eGroups Daily Digest: afb has 47 new messages. Click here http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48066 to read them. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 48066. Oliver Esberger Re: Zorro III Memory 48067. Sean FT Re: Termination? 48068. Svein Ingve Wik Re: Delfina 48069. Richard Lane Re: DOpus AppIcons 48070. James Luscombe Re: OS3.5 help 48071. Sean FT Re: Cd videos or not 48072. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: MUI - was: A crappy announcement... 48073. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: MUI - was: A crappy announcement... 48074. James Luscombe Re: Thanks for CDRW help 48075. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: What is going on ? 48076. Richard Lane Re: Amiga Resource 48077. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS 48078. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Polls - was: New ABC 48079. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: What is going on ? 48080. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: More from Amiga... 48081. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: AmiJOE G3 status 48082. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS 48083. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: AmiJOE G3 status 48084. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: BT Surftime 48085. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: CD writer problems 48086. Sean FT Re: What software? 48087. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: momentary lapse of Amiga... 48088. Mark Wilson Re: bt go home 48089. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: afb page 48090. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: afb page 48091. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: AmigaGuide - I've nearly got it! 48092. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Amiga & Realaudio 48093. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: POLL: The Orange Colour Scheme 48094. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Guess what's on AF135? 48095. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Cd-rom prob 48096. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Why this nickname for Cathy? 48097. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Amiga Format on a diet! 48098. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: mftpII from vapor. 48099. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97.... 48100. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Pirated OS3.5 48101. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Pirated OS3.5 48102. Jason Murray Re: bt go home 48103. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: To all the AF team and Amiga users 48104. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Guardian Angel for A1200 48105. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Pirated OS3.5 48106. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: MUI - was: A crappy announcement... 48107. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Amiga Quiz 48108. Mark Wilson Re: Pirated OS3.5 48109. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Wordsmithing (Was: " Aweb Newicon") 48110. Will Re: Am I missing the point ? 48111. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: AF 134 comments 48112. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: bt go home ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 48066 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48066 From: Oliver Esberger Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:06:39 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20000220111308.A59353@high5.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Zorro III Memory MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Tudor, On 20-Feb-00, you wrote: > I have 128mb on my Apollo 4060 card in my A4000. Does this use part of > the Zorro III memory space? If not, and the Zorro III memory space is > 2Gb, how can I install that much memory in my A4000? Yes, it is part of the Z3 memory space, and theoretically you could add up to 2 GB of memory... > Even if I bought 5x DKB3128 cards and put them in my A4000T, I would > only have 684Mb - so what is the use of saying 2Gb limit when there is > *no way* to put that much in the machine/ Because every Zorro card needs address space, for example my PicassoIV Z3 allocates 32 MB RAM. The problem is much clearer when you look at 16 Bit Zorro2 machines like A500 w/ busboard or A2000. When you had 8 MB of memory added (Z2 maximum), you could not add any other expansion cards like for example gfx adapters or Bridgeboards. Fortunately 32 bit RAM on accelerator cards is not part of the z2 address space > Which brings me onto my next question - apart from the DKB3128, what > other memory cards are there? I would love to see a Zorro III memory > card capable of dealing with 72pin SIMMS (EDO/FPM/PARITY, 60/70ns) for > a good price. Who would make such a beast and who would be interested? The problem with Z3 memory cards is that they are dead slow, even slower than the A4000 motherboard RAM. The fastest option is still to have the RAM on the accelerator board. Regards -- Oliver Esberger - mailto:oliver@websale.de ------------------------------ message 48067 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48067 From: BloodStain@t-online.de (Sean FT) Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:14:26 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re:Termination? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Alan On 20-Feb-00, you wrote: > > be VERY careful. very careful indeed with these 68-50 convertors. many > of them DONT have termination on the upper 18 pins..this leads to > problems. All you need is a 50-way cable, with a single convertor for > the 68pin device > = >> As well as cabling I am unsure about termination. The Blizzard manual= >> says that the card itself is terminated so only one other active >> terminatior is required. However I have heard people say that the card= >> is not terminated. Which is the case ? What should I get / try. > = > just make sure the last device in the chain has termination. the card > should have it as well, or the signals would reach that end and bounce i do not know if the Blizzard is terminated,the Cyberstorm is not and nee= ds = Terminating at both ends. If you need a UWSCSI 68 pin to SCSI1-2 50 with _ACTIVE TERMINATION_ on th= e upper 18 pins pin i have a few over i can sell you one for a =A310. 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!) Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. -- Arthur C. Clarke ------------------------------ message 48068 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48068 From: Svein Ingve Wik Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:24:14 +0100 In-Reply-To: <88mdd8$9ndh@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Delfina MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Erol On 19-Feb-00, you wrote: > Delfina cards are back in production, anyone know whether these cards > are any good? I have a Delfina Lite, and are very happy with it. The new Plus card looks even better. The problem is that Petsoff doesn't answer mail/fax send to them. I send an upgrade order to Petsoff (after emailing them about it, yup, they replied back then...), after a month it came back with a "Unclaimed" sticker on the envelope. Software Hut told me that they received an order from them 1 week ago, and that they send mail to Jyrki. -- Svein Ingve Wik svein.ingve.wik@c2i.net ------------------------------ message 48069 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48069 From: Richard Lane Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:15:57 +0000 In-Reply-To: <996.85T52T6672840oliver.roberts@iname.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: DOpus AppIcons MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Oliver On 20-Feb-00, Oliver Roberts wrote: >> This was updated in 5.82, NewIcons are now handled by the new version of >> the icon.library. But using newicons as Appicons isn't supported.. yet. >> convert them to OS3.5 colour icons. > > Just being a little pedantic here, but OS 3.5 does support NewIcons in > AppIcons. It's DOpus that still has problems with this :( There was a whole long thread on this very subject on the DOpus5 mailing list not so long back. It may get updated in a future version but IMHO it's not that important. Though a very good one, NewIcons was only ever a third party hack. All icons for use on 3.5 should be turned into proper 3.5 ones as this is the new standard. -- 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 -- 2 Betazoids walk into a bar. One says "I'll have the same" ------------------------------ message 48070 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48070 From: James Luscombe Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:18:11 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: OS3.5 help MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Gerald On 19-Feb-00, Gerald Mellor wrote: > Hi, can someone help me out here. I'm trying to install OS3.5, but the > Installer script is throwing an error at me before it has even > started: > > Interpreter: Executing non-function in line 3. I had the same problem. You need to copy over the new Installer (v44.10) from the CD into you C: directory. Then try again. It seems the old installer doesn't understand a function in the install script. Cheers. -- James Luscombe Amiga 3000T, A3640, Picasso IV james@jackle.demon.co.uk Amiga 1200, 040/40 Kennedy Motto: Even fools with money can be elected. ------------------------------ message 48071 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48071 From: BloodStain@t-online.de (Sean FT) Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:00:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Cd videos or not MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Matthew On 19-Feb-00, you wrote: > On 19-Feb-00, Geoffrey Dodd wrote: > >> Hi again well I`am using wb3.5 but if it is the filesystem canI get one >> that can open the Cds. > > They're not dvds are they? they look identical... I doubt it i have a new plextor cdrom drive and under OS 3.5 it will not even show a icon if it tries to access a DVD and fails!.I have tested it! the light on the front just blinks afew times after it tries to access the DVD.The pits and dots(or whatever they are called on CDs)are a hell of a lot smaller on DVDs,so unless it clearly states it on the drive (ie for DVDs)it cannot read them anyway. 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!) What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? -- Bertolt Brecht ------------------------------ message 48072 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48072 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:34:43 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <889lol+3iae@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: MUI - was: A crappy announcement... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Jonathan M. Dudley wrote: > That's one chock-a-block HD you have there. :) not really. I have a 4.3Gb HD thats around 80% full (7 partitions) with hundreds of thousands of programs and data files....just a machine thats been in use since 1994 alan ------------------------------ message 48073 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48073 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:35:03 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <889lol+3iae@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: MUI - was: A crappy announcement... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ...sorry, since 1992 ;-) alan ------------------------------ message 48074 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48074 From: James Luscombe Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:36:48 +0100 In-Reply-To: <88nako$ojsn@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Thanks for CDRW help MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Steven On 20-Feb-00, Steven Holmes wrote: > I got my HD backed up as I wanted on CDRW, and went about the > installation of the 2nd hand 3.5" IDE HD I had bought, but there are > hard errors on the drive (it makes quiet ticking noises and struggles > to format certain parts of the disc, resulting in corrupt files after > copying). Hmm, that doesn't sound very healthy. > I bought the drive as A1 condition from a seller from Amibench. Without > going into great detail, it looks as though I will have a job to get my > money back. How do I go about this properly with a private second hand > sale? AFAIK there's nothing you can do legally to get your money back, there's no legal protection at all with private sales. The only thing you can do is appeal to the sellers conscience, and hope for the best. I've got a similar problem with a drive I bought on eBase5 :-( I've decided that buying second-hand hard drive is not a good idea, although I've had a couple of good bargains, some others have been either very noisey, or even DOA :-\ Cheers. -- James Luscombe Amiga 3000T, A3640, Picasso IV james@jackle.demon.co.uk Amiga 1200, 040/40 "Whoa! She just had sex? Why don't they show that?" - Butt-Head ------------------------------ message 48075 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48075 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:37:49 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: What is going on ? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, adam james wrote: > Hello, all=20 >=20 > I got AF a few days ago and it looks like a thin tv Guide and the cd > wallet is a joke, i asked the woman at the paper shop if it was the > right mag. >=20 > Come on AF People sort the mag out, =A36 for a thin mag is beyond the jok= e=20 > ps: The cd"s come in handy when i need to put a boiling cup of tea on it > :-)=20 err, keep up with the news about why AF has lost a bit of weight. I , for one, buy hobbyist magazines that are even thinner. but as they dont have cover-stuff, they are half the price alan ------------------------------ message 48076 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48076 From: Richard Lane Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:38:43 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1483.84T2375T1405685ajmills@wharne.u-net.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Resource MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Andy On 19-Feb-00, Andy Mills wrote: > Since I'm back, I may as well do a bit of plugging... ;) Always a good idea. :) > I've started a new web site called the Amiga Resource, you can find it > at http://www.amigaresource.org Looking very good so far. > 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?) Keep pluging away, it took AWD four years to get that monster links pages to the 300k+ size that it ended up. > 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'll send some privatly. -- 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 -- "But there aren't any real people here at all!" "So what's new?" ------------------------------ message 48077 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48077 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:45:37 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" 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 Mon, 14 Feb 2000, adam james wrote: > Taping a film from Cable , Sky , TV is piracy (if we dont own the > original) not if its for 'time-shifting' purposes. You cant sell or hadn the taoe to anyone else (or else it is piracy) and you arent entitled to keep the copy indefinatley either...there again, do you expect them to pop around to your house asking you to erase it? :-) > A friend brings round a new cassete/cd and 9/10 times we will make a copy of it which is piracy that is piracy, yes. I dont do this though. > Scanning pictures from a magazine (logos adds) is piracy likewise, i dont do this (and it isnt piracy if you have permission) > Downloading music MP3 WAV files of the internet if we dont own the > originals is piracy correct..in a way...only if its commercial music...but its the people putting them on their that are breaking the rules. I dont see why mpre firm action is being taken.. even the UK media is now behaving as if getting the latest albums for free as MP3 is perfectly fine..none of them have said (and i mean Computer mags, almost ALL national papers! TV programs) thats its 100% illegal. > if you lend a friend a copy of a film which he does not own is some sort > of piracy you can lend people your possesions. they cant keep any copy of it though...and you cant use a copy while they borrow it either > AMIGA PIRACY SUCKS :-( thats certainly true alan ------------------------------ message 48078 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48078 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:46:39 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <1569.79T1144T11363748tom@teknogrebo.freeserve.co.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Polls - was: New ABC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 14 Feb 2000, Tom Miles wrote: > 1. Financial - I try to spend an absolute minimum of time online these > days. I.e. connect once to collect mail. Write replies offline and > connect again to send them. I do all the web browsing I need whilst my > mail downloads. I.e. a quick check on amiga.org for the main news. really? Whats your online costs? Mines only 60p/hour http://www.realdreams.cz/amiga has more news than amiga.org alan ------------------------------ message 48079 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48079 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:47:10 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <200002142154.VAA13222@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: What is going on ? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Gerald Mellor wrote: > > Since PC SCUM post on here i dont read it as much as i used to > > Okay... nice to see the grand old Amiga tradition of fanaticism to the > point of insanity is still being upheld in some parts of the world :) no. biggoted Windoze PC users are still scum ;-) alan ------------------------------ message 48080 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48080 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:49:24 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <38A89732.95BA36C8@cybercomm.nl> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: More from Amiga... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hi, i just noticed that AFB now has list management options attached to its emails...quite nice if you use software that supports it. when was this added? alan ------------------------------ message 48081 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48081 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:51:11 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AmiJOE G3 status MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hi, same old AmiJoe information...and I mean old..all that info you posted has been on their website for ages alan ------------------------------ message 48082 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48082 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:53:41 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <20000215015912.A7000@cam.ac.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Stop The Piracy was re:PIRACY-SUCKS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Well, this was posted to the psxamiga list in January: > > >Hello Stephen > > > >On 04-Jan-00, you wrote something worth answering > > > > > >> BTW - if anyone wants Le Mans, my copy is available for swapping > >> as I'm sick of it.. I haven't got the dosh to swap it yet at the > >> local shop, but if any one of you want to swap me something for > >> it, then fine :) > > > >is Le Mans a copy or a original , i have a lot of games if you want to > >trade ??? it all depends on what was meant by 'copy' of the game...i'm sure he means it as 'his copy' and not a non-original...especially if he was going to swap it at a local shop!! For example, I use the word 'copy' for all of my software apps and games.. Its a common word to use, and certainly does not 100% mean that its a pirate copy.. Alan ------------------------------ message 48083 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48083 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:55:29 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AmiJOE G3 status MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Jani [] M=E4kitalo wrote: > Now, if these fit into the BoXeR... the BoXeR has its own 64-bit PPC expansion option...yet to be made. there again, the BoXeR has *YET* to be made alan ------------------------------ message 48084 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48084 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:56:34 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: BT Surftime MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Alexander Birrell wrote: > I start with Telewests ~Surfunlimeted~ package next Monday (21st). = =A310 > no limit online time all day every day. You just have to spend =A310 on > metered calls per month. It'll save me a fortune (I hope).:-) I just hope you all the bets at getting connected! - they've had 'problems' the day they launched! ;-) alan ------------------------------ message 48085 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48085 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:59:14 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: CD writer problems MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 15 Feb 2000, Kevin Fairhurst wrote: > Some rogue install script had dumped an 0x0 version of mpega.library into > libs: overwriting the one which directs everything to the .elf to use the > PPC. A quick copy of the right mpega lib back, et voil=E0, on the fly mp= 3 > decoding and creation of an audio CD at 4x :-D >=20 > Kev, a very happy chappy about that :) :-) okay...I was wrong then... (quick mental calculation....) ah! yes, 600K/s audio data, no problem. okay then, what software are you using? 8-) alan ------------------------------ message 48086 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48086 From: BloodStain@t-online.de (Sean FT) Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:02:41 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re:What software? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Alan On 20-Feb-00, you wrote: > :-) okay...I was wrong then... (quick mental calculation....) ah! yes, > 600K/s audio data, no problem. > > okay then, what software are you using? 8-) > > alan > Could it be Burn It by any chance! 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!) Everybody is talking about the weather but nobody does anything about it. -- Mark Twain ------------------------------ message 48087 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48087 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:04:49 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <88bapa$3s5s@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: momentary lapse of Amiga... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hi, > > > Did you also know that the DVD will be cut down, ( no DTS and poss > no AC3) I pretty much doubt it wont have AC3 - as the PSX has AC3 > Pah! All they ever want is Graphics! :) And another thing, the 'MCC' > (or was it MMC, I don't care :) was pretty nasty looking IMO, the > Playstation II (sorry :) is even worse. If my dog had yakked up his > dinner he would have come up with a more asethetical design! :) so..you've seen a PSX-2 in real life? ;-) ..ah, no..just photos with bad lighting and exposure time alan ------------------------------ message 48088 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48088 From: Mark Wilson Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:47:35 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: bt go home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 20-Feb-00, Matthew wrote this: >>> Its only noticable people using gay mailers... >>> Do we have any marmite miners on the list? ;) >> You need to grow up, and stop being so stupid. > Oh lighten up! I was just jokingly replying to him. I take great offensive to rubbish like that. How would you like it if I marked you out as been different, by using words such as you used. -- Mark 'tecno' Wilson Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Email: mark@amibench.org ------------------------------ message 48089 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48089 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:09:15 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <88bebb$fd68@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Nick Lamburn wrote: > Hi, > > > What about the hiding a dedicated Mac partition by creating a > mountfile for > > it, and only having it mounted when you're about to run Fusion or SS? > Is > > this the same thing? > > That's what I do for PCx, PC-Task and now Fusion since it takes the > devices name such as PCHD:, MAC0: etc., ShapeShifter just reads the > device (scsi.device) the id, and the cylinders it takes up, which is > why the volume doesn't need to be mounted. A simple mountlist as Kevin > says gets around this where you mount and dismount the partition when > necessary. I just hide the device from being mounted (using HDToolBox) and tell shapeshifter which device to use..doesnt work with Fusion though. so, can someone tell me how to make a mountfile...havent made one for about 6 years!!! alan ------------------------------ message 48090 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48090 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:10:01 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <88bgam$a51c@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: afb page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Paul Laycock wrote: > Hi Nick, > > > Another tip, add buffers to an invalidated hard disk partition to > speed > > up re-validation! :) > > Or go and make a cup of tea. Should be finished by the time th kettles > boiled! ;) run setpatch as well, to activate your faster CPU....this will cut down validation time. alan ------------------------------ message 48091 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48091 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:11:42 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <88bhm3$fgi6@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AmigaGuide - I've nearly got it! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Phil Allen wrote: > Okay, following the almost overwhelming deluge of advice I got on how > to create an AmigaGuide, I have created my first such document. Thanks > all! > > Problem. When I set the default tool for the Guide to *multiview*, I am > told that an icon needs to be created to hold the information. I click > *yes* but when I try to run the guide by double-clicking on it I am > told there is no program icon and the blasted machine hangs the next > time I try to do something. Any ideas? I'm fresh out. use IconEdit to make an icon....make sure its a project icon type before you save it...and save the icon as 'whateveryourguideiscalled'.info alan ------------------------------ message 48092 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48092 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:14:43 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <38A9D17F.1734@knowles-hill.devon.sch.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga & Realaudio MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, xatiminey wrote: > I think the latter is an Arexx script which browsers can call to use > unrealaudio. The unrealaudio archive is of version 0.3, it is 197 weeks > old and the readme doesn't give a webpage for it, which doesn't bode > well for it's current status.... go to the unofficial Amiga realaudio web page.... its often mentioned on czech amiga news alan ------------------------------ message 48093 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48093 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:18:15 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <88c13e+t0sv@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: The Orange Colour Scheme MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 stephen@thwaity.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > What do you thin about the orange colour scheme used in the magazine? date!!!!! FFS! alan ------------------------------ message 48094 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48094 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:19:27 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" 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 Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Rick Hodger wrote: > Another thought, PFS3 seeing as it had quite bad sales from what I remember? hmmm, intersting...AND theres no commercial competition alan ------------------------------ message 48095 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48095 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:20:41 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Cd-rom prob MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hi, > People dont flame me for this , The cd is Gary Glitters - rock and roll which in my opinion deserves to be scratched to death I'm *not* going to say anything alan ------------------------------ message 48096 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48096 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:26:13 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Why this nickname for Cathy? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 4 Sep 1995, jeremy spring wrote: > I am hoping that someone on this list (Ben or Rich) could explain why Cathy > McKinnon was given the title ' Cathy "Rabbit Syndrome" McKinnon' in the > 100th issue of AF? can you not guess??? ;-) alan ------------------------------ message 48097 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48097 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:27:02 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <88dnvr$u8gc@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Format on a diet! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Vinny Mainolfi wrote: > Now I know that Amiga news and software is scarce these days, but does > this mean that we have to pay =A35.99 for a "cutdown, diet, slimline, > comic" issue? > As I remember, Commodore Format went EXACTLY the same way and then > disappeard within a few months. PLEASE don't let this happen to Amiga > Format. >=20 > To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to > the fact that I feel I am paying =A35.99 for nothing! if you SUBSCRIBE then the issue only costs you around 3.50 =20 alan ------------------------------ message 48098 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48098 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:28:09 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: mftpII from vapor. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Ben Vost wrote: > Yes, it does. It can also do passive ftp between ftp sites (none of that > copying a file to your hard drive to have to copy it back out again to a > different site). ..which is a REALLY cool feature alan ------------------------------ message 48099 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48099 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:29:36 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <886.81T1597T5634075neil@wire.net.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97.... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 16 Feb 2000, Neil Bothwick wrote: > Dauber said, > > > Well, I've been freelance-typing for someone, and one of my at the magazine > > suggested a fee I should charge the guy according to the number of > > characters I type. > > It's more normal to charge by the word. why not do the proper computer freelance operative and run a small 'clock program' that counts when you are working on a project? you have project selection and can stop, start or pause the clock > I use wc, which shows the number of lines, words and characters. It's > part of GeekGadgets, so it probably needs ixemul.library. and only works with basic text files alan ------------------------------ message 48100 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48100 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:33:10 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" 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; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Mad Matt wrote: > I think I`ve just come across a pireted version of OS3.5. > > Take a look at this UAE site: www.xx.xx.xx/uae.html. one thing, DONT mention pirate sites in public forums...it doesnt help! seconfly, contact Amiga Inc.! Their web site has an active 'anti-piracy' link. also H&P will be VERY interested....I have just contacted them about this!! alan ------------------------------ message 48101 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48101 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:35:19 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" 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; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit May everyone ALSO take a read of this info http://www.amiga-planet.de/nopiracy/howto-e.htm alan ------------------------------ message 48102 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48102 From: "Jason Murray" Date: 21 Feb 2000 01:37:15 +1000 In-Reply-To: <00ee01bf7986$875a8be0$bc88bcd4@innit> 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 > Aaaanyway, what's the # for? I've got a feeling it's some gay sort of > style code but I can't think which one... Hrm, doing our level best to remain offensive? Jason -- Words fade, prayers vanish - but what is built, endures. Faith manages. ------------------------------ message 48103 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48103 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:47:30 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: To all the AF team and Amiga users MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hi, > after 3 years at Uni i will buy another amiga and come back i promise > :-). ...yeah, right! ;-) honestly...why do you think you WONT need a computer at uni? Big hint...you WILL need a computer! alan ------------------------------ message 48104 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48104 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:48:08 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <88eb48$ajuq@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Guardian Angel for A1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Tina Ward wrote: > I have been reading in the latest issue of AF about Guardian Angel a > programme which stops our beloved Amiga's from becoming unstable, I > have looked on Aminet for it but to no avail, Can anyone out there > please tell me if it is available for download, and if so where from. did you not use ADT to look for it...or the Aminet GUI ? alan ------------------------------ message 48105 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48105 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:01:48 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <200002170332.DAA03422@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Pirated OS3.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Gerald Mellor wrote: > A good start would be not to post it's location to a list of almost 1000 > people... Oops, too late! more than half of whom havent bought os3.5 yet. so I'm can bet quite a few quid that at least 50 people who are on AFB will now download and install os3.5 for free! :-( alan ------------------------------ message 48106 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48106 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:02:39 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <1217.80T2326T8166201T.A.S@bigpond.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: MUI - was: A crappy announcement... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 15 Feb 2000, Tim Seifert wrote: > > If AWeb can make a browser that uses a GUI we don't have to pay for, > then it can be done. you obviously havent used Voyager3 - or IBrowse , as those have what *I'd* call a webbrowsing GUI alan ------------------------------ message 48107 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48107 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:06:52 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" 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; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Paul Laycock wrote: > 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 got 26/30 - i fell on a few of the programming questions. 2 of the questions were wrong, however, and after an email to the author, he will correct them. you can get 30/30 by cheating...but we wont go into that. os2.1 was released after 3.0 - it gave 2.0 users some of the os3.0 fucntionality..locale support etc alan ------------------------------ message 48108 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48108 From: Mark Wilson Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:14:12 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Pirated OS3.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 20-Feb-00, Alan wrote this: >> A good start would be not to post it's location to a list of almost 1000 >> people... Oops, too late! > more than half of whom havent bought os3.5 yet. so I'm can bet quite a > few quid that at least 50 people who are on AFB will now download and > install os3.5 for free! :-( I've not brought 3.5, but I dont have any need for it, To be honest, I get all I need from workbench (I still run in workbench), I brought Scalos, and Opus, but both miffed me off. I bet your dead right to, god knows how many people have pirated it, maybe thats whats on the next afb cd rom :\ (due to lack of sales) I dont think people realise just how much power they hold in their hands when they pirate. I dont think they look at the wider problems it causes. -- Mark 'tecno' Wilson Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Email: mark@amibench.org ------------------------------ message 48109 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48109 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:28:37 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B24EFCCE@THE_EXCHANGE> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Wordsmithing (Was: " Aweb Newicon") MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Robert Johnston wrote: > Whelmed, however is a different matter. You can be Overwhelmed (Original > source of the word), but not Underwhelmed, or even Whelmed... :/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I've heard this often used as a direct opposite to overwhelmed alan ------------------------------ message 48110 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48110 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 07:29:21 -0800 From: "Will" In-Reply-To: <00bd01bf7b98$23cdd280$40b401d5@richardp> 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 "james potter" wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=48051 > rom: Will > Subject: [afb] Re: Am I missing the point ? > > Sorry to butt in like this, but I think I really *am* missing the point! > > > > I'm sure AF *do* want your money, but it seems like you're not willing > > > to give it to them. If there's something you want to see covered in > > > AF, this is the place to mention it. > > > > If you read my letter in AF you will see my point. > > Which letter? What issue? I vaguely recall reading it, I think, something > about a series on using the 500 for somethingorother, wasn't it? IIRC (and I > might not) it was pointed out that there would not be enough reader interest > in running such an article. Or was that someone else? If it was, I > apologise - point me to your letter. > I can`t remember the issue ( I no longer have my back issues,) but it was about August last year. > Oh, unless you mean those generally poor retro gallery compilations you can > get for the PS. That is what I mean but they don`t have to be poor, but the fact is that there is not the interest in the market by developers to do something different. Remember what a smash hit lemmings was? > > > but if games companies had taken a risk and released software that > > required > faster machines, more people would have upgraded. > > > > Wrong, the average person wanted a PC because they are perceived as > > easy and most important of all - compatible with everybody else. Also, > > I and numerous others do not use a computer mainly for games and game > > playabilbity is not a consideration. > > True, but it is a fact that games drive PC technology, not business apps > (though Microsoft seem to do their best in that regard), and this is just as > true with the Amiga, from Shadow of the Beast selling the machine in the > first place to WipEout being an excuse to get a PPC board and GFX card. That is certainly true regarding graphics and sound cards. > The point is that the Amiga *still was* a capable machine at > that point and people ignored it. Your likes or dislikes do not change the > fact that the evidence is there. The reason is simply that games consuls had taken over the market. > AH! No, what he's saying is that the Amiga is dead and buried and we should > celebrate it's memory in emulation form while making our 500s and 1200s do > more constructive things than tasks which can be done better on other > machines. Yes, but I couldn`t care less about celebrating its memory just make use of hardware we already have. > > > I don`t have any duty to support any hardware or software developer or > > supplier, anybody who thinks that they should has fallen for the con > > trick. > > What con trick? A con trick is a malicious deception - I'm not aware of one > of those. > I bought AF for ten years along with CU for many years and lost count of the amount of times an article came out anouncing the "New Amiga" with a drawing of an weird shaped empty box. Do you believe for a moment that AA would have started up last year if they had not believed that a new machine was about to be released? It was the magazine owners and enthuesiasts who were conned. Remember the piece about about Mr Collas`s predictions of a 30% market share, the picture caption read "What are they looking at?" The point being that you can sell any ridiculous rubbish to people who want to believe it. > > Several recent experiences have also led me to believe that certain > > Amiga suppliers advertise items which they don`t have in stock and only > > order the stock once they have assured sales. > > Yes, this is how companies that supply minority goods do business. If they > didn't advertise them, how would you know they were still in production? I'm > waiting on a copy of CrossDos 7, others are waiting on BlizzardVisions, it's > the price we pay for supporting such a small computer. As far as I understand this is illigal in this country unless stated in the advert. > > I also am now finished with suppiers who give poor support, I have > > waited weeks to get an email reply from Amiga suppliers compared with > > hours for PC software support. > > Have you tried phoning them? It can produce more immediate results. > Why should I have to chase these people - Amiga support is lousey. I have purchased about a hundred pieces of PC software off the net and each company has first class customer support - including Microsoft. > > I did look at the last issue and it featured a photo of two people in a > > pub celebrating the take over by Fleecy Moss. We all laughed out loud > > that this grande meeting was worthy of mention. Am I expected to pay > > six quid for this? > > With news as sparse as it is, anything is worthy of a mention. And no, > you're not expected to pay six quid for anything. If you don't like it, > don't buy it. It's that simple. > I stopped buying it because I don`t want to read phoney news. Also, the questions I asked in AF`s help column were answered incorrectly, I went elsewhere for the correct advice. If AF do not have the technical staff to answer hardware questions that is fair enough but they should just say so rather than give spurious advice. > I think I can see what you mean. If the Amiga is as dead as you say (and I > believe the current hardware is, not the concept) then what's the point of > insisting that people ditch their 500s and upgrade to 1200s or 4000s when > the 500s are still capable of doing certain things? I agree - that`s exactly what I mean > > The problem is that the Amiga is very much a minority, cult computer. The > fact that you are demanding equality for an outdated model of a minority > computer means that, as a user, you are a small percentage of a very small > percentage. Small markets = high costs and the only way of making those > costs viable is to only cover the forefront of that market where you are > guaranteed sales. I don`t believe that A500s are such a minority I bet they outsold 1200s by far. They are all fully working but under peoples beds or in lofts all that it needed is a magazine to provide the incentive to get people to plug them in again. (BTW I have several Amigas including three 1200s.) > > All I can say is that it looks as if AF isn't the mag for you, because while > you are set in the opinion that the Amiga is dead and there is little point > in trying to revive it's knackered corpse any further, AF is dedicated to > covering that part of it which still has life. > Well, I gave it ten years and I stopped last November. I would buy it again if it contained things of real value but constant news items about a non-existant new dawn is waste of space for me. Cheers Will. ------------------------------ message 48111 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48111 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:30:22 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: AF 134 comments MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, William wrote: > Pages 18-19 about the roms swap looks great apart from the empty space > in the top right hand corner which could have been used for a ad or > something. if there was an Ad to place there.. > last point, on page 62 Mailbag there is a old photo of someone in the top left corner which needs to be changed to something with an amiga made background. > and about the b/w cartoon on pages 62-63 ? surely the mailbag could print a few more letters if this was not there dont you like Sabrina online? alan ------------------------------ message 48112 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=48112 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:33:33 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" 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 On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Matthew O'Neill wrote: > Hi Robert > > >> @bt.co.uk doesn't exist!?? where can I send my abusive email?? > > > @bt.com > > > Think Duh... > > So sorry, I should've known that #BRITISH# telecom would have an american > email address... .com doesnt mean ONLY US companies. its just that most US companies were on the web first.. .com can be a company anywhere. Its only recently that the NIC decided to regionalise per se. still, you dont see many co.us addresses! ;-) alan ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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.