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48622. Matthew O'Neill           Re: ami yellow pages
48623. Matthew O'Neill           Re: AF136 Idea
48624. Matthew O'Neill           Re: ami yellow pages
48625. Matthew O'Neill           Re: More A1200 Qs
48626. Matthew O'Neill           Re: PCMCIA network cards/CC_reset question.
48627. Christopher Bayliss       Yamaha 8424 more questions
48628. Colin Buchanan            DCE producing PPCs and BVisions?
48629. Paul Laycock              Re: Yamaha 8424 more questions
48630. Ben Vost                  Re: DCE producing PPCs and BVisions?
48631. Ben Vost                  Tutorial dearth
48632. Colin Buchanan            Re: DCE producing PPCs and BVisions?
48633. Stephen Marriott          Re: Squirrel software
48634. Oliver Masters            Re: PCMCIA network cards/CC_reset question.
48635. Kevin Fairhurst           Re: Tutorial dearth
48636. Mark                      Re: Squirrel software
48637. Mike Jackson              Re: Tutorial dearth
48638. Ben Vost                  Re: Tutorial dearth
48639. Ben Vost                  Re: Tutorial dearth
48640. David McMinn              Re: Tutorial dearth
48641. Mikey C                   Re: ami yellow pages
48642. Ben Vost                  Re: Tutorial dearth
48643. Kevin Fairhurst           Re: Tutorial dearth
48644. Paul Laycock              Re: Tutorial dearth
48645. Ben Vost                  Re: Tutorial dearth
48646. Ben Vost                  Re: Tutorial dearth
48647. Matthew Garrett           Re: AF136 Idea
48648. Alexander Holland         Who Published "Amiga Power" and "The One"
48649. Matthew Garrett           Re: FOOD in AF?....FOOD ON AF-CD?
48650. Matthew Garrett           Re: Who Published "Amiga Power" and "The One"
48651. Paul Laycock              Re: Tutorial dearth
48652. Kevin Fairhurst           Re: Tutorial dearth
48653. Ben Vost                  Re: Tutorial dearth
48654. =?iso-8859-1?q?Mirrorball?= Re: Who Published "Amiga Power" and "The One"
48655. roger buckley             Re: Countdown (Was: java 'n' hex)
48656. Daniel Thornton           Re: Squirrel software
48657. Daniel Thornton           Re: Tutorial dearth
48658. Daniel Thornton           Re: Who Published "Amiga Power" and "The One"
48659. Daniel Thornton           Re: FOOD in AF?....FOOD ON AF-CD?
48660. Tom Miles                 A desperate plea!
48661. George Davis              Re: Workbench in QNX stylee...
48662. George Davis              Wanted:Script for YAM
48663. Andy Mills                Re: limit
48664. Andy Mills                Re: Tutorial dearth
48665. Paul Laycock              Re: Wanted:Script for YAM
48666. Paul Laycock              Re: Workbench in QNX stylee...
48667. Paul Laycock              Re: Squirrel software
48668. Paul Laycock              Re: Tutorial dearth
48669. Ben Vost                  Re: Tutorial dearth
48670. Matthew J Fletcher        Re: reassembling...not MFI way
48671. Jani =??Q?M=E4kitalo?=    Re: HTML question
48672. Daniel Thornton           Re: Squirrel software
48673. Duncan Gow                Silversurfer
48674. Ben Vost                  Re: Silversurfer
48675. Matthew J Fletcher        Re: Tutorial dearth
48676. Ben Vost                  Re: Tutorial dearth
48677. Daniel Thornton           Re: Silversurfer
48678. Christopher Ross-Gill     Re: Tutorial dearth
48679. Christopher Bayliss       Re: Yamaha 8424 more questions
48680. Christopher Ross-Gill     Re: HTML question
48681. Tudor Davies              Re: AF136 Idea
48682. Christopher Bayliss       Re: PCMCIA network cards/CC_reset question.
48683. Tudor Davies              Re: network
48684. Tudor Davies              Re: Tutorial dearth
48685. Ben Vost                  Re: Tutorial dearth
48686. Neil Bothwick             Re: Countdown (Was: java 'n' hex)
48687. Tudor Davies              Re: Tutorial dearth
48688. Andy Mills                Re: ami yellow pages
48689. Andy Mills                Re: ami yellow pages
48690. Kevin Fairhurst           Shocking news!
48691. Paul Laycock              Re: network
48692. Paul Laycock              All kinds of things hanging off the expansion bus
48693. Sean FT                   Re: Tutorial dearth (careful Ben)
48694. Ben Vost                  Re: Tutorial dearth (careful Ben)
48695. Ben Vost                  Re: All kinds of things hanging off the expansion
48696. Neil Bothwick             Re: limit
48697. Neil Bothwick             Re: Tutorial dearth
48698. Neil Bothwick             Re: Silversurfer
48699. Adam James                Subscription and Back issues
48700. Anthony Prime             Re: Tutorial dearth
48701. Anthony Prime             Re: Official course on Introduction to CMM (SW) -
48702. Sean FT                   Re: Tutorial dearth (careful Ben)
48703. Adam James                Re: AF136 Idea
48704. Adam James                Re: Wanted:Script for YAM
48705. Adam James                Re: Tutorial dearth
48706. Andy Mills                Re: Tutorial dearth
48707. Pekka Sippola             Re: Fusion
48708. Anthony Prime             Re: Countdown (Was: java 'n' hex)
48709. Anthony Prime             Re: More miggy's (miggies?) and backup
48710. Peter Hutchison           Re: A500s on Web
48711. Peter Hutchison           Re: Epson stylus 660
48712. Peter Hutchison           simple prob.... (I hope)
48713. Peter Hutchison           Re: mounting pc drives
48714. Peter Hutchison           Re: Am I missing the point ?
48715. Peter Hutchison           Re: Blitz Basic and OS3.5
48716. Nyk Tarr                  Re: AF 134 comments
48717. Alex Paton                Re: Tutorial dearth
48718. Jonathan M. Dudley        Re: The cheques in the post.
48719. Erol Ismael               Re: CDTV hardware stuff
48720. Jonathan M. Dudley        Re: AF 134 comments
48721. Erol Ismael               Monitor Switch Box
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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:23:30 +0100
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Subject: [afb] Re: ami yellow pages
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On 22-Feb-00, Mikey C wrote:

>> amiga site, so maybe he is to blame. search engines dont give any
>> results
>> either

> Not on search engines?

Absolutley nothing. Yahoo, no. Lycos, no. Altavista about 150 matches
down....

> think I'll treat this post with the conptempt
> it deserves.

Grabs dictionary........ Oi! I'm trying to hep the site and all you can do
is have a go at me, naff off!

Mash -
--
Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.mashman.co.uk

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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:19:29 +0100
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On 22-Feb-00, Tudor Davies wrote:

> 1. Cos fewtch/AF don't have the money to pay the authors/publishers to do
> it.
> 2. IT'S ILLEGAL - PIRACY DON'T YOU KNOW- DUH!

A broken leg isn't a good excuse for not remembering previous posts ;)

1) these are free
2) these are legal

Mash -
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Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.mashman.co.uk

Lean books are often larded with fat of others' works.







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:25:19 +0100
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On 22-Feb-00, Andy Mills wrote:

>> Quit blaming us, how about his lack of plugging? I'd never heard of his
>> site until a couple of days ago, and Ive never seen a link to it on any
>> other amiga site, so maybe he is to blame. search engines dont give any
>> results either

> So, you've *never* seen the 88x33 yellow AYP button link?

No, and if I did then isn't there a good chance I'd have mearly glanced over
it because I~d have though its for the actual yellow pages?

> Or run a
> website, other than your `homepage'....

I do only run my website, why would I run someone else's?

Mash -
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Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.mashman.co.uk

"I don't kill my enemies: I slime them!"  - Odo







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:44:46 +0100
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On 22-Feb-00, Nick Lamburn wrote:

> Guilty as charge your honour! :)

I would hand cuff you, but someone would accuse me of being horrible to
people who like S&M...

>> In reply to both of you smug goites

> I wasn't being smug, just backing up Ben! :)

same difference ;)

> A standard PAL or NTSC Interlace screen has a refresh of 25Hz which
> means that the screen is updated 25 times a second, this is how

Although because of these interlace fields, its actually 50fps which is why
a tv picture looks smoother than a film =)

> If Hz wasn't there then it could indeed mean the monitor has an 80
> refresh rate, 80 what?  Elephants, Kangaroos? :)  You can indeed have

Kiwis

Mash - new site comming soon!
--
Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.mashman.co.uk

Authors do it by the book.







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From: Matthew O'Neill <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:54:20 +0100
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Hi Oliver

> I am looking to get a PCMCIA network card to add my A1200 into my home LAN
> (in anticipation of cable modems).

Oi!, thats my question!

Thats exactly what I need to know, any 100mbit pcmcia card for the 1200 (not
bnc)

Mash -
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Matthew O'Neill - MashMan
HTTP://www.mashman.co.uk

What a guy! --Lister.







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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 03:54:31 -0800
From: "Christopher Bayliss" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [afb] Yamaha 8424 more questions
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 The drive arrived yesterday and is working with its internal
termination on. It`s only mounted as a CD at the moment as I have not
got any cutting software except the pc stuff that came with it.
 The manual says that it supports DAO, TAO, SAO and packet writting.
Does any of the cd burning software on the amiga support all (or most)
of these. I was going to try this drive with the make CD demo that was
on AF a while ago as it supports the 4416 does any body see any
problems with this ?

Thank you for your help

Chris Bayliss



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From: Colin Buchanan <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:54:36 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
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Subject: [afb] DCE producing PPCs and BVisions?
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In AF134 the Eyetech advert claims that DCE are producing
some BlizzardVision graphics cards under license from
phase5.  While I don't really know if this has actually
happened, I had to check out DCE's website.

On the DCE website (http://www.dcecom.de/) they also
advertise Blizzard PPCs, Cyberstorm PPCs as well as 68k
accelerators and other interesting stuff including a
hardware MPEG audio decoder that I've never heard of.
Maybe this stuff (the PPC and gfx cards I mean) has never
actually been manufactured and has just been 'advertised'
on the site for a while, but the website is dated 2000.

Are DCE actually going to make these PPC cards?

If not, why not, considering the supposedly huge number of
back orders for the phase5 PPC cards?  If they can do the
Blizzard 68k range then why not PPC?

--
Colin Buchanan
Heriot-Watt University



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 03:57:17 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Chris,

>  The drive arrived yesterday and is working with its internal
> termination on. It`s only mounted as a CD at the moment as I have not
> got any cutting software except the pc stuff that came with it.
>  The manual says that it supports DAO, TAO, SAO and packet writting.
> Does any of the cd burning software on the amiga support all (or most)
> of these. I was going to try this drive with the make CD demo that was
> on AF a while ago as it supports the 4416 does any body see any
> problems with this ?

MakeCD, BurnIT, MasterISO. Demos of all of these programs have been on
previous CDs; just use AFCDfind to get 'em.

Paul Laycock



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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:55:34 +0000
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Hi Colin,

> Are DCE actually going to make these PPC cards?

> If not, why not, considering the supposedly huge number of
> back orders for the phase5 PPC cards?  If they can do the
> Blizzard 68k range then why not PPC?

Yes, they are. I spoke to Tony at Power the other day and he reckons that
within a couple of weeks they will have:

BVisionPPC
CVisionPPC
CStorm III
CStorm PPC
BlizzardPPC (233MHz 603e with SCSI)

Both CStorms and BPPC will be available with either 040 or 060.

All the best,
--
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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:01:02 +0000
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Hi all,

Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished, so I'm
on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Psychiatrists say that 1 of 4 people are mentally ill. Check three
friends. If they're OK, you're it.




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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:05:57 -0800
From: "Colin Buchanan" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Ben,

> > Are DCE actually going to make these PPC cards?
> Yes, they are. I spoke to Tony at Power the other day and he reckons
that
> within a couple of weeks they will have:
>
> BVisionPPC
> CVisionPPC
> CStorm III
> CStorm PPC
> BlizzardPPC (233MHz 603e with SCSI)

Hurray!  Oh, I have waited for this day for so long!

Cheers.



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:54:02 +0000 (GMT)
From: Stephen Marriott <[e-mail]>
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Mark wrote:

> Could some kind soul out there e-mail me a copy of the software that
> comes with the Squirrel SCSI interface (the plain one, not the Surf)
> because I'm at college and my disk is at home. I just bought the CD32
> version of Cannon Fodder and need to install the CD32 software that
> came with the Squirrel to be able to play it.

ftp://ftp.hisoft.co.uk/pub/amiga/squirrel/

--
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HiSOFT, The Old School, Greenfield, Bedford, MK45 5DE, UK
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From: "Oliver Masters" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:13:32 -0000
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> Hi Oliver
>
> > I am looking to get a PCMCIA network card to add my A1200 into
> my home LAN
> > (in anticipation of cable modems).
>
> Oi!, thats my question!
>
> Thats exactly what I need to know, any 100mbit pcmcia card for
> the 1200 (not
> bnc)
>
> Mash -

Hiya,

Your thread didn't tell me what I wanted to know, mine did. Problem?

Oll


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From: "Kevin Fairhurst" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 12:13:51 +0000
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:01:02 +0000, Ben Vost ([e-mail]) wrote:
> Hi all,

'lo

> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished, so I'm
> on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

How about a joint "getting the most from pcx/fusion/af135 freebie" ?  ;)

Has there been a photogenics tutorial?  Cos I've just bought that.  Or
how's about a series on setting up OS3.5 for optimum use, followed by
patches and things ??

How long do features have to be?  How's about a couple of one-offs like
"getting the most from xyz" where xyz is turboprint or whatever ... ?

Just bouncing a couple of ideas off the walls ...

Kev



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:16:31 +0000 (GMT)
From: Mark <[e-mail]>
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Stephen Marriott wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Mark wrote:
>
> > Could some kind soul out there e-mail me a copy of the software that
> > comes with the Squirrel SCSI interface (the plain one, not the Surf)
>
> ftp://ftp.hisoft.co.uk/pub/amiga/squirrel/

Excellent! Cheers Stephen!

Mark_H



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:20:44 -0800
From: "Mike Jackson" <[e-mail]>
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"ben vost" <[e-mail]> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=48631
> Hi all,
>
> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished,
so I'm
> on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?
>


>Ok, how about AMOS/Blitz Basic ?
Well, you did ask !
>
>



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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:19:42 +0000
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Hi Kevin,

>> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished, so
>> I'm on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

> How about a joint "getting the most from pcx/fusion/af135 freebie" ?  ;)

> How long do features have to be?  How's about a couple of one-offs like
> "getting the most from xyz" where xyz is turboprint or whatever ... ?

Okay. the tutorial ideas I want are for "long-term" tutorials, six chapters
or so.

> Has there been a photogenics tutorial?  Cos I've just bought that.  Or
> how's about a series on setting up OS3.5 for optimum use, followed by
> patches and things ??

There hasn't been a photogenics tutorial, but Paul Nolan and I have been
discussing him writing one for us.

A "getting the most from Workbench" kind of thing is also on my list of
possibles, but what would you guys (my very own focus group) want from it?

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:20:47 +0000
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Hi Mike,

>> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished,
> so I'm
>> on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

>> Ok, how about AMOS/Blitz Basic ?
> Well, you did ask !

Why are you entering your reply inside quotes? Very confusing! Anyway, I'd
rather do something other than programming since very few people seem to do
it...

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:25:48 -0800
From: "David McMinn" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Ben

> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished,
so I'm
> on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

Some sort of internet not-for-getting-connected-but-server-y-type thing?

Like setup/using/maintaining a web site using apache (sorry, first
thing that came to mind). Similarly, FTP, IRC server, etc. And you
could work in that other suggestion of internet security that someone
mentioned a couple of days ago. You can always check your stuff without
needing to be online by using the loopback address.

Or would that be too much work/complexity/not big enough audience*
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:27:08 -0800
From: "Mikey C" <[e-mail]>
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matthew o'neill <[e-mail]> wrote:
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> On 22-Feb-00, Mikey C wrote:
>

> Grabs dictionary........ Oi! I'm trying to hep the site and all you
can do
> is have a go at me, naff off!

Helpful? Your tone of writting comes across to me as aggressive.

It was on Excite, webcrawler, hotbot and several others. (I couldn't
get Yahoo to put AYP on there despite repeated requests)

BTW, I started Amiga Yellow Pages towards the end of July '98. By the
time it had gone "off the air" a fortnight ago, It was just under the
30,000 mark. Not brilliant, but certainly not bad either.

Someone somewhere must have heard of it.

Besides, I have had a stack of emails from people telling me how much
they valued the service and how they miss it.

I didn't do too badly surely? It was mentioned in AF and CU Amiga too.
:P

Regards

Mikey C







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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:24:59 +0000
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Hi David,

> Some sort of internet not-for-getting-connected-but-server-y-type thing?

> Like setup/using/maintaining a web site using apache (sorry, first
> thing that came to mind). Similarly, FTP, IRC server, etc. And you
> could work in that other suggestion of internet security that someone
> mentioned a couple of days ago. You can always check your stuff without
> needing to be online by using the loopback address.

> Or would that be too much work/complexity/not big enough audience*
> (* delete as appropriate)

Like it.

All the best,
--
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From: "Kevin Fairhurst" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 12:30:34 +0000
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:19:42 +0000, Ben Vost ([e-mail]) wrote:
> Hi Kevin,

Hello

> Okay. the tutorial ideas I want are for "long-term" tutorials, six chapters
> or so.

Hmmm, thinking cap at the ready ...

> > Has there been a photogenics tutorial?  Cos I've just bought that.  Or
> > how's about a series on setting up OS3.5 for optimum use, followed by
> > patches and things ??
>
> There hasn't been a photogenics tutorial, but Paul Nolan and I have been
> discussing him writing one for us.

I didn't think i'd seen one, so that's an idea ....

> A "getting the most from Workbench" kind of thing is also on my list of
> possibles, but what would you guys (my very own focus group) want from it?

Free beer?  Oh it's not that sort of request.  It'd need to cover the
basics about installing it all, and then the boing bag (btw any news on BB2
yet?), and covering problems that might arise from it such as the rogue
C:Installer problem.  Then there's setting up patches with it such as
TweakWB and the like.  Then of course there's getting the FastIPrefs
version of WBPattern to lock the palette for MWB ....

Hope this is a good start ...

Kev

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:33:09 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Ben,

> >> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just
finished, so
> >> I'm on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

> Okay. the tutorial ideas I want are for "long-term" tutorials, six
chapters
> or so.

> There hasn't been a photogenics tutorial, but Paul Nolan and I have
been
> discussing him writing one for us.
>
> A "getting the most from Workbench" kind of thing is also on my list
of
> possibles, but what would you guys (my very own focus group) want
from it?

I'd like a "getting the most out of OS3.5" type thing. Maybe you could
print a list of programs which have been specifically designed for it,
and also ones which have problems (advice on how to fix).

I know DOpus keeps being done, but I can't get enough of it! More DOpus!

Photogenics would be pretty good too.

Paul Laycock



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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:33:40 +0000
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Hi Kevin,

> Free beer? Oh it's not that sort of request. It'd need to cover the basics
> about installing it all, and then the boing bag (btw any news on BB2
> yet?), and covering problems that might arise from it such as the rogue

BB2 will probably be out in the first full week of March (5th-).

> C:Installer problem. Then there's setting up patches with it such as
> TweakWB and the like. Then of course there's getting the FastIPrefs
> version of WBPattern to lock the palette for MWB ....

Why not just use MCP? :)

All the best,
--
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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:35:33 +0000
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Hi Paul,

> I'd like a "getting the most out of OS3.5" type thing. Maybe you could
> print a list of programs which have been specifically designed for it,
> and also ones which have problems (advice on how to fix).

It might have to be a general GTMOO Workbench, rather than just OS3.5, since
the more interesting things will apply to all current versions...

> I know DOpus keeps being done, but I can't get enough of it! More DOpus!

Yeah, but I've already written one six-part DOpus tutorial, a complete
beginners guide and most of the tutorials on the DOplus CD as well. I'm
pretty much Opus'ed out...

All the best,
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:41:05 +0000
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>; from Matthew O'Neill on Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 08:19:29PM +0100
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On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 08:19:29PM +0100, Matthew O'Neill wrote:

> 1) these are free
> 2) these are legal

But not necessarily legal to put on the front of a magazine and
advertise. The material is still copyrighted - the copyright owner has
every right to limit the distribution.

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:41:21 -0800
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Hi,

Who published Amiga Power? Was it Future Publishing?

Also anyone know who published "The One"?

If anyone knows could they mail me?

Cheers

Alexander Holland
Webmaster of the Thalion Webshrine
http://thalion.amiga.tm



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On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 09:58:50AM +0000, Ben Vost wrote:

> Yes, but the only thing I fancied off his tray was the flapjack. The salad
> came from M&S...

Bizarrely, what is probably the best flapjack on the planet is sold in the
Cambridge University chemistry department for around 50 pence a piece.
This information is almost certainly entirely useless to you.

(couldn't you have got something a little more substantial than one of
their salad things? M&S's new range of sandwiches is pretty good. Erm.
Hmm. Eek. Much like we all hope the new Amiga will be, eh folks? Phew. I
think I got away with that one...)

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:49:52 +0000
References: <890khh$[e-mail]>
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On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 04:41:21AM -0800, Alexander Holland wrote:
> Who published Amiga Power? Was it Future Publishing?

It was.

> Also anyone know who published "The One"?

EMAP, wasn't it? And then Rapide or someone when it was "re-launched", but
you probably don't want to think about that.

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:59:54 -0800
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Hi Ben,

> > I'd like a "getting the most out of OS3.5" type thing

> It might have to be a general GTMOO Workbench, rather than just
OS3.5, since
> the more interesting things will apply to all current versions...

True...

> > I know DOpus keeps being done, but I can't get enough of it! More
DOpus!
>
> Yeah, but I've already written one six-part DOpus tutorial, a complete
> beginners guide and most of the tutorials on the DOplus CD as well.
I'm
> pretty much Opus'ed out...

Ben Vost? Tired of DOpus? Has all of your omnipotent energy gone into
these tutorials? ;)

Paul Laycock



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From: "Kevin Fairhurst" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 12:58:35 +0000
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:33:40 +0000, Ben Vost ([e-mail]) wrote:
> Hi Kevin,

'lo

> > Free beer? Oh it's not that sort of request. It'd need to cover the basics
> > about installing it all, and then the boing bag (btw any news on BB2
> > yet?), and covering problems that might arise from it such as the rogue
>
> BB2 will probably be out in the first full week of March (5th-).

Ta for the exclusive news - is that gonna make the news pages of the issue
just finished and the CD of the next one?    :-)

> > C:Installer problem. Then there's setting up patches with it such as
> > TweakWB and the like. Then of course there's getting the FastIPrefs
> > version of WBPattern to lock the palette for MWB ....
>
> Why not just use MCP? :)

Hmmm, using MCP (without patches) and there's nothing to do that.  And why
should people following this tutorial have to install MCP just so that they
can have something that's part of teh OS anyway?  All you have to do is
change the required setting in the WBPattern prefs - the only problem is,
the WBPattern prefs editor doesn't allow you to do it!  D'oh!  Hence having
to use the FastIPrefs one ... unless this is fixed in BB2 ...

Kev

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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:03:36 +0000
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Hi Paul,

>> Yeah, but I've already written one six-part DOpus tutorial, a complete
>> beginners guide and most of the tutorials on the DOplus CD as well.
> I'm
>> pretty much Opus'ed out...

> Ben Vost? Tired of DOpus? Has all of your omnipotent energy gone into
> these tutorials? ;)

No, but I have written probably 12,000 words on the subject, so forgive me
for not being able to come up with another 4500-odd...

All the best,
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 05:21:16 -0800 (PST)
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Hi!

> Who published Amiga Power? Was it Future Publishing?

Yes

DAN

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From: roger buckley <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 02:57:40 +0000
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Hello Neil

On 22-Feb-00, you wrote:

> Matthew O'Neill said,
>
>the budjet didn't allow for rats which
>> would've been up to the job
>
> Why didn't they use ferrets? :)
>
never send a rat to do a ferrets job :)

Regards
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From: "Daniel Thornton" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 13:39:44 +0000
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:37:58 +0000 (GMT), [e-mail] wibbled...

> I just bought the CD32 version of
> Cannon Fodder and need to install the CD32 software that came with the
> Squirrel to be able to play it.

CD32 Cannon Fodder won't work on an Amiga, as it accesses CD32
hardware. You need to get the HDInstall patch from an AFCD/Aminet.
Well, I say 'patch', but it's the actual Amiga version of the CF main
program.

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From: "Daniel Thornton" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 13:42:23 +0000
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:19:42 +0000, [e-mail] wibbled...

> There hasn't been a photogenics tutorial, but Paul Nolan and I have been
> discussing him writing one for us.

A tutorial for the new version of ImageFX might be better, seeing as
that's just come out. There hasn't been an IFX tutorial since the CU
covermount, AFAIK.

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From: "Daniel Thornton" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 13:44:46 +0000
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:41:21 -0800, [e-mail] wibbled...

> Who published Amiga Power? Was it Future Publishing?

Yup.

> Also anyone know who published "The One"?

Originally, it was Emap, but the new 'improved' version was by
Maverick, AFAIK.

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From: "Daniel Thornton" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 13:46:14 +0000
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:48:15 +0000, [e-mail] wibbled...

> their salad things? M&S's new range of sandwiches is pretty good. Erm.
> Hmm. Eek. Much like we all hope the new Amiga will be, eh folks? Phew. I
> think I got away with that one...)

Amiga Sandwich: Comes wrapped in lavish packaging showing
mouthwatering snack. Revealed to be two slices of white bread with no
filling, and only a tiny bit of margarine.

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Date: 23 Feb 2000 14:4:43 +0000
From: "Tom Miles" <[e-mail]>
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Hi there,

This is a desperate plea for information.  If *anyone* has programmed
*anything* using realtime.library then I would appreciate some help as I'm
going round in circles with my project and I don't have very long before it
has to be handed in.

My problem in a nutshell is that I can't get 2 or more players using the
same conductor to work together.  Either one works or the other, never
both.  I won't go into too much detail as it's irrelevant to some of the
lists I'm sending this to, but if you have any experience then please let
me know and I'll fill in the gaps.

Cheers,

Tom

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From: George Davis <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:05:46 +0000
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Hello Vaughn,

On 22-Feb-00, you wrote this:

> I've just finished doing a QNX-style config for workbench, using
> Visualprefs and Birdie. It took a while, but its starting to look pretty
> good (IMHO).

I did a QNX style backrop pattern,but it's not that hot :)

> Am I the only one, or do other people think the simplicity of look of the
> QNX GUI is a breath of fresh air?

Yeah,I like it too.It's very nice.

> Is it worth me sending the package in as a reader submission, or does
> everyone prefer a more complex, bells and whistles kinda desktop?

Why not? Could you send me a screenshot or something?

Seeya.
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From: George Davis <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:15:04 +0000
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Hello,everyone.
I would like to be able to select an option and have YAM go online,download
all the mail,then go offline again.
I know it's possible,but I don't know much about AREXX..and I'm busy..
Has anyone else written such a script?

Seeyaround.
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Date: 23 Feb 2000 13:59:48 +0000
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Hello Ben Vost, on 23-Feb-00 09:52:48 you said about:
  [afb] Re: limit

>Hi Neil,

>> Matthew O'Neill said,

>>> I'm one of the biggest posters, I've been here for months and I've
>>> *NEVER* had such a message actually. Put your foot in it again have we?

>> The limit is usually reached quite late in the day, probably past your
>> bedtime :)

>The daily limit goes from 8AM GMT - 8AM GMT.

That's not /quite/ what he meant, Ben.... ;)

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Date: 23 Feb 2000 14:27:31 +0000
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Hello Ben Vost, on 23-Feb-00 12:24:59 you said about:
  [afb] Re: Tutorial dearth

>Hi David,

>> Some sort of internet not-for-getting-connected-but-server-y-type thing?

>> Like setup/using/maintaining a web site using apache (sorry, first
>> thing that came to mind). Similarly, FTP, IRC server, etc. And you
>> could work in that other suggestion of internet security that someone
>> mentioned a couple of days ago. You can always check your stuff without
>> needing to be online by using the loopback address.

>> Or would that be too much work/complexity/not big enough audience*
>> (* delete as appropriate)

>Like it.

Following on from the above, how about a "how to setup and use the
Amiga port of Apache on your Amiga" type thing? You could also include
all of the files required on AFCD.

With the imminent (ever hopeful) release of cable modems, people could
serve their own web pages from their own machines[1]. The security
feature could also be tied in with this.

[1] I I know /outgoing/ speed may not be /that/ fast, but it should
still cope fairly well as long as the site isn't too popular...

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 06:44:20 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
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Hi George,

> I would like to be able to select an option and have YAM go
online,download
> all the mail,then go offline again.
> I know it's possible,but I don't know much about AREXX..and I'm busy..
> Has anyone else written such a script?

One word: Aminet.

Paul Laycock



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 06:47:43 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Vaughn,

> > I've just finished doing a QNX-style config for workbench, using
> > Visualprefs and Birdie. It took a while, but its starting to look
pretty
> > good (IMHO).

How good does it look in 8 colours though? :(

> > Am I the only one, or do other people think the simplicity of look
of the
> > QNX GUI is a breath of fresh air?

It looks pretty damn snazzy.

> > Is it worth me sending the package in as a reader submission, or
does
> > everyone prefer a more complex, bells and whistles kinda desktop?

Send it in; its better than nothing at all!

How do you propose such a desktop? WIth the tight integration of
Birdie, VisualPrefs, and ARexx? ;)

Paul Laycock



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 06:48:40 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Daniel,

> > I just bought the CD32 version of
> > Cannon Fodder and need to install the CD32 software that came with
the
> > Squirrel to be able to play it.
>
> CD32 Cannon Fodder won't work on an Amiga, as it accesses CD32
> hardware. You need to get the HDInstall patch from an AFCD/Aminet.
> Well, I say 'patch', but it's the actual Amiga version of the CF main
> program.

It worked first time WITHOUT the patch on my miggy. Hmm...

Paul Laycock



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 06:51:04 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Ben,

> >> Yeah, but I've already written one six-part DOpus tutorial, a
complete
> >> beginners guide and most of the tutorials on the DOplus CD as well.
> > I'm
> >> pretty much Opus'ed out...
>
> > Ben Vost? Tired of DOpus? Has all of your omnipotent energy gone
into
> > these tutorials? ;)
>
> No, but I have written probably 12,000 words on the subject, so
forgive me
> for not being able to come up with another 4500-odd...

Hmm, okay then. Admit defeat. Don't worry faithful AF readers, our
leader is just... resting at the moment! He'll be back! Won't he? ;)

Paul Laycock



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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:50:19 +0000
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Hi Daniel,

>> There hasn't been a photogenics tutorial, but Paul Nolan and I have been
>> discussing him writing one for us.

> A tutorial for the new version of ImageFX might be better, seeing as
> that's just come out. There hasn't been an IFX tutorial since the CU
> covermount, AFAIK.

Not a bad idea either. Thanks.

All the best,
--
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:00:34 -0800
From: "Matthew J Fletcher" <[e-mail]>
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"alan l.m. buxey" <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > > Easy Dis-assemble vista, convert it to ppc code with the proggy
from
> > > aminet i have forgeten the name of and then re-assemble it.
> > >
>
> If the steps are that easy..i think it *could* be made to use the PPC
> ;-)

Yep, infact i started barfly disasembling but i think it crashed,
(after 2 hours !), it allready spewed out 14mb+ of fairly scary looking
asm. All you need to do now is to go through nearly every line an
change it to ppc opcodes.

-matthew




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From: Jani =??Q?M=E4kitalo?= <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:26:34 +0300
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On 23-Feb-00 Christopher Ross-Gill wrote:

> I usually get no gap in Netscape, or any other browser for that
> matter, when I set a table up like so:
>
> <TABLE WIDTH="whatever" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0">
>
> When you remove the border attribute the gap returns.

Yes, I do the same thing, but from previous posts I understood the gap
remains on NN even with border set to zero.

> - Chris

- Jani
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From: "Daniel Thornton" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 14:59:51 +0000
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 06:48:40 -0800, [e-mail] wibbled...

> > CD32 Cannon Fodder won't work on an Amiga, as it accesses CD32
> > hardware. You need to get the HDInstall patch from an AFCD/Aminet.
> > Well, I say 'patch', but it's the actual Amiga version of the CF main
> > program.
> It worked first time WITHOUT the patch on my miggy. Hmm...

Odd; it's well documented that it won't work on Amigas without the
patch. Perhaps, if you have a relatively new copy of the CD it has
already been patched (e.g. by Epic etc)

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From: "Duncan Gow" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 15:06:51 +0000
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Hi,
   Quick question for those of you in the know. I have a Dynalink
56k/V90 modem, a silversurfer serial port and a 040/25 160Hz Blizzard
PPC card At present Genesis is set up for 115200 which works great,
what I want to know is am I using the correct speed or could I try a
faster speed with out problems?
Thanks
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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:05:59 +0000
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Hi Duncan,

>   Quick question for those of you in the know. I have a Dynalink
> 56k/V90 modem, a silversurfer serial port and a 040/25 160Hz Blizzard
> PPC card At present Genesis is set up for 115200 which works great,
> what I want to know is am I using the correct speed or could I try a
> faster speed with out problems?

You should be able to go for a higher speed without probs anyway, but
setting your serial port to 230,400 will certainly work and might even
improve performance...

All the best,
--
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Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:10:46 -0800
From: "Matthew J Fletcher" <[e-mail]>
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"ben vost" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished,
so I'm
> on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

Slightly late on the thread, but what about a tutorial on geekgadgets
?, perhaps with the latest current/alpha versions of the software on
the CD.

I know its a massive topic, but you could do gcc&egcs / sed&grep /
jove&emacs / awk&tcl / ksh&scripts etc,.. in each tutorial, starting
with the install and going through to decent usage of the progs.

Its a topic most people will have to cover at some point and it has the
added charm that it makes Mac (and MacOSX) users really scared.

-matthew



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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:11:11 +0000
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Hi Matthew,

> Slightly late on the thread, but what about a tutorial on geekgadgets
> ?, perhaps with the latest current/alpha versions of the software on
> the CD.

> Its a topic most people will have to cover at some point and it has the
> added charm that it makes Mac (and MacOSX) users really scared.

I don't think that most people will have to cover it and another programming
tutorial is the furthest thing from my mind right now...

All the best,
--
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From: "Daniel Thornton" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 15:14:14 +0000
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On 23 Feb 2000 15:06:51 +0000, [e-mail] wibbled...

> At present Genesis is set up for 115200 which works great,
> what I want to know is am I using the correct speed or could I try a
> faster speed with out problems?

You can go up to 234000 (or whatever it is :) without problems, but
there's not really any noticeable speed difference. Any higher will
cause problems though.

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:21:08 +0000
From: Christopher Ross-Gill <[e-mail]>
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Ben Vost wrote:
>
> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished, so
> I'm on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

Why not do an 'Amiga in the Real World' set of tutorials where you can
explore some practical applications (suggested by afb members?) of an
Amiga setup?  With the exception of setting up web sites - a well worn
subject - you could look at:

o Designing a newsletter -
  A perfect vehicle for stretching the legs of Pagestream
o Recording sports results -
  Using spreadsheets to maintain a league table.
o House/garden design -
  All the rage on telly and PC CD-ROMs, show how to use Imagine or
  similar to pre-plan one of those DIY jobs.
o Run a radio station -
  I have no idea how to do this.  Maybe you could use ARexx to control a
  playlist and some juke-box-alike equipment for the multitude of CDs.
etc...

I'm sure there are better ideas out there than these.  You could have
boxouts detailing availability of hw/sw or getting to know the
software.  Who knows, you could learn something yourself :-)

- Chris



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:31:02 -0800
From: "Christopher Bayliss" <[e-mail]>
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> >  The manual says that it supports DAO, TAO, SAO and packet writting.
> > Does any of the cd burning software on the amiga support all (or
most)
> > of these.

> MakeCD, BurnIT, MasterISO. Demos of all of these programs have been on
> previous CDs; just use AFCDfind to get 'em.

Thanks I thought I`d ask before loading them onto my hard drive

Chris Bayliss



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:29:16 +0000
From: Christopher Ross-Gill <[e-mail]>
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Jani Mkitalo wrote:
>
> > I usually get no gap in Netscape, or any other browser for that
> > matter, when I set a table up like so:
> >
> > <TABLE WIDTH="whatever" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0">
> >
> > When you remove the border attribute the gap returns.
>
> Yes, I do the same thing, but from previous posts I understood the gap
> remains on NN even with border set to zero.

Is this Mac Netscape?  I use Netscape Comm. 4.7 for Windows (95) and
have used 4.6 and as long as I actually include BORDER="0", I find there
is no gap, as is the case with every other browser I can get my hands
on.

- Chris


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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:44:56 +0100
From: Tudor Davies <[e-mail]>
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On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 08:19:29PM +0100, Matthew O'Neill wrote:

> A broken leg isn't a good excuse for not remembering previous posts ;)
> 1) these are free
> 2) these are legal

Hang on Mash - are you talking out of your arse?
Adam's comment was:
"Why don't you put full commercial games on next months CD , games from
1988-1993/4 in DMS files"

Can you point me towards all these games which are free and legal that were
released during these years? And also show me which companies (such as
Gremlin, etc) who have *legally* allowed this to happen.

Having a broken leg means I cannot put my foot in my mouth - as opposed to
you.

l8r
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:45:25 -0800
From: "Christopher Bayliss" <[e-mail]>
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> >My questions are; What does the CC_Reset fix do? Is it essential?
What will
> >happen if I don't bother with it?
>
> I bought one of the Power PCMCIA kits a few weeks ago. The cc reset
fix is
> just a small board (supplied by Power) with 3 wires coming of it
which need
> to be soldered to one of the Amiga chips. It's a bit fiddly, but I
managed
> it.
> If you don't do the fix it should still work but after each reboot
you will
> need to unplug the card and then plug it back in. If you forget the
system
> doesn't see the network.

 I have got one of those on my system without the reset fix and it works
perfectly even after reboots. Its a revision 2B your interested.
 If you want to do the fix without soldering you could try getting
clips that
hook on to the chips legs maplins have some in there catalouge. I was
looking
into these but since it worked ok I didn`t bother.

Chris Bayliss



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:49:15 +0100
From: Tudor Davies <[e-mail]>
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On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 08:51:39PM +0100, Matthew O'Neill wrote:

> > there are 100mbit capable cards for Amiga.
> ...and!?? thats what I'm trying to find out. dont hold back on me!

READ AMIGA FORMAT AND/OR AMIGACTIVE

For God's sake - for someone so opinionated, you don't take much notice of
what you read (if you do). I even started a thread about this a couple of
months ago, asking for details from people that had been to the Koln show.

> > yes...but it depends on how cheap you define cheapo ;-)
> The cheapest no frills one which fits the pcmcia socket and goes at 100mbit

Well you are stuffed there then. You need a Zorro capable box for the
100Mbps card - the 16bit PCMCIA on the miggy cannot do it, so they cvame up
with a Zorro PCMCIA adapter instead. Tough luck :)

l8r
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:06:38 +0100
From: Tudor Davies <[e-mail]>
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On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 12:01:02PM +0000, Ben Vost wrote:

> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished, so I'm
> on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

ImageFX 4.x Tutorial
ArtEffect Tutorial
NetBSD/OpenBSD Installation & Configuration

l8r
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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:13:14 +0000
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Hi Tudor,

>> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished, so
>> I'm on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?

> ImageFX 4.x Tutorial

I'm looking into getting Kermit to do one of these.

> ArtEffect Tutorial

Hadn't considered that, but it's a possibility.

> NetBSD/OpenBSD Installation & Configuration

I don't think so. For a start trying to use any kind of Unix is far too much
like programming for quite a lot of readers, but also because it'll be
interminably dull for people who aren't interested. At least atm, if you
don't program, even the programming tutes are relatively interesting -
thinking of Rich's Programming Perfection and Simon's Banging the Metal in
particular... (don't feel left out Neil!)

All the best,
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Date: 23 Feb 2000 14:19:58 +0000
From: "Neil Bothwick" <[e-mail]>
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roger buckley said,

> Hello Neil

>> Why didn't they use ferrets? :)
>>
> never send a rat to do a ferrets job :)

That's be why there were no rats on Calendar, or It'll Be Alright on
the Night :)


Neil - possibly being too subtle
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:20:37 +0100
From: Tudor Davies <[e-mail]>
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On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 04:13:14PM +0000, Ben Vost wrote:

> > ImageFX 4.x Tutorial
> I'm looking into getting Kermit to do one of these.
> > ArtEffect Tutorial
> Hadn't considered that, but it's a possibility.

Or even running them head to head could be interesting - although they are
aimed at different markets, they do have a lot of similar functionality (but
IFX is buried under a hideous interface - pity - still trying to get the
hang of it)

> > NetBSD/OpenBSD Installation & Configuration

OK dump that idea then - didn't think anyone would go for it anyway.

What about:

JST and WHDload tutorials - how to load your fav games onto HDD and how to
create installers/patchers - might encourage some people to register it.

l8r
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Date: 23 Feb 2000 14:51:24 +0000
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Hello Mikey C, on 23-Feb-00 12:27:08 you said about:
  [afb] Re: ami yellow pages

>matthew o'neill <[e-mail]> wrote:
>original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=48622
>> On 22-Feb-00, Mikey C wrote:
>>

>> Grabs dictionary........ Oi! I'm trying to hep the site and all you
>can do
>> is have a go at me, naff off!

>Helpful? Your tone of writting comes across to me as aggressive.

And... Oh, never mind...

>It was on Excite, webcrawler, hotbot and several others. (I couldn't
>get Yahoo to put AYP on there despite repeated requests)

At http://www.atomor.demon.co.uk , you'll find quite a bit of useful
info on how to get listed well in search engines, Yahoo included.

[snip]

>Besides, I have had a stack of emails from people telling me how much
>they valued the service and how they miss it.

Funny how you suddenly get a load of mails once a site closes, isn't it?
If they had taken the time to mail you before, you might not have closed
AYP... :(

>I didn't do too badly surely? It was mentioned in AF and CU Amiga too.
>:P

:)

Unless Neil has changed his mind, the AR should be getting a mention in
the next issue of "the other magazine"... ;)

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Date: 23 Feb 2000 15:10:33 +0000
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Hello Matthew O'Neill, on 22-Feb-00 19:25:19 you said about:
  [afb] Re: ami yellow pages

[snip]

>> So, you've *never* seen the 88x33 yellow AYP button link?

>No, and if I did then isn't there a good chance I'd have mearly glanced over
>it because I~d have though its for the actual yellow pages?

Possibly, just depends how much attention you pay to what's on the
site...

>> Or run a
>> website, other than your `homepage'....

>I do only run my website, why would I run someone else's?

My point is, if you haven't run a site where getting a good position in
a search engine can be important, you won't know the difficulties
involved in getting a good position, e.g., within the first 50 sites
returned from a search.

Obviously Michael has run into this (as he's already mentioned), as have
I, seeing as I currently run 7 web sites....

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From: "Kevin Fairhurst" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 16:13:59 +0000
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It's true! I've got a PC in my room!!

Yeah, it's a sad day, I know.  It's not through choice - work have forced
it onto me as my Amiga is unable of handling MS formatted documents  :(

The thing is, I wouldn't mind if it was a decent machine, but it's a P75
with 32Mb RAM!  Despite it being such an old machine & monitor, they've
given me a brand new HP Deskjet 710C to go with it, and a seemingly new
3Com USR modem!  Now where did I put my TurboPrint disk? ...

Kev

PS  I just had to reinstall the modem on the thing because for some reason,
it couldn't see it there ... </bashing>

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



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:38:27 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Tudor,

> > > yes...but it depends on how cheap you define cheapo ;-)
> > The cheapest no frills one which fits the pcmcia socket and goes at
100mbit
>
> Well you are stuffed there then. You need a Zorro capable box for the
> 100Mbps card - the 16bit PCMCIA on the miggy cannot do it, so they
cvame up
> with a Zorro PCMCIA adapter instead. Tough luck :)

And according to the Koln report (if my memory serves me correctly),
connecting to a Zorro II interface means that it'll only be able to
reach about 12mbits.

Paul Laycock



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:42:22 -0800
From: "Paul Laycock" <[e-mail]>
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Hi ppl,

The other day I was looking at an advert for the Z4 busboard when a
question popped into my head:

"If you've got one of those beauties in your A1200, and an accelerator,
would the busboard cause any loss in performance?"

I'm sure that there is /someone/ on AFB who can answer the curiosity
for me.

Paul Laycock



------------------------------ message 48693 ------------------------------
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From: [e-mail] (Sean FT)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:56:04 +0200
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Hello Ben

On 23-Feb-00, you wrote:


>> Free beer? Oh it's not that sort of request. It'd need to cover the
>> basics about installing it all, and then the boing bag (btw any news on
>> BB2 yet?), and covering problems that might arise from it such as the
>> rogue
>
> BB2 will probably be out in the first full week of March (5th-).
>
>> C:Installer problem. Then there's setting up patches with it such as
>> TweakWB and the like. Then of course there's getting the FastIPrefs
>> version of WBPattern to lock the palette for MWB ....
>
> Why not just use MCP? :)

Just a thought OS3.5 & MCP = :-(

When using OS3.5 & MCP together it has been reported that starting any of
the
following software can cause the machine to crash:-

YAM 2 - Wordsworth 6or7 - DOpus 5.11 - ABackup 5.20

I have also had problems with OS3.5,using YAM 2 & Voyager 3.When both are
running and
i try to save a fastlink the machine crashes.When i turn YAM 2 off and save
theres
no problem,it may be just my machine but the OS 3.5 & MCP problem has been
reported by
lots of users!.

              Cheers,
                    Sean.
                             POWERED BY:

A4000(T) 040 25+PPC233 144Mb CVPPC PreludeZII+Rombler* IOBlixZII
UltraPlex32X RicohMP6200SCDRW Nomai750.c Mustek1200SP Tiptel506 ISDN Modem
EpsonSC500 OS3.5 etc

*=Still looking for a sound daughter board DB50XG from Yamaha to fit onto
it! (Any offers!)




Anyone can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
-- Cicero




------------------------------ message 48694 ------------------------------
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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:58:54 +0000
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Hi Sean,

>> Why not just use MCP? :)

> Just a thought OS3.5 & MCP = :-(

> When using OS3.5 & MCP together it has been reported that starting any of
> the following software can cause the machine to crash:-

> YAM 2 - Wordsworth 6or7 - DOpus 5.11 - ABackup 5.20

Well people running Opus 5.11 should get a life anyway. That version was
never very good and later ones are available (and more OS3.5 compatible).
However, I run YAM on a 24-hour basis both here and at home with no
trouble. It hasn't been the cause of any of the few crashes I experience. I
can't comment on Wordworth (which has never been programmed in a
particularly OS-friendly manner anyway) or ABackup.

> I have also had problems with OS3.5,using YAM 2 & Voyager 3.When both are
> running and
> i try to save a fastlink the machine crashes.When i turn YAM 2 off and
> save theres
> no problem,it may be just my machine but the OS 3.5 & MCP problem has been

Again, I run V3 almost constantly on this machine too, and while it's not as
stable as I'd like, I don't see the connection between it and YAM. I think
you'd probably find the same problem with running any two MUI programs, and
that there's a problem with MUI for you, rather than these individual apps.

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
try this: http://www.music365.co.uk




------------------------------ message 48695 ------------------------------
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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:02:23 +0000
In-Reply-To: <8912le$[e-mail]>
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Hi Paul,

> The other day I was looking at an advert for the Z4 busboard when a
> question popped into my head:

> "If you've got one of those beauties in your A1200, and an accelerator,
> would the busboard cause any loss in performance?"

Not if you're not using it. That might sound fatuous, but it won't degrade
the performance of your machine at all by simply being plugged in. However,
because of the fact that it (and indeed any Zorro II busboard) can't handle
DMA, then any card plugged into it *will* have to use the processor,
thereby slowing your machine down. However, the trade off is well worth
while in most instances I would imagine.

All the best,
--
Ben Vost (x2337)        /PGP key available/        T: ([phone]
Editor, Amiga Format                             F: ([phone]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Amiga - different because it's better.




------------------------------ message 48696 ------------------------------
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Date: 23 Feb 2000 16:28:30 +0000
From: "Neil Bothwick" <[e-mail]>
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Andy Mills said,

Nothing that I'm quoting, but eGroups haven't bothered to send me
Ben's mail yet.

> Hello Ben Vost, on 23-Feb-00 09:52:48 you said about:

>>> The limit is usually reached quite late in the day, probably past your
>>> bedtime :)

>>The daily limit goes from 8AM GMT - 8AM GMT.

I know that. But I was talking to Mash, so there was no need to let the
facts get in the way of the point I was trying to make :)


Note that this mail contains two smilies, so it cannot be considered
offensive to anyone, not matter what the content.


Neil
--
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The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
http://www.wire.net.uk
--
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Date: 23 Feb 2000 16:29:59 +0000
From: "Neil Bothwick" <[e-mail]>
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Andy Mills said,

> With the imminent (ever hopeful) release of cable modems, people could
> serve their own web pages from their own machines[1]. The security
> feature could also be tied in with this.

Cablemodem contracts generally forbid the running of servers.


Neil
--
Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet
The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
http://www.wire.net.uk
--
I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.



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Date: 23 Feb 2000 16:33:3 +0000
From: "Neil Bothwick" <[e-mail]>
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Duncan Gow said,

>    Quick question for those of you in the know. I have a Dynalink
> 56k/V90 modem, a silversurfer serial port and a 040/25 160Hz Blizzard
> PPC card At present Genesis is set up for 115200 which works great,
> what I want to know is am I using the correct speed or could I try a
> faster speed with out problems?

Many modems only work up to 115200. Try it and see, the worst that can
happen is that it won't work.

Watch the transfer rates if it does connect, faster is sometimes slower
where serial speeds are concerned.


Neil
--
Neil Bothwick - Connected via Wirenet
The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
http://www.wire.net.uk
--
Top Oxymorons Number 17: Clearly misunderstood



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From: Adam James <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 05:11:13 +0000
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Hello, all

Is the back issues stated in AF the last few issues or any issues? =


i have Just filled out the subscription order form :-) but does anyone
know when the =A339.95 will get took from the account? =


-- =

Adam James

(PGP key avail)








------------------------------ message 48700 ------------------------------
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From: "Anthony Prime" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 17:40:38 +0000
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Hi Ben

[snip]

> A "getting the most from Workbench" kind of thing is also on my list of
> possibles, but what would you guys (my very own focus group) want from it?

An idiots guide to soft kicking KS3.1 and downloading OS3.5... JOKE :)

Essential utilities, crash busting (libs etc.), effective use of MUI.
--
Anthony Prime
>>Powered by Amiga in Crewe
[e-mail]


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From: "Anthony Prime" <[e-mail]>
Date: 22 Feb 2000 21:28:13 +0000
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20000222172807.00856e60@192.168.9.10>
X-Mailing-List: [e-mail]
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> Dear Chief Executive,

[snip}

I presume this means you Ben ;)
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Anthony Prime
>>Powered by Amiga in Crewe
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From: [e-mail] (Sean FT)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 18:28:27 +0200
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Hello Ben

On 23-Feb-00, you wrote:


> Well people running Opus 5.11 should get a life anyway. That version was
> never very good and later ones are available (and more OS3.5 compatible).

I could'nt agree more(he said quickly changing his signature line)old chap!.

                             POWERED BY:

A4000(T) 040 25+PPC233 144Mb CVPPC PreludeZII+Rombler* IOBlixZII
UltraPlex32X RicohMP6200SCDRW Nomai750.c Mustek1200SP Tiptel506 ISDN Modem
EpsonSC500 OS3.5
Opus Magellan II etc

*=Still looking for a sound daughter board DB50XG from Yamaha to fit onto
it! (Any offers!)






------------------------------ message 48703 ------------------------------
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From: Adam James <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 18:18:08 +0000
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Hello Ben

On 23-Feb-00 at 09:54:41, you wrote about [afb] Re: AF136 Idea

> Hi Adam,
>
>> as i said before i did not look at the legal side of things but most
>> amiga users may want to see the history of AF but i doubt it.
>
>> FINAL IDEA : AF why don't you do a theme called "AF Past Present
>> Future" which includes Pictures , reviews , etc etc
>
> We already do our "100 issues ago" boxout in news every issue - not
> many mags can do that...
>
> All the best,

The "100 issues ago" in AF is excellent to read :-) but a new title
would sound a bit better "A blast from issue ??~s past"

How about putting old AF Covers issues 1-50 on the CD in .jpg files?

CU-Amiga (R.I.P) did it which was excellent :-)

--
Adam James

(PGP key avail)








------------------------------ message 48704 ------------------------------
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From: Adam James <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 18:27:25 +0000
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Hello George

On 23-Feb-00 at 14:15:04, you wrote about [afb] Wanted:Script for YAM

> Hello,everyone.
> I would like to be able to select an option and have YAM go
> online,download all the mail,then go offline again. I know it's
> possible,but I don't know much about AREXX..and I'm busy.. Has anyone
> else written such a script?
>
> Seeyaround.

Get Zelador it connects ,downloads mail , logs of internet at any time
and has a nice GUI interface

--
Adam James

(PGP key avail)








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From: Adam James <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 18:25:27 +0000
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Hello Ben

On 23-Feb-00 at 12:01:02, you wrote about [afb] Tutorial dearth

> Hi all,
>
> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished, so
> I'm on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?
>
> All the best,

How about a small tutorial explaining how to write HD games installers
using JST or WHDLOAD?  which the 2 are a pain in the ass to do

or a quick tutorial on turboprint to get the most out of it, which
despite reading the man i still need to do better photo images.

End of message

--
Adam James

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Date: 23 Feb 2000 18:15:27 +0000
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Hello Neil Bothwick, on 23-Feb-00 16:29:59 you said about:
  [afb] Re: Tutorial dearth

>Andy Mills said,

>> With the imminent (ever hopeful) release of cable modems, people could
>> serve their own web pages from their own machines[1]. The security
>> feature could also be tied in with this.

>Cablemodem contracts generally forbid the running of servers.

Darn.

Hang on. Why should I be upset? I don't want to run a web server off my
'Miggy anyway.... :-/

Ah well.

--
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From:   Pekka Sippola <[e-mail]>
Date:   Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:28:49 +0300
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Hello Steven

> That, and Fusion doesn't seem to like my SS Hardfiles (since when I
> installed it I couldn't afford to set up a partition for the Mac), so
> assuming I ever got Fusion to run, I'd still be a bit stuffed.

Fusion can be fooled to use SS hardfiles: make a Fusion hardfile and
save it to be used by Fusion. Then delete it and rename the SS hardfile
to the same - the Fusion deleted hardfile must be at least as big as the
SS one. Then boot Fusion - and the hardfile should be there (at least
for me it worked).



Regards
--
Zipper

proud owner of A500 powerhouse ala '91
now cooking with A4000/233PPC




------------------------------ message 48708 ------------------------------
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From: "Anthony Prime" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 17:52:55 +0000
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Mr Subtlety. Neil Bothwick said something about [afb] Re: Countdown
(Was: java 'n' hex)

> >> Why didn't they use ferrets? :)

> > never send a rat to do a ferrets job :)

> That's be why there were no rats on Calendar, or It'll Be Alright on
> the Night :)

> Neil - possibly being too subtle

Possibly. But I'm sure you were only playing with us. If you meant
business you'd have gone right to the bone.

Anthony - sadly demonstrating an encyclopaedic knowledge of low
budget, low production value,  local TV magazines... I really must get
out more

:(


------------------------------ message 48709 ------------------------------
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From: "Anthony Prime" <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 18:37:08 +0000
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Matthew O'Neill said something about [afb] More miggy's (miggies?) and backup

> I seem to notice the strangest things when I'm pissed. Chicargo's club/pub
> in luton, monday night. 25 screens all displaying the chunky hand with a
> blue floppy disk. ahhh, 'tis a sight to behold =) A600 with scala by the
> way...

Surely if it's a 600 it should be the puple screen with the disk anim?
--
Anthony Prime
>>Powered by Amiga in Crewe
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From: "Peter Hutchison" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:28:56 -0000
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From: "Ben Vost" <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 14:29:47 +0000
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Hi Alan,

>> our coverdisks (since most of them don't have CD-ROMs). He runs a
>> usergroup and he reckons he has 12,000 worldwide members...

> ;-) so ask him why they dont all subscribe..or at least join AFB to
> voice their 1.3 concerns ;-)

>Did I forget to mention that most of his members aren't on the net because
>a) only PCs can do that (and when I pointed out this was not so) b) it'd
>cost too much...

Does it mean that ALL these A500 owners are school kids or students with no
money. Well 35 isn`t *too expensive* at all for a ROM and WB 3.1 upgrade.
Windows 98 is at least twice as expensive. This is the 21st century NOT
1990.
Tell them to start saving. A quid or more a week and then spend it on 3.1!

Internet access could be conceivably be accessible from any computer! As
long
as its got a TCPIP and PPP access you can access the net. Web browsing may
be difficult but email, ftp and ircing doesn`t need much CPU power. Even
A500s
can use ALynx to use the web (minus the gfx). I read that an an ancient
TI-99/4a
managed to browse the web as well! So, for a A500 it ain`t impossible (a bit
slow).

Peter





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




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From: "Peter Hutchison" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:20:38 -0000
X-Mailing-List: [e-mail]
Subject: [afb] Re: Epson stylus 660
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Hi All,

Adam James Wrote
>Does anyone know why my Epson printer prints text in red when i print
>from Multiview, amigaguide, PPGuide ? but in every other program i use
>the text/pictures are perfect, I am using the Turboprint driver Epson
>stylus 640


>Oooohh my Canon BJC600 & BJC4100 both do this.
>I would be interested if anyone has found out why it does this.


This is a known bug when PrinterGfx is set to Colour mode and thus picks
the first colour from RGB ie Red. To print in Black, load PrinterGfx and set
it to black and white. It should now print in Black!




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




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From: "Peter Hutchison" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:34:15 -0000
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>I've been trying to use a pc format hard disk on my Amiga for
>a few days and I'm having a few probs..  I installed the drive
>and set it to use crossdosfilesystem. This seemed to work fine
>so I tried to format it, but got an error at the end of the format.
>m I going about this the wrong way?

Are you using Crossdos from WB 3? If so, then it will not work
on hard disks, as it was limited to using 1.44 floppies at most.
You need the full version of Crossdos such as Crossdos 7
to access Zips, Hard disks etc.


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




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From: "Peter Hutchison" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:35:27 -0000
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>I have a laptop that I will currently be sending for repair and I want
>to back up some of the data on the 2.5 inch HD.  I am using my A1200 but
>since I only have the standard IDE interface, I have to use a boot
>floppy to mount my CD-ROM drive (Blizzard 1230IV with SCSI) so that I
>can run disk tools from there.

>Using SCSI Mount from the AFCD, the drive shows up but when I try to
>mount it I get an error mumbling about a lack of RDB (which I assume is
>Rigid Disk Block).

Yes ,PCs do not use RDBs at all. They use FAT and MBRs.

>My question is - is it possible to access the files on the PC hard drive
>with just a floppy and CD drive, and if so what filesystems, software
>etc. should I use?

You need a full version of CrossDOS (the one on Workbench only works
with floppies) and a Mountlist to so that Workbench can mount  it. Try
MountDOS on Aminet to create it for you!

>A few floppies should be sufficient for backing up files, so that isn't
>a problem.

That might be a better bet than using mountlists etc.

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




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From: "Peter Hutchison" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:00:12 -0000
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>What was only last year? I'm talking about back in 93, 94 and 95 when
>despite advances in hardware all the games companies still only
>released ECS games.

Which is really annoying as I had an A1200. Most people still had A500s
which is the main market.


> Most of the games bought nowadays are for Playstations and
> Nitendo64s. Most people buy a PC as an easy way to get onto the net
> without having to understand how it works and to be able to use Word
> and other Microsoft office applications.

>I know that, but there is also a *huge* PC games market out there. And
>people who get Windows PCs as an easy way onto the net are deluding
>themselves (or allowing themselves to be deluded). It is far easier to
>get online using an Amiga and a copy of Netconnect3 or Miami, than it
>is using Windows. And I'm speaking from experience here, not out of
>prejudice :)

I found setting up net software just as easy on the PC as on the Amiga
and I can use either system very well.

> Also, the 1200 has the restrictions of chipram so in order to handle
> large graphics files a graphics card and zorro expansion are
> required. The cost of these plus towering up the 1200 is near to
> buying a complete pc and you are then stuck with a third rate
> graphics card which won`t hold a candle to a voodoo 128 bit card or
> a Creative Soundblaster.

I agree there. The cost is far too much and there isn`t much software around
to
make the _full_ use of it! And you are trying to fit them in every nook and
crany
you can find and then discovering that some things won`t work with one
another
or you need another patch or another upgrade to fix it... :(

>But you're left with a nicer system, imho. I would rather use my 030
>AGA Amiga than the latest Windows PC for most tasks. Besides, who
>needs the latest, fastest Voodoo card unless you're heavily into 3D
>games, which you claim you're not.

I find AGA far too slow and Chip RAM to be a big bottleneck on Amigas.
How many people use AGA 256 colour Workbenchs! Not many, slugs on
a bad day, run faster than that!

The BoXeR could have made a killing last Christmas, if it had been released
when they
said it should. At least it doesn`t have any of the restrictions the current
A1200s and
A4000s have and come with full Zorro 3 and unlimited chip ram, faster
chipset and
can be fitted in _cheap_ ATX type boxes than the overpriced Towers we have
to buy
nowadays!


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




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From: "Peter Hutchison" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:47:45 -0000
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From: "Stephen Morley" <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:49:05 -0000
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>Sometime this year I'll upgrade to an A4000 with OS3.5, but until then I'm
>stuck with my A1200 with 3.0. I've been using the latest version of Blitz
>Basic (will there be an updated version at some stage?) since summer, and I
>need to know if my programs (that work fine with 3.0) will work properly
>with OS3.5, or are there some compatibility issues?

The only update has been the Blitz Support Suite but that is also hard to
get hold
off as well.
As for OS 3.5, the majority of your software should work. The only thing to
watch
out  for is third party patches such as MCP and some Icon programs that do
not
like the new ColourIcon system introduced in OS3.5. Some new updates are
available
that fix them. See Aminet.



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




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Date: 22 Feb 2000 18:22:52 +0000
From: "Nyk Tarr" <[e-mail]>
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Once upon a time in the land of AF-ml,
Jonathan M. Dudley wrote:

> William wrote:

>> and about the b/w cartoon on pages 62-63 ? surely the mailbag could print
>> few more letters if this was not there

> What? Lose Sabrina? Art thou mad, sir?  :)

You could always buy the collected versions from the publisher:

United Publications :- http://www.lupin.demon.co.uk/

Nyk
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u.m.a.a.: where educated people gather to talk about trousers :P



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:39:29 -0800
From: "Alex Paton" <[e-mail]>
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Hi Ben,

>
> Two more tutorials came to an end in the issue we've just finished,
so I'm
> on the lookout for more to replace them. Any suggestions?
>

TVPaint. This software has a very different interface and is a
fantastic piece of
software that is free. (although I think you need a graphics card to
use it)

Alex Paton



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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 19:38:34 +0000
From: "Jonathan M. Dudley" <[e-mail]>
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Ben Vost wrote:

>> I've just received a letter from that nice man Mr Vost telling me my
>> subscription to his magazine is running out, so I've put a cheque in the
>> post to him.
>
> Oh yeah. Next you'll be telling me that you love me. I haven't got a cheque
> from you at all! Did you make sure you made it out to the initials of my
> organisation: "Commodore Amiga Self-Help"? :)

Crikey! Lucky you pointed that out before I sent mine in!
</gullible>

Regards,
Jonny.
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Daisy Duke shorts would never go out of fashion.


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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:58:52 -0800
From: "Erol Ismael" <[e-mail]>
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matthew garrett <[e-mail]> wrote:

> The 520 is a 68020, isn't it?

It is a 030 processor




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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 19:54:07 +0000
From: "Jonathan M. Dudley" <[e-mail]>
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Nyk Tarr wrote:

>> What? Lose Sabrina? Art thou mad, sir?  :)

> You could always buy the collected versions from the publisher:
>
> United Publications :- http://www.lupin.demon.co.uk/

That's true, but I prefer my monthly "shot in the arm".  :)

Regards,
Jonny.
--
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Daisy Duke shorts would never go out of fashion.


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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:09:08 -0800
From: "Erol Ismael" <[e-mail]>
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Does anyone know where I can get a Monitor switch box that will work on
both a vga port and amiga RGB port?
Must have four ports or more to cope with several computers.
thanks

Erol



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