever

Hello adam

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Hello all
> 
> On the subject Piracy 
> Taping a film from Cable , Sky , TV is piracy (if we dont own the
> original) 
> 
AMIGA PIRACY SUCKS :-( 
> 
Regards
-- 

Whilest I agree with your sentiments on Amiga piracy, I have to
disagree with your statement regarding video tapes.  As far as I know, as
long as the programme was aired on free a TV channel, it is legal to tape
it.
Jeremy Spring Powered by an 040 4000 with a stuffed internal clock but
potloads of memory
and so on.

Hi adam,

>> I don't see how you can call that "grassing" - you were the one
>> who posted a message on a public message forum (anybody could have
>> read your message), admitting that you owned illegal/pirate PSX
>> games.

> Are you sure you have got the right person i do not own a psx and i
> certainly don't pirate psx games  

>> I really don't know why I'm wasting my time writing this message - I
>> suppose I just don't like being accused for things I haven't done

> You have got the wrong person here and thanks a lot for branding me a
> pirate :-(  

Okay. Entertaining as this thread may be, take it off the list please. Don't
air dirty linen in public.

All the best,
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Calm down.  It's only ones and zeros.

Hi adam,

>> If you subscribed to AF it would cost you a lot less - look at the
>> subscription offers in your 'thin tv guide'.

> if it works out a lot cheaper then i will subscribe 

About half-price. If you subscribe through a usergroup (this is being set up
right now), then it's 49% off. See the sig.

> Af is a good mag , why dont neil bothwick have his own page :-)

Because he has had two pages of his own.

All the best,
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Got an AF subscription? If not, why not ring *01458 271102* and save
yourself 44% on the cover price? (more for overseas readers!)

Hi Dauber,

>>> It's not that good... KF>
>> So? It's better than nothing, and coupled with my forthcoming PalomaIV
>> can add sound to any AVIs I make ...

> Heh....I remember a long time ago on this list I asked what the best sound
> card was. Ben said Prelude, but for those with a PIV, the Concierto would
> be the best option. :)

That's right. I stand by what I said, but the Concierto really isn't that
good.

All the best,
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Stuff happens to thing due to whatever

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:54:00 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote:
> Hi Dauber,
> 
> >>> It's not that good... KF>
> >> So? It's better than nothing, and coupled with my forthcoming PalomaIV
> >> can add sound to any AVIs I make ...
> 
> > Heh....I remember a long time ago on this list I asked what the best sound
> > card was. Ben said Prelude, but for those with a PIV, the Concierto would
> > be the best option. :)
> 
> That's right. I stand by what I said, but the Concierto really isn't that
> good.

I can't get hold of either a Prelude or a Concierto.  So what do I do?  
;-)

Kev

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

The free amiga guy or the man from BT?... ;) nah, Mr.BT might not be too 
happy though... =)
______________________________________________________

Hi all.

Well this is great news, now p5 (god rest there souls), have given up
on any nasty QNX ideas, and H&P, have been converted over to ElateRTOS,
instead of wasteing there time with a PPC OS3.x, we dont face the
prospect of any nastly little splinters in Amiga Corp`s side.

-matthew  

Hi Kevin,

> The only way they will do this is if they give every machine a unique
> serial number, which you tell to the vendor when you buy the software.
> They lock it so that it will only run on that machine. It's a bit
> controversial, cos what if you want to play your game on your mayes hou=
se?
> You have to take the whole shebang with you. And what if your machine
> breaks and you get a new one? Do you have to buy it all again, or pay a=

> "renumber" fee?

That's what they do with SGIs. Not only that, but you have to re-apply fo=
r a
keyfile for your registered (at =A320,000) software every three months, t=
o
limit the use of it by pirates...

All the best,
-- =

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Last night of the Proms the usual cruel hoax

Hi Kevin,

>> Well, I have wanted to ditch the jewel case for some time now anyway

> I think it looks better with a cardboard case too, but having seen another
> one at the user group at the weekend, I don't see how cutting along that
> red line would make the whole case fit into a jewel one ...  ;-)

I bleedin' did it here, din't I? </Alf Garnett>

All the best,
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Q:  How much does a cockney pay for his shampoo?
A:  Pantene

Hello, all

i have a 32x IDE cd-rom drive and it does something quite wierd , it
scratches the cd"s with a perfectly straight line inner to outer and it
looks like someone has slashed it with a knife 

is anyone else getting this prob ? anyone now whats causing it?    

-- 
Adam james

Hello

> Hi Rick,
> =

>>>> 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?
> =

> Why oh why do people insist on using this list for this, rather than
> simply sending mail to the person that will be able to do it for
> them?!
> =

> All the best,

to the original poster I have the patch for WormsDC on Floppy just give m=
e your email address and i will send it

make a back up of worms executable file =


-- =

Adam james

Hello Matthew

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering
> =

> Well, this was posted to the psxamiga list in January:
> =

>> Hello Stephen
>> =

>> On 04-Jan-00, you wrote something worth answering
>> =

>> =

>>> BTW -  if anyone wants Le Mans, my copy is available for swapping
>>> as I'm sick of it.. I haven't got the dosh to swap it yet at the
>>> local shop, but if any one of you want to swap me something for
>>> it, then fine :)
>> =

>> is Le Mans a copy or a original , i have a lot of games if you want
>> to trade
>> =

>> =

>> ps: my games are copies not originals all UK PAL versions =

>> =

>> i have enclosed all my psx games in a list attached to this email =

>> =

>> -- =

>> Adam james

Now thats wierd =



> The style is identical to yours. If it wasn't you, I'd recommend that
> you get in touch with EGroups so you can find out who did post it and
> get their ISP to take action against them =


I have sent a email to Eidosnet telling them of forged documents posted =

But as soon as i find who the f**ker is he/she wish they was never connec=
ted =


>I haven't got the original copy with headers to hand, but the post is >a=
rchived at http://www.egroups.com/group/psxamiga/39.html? .
> =


i will have a good look at this =


>> If its a set up then Labour is involved =

> =

> Argh. Can we please leave politics out of it?
:-)
-- =

Adam james

Hello Neil

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

> From what I've seen, Oliver wouldn't go around accusing people of that
> sort of thing if he didn't have some sort of basis for his claims.

Yep Point taken 

> Perhaps someone called adam james did say those psx things, but it was
> a different one, or something.

Someone who is a good forger 

> 
> If it wasn't you, say so. No need to get in a bad mood about it.

i am in no bad mood :-) 

I will find out who did it and they will be reported 

End of subject , now i can carry on and talk about my favorite mag 

-- 
Adam james

Hi

> > b) Piracy.  Nuff Said; stamp this out or crush it soon, or
everything
> > will be in vain..
> 
> The only way they will do this is if they give every machine a unique
> serial number, which you tell to the vendor when you buy the
software. 
> They lock it so that it will only run on that machine.  It's a bit
> controversial, cos what if you want to play your game on your mayes
house? 
> You have to take the whole shebang with you.  And what if your machine
> breaks and you get a new one?  Do you have to buy it all again, or
pay a
> "renumber" fee?

That's a very good idea! :)  In my opinion the user should be able to
pay at a very small cost an extra license for other machines, like you
do on things such as (urrrgh) MS Office, you buy the main package and
extra licenses to use it on other machines, say on a LAN.  This could
be the basis for a very good idea imo.

Well done!

All the best,

Nick.

Hello Ben

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering


> Okay. Entertaining as this thread may be, take it off the list please.
> Don't air dirty linen in public.
> 
> All the best,

ok THREAD ENDED :-)

-- 
Adam james

Hello Ben

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering

> Hi adam,
> 
>>> If you subscribed to AF it would cost you a lot less - look at the
>>> subscription offers in your 'thin tv guide'.
> 
>> if it works out a lot cheaper then i will subscribe 
> 
> About half-price. If you subscribe through a usergroup (this is being
> set up right now), then it's 49% off. See the sig.
>

49% of that sounds great i will subscribe 
 

-- 
Adam james

Hi,

> Well this is great news, now p5 (god rest there souls), have given up
> on any nasty QNX ideas, and H&P, have been converted over to
ElateRTOS,
> instead of wasteing there time with a PPC OS3.x, we dont face the
> prospect of any nastly little splinters in Amiga Corp`s side.

I think it's great that H&P; one of the most respected IMO developers
on the Amiga has been persuaded by the goods of Amiga Inc. and Tao
Corp.  It's great that a split will not occur; I was seriously worried
that H&P would want to use Amiga OS on PPC and Amiga Inc. Elate etc.;
causing a rift like the QNX Vs. Linux episode last year.

I'm also very happy that the WOA 2000 show is going ahead; great News
IMO.... :)  Just what I need after my A-Level exams this year... :))

Shame my cheque, HD floppy drive haven't arrived and fusion is being
moody... :)

All the best,

Nick.

Hi,

> i have a 32x IDE cd-rom drive and it does something quite wierd , it
> scratches the cd"s with a perfectly straight line inner to outer and
it
> looks like someone has slashed it with a knife 
> 
> is anyone else getting this prob ? anyone now whats causing it?    

Sounds like something has got inside the drive and is scratching it,
this is rather strange and isn't doing much good to your CDs by the
sounds of it!  Open the drive's tray and give a good hard blow; that
may dislodge the offending scratcher :) and solve your problem.

Plan B is not give it a hard bang (it is normally for me, I admit! :)
but perhaps to try a friend's CD mechanism of a cheap new one; that
will almost certainly cure it.  

All the best,

Nick.

>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.

Must...resist the urge... mustn't make..... dyslexic joke.....uggggh!

;)

Can people like me still just have bad spelling then?

Mush - mmmm
______________________________________________________

I watched as Alan Anthony hammered "[afb] Re: momentary lapse of Amiga..."
out on their keyboard...


> 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)

Um...for the uninitiated in DVD terminology, a breif explanation please?

> and they are having trouble with the graphics performance.

*snigger* Everytime I've heard anything about that damn thing in the last
3-4 months, it's been bad.  Another thing is that having seen a scale (1:1)
model of one in the local GAME store, it's bloody massive for a games
console! Easily larger than the original one...

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I watched as Daniel Thornton hammered "[afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?" out
on their keyboard...

> 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.

There's a problem with that, when I set up SS, the only decent PPP system
available was FreePPP, and it is completely incompatible with Netscape,
plus Netscape are pretty much PPC only now, IE4 (argh! no! getitaway!
getitaway!) comes in both 68k and PPC flavours, but IE5 is PPC only. It's
possible they might not be able to get a 68k version of Netscape anymore...

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I watched as David McMinn hammered "[afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?" out on
their keyboard...

>> 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...

Ben, you're a complete bastard ;)

It would be, seeing as I just ordered the normal Miami from Weird
Science...but I wouldn't think so as afaik Miami and MiamiDx haven't had
what you'd call disapointing sales.  More likely it's some big fancy
graphics package, or something that lots of people use, but won't register
(hmmm....MUI? ;)

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

At least tell us what type of software it is! text, graphic, DTP, 3d...?

os3.5? ;)
______________________________________________________

Hi Nyk,

>>> 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?

Yes, I can now add words manually to the dictionary, but I can't simply add
them in YAM... thanks!

All the best,
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Hi Richard,
 
>> 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.

I started work on it in July (which was the last time I mentioned it
on afb). It takes about two to three hours to update but thanks to
the newsletter it now takes longer. You may notice the consistent
design throughout - this is the result of a program I wrote in ACE
Basic and is the main reason I still use my Amiga.

>> 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.

They are only added to the web hosting section if they don't require
a dial-up connection regularly - if Free4all doesn't then let me know.

I got my .co.uk for =A35 and .com for =A330, and transfered them to Mersinet
because they installed REBOL when I asked them - a good company.

All the best,
--
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Hi All,

Now I have said what i think of consoles before, but this is my
opinion, here goes :)

> >> 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)
> 
> Um...for the uninitiated in DVD terminology, a breif explanation
please?

Wow that's some DVD implementation Sony! ;)  Consoles are pants, and
will forever be pants.  Take the Amiga - a decent computer, which we
all know and love. :)  Take the CD32; a bog standard 14MHz 020 2Mb
jobby :), do you regard the CD32 as high as the same spec A1200.  I
don't.  Consoles are things that are consigned to the cupboard under
the stairs.  They provide a laff and then are chucked into oblivion
only to be found when your family moves house... :)

> > and they are having trouble with the graphics performance.
> 
> *snigger* Everytime I've heard anything about that damn thing in the
last
> 3-4 months, it's been bad.  Another thing is that having seen a scale
(1:1)
> model of one in the local GAME store, it's bloody massive for a games
> console! Easily larger than the original one...

Pah!  All they ever want is Graphics! :)  And another thing, the 'MCC'
(or was it MMC, I don't care :) was pretty nasty looking IMO, the
Playstation II (sorry :) is even worse.  If my dog had yakked up his
dinner he would have come up with a more asethetical design! :)
 
Consoles are a waste of time; get a computer and do something useful..
:)

All the best,

Nick.

Hi,

> > 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.
>
> There's a problem with that, when I set up SS, the only decent PPP
system
> available was FreePPP, and it is completely incompatible with
Netscape,
> plus Netscape are pretty much PPC only now, IE4 (argh! no! getitaway!
> getitaway!) comes in both 68k and PPC flavours, but IE5 is PPC only.
It's
> possible they might not be able to get a 68k version of Netscape
anymore...

I have sucessfully ran, FreePPP using ShapeShifter using my Free4All
account which I usually use on my Amiga side of things.  I also use IE
3.01, sorry, but I can tell you this much:

IE3, 4 and Netscape is sooooo slow on a 68K CPU compared to any Amiga
browser, though IE is useful for pages that V3 mashes... :)  IIRC, CU
Amiga had Netscape 3 i think on an old CUCD, #11 i think...

All the best,

Nick.

Hi,

> At least tell us what type of software it is! text, graphic, DTP,
3d...?
> 
> os3.5? ;)

Oooooh so close, actually it's Workbench 1.2 in its full crowing blue
and orange glory... ;)

Or could easily be Lightwave 5, (yeah right) perhaps Draw Studio 2 (I
reckon that's what it is...), or even Final Writer '97 (ooooh that'd be
good!).

Or we may even get Ben's favourite; TurboText, that'd be good... :)

For all we know it could even be...  :)

All the best,

Nick.

Hi Nick,

> Oooooh so close, actually it's Workbench 1.2 in its full crowing blue
> and orange glory... ;)

You do know that we now have WB3.0 on our CD every issue now, right?

> Or could easily be Lightwave 5, (yeah right) perhaps Draw Studio 2 (I
> reckon that's what it is...), or even Final Writer '97 (ooooh that'd be
> good!).

> Or we may even get Ben's favourite; TurboText, that'd be good... :)

> For all we know it could even be...  :)

Don't even bother. You'll all work yourselves into complete tizzies and then
be ever-so disappointed when it's revealed.

All the best,
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proving true the old myth about bulls and the colour red.

Hi,

> Don't even bother. You'll all work yourselves into complete tizzies
and then
> be ever-so disappointed when it's revealed.

Awww it's not as big as it was made out then, all this euphoria! :)  Or
is Ben playing it down? :)  No I didn't know WBench 3.0 was on the AFCD
each month, but I already have that so it's not that much of a free
goody! :))

I reckon it's a MacOS 7.5.5 hard file; which would be nice I
suppose.... :)

All the best,

Nick.

Hi Nick,

> is Ben playing it down? :)  No I didn't know WBench 3.0 was on the AFCD
> each month, but I already have that so it's not that much of a free
> goody! :))

No, but it's handy if you corrupt a disk, or can't find them. That was the
point. I couldn't get 3.1 because Petro wanted a licence fee for it.

> I reckon it's a MacOS 7.5.5 hard file; which would be nice I
> suppose.... :)

There's one of those already on the CD.

All the best,
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"Turn the record player down", said Tom disquietingly.

Hi,

> > is Ben playing it down? :)  No I didn't know WBench 3.0 was on the
AFCD
> > each month, but I already have that so it's not that much of a free
> > goody! :))
> 
> No, but it's handy if you corrupt a disk, or can't find them. That
was the
> point. I couldn't get 3.1 because Petro wanted a licence fee for it.

That's a good point, in fact Neil Bullock was looking for a Workbench
Disk the other day because his A1200's hard disk is up the creek, shame
the Amiga (well exc. CD32) doesn't boot from the cd drive... :)  That's
a good thing to do Ben, I think you should have made it clearer in the
mag that it exists.  If you have, please pardon me! :)

> > I reckon it's a MacOS 7.5.5 hard file; which would be nice I
> > suppose.... :)
> 
> There's one of those already on the CD.

What this CD, AFCD50?  Where abouts? :)  I looked in the MacOS 7.5.3
drawer in the -Serious-/Commercial path but I couldn't see anything
there; where abouts is it?? :)

All the best,

Nick.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:09:02 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote:
> Hi Kevin,

'lo

> >> Well, I have wanted to ditch the jewel case for some time now anyway
> 
> > I think it looks better with a cardboard case too, but having seen another
> > one at the user group at the weekend, I don't see how cutting along that
> > red line would make the whole case fit into a jewel one ...  ;-)
> 
> I bleedin' did it here, din't I? </Alf Garnett>

You must have exceptionally large jewels then.     ;-)

Kev

PS  I obviously meant jewel cases, you perverts!

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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:08:15 +0000, Ben Vost (ben=2Evost@futurenet=2Eco=2Eu=
k) wrote:
> Hi Kevin,

Hi,

> > The only way they will do this is if they give every machine a unique
> > serial number, which you tell to the vendor when you buy the software=
=2E
> > They lock it so that it will only run on that machine=2E It's a bit
> > controversial, cos what if you want to play your game on your mayes hou=
se?
> > You have to take the whole shebang with you=2E And what if your machine
> > breaks and you get a new one? Do you have to buy it all again, or pay a
> > "renumber" fee?
>=20
> That's what they do with SGIs=2E Not only that, but you have to re-apply =
for a
> keyfile for your registered (at =A320,000) software every three months, t=
o
> limit the use of it by pirates=2E=2E=2E

I knew they did it with some high-end systems but I didn't know which to be
honest=2E  I kne wit wasn't an original idea though - they'd actually
considered doing it in the very first PCs and if they had there'd be very
little piracy today, but they decided against it and the rest is history =
=2E=2E=2E

The best thing about it though is that you can distribute software that'll
run on any machine, with certain modules restricted to certain ones, so you
can have a WP package licensed for a LAN with only certain people able to
use certain parts of it=2E  It adds great security to documents - you can s=
et
one up so that it'll only load on your machine  :-)

This is in theory btw, I've no idea if SGIs do this already  ;)

Kev

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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:06:05 GMT, Matthew O'Neill (oneillmatthew@hotmail.com) wrote:
> >So you didn't send him derogatory remarks about his bloated PC and >how you
> >hoped it'd crash and burn?   ;-)
> 
> The free amiga guy or the man from BT?... ;) nah, Mr.BT might not be too 
> happy though... =)

The free amiga stuff guy - Chesh.

Kev


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Hi Nick,

>>> I reckon it's a MacOS 7.5.5 hard file; which would be nice I
>>> suppose.... :)
>> 
>> There's one of those already on the CD.

> What this CD, AFCD50?  Where abouts? :)  I looked in the MacOS 7.5.3
> drawer in the -Serious-/Commercial path but I couldn't see anything
> there; where abouts is it?? :)

No, on AFCD51, along with FreeDOS for the PCx side of things...

All the best,
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Inflation to be phased out in favour of annual 1.1% lowering of wages
to avoid costly relabelling of goods

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 03:12:43 -0800, Nick Lamburn (oruk-amigan@excite.com) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > > I reckon it's a MacOS 7.5.5 hard file; which would be nice I
> > > suppose.... :)
> > 
> > There's one of those already on the CD.
> 
> What this CD, AFCD50?  Where abouts? :)  I looked in the MacOS 7.5.3
> drawer in the -Serious-/Commercial path but I couldn't see anything
> there; where abouts is it?? :)

Nah, there's one of them already on AFCD51.  Personally I think it is
DrawStudio & ImageStudio ....

... or NewsRog ...

... or ...


Kev

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Hi all,

Going back to our solo thought for the month for this issue. Who wants to be
immortalised as afb-page-writer for this issue? You'll have to hurry, I'll
need it by Thursday morning...

Oh yes, and I've decided to do a "tip for the month" on that page as well.
ATM, I'm thinking of using Chris Dallimore's useful hint on how to hide
non-DOS disks from Installer and the like, but if any of you have a more
helpful suggestion, fire away.

All the best,
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Hi,

I would love to do it Ben!  Please!  I need something for my media
portfolio, I'm a good writer! :)  See my PCx stuff in AF125. 
Pleeeeeease! :)

All the best,

Nick.

Hi Nick,

> I would love to do it Ben!  Please!  I need something for my media
> portfolio, I'm a good writer! :)  See my PCx stuff in AF125. 
> Pleeeeeease! :)

Go ahead. You know the rules. Send me 650 words on the afb, make it
entertaining and you'll get on the page...

All the best,
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Hi Ben,

> > I would love to do it Ben!  Please!  I need something for my media
> > portfolio, I'm a good writer! :)  See my PCx stuff in AF125. 
> > Pleeeeeease! :)
> 
> Go ahead. You know the rules. Send me 650 words on the afb, make it
> entertaining and you'll get on the page...

Okay, I'm doing it now! :)

All the best,

Nick.

Hi Nick,

>>> I would love to do it Ben!  Please!  I need something for my media
>>> portfolio, I'm a good writer! :)  See my PCx stuff in AF125. 
>>> Pleeeeeease! :)
>> 
>> Go ahead. You know the rules. Send me 650 words on the afb, make it
>> entertaining and you'll get on the page...

> Okay, I'm doing it now! :)

Don't forget, that's "send *me*", not the list.

All the best,
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Sony unveils matt-black box of red and green lights

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 11:18:03 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote:
> Hi all,

'lo

> Oh yes, and I've decided to do a "tip for the month" on that page as well.
> ATM, I'm thinking of using Chris Dallimore's useful hint on how to hide
> non-DOS disks from Installer and the like, but if any of you have a more
> helpful suggestion, fire away.

What about the hiding a dedicated Mac partition by creating a mountfile for
it, and only having it mounted when you're about to run Fusion or SS?  Is
this the same thing?

Kev, with his thinking cap on

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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:52:08 -0800, "Paul Laycock" <amipal@yahoo.com> 
wrote:
> Hi Vincenzo,
> 
> > I did not understand from the review of Pagestream4 if a full
> > printed manual comes with it.
> 
> I don't think it does. I think it only comes with the online help (ju
> st
> don't quote me on that!).
> 
The current release does *only* have online help. . .

BUT you might as well call it a pre-release really, as there will be a 
full printed manual, and it will be sent to those who order/upgrade ps4 
now, and PDF export will work. . . and stuff

> Paul Laycock
> 
>

Andy Kinsella.

Hi,

> What about the hiding a dedicated Mac partition by creating a
mountfile for
> it, and only having it mounted when you're about to run Fusion or SS?
 Is
> this the same thing?

That's what I do for PCx, PC-Task and now Fusion since it takes the
devices name such as PCHD:, MAC0: etc., ShapeShifter just reads the
device (scsi.device) the id, and the cylinders it takes up, which is
why the volume doesn't need to be mounted.  A simple mountlist as Kevin
says gets around this where you mount and dismount the partition when
necessary.

Good one Kevin! :)  A worthy idea IMO. :)

Another tip, add buffers to an invalidated hard disk partition to speed
up re-validation! :)

All the best,

Nick.

Hi Nick,

> Another tip, add buffers to an invalidated hard disk partition to
speed
> up re-validation! :)

Or go and make a cup of tea. Should be finished by the time th kettles
boiled! ;)

Another tip is to never let anyone else use your Amiga, as they can
screw up *so* easily, even though they "know what [they're] doing".

Paul Laycock

Hi Paul,

> > Another tip, add buffers to an invalidated hard disk partition to
> speed
> > up re-validation! :)
> 
> Or go and make a cup of tea. Should be finished by the time th kettles
> boiled! ;)

No no no no no nooooo Tea, Coffee, lovely sweeeeeet caffine enriched
coffeeeeee... :))

> Another tip is to never let anyone else use your Amiga, as they can
> screw up *so* easily, even though they "know what [they're] doing".

Which is why they have the A600, they go no where near my A1200T! :) 
(I've already screwed it up enough times myself... :)

All the best,

Nick.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 03:46:51 -0800, Nick Lamburn (oruk-amigan@excite.com) wrote:
> Hi,

'lo

> > What about the hiding a dedicated Mac partition by creating a mountfile for
> > it, and only having it mounted when you're about to run Fusion or SS?  Is
> > this the same thing?
> 
> That's what I do for PCx, PC-Task and now Fusion since it takes the
> devices name such as PCHD:, MAC0: etc., ShapeShifter just reads the
> device (scsi.device) the id, and the cylinders it takes up, which is
> why the volume doesn't need to be mounted.  A simple mountlist as Kevin
> says gets around this where you mount and dismount the partition when
> necessary.

I also did the same thing when I used to use VMM - my VMEM: partition would
be mounted as part of the script that actually ran VMM.  I'd better delete
that mountfile tbh as I don't have it set up any more, and if I accidently
run it I might cause severe data loss ...

> Good one Kevin! :)  A worthy idea IMO. :)

Ta, I'm full of it at the moment.  Ideas that is  ;-)

> Another tip, add buffers to an invalidated hard disk partition to speed
> up re-validation! :)

You'd have to boot with no startup sequence and do a addbuffers dh4: 500
for that to be effective ...

Kev

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Okay, following the almost overwhelming deluge of advice I got on how
to create an AmigaGuide, I have created my first such document. Thanks
all!

Problem. When I set the default tool for the Guide to *multiview*, I am
told that an icon needs to be created to hold the information. I click
*yes* but when I try to run the guide by double-clicking on it I am
told there is no program icon and the blasted machine hangs the next
time I try to do something. Any ideas? I'm fresh out.

Cheers, Phil

Hi Nick,

> > Another tip is to never let anyone else use your Amiga, as they can
> > screw up *so* easily, even though they "know what [they're] doing".
> 
> Which is why they have the A600, they go no where near my A1200T! :) 
> (I've already screwed it up enough times myself... :)

Yeh, I know what you mean. After getting back from a hard days work, it
is so nice to find that your cousins came round to visit, promptly
deciding that they wanted to "play on the computer". Anger doesn't
begin to describe it. Luckily, nothing wrong, but ot could have
happened!

Paul Laycock

Hi Kevin,

> > Another tip, add buffers to an invalidated hard disk partition to
speed
> > up re-validation! :)
> 
> You'd have to boot with no startup sequence and do a addbuffers dh4:
500
> for that to be effective ...

Only 500?! I have a good 1000 on my games partition - always. Speeds
loading of Quake and DooM no end...

Paul Laycock

PS. Validation is a lot quicker on a PowerFlyer, plus it actuallt tells
you it is validating rather than give you a black screen. ;)

Hi Paul,

>> You'd have to boot with no startup sequence and do a addbuffers dh4:
> 500
>> for that to be effective ...

> Only 500?! I have a good 1000 on my games partition - always. Speeds
> loading of Quake and DooM no end...

> Paul Laycock

> PS. Validation is a lot quicker on a PowerFlyer, plus it actuallt tells
> you it is validating rather than give you a black screen. ;)

I don't mind you carrying on this thread, but please take not of the subject
and change it if appropriate. I've left it as it is on purpose this time!

All the best,
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Loose Lips Drop Chips

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Allen [mailto:funky_gibbon@talk21.com]
> Sent: 15 February 2000 12:44
> To: afb@eGroups.com
> Subject: [afb] AmigaGuide - I've nearly got it!
> 
> Problem. When I set the default tool for the Guide to 
> *multiview*, I am
> told that an icon needs to be created to hold the information. I click
> *yes* but when I try to run the guide by double-clicking on it I am
> told there is no program icon and the blasted machine hangs the next
> time I try to do something. Any ideas? I'm fresh out.

Make sure the type of the file is set to "Project" (Not Executable)
-- 
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Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers
0870 727 4020 x657
Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk
Project X?

Hello Kevin

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote:
> Nah, there's one of them already on AFCD51.  Personally I think it is
> DrawStudio & ImageStudio ....
> 
> ... or NewsRog ...
> 
> ... or ...
> 
My vote goes for.....

DiskSalv 4

Regards

chris
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 Arse Biscuits!
-- Father Jack, Father Ted

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..... 

The AmigaOS4.0 devkit ??

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew J Fletcher [mailto:amimjf@hotmail.com]
> Sent: 15 February 2000 13:57
> To: afb@eGroups.com
> Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?
> 
> The AmigaOS4.0 devkit ??

First of all, we need OS4.0...
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I'm the King of Wishful Thinking...

Hi Robert,

>> Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?
>> 
>> The AmigaOS4.0 devkit ??

> First of all, we need OS4.0...

We also have just secured something brilliant for AF136, however, we
probably won't continue to offer these things after that issue...

All the best,
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Excuse for the day: bad ether in the cables

robert johnston <rjohnsto-@simply.co.uk> wrote: 

> > The AmigaOS4.0 devkit ??
> 
> First of all, we need OS4.0...

I was thinking allong the lines of the pre-release beta devkit..

-matthew

Hi Matthew,

>>> The AmigaOS4.0 devkit ??
>> 
>> First of all, we need OS4.0...

> I was thinking allong the lines of the pre-release beta devkit..

...first we need a pre-release beta... :)

All the best,
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Hi Ben

> We also have just secured something brilliant for AF136, however, we
> probably won't continue to offer these things after that issue...

That sounds a bit ominous?

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

>> We also have just secured something brilliant for AF136, however, we
>> probably won't continue to offer these things after that issue...

> That sounds a bit ominous?

No, we'll just run out of cash to offer software.

All the best,
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I'm getting old... Oficially.
You can now (As of Today) calculate my age by doing the following...

------8<---------
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Age = (Val(left$(Year,2))) + (Val(Right$(Year,2)))
------8<---------

And Year has to be in the Four-Digit Form (2000, 2010, 2996 Etc)
It also only works for the next Hundred years, although it is rumoured there
is a Government taskforce looking into it...
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Aaaaa Very merry unbirthday, to you, to you!

On 15. Feb 2000 Chris Millar wrote:

<snip>

> My vote goes for.....

> DiskSalv 4

Yes, that would have been nice.

However, it will probably be something like DrawStudio.

It is with a bittersweet taste in my mouth, though,
knowing that whatever program, it probably never will
be bugfixed/upgraded anymore.


Regards,

Armin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Lamburn [mailto:oruk-amigan@excite.com]
> Sent: 15 February 2000 11:04
> To: afb@eGroups.com
> Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?
> 
> I reckon it's a MacOS 7.5.5 hard file; which would be nice I
> suppose.... :)

S'aldredy on the latest AFCD...
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David Porter wrote:
> 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)

There is a real audio thingie for amiga, but I couldn't get anywhere
with it (not sure if its even supposed to work yet, but I couldn't work
out how to get it to go)
there are two related files on aminet; 
comm/tcp/unrealaudio.lha and
comm/www/streamRA.lha

I think the latter is an Arexx script which browsers can call to use
unrealaudio. The unrealaudio archive is of version 0.3, it is 197 weeks
old and the readme doesn't give a webpage for it, which doesn't bode
well for it's current status....

-curator
-- 
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VGA error; Monitor not connected!
Press F1 to resume.

(actual PC errors, though obviously I'm not sure how the second one
goes....)

Hi Armin,

> It is with a bittersweet taste in my mouth, though,
> knowing that whatever program, it probably never will
> be bugfixed/upgraded anymore.

Bingo! The only I'm keen to do this right now is that a) I know these
programs will never be developed further anyway, thus removing the argument
that full coverdisk software is killing the Amiga market and b) that I'm
probably paying the authors more money than they've received in the last
year for their software. :(

All the best,
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Hello Phil

On 15-Feb-00, Phil Allen wrote:

> Problem. When I set the default tool for the Guide to *multiview*, I am
> told that an icon needs to be created to hold the information. I click
> *yes* but when I try to run the guide by double-clicking on it I am
> told there is no program icon and the blasted machine hangs the next
> time I try to do something. Any ideas? I'm fresh out.

What happens from the shell? f.e..

Multiview path/filename

One other thought is that you're using something like DOpus or deficons and
the icon you're changing is not a real icon attached to the file. Go into
IconEdit make an icon or load one you already have, making sure that the icon
is set to a project type, select the guide file and save it. 

There's two tooltypes you can also adjust in the guide's icon that you might
like to have a look at..

FONTNAME=Helvetica
FONTSIZE=13

Just select which font and size you want to use instead of the default one.


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Hello Malcolm

On 15-Feb-00, Malcolm Campbell wrote:
 
>>> 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.
> 
> They are only added to the web hosting section if they don't require
> a dial-up connection regularly - if Free4all doesn't then let me know.

The only real limitation is that you have to be connected to Free4all to
upload your web pages. Apart from that you don't need to log into you account
at all. I normally download any mail sent to my free4all address's via
Prestel.

Also in the last day or so, Free4all have updated their web site, and very
nice it is too. Worth checking out as they've just added SSI and will be
including some new services very soon. 


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<tsb> richard@magnumopus.co.uk 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Vost [mailto:ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk]
> Sent: 15 February 2000 14:20
> To: afb@egroups.com
> Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?
> 
> > It is with a bittersweet taste in my mouth, though,
> > knowing that whatever program, it probably never will
> > be bugfixed/upgraded anymore.
> 
> Bingo! The only I'm keen to do this right now is that a) I know these
> programs will never be developed further anyway, thus 
> removing the argument
> that full coverdisk software is killing the Amiga market and 
> b) that I'm
> probably paying the authors more money than they've received 
> in the last
> year for their software. :(

It's MUI, Isn't it. You've got a FULL version of MUI.

Or Maybe not...
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Hi Ben,

Wooo Hooo, christmas has come early, three scorchers in a row! :)

> No, we'll just run out of cash to offer software.

Yeah, don't you be going bankrupt just for us! :))

/me quickly quits IE, whilst in Media (A Level), I'm adicted to AFB! :) 

All the best

Nick.

Hi Ben,

> Bingo! The only I'm keen to do this right now is that a) I know these
> programs will never be developed further anyway, thus removing the
argument
> that full coverdisk software is killing the Amiga market and b) that
I'm
> probably paying the authors more money than they've received in the
last
> year for their software. :(

But what about the fact that the software may act as competition
against other pieces of software in the market?

Paul Laycock

Hi Nick,

> /me quickly quits IE, whilst in Media (A Level), I'm adicted to AFB!
:) 

Your not the only one. I've had to cut down on my AFB usage beacuse of
an astronomically high phone bill  at work! ;)

Paul Laycock

Hi Paul,

> But what about the fact that the software may act as competition
> against other pieces of software in the market?

Not much chance of that for any of the three(/four) titles that we have had,
or will have...

All the best,
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Hi Ben,

>> It is with a bittersweet taste in my mouth, though,
>> knowing that whatever program, it probably never will
>> be bugfixed/upgraded anymore.

> Bingo! The only I'm keen to do this right now is that
> a) I know these programs will never be developed
> further anyway, thus removing the argument that full
> coverdisk software is killing the Amiga market and
> b) that I'm probably paying the authors more money
> than they've received in the last year for their
> software. :(

I think AF has improved a lot this last year.
All the same it is natural that fewer issues are sold:

 a/ the future of the Amiga has been uncertain for a
    long time, so people are leaving,
 b/ you recently got a competitor,
    and
 c/ AF is rarely seen on display anywhere,
    thus people cannot often buy the mag on impulse.

Our AF sub is up for renewal.  When I return to
Twickenham tomorrow, I'll make sure Future gets their
money, and I feel even better knowing that some of it
hopefully will go to Amiga software authors.

Thanks, Ben.


Regards,

Armin

Hello Kevin

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:
>>> 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 ...
That's what I've got, I think.... :)

vapor_toolkit.library   30640   26-Dec-99  15:35:15  -----rwed

...I'll run SnoopDos, when I get time.
Regards

chris
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 the insect prayer.
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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..... 

Hi

Maybe I've missed something that has already been said, but where has
Colin the art editor gone? His name is no more. His design skills were
very effective I thought.

A miss to the magazine.

Regards
Stephen Thwaites

Hi Stephen,

> Maybe I've missed something that has already been said, but where has
> Colin the art editor gone? His name is no more. His design skills were
> very effective I thought.

Yep, we lost Col and Clare at Christmas... :(

All the best,
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Hi Ben

A big shame that is. I hope the new one is as good as Colin, because I
wouldnt want to see the magazines design drop in standard.

Don't want you to flame me, and I know you have loads of other things
to do on the mag, but please, please could you change that orange
colour scheme you use. Would it take that much? Please.

Please?

By the way, a cracking issue 134, and looking forward to the free gift
next issue.

All the best
Stephen Thwaites

Hi Stephen,

> A big shame that is. I hope the new one is as good as Colin, because I
> wouldnt want to see the magazines design drop in standard.

We currently have Mark Nottley, one of Future's senior art editors working
on AF (he did AF134 and most of AF133) and Jon Palmer, a longtime Future
freelancer doing production editing (subbing and so on - the heart of the
machine).

> Don't want you to flame me, and I know you have loads of other things
> to do on the mag, but please, please could you change that orange
> colour scheme you use. Would it take that much? Please.

Which orange colour scheme? Our regulars section? I don't really like it
either, but it'll stay to the bitter end because of the fact that it's
Amiga Format through and through, much like our logo...

> Please?

Uh-uh, not even if you say "pretty please with sugar on top".

> By the way, a cracking issue 134, and looking forward to the free gift
> next issue.

Ta muchly.

All the best,
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I'd like to change the world, but they won't give me 
the source code. (Even if /they/ did I don't program...)

Hi Ben

Ah go on Ben, you said yourself that you dont like the orange colour
scheme (regulars). It just makes the magazine seem washed out at times.
It used to be purple.

Don't you think slight changes keeps the magazine fresh? I hope you
don't mind me giving you this grief :-) 

I know the magazine has been losing readers (damn and blast), so I just
thought slight changes would make a difference. 

Anyways, keep up the good work.

Regards
Stephen Thwaites

"ben vost" <ben.vos-@futurenet.co.uk> wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=47327

Ben,

> Which orange colour scheme? Our regulars section? I don't really like
it
> either, but it'll stay to the bitter end because of the fact that it's
> Amiga Format through and through, much like our logo...

I too hate that poxy orange colour. Please, get rid of it. Sometimes
you have to throw away the book and start again.  You know new
millenium, new start etc.

Although the magazine is better than before, I really do want to see
the back of the orange colour.

Perhaps it's just me and Steven, Perhaps we should start a poll?

Regards

Mikey C

Looking forward to the ug discounts.....

On 15 Feb 00, at 8:45, Kevin Fairhurst wrote:

> And (while I'm at it) you were "wondering" that, not "wandering" ...
> 
> And you used "whether" twice in the same sentance.
> 
> Kev, strangely picky this morning ...

This could go on forever... it's "sentence" :)

Bauglir
PS. I just finished reading 'Complicity' by Iain Banks, nice to see the 
Amiga getting a mention :)

On 15-Feb-00, Ben wrote this:

> Oh yes, and I've decided to do a "tip for the month" on that page as well.
> ATM, I'm thinking of using Chris Dallimore's useful hint on how to hide
> non-DOS disks from Installer and the like, but if any of you have a more
> helpful suggestion, fire away.

Yes, hit delete on most of the treads on the AFB Mail list, :o)

-- 
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Team Member of AmiBench
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Email: mark@amibench.org

What do you thin about the orange colour scheme used in the magazine?
----

Please select one of the following:

   o It's great and it should stay
   o It's okay
   o It's poor and washed out
   o Please get rid. It's terrible


by going to the following Web form:

   http://www.egroups.com/vote?id=950634414396&listname=afb

Thank you!

Hi stephen@thwaity.freeserve.co.uk,

> What do you thin about the orange colour scheme used in the magazine?
> ----

> Please select one of the following:

>   o It's great and it should stay
>   o It's okay
>   o It's poor and washed out
>   o Please get rid. It's terrible

First of all, I said to really think long and hard before posting a poll
which doesn't excuse the spelling mistake in the first line, and secondly:


> AFB: All polls MUST have dates, and if you have something to

how often do I have to repeat it?

All the best,
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Try: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/

Hello Chris

On 15-Feb-00, Chris Millar wrote:
> Hello Kevin

> On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:
>>>> 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 ...
> That's what I've got, I think.... :)

> vapor_toolkit.library   30640   26-Dec-99  15:35:15  -----rwed

> ...I'll run SnoopDos, when I get time.
> Regards

> chris



   Use version 0.1578 of STRICQ from 

         http://www-stu.cai.cam.ac.uk/~mnw21/stricq/beta/

Cheers
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On 13-Feb-00, Kevin Fairhurst wrote:

>> 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 ....

Just reminded me, I've still gotta go get the newer one...


Mash - 
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On 14-Feb-00, Chris Andrews wrote:

>> 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...

Oi!

Their mail server is probably down and there's noone there at the weekend to
fix it... oh wait hang on... ;)

Mash - 
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"He's dead, Jim.  You get his phaser, I'll grab his wallet."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: stephen@thwaity.freeserve.co.uk
> [mailto:stephen@thwaity.freeserve.co.uk]
> Sent: 15 February 2000 17:07
> To: afb@egroups.com
> Subject: [afb] POLL: The Orange Colour Scheme
> 
> What do you thin about the orange colour scheme used in the magazine?

BZZZZTT! No Date! Poll Cancelled.
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Tagline Wanted, Reasonable Rates...

Hello Nick

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering

> Hi,
> 
>> i have a 32x IDE cd-rom drive and it does something quite weird , it
>> scratches the cd"s with a perfectly straight line inner to outer and
> it
>> looks like someone has slashed it with a knife 
>> 
>> is anyone else getting this prob ? anyone now what's causing it?    
> 
> Sounds like something has got inside the drive and is scratching it,
> this is rather strange and isn't doing much good to your CDs by the
> sounds of it!  Open the drive's tray and give a good hard blow; that
> may dislodge the offending scratcher :) and solve your problem.

I have just got from a shop a can of compressed air and i have sprayed
it, hopefully it's done the job 

oh and i am using a old audio cd to test it so no AFCD are being
destroyed 

-- 
Adam james

> -----Original Message-----
> From: adam james [mailto:adam.james@eidosnet.co.uk]
> Sent: 15 February 2000 11:18
> To: afb@egroups.com
> Subject: [afb] Re: Cd-rom prob
> 
> oh and i am using a old audio cd to test it so no AFCD are being
> destroyed 

What CD?
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""

Hello Gerald

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote:

> PS. I just finished reading 'Complicity' by Iain Banks, nice to see the 
> Amiga getting a mention :)

Is it a good or bad mention?

Regards

        Sandy

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Hello,

Don't know if anyone else has noticed, but uk.aminet.net/~aminet seems to be
working again.


Regards,

        Sandy

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Hello Sandy

Sandy Brownlee wrote:


> 
> Hello Gerald
> 
> On 15-Feb-00, you wrote:
> 
> > PS. I just finished reading 'Complicity' by Iain Banks, nice to see the
> > Amiga getting a mention :)
> 
> Is it a good or bad mention?
> 
> Regards
> 
>         Sandy
> 
> --
I have read that one to, It's a good mention, IIRC the Amiga was running
some kind of uber game that was also on PC's and very addictive apparently.
The book was first printed back in 1993 and set around 1990, I think.

Arran

I watched as Wesley Potter hammered "[afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?" out
on their keyboard...

> 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

Having just got an e-mail from Weird Science saying that they can't register
the normal Miami anymore, due to OS3.5 being released (go figure, seeing as
all it has is a demo version), possibly that?

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<sb>
<sb>Mother Nature is a bitch.

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

> 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 ...

Yeah, well it happens to me and a few other people....a friend of mine also
had exactly the same problem on prestel.

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I watched as Jonathan Day hammered "[afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?" out on
their keyboard...

> Hi Errol
>> 
>> I know what it's going to be! (says Errol with a big grin on his
> face!)
>> 
> Is that a big grin because you know, or because it`s a hellofa proggy?
> Or both?

> Jon, wandering if you`ve signed a NDA

Another thought, PFS3 seeing as it had quite bad sales from what I remember?

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

>> Any chance you could CC it to me too?

> Why oh why do people insist on using this list for this, rather than
> simply sending mail to the person that will be able to do it for them?!

Um...now I'm gonna get flamed for a single line answer....Sorry, didn't mean
to send it to the list, hit "Send Now" before changing the address...

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Hodger [mailto:rick.thehub@bigfoot.com]
> Sent: 15 February 2000 11:17
> To: afb@egroups.com
> Subject: [afb] Re: Worms DC
> 
> Um...now I'm gonna get flamed for a single line 
> answer....Sorry, didn't mean
> to send it to the list, hit "Send Now" before changing the address...

I make that a 3-line Answer...
This is a one-line answer... no it's not... D'oh!
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Sandy Brownlee said, 

> Don't know if anyone else has noticed, but uk.aminet.net/~aminet seems to be
> working again.

It's working, but then it always has been. But it's still not been
updated for seven months

    RECENT     13481 05-Jul-99 12:00:00a ----rw-d


Neil
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Hello Sandy

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering

> Hello,
> 
> Don't know if anyone else has noticed, but uk.aminet.net/~aminet seems
> to be working again.
> 
> 
Good to here but personally i use the Germany Paderborn site which IMHO
is fast 
-- 
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Hello Robert

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering


>> oh and i am using a old audio cd to test it so no AFCD are being
>> destroyed =

> =

> What CD?

People dont flame me for this , The cd is Gary Glitters - rock and roll w=
hich in my opinion deserves to be scratched to death  =


-- =

Adam james

> -----Original Message-----
> From: adam james [mailto:adam.james@eidosnet.co.uk]
> Sent: 15 February 2000 18:56
> To: afb@egroups.com
> Subject: [afb] Re: Cd-rom prob
> 
> Hello Robert

Hi Adam

> >> oh and i am using a old audio cd to test it so no AFCD are being
> >> destroyed 
> > 
> > What CD?
> 
> People dont flame me for this , The cd is Gary Glitters - 
> rock and roll which in my opinion deserves to be scratched to death  

Okay, Scratch Away, and if that fails to stop Mr. Glitter, Boil the CD for
an hour. It'll turn into a Hemisphere with a flat bottom to use as an
ashtray. :))
-- 
Robert Johnston (A.C.P.)
Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers
0870 727 4020 x657
Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk
D'you wanna be in my gang? Oh no!

Hello Nick

On 14-Feb-00, you wrote:

> 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.

It Should take 1-3 day's as it's not guaranteed
next day, maybe you ought to cancel the cheque and
send another!!

> 
> This is a ridiculous question i know....
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Nick.
> 

-- 
Regards, Steve 
-----------------------------------------
A600,  Apollo 68030 33Mhz,  16mb Fast Ram,
Running OS3.5
800mb IDE hard drive, 4x IDE Mitsumi CDrom drive
Amiga Fax Modem, Epson LQ100+ Printer
Commodore MPS 1270 Inkjet Printer
Cumana Second Disk Drive.

Getting an A1200, at last!
-----------------------------------------

On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 06:27:01PM +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote:

> It's working, but then it always has been. But it's still not been
> updated for seven months
> 
>     RECENT     13481 05-Jul-99 12:00:00a ----rw-d

Which is around the time that Sunsite was hacked. They still hadn't
reenabled most of their CGI scripts last time I checked, and it's possible
that nobody's ever got round to restarting the Aminet mirroring (since it
isn't in their main Mirrors directory). You could always mail
wizards@doc.ic.ac.uk and ask...

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@cam.ac.uk

Adam James wrote:

>> 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

Nice open mind you have there...  :/

What about us Mac filth - any problems?  :)

(And as for that Amiga trash...)  ;)

Regards,
Jonny.

Hi Peter

> > 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
>
> I personally think it is that excellent program Deluxe Paint III - WITH
> THE ART DISK!!!!

Disk singular?  I've got two, and I still never tire of seeing that guy on
the unicycle juggling the (old) Electronics Art logo.  Juggling Dan I
think his name was...

Lovely job
--
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WWW: http://www.furmanskinet.connectfree.co.uk
ICQ: 51206302

This week's lie: Blood is red due to its high paint content (around 35% by
volume).

Hi Adam

> >> i have a 32x IDE cd-rom drive and it does something quite weird , it
> >> scratches the cd"s with a perfectly straight line inner to outer and
> > it
> >> looks like someone has slashed it with a knife
> >>
> >> is anyone else getting this prob ? anyone now what's causing it?
> >
> > Sounds like something has got inside the drive and is scratching it,
> > this is rather strange and isn't doing much good to your CDs by the
> > sounds of it!  Open the drive's tray and give a good hard blow; that
> > may dislodge the offending scratcher :) and solve your problem.
>
> I have just got from a shop a can of compressed air and i have sprayed
> it, hopefully it's done the job

Normally at this point I'd recite my theory about how silly *buying*
compressed *air* is.  But I can't be arsed, so I'll leave it at that and
let you lot figure it out for yourselves :-)

Lovely job
--
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WWW: http://www.furmanskinet.connectfree.co.uk
ICQ: 51206302

This week's lie: Blood is red due to its high paint content (around 35% by
volume).

Hmm.What about Tony Horgans 12" release. perhaps it could be that?

 As an x muso I understand how hard it can be to shift music
commercially.

 Our band had a thousand copys of a single nicked from storage once. I
never noticed they had disappeared until the police called me to say
that theyed been found still in their cartons.

 AT THE LOCAL TIP.

 The pop industry is a very cruel place.

 One day I might tell you about spending two years writing and
producing a rock opera on our digital studio controlled by two Amigas
and an awful lot of expensive studio kit.
I've even considered putting the lot into MP3 and putting it on my web
site but encoding it would be torture.


Very Best Regards To All

Malcolm Campbell <ticksoft@freesiteuk.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Richard,

> > You might also like to consider adding Free4all in there as well..
> > http://www.free4all.co.uk
>
> It's been listed for months.

Looks like most of the plugging for Free4all has been done by Richard, but
I'm not sure why on your site you say "only let down by the complex
sub-domain names allocated to users who want to use the web space".

It seems very easy to me, to use one of my addresses as an example, the
address is sills@thecomputer.co.uk so the webspace to go with it would be
http://www.sills.thecomputer.co.uk/

Also, the Amiga setup info on our site has just been updated, along with the
rest of the site :)


Regards,

Andy

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 Connected via Free4all - http://www.free4all.co.uk - Supporting the Amiga
--

Hello Neil

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote:

>> Don't know if anyone else has noticed, but uk.aminet.net/~aminet seems to
>> be working again.
> 
> It's working, but then it always has been. But it's still not been
> updated for seven months

I've been unable to connect to it for that long, and the web version used to
come up with a page saying something like "normal service will be resumed
ASAP."

It's definitely been updated now, though- my game, which I uploaded to
de.aminet.net a couple of months ago is on there.

Regards

        Sandy

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Website: http://www.brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk
Sent using YAM 2.0
----------------------------------
Taglies always lie.

Hello Ben

On 15-Feb-00, Ben Vost wrote:

> Hi Vincenzo,
> 
>> I did not understand from the review of Pagestream4 if a full
>> printed manual comes with it.
> 
> Sorry, no it doesn't yet. Nor up-to-date online docs.

Yet?! So I am assuming they will send you one later.

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

Hello all,
 as the mag seems a little short on material, how about a feature on what
rreaders use thier miggies for 
    I use mine as part of my Amateur radio hobby I have a home made
interface that plugs into the parallel port which is then connected to the
speaker output on a receiver and using Microfax (#DEMO & recieve only
available from AARUG# ) I can receive colour pictures from around the world 
as well as weather maps 
    I also use AmiCom3 which is for Packet radio ( simler to the old phone
BBs system) 
    most of the old amateur software was free and most will work on 060s 

Ready built interfaces can be obtained from
#http://www.anglefire.com/ok/g8slb
#
    I regually use my Amiga 1200T(for digitising the pictures /pro-grab24/) 
and A1500 (sending and recieving over the radio) during Jamboree On The Air
weekends (*Scouting is another of my past times)
*
    The looks on their faces when they see what these machines can do is
brilliant, my next task is to build an interface that uses the joystick
port so that I can use just the 1200 to do both jobs at once /dull thud as
their jaws hit the floor ;-)
/
                        Kind regards Andy


#http://www.glassman.ukf.net#

ps lets all brag about our systems it makes us feel good
pps please dont have a go at me its just a suggest

Cze!!!,

Hello! I'm new on this list, so I would like to introduce my self. My name
is Grzegorz (Gregory or something like that), I'm from Poland. I'm amiga
user - my config is like in signature.  So.... OK, I have nothing else to
say... Bye ;D

PS. I don't know that it's forbiden to send mails like this, so if it is -
I'm sorry. And sorry about my strange english - but I'm still learning ;D

Z powaaniem...      Grzegorz Kaszuba
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<tsb>@@
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<tsb>Amiga1200T ks3.1, Apollo 040/40 , CV64/3D, Zorro4, 
<tsb>FastATA2/EIDE, HD 8.4GB/2.1GB, CDx24, LS-120, SD+FF, 




---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nowa promocja w Long Play - bez wzgldu na to co kupujesz - moesz cakowicie 
za darmo otrzyma 5 pyt CD, ktre sam wybierzesz. Pierwszego marca ogoszenie
wynikw! Odwiedz LP: http://www.lp.pl 

Czoem * <dporter@shadowss.screaming.net>*!
Dnia 14-Lut-00 napisae fantastyczn notk na temat:"*[afb] Amiga & Realaudio*"
> 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)

Try unrealaudio - Aminet.

To _by_ fajny list...(i nie wmawia mi, e nie! ;D)
-- 
<tsb>= =
<tsb>@@
<tsb>-------------------o00--(_)--00o-------------------
<tsb>Amiga1200T ks3.1, Apollo 040/40 , CV64/3D, Zorro4, 
<tsb>FastATA2/EIDE, HD 8.4GB/2.1GB, CDx24, LS-120, SD+FF, 




---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nowa promocja w Long Play - bez wzgldu na to co kupujesz - moesz cakowicie 
za darmo otrzyma 5 pyt CD, ktre sam wybierzesz. Pierwszego marca ogoszenie
wynikw! Odwiedz LP: http://www.lp.pl 

Hmmm, let's see....
poor sales...the producers has all but left the market...

Is it Netconnect3, Mark?

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On 15-Feb-00, Daniel wrote this:

> poor sales...the producers has all but left the market...

Hmm, Active software has become a 'Developer' and all retail is now done
though eyetech I tink.

> Is it Netconnect3, Mark?

I doubt very much its Net Connect 3, Seeing as all the programs seem to be
under active development.
-- 
Mark 'tecno' Wilson  

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

On 15 Feb 00, at 16:46, Sandy Brownlee wrote:

>> PS. I just finished reading 'Complicity' by Iain Banks, nice to see the 
>> Amiga getting a mention :)
> 
> Is it a good or bad mention?

Just a mention... like "We played XXX on my friend's Amiga". Not an 
exact quote, or anything near it, but it was that kind of thing. Given 
that it was written in the early 90s though, it shouldn't be too 
surprising.

Bauglir

On 15 Feb 00, at 18:20, Arran Smalley wrote:

> I have read that one to, It's a good mention, IIRC the Amiga was running
> some kind of uber game that was also on PC's and very addictive apparently.
> The book was first printed back in 1993 and set around 1990, I think.

Should be quite easy to date when it was set, given that in the book 
he's considering upgrading his PC to a 486, which at the time would 
have been a top-spec machine. So pre-Pentium days, then.

A film of the book is due out soon, wonder if it'll still be set back 
then, or if they'll have brought the computers and games up-to-date? 
No doubt if they did they would use iMacs.

Bauglir

Greetings  Paul 

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Hi Alexander,

>> > 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

>> I found that with Amftp if you tried to upload mre than one file it
>> would do as you say

> I used to find that a pain too. Then I discovered the holiness that
> is DOpus FTP... ;)

Dopus is cool for FTP, but 5.5 doesn't copy folders, which is
irritating (does Magellan? I plan to finaly upgrade after I've bought
ImageFX), and the reason i use FTPmount along with FBACK instead.

> Paul Laycock

Regards

Andy
-- 
<andy.k2@ukonline.co.uk>
Imagine textures and a few pictures@<http://esox.cjb.net>
/PGP Key available on request/

Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.
-- Mark Twain

Greetings  Ben 

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Hi Paul,

>> But what about the fact that the software may act as competition
>> against other pieces of software in the market?

> Not much chance of that for any of the three(/four) titles that we
> have had, or will have...

And if it's productivity software. . . Can't have too many tools IMO

> All the best,
Regards

Andy
-- 
<andy.k2@ukonline.co.uk>
Imagine textures and a few pictures@<http://esox.cjb.net>
/PGP Key available on request/

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will
pick himself up and carry on...
-- Winston Churchill

Greetings  Armin 

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote:

> On 15. Feb 2000 Chris Millar wrote:

> <snip>

>> My vote goes for.....

>> DiskSalv 4

> Yes, that would have been nice.

> However, it will probably be something like DrawStudio.

> It is with a bittersweet taste in my mouth, though,
> knowing that whatever program, it probably never will
> be bugfixed/upgraded anymore.

Drawstudio hasn't seen a bugfix/upgrade for many a moon. Crying shame,
really. It's a really good bit of software that's screaming out for
a few more features and the odd fix. . .

> Regards,

> Armin

Regards

Andy
-- 
<andy.k2@ukonline.co.uk>
Imagine textures and a few pictures@<http://esox.cjb.net>
/PGP Key available on request/

Always remember that you are unique.  Just like everyone else.

Greetings  Nick 

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Hi,

>> At least tell us what type of software it is! text, graphic, DTP,
> 3d...?
>> 
>> os3.5? ;)

> Oooooh so close, actually it's Workbench 1.2 in its full crowing
> blue and orange glory... ;)

> Or could easily be Lightwave 5, (yeah right) perhaps Draw Studio 2
> (I reckon that's what it is...), or even Final Writer '97 (ooooh
> that'd be good!).

In the first message in this thread, Ben said the geezer was about
ready to leave (i.e. still here :)); the 3 you mention left a moon or two ago. 

> All the best,

> Nick.




Regards

Andy
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Imagine textures and a few pictures@<http://esox.cjb.net>
/PGP Key available on request/

Adam,

You asked me:
> so if it was 50 pages would you stil subscribe to it ?

I'll reply: The mag probably wouldn't go down to 50 pages because, as
Ben Vost says - it's because of the current lack of hardware which we
all hope will improve.

> if it works out a lot cheaper then i will subscribe 

It should work out cheaper. Under $4 per issue.

> Af is a good mag , why dont neil bothwick have his own page :-)

He does. I am finding his JavaScript tutorial very useful.

Hello,

Yet another stupid IDE zip drive problem.

Setup:
IDE Zip 100 via Eyetech 4 way Adapt running via IDEFix On OS3.5

Problem:
If I insert a Zip disk in the drive and press eject, it will normally eject.
Put the disk back in again and it will not let me eject (sometimes does
that the first time) there are no assigns or anything on the disks set up
or any programs being run. It will not me eject even after a reset (Total
Powerdown needed) Has anyone got any ideas ??

Cheers In Advance

Sam Thomas





ICQ = 64489402 = Stom

Gerald Mellor wrote:

<snip>

> 
> A film of the book is due out soon, wonder if it'll still be set back
> then, or if they'll have brought the computers and games up-to-date?
> No doubt if they did they would use iMacs.
> 
> Bauglir
> 

I didn't know about the film. They should keep it at that date because
there are numerous other things in the book that attach it to the early nineties.
I thought he went for a laptop, in which case they will probably go for iBooks.
If they can get hold of any. ;-)
What will they replace the A500 with? (lame attempt keep on topic)

Arran

Is there any way that the Amiga can play and stream .axf files?
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Hi Bauglir

> > Jon, wandering whether it was ever settled whether as being D`oh or
> > Doh...
>
> *wondering if you'll post again to correct your spelling of
"wondering"*
> ;)
>
:-, twice too, can`t blame it on a typo :-(

Jon

Hello Simon

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering

> Adam,
> =

> You asked me:
>> so if it was 50 pages would you stil subscribe to it ?
> =

> I'll reply: The mag probably wouldn't go down to 50 pages because, as
> Ben Vost says - it's because of the current lack of hardware which we
> all hope will improve.

it was just the SHOCK of seeing my favorite mag so thin =


> =

>> if it works out a lot cheaper then i will subscribe =

> =

> It should work out cheaper. Under $4 per issue.

is that =A33 UK Pounds =


> =

>> Af is a good mag , why dont neil bothwick have his own page :-)
> =

> He does. I am finding his JavaScript tutorial very useful.
> =

his tutorials are great =


I mean a big ad of his ISP service =


i have downloaded from aminet a few of neil"s arexx scripts and they ROCK=
 :-) =


-- =

Adam james

Hello,

Ia an email the other day someone mention ftpmount to view ftp sites via the
usual workbench interface. I downloaded it off the internet and have
installed it, but i am having problems:

opening the wuarchive in the hosts dir doeas not start the ftpmount thing
but if i do a 'List ftp:WuArchive' it works, also if i oven a file
requester (requestfile) and type in 'ftp:wuarchive' it opens so the only
thing that does not seem to work is the workbench drawer method

B.T.W I am running OS3.5, is this the problem? if so is there a fix?


Cheers

Sam Thomas


ICQ = 64489402 = Stom

> > It should work out cheaper. Under $4 per issue.
> 
> is that =A33 UK Pounds 

Oops! I did mean to say 'under =A34' - I guessed the amount.

Andy Kinsella said, 

> Dopus is cool for FTP, but 5.5 doesn't copy folders, which is
> irritating (does Magellan?

The FTP module was completely rewritten for Magellan, the 5.5 was wasn't
much more than an ARexx script. Recursive copying is one of the many
features that was added.

> and the reason i use FTPmount along with FBACK instead.

Confession time. When I wrote that article, I had already switched to
using Magellan's FTP, but couldn't write about that because it was still
in beta testing :)


Neil
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On 16-Feb-00 Andy Kinsella wrote:

> Drawstudio hasn't seen a bugfix/upgrade for many a moon. Crying shame,
> really. It's a really good bit of software that's screaming out for
> a few more features and the odd fix. . .

It would be nice to see this program resurrected & updated - it is just
the type of program Id need to do CorelDraw-type stuff (like webpage
banners etc). Some old CUCD (16?) had V2lite and I played around with
it a bit; very nice.

I guess Ive got to go for ImageFX instead...

- Jani
-- 
"The capacity of technology to modify the definition of humanity"

Hi Ben

> is Ben playing it down? :)  No I didn't know WBench 3.0 was on the
AFCD
> > each month, but I already have that so it's not that much of a free
> > goody! :))
>
> No, but it's handy if you corrupt a disk, or can't find them. That was
the
> point. I couldn't get 3.1 because Petro wanted a licence fee for it.

It`s OK, my backups and the originals are all stored away in a safe
place.  Now if only I could remember where that is... ;-)

Well we certainly have something to look forward to now.  Wow, an
exclusive in the mag. ;-)

Is there going to be a ban or a prize for the first person to tell afb
what this mystery programme is?

Jon

Hi Ben

> > It is with a bittersweet taste in my mouth, though,
> > knowing that whatever program, it probably never will
> > be bugfixed/upgraded anymore.
>
> Bingo! The only I'm keen to do this right now is that a) I know these
> programs will never be developed further anyway, thus removing the
argument
> that full coverdisk software is killing the Amiga market and b) that
I'm
> probably paying the authors more money than they've received in the
last
> year for their software. :(
>
So long as the program doesn`t have a competitor that`s still in
development, even if it is a poorer product.

IMO, that`s the problem with giving away full games, or games going
freeware - Blade etc: we spend time on those instead of buying other
games to pass the time.

Jon

Hi Rick

> Another thought, PFS3 seeing as it had quite bad sales from what I
remember?

I for one would upgrade from PFS2 if only they would drop the upgrade
price a little.  PFS2 has never fallen over on me once.  I know Greed
would expect most sales of v3 to go to upgraders and they need to earn
some money, but even so.

Jon

Hi Kev

> > Jon, wandering whether it was ever settled whether as being D`oh or
> > Doh...
>
> It's actually D'oh, not D`oh ....

So what`s the difference then, apart from one slopes?

And how do you get the none-sloping one on an Amiga (My A4000 and A1200
both only have ` and ")?  (before someone points it out, I know I used a
PC to send this) ;-)

> And (while I'm at it) you were "wondering" that, not "wandering" ...

My mind was wandering tho ;-)

> And you used "whether" twice in the same sentance.
>
> Kev, strangely picky this morning ...

Well now you know why I failed my GCSE English.  (It was possible in
those days).  But "sentance"?...

Jon

Hi Ben
>
> > First off, please don`t slam me for the apostraphy, don`t want to
start
> > that thread again  :-)
>
> > Secondly, what`s happening with the surveys?  Have you organised it
with
> > someone else?
>
> Sorry, I dropped the ball on it, I still have them here.

Do you want my address then?  Is it happening [dude]?  Don`t bother with
the mail bombs tho cos I`ll probably give you my work address ;-)

Jon

Sandy Brownlee said, 

> Hello Neil

>>> Don't know if anyone else has noticed, but uk.aminet.net/~aminet seems to
>>> be working again.
>> 
>> It's working, but then it always has been. But it's still not been
>> updated for seven months

> I've been unable to connect to it for that long, and the web version used to
> come up with a page saying something like "normal service will be resumed
> ASAP."

There was a period when connecting was difficult., The network was being
upgraded and they reduced the limit on anonymous logins.

> It's definitely been updated now, though- my game, which I uploaded to
> de.aminet.net a couple of months ago is on there.

None of the game directories are dated later than 06-Jul-99. could it be
an older version on uk.aminet.net? What's the URL?


Neil
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too dark to read.

Sam Thomas said, 

> opening the wuarchive in the hosts dir doeas not start the ftpmount thing
> but if i do a 'List ftp:WuArchive' it works, also if i oven a file
> requester (requestfile) and type in 'ftp:wuarchive' it opens so the only
> thing that does not seem to work is the workbench drawer method

You're opening the wrong directory. The directories in FTPMountDir:hosts
are for configuring the servers. You connect using the directories in FTP:


Neil
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The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
http://www.wire.net.uk
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On 16 Feb 00, at 0:57, Jonathan Day wrote:

>> It's actually D'oh, not D`oh ....
> 
> So what`s the difference then, apart from one slopes?

Only one of them, ', is an apostrophe. The other's a backtick, 
according to Neil :)

> And how do you get the none-sloping one on an Amiga (My A4000 and A1200
> both only have ` and ")?  (before someone points it out, I know I used a
> PC to send this) ;-)

IIRC (I'm using a PC here too) you can get ' on an Amiga keyboard 
by pressing Alt+`

Could be wrong though, my memory for stuff like that isn't too good :)

Bauglir

Hi Andy,

> Greetings  Armin

> On 15-Feb-00, you wrote:

>> On 15. Feb 2000 Chris Millar wrote:

>> <snip>

>>> My vote goes for.....

>>> DiskSalv 4

>> Yes, that would have been nice.

>> However, it will probably be something like DrawStudio.

>> It is with a bittersweet taste in my mouth, though,
>> knowing that whatever program, it probably never will
>> be bugfixed/upgraded anymore.

> Drawstudio hasn't seen a bugfix/upgrade for many a
> moon.  Crying shame, really. It's a really good bit of
> software that's screaming out for a few more features
> and the odd fix. . .

It is embarrassing, as I did nothing to support the brothers.
And now, because this tool is no longer available,
I end up wishing Ben would buy it for the AFCD.
It feels like entering a cul-de-sac.
A dead end.

Better take a few weeks off, trying to forget about the
whole sordid mess, me thinks.
Bye.


Regards,

Armin

> ps lets all brag about our systems it makes us feel good

I have...

Amiga A4000
1 of IDE Zip Drive
1 of 8x SCSI2 Plextor CD ReWriter
3 of UDMA-66 Hard drives (1 6.4Gb IBM, 1 3.2Gb Samsung, 1 2.1Gb
Quantumn)
3 of IDE CDROM Drives (1 48x Creative, 1 32x LG, 1 36x Sony)
19" Digital IBM flatscreen monitor
other stuff aswell...but that's all i can be arsed to say at 2am!

more when I feel like it!

oh, and all I use my amiga for is to show off really - and make PC
hardware shop owners look stupid in front of their customers! (I'm good
at arguing - and at winning!)
that bloke was well surprised when I told him the 8x Plextorwriter
worked fine on my Amiga!
should of seen how stupid he looked when his faced turned into a god
damn cherry!

you get my drift anyway....

Pete.

Well, I've been freelance-typing for someone, and one of my at the magazine
suggested a fee I should charge the guy according to the number of
characters I type. Great, I thought, until just a few minutes ago when I
realized that Final Writer 97 doesn't have a character count in its
"Statistics" thing, unlike Microsquish Turd.... [boy, that sounds mature!]

Anyway...anybody know of any macros for Final Writer that will count
characters? Or a program that will count 'em in an ASCII file? I checked
Aminet, no luck.

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Hello adam

On 15-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Hello Robert
>  
> People dont flame me for this , The cd is Gary Glitters - rock and roll
> which in my opinion deserves to be scratched to death
> 
Naw, the CD never did any harm but...........

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I am hoping that someone on this list (Ben or Rich) could explain why Cathy
McKinnon was given the title    ' Cathy "Rabbit Syndrome" McKinnon' in the
100th issue of AF?
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Hello Jonathan

On 16-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Adam James wrote:
> 
>>> 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
> 
> Nice open mind you have there...  :/
> 
> What about us Mac filth - any problems?  :)
> 
> (And as for that Amiga trash...)  ;)
> 
> Regards,
> Jonny.

I thought it was PC pillocks and Spectrum scum?


Jeremy Spring Powered by an 040 4000 with a stuffed internal clock but
potloads of memory
and so on.

> Hello Jonathan
> 
> On 16-Feb-00, you wrote:
> 
> > Adam James wrote:
> > 
> >>> 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
> > 
> > Nice open mind you have there...  :/
> > 
> > What about us Mac filth - any problems?  :)
> > 
> > (And as for that Amiga trash...)  ;)
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Jonny.
> 
> I thought it was PC pillocks and Spectrum scum?
> 
> 
> What about when all the next gen consoles users drop in or
>haven't they got the software for that yet?
>Tony (newbie)
 
 
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On 22-Feb-00, Mikey C wrote:

>> amiga site, so maybe he is to blame. search engines dont give any
>> results
>> either 

> Not on search engines? 

Absolutley nothing. Yahoo, no. Lycos, no. Altavista about 150 matches
down....

> think I'll treat this post with the conptempt
> it deserves.

Grabs dictionary........ Oi! I'm trying to hep the site and all you can do
is have a go at me, naff off!

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ERROR: D3F2: Replace user and press any key to continue.

On 22-Feb-00, Tudor Davies wrote:

> 1. Cos fewtch/AF don't have the money to pay the authors/publishers to do
> it.
> 2. IT'S ILLEGAL - PIRACY DON'T YOU KNOW- DUH!

A broken leg isn't a good excuse for not remembering previous posts ;)

1) these are free
2) these are legal

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On 22-Feb-00, Andy Mills wrote:

>> Quit blaming us, how about his lack of plugging? I'd never heard of his
>> site until a couple of days ago, and Ive never seen a link to it on any
>> other amiga site, so maybe he is to blame. search engines dont give any
>> results either

> So, you've *never* seen the 88x33 yellow AYP button link? 

No, and if I did then isn't there a good chance I'd have mearly glanced over
it because I~d have though its for the actual yellow pages?

> Or run a
> website, other than your `homepage'....

I do only run my website, why would I run someone else's?

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On 22-Feb-00, Nick Lamburn wrote:

> Guilty as charge your honour! :)

I would hand cuff you, but someone would accuse me of being horrible to
people who like S&M...

>> In reply to both of you smug goites

> I wasn't being smug, just backing up Ben! :)

same difference ;)

> A standard PAL or NTSC Interlace screen has a refresh of 25Hz which
> means that the screen is updated 25 times a second, this is how

Although because of these interlace fields, its actually 50fps which is why
a tv picture looks smoother than a film =)

> If Hz wasn't there then it could indeed mean the monitor has an 80
> refresh rate, 80 what?  Elephants, Kangaroos? :)  You can indeed have

Kiwis

Mash - new site comming soon!
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Authors do it by the book.

Hi Oliver

> I am looking to get a PCMCIA network card to add my A1200 into my home LAN
> (in anticipation of cable modems).

Oi!, thats my question!

Thats exactly what I need to know, any 100mbit pcmcia card for the 1200 (not
bnc)

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What a guy! --Lister.

 The drive arrived yesterday and is working with its internal
termination on. It`s only mounted as a CD at the moment as I have not
got any cutting software except the pc stuff that came with it.
 The manual says that it supports DAO, TAO, SAO and packet writting.
Does any of the cd burning software on the amiga support all (or most)
of these. I was going to try this drive with the make CD demo that was
on AF a while ago as it supports the 4416 does any body see any
problems with this ?

Thank you for your help

Chris Bayliss

In AF134 the Eyetech advert claims that DCE are producing 
some BlizzardVision graphics cards under license from 
phase5.  While I don't really know if this has actually 
happened, I had to check out DCE's website.  

On the DCE website (http://www.dcecom.de/) they also 
advertise Blizzard PPCs, Cyberstorm PPCs as well as 68k 
accelerators and other interesting stuff including a 
hardware MPEG audio decoder that I've never heard of.  
Maybe this stuff (the PPC and gfx cards I mean) has never 
actually been manufactured and has just been 'advertised' 
on the site for a while, but the website is dated 2000.

Are DCE actually going to make these PPC cards?

If not, why not, considering the supposedly huge number of 
back orders for the phase5 PPC cards?  If they can do the 
Blizzard 68k range then why not PPC?

--
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Heriot-Watt University

Hi Chris,

>  The drive arrived yesterday and is working with its internal
> termination on. It`s only mounted as a CD at the moment as I have not
> got any cutting software except the pc stuff that came with it.
>  The manual says that it supports DAO, TAO, SAO and packet writting.
> Does any of the cd burning software on the amiga support all (or most)
> of these. I was going to try this drive with the make CD demo that was
> on AF a while ago as it supports the 4416 does any body see any
> problems with this ?

MakeCD, BurnIT, MasterISO. Demos of all of these programs have been on
previous CDs; just use AFCDfind to get 'em.

Paul Laycock

Hi Colin,

> Are DCE actually going to make these PPC cards?

> If not, why not, considering the supposedly huge number of 
> back orders for the phase5 PPC cards?  If they can do the 
> Blizzard 68k range then why not PPC?

Yes, they are. I spoke to Tony at Power the other day and he reckons that
within a couple of weeks they will have:

BVisionPPC
CVisionPPC
CStorm III
CStorm PPC
BlizzardPPC (233MHz 603e with SCSI)

Both CStorms and BPPC will be available with either 040 or 060.

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Hi all,

Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished, so I'm
on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

All the best,
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Hi Ben,

> > Are DCE actually going to make these PPC cards?
> Yes, they are. I spoke to Tony at Power the other day and he reckons
that
> within a couple of weeks they will have:
> 
> BVisionPPC
> CVisionPPC
> CStorm III
> CStorm PPC
> BlizzardPPC (233MHz 603e with SCSI)

Hurray!  Oh, I have waited for this day for so long!

Cheers.

On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Mark wrote:

> Could some kind soul out there e-mail me a copy of the software that
> comes with the Squirrel SCSI interface (the plain one, not the Surf)
> because I'm at college and my disk is at home. I just bought the CD32
> version of Cannon Fodder and need to install the CD32 software that
> came with the Squirrel to be able to play it.

ftp://ftp.hisoft.co.uk/pub/amiga/squirrel/

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> Hi Oliver
> 
> > I am looking to get a PCMCIA network card to add my A1200 into 
> my home LAN
> > (in anticipation of cable modems).
> 
> Oi!, thats my question!
> 
> Thats exactly what I need to know, any 100mbit pcmcia card for 
> the 1200 (not
> bnc)
> 
> Mash - 

Hiya,

Your thread didn't tell me what I wanted to know, mine did. Problem?

Oll

On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:01:02 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote:
> Hi all,

'lo

> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished, so I'm
> on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

How about a joint "getting the most from pcx/fusion/af135 freebie" ?  ;)

Has there been a photogenics tutorial?  Cos I've just bought that.  Or
how's about a series on setting up OS3.5 for optimum use, followed by
patches and things ??

How long do features have to be?  How's about a couple of one-offs like
"getting the most from xyz" where xyz is turboprint or whatever ... ?

Just bouncing a couple of ideas off the walls ...

Kev



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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Stephen Marriott wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Mark wrote:
> 
> > Could some kind soul out there e-mail me a copy of the software that
> > comes with the Squirrel SCSI interface (the plain one, not the Surf)
> 
> ftp://ftp.hisoft.co.uk/pub/amiga/squirrel/

Excellent! Cheers Stephen!

Mark_H

"ben vost" <ben.vos-@futurenet.co.uk> wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=48631
> Hi all,
> 
> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished,
so I'm
> on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?
> 


>Ok, how about AMOS/Blitz Basic ?
Well, you did ask !
> 
> 

Hi Kevin,

>> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished, so
>> I'm on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

> How about a joint "getting the most from pcx/fusion/af135 freebie" ?  ;)

> How long do features have to be?  How's about a couple of one-offs like
> "getting the most from xyz" where xyz is turboprint or whatever ... ?

Okay. the tutorial ideas I want are for "long-term" tutorials, six chapters
or so.

> Has there been a photogenics tutorial?  Cos I've just bought that.  Or
> how's about a series on setting up OS3.5 for optimum use, followed by
> patches and things ??

There hasn't been a photogenics tutorial, but Paul Nolan and I have been
discussing him writing one for us.

A "getting the most from Workbench" kind of thing is also on my list of
possibles, but what would you guys (my very own focus group) want from it?

All the best,
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Hi Mike,

>> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished,
> so I'm
>> on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

>> Ok, how about AMOS/Blitz Basic ?
> Well, you did ask !

Why are you entering your reply inside quotes? Very confusing! Anyway, I'd
rather do something other than programming since very few people seem to do
it...

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Hi Ben

> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished,
so I'm
> on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

Some sort of internet not-for-getting-connected-but-server-y-type thing?

Like setup/using/maintaining a web site using apache (sorry, first
thing that came to mind). Similarly, FTP, IRC server, etc. And you
could work in that other suggestion of internet security that someone
mentioned a couple of days ago. You can always check your stuff without
needing to be online by using the loopback address.

Or would that be too much work/complexity/not big enough audience*
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