eGroups Daily Digest: afb has 100 new messages. Click here http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47824 to read them. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 47824. Henry Chung Re: Analogic Acquires Squirrels 47825. Paolo Rinaldi Re: Your website on Amiga Format CD52 47826. Andy Mills I'm back! 47827. Tony CD only? 47828. Ian Henderson Help!! 47829. Rick Hodger Re: Expensive or wot!!!!! 47830. Nick Lamburn Re: The EMC opinion (was Guess what's on AF135?) 47831. Tom Miles Re: The EMC opinion (was Guess what's on AF135?) 47832. Oliver Roberts Re: What happens to my BlizzardPPC? 47833. Vaughn Atkinson Re: Digital camera 47834. Matthew Wise Re: A1200 Qs 47835. Matthew Wise Re: A1200 Qs 47836. Matthew Wise Re: A1200 Qs 47837. Matthew Wise Re: A1200 Qs 47838. Neil Bothwick Re: bt go home 47839. Gareth Knight Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47840. Simon Mason Re: Help!! 47841. Sam Thomas Voyagers External Mail Option 47842. Rick Hodger Re: broken pcmcia and 1d4 motherboard fix. 47843. Richard Lane Re: Digital camera 47844. Steve Pike Re: Ameeeeega 600s :) (was Sorry for being a litt 47845. Nick Darley-Jones Re: Will we get the G4s? 47846. Simon Mason mmm. makes me think 47847. Simon Mason Re: Digital camera 47848. Ian Urie Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47849. Erol Ismael Re: which one is the best? Final message 47850. Tudor Davies Re: I'm back! 47851. Tudor Davies Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47852. Erol Ismael ParaGlide 47853. Chris Andrews Re: mmm. makes me think 47854. Alex Paton Re: mmm. makes me think 47855. Gerrit-kjeld Dusseljee Re: Will we get the G4s? 47856. Paul Cundle Re: (Fwd) AF submissions 47857. Paul Cundle Re: The EMC opinion (was Guess what's on AF135?) 47858. Simon Mason Re: mmm. makes me think 47859. Simon Mason Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47860. David Plunkett AFCD50 - PCX 47861. Daniel Thornton Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47862. FireW0lf Pink Panther stole my jewel 47863. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Pink Panther stole my jewel 47864. Andy Mills Re: Polls and AFCD's icons 47865. jtu fusion and shapeshifter 47866. Sean FT Re: Teddy in the corner with no arms and legs!!! 47867. Eric Oddy Am I missing the point ? 47868. Sean FT Re: Pink Panther stole my jewel 47869. Sean FT My zips broken? 47870. Simon Mason Re: Pink Panther stole my jewel 47871. Simon Ward Re: network 47872. Neil Bothwick Re: AmiBench News 47873. Mark Wilson Re: AmiBench News 47874. Sean FT Re: Still Expensive or wot!!!!! 47875. adam james IMPORTANT: Read me 47876. Oliver Roberts Re: Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS 47877. Jonathan Day Re: ADF Games 47878. Jonathan Day Re: The EMC opinion (was Guess what's on AF135?) 47879. Jonathan Day Re: ADF Games 47880. Jonathan Day Re: The EMC opinion (was Guess what's on AF135?) 47881. Jani =??Q?M=E4kitalo?= SRTICQ prob 47882. Richard Lane Re: Digital camera 47883. Andy Mills Re: I'm back! 47884. Mark Wilson Tudor's Sig 47885. Andy Mills Amiga Resource 47886. Andy Mills Re: Tudor's Sig 47887. Alan Anthony Things that make you go Mmmm (was mmm. makes me 47888. Mark Wilson Re: Things that make you go Mmmm (was mmm. makes 47889. Ben Vost Feedback 47890. Ben Vost Re: AFCDFind 47891. Ben Vost Re: Amiga Format on a diet! 47892. Ben Vost Re: Where's Tudor (broken leg) was Sorry for bei 47893. Ben Vost Re: Pirated OS3.5 47894. Ken Walsh Re: active technologies 47895. Kevin Fairhurst Re: SRTICQ prob 47896. rob heatley ioblix 47897. rob heatley ioblix 47898. Sean FT Re: ioblix 47899. Neil Bothwick Re: (Fwd) AF submissions 47900. Wesley Potter Re: Amiga Quiz 47901. Wesley Potter Re: IMHO 47902. Wesley Potter Re: A1200 Qs 47903. Jon Barker Re: SRTICQ prob 47904. Will Re: The Amiga's future [latest AF] 47905. Will Re: The Amiga's future [latest AF] 47906. roger buckley Re: SRTICQ prob 47907. darren glenn YAM 47908. Ian Urie Re: Guess what's on AF135? 47909. Gerald Mellor Re: IMPORTANT: Read me 47910. Gerald Mellor Re: Will we get the G4s? 47911. Will Re: Am I missing the point ? 47912. Matthew J Fletcher Re: Will we get the G4s? 47913. Geoffrey Dodd Cd videos 47914. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Cd videos 47915. Andy Mills Re: YAM 47916. Gerald Mellor Re: Am I missing the point ? 47917. Erol Ismael Delfina 47918. Gerald Mellor Re: Will we get the G4s? 47919. Gerald Mellor Re: Cd videos 47920. Matthew Wise More A1200 Qs 47921. Geoffrey Dodd Re: Cd videos 47922. Chris Green Another free-calls Internet service 47923. Paul Cundle Re: (Fwd) AF submissions ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 47824 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47824 From: "Henry Chung" Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 10:17:56 PST X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Analogic Acquires Squirrels MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, So what? Analogic still keeps my Apollo card for repair(??) and no response for my e-mail, fax & printed letter since last May (1999). :( Henry Chung henrymkchung@hotmail.com ========================= >We are pleased to announce that the rights to manufacture and sell the >Surf Squirrel, Classic Squirrel and Whippet products have been sold to >Analogic Computers: > >http://www.analogic.co.uk/ > >This means that all marketing, sales and support is now handled by >Analogic. > >Squirrel files will still be available from the HiSOFT ftp server - >ftp.hisoft.co.uk - but without any support from HiSOFT. ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ message 47825 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47825 From: "Paolo Rinaldi" Date: 18 Feb 2000 12:49:27 +0100 In-Reply-To: <731.82T2545T13515427neil@wire.net.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Your website on Amiga Format CD52 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Once upon a time, there was a sage, Neil Bothwick, who enlightened the world about [afb] Re: Your website on Amiga Format CD52 > > Did anyone else have problems with this posting > > from Errol, today, 17/02/00. > > When I opened it I had a recoverable alert: > > Error: 0100 00F, Task: 17AB2638. > > I noticed a whole lot of cc's attached to the > > header, but no text. > > The CC: header was too long (the limit is either 500 or 1000 > characters). THOR dealt with it by showing the rest in the body of the > mail, it appears MD-II takes a more colourful approach :-/ It worked fine here with MD-II (text + headers shown), both with "Show significant headers" and "Show all headers" selected. Regards, Paolo ... 640K should be enough.Bill Gates, 1981 -- Amiga 1200 040 + 603e 200 MHz, 24 Mb Fast, HD 13 GB, CD 24x, OS 3.5 Paolo Rinaldi amifam.rin@tiscalinet.it lazybone@diff.org ------------------------------ message 47826 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47826 Date: 18 Feb 2000 16:10:2 +0000 From: "Andy Mills" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] I'm back! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, After a break, my will finally gave way to the withdrawal symptoms, so here I am... (if anyone /really/ cares... ;) ) -- Andy Mills - http://www.wharne.u-net.com South West Amiga Group - http://www.swag.org.uk afb-ot's official webshite - http://www.afb-ot.co.uk -- Pepperami. Its a bit of an animal. What animal & what bit? ------------------------------ message 47827 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47827 From: "Tony" Date: 6 Feb 96 22:18:10 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] CD only? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all. This is a subject that does come up fairly often i know but i think keeping the dd edition of AF is important in the current climat. I know that Ben and many others would like to see the back of the floppy version,and so would i.But until new machines are here (and i don't want to hear any rollocks about them coming.Only physical evidence will do) the market needs to attract as many users as poss. There are 1-2 million miggy's in the uk alone (maybe more),if dormant owners pass AF in smithy's they're much more likely to purchase the dd version.Like i did last year after two years absence from the scene. When and if we move from the classic line to the next gen then Ben should go cd only. Sorry if this subject as been covered prev. Tony. ------------------------------ message 47828 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47828 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:30:28 -0800 From: "Ian Henderson" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Help!! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Allright everyone, Ive got a small problem. Ive got a an A1200 +4meg with WB3.0 and a small 100 mb HD & 2x CDrom With sqirrel. Ive just bought OS3.5 And want to completely remove all traces of my old Amiga S/w from My HD (including the old OS) and install the New os. (But being a novice I dunno if I can delete everything first B4 I start the Upgrade ) Also Im want to Tower my Miggy up and Attach it to a Monitor increase the memory and add an accelerator .. But again the choices are bewildering (what do you lot recomend) Im doing this because after spending 1,000's on my PC I cannot afford the decent software to do what I want/ Could do anyway on my amiga :-( ------------------------------ message 47829 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47829 From: Rick Hodger Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 09:51:23 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Re:Expensive or wot!!!!! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Sean FT hammered "[afb] Re:Expensive or wot!!!!!" out on their keyboard... > Hello Rick > On 17-Feb-00, you wrote: >>> Also is 800 pounds a good price for the A3000T with 486 Bridge card >>> and sound card. Comes with normal accesories plus WB 3.5 installed. >> >> No, that's a really bad price. I've seen entire A4000 system go on >> Amibench for 250 quid. >> > I have to agree how come Hardware is so expensive in England,i paid 140 > for my A3000+Genlock+a double cdrom bay for underneath the main box(nice > bit of kit same > colour and made of metal).Then about two years ago i paid 160 for my > A4000/040/25/ > 16mb+Merlin4mb+emplant card,now if thats not a bargin i dont now what is! Those are quite amazing bargains... > But its not just computers all electronic stuff seems overpriced i dont > know why? It's just the way it's always been, but if you think stuff in England is overpriced, try buying the same stuff in Northern Ireland...some of the prices here are horrendous. 1-2 years ago I got a friend in England to buy me a 32mb SIMM for my A1200, it cost 48 quid at the time, the same SIMM over here would've cost about 75-80 quid, possibly more. Not to mention the P&P charges usually double for ever here (in every sense, "next day" for NI usually means "next day give or take four"). -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces Of course it's the murder weapon. Who would frame someone with a fake? ------------------------------ message 47830 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47830 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:49:27 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: The EMC opinion (was Guess what's on AF135?) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Errol, > I have already replied to this posting separately but Jonathan's question > sparked some inner emotion and although most of you won't be interested I > thought that I'd take this opportunity to voice my opinions on the Amiga > market. I'm fully expecting to be flamed for this but, in all honesty, I > don't care since these are my thoughts and I stand by them... I couldn't possibly agree any more with your extremely good analysis of the Amiga market Errol; good to know that some people are thinking straight! :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 47831 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47831 Date: 18 Feb 2000 20:0:13 +0000 From: "Tom Miles" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: The EMC opinion (was Guess what's on AF135?) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hiya Errol On 18-Feb-00 13:32:52, you said: >Without a doubt, the single most important reason for the decline of the >Amiga is the end user and his seemingly stubborn reluctance to spend any >bloody money on software. The Amiga needs software developers to survive I read your post with great interest and agree with it for the most part, but I have to disagree with you on your first point. I wouold say the single most contributing factor towards the decline of the Amiga is the fact that the majority of people always like the most powerful thing they can get there hands on. I would say a major proportion of people left the amiga market when they found that a pc could do much better at games/apps then their beloved a500. Think also of the rise in the use of computers in the office. 10 years ago alot of businesses might have had one or two computers, now nearly everyone has a computer on thier desk at work. If everyone had an a4000 at work, I garuntee that everyone would have an a4000 at home! So the situation we have is that the games fanatics put there a500/a1200's in the loft along with the spectrum/c64/snes and went and bought pcs,playstations and n64's. No new amigas were produced to keep up with the clock speed wars and Bob's your auntie. So that left us, the ones who either knew what the amiga really meant, and those that just couldn't afford to be in the pc upgrade race. I'm not refuting that piracy does absolutely no good what-so-ever. The pirates punish the companies that cared enough about the amiga to stick around when everyone else was jumping ship. I fit myself into both categories. I bought an amiga around the early 90's becuase my friends had them and I could get games from them. I spent those years and many more on state benefit and couldn't afford to buy every new thing that came out. I'm not ashamed of this. Although being caught for shop lifting Alien Breed Tower Assualt from Virgin wasn't a high point in my life. Over the years, as all my friends bought pc's and marvelled how easy it was to install a game that their friends had bought, I stuck with the Amiga and actually found ways of upgrading my a1200 slowly. I used to partake in clinical drug trials which enable me to buy accelerators and extra memory etc. By this time, I didn't know anyone in my area with an Amiga and couldn't get any software apart from the odd thing in Game or EB. I came to university a couple of years ago and with two years of student loans I upgraded to a ppc, gfx card, decent monitor and just after xmas os3.5. I saw his as essential. I've tried to keep up with things. But I've still got shit loads of pirated software on my hard drive from years ago. I think the only legal thing I've got is StormC v3 dsk (180), and a registered copy of Thor. I'm not proud of the fact, and as soon as I get a job I'll start the slow process of registering all my shareware and buying legit copies of the stuff I use. Basically I'll try to do my bit. I'm not entirely sure where I was going with that, but I hoped to show that it's not as black and white as a lot of people make out. And to get back to my initial point. If there had been an Amiga company for the past 4-5 years (or however long it's been), I feel the user base would be much bigger now! Pirates and all! Toodle pip, Tom (putting his fire proof suit on!) -- Project Omega Completion: 65%+ Forced Landing Date: April 2000 Project Webpage: __ Http://www.teknogrebo.freeserve.co.uk : /// Amiga 1200T/040 25Mhz UIN: 15835139 : __ /// 603e+ 160Mhz 50Mb RAM Techno Grebo Skater Geek : \\\/// BlizzardVisionPPC Gfx Tatooed Vegan Piercing Freak : \XX/ 4620Mb HDs 24x CDROM ------------------------------ message 47832 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47832 Date: 18 Feb 2000 18:57:23 +0000 From: "Oliver Roberts" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: What happens to my BlizzardPPC? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 18-Feb-00 14:57:08 GMT, Colin Buchanan wrote: > Given that phase 5 have gone bust (yes, I've known since > last week), where do I stand with my BlizzardPPC card > waiting for repair with phase5? > > It was sent to them months ago. However, I don't expect it > has been repaired, more likely just lying somewhere. > Aaargh... I really am quite annoyed. What is likely to > happen? Can I get any money back from anywhere? Money, I doubt, but maybe your old broken board back (which DCE might then repair for you). Check the following URL, and scroll down the page until you get to an entry for 16 Feb, "Answers to phase5's insolvancy": http://www.amiga-news.de/indexe.shtml Looks like you'll need to contact the lawyers handling the bankruptcy, to get your board back. -- *Oliver Roberts* - Norwich, UK - Software Developer & Web Designer /oliver.roberts@iname.com/ | /oliver@amigaf1.freeserve.co.uk/ http://www.nanunanu.org/~oliver/ - ICQ: 34640231 -- WarpJPEG.datatype ==> http://www.nanunanu.org/~oliver/warpjpeg.html ------------------------------ message 47833 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47833 From: Vaughn Atkinson Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 20:04:40 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Stephen On 17-Feb-00, you wrote: =3D> I was wondering if anybody's tried Kodak's DC215 camera? If you have= I'd =3D> like to hear what you think of it. =3D> = Yeah, its a great buy (was reduced to =A3250 in Dixons sale, don't know h= ow much it is now, though). You can download pictures from it with DC210 Wizard o= n Aminet, too. The 4m ram card you get with it doesn't hold many at top qua= lity, though. = And it REALLY gets through batteries! Vaughn= ------------------------------ message 47834 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47834 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:23:51 -0800 From: "Matthew Wise" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A1200 Qs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "kevin fairhurst" wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=3D47596 > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:41:54 -0000, Matthew Wise (matthew@wise25.swinternet.co.uk) wrote: > > Hi fellow Amiga owning ppl, > > 1) Hello > 2) Please don't post with HTML attatched Apologies for that. I don't usually do that, but I was using OE and forgot to change to text mode... > > > A couple of weeks ago I posted some questions about a bargain 1200 I was going to buy. Well a couple of days ago that bargain arrived. (=A360+=A310 p&p for an A1200, Blizzard 1230 030/50MHz accelerator card with 8Mb, 170Mb HDD, Multisync monitor, external 1.76Mb XL floppy drive (whatever this is - HD floppy drive even?), several leads, joysticks, mice etc. and a sh*tload of floppy disks in disk boxes!) > > Only =A310 P&P?? =A39.30 actually, was delivered next day!! > > > I hadn't seen a 1200 before this, so I opened it up. (Amigas have personalities y'know, and I always open the computer to kinda 'get to know it'...) > > true enough ... > > > I have some questions about it that I would like to ask you more knowledgeable ppl: > > Port on LHS of 1200 - PCMCIA? > > Yes. > > > The 22-pin array by the expansion port that looks like it should have been 40-pin - Clock port? > > Yes > > > The rev. is 1d4 - what does this mean in terms of those problems that Eyetech etc. will fix for U? > > There might be timing faults that'll affect the clock port when used in > conjunction with faster CPU cards, I'm not sur ewhat other problems there > may be. Of course, the m/b might have already been fixed ... > > > On the 3.0 ROMS, pins 3->9 (from top left) of both chips have been wired together. Why? Is this supposed to be done? > > Dunno about that - maybe it's an early m/b revision and it's there to fix a > problem? > > > What can ppl tell me about the Blizzard 1230 card, i.e. max. RAM, what type, SCSI or not (there is a 50-pin array in one of the corners...), what has been left out with the MC68030RC, does it have an MMU (it has an FPU)... > > That all depends on if it is a Mark I, Mark II, Mark III or Mark IV board > ... Have you actually tried running ShowConfig cos that'll tell you about > the MMU. Look on aminet for details about RAM and stuff (in text/review ?) > or maybe check out the BBOAHW. Oh and the 50 pins sounds like a SCSI > interface to me ... It's a Mark III. The BBOAHW (amigaworld.freeserve.co.uk) had some limited info about it. The MMU is built into the '030 processor. > > > What is this external floppy drive (see above)? > > It is a HD floppy drive - you can read and (with a suitable patch running) > write to HD disks, including PC 1.44Mb disks with CrossDOS .... > > > Thnx in advance to anyone who can help me out. I'll probably have some more questions soon! > > Matt W - looking fwd to half term with his 'new' Amiga... > > Enjoy! > > Kev > > -- > Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM > ------------------------------ message 47835 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47835 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:26:32 -0800 From: "Matthew Wise" In-Reply-To: <88gm7a$jmpp@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A1200 Qs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "nick lamburn" wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=3D47622 > Hi Matthew, > > > Hi fellow Amiga owning ppl, > > > > A couple of weeks ago I posted some questions about a bargain 1200 I > was going to buy. Well a couple of days ago that bargain arrived. > (=A360+=A310 p&p for an A1200, Blizzard 1230 030/50MHz accelerator card > with 8Mb, 170Mb HDD, Multisync monitor, external 1.76Mb XL floppy drive > (whatever this is - HD floppy drive even?), several leads, joysticks, > mice etc. and a sh*tload of floppy disks in disk boxes!) > > Wow! :) Wish when I got my A1200 in 1996 I got that for my money! :) > I paid =A3165 for a vanilla 1200, no hard disk, 1 floppy drive, a few > games as well... :-) > > > I hadn't seen a 1200 before this, so I opened it up. (Amigas have > personalities y'know, and I always open the computer to kinda 'get to > know it'...) > > > > I have some questions about it that I would like to ask you more > knowledgeable ppl: > > Port on LHS of 1200 - PCMCIA? > > Yes, PCMCIA rev. 2.0 > > > The 22-pin array by the expansion port that looks like it should > have been 40-pin - Clock port? > > The LHS of the clock port is for another meg of chip RAM on prototype > 1meg A1200 machines. The RHS (22pins) are the useful ones for IO > /Sound Cards etc. > > > The rev. is 1d4 - what does this mean in terms of those problems > that Eyetech etc. will fix for U? > > Some 1d4 will be fine; most start to give you problems when you add > anything faster than a 68040/060/PPC. > > > On the 3.0 ROMS, pins 3->9 (from top left) of both chips have > been wired together. Why? Is this supposed to be done? > > I wouldn't know, because my 1B A1200 (c. 1992) has 3.0 ROMs an there is > no wire. Some A500s need pin 1 connected to pin 31, but afaik, what > the wire on 1200 is there for, i don`t know! :) If it works (the > Amiga); then leave it! :) > > > What can ppl tell me about the Blizzard 1230 card, i.e. max. RAM, > what type, SCSI or not (there is a 50-pin array in one of the > corners...), what has been left out with the MC68030RC, does it have an > MMU (it has an FPU)... > > The MC68030RC has a data and instruction cache 256Bytes big each iirc. > It's a nippy processor running at around 10MIPS. It has an MMU built > in unlike the 68851 the 68020 needed. The FPU is external and is a > 68882 PGA unit at 50MHz as well. Your 68030 is running at 50MHz. You > can add 128Mb to a Blizzard 1230IV (the 4th revision) on the main board > and a further 64Mb on the SCSI card iirc. It's a Mark III... > > > What is this external floppy drive (see above)? > > It's a high density floppy drive; you lucky devil! :) This means if > you indulge in Mac or PC emulation you can access high density disks > which is necesary. Also you can use High Density Amiga disks. keep > hold of this baby, these are very sought after; and when Tudor Davie's > ankle is better, I'll be getting one too... :) :-) > > > Thnx in advance to anyone who can help me out. I'll probably have > some more questions soon! > > Matt W - looking fwd to half term with his 'new' Amiga... > > Enjoy it; you'll love the Amiga; and some bargain for =A360! :) > > All the best, > > Nick. > > ------------------------------ message 47836 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47836 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:30:53 -0800 From: "Matthew Wise" In-Reply-To: <014101bf7990$e3e5c140$38809fd4@no1> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A1200 Qs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "jonathan day" wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=3D47691 > Hi Matt > > > > A couple of weeks ago I posted some questions about a bargain 1200 I > was going to buy. Well a couple of days ago that bargain arrived. > (=A360+=A310 p&p for an A1200, Blizzard 1230 030/50MHz accelerator card with > 8Mb, 170Mb HDD, Multisync monitor, external 1.76Mb XL floppy drive > (whatever this is - HD floppy drive even?), several leads, joysticks, > mice etc. and a sh*tload of floppy disks in disk boxes!) > > > Only =A310 P&P?? > > May I add to that: Only =A360 + =A310 p&p? Bargin city :-). :) > > > > I hadn't seen a 1200 before this, so I opened it up. (Amigas have > personalities y'know, and I always open the computer to kinda 'get to > know it'...) > > > True enough ... > > You might want to consider fiddling around in there long enough to give > a blood offering too, just to show you care ;-) Yep, I've had it in pieces for the past couple of days; when I went to put it together today, the blood offering was made by a nasty sharp sticking-out piece of RF shielding... > > Jon > ------------------------------ message 47837 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47837 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:32:53 -0800 From: "Matthew Wise" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A1200 Qs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit wesley potter wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=47715 > On 17-Feb-00 Matthew Wise said; > > > > Port on LHS of 1200 - PCMCIA? > > correct > > > The 22-pin array by the expansion port that looks like it should have > > been 40-pin - Clock port? > > correct again > > > The rev. is 1d4 - what does this mean in terms of those problems that > > Eyetech etc. will fix for U? > > IIRC clock port timing probs. probably why my Port Plus from my broken 1d.1 > no longer works :( > > > On the 3.0 ROMS, pins 3->9 (from top left) of both chips have been > > wired together. Why? Is this supposed to be done? > > haven't a clue > > > What can ppl tell me about the Blizzard 1230 card, i.e. max. RAM, what > > type, SCSI or not (there is a 50-pin array in one of the corners...), what > > has been left out with the MC68030RC, does it have an MMU (it has an > > FPU)... > > Best cards money can buy are the Blizzards. It's features depend on the > Model look on http://www.amigaworld.freeserve.co.uk/ not much info there really > > > What is this external floppy drive (see above)? > > A High Density floppy drive just remember to have the patch installed so > that you can write to PC/Amiga HD disks What patch is this then? > > > Thnx in advance to anyone who can help me out. I'll probably have some > > more questions soon! Matt W - looking fwd to half term with his 'new' > > Amiga... > ------------------------------ message 47838 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47838 Date: 18 Feb 2000 18:41:56 +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, >>> So sorry, I should've known that #BRITISH# telecom would have an american >>> email address... >> .com isn't American, it's a global commercial address. > British telecom..... global.....british telecom.... global..... stupid > company... Are you suggesting hat any company with "British" in its name should restrict its activities to the UK? I imagine British Airways would find that rather inconvenient... Neil -- Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider http://www.wire.net.uk -- The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach. ------------------------------ message 47839 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47839 From: "Gareth Knight" References: Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:51:55 -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 Errol > 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" ;-) How do we know that you know? If you type it very quietly (so Ben can't hear it) we'll tell you if you are right. -- Gareth "CunningPlan" Knight Amiga Interactive Guide http://aig.amiga.tm Mystery of Life? I found it on Aminet! ------------------------------ message 47840 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47840 From: Simon Mason Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 20:45:00 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88k6kk$aavt@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Help!! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Ian On 18-Feb-00, you wrote: > Allright everyone, Ive got a small problem. > > Ive got a an A1200 +4meg with WB3.0 and > a small 100 mb HD & 2x CDrom With sqirrel. > > Ive just bought OS3.5 And want to completely remove > all traces of my old Amiga S/w from My HD > (including the old OS) and install the New os. > (But being a novice I dunno if I can delete everything > first B4 I start the Upgrade ) I did exactly the same when I got my OS3.5. If you want to partion anew like I did then reformat and alter your partitions. Install your old OS. I then had to install my IDE fix so it could recognise my set up(mainly the cd). Then simply install your new OS. > > Also Im want to Tower my Miggy up and > Attach it to a Monitor increase the memory > and add an accelerator .. But again the > choices are bewildering > (what do you lot recomend) I personally chose the Power tower, well made, looks good and not to big. Try and get the best accelerator you can afford (maybe 2nd hand?). Blizzard 1260/50 if you can. This can have an extra 32meg added later with the SCSI 2 > > Im doing this because after spending 1,000's > on my PC I cannot afford the decent software to > do what I want/ Could do anyway on my amiga :-( Hope this helps. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > AFB: All polls MUST have dates, and if you have something to > sell use AmiBench! http://www.amibench.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications > > > > > Regards ------------------------------ message 47841 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47841 From: Sam Thomas Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 19:51:11 +0100 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Voyagers External Mail Option MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Everyone!, Does anyone on this list know how to set up the external email package option in voyager. I have read through the docs and did not see any mention of how to set this up. I am wanting to set it up to use YAM Cheers Sam Thomas ------------------------------ message 47842 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47842 From: Rick Hodger Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 20:25:39 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88jhtk$qg0i@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: broken pcmcia and 1d4 motherboard fix. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Peter Bell hammered "[afb] broken pcmcia and 1d4 motherboard fix." out on their keyboard... > hey > My pcmcia port on my a1200 has a bent pin and a broken port guide. Is > there anyway i can fix this without paying for an expensive repair. Not a chance in hell, I'm sorry to say. Those pins are really, really delicate. I had a few snapped off in mine at the start of last year. The cheapest quote I got for repairs was 50 quid all in, it'd be cheaper just to go out and buy another A1200. > Also does the 1d4 motherboard work with blizzard ppc cards without > fixes and with clock cards. Depends. It seems to differ between machines. For example, my Apollo 040/40 plus PowerPort Junior are fine on my 1D4, but for other people they seems to have problems. For a PPC card, you'd probably want to get it fixed just in case. > If it does need a fix is there a diy way to > do so i don't have to pay something like thirty pounds to get it fixed. The instructions are on aminet somewhere, I forget the name. It'll be in the hard/hack directory. > Finally will blizzard ppc cards work in the original case of the a1200 > or does it need to be in a tower. They can work in the original case, but you're much better off putting them in a tower. -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out. ------------------------------ message 47843 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47843 From: Richard Lane Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 21:01:52 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Stephen On 17-Feb-00, Stephen wrote: > I was wondering if anybody's tried Kodak's DC215 camera? If you have I'd > like to hear what you think of it. Yep, I bought one yesterday (17/2/2000) and I'm delighted with it. Make sure you get an adaptor for the lead supplied that changes it from a 9pin to 25pin so it can be plugged into the miggy's serial port, I got mine from the local Tandy's. As for software to transfer over the images get dc210wizard12.lha in comm/misc on Aminet, nothing flashy but it gets the images across to your hard drive. -- Best Regards, Richard Lane - richard@amiga.prestel.co.uk richard@magnumopus.co.uk Author: AmiNET - biz/dopus/Magnum_Opus31a.lha Web site - http://www.magnumopus.co.uk -- A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's. She changes it more often. ------------------------------ message 47844 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47844 From: Steve Pike Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 21:05:09 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88gctm$fue1@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Ameeeeega 600s :) (was Sorry for being a little OT but I'm worried) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Nick On 17-Feb-00, you wrote: >> Looks good, got a problem with it though, keeps >> bl**dy crashing, can't find out what it is, when >> i'm online either Miami or Yam keeps on crashing, >> it was "Miami Downton" just now:O(( >> = >> Its bl**dy annoying especialy when getting my >> e-mails. > = > Could be one of a few things: > = > * Bad cooling/ventilation Could be as its still in the desk top case. > * Insufficient Power Supply (most A600 bricks are 23Watts) Its powered by a Pee Cee tower, power supply! > * An Apollo 630 throwing a wobbly... :) (coming loose) Could be, does sometimes if it's knocked :O( > * Lack of memory (computer memory that is :) > = Plenty of fast & Chip ram? Not sure about mine though :O)) >>>> Getting an A1200, at last! >>> = >>> But make sure you keep the A600 with all the gear; = >> = >> Won't get rid of it, my boy my want to have a go >> when he's older! Much older! > = > Guess he's about two then... :) Nearly, 19 months but act's like a 2 year old :O) >> stick it in a >>> briefcase and you have a portable Miggy... Like me :) = >> = >> How'd you do that then? What sort of screen? What power? = > = > Well, it's a half way house; I use it when I'm away from home; like > holiday or when I have some college work to be done etc. What I do is > this: take an RF lead and a PSU in a shoe box... :) The briefcase is > modified to hold the A600, Mouse, RF Lead, Hard Drive (it's outside) > and a CD-ROM. It all fits in great, I even have a compartment for a > scandoubler and flicker-fixer ready so that when I can afford one; I > can hook it up to any VGA/SVGA monitor, Amiga 15KHz Video Monitor or > TV. It's not a laptop like Simon Archer's Suzanne, but pretty close > and very nice. = > = > Of course, I can even fit the modem in there; so I can continue my > correspondance when I am away; so long as there is a telephone > socket... :) > = > The coolest feature is by far the Amiga and Mac emulation on it though;= > because I was gonna buy a Mac laptop; but decided to spend out on the > Mac laptop waiting to be, the A600 under the bed... :) Besides, it's > only cost me about =A3140 to do, unlike =A3250 odd for a 68K Colour Mac= > laptop... :) (=A3140 for Accelerator, RAM, Hard Disk, New Keyboard, > Amiga OS 2.1, new LEDs, but not the A600 since I had it already... :) Sounds easy enough, mite try it when i've got the A1200! > = > All the best, > = > Nick. -- = Regards, Steve = ----------------------------------------- A600, Apollo 68030 33Mhz, 16mb Fast Ram, Running OS3.5 800mb IDE hard drive, 4x IDE Mitsumi CDrom drive Amiga Fax Modem, Epson LQ100+ Printer Commodore MPS 1270 Inkjet Printer Cumana Second Disk Drive. Getting an A1200 at last :O) = -----------------------------------------= ------------------------------ message 47845 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47845 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 13:27:27 -0800 From: "Nick Darley-Jones" In-Reply-To: <20000218142054.A21021@cam.ac.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Will we get the G4s? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello all, > > So do I. What we have to do is convince DCE that there is enough demand > > for them, you know 500 people want one, or maybe 1000. I believe there > > was enough demand when Phase 5 produced them. According to a Mac Shop a > > G4 400 is supposed to be the equivalent of a PIII 900... > > Rubbish. In terms of integer performance, the Intel will blow the G4 > away. Probably FPU stuff, too. Stuff that's optimised for the Altivec unit > stands a better chance, but for most general-purpose work the PIII will be > significantly faster. > I have had both the G4 and the CybervisionNG on order from Eyetech and I really hope that they can deliver the goods. The PIII might be able to blow it away (integer performance) but the system will slow it down. Just imagine what this sort of speed (with Altivec) could be done on the Amiga if multitasking comes into play :) Just imagine what a decent OS (like OS3.5+ PPC etc.) can achieve especially when it is so efficient. I cannot wait. S*d the PeeCee, the Amiga is muuuucccch better! Isn't there more than one G4 in developement? Can someone do a poll to see who will be buying the new G4 etc. (I dont know how yet). Regards. Nick. ------- NEW: G.A.G (Gloucestershire Amiga Group) http://www.free0052804.free4all.co.uk (incomplete) Virtual Online Games - Come an see! ------- ------------------------------ message 47846 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47846 From: Simon Mason Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 21:29:50 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] mmm. makes me think MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello,all Seen something earlier this evening that suprised me. My next door neighbor just fired up his new PIII 500 odd mhz and went to a web page I visited last night. I can honestly say it was literally only a couple of seconds quicker than my set up in laying out the page. His was better resolution(im only in hi res as i havent put my gfx card in yet) but not by that much. It suprised me. Anyhow, I did the best thing and bought a Playstation(for the kids-honest!)and spent the money I was going to use on a P.C on upgrading my miggy. Cheers, Simon p.s A pat on the back is a recce for a knife. ------------------------------ message 47847 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47847 From: Simon Mason Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 21:36:24 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Richard On 18-Feb-00, you wrote: > Hello Stephen > > Yep, I bought one yesterday (17/2/2000) and I'm delighted with it. Make > sure you get an adaptor for the lead supplied that changes it from a 9pin > to 25pin so it can be plugged into the miggy's serial port, I got mine from > the local Tandy's. As for software to transfer over the images get > dc210wizard12.lha in comm/misc on Aminet, nothing flashy but it gets the > images across to your hard drive. > How much are these knocking out for mate? cheers, Simon ------------------------------ message 47848 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47848 Date: 18 Feb 2000 21:36:43 -0500 From: "Ian Urie" In-Reply-To: <011b01bf7a50$3000e2c0$7e06883e@con0001152> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 17-Feb-00 17:51:55, Gareth Knight said about [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?: > Errol >> 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" ;-) > How do we know that you know? If you type it very quietly (so Ben can't hear > it) we'll tell you if you are right. Well, Ben hinted that the author didn't make much money from it.......is it a Gaz Murfin production????? -- Ian Urie Uin:19729444 Government should spend our money like it was their own. ------------------------------ message 47849 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47849 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 13:40:24 -0800 From: "Erol Ismael" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: which one is the best? Final message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > On 17-Feb-00, Erol Ismael wrote: > > A3000 16/50 6MB ram (1 w/Doubletalk) > > A3000 25/100 10MB ram > > A3000 16/50 14MB ram (040 Accel., Picasso II, Doubletalk) > > A3000 25/50 18MB ram (VLAB) > > > > Also is =A3800 pounds a good price for the A3000T with 486 Bridge card > > and sound card. Comes with normal accesories plus WB 3.5 installed. The above list are A3000 Desktops that I am arranging for software Hut to buy. The prices for shipping to the UK will probably start at $100, but this is yet to be confirmed. In regards to my above A3000T question the hardware spec is below and not the one above, I was just after some advice. I have now decided to buy the A3000T as I'm crazy about the Amiga. Amiga 3000 Tower (Original C=3D) C=3D 040/25 3.1 ROM's, 3.5 WB. DKB 32bit RAM Card 32MB on the above card (No FAST RAM on the motherboard) 2.1 gig SCSI Hard Drive 16 Speed SCSI CDROM Drive Picasso II+ GFX Card Multiface III I/O Card (2 serial, 1 parallel) 33k6 modem Microvitec 14inch 1438s monitor High Density Floppy Drive External Speakers Original A3kT Keyboard Original A3kT 'Pregnant' Mouse 486 clock doubled C=3D BridgeBoard 16 bit Sound Card ------------------------------ message 47850 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47850 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 22:40:39 +0100 From: Tudor Davies References: <382.83T104T9703106ajmills@wharne.u-net.com> In-Reply-To: <382.83T104T9703106ajmills@wharne.u-net.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: I'm back! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Andy "Comeback Queen" Mills wrote: > After a break, my will finally gave way to the withdrawal symptoms, so > here I am... (if anyone /really/ cares... ;) ) So Matt leaves via one entrance and Andy arrives via another... Welcome back mate, I'll call you (missed your call) 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 47851 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47851 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 22:42:25 +0100 From: Tudor Davies References: <011b01bf7a50$3000e2c0$7e06883e@con0001152> <594.83T2150T12965485ianurie@jwu.u-net.com> In-Reply-To: <594.83T2150T12965485ianurie@jwu.u-net.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 09:36:43PM -0500, Ian Urie wrote: > >> 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" ;-) > Well, Ben hinted that the author didn't make much money from > it.......is it a Gaz Murfin production????? Can't be. Errol said it a hellofa proggy" and a Murfin production wouldn't be that, 'cos they aren't :) 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 47852 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47852 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 13:42:35 -0800 From: "Erol Ismael" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] ParaGlide MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I don't know about everybody else but I'm getting excited!!!! ParaGlide here we come!http://www.villagetronic.com/amiga/pressreleases /fu20000216.html Erol ------------------------------ message 47853 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47853 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 21:48:13 +0000 (GMT) From: Chris Andrews In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: mmm. makes me think MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Simon Mason wrote: [a bit...] > quicker than my set up in laying out the page. His was better resolution(im > only in hi res as i havent put my gfx card in yet) but not by that much. It > suprised me. In that case, be prepared to be even happier with your GFX card! bye, Chris ------------------------------ message 47854 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47854 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 13:53:10 -0800 From: "Alex Paton" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: mmm. makes me think MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Simon, You wrote, > Seen something earlier this evening that suprised me. My next door neighbor > just fired up his new PIII 500 odd mhz and went to a web page I visited > last night. I can honestly say it was literally only a couple of seconds > quicker than my set up in laying out the page. His was better resolution(im > only in hi res as i havent put my gfx card in yet) but not by that much. It > suprised me. > Yep, I second that one. Voyager is far quicker than IE4/5. I use ISDN2 (64K) at work and loading pages using IE5 are not much quicker, if at all. When using my P200 at home (I need Java to enter some sites such as Korg) it is much slower. My mate from work could not believe how quick the miggy was.(PPC 240 - BVision) See Ya Alex Paton ------------------------------ message 47855 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47855 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 23:05:12 +0100 From: Gerrit-kjeld Dusseljee References: <88jjs6$puqc@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Will we get the G4s? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit riksweeney@hotmail.com wrote: > > > I want my G4 and phase5 decide to close down just before they start to > > manufacture them. is any other company gonna take over? i want my G4 > and > > CyberVisionNG! > > So do I. What we have to do is convince DCE that there is enough demand > for them, you know 500 people want one, or maybe 1000. I believe there > was enough demand when Phase 5 produced them. According to a Mac Shop a > G4 400 is supposed to be the equivalent of a PIII 900... I want one too ;)) I will not buy a G3, because i think it will be too slow. -- "All that glitters is cold" - Marilyn Manson ------------------------------ message 47856 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47856 From: "Paul Cundle" Date: 18 Feb 2000 18:52:57 +0000 In-Reply-To: <698.82T961T13493711neil@wire.net.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: (Fwd) AF submissions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri Feb 18, Neil Bothwick was heard muttering: > But you didn't say you didn't know it didn't know. Neither did you say > why you didn't know you didn't know it didn't know, so I didn't know > that. Know-it-all. > Although the "Connection timed out" bit was a bit of a giveaway, as if > you didn't know that. But I didn't know why the 'connection timed out'. I mean, 4 hours is a long time in the land of emails, so why wait that long? What /caused/ it to time out. I'm not really bothered, just interested in why it happened. > Neil - risking a ban Paul C, not really bothered if he was -- ... Why is abbreviation such a long word? ------------------------------ message 47857 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47857 From: "Paul Cundle" Date: 18 Feb 2000 19:06:37 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B24EFCF3@THE_EXCHANGE> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: The EMC opinion (was Guess what's on AF135?) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri Feb 18, Robert Johnston was heard muttering: > > Perhaps the best illustration of the "I don't want to spend any money > > on Amiga software" attitute are some of the replies to the > > "Guess what's > > on AF135?" posting... just look at the level of response to that one. > > Give something away for free and just look at the interest it > > provokes!!! > Well, it's also a prediction as to who's leaving the market next... It's hardly surprising is it? Shops don't do giveaways without expecting huge interest, no matter what the market is. > > One of you even stated that he was worried in case he went > > out and bought > > "135 Freebie" and then found it appearing on AF for free! > Well, he'd probably return the product if he found it on the CD, so > your point is? I wasn't "worried" about it, it's just a plain fact. I'm not going to buy stuff knowing that it could turn up for free in a couple of weeks time. > Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Paul C, the son of a preacher man -- ... I hope my mother gets hit by a steamroller, said Tom malevolently. ------------------------------ message 47858 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47858 From: Simon Mason Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 22:03:51 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88kf06$s9od@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: mmm. makes me think MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Alex On 18-Feb-00, you wrote: > Hi Simon, > > Yep, I second that one. Voyager is far quicker than IE4/5. I use ISDN2 > (64K) at work > and loading pages using IE5 are not much quicker, if at all. When using > my P200 > at home (I need Java to enter some sites such as Korg) it is much > slower. > My mate from work could not believe how quick the miggy was.(PPC 240 - > BVision) Nice to know it wasnt a one off then. Not bad for a "isn't that that crappy games thing from the early 90's? Oh hell, the amount of times I have thrown my teddy bear into the corner at comments like that at work.(bit dodgy doing that in front of my Sergeant Major I can tell you). Cheers, Simon. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > AFB: All polls MUST have dates, and if you have something to > sell use AmiBench! http://www.amibench.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Create a poll/survey for your group! > -- http://www.egroups.com/vote?listname=afb&m=1 > > > Cheers, Simon ------------------------------ message 47859 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47859 From: Simon Mason Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 22:10:35 +0000 In-Reply-To: <594.83T2150T12965485ianurie@jwu.u-net.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 Hello Ian On 19-Feb-00, you wrote: > > Well, Ben hinted that the author didn't make much money from > it.......is it a Gaz Murfin production????? Am I the only one who aint too bothered about what is on AFCD135 ? I love the mag and what ever is on the cd is a bonus - or am I just doing a Victor Meldrew? Cheers, Simon ------------------------------ message 47860 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47860 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 14:12:35 -0800 From: "David Plunkett" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] AFCD50 - PCX MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Just started to have a play with PCX on AFCD50. I have PC Task already. I use a dedicated partition for it, with Win 3.1 and DOS 5. I can't get PCX to pick up the partition though. Does PCX use some different way of formatting the partition (not quite sure if that's the right concept!). It will boot from a floppy, but I can't change to c: for example. It says there's no such beast. Anyone else here use both with the same partition? How? Regards David ------------------------------ message 47861 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47861 From: "Daniel Thornton" Date: 18 Feb 2000 22:03:46 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20000218224225.B53834@high5.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 22:42:25 +0100, tudor@high5.net was largin' it with these words... > Can't be. Errol said it a hellofa proggy" and a Murfin production wouldn't > be that, 'cos they aren't :) Somebody had to say it :) I don't think Mr Murfin would let his productions go on an AFCD, after a thread a few months back ;) -- The Wibble -- http://www.thewibble.co.uk --------------------------------- New game, Gran Tourettes Syndome is advertised on the front page... exclusive Television Spoilers...and the usual old gubbins as well... -- Updated: 17 February, 2000 -- http://www.the-wibble.co.uk -- The Wibble ------------------------------ message 47862 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47862 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 14:43:40 -0800 From: "FireW0lf" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Pink Panther stole my jewel MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi afb ppl - my first afb posting (prolly due to the fact that I only just joined) Errrr. I just got my AF134. Where the [CENSORED] is my cd jewel????? Now, I know things are getting grim down at AF Towers, but come on! I pay SIX QUID for this scrap of a magazine, which as you yourselves admit, is getting thinner! Now, I must say, I don't mind going out and paying a few pence for a cd jewel - but if I hafta do that, can you at least provide me with jpegs of the jewel case covers to put in it? This scrap of cardboard suxx. Sorry, but it does. Looks like you're ready to fold like poor CU Please - either gimme a jewel, or provide me with the gfx for me to print my own ------------------------------ message 47863 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47863 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 18 Feb 2000 22:44:23 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88khus$rose@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Pink Panther stole my jewel MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 14:43:40 -0800, FireW0lf (w_thomas@btinternet=2Ecom) wr= ote: > Please - either gimme a jewel, or provide me with the gfx for me to > print my own Or cut up the cardboard case and put it in a spare jewel case=2E and subscribe and pay around =A33 per issue instead of =A36 =2E=2E=2E Kev --=20 Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47864 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47864 Date: 18 Feb 2000 20:25:17 +0000 In-Reply-To: From: "Andy Mills" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Polls and AFCD's icons MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Ben Vost, on 18-Feb-00 16:54:27 you said about: [afb] Polls and AFCD's icons >Hi all, >It seems that according to one of the polls on the site, 56.3% of you are >using OS3.5! Those guys obviously like the new OS3.5-style icons. If you >don't think that 56.3% of all Amiga users are using the current OS, and you >should know because you're one of those that isn't, perhaps it's >artificially high because you haven't bothered to enter the poll? You want an honest opinion? Well, I never took any notice as I run DOpus in "View as - Name". But anyhoo, I took a look and have to say that as I am still using OS3.1, I have to admit that they don't look too nice... :-/ -- Andy Mills - http://www.wharne.u-net.com South West Amiga Group - http://www.swag.org.uk afb-ot's official webshite - http://www.afb-ot.co.uk -- Press any key... NO! NOT THAT ONE! ------------------------------ message 47865 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47865 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 14:58:30 -0800 From: "jtu" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] fusion and shapeshifter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit i have been using shapeshifter for ages and have a dedicated partition for it but since buytioing the latest af and afcd i would like to try out fucion to see if it is as good as shapeshifter is, but... the problem is that whilst shapeshifter can recoqnise a partition that is not automatically mounted by dos fusion can not and i hate havig an ugly dh2:$|&%^ icon on my workbench can any of you increadibly helpfull and intelligbent people help me to hide this amigados invalide disk but still have the ability to use fusion. sorry but i thought that i would also add a little question about blizzkick i am having a little trouble with adding the EXTRESBUF option, no matter how i structure the command line the applypatch program refuses to accept it when creating a ro file. any help would be fan dabby dosy, also can the prepareemul and fusionreserve options be used together-ive had no luck the amiga is dead, so live the AMIGA. ------------------------------ message 47866 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47866 From: BloodStain@t-online.de (Sean FT) Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 00:22:11 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re:Teddy in the corner with no arms and legs!!! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Simon On 18-Feb-00, you wrote: >> >> Well, Ben hinted that the author didn't make much money from >> it.......is it a Gaz Murfin production????? > > Am I the only one who aint too bothered about what is on AFCD135 ? I love > the mag and what ever is on the cd is a bonus - or am I just doing a > Victor Meldrew? Your not the only one mate,if Ben had not said anything then no one would be any wiser. We could talk about other interesting things and not keep on trying to second guess what is on the CD,that will not come out for another month! 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! (Any offers!) Can i have my ice-pick back please? -Leon Trotsky ------------------------------ message 47867 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47867 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 15:26:35 -0800 From: "Eric Oddy" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Am I missing the point ? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have an amiga and a PC. They are both computers and they do computer tasks. I don't like one better than the other. A home computer, whatever the breed, is a toy or hobby to all those who don't earn money with them. When they get up your nose, switch it off, go outside, there you will notice, is a world ! P.S I love them both. ------------------------------ message 47868 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47868 From: BloodStain@t-online.de (Sean FT) Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 00:27:47 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Pink Panther stole my jewel MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Kevin On 18-Feb-00, you wrote: = >> Please - either gimme a jewel, or provide me with the gfx for me to >> print my own > = > Or cut up the cardboard case and put it in a spare jewel case. and > subscribe and pay around =A33 per issue instead of =A36 ... Like most of us do then he can use the other =A33 to buy as many jewel th= ings as he wishes. POWERED BY: = A4000(T) 040 25+PPC233 144Mb CVPPC PreludeZII+Rombler* IOBlixZII UltraPlex32X RicohMP6200SCDRW Nomai750.c Mustek1200SP Tiptel506 ISDN Mode= m EpsonSC500 OS3.5 etc *=3DStill looking for a sound daughter board DB50XG from Yamaha to fit on= to it! (Any offers!) What car said Clarence as he was run over by the Landrover.= ------------------------------ message 47869 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47869 From: BloodStain@t-online.de (Sean FT) Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 00:42:13 +0100 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] My zips broken? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To anyone who is interested, If there are any A3000 owners out there who ne= ed any Zip Ram i can get some very cheap(ie not =A316.95 per 1Mb like certain firms are asking)over here. If you are interested then drop me a line. Cheers, Sean. = POWERED BY: = A4000(T) 040 25+PPC233 144Mb CVPPC PreludeZII+Rombler* IOBlixZII UltraPlex32X RicohMP6200SCDRW Nomai750.c Mustek1200SP Tiptel506 ISDN Mode= m EpsonSC500 OS3.5 etc *=3DStill looking for a sound daughter board DB50XG from Yamaha to fit on= to it! (Any offers!) hey can someone stop the world i want to get off! ------------------------------ message 47870 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47870 From: Simon Mason Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 00:03:19 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88khus$rose@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Pink Panther stole my jewel MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello FireW0lf On 18-Feb-00, you wrote: > > Errrr. I just got my AF134. Where the [CENSORED] is my cd jewel????? Personally I think the cardboard sleeve is good, im running out of space to put jewels (looks like HMV in here) > > Now, I know things are getting grim down at AF Towers, but come on! I > pay SIX QUID > for this scrap of a magazine, which as you yourselves admit, is getting > thinner! Thinner, as Ben has explained, but the quality is still top notch. > > Now, I must say, I don't mind going out and paying a few pence for a cd > jewel - but > if I hafta do that, can you at least provide me with jpegs of the jewel > case covers to put in it? Just shove the cardboard front instead > > This scrap of cardboard suxx. Sorry, but it does. Looks like you're > ready to fold like poor CU Hope not, but if it reduces costs for AF, Im all for it. > > Please - either gimme a jewel, or provide me with the gfx for me to > print my own By the way, I bought my kids a Pokemon comic today and that was 3 quid, only about 20 pages and just pictures. Puts it in a kind of perspective eh?! Welcome to the group! Cheers, Simon > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > AFB: All polls MUST have dates, and if you have something to > sell use AmiBench! http://www.amibench.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications > > > > > ------------------------------ message 47871 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47871 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 16:11:00 -0800 From: "Simon Ward" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: network MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Matthew, I will want to network my two PeeCee's and Amiga 1200: > 1) is linux suitable to run a small network from? Yeah, definitely. GNU/Linux has all you need for networking. > 2) what software would I need for it? > 3) is samba the best idea for doing all this? I suggest trying out some Amiga Samba software and using Linux's Samba networking. Another option is to have two 'networks' to the Linux machine (have the Win98 PeeCee's connected using Samba). You could try a parallel network to the Linux box from your Amiga. > 5) whats the best speed I could expect to get out of it? I know there's some bottleneck in using the Amiga's PCMCIA port but I don't know how much. > 6) can I whoop some ass in a quake deathmatch? You can certainly try - if you've got the power :-) Simon Ward ------------------------------ message 47872 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47872 Date: 18 Feb 2000 20:47:8 +0000 From: "Neil Bothwick" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AmiBench News MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chris Andrews said, > On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Tyler Saxton wrote: >> Once you've decided that it's a particular IP or range of IP >> addresses, you could have the script refuse requests immediately when >> the address matches, if you like. Tyler. > If it's always the same IP then yes, if not you'll be isolating an > entire ISPs customer base. Not good if it's a large one like Freeserve or > Demon ;) You could have the script refer adverts from doubtful addresses for moderation before adding them. You could also check the script for certain words or phrases and moderate those. Neil -- Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider http://www.wire.net.uk -- A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it. ------------------------------ message 47873 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47873 From: Mark Wilson Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 00:12:15 +0000 In-Reply-To: <937.83T418T12473100neil@wire.net.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AmiBench News MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 18-Feb-00, Neil wrote this: > You could have the script refer adverts from doubtful addresses for > moderation before adding them. You could also check the script for > certain words or phrases and moderate those. We have something in the pineline that'll solve all the problems, ooops I said to much already. I'm not going to say much more than that. If there's any web site graphic artists who'd like to see a peice of their work as an AmiBench banner, feel free to contact me, as We need a new banner and logo for AmiBench. (damnit! said to much again :) -- Mark 'tecno' Wilson Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Email: mark@amibench.org ------------------------------ message 47874 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47874 From: BloodStain@t-online.de (Sean FT) Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 01:40:32 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re:Still Expensive or wot!!!!! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Rick On 18-Feb-00, you wrote: > It's just the way it's always been, but if you think stuff in England i= s > overpriced, try buying the same stuff in Northern Ireland...some of the= > prices here are horrendous. 1-2 years ago I got a friend in England to = buy > me a 32mb SIMM for my A1200, it cost 48 quid at the time, the same SIMM= > over here would've cost about 75-80 quid, possibly more. Not to mention= > the P&P charges usually double for ever here (in every sense, "next day= " > for NI usually means "next day give or take four"). Yeah i know i have been to Northern Ireland and its not just computer stuff.But even so the price of 32mb SIMMs is still a bloody cheek in England.I paid ca.=A3= 160 for 128Mb (4x32Mb) on the PPC card two years ago,why are the prices so high in England(they are also in the EC).Where do these prices come from, a good example is my Cyberstorm PPC & Cybervision PPC cards: German Price in DM: English price converted to= DM(Ca.x3): 25/03/98 Xmas1998 (Blittersoft Ad Amiga Format) PPC 604 233Mhz 040/25 1495(=A3499) 1830(=A3609) Cybervision PPC 8Mb 399(=A3133) 537(=A3179) = You cannot tell me they are more expensive because they have to be imported(firms pay less for the cards)post does not cost that much from Germany too England.The tax difference is only 2.5%,so why are they so mu= ch more expensive??? = POWERED BY: = A4000(T) 040 25+PPC233 144Mb CVPPC PreludeZII+Rombler* IOBlixZII UltraPlex32X RicohMP6200SCDRW Nomai750.c Mustek1200SP Tiptel506 ISDN Mode= m EpsonSC500 OS3.5 etc *=3DStill looking for a sound daughter board DB50XG from Yamaha to fit on= to it! (Any offers!) Oh look said one of the Clangers its the Soup Dragon!! ------------------------------ message 47875 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47875 From: adam james Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 00:36:29 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] IMPORTANT: Read me MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, all before i comment i would like to say when i said i was going to London it was all bullsh*t. = I had to find out a few things and believe me i did = The message about me and the psx games was sent by a user at eidosnet so = i phoned up eidosnet and explained what was going on and the helpfull guy= at the other end said he has dealt with this sort of sh*t before and tol= d me not to worry about it. = He even said there was loads of complaints about me and my account was gonna be terminated :( He phoned me this afternoon and said the person who did it has now had his account terminated :-) So to all those people who sent me offensive email"s get your facts right= Before sending those sort of emails = = -- = Adam James ------------------------------ message 47876 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47876 Date: 19 Feb 2000 1:32:41 +0000 From: "Oliver Roberts" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 15-Feb-00 09:45:31 GMT, Ben Vost wrote: >> You have got the wrong person here and thanks a lot for branding me a >> pirate :-( > Okay. Entertaining as this thread may be, take it off the list please. > Don't air dirty linen in public. My apologies. I meant my original reply to go to Adam directly, not AFB - just a dumb, stupid mistake on my part (clicked the wrong button in THOR :( That's why I haven't been following this thread (i.e. I didn't realize I'd started it!). If anyone wants to follow this message up, please do so to oliver.roberts@iname.com (not AFB, please). -- *Oliver Roberts* - Norwich, UK - Software Developer & Web Designer /oliver.roberts@iname.com/ | /oliver@amigaf1.freeserve.co.uk/ http://www.nanunanu.org/~oliver/ - ICQ: 34640231 -- Internet Amiga F1GP Championship ==> http://www.nanunanu.org/~oliver/ic/ ------------------------------ message 47877 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47877 From: "Jonathan Day" References: Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 22:28:55 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: ADF Games MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Daniel > Unless the authors have released them as PD, they are illegal, and > there's nothing you can do about it. > > However, nobody (with a brain) is going to flame you for using them, as > long as they're no-longer on sale, and you're not depriving anyone of > money by using them. Just so long as you have tried everywhere, including putting out wanted ads. in AF and on AmiBench etc. > As a rule, anything pre-1995 is probably very difficult to get a hold > of, 1995? You`re kidding? Take a look at Alive`s catalogue, or Fore-matt`s advert in AF... oh fancy that, you can`t look at Fore-matt`s advert in this months mag cos they are no longer advertising (probably cos they don`t get enough response). Most of the stock listed is pre 1995, and there`s probably not enough space to print their full list either. Jon ------------------------------ message 47878 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47878 From: "Jonathan Day" References: <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B24EFCF3@THE_EXCHANGE> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 01:25:00 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: The EMC opinion (was Guess what's on AF135?) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Robert > > ->Could it be the most recent EMC CD perhaps? > Bloody stupid question in my opinion... Eh! Calm Down. Calm Down. What`s up with you? I reckon it would archive down quite substantially. OK, so some of the regular stuff might of had to be postponed but it`s not as if there`s loads of reader stuff anymore, and there`s not always a commercial s/w demo. And the Web sites take up a lot of space. It`s doable. At a push. But read my reply to Errol too for further explanation Jon ------------------------------ message 47879 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47879 From: "Jonathan Day" References: <200002180205.CAA09372@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 01:27:33 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: ADF Games MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Bauglir > ADFs themselves aren't illegal, anymore than mp3s are illegal. It's > the things people do with them that's illegal. I think it's technically > still illegal to download commercial games, even ones that were first > released over 10 years ago, as i doubt the copyright on them has > expired. No 'technically' about it. > *But*, for games that old, I don't think many people would > mind, it's hard to see what market you could be damaging If you take it to the extreme, you`d play only pirate software cos there`s loads of classic Amiga games. You would end up not buying any new software. OK, so it`s an extreme case, but > you are supporting the Evil pirates in doing so. Or an Amiga > company could buy the rights to those games and then distribute > them on a CD, so by downloading them you could be harming sales > of that... > > Bauglir > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > AFB: All polls MUST have dates, and if you have something to > sell use AmiBench! http://www.amibench.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > eGroups.com Home: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/ > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications > > ------------------------------ message 47880 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47880 From: "Jonathan Day" References: Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 01:24:05 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: The EMC opinion (was Guess what's on AF135?) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Errol > > ->Could it be the most recent EMC CD perhaps? > > I have already replied to this posting separately but Jonathan's question > sparked some inner emotion and although most of you won't be interested I > thought that I'd take this opportunity to voice my opinions on the Amiga > market. I'm fully expecting to be flamed for this but, in all honesty, I > don't care since these are my thoughts and I stand by them... The reasons why I mentioned your EMC CD as a possibility was because of your links to AF in the past as you mentioned. I also could not conceive you producing a follow up given the current climate and the, IMO, somewhat specialist (DTP orientated) nature of your CD. I have (via AF) phase 1 and 2. I don`t wish to sound horrible, but I have never used anything from them. I`m sure the clip art, images and fonts etc. are a very good collection, but they are of no interest to me and neither would phase 3. > Perhaps the best illustration of the "I don't want to spend any money > on Amiga software" attitute are some of the replies to the "Guess what's > on AF135?" posting... just look at the level of response to that one. > Give something away for free and just look at the interest it provokes!!! Personally, it`s a game and curiosity; try and guess from the clues. I strongly believe that full price software should not be given away free, whether it be games (e.g. UFO) or full priced programs (e.g. Imagine, C4D). I was going to suggest Lightwave instead of phase 3, but changed my mind at the last minute cos as much as I`d love LWv5, including it on the AFCD would kill Imagine. The phase series was the first thing to pop into mind. > To add insult to injury Amiga Format received a steady stream of letters > from readers asking when Phase3 was to be given away free! We in turn, > received a steady stream of phone calls asking when we were giving Phase3 > to Amiga Format. In one particular case, Amiga Format received about 10 > letters from the same reader asking when they were putting Phase 3 on the > cover. Although this isn't entirely relevent to the subject at hand I > hope it illustrates the attitude that some Amiga users have. This is despicable, and I`m sorry if my bringing up of phase 3 brought back bad memories for you. > Without a doubt, the single most important reason for the decline of the > Amiga is the end user and his seemingly stubborn reluctance to spend any > bloody money on software. Sorry, I disagree. IMO it was very much established by the arrival of Doom on the PC. Everybody wanted to play it, the PC could, the Amiga couldn`t. People were left with a choice to spend a *massive* amount of money on their Amiga, which everyone was saying would never be able cope with a Doom style game, or spend it on a PC which would be compatible with school/work and could play Doom too. With the trouble at Commodore surfacing at a similar time, many decided on the PC instead of on an already dying system. It`s much more upgrade friendly (i.e. one step at a time) and with games like Doom, results witnessed with every purchase. On the other hand, the new A1200 did not encourage you to upgrade, not even for a hard drive (warrantees invalidated if you opened them for example). Gfx cards have only recently become mainstream. > 2. AF could afford more pages if more people advertised, and more > advertisers would advertise if you bought their products. Who`s going to buy new Amiga software? I bought every version of Wordworth, from v1.0 to v5. However I did not buy v6 or v7 because I did not think they added enough to justify the high upgrade price. Besides, v5 did everything I wanted. Same with PFS v2. And since I have Ww I don`t buy the inferior Amiga Writer. Lack of new users makes a massive difference. I still buy games now, even though I have 3 that I haven`t even played once yet (Civ, Capital Punishment and Final Odyssey), but I don`t buy many because I don`t have much time and I have many great games that I`m only half way through, but were dropped to play my latest purchase - Hired Guns, Settlers, History Line, Napalm, Quake, T-zero... > 3. If you bought full versions of the demo software... Wordworth, ProData, Final Calc, Vista Pro, TurboPrint, C4D.... Just off the top of my head. And that excludes virtually every game I`ve bought. This is a great way of buying s/w. Regards Jon ------------------------------ message 47881 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47881 From: Jani =??Q?M=E4kitalo?= Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 23:15:17 +0300 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] SRTICQ prob MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello, I have some trouble using STRICQ... mainly, I cannt get myself an UIN. Im using the latest beta off the owlnet site. The error message window tells me the progrma establishes a connection tot eh Mirabilis site with no trouble, but according to the activity window my request never gets acknowledged. The main window just says "logging in..." I dont get ANY errors at all. Help? - Jani -- "The capacity of technology to modify the definition of humanity" ------------------------------ message 47882 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47882 From: Richard Lane Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 00:49:29 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Digital camera MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Simon On 18-Feb-00, Simon Mason wrote: >> >> Yep, I bought one yesterday (17/2/2000) and I'm delighted with it. >> > How much are these knocking out for mate? I paid 250ukp for mine. -- Best Regards, Richard Lane - richard@amiga.prestel.co.uk richard@magnumopus.co.uk Author: AmiNET - biz/dopus/Magnum_Opus31a.lha Web site - http://www.magnumopus.co.uk -- Dances With Tribbles: "Stomp SQUEAK Stomp SQUEAK" ------------------------------ message 47883 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47883 Date: 19 Feb 2000 1:47:25 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20000218224039.A53834@high5.net> From: "Andy Mills" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: I'm back! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Tudor Davies, on 18-Feb-00 21:40:39 you said about: [afb] Re: I'm back! >Andy "Comeback Queen" Mills wrote: >> After a break, my will finally gave way to the withdrawal symptoms, so >> here I am... (if anyone /really/ cares... ;) ) >So Matt leaves via one entrance and Andy arrives via another... That was one of the decidong factors... ;) >Welcome back mate, I'll call you (missed your call) I did try and call you a couple of times since I spoke to your missus/mum/mum-inlaw/female person who I didn't know, last week without success. How's the leg? -- Andy Mills - http://www.wharne.u-net.com South West Amiga Group - http://www.swag.org.uk afb-ot's official webshite - http://www.afb-ot.co.uk -- I like to torture my plants by watering them with ice cubes. ------------------------------ message 47884 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47884 From: Mark Wilson Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 01:59:56 +0000 In-Reply-To: <825.84T1277T1074003ajmills@wharne.u-net.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Tudor's Sig MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I wonder why no one's picked up on Tudor's email signature :) Its no good asking what he's doing either, he's not allowed to say :o) :) -- Mark 'tecno' Wilson Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Email: mark@amibench.org ------------------------------ message 47885 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47885 Date: 19 Feb 2000 2:20:47 +0000 From: "Andy Mills" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Amiga Resource MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All, Since I'm back, I may as well do a bit of plugging... ;) I've started a new web site called the Amiga Resource, you can find it at http://www.amigaresource.org The intention is that it's to take over from where the AWD left off, only without the news section - there are at least three other sites that carry news and ATM, a daily Amiga news section would be too much for me to cope with, although it hasn't been ruled out for the future (Phil, are you here and reading this?) I have to be honest and say that it is still "work in progress", so still lacks some features/content ATM, but I'm doing as much as I can, when I can. Anyhoo, the links database *desperately* needs new links! It currently has 72 links (60-ish of which I've added myself), so if you have an Amiga related homepage, or know of a link that you think should be in there, please take the time to add them! I would also appreciate any comments, ideas or any other sort of feedback that you may have. Please take the time to help make this site a success and worth the many hours of work that I've put into it (whether it looks like it or not... ;) ). Amiga Resource: http://www.amigaresource.org AR links database: http://www.amigaresource.org/links/ -- Andy Mills - http://www.wharne.u-net.com South West Amiga Group - http://www.swag.org.uk afb-ot's official webshite - http://www.afb-ot.co.uk -- "I've lost an electron," said the atom positively. ------------------------------ message 47886 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47886 Date: 19 Feb 2000 2:28:27 +0000 In-Reply-To: From: "Andy Mills" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Tudor's Sig MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Mark Wilson, on 19-Feb-00 01:59:56 you said about: [afb] Tudor's Sig >I wonder why no one's picked up on Tudor's email signature :) >Its no good asking what he's doing either, he's not allowed to say :o) Now that you've mentioned it.... I know he has a bit of time on his hands ATM, but.... ;) -- Andy Mills - http://www.wharne.u-net.com South West Amiga Group - http://www.swag.org.uk afb-ot's official webshite - http://www.afb-ot.co.uk -- I'm not crazy... I just have a unique sense of reality. ------------------------------ message 47887 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47887 From: "Alan Anthony" Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 02:29:08 -0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Things that make you go Mmmm (was mmm. makes me think) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi everyone, I might waffle a bit here (2.00am - 2 bottles of wine - Freddie mercury tribute video playing) the bit where Extreme come on:-)) but I'll say it anyway.... I'm a bit sad when it comes to computers, I have 3 Pc's and 2 Amigas. The Best of the Pc's is a PII 450, with all the usual toot these things need to work, one of the Amigas is an A1200 PPC/060 Zip/64mb Ram, Blah de Blah and so on. The other Amiga Is an old A4000 040 desktop with 16mb ram a cd and hard drive running on an old Commodore 1084st Monitor. And as one of my old mates used to say this old A4000 goes like a bastard, it loads faster, surfs faster, crashes less and just feels "RIGHT". Apart from super duper games it does everything the other machines do but in a smoother more responsive way. I don't know if any of this makes any sense. I left the Amiga scene 3 years ago and went PC. It wasn't until I came back with a basic 2nd hand A1200 and 6 mb ram/40MB hd/14mhz that I realised that a lot of the power that Pc's have, is there because it has to be... lets face it the bloody things would struggle to run the operating system, 1 game and 1 app on anything less than 64mb ram, 3D card 2.1 gig hd and PII350. Even the best of the Pc's doesn't feel as responsive as the 40 puny Mhz A4000. well That's enough ranting for now, I will just close with a good will message....... Go for it Bill and Fleecy, I need something better on my desk at work than the crashnastybangbollockitsfallenoveragain that I have to put up with at the moment. Oh yeah and Extreme were bloody good in the Freddie tribute. Regards, Alan Anthony Brown Goods Purchasing Controller. Bennetts Retail Ltd. East Anglia's Largest Electrical Retailer. ------------------------------ message 47888 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47888 From: Mark Wilson Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 02:42:44 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Things that make you go Mmmm (was mmm. makes me think) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 19-Feb-00, Alan wrote this: > I might waffle a bit here (2.00am - 2 bottles of wine - Freddie mercury > tribute video playing) the bit where Extreme come on:-)) but I'll say it > anyway.... [snip] Youu Drrink tto muuch wiine :) Nice thoughts though, but to be honest, its not the hardware that sucks its the OS. (Not that I'm a great fan of windows mind). It does the job, but its far far less elegant than Amiga OS is. -- Mark 'tecno' Wilson Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Email: mark@amibench.org ------------------------------ message 47889 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47889 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:40:53 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Feedback MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, You know why we haven't had the pleasure of Matt Sealey's company for a bit? He's sulking cos no-one has given any feedback on how the CD looks now with its new neko-designed OS3.5 icons... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Behaviourist psychology: pulling habits out of rats ------------------------------ message 47890 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47890 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:50:26 +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 Hi riksweeney@hotmail.com, > 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? All the ones 40 and below are archived. Install them on your hard drive if you want them all, we haven't got room on the CD... All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There's a gallon of deliciousness in every drop. Reach for the taste of good taste, reach for DyDo. ------------------------------ message 47891 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47891 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:36:41 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88dtku$428a@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Format on a diet! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Nick, > I personally applaud Ben and Rich and the whole team; because without > their dedication it's quite likely AF would have closed by now. Thanks for your kind words Nick, but I think that you underestimate the sheer number of powerful folk at Future who cut their teeth on AF and would also hate to see it go under. Of course, it's us that does all the hard work... :) > 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... :) There's a limit to how big you can make a mag that's saddle stitched. The greater the number of pages, the more misaligned they get, but I do like the quality of the cover now - it's much nicer than the greasy stuff we used to use and I'd like to keep it. > 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... Aw shucks. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ try this: http://www.dilbert.com ------------------------------ message 47892 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47892 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:39:00 +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 Hi Tudor, >> 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. Wow! Get better soon. Here are some virtual grapes: \ oooOoo OoooO oOo oO O > 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 > :( Why do I now have Preston the Cyberdog as he appears from the knitting machine in my head when I think about you? :) All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ After we pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is NOT our friend! ------------------------------ message 47893 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47893 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:12:58 +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 Hi Mad, > 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. Please use proper URLs, so that I don't have to copy and paste... > 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. Thanks for letting me know about this. I shall pass it on to H&P. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ try this: http://www.asi.org ------------------------------ message 47894 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47894 From: Ken Walsh Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:18:23 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88he5o$b7e9@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: active technologies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Chris > Hi all > Can any one out there help,i`m trying to get in touch with > active,tried email, phoning have they moved? I think he has gone to College up in Scotland me thinks Eyetech are dealing with NC=B3 Cheers all the best Ken = = ------------------------------ message 47895 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47895 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 19 Feb 2000 09:13:54 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: SRTICQ prob MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 23:15:17 +0300, Jani M=E4kitalo (jani=2Emakitalo@saunal= ahti=2Efi) wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I have some trouble using STRICQ=2E=2E=2E mainly, I cannt get myself an U= IN=2E > I=B4m using the latest beta off the owlnet site=2E The error message wind= ow > tells me the progrma establishes a connection tot eh Mirabilis site > with no trouble, but according to the activity window my request never > gets acknowledged=2E The main window just says "logging in=2E=2E=2E" >=20 > I don=B4t get ANY errors at all=2E Help? There have been problems registering with some versions - make sur eyou have the VERY latest one from the site, and if you still have problems, take them to the Stricq mailing list =2E=2E=2E info on the web site =2E=2E= =2E Kev --=20 Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47896 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47896 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 02:25:09 -0800 From: "rob heatley" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] ioblix MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ------------------------------ message 47897 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47897 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 02:31:42 -0800 From: "rob heatley" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] ioblix MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hi everybody, this is the first time i have subscribed so i hope this relationship lasts, i have a problem with the ioblix card for my amiga 2000,although i am using it for this mail {serial}i just cannot get the thing to work for my canon4300 printer it just prints rubbish or starts printing ok then after a couple of lines it just stops any help would be appreciated, best wishes rob ------------------------------ message 47898 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47898 From: BloodStain@t-online.de (Sean FT) Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 11:38:07 +0200 In-Reply-To: <88lree$jmfv@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: ioblix MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello rob On 19-Feb-00, you wrote: > i have a problem with the ioblix card for my amiga 2000,although > i am using it for this mail {serial}i just cannot get the thing > to work for my canon4300 printer it just prints rubbish or starts > printing ok then after a couple of lines it just stops any help > would be appreciated, Are you using the Workbench Printer drivers or something like TurboPrint? Cheers, Sean. 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! (Any offers!) Success is like a fart - only your own smells nice. ------------------------------ message 47899 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47899 Date: 19 Feb 2000 10:56:48 +0100 From: "Neil Bothwick" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: (Fwd) AF submissions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Paul Cundle said, >> Although the "Connection timed out" bit was a bit of a giveaway, as if >> you didn't know that. > But I didn't know why the 'connection timed out'. I mean, 4 hours is a > long time in the land of emails, so why wait that long? What /caused/ > it to time out. Your mailserver tried to connect to their mail server and failed. So it put the mail to the back of the queue and got on with the rest. Every few minutes it would try your mail again. After four hours it thinks you may be wondering why you haven't had a reply, so it sends you a warning message. You'd get another after 24 and 46 hours with the server finally admitting defeat after 72 hours. These figures can change but are commonly used. Just be thankful it doesn't use a Post Office system, where it tries to connect to the server, gives it five milliseconds to answer then shoves a card through the door and legs it. >> Neil - risking a ban > Paul C, not really bothered if he was You're all heart. Neil -- Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider http://www.wire.net.uk -- I'm Pink, Therefore I'm Spam ------------------------------ message 47900 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47900 From: Wesley Potter Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:17:32 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88gn3a$rao4@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Quiz MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 17-Feb-00 Paul Laycock said; > > 22/30. I feel that it is a quiz more suited to programmers. How the > hell am I supposed to know what functions are in what libraries? I did > better on the history bits though. 18/30 here. Average. > Me thinks that it wasn't written my someone whos native language is > english. Last version of WB (on the quiz) is surely 3.0!?! I thought so too but realised after I'd pressed OK that 2.1 is 3.0 for 16 bit machines so it was released after 3.0 (****ing trick questions) l8r -- Wesley Potter wesley.potter@btinternet.com mailto:wezza@http://www.amigaworkshop.currantbun.com ICQ: 34306277 IRC: #ssamiga (Saturdays 9pm) ------------------------------ message 47901 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47901 From: Wesley Potter Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:21:21 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88h1c6$3p6v@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: IMHO MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 17-Feb-00 riksweeney@hotmail.com said; > RTFM - [No I'd better not] NIBN surely ;-) l8r -- Wesley Potter wesley.potter@btinternet.com mailto:wezza@http://www.amigaworkshop.currantbun.com ICQ: 34306277 IRC: #ssamiga (Saturdays 9pm) ------------------------------ message 47902 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47902 From: Wesley Potter Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 00:58:59 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88ka9l$79rn@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A1200 Qs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 18-Feb-00 Matthew Wise said; > What patch is this then? its on a disk that you should have with the machine with Power XL Drive written on it. If you haven't got it email me off list and i'll send it to you as a dms file The drive is practically useless without it. l8r -- Wesley Potter wesley.potter@btinternet.com mailto:wezza@http://www.amigaworkshop.currantbun.com ICQ: 34306277 IRC: #ssamiga (Saturdays 9pm) ------------------------------ message 47903 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47903 From: Jon Barker Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 10:13:56 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: SRTICQ prob MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello Jani On 18-Feb-00, Jani Mkitalo wrote: > Hello, > I have some trouble using STRICQ... mainly, I cannt get myself an UIN. > Im using the latest beta off the owlnet site. The error message window > tells me the progrma establishes a connection tot eh Mirabilis site > with no trouble, but according to the activity window my request never > gets acknowledged. The main window just says "logging in..." > I dont get ANY errors at all. Help? > - Jani Use version 0.1578 of STRICQ from http://www-stu.cai.cam.ac.uk/~mnw21/stricq/beta/ Cheers -- ----------------------------------------------- Jon Barker ICQ:20786000 ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 47904 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47904 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 04:07:00 -0800 From: "Will" In-Reply-To: <20000202162424.3662.qmail@web1006.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: The Amiga's future [latest AF] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =3D?iso-8859-1?q?ant?=3D wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=3D45218 > > > Blimey! Where does your school buy iMacs?! > > I'm at uni now, I missed the whole iMac thing. My IT > bloke thought spending =A3400 on the "RM File Manager", > which had all of three functions (move, delete and > copy) was a sound investment. I wouldn't put it past him. I have checked the iMac marketing with interest, our local PC World has the same half dozen mark ones it bought in a year ago. Every couple of months they swap one of them to a local Dixons store where it still doesn`t sell. Now Mac are pushing the home video market in their advertising but I reckon it won`t help them. Cheers Will. ------------------------------ message 47905 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47905 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 04:13:49 -0800 From: "Will" In-Reply-To: <20000202162424.3662.qmail@web1006.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: The Amiga's future [latest AF] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The current situation has not exactly come as a surprise and I think Amiga users need to be more objective. I remember taking two business friends to the 1998 London Amiga show with a view to investing extensively in several units plus software for business purposes. We watched in disbelief as that dreadful group (Annex) mimed to a faulty CD player. After several false starts they managed to not quite keep time for three minutes. We realised right then that any product - no matter how good - which would put its name to such a performance was doomed and we spent the money elsewhere. Compare this to last year's Hi Fi show, which featured the world class Acoustic Mania (live not miming,) and the breathtaking Grattan presentation at last year's PMA photographic exhibition at Olympia. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. The whole discussion is now academic, as the opportunity to resurrect the classic Amiga has now passed. However, it should be noted that those people, like myself, who were critical of the phoney presentations and lousy marketing were not trolling or putting the knife in but could see the inevitable. Will ------------------------------ message 47906 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47906 From: roger buckley Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 04:47:09 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: SRTICQ prob MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Jani On 18-Feb-00, you wrote: > Hello, > = > I have some trouble using STRICQ... mainly, I cannt get myself an UIN. > I=B4m using the latest beta off the owlnet site. The error message wind= ow > tells me the progrma establishes a connection tot eh Mirabilis site > with no trouble, but according to the activity window my request never > gets acknowledged. The main window just says "logging in..." > = had this very same problem. A PC owning friend had to log in for me and i= t works fine now, Regards -- = Roger Amiga 1200, Viper 68030 Mk V Accel with 50Mhz FPU and 8 MBFast, Seagate 4= 10MB 2.5" internal HD and 800MB SCSI HD in a midi tower with 4xCDRom. 56k Mode= m, Power Port Junr Serial IF G.Image Hand Scanner & Citizen Swift Printer. Website:-http://callnetuk.com/home/rogerbu ICQ-62990780 Robuck2 I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter. -- Blaise Pascal ------------------------------ message 47907 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47907 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 04:21:22 -0800 From: "darren glenn" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] YAM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I can not send e-mails via yam or anyother program and i dont know why. My details are correct and it works on my brothers Amiga but not on mine. I am pretty annoyed about this and the yam website didnt help either. Does anyone else suffer the same problen or is it just me. ------------------------------ message 47908 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47908 Date: 19 Feb 2000 13:27:35 -0500 From: "Ian Urie" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 18-Feb-00 17:10:35, Simon Mason said about [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?: > Hello Ian > On 19-Feb-00, you wrote: >> >> Well, Ben hinted that the author didn't make much money from >> it.......is it a Gaz Murfin production????? > Am I the only one who aint too bothered about what is on AFCD135 ? > I love the mag and what ever is on the cd is a bonus - or am I just doing a > Victor Meldrew? Actually I was being sarcastic.... GM seems to have fallen off the face of the Earth ever since he was crucified in AFB (with good reason).Maybe I should have added a smiley. And yes, you're doing a Victor Meldrew,everyone is guessing just to upset Ben :) -- Ian Urie Uin:19729444 He who hesitates looses the parking spot. ------------------------------ message 47909 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47909 From: Gerald Mellor Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 03:07:27 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: IMPORTANT: Read me MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi adam, > Hello, all before i comment i would like to say when i said i was > going to London it was all bullsh*t. So why did you say it? > So to all those people who sent me offensive email"s get your facts > right Before sending those sort of emails Well, to be fair, how was anyone supposed to know that those emails weren't from you? Come to think of it, we're still only taking your word for it that you *didn't* send them. Bauglir ------------------------------ message 47910 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47910 From: Gerald Mellor Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:43:57 +0100 In-Reply-To: <38ADC218.E3CF89DB@cybercomm.nl> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Will we get the G4s? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 18-Feb-00, Gerrit-kjeld Dusseljee wrote: > I will not buy a G3, because i think it will be too slow. LOL! Too slow at running what? If you were forever waiting for the newest and fastest processors, graphics chips, etc to be used on the Amiga, you'd never buy *any* hardware. I think the G3 is more than adequate to run any PPC software currently available for the Amiga. Someone correct me if I'm wrong :) Bauglir ------------------------------ message 47911 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47911 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 06:45:05 -0800 From: "Will" In-Reply-To: <88kkfb$l978@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Am I missing the point ? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "eric oddy" wrote: original article:

I have an amiga and a PC. They are both computers and they do computer tasks. I don't like one better than the other. A home computer, whatever the breed, is a toy or hobby to all those who don't earn money with them. When they get up your nose, switch it off, go outside, there you will notice, is a world ! P.S I love them both. I totally agree with you =96 your posting is a breath of fresh air. I stopped buying any Amiga mags last year because I have grown tired of the space devoted to having a go at other platforms and sneering at people who still use A500s. I have several Amigas, several pcs and three old 8-bit machines. (Sharp MZ series.) I use them all and don't wear an anorak. Cheers Will.

------------------------------ message 47912 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47912 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 07:11:17 -0800 From: "Matthew J Fletcher" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Will we get the G4s? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit gerald mellor wrote: > > I will not buy a G3, because i think it will be too slow. > > LOL! Too slow at running what? If you were forever waiting for the > newest and fastest processors, graphics chips, etc to be used on the > Amiga, you'd never buy *any* hardware. I think the G3 is more than > adequate to run any PPC software currently available for the Amiga. > Someone correct me if I'm wrong :) Erm, if the Meta@box G3s got out,.. they would be the fastest amigas ever,.. and this is not fast enough ???, err please think again. -matthew ------------------------------ message 47913 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47913 From: Geoffrey Dodd Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 14:51:06 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Cd videos MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi there I was hoping that some one can help me I`am trying to play the videos that are on some music cds I have MooVid (Plays AVI & MOV) but when I stick a cd in it want let me open the cd up to play the film. Please help me because I`ve got some No Doubt & Sublime videos I`m desperate to watch. This is my frist email so please be gently ------------------------------ message 47914 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47914 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 19 Feb 2000 15:20:24 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Cd videos MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 14:51:06 +0000, Geoffrey Dodd (geoff@miggy.mycomputer.org.uk) wrote: > Hi there > > I was hoping that some one can help me I`am trying to play the videos that are > on some music cds I have MooVid (Plays AVI & MOV) but when I stick a cd in it > want let me open the cd up to play the film. > Please help me because I`ve got some No Doubt & Sublime videos I`m desperate > to watch. > > This is my frist email so please be gently Hello. What filesystem have you mounted for the CD? Are you able to open the CD and look at the contents from Workbench? If not, you might have CD filesystem problems ... Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 47915 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47915 Date: 19 Feb 2000 15:34:58 +0000 In-Reply-To: <88m1s2$b9is@eGroups.com> From: "Andy Mills" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: YAM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello darren glenn, on 19-Feb-00 12:21:22 you said about: [afb] YAM >I can not send e-mails via yam or anyother program and i dont know why. >My details >are correct and it works on my brothers Amiga but not on mine. I am >pretty >annoyed about this and the yam website didnt help either. Does anyone >else suffer the same >problen or is it just me. What error message do you get? What goes wrong? It would help if you gave us a bit more info... Is this a Freeserve account that you're having a problem with? Did you enter the complete domain name as your user/login name, e.g., glenn1000.freeserve.co.uk and not just glenn1000? -- The Amiga Resource - http://www.amigaresource.org South West Amiga Group - http://www.swag.org.uk afb-ot's official webshite - http://www.afb-ot.co.uk -- The more beautiful the woman is who loves you, the easier it is to leave her with no hard feelings. ------------------------------ message 47916 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47916 From: Gerald Mellor Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 15:38:18 +0100 In-Reply-To: <88ma9h$tups@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Am I missing the point ? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Will, > I stopped buying any Amiga mags last year because I have grown tired > of the space devoted to having a go at other platforms and sneering > at people who still use A500s. I have several Amigas, several pcs > and three old 8-bit machines. (Sharp MZ series.) I use them all and > don't wear an anorak. Don't you get wet when it rains? Seriously, I've never noticed any "having a go" at other platforms, at least not unless it's justified ;) Why *shouldn't* Amiga Format point out the superiorities of the Amiga over other platforms? Surely that's why it's there, to provide the user with information about our machines, and to promote the computer which provides them with a living. But I don't think it's done too often, and both AF and the "other" magazine also report news from other areas of the computing world. I don't think there's too much fanaticism in either magazine. As for "sneering at people who still use A500s", I don't think that's true either. But they (quite rightly imo) don't provide information for A500s anymore, since it is an ancient obsolete computer system. That's not sneering, it's a fact. They don't review software that will run on A500s because there is very little released these days. CU said it best in their last issue, "Please, get real, get a decent computer, and get a %@*&ing life". The fact that you've stopped buying Amiga mags makes me think you don't really care what happens to the Amiga in the future anyway. Bauglir ------------------------------ message 47917 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47917 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 07:38:16 -0800 From: "Erol Ismael" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Delfina MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Delfina cards are back in production, anyone know whether these cards are any good? http://www.petsoff.com/ ------------------------------ message 47918 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47918 From: Gerald Mellor Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 15:46:42 +0100 In-Reply-To: <88mbql$buvb@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Will we get the G4s? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Matthew, >> LOL! Too slow at running what? If you were forever waiting for the >> newest and fastest processors, graphics chips, etc to be used on >> the Amiga, you'd never buy *any* hardware. I think the G3 is more >> than adequate to run any PPC software currently available for the >> Amiga. Someone correct me if I'm wrong :) > > Erm, if the Meta@box G3s got out,.. they would be the fastest amigas > ever,.. > and this is not fast enough ???, err please think again. Which was my point *exactly*! Why direct that reply at me instead of at the original message? Bauglir ------------------------------ message 47919 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47919 From: Gerald Mellor Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 15:48:10 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Cd videos MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Geoffrey, > I was hoping that some one can help me I`am trying to play the > videos that are on some music cds I have MooVid (Plays AVI & MOV) > but when I stick a cd in it want let me open the cd up to play the > film. Please help me because I`ve got some No Doubt & Sublime videos > I`m desperate to watch. Well, since you're obviously a man of taste... :) When you put the CD in the drive what happens? Do you get an icon on your desktop? Do you know what CD filing system you're using, and are you sure it can recognise enhanced music CDs? Some Quicktime or AVI movies may be encoded in a way that can't yet be read by any Amiga software. But if you can't even read the CD, it doesn't sound like this is the problem. Really need more details before I can help you :) Bauglir ------------------------------ message 47920 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47920 From: "Matthew Wise" Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 15:57:33 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] More A1200 Qs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've got some more questions for ya... -Why is there a 1inch black border on the left hand side in Multisync scrnmodes e.g. Dblpal? -Why are interlaced modes e.g. Pal 640*512 still interlaced? I thought Multisync monitors could display practically any resolution, flicker-free? -Why is the RAD dosdriver now deciding to use Chip mem instead of Fast mem? Cheers, Matt W ------------------------------ message 47921 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47921 From: Geoffrey Dodd Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 15:41:05 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Cd videos MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Kevin On 19-Feb-00, you wrote: > On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 14:51:06 +0000, Geoffrey Dodd > (geoff@miggy.mycomputer.org.uk) wrote: >> Hi there >> >> I was hoping that some one can help me I`am trying to play the videos that >> are on some music cds I have MooVid (Plays AVI & MOV) but when I stick a cd >> in it want let me open the cd up to play the film. Please help me because >> I`ve got some No Doubt & Sublime videos I`m desperate to watch. >> >> This is my frist email so please be gently > > Hello. What filesystem have you mounted for the CD? Are you able to open > the CD and look at the contents from Workbench? If not, you might have CD > filesystem problems ... > > Kev > Regards Thanks for the reply. I can open normal cds like the AF & audio CDs on worbench it`s just the ones with film files on them that I can not open I don`t even get a icon symbol. ------------------------------ message 47922 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47922 From: "Chris Green" Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 16:29:46 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Another free-calls Internet service MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi All Thought this might interest a few of you. Telewest are doing a new Internet offer through their ISP. You pay 10 a month for the Internet account, but get free calls to the ISP 24 hours a day, seven days a week if you use a Telewest phone line. I've just signed up, and am having a Telewest phone line fitted (I'm keeping my BT line for voice calls, as with my Sky discount the call charges are even cheaper than cable), which I will use as a dedicated line for Internet dial-up and faxes. Installation of a Telewest phone line is only 9.99, even if they have to hook up a complete new connection rather than switch over a BT line. Monthly line rental is 9.00, against about 9.30 for a BT line. Call charges are pretty much the same. The catches: You need to be in a Telewest cabled area You can only access the service using a Telewest phone line, and it has to be from a single specified phone number You need to spend an additional 10 a month on normal chargeable calls. However, if you don't make any chargeable calls they just charge you 10 or the difference of 10 if you've made some calls but not enough to cover it. Basically, if you add it all up, including the monthly phone line rental, the monthly subscription and the minimum call spend, I'm getting 24hour free dial-up Internet access for 29 a month, which is cheaper than the BT Surftime package will be (Minimum 34.99 a month), and cheaper than the Freetime Unlimited package that my current ISP ClaraNet offers (49.99 a month). The Cable Internet service is good (They have buckets of bandwidth), but you don't get much in the way of frills - though you can easily do without them in exchange for free calls. Cable Internet service spec: 5 mailboxes, 3 aliases on each 5Mb Free Web Space (full CGI scripting, ftp access, mail services, perl5 and on-demand access statistics) 0845 Tech Support (9am - 9pm) 20:1 Modem ratio If you are interested, have a look at www.telewest.co.uk or call 0500 500 100. 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 47923 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=47923 From: "Paul Cundle" Date: 19 Feb 2000 14:08:40 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1247.84T2405T6565303neil@wire.net.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: (Fwd) AF submissions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Neil Bothwick said: > Your mailserver tried to connect to their mail server and failed. So it > put the mail to the back of the queue and got on with the rest. Every > few minutes it would try your mail again. After four hours it thinks you > may be wondering why you haven't had a reply, so it sends you a warning > message. You'd get another after 24 and 46 hours with the server finally > admitting defeat after 72 hours. These figures can change but are > commonly used. Right, that's exactly what I wanted to know, thanks. > Just be thankful it doesn't use a Post Office system, where it tries to > connect to the server, gives it five milliseconds to answer then shoves > a card through the door and legs it. :) > >> Neil - risking a ban > > Paul C, not really bothered if he was > You're all heart. No, no, I meant _me_. > Neil Paul C, stupid boy :) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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.