eGroups Daily Digest: afb has 100 new messages. Click here http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47397 to read them. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 47397. Vinny Mainolfi Amiga Format on a diet! 47398. Nick Lamburn Re: Sorry for being a little OT but I'm worried.. 47399. Erol Ismael Re: Commodore 64s OT [WAS Moon on A Stick OT] 47400. Erol Ismael Z4 Boards and Towers 47401. Mark Wilson Re: Amiga Format on a diet! 47402. Ben Vost Re: Why this nickname for Cathy? 47403. Ben Vost Re: Hello, I'm new ! 47404. Ben Vost Re: AF135 47405. Ben Vost Re: OT Complicity 47406. Ben Vost Re: mftpII from vapor. 47407. Ben Vost Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47408. Neil Bothwick Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97.... 47409. Ben Vost Re: Last year's (?) reader surveys 47410. Nick Lamburn Re: Hello, I'm new ! 47411. Ben Vost Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys 47412. Ben Vost Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97.... 47413. Ben Vost Re: Amiga Format on a diet! 47414. Nick Lamburn Re: Amiga Format on a diet! 47415. Tudor Davies Where's Tudor (broken leg) was Sorry for being 47416. Nick Lamburn Re: Where's Tudor (broken leg) was Sorry for bei 47417. =?iso-8859-1?q?Mirrorball?= Re: Amiga Format on a diet! 47418. riksweeney@hotmail.com AFCDFind 47419. riksweeney@hotmail.com Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47420. Robert Johnston Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47421. Mad Matt Pirated OS3.5 47422. riksweeney@hotmail.com Re: Pirated OS3.5 47423. Mark Bond Re: AF135 47424. Kevin Fairhurst Re: AFB addiction 47425. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Where's Colin gone? 47426. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys 47427. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys 47428. Paul Laycock Re: Z4 Boards and Towers 47429. roger buckley Re: Where's Tudor (broken leg) was Sorry for bei 47430. roger buckley Re: AFCDFind 47431. michael.carrillo@ukonline.co. POLL: Should the orange colour scheme in AF be ba 47432. adam james To all the AF team and Amiga users 47433. Robert Johnston Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? 47434. Paul Laycock Re: Stupid IDE Zip Drive 47435. Paul Laycock Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? 47436. Paul Laycock Re: Sorry for being a little OT but I'm worried.. 47437. Paul Laycock Re: AFB addiction 47438. Paul Laycock Re: Pirated OS3.5 47439. Dauber Re: Amiga Format on a diet! 47440. Nick Lamburn Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? 47441. Nick Lamburn Re: AFB addiction 47442. Nick Lamburn Re: Sorry for being a little OT but I'm worried.. 47443. John Bragg Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47444. Tina Ward Guardian Angel for A1200 47445. Tudor Davies I love AMIGA Inc. (A4000T rails and workbench.lib 47446. Paul Laycock Re: Guardian Angel for A1200 47447. Paul Laycock Re: Amiga? Portable? With my reputation? 47448. Mad Matt Power Probs 47449. Robert Johnston Re: Power Probs 47450. Neil Bothwick Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? 47451. Errol Speculation (was Guess what's on AF135?) 47452. Errol Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47453. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Speculation (was Guess what's on AF135?) 47454. Matthew O'Neill Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47455. Matthew O'Neill Re: More silly ideas from a newbie 47456. Matthew O'Neill Re: AFB addiction 47457. Matthew O'Neill validity 47458. Matthew O'Neill Re: browsers 47459. Matthew O'Neill Re: FreesiteUK 47460. Matthew O'Neill bt go home 47461. Matthew O'Neill Re: Sound cards 47462. Matthew O'Neill Re: What is going on ? 47463. Matthew O'Neill Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47464. Eyetech tech assistance Re: Power Probs 47465. Robert Johnston Re: bt go home 47466. Paul Laycock Re: validity 47467. Matthew O'Neill Re: Where's Colin gone? 47468. Chris Green Re: bt go home 47469. Ben Vost Re: Where's Colin gone? 47470. Matthew O'Neill Re: Where's Colin gone? 47471. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Power Probs 47472. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Sound cards 47473. Chris Livermore Aminet - Shameless plug 47474. robert PC game with a sense of Amiga related humor 47475. Dauber Re: Aminet - Shameless plug 47476. Sandy Brownlee Theme of Amiga 47477. Rick Hodger Re: AF135 47478. Rick Hodger Re: Pirated OS3.5 47479. Rick Hodger Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? 47480. Rick Hodger Re: mftpII from vapor. 47481. Neil Bothwick Re: bt go home 47482. Neil Bothwick Re: Where's Colin gone? 47483. Simon Jenkins Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? 47484. Sandy Brownlee Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97.... 47485. Peter Hutchison Re: 3.5 memory probs 47486. Peter Hutchison Re: HD Backup 47487. Peter Hutchison Re: OS3.5 features 47488. fool Re: (Fwd) AF submissions 47489. Dauber Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97.... 47490. Sean FT Re: Pirated OS3.5 47491. Sean FT :Helllooo 47492. Simon Mason Re: :Helllooo 47493. Matthew O'Neill Re: Amiga Format on a diet! 47494. Matthew O'Neill Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? 47495. Matthew O'Neill Re: Power Probs 47496. Matthew O'Neill where ya java* gone..... wheres ya java*gone!? (* ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 47397 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47397 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:43:39 -0800 From: "Vinny Mainolfi" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Amiga Format on a diet! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Now I know that Amiga news and software is scarce these days, but does this mean that we have to pay =A35.99 for a "cutdown, diet, slimline, comic" issue? As I remember, Commodore Format went EXACTLY the same way and then disappeard within a few months. PLEASE don't let this happen to Amiga Format. To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to the fact that I feel I am paying =A35.99 for nothing! This is a VERY sad day for Amiga users :( ------------------------------ message 47398 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47398 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:58:15 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Sorry for being a little OT but I'm worried... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Steve, > It Should take 1-3 day's as it's not guaranteed > next day, maybe you ought to cancel the cheque and > send another!! Well yesterday I got a very nice phonecall! :)) Almost a week later bar a day; the cheque arrived! :)) Whew, just about to cancel the cheque an all! :) Thanks everyone for helping me through this difficult time ;) :) > A600, Apollo 68030 33Mhz, 16mb Fast Ram, > Running OS3.5 > 800mb IDE hard drive, 4x IDE Mitsumi CDrom drive > Amiga Fax Modem, Epson LQ100+ Printer > Commodore MPS 1270 Inkjet Printer > Cumana Second Disk Drive. Ooooh, nifty A600, I'm gonna do the same with my A600 (all the bits are ordered and are one the way! :) and use it as a portable Amiga and Mac (Fusion! :) > Getting an A1200, at last! But make sure you keep the A600 with all the gear; stick it in a briefcase and you have a portable Miggy... Like me :) Now all I need is a CD-ROM, maybe a Reno Mediavision iirc or a slimline power computing one... :) I do have an A1240T btw... :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47399 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47399 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:59:48 -0800 From: "Erol Ismael" In-Reply-To: <876683$4sr5@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Commodore 64s OT [WAS Moon on A Stick OT] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I agree, I still have my 128D and C64 with loads of loads of stuff. I even logon to the internet to access BBS sites and it works like a dream. "nick lamburn" wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=44913 > Hi Chris, > > > > I must admit to never been a fan of the C64 basic, I > > > mean the C64 itself was a wonder machine, but I always > > > preffered the Plus/4 (yes!) Basic 3.5 was much > > > better... guess I'm one in a million though :) > > > > Actually you're not. I hated the C64. I progressed to the Amiga via > the ZX80 > > and ZX81, followed by the main Z80 machines (Speccy and Amstrad CPC). > > However along the way I did get a Plus/4 - which I still have and > thought > > was very cool - much nicer than a 64 (nicer keyboard for a start). > > The C64 was better! :-) Though CBM BASIC 3.5 did have graphical > extensions iirc, unlike CBM BASIC 3.0 (and 2.0 iirc) which required the > 'Simon Says' extension; i think that was what it was called. The C64C, > the later model had a better keyboard than the older brown/beige one, > and looked a little like an A600, but not as good! :-) I stand by my > opinion, C64s were cool! :-) > > All the best, > > Nick > ------------------------------ message 47400 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47400 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 01:02:15 -0800 From: "Erol Ismael" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Z4 Boards and Towers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Why is Eyetech taking so long to ship their Z4 boards with the new Z4 Tower? Is any one else having this long frustrating wait? Erol ------------------------------ message 47401 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47401 From: Mark Wilson Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:14:13 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88dnvr$u8gc@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Format on a diet! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 16-Feb-00, Vinny wrote this: > To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to > the fact that I feel I am paying =A35.99 for nothing! Well, I'm so glad to see that your helping Amiga Format *stay* in the current market, Amiga Format, along with Amiga Active *BOTH* need your support, Neither of them have lots of stuff to fill the pages with, Yet, = if you want to support the Amiga, and help nuture its future, you have to support the grass root efforts that Amiga magazines provide. = > This is a VERY sad day for Amiga users :( Its a sadder day when ben and co have to go sign on, just because you don= t think the amount of work they do is 'worth' the money. I bet they do alot= more than you do to keep things going. I can guess they break their balls= every day to bring the very best they can, Same for Amiga Active. = -- = Mark 'tecno' Wilson = Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Email: mark@amibench.org ------------------------------ message 47402 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47402 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:37:23 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Why this nickname for Cathy? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi jeremy, > I am hoping that someone on this list (Ben or Rich) could explain why > Cathy McKinnon was given the title ' Cathy "Rabbit Syndrome" McKinnon' in > the 100th issue of AF? Rich won't be able to - he wasn't here then. It's probably down to any one of several factors - Cathy likes a lot of salad stuff, she's easily frightened, she's got 400 children, she stands in front of oncoming cars... Seriously, it was three years ago! Oh yeah, I know your clock doesn't work properly, but please use an ntp server, or make sure it's near-enough right beofre you post on here... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Please use other door ------------------------------ message 47403 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47403 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:45:11 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Hello, I'm new ! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Grzegorz, > Hello! I'm new on this list, so I would like to introduce my self. My name > is Grzegorz (Gregory or something like that), I'm from Poland. I'm amiga > user - my config is like in signature. So.... OK, I have nothing else to > say... Bye ;D > PS. I don't know that it's forbiden to send mails like this, so if it is - > I'm sorry. And sorry about my strange english - but I'm still learning ;D Welcome, and don't worry about your english - it's better than some of the other english on here, and that's from people from the UK! All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *Pisces*: /(Feb 19-Mar 20)/ You will be spiritually and emotionally unprepared for the events of next Thursday, though nothing particularly notable is expected to happen. ------------------------------ message 47404 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47404 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:51:30 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AF135 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Daniel, > Hmmm, let's see.... > poor sales...the producers has all but left the market... > Is it Netconnect3, Mark? Ooh you're close, but it's not her. I'm afraid the prize money has to go down to a fiver... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Whhhhooooooooooooooooooooo?!!!?!?! ------------------------------ message 47405 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47405 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:55:38 +0000 In-Reply-To: <200002152215.WAA10479@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: OT Complicity MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Gerald, > Just a mention... like "We played XXX on my friend's Amiga". Not an > exact quote, or anything near it, but it was that kind of thing. Given > that it was written in the early 90s though, it shouldn't be too > surprising. It's full of quotes or references that make you think Iain Banks is a groovy dude, what with the talk of the Pixies, etc... 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 47406 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47406 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:57:28 +0000 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 Andy, > Dopus is cool for FTP, but 5.5 doesn't copy folders, which is > irritating (does Magellan? I plan to finaly upgrade after I've bought > ImageFX), and the reason i use FTPmount along with FBACK instead. Yes, it does. It can also do passive ftp between ftp sites (none of that copying a file to your hard drive to have to copy it back out again to a different site). All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Whhhhooooooooooooooooooooo?!!!?!?! ------------------------------ message 47407 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47407 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:58:17 +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: quoted-printable Hi Jani, > It would be nice to see this program resurrected & updated - it is just= > the type of program I=B4d need to do CorelDraw-type stuff (like webpage= > banners etc). Some old CUCD (16?) had V2lite and I played around with > it a bit; very nice. The lite version was on our CD for a while too - in the tools drawer. All the best, -- = Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ try this: http://www.vcnet.com/bms/ ------------------------------ message 47408 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47408 Date: 16 Feb 2000 9:23:31 +0000 From: "Neil Bothwick" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97.... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dauber said, > Well, I've been freelance-typing for someone, and one of my at the magazine > suggested a fee I should charge the guy according to the number of > characters I type. It's more normal to charge by the word. > Anyway...anybody know of any macros for Final Writer that will count > characters? Or a program that will count 'em in an ASCII file? I checked > Aminet, no luck. I use wc, which shows the number of lines, words and characters. It's part of GeekGadgets, so it probably needs ixemul.library. Neil -- Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider http://www.wire.net.uk -- Procedure: (n.) a method of performing a program sub-task in an inefficient way by extensively using the stack instead of a GOTO. ------------------------------ message 47409 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47409 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:02:04 +0000 In-Reply-To: <002701bf7819$ac253ba0$1e829fd4@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, >> Sorry, I dropped the ball on it, I still have them here. > Do you want my address then? Is it happening [dude]? Don`t bother with > the mail bombs tho cos I`ll probably give you my work address ;-) Yep. Send it and you'll get a large bundle in the post reet soon. 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 47410 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47410 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:07:55 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Hello, I'm new ! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Grzegorz and Ben, > > Hello! I'm new on this list, so I would like to introduce my self. My name > > is Grzegorz (Gregory or something like that), I'm from Poland. I'm amiga > > user - my config is like in signature. So.... OK, I have nothing else to > > say... Bye ;D > > > PS. I don't know that it's forbiden to send mails like this, so if it is - > > I'm sorry. And sorry about my strange english - but I'm still learning ;D > > Welcome, and don't worry about your english - it's better than some of the > other english on here, and that's from people from the UK! Yes, do not feel intimidated by this language barrier or anything, we are glad to have a new afb recruit and I for one jope you find this a very helpful resource like so many others do. I guess my English is pretty bad when it compares to that of of non native English speakers. Personally, I am not at all able to speak in Polish, though I am quite good in my French and Italian and little German... :) Have Fun! :) All the best, Nick. > All the best, > -- > Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 > Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > *Pisces*: /(Feb 19-Mar 20)/ You will be spiritually and emotionally > unprepared for the events of next Thursday, though nothing > particularly notable is expected to happen. > > ------------------------------ message 47411 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47411 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:06:41 +0000 In-Reply-To: <200002160124.BAA23010@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Gerald, > IIRC (I'm using a PC here too) you can get ' on an Amiga keyboard > by pressing Alt+` With the GB keymap you get ' by hitting the key at the top-left of the keyboard marked with a ` and ~. To get a backtick, you hit alt+`. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Amiga Format - your only alternative is computing suicide... ------------------------------ message 47412 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47412 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:08:01 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97.... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Dauber, > Well, I've been freelance-typing for someone, and one of my at the > magazine suggested a fee I should charge the guy according to the number > of characters I type. Great, I thought, until just a few minutes ago when > I realized that Final Writer 97 doesn't have a character count in its > "Statistics" thing, unlike Microsquish Turd.... [boy, that sounds mature!] Characters?! Most people charge by the word... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Want to send something for the CD? Read Submissions Advice on the AFCD first. ------------------------------ message 47413 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47413 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:09:44 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88dnvr$u8gc@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Format on a diet! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Vinny, > Now I know that Amiga news and software is scarce these days, but does > this mean that we have to pay =A35.99 for a "cutdown, diet, slimline, > comic" issue? = > As I remember, Commodore Format went EXACTLY the same way and then > disappeard within a few months. PLEASE don't let this happen to Amiga > Format. It's not *us* that lets this happen, it's people who won't pay for the magazine any longer... > To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to > the fact that I feel I am paying =A35.99 for nothing! Doh! All the best, -- = Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Try: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/ ------------------------------ message 47414 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47414 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:20:14 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Format on a diet! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Mark, > > To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to > > the fact that I feel I am paying =A35.99 for nothing! > > Well, I'm so glad to see that your helping Amiga Format *stay* in the > current market, Amiga Format, along with Amiga Active *BOTH* need your > support, Neither of them have lots of stuff to fill the pages with, Yet, if > you want to support the Amiga, and help nuture its future, you have to > support the grass root efforts that Amiga magazines provide. That's so true Mark. I pay =A35.99 for AF each month, it's 80 odd pages and it has a CD. PC Format is two and half times as big, two cds if iirc, for =A34.99. But consider that the quality of PC Format is rubbish IMO compared to the hard graft Ben, Rich, the freelancers put into AF. For =A36 this month you get a PC and Macintosh emulator, both of extremely high calibre. AF is worth anybody's money because despite it being as Ben describes '98% page free'; it still contains as much as it ever has done really in the past year or two. Ben's problem is advertising, the lack of. The magazine's size largely depends on Advertsing revenue. If the Magazine is bigger; it's representitive of the amount of adverts. Consider that you also get extremely high production values from a dedicated editorial team; AF is a role model for other magazines of any genre. The fact is the Amiga market it sick; and there are very few products released with a dire lack of software; but a deluge of hardware. One word, Piracy and also development time and cost. I personally applaud Ben and Rich and the whole team; because without their dedication it's quite likely AF would have closed by now. Besides, I like the new look; it's much better with a stapled binding and the whole thingy in general. If and when AF gets more adverts and products to actually increase in size; I suggest it stays with the staple binding, which i like much more... :) > > This is a VERY sad day for Amiga users :( > > Its a sadder day when ben and co have to go sign on, just because you dont > think the amount of work they do is 'worth' the money. I bet they do alot > more than you do to keep things going. I can guess they break their balls > every day to bring the very best they can, Same for Amiga Active. AmigActive and Amiga Format needs everybodies support; no matter the size of the magazine, the real gems are the writing content, which is asorbing, entertaining, informative and an authoritive reference. Ben, Rich et al are the people which need our support; if you're going to take the attituide that standards have fell because the size of the magazine is smaller; then you could not be further from the truth... Keep up the OUTSTANDING and DEDICATED work, that's ALL the AF team... All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47415 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47415 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:26:44 +0100 From: Tudor Davies References: <888std$e6v0@eGroups.com> In-Reply-To: <888std$e6v0@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Where's Tudor (broken leg) was Sorry for being MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 04:37:01AM -0800, Nick Lamburn wrote: > And where is Tudor... :) I am currently laid up at my house with one of my legs in the air. I fell down the stairs on Wednesday night carrying a 29" TV and broke my right leg/ankle in 4 places. I had an operation on Sunday to put 2 plates and 10 screws in my leg, but it was successful :) I now have 6 weeks without walking on it, then back to get one of the screws out and then another 4 weeks in plaster - yippee :( Anyway, I'm now back online (biggest bummer about hospital) and have plenty of time on my hands :) btw I didn't drop the TV... l8r -- Tudor Davies Running Amiga, Mac, PC & Unices Technology in Perfect Harmony Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Specialist in Internet Security & ISP Email: tudor@high5.net Support (RADIUS, Firewalls & Routing) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 47416 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47416 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:38:27 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: <20000216112644.A39690@high5.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Where's Tudor (broken leg) was Sorry for being MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Tudor (again!), :) > > And where is Tudor... :) > > I am currently laid up at my house with one of my legs in the air. > > I fell down the stairs on Wednesday night carrying a 29" TV and broke my > right leg/ankle in 4 places. Ouch! :) BTW: Tudor just e-mailed me to let me know of his predicament... Like I say, I hope you have a successful recovery... > I had an operation on Sunday to put 2 plates and 10 screws in my leg, but it > was successful :) I now have 6 weeks without walking on it, then back to get > one of the screws out and then another 4 weeks in plaster - yippee :( Looks like your going to be having lots of fun Tudor, we'll try to keep you entertained here on afb.... :) > Anyway, I'm now back online (biggest bummer about hospital) and have plenty > of time on my hands :) You'll need it with all the E-Mails you'll have! :)) > btw I didn't drop the TV... Bet if you could have not broke your ankle but dropped the TV you would have rather done just that! :) Like I said Mate, Hope you have a successful recovery, and be more careful in the future.... :) 28" TV..... Wow! :) /me was impressed with his 14" portable till now :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47417 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47417 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:40:52 -0800 (PST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mirrorball?= X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Format on a diet! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hey! > > > To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the > current issue due to > > > the fact that I feel I am paying 5.99 for > nothing! Entirely your choice, I just picked it up and bought it as usual (and I don't even use an Amiga these days!), I didn't even really notice much difference, wasn't too keen on the card-CD cover though, but no big problem, just the card tore when I removed the tape. > > That's so true Mark. I pay 5.99 for AF each month, > it's 80 odd pages > and it has a CD. PC Format is two and half times as > big, two cds if > iirc, for 4.99. But consider that the quality of > PC Format is rubbish The way I see it is that the CD alone is worth the 6, an Aminet CD would cost you around a tenner, and theres much more on the AFCDs and reader contributions and all the rest. The mag is still a good read, just two less drinks in the club on a Friday night innit?! > Besides, I like the new look; it's much better with > a stapled binding > and the whole thingy in general. If and when AF > gets more adverts and > products to actually increase in size; I've heard that one before :) But AF is still a wicked read, better than ever I think, I enjoy it as much now as did back in the day (1992 era), and as I said I haven't used an Amiga for months, but I still buy the two mags, reading them keeps me in touch with what's going on, and 6 a month 'aint too much to ask is it? I mean what's that? 1.50 a week? C'mon! DAN ===== ----------------------------------------------------------- DAN WOOD - dan@mirrorball.8m.com Editor of Mirrorball on-line - http://mirrorball.8m.com Mirrorball-Garage http://www.clubradio.net/garage/index.htm Producer/Presenter of Mirrorball Garage Sessions Radio Show The DEFINITIVE Soulful Garage Sound! ----------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ message 47418 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47418 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:42:04 -0800 From: riksweeney@hotmail.com X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] AFCDFind MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit When I try to add for CDs to the filter on the new AFCD, it will not go below 40. I can select them but they won't be added to the custom list. Can anyone help? ------------------------------ message 47419 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47419 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:48:50 -0800 From: riksweeney@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <000c01bf7818$d7c62ae0$1e829fd4@no1> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is it a prize of 5 pounds? ------------------------------ message 47420 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47420 From: Robert Johnston Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:00:33 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > -----Original Message----- > From: riksweeney@hotmail.com [mailto:riksweeney@hotmail.com] > Sent: 16 February 2000 10:49 > To: afb@eGroups.com > Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? >=20 > Is it a prize of 5 pounds? I believe so, and it's Miami (I think) --=20 Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk =A35! =A35!... or not. ------------------------------ message 47421 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47421 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 03:07:11 -0800 From: "Mad Matt" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Pirated OS3.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think I`ve just come across a pireted version of OS3.5. Take a look at this UAE site: www.amiga.2y.net/uae.html. It is stored in a ADF hardfile. Im not sure what I can really do about stopping the piracy of this software but those of you in the know might be able to. The piracy of 1.3-OS3.1 can not be stopped as it is spread far and wide but the piracy of OS3.5 must stop and not be allowed to spread. Matt ---- ------------------------------ message 47422 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47422 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 03:11:58 -0800 From: riksweeney@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <88e0cv$hhk3@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Pirated OS3.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I think I`ve just come across a pireted version of OS3.5. > > Take a look at this UAE site: http://www.amiga.2y.net/uae.html. > > It is stored in a ADF hardfile. > Yep, that's 3.5 alright. I'll have to grass him up...I need 1000 pounds at the moment. ------------------------------ message 47423 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47423 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:12:47 +0000 From: Mark Bond References: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AF135 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > Is it Netconnect3, Mark? > > Ooh you're close, but it's not her. I'm afraid the prize money has to go > down to a fiver... Hmmmm, In that case I'd guess at STFax mark ------------------------------ message 47424 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47424 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 16 Feb 2000 11:23:01 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88bovg$a6ll@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AFB addiction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 06:48:16 -0800, Paul Laycock (amipal@yahoo.com) wrote: > 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! ;) I've an astronomically high one at home! :( Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47425 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47425 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 16 Feb 2000 11:30:16 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Where's Colin gone? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 15:46:21 +0000, Ben Vost (ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk) wrote: > > Please? > > Uh-uh, not even if you say "pretty please with sugar on top". and currants in the middle?? ;) Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47426 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47426 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 16 Feb 2000 11:23:34 +0000 In-Reply-To: <200002151618.QAA15475@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> 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 16:18:15 +0000, Gerald Mellor (9745589@tiree.sms.ed.ac.uk) wrote: > 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" :) Deliberate mistake. Honestly it was. Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47427 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47427 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 16 Feb 2000 11:35:26 +0000 In-Reply-To: <000d01bf7818$d8d2b8e0$1e829fd4@no1> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:57:16 -0000, Jonathan Day (jonday@totalise.co.uk) wrote: > Hi Kev 'lo > Well now you know why I failed my GCSE English. (It was possible in > those days). But "sentance"?... Deliberate mistake ;-) Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47428 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47428 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 03:47:36 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: <88dp2n$g436@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Z4 Boards and Towers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Erol, > Why is Eyetech taking so long to ship their Z4 boards with the new Z4 > Tower? > > Is any one else having this long frustrating wait? Not with the Z4, but with the BVision. ;) Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47429 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47429 From: roger buckley Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:11:48 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20000216112644.A39690@high5.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Where's Tudor (broken leg) was Sorry for being MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Tudor On 16-Feb-00, you wrote: > I fell down the stairs on Wednesday night carrying a 29" TV and broke my > right leg/ankle in 4 places. > Ooh nasty > Anyway, I'm now back online (biggest bummer about hospital) and have plenty > of time on my hands :) > glad you are back > btw I didn't drop the TV... > You really have to get your priorities sorted out :) Mind you I seem to spend half my time taking the wife to casualty. Since Xmas left wrist broken in two places after a fall. Two weeks later right wrist broken after she tripped, and last night chipped a bone in her elbow when she slipped on the stairs and tried to prevent more damage to her wrists. All this and I AM the one who is supposed to have brittle bones :) Regards -- Roger Amiga 1200, Viper 68030 Mk V Accel with 50Mhz FPU and 8 MBFast, Seagate 410MB 2.5" internal HD and 800MB SCSI HD in a midi tower with 4xCDRom. 56k Modem, Power Port Junr Serial IF G.Image Hand Scanner & Citizen Swift Printer. Website:-http://callnetuk.com/home/rogerbu ICQ-62990780 Robuck2 Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. -- Mark Twain ------------------------------ message 47430 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47430 From: roger buckley Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:15:42 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88duts$9r1u@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AFCDFind MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello riksweeney@hotmail.com On 16-Feb-00, you wrote: > When I try to add for CDs to the filter on the new AFCD, it will not go > below 40. > I can select them but they won't be added to the custom list. Can > anyone help? > > The data for CDs prior to number 40 are .lzx compressed on the CD so to use them you need to unpack them to your hard drive. > Regards -- Roger Amiga 1200, Viper 68030 Mk V Accel with 50Mhz FPU and 8 MBFast, Seagate 410MB 2.5" internal HD and 800MB SCSI HD in a midi tower with 4xCDRom. 56k Modem, Power Port Junr Serial IF G.Image Hand Scanner & Citizen Swift Printer. Website:-http://callnetuk.com/home/rogerbu ICQ-62990780 Robuck2 Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. -- Arthur C. Clarke ------------------------------ message 47431 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47431 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 04:35:59 -0800 From: michael.carrillo@ukonline.co.uk X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] POLL: Should the orange colour scheme in AF be banished? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 16/02/2000 - We all know that Ben Vost loves the orange colour scheme in AF ;) But what do you think? should it go? ---- Please select one of the following: o No, I love it . o It's O.K. o It's starting to look dated. o I'd rather not look at it. o For the love of god, get rid of it!!! by going to the following Web form: http://www.egroups.com/vote?id=950704559574&listname=afb Thank you! ------------------------------ message 47432 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47432 From: adam james Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:42:39 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] To all the AF team and Amiga users MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, all I have recieved a letter this morning from a Londen University which has accepted me so the bad news is i will be selling my amiga and moving to Londen ( I have a buyer so thats good) = after 3 years at Uni i will buy another amiga and come back i promise :-). now for the list of thanks = Thanks to the Amiga users who have helped me on here in the past , present, and supporting my favorite machine. all the best = thanks Ben Vost and the rest of the AF team for keeping my Favorite mag A= LIVE keep up the good work chaps and good luck. = Thanks to Neil bothwick for his ISP for miggy users , i did not subscribe to this but its great :-) = Thanks to Marcel Beck . Holger Kruse , for there excellent TCP ,email programs which are great. = thnaks Chris Wiles for all the progs as the great advise on the phone = And thanks for nothing you pirating b*stards :-( PS: i am sorry if my comments over the past couple of days offended someone. All the best Amiga users and AF team = -- = Adam james Amiga is in my heart = Email address valid till Friday 18th February = ------------------------------ message 47433 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47433 From: Robert Johnston Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:45:19 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Lewis [mailto:ultrasbm@hotmail.com] > Sent: 16 February 2000 02:13 > To: afb@eGroups.com > Subject: [afb] Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? > > I have... > > Amiga A4000 > 1 of IDE Zip Drive > 1 of 8x SCSI2 Plextor CD ReWriter > 3 of UDMA-66 Hard drives (1 6.4Gb IBM, 1 3.2Gb Samsung, 1 2.1Gb > Quantumn) > 3 of IDE CDROM Drives (1 48x Creative, 1 32x LG, 1 36x Sony) > 19" Digital IBM flatscreen monitor > other stuff aswell...but that's all i can be arsed to say at 2am! > > more when I feel like it! /me scratches his head, Counts IDE devices, counts them again, and asks "Huh? By my count that's 7 IDE devices in that system... AFAIK, that's not possible, but I'd love to be proved wrong..." -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk There... Are... Three... Lights... ------------------------------ message 47434 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47434 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 04:57:10 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Stupid IDE Zip Drive MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Sam, > Setup: > IDE Zip 100 via Eyetech 4 way Adapt running via IDEFix On OS3.5 > Problem: > If I insert a Zip disk in the drive and press eject, it will normally eject. > Put the disk back in again and it will not let me eject (sometimes does > that the first time) there are no assigns or anything on the disks set up > or any programs being run. It will not me eject even after a reset (Total > Powerdown needed Heh heh. I used to have this problem. Pain in the arse it is. I think it has something to do with the buffered interface, because when it is plugged into a PowerFlyer, it ejects straight away. You could try running th 'Eject' program which is supplied with IDEFix. Just drag'n'drop the Zip onto the appicon, and it usually ejects straight away. Sorry, but no other fixs for you. Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47435 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47435 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:02:14 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: <88d131$9fuq@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Peter, > Amiga A4000 > 1 of IDE Zip Drive > 1 of 8x SCSI2 Plextor CD ReWriter > 3 of UDMA-66 Hard drives (1 6.4Gb IBM, 1 3.2Gb Samsung, 1 2.1Gb > Quantumn) > 3 of IDE CDROM Drives (1 48x Creative, 1 32x LG, 1 36x Sony) > 19" Digital IBM flatscreen monitor > other stuff aswell...but that's all i can be arsed to say at 2am! > > more when I feel like it! God damn it man, where do you fit all that stuff?!? > oh, and all I use my amiga for is to show off really - and make PC > hardware shop owners look stupid in front of their customers! (I'm good > at arguing - and at winning!) > that bloke was well surprised when I told him the 8x Plextorwriter > worked fine on my Amiga! > should of seen how stupid he looked when his faced turned into a god > damn cherry! Cool! Its great to know that you know more than the sales assistant when you walk into a computer shop. Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47436 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47436 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:06:36 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: <88dor7$41d5@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Sorry for being a little OT but I'm worried... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Nick, > Ooooh, nifty A600, I'm gonna do the same with my A600 (all the bits are > ordered and are one the way! :) and use it as a portable Amiga and Mac > (Fusion! :) > > Getting an A1200, at last! > But make sure you keep the A600 with all the gear; stick it in a > briefcase and you have a portable Miggy... Like me :) Now all I need > is a CD-ROM, maybe a Reno Mediavision iirc or a slimline power > computing one... :) > I do have an A1240T btw... :) I have quite a souped up miggy, but I'm building my own powerhouse too! (check out my building schedule in 'Features' then 'New System': http://www.geocities.com/amipal/) I was thinking of make myself a portable Amiga when I was at college a couple of years ago, but, at the time, I didn't have a). any money, or b). the technical skills required. Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47437 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47437 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:10:44 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AFB addiction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kev, > > Your not the only one. I've had to cut down on my AFB usage beacuse of > > an astronomically high phone bill at work! ;) > > I've an astronomically high one at home! :( So would I if I didn't have to use crummy IBrowse 2.1 to view it online (for some reason AFB doesn't get posted to me... hmm)! Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47438 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47438 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:13:28 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: <88e0lu$7m5u@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Pirated OS3.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, > > I think I`ve just come across a pireted version of OS3.5. > > > > Take a look at this UAE site: http://www.amiga.2y.net/uae.html. > > > > It is stored in a ADF hardfile. > > > Yep, that's 3.5 alright. I'll have to grass him up...I need 1000 pounds > at the moment. Damn his oily hide! I'll make orphans of his children (assuming he has some). I looked on the site (plus source) to see if there was anyway of contacting this fool, but found nothing. Dang. Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47439 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47439 From: "Dauber" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:23:08 -0500 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Format on a diet! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >Now I know that Amiga news and software is scarce these days, but does >this mean that we have to pay 5.99 for a "cutdown, diet, slimline, >comic" issue? >To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to >the fact that I feel I am paying 5.99 for nothing! Well, someone has to pay their expenses. You'll notice there ain't much in terms of advertising, and the companies that do advertise are for the most part Amiga dealers. Amiga dealers don't rake in the bucks, you know, so they can't afford to pay a lot for advertising. It's all about advertising, my friend. That's why here in the States you can pick up an issue of Vogue for only $3 or $4, and that thing is HUGE -- about the size of a year's worth of Amiga Formats stacked. But when you actually look at it, it has no more editorial content than Amiga Format. Who pays for the extra pages? ADVERTISERS. Take it from someone in the magazine biz. ------------------------------ message 47440 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47440 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:28:17 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B24EFCB3@THE_EXCHANGE> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, > > Amiga A4000 > > 1 of IDE Zip Drive > > 1 of 8x SCSI2 Plextor CD ReWriter > > 3 of UDMA-66 Hard drives (1 6.4Gb IBM, 1 3.2Gb Samsung, 1 2.1Gb > > Quantumn) > > 3 of IDE CDROM Drives (1 48x Creative, 1 32x LG, 1 36x Sony) > > 19" Digital IBM flatscreen monitor > > other stuff aswell...but that's all i can be arsed to say at 2am! > > > > more when I feel like it! > > /me scratches his head, Counts IDE devices, counts them again, and asks > "Huh? By my count that's 7 IDE devices in that system... AFAIK, that's not > possible, but I'd love to be proved wrong..." Oh but it is, you could in fact if you had seven Zorro Slots 16 IDE channels with a master and slave giving 32 IDE devices in theory! :) Something called a Power Flyer 4000 or Buddha IDE will add lots of IDE interfaces.. :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47441 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47441 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:37:23 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: <88e7kk$76vu@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AFB addiction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Paul, > > > Your not the only one. I've had to cut down on my AFB usage beacuse > of > > > an astronomically high phone bill at work! ;) > > > > I've an astronomically high one at home! :( > > So would I if I didn't have to use crummy IBrowse 2.1 to view it online > (for some reason AFB doesn't get posted to me... hmm)! Same here. :) I have to use IE, Nutscrape or V3. V3 is a pain because it's table layout goes all manky in V3... :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47442 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47442 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:40:34 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: <88e7cr$ap30@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Sorry for being a little OT but I'm worried... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, > I have quite a souped up miggy, but I'm building my own powerhouse too! > (check out my building schedule in 'Features' then 'New System': > http://www.geocities.com/amipal/) > > I was thinking of make myself a portable Amiga when I was at college a > couple of years ago, but, at the time, I didn't have a). any money, or > b). the technical skills required. I don't have the skills either; I just bunged the machine as-is in a briefcase; and add the other stuff like HD and CD-ROM. Fits in very nice... :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47443 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47443 From: John Bragg Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:57:04 -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 No idea myself, but if the hardfile containing MacOS 7.5.3 (or point something) that Ben hinted at in AF 134 is included I'll be a happy man. I currently spend a lot of my time running Shapeshifter under system 7.0 (thanks again Nick Lamburn for all your help) and installing MacOS can be a real problem as Ben rightly pointed out. John F Bragg Multimedia Production Assistant Multimedia Centre Darlington College of Technology ------------------------------ message 47444 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47444 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 06:10:16 -0800 From: "Tina Ward" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Guardian Angel for A1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have been reading in the latest issue of AF about Guardian Angel a programme which stops our beloved Amiga's from becoming unstable, I have looked on Aminet for it but to no avail, Can anyone out there please tell me if it is available for download, and if so where from. Thanks Tina ------------------------------ message 47445 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47445 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:11:51 +0100 From: Tudor Davies X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] I love AMIGA Inc. (A4000T rails and workbench.library) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Following on from a couple of threads a couple of weeks ago, I decided that the best course would be to get the drive rails and the A4000T software direct from AMIGA themselves - at least I would know they were the right bits :) Anyway, I sent of an email to orders requesting the above and asking for details of the right bits to order so that I could place an order. Today I received this: ====== Please give us your postal address, we will send the rails and one set of diskets for free. Best Regards Andreas Steep AMIGA International, Inc. ====== Is that brilliant service or what? I love these guys :) -- Tudor Davies Running Amiga, Mac, PC & Unices Technology in Perfect Harmony Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Specialist in Internet Security & ISP Email: tudor@high5.net Support (RADIUS, Firewalls & Routing) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 47446 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47446 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 06:45:38 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: <88eb48$ajuq@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guardian Angel for A1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Tina, > I have been reading in the latest issue of AF about Guardian Angel a > programme which stops our beloved Amiga's from becoming unstable, I > have looked on Aminet for it but to no avail, Can anyone out there > please tell me if it is available for download, and if so where from. I think its part of the MMUlib archive, which has been on quite a few AFCDs in the past. Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47447 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47447 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 06:47:38 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: <88e9ci$ubhu@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga? Portable? With my reputation? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Nick, > > I was thinking of make myself a portable Amiga when I was at college a > > couple of years ago, but, at the time, I didn't have a). any money, or > > b). the technical skills required. > I don't have the skills either; I just bunged the machine as-is in a > briefcase; and add the other stuff like HD and CD-ROM. > > Fits in very nice... :) Do you have a custom LCD screen fitted t it, or do you just plug it into a monitor when you want to use it? If this is the case (heh heh!) it is more of a luggable Amiga than a portable. ;) Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47448 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47448 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 06:56:38 -0800 From: "Mad Matt" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Power Probs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As I am suffering from the usual power problems assossiated with the blizzppc and Bvision, I am enquiring as to whether or not a 250watt power supply will help or not. Currently I have A power tower with a 200w power supply and at the moment even the power led strugles to come to life. On my current power supply it does show that the 12v line is carrying 7amps and on a 250w power supply it carries 9amps on the 12v line. So is it worth trying a 250w ps just to get my powerled back if nothing else. Matt ---- ------------------------------ message 47449 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47449 From: Robert Johnston Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:15:46 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Power Probs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Mad Matt [mailto:matt_madmatt@hotmail.com] > Sent: 16 February 2000 14:57 > To: afb@eGroups.com > Subject: [afb] Power Probs > > As I am suffering from the usual power problems assossiated with the > blizzppc and Bvision, I am enquiring as to whether or not a 250watt > power supply will help or not. > > Currently I have A power tower with a 200w power supply and at the > moment even the power led strugles to come to life. > > On my current power supply it does show that the 12v line is carrying > 7amps and on a 250w power supply it carries 9amps on the 12v line. So > is it worth trying a 250w ps just to get my powerled back if nothing > else. If you're really up for it, we've got some 300w power supplies. -- 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 got the power! ------------------------------ message 47450 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47450 Date: 16 Feb 2000 14:3:27 +0000 From: "Neil Bothwick" In-Reply-To: <88e8lh$gd71@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nick Lamburn said, > Oh but it is, you could in fact if you had seven Zorro Slots 16 IDE > channels with a master and slave giving 32 IDE devices in theory! :) > Something called a Power Flyer 4000 or Buddha IDE will add lots of IDE > interfaces.. :) Each Bhudda card has 3 IDE interfaces, 6 devices. So you could run a total of 44 devices, which would at least keep you warm. Neil -- Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider http://www.wire.net.uk -- And all the Borg left was this copy of OS/2... ------------------------------ message 47451 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47451 From: Errol Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:46:41 +0100 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Speculation (was Guess what's on AF135?) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben, You evil bastard! You've really opened a can of worms with this one! What, do you like watching them squirm? Maybe we should put them out of their misery? No, perhaps not! hehehe Go on, tell them it's a big wind-up. The only thing that's going to be on AF135 is a CD (or 2 floppies) perhaps what these guys should really be talking about is what "bonus" is contained on AFCD51!!! best regards, Errol E.M.Computergraphic Developing award-winning CD-ROMS for the Amiga & PC CD-ROM compilers for Amiga Format magazine Suppliers of high quality compatible Inkjet Cartridges 8 Edith Road, Clacton, Essex. CO15 1JU United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1255 431389 Fax: +44 (0)1255 431696 ---- http://www.emcomp.demon.co.uk ---- ------------------------------ message 47452 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47452 From: Errol Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:11:42 +0100 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 Jon, -> Is that a big grin because you know, or because it`s a hellofa proggy? -> Or both? Both! I know, because I'm the AFCD compiler and I put it on the CD this morning, and it's also "a hellofa proggy" ;-) -> Jon, wandering if you`ve signed a NDA Come to think of it, I haven't! ;-) So technically I'm not bound to a legal agreement am I? I'm probably going to face the "Wrath of Vost" for this but... wait for it... it's a program and it works on Amigas! ;-) Don't worry guys, I've just sent the AFCD51 masters off today so you won't have to wait long now... ;-) best regards, Errol E.M.Computergraphic Developing award-winning CD-ROMS for the Amiga & PC CD-ROM compilers for Amiga Format magazine Suppliers of high quality compatible Inkjet Cartridges 8 Edith Road, Clacton, Essex. CO15 1JU United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1255 431389 Fax: +44 (0)1255 431696 ---- http://www.emcomp.demon.co.uk ---- ------------------------------ message 47453 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47453 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 16 Feb 2000 16:24:01 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Speculation (was Guess what's on AF135?) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:46:41 +0100, Errol (errol@emcomp.demon.co.uk) wrote: > Go on, tell them it's a big wind-up. The only thing that's going to be on > AF135 is a CD (or 2 floppies) perhaps what these guys should really be > talking about is what "bonus" is contained on AFCD51!!! Which is? Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47454 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47454 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:17:03 +0100 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 On 14-Feb-00, David McMinn wrote: > 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... Ohhh, MiamiDX please :) I doubt its magellan: a) too big and expensive b) GP haven't kicked the bucket yet c) Ben wouldn't let it because it'd hurt 3.5 sales Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash Computers run on smoke. If it leaks out it won't work ------------------------------ message 47455 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47455 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:34:04 +0100 In-Reply-To: <889k0l$9qok@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: More silly ideas from a newbie MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 14-Feb-00, Mr Halibut wrote: > - Altivec G4 CPU > - 128MB RAM > - 6.4 GB hard drive 6.4? they dont make them that small anymore.... > - 32x CD-ROM drive (DVD option) DVD minimum > - 18" flat-screen monitor :^) and they're stupidly expensive Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash ____________/oo\___________ What, No Taglines!?!?! ------------------------------ message 47456 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47456 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:44:29 +0100 In-Reply-To: <88bovg$a6ll@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 On 15-Feb-00, Paul Laycock wrote: >> /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! ;) You should take computing, its much easier to stay hidden ;) although I couldnt read it today becasue some swine subbed me to the erotic toons mailing list and the dirty website-o-meter went off the scale :/ Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash Ura Redneck if your CB antenna is a danger to low-flying planes. ------------------------------ message 47457 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47457 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:57:08 +0100 In-Reply-To: <88bk21$epg3@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] validity MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 15-Feb-00, Paul Laycock wrote: > Only 500?! I have a good 1000 on my games partition - always. Speeds > loading of Quake and DooM no end... Now might be a good time to tell you that anything above makes no difference. I'm not just saying it because thats what I've found, but because anything above 300 litterally just sits ther doing nothing Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash Less talk more Synthehol. (Said by Lt. Worf) ------------------------------ message 47458 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47458 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:08:45 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200002141830.SAA17562@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: browsers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 14-Feb-00, Gerald Mellor wrote: >> Dunno 'bout V3, though, cos >> there doesn't seem to be a demo available for testing. > Try ftp.ch.vapor.com/voyager/ > (I only say the Swiss one because i usually find that's fastest for me) You haven't actually looked have you? there are demos on their site and on aminet Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash Easy credit terms available. - Satan. ------------------------------ message 47459 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47459 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:12:17 +0100 In-Reply-To: <88bamr$d5f7@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: FreesiteUK MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 15-Feb-00, Malcolm Campbell wrote: > I got my .co.uk for 5 and .com for 30, and transfered them to Mersinet > because they installed REBOL when I asked them - a good company. a co.uk addy only costs 5? do you have to pay anything else after that? Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash Bad Borg Bad Borg Whatcha gonna do when they assimilate you... ------------------------------ message 47460 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47460 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:50:30 +0100 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] bt go home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi @bt.co.uk doesn't exist!?? where can I send my abusive email?? Mash -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash Love me....love my huskies! ------------------------------ message 47461 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47461 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:15:54 +0100 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 On 14-Feb-00, Kevin Fairhurst wrote: > According to the BBOAHW eh? Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash 10 of 10 dentists recommend oral sex for their patients who have sex. ------------------------------ message 47462 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47462 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:27:19 +0100 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 On 14-Feb-00, adam james wrote: >> You've not been on this list for long, have you? Or at least, you've >> not been reading it. > Since PC SCUM post on here i dont read it as much as i used to >> AF have made a couple of cutbacks, perhaps you >> hadn't noticed the Amiga scene isn't as big as it once was. > Amiga has got a small scene but i support it as much as a can > Pirates DROP DEAD And your mental age averages around?......8, 9? No offense luvvy but from what I've read of yours so far nothing seems to make any sense. pc scum? Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash JASSLA Just Another Stupid Six-Letter Acronym ------------------------------ message 47463 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47463 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:24:14 +0100 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 On 15-Feb-00, Ben Vost wrote: >> 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... Its not miami, that would kill genesis, cant really be any gfx program because there are so many. I'm starting to think pfs or WW7..... Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash If you are a liberal who is reading this to you? ------------------------------ message 47464 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47464 From: "Eyetech tech assistance" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:30:45 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Power Probs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This wont help. Its the voltage drop across the resistance of the tracks of the motherboard thats causing the problem (V=I/R) and that'll be the same no matter what wattage PSU you stick on the input side. The only solution is to inject power on the PPC board itself - but you need to put it through a filter to stop it getting electrical noise from the rest of your system. We make a suitable filtered adapter BTW. Eyetech Group Ltd The Old Bank 12 West Green Stokesley, North Yorkshire TS9 5BB UK Sales lines (UK) 01642 713 185; 07000 4 AMIGA; 07000 426 442 International +44 164 271 3185 Fax - 24 hrs - (UK) 01642 713 634; (Intl) +44 164 271 3634 Please confirm urgent sales by phone or fax. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Johnston To: 'afb@egroups.com' Date: 16 February 2000 15:36 Subject: [afb] Re: Power Probs >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mad Matt [mailto:matt_madmatt@hotmail.com] >> Sent: 16 February 2000 14:57 >> To: afb@eGroups.com >> Subject: [afb] Power Probs >> >> As I am suffering from the usual power problems assossiated with the >> blizzppc and Bvision, I am enquiring as to whether or not a 250watt >> power supply will help or not. >> >> Currently I have A power tower with a 200w power supply and at the >> moment even the power led strugles to come to life. >> >> On my current power supply it does show that the 12v line is carrying >> 7amps and on a 250w power supply it carries 9amps on the 12v line. So >> is it worth trying a 250w ps just to get my powerled back if nothing >> else. > >If you're really up for it, we've got some 300w power supplies. >-- >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 got the power! > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >AFB: All polls MUST have dates, and if you have something to >sell use AmiBench! http://www.amibench.org/ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >-- Easily schedule meetings and events using the group calendar! >-- http://www.egroups.com/cal?listname=afb&m=1 > > > ------------------------------ message 47465 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47465 From: Robert Johnston Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:38:19 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: bt go home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew O'Neill [mailto:mash@myamiga.freeserve.co.uk] > Sent: 15 February 2000 16:51 > To: afb@egroups.com > Subject: [afb] bt go home > > Hi > > @bt.co.uk doesn't exist!?? where can I send my abusive email?? @bt.com Think Duh... -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk Duh. ------------------------------ message 47466 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47466 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:43:42 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: validity MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Mash, > > Only 500?! I have a good 1000 on my games partition - always. Speeds > > loading of Quake and DooM no end... > > Now might be a good time to tell you that anything above makes no > difference. I'm not just saying it because thats what I've found, but > because anything above 300 litterally just sits ther doing nothing Well, it seems faster in practise. Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 47467 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47467 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:29:08 +0100 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 On 15-Feb-00, Ben Vost wrote: > Yep, we lost Col and Clare at Christmas... :( Ran away together? ;) Lost from future or just af? Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash Enough Television - Go Read a Book. ------------------------------ message 47468 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47468 From: "Chris Green" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:47:04 -0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: bt go home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Matthew > @bt.co.uk doesn't exist!?? where can I send my abusive email?? BT internal email addresses will be @bt.com Global mate - global! 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 47469 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47469 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:46:10 +0000 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 Matthew, >> Yep, we lost Col and Clare at Christmas... :( > Ran away together? ;) > Lost from future or just af? Clare Hatfield went to AOL in London, Colin Nightingale is now art ed on Guitar Techniques. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Excuse for the day: typo in cdoe ------------------------------ message 47470 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47470 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:31:20 +0100 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 On 15-Feb-00, Ben Vost wrote: > 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... So were the nice coloured bars down the side but you still got rid of them... :p =) Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash In the jingle-jangle modem, I'll come moderate you. ------------------------------ message 47471 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47471 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 16 Feb 2000 16:55:49 +0000 In-Reply-To: <01bf789b$2c7e4540$2501a8c0@cix> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Power Probs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:30:45 -0000, Eyetech tech assistance (info@eyetech= =2Eco=2Euk) wrote: > This wont help=2E Its the voltage drop across the resistance of the track= s of > the motherboard thats causing the problem (V=3DI/R) and that'll be the sa= me no > matter what wattage PSU you stick on the input side=2E The only solution = is to > inject power on the PPC board itself - but you need to put it through a > filter to stop it getting electrical noise from the rest of your system= =2E >=20 > We make a suitable filtered adapter BTW=2E Is this the same adaptor that is little more than a couple of wires tied onto a ferrite ring, for which I was charged =A315 at WoA? Personally I have found no noticable improvement on my A1200 with BVision and PPC/040 with the addition of this equipment, which is unfortunate but might be related to my system only=2E By the way, are these items still =A315? Kev --=20 Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47472 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47472 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 16 Feb 2000 16:58:09 +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 19:15:54 +0100, Matthew O'Neill (mash@myamiga.freeserve.co.uk) wrote: > On 14-Feb-00, Kevin Fairhurst wrote: > > > According to the BBOAHW > > eh? Big Book Of Amiga Hardware Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47473 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47473 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:39:43 +0000 (GMT) From: Chris Livermore In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Aminet - Shameless plug MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here's something for all you aminet users out there. Have a look at http://uk.amigasoc.org/asearch/ it's a pretty configurable web based aminet search engine. Chris ------------------------------ message 47474 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47474 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:48:24 -0800 From: "robert" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] PC game with a sense of Amiga related humor MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, I recently downloaded the Championship Rally demo for the PC (By Magnetic Fields of Lotus Trilogy fame). The installer crashed with a dos shell displaying a guru meditation error message... If only they'd do a PPC Miggy version rgds -- robert@inteloutside.demon.co.uk ------------------------------ message 47475 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47475 From: "Dauber" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:47:49 -0500 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Aminet - Shameless plug MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Here's something for all you aminet users out there. Have a look at >http://uk.amigasoc.org/asearch/ it's a pretty configurable web based >aminet search engine. Speaking of Aminet... the mirror at wuarchive is back! ------------------------------ message 47476 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47476 From: Sandy Brownlee Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:21:39 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Theme of Amiga MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, When I ordered WipEout, I also got the "Theme of Amiga: Back for the Future" CD. Not bad! Regards, Sandy -- Sandy Brownlee OS3.5 & PPC Powered! Email: sandy_brownlee@bigfoot.com Website: http://www.brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk Sent using YAM 2.0 ---------------------------------- This taglline will self- destruct upon deletion. ------------------------------ message 47477 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47477 From: Rick Hodger Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:04:33 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AF135 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Ben Vost hammered "[afb] Re: AF135" out on their keyboard... > Hi Daniel, >> Hmmm, let's see.... >> poor sales...the producers has all but left the market... >> Is it Netconnect3, Mark? > Ooh you're close, but it's not her. I'm afraid the prize money has to go > down to a fiver... It couldn't be STFax4 could it? -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. ------------------------------ message 47478 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47478 From: Rick Hodger Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:10:07 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88e0cv$hhk3@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Pirated OS3.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Mad Matt hammered "[afb] Pirated OS3.5" out on their keyboard... > I think I`ve just come across a pireted version of OS3.5. > Take a look at this UAE site: www.amiga.2y.net/uae.html. > It is stored in a ADF hardfile. > Im not sure what I can really do about stopping the piracy of this > software but those of you in the know might be able to. The piracy of > 1.3-OS3.1 can not be stopped as it is spread far and wide but the > piracy of OS3.5 must stop and not be allowed to spread. What you do is write an e-mail about the illegal software, and send it to both amiga.com and the owners of the website, plus the hostmasters of the domain (eg. hostmaster@2y.net or postmaster@2y.net etc). -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces Be good; if you can't be good, forget it! ------------------------------ message 47479 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47479 From: Rick Hodger Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:13:25 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88e74m$std1@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Paul Laycock hammered "[afb] Re: what do u use ur miggy 4???" out on their keyboard... > Hi Peter, >> Amiga A4000 >> 1 of IDE Zip Drive >> 1 of 8x SCSI2 Plextor CD ReWriter >> 3 of UDMA-66 Hard drives (1 6.4Gb IBM, 1 3.2Gb Samsung, 1 2.1Gb >> Quantumn) >> 3 of IDE CDROM Drives (1 48x Creative, 1 32x LG, 1 36x Sony) >> 19" Digital IBM flatscreen monitor >> other stuff aswell...but that's all i can be arsed to say at 2am! >> >> more when I feel like it! > God damn it man, where do you fit all that stuff?!? Yeah, I mean, by the time I got my three hard-disks, 2 CD-ROMs and a tape drive in, I had to take one out cause there simply wasn't enough juice to power them all :) >> oh, and all I use my amiga for is to show off really - and make PC >> hardware shop owners look stupid in front of their customers! (I'm > good >> at arguing - and at winning!) >> that bloke was well surprised when I told him the 8x Plextorwriter >> worked fine on my Amiga! >> should of seen how stupid he looked when his faced turned into a god >> damn cherry! > Cool! Its great to know that you know more than the sales assistant > when you walk into a computer shop. I hate it when they try to refuse to sell you whatever it is, had fun like that when I went to buy the digital camera :/ -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces I just love nonverbal communication! ------------------------------ message 47480 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47480 From: Rick Hodger Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:52:21 +0000 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 I watched as Andy Kinsella hammered "[afb] Re: mftpII from vapor." out on their keyboard... > Greetings Paul > On 15-Feb-00, you wrote: >> Hi Alexander, >>>> If you'd read the thread, you'd see that he gave up AmFTP when he >> upgraded >>>> to NetConnect 3 (It gets replaced by mFTP II). Not to mention >>>> that >> AmFTP >>>> has problems with some servers, for example, on U-Net it will >> upload a >>>> single file and then stop >>> I found that with Amftp if you tried to upload mre than one file it >>> would do as you say >> I used to find that a pain too. Then I discovered the holiness that >> is DOpus FTP... ;) > Dopus is cool for FTP, but 5.5 doesn't copy folders, which is > irritating (does Magellan? I plan to finaly upgrade after I've bought > ImageFX), and the reason i use FTPmount along with FBACK instead. SimpleFTP can upload a entire directories, doesn't download them yet tho, available from http://www.thehub.u-net.com -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces It's an IBM; it's got an excuse. ------------------------------ message 47481 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47481 Date: 16 Feb 2000 17:22:46 +0000 From: "Neil Bothwick" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: bt go home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Matthew O'Neill said, > @bt.co.uk doesn't exist!?? where can I send my abusive email?? /dev/null is usually the best place for abusive mail. That's where it generally ends up, so cut out the middleman. If you have something constructive to say, try bt.com Neil -- Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider http://www.wire.net.uk -- Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs. ------------------------------ message 47482 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47482 Date: 16 Feb 2000 17:25:3 +0000 From: "Neil Bothwick" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Where's Colin gone? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ben Vost said, > Clare Hatfield went to AOL in London, Her too? :) Neil -- Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider http://www.wire.net.uk -- Bus: (n.) a connector you plug money into, something like a slot machine. ------------------------------ message 47483 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47483 From: Simon Jenkins Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:37:29 +0100 In-Reply-To: <88d131$9fuq@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable /*Thank You Peter Lewis For Your Email Dated 16-Feb-00*/ >> ps lets all brag about our systems it makes us feel good > = > I have... > = > Amiga A4000 > 1 of IDE Zip Drive > 1 of 8x SCSI2 Plextor CD ReWriter > 3 of UDMA-66 Hard drives (1 6.4Gb IBM, 1 3.2Gb Samsung, 1 2.1Gb > Quantumn) > 3 of IDE CDROM Drives (1 48x Creative, 1 32x LG, 1 36x Sony) > 19" Digital IBM flatscreen monitor > other stuff aswell...but that's all i can be arsed to say at 2am! > = > more when I feel like it! My system spec is below, and I'm rather pleased with it, although it has taken a couple'o yrs to get it to this. I used to use my trusty A500 befo= re = this, which had an Alfapower HD controller with my current Quantum 640mb = drive, = plus the 4x cd-rom and 4mb ram. I'd like to get a CSPPC G4 with 64mb, a ZIII b/b, and a ParaGlide (if tha= t ever emerges!). -- = Simon "Jinky" Jenkins = ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Infinitiv A1300 ZII PIV + Conceirto, CTX 15" Trinitron SVGA = GI-Quatro HD 4x CD-ROM Atapi ZIP, Blizzard 1230IV FPU 32MB, = = Hypercom 3+, Pace 56k (V.90), Epson Stylus Photo 700 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ = /OS 3.5 Powered!/ = = "Bother," said Pooh, as the pin fell out of the grenade. = = = = = = = = ------------------------------ message 47484 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47484 From: Sandy Brownlee Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:40:18 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97.... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Ben On 16-Feb-00, you wrote: >> Well, I've been freelance-typing for someone, and one of my at the >> magazine suggested a fee I should charge the guy according to the number >> of characters I type. Great, I thought, until just a few minutes ago when >> I realized that Final Writer 97 doesn't have a character count in its >> "Statistics" thing, unlike Microsquish Turd.... [boy, that sounds >> mature!] > > Characters?! Most people charge by the word... If you charge by the character, you can add loads of spaces and stuff, not that I'm saying anyone on this list would do anything like that :-) Regards Sandy -- Sandy Brownlee OS3.5 & PPC Powered! Email: sandy_brownlee@bigfoot.com Website: http://www.brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk Sent using YAM 2.0 ---------------------------------- Why should I bother typing out a tagline? ------------------------------ message 47485 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47485 From: "Peter Hutchison" Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 15:00:02 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] re: 3.5 memory probs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >I got OS3.5 last week. It installed no problem and worked great, mostly. >Except, I keep getting out of memory errors. I've got 16Mb fast, in my >A1200. >My screenmode is 640x512 DBLPAL in 16 colours, and I usually have about >1.6Mb chip free on boot. The problems usually occur with the prefs progs, in >particular, palette and pointer prefs, which refuse to load, giving no >error message, if I've been using the machine for a while. Has anyone else >experienced this? Delete the pointer.prefs and palette.prefs from ENVARC:Sys and reboot and then see if that cures it! Also check for patches in user-startup and WBStartup that no longer work with OS3.5 e.g ARQ and certain versions of MCP (1.30 works btw) Peter Hutchison http://www.blizzard.u-net.com/ ------------------------------ message 47486 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47486 From: "Peter Hutchison" Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 15:12:07 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: HD Backup MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I`ve Just Bought An Amiga 1200 From Power Computing, Having > Been Away From The Amiga Scene For About 3 Years Now And Would > Like Thank Them For A Fast And Efficiant Service. It Took Them > Just 3 Days Including A Weekend From Order To Delivery And Would > Recomend Them To Anyone. > > Also Id Like To Thank AF For Continuing To Support The Amiga > Scene And Being The Only Amiga Mag I Could Find In The Shops > Well Done And Keep Up The Good Work. > > Now To My Problem, I Have A HD Backup From My Last Amiga Stored > On High Dencity Disks, But The A1200 Only Has A Standard Drive > And Of The Dozens Of Dealers I`ve Phoned No One Can Supply Me > A High Dencity Drive For My New Machine. > > Any One Know Where I Can Get A High Dencity Floppy Drive For > The A1200 Or Can Help With Dearchiveing The Backup? (Aprox 16MB) > Stored Using ABackup. > > Any Info/Help Would Be Grately Appreciated. > > Thanx In Advance > You can buy the Catweasel floppy controller and use any PC floppy drive as a HD device! See http://www.powerc.com Peter Hutchison http://www.blizzard.u-net.com/ ------------------------------ message 47487 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47487 From: "Peter Hutchison" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 22:53:24 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] re: OS3.5 features MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Alkis Tsapanidis Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 15:53:56 +0300 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] 3.5 shell MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Hi >Does 3.5 offer any new shell features? >I just recieved it but I'm a big fan of KCon >so I didn't remove it.Do I miss anything? OS3.5 didn`t touch any of the Kickstart based functions including the console. So I would stick with KingCon for now (its an excellent Shell anyway). Peter Hutchison http://www.blizzard.u-net.com/ ------------------------------ message 47488 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47488 From: fool Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:09:34 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: (Fwd) AF submissions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ben, On 14-Feb-00 you wrote: >> I actually got around to sending my contribution for the AFCDs, and >> got it returned with the following. I was just wondering: WHY? What >> does it mean exactly? > Firstly, why send this to the list? Coz this is Amiga Format's mailing list and he's having trouble submitting something for the AFCDs? > Do you really think that Future's mail > server operators will be on here? Which mailing list will they be on? And anyway, if Future's mail server is down, he's not going to be able to mail anyone at Future to find out what's going on, is he? > No. There have been far too many > messages about spam and so on forwarded to the main body of the list > recently. It wasn't about "spam and so on" - it was a question about what a particular error message means. Seems to me like a valid question to ask on this list under the circumstances. Perhaps we need some clarification on what is and is not on-topic for this list? Are questions about problems people are having with their Amigas on-topic? After all, they aren't questions about Amiga Format... > Thirdly, the ISP we're currently using is crap. Why are Future using a crap ISP (if that's not an off-topic question)? Surely a big company like Future can afford to use a decent ISP? Martin. -- http://www.amine.co.uk ICQ: 61700031 ------------------------------ message 47489 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47489 From: "Dauber" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 14:35:28 -0500 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97.... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> Characters?! Most people charge by the word... > >If you charge by the character, you can add loads of spaces and stuff, not >that I'm saying anyone on this list would do anything like that :-) Well, I took that into heavy consideration. What I did was just save all the Final Writer stuff in Rich Text Format, then I loaded into MS Word at work. The "word count" option has a character count, both with and without spaces; I'm charging for "without." :) Besides, if you charge by words -- especially when doing a scientific paper [which I'm NOT, btw] -- some of those words can be long-ass words, especially when there's a list of 'em...that can be kinda, well..."inconvenient." [Besides...as I'm typing this, the guy whom I'm doing this for is in the office. He asked me how much I owe him so far, and I gave him a figure based on how much my supervisor said I should charge him per character. I said "Is this too much?" And he basically said "Hell, no! That's time you've spent!" and he happily wrote out a check...] ------------------------------ message 47490 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47490 From: BloodStain@t-online.de (Sean FT) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:46:26 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Pirated OS3.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Rick On 16-Feb-00, you wrote: > I watched as Mad Matt hammered "[afb] Pirated OS3.5" out on their > keyboard... > >> I think I`ve just come across a pireted version of OS3.5. > >> Take a look at this UAE site: www.amiga.2y.net/uae.html. > >> It is stored in a ADF hardfile. > >> Im not sure what I can really do about stopping the piracy of this >> software but those of you in the know might be able to. The piracy of >> 1.3-OS3.1 can not be stopped as it is spread far and wide but the >> piracy of OS3.5 must stop and not be allowed to spread. > > What you do is write an e-mail about the illegal software, and send it to > both amiga.com and the owners of the website, plus the hostmasters of the > domain (eg. hostmaster@2y.net or postmaster@2y.net etc). > Regards I wrote a e-mail to Marcus Nerding(Haage&Partner) today regarding this site which i also stumbled across last night. Cheers, SeanFT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POWERED BY: A4000(T)/040/25+PPC233/144Mb/CVPPC/PreludeZII+Rombler*/IOBlixZII/ UltraPlex32X/RicohMP6200SCDRW/Nomai750.c/Mustek1200SP/Tiptel506 ISDN Modem/ EpsonSC500/OS3.5 etc *=Still looking for a sound daughter board DB50XG from Yamaha to fit onto it! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 47491 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47491 From: BloodStain@t-online.de (Sean FT) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:56:45 +0100 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] :Helllooo MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To everyone, I joined afb a few days ago and would just like to say hello t= o all the afb users everywhere.I have had a Amiga since the first A500s cam= e out(old git that i am)i paid about =A3750 for the A500+1084 and that was = Tax Free.Over the years i have constantly upgraded and updated the hardware A2000,A3000etc, my A4000 (as below) has taken over 2 years of scraping an= d saving to buy everthing for.All my mates say i am mad investing so much money and time into a machine that was made at the begining of the 90s.All i say is i do= not need to buy a new pc every two years just to be able to play the new games that come out.I can do everthing i want and have the friendliest OS= ever made. Anyway i have ranted on for long enough(i will probably get a bollocking?)so God bless the Amiga and all those who sail in her! Cheers, SeanFT. ------------------------------ message 47492 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47492 From: Simon Mason Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:40:32 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: :Helllooo MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello Sean On 16-Feb-00, you wrote: > To everyone, > I joined afb a few days ago and would just like to say hello to > all the afb users everywhere.I have had a Amiga since the first A500s came > out(old git that i am)i paid about 750 for the A500+1084 and that was Tax > Free. > Hi Sean, I just joined the group and was made very welcome.I also got my A500 Tax Free from Germany when they first came out.Great times eh! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > AFB: All polls MUST have dates, and if you have something to > sell use AmiBench! http://www.amibench.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Easily schedule meetings and events using the group calendar! > -- http://www.egroups.com/cal?listname=afb&m=1 > > > Regards ------------------------------ message 47493 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47493 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:47:04 +0100 In-Reply-To: <88dnvr$u8gc@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Format on a diet! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 16-Feb-00, Vinny Mainolfi wrote: > To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to > the fact that I feel I am paying 5.99 for nothing! Gimme an s "S!" Gimme a u "U!" Gimme a b "B!" What do you get?.......SUB! along with almost half price issues delivered to your front door days before they're in the shops... Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash "WHAT?!! Is this some SNOBBY, ELITIST, AESTHETIC THING??!!" - Calvin ------------------------------ message 47494 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47494 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:17:59 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B24EFCB3@THE_EXCHANGE> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: what do u use ur miggy 4??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Robert > /me scratches his head, Counts IDE devices, counts them again, and asks > "Huh? By my count that's 7 IDE devices in that system... AFAIK, that's not > possible, but I'd love to be proved wrong..." powerflyer addon? I regularly drop jaws at school when I type some text on the screen then hit tab to make the colours cycle, they never knew amigas had that much power.... no really... Should've seen them when I showed them my rendered picture of amy the squirrel.. Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash PUNNY BOOK = Tailoring: Serge Soote. ------------------------------ message 47495 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47495 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:08:21 +0100 In-Reply-To: <88edr6$qqu5@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Power Probs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 16-Feb-00, Mad Matt wrote: > As I am suffering from the usual power problems assossiated with the > blizzppc and Bvision, I am enquiring as to whether or not a 250watt > power supply will help or not. Nope not at alL, although you failed to mention what else is plugged in/// > Currently I have A power tower with a 200w power supply and at the > moment even the power led strugles to come to life. Does it flash brightly and dimly when you boot up? Its supposed to do that. take everything out and it'll still blink at you The problem is that its trying to draw all the power via the mobo, what you need is the fix which draws power straight from the powerpack rather than via your 1200. have a look on aminet and there should be a fair few document about saying how to do it Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash Everything must Change! Stagnation is Death! - Lao Tzu ------------------------------ message 47496 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47496 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:21:05 +0100 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] where ya java* gone..... wheres ya java*gone!? (*script) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Dunno if the last mail got through, but is there any chance of having this month's missing js drawer on the next CD? Mash -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash "The Vorlons? I don't know what can pose a threat to them" - G'kar. ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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.