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47397. Vinny Mainolfi            Amiga Format on a diet!
47398. Nick Lamburn              Re: Sorry for being a little OT but I'm worried..
47399. Erol Ismael               Re: Commodore 64s OT [WAS Moon on A Stick OT]
47400. Erol Ismael               Z4 Boards and Towers
47401. Mark Wilson               Re: Amiga Format on a diet!
47402. Ben Vost                  Re: Why this nickname for Cathy?
47403. Ben Vost                  Re: Hello, I'm new !
47404. Ben Vost                  Re: AF135
47405. Ben Vost                  Re: OT Complicity
47406. Ben Vost                  Re: mftpII from vapor.
47407. Ben Vost                  Re: Guess what's on AF135?
47408. Neil Bothwick             Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97....
47409. Ben Vost                  Re: Last year's (?) reader surveys
47410. Nick Lamburn              Re: Hello, I'm new !
47411. Ben Vost                  Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys
47412. Ben Vost                  Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97....
47413. Ben Vost                  Re: Amiga Format on a diet!
47414. Nick Lamburn              Re: Amiga Format on a diet!
47415. Tudor Davies              Where's Tudor (broken leg) was  Sorry for being
47416. Nick Lamburn              Re: Where's Tudor (broken leg) was  Sorry for bei
47417. =?iso-8859-1?q?Mirrorball?= Re: Amiga Format on a diet!
47418. [e-mail]    AFCDFind
47419. [e-mail]    Re: Guess what's on AF135?
47420. Robert Johnston           Re: Guess what's on AF135?
47421. Mad Matt                  Pirated OS3.5
47422. [e-mail]    Re: Pirated OS3.5
47423. Mark Bond                 Re: AF135
47424. Kevin Fairhurst           Re: AFB addiction
47425. Kevin Fairhurst           Re: Where's Colin gone?
47426. Kevin Fairhurst           Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys
47427. Kevin Fairhurst           Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys
47428. Paul Laycock              Re: Z4 Boards and Towers
47429. roger buckley             Re: Where's Tudor (broken leg) was  Sorry for bei
47430. roger buckley             Re: AFCDFind
47431. [e-mail]. POLL: Should the orange colour scheme in AF be ba
47432. adam james                To all the AF team and Amiga users
47433. Robert Johnston           Re: what do u use ur miggy 4???
47434. Paul Laycock              Re: Stupid IDE Zip Drive
47435. Paul Laycock              Re: what do u use ur miggy 4???
47436. Paul Laycock              Re: Sorry for being a little OT but I'm worried..
47437. Paul Laycock              Re: AFB addiction
47438. Paul Laycock              Re: Pirated OS3.5
47439. Dauber                    Re: Amiga Format on a diet!
47440. Nick Lamburn              Re: what do u use ur miggy 4???
47441. Nick Lamburn              Re: AFB addiction
47442. Nick Lamburn              Re: Sorry for being a little OT but I'm worried..
47443. John Bragg                Re: Guess what's on AF135?
47444. Tina Ward                 Guardian Angel for A1200
47445. Tudor Davies              I love AMIGA Inc. (A4000T rails and workbench.lib
47446. Paul Laycock              Re: Guardian Angel for A1200
47447. Paul Laycock              Re: Amiga? Portable? With my reputation?
47448. Mad Matt                  Power Probs
47449. Robert Johnston           Re: Power Probs
47450. Neil Bothwick             Re: what do u use ur miggy 4???
47451. Errol                     Speculation (was Guess what's on AF135?)
47452. Errol                     Re: Guess what's on AF135?
47453. Kevin Fairhurst           Re: Speculation (was Guess what's on AF135?)
47454. Matthew O'Neill           Re: Guess what's on AF135?
47455. Matthew O'Neill           Re: More silly ideas from a newbie
47456. Matthew O'Neill           Re: AFB addiction
47457. Matthew O'Neill           validity
47458. Matthew O'Neill           Re: browsers
47459. Matthew O'Neill           Re: FreesiteUK
47460. Matthew O'Neill           bt go home
47461. Matthew O'Neill           Re: Sound cards
47462. Matthew O'Neill           Re: What is going on ?
47463. Matthew O'Neill           Re: Guess what's on AF135?
47464. Eyetech tech assistance   Re: Power Probs
47465. Robert Johnston           Re: bt go home
47466. Paul Laycock              Re: validity
47467. Matthew O'Neill           Re: Where's Colin gone?
47468. Chris Green               Re: bt go home
47469. Ben Vost                  Re: Where's Colin gone?
47470. Matthew O'Neill           Re: Where's Colin gone?
47471. Kevin Fairhurst           Re: Power Probs
47472. Kevin Fairhurst           Re: Sound cards
47473. Chris Livermore           Aminet - Shameless plug
47474. robert                    PC game with a sense of Amiga related humor
47475. Dauber                    Re: Aminet - Shameless plug
47476. Sandy Brownlee            Theme of Amiga
47477. Rick Hodger               Re: AF135
47478. Rick Hodger               Re: Pirated OS3.5
47479. Rick Hodger               Re: what do u use ur miggy 4???
47480. Rick Hodger               Re: mftpII from vapor.
47481. Neil Bothwick             Re: bt go home
47482. Neil Bothwick             Re: Where's Colin gone?
47483. Simon Jenkins             Re: what do u use ur miggy 4???
47484. Sandy Brownlee            Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97....
47485. Peter Hutchison           Re: 3.5 memory probs
47486. Peter Hutchison           Re: HD Backup
47487. Peter Hutchison           Re: OS3.5 features
47488. fool                      Re: (Fwd) AF submissions
47489. Dauber                    Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97....
47490. Sean FT                   Re: Pirated OS3.5
47491. Sean FT                   :Helllooo
47492. Simon Mason               Re: :Helllooo
47493. Matthew O'Neill           Re: Amiga Format on a diet!
47494. Matthew O'Neill           Re: what do u use ur miggy 4???
47495. Matthew O'Neill           Re: Power Probs
47496. Matthew O'Neill           where ya java* gone..... wheres ya java*gone!? (*
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:43:39 -0800
From: "Vinny Mainolfi" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Amiga Format on a diet!
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Now I know that Amiga news and software is scarce these days, but does
this mean that we have to pay =A35.99 for a "cutdown, diet, slimline,
comic" issue?
As I remember, Commodore Format went EXACTLY the same way and then
disappeard within a few months. PLEASE don't let this happen to Amiga
Format.

To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to
the fact that I feel I am paying =A35.99 for nothing!

This is a VERY sad day for Amiga users :(



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:58:15 -0800
From: "Nick Lamburn" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Steve,

> It Should take 1-3 day's as it's not guaranteed
> next day, maybe you ought to cancel the cheque and
> send another!!

Well yesterday I got a very nice phonecall! :)) Almost a week later bar
a day; the cheque arrived! :)) Whew, just about to cancel the cheque an
all! :)

Thanks everyone for helping me through this difficult time ;) :)

> A600,  Apollo 68030 33Mhz,  16mb Fast Ram,
> Running OS3.5
> 800mb IDE hard drive, 4x IDE Mitsumi CDrom drive
> Amiga Fax Modem, Epson LQ100+ Printer
> Commodore MPS 1270 Inkjet Printer
> Cumana Second Disk Drive.

Ooooh, nifty A600, I'm gonna do the same with my A600 (all the bits are
ordered and are one the way! :) and use it as a portable Amiga and Mac
(Fusion! :)

> Getting an A1200, at last!

But make sure you keep the A600 with all the gear; stick it in a
briefcase and you have a portable Miggy...  Like me :)  Now all I need
is a CD-ROM, maybe a Reno Mediavision iirc or a slimline power
computing one... :)

I do have an A1240T btw... :)

All the best,

Nick.



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:59:48 -0800
From: "Erol Ismael" <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To:  <876683$[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Re: Commodore 64s OT [WAS Moon on A Stick OT]
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I agree, I still have my 128D and C64 with loads of loads of stuff.
I even logon to the internet to access BBS sites and it works like a
dream.


"nick lamburn" <[e-mail]> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=44913
> Hi Chris,
>
> > > I must admit to never been a fan of the C64 basic, I
> > > mean the C64 itself was a wonder machine, but I always
> > > preffered the Plus/4 (yes!) Basic 3.5 was much
> > > better... guess I'm one in a million though :)
> >
> > Actually you're not. I hated the C64. I progressed to the Amiga via
> the ZX80
> > and ZX81, followed by the main Z80 machines (Speccy and Amstrad
CPC).
> > However along the way I did get a Plus/4 - which I still have and
> thought
> > was very cool - much nicer than a 64 (nicer keyboard for a start).
>
> The C64 was better! :-)  Though CBM BASIC 3.5 did have graphical
> extensions iirc, unlike CBM BASIC 3.0 (and 2.0 iirc) which required
the
> 'Simon Says' extension; i think that was what it was called.  The
C64C,
> the later model had a better keyboard than the older brown/beige one,
> and looked a little like an A600, but not as good! :-)  I stand by my
> opinion, C64s were cool! :-)
>
> All the best,
>
> Nick
>



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 01:02:15 -0800
From: "Erol Ismael" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Z4 Boards and Towers
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Why is Eyetech taking so long to ship their Z4 boards with the new Z4
Tower?

Is any one else having this long frustrating wait?

Erol



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From: Mark Wilson <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:14:13 +0000
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On 16-Feb-00, Vinny wrote this:

> To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to
> the fact that I feel I am paying =A35.99 for nothing!

Well, I'm so glad to see that your helping Amiga Format *stay* in the
current market, Amiga Format, along with Amiga Active *BOTH* need your
support, Neither of them have lots of stuff to fill the pages with, Yet, =
if
you want to support the Amiga, and help nuture its future, you have to
support the grass root efforts that Amiga magazines provide.
 =

> This is a VERY sad day for Amiga users :(

Its a sadder day when ben and co have to go sign on, just because you don=
t
think the amount of work they do is 'worth' the money. I bet they do alot=

more than you do to keep things going. I can guess they break their balls=

every day to bring the very best they can, Same for Amiga Active.
 =

-- =

Mark 'tecno' Wilson  =


Team Member of AmiBench
Web: http://www.AmiBench.org
Email: [e-mail]



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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:37:23 +0000
In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Re: Why this nickname for Cathy?
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Hi jeremy,

> I am hoping that someone on this list (Ben or Rich) could explain why
> Cathy McKinnon was given the title ' Cathy "Rabbit Syndrome" McKinnon' in
> the 100th issue of AF?

Rich won't be able to - he wasn't here then. It's probably down to any one
of several factors - Cathy likes a lot of salad stuff, she's easily
frightened, she's got 400 children, she stands in front of oncoming cars...
Seriously, it was three years ago! Oh yeah, I know your clock doesn't work
properly, but please use an ntp server, or make sure it's near-enough right
beofre you post on here...

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Please use other door




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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:45:11 +0000
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Hi Grzegorz,

> Hello! I'm new on this list, so I would like to introduce my self. My name
> is Grzegorz (Gregory or something like that), I'm from Poland. I'm amiga
> user - my config is like in signature.  So.... OK, I have nothing else to
> say... Bye ;D

> PS. I don't know that it's forbiden to send mails like this, so if it is -
> I'm sorry. And sorry about my strange english - but I'm still learning ;D

Welcome, and don't worry about your english - it's better than some of the
other english on here, and that's from people from the UK!

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
*Pisces*: /(Feb 19-Mar 20)/ You will be spiritually and emotionally
unprepared for the events of next Thursday, though nothing
particularly notable is expected to happen.




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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:51:30 +0000
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Hi Daniel,

> Hmmm, let's see....
> poor sales...the producers has all but left the market...

> Is it Netconnect3, Mark?

Ooh you're close, but it's not her. I'm afraid the prize money has to go
down to a fiver...

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Whhhhooooooooooooooooooooo?!!!?!?!




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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:55:38 +0000
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Hi Gerald,

> Just a mention... like "We played XXX on my friend's Amiga". Not an
> exact quote, or anything near it, but it was that kind of thing. Given
> that it was written in the early 90s though, it shouldn't be too
> surprising.

It's full of quotes or references that make you think Iain Banks is a groovy
dude, what with the talk of the Pixies, etc...

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Turn the record player down", said Tom disquietingly.




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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:57:28 +0000
In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Re: mftpII from vapor.
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Hi Andy,

> Dopus is cool for FTP, but 5.5 doesn't copy folders, which is
> irritating (does Magellan? I plan to finaly upgrade after I've bought
> ImageFX), and the reason i use FTPmount along with FBACK instead.

Yes, it does. It can also do passive ftp between ftp sites (none of that
copying a file to your hard drive to have to copy it back out again to a
different site).

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Whhhhooooooooooooooooooooo?!!!?!?!




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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:58:17 +0000
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Hi Jani,

> It would be nice to see this program resurrected & updated - it is just=

> the type of program I=B4d need to do CorelDraw-type stuff (like webpage=

> banners etc). Some old CUCD (16?) had V2lite and I played around with
> it a bit; very nice.

The lite version was on our CD for a while too - in the tools drawer.

All the best,
-- =

Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
try this: http://www.vcnet.com/bms/




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Date: 16 Feb 2000 9:23:31 +0000
From: "Neil Bothwick" <[e-mail]>
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Dauber said,

> Well, I've been freelance-typing for someone, and one of my at the magazine
> suggested a fee I should charge the guy according to the number of
> characters I type.

It's more normal to charge by the word.

> Anyway...anybody know of any macros for Final Writer that will count
> characters? Or a program that will count 'em in an ASCII file? I checked
> Aminet, no luck.

I use wc, which shows the number of lines, words and characters. It's
part of GeekGadgets, so it probably needs ixemul.library.


Neil
--
Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet
The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
http://www.wire.net.uk
--
Procedure: (n.) a method of performing a program sub-task in an inefficient
           way by extensively using the stack instead of a GOTO.



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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:02:04 +0000
In-Reply-To: <002701bf7819$ac253ba0$1e829fd4@no1>
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Hi Jonathan,

>> Sorry, I dropped the ball on it, I still have them here.

> Do you want my address then?  Is it happening [dude]?  Don`t bother with
> the mail bombs tho cos I`ll probably give you my work address ;-)

Yep. Send it and you'll get a large bundle in the post reet soon.

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Turn the record player down", said Tom disquietingly.




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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:07:55 -0800
From: "Nick Lamburn" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Grzegorz and Ben,

> > Hello! I'm new on this list, so I would like to introduce my self.
My name
> > is Grzegorz (Gregory or something like that), I'm from Poland. I'm
amiga
> > user - my config is like in signature.  So.... OK, I have nothing
else to
> > say... Bye ;D
>
> > PS. I don't know that it's forbiden to send mails like this, so if
it is -
> > I'm sorry. And sorry about my strange english - but I'm still
learning ;D
>
> Welcome, and don't worry about your english - it's better than some
of the
> other english on here, and that's from people from the UK!

Yes, do not feel intimidated by this language barrier or anything, we
are glad to have a new afb recruit and I for one jope you find this a
very helpful resource like so many others do.  I guess my English is
pretty bad when it compares to that of of non native English speakers.
Personally, I am not at all able to speak in Polish, though I am quite
good in my French and Italian and little German... :)

Have Fun! :)

All the best,

Nick.

> All the best,
> --
> Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: (+44) 01225
442244
> Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> *Pisces*: /(Feb 19-Mar 20)/ You will be spiritually and emotionally
> unprepared for the events of next Thursday, though nothing
> particularly notable is expected to happen.
>
>



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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:06:41 +0000
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Hi Gerald,

> IIRC (I'm using a PC here too) you can get ' on an Amiga keyboard
> by pressing Alt+`

With the GB keymap you get ' by hitting the key at the top-left of the
keyboard marked with a ` and ~. To get a backtick, you hit alt+`.

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Amiga Format - your only alternative is computing suicide...




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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:08:01 +0000
In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
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Hi Dauber,

> Well, I've been freelance-typing for someone, and one of my at the
> magazine suggested a fee I should charge the guy according to the number
> of characters I type. Great, I thought, until just a few minutes ago when
> I realized that Final Writer 97 doesn't have a character count in its
> "Statistics" thing, unlike Microsquish Turd.... [boy, that sounds mature!]

Characters?! Most people charge by the word...

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Want to send something for the CD? Read Submissions Advice on the
AFCD first.




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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:09:44 +0000
In-Reply-To: <88dnvr$[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Format on a diet!
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Hi Vinny,

> Now I know that Amiga news and software is scarce these days, but does
> this mean that we have to pay =A35.99 for a "cutdown, diet, slimline,
> comic" issue? =

> As I remember, Commodore Format went EXACTLY the same way and then
> disappeard within a few months. PLEASE don't let this happen to Amiga
> Format.

It's not *us* that lets this happen, it's people who won't pay for the
magazine any longer...

> To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to
> the fact that I feel I am paying =A35.99 for nothing!

Doh!

All the best,
-- =

Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Try: http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/




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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:20:14 -0800
From: "Nick Lamburn" <[e-mail]>
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Hi  Mark,

> > To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to
> > the fact that I feel I am paying =A35.99 for nothing!
>
> Well, I'm so glad to see that your helping Amiga Format *stay* in the
> current market, Amiga Format, along with Amiga Active *BOTH* need your
> support, Neither of them have lots of stuff to fill the pages with,
Yet, if
> you want to support the Amiga, and help nuture its future, you have to
> support the grass root efforts that Amiga magazines provide.

That's so true Mark.  I pay =A35.99 for AF each month, it's 80 odd pages
and it has a CD.  PC Format is two and half times as big, two cds if
iirc, for =A34.99.  But consider that the quality of PC Format is rubbish
IMO compared to the hard graft Ben, Rich, the freelancers put into AF.
For =A36 this month you get a PC and Macintosh emulator, both of
extremely high calibre.  AF is worth anybody's money because despite it
being as Ben describes '98% page free'; it still contains as much as it
ever has done really in the past year or two.  Ben's problem is
advertising, the lack of.  The magazine's size largely depends on
Advertsing revenue.  If the Magazine is bigger; it's representitive of
the amount of adverts.  Consider that you also get extremely high
production values from a dedicated editorial team; AF is a role model
for other magazines of any genre.

The fact is the Amiga market it sick; and there are very few products
released with a dire lack of software; but a deluge of hardware.  One
word, Piracy and also development time and cost.

I personally applaud Ben and Rich and the whole team; because without
their dedication it's quite likely AF would have closed by now.

Besides, I like the new look; it's much better with a stapled binding
and the whole thingy in general.  If and when AF gets more adverts and
products to actually increase in size; I suggest it stays with the
staple binding, which i like much more... :)

> > This is a VERY sad day for Amiga users :(
>
> Its a sadder day when ben and co have to go sign on, just because you
dont
> think the amount of work they do is 'worth' the money. I bet they do
alot
> more than you do to keep things going. I can guess they break their
balls
> every day to bring the very best they can, Same for Amiga Active.

AmigActive and Amiga Format needs everybodies support; no matter the
size of the magazine, the real gems are the writing content, which is
asorbing, entertaining, informative and an authoritive reference.  Ben,
Rich et al are the people which need our support; if you're going to
take the attituide that standards have fell because the size of the
magazine is smaller; then you could not be further from the truth...

Keep up the OUTSTANDING and DEDICATED work, that's ALL the AF team...

All the best,

Nick.




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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:26:44 +0100
From: Tudor Davies <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <888std$[e-mail]>
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On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 04:37:01AM -0800, Nick Lamburn wrote:

> And where is Tudor... :)

I am currently laid up at my house with one of my legs in the air.

I fell down the stairs on Wednesday night carrying a 29" TV and broke my
right leg/ankle in 4 places.

I had an operation on Sunday to put 2 plates and 10 screws in my leg, but it
was successful :) I now have 6 weeks without walking on it, then back to get
one of the screws out and then another 4 weeks in plaster - yippee :(

Anyway, I'm now back online (biggest bummer about hospital) and have plenty
of time on my hands :)

btw I didn't drop the TV...

l8r
--

Tudor Davies                         Running Amiga, Mac, PC & Unices
                                     Technology in Perfect Harmony
Team Member of AmiBench
Web: http://www.AmiBench.org         Specialist in Internet Security & ISP
Email: [e-mail]               Support (RADIUS, Firewalls & Routing)
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:38:27 -0800
From: "Nick Lamburn" <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To:  <[e-mail]>
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Hi Tudor (again!), :)

> > And where is Tudor... :)
>
> I am currently laid up at my house with one of my legs in the air.
>
> I fell down the stairs on Wednesday night carrying a 29" TV and broke
my
> right leg/ankle in 4 places.

Ouch! :)  BTW: Tudor just e-mailed me to let me know of his
predicament...
Like I say, I hope you have a successful recovery...

> I had an operation on Sunday to put 2 plates and 10 screws in my leg,
but it
> was successful :) I now have 6 weeks without walking on it, then back
to get
> one of the screws out and then another 4 weeks in plaster - yippee :(

Looks like your going to be having lots of fun Tudor, we'll try to keep
you entertained here on afb.... :)

> Anyway, I'm now back online (biggest bummer about hospital) and have
plenty
> of time on my hands :)

You'll need it with all the E-Mails you'll have! :))

> btw I didn't drop the TV...

Bet if you could have not broke your ankle but dropped the TV you would
have rather done just that! :)

Like I said Mate, Hope you have a successful recovery, and be more
careful in the future.... :)

28" TV.....  Wow! :)

/me was impressed with his 14" portable till now :)

All the best,

Nick.



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:40:52 -0800 (PST)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mirrorball?= <[e-mail]>
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Hey!

> > > To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the
> current issue due to
> > > the fact that I feel I am paying 5.99 for
> nothing!

Entirely your choice, I just picked it up and bought
it as usual (and I don't even use an Amiga these
days!), I didn't even really notice much difference,
wasn't too keen on the card-CD cover though, but no
big problem, just the card tore when I removed the
tape.

>
> That's so true Mark.  I pay 5.99 for AF each month,
> it's 80 odd pages
> and it has a CD.  PC Format is two and half times as
> big, two cds if
> iirc, for 4.99.  But consider that the quality of
> PC Format is rubbish

The way I see it is that the CD alone is worth the 6,
an Aminet CD would cost you around a tenner, and
theres much more on the AFCDs and reader contributions
and all the rest.  The mag is still a good read, just
two less drinks in the club on a Friday night innit?!

> Besides, I like the new look; it's much better with
> a stapled binding
> and the whole thingy in general.  If and when AF
> gets more adverts and
> products to actually increase in size;

I've heard that one before :)

But AF is still a wicked read, better than ever I
think, I enjoy it as much now as did back in the day
(1992 era), and as I said I haven't used an Amiga for
months, but I still buy the two mags, reading them
keeps me in touch with what's going on, and 6 a month
'aint too much to ask is it?  I mean what's that?
1.50 a week?  C'mon!

DAN


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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:42:04 -0800
From: [e-mail]
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Subject: [afb] AFCDFind
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When I try to add for CDs to the filter on the new AFCD, it will not go
below 40.
I can select them but they won't be added to the custom list. Can
anyone help?



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:48:50 -0800
From: [e-mail]
In-Reply-To:  <000c01bf7818$d7c62ae0$1e829fd4@no1>
X-Mailing-List: [e-mail]
Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?
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Is it a prize of 5 pounds?



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From: Robert Johnston <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:00:33 -0000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: 16 February 2000 10:49
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: [afb] Re: Guess what's on AF135?
>=20
> Is it a prize of 5 pounds?

I believe so, and it's Miami (I think)
--=20
Robert Johnston (A.C.P.)
Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers
0870 727 4020 x657
Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk
=A35! =A35!... or not.


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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 03:07:11 -0800
From: "Mad Matt" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Pirated OS3.5
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I think I`ve just come across a pireted version of OS3.5.

Take a look at this UAE site: www.amiga.2y.net/uae.html.

It is stored in a ADF hardfile.

Im not sure what I can really do about stopping the piracy of this
software but those of you in the know might be able to. The piracy of
1.3-OS3.1 can not be stopped as it is spread far and wide but the
piracy of OS3.5 must stop and not be allowed to spread.

Matt
----



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 03:11:58 -0800
From: [e-mail]
In-Reply-To:  <88e0cv$[e-mail]>
X-Mailing-List: [e-mail]
Subject: [afb] Re: Pirated OS3.5
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> I think I`ve just come across a pireted version of OS3.5.
>
> Take a look at this UAE site: http://www.amiga.2y.net/uae.html.
>
> It is stored in a ADF hardfile.
>
Yep, that's 3.5 alright. I'll have to grass him up...I need 1000 pounds
at the moment.




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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:12:47 +0000
From: Mark Bond <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Re: AF135
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>
> > Is it Netconnect3, Mark?
>
> Ooh you're close, but it's not her. I'm afraid the prize money has to go
> down to a fiver...

Hmmmm,

In that case I'd guess at STFax

mark



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From: "Kevin Fairhurst" <[e-mail]>
Date: 16 Feb 2000 11:23:01 +0000
In-Reply-To: <88bovg$[e-mail]>
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 06:48:16 -0800, Paul Laycock ([e-mail]) wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> > /me quickly quits IE, whilst in Media (A Level), I'm adicted to AFB!
> :)
>
> Your not the only one. I've had to cut down on my AFB usage beacuse of
> an astronomically high phone bill  at work! ;)

I've an astronomically high one at home!  :(

Kev

--
Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM



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From: "Kevin Fairhurst" <[e-mail]>
Date: 16 Feb 2000 11:30:16 +0000
In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 15:46:21 +0000, Ben Vost ([e-mail]) wrote:

> > Please?
>
> Uh-uh, not even if you say "pretty please with sugar on top".

and currants in the middle??     ;)


Kev

--
Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM



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From: "Kevin Fairhurst" <[e-mail]>
Date: 16 Feb 2000 11:23:34 +0000
In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Re: Last years` (?) reader surveys
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 16:18:15 +0000, Gerald Mellor ([e-mail]) wrote:
> On 15 Feb 00, at 8:45, Kevin Fairhurst wrote:
>
> > And (while I'm at it) you were "wondering" that, not "wandering" ...
> >
> > And you used "whether" twice in the same sentance.
> >
> > Kev, strangely picky this morning ...
>
> This could go on forever... it's "sentence" :)

Deliberate mistake.  Honestly it was.

Kev

--
Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM



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From: "Kevin Fairhurst" <[e-mail]>
Date: 16 Feb 2000 11:35:26 +0000
In-Reply-To: <000d01bf7818$d8d2b8e0$1e829fd4@no1>
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:57:16 -0000, Jonathan Day ([e-mail]) wrote:
> Hi Kev

'lo

> Well now you know why I failed my GCSE English.  (It was possible in
> those days).  But "sentance"?...

Deliberate mistake            ;-)

Kev

--
Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 03:47:36 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To:  <88dp2n$[e-mail]>
X-Mailing-List: [e-mail]
Subject: [afb] Re: Z4 Boards and Towers
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Hi Erol,

> Why is Eyetech taking so long to ship their Z4 boards with the new Z4
> Tower?
>
> Is any one else having this long frustrating wait?

Not with the Z4, but with the BVision. ;)

Paul Laycock



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From: roger buckley <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:11:48 +0000
In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
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Hello Tudor

On 16-Feb-00, you wrote:

> I fell down the stairs on Wednesday night carrying a 29" TV and broke my
> right leg/ankle in 4 places.
>
Ooh nasty

> Anyway, I'm now back online (biggest bummer about hospital) and have plenty
> of time on my hands :)
>
glad you are back

> btw I didn't drop the TV...
>
You really have to get your priorities sorted out :) Mind you I seem to spend
half my time taking the wife to casualty. Since Xmas left wrist broken in two
places after a fall. Two weeks later right wrist broken after she tripped,
and last night chipped a bone in her elbow when she slipped on the stairs and
tried to prevent more damage to her wrists. All this and I AM the one who is
supposed to have brittle bones :)

Regards
--
Roger

Amiga 1200, Viper 68030 Mk V Accel with 50Mhz FPU and 8 MBFast, Seagate 410MB
2.5" internal HD and 800MB SCSI HD in a midi tower with 4xCDRom. 56k Modem,
Power Port Junr Serial IF G.Image Hand Scanner & Citizen Swift Printer.
Website:-http://callnetuk.com/home/rogerbu
ICQ-62990780 Robuck2
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is
time to reform.
-- Mark Twain




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From: roger buckley <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:15:42 +0000
In-Reply-To: <88duts$[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Re: AFCDFind
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Hello [e-mail]

On 16-Feb-00, you wrote:

> When I try to add for CDs to the filter on the new AFCD, it will not go
> below 40.
> I can select them but they won't be added to the custom list. Can
> anyone help?
>
>
The data for CDs prior to number 40 are .lzx compressed on the CD so to use
them you need to unpack them to your hard drive.
>
Regards
--
Roger

Amiga 1200, Viper 68030 Mk V Accel with 50Mhz FPU and 8 MBFast, Seagate 410MB
2.5" internal HD and 800MB SCSI HD in a midi tower with 4xCDRom. 56k Modem,
Power Port Junr Serial IF G.Image Hand Scanner & Citizen Swift Printer.
Website:-http://callnetuk.com/home/rogerbu
ICQ-62990780 Robuck2
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective
stories.
-- Arthur C. Clarke




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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 04:35:59 -0800
From: [e-mail]
X-Mailing-List: [e-mail]
Subject: [afb] POLL: Should the orange colour scheme in AF be banished?
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16/02/2000 - We all know that Ben Vost loves the orange colour scheme in AF ;) But what do you think? should it go?

----

Please select one of the following:

   o No, I love it .
   o It's O.K.
   o It's starting to look dated.
   o I'd rather not look at it.
   o For the love of god, get rid of it!!!


by going to the following Web form:

   http://www.egroups.com/vote?id=950704559574&listname=afb

Thank you!



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From: adam james <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:42:39 +0000
X-Mailing-List: [e-mail]
Subject: [afb] To all the AF team and Amiga users
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Hello, all

I have recieved a letter this morning from a Londen University which has
accepted me so the bad news is i will be selling my amiga and moving to
Londen ( I have a buyer so thats good) =


after 3 years at Uni i will buy another amiga and come back i promise
:-).

now for the list of thanks  =


Thanks to the Amiga users who have helped me on here in the past ,
present, and supporting my favorite machine. all the best =


thanks Ben Vost and the rest of the AF team for keeping my Favorite mag A=
LIVE keep up the good work chaps and good luck. =


Thanks to Neil bothwick for his ISP for miggy users , i did not
subscribe to this but its great :-)  =


Thanks to Marcel Beck . Holger Kruse , for there excellent TCP ,email
programs which are great. =


thnaks Chris Wiles for all the progs as the great advise on the phone =


And thanks for nothing you pirating b*stards :-(

PS: i am sorry if my comments over the past couple of days offended
someone.

All the best Amiga users and AF team =


-- =

Adam james

Amiga is in my heart =


Email address valid till Friday 18th February =









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From: Robert Johnston <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:45:19 -0000
X-Mailing-List: [e-mail]
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Lewis [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: 16 February 2000 02:13
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: [afb] Re: what do u use ur miggy 4???
>
> I have...
>
> Amiga A4000
> 1 of IDE Zip Drive
> 1 of 8x SCSI2 Plextor CD ReWriter
> 3 of UDMA-66 Hard drives (1 6.4Gb IBM, 1 3.2Gb Samsung, 1 2.1Gb
> Quantumn)
> 3 of IDE CDROM Drives (1 48x Creative, 1 32x LG, 1 36x Sony)
> 19" Digital IBM flatscreen monitor
> other stuff aswell...but that's all i can be arsed to say at 2am!
>
> more when I feel like it!

/me scratches his head, Counts IDE devices, counts them again, and asks
"Huh? By my count that's 7 IDE devices in that system... AFAIK, that's not
possible, but I'd love to be proved wrong..."
--
Robert Johnston (A.C.P.)
Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers
0870 727 4020 x657
Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk
There... Are... Three... Lights...


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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 04:57:10 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To:  <[e-mail]>
X-Mailing-List: [e-mail]
Subject: [afb] Re: Stupid IDE Zip Drive
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Hi Sam,

> Setup:
> IDE Zip 100 via Eyetech 4 way Adapt running via IDEFix On OS3.5
> Problem:
> If I insert a Zip disk in the drive and press eject, it will normally
eject.
> Put the disk back in again and it will not let me eject (sometimes
does
> that the first time) there are no assigns or anything on the disks
set up
> or any programs being run. It will not me eject even after a reset
(Total
> Powerdown needed

Heh heh. I used to have this problem. Pain in the arse it is. I think
it has something to do with the buffered interface, because when it is
plugged into a PowerFlyer, it ejects straight away.
You could try running th 'Eject' program which is supplied with IDEFix.
Just drag'n'drop the Zip onto the appicon, and it usually ejects
straight away. Sorry, but no other fixs for you.

Paul Laycock



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:02:14 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To:  <88d131$[e-mail]>
X-Mailing-List: [e-mail]
Subject: [afb] Re: what do u use ur miggy 4???
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Hi Peter,

> Amiga A4000
> 1 of IDE Zip Drive
> 1 of 8x SCSI2 Plextor CD ReWriter
> 3 of UDMA-66 Hard drives (1 6.4Gb IBM, 1 3.2Gb Samsung, 1 2.1Gb
> Quantumn)
> 3 of IDE CDROM Drives (1 48x Creative, 1 32x LG, 1 36x Sony)
> 19" Digital IBM flatscreen monitor
> other stuff aswell...but that's all i can be arsed to say at 2am!
>
> more when I feel like it!

God damn it man, where do you fit all that stuff?!?

> oh, and all I use my amiga for is to show off really - and make PC
> hardware shop owners look stupid in front of their customers! (I'm
good
> at arguing - and at winning!)
> that bloke was well surprised when I told him the 8x Plextorwriter
> worked fine on my Amiga!
> should of seen how stupid he looked when his faced turned into a god
> damn cherry!

Cool! Its great to know that you know more than the sales assistant
when you walk into a computer shop.

Paul Laycock



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:06:36 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To:  <88dor7$[e-mail]>
X-Mailing-List: [e-mail]
Subject: [afb] Re: Sorry for being a little OT but I'm worried...
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Hi Nick,

> Ooooh, nifty A600, I'm gonna do the same with my A600 (all the bits
are
> ordered and are one the way! :) and use it as a portable Amiga and Mac
> (Fusion! :)
<SNIP>
> > Getting an A1200, at last!
<SNIP>
> But make sure you keep the A600 with all the gear; stick it in a
> briefcase and you have a portable Miggy...  Like me :)  Now all I need
> is a CD-ROM, maybe a Reno Mediavision iirc or a slimline power
> computing one... :)
> I do have an A1240T btw... :)

I have quite a souped up miggy, but I'm building my own powerhouse too!
(check out my building schedule in 'Features' then 'New System':
http://www.geocities.com/amipal/)

I was thinking of make myself a portable Amiga when I was at college a
couple of years ago, but, at the time, I didn't have a). any money, or
b). the technical skills required.

Paul Laycock



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:10:44 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Kev,

> > Your not the only one. I've had to cut down on my AFB usage beacuse
of
> > an astronomically high phone bill  at work! ;)
>
> I've an astronomically high one at home!  :(

So would I if I didn't have to use crummy IBrowse 2.1 to view it online
(for some reason AFB doesn't get posted to me... hmm)!

Paul Laycock



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:13:28 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To:  <88e0lu$[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Re: Pirated OS3.5
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Hi,

> > I think I`ve just come across a pireted version of OS3.5.
> >
> > Take a look at this UAE site: http://www.amiga.2y.net/uae.html.
> >
> > It is stored in a ADF hardfile.
> >
> Yep, that's 3.5 alright. I'll have to grass him up...I need 1000
pounds
> at the moment.

Damn his oily hide! I'll make orphans of his children (assuming he has
some).

I looked on the site (plus source) to see if there was anyway of
contacting this fool, but found nothing. Dang.

Paul Laycock



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From: "Dauber" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:23:08 -0500
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Subject: [afb] Re: Amiga Format on a diet!
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>Now I know that Amiga news and software is scarce these days, but does
>this mean that we have to pay 5.99 for a "cutdown, diet, slimline,
>comic" issue?


>To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to
>the fact that I feel I am paying 5.99 for nothing!


Well, someone has to pay their expenses. You'll notice there ain't much in
terms of advertising, and the companies that do advertise are for the most
part Amiga dealers. Amiga dealers don't rake in the bucks, you know, so they
can't afford to pay a lot for advertising.

It's all about advertising, my friend. That's why here in the States you can
pick up an issue of Vogue for only $3 or $4, and that thing is HUGE -- about
the size of a year's worth of Amiga Formats stacked. But when you actually
look at it, it has no more editorial content than Amiga Format. Who pays for
the extra pages? ADVERTISERS.

Take it from someone in the magazine biz.



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:28:17 -0800
From: "Nick Lamburn" <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To:  <1AF46531C3DCD3119F6500D0B723B4B24EFCB3@THE_EXCHANGE>
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Hi,

> > Amiga A4000
> > 1 of IDE Zip Drive
> > 1 of 8x SCSI2 Plextor CD ReWriter
> > 3 of UDMA-66 Hard drives (1 6.4Gb IBM, 1 3.2Gb Samsung, 1 2.1Gb
> > Quantumn)
> > 3 of IDE CDROM Drives (1 48x Creative, 1 32x LG, 1 36x Sony)
> > 19" Digital IBM flatscreen monitor
> > other stuff aswell...but that's all i can be arsed to say at 2am!
> >
> > more when I feel like it!
>
> /me scratches his head, Counts IDE devices, counts them again, and
asks
> "Huh? By my count that's 7 IDE devices in that system... AFAIK,
that's not
> possible, but I'd love to be proved wrong..."

Oh but it is, you could in fact if you had seven Zorro Slots 16 IDE
channels with a master and slave giving 32 IDE devices in theory! :)
Something called a Power Flyer 4000 or Buddha IDE will add lots of IDE
interfaces.. :)

All the best,

Nick.



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:37:23 -0800
From: "Nick Lamburn" <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To:  <88e7kk$[e-mail]>
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Hi Paul,

> > > Your not the only one. I've had to cut down on my AFB usage
beacuse
> of
> > > an astronomically high phone bill  at work! ;)
> >
> > I've an astronomically high one at home!  :(
>
> So would I if I didn't have to use crummy IBrowse 2.1 to view it
online
> (for some reason AFB doesn't get posted to me... hmm)!

Same here. :)  I have to use IE, Nutscrape or V3.  V3 is a pain because
it's table layout goes all manky in V3... :)

All the best,

Nick.



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:40:34 -0800
From: "Nick Lamburn" <[e-mail]>
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Hi,

> I have quite a souped up miggy, but I'm building my own powerhouse
too!
> (check out my building schedule in 'Features' then 'New System':
> http://www.geocities.com/amipal/)
>
> I was thinking of make myself a portable Amiga when I was at college a
> couple of years ago, but, at the time, I didn't have a). any money, or
> b). the technical skills required.

I don't have the skills either; I just bunged the machine as-is in a
briefcase; and add the other stuff like HD and CD-ROM.

Fits in very nice... :)

All the best,

Nick.



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From: John Bragg <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:57:04 -0000
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No idea myself, but if the hardfile containing MacOS 7.5.3 (or point
something) that Ben hinted at in AF 134 is included I'll be a happy man.

I currently spend a lot of my time running Shapeshifter under system 7.0
(thanks again Nick Lamburn for all your help) and installing MacOS can be a
real problem as Ben rightly pointed out.

John F Bragg
Multimedia Production Assistant
Multimedia Centre
Darlington College of Technology



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 06:10:16 -0800
From: "Tina Ward" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Guardian Angel for A1200
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I have been reading in the latest issue of AF about Guardian Angel a
programme which stops our beloved Amiga's from becoming unstable, I
have looked on Aminet for it but to no avail, Can anyone out there
please tell me if it is available for download, and if so where from.

Thanks
Tina



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:11:51 +0100
From: Tudor Davies <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] I love AMIGA Inc. (A4000T rails and workbench.library)
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Following on from a couple of threads a couple of weeks ago, I decided that
the best course would be to get the drive rails and the A4000T software
direct from AMIGA themselves - at least I would know they were the right
bits :)

Anyway, I sent of an email to orders requesting the above and asking for
details of the right bits to order so that I could place an order. Today I
received this:

======

Please give us your postal address, we will send the rails
and one set of diskets for free.

Best Regards

Andreas Steep
AMIGA International, Inc.

======

Is that brilliant service or what?

I love these guys :)
--

Tudor Davies                         Running Amiga, Mac, PC & Unices
                                     Technology in Perfect Harmony
Team Member of AmiBench
Web: http://www.AmiBench.org         Specialist in Internet Security & ISP
Email: [e-mail]               Support (RADIUS, Firewalls & Routing)
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 06:45:38 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Tina,

> I have been reading in the latest issue of AF about Guardian Angel a
> programme which stops our beloved Amiga's from becoming unstable, I
> have looked on Aminet for it but to no avail, Can anyone out there
> please tell me if it is available for download, and if so where from.

I think its part of the MMUlib archive, which has been on quite a few
AFCDs in the past.

Paul Laycock



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 06:47:38 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To:  <88e9ci$[e-mail]>
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Hi Nick,

> > I was thinking of make myself a portable Amiga when I was at
college a
> > couple of years ago, but, at the time, I didn't have a). any money,
or
> > b). the technical skills required.

> I don't have the skills either; I just bunged the machine as-is in a
> briefcase; and add the other stuff like HD and CD-ROM.
>
> Fits in very nice... :)

Do you have a custom LCD screen fitted t it, or do you just plug it
into a monitor when you want to use it? If this is the case (heh heh!)
it is more of a luggable Amiga than a portable. ;)

Paul Laycock



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 06:56:38 -0800
From: "Mad Matt" <[e-mail]>
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As I am suffering from the usual power problems assossiated with the
blizzppc and Bvision, I am enquiring as to whether or not a 250watt
power supply will help or not.

Currently I have A power tower with a 200w power supply and at the
moment even the power led strugles to come to life.

On my current power supply it does show that the 12v line is carrying
7amps and on a 250w power supply it carries 9amps on the 12v line. So
is it worth trying a 250w ps just to get my powerled back if nothing
else.

Matt
----



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From: Robert Johnston <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:15:46 -0000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mad Matt [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: 16 February 2000 14:57
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: [afb] Power Probs
>
> As I am suffering from the usual power problems assossiated with the
> blizzppc and Bvision, I am enquiring as to whether or not a 250watt
> power supply will help or not.
>
> Currently I have A power tower with a 200w power supply and at the
> moment even the power led strugles to come to life.
>
> On my current power supply it does show that the 12v line is carrying
> 7amps and on a 250w power supply it carries 9amps on the 12v line. So
> is it worth trying a 250w ps just to get my powerled back if nothing
> else.

If you're really up for it, we've got some 300w power supplies.
--
Robert Johnston (A.C.P.)
Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers
0870 727 4020 x657
Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk
I got the power!


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Date: 16 Feb 2000 14:3:27 +0000
From: "Neil Bothwick" <[e-mail]>
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Nick Lamburn said,

> Oh but it is, you could in fact if you had seven Zorro Slots 16 IDE
> channels with a master and slave giving 32 IDE devices in theory! :)
> Something called a Power Flyer 4000 or Buddha IDE will add lots of IDE
> interfaces.. :)

Each Bhudda card has 3 IDE interfaces, 6 devices. So you could run a
total of 44 devices, which would at least keep you warm.


Neil
--
Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet
The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
http://www.wire.net.uk
--
And all the Borg left was this copy of OS/2...



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From: Errol <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:46:41 +0100
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Hi Ben,

You evil bastard! You've really opened a can of worms with this one! What,
do you like watching them squirm? Maybe we should put them out of their
misery? No, perhaps not! hehehe

Go on, tell them it's a big wind-up. The only thing that's going to be on
AF135 is a CD (or 2 floppies) perhaps what these guys should really be
talking about is what "bonus" is contained on AFCD51!!!



best regards,


Errol
E.M.Computergraphic
 Developing award-winning CD-ROMS for the Amiga & PC
     CD-ROM compilers for Amiga Format magazine
Suppliers of high quality compatible Inkjet Cartridges

8 Edith Road, Clacton, Essex. CO15 1JU  United Kingdom
Tel: [phone]        Fax: [phone]
       ---- http://www.emcomp.demon.co.uk ----



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From: Errol <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:11:42 +0100
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Hi Jon,

-> Is that a big grin because you know, or because it`s a hellofa proggy?
-> Or both?

Both! I know, because I'm the AFCD compiler and I put it on the CD this
morning, and it's also "a hellofa proggy" ;-)


-> Jon, wandering if you`ve signed a NDA

Come to think of it, I haven't! ;-)

So technically I'm not bound to a legal agreement am I? I'm probably going
to face the "Wrath of Vost" for this but... wait for it... it's a program
and it works on Amigas! ;-)

Don't worry guys, I've just sent the AFCD51 masters off today so you won't have
to wait long now... ;-)


best regards,


Errol
E.M.Computergraphic
 Developing award-winning CD-ROMS for the Amiga & PC
     CD-ROM compilers for Amiga Format magazine
Suppliers of high quality compatible Inkjet Cartridges

8 Edith Road, Clacton, Essex. CO15 1JU  United Kingdom
Tel: [phone]        Fax: [phone]
       ---- http://www.emcomp.demon.co.uk ----



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From: "Kevin Fairhurst" <[e-mail]>
Date: 16 Feb 2000 16:24:01 +0000
In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:46:41 +0100, Errol ([e-mail]) wrote:

> Go on, tell them it's a big wind-up. The only thing that's going to be on
> AF135 is a CD (or 2 floppies) perhaps what these guys should really be
> talking about is what "bonus" is contained on AFCD51!!!

Which is?

Kev

--
Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM



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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:17:03 +0100
In-Reply-To: <889huv$[e-mail]>
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On 14-Feb-00, David McMinn wrote:

> Ben said "he's pretty much left" so it sounds like a not officially
> left, just not producing updates very often kind of thing. MiamiDx?
> Holger K's away playing Carl S and Rebol now...

Ohhh, MiamiDX please :) I doubt its magellan:

a) too big and expensive
b) GP haven't kicked the bucket yet
c) Ben wouldn't let it because it'd hurt 3.5 sales

Mash -
--
Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

Computers run on smoke.  If it leaks out it won't work







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:34:04 +0100
In-Reply-To: <889k0l$[e-mail]>
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On 14-Feb-00, Mr Halibut wrote:

> - Altivec G4 CPU
> - 128MB RAM
> - 6.4 GB hard drive

6.4? they dont make them that small anymore....

> - 32x CD-ROM drive (DVD option)

DVD minimum

> - 18" flat-screen monitor :^)

and they're stupidly expensive

Mash -
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Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

____________/oo\___________ What, No Taglines!?!?!







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:44:29 +0100
In-Reply-To: <88bovg$[e-mail]>
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On 15-Feb-00, Paul Laycock wrote:

>> /me quickly quits IE, whilst in Media (A Level), I'm adicted to AFB!
> :)

> Your not the only one. I've had to cut down on my AFB usage beacuse of
> an astronomically high phone bill  at work! ;)

You should take computing, its much easier to stay hidden ;) although I
couldnt read it today becasue some swine subbed me to the erotic toons
mailing list and the dirty website-o-meter went off the scale :/

Mash -
--
Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

Ura Redneck if your CB antenna is a danger to low-flying planes.







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:57:08 +0100
In-Reply-To: <88bk21$[e-mail]>
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On 15-Feb-00, Paul Laycock wrote:

> Only 500?! I have a good 1000 on my games partition - always. Speeds
> loading of Quake and DooM no end...

Now might be a good time to tell you that anything above makes no
difference. I'm not just saying it because thats what I've found, but
because anything above 300 litterally just sits ther doing nothing

Mash -
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Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

Less talk more Synthehol. (Said by Lt. Worf)







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:08:45 +0100
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On 14-Feb-00, Gerald Mellor wrote:

>> Dunno 'bout V3, though, cos
>> there doesn't seem to be a demo available for testing.

> Try ftp.ch.vapor.com/voyager/
> (I only say the Swiss one because i usually find that's fastest for me)

You haven't actually looked have you? there are demos on their site and on
aminet

Mash -
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Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

Easy credit terms available. - Satan.







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:12:17 +0100
In-Reply-To: <88bamr$[e-mail]>
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On 15-Feb-00, Malcolm Campbell wrote:

> I got my .co.uk for 5 and .com for 30, and transfered them to Mersinet
> because they installed REBOL when I asked them - a good company.

a co.uk addy only costs 5? do you have to pay anything else after that?

Mash -
--
Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

Bad Borg Bad Borg Whatcha gonna do when they assimilate you...







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:50:30 +0100
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Hi

@bt.co.uk doesn't exist!?? where can I send my abusive email??

Mash
--
Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

Love me....love my huskies!







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:15:54 +0100
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On 14-Feb-00, Kevin Fairhurst wrote:

> According to the BBOAHW

eh?

Mash -
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10 of 10 dentists recommend oral sex for their patients who have sex.







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:27:19 +0100
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On 14-Feb-00, adam james wrote:

>> You've not been on this list for long, have you? Or at least, you've
>> not been reading it.

> Since PC SCUM post on here i dont read it as much as i used to

>> AF have made a couple of cutbacks, perhaps you
>> hadn't noticed the Amiga scene isn't as big as it once was.

> Amiga has got a small scene but i support it as much as a can

> Pirates DROP DEAD

And your mental age averages around?......8, 9? No offense luvvy but from
what I've read of yours so far nothing seems to make any sense. pc scum?

Mash -
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JASSLA          Just Another Stupid Six-Letter Acronym







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:24:14 +0100
In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
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On 15-Feb-00, Ben Vost wrote:

>> But what about the fact that the software may act as competition
>> against other pieces of software in the market?

> Not much chance of that for any of the three(/four) titles that we have
> had, or will have...

Its not miami, that would kill genesis, cant really be any gfx program
because there are so many. I'm starting to think pfs or WW7.....

Mash -
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From: "Eyetech tech assistance" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:30:45 -0000
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This wont help. Its the voltage drop across the resistance of the tracks of
the motherboard thats causing the problem (V=I/R) and that'll be the same no
matter what wattage PSU you stick on the input side. The only solution is to
inject power on the PPC board itself - but you need to put it through a
filter to stop it getting electrical noise from the rest of your system.

We make a suitable filtered adapter BTW.

Eyetech Group Ltd
The Old Bank
12 West Green
Stokesley, North Yorkshire
TS9 5BB  UK

Sales lines (UK) 01642 713 185; 07000 4 AMIGA; 07000 426 442
          International [phone]
          Fax - 24 hrs -  (UK) 01642 713 634; (Intl) [phone]
Please confirm urgent sales by phone or fax.


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Johnston <[e-mail]>
To: '[e-mail]' <[e-mail]>
Date: 16 February 2000 15:36
Subject: [afb] Re: Power Probs


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mad Matt [mailto:[e-mail]]
>> Sent: 16 February 2000 14:57
>> To: [e-mail]
>> Subject: [afb] Power Probs
>>
>> As I am suffering from the usual power problems assossiated with the
>> blizzppc and Bvision, I am enquiring as to whether or not a 250watt
>> power supply will help or not.
>>
>> Currently I have A power tower with a 200w power supply and at the
>> moment even the power led strugles to come to life.
>>
>> On my current power supply it does show that the 12v line is carrying
>> 7amps and on a 250w power supply it carries 9amps on the 12v line. So
>> is it worth trying a 250w ps just to get my powerled back if nothing
>> else.
>
>If you're really up for it, we've got some 300w power supplies.
>--
>Robert Johnston (A.C.P.)
>Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers
>0870 727 4020 x657
>Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk
>I got the power!
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>sell use AmiBench! http://www.amibench.org/
>
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From: Robert Johnston <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:38:19 -0000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew O'Neill [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: 15 February 2000 16:51
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: [afb] bt go home
>
> Hi
>
> @bt.co.uk doesn't exist!?? where can I send my abusive email??

@bt.com

Think Duh...
--
Robert Johnston (A.C.P.)
Customer Response Operative, Simply Computers
0870 727 4020 x657
Free delivery on the Web @ http://www.simply.co.uk
Duh.


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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:43:42 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Mash,

> > Only 500?! I have a good 1000 on my games partition - always. Speeds
> > loading of Quake and DooM no end...
>
> Now might be a good time to tell you that anything above makes no
> difference. I'm not just saying it because thats what I've found, but
> because anything above 300 litterally just sits ther doing nothing

Well, it seems faster in practise.

Paul Laycock



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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:29:08 +0100
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On 15-Feb-00, Ben Vost wrote:

> Yep, we lost Col and Clare at Christmas... :(

Ran away together? ;)

Lost from future or just af?

Mash -
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HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

Enough Television - Go Read a Book.







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From: "Chris Green" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:47:04 -0000
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Hi Matthew

> @bt.co.uk doesn't exist!?? where can I send my abusive email??

BT internal email addresses will be @bt.com


Global mate - global!


Chris Green
Technical Editor - Computing
VNU Business Publications, 32-34 Broadwick Street, London, W1A 2HG
..................................................................
Fax: [phone]      Email: [e-mail]
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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:46:10 +0000
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Hi Matthew,

>> Yep, we lost Col and Clare at Christmas... :(

> Ran away together? ;)

> Lost from future or just af?

Clare Hatfield went to AOL in London, Colin Nightingale is now art ed on
Guitar Techniques.

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Excuse for the day: typo in cdoe




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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:31:20 +0100
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On 15-Feb-00, Ben Vost wrote:

> Which orange colour scheme? Our regulars section? I don't really like it
> either, but it'll stay to the bitter end because of the fact that it's
> Amiga Format through and through, much like our logo...

So were the nice coloured bars down the side but you still got rid of
them... :p   =)

Mash -
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HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

In the jingle-jangle modem, I'll come moderate you.







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From: "Kevin Fairhurst" <[e-mail]>
Date: 16 Feb 2000 16:55:49 +0000
In-Reply-To: <01bf789b$2c7e4540$2501a8c0@cix>
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:30:45 -0000, Eyetech tech assistance (info@eyetech=
=2Eco=2Euk) wrote:
> This wont help=2E Its the voltage drop across the resistance of the track=
s of
> the motherboard thats causing the problem (V=3DI/R) and that'll be the sa=
me no
> matter what wattage PSU you stick on the input side=2E The only solution =
is to
> inject power on the PPC board itself - but you need to put it through a
> filter to stop it getting electrical noise from the rest of your system=
=2E
>=20
> We make a suitable filtered adapter BTW=2E

Is this the same adaptor that is little more than a couple of wires tied
onto a ferrite ring, for which I was charged =A315 at WoA?

Personally I have found no noticable improvement on my A1200 with BVision
and PPC/040 with the addition of this equipment, which is unfortunate but
might be related to my system only=2E

By the way, are these items still =A315?

Kev

--=20
Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM



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From: "Kevin Fairhurst" <[e-mail]>
Date: 16 Feb 2000 16:58:09 +0000
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:15:54 +0100, Matthew O'Neill ([e-mail]) wrote:
> On 14-Feb-00, Kevin Fairhurst wrote:
>
> > According to the BBOAHW
>
> eh?


Big Book Of Amiga Hardware


Kev

--
Kevin "Redvers" Fairhurst - ICQ 56332267, redver5 on AIM



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:39:43 +0000 (GMT)
From: Chris Livermore <[e-mail]>
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Here's something for all you aminet users out there. Have a look at
http://uk.amigasoc.org/asearch/ it's a pretty configurable web based
aminet search engine.

Chris



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:48:24 -0800
From: "robert" <[e-mail]>
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Hi,

I recently downloaded the Championship Rally demo for the PC (By
Magnetic Fields of Lotus Trilogy fame).  The installer crashed with a
dos shell displaying a guru meditation error message...

If only they'd do a PPC Miggy version

rgds
--
[e-mail]



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From: "Dauber" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:47:49 -0500
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>Here's something for all you aminet users out there. Have a look at
>http://uk.amigasoc.org/asearch/ it's a pretty configurable web based
>aminet search engine.


Speaking of Aminet...

the mirror at wuarchive is back!



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From: Sandy Brownlee <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:21:39 +0000
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Hello,

When I ordered WipEout, I also got the "Theme of Amiga: Back for the Future"
CD.

Not bad!


Regards,

        Sandy

--
Sandy Brownlee
OS3.5 & PPC Powered!
Email: [e-mail]
Website: http://www.brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk
Sent using YAM 2.0
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From: Rick Hodger <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:04:33 +0000
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I watched as Ben Vost hammered "[afb] Re: AF135" out on their keyboard...

> Hi Daniel,

>> Hmmm, let's see....
>> poor sales...the producers has all but left the market...

>> Is it Netconnect3, Mark?

> Ooh you're close, but it's not her. I'm afraid the prize money has to go
> down to a fiver...

It couldn't be STFax4 could it?

--
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From: Rick Hodger <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:10:07 +0000
In-Reply-To: <88e0cv$[e-mail]>
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I watched as Mad Matt hammered "[afb] Pirated OS3.5" out on their
keyboard...

> I think I`ve just come across a pireted version of OS3.5.

> Take a look at this UAE site: www.amiga.2y.net/uae.html.

> It is stored in a ADF hardfile.

> Im not sure what I can really do about stopping the piracy of this
> software but those of you in the know might be able to. The piracy of
> 1.3-OS3.1 can not be stopped as it is spread far and wide but the
> piracy of OS3.5 must stop and not be allowed to spread.

What you do is write an e-mail about the illegal software, and send it to
both amiga.com and the owners of the website, plus the hostmasters of the
domain (eg. [e-mail] or [e-mail] etc).

--
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From: Rick Hodger <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:13:25 +0000
In-Reply-To: <88e74m$[e-mail]>
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I watched as Paul Laycock hammered "[afb] Re: what do u use ur miggy 4???"
out on their keyboard...

> Hi Peter,

>> Amiga A4000
>> 1 of IDE Zip Drive
>> 1 of 8x SCSI2 Plextor CD ReWriter
>> 3 of UDMA-66 Hard drives (1 6.4Gb IBM, 1 3.2Gb Samsung, 1 2.1Gb
>> Quantumn)
>> 3 of IDE CDROM Drives (1 48x Creative, 1 32x LG, 1 36x Sony)
>> 19" Digital IBM flatscreen monitor
>> other stuff aswell...but that's all i can be arsed to say at 2am!
>>
>> more when I feel like it!

> God damn it man, where do you fit all that stuff?!?

Yeah, I mean, by the time I got my three hard-disks, 2 CD-ROMs and a tape
drive in, I had to take one out cause there simply wasn't enough juice to
power them all :)

>> oh, and all I use my amiga for is to show off really - and make PC
>> hardware shop owners look stupid in front of their customers! (I'm
> good
>> at arguing - and at winning!)
>> that bloke was well surprised when I told him the 8x Plextorwriter
>> worked fine on my Amiga!
>> should of seen how stupid he looked when his faced turned into a god
>> damn cherry!

> Cool! Its great to know that you know more than the sales assistant
> when you walk into a computer shop.

I hate it when they try to refuse to sell you whatever it is, had fun like
that when I went to buy the digital camera :/

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<sb>Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com
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From: Rick Hodger <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:52:21 +0000
In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
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I watched as Andy Kinsella hammered "[afb] Re: mftpII from vapor." out on
their keyboard...

> Greetings  Paul

> On 15-Feb-00, you wrote:

>> Hi Alexander,

>>>> If you'd read the thread, you'd see that he gave up AmFTP when he
>> upgraded
>>>> to NetConnect 3 (It gets replaced by mFTP II). Not to mention
>>>> that
>> AmFTP
>>>> has problems with some servers, for example, on U-Net it will
>> upload a
>>>> single file and then stop

>>> I found that with Amftp if you tried to upload mre than one file it
>>> would do as you say

>> I used to find that a pain too. Then I discovered the holiness that
>> is DOpus FTP... ;)

> Dopus is cool for FTP, but 5.5 doesn't copy folders, which is
> irritating (does Magellan? I plan to finaly upgrade after I've bought
> ImageFX), and the reason i use FTPmount along with FBACK instead.

<plug> SimpleFTP can upload a entire directories, doesn't download them yet
tho, available from http://www.thehub.u-net.com</plug>

--
<sb>Rick Hodger - rick . thehub @ bigfoot . com
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<sb>
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Date: 16 Feb 2000 17:22:46 +0000
From: "Neil Bothwick" <[e-mail]>
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Matthew O'Neill said,

> @bt.co.uk doesn't exist!?? where can I send my abusive email??

/dev/null is usually the best place for abusive mail. That's where it
generally ends up, so cut out the middleman.

If you have something constructive to say, try bt.com


Neil
--
Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet
The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
http://www.wire.net.uk
--
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Date: 16 Feb 2000 17:25:3 +0000
From: "Neil Bothwick" <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Re: Where's Colin gone?
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Ben Vost said,

> Clare Hatfield went to AOL in London,

Her too? :)


Neil
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The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
http://www.wire.net.uk
--
Bus: (n.) a connector you plug money into, something like a slot machine.



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From: Simon Jenkins <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:37:29 +0100
In-Reply-To: <88d131$[e-mail]>
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/*Thank You Peter Lewis For Your Email Dated 16-Feb-00*/

>> ps lets all brag about our systems it makes us feel good
> =

> I have...
> =

> Amiga A4000
> 1 of IDE Zip Drive
> 1 of 8x SCSI2 Plextor CD ReWriter
> 3 of UDMA-66 Hard drives (1 6.4Gb IBM, 1 3.2Gb Samsung, 1 2.1Gb
> Quantumn)
> 3 of IDE CDROM Drives (1 48x Creative, 1 32x LG, 1 36x Sony)
> 19" Digital IBM flatscreen monitor
> other stuff aswell...but that's all i can be arsed to say at 2am!
> =

> more when I feel like it!

My system spec is below, and I'm rather pleased with it, although it has
taken a couple'o yrs to get it to this. I used to use my trusty A500 befo=
re =

this, which had an Alfapower HD controller with my current Quantum 640mb =
drive, =

plus the 4x cd-rom and 4mb ram.

I'd like to get a CSPPC G4 with 64mb, a ZIII b/b, and a ParaGlide (if tha=
t
ever emerges!).
-- =


                   Simon "Jinky" Jenkins              =

  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  Infinitiv A1300 ZII PIV + Conceirto, CTX 15" Trinitron SVGA        =

  GI-Quatro HD 4x CD-ROM Atapi ZIP, Blizzard 1230IV FPU 32MB,            =
 =

  Hypercom 3+, Pace 56k (V.90), Epson Stylus Photo 700
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ =

                     /OS 3.5 Powered!/      =

                                     =

  "Bother," said Pooh, as the pin fell out of the grenade.
                      =

   =

  =

             =

                            =

  =

  =

  =




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From: Sandy Brownlee <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:40:18 +0000
In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Re: Character counting on Final Writer 97....
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Hello Ben

On 16-Feb-00, you wrote:

>> Well, I've been freelance-typing for someone, and one of my at the
>> magazine suggested a fee I should charge the guy according to the number
>> of characters I type. Great, I thought, until just a few minutes ago when
>> I realized that Final Writer 97 doesn't have a character count in its
>> "Statistics" thing, unlike Microsquish Turd.... [boy, that sounds
>> mature!]
>
> Characters?! Most people charge by the word...

If you charge by the character, you can add loads of spaces and stuff, not
that I'm saying anyone on this list would do anything like that  :-)

Regards

        Sandy

--
Sandy Brownlee
OS3.5 & PPC Powered!
Email: [e-mail]
Website: http://www.brownlee99.freeserve.co.uk
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From: "Peter Hutchison" <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 15:00:02 -0000
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>I got OS3.5 last week. It installed no problem and worked great, mostly.
>Except, I keep getting out of memory errors. I've got 16Mb fast, in my
>A1200.
>My screenmode is 640x512 DBLPAL in 16 colours, and I usually have about
>1.6Mb chip free on boot. The problems usually occur with the prefs progs,
in
>particular, palette and pointer prefs, which refuse to load, giving no
>error message, if I've been using the machine for a while. Has anyone else
>experienced this?

Delete the pointer.prefs and palette.prefs from ENVARC:Sys and reboot
and then see if that cures it!
Also check for patches in user-startup and WBStartup that no longer work
with OS3.5 e.g ARQ and certain versions of MCP (1.30 works btw)

Peter Hutchison
http://www.blizzard.u-net.com/




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From: "Peter Hutchison" <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 15:12:07 -0000
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> I`ve Just Bought An Amiga 1200 From Power Computing, Having
> Been Away From The Amiga Scene For About 3 Years Now And Would
> Like Thank Them For A Fast And Efficiant Service. It Took Them
> Just 3 Days Including A Weekend From Order To Delivery And Would
> Recomend Them To Anyone.
>
> Also Id Like To Thank AF For Continuing To Support The Amiga
> Scene And Being The Only Amiga Mag I Could Find In The Shops
> Well Done And Keep Up The Good Work.
>
> Now To My Problem, I Have A HD Backup From My Last Amiga Stored
> On High Dencity Disks, But The A1200 Only Has A Standard Drive
> And Of The Dozens Of Dealers I`ve Phoned No One Can Supply Me
> A High Dencity Drive For My New Machine.
>
> Any One Know Where I Can Get A High Dencity Floppy Drive For
> The A1200 Or Can Help With Dearchiveing The Backup? (Aprox 16MB)
> Stored Using ABackup.
>
> Any Info/Help Would Be Grately Appreciated.
>
> Thanx In Advance
>

You can buy the Catweasel floppy controller and use any PC floppy drive as
a HD device! See http://www.powerc.com

Peter Hutchison
http://www.blizzard.u-net.com/




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From: "Peter Hutchison" <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 22:53:24 -0000
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From: Alkis Tsapanidis <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 15:53:56 +0300
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>Hi
 >Does 3.5 offer any new shell features?
>I just recieved it but I'm a big fan of KCon
>so I didn't remove it.Do I miss anything?

OS3.5 didn`t touch any of the Kickstart based  functions including the
console. So I would stick  with KingCon for now (its an excellent Shell
anyway).


Peter Hutchison
http://www.blizzard.u-net.com/




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From: fool <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:09:34 +0000
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Hi Ben,

On 14-Feb-00 you wrote:

>> I actually got around to sending my contribution for the AFCDs, and
>> got it returned with the following. I was just wondering: WHY? What
>> does it mean exactly?

> Firstly, why send this to the list?

Coz this is Amiga Format's mailing list and he's having trouble submitting
something for the AFCDs?

> Do you really think that Future's mail
> server operators will be on here?

Which mailing list will they be on?  And anyway, if Future's mail server is
down, he's not going to be able to mail anyone at Future to find out what's
going on, is he?

> No. There have been far too many
> messages about spam and so on forwarded to the main body of the list
> recently.

It wasn't about "spam and so on" - it was a question about what a particular
error message means.  Seems to me like a valid question to ask on this
list under the circumstances.  Perhaps we need some clarification on what is
and is not on-topic for this list?  Are questions about problems people are
having with their Amigas on-topic?  After all, they aren't questions about
Amiga Format...

> Thirdly, the ISP we're currently using is crap.

Why are Future using a crap ISP (if that's not an off-topic question)?
Surely a big company like Future can afford to use a decent ISP?

Martin.
--
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From: "Dauber" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 14:35:28 -0500
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>> Characters?! Most people charge by the word...
>
>If you charge by the character, you can add loads of spaces and stuff, not
>that I'm saying anyone on this list would do anything like that  :-)


Well, I took that into heavy consideration. What I did was just save all the
Final Writer stuff in Rich Text Format, then I loaded into MS Word at work.
The "word count" option has a character count, both with and without spaces;
I'm charging for "without." :)

Besides, if you charge by words -- especially when doing a scientific paper
[which I'm NOT, btw] -- some of those words can be long-ass words,
especially when there's a list of 'em...that can be kinda,
well..."inconvenient."

[Besides...as I'm typing this, the guy whom I'm doing this for is in the
office. He asked me how much I owe him so far, and I gave him a figure based
on how much my supervisor said I should charge him per character. I said "Is
this too much?" And he basically said "Hell, no! That's time you've spent!"
and he happily wrote out a check...]



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From: [e-mail] (Sean FT)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:46:26 +0100
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Hello Rick

On 16-Feb-00, you wrote:

> I watched as Mad Matt hammered "[afb] Pirated OS3.5" out on their
> keyboard...
>
>> I think I`ve just come across a pireted version of OS3.5.
>
>> Take a look at this UAE site: www.amiga.2y.net/uae.html.
>
>> It is stored in a ADF hardfile.
>
>> Im not sure what I can really do about stopping the piracy of this
>> software but those of you in the know might be able to. The piracy of
>> 1.3-OS3.1 can not be stopped as it is spread far and wide but the
>> piracy of OS3.5 must stop and not be allowed to spread.
>
> What you do is write an e-mail about the illegal software, and send it to
> both amiga.com and the owners of the website, plus the hostmasters of the
> domain (eg. [e-mail] or [e-mail] etc).
>
Regards

I wrote a e-mail to Marcus Nerding(Haage&Partner) today regarding this site
which i also stumbled across last night.
                                      Cheers,
                                            SeanFT.
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A4000(T)/040/25+PPC233/144Mb/CVPPC/PreludeZII+Rombler*/IOBlixZII/
UltraPlex32X/RicohMP6200SCDRW/Nomai750.c/Mustek1200SP/Tiptel506 ISDN Modem/
EpsonSC500/OS3.5 etc

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From: [e-mail] (Sean FT)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:56:45 +0100
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To everyone,
           I joined afb a few days ago and would just like to say hello t=
o
all the afb users everywhere.I have had a Amiga since the first A500s cam=
e
out(old git that i am)i paid about =A3750 for the A500+1084 and that was =
Tax
Free.Over the years i have constantly upgraded and updated the hardware
A2000,A3000etc, my A4000 (as below) has taken over 2 years of scraping an=
d
saving to buy everthing for.All my mates say i am mad investing so much
money and time
into a machine that was made at the begining of the 90s.All i say is i do=

not need to buy a new pc every two years just to be able to play the new
games that come out.I can do everthing i want and have the friendliest OS=

ever made. Anyway i have ranted on for long enough(i will probably get a
bollocking?)so God bless the Amiga and all those who sail in her!
                                                 Cheers,
                                                       SeanFT.




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From: Simon Mason <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:40:32 +0000
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Hello Sean

On 16-Feb-00, you wrote:

> To everyone,
>           I joined afb a few days ago and would just like to say hello to
> all the afb users everywhere.I have had a Amiga since the first A500s
came
> out(old git that i am)i paid about 750 for the A500+1084 and that was
Tax
> Free.
>
Hi Sean,
        I just joined the group and was made very welcome.I also got my
A500
Tax Free from Germany when they first came out.Great times eh!

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> AFB: All polls MUST have dates, and if you have something to
> sell use AmiBench! http://www.amibench.org/
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
>
>
Regards



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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:47:04 +0100
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On 16-Feb-00, Vinny Mainolfi wrote:

> To tell you the truth, I have not purchased the current issue due to
> the fact that I feel I am paying 5.99 for nothing!

Gimme an s "S!"
Gimme a u  "U!"
Gimme a b  "B!"

What do you get?.......SUB! along with almost half price issues delivered to
your front door days before they're in the shops...

Mash -
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Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

"WHAT?!!  Is this some SNOBBY, ELITIST, AESTHETIC THING??!!" - Calvin







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:17:59 +0100
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Hi Robert

> /me scratches his head, Counts IDE devices, counts them again, and asks
> "Huh? By my count that's 7 IDE devices in that system... AFAIK, that's not
> possible, but I'd love to be proved wrong..."

powerflyer addon?

I regularly drop jaws at school when I type some text on the screen then hit
tab to make the colours cycle, they never knew amigas had that much
power.... no really... Should've seen them when I showed them my rendered
picture of amy the squirrel..

Mash -
--
Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

PUNNY BOOK = Tailoring: Serge Soote.







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:08:21 +0100
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On 16-Feb-00, Mad Matt wrote:

> As I am suffering from the usual power problems assossiated with the
> blizzppc and Bvision, I am enquiring as to whether or not a 250watt
> power supply will help or not.

Nope not at alL, although you failed to mention what else is plugged in///

> Currently I have A power tower with a 200w power supply and at the
> moment even the power led strugles to come to life.

Does it flash brightly and dimly when you boot up? Its supposed to do that.
take everything out and it'll still blink at you

The problem is that its trying to draw all the power via the mobo, what you
need is the fix which draws power straight from the powerpack rather than
via your 1200. have a look on aminet and there should be a fair few
document about saying how to do it

Mash -
--
Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

Everything must Change! Stagnation is Death! - Lao Tzu







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:21:05 +0100
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Subject: [afb] where ya java* gone..... wheres ya java*gone!? (*script)
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Hi

Dunno if the last mail got through, but is there any chance of having this
month's missing js drawer on the next CD?

Mash
--
Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash

"The Vorlons?  I don't know what can pose a threat to them" - G'kar.







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