eGroups Daily Digest: afb has 96 new messages. Click here http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49281 to read them. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 49281. Sandy Brownlee FTP Server 49282. Matthew O'Neill TAO, TAO, tay light come an' me wan go 'ome 49283. Sandy Brownlee Re: Hard Disks 49284. Mark Wilson Re: FTP Server 49285. Rick Hodger Re: A question for the Mac fraternity... 49286. Rick Hodger Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk 49287. Rick Hodger Re: hosts 49288. Jason Murray Wormy Wackiness (was New Amiga website) 49289. Maarten Draijer Re: Looking for Amigans in the SW 49290. Sean FT Amiga in Germany the official numbers! 49291. Jonathan M. Dudley Re: limit 49292. Anthony Prime Re: limit 49293. Anthony Prime Re: test, any help 49294. Oliver Esberger Re: Amiga in Germany the official numbers! 49295. Adam James User Groups 49296. Kevin Fairhurst Re: User Groups 49297. Simon Mason Re: Amiga in Germany the official numbers! 49298. Andy Mills Re: User Groups 49299. Steven Holmes Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk 49300. Thomas Hurst Re: Shocking news! 49301. Thomas Hurst Re: MP3 streaming 49302. Thomas Hurst Re: GLQuake 49303. Adam James Amiga Active 49304. Mark Wilson Re: Amiga Active 49305. Bert Volders Re: Amiga in Germany the official numbers! 49306. Kevin Fairhurst Re: Shocking news! 49307. Kevin Fairhurst Re: GLQuake 49308. Jim Spratt ADF Probs 49309. Daniel Thornton Re: Amiga Active 49310. Mark Wilson Re: Amiga Active 49311. Tony Re: Amiga in Germany the official numbers! 49312. Gerald Mellor Re: Amiga Active 49313. Mark Wilson Re: Amiga Active 49314. Gerald Mellor Re: Amiga in Germany the official numbers! 49315. Daniel Thornton Re: Amiga Active 49316. Tony Re: Amiga in Germany the official numbers! 49317. Andy Mills Re: Amiga Active 49318. Adam James Re: Amiga Active :-( 49319. Gerald Mellor Re: Amiga Active 49320. David Plunkett No answer 49321. D Race A4000 Query 49322. Nick Lamburn A 68030 just waiting to burst... :) 49323. Nick Lamburn Re: A4000 Query 49324. Adam James Re: User Groups 49325. Kevin Fairhurst Re: A4000 Query 49326. Daniel Pearson Re: GLQuake 49327. Sealey, M. Re: FTP Server 49328. Sealey, M. Re: Amiga Active 49329. Ben Vost A bit late, but... 49330. xatiminey Re: FTP Server 49331. Chris Green Re: A4000 Query 49332. xatiminey Re: C vs BlitzBasic and Tutorials 49333. Robert Johnston Re: Amiga Active 49334. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: GLQuake 49335. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: Revenge Of The Mutant Camels. Wanted! 49336. Alan L.M. Buxey Re: MUI - was: A crappy announcement... 49337. Sealey, M. Re: Amiga Active 49338. Sealey, M. Re: FTP Server 49339. Sealey, M. Re: A bit late, but... 49340. Sealey, M. Re: GLQuake 49341. Sealey, M. Re: hosts 49342. Toffypops Amiga MCC??? 49343. Toffypops Z2/z3 SCSI 49344. Rick Hodger Re: Hard Disks 49345. xatiminey Re: FTP Server 49346. Alkis Tsapanidis Re: GLQuake 49347. Rick Hodger Re: MP3 streaming 49348. Rick Hodger Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk 49349. Matthew Garrett Re: GLQuake 49350. Robert Johnston Re: FTP Server 49351. Paul Laycock Re: GLQuake 49352. Matthew O'Neill Re: New Amiga website 49353. Mikey C Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk 49354. Daniel Pearson Re: GLQuake 49355. Robert Johnston Re: GLQuake 49356. Matthew O'Neill Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) 49357. Robert Johnston Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) 49358. Ben Vost Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) 49359. Robert Johnston Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) 49360. David McMinn Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) 49361. Rick Hodger Re: FTP Server 49362. Daniel Thornton Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) 49363. Neil Bothwick Re: Amiga MCC??? 49364. =?iso-8859-1?q?Mirrorball?= Re: Amiga Active 49365. Christopher Ross-Gill Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) 49366. Tony Re: Amiga MCC??? 49367. Sean Courtney Re: Amiga Active 49368. Sealey, M. Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) 49369. Sealey, M. Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk 49370. Robert Johnston Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) 49371. rosswhiteford@yahoo.com POLL: BT Flat Rate Internet Access 49372. Kevin Fairhurst Re: POLL: BT Flat Rate Internet Access 49373. eGroups.com Poll Results Voting Results: How do you create AmigaGuide file 49374. roger buckley hardfiles 49375. Oliver Esberger Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk 49376. Phil Allen Your favourite computer ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ message 49281 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49281 From: Sandy Brownlee Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:47:10 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] FTP Server MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, I've got a TCP/IP connection on a null modem between my miggy and my dad's laptop, and though Quake is great, I would like to transfer files too. Does anyone know of a good FTP server for the Amiga? Or is there a better way of transferring files between the two? Regards Sandy -- Sandy Brownlee, connected from rural Aberdeenshire in Scotland OS3.5 & PPC Powered! Email: sandy_brownlee@bigfoot.com Website: http://www.brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk Sent using YAM 2.0 ---------------------------------- If at first you don't succeed, don't skydive. ------------------------------ message 49282 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49282 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 22:44:19 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1106.92T2450T10474784neil@wire.net.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] TAO, TAO, tay light come an' me wan go 'ome MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Neil > Well, the question related to the content of an article in the mag. As > I've said many times before, I'd rather not discuss it in here. Its still news thoguh? >> I think that the TAO guy looks like Alexi Sayle, but just >> because I first saw his picture in AA doesn't mean I'm not allowed to >> discuss it here does it? > It's fine to discuss that, because you're wrong :) t'was still in AA > Francis Charig looks nothing like Alexi Sayle. He did look rather like > an East End Gangster when we met him in Reading... The pictures ruined it! All through it I had the voice of the posh English guy from buffy the vampire slayer for the techy guy and Alexi Sayle's "allight den wots dis?, a new OS? ya must be kiddin' me like!" accent for the other.... Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.mashman.co.uk Groucho Borg: "That's the silliest thing I ever assimilated..." ------------------------------ message 49283 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49283 From: Sandy Brownlee Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:08:25 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Hard Disks MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Stephen On 25-Feb-00, you wrote: > Anybody know of a supplier of reasonably priced SCSI hard drives for my= > Power Tower? I've bodged an adaptor for my BPPC SCSI so that I can use= an > internal 32x CDROM, and I'd like to add another hard drive to install > Linux. I'm just looking for a bg standard SCSI II, but not wide scsi o= r > Uwide scsi, as I don't want to try and fudge any more adaptors. Try Analogic if a pc dealer search fails- I got a great 1Gb disk from the= m (=A365- remember that you pay for SCSI). Just watch out though- my disk w= as 3.5" width, but the height of a CD-ROM. Regards Sandy -- = Sandy Brownlee, connected from rural Aberdeenshire in Scotland OS3.5 & PPC Powered! Email: sandy_brownlee@bigfoot.com Website: http://www.brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk Sent using YAM 2.0 ---------------------------------- Life is dangerous. You could die. ------------------------------ message 49284 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49284 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:57:13 GMT From: Mark Wilson In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: FTP Server MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:47:10 +0000 Sandy Brownlee wrote: > I've got a TCP/IP connection on a null modem between my miggy and my dad's > laptop, and though Quake is great, I would like to transfer files too. Does > anyone know of a good FTP server for the Amiga? Or is there a better way of > transferring files between the two? Yes, set file and print sharing, and then downlaod the SMB-Handler from aminet, it allows you to mount the pc drives on the amiga. Works very well -- Mark 'tecno' Wilson : Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Email: mark@amibench.org ICQ Number: 39814816 ------------------------------ message 49285 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49285 From: Rick Hodger Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:46:41 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A question for the Mac fraternity... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Sealey, M. hammered "[afb] Re: A question for the Mac fraternity..." out on their keyboard... >>> But [Mac]IE5 really trounces them by being 100% STANDARDS >>> compliant, and also 100% compliant with Microsoft's >>> extensions *too*. >> >>> 200% compliant, then :) >> >> ...except for the Java VM that comes with it, I'm told by a >> friend that it *still* has that nasty DLL support that MS added >> in, thereby defeating the entire purpose of Java in the first >> place. > So use the Apple MRJ then.. you can easily get rid of the Microsoft > Java VM, it's just an extension easily deleted. The Apple one is > slower, but more compliant with the standards. I don't really need Java at home anyway, the only time I use the Java VM is in work...and then it's only for the nasty RealServer monitor, as Real seem to insist that they can't make a proper program to do the same job. > And it's not like the Microsoft JVM isn't compliant with the standards > ANYWAY, it just adds things in that aren't specced by Sun, which > people use and then break other Javas. Sun are stopping it anyway.. But by adding that stuff in, Microsoft broke the standard...which went against the license agreement, and was frankly just plain bloody stupid. Anyways, lets not get upset over it :) -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces Never eat more than you can lift. ------------------------------ message 49286 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49286 From: Rick Hodger Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:59:48 +0000 In-Reply-To: <89c2ba$6u53@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Steven Holmes hammered "[afb] OS3.5 Emergency disk" out on their keyboard... > Hi all, > Needed my OS3.5 emergency disk today after using ReOrg on my boot > partition (don't do it, reorganising under 3.5 will *screw* your boot > partition!!). > Trouble was, the bloody thing didn't work! Firstly it wouldn't mount > CD0: (which I fixed with the help of my CD boot disk), then once it > mounted CD0: I realised that my HD was nowhere to be seen!! Don't panic...I had this as well when I accidently deleted my startup-sequence (don't ask ;) ..afaik it's to do with the new icon system, the icon disappears from your desktop but the drive is still there, I just copied the icons off the CD again and it was fine. > Why is this happening? My HD just disappears after the startup-sequence > has loaded the system updates (it isn't there after the reset). > Also, why does the computer take so bloody long to reboot after the > floppy reset? Dunno about that, you don't have a SCSI bus or anything do you? > Good job I had my old HD as before to rely upon, although that wasn't > straight forward due to both the old and new physical names being DHx: > I am running a Fujitsu 4.3Gb 3.5" HD, and a Memorex IDE CDRW 2216. -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces It doesn't matter how hard you've studied; the material won't be on the exam anyway. ------------------------------ message 49287 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49287 From: Rick Hodger Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:04:58 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: hosts MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Matthew O'Neill hammered "[afb] hosts" out on their keyboard... > On 26-Feb-00, Alan Anthony wrote: >> Who's hosting your site for you, and is it expensive. > http://www.freenetname.co.uk > and I daren't answer the second part of the question for fear of making > you look silly ;) Once you've regged, just wait 24 hours and blam! done :) > You have to dial in using their isp to upload pages though, which is a > fair enough deal. Plus if you want to transfer the domain to another ISP, you have to pay for it (the domain I mean). > Thing is though, amftp and dopus ftp apparently send the html files with > the wrong datatype, so you get a *403 - permission denied* error when you > try to view the page (so the friendly tech support tell me) I'll upload a > new page and see if it still happens... I'll tell you this, I think he's talking bollocks. FTP only has two "data types" or methods of transfer, those being ASCII and BINARY. Only time you should use ASCII is for CGI and Perl scripts (it changes the linefeeds), any FTP client will default to BINARY when uploading. A 403 error implies that the server is setup incorrectly, in the the "World" permissions for your files have had the read flag taken off them, or the HTTP daemon itself is set up wrongly. -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces If everything is coming your way, then you're in the wrong lane. ------------------------------ message 49288 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49288 From: "Jason Murray" Date: 29 Feb 2000 07:18:22 +1000 In-Reply-To: <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B24EFDA0@THE_EXCHANGE> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Wormy Wackiness (was New Amiga website) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [ Worms moves snipped ] > I don't know... kids these days... Don't know what they've *!!!!!BLAM!!!!!* Well I enjoy the GameBoy version, as cut-down as it is - worms on the go!!!! :) Jason -- Words fade, prayers vanish - but what is built, endures. Faith manages. ------------------------------ message 49289 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49289 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:31:31 -0800 From: "Maarten Draijer" In-Reply-To: <89djjr$kd4m@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Looking for Amigans in the SW MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Nick Thanx for the info > Where abouts near Lyme Regis? Charmouth? Lyme Regis is a lovely place > in the Summer! :) Up Lyme (1 mile from Lyme Regis. And yes it's nice over there. Might see you someday. maarten ------------------------------ message 49290 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49290 From: BloodStain@t-online.de (Sean FT) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:33:13 +0200 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Amiga in Germany the official numbers! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All, After some of the mails in the last few days talking about how many machines are avaliable and what is best to buy.I found this on a ex-Commodore employee's site: _*Number of Units sold for Commodore Deutschland upto 31.12.93 (from Marketing department Commodore Frankfurt)*_. _*AMIGA ALL VERSIONS. _ _UNITS SOLD*_. * AMIGA CD32 25.000* * * * AMIGA CDTV 25.800* * * * AMIGA 500 1.081.000* * AMIGA 500+ 79.500* * AMIGA 600 193.000* * AMIGA 1000 27.500* * AMIGA 1200 95.500* * AMIGA 2000 124.500* * AMIGA 3000 8.300* * AMIGA 4000/030 7.500* *AMIGA 4000/040 3.800* * _*_ * AMIGA 3000(T) CA.6000 _NO EXACT NUMBERS RECORDED._* * * * AMIGA 3000(T)040(no 030 CPU onboard) CA. 80 _NO EXACT NUMBERS RECORDED._*--ACCORDING TO THE SERIAL NUMBERS. * A1060 SIDECAR CA.3-5000 _NO EXACT NUMBERS RECORDED.*_ I know this was only for Germany,but you can see there were quite a few machines sold here.What surprised me was the number of A3000+A3000(T)that were sold,maybe they ain't so rare as people recon and the owners realise what a good machine they have(probably why they won't sell them!).So world wide or even in England,they must have sold a hell of a lot of machines!. I hope it makes interesting reading, 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 Opus Magellan II etc *=Still looking for a sound daughter board DB50XG from Yamaha to fit onto it! (Any offers!) Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert Einstein ------------------------------ message 49291 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49291 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:22:04 +0000 From: "Jonathan M. Dudley" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: limit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable fool wrote: > We have eaten your solicitor (well, we fed him to the yeti (tastes like > ol^H^Hchicken, apparently)). Please attend in person, or send beer next > time. OK, one beer coming up (bleuurgh)... _____ /-----\ |OOOOO|-\ |OOOOO| | |OOOOO|-/ \_____/ Do say, if you need more. :) Regards, Jonny. -- Gravity is a myth =AD the earth sucks! ------------------------------ message 49292 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49292 From: "Anthony Prime" Date: 28 Feb 2000 21:10:06 +0000 In-Reply-To: <89emo6+m1bq@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: limit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit in a fit of rage Jonathan M. Dudley said something about [afb] Re: limit > OK, one beer coming up (bleuurgh)... > _____ > /-----\ > |OOOOO|-\ > |OOOOO| | > |OOOOO|-/ > \_____/ > Do say, if you need more. :) In a thin glass! -- Anthony Prime >>Powered by Amiga in Crewe anthony@prime.clara.co.uk ------------------------------ message 49293 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49293 From: "Anthony Prime" Date: 28 Feb 2000 17:53:30 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: test, any help MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Matthew O'Neill said something about [afb] Re: test, any help [snip] > > Which network are you using? GSM900 can theoretically radiate twice > > the power of 1800, and if you are a long way from your local cell > > sites and in a well shielded building (for example a caravan) the > > phone could be turning the wick all the way up (though it's unlikely > > and you'd have probably noticed the smell of your eyebrows catching > > light ;)? > Ummmm?........ yes, no, maybe? Very decisive :) > I'm about 200 yards away from the nearest transmitter. I read in the manual > not to shew the arial 'as it may cause sevre burning' !!!! Only if you ring a hotline > > As this is a new handset, what was your experience previously? > Its my mates, but he virtually lives here anyway. I've never had any trouble > with the brick, just his sodding nokia thing. If it's on Orange blag a replacement out of them in case the handset is faulty. > Mash - who hasn't accidentally lost his mobile down the back of an old sofa > on the way to a skip, then narrowly missed getting it crushed by an > industrial thingummy. I'm glad to hear it. Only a prize prat would do that ;)) -- Anthony Prime >>Powered by Amiga in Crewe anthony@prime.clara.co.uk ------------------------------ message 49294 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49294 From: Oliver Esberger Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:45:38 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga in Germany the official numbers! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Sean, On 28-Feb-00, you wrote: > Hi All, > After some of the mails in the last few days talking about how > many machines are avaliable > and what is best to buy.I found this on a ex-Commodore employee's > site: > > [lots of figures] > > I know this was only for Germany,but you can see there were quite a > few machines sold here.What surprised me was the number of > A3000+A3000(T)that were sold,maybe they ain't so rare as people recon > and the owners realise what a good machine they have(probably why they > won't sell them!).So world wide or even in England,they must have sold > a hell of a lot of machines!. > > I hope it makes interesting reading, > Cheers, > Sean. I don't know any figures for the UK, but the A1200 sold way better in Great Britain than in Germany. The other thing I've heard is that higher spec Amigas sold better in Germany, but that's maybe just a rumour. Regards -- Oliver Esberger - mailto:oliver@websale.de ------------------------------ message 49295 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49295 From: Adam James Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:37:44 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] User Groups MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, all does anyone know if there is a user group in NW Manchester , i have tried the one if AF but no matter when i call the answer machine is on. -- Adam James (PGP key avail) ------------------------------ message 49296 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49296 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 28 Feb 2000 22:15:35 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: User Groups MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:37:44 +0000, Adam James (adam.james@eidosnet.co.uk) wrote: > Hello, all > > does anyone know if there is a user group in NW Manchester , i have > tried the one if AF but no matter when i call the answer machine is on. How close are you to the Wigan & West Lancs user group? Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 49297 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49297 From: Simon Mason Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 22:41:33 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga in Germany the official numbers! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello Oliver On 28-Feb-00, you wrote: > I don't know any figures for the UK, but the A1200 sold way better in > Great Britain than in Germany. The other thing I've heard is that higher > spec Amigas sold better in Germany, but that's maybe just a rumour. I can confirm from personal experiance that (it seemed to me) higher spec miggys sold better in Germany. I got posted back from Germany in Dec 98 and a lot of my civvy German friends had A3000's + A4000's. In fact, more had Amigas than PCs at the time. As a whole, I was amazed at how well known and used Amigas were out there. Mind you, hardware was a lot cheaper there too. My first hard drive I had was fitted FREE for me by a local computer shop dealing in Amigas and Macs for 110 DM - about 33, and that was for a 1.2GB (3.5") IDE AND he put on OS3.0 and that was in 1996! Cheers, Simon ------------------------------ message 49298 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49298 Date: 28 Feb 2000 22:21:27 +0000 In-Reply-To: From: "Andy Mills" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: User Groups MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Adam James, on 28-Feb-00 21:37:44 you said about: [afb] User Groups >Hello, all >does anyone know if there is a user group in NW Manchester , i have >tried the one if AF but no matter when i call the answer machine is on. Have a look at: http://uk.amigasoc.org -- 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 -- "I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous." ------------------------------ message 49299 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49299 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:42:02 -0800 From: "Steven Holmes" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit rick hodger wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=49286 > > Needed my OS3.5 emergency disk today after using ReOrg on my boot > > partition (don't do it, reorganising under 3.5 will *screw* your boot > > partition!!). > > Trouble was, the bloody thing didn't work! Firstly it wouldn't mount > > CD0: (which I fixed with the help of my CD boot disk), then once it > > mounted CD0: I realised that my HD was nowhere to be seen!! > > Don't panic...I had this as well when I accidently deleted my > startup-sequence (don't ask ;) ..afaik it's to do with the new icon system, > the icon disappears from your desktop but the drive is still there, I just > copied the icons off the CD again and it was fine. Nope, I mean the drive literally disappeared. Not present in early startup and invisible to HDToolBox... > > Why is this happening? My HD just disappears after the startup-sequence > > has loaded the system updates (it isn't there after the reset). > > Also, why does the computer take so bloody long to reboot after the > > floppy reset? > > Dunno about that, you don't have a SCSI bus or anything do you? I have a Surf Squirrel and 12x Hitachi SCSI CD ROM drive. But surely if the drive isn't mounted, the Amiga doesn't even know it's there?... Steven Holmes ------------------------------ message 49300 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49300 Date: 24 Feb 2000 11:37:19 +0000 From: "Thomas Hurst" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Shocking news! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi On 23-Feb-00 16:13:59, Kevin Fairhurst (redvers@redvers.u-net.com) wrote: > It's true! I've got a PC in my room!! > Yeah, it's a sad day, I know. It's not through choice - work have > forced it onto me as my Amiga is unable of handling MS formatted > documents :( Who cares? It's not as if PC's are the rarest things on earth. I have 3 in the house :P > The thing is, I wouldn't mind if it was a decent machine, but it's a P75 > with 32Mb RAM! Ouch, that's nasty. > Now where did I put my TurboPrint disk? ... Did I ever mention how (iirc) Wizard Developments sent me a TurboPrintn 7 disk with my mouse instead of the software for the MMB? Can't remember who it was registered to... incompetent goits. > PS I just had to reinstall the modem on the thing because for some > reason, it couldn't see it there ... Personally I blame the operator :P Regards Tom -- Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst - On ARCNet - http://arcnet.vapor.com/ Team Member of AmiBench - http://www.amibench.org/ -- WinErr 17a: Full IE5 Installation not detected. Download at least 15MB and try again. ------------------------------ message 49301 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49301 Date: 24 Feb 2000 11:30:31 +0000 From: "Thomas Hurst" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: MP3 streaming MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi On 23-Feb-00 22:55:24, Andrew Crowe (andrewcrowe@enterprise.net) wrote: > Hi Everybody, > >> After reading about streaming MP3 files off the internet I installed >> 'StreamMP3' and have it working (almost). Unfortunately the sound that >> comes when playing these streams is a very broken. That's because StreamMP3 has pretty pathetic buffering. I wrote my own which was a little better (partly because it also used a different version of pipe with a setable block size etc), but there's only so much you can do without asyncio in arexx; async socket operations is the best you can get. What I don't understand is why AmigaAMP et all doesn't support ShoutCast internally, it's not exactly a complex protocol ffs (basically, connect to server, pipe what it throws at you to MP3 decoder, buffer as you play) >> My question is, how can I reconfigure the 'StreamMP3.rx' file so that >> it uses a lower quality hence resulting is continuous sound? I tried >> editing the file using 'ed' but then the file didn't work. Quality is set server side. Try playing about with the buffer settings, or using something like cURL to dump lots of it to disk first. Hmm, reminds me, I really should finish the Amiga port... 6.2's a little ripe on the miggy. >> My system is A1200 '040 25Mhz. *Cough*. A Celeron 466 might be able to decode an mp3 using 0.5% CPU, but an '040 certainly can't... your best bet is to download the mp3 entirely using cURL, then convert it to WAV or IFF or whatever and play it using play16 or similar... if it's that important :) >> BTW, isn't 'Prayer2.0' great! Just wish it was easier to register! I wasn't impressed with the last version I used (a while ago now), seemed a bit unstable. Think I'll stick with mpega, xmms and WinAMP :) > Ah yes, you won't be able to play mp3's full quality on your 040 (i > know, I have one, but I have a ppc in there as well ;) Depends, most ShoutCast streams are quite low quality.. might be able to manage it. Just. > Basically, look through the rexx file, find (I presume it uses mpega) > the mpega command line and use the -d 4 option. BTW, you can use AmigaAMP, and practically any other player with it if you get a decent pipe device... dunno what the one I use is called, but it has a settable block size and you can list it's contents. Regards Tom -- Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst - On ARCNet - http://arcnet.vapor.com/ Team Member of AmiBench - http://www.amibench.org/ -- GOTO: (n.) an efficient and general way of controlling a program, much despised by academics and others whose brains have been ruined by overexposure to Pascal. ------------------------------ message 49302 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49302 Date: 24 Feb 2000 11:20:38 +0000 From: "Thomas Hurst" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: GLQuake MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi On 23-Feb-00 22:47:11, Andrew Crowe (andrewcrowe@enterprise.net) wrote: >> What's the difference between GLQuake & normal Quake? > GLQuake uses hardware 3d accelleration. On a PC it displays at ~60fps > as opposed to ~30fps normal quake. 175FPS as opposed to 60FPS here ;) I've not had a chance to try the Amiga version yet, not really got the disk space for the paks... well, I would, if SFS wasn't so shite at preventing fragmentation meaninf if it gets low on disk space it gets sloooooooooow(er). Sigh. > I can't try it (no 3d gfx card) but from what I've heard on the > powerup list, amiga glquake runs fine on some peoples amigas, but > crashes other peoples... Sounds like QuakeGL... it's a bit old, written back when GL and Glide were just getting off the ground. There's at least one project which involves rewriting the GL bits, but they've decided to stick two fingers up at the GPL and are refusing to release any src... Regards Tom -- Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst - On ARCNet - http://arcnet.vapor.com/ Team Member of AmiBench - http://www.amibench.org/ -- For perfect happiness, remember two things: (1) Be content with what you've got. (2) Be sure you've got plenty. ------------------------------ message 49303 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49303 From: Adam James Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:32:36 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, all is it true there is another amiga mag called Amiga Active ? is so where can i get it from ? -- Adam James (PGP key avail) ------------------------------ message 49304 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49304 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:53:46 GMT From: Mark Wilson In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:32:36 Adam James is it true there is another amiga mag called Amiga Active ? Yes > is so where can i get it from ? W H Smiths, or http://www.amigactive.com -- Mark 'tecno' Wilson : Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Email: mark@amibench.org ICQ Number: 39814816 ------------------------------ message 49305 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49305 From: Bert Volders Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:46:21 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga in Germany the official numbers! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey Simon On 01-maa-00, you wrote: > Mind you, hardware was a lot cheaper there too. My first hard drive I h= ad > was fitted FREE for me by a local computer shop dealing in Amigas and M= acs > for 110 DM - about 33, and that was for a 1.2GB (3.5") IDE AND he put o= n > OS3.0 and that was in 1996! I bought my A3000 brandnew back in 1991 (yes I know the A4000 where for s= ale at the same time) via mail-order from a German retailer. Compared to = dutch dealers this machine was mine at about 50% of the price!! Talking a= bout savings. And that A3000 is still in my everyday use. Even the 3640, = PIV and 850MB Trailblazer came from germany. See, dutch are cheap ;-) > = > = > Cheers, > Simon > = > = > = > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= - > AFB: All polls MUST have dates, and if you have something to > sell use AmiBench! http://www.amibench.org/ Read previously posted > messages before you add to a thread! > = > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= - > -- Easily schedule meetings and events using the group calendar! > -- http://www.egroups.com/cal?listname=3Dafb&m=3D1 > = > = Regards -- = Bert Volders bert@volders.demon.nl Tag of the day: Success is like a fart - only your own smells nice. -- James P. Hogan ------------------------------ message 49306 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49306 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 28 Feb 2000 22:58:08 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1103.89T950T6974339tom.hurst@clara.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Shocking news! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 24 Feb 2000 11:37:19 +0000, Thomas Hurst (tom.hurst@clara.net) wrote: > > It's true! I've got a PC in my room!! > > > Yeah, it's a sad day, I know. It's not through choice - work have > > forced it onto me as my Amiga is unable of handling MS formatted > > documents :( > > Who cares? It's not as if PC's are the rarest things on earth. I have 3 in > the house :P The point of the email is that it was a joke. Not meant to be taken seriously :-) > > The thing is, I wouldn't mind if it was a decent machine, but it's a P75 > > with 32Mb RAM! > > Ouch, that's nasty. Very much so! Try loading NetScape on it ... :-( > > Now where did I put my TurboPrint disk? ... > > Did I ever mention how (iirc) Wizard Developments sent me a TurboPrintn 7 > disk with my mouse instead of the software for the MMB? Can't remember who > it was registered to... incompetent goits. Did you complain? Randomize sent me the Pablo with my Paloma. > > PS I just had to reinstall the modem on the thing because for some > > reason, it couldn't see it there ... > > Personally I blame the operator :P Someone at work had set it all up so all I had to do was plug & play. Except the PC refused to see the modem, even though it was all installed. So I had to run "find new hardware" and lo, it said i'd plugged a modem in that wasn't there before .... Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 49307 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49307 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 28 Feb 2000 22:58:56 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1217.89T1900T6805745tom.hurst@clara.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: GLQuake MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 24 Feb 2000 11:20:38 +0000, Thomas Hurst (tom.hurst@clara.net) wrote: > I've not had a chance to try the Amiga version yet, not really got the disk > space for the paks... well, I would, if SFS wasn't so shite at preventing > fragmentation meaninf if it gets low on disk space it gets > sloooooooooow(er). Sigh. Then buy PFS3! Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 49308 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49308 From: Jim Spratt Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:20:07 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B24EFD8E@THE_EXCHANGE> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] ADF Probs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I've Downloaded Turrican, but can't get it to run. Does this need UAE. The ADF has been unpacked and the disk mounts as df0:UAE. Also R-Type always guru's (also an unpacked adf) - even under relokick 1.3 - What gives????? Any help much appreciated. Don't tell me I have to run UAE to play Amiga games on an AMiga 1200!! BYE!!!! Jim jimspratt@imaga5.freeserve.co.uk PS. Could anyone sell me a copy of Turrican 1-3, or know where I can get copies? (Originals only) - Say 5 each ------------------------------ message 49309 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49309 From: "Daniel Thornton" Date: 28 Feb 2000 23:28:39 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:32:36 +0000, adam.james@eidosnet.co.uk wibbled... > is it true there is another amiga mag called Amiga Active ? Adam, you seem to delight in attempting to cause trouble on this list. You did it a few weeks ago, but claimed it was someone else, and now you're doing it again. You know full well that there is a magazine called AA, as there was a thread about it earlier. You also know full well that asking about buying a product from a competitor on here will not go down very well with the staff of AF, and indeed AA to an extent. A little bit of research on any search engine, or in any non-magazine connected newsgroup or mailing list would give you the answer. If it was a genuine mistake on your part, then fair enough, have some milk and cookies. But if you're trying to cause annoyance, go away. Daniel (completely sick of idiots and trolls) -- 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 49310 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49310 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:14:30 GMT From: Mark Wilson In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 28 Feb 2000 "Daniel Thornton" wrote: > Daniel > (completely sick of idiots and trolls) Sadly this list seems to be full of idiots who crawl out of the woodwork every few days. -- Mark 'tecno' Wilson : Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Email: mark@amibench.org ICQ Number: 39814816 ------------------------------ message 49311 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49311 From: "Tony" Date: 7 Jan 78 01:59:56 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga in Germany the official numbers! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Sean, > Hi All, > After some of the mails in the last few days talking about how many > machines are avaliable > and what is best to buy.I found this on a ex-Commodore employee's site: > It would be nice if anyone could track down the sales figures for the UK. I've got some numbers off the top of my head.I can't remember the source or how accurate they are,but the fact I can remember them at all must mean they may be near the mark.Soooo sales in UK A500(+) 1.5 mil (plus 600) A1200 250,000 cd32 50,000(Around this mark.I remember someone saying figures were hard to find for cd32 with the banckruptcy and all) cdtv 45,000 (was this uk sales or total?) As for the bigbox Amigas I'm drawing a blank. These figures could turn out to be complete cack!If they are sorry.I don't have a clue about the 100,000 A1200 produced by ESCOM although if memory serves me correct 60,000 were to be sold in the UK.I think 20,000 A4000 were manufactured as well,they probably did all get sold.. Bye now Tony. -- ******************* AMIGA * 1200T 030 32fastram * 3,5 GIG HD 24 CDROM * RUNNING ON OS3.5 * EPSON 740 TURBOPRINT 7 * SURF WITH VOYAGER 3 * NETCONNECT 3 * ******************* ------------------------------ message 49312 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49312 From: "Gerald Mellor" <9745589@tiree.sms.ed.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:28:35 +0000 References: In-reply-to: <38BB0F6637A.DBCFTECNOBAB@smtp.stayfree.co.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 29 Feb 00, at 0:14, Mark Wilson wrote: > Sadly this list seems to be full of idiots who crawl out of the woodwork > every few days. There are 916 people on this list, in any group that large there are bound to be a few idiots :) Bauglir ------------------------------ message 49313 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49313 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:33:26 GMT From: Mark Wilson In-Reply-To: <200002290029.AAA23255@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> References: <200002290029.AAA23255@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 "Gerald Mellor" <9745589@tiree.sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > > Sadly this list seems to be full of idiots who crawl out of the woodwork > > every few days. > There are 916 people on this list, in any group that large there are > bound to be a few idiots :) I suppose its that classic case of how do you define what an idiot is. :) Its the one word replys, and the constant flamings that annoy me, I thought amiga users were supposed to be over that kinda newbie thing. -- Mark 'tecno' Wilson : Team Member of AmiBench Web: http://www.AmiBench.org Email: mark@amibench.org ICQ Number: 39814816 ------------------------------ message 49314 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49314 From: "Gerald Mellor" <9745589@tiree.sms.ed.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:32:30 +0000 In-reply-to: References: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga in Germany the official numbers! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 7 Jan 78, at 1:59, Tony wrote: > ******************* > AMIGA * > 1200T 030 32fastram * > 3,5 GIG HD 24 CDROM * > RUNNING ON OS3.5 * > EPSON 740 TURBOPRINT 7 * > SURF WITH VOYAGER 3 * > NETCONNECT 3 * > ******************* But no battery backed RTC? I'm not having a go at you, but could you please try to set your clock before you send an email to a list like this. There are plenty of scripts that will do it automatically for you when you go online. Cheers, Gerry ------------------------------ message 49315 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49315 From: "Daniel Thornton" Date: 29 Feb 2000 00:48:57 +0000 In-Reply-To: <38BB0F6637A.DBCFTECNOBAB@smtp.stayfree.co.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:14:30 GMT, tecnobab@stayfree.co.uk wibbled... > Sadly this list seems to be full of idiots who crawl out of the woodwork > every few days. It's not just this list; two of my favourite newsgroups have just attracted a few ignorant trolls (alt.digitiser and alt.radio.uk.talk-radio, if you're interested), AFB has been filling with idiots, and to cap it all, somebody reported me to my ISP for spamming (which I have never done), and my ISP warned me that they'd close my account. A sharply (but politely) worded mail to my ISP got no response, so I think that I'm justified in being just a little pissed off right now :/ -- 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 49316 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49316 From: "Tony" Date: 29 Feb 100 01:10:12 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200002290033.AAA23581@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga in Germany the official numbers! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Gerry, > > But no battery backed RTC? I'm not having a go at you, but could > you please try to set your clock before you send an email to a list > like this. There are plenty of scripts that will do it automatically for > you when you go online. > > Cheers, > Gerry should be sorted now, if not I'm going to be flamed, New Tower and mother board last week, still sorting things out. Cheers, Tony -- ******************* AMIGA * 1200T 030 32fastram * 3,5 GIG HD 24 CDROM * RUNNING ON OS3.5 * EPSON 740 TURBOPRINT 7 * SURF WITH VOYAGER 3 * NETCONNECT 3 * ******************* ------------------------------ message 49317 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49317 Date: 29 Feb 2000 1:35:35 +0000 In-Reply-To: <38BB0F6637A.DBCFTECNOBAB@smtp.stayfree.co.uk> From: "Andy Mills" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Mark Wilson, on 29-Feb-00 00:14:30 you said about: [afb] Re: Amiga Active >On 28 Feb 2000 "Daniel Thornton" wrote: >> Daniel >> (completely sick of idiots and trolls) >Sadly this list seems to be full of idiots who crawl out of the woodwork >every few days. Oi! I resemble that remark.... ;) -- 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 -- Don't worry, it's not loaded. ------------------------------ message 49318 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49318 From: Adam James Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:50:31 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active :-( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Daniel On 28-Feb-00 at 23:28:39, you wrote about [afb] Re: Amiga Active = > On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:32:36 +0000, adam.james@eidosnet.co.uk > wibbled... > = >> is it true there is another amiga mag called Amiga Active ? > = > Adam, you seem to delight in attempting to cause trouble on this list. > You did it a few weeks ago, but claimed it was someone else, and now > you're doing it again. = WOW calm down i am not causing trouble i just asked a simple question :-( >You know full well that there is a magazine called AA, as there was a >t= hread about it earlier. You also know full well that asking about >buying a product from a competitor on here will > not go down very well with the staff of AF, and indeed AA to an > extent. I did not read the thread about it and i have been buying AF since issue 21 so i will still continue buying AF even if there is another mag :-) = > If it was a genuine mistake on your part, then fair enough, have some > milk and cookies. But if you're trying to cause annoyance, go away. WTF i have done stupid things in the past but i am not trying to attack AFB or AF staff in anyway, i am not a troll i just wanted a simple answer= to the question? = = AF is still the best mag = END OF THREAD -- = Adam James (PGP key avail) ------------------------------ message 49319 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49319 From: "Gerald Mellor" <9745589@tiree.sms.ed.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:39:37 +0000 References: <200002290029.AAA23255@renko.ucs.ed.ac.uk> In-reply-to: <38BB13D6280.04B0TECNOBAB@smtp.stayfree.co.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 29 Feb 00, at 0:33, Mark Wilson wrote: > I suppose its that classic case of how do you define what an idiot is. I could give you a few examples... ;) > Its the one word replys, and the constant flamings that annoy me, I > thought amiga users were supposed to be over that kinda newbie thing. Not at all, I'm sure there are plenty of Amiga users who are new to the Internet. I don't get annoyed by that kind of stuff, it gives me a laugh, sometimes. What I get annoyed with is poor quoting and poor English, basically anything that makes it difficult to read an email. Hopefully, it's lists like this that will teach people better netiquette :) Gerry ------------------------------ message 49320 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49320 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:03:05 -0800 From: "David Plunkett" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] No answer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Okay, it's probably the price I pay for posting on a weekend at a time when most Northern Hemisphere readers are asleep, but as no-one answered my PCX question I'll ask it again. Has anyone managed to get the PCX on the current AF CD to read a hard drive partition that has DOS/Windows 3.1 on it, that works fine under PC Task? I thought it might be interesting to compare the two products, but I can't get PCX to recognise the partition. I just know someone has tried this..... Regards David Oh, and I hope this message lays out okay. I can never tell how AWeb will handle it!! ------------------------------ message 49321 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49321 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:42:00 -0800 From: "D Race" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] A4000 Query MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This may seem like a really silly question but (as I've never seen one I don't know) does the A4000 come with a TV output as per the A1200, or do you have to use a monitor at all times ?? Many Thanks Duncan ------------------------------ message 49322 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49322 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:56:41 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] A 68030 just waiting to burst... :) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I have a little problem, as usual. And once again; as usual it is to do with something I have bought new. In the past year or so; I haven't been able to buy a single item that causes me grief! However every second hand piece of equipment I have purchased over the time has been fine! This time; it's not my Ateo Tower, or the tower's components, neither is it the Ateo Bus or even the A1200T at all; but my A600. :) I have in fact diagnosed the problem myself and I need to know what exactly I can do about it. The simple answer is to buy my way out but consider that I have got a 16Meg SIMM on order, second hand because I cannot afford a new one (=A310 compared to =A330!). So what's the problem; it's an A600 going too fast! :) I purchaced an Apollo A630 last week from Power which duly arrived the next day; Tuesday. Since then it has given me grief! The problem is that the 8Meg SIMM in it at the moment is too slow (which is strange since I have never heard of 80ns 8Mb SIMMs!) for the card, and the 68030 40MHz in the end trips over a few things like Fusion (the pivotal reason for expanding the A600), and 3D DOOM games, like Citadel, Gloom Deluxe and DOOM itself. The board has a jumper to add wait states to the memory interface since the 40MHz board (there are apparently 33MHz and 50MHz ones!) requires a 60ns SIMM or faster without the jumper set and 70ns with the jumper set. The 33MHz one can cope with 80ns SIMMs with added wait states. So what is so strange, well I assumed my 32Meg SIMM in my A1200T was 60ns, I mean, 80ns 8Mb SIMMs are rare i should imagine and 80ns 32Mb SIMMs cannot exist, surely?! :) I'm saying this because the same thing happens with the 32Mb SIMM installed on the A630! I have attempted to disable to 68030's burst cache, with CPU NOBURST and that seems to do very little. The symptoms are quite typical; a demanding program will eventually freeze up, causing a crash or a reboot because it really has frozen up. I have wired up a 100Watt PC PSU to see if it was a power supply problem, no difference. I have wired up a fan to cool it; no difference. I know it's a memory interface problem because the freezing occurs a lot quicker with the WAIT jumper disabled and occurs but not as quickly with it enabled. Removing or disabling the RAM leaving the RC68030 and 68882 alone removes the problem; indicating that the A630 is not really at fault just that it seems to be driving the RAM i/face too hard! I will try the 16Mb SIMM when it arrives and with any luck it will solve the problem. (pah! since when was anything solved that easy for me! :) Between now and then; how can I possibly 'relax' the memory bus on this card? I understand that having a slower 68030 at 33MHz would help a great deal, which I think would be great. I would far prefer stability and a marginally slower Amiga 600; rather than a boy racer that's tripping up all over the damned place! :) I cannot replace the oscillator since that would void the guarantee I'd guess. Would Power Computing possibly degrade the speed of the card for me if I sent it back? The only thing is that I would need a crowbar to lever it off the 68000, talk about A600 accelerators that are very unstable; this one is hanging on for dear life! :) Please Help! All the best, Nick. /me is pis*ed off by the fact the college's internet connection is so damned unreliable. I wanted to send this aaaaaages ago but the connection was up a certain creek.... :) ------------------------------ message 49323 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49323 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:58:55 -0800 From: "Nick Lamburn" In-Reply-To: <89g0oo$bbe5@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A4000 Query MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, > This may seem like a really silly question but (as I've never seen one > I don't know) does the A4000 come with a TV output as per the A1200, or > do you have to use a monitor at all times ?? The only silly question is the unanswered question; as I always say... :) The only TV compatible output an A4k has is the composite output i think, is that right? Otherwise get an old A520 from an A500 (get one for a fiver.. :) and stick it in the RGB video port, that'll sort you out! :) All the best, Nick. ------------------------------ message 49324 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49324 From: Adam James Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:53:30 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: User Groups MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Kevin On 28-Feb-00 at 22:15:35, you wrote about [afb] Re: User Groups > On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:37:44 +0000, Adam James > (adam.james@eidosnet.co.uk) wrote: >> Hello, all >> >> does anyone know if there is a user group in NW Manchester , i have >> tried the one if AF but no matter when i call the answer machine is >> on. > > How close are you to the Wigan & West Lancs user group? > I have no idea :( i will get a A-Z -- Adam James (PGP key avail) ------------------------------ message 49325 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49325 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 29 Feb 2000 09:27:00 +0000 In-Reply-To: <89g1of$d61f@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A4000 Query MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:58:55 -0800, Nick Lamburn (oruk-amigan@excite.com) wrote: > The only TV compatible output an A4k has is the composite output i > think, is that right? Otherwise get an old A520 from an A500 (get one > for a fiver.. :) and stick it in the RGB video port, that'll sort you > out! :) No that is NOT right ... there is NO composite output on an A4000 :-) So you either have to get an A520 as Nick said, OR you could get yourself one of those RGB -> Scart adaptors that Tandy used to sell ... Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 49326 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49326 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:02:14 -0800 From: "Daniel Pearson" In-Reply-To: <1217.89T1900T6805745tom.hurst@clara.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: GLQuake MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "thomas hurst" wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=49302 > Hi > > On 23-Feb-00 22:47:11, Andrew Crowe (andrewcrowe@enterprise.net) wrote: > > >> What's the difference between GLQuake & normal Quake? > > > GLQuake uses hardware 3d accelleration. On a PC it displays at ~60fps > > as opposed to ~30fps normal quake. > > 175FPS as opposed to 60FPS here ;) > I've had a e-mail from Massimiliano Tretene (the author of the QuakeGL port), and he seems to think that 60fps will be next to impossible with the port he has...sigh... ------------------------------ message 49327 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49327 From: "Sealey, M." Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:15:37 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: FTP Server MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Yes, set file and print sharing, and then downlaod the > SMB-Handler from aminet, it allows you to mount the > pc drives on the amiga. Oh no you don't, SMB-Handler is a travesty of programming, for it will gladly make your machine explode at the slightest nudge (and verily it doth cause much of a muchness of Enforcer and GuardianAngel hits!) > Works very well Or he could get an FTP client? :) -- Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk Distributed Systems Support Computer Centre University of Leicester ------------------------------ message 49328 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49328 From: "Sealey, M." Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:23:18 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > On 29 Feb 00, at 0:14, Mark Wilson wrote: > > > Sadly this list seems to be full of idiots who crawl out of > > the woodwork every few days. > > There are 916 people on this list, in any group that large there are > bound to be a few idiots :) Even conservative estimates show that the proportion is unnervingly high: dare I say almost a third of the people on the list are either of the "idiotic" category? I suppose when the subscriber list is drawn from the biggest bunch of raving loonies on the planet, you're bound to get it that high, though. *sigh* the burden of being an Amiga owner, eh? -- Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk Distributed Systems Support Computer Centre University of Leicester ------------------------------ message 49329 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49329 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:32:16 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] A bit late, but... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, You should all be reading NTK. It's not a nice place to visit, nor is it very forgiving of mistakes, but it has absolutely hilarious things sent to it. There are plenty on last week's (it comes out on a Friday night), but this one is the funniest: http://www.ntk.net/2000/02/25/moscow.gif NTK can be found at the aforementioned http://www.ntk.net/ URL. All the best, -- Ben Vost (x2337) /PGP key available/ T: (+44) 01225 442244 Editor, Amiga Format F: (+44) 01225 732275 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Family Fortunes answers: Q. Name a sign of the zodiac A. April ------------------------------ message 49330 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49330 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:57:10 -0800 From: "xatiminey" References: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: FTP Server MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sealey, M. wrote: > Oh no you don't, SMB-Handler is a travesty of programming, > for it will gladly make your machine explode at the slightest > nudge (and verily it doth cause much of a muchness of > Enforcer and GuardianAngel hits!) > > Or he could get an FTP client? :) > For a client to work, you also need a server, do ye not? In which case ftp4all should do the trick, as it was what I used. http://ftp.unina.it/pub/aminet/comm/tcp/FTP4ALL226a.lha alternatively, you could use pc2amiga which was on AACD4, IIRC. -curry -- Switch on the box, Mr Spock is on the table. Doctor McCoy is unable to connect his brain. Sweating and straining, well it seemed so simple at the time... ------------------------------ message 49331 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49331 From: "Chris Green" Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:56:36 -0000 In-Reply-To: <89g0oo$bbe5@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A4000 Query MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Duncan > This may seem like a really silly question but (as I've never seen one > I don't know) does the A4000 come with a TV output as per the A1200, or > do you have to use a monitor at all times ?? Afraid there is no RF or composite video output. However, you can use one of those cables that connects to the monitor socket and the audio outputs and has a Scart plug at the end. Chris Green Technical Editor - Computing VNU Business Publications, 32-34 Broadwick Street, London, W1A 2HG .................................................................. Fax: +44 (0)207 316 9160 Email: chris_green@vnu.co.uk ICQ: 10921400 URL: http://computing.vnunet.com .................................................................. ------------------------------ message 49332 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49332 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:20:40 -0800 From: "xatiminey" References: <89ebg5$m62i@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: C vs BlitzBasic and Tutorials MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I'm sure Ben will thank you for suggesting a programming tutorial > again, given that he nearly tore the last guy, who suggested a > programming tutorial, a new ar.... I didn't know, I've not been here for the last week. Its not a programming tutorial like the rest, though - they're "hoe to use this language" tutorials. This idea is for "what the heck is XXX and how to use XXX to do YYY" -curry -- Switch on the box, Mr Spock is on the table. Doctor McCoy is unable to connect his brain. Sweating and straining, well it seemed so simple at the time... ------------------------------ message 49333 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49333 From: Robert Johnston Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:38:12 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Sealey, M. [mailto:mws2@leicester.ac.uk] > Sent: 29 February 2000 09:23 > To: 'afb@egroups.com' > Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active > > > > Sadly this list seems to be full of idiots who crawl out of > > > the woodwork every few days. > > > > There are 916 people on this list, in any group that large > there are > > bound to be a few idiots :) > > Even conservative estimates show that the proportion is unnervingly > high: dare I say almost a third of the people on the list are > either of > the "idiotic" category? > > I suppose when the subscriber list is drawn from the biggest bunch > of raving loonies on the planet, you're bound to get it that > high, though. > > *sigh* the burden of being an Amiga owner, eh? *ERROR* tag not present, Insult/Offense taken. Please Remedy with a Free drink... -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk ------------------------------ message 49334 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49334 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:39:55 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: GLQuake MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Alkis Tsapanidis wrote: > ONLY 20? Use Fast Quake 5.It is MUCH fast and rocky stable. > It may be still illegal and using PowerUP but you SHOULD try ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2 good reasons not to use it. also GLQuake at that speed is not only very playable, but it looks damn nice too! ;-) alan ------------------------------ message 49335 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49335 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:36:10 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Revenge Of The Mutant Camels. Wanted! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Steven Lewis wrote: > Hello, > > Has anyone got Jeff Minter's Mutant Camels game? Originally on an Amiga > Format "Down at the arcade" cover disk (sorry disk doesn't have a > number/date). yes, I've got it..nice game alan ------------------------------ message 49336 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49336 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:26:55 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan L.M. Buxey" In-Reply-To: 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 26 Feb 2000, Daniel Pimley wrote: > Alan L.M. Buxey wrote the following: > > > > > If AWeb can make a browser that uses a GUI we don't have to pay for, > > > then it can be done. > > > > I think we have a serious case of RTFM here. Stefan Stuntz does not > demand that you register. If you are happy to use MUI in its limited > form, then you are free to do so. I did NOT write the above statement. Please quote properly in future Alan - Supporter of MUI ------------------------------ message 49337 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49337 From: "Sealey, M." Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:32:01 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > *sigh* the burden of being an Amiga owner, eh? > > *ERROR* tag not present, Insult/Offense > taken. If I enclosed it with tags, it would cease to be sarcasm. If anyone DOES take offense: then you've just proven my case quite well, methinks. > Please Remedy with a Free drink... And I hope that means you'll buy *me* a drink, as opposed to me buying *you* a drink ;) -- Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk Distributed Systems Support Computer Centre University of Leicester ------------------------------ message 49338 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49338 From: "Sealey, M." Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:52:40 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: FTP Server MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Sealey, M. wrote: > > Oh no you don't, SMB-Handler is a travesty of programming, > > for it will gladly make your machine explode at the slightest > > nudge (and verily it doth cause much of a muchness of > > Enforcer and GuardianAngel hits!) > > > > Or he could get an FTP client? :) > > For a client to work, you also need a server, do ye not? You know what I meant ;) > alternatively, you could use pc2amiga which was on AACD4, IIRC. Which breaks the TCP/IP link, does it not? -- Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk Distributed Systems Support Computer Centre University of Leicester ------------------------------ message 49339 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49339 From: "Sealey, M." Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:37:22 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: A bit late, but... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Hi all, > > You should all be reading NTK. It's not a nice place to > visit Damned right, it huuurttss my eyeyyyyyyeeesss!!!! -- Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk Distributed Systems Support Computer Centre University of Leicester ------------------------------ message 49340 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49340 From: "Sealey, M." Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:19:25 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: GLQuake MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > >> What's the difference between GLQuake & normal Quake? > > > > > GLQuake uses hardware 3d accelleration. On a PC it displays at > > > ~60fps as opposed to ~30fps normal quake. > > > > 175FPS as opposed to 60FPS here ;) > > I've had a e-mail from Massimiliano Tretene (the author of the QuakeGL > port), and he seems to think that 60fps will be next to impossible with > the port he has...sigh... Why is that big a deal? It's dumb to cite figures higher than the sync of your monitor anyway, for instance the highest usable frequency on this monitor here is 120Hz, but that's at 320x200. At 1024x768 that drops down to a lowly 72Hz - hence any "fps" above 72 will be WASTED, and is probably an artefact of crap timing code rather than optimised rendering. -- Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk Distributed Systems Support Computer Centre University of Leicester ------------------------------ message 49341 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49341 From: "Sealey, M." Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:18:34 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: hosts MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I watched as Matthew O'Neill hammered "[afb] hosts" out on > their keyboard... > > > On 26-Feb-00, Alan Anthony wrote: > > >> Who's hosting your site for you, and is it expensive. > > > http://www.freenetname.co.uk > > > and I daren't answer the second part of the question for > > fear of making you look silly ;) Once you've regged, just > > wait 24 hours and blam! done :) You have to dial in using > > their isp to upload pages though, which is a fair enough > > deal. > > Plus if you want to transfer the domain to another ISP, you > have to pay for > it (the domain I mean). FreeNetName sucks ass, bigtime. It would be better to go and get a domain and some basic email/webforwarding to another Free ISP from a reputable company: that way the domain stays with you and you can move ISP's all you like. Someone pointed me at a lovely place: http://www.gradwell.com -- Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk Distributed Systems Support Computer Centre University of Leicester ------------------------------ message 49342 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49342 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 06:15:52 -0800 From: "Toffypops" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Amiga MCC??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Anyone here who know how FAR the MCC dezign had developed when it was canceled?... Looking back at pictures of the old possible miggy makes me wonder how much more work had to be done to get it on the marked... I know it't not in develop, but it seemed like everything went ok until they pulled the money from the project... I just wish it could become a reality...one day... *sighn* Toffy ------------------------------ message 49343 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49343 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 06:17:33 -0800 From: "Toffypops" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Z2/z3 SCSI MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Anyone know of any FAST SCSI 2/3 for Zorro out there?... Toffy ------------------------------ message 49344 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49344 From: Rick Hodger Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:01:51 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Hard Disks MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Sandy Brownlee hammered "[afb] Re: Hard Disks" out on their keyboard... >> Anybody know of a supplier of reasonably priced SCSI hard drives for my >> Power Tower? I've bodged an adaptor for my BPPC SCSI so that I can use an >> internal 32x CDROM, and I'd like to add another hard drive to install >> Linux. I'm just looking for a bg standard SCSI II, but not wide scsi or >> Uwide scsi, as I don't want to try and fudge any more adaptors. > Try Analogic if a pc dealer search fails- I got a great 1Gb disk from them > ( 65- remember that you pay for SCSI). Just watch out though- my disk was > 3.5" width, but the height of a CD-ROM. Even better, try Micromart. The companies in there usually have no end of shiney cheap kit....I got my 1Gb SCSI Hewlett-Packard drive (very good quality, HP used to use them in their servers) for 35 quid, and that was about this time last year. -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces Things get worse under pressure. ------------------------------ message 49345 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49345 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:08:41 -0800 From: "xatiminey" References: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: FTP Server MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sealey, M. wrote: > > > alternatively, you could use pc2amiga which was on AACD4, IIRC. > > Which breaks the TCP/IP link, does it not? > Well, it wouldn't use, but if you used a custom parallel cable it wouldn't break the TCP/IP link, either. Plus you get a much higher transfer rate (around 40kBps instead of 5kBps). Windows might not like having the resident program hanging around and thus crash or kill it, but if it does work, and you have spare parallel ports on either machine and can get a suitable cable I would consider this a better way than phaffing about with ftp servers. -- Error 10904: Tag Line Not Found. Steal anyway? (Yes/No/Flame) ------------------------------ message 49346 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49346 From: Alkis Tsapanidis Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:31:03 +0300 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: GLQuake MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi > also GLQuake at that speed is not only very playable, but it looks damn > nice too! ;-) He said the other ports run at 20fps.Idon't mean GLQuake AND why not use a program only because it's using PowerUP? I just have both WarpUP and PowerUP an I terminate the ppc lib only when I run wos progs Bye -- Amiga RULEZ in Greece TOO!! ------------------------------ message 49347 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49347 From: Rick Hodger Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:58:02 +0000 In-Reply-To: <2630.89T1550T6904903tom.hurst@clara.net> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: MP3 streaming MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Thomas Hurst hammered "[afb] Re: MP3 streaming" out on their keyboard... > *Cough*. A Celeron 466 might be able to decode an mp3 using 0.5% CPU, but > an '040 certainly can't... your best bet is to download the mp3 entirely > using cURL, then convert it to WAV or IFF or whatever and play it using > play16 or similar... if it's that important :) A funny wee thing I found, is that mpega.library automatically takes the filter off, put it on in your options and the CPU usage drops by about 10% ...at least it does here. >>> BTW, isn't 'Prayer2.0' great! Just wish it was easier to register! > I wasn't impressed with the last version I used (a while ago now), seemed > a bit unstable. Think I'll stick with mpega, xmms and WinAMP :) The really, really annoying thing about WinAMP, was that on a miggy without a soundcard it absoloutly cannot play in stereo because it insists on using AHI (the paula drivers don't play in stereo, it takes some jiggery pokery by the programmer to make it work). >> Ah yes, you won't be able to play mp3's full quality on your 040 (i >> know, I have one, but I have a ppc in there as well ;) > Depends, most ShoutCast streams are quite low quality.. might be able to > manage it. Just. Maybe....I'd suspect you'd probably need a 060 tho... >> Basically, look through the rexx file, find (I presume it uses mpega) >> the mpega command line and use the -d 4 option. > BTW, you can use AmigaAMP, and practically any other player with it if you > get a decent pipe device... dunno what the one I use is called, but it has > a settable block size and you can list it's contents. I'll have to go looking on AMinet for it... -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces You know it's a bad day when you put your bra on backwards and it fits better. ------------------------------ message 49348 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49348 From: Rick Hodger Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:08:12 +0000 In-Reply-To: <89etjq$sl6e@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as Steven Holmes hammered "[afb] Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk" out on their keyboard... > rick hodger wrote: > original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=49286 >>> Needed my OS3.5 emergency disk today after using ReOrg on my boot >>> partition (don't do it, reorganising under 3.5 will *screw* your > boot >>> partition!!). >>> Trouble was, the bloody thing didn't work! Firstly it wouldn't mount >>> CD0: (which I fixed with the help of my CD boot disk), then once > it >>> mounted CD0: I realised that my HD was nowhere to be seen!! >> >> Don't panic...I had this as well when I accidently deleted my >> startup-sequence (don't ask ;) ..afaik it's to do with the new icon > system, >> the icon disappears from your desktop but the drive is still there, I > just >> copied the icons off the CD again and it was fine. > Nope, I mean the drive literally disappeared. Not present in early > startup and invisible to HDToolBox... Yargh....sounds like the drive is either buggered, or doesn't like the new scsi.device >>> Why is this happening? My HD just disappears after the > startup-sequence >>> has loaded the system updates (it isn't there after the reset). >>> Also, why does the computer take so bloody long to reboot after the >>> floppy reset? >> >> Dunno about that, you don't have a SCSI bus or anything do you? > I have a Surf Squirrel and 12x Hitachi SCSI CD ROM drive. But surely if > the drive isn't mounted, the Amiga doesn't even know it's there?... Nah, that wouldn't bother it. Try using your old hard-disk and your OS3.0 setup disk, see if you can get it to appear in that, if not I think the drive may be knackered...you could always try formatting it in a PC and then reformatting it in your miggy...that's a last resort tho. -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces If you can't go first class, charge it. ------------------------------ message 49349 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49349 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:20:41 +0000 References: In-Reply-To: ; from Sealey, M. on Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 10:19:25AM -0000 From: Matthew Garrett X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: GLQuake MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 10:19:25AM -0000, Sealey, M. wrote: > Why is that big a deal? It's dumb to cite figures higher than the sync of > your monitor anyway, for instance the highest usable frequency on this > monitor here is 120Hz, but that's at 320x200. At 1024x768 that drops > down to a lowly 72Hz - hence any "fps" above 72 will be WASTED, and > is probably an artefact of crap timing code rather than optimised > rendering. Of course, /real/ Quake players turn off the vsync on their cards with the result that the bottom part of the picture is displaying a different frame to the top one. Apparantly this does produce a noticable difference without too much picture degredation. Personally I'd lump it with unidirectional audio cables and the like, but still... -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@cam.ac.uk ------------------------------ message 49350 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49350 From: Robert Johnston Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:10:52 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: FTP Server MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandy Brownlee [mailto:sandy@brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk] > Sent: 28 February 2000 19:47 > To: afb@egroups.com > Subject: [afb] FTP Server > > Hello, Hi!, > I've got a TCP/IP connection on a null modem between my miggy > and my dad's > laptop, and though Quake is great, I would like to transfer > files too. Does > anyone know of a good FTP server for the Amiga? Or is there a > better way of > transferring files between the two? Samba'd prolly be your best bet, It's GPL, but a real b!tch to set up... -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk ------------------------------ message 49351 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49351 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 07:40:04 -0800 From: "Paul Laycock" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: GLQuake MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Alkis, > > also GLQuake at that speed is not only very playable, but it looks damn > > nice too! ;-) > > He said the other ports run at 20fps.Idon't mean GLQuake > AND why not use a program only because it's using PowerUP? > I just have both WarpUP and PowerUP an I terminate the ppc > lib only when I run wos progs While I don't bother with termination; PowerUp emulation! However, FastQuake doesn't work with this :( Hope Frank Wille gets QuakeWOS using total conversions soon. Paul Laycock ------------------------------ message 49352 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49352 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Sun, 01 Jan 1978 01:17:26 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: New Amiga website MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 28-Feb-00, Ben Vost wrote: >> Is there any need for this? AmigActive may be a rival publication but >> personally I think that without it, AF could have found itself sitting > I'm sorry, but "sitting on our laurels"? That has really offended me. I COULD!!!, not would, could.....shhh, and relax..... Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.mashman.co.uk PUNNY BOOK = Christmas for Baldies: Yule Brynner. ------------------------------ message 49353 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49353 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 07:48:39 -0800 From: "Mikey C" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit rick hodger wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=49348 Bummer, I have had similar problems with OS3.5 and my hard disk. I lost everything a while back when my hard drive refused to appear either on the early startup menu or on a friends Amiga. I'm sure it's the poxy new HDTOOLBOX. :( In the end, I had to have the drive formated on a PC in order to get it back. Sadly I lost everything then as I had no back ups. Everything worked fine until I tried to add a new partition by making an existing one smaller. Bummer Drive crashed again kept asking for ramlib which is in the OS31 rom. Fortunately I had got round to backing up my OS3.5 workbench partition on an old 2.5 inch 500mb drive. I lost all my apps, but It hasn't taken too long to get back up this time. This time I have made my Workbench partition fastfile system rather than PFS2. So next time if it goes, I can try using rdbsalv. BTW we are not the only ones, There have been a few people in CSAM with the same problem. Regards Mikey C ------------------------------ message 49354 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49354 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 07:55:35 -0800 From: "Daniel Pearson" In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: GLQuake MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "sealey, m." wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=49340 > > > > I've had a e-mail from Massimiliano Tretene (the author of the QuakeGL > > port), and he seems to think that 60fps will be next to impossible with > > the port he has...sigh... > > Why is that big a deal? It's dumb to cite figures higher than the sync of > your monitor anyway, for instance the highest usable frequency on this > monitor here is 120Hz, but that's at 320x200. At 1024x768 that drops > down to a lowly 72Hz - hence any "fps" above 72 will be WASTED, and > is probably an artefact of crap timing code rather than optimised > rendering. > So...at 640x480, 60fps should be perfectly possible? It is certainly much more fun to play than the 20 fps jerk-o-vision I am getting at the mo, wasted frames or not. Dan. ------------------------------ message 49355 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49355 From: Robert Johnston Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:02:29 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: GLQuake MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Pearson [mailto:d.j.pearson-98@student.lboro.ac.uk] > Sent: 29 February 2000 15:56 > To: afb@eGroups.com > Subject: [afb] Re: GLQuake > > > > > > > I've had a e-mail from Massimiliano Tretene (the author of the > QuakeGL > > > port), and he seems to think that 60fps will be next to impossible > with > > > the port he has...sigh... > > > > Why is that big a deal? It's dumb to cite figures higher than the > sync of > > your monitor anyway, for instance the highest usable > frequency on this > > monitor here is 120Hz, but that's at 320x200. At 1024x768 that drops > > down to a lowly 72Hz - hence any "fps" above 72 will be WASTED, and > > is probably an artefact of crap timing code rather than optimised > > rendering. > > > > So...at 640x480, 60fps should be perfectly possible? It is certainly > much more fun to play than the 20 fps jerk-o-vision I am > getting at the > mo, wasted frames or not. /me smiles at his monitor Specs... 75Hz@1600x1200, 60Hz@2048x1536!! I love my Monitor!! -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk ------------------------------ message 49356 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49356 From: Matthew O'Neill Date: Sun, 01 Jan 1978 01:13:16 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 28-Feb-00, Ben Vost wrote: > Since no-one has replied to this, I shall. TV programs aren't broadcast at > 50fps if you mean Frames Per Second by fps. If you mean 50 Fields per > Second, then yes they do, but a field is only half a frame, which is why > TV programmes are interlaced. Believe it or not, that's a frequency thing > too. not quite. What if the second field of each normal frame were a picture somewhere between the current frame and the next? thats what they do. Basically its 2, 25fps (frames) video images being shown in between each other which gives the illusion of 50 fps (frames) Watch a new news program and then an old episode of dad's army, you'll see the news is much smoother Mash - -- Matthew O'Neill - MashMan HTTP://www.mashman.co.uk ERROR #0666: Computer posessed. "So it believes it's a MAC...So what!" ------------------------------ message 49357 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49357 From: Robert Johnston Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:11:10 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew O'Neill [mailto:mash@myamiga.freeserve.co.uk] > Sent: 01 January 1978 00:13 > To: afb@egroups.com > Subject: [afb] Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) > > Watch a new news program and then an old episode of dad's > army, you'll see > the news is much smoother Also, a Cheap TV-Movie has the same "Feel" to it, as they're shot at 25fps to save on production costs (Half the Video Tape, y'see)... Maybe... -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk ------------------------------ message 49358 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49358 From: "Ben Vost" Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:11:57 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B2BA9EE3@THE_EXCHANGE> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Robert, >> Watch a new news program and then an old episode of dad's >> army, you'll see >> the news is much smoother > Also, a Cheap TV-Movie has the same "Feel" to it, as they're shot at 25fps > to save on production costs (Half the Video Tape, y'see)... No, not really. 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 49359 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49359 From: Robert Johnston Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:17:19 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Vost [mailto:ben.vost@futurenet.co.uk] > Sent: 29 February 2000 16:12 > To: afb@egroups.com > Subject: [afb] Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) > > >> Watch a new news program and then an old episode of dad's > >> army, you'll see > >> the news is much smoother > > > Also, a Cheap TV-Movie has the same "Feel" to it, as > they're shot at 25fps > > to save on production costs (Half the Video Tape, y'see)... > > No, not really. I'm sure I've seen some TV shows that appeared to only have half the frames... Prolly my eyes, tho... -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk ------------------------------ message 49360 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49360 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:32:39 -0800 From: "David McMinn" In-Reply-To: <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B2BA9EE4@THE_EXCHANGE> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > Also, a Cheap TV-Movie has the same "Feel" to it, as > > they're shot at 25fps > > > to save on production costs (Half the Video Tape, y'see)... > > > > No, not really. > > I'm sure I've seen some TV shows that appeared to only have half the > frames... Prolly my eyes, tho... The slow motion camera on Match of the Day (possibly only the English games) probably works at 50 frames per second, although they are only 50 half frames. Still smooth. Contrast that to (if anyone is lucky enough ;) the cameras used by scottish TV for the games up here, they'll be 25 full frames per second, and jerk-o-vision. ------------------------------ message 49361 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49361 From: Rick Hodger Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:05:54 +0000 In-Reply-To: <38BC1685.6B5A@knowles-hill.devon.sch.uk> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: FTP Server MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I watched as xatiminey hammered "[afb] Re: FTP Server" out on their keyboard... > Sealey, M. wrote: >> Oh no you don't, SMB-Handler is a travesty of programming, >> for it will gladly make your machine explode at the slightest >> nudge (and verily it doth cause much of a muchness of >> Enforcer and GuardianAngel hits!) >> >> Or he could get an FTP client? :) >> > For a client to work, you also need a server, do ye not? > In which case ftp4all should do the trick, as it was what I used. > http://ftp.unina.it/pub/aminet/comm/tcp/FTP4ALL226a.lha Pah! You want to use that nice Unix port of wu-ftpd that I'm using :) > alternatively, you could use pc2amiga which was on AACD4, IIRC. Of course, there is a simpler answer. Why not use one of the freeware (and somewhat easier to setup) FTP servers for the PC (WarFTPd was one I think) and then just use an FTP client on the miggy? -- Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com Anti Spam Sig - Remove the spaces You know it's a bad day when the blind date turns out to be your ex-wife. ------------------------------ message 49362 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49362 From: "Daniel Thornton" Date: 29 Feb 2000 16:33:00 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B2BA9EE3@THE_EXCHANGE> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:11:10 -0000, RJohnston@SIMPLY.CO.UK wibbled... > Also, a Cheap TV-Movie has the same "Feel" to it, as they're shot at 25fps > to save on production costs Most TV movies are shot on video to save money, and the grainy, film-like effect is added in post-production. For an example of how to do this really badly, see Grange Hill in about half an hour. (Peeps interested in this type of thing are urged to join the MHP Chat mailing list; http://www.meldrum.co.uk/mhp/) -- 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 49363 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49363 Date: 29 Feb 2000 15:51:4 +0000 From: "Neil Bothwick" In-Reply-To: <89gkao$kfv7@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga MCC??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Toffypops said, > Anyone here who know how FAR the MCC dezign had developed when > it was canceled?... > Looking back at pictures of the old possible miggy makes me wonder > how much more work had to be done to get it on the marked... The case was finished, they only had to make the silicon stuff that goes inside :-/ Neil -- Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider http://www.wire.net.uk -- Last one out, turn off the computer! ------------------------------ message 49364 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49364 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:58:55 -0800 (PST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mirrorball?= X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hey! > is it true there is another amiga mag called Amiga > Active ? Yep, and darn fine mag it is too. > > is so where can i get it from ? Any local Newsagent, WH Smiths (if it's not on the shelf they can order it) DAN ===== ----------------------------------------------------------- DAN WOOD - dan@mirrorball.8m.com Editor of Mirrorball on-line - http://mirrorball.8m.com Mirrorball-Garage http://www.clubradio.net/garage/index.htm Producer/Presenter of Mirrorball Garage Sessions Radio Show The DEFINITIVE Soulful Garage Sound! ----------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ message 49365 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49365 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:54:39 +0000 From: Christopher Ross-Gill References: <89gsb6$sbq3@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit David McMinn wrote: > > Contrast that to (if anyone is lucky enough ;) the cameras used by > scottish TV for the games up here, they'll be 25 full frames per > second, and jerk-o-vision. Conjures up images of Only an Excuse's take on Football First :-) (Scottish First Division TV show for the uninitiated) - Chris ------------------------------ message 49366 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49366 From: "Tony" Date: 29 Feb 100 17:00:06 +0100 In-Reply-To: <89gkao$kfv7@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga MCC??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Toffy, > Anyone here who know how FAR the MCC dezign had developed when > it was canceled?... > > Looking back at pictures of the old possible miggy makes me wonder > how much more work had to be done to get it on the marked... > > I know it't not in develop, but it seemed like everything went ok until > they pulled the money from the project... > > I just wish it could become a reality...one day... > > *sighn* > > > Toffy > A friend of mine was in Birmingham the other week and went into a Gateway store there and reckons he saw a picture of a new Gateway pc due to be released that looked very familiar?Perhaps the money spent on designing the mould is more important to the big G than offending this community. Bye now Tony. -- ******************* AMIGA * 1200T 030 32fastram * 3,5 GIG HD 24 CDROM * RUNNING ON OS3.5 * EPSON 740 TURBOPRINT 7 * SURF WITH VOYAGER 3 * NETCONNECT 3 * ******************* ------------------------------ message 49367 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49367 From: "Sean Courtney" Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:02:25 -0500 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Active MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> is it true there is another amiga mag called Amiga >> Active ? > >Yep, and darn fine mag it is too. > >> >> is so where can i get it from ? > >Any local Newsagent, WH Smiths (if it's not on the >shelf they can order it) Nobody carries it here in the states; not even the WH Smith shops here. :( [At least I have a subscription! And AF can be purchased at Borders and B&N, albeit the issue that was on their shelves last weekend was the one with the PDAs on the cover!] ------------------------------ message 49368 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49368 From: "Sealey, M." Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:25:31 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I'm sure I've seen some TV shows that appeared to only have half the > frames... Prolly my eyes, tho... Ha! Like your eyes are good enough to see the difference anyway! -- Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk Distributed Systems Support Computer Centre University of Leicester ------------------------------ message 49369 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49369 From: "Sealey, M." Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:18:18 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I'm sure it's the poxy new HDTOOLBOX. :( I'm sure it could be, there are things I miss from the OLD HDToolbox... > Everything worked fine until I tried to add a new partition by making > an existing one smaller. Bummer Drive crashed again kept asking for > ramlib which is in the OS31 rom. Huh?? "asking for ramlib"? > Fortunately I had got round to backing up my OS3.5 workbench partition > on an old 2.5 inch 500mb drive. I lost all my apps, but It hasn't taken > too long to get back up this time. This time I have made my Workbench > partition fastfile system rather than PFS2. So next time if it goes, I > can try using rdbsalv. You're using PFS2? Why? It's buggy, obseleted, causes no end of problems ANYWAY.. and you expect it to work nicely with OS3.5? PFS3 doesn't even work with it properly!! > BTW we are not the only ones, There have been a few people in > CSAM with the same problem. There are very few people on CSAM who aren't total idiots, I wouldn't use that as a guage of the problem :) -- Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk Distributed Systems Support Computer Centre University of Leicester ------------------------------ message 49370 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49370 From: Robert Johnston Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:14:04 -0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > -----Original Message----- > From: Sealey, M. [mailto:mws2@leicester.ac.uk] > Sent: 29 February 2000 16:26 > To: 'afb@egroups.com' > Subject: [afb] Re: Fillums (was: More A1200 Qs) > > > I'm sure I've seen some TV shows that appeared to only have half the > > frames... Prolly my eyes, tho... > > Ha! Like your eyes are good enough to see the difference anyway! They are! Like my Ears are able to tell (Within 10 Hz) what frequency Feedback is... Mind you, I did work as a On-Stage Sound Engineer, so I had to. -- Robert Johnston (A.C.P.) Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers 0870 727 4020 x657 Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk ------------------------------ message 49371 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49371 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:51:24 -0800 From: rosswhiteford@yahoo.com X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] POLL: BT Flat Rate Internet Access MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is the BT Flat Rate Internet access at =A335 per month good value for money? = Would you use it instead of Telewests cheaper flat rate service? ---- Please select one of the following: o Yes, Definitely o Maybe o No o Definitely not by going to the following Web form: http://www.egroups.com/vote?id=3D951846684929&listname=3Dafb Thank you! ------------------------------ message 49372 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49372 From: "Kevin Fairhurst" Date: 29 Feb 2000 17:50:52 +0000 In-Reply-To: <89h0us+jcur@eGroups.com> X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: POLL: BT Flat Rate Internet Access MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:51:24 -0800, (rosswhiteford@yahoo.com) wrote: > Is the BT Flat Rate Internet access at 35 per month good value for money? Would you use it instead of Telewests cheaper flat rate service? > AFB: All polls MUST have dates Need I say more/ You also worded it wrong becuase i'm already on Telewest's SurfUnlimited offering :-) Kev -- Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM ------------------------------ message 49373 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49373 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:56:04 -0800 From: "eGroups.com Poll Results" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Voting Results: How do you create AmigaGuide files? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here are the results of the vote: 1. What are AmigaGuide files? 1 2. I use Heddley but then optimize by hand 2 3. I use a utility such as Heddley 2 4. I use both, depending on how I feel 2 5. I use something else 2 6. I hand-code them 15 7. I don't create AmigaGuide files 23 ------------------------------ message 49374 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49374 From: roger buckley Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:27:02 +0000 X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] hardfiles MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi everyone, Anyone any ideas how to mount a hardfile with the suffix .hdf?. Kind regards -- Roger Amiga 1200, Viper 68030 Mk V Accel with 50Mhz FPU and 8 MBFast, Seagate 410MB 2.5" internal HD and 800MB SCSI HD in a midi tower with 4xCDRom. 56k Modem, Power Port Junr Serial IF G.Image Hand Scanner & Citizen Swift Printer. Website:-http://callnetuk.com/home/rogerbu ICQ-62990780 Robuck2 Anyone can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error. -- Cicero ------------------------------ message 49375 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49375 From: Oliver Esberger Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:08:57 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Re: OS3.5 Emergency disk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Matt, On 29-Feb-00, you wrote: > You're using PFS2? Why? It's buggy, obseleted, causes no end of > problems ANYWAY.. and you expect it to work nicely with OS3.5? > PFS3 doesn't even work with it properly!! Of course it does. I'm using PFS2 with OS3.5 without any problems. And maybe it is indeed buggy, but strangely I've never noticed... Oh, and several times I've lost data due to invalidated FFS partitions, but since I've installed PFS2 not even the worst crash could do harm to my data... Honestly, why do you say things about PFS2/3 that are simply untrue? (Did I just ask Matt /this/ question? Bad idea :) Regards -- Oliver Esberger - mailto:oliver@websale.de ------------------------------ message 49376 ------------------------------ http://www.eGroups.com/list/afb/?start=49376 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:26:38 -0800 From: "Phil Allen" X-Mailing-List: afb@egroups.com Subject: [afb] Your favourite computer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Whoops. Anyway. I am forced to break my self imposed silence to relay news I viewed on another list. Check out: http://www.internet-support.net/cgi-bin/vote_ask.pl Yes, the Amiga is running away with over 70% of the vote so far. :) Regards, Phil ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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.