eGroups Daily Digest: afb has 100 new messages. Click here http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47232 to read them. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 47232. Ben Vost Re: momentary lapse of Amiga... 47233. Kevin Fairhurst Re: What is going on ? 47234. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys 47235. Kevin Fairhurst Re: CD writer problems 47236. Ben Vost Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47237. Paul Laycock Re: mftpII from vapor. 47238. Ben Vost Re: AF134 is good! 47239. Paul Laycock Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47240. Ben Vost Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47241. Ben Vost Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47242. Nick Lamburn I told you so... :) 47243. Ben Vost Re: Polls - was: New ABC 47244. Kevin Fairhurst Re: AF134 is good! 47245. Ben Vost Re: PS4 47246. Kevin Fairhurst Re: More silly ideas from a newbie 47247. Neil Bothwick Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys 47248. Ben Vost Re: Last year's (?) reader surveys 47249. jeremy spring Re: O/T Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS 47250. Ben Vost Re: Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS 47251. Ben Vost Re: What is going on ? 47252. Ben Vost Re: Sound cards 47253. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Sound cards 47254. Matthew O'Neill Re: Amiga Yellow Pages Closes. 47255. Matthew J Fletcher Amiga Inc. and Haage & Partner announce a path 47256. Ben Vost Re: More silly ideas from a newbie 47257. Ben Vost Re: AF134 is good! 47258. adam james Cd-rom prob 47259. adam james Re: Worms DC 47260. adam james Re: Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS 47261. adam james Re: Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS 47262. Nick Lamburn Re: More silly ideas from a newbie 47263. adam james Re: Stop The Piracy 47264. adam james Re: What is going on ? 47265. Nick Lamburn Re: Amiga Inc. and Haage & Partner announce a pat 47266. Nick Lamburn Re: Cd-rom prob 47267. Matthew O'Neill this lecks ick 47268. Rick Hodger Re: momentary lapse of Amiga... 47269. Rick Hodger Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47270. Rick Hodger Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47271. Matthew O'Neill Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47272. Ben Vost Re: iSpell probs 47273. Malcolm Campbell Re: FreesiteUK 47274. Nick Lamburn Re: momentary lapse of Amiga... 47275. Nick Lamburn Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47276. Nick Lamburn Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47277. Ben Vost Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47278. Nick Lamburn Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47279. Ben Vost Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47280. Nick Lamburn Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47281. Kevin Fairhurst Re: AF134 is good! 47282. Kevin Fairhurst Re: More silly ideas from a newbie 47283. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Amiga Yellow Pages Closes. 47284. Ben Vost Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47285. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47286. Ben Vost afb page 47287. Nick Lamburn Re: afb page 47288. Ben Vost Re: afb page 47289. Nick Lamburn Re: afb page 47290. Ben Vost Re: afb page 47291. Kevin Fairhurst Re: afb page 47292. andy.k2@ukonline.co.uk Re: PS4 47293. Nick Lamburn Re: afb page 47294. Paul Laycock Re: afb page 47295. Nick Lamburn Re: afb page 47296. Kevin Fairhurst Re: afb page 47297. Phil Allen AmigaGuide - I've nearly got it! 47298. Paul Laycock Re: afb page 47299. Paul Laycock Re: afb page 47300. Ben Vost Re: afb page 47301. Robert Johnston Re: AmigaGuide - I've nearly got it! 47302. Chris Millar Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47303. Matthew J Fletcher Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47304. Robert Johnston Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47305. Ben Vost Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47306. Matthew J Fletcher Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47307. Ben Vost Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47308. Chris Green Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47309. Ben Vost Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47310. Robert Johnston Getting old... 47311. Armin Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47312. Robert Johnston Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47313. xatiminey Re: Amiga & Realaudio 47314. Ben Vost Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47315. Richard Lane Re: AmigaGuide - I've nearly got it! 47316. Richard Lane Re: FreesiteUK 47317. Robert Johnston Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47318. Nick Lamburn Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47319. Paul Laycock Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47320. Paul Laycock Re: AFB addiction 47321. Ben Vost Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47322. Armin Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47323. Chris Millar Re: STRICQ - Help! 47324. Stephen Thwaites Where's Colin gone? 47325. Ben Vost Re: Where's Colin gone? 47326. Stephen Thwaites Re: Where's Colin gone? 47327. Ben Vost Re: Where's Colin gone? 47328. Stephen Thwaites Re: Where's Colin gone? 47329. Mikey C Re: Where's Colin gone? 47330. Gerald Mellor Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys 47331. Mark Wilson Re: afb page ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 47232 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47232 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:51:20 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: momentary lapse of Amiga... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Rick, >> I know it's off-topic, and I don't want any follow-ups, but I just saw >> this in trade mag MCV: >> "With Sony predicting two million sales in as many days..." >> So, the PS2 isn't going to be very popular immediately then? > Hmm...last I checked they said it was going to be 3 million in the first > week, in Japan. It's just a shame so many people have been sucked in by > the hype... I thought I said I don't want any follow-ups? Besides which, re-read what I quoted, aloud if necessary. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Doctors lash out at backlash against whiplash ------------------------------ message 47233 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47233 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 15 Feb 2000 08:41:51 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: What is going on ? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:41:37 +0000, adam james (adam.james@eidosnet.co.uk) wrote: > Hello Simon > > On 14-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering > > > I don't think it matters what the size of the mag is. It's the most > > dedicated Amiga mag around (IMHO). > > so if it was 50 pages would you stil subscribe to it ? I would ... I subscribe to the "other" magazine which IIRC is around 64 pages ... > > If you subscribed to AF it would cost you a lot less - look at the > > subscription offers in your 'thin tv guide'. > > if it works out a lot cheaper then i will subscribe It works out about half price I think - is that cheaper enough? > Af is a good mag , why dont neil bothwick have his own page :-) Cos he now works for the "other" magazine exclusively I think ... unless he's finishing articles off for AF before leaving ... Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47234 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47234 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 15 Feb 2000 08:45:20 +0000 In-Reply-To: <001601bf774d$8eec4820$ac979fd4@no1> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:42:09 -0000, Jonathan Day (jonday@totalise.co.uk) wrote: > Jon, wandering whether it was ever settled whether as being D`oh or > Doh... It's actually D'oh, not D`oh .... And (while I'm at it) you were "wondering" that, not "wandering" ... And you used "whether" twice in the same sentance. Kev, strangely picky this morning ... -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47235 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47235 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 15 Feb 2000 08:48:28 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: CD writer problems MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 23:32:50 -0500, Dauber (dauber@wallnet=2Ecom) wrote: > KF> Well I now have the writer on my CS-PPC card, and it's written out a > KF> partition back up from image file at 4x fine=2E However, I couldn't = (as I > KF> thought at first) create an audio CD from mp3 files directly - I got = a > KF> buffer under-run, although I'm not sure if I've got the PPC mpega lib= s > KF> correctly set up=2E >=20 > Yeah, I know, you have a PPC so you should be able to burn MP3s on the > fly=2E=2E=2Ebut take my advice: use MakeCD to convert 'em to AIFF or CDDA= or > something, then burn the converted files=2E Never fails=2E Some rogue install script had dumped an 0x0 version of mpega=2Elibrary into libs: overwriting the one which directs everything to the =2Eelf to use the PPC=2E A quick copy of the right mpega lib back, et voil=E0, on the fly mp= 3 decoding and creation of an audio CD at 4x :-D Kev, a very happy chappy about that :) --=20 Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47236 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47236 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:53:48 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Errol, > I know what it's going to be! (says Errol with a big grin on his face!) Oi! You're only supposed to lurk! All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ try: http://www.realdreams.cz/amiga/ ------------------------------ message 47237 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47237 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:56:07 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: mftpII from vapor. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Alexander, > > If you'd read the thread, you'd see that he gave up AmFTP when he upgraded > > to NetConnect 3 (It gets replaced by mFTP II). Not to mention that AmFTP > > has problems with some servers, for example, on U-Net it will upload a > > single file and then stop > I found that with Amftp if you tried to upload mre than one file it > would do as you say I used to find that a pain too. Then I discovered the holiness that is DOpus FTP... ;) Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47238 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47238 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:55:11 +0000 In-Reply-To: <889ha4$ignd@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AF134 is good! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jonathan, > Well done the AF team for the latest issue to hit the shops, I thought > it was excellently written and full of great articles. Well worth buying, > even if you own Fusion already. Thanks. > I think the new aesthetic (so called) limitations suit AF more than > these days as well, it was looking a bit odd with the jewel box weighing > down the front. Well, I have wanted to ditch the jewel case for some time now anyway, but I agree, it does work better (and makes the bundles of AF much easier for our postie to carry! :) All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Good Science: 'Tri' variants of compounds previously only available as 'Bi' ones ------------------------------ message 47239 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47239 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:57:56 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Andrew, > > There wasn't time to announce it in last issue (the one you're > > reading now), but we'll have a stonking giveaway on our next issue. > > I know I've previously said that I don't like putting full software > > on the cover, but since so few people bought this software, he's > > pretty much left anyway and we've got the very last version of his > > stuff on our next CD... stay tuned! > > This doesn't involve Petro doing a runner or anything? Hopefully not! Anyway, it could apply to any software out there, since no one makes excellent sales these days :( Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47240 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47240 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:56:06 +0000 In-Reply-To: <200002141826.SAA16776@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Gerald, > If we guess correctly will you tell us? :) Since you're gushing over Even if you guess correctly, I'll probably say "no, not that one"... >:> All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Excuse for the day: password is too complex to decrypt ------------------------------ message 47241 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47241 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:56:48 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kevin, > Whatever it is, I don't think we should over-hype it too much. Which > authors have left the Amiga recently after dissappointing sales? Besides > Newsrog and the packages you mentioned, I don't know ... Oh come on, I'm not exactly cutting down the field dramatically with that one... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Good Science: 'Tri' variants of compounds previously only available as 'Bi' ones ------------------------------ message 47242 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47242 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:59:11 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] I told you so... :) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, What did I say yesterday? Something along the lines of "I'm looking forward to playing with Fusion tonight, though going by my past it'll be a saga..." Well to start with all was great, and my Mac OS 7.6.1 hard disk partition I had been using with ShapeShifter worked great; first time, and I was beggining to enjoy using Fusion; but I will still conscious that ShapeShifter was still my favourite. (Fusion's new so it'll take time to get used to it :) However, I was fedup with 640x480 in 256 colours, I wanted to use 1,024x768 in 256 colours like I had been doing with ShapeShifter. Disaster strikes (no surprises because everything goes wrong for me...) when I go to Monitors control panel and select 1024x768 and guess what; the display buggers up! :) Everything goes white and sonly certain colours on the screen are shown up making it impossible to see anything. Now, I did get this mode running, once. And I did fiddle with the Gamma settings which did actually give the same thing (this awful white mess...), but since restoring the display settings in SShifter I have made sure the Gamma is set on the normal one; or is that the normal one i selected.... Hmmm. :) Oh and I need to find out why when I set Virtual Memory on, the Mac's Finder crashes... :) Dum diddly f'ing dumm... :))) Guess I will get time to read the docs better tonight! :) Please don't tell me to RTFM regarding my display problem because it's not in the manual! :) I am running Picasso `96 2.0 on a Pixel 64 on a XC68040RC40 BTW... :) I want to use Fusion in the hope of being able to print on my Epson Stylus Colour 400 which was not possible on SShifter.. :) /me goes back to ShapeShifter for the time being... :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47243 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47243 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:00:09 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1569.79T1144T11363748tom@teknogrebo.freeserve.co.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Polls - was: New ABC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Tom, > To be honest I don't do the polls not out of apathy but for two reasons: > 1. Financial - I try to spend an absolute minimum of time online these > days. I.e. connect once to collect mail. Write replies offline and > connect again to send them. I do all the web browsing I need whilst my > mail downloads. I.e. a quick check on amiga.org for the main news. There is a minimum charge of 5p anyway, and you can certainly get to afb and vote on several polls in that time - I do so from home! > 2. The times I have seen a poll that I thought I would enter, I've gone to > the page and then found afterwards that someone has updated it and wants > votes for the updated version as well. I've done this several times and I > finally decided to give up. It doesn't happen *that* often. > If there's ever a time that you want proper polls that you're actually > going to take notice of then please say so in the email. And make sure > it's the final version! If I did that, don't you think that everyone would also do that, thus rendering it a bit unimportant? Besides which, you can see for yourself that the polls get used - they are on the afb page every issue. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ...late than never ------------------------------ message 47244 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47244 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 15 Feb 2000 09:09:02 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AF134 is good! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:55:11 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote: > > I think the new aesthetic (so called) limitations suit AF more than > > these days as well, it was looking a bit odd with the jewel box weighing > > down the front. > > Well, I have wanted to ditch the jewel case for some time now anyway I think it looks better with a cardboard case too, but having seen another one at the user group at the weekend, I don't see how cutting along that red line would make the whole case fit into a jewel one ... ;-) Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47245 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47245 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:18:04 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: PS4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Vincenzo, > I did not understand from the review of Pagestream4 if a full > printed manual comes with it. Sorry, no it doesn't yet. Nor up-to-date online docs. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sony unveils matt-black box of red and green lights ------------------------------ message 47246 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47246 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 15 Feb 2000 09:06:50 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88b3pi$s4dj@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: More silly ideas from a newbie MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:46:42 -0800, Nick Lamburn (oruk-amigan@excite.com) wrote: > b) Piracy. Nuff Said; stamp this out or crush it soon, or everything > will be in vain.. The only way they will do this is if they give every machine a unique serial number, which you tell to the vendor when you buy the software. They lock it so that it will only run on that machine. It's a bit controversial, cos what if you want to play your game on your mayes house? You have to take the whole shebang with you. And what if your machine breaks and you get a new one? Do you have to buy it all again, or pay a "renumber" fee? Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47247 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47247 Date: 15 Feb 2000 9:5:17 +0000 From: "Neil Bothwick" In-Reply-To: <000701bf7746$aca0d220$9f8d9fd4@no1> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jonathan Day said, > First off, please don`t slam me for the apostraphy, That's not an apostraphy, it's not even an apostrophe. It's a backtick :) Neil -- Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider http://www.wire.net.uk -- Would a fly without wings be called a walk? ------------------------------ message 47248 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47248 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:39:42 +0000 In-Reply-To: <000701bf7746$aca0d220$9f8d9fd4@no1> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Last year's (?) reader surveys MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jonathan, > First off, please don`t slam me for the apostraphy, don`t want to start > that thread again :-) > Secondly, what`s happening with the surveys? Have you organised it with > someone else? Sorry, I dropped the ball on it, I still have them here. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Stuff happens to thing due to whatever ------------------------------ message 47249 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47249 From: jeremy spring Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 12:38:02 +1200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: O/T Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello adam On 15-Feb-00, you wrote: > Hello all > > On the subject Piracy > Taping a film from Cable , Sky , TV is piracy (if we dont own the > original) > AMIGA PIRACY SUCKS :-( > Regards -- Whilest I agree with your sentiments on Amiga piracy, I have to disagree with your statement regarding video tapes. As far as I know, as long as the programme was aired on free a TV channel, it is legal to tape it. Jeremy Spring Powered by an 040 4000 with a stuffed internal clock but potloads of memory and so on. ------------------------------ message 47250 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47250 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:45:31 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi adam, >> I don't see how you can call that "grassing" - you were the one >> who posted a message on a public message forum (anybody could have >> read your message), admitting that you owned illegal/pirate PSX >> games. > Are you sure you have got the right person i do not own a psx and i > certainly don't pirate psx games >> I really don't know why I'm wasting my time writing this message - I >> suppose I just don't like being accused for things I haven't done > You have got the wrong person here and thanks a lot for branding me a > pirate :-( Okay. Entertaining as this thread may be, take it off the list please. Don't air dirty linen in public. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Calm down. It's only ones and zeros. ------------------------------ message 47251 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47251 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:47:06 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: What is going on ? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi adam, >> If you subscribed to AF it would cost you a lot less - look at the >> subscription offers in your 'thin tv guide'. > if it works out a lot cheaper then i will subscribe About half-price. If you subscribe through a usergroup (this is being set up right now), then it's 49% off. See the sig. > Af is a good mag , why dont neil bothwick have his own page :-) Because he has had two pages of his own. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Got an AF subscription? If not, why not ring *01458 271102* and save yourself 44% on the cover price? (more for overseas readers!) ------------------------------ message 47252 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47252 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:54:00 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Sound cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Dauber, >>> It's not that good... KF> >> So? It's better than nothing, and coupled with my forthcoming PalomaIV >> can add sound to any AVIs I make ... > Heh....I remember a long time ago on this list I asked what the best sound > card was. Ben said Prelude, but for those with a PIV, the Concierto would > be the best option. :) That's right. I stand by what I said, but the Concierto really isn't that good. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Stuff happens to thing due to whatever ------------------------------ message 47253 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47253 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 15 Feb 2000 09:57:11 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Sound cards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:54:00 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote: > Hi Dauber, > > >>> It's not that good... KF> > >> So? It's better than nothing, and coupled with my forthcoming PalomaIV > >> can add sound to any AVIs I make ... > > > Heh....I remember a long time ago on this list I asked what the best sound > > card was. Ben said Prelude, but for those with a PIV, the Concierto would > > be the best option. :) > > That's right. I stand by what I said, but the Concierto really isn't that > good. I can't get hold of either a Prelude or a Concierto. So what do I do? ;-) Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47254 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47254 From: "Matthew O'Neill" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:06:05 GMT X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Yellow Pages Closes. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >So you didn't send him derogatory remarks about his bloated PC and >how you >hoped it'd crash and burn? ;-) The free amiga guy or the man from BT?... ;) nah, Mr.BT might not be too happy though... =) ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ message 47255 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47255 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 02:06:02 -0800 From: "Matthew J Fletcher" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Amiga Inc. and Haage & Partner announce a path MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all. Well this is great news, now p5 (god rest there souls), have given up on any nasty QNX ideas, and H&P, have been converted over to ElateRTOS, instead of wasteing there time with a PPC OS3.x, we dont face the prospect of any nastly little splinters in Amiga Corp`s side. -matthew ------------------------------ message 47256 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47256 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:08:15 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: More silly ideas from a newbie MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Kevin, > The only way they will do this is if they give every machine a unique > serial number, which you tell to the vendor when you buy the software. > They lock it so that it will only run on that machine. It's a bit > controversial, cos what if you want to play your game on your mayes hou= se? > You have to take the whole shebang with you. And what if your machine > breaks and you get a new one? Do you have to buy it all again, or pay a= > "renumber" fee? That's what they do with SGIs. Not only that, but you have to re-apply fo= r a keyfile for your registered (at =A320,000) software every three months, t= o limit the use of it by pirates... All the best, -- = Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Last night of the Proms the usual cruel hoax ------------------------------ message 47257 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47257 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:09:02 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AF134 is good! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kevin, >> Well, I have wanted to ditch the jewel case for some time now anyway > I think it looks better with a cardboard case too, but having seen another > one at the user group at the weekend, I don't see how cutting along that > red line would make the whole case fit into a jewel one ... ;-) I bleedin' did it here, din't I? All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Q: How much does a cockney pay for his shampoo? A: Pantene ------------------------------ message 47258 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47258 From: adam james Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:57:49 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Cd-rom prob MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, all i have a 32x IDE cd-rom drive and it does something quite wierd , it scratches the cd"s with a perfectly straight line inner to outer and it looks like someone has slashed it with a knife is anyone else getting this prob ? anyone now whats causing it? -- Adam james ------------------------------ message 47259 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47259 From: adam james Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:05:45 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Worms DC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello > Hi Rick, > = >>>> When I asked for the patch I send them all the nessassery details >>>> and it came in the post the next day. > = >>> Is there any chance you could just forward it to me, please? I >>> don't suppose they'll particularly want the hassle of finding it. > = >> Any chance you could CC it to me too? > = > Why oh why do people insist on using this list for this, rather than > simply sending mail to the person that will be able to do it for > them?! > = > All the best, to the original poster I have the patch for WormsDC on Floppy just give m= e your email address and i will send it make a back up of worms executable file = -- = Adam james ------------------------------ message 47260 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47260 From: adam james Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:04:37 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20000215015912.A7000@cam.ac.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Matthew On 15-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering > = > Well, this was posted to the psxamiga list in January: > = >> Hello Stephen >> = >> On 04-Jan-00, you wrote something worth answering >> = >> = >>> BTW - if anyone wants Le Mans, my copy is available for swapping >>> as I'm sick of it.. I haven't got the dosh to swap it yet at the >>> local shop, but if any one of you want to swap me something for >>> it, then fine :) >> = >> is Le Mans a copy or a original , i have a lot of games if you want >> to trade >> = >> = >> ps: my games are copies not originals all UK PAL versions = >> = >> i have enclosed all my psx games in a list attached to this email = >> = >> -- = >> Adam james Now thats wierd = > The style is identical to yours. If it wasn't you, I'd recommend that > you get in touch with EGroups so you can find out who did post it and > get their ISP to take action against them = I have sent a email to Eidosnet telling them of forged documents posted = But as soon as i find who the f**ker is he/she wish they was never connec= ted = >I haven't got the original copy with headers to hand, but the post is >a= rchived at http://www.egroups.com/group/psxamiga/39.html? . > = i will have a good look at this = >> If its a set up then Labour is involved = > = > Argh. Can we please leave politics out of it? :-) -- = Adam james ------------------------------ message 47261 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47261 From: adam james Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:13:36 +0000 In-Reply-To: <03c601bf768b$f7c7ee70$e9fe31d4@trogsoft> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Neil On 14-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering > From what I've seen, Oliver wouldn't go around accusing people of that > sort of thing if he didn't have some sort of basis for his claims. Yep Point taken > Perhaps someone called adam james did say those psx things, but it was > a different one, or something. Someone who is a good forger > > If it wasn't you, say so. No need to get in a bad mood about it. i am in no bad mood :-) I will find out who did it and they will be reported End of subject , now i can carry on and talk about my favorite mag -- Adam james ------------------------------ message 47262 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47262 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 02:17:46 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: More silly ideas from a newbie MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi > > b) Piracy. Nuff Said; stamp this out or crush it soon, or everything > > will be in vain.. > > The only way they will do this is if they give every machine a unique > serial number, which you tell to the vendor when you buy the software. > They lock it so that it will only run on that machine. It's a bit > controversial, cos what if you want to play your game on your mayes house? > You have to take the whole shebang with you. And what if your machine > breaks and you get a new one? Do you have to buy it all again, or pay a > "renumber" fee? That's a very good idea! :) In my opinion the user should be able to pay at a very small cost an extra license for other machines, like you do on things such as (urrrgh) MS Office, you buy the main package and extra licenses to use it on other machines, say on a LAN. This could be the basis for a very good idea imo. Well done! All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47263 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47263 From: adam james Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:21:15 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Stop The Piracy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Ben On 15-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering > Okay. Entertaining as this thread may be, take it off the list please. > Don't air dirty linen in public. > > All the best, ok THREAD ENDED :-) -- Adam james ------------------------------ message 47264 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47264 From: adam james Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:22:07 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: What is going on ? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Ben On 15-Feb-00, you wrote something worth answering > Hi adam, > >>> If you subscribed to AF it would cost you a lot less - look at the >>> subscription offers in your 'thin tv guide'. > >> if it works out a lot cheaper then i will subscribe > > About half-price. If you subscribe through a usergroup (this is being > set up right now), then it's 49% off. See the sig. > 49% of that sounds great i will subscribe -- Adam james ------------------------------ message 47265 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47265 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 02:23:16 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: <88b8ea$r13o@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Inc. and Haage & Partner announce a path MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, > Well this is great news, now p5 (god rest there souls), have given up > on any nasty QNX ideas, and H&P, have been converted over to ElateRTOS, > instead of wasteing there time with a PPC OS3.x, we dont face the > prospect of any nastly little splinters in Amiga Corp`s side. I think it's great that H&P; one of the most respected IMO developers on the Amiga has been persuaded by the goods of Amiga Inc. and Tao Corp. It's great that a split will not occur; I was seriously worried that H&P would want to use Amiga OS on PPC and Amiga Inc. Elate etc.; causing a rift like the QNX Vs. Linux episode last year. I'm also very happy that the WOA 2000 show is going ahead; great News IMO.... :) Just what I need after my A-Level exams this year... :)) Shame my cheque, HD floppy drive haven't arrived and fusion is being moody... :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47266 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47266 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 02:26:47 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" 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 Hi, > i have a 32x IDE cd-rom drive and it does something quite wierd , it > scratches the cd"s with a perfectly straight line inner to outer and it > looks like someone has slashed it with a knife > > is anyone else getting this prob ? anyone now whats causing it? Sounds like something has got inside the drive and is scratching it, this is rather strange and isn't doing much good to your CDs by the sounds of it! Open the drive's tray and give a good hard blow; that may dislodge the offending scratcher :) and solve your problem. Plan B is not give it a hard bang (it is normally for me, I admit! :) but perhaps to try a friend's CD mechanism of a cheap new one; that will almost certainly cure it. All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47267 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47267 From: "Matthew O'Neill" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:30:31 GMT X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] this lecks ick MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Not everyone spells badly because they are lazy, it could be other >reasons >as well, eg, been dyslexic, or english not been a first language. Must...resist the urge... mustn't make..... dyslexic joke.....uggggh! ;) Can people like me still just have bad spelling then? Mush - mmmm ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ message 47268 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47268 From: Rick Hodger Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:33:15 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: momentary lapse of Amiga... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Alan Anthony hammered "[afb] Re: momentary lapse of Amiga..." out on their keyboard... > Hi Ben, >> I know it's off-topic, and I don't want any follow-ups, but I just saw >> this in trade mag MCV: > Did you also know that the DVD will be cut down, ( no DTS and poss no AC3) Um...for the uninitiated in DVD terminology, a breif explanation please? > and they are having trouble with the graphics performance. *snigger* Everytime I've heard anything about that damn thing in the last 3-4 months, it's been bad. Another thing is that having seen a scale (1:1) model of one in the local GAME store, it's bloody massive for a games console! Easily larger than the original one... -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead. ------------------------------ message 47269 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47269 From: Rick Hodger Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:44:19 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Daniel Thornton hammered "[afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?" out on their keyboard... > On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:12:08 +0000, ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk was largin' > it with these words... >> There wasn't time to announce it in last issue (the one you're reading >> now), but we'll have a stonking giveaway on our next issue. > I meant to ask this the other day; can one of the Fusion hardfiles > you're doing have a Netscape installation on it? It's too big to > download, y'see. There's a problem with that, when I set up SS, the only decent PPP system available was FreePPP, and it is completely incompatible with Netscape, plus Netscape are pretty much PPC only now, IE4 (argh! no! getitaway! getitaway!) comes in both 68k and PPC flavours, but IE5 is PPC only. It's possible they might not be able to get a 68k version of Netscape anymore... -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces He heard she was stuck up and asked how much they got. ------------------------------ message 47270 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47270 From: Rick Hodger Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:48:07 +0000 In-Reply-To: <889huv$8ius@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as David McMinn hammered "[afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?" out on their keyboard... >> Whatever it is, I don't think we should over-hype it too much. Which >> authors have left the Amiga recently after dissappointing sales? > Besides >> Newsrog and the packages you mentioned, I don't know ... > Ben said "he's pretty much left" so it sounds like a not officially > left, just not producing updates very often kind of thing. MiamiDx? > Holger K's away playing Carl S and Rebol now... Ben, you're a complete bastard ;) It would be, seeing as I just ordered the normal Miami from Weird Science...but I wouldn't think so as afaik Miami and MiamiDx haven't had what you'd call disapointing sales. More likely it's some big fancy graphics package, or something that lots of people use, but won't register (hmmm....MUI? ;) -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces Whoever has the gold makes the rules. ------------------------------ message 47271 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47271 From: "Matthew O'Neill" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:41:32 GMT X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Any clues as to what this software is, or to the identity of the >author? At least tell us what type of software it is! text, graphic, DTP, 3d...? os3.5? ;) ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ message 47272 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47272 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:42:03 +0000 In-Reply-To: <918.79T1700T11434288Nyk@tomobiki.u-net.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: iSpell probs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Nyk, >>> Can't remember how I installed it (in August 97...) but the user >>> dictionary is ispell:lib/.ispell_english and it's one word per line >>> sort of thing.. >> Yep, got that, but iSpell doesn't respond to it... > Ah... > -->-- > ispell:bin/ispell -dispell:lib/english.hash -p/ispell/lib/.ispell_english > --<-- > Any better? Yes, I can now add words manually to the dictionary, but I can't simply add them in YAM... thanks! All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ try this: http://www.channel4.com/mark_thomas/ ------------------------------ message 47273 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47273 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 02:44:43 -0800 From: "Malcolm Campbell" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: FreesiteUK MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Richard, >> Thanks, I've been working on it for ages. > Out of curiosity how long did it take you, the typing alone must have taken > ages. I started work on it in July (which was the last time I mentioned it on afb). It takes about two to three hours to update but thanks to the newsletter it now takes longer. You may notice the consistent design throughout - this is the result of a program I wrote in ACE Basic and is the main reason I still use my Amiga. >> It's been listed for months. > Sorry I should have said which section. I saw the entry in Free ISP's but you > might also like to also include them in the Web Hosting section. They are only added to the web hosting section if they don't require a dial-up connection regularly - if Free4all doesn't then let me know. I got my .co.uk for =A35 and .com for =A330, and transfered them to Mersinet because they installed REBOL when I asked them - a good company. All the best, -- Malcolm Campbell malcolm@freesiteuk.com FreesiteUK - http://www.freesiteuk.com ------------------------------ message 47274 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47274 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 02:46:02 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: momentary lapse of Amiga... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All, Now I have said what i think of consoles before, but this is my opinion, here goes :) > >> I know it's off-topic, and I don't want any follow-ups, but I just saw > >> this in trade mag MCV: > > > Did you also know that the DVD will be cut down, ( no DTS and poss no AC3) > > Um...for the uninitiated in DVD terminology, a breif explanation please? Wow that's some DVD implementation Sony! ;) Consoles are pants, and will forever be pants. Take the Amiga - a decent computer, which we all know and love. :) Take the CD32; a bog standard 14MHz 020 2Mb jobby :), do you regard the CD32 as high as the same spec A1200. I don't. Consoles are things that are consigned to the cupboard under the stairs. They provide a laff and then are chucked into oblivion only to be found when your family moves house... :) > > and they are having trouble with the graphics performance. > > *snigger* Everytime I've heard anything about that damn thing in the last > 3-4 months, it's been bad. Another thing is that having seen a scale (1:1) > model of one in the local GAME store, it's bloody massive for a games > console! Easily larger than the original one... Pah! All they ever want is Graphics! :) And another thing, the 'MCC' (or was it MMC, I don't care :) was pretty nasty looking IMO, the Playstation II (sorry :) is even worse. If my dog had yakked up his dinner he would have come up with a more asethetical design! :) Consoles are a waste of time; get a computer and do something useful.. :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47275 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47275 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 02:49:22 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, > > I meant to ask this the other day; can one of the Fusion hardfiles > > you're doing have a Netscape installation on it? It's too big to > > download, y'see. > > There's a problem with that, when I set up SS, the only decent PPP system > available was FreePPP, and it is completely incompatible with Netscape, > plus Netscape are pretty much PPC only now, IE4 (argh! no! getitaway! > getitaway!) comes in both 68k and PPC flavours, but IE5 is PPC only. It's > possible they might not be able to get a 68k version of Netscape anymore... I have sucessfully ran, FreePPP using ShapeShifter using my Free4All account which I usually use on my Amiga side of things. I also use IE 3.01, sorry, but I can tell you this much: IE3, 4 and Netscape is sooooo slow on a 68K CPU compared to any Amiga browser, though IE is useful for pages that V3 mashes... :) IIRC, CU Amiga had Netscape 3 i think on an old CUCD, #11 i think... All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47276 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47276 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 02:52:34 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: <20000215104132.25383.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, > At least tell us what type of software it is! text, graphic, DTP, 3d...? > > os3.5? ;) Oooooh so close, actually it's Workbench 1.2 in its full crowing blue and orange glory... ;) Or could easily be Lightwave 5, (yeah right) perhaps Draw Studio 2 (I reckon that's what it is...), or even Final Writer '97 (ooooh that'd be good!). Or we may even get Ben's favourite; TurboText, that'd be good... :) For all we know it could even be... :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47277 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47277 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:56:53 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bb5i$jck2@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Nick, > Oooooh so close, actually it's Workbench 1.2 in its full crowing blue > and orange glory... ;) You do know that we now have WB3.0 on our CD every issue now, right? > Or could easily be Lightwave 5, (yeah right) perhaps Draw Studio 2 (I > reckon that's what it is...), or even Final Writer '97 (ooooh that'd be > good!). > Or we may even get Ben's favourite; TurboText, that'd be good... :) > For all we know it could even be... :) Don't even bother. You'll all work yourselves into complete tizzies and then be ever-so disappointed when it's revealed. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *Leo*: /(July 23-Aug 22)/ You will find ample empirical evidence proving true the old myth about bulls and the colour red. ------------------------------ message 47278 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47278 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 03:04:25 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, > Don't even bother. You'll all work yourselves into complete tizzies and then > be ever-so disappointed when it's revealed. Awww it's not as big as it was made out then, all this euphoria! :) Or is Ben playing it down? :) No I didn't know WBench 3.0 was on the AFCD each month, but I already have that so it's not that much of a free goody! :)) I reckon it's a MacOS 7.5.5 hard file; which would be nice I suppose.... :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47279 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47279 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 11:04:33 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bbrp$1l69@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Nick, > is Ben playing it down? :) No I didn't know WBench 3.0 was on the AFCD > each month, but I already have that so it's not that much of a free > goody! :)) No, but it's handy if you corrupt a disk, or can't find them. That was the point. I couldn't get 3.1 because Petro wanted a licence fee for it. > I reckon it's a MacOS 7.5.5 hard file; which would be nice I > suppose.... :) There's one of those already on the CD. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Turn the record player down", said Tom disquietingly. ------------------------------ message 47280 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47280 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 03:12:43 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, > > is Ben playing it down? :) No I didn't know WBench 3.0 was on the AFCD > > each month, but I already have that so it's not that much of a free > > goody! :)) > > No, but it's handy if you corrupt a disk, or can't find them. That was the > point. I couldn't get 3.1 because Petro wanted a licence fee for it. That's a good point, in fact Neil Bullock was looking for a Workbench Disk the other day because his A1200's hard disk is up the creek, shame the Amiga (well exc. CD32) doesn't boot from the cd drive... :) That's a good thing to do Ben, I think you should have made it clearer in the mag that it exists. If you have, please pardon me! :) > > I reckon it's a MacOS 7.5.5 hard file; which would be nice I > > suppose.... :) > > There's one of those already on the CD. What this CD, AFCD50? Where abouts? :) I looked in the MacOS 7.5.3 drawer in the -Serious-/Commercial path but I couldn't see anything there; where abouts is it?? :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47281 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47281 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 15 Feb 2000 11:09:26 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AF134 is good! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:09:02 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote: > Hi Kevin, 'lo > >> Well, I have wanted to ditch the jewel case for some time now anyway > > > I think it looks better with a cardboard case too, but having seen another > > one at the user group at the weekend, I don't see how cutting along that > > red line would make the whole case fit into a jewel one ... ;-) > > I bleedin' did it here, din't I? You must have exceptionally large jewels then. ;-) Kev PS I obviously meant jewel cases, you perverts! -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47282 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47282 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 15 Feb 2000 11:08:41 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: More silly ideas from a newbie MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:08:15 +0000, Ben Vost (ben=2Evost@futurenet=2Eco=2Eu= k) wrote: > Hi Kevin, Hi, > > The only way they will do this is if they give every machine a unique > > serial number, which you tell to the vendor when you buy the software= =2E > > They lock it so that it will only run on that machine=2E It's a bit > > controversial, cos what if you want to play your game on your mayes hou= se? > > You have to take the whole shebang with you=2E And what if your machine > > breaks and you get a new one? Do you have to buy it all again, or pay a > > "renumber" fee? >=20 > That's what they do with SGIs=2E Not only that, but you have to re-apply = for a > keyfile for your registered (at =A320,000) software every three months, t= o > limit the use of it by pirates=2E=2E=2E I knew they did it with some high-end systems but I didn't know which to be honest=2E I kne wit wasn't an original idea though - they'd actually considered doing it in the very first PCs and if they had there'd be very little piracy today, but they decided against it and the rest is history = =2E=2E=2E The best thing about it though is that you can distribute software that'll run on any machine, with certain modules restricted to certain ones, so you can have a WP package licensed for a LAN with only certain people able to use certain parts of it=2E It adds great security to documents - you can s= et one up so that it'll only load on your machine :-) This is in theory btw, I've no idea if SGIs do this already ;) Kev --=20 Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47283 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47283 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 15 Feb 2000 11:05:01 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20000215100606.6537.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Yellow Pages Closes. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:06:05 GMT, Matthew O'Neill (oneillmatthew@hotmail.com) wrote: > >So you didn't send him derogatory remarks about his bloated PC and >how you > >hoped it'd crash and burn? ;-) > > The free amiga guy or the man from BT?... ;) nah, Mr.BT might not be too > happy though... =) The free amiga stuff guy - Chesh. Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47284 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47284 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 11:16:04 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bcbb$1l9b@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Nick, >>> I reckon it's a MacOS 7.5.5 hard file; which would be nice I >>> suppose.... :) >> >> There's one of those already on the CD. > What this CD, AFCD50? Where abouts? :) I looked in the MacOS 7.5.3 > drawer in the -Serious-/Commercial path but I couldn't see anything > there; where abouts is it?? :) No, on AFCD51, along with FreeDOS for the PCx side of things... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Inflation to be phased out in favour of annual 1.1% lowering of wages to avoid costly relabelling of goods ------------------------------ message 47285 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47285 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 15 Feb 2000 11:17:39 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bcbb$1l9b@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 03:12:43 -0800, Nick Lamburn (oruk-amigan@excite.com) wrote: > Hi, > > > > I reckon it's a MacOS 7.5.5 hard file; which would be nice I > > > suppose.... :) > > > > There's one of those already on the CD. > > What this CD, AFCD50? Where abouts? :) I looked in the MacOS 7.5.3 > drawer in the -Serious-/Commercial path but I couldn't see anything > there; where abouts is it?? :) Nah, there's one of them already on AFCD51. Personally I think it is DrawStudio & ImageStudio .... ... or NewsRog ... ... or ... Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47286 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47286 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 11:18:03 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, Going back to our solo thought for the month for this issue. Who wants to be immortalised as afb-page-writer for this issue? You'll have to hurry, I'll need it by Thursday morning... Oh yes, and I've decided to do a "tip for the month" on that page as well. ATM, I'm thinking of using Chris Dallimore's useful hint on how to hide non-DOS disks from Installer and the like, but if any of you have a more helpful suggestion, fire away. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ An Amiga online is like a fish *in* water ------------------------------ message 47287 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47287 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 03:34:36 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, I would love to do it Ben! Please! I need something for my media portfolio, I'm a good writer! :) See my PCx stuff in AF125. Pleeeeeease! :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47288 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47288 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 11:34:12 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bdkc$phtp@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Nick, > I would love to do it Ben! Please! I need something for my media > portfolio, I'm a good writer! :) See my PCx stuff in AF125. > Pleeeeeease! :) Go ahead. You know the rules. Send me 650 words on the afb, make it entertaining and you'll get on the page... All the best, -- 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 47289 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47289 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 03:38:31 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben, > > I would love to do it Ben! Please! I need something for my media > > portfolio, I'm a good writer! :) See my PCx stuff in AF125. > > Pleeeeeease! :) > > Go ahead. You know the rules. Send me 650 words on the afb, make it > entertaining and you'll get on the page... Okay, I'm doing it now! :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47290 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47290 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 11:38:04 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bdrn$a8pa@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Nick, >>> I would love to do it Ben! Please! I need something for my media >>> portfolio, I'm a good writer! :) See my PCx stuff in AF125. >>> Pleeeeeease! :) >> >> Go ahead. You know the rules. Send me 650 words on the afb, make it >> entertaining and you'll get on the page... > Okay, I'm doing it now! :) Don't forget, that's "send *me*", not the list. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sony unveils matt-black box of red and green lights ------------------------------ message 47291 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47291 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 15 Feb 2000 11:40:30 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 11:18:03 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote: > Hi all, 'lo > Oh yes, and I've decided to do a "tip for the month" on that page as well. > ATM, I'm thinking of using Chris Dallimore's useful hint on how to hide > non-DOS disks from Installer and the like, but if any of you have a more > helpful suggestion, fire away. What about the hiding a dedicated Mac partition by creating a mountfile for it, and only having it mounted when you're about to run Fusion or SS? Is this the same thing? Kev, with his thinking cap on -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47292 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47292 From: andy.k2@ukonline.co.uk Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 11:44:32 +0000 (GMT) X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: PS4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:52:08 -0800, "Paul Laycock" wrote: > Hi Vincenzo, > > > I did not understand from the review of Pagestream4 if a full > > printed manual comes with it. > > I don't think it does. I think it only comes with the online help (ju > st > don't quote me on that!). > The current release does *only* have online help. . . BUT you might as well call it a pre-release really, as there will be a full printed manual, and it will be sent to those who order/upgrade ps4 now, and PDF export will work. . . and stuff > Paul Laycock > > Andy Kinsella. ------------------------------ message 47293 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47293 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 03:46:51 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, > What about the hiding a dedicated Mac partition by creating a mountfile for > it, and only having it mounted when you're about to run Fusion or SS? Is > this the same thing? That's what I do for PCx, PC-Task and now Fusion since it takes the devices name such as PCHD:, MAC0: etc., ShapeShifter just reads the device (scsi.device) the id, and the cylinders it takes up, which is why the volume doesn't need to be mounted. A simple mountlist as Kevin says gets around this where you mount and dismount the partition when necessary. Good one Kevin! :) A worthy idea IMO. :) Another tip, add buffers to an invalidated hard disk partition to speed up re-validation! :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47294 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47294 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 04:20:38 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: <88bebb$fd68@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Nick, > Another tip, add buffers to an invalidated hard disk partition to speed > up re-validation! :) Or go and make a cup of tea. Should be finished by the time th kettles boiled! ;) Another tip is to never let anyone else use your Amiga, as they can screw up *so* easily, even though they "know what [they're] doing". Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47295 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47295 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 04:27:18 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: <88bgam$a51c@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Paul, > > Another tip, add buffers to an invalidated hard disk partition to > speed > > up re-validation! :) > > Or go and make a cup of tea. Should be finished by the time th kettles > boiled! ;) No no no no no nooooo Tea, Coffee, lovely sweeeeeet caffine enriched coffeeeeee... :)) > Another tip is to never let anyone else use your Amiga, as they can > screw up *so* easily, even though they "know what [they're] doing". Which is why they have the A600, they go no where near my A1200T! :) (I've already screwed it up enough times myself... :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47296 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47296 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 15 Feb 2000 12:28:17 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bebb$fd68@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 03:46:51 -0800, Nick Lamburn (oruk-amigan@excite.com) wrote: > Hi, 'lo > > What about the hiding a dedicated Mac partition by creating a mountfile for > > it, and only having it mounted when you're about to run Fusion or SS? Is > > this the same thing? > > That's what I do for PCx, PC-Task and now Fusion since it takes the > devices name such as PCHD:, MAC0: etc., ShapeShifter just reads the > device (scsi.device) the id, and the cylinders it takes up, which is > why the volume doesn't need to be mounted. A simple mountlist as Kevin > says gets around this where you mount and dismount the partition when > necessary. I also did the same thing when I used to use VMM - my VMEM: partition would be mounted as part of the script that actually ran VMM. I'd better delete that mountfile tbh as I don't have it set up any more, and if I accidently run it I might cause severe data loss ... > Good one Kevin! :) A worthy idea IMO. :) Ta, I'm full of it at the moment. Ideas that is ;-) > Another tip, add buffers to an invalidated hard disk partition to speed > up re-validation! :) You'd have to boot with no startup sequence and do a addbuffers dh4: 500 for that to be effective ... Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47297 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47297 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 04:43:47 -0800 From: "Phil Allen" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] AmigaGuide - I've nearly got it! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Okay, following the almost overwhelming deluge of advice I got on how to create an AmigaGuide, I have created my first such document. Thanks all! Problem. When I set the default tool for the Guide to *multiview*, I am told that an icon needs to be created to hold the information. I click *yes* but when I try to run the guide by double-clicking on it I am told there is no program icon and the blasted machine hangs the next time I try to do something. Any ideas? I'm fresh out. Cheers, Phil ------------------------------ message 47298 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47298 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 05:22:03 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: <88bgn6$hv5o@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Nick, > > Another tip is to never let anyone else use your Amiga, as they can > > screw up *so* easily, even though they "know what [they're] doing". > > Which is why they have the A600, they go no where near my A1200T! :) > (I've already screwed it up enough times myself... :) Yeh, I know what you mean. After getting back from a hard days work, it is so nice to find that your cousins came round to visit, promptly deciding that they wanted to "play on the computer". Anger doesn't begin to describe it. Luckily, nothing wrong, but ot could have happened! Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47299 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47299 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 05:24:17 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kevin, > > Another tip, add buffers to an invalidated hard disk partition to speed > > up re-validation! :) > > You'd have to boot with no startup sequence and do a addbuffers dh4: 500 > for that to be effective ... Only 500?! I have a good 1000 on my games partition - always. Speeds loading of Quake and DooM no end... Paul Laycock PS. Validation is a lot quicker on a PowerFlyer, plus it actuallt tells you it is validating rather than give you a black screen. ;) ------------------------------ message 47300 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47300 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 13:24:11 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bk21$epg3@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Paul, >> You'd have to boot with no startup sequence and do a addbuffers dh4: > 500 >> for that to be effective ... > Only 500?! I have a good 1000 on my games partition - always. Speeds > loading of Quake and DooM no end... > Paul Laycock > PS. Validation is a lot quicker on a PowerFlyer, plus it actuallt tells > you it is validating rather than give you a black screen. ;) I don't mind you carrying on this thread, but please take not of the subject and change it if appropriate. I've left it as it is on purpose this time! All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Loose Lips Drop Chips ------------------------------ message 47301 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47301 From: Robert Johnston Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 13:32:43 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AmigaGuide - I've nearly got it! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Allen [mailto:funky_gibbon@talk21.com] > Sent: 15 February 2000 12:44 > To: afb@eGroups.com > Subject: [afb] AmigaGuide - I've nearly got it! > > Problem. When I set the default tool for the Guide to > *multiview*, I am > told that an icon needs to be created to hold the information. I click > *yes* but when I try to run the guide by double-clicking on it I am > told there is no program icon and the blasted machine hangs the next > time I try to do something. Any ideas? I'm fresh out. Make sure the type of the file is set to "Project" (Not Executable) -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk Project X? ------------------------------ message 47302 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47302 From: Chris Millar Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 13:40:49 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Kevin On 15-Feb-00, you wrote: > Nah, there's one of them already on AFCD51. Personally I think it is > DrawStudio & ImageStudio .... > > ... or NewsRog ... > > ... or ... > My vote goes for..... DiskSalv 4 Regards chris -- Arse Biscuits! -- Father Jack, Father Ted Powered by PowerPC Amiga in Dumfries & Galloway A1200 Power Tower, 200Mhz PPC/060 50Mhz, BVision, 74Mb Ram, OS3.5, CGX V4.1 Panasonic 36" Wiiiiddeessccrreeennn TV, Pioneer 717 MultiRegion DVD, Denon AC3 Decoder, Mordaunt-Short Speakers, Marantz SubWoofer..... ------------------------------ message 47303 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47303 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 05:56:33 -0800 From: "Matthew J Fletcher" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The AmigaOS4.0 devkit ?? ------------------------------ message 47304 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47304 From: Robert Johnston Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:00:42 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew J Fletcher [mailto:amimjf@hotmail.com] > Sent: 15 February 2000 13:57 > To: afb@eGroups.com > Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? > > The AmigaOS4.0 devkit ?? First of all, we need OS4.0... -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk I'm the King of Wishful Thinking... ------------------------------ message 47305 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47305 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:02:02 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B24EFC8C@THE_EXCHANGE> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Robert, >> Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? >> >> The AmigaOS4.0 devkit ?? > First of all, we need OS4.0... We also have just secured something brilliant for AF136, however, we probably won't continue to offer these things after that issue... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Excuse for the day: bad ether in the cables ------------------------------ message 47306 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47306 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 06:04:14 -0800 From: "Matthew J Fletcher" In-Reply-To: <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B24EFC8C@THE_EXCHANGE> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit robert johnston wrote: > > The AmigaOS4.0 devkit ?? > > First of all, we need OS4.0... I was thinking allong the lines of the pre-release beta devkit.. -matthew ------------------------------ message 47307 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47307 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:05:54 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bmcu$pjea@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Matthew, >>> The AmigaOS4.0 devkit ?? >> >> First of all, we need OS4.0... > I was thinking allong the lines of the pre-release beta devkit.. ...first we need a pre-release beta... :) All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Try this: http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html ------------------------------ message 47308 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47308 From: "Chris Green" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:12:16 -0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben > We also have just secured something brilliant for AF136, however, we > probably won't continue to offer these things after that issue... That sounds a bit ominous? Chris Green Technical Editor - Computing VNU Business Publications, 32-34 Broadwick Street, London, W1A 2HG .................................................................. Fax: +44 (0)207 316 9160 Email: chris_green@vnu.co.uk ICQ: 10921400 URL: http://computing.vnunet.com .................................................................. ------------------------------ message 47309 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47309 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:11:55 +0000 In-Reply-To: <011f01bf77be$a97d0e60$f0870b0a@chris.vnu.co.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Chris, >> We also have just secured something brilliant for AF136, however, we >> probably won't continue to offer these things after that issue... > That sounds a bit ominous? No, we'll just run out of cash to offer software. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A good death: Taking a bullet for the Science Nun ------------------------------ message 47310 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47310 From: Robert Johnston Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:16:37 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Getting old... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm getting old... Oficially. You can now (As of Today) calculate my age by doing the following... ------8<--------- Public Age int Age = (Val(left$(Year,2))) + (Val(Right$(Year,2))) ------8<--------- And Year has to be in the Four-Digit Form (2000, 2010, 2996 Etc) It also only works for the next Hundred years, although it is rumoured there is a Government taskforce looking into it... -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk Aaaaa Very merry unbirthday, to you, to you! ------------------------------ message 47311 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47311 Date: 15 Feb 2000 15:16:14 +0100 From: Armin In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 15. Feb 2000 Chris Millar wrote: > My vote goes for..... > DiskSalv 4 Yes, that would have been nice. However, it will probably be something like DrawStudio. It is with a bittersweet taste in my mouth, though, knowing that whatever program, it probably never will be bugfixed/upgraded anymore. Regards, Armin ------------------------------ message 47312 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47312 From: Robert Johnston Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:19:56 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Lamburn [mailto:oruk-amigan@excite.com] > Sent: 15 February 2000 11:04 > To: afb@eGroups.com > Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? > > I reckon it's a MacOS 7.5.5 hard file; which would be nice I > suppose.... :) S'aldredy on the latest AFCD... -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk Think Different? Just Think, Dammit! ------------------------------ message 47313 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47313 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:21:52 -0800 From: "xatiminey" References: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga & Realaudio MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit David Porter wrote: > Is it possible to listen to radio stations (or anything else) that > broadcast using the format audio/x-pn-realaudio? I'm using V3 at the > moment (warts n'all) There is a real audio thingie for amiga, but I couldn't get anywhere with it (not sure if its even supposed to work yet, but I couldn't work out how to get it to go) there are two related files on aminet; comm/tcp/unrealaudio.lha and comm/www/streamRA.lha I think the latter is an Arexx script which browsers can call to use unrealaudio. The unrealaudio archive is of version 0.3, it is 197 weeks old and the readme doesn't give a webpage for it, which doesn't bode well for it's current status.... -curator -- Keyboard Error! Press F1 to resume. VGA error; Monitor not connected! Press F1 to resume. (actual PC errors, though obviously I'm not sure how the second one goes....) ------------------------------ message 47314 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47314 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:19:33 +0000 In-Reply-To: <328.80T714T9164094saribi@sensewave.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Armin, > It is with a bittersweet taste in my mouth, though, > knowing that whatever program, it probably never will > be bugfixed/upgraded anymore. Bingo! The only I'm keen to do this right now is that a) I know these programs will never be developed further anyway, thus removing the argument that full coverdisk software is killing the Amiga market and b) that I'm probably paying the authors more money than they've received in the last year for their software. :( All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If at first you do succeed, try to hide your astonishment. ------------------------------ message 47315 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47315 From: Richard Lane Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:04:29 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bhm3$fgi6@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AmigaGuide - I've nearly got it! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Phil On 15-Feb-00, Phil Allen wrote: > Problem. When I set the default tool for the Guide to *multiview*, I am > told that an icon needs to be created to hold the information. I click > *yes* but when I try to run the guide by double-clicking on it I am > told there is no program icon and the blasted machine hangs the next > time I try to do something. Any ideas? I'm fresh out. What happens from the shell? f.e.. Multiview path/filename One other thought is that you're using something like DOpus or deficons and the icon you're changing is not a real icon attached to the file. Go into IconEdit make an icon or load one you already have, making sure that the icon is set to a project type, select the guide file and save it. There's two tooltypes you can also adjust in the guide's icon that you might like to have a look at.. FONTNAME=Helvetica FONTSIZE=13 Just select which font and size you want to use instead of the default one. -- Best Regards, Richard Lane - richard@amiga.prestel.co.uk richard@magnumopus.co.uk Author: AmiNET - biz/dopus/Magnum_Opus31a.lha Web site - http://www.magnumopus.co.uk -- My photographic memory ran out of toner. ------------------------------ message 47316 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47316 From: Richard Lane Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 13:36:05 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bamr$d5f7@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: FreesiteUK MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Malcolm On 15-Feb-00, Malcolm Campbell wrote: >>> It's been listed for months. >> Sorry I should have said which section. I saw the entry in Free ISP's > but you >> might also like to also include them in the Web Hosting section. > > They are only added to the web hosting section if they don't require > a dial-up connection regularly - if Free4all doesn't then let me know. The only real limitation is that you have to be connected to Free4all to upload your web pages. Apart from that you don't need to log into you account at all. I normally download any mail sent to my free4all address's via Prestel. Also in the last day or so, Free4all have updated their web site, and very nice it is too. Worth checking out as they've just added SSI and will be including some new services very soon. -- Best Regards, Richard Lane - richard@amiga.prestel.co.uk richard@magnumopus.co.uk Author: AmiNET - biz/dopus/Magnum_Opus31a.lha Web site - http://www.magnumopus.co.uk -- Yo mama so poor, she married young just to get the rice. ------------------------------ message 47317 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47317 From: Robert Johnston Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:24:41 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Vost [mailto:ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk] > Sent: 15 February 2000 14:20 > To: afb@egroups.com > Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? > > > It is with a bittersweet taste in my mouth, though, > > knowing that whatever program, it probably never will > > be bugfixed/upgraded anymore. > > Bingo! The only I'm keen to do this right now is that a) I know these > programs will never be developed further anyway, thus > removing the argument > that full coverdisk software is killing the Amiga market and > b) that I'm > probably paying the authors more money than they've received > in the last > year for their software. :( It's MUI, Isn't it. You've got a FULL version of MUI. Or Maybe not... -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk No-one would've believed, in the last years of the ninteenth century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space... ------------------------------ message 47318 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47318 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 06:37:00 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben, Wooo Hooo, christmas has come early, three scorchers in a row! :) > No, we'll just run out of cash to offer software. Yeah, don't you be going bankrupt just for us! :)) /me quickly quits IE, whilst in Media (A Level), I'm adicted to AFB! :) All the best Nick. ------------------------------ message 47319 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47319 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 06:45:54 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben, > Bingo! The only I'm keen to do this right now is that a) I know these > programs will never be developed further anyway, thus removing the argument > that full coverdisk software is killing the Amiga market and b) that I'm > probably paying the authors more money than they've received in the last > year for their software. :( But what about the fact that the software may act as competition against other pieces of software in the market? Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47320 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47320 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 06:48:16 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: <88boac$suvd@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AFB addiction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Nick, > /me quickly quits IE, whilst in Media (A Level), I'm adicted to AFB! :) Your not the only one. I've had to cut down on my AFB usage beacuse of an astronomically high phone bill at work! ;) Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47321 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47321 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:46:47 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bor2$jvg6@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Paul, > But what about the fact that the software may act as competition > against other pieces of software in the market? Not much chance of that for any of the three(/four) titles that we have had, or will have... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *Sagittarius*: /(Nov 22-Dec 21)/ You will be recognised in your community for raising three healthy, well-adjusted children, as well as eight deranged, killer-cannibal children. ------------------------------ message 47322 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47322 Date: 15 Feb 2000 15:54:4 +0100 From: Armin In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben, >> It is with a bittersweet taste in my mouth, though, >> knowing that whatever program, it probably never will >> be bugfixed/upgraded anymore. > Bingo! The only I'm keen to do this right now is that > a) I know these programs will never be developed > further anyway, thus removing the argument that full > coverdisk software is killing the Amiga market and > b) that I'm probably paying the authors more money > than they've received in the last year for their > software. :( I think AF has improved a lot this last year. All the same it is natural that fewer issues are sold: a/ the future of the Amiga has been uncertain for a long time, so people are leaving, b/ you recently got a competitor, and c/ AF is rarely seen on display anywhere, thus people cannot often buy the mag on impulse. Our AF sub is up for renewal. When I return to Twickenham tomorrow, I'll make sure Future gets their money, and I feel even better knowing that some of it hopefully will go to Amiga software authors. Thanks, Ben. Regards, Armin ------------------------------ message 47323 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47323 From: Chris Millar Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 15:08:19 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: STRICQ - Help! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Kevin On 14-Feb-00, you wrote: >>> The docs don't seem to mention it, but it appears to need >>> vapor_toolkit.library. >> >> That won't solve it....I've got that library but I'm suffering the same >> problems. >> >> Gotta be summit else. > > I think you need at least v14 of it ... That's what I've got, I think.... :) vapor_toolkit.library 30640 26-Dec-99 15:35:15 -----rwed ...I'll run SnoopDos, when I get time. Regards chris -- Antmusic for sexpeople, Sexmusic for antpeople, get off your knees and hear the insect prayer. -- Don't be square (Be there), Adam And The Ants Powered by PowerPC Amiga in Dumfries & Galloway A1200 Power Tower, 200Mhz PPC/060 50Mhz, BVision, 74Mb Ram, OS3.5, CGX V4.1 Panasonic 36" Wiiiiddeessccrreeennn TV, Pioneer 717 MultiRegion DVD, Denon AC3 Decoder, Mordaunt-Short Speakers, Marantz SubWoofer..... ------------------------------ message 47324 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47324 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:34:15 -0800 From: "Stephen Thwaites" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Where's Colin gone? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Maybe I've missed something that has already been said, but where has Colin the art editor gone? His name is no more. His design skills were very effective I thought. A miss to the magazine. Regards Stephen Thwaites ------------------------------ message 47325 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47325 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 15:35:32 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88brln$r2e8@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Where's Colin gone? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Stephen, > Maybe I've missed something that has already been said, but where has > Colin the art editor gone? His name is no more. His design skills were > very effective I thought. Yep, we lost Col and Clare at Christmas... :( All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Behaviourist psychology: pulling habits out of rats ------------------------------ message 47326 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47326 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:44:12 -0800 From: "Stephen Thwaites" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Where's Colin gone? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben A big shame that is. I hope the new one is as good as Colin, because I wouldnt want to see the magazines design drop in standard. Don't want you to flame me, and I know you have loads of other things to do on the mag, but please, please could you change that orange colour scheme you use. Would it take that much? Please. Please? By the way, a cracking issue 134, and looking forward to the free gift next issue. All the best Stephen Thwaites ------------------------------ message 47327 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47327 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 15:46:21 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bs8c$lc20@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Where's Colin gone? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Stephen, > A big shame that is. I hope the new one is as good as Colin, because I > wouldnt want to see the magazines design drop in standard. We currently have Mark Nottley, one of Future's senior art editors working on AF (he did AF134 and most of AF133) and Jon Palmer, a longtime Future freelancer doing production editing (subbing and so on - the heart of the machine). > Don't want you to flame me, and I know you have loads of other things > to do on the mag, but please, please could you change that orange > colour scheme you use. Would it take that much? Please. Which orange colour scheme? Our regulars section? I don't really like it either, but it'll stay to the bitter end because of the fact that it's Amiga Format through and through, much like our logo... > Please? Uh-uh, not even if you say "pretty please with sugar on top". > By the way, a cracking issue 134, and looking forward to the free gift > next issue. Ta muchly. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I'd like to change the world, but they won't give me the source code. (Even if /they/ did I don't program...) ------------------------------ message 47328 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47328 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:58:31 -0800 From: "Stephen Thwaites" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Where's Colin gone? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben Ah go on Ben, you said yourself that you dont like the orange colour scheme (regulars). It just makes the magazine seem washed out at times. It used to be purple. Don't you think slight changes keeps the magazine fresh? I hope you don't mind me giving you this grief :-) I know the magazine has been losing readers (damn and blast), so I just thought slight changes would make a difference. Anyways, keep up the good work. Regards Stephen Thwaites ------------------------------ message 47329 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47329 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:12:49 -0800 From: "Mikey C" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Where's Colin gone? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "ben vost" wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=47327 Ben, > Which orange colour scheme? Our regulars section? I don't really like it > either, but it'll stay to the bitter end because of the fact that it's > Amiga Format through and through, much like our logo... I too hate that poxy orange colour. Please, get rid of it. Sometimes you have to throw away the book and start again. You know new millenium, new start etc. Although the magazine is better than before, I really do want to see the back of the orange colour. Perhaps it's just me and Steven, Perhaps we should start a poll? Regards Mikey C Looking forward to the ug discounts..... ------------------------------ message 47330 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47330 From: "Gerald Mellor" <9745589@tiree.sms.ed.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 16:18:15 +0000 In-reply-to: References: <001601bf774d$8eec4820$ac979fd4@no1> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 15 Feb 00, at 8:45, Kevin Fairhurst wrote: > And (while I'm at it) you were "wondering" that, not "wandering" ... > > And you used "whether" twice in the same sentance. > > Kev, strangely picky this morning ... This could go on forever... it's "sentence" :) Bauglir PS. I just finished reading 'Complicity' by Iain Banks, nice to see the Amiga getting a mention :) ------------------------------ message 47331 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47331 From: Mark Wilson Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:29:20 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 15-Feb-00, Ben wrote this: > Oh yes, and I've decided to do a "tip for the month" on that page as well. > ATM, I'm thinking of using Chris Dallimore's useful hint on how to hide > non-DOS disks from Installer and the like, but if any of you have a more > helpful suggestion, fire away. Yes, hit delete on most of the treads on the AFB Mail list, :o) -- Mark 'tecno' Wilson Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Email: mark@amibench.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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.