eGroups Daily Digest: afb has 100 new messages. Click here http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45843 to read them. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 45843. Ben Vost Re: V 45844. Ben Vost Re: Wasted Dreams - Quality Game 45845. Ben Vost Re: TV-Paint Probs 45846. Tudor Davies Re: Subscriptions revisited 45847. Neil Bothwick Re: java 'n' hex 45848. Kevin Fairhurst Re: G3/G4 cards 45849. Kevin Fairhurst Re: G3/G4 cards 45850. Kevin Fairhurst Re: I, Ron Maiden (was A crappy announcement to h 45851. Ben Vost Re: POLL: Microsoft Office 45852. Matthew J Fletcher Re: Sim City 2000 45853. Kevin Fairhurst New ish 45854. Matthew J Fletcher Re: motherboard revision 45855. Paul Laycock Re: A crappy announcement to have to make 45856. Tudor Davies CDRW Recommendations 45857. Paul Laycock Re: motherboard revision 45858. Matthew J Fletcher Re: G3/G4 cards 45859. Ben Vost Re: java 'n' hex 45860. Tudor Davies Re: New ish 45861. Tudor Davies OT (ish) Mounting brackets 45862. Ben Vost Re: Big games sales (WAS: A crappy announcement t 45863. Kevin Fairhurst Re: G3/G4 cards 45864. Ben Vost Re: I, Ron Maiden (was A crappy announcement to h 45865. Kevin Fairhurst Re: New ish 45866. Matthew J Fletcher Re: OT (ish) Mounting brackets 45867. Eddie Maddock Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending fre 45868. Eddie Maddock Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending fre 45869. Eddie Maddock Re: A crappy announcement to have to make 45870. Eddie Maddock Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending fre 45871. Tudor Davies Re: OT (ish) Mounting brackets 45872. Matthew Fletcher EGROUPS Just Died !!!! 45873. Ben Vost Re: New ish 45874. Ben Vost Re: EGROUPS Just Died !!!! 45875. Kevin Fairhurst Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending fre 45876. Kevin Fairhurst Re: A crappy announcement to have to make 45877. Kevin Fairhurst Re: EGROUPS Just Died !!!! 45878. Ben Vost Apologies 45879. Tudor Davies Re: Apologies 45880. Ben Vost Re: Apologies 45881. Matthew J Fletcher Re: G3/G4 cards 45882. Ben Vost Translucent CDs 45883. Matthew J Fletcher Re: EGROUPS Just Died !!!! 45884. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Translucent CDs 45885. Kevin Fairhurst Re: New ish 45886. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Big games sales (WAS: A crappy announcement t 45887. Matthew J Fletcher Re: OT (ish) Mounting brackets 45888. Rhonda Shaw Re: 68060 Challenge 45889. Vaughn Atkinson Re: CDRW Recommendations 45890. Neil Bullock Re: Apologies 45891. Chris Green Re: New ish 45892. Chris Green Re: Apologies 45893. Neil Bullock Re: New ish 45894. Andrew Sillwood Re: Translucent CDs 45895. Nick Lamburn Re: New ish 45896. Sean Courtney Re: Translucent CDs 45897. Kevin Fairhurst Page 36 of new ish 45898. Sean Courtney Re: CDRW Recommendations 45899. Paul Laycock Re: Big games sales (WAS: A crappy announcement t 45900. Nick Lamburn Checksums, Hard Disks and Money. 45901. Kevin Fairhurst AFCD Problem ... 45902. Ben Vost Re: Page 36 of new ish 45903. Ben Vost Re: Page 36 of new ish 45904. Phil Allen Re: OS 3.5 and memory problems[WARNING] 45905. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Page 36 of new ish 45906. Ben Vost Re: Page 36 of new ish 45907. Christopher Bayliss Re: CD ROM prob 45908. Christopher Bayliss Re: CD ROM prob (the rest of it) 45909. Neil Bothwick Re: CDRW Recommendations 45910. Samuel Byford AF134 45911. Samuel Byford Re: Page 36 of new ish 45912. Samuel Byford Re: Translucent CDs 45913. Ben Vost Re: Page 36 of new ish 45914. riksweeney@hotmail.com Copying left out icon 45915. Paul Laycock BVision delivery status from WhiteKnight 45916. Simon Jenkins Expanding a pic for a wb backdrop 45917. Paul Laycock Re: Copying left out icon 45918. Tom Underwood Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending fre 45919. Rick Hodger Re: G3/G4 cards 45920. Rick Hodger Re: java 'n' hex 45921. Rick Hodger Re: G3/G4 cards 45922. Rick Hodger Re: Connection speeds 45923. roger buckley Re: motherboard revision 45924. Kevin Fairhurst Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending fre 45925. Bert Volders Re: Expanding a pic for a wb backdrop 45926. Kevin Fairhurst Re: G3/G4 cards 45927. Kevin Fairhurst Re: G3/G4 cards 45928. Peter Gordon Re: G3/G4 cards 45929. Alkis Tsapanidis Internet costs 45930. Kevin Fairhurst Re: G3/G4 cards 45931. Peter Gordon Re: Apologies 45932. Peter Gordon Re: Translucent CDs 45933. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Apologies 45934. Sandy Brownlee Snot 45935. Sandy Brownlee CD ROM 45936. Peter Gordon Re: G3/G4 cards 45937. Gerald Mellor Re: Big games sales (WAS: A crappy announcement t 45938. Matthew Garrett Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending fre 45939. Kevin Fairhurst Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending fre 45940. Gerald Mellor Re: New ish 45941. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: New ish 45942. Gerald Mellor Re: Expanding a pic for a wb backdrop ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 45843 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45843 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 09:58:41 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: V MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Matthew, >> So what are you using ? > A mixture of 2.95 and the demo of V=B3 to test my JS How can you be?!"?!?!?! You think MUI's rubbish so you must have deleted = it from your hard drive!?!?!?!?! All the best, -- = Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Good Science: Genetic modification of minks to grow fake fur ------------------------------ message 45844 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45844 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 10:05:28 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Wasted Dreams - Quality Game MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Sam, > BTW, I have read one or two emails refering to MUI v4, is this now out, if > so where from?, How much? and if not when is it coming out?. > I have been hanging on waiting for this instead of registering V3.8 No, it isn't, and there's nothing to say that (in common with many other products) you won't get a free upgrade if you registered for it now and it came out within a month, or that the upgrade would be free, as mine was when I upgraded from 2.2 to 3.0 - 3.8. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Member, National Association For Tagline Assimilators ------------------------------ message 45845 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45845 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 10:07:00 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: TV-Paint Probs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Sam, > I have downloaded the TVPaint program Newteks website and am having some > problems dearcing it onto floppys (like it says to) most of the disks > dearc but disk one refuses. > any ideas?? Use the version of DMS on our CD. Most of the "later" revisions were only hacks, like SnoopDOS 2.0 (1.7 was the last of the console-based ones, then it jumped to 3.0). All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "So, I'm *not* a vampire", Tom reflected. ------------------------------ message 45846 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45846 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 11:10:01 +0100 From: Tudor Davies References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Subscriptions revisited MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ben "Accosts people at computer show" Vost wrote: > For years in fact, but it was always a year's worth in one hit. This will > probably be a quarterly DD. Yeh, but then all those people who complained in the first place will say "I haven't got a bank account, so i can't do direct debit - can we send cash taped to a postcard every quarter?" :) l8r -- Tudor Davies Running Amiga, Mac, PC & Unices Technology in Perfect Harmony tudor@high5.net Visit http://tudor.high5.net Specialist in Internet Security & ISP newtek-solutions@dial.pipex.com Support (RADIUS, Firewalls & Routing) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 45847 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45847 Date: 7 Feb 2000 9:45:23 +0000 From: "Neil Bothwick" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: java 'n' hex MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Paul Cundle said, > Something to add to my last reply. If I do "5/2" or "5\2" it > gives 2 instead of the traditional 2.5 and according to Manual by MAUI > this can't be changed. Also, if you do Eval only does integer stuff. > Eval 2.1 + 4.6 > you might at least expect 6 as an answer, but it prefers the answer 2 Try: rx "say 2.1+4.6" Neil -- Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider http://www.wire.net.uk -- This tagline is umop apisdn ------------------------------ message 45848 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45848 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 10:16:07 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: G3/G4 cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 06 Feb 2000 11:27:28 +0000, Rick Hodger (rick.thehub@bigfoot.com) wrote: > I watched as Kevin Fairhurst hammered "[afb] Re: G3/G4 cards" out on their > keyboard... [snip!] > > Bzzzzt! The 68k emulation would have to boot the miggy. That "slightly > > odd" memory card will conflict with the 020. The PPC will use the same > > data and address lines as the 020 (pretty much) and thus will CONFLICT. > > Without extra hardware on the A1200 m/b you can not have the 020 going and > > another CPU (PPC or 68k or Crusoe or whatever) running the miggy, even if > > the 020 is only used to "boot" the G4 card ... > > Well, I don't know anything about data and address lines, but I can't see it > being an autoconfig card with a ROM. From what I know of the Kickstart > startup (it runs the 020 to do this, it checks for external CPUs, then > memory and then anything else. You'd need to get it to check for "anything > else" before checking for an external CPU, which would mean selling a stack > of rewritten kickstart ROMs with the boards. Well there's that as well then ;) Hmmm so if you want to sell a new CPU card to anyone, do you want them to have to change their roms too? nope. Every day we get another reason as t owhy you can't be using the 020 ;-) > > That's okay in theory, but the problem is still the 020 and the CPU on the > > non auto-config card sharing the same address and data lines. You can't do > > that. What'd be the point of having 68k emulation anyway if you're able to > > use the 020 on the motherboard anyway? ;-) > > Cause a G4 running 68k emulation is hell of a lot faster than a crappy EC020 > :) Hey, I can't believe I didn't think of that! :-) However, one point that has struck me, everyone has been going on about G4s being able to emulate an 060 - but is that what we want, given the fact that kickstart isn't quite compatible with it. So what CPU is it best to emulate? a full 030 with 68882 or an 040 or what? Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45849 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45849 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 10:21:16 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: G3/G4 cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 06 Feb 2000 19:15:23 +0000, Peter Gordon (mrtickle@amiga4k.ndo.co.uk) wrote: > Hi, 'lo > >> I'm sorry but you appear to be speaking with an apparent authority despite an obvious lack of understanding of computer architecture... > > > ROTFL .... said it far better than I could ;-) > > Why thankyou :) np > >> Crap. The 68k emulator doesn't *know *anything. Its just running on the G4. > > > In theory the 68k emulation could be programmed with some AI ... > > Well, personally I can't think of any extra features that would need to be included in the emulation itself. Say for example they included some method of passing values back to native G4 CPU registers, that would mean using opcodes that would be illegal on the 68k range. I'd rather have a 68k emulation with exactly ZERO extras, that way you can make it more compatible with the real thing iyswim. Surely they can add extras that make things better without screwing up the compatibility. You know, new instructions or something that make stuff like context switching or memory sharing between the real and virtual cpu a lot easier ... > > Hey, I'd forgotten that, and I'm using an A4000! :) > > Same here. Nice arent they? :) I'm getting a G4 for mine. Very nice ... i've already got an 060/PPC card for mine (and what a lot of hassle getting THAT was!) so I'm gonna wait on the G4 for now ... > >> Hahaha! When you put +5v into the PPC, it will start up like any processor. Just make the startup vector point to a 68k emulation on a rom the local bus, and it'll start the moment you hit the on switch, before the card has even autoconfigured. So there. :) > > > Yup. Only way to do it. Easiest way to do it too. Thus an incredibly > > sensible way to bloody do it! > > As well as being the cheapest, most secure (antivirus), most reliable and idiotproof way. :) True ... Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45850 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45850 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 10:23:26 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: I, Ron Maiden (was A crappy announcement to have to make) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 6 Feb 2000 21:28:33 -0000, Oliver Masters (oll@masterspiece=2Ecom) = wrote: > > Wait a minute, how on earth did you get to be on stage with > > them?? Did you > > feign illness or did you have a backstage pass or what?? > > > > Oh, and without a comparison I thought Bruce was fine :-P >=20 > Hiya, >=20 > I had a VIP pass :) Bought it outside the gig for =A35=2E=2E=2E=2Ebargain= or what, > then I sold my ticket for =A310=2E Wait a minute =2E=2E=2E you had a (IIRC) =A315 ticket and yet managed to ge= t a VIP pass for a fiver?? You lucky, lucky jailers pet you =2E=2E=2E > Got the pass from a ticket tout who was sold > it by Maidens keyboard player whose name escapes me=2E Did the whole back= stage > lark, met Dave Murray in the toilet (eerrk) did the Heaven Can Wait thing= , > then went to the after show piss up too=2E Bloody good night all round re= ally=2E you goit=2E you jammy jammy goit!! met dave in the lavs though? lol, bet that was funny! and the after-show do? I'm jealous now =2E=2E=2E=2E Kev, wondering when Ben is gonna clamp down on this thread =2E=2E=2E --=20 Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45851 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45851 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 10:24:14 +0000 In-Reply-To: <000f01bf6fda$f1d6c0c0$97929fd4@no1> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: Microsoft Office MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jonathan, > 4 must haves: > o multiple sheets It can do that. > o cell selection via the mouse whilst creating formulas (formulae?) (e.g > click and drag in an @sum)? It can do that. > o H Lookup and V Lookup formula implementation Not sure. > o Decent GUI. TurboCalc 3.5 is really bad. A lot of it is badly organised > and implemented Agreed. TC5's isn't much better it has to be said. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Whhhhooooooooooooooooooooo?!!!?!?! ------------------------------ message 45852 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45852 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 02:42:11 -0800 From: "Matthew J Fletcher" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Sim City 2000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit stephen wrote: > Has anybody out there got Sim City 2000? If you have have do you get the > error "missing resource - text 3000" etc, if you query a library and click > on the ruminate button? > > Yes mine is a legal version of the game but I've had no replies from Epic so > I'm asking here. Yes mine is a legal version to, and yes it still has this bug (amoughst others) rest assured that on the other versions (my mates mac), its nothing amazing or vital to the game anyway. p.s if you want the know a pretty cool cheat, load in a newly created simcity (orignal) save game file, and you will get LOADS of cash. -matthew ------------------------------ message 45853 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45853 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 10:48:57 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] New ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well it still looks good despite the drop in pages - congrats to Rich and Ben for that one I guess. Had a flick through, spotted my typo on the afb page, noticed the picture mix-up on page 18 (pic 2 is the same as pic 3 :), was glad to see point 10 about ROM switching (it's an important point) and I'm now tempted to buy PageStream! Keep it up guys ;) Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45854 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45854 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 02:52:31 -0800 From: "Matthew J Fletcher" In-Reply-To: <87m426$qfu9@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: motherboard revision MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "paul laycock" wrote: > So this means that, if I buy a *new* motherboard, it'll be a 1d4? Damn > it ! I've already got one of those, the main reason I want to buy > another one! You have to remember there are no such things as "new" A1200 motherboards anymore, they are all old stock, but if you get it from Eytech (or someother decent compnay), they should modify the board for you. I havent read all the history to this thread, but IMHO you would be INSANE to buy a 1200 motherboad now, if you want 68k get a boxer, if you have no cash get an old second hand 1200 (=A350 !), or if you have any forwards thinking abilaties hold out for a POP board. -matthew ------------------------------ message 45855 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45855 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 02:57:48 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A crappy announcement to have to make MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Matthew, > > > Just sent off a reg for Visual prefs, maybe I might just do mui and mcp > > aswell? Umm hang on, I just checked the mui reg program, and I'm not > > paying =A320 for it! I'll stick with my limited version until I see what 4.0 > > Ah well, if it's not worth registering, it shouldn't be on your hard drive, > should it? And it *is* worth registering, since you can cinfigure a lot of things which are unavailable in the shareware version. Support Stefan; we need all the good programmers we can get (or should that be keep?). Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 45856 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45856 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:00:25 +0100 From: Tudor Davies X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] CDRW Recommendations MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Right - I have bought the following (2nd hand) - Yamaha 4260 SCSI CDRW - Pioneer 24x SCSI CD (slot) They will be going into an A4000T (040/25) w/ 16mb and OS3.1 I have already found out that these drives are supported by all the different mastering packages, but I wanted a recommendation. Don't refer me to a magazine as I have just read them and that confused me even more :) I need to know what would be the recommended CDFS and mastering s/w to use. I will be doing audio CDs and data CDs and *nothing* clever. thanks -- Tudor Davies Running Amiga, Mac, PC & Unices Technology in Perfect Harmony tudor@high5.net Visit http://tudor.high5.net Specialist in Internet Security & ISP newtek-solutions@dial.pipex.com Support (RADIUS, Firewalls & Routing) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 45857 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45857 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 03:04:41 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: <87m85f$h5ac@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: motherboard revision MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Matthew, > > So this means that, if I buy a *new* motherboard, it'll be a 1d4? Damn > > it ! I've already got one of those, the main reason I want to buy > > another one! > > You have to remember there are no such things as "new" A1200 > motherboards anymore, they are all old stock, but if you get it from > Eytech (or someother decent compnay), they should modify the board for > you. New, untouched, no problems... > I havent read all the history to this thread, but IMHO you would be > INSANE to buy a 1200 motherboad now, if you want 68k get a boxer, if > you have no cash get an old second hand 1200 (=A350 !), or if you have > any forwards thinking abilaties hold out for a POP board. I would get a BoXeR if it was available, but I want this system now! I won't be getting the mobo until next month, so if it is released soon, well, I'll probably buy it. I want to get a G3/G4 card for this new system (eventually, when my funds are healthier!), but, even though phase5 have said that they'll make such cards for the BoXeR, I am some what sceptical. Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 45858 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45858 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 03:05:23 -0800 From: "Matthew J Fletcher" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: G3/G4 cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "kevin fairhurst" wrote: > Hmmm so if you want to sell a new CPU card to anyone, do you want them to > have to change their roms too? nope. Every day we get another reason as t > owhy you can't be using the 020 ;-) Appart from the fact thats its nearly 15 years old ?, and its generally considered to be a bit pants,.. (hell the POP board serial controller does more mips than a 020 !) > However, one point that has struck me, everyone has been going on about G4s > being able to emulate an 060 - but is that what we want, given the fact > that kickstart isn't quite compatible with it. So what CPU is it best to > emulate? a full 030 with 68882 or an 040 or what? You need the full 68882 cos an awfull lot of of code is compiled for it, the 040/060 libs have to emulate some 68882 maths anyway, doing emulation on emulation would be a bit silly. The 030 had the peak number of instructions, before the 040 started to cut down, so thats proably the best bet. With a 030+68882 you dont have that manny caches to constantly flush either. -matthew ------------------------------ message 45859 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45859 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:04:10 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: java 'n' hex MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Matthew, >> If you aren't using a gfx card in 24-bit then they will probably always >> vary. > nope, but if they were both set as the same colour then surely they would > be rendered as the same? You said that one of the colours was in a picture, the other a coloured box in HTML? All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The worst thing about censorship is xxxx xx xxxx xxx, xxxx xx. xxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxx xx xxx xxxx xxxxx, xxx xx xxx xxxxx. ------------------------------ message 45860 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45860 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:07:16 +0100 From: Tudor Davies References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: New ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kev "how early?" Fairhurst wrote: > Well it still looks good despite the drop in pages - congrats to Rich and > Ben for that one I guess. Whaaaat! You have it already? /me calls wife Oh - alright - so have I, I'll read it tonight :) l8r -- Tudor Davies Running Amiga, Mac, PC & Unices Technology in Perfect Harmony tudor@high5.net Visit http://tudor.high5.net Specialist in Internet Security & ISP newtek-solutions@dial.pipex.com Support (RADIUS, Firewalls & Routing) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 45861 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45861 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:11:56 +0100 From: Tudor Davies X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] OT (ish) Mounting brackets MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Right I've got a bundle of kit to put into my A4000T (the working one!), but have hit a snag :( The 5.25" bays use slide rails as part of the mounting brackets. They screw onto the normal bracket and the whole caboodle slides in and then clips into place. However, I have not got any/cannot find these slide rails anywhere. If you have any or can recommend somwhere to get them (Robert!) I need several in a hurry or my drives will be moving around (and thats pants!) cheers -- Tudor Davies Running Amiga, Mac, PC & Unices Technology in Perfect Harmony tudor@high5.net Visit http://tudor.high5.net Specialist in Internet Security & ISP newtek-solutions@dial.pipex.com Support (RADIUS, Firewalls & Routing) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 45862 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45862 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:10:42 +0000 In-Reply-To: <02e801bf70ab$70474260$81959fd4@no1> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Big games sales (WAS: A crappy announcement to have to make) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jonathan, >> All the big games which will probably sell about 500 copies each, max... > Are you serious? Is this about how many copies of WipEout were sold? IIRC, I think only about 300 copies of WipEout were sold, since by then, it was the end of the week following launch and everyone that wanted a pirated version had it by then... :( All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We want *your* reviews of your favourite hardware and software. Get 'em in! ------------------------------ message 45863 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45863 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 11:13:46 +0000 In-Reply-To: <87m8tj$gb8t@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: G3/G4 cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 07 Feb 2000 03:05:23 -0800, Matthew J Fletcher (amimjf@hotmail.com) wrote: > "kevin fairhurst" wrote: > > > Hmmm so if you want to sell a new CPU card to anyone, do you want them to > > have to change their roms too? nope. Every day we get another reason as to > > why you can't be using the 020 ;-) > > Appart from the fact thats its nearly 15 years old ?, and its generally > considered to be a bit pants,.. (hell the POP board serial controller > does more mips than a 020 !) Yeah, evidently some people on here thought that they could use the slow-poke EC020 to get the G4 card going ... sheesh, kids today huh? ;-) > > However, one point that has struck me, everyone has been going on about G4s > > being able to emulate an 060 - but is that what we want, given the fact > > that kickstart isn't quite compatible with it. So what CPU is it best to > > emulate? a full 030 with 68882 or an 040 or what? > > You need the full 68882 cos an awfull lot of of code is compiled for > it, the 040/060 libs have to emulate some 68882 maths anyway, doing > emulation on emulation would be a bit silly. The 030 had the peak > number of instructions, before the 040 started to cut down, so thats > proably the best bet. With a 030+68882 you dont have that manny caches > to constantly flush either. Well that's what I thought, but the 040 is generally considered a better processor, isn't it? And surely "they" can actually put back what Motorolla removed from the silicon, and thus we'd have a hybrid CPU being emulated - an 040 with extra instructions. Okay, you'd need to stop Setpatch doing it's stuff with the 68040.library but that's not difficult, is it? Oh, and if they do go the 030/882 route, are there any problems with that which can be fixed in our funky new emulation? Seems pointless keeping the problems, unless of course there is software which already works around them, and which would break under a fixed CPU ... Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45864 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45864 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:14:10 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: I, Ron Maiden (was A crappy announcement to have to make) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kevin, > Right, if anyone other Iron Maiden fans on here are off to the gig at > Earls Court, email me (in private!!) and we can maybe arrange a few beers > before/after ... Okay, take the Maiden thread off this list now please! All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Good Science: Genetic modification of minks to grow fake fur ------------------------------ message 45865 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45865 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 11:14:33 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20000207120715.B2474@high5.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: New ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:07:16 +0100, Tudor Davies (tudor@high5.net) wrote: > Kev "how early?" Fairhurst wrote: > > > Well it still looks good despite the drop in pages - congrats to Rich and > > Ben for that one I guess. > > Whaaaat! You have it already? Yup > /me calls wife > Oh - alright - so have I, I'll read it tonight :) *grin* Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45866 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45866 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 03:18:23 -0800 From: "Matthew J Fletcher" In-Reply-To: <20000207121156.C2474@high5.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: OT (ish) Mounting brackets MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable tudor davies wrote: > However, I have not got any/cannot find these slide rails anywhere. > If you have any or can recommend somwhere to get them (Robert!) I need > several in a hurry or my drives will be moving around (and thats pants!) Scanning Computer Shopper (sorry), there a a load of PC compaines shelling hd kit stuff, they only cost about =A37. -matthew ------------------------------ message 45867 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45867 From: "Eddie Maddock" Date: 7 Feb 100 01:40:31 -0500 In-Reply-To: <02e701bf70ab$6f86ffa0$81959fd4@no1> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending frenzy? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jon et al, [snips long list in half] :) > > Worms DC > > Uropa 2 > > Gateway 3 (please if anyone knows whats on this let me know) > > Ultimate Super Skidmarks > > > > and all this from NewZealand! > > Golly gosh blimey! It`s only a keyring (although a B5 one at that) ;-) I wonder if you get a name in the hat for each individual > item... If it'll make you all buy more stuff... then yes, you do (says Eddie with his fingers firmly crossed behind his back) In fact, come to think of it, can I put *my* name in the hat as well ? Unfortunately, Ben has cleaned me out of B5 keyrings, but how about if I throw in something Star Wars related ? (what's the betting young Vost says "I've bought something as well" ? ;)) Keep going everyone, five days left and counting. Cheers, Eddie (I was thinking of ordering The Prophet tomorrow. After all the reported problems on it's release, does anyone know if it's working properly now ? And does it like Blizzard 060's ? ...and has anyone got a hat ?) ------------------------------ message 45868 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45868 From: "Eddie Maddock" Date: 7 Feb 100 01:55:10 -0500 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending frenzy? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kev, > > ...although if the winner so desires they can also have my spare > > Camcontrol software, as featured in the PIRACY SUCKS thread (yup, a > > prize that's on topic !) and still sealed in it's original packaging > > with the manual. > > Oooooh, does it work with my Mustek digital camera? Hold on, let's have a look. Well it says on the back of the manual it works with certain Casio, Fuji, Kodak, Minolta, Olympus and - yup - Mustek cameras. Although it only seems to be the Mustek VDC-200P. Whether it'll work with other models, I couldn't say. Still feel lucky ? :) Cheers, Eddie ------------------------------ message 45869 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45869 From: "Eddie Maddock" Date: 7 Feb 100 02:23:09 -0500 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A crappy announcement to have to make MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hold on Mash,=20 =2E=2E=2Edo my eyes deceive me ? =20 > the old one=2E=2E=2E sheesh, another =A30 that'll be just for a mouse!, t= hus Oi ! Who else is giving out prizes ?! Right, I'm raising the stakes=2E The lucky prize winner drawn out on Friday wins the Camcontrol software, an undisclosed item of Star Wars merchandise, AND a brand new official Amiga mouse with logo (picked up a couple dirt cheap last year at WoA and they've just sat in my desk drawer untouched) And there'll be more stuff added (as and when I find it) :) Cheers, Eddie ------------------------------ message 45870 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45870 From: "Eddie Maddock" Date: 7 Feb 100 01:46:00 -0500 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending frenzy? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Paul, > Anyway, to Eddie, "I think I should be put on your list of potential > prize winners because..." (in 100 words or less) > > I've just bought: > Oxypatcher > WormsDC > Vulcanology ('cos it was cheap) > DPaint5 CD ('cos they don't have the floppy one any more) Isn't the empty Zip drive box I'm sending you reward enough ? Gosh, I don't know, some people... ;) Cheers, Eddie ------------------------------ message 45871 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45871 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:23:04 +0100 From: Tudor Davies References: <20000207121156.C2474@high5.net> <87m9lv$egfi@eGroups.com> In-Reply-To: <87m9lv$egfi@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: OT (ish) Mounting brackets MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 03:18:23AM -0800, Matthew J Fletcher wrote: > Scanning Computer Shopper (sorry), there a a load of PC compaines > shelling hd kit stuff, they only cost about 7. Yeah - I went to a computer show yesterday (loads of PC dealers). Half of those asked looked at me with a sort of "duh" look on their face, and the other ones said that they didn't carry them - eeeek! They had lots of 3.5->5.25" brackets but no slide rails. I know that they used to be used on older IBM PS/2 equipment, but that is about it.... l8r -- Tudor Davies Running Amiga, Mac, PC & Unices Technology in Perfect Harmony tudor@high5.net Visit http://tudor.high5.net Specialist in Internet Security & ISP newtek-solutions@dial.pipex.com Support (RADIUS, Firewalls & Routing) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 45872 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45872 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:22:12 +0000 From: Matthew.Fletcher@student.shu.ac.uk (Matthew Fletcher) X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] EGROUPS Just Died !!!! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I very much doubt this will get through,.. but it seems like somebody just pulled the plug from there server !!!! ------ amimjf@connectfree.co.uk http:bounce.to/matts Matthew.Fletcher@student.shu.ac.uk ICQ amimjf 44193496 ------------------------------ message 45873 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45873 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:36:59 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: New ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kevin, > Had a flick through, spotted my typo on the afb page, noticed the picture > mix-up on page 18 (pic 2 is the same as pic 3 :), was glad to see point 10 > about ROM switching (it's an important point) and I'm now tempted to buy > PageStream! 1. Two pics the same: don't know how that happened. That pic is actually pic 3 and pic 2 has gone walkabout. 2. Gald you liked point 10, did you also like me saying to wash your face and hands? 3. All speeeling mistaks orthor's own. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Try this: http://opaldata.com/the_end/index.html ------------------------------ message 45874 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45874 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:39:03 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: EGROUPS Just Died !!!! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Matthew, > I very much doubt this will get through,.. but it seems like somebody just > pulled the plug from there server !!!! Crikey, folk are overly dramatic... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ try this: http://www.theonion.com ------------------------------ message 45875 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45875 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 11:40:04 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending frenzy? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 7 Feb 100 01:55:10 -0500, Eddie Maddock (eddie@maddock.prestel.co.uk) wrote: > Hi Kev, 'lo > > > ...although if the winner so desires they can also have my spare > > > Camcontrol software, as featured in the PIRACY SUCKS thread (yup, a > > > prize that's on topic !) and still sealed in it's original packaging > > > with the manual. > > > > Oooooh, does it work with my Mustek digital camera? > > Hold on, let's have a look. Well it says on the back of the manual it > works with certain Casio, Fuji, Kodak, Minolta, Olympus and - yup - > Mustek cameras. Although it only seems to be the Mustek VDC-200P. > Whether it'll work with other models, I couldn't say. Got me a Mustek VDC-100 so Idon't know ... maybe Oliver Roberts could comment ... ;-) > Still feel lucky ? :) Not as lucky now :( Ta anyway Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45876 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45876 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 11:40:46 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A crappy announcement to have to make MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 7 Feb 100 02:23:09 -0500, Eddie Maddock (eddie@maddock.prestel.co.uk) wrote: > And there'll be more stuff added (as and when I find it) :) Some OS3.0 ROMs that have been sitting in the drawer? ;-) kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45877 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45877 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 11:41:20 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: EGROUPS Just Died !!!! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:22:12 +0000, Matthew Fletcher (Matthew.Fletcher@student.shu.ac.uk) wrote: > I very much doubt this will get through,.. but it seems like somebody just > pulled the plug from there server !!!! well it must be running off a backup generator cos it's working still ... Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45878 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45878 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:42:02 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Apologies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all who have their issues, Apologies for the sellotape fiercely attaching the CD to the cover of the mag. It was supposed to be snot, but I guess something got mixed up... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tagline unfunny. Steal anyway? [Y/n] ------------------------------ message 45879 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45879 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:47:52 +0100 From: Tudor Davies References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Apologies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 11:42:02AM +0000, Ben Vost wrote: > Apologies for the sellotape fiercely attaching the CD to the cover of the > mag. It was supposed to be snot, but I guess something got mixed up... No snot? No SNOT? NO SNOT? SELLOTAPE? BAH! OK - apology accepted :) l8r -- Tudor Davies Running Amiga, Mac, PC & Unices Technology in Perfect Harmony tudor@high5.net Visit http://tudor.high5.net Specialist in Internet Security & ISP newtek-solutions@dial.pipex.com Support (RADIUS, Firewalls & Routing) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 45880 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45880 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:50:18 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20000207124751.A2961@high5.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Apologies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Tudor, >> Apologies for the sellotape fiercely attaching the CD to the cover of the >> mag. It was supposed to be snot, but I guess something got mixed up... > No snot? > No SNOT? > NO SNOT? > SELLOTAPE? > BAH! > OK - apology accepted :) Just cut it off the cover. I tried to peel it off and removed most of the cover with it... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ try this: http://distributed.amiga.org ------------------------------ message 45881 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45881 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 03:53:47 -0800 From: "Matthew J Fletcher" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: G3/G4 cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "kevin fairhurst" wrote: > Yeah, evidently some people on here thought that they could use the > slow-poke EC020 to get the G4 card going ... sheesh, kids today huh? ;-) They were technicly right, but its not important really. Its why the P5 cards HAVE to use a 68k cpu to startup. > Well that's what I thought, but the 040 is generally considered a better > processor, isn't it? And surely "they" can actually put back what > Motorolla removed from the silicon, and thus we'd have a hybrid CPU being > emulated - an 040 with extra instructions. Okay, you'd need to stop > Setpatch doing it's stuff with the 68040.library but that's not difficult, > is it? > > Oh, and if they do go the 030/882 route, are there any problems with that > which can be fixed in our funky new emulation? Seems pointless keeping the > problems, unless of course there is software which already works around > them, and which would break under a fixed CPU ... It doesnt matter what CPU you emulate (you could call it the 070 if you want), as long as it supports all the instructions that normal amiga programs use. There is no requirement to emulate a CPU exactly, you just need a generic 68k cpu emulator. -matthew ------------------------------ message 45882 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45882 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:52:43 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Translucent CDs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, Has anyone who already has AF134 had a look at the CD yet? Can you tell me if you can see through it and whether your drive reads it? All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Try this: http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html ------------------------------ message 45883 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45883 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 03:56:41 -0800 From: "Matthew J Fletcher" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: EGROUPS Just Died !!!! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "kevin fairhurst" wrote: > > I very much doubt this will get through,.. but it seems like somebody just > > pulled the plug from there server !!!! > > well it must be running off a backup generator cos it's working still ... Dough !, but i got exactly the same error message that AWS gives me when i try to acess it after its crashed. -matthew ------------------------------ message 45884 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45884 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 11:58:02 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Translucent CDs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:52:43 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote: > Hi all, 'lo > Has anyone who already has AF134 had a look at the CD yet? I have now > Can you tell me > if you can see through it and whether your drive reads it? Yes and no :( Not one of my three CD drives in my miggy can see it, and my hi-fi spits it out :( Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45885 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45885 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 12:01:49 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: New ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:36:59 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote: > Hi Kevin, 'lo > > Had a flick through, spotted my typo on the afb page, noticed the picture > > mix-up on page 18 (pic 2 is the same as pic 3 :), was glad to see point 10 > > about ROM switching (it's an important point) and I'm now tempted to buy > > PageStream! > > 1. Two pics the same: don't know how that happened. That pic is actually pic > 3 and pic 2 has gone walkabout. I noticed ... the text implies as much :) > 2. Gald you liked point 10, did you also like me saying to wash your face > and hands? Yeah. However, point 8 about straightening errant pins - I feel that this should be done with support, and not free-style as Rich demo'd. Otherwise you risk bending them the other way and making the problem worse, potentially breaking the pin ... > 3. All speeeling mistaks orthor's own. Typical. I checked it three times (visually only) before mailing it to you. Oh well ... Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45886 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45886 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 12:02:43 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Big games sales (WAS: A crappy announcement to have to make) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:10:42 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > >> All the big games which will probably sell about 500 copies each, max... > > > Are you serious? Is this about how many copies of WipEout were sold? > > IIRC, I think only about 300 copies of WipEout were sold, since by then, it > was the end of the week following launch and everyone that wanted a pirated > version had it by then... :( :( Hey, I bought a version and I can't play it yet! :) Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45887 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45887 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 04:10:33 -0800 From: "Matthew J Fletcher" In-Reply-To: <20000207122304.A2793@high5.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: OT (ish) Mounting brackets MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit tudor davies wrote: > Yeah - I went to a computer show yesterday (loads of PC dealers). Half of > those asked looked at me with a sort of "duh" look on their face, and the > other ones said that they didn't carry them - eeeek! > They had lots of 3.5->5.25" brackets but no slide rails. ough, looks like you will have to pay for than 50p then. > I know that they used to be used on older IBM PS/2 equipment, but that is > about it.... I used to have some, but i must have binned them cos i had no use for them a few years ago. You could always vandelise some old IBM boxes for stuff? -matthew ------------------------------ message 45888 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45888 From: Rhonda Shaw Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 11:48:52 +0100 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: 68060 Challenge MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Ant point your browser at http://www.manc.abelgratis.com/amigarevival/index.html and go to the "used" page. They have a 1D1 available. Regards Rhonda ------------------------------ message 45889 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45889 From: Vaughn Atkinson Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 12:15:15 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20000207120025.A2474@high5.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: CDRW Recommendations MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Tudor On 07-Feb-00, you wrote: =3D> I need to know what would be the recommended CDFS and mastering s/w = to =3D> use. I will be doing audio CDs and data CDs and *nothing* clever. MakeCD DAO is the one I use, and its brilliant. My Yamaha 4416 writes at = 4x even for audio, with no errors. Also, because you've got a Yamaha drive you ca= n update the flashrom / firmware with a little tool also written by a membe= r of the MakeCD team (on cover CDs). = Another feature of MakeCD is that you can drag'n'drop mp3 files into the track window, and it will write them to a CD as audio files (you really n= eed PPC for this, though!) = You can create iso images, then mount them as a "virtual" cd with a suppllied tool, which is great for testing purposes. Have I convinced you yet??? As regards which CDFS to use, I had a few problems with amicdfs2 and Make= CD. Since upgrading to OS3.5, and using the supplied Cachecdfs, there's been = no problems. Vaughn= ------------------------------ message 45890 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45890 From: "Neil Bullock" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 12:35:31 GMT X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Apologies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >No snot? >No SNOT? >NO SNOT? >SELLOTAPE? >BAH! >OK - apology accepted :) I didn't get any snot OR any sellotape. The CD was in the Mailbag pages. Neil ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ message 45891 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45891 From: "Chris Green" Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:35:38 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20000207120715.B2474@high5.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: New ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi > > Well it still looks good despite the drop in pages - congrats > to Rich and > > Ben for that one I guess. I agree - a job well done guys. Though I should point out that it arrived without ANY cardboard in the bag at all to protect it (it was just as well I mugged the postman on the way to the station this morning or else it really would have got mangled in the letterbox). Great issue - I'm sold now on upgrading to Pagestream 4 Which will be added to the 400 I have already spent on Amiga gear in the last month), though was it really necessary to make me look as white as a vampire in that pic from the pub :) Cheers Chris Green Technical Editor - Computing VNU Business Publications, 32-34 Broadwick Street, London, W1A 2HG .................................................................. Fax: +44 (0)207 316 9160 Email: chris_green@vnu.co.uk ICQ: 10921400 URL: http://computing.vnunet.com .................................................................. ------------------------------ message 45892 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45892 From: "Chris Green" Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:38:22 -0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Apologies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben > Apologies for the sellotape fiercely attaching the CD to the cover of the > mag. It was supposed to be snot, but I guess something got mixed up... Thankfully my CD was loose in the bag, else I'd have had to come up to Bath and beat you around the head with a wet fish :) Chris Green Technical Editor - Computing VNU Business Publications, 32-34 Broadwick Street, London, W1A 2HG .................................................................. Fax: +44 (0)207 316 9160 Email: chris_green@vnu.co.uk ICQ: 10921400 URL: http://computing.vnunet.com .................................................................. ------------------------------ message 45893 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45893 From: "Neil Bullock" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 12:40:17 GMT X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: New ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >I agree - a job well done guys. Though I should point out that it arrived >without ANY cardboard in the bag at all to protect it (it was just as well >I >mugged the postman on the way to the station this morning or else it really >would have got mangled in the letterbox). Yeah, it looks rather nice. I'm looking forward to getting home from this hellhole today so I can read it :) I scanned through it this morning, and was sucked in (meaning I was 15 minutes late for college :) Neil ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ message 45894 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45894 From: "Andrew Sillwood" References: Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:46:01 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Translucent CDs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben, > Has anyone who already has AF134 had a look at the CD yet? I have :) >Can you tell me if you can see through it and whether your drive reads it? You can see through it a bit near the middle, but no more than some other CDs I have. My drive reads it fine, as does the one on my PC. Regards, Andy -- Andrew Sillwood - sills@free4all.co.uk - http://www.sills.cx - ICQ:13697313 Connected via Free4all - http://www.free4all.co.uk - Free Internet Access -- ------------------------------ message 45895 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45895 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 05:00:45 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: <20000207124017.67136.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: New ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello All, > >I agree - a job well done guys. Though I should point out that it arrived > >without ANY cardboard in the bag at all to protect it (it was just as well > >I > >mugged the postman on the way to the station this morning or else it really > >would have got mangled in the letterbox). > > Yeah, it looks rather nice. I'm looking forward to getting home from this > hellhole today so I can read it :) I scanned through it this morning, and > was sucked in (meaning I was 15 minutes late for college :) Hell hole eh? :) College is great innit.... :) NOT! Awwwwww nawty boy! :) Like I said yesterday; got to you room! :-) Well one of them! :)) I'm looking forward to the urr, New Look shall we say and Fusion; oooh yes please sir! :) And by next monday I should have this A600 with and 030 and WORKING :) Hard Disk. Fingers crossed eh! :) Nick. ------------------------------ message 45896 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45896 From: "Sean Courtney" Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 08:06:28 -0500 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Translucent CDs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Has anyone who already has AF134 had a look at the CD yet? Can you tell me >if you can see through it and whether your drive reads it? Haven't gotten mine yet, but I can say from experience that most CDs ARE translucent; in fact, the only ones I have that I can't see through are the ones that are silk-screened. ------------------------------ message 45897 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45897 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 13:05:47 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Page 36 of new ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Oi Ben, where'd you get that Star Wars text used in the top left image? I want to see the full version! What I can see has me laughing my throat sore as it is! :-) Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45898 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45898 From: "Sean Courtney" Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 08:08:35 -0500 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: CDRW Recommendations MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >=> I need to know what would be the recommended CDFS and mastering s/w to >=> use. I will be doing audio CDs and data CDs and *nothing* clever. > >MakeCD DAO is the one I use, and its brilliant. My Yamaha 4416 writes at 4x even >for audio, with no errors. Also, because you've got a Yamaha drive you can >update the flashrom / firmware with a little tool also written by a member >of the MakeCD team (on cover CDs). As for file system, someone told me that AsimCDFS tends to interfere with MakeCD, as MakeCD uses its own file system of sorts...so what I do is comment out the "mount" commands for AsimCDFS, and I have a pull-down menu option to mount my burner as CD0: if I need to use it as a standard CD-ROM drive and I don't plan on burning. >Another feature of MakeCD is that you can drag'n'drop mp3 files into the >track window, and it will write them to a CD as audio files (you really need >PPC for this, though!) Well, if you don't have a PPC, you can still drag'n'drop the MP3's and have 'em written as CDDA or AIFF images, then burn those images to the CD...works rather well for me. My advice to the original poster: Yamaha has a great reputation...I too have the 4416, wonderful little drive... ------------------------------ message 45899 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45899 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 05:13:10 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Big games sales (WAS: A crappy announcement to have to make) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben, > > Are you serious? Is this about how many copies of WipEout were sold? > > IIRC, I think only about 300 copies of WipEout were sold, since by then, it > was the end of the week following launch and everyone that wanted a pirated > version had it by then... :( I bought it even though I can't run it (my BVision was supposed to be on its way). Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 45900 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45900 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 05:25:54 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Checksums, Hard Disks and Money. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Just when you think you're gonna be able to do things on the cheap; you end up being dished ummm, well say bad luck. :) I salvaged a 170Mb Hard Disk from what was a completely clapped out 80386 PC last summer. I have now got round to actually putting it to use in my portable Amiga Mac project (which is an A600 with 030, Hard Disk and CD-ROM running SShifter or Fusion.) and guess what, it's buggered! :) It has checksum errors all over the shop. Now; AFAIK, Checksum errors state that there is the possibility of physical damage to the hard disk itself and not a logical (filing system) error. I have tried to use DiskSalv 2 with Repair and Validate mode to no avail. The disk itself is quite old (about 1991 i guess); but even so, my A590 still works.. :) Is there a tool that I can use to remove checksum errors if it is not a physical problem; which i guess it is! Hiding them is no good because the Mac gets all urrr, upity about it. Otherwise, I'll bite the dust and get a 2.5" this time so I can have the hard disk inside. How annoying! :-) Any ideas; if it is a physical problem; I shall store this hard disk in my cyclindical filing cabinet with an open top... :) /me goes from handouts from parents.... :) All the Best, Nick ------------------------------ message 45901 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45901 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 13:40:30 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] AFCD Problem ... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =2E=2E=2E is resolved after a reboot, weird as it seems :-) Kev PS Yes I did have CD0 :Mounted :-=DE --=20 Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45902 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45902 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 13:58:31 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Page 36 of new ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kevin, > Oi Ben, where'd you get that Star Wars text used in the top left image? > I want to see the full version! What I can see has me laughing my throat > sore as it is! :-) The full thing is only a page and has been posted to afb-movie in the past, so I suggest a search of the list's website is in order, and yes, it's very funny... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If at first you don't succeed, try the switch marked "Power" ------------------------------ message 45903 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45903 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 14:05:24 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Page 36 of new ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kevin, > Oi Ben, where'd you get that Star Wars text used in the top left image? > I want to see the full version! What I can see has me laughing my throat > sore as it is! :-) http://www.egroups.com/group/afb-movie/954.html? All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Member, National Association For Tagline Assimilators ------------------------------ message 45904 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45904 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 06:13:59 -0800 From: "Phil Allen" In-Reply-To: <87k8qo$bloh@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: OS 3.5 and memory problems[WARNING] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "phil allen" wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=45745 > I've just installed my 3.1 roms, put my beloved amiga back together and > now when I try to boot up I just get a purple screen! I've traced the > problem to the 16 Mb in my Viper board, > Okay. I've rung Power Computing. The guy there says that my Viper board (manufactured around '94) is incompatible with 3.1 ROMs as they weren't around when it was made. So if you've got this board you'll have to budget for a new accelerator if you're thinking of upgrading to OS 3.5. Cheers, Phil ------------------------------ message 45905 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45905 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 14:24:19 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Page 36 of new ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 07 Feb 2000 14:05:24 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote: > Hi Kevin, 'lo > > Oi Ben, where'd you get that Star Wars text used in the top left image? > > > I want to see the full version! What I can see has me laughing my throat > > sore as it is! :-) > > http://www.egroups.com/group/afb-movie/954.html? Cheers Ben! The "Get a haircut" line ... rotfl! :-) Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45906 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45906 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 14:25:54 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Page 36 of new ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kevin, >> http://www.egroups.com/group/afb-movie/954.html? > Cheers Ben! The "Get a haircut" line ... rotfl! :-) Thanks to Chris Andrews for this, it still makes me chuckle five months on... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I'll try anything once too often ------------------------------ message 45907 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45907 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 06:29:48 -0800 From: "Christopher Bayliss" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: CD ROM prob MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit andrew crowe wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=45664 > When does the BPPC reboot itsself? As far as I can see, mine doesn't... when mine boots the monitor has a warmup sequence that makes a bar fill on the screen > > > System reboots and BPPCFix removes the PPC kernal and reboots. > > System reboots again > > > > (I have just realised that there is no trace of idefix in my startup > > sequence anymore the third reboot "should" be Idefix but i can not > > find it any more) so I now have a phantom reboot. Any ideas. > > Are you sure you don't have either one of those mac emulator related things like PrepEmu or sommin. > > >>> This never used to happen, but maybe the PPC is conflicting? If so, why does > >>> it work after a reset? > > What I'd try is Blitzkick, it can kick your existing kickstart rom, and apply patches to the rom itsself, like the BPPCFix, and noclick, ramlibpatch, boarderblank etc. so they're actually in the rom :) > > See ya :) > -- > Manta Soft - Amiga programing & web page designing > http://mantasoft.aio.co.uk/ ICQ: 21829166 > Homepage updated 22/1/00 - Large hompage update ------------------------------ message 45908 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45908 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 06:41:54 -0800 From: "Christopher Bayliss" In-Reply-To: <87mkss$v0l7@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: CD ROM prob (the rest of it) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "christopher bayliss" wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=45907 > andrew crowe wrote: > original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=45664 > > > When does the BPPC reboot itsself? As far as I can see, mine > doesn't... > > when mine boots the monitor has a warmup sequence that makes a bar fill > on the screen (Sorry, I accidentally tried to indent and posted the above #:-<) cont. The bar thing happens every time the machine is rebooted and it happens three times every boot. Also I can hear the drives spinning up (The seagate HD makes a racket). > > > (I have just realised that there is no trace of idefix in my startup > > > sequence anymore the third reboot "should" be Idefix but i can not > > > find it any more) so I now have a phantom reboot. Any ideas. > > > > Are you sure you don't have either one of those mac emulator > > related things like PrepEmu or sommin. I have nothing like that my start up is fairly "clean". Chris "Bayliss" Bayliss ------------------------------ message 45909 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45909 Date: 7 Feb 2000 13:43:10 +0000 From: "Neil Bothwick" In-Reply-To: <007201bf716c$7204ff40$c308f3d0@default> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: CDRW Recommendations MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sean Courtney said, > As for file system, someone told me that AsimCDFS tends to interfere with > MakeCD, as MakeCD uses its own file system of sorts. MakeCD doesn't use any sort of filesystem. Earlier versions did sometimes have problems is a filesystem was already locking the drive, but that was fixed long ago. Standard advice is not to mount a CD writer as a CDROM unless you need it. That job is best left to a proper CDROM. The only time I mount a CDR is if I need to read an unfixed CD or CDRW. >>Another feature of MakeCD is that you can drag'n'drop mp3 files into the >>track window, and it will write them to a CD as audio files (you really > need >>PPC for this, though!) > Well, if you don't have a PPC, you can still drag'n'drop the MP3's and have > 'em written as CDDA or AIFF images, then burn those images to the CD...works > rather well for me. PPC users can do this without image files, even with an 8X drive :) Neil -- Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider http://www.wire.net.uk -- Duct tape is the just like the Force: it has a light side, a dark side, and binds the universe together. ------------------------------ message 45910 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45910 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 07:09:44 -0800 From: "Samuel Byford" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] AF134 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, I havnt ce to properly look through this months issue but it looks as good as ever, despite the 8 pages that are missing. I must say, having staple binding doesnt half make it feel like an issue of AA instead of AF. Bang goes its individuality. Naturally, the first thing I did was to stick the CD in the drive an jump straight to the WBSceeens folder - lo! there's my name, alongside a ICQ friend of mine - Ady, and several other people I either Know of Know Of. Typical though, isnt it. My set was the only computer without a graphics card, so my setup looks somewhat inferior to the others, humph. but at least I had the best looking documentation!!! BTW - has any one any idea how to change the music CD icons?? For some reason Im getting a final writer icon (dont even have the program installed!). Whjhen I biot without Dopus, they appear as they should do, but with Dopus loaded the FW icons turn up again. :( Ideas?? Right, well. Until Ive had a chance to read the mag properly, Im done! TTFN Bifford the Youngest. ------------------------------ message 45911 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45911 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 07:14:26 -0800 From: "Samuel Byford" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Page 36 of new ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben, > > Cheers Ben! The "Get a haircut" line ... rotfl! :-) > > Thanks to Chris Andrews for this, it still makes me chuckle five months > on... > You mean to say, its taken 5 months to get the thing in print?????? Slooooow. Bifford the Youngest at home. And paying for it! ------------------------------ message 45912 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45912 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 07:21:59 -0800 From: "Samuel Byford" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Translucent CDs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Has anyone who already has AF134 had a look at the CD yet? > Yep. > Can you tell me > if you can see through it and whether your drive reads it? > Cant see through my copy (except for the extra large totally see through hole in the centre) and the CDRom reads it just fine. TTFN Bifford the Youngest. ------------------------------ message 45913 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45913 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 15:20:44 +0000 In-Reply-To: <87mngi$dn3d@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Page 36 of new ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Samuel, >> Thanks to Chris Andrews for this, it still makes me chuckle five > months >> on... > You mean to say, its taken 5 months to get the thing in print?????? > Slooooow. There's never been a reason to have it in print before... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI ------------------------------ message 45914 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45914 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 08:22:41 -0800 From: riksweeney@hotmail.com X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Copying left out icon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was copying the new version of AmigaAMP into its relevant directory. The original icon was left out on the workbench and it asked me if I wanted to overwrite it. I said yes and the computer promptly crashed and the drive had to revalidate itself. This has happened twice now. So basically I copied over an icon that was left out. Has this happened to anyone before? I've noticed that it only happens in 3.5 not 3.1 ------------------------------ message 45915 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45915 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 08:24:42 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] BVision delivery status from WhiteKnight MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi ppl, After questioning White Knight on where my *brand new* BVision had got to, it seems as though DCE are behind schedule... > >Just checking the availability of the BlizzardVision graphics card. > > Since DCE have started to manufacturer them , I assume one should be > > winging its way to me soon? > Actually, we expected to be shipping the DCE boards by now, but they seem as > bad as Phase 5 as far as delivery schedules. > >We'll ship them as soon as we can! > >Regards > >White Knight Technology, UK > Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 45916 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45916 From: Simon Jenkins Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 16:34:54 +0100 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Expanding a pic for a wb backdrop MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have a pic which needs to be made "bigger" because it is "tiled" atm as a wb b/d If I try to use PPaint of an old AFCD, when it loads, all I haeve is a blank screen, but I am able to jump back to the wb screen. Any ideas ppl on why I can't use PPaint? I believe you can use PPaint to expand the pic, am I right? Is there another proram which will expand this and other pics for me? TIA. -- Simon "Jinky" Jenkins ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Infinitiv A1300 ZII PIV + Conceirto, CTX 15" Trinitron SVGA GI-Quatro HD 4x CD-ROM Atapi ZIP, Blizzard 1230IV FPU 32MB, Hypercom 3+, Pace 56k (V.90), Epson Stylus Photo 700 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ /OS 3.5 Powered!/ "Bother," said Pooh, as his Uzi jammed. ------------------------------ message 45917 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45917 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 08:50:35 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: <87mrgh$27mm@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Copying left out icon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi ppl, > I was copying the new version of AmigaAMP into its relevant directory. > The original icon was left out on the workbench and it asked me if I > wanted to overwrite it. I said yes and the computer promptly crashed > and the drive had to revalidate itself. I found something similar using DOpus ontop of OS3.5. If I try to copy an icon to a left out icon, it prompty flashes the screen at me. Hmm... Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 45918 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45918 From: Tom Underwood Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 17:07:13 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending frenzy? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Eddie > Isn't the empty Zip drive box I'm sending you reward enough ? Gosh, I > don't know, some people... ;) and he saved ONE PENNY :-) -- Cheers, Tom U Quote of the day: Finally, but by no means last ... Andy Peebles ------------------------------ message 45919 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45919 From: Rick Hodger Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 20:46:06 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: G3/G4 cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Kevin Fairhurst hammered "[afb] Re: G3/G4 cards" out on their keyboard... > On Sun, 6 Feb 2000 12:36:10 +1100 (EST), Tyler Saxton > (tls@bill.trinity.unimelb.edu.au) wrote: >> On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Andrew Crowe wrote: >> > Bzzzzt! The 68k emulation would have to boot the miggy. That "slightly >> > odd" memory card will conflict with the 020. The PPC will use the same >> > data and address lines as the 020 (pretty much) and thus will >> > CONFLICT. Without extra hardware on the A1200 m/b you can not have the >> > 020 going and another CPU (PPC or 68k or Crusoe or whatever) running >> > the miggy, even if the 020 is only used to "boot" the G4 card ... >>> >>> Don't forget, the PPC and the 68k's on current PPC cards share the >>> same data/address lines, so it is possible. >> There is a difference in that the current dual-CPU boards have the 68k >> chip *on the accelerator*, so perhaps they can more easily include some >> hardware to decide which CPU gets access to the bus, and when. > Yeah, that's the point. The presence of the accelerator card disables the > motherboard CPU, ergo it isn't sharing lines with that. And there is > hardware on the card so the 68060 and PPC on there can share stuff, tho it > isn't perfect. ...and that's my point. Having the card as autoconfig is going to disable the m/b's 020 and leave only the PPC CPU trying to run 68k code. You *need* a 68k CPU to at least startup and get the emulator running. >> I wouldn't want to claim it was impossible, though. > I would, though Idon't mind being proven wrong ... > Remember when people said it was impossible to play Doom and Quake on an > AGA amiga? :) Yeah, but those were mostly niave PC owners. -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces Don't take life too seriously; it's not permanent. ------------------------------ message 45920 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45920 From: Rick Hodger Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 20:54:20 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: java 'n' hex MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Paul Cundle hammered "[afb] Re: java 'n' hex" out on their keyboard... > Matthew O'Neill said: >>> You've already got one, Eval. Add this line to s:shell-startup >>> Alias Hex eval [] lformat="%x2*N" >> wooooooooooooooooooooooh.... all hail Neil!, > It appears I have to agree with this O'Neill guy twice in a whole week > - but it's gotta be said. Ta, Neil. > Now, that's also taught me what s:shell-startup was for, so all I need > now is a way of working out sums in a shell. Anyone? "eval" Shell.1 > eval 5*4 20 Shell.1 > >>>> NB. java = javascript, same for all my future emails. > >>> Doesn't make it true. If you can't be arsed to say what you really >>> mean, don't expect to get useful answers. > I think you should tell that to BT as well. Their non-javascript > version of the site is located at www.bt.co.uk/non-java or summat. Don't get me started on BT... -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces Experiments should be reproducible - they should all fail in the same way. ------------------------------ message 45921 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45921 From: Rick Hodger Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 20:57:21 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: G3/G4 cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Kevin Fairhurst hammered "[afb] Re: G3/G4 cards" out on their keyboard... > On Sun, 06 Feb 2000 13:28:44 +0000, Andy Kinsella (andy.k2@ukonline.co.uk) > wrote: >> Greetings Kevin > 'lo >> Well, you can plug in a cpu card, and use the mobo 020 by simply >> booting with the "2" key pressed down (on phase5 boards). >> >> So there ;) > Hey you little cheater. That de-activates said CPU card! :- But it is something built into the card, as I don't remember any other accelerators other than phase5's having that sort of feature. So it could be possible, to load up the 68k emulator using the 020 and then swicth over...ha! ;) -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces Don't let schooling get in the way of your education. ------------------------------ message 45922 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45922 From: Rick Hodger Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 20:59:12 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Connection speeds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Gerald Mellor hammered "[afb] Re: Connection speeds" out on their keyboard... > On 06-Feb-00, Simon Jenkins wrote: >> Hi ppl, I seem to be stuck with slow con speeds, and I often get a >> 41.333k conn to my ISP, with 42.666 fairly often, and only once >> every so often, a 44k. >> Des anyone know why? > You're using a 56k modem? Those speeds are pretty good, remember 56k > is just the theoretical maximum possible connection speed, I doubt > you'll ever get close to it though. AFAIK, 44k is a pretty respectable > connection speed. I live in the arse end of nowhere, and BT have now been working on a nasty crackling noise on my phone line for a week now....and I usually get 44k - 48k with the occasional 49k. A friend who lives closer to civilisation usually gets around 50-52k. It all depends how good your phone line is... -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces It's beautiful the way it is; why spoil it by making it legal? ------------------------------ message 45923 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45923 From: roger buckley Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 15:46:42 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: motherboard revision MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Chris On 06-Feb-00, you wrote: > Hi > = >> - Id4 is BAD! BAD motherboard! Keep away! >> - 2b is ALSO BAD! BAD motherboard! > = > Indeed - they are both bad, evil boards, but both are fixable. My 1d4 and the wife's 2b have run faultlessly for the last 3 years withou= t being fixed. The Amiga Magic, Escom 1d4 mobos have already been fixed AND= they are workbench 3.1. Just bought one for =A335. Regards -- = Roger Amiga 1200, Viper 68030 Mk V Accel with 50Mhz FPU and 8 MBFast, Seagate 4= 10MB 2.5" internal HD and 800MB SCSI HD in a midi tower with 4xCDRom. 56k Mode= m, Power Port Junr Serial IF G.Image Hand Scanner & Citizen Swift Printer. Website:-http://callnetuk.com/home/rogerbu ICQ-62990780 Robuck2 Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. -- Albert Einstein ------------------------------ message 45924 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45924 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 18:17:47 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1624.71T1983T11354341neil@wire.net.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending frenzy? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 6 Feb 2000 18:55:39 +0000, Neil Bothwick (neil@wire.net.uk) wrote: > Kevin Fairhurst said, > > > A Yamaha 4416 running on a GVP 4008 SCSI card. It is fine at 2x speed, but > > if I try at 4x speed it bombs out after about 5-10Mb. This happens in both > > DAO and TAO mode. MakeCD complains about a SCSI error, but I don't know if > > it is the drive or the card causing it. :( > > Most likely the card... or reselection. [snip!] > Try UnitControl, you should have got a copy with your CSPPC stuff, or > you can get it from ftp://ftp.phase5.de/somewhere/deep/in/a/directory Bah, it doesn't work with gvpscsi.device! Does anyone know of any software which specifically will allow me to change reselection on my GVP card? I tried Aminet but don't know what will and wont work so i've been downloading loads of files pretty much at random :( Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45925 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45925 From: Bert Volders Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 19:23:50 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Expanding a pic for a wb backdrop MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey Simon On 07-feb-00, you wrote: > Is there another proram which will expand this and other pics for me? It can be done (at least in version 7 it can). Just load your picture and= change both screen-format and image-size to match that of your WB. Far b= etter results can be obtained by using ImageFX (just about any version wi= ll do). And DPaint can do it too as can many PD-titles. > = > TIA. = Regards -- = Bert Volders bert@volders.demon.nl Tag of the day: It's better to steal a good tag line than think of a bad one yourself. -- A.U. ------------------------------ message 45926 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45926 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 18:22:48 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: G3/G4 cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 06 Feb 2000 20:46:06 +0000, Rick Hodger (rick.thehub@bigfoot.com) wrote: > I watched as Kevin Fairhurst hammered "[afb] Re: G3/G4 cards" out on their > keyboard... > >> There is a difference in that the current dual-CPU boards have the 68k > >> chip *on the accelerator*, so perhaps they can more easily include some > >> hardware to decide which CPU gets access to the bus, and when. > > > Yeah, that's the point. The presence of the accelerator card disables the > > motherboard CPU, ergo it isn't sharing lines with that. And there is > > hardware on the card so the 68060 and PPC on there can share stuff, tho it > > isn't perfect. > > ...and that's my point. Having the card as autoconfig is going to disable > the m/b's 020 and leave only the PPC CPU trying to run 68k code. You > *need* a 68k CPU to at least startup and get the emulator running. Nah, the 020 on the mb kicks off the check for external cards and does teh autoconfig stuff. Part of the autoconfig can be to start the emulation. :-) Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45927 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45927 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 18:24:31 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: G3/G4 cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 06 Feb 2000 20:57:21 +0000, Rick Hodger (rick.thehub@bigfoot.com) wrote: > I watched as Kevin Fairhurst hammered "[afb] Re: G3/G4 cards" out on their > keyboard... > >> Well, you can plug in a cpu card, and use the mobo 020 by simply > >> booting with the "2" key pressed down (on phase5 boards). > >> > >> So there ;) > > > Hey you little cheater. That de-activates said CPU card! :- > > But it is something built into the card, as I don't remember any other > accelerators other than phase5's having that sort of feature. > > So it could be possible, to load up the 68k emulator using the 020 and then > swicth over...ha! ;) But then you can't use the stuff on the card!! *sheesh* ;) Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45928 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45928 From: Peter Gordon Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 18:25:31 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: G3/G4 cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Kev, > Surely they can add extras that make things better without screwing up = the > compatibility. You know, new instructions or something that make stuff= > like context switching or memory sharing between the real and virtual c= pu a > lot easier ... It wouldn't screw up the compatibility, but seeing as the emulation is pu= rely for legacy issues, why not make it as compatible with old software a= s possible? After all, you want new software to go via the G4.... As for context switching, there is no context switching, as the virual 68= k uses the G4's caches. As for memory sharing, there is no memory sharing, as the virtual 68k use= s the G4's memory bus :) -- = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D so long and thanks for all the fish http://fly.to/Mr_Tickle =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Real meanings #5: AmigaBASIC: A Microsoft Incompatible Gnarled American Backwards Arsed Stu= pid Incoherent Code ------------------------------ message 45929 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45929 From: Alkis Tsapanidis Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 20:36:02 +0300 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Internet costs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi how much are the Internet phone rate in the UK??? Cheers -- Amiga RULEZ in Greece TOO!! ------------------------------ message 45930 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45930 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 18:37:55 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: G3/G4 cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 07 Feb 2000 18:25:31 +0000, Peter Gordon (mrtickle@amiga4k.ndo.co.uk) wrote: > Hi Kev, 'lo > > Surely they can add extras that make things better without screwing up the > > compatibility. You know, new instructions or something that make stuff > > like context switching or memory sharing between the real and virtual cpu a > > lot easier ... > > It wouldn't screw up the compatibility, but seeing as the emulation is purely for legacy issues, why not make it as compatible with old software as possible? After all, you want new software to go via the G4.... By make things better I mean get rid of any bugs and maybe even optimize stuff more or include stuff taken out of the silicon in 040's and 060's. But as you say, if it ain't broke .... > As for context switching, there is no context switching, as the virual 68k uses the G4's caches. > > As for memory sharing, there is no memory sharing, as the virtual 68k uses the G4's memory bus :) Surely there will be some sort of "switch" to go from "i'm the 68k accessing something" to "i'm the g4 accessing something"? Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45931 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45931 From: Peter Gordon Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 18:37:47 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Apologies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ben, > Apologies for the sellotape fiercely attaching the CD to the cover of t= he > mag. It was supposed to be snot, but I guess something got mixed up... Mine wasn't attached at all, it was in the magazine. But, overall, I thought it was a very good issue. Thoroughly enjoyed read= ing it (actually, I still am, hurrah!). I found myself not hating it bein= g staple bound at all. Would it be possible to reclaim the 8 pages in fut= ure even if staple binding stays? Also, hooray for the cardboard CD sleeve, I actually quite like it. -- = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D so long and thanks for all the fish http://fly.to/Mr_Tickle =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Real meanings #17: WWW: World Wide Waste ------------------------------ message 45932 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45932 From: Peter Gordon Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 18:39:54 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Translucent CDs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello again Ben, > Has anyone who already has AF134 had a look at the CD yet? Can you tell= me > if you can see through it and whether your drive reads it? Well, its no more translucent than an Aminet CD i had to hand, and it wor= ks fine. -- = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D so long and thanks for all the fish http://fly.to/Mr_Tickle =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Real meanings #3: MS-DOS: Mostly Shite, Dos Old Software ------------------------------ message 45933 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45933 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 18:42:47 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Apologies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 07 Feb 2000 18:37:47 +0000, Peter Gordon (mrtickle@amiga4k.ndo.co.uk) wrote: > Also, hooray for the cardboard CD sleeve, I actually quite like it. And you can take the CD out, and cut up the cardboard to put it into a spare jewel case you might have. Take note Mr Bothwick! BTW Ben, is there any chance of having guide lines for cutting up the cardboard sleeve, for cack-handed people like myself who can't cut in a straight line? ;-) Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45934 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45934 From: Sandy Brownlee Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 17:11:25 +0100 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Snot MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, Got the new AF, but the CD wasn't attached with a piece of snot :-) Although the mag has lost the spine, I reckon the content's fine, good work Ben! (Oh, and Evil Rich) Regards, Sandy Brownlee -- Sandy Brownlee OS3.5 & PPC Powered! Email: sandy@brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk Website: http://www.brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk Sent using YAM 2.0 ---------------------------------- Taglies always lie. ------------------------------ message 45935 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45935 From: Sandy Brownlee Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 18:41:10 +0100 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] CD ROM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, You might recall that my ATAPI CD ROM is not recognised on the first boot of my machine; this I can live with. Unfortunately, it's now unreliable, in that during access (any read operation), it will fairly often report a read/ write error, on new CDs like AFCD50, as well as older ones. On clicking Retry or Cancel on the "Read/ Write Error" window, the system crashes. I've tried reducing the drive in speed from 8x using SetAtapiSpeed, but the problem persists. Any ideas? I don't want to have to replace this as well, since I'm already skint. Regards, Sandy Brownlee -- Sandy Brownlee OS3.5 & PPC Powered! Email: sandy@brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk Website: http://www.brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk Sent using YAM 2.0 ---------------------------------- From the people who brought you poor taglines. ------------------------------ message 45936 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45936 From: Peter Gordon Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 18:41:13 +0000 In-Reply-To: <87mbob$6s7g@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: G3/G4 cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, > They were technicly right, but its not important really. Its why the P5= > cards HAVE to use a 68k cpu to startup. = No they werent. Nope, nope, nopety nope. You don't need any form of 68k p= rocessor if you have an emulation on a ROM. As was decided conclusively b= y several previous mails :) -- = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D so long and thanks for all the fish http://fly.to/Mr_Tickle =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Real meanings #5: AmigaBASIC: A Microsoft Incompatible Gnarled American Backwards Arsed Stu= pid Incoherent Code ------------------------------ message 45937 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45937 From: "Gerald Mellor" <9745589@tiree.sms.ed.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 18:45:07 +0000 In-reply-to: References: <02e801bf70ab$70474260$81959fd4@no1> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Big games sales (WAS: A crappy announcement to have to make) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 7 Feb 00, at 11:10, Ben Vost wrote: > IIRC, I think only about 300 copies of WipEout were sold, since by then, it > was the end of the week following launch and everyone that wanted a pirated > version had it by then... :( I know i'm just being naive, but I would have thought the sort of people capable of running WipEout (those with a PPC and graphics card) would also be the sort of people who *care* about the future of the Amiga, and who aren't short of a few bob either. Bauglir ------------------------------ message 45938 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45938 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 18:42:04 +0000 References: <1624.71T1983T11354341neil@wire.net.uk> In-Reply-To: ; from Kevin Fairhurst on Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 06:17:47PM +0000 From: Matthew Garrett X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending frenzy? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 06:17:47PM +0000, Kevin Fairhurst wrote: > Bah, it doesn't work with gvpscsi.device! Does anyone know of any software > which specifically will allow me to change reselection on my GVP card? I > tried Aminet but don't know what will and wont work so i've been > downloading loads of files pretty much at random :( GVP's old FaaastPrep did. I don't know where you could find a copy, though. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@cam.ac.uk ------------------------------ message 45939 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45939 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 7 Feb 2000 18:49:53 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20000207184204.A26740@cam.ac.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: Are you taking part in the spending frenzy? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 7 Feb 2000 18:42:04 +0000, Matthew Garrett (mjg59@cam.ac.uk) wrote: > On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 06:17:47PM +0000, Kevin Fairhurst wrote: > > > Bah, it doesn't work with gvpscsi.device! Does anyone know of any software > > which specifically will allow me to change reselection on my GVP card? I > > tried Aminet but don't know what will and wont work so i've been > > downloading loads of files pretty much at random :( > > GVP's old FaaastPrep did. I don't know where you could find a copy, > though. ta Kev, off on a witch hunt .... -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 45940 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45940 From: "Gerald Mellor" <9745589@tiree.sms.ed.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 18:52:18 +0000 In-reply-to: References: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: New ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 7 Feb 00, at 12:01, Kevin Fairhurst wrote: > Yeah. However, point 8 about straightening errant pins - I feel that this > should be done with support, and not free-style as Rich demo'd. Otherwise > you risk bending them the other way and making the problem worse, > potentially breaking the pin ... As i recently discovered... :-/ Bauglir ------------------------------ message 45941 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45941 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 19:06:47 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: New ish MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 7 Feb 2000, Kevin Fairhurst wrote: > Well it still looks good despite the drop in pages - congrats to Rich and > Ben for that one I guess. > > Had a flick through, spotted my typo on the afb page, noticed the picture > mix-up on page 18 (pic 2 is the same as pic 3 :), was glad to see point 10 > about ROM switching (it's an important point) and I'm now tempted to buy > PageStream! yes...just received my issue - a good read alan ------------------------------ message 45942 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=45942 From: "Gerald Mellor" <9745589@tiree.sms.ed.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 19:09:28 +0000 In-reply-to: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Expanding a pic for a wb backdrop MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 7 Feb 00, at 16:34, Simon Jenkins wrote: > Is there another proram which will expand this and other pics for me? Try GfxCon (gfx/conv) Bauglir ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- View the full archives, subscribe/unsubscribe, use the group calendar at http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb Manage your subscriptions at http://eGroups.com Free e-mail groups by eGroups.com.