Re: Panic!

2001-06-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Yous forgiven, lol Too quiet methinks.. maybe something is afoot.

Re: IRC

2001-03-04 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Andrew Collier wrote: Just to update on this, I've tried to connect on the last couple of nights; unfortunately the lag is so severe at the moment that my client just drops the connection :( There have generally been a couple of people on there though. Is it a problem

Re: [OT] Pass it on, spread it around - my summary

2001-02-20 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
summary: I don't say that children should be kept in a black box. But I don't think it is clever to go and click anything I don't know. Especially if people don't know computers well, they should be careful, as in the real life. If you tak a power saw and cut out our hand, it's because you

Re: [OT] Pass it on, spread it around - my summary

2001-02-20 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
ERM, You'd be surprised!, a local cabbie here got arrested and jailed for keeping a couple of hundred of gallons of petrol in his garage during the fuel crisis here in Old Blighty last year A major part of his defence centered on the fact, that he did not know that petrol was flammable!

Re: Xmas

2000-12-25 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy New Year! (This beats the postal service, eh?!) Especially when you're sending cards on Xmas day :) Do you think they'll get there on time? Oh, and, Merry Christmas everybodies. Martin -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#:

Re: Sam Coupe wake up call

2000-09-09 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Roy Staines wrote: Doing some belated spring cleaning, I and my son felt eager to set up the Sam Coupe and have a play around. It hasn't been used for a few years and when a software disk is put in and F9 is pressed I got error code 53 NO DOS. Tried several disks and got the same, does

Re: Outwrite Text Files

2000-07-17 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Robert Wilkinson wrote: If you don't like it, then don't use it. Outwrite was written by me years before I got a PC, the only thing I had to go by was Tasword. It does support bold,italic, underline etc, via control codes in the body of the text, it just isn't WYSIWYG. And I always

Re: be back...

2000-07-05 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Aley Keprt wrote: After 5 days being lost from the net, thanksfully to the biggest PC crash I ever This happens to everyone, who thinks that making backups is something, what they don't need to waste their time with. Think of it as an involuntary annual clearout. fitz -- Email:

Re: scads

2000-07-03 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Gale wrote: more info: only about 200 copies were sold... he set fire to the remaining 800 manuals as they were taking up about half of his garage ! Wow... looking back, it's hard to believe how much optimism people had in the Sam market, isn't it?! Yeh, I would have been well

Re: Big Trouble

2000-07-01 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
David L wrote: Ive heard some sams need a special call to boot, can it be the case It might be that at fault. Anyone got the PEEK for checking the Rom version? I suspect an early version myself (I'm drunk so I cant remember!) Its a bad sign when alcohol starts to impede your

Re: scads

2000-06-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
womoteam wrote: peter schrieb: Would Someone send me a .dsk or similar of scads please as the scads file on the ftp site is a .td0 file which i can`t use. cheers Peter Harkess Hi Peter. Have send you all I have about Scads and demos fro in a zipped file.

Re: Portugal

2000-06-26 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Jorge Canelhas wrote: Just needed to say this : PORTUGAL !! PORTUGAL !! I often have the same problem myself. But dont worry, it can be medicated ;) So you think your going to win? (doesnt everyone ...Eng..a..hm) fitz -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 11077801 Web:

Re: Web Sites

2000-06-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gordon Wallis wrote: While we are talking about web sites etc. I'm thinking of buying a program to do web sites. What do people use on this list? Notepad. Ya can't beat it. Except for NoteTab Light (err, download it from somewhere, like www.download.com or something). Its the same

Re: SAM Community on line

2000-06-13 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gavin Smith wrote: Ian Collier wrote: On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 12:07:57AM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: I know this is a common problem with viewing websites on a Mac, and then a PC, so what am I doing wrong? Any ideas? Yes, it sounds like what you are doing wrong

Re: Looking for SCADS manual

2000-06-07 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
womoteam wrote: Once upon a time I asked for the SCADS manual and someone wrotes, he would scan it in and set it to the net. Hopefully that someone which name I not know yet is still alive, I like to know how things are in progess (if). Was that me? I think it probably was. To be

Re: Wincoupe again...

2000-05-27 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Hey Si, Si Owen wrote: lost all motivation to work on it and stopped. The fuss over releasing a GPL program without the source halted any further binary releases for people to play with - it was only ever given to people on this list as a private release, and not announced on any other

Re: Looking for SCADS manual

2000-05-18 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Edwin Blink wrote: But I've just done scanning in the entire tech manual, so, well, I want a break :)... I'll get in done nexdt week sometime (Im moving house this weekend, so its a bit impossible to do it now anyway :) Are you putting it online ? If not I'd like to put it online ?

Re: Looking for SCADS manual

2000-05-17 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Hey ho, Since I see a great SAM revival here I am in a very good mood. So I have downloaded SCAD from nvg, but there is no manual. Can anybody help in this way? If someone would send it to me I can scan it and make Text- and/or PDF-file of it, so whoever it wants can set it on his webside

Re: Another one bites the dust

2000-05-04 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
womoteam wrote: Hi Andrew, I use my third SAM in eight (!) years, but my first power supply. Have I a golden one??? I think the bigger problem is the keyboard which has drived my SAMs down. Does anybody know, where to get (buy) new ones nowadays? My keyboard has some dropouts from time

Re: Another one bites the dust

2000-05-04 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Edwin Blink wrote: with the best performance (better sound quality and no flickering of the TV picture if your Floppy drive start to spin up !) I've always quite liked that. Hands up, those in favour of dodgy power supply emulation to Sim/Wincoupe? ;) fitz -- Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SAM website

2000-05-03 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Robert Wilkinson wrote: Sounds like a good Idea to me, I'll help support it. anyone else want to encourage Gavin. How about votes of confidence, words of wisdom, etc. Yayayayayaayayayayaya, woohoo! Will that do? Oh, er, Gavin... if ya need any cgi type stuffy stuff, I can do that. There.

Re: Response Please.

2000-04-29 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Collier wrote: Can anyone tell me if MasterDOS and MasterBASIC are freely available now, or do we still have to buy it. If so, Where from. As far as I understand the current situation; you're not allowed to copy it, but no-one can sell it to you either. I remember that towards

Re: MP3 on SAM?

2000-04-28 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Aley Keprt wrote: My brother uses PC for everything, since he hates any waiting. He thinks all tape-oriented devices are very bad, and wants everything immediately, with no delay. He hates VHS video, audio casettes, etc. I can understand hating audio casettes, but when do you need to

Re: MP3 on SAM?

2000-04-28 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Paul Walker wrote: On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 10:10:49PM +0100, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: has to be the biggest wait involved of any home appliance. You dont need to wait for a stereo to boot up load the os before you get to see it. Though Im sure someone will think of including

Re: MP3 on SAM?

2000-04-28 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Aley Keprt wrote: You wait at least when the VHS is at its end and you must rewind it to play it. Or when you want to move to particular point of the movie. You can't do it simply on the tape. Yeh, but I guess Im one of the odd ones that rewinds things once I've finished watching :). Tho

Re: Sam Tech manual needed

2000-04-25 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Jarek Adamski wrote: Dnia 00-04-22 Mac Buster pisze: Could you please upload it somewhere and make it publically downloadable ? There are not only Frans van Egmond need it :) In 1997 I made translation of SAM Technical Manual to Polish language. The translation is updated with

Re: Sam Tech manual needed

2000-04-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Chris White wrote: oopss seem to have placed it in a safe place will hunt more :( Chris... I've got a copy here, so if you're planning n scanning it it, let me know we can go half/half on the job of scanning it. Just say a res/filetype/thingy (technical term) and I'll do that. fitz --

Re: Back from the dead...? Hmmm!

2000-04-18 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
The Mad Goose wrote: On 17 Apr 00, at 23:05, Steven Pick wrote: Hi Steve - its good to have the old famouns names coming back to the list. Yeh, heloo Steve not that you know me. But hey. Seems a lot of ex-Sam users end up working in bit flash companies doesnt it? Must be something

Re: Following on from Sam forsale

2000-03-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Frans van Egmond wrote: You Lucky Lucky B*st*rd ! - Pythonesque response... Well anyway, congratulations I think you should try it at least once to see if it functions... ~Getting images of him fitting the ASIC and unwittingly snapping of a leg~ ...I personally wouldnt dare

Re: SAM pic converter ?

2000-03-25 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Frans van Egmond wrote: Does anyone have a program for Amiga or PC to convert IFF or BMP or whatever pictures to SAM Coupe and back? There was one on the SAM somewhere, if that would be any help? I think BMP actually come across ok anyway (er, minus the palette and a bit skewed and at

Re: Computer Shopper Feb 2000

2000-01-12 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Tim P wrote: has a picture of Sam in it. The robot that is, not the computer or my old school friend. What on earth for? The robot that is, not the computer or your old school friend. Is it out now? (Why do mags come out a month early??) If so I'll pop down the newsagent and leaf through

Re: your mail

2000-01-06 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
David L wrote: Dont be pedantic A Z380 or Z280 machine would, I would imagine, be remotely of interest to some people on the list. I thought the point you were making was about its method of emulating a speccy right?.. About having a card in the pc's isa?.. If thats not what it said,

Re: your mail

2000-01-06 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gordon Wallis wrote: Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: David L wrote: Dont be pedantic A Z380 or Z280 machine would, I would imagine, be remotely of interest to some people on the list. [snip] well, it interested me... perhaps people here should eat more winegums

Re: Eh up, what's goin' on 'ere then?

2000-01-05 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Dave Laundon wrote: For the past couple of days I've noticed that I was receiving messages from Sam-Users at work that never appeared at home. I've just done a quick 'who' to sam-users-request and found that I no longer exist, so I've just had to resubscribe! Whoever done this, could

Re:

2000-01-04 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Oh.. err happy new year and stuff... :)... We survived, no fiery demons bringing balls of wrath. David Ledbury wrote: They did - Bob hijacked the ideas everyone put out but as usual it ended up being just talk. Anyone remember the SAMSon discussions? What is that? I recognise the

Net stuff...

2000-01-01 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
[did this ever get thru sorry if it did for some reason mail keeps bouncing off that server, maybe it was dead... said it didnt exist or something] All this net talk just made this weird little idea appear in my head. Would it be possible to have Wincoupe allow sam-network communication

Re: GTA

1999-12-17 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Several reasons. GTA (1 or 2) is not a game suited to multiplay in the same way Quake is - there are thousands of objects (cars, pedestrians, as well as physical objects) that must all be kept track of - by all players. But isnt it only cars in the nearby

Re: GTA

1999-12-17 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup, we don't process every object in the entire map because even the single player game would run like a dog, but we have to remember a certain number of objects for the game to be even remotely believable. But it's a problem with the majority of games, and

Re: Free Mungus stuff

1999-12-11 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Stephen McGreal wrote: I didn't want to do a normal homepage so I just chucked some stuff about me on a site full of what I like to think of as art. Mostly nicked art, but And badgers are an artform. Of sorts. then I doubt Damien Hirst didn't rear that cow himself... Personally I doubt

Re: Kilroy on Monday

1999-12-08 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
David L wrote: Anyone watching Kilroy on monday may have seen a certain lady in the audience... Dawn Mackenzie daughters Off topic, but nice to see them! Strange you should mention Kilroy... my mums address is going to be given out on that apparently, as ICF UK Regional Host...

Re: Free Mungus stuff

1999-12-08 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
(You'll have to track down the SAM page from there but it's easier now if you read the text attached to the badgers - Don't ask) :-) I've become a convert fan of Badger-Navigation its more fun than a finger of fudge. And the tangerine page is nice too actually... pure genius.. makes me

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-11-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Dan Dooré wrote: OK! Correction. I have pretty much (99.99%) decided that I'm wrong. The lady from Tetris is none other than Nastassia Kinski. Original image is here: ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/graphics/pics/nastassia_from_tetris.jpg That's the baby! Really?... Hmm.. I

Re: FRED starts the ball rolling...

1999-11-24 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why don't we purge the PD libraries and stick everything up there. Does anybody have contact with Derek Morgan? Well, I've got his address around here somewhere... This gives me a good excuse to actually get back in touch ..one of those back from the dead things...

Re: [OFF] Re: Money For Nothing...(but the chicks aren't free...)

1999-11-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gavin Smith wrote: If it wasn't, I certainly wouldn't be using it ;) It is, 24/7, permanent connection - but, as I said, it was a trial they were running, whilst the trial proved unviable for them (i.e. I probably stayed connected day and night pissing them off!), they decided not to

Re: Money For Nothing...(but the chicks aren't free...)

1999-11-20 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Dave Whitmore wrote: On Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:46:57 EST Sat, 20 Nov 99 00:19:11 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You bunch of stupid demo coders. So you were Bob all along! :) Seriously Johnna, AOL!? Is it just me, or does everyone have this reaction. Whenever I see a company

Re: Money For Nothing...(but the chicks aren't free...)

1999-11-20 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gavin Smith wrote: Erm, I have an excuse though. You see, AOL were running an 0800 trial thing a while ago. Basically, 100 lucky people in the UK were sent the 0800 pack, which involves paying 30 quid a month, and you get 24 hours a day, totally free phone calls! So, erm I signed up :*) 30

Re: Money For Nothing...(but the chicks aren't free...)

1999-11-20 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
David L wrote: - Original Message - From: Martin Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 2:48 AM Subject: Re: Money For Nothing...(but the chicks aren't free...) (unless youve got something going on with BT as well dont have

Re: SAM Community Newsletter Issue 2

1999-10-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Graham Goring wrote: I believe that the Russian can supply them with the launchers for a very reasonable fee. Only last week I got a nuclear submarine for using along the canal. Shouldn't cost too much. After all, the entire Russian economy is worth what? UKP2.50 these days?

Re: Re Finally

1999-10-04 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: Chris White wrote: From: Martin Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] (In an attempt to make this relevant)... Chris- yknow the lemmings snip There is a PC DISK Zip of the GFX on the site call stuff from DMA , and they contain IFF files that can be view with most

Re: Re Finally

1999-10-03 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Chris White wrote: From: Martin Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] (In an attempt to make this relevant)... Chris- yknow the lemmings snip There is a PC DISK Zip of the GFX on the site call stuff from DMA , and they contain IFF files that can be view with most GFX programs In some respects

Re: Re Finally

1999-10-02 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
www.alphabetty.co.uk -- like Hotmail but faster and a lot better Carol Vorderman, The Mirror, writing about http://www.funmail.co.uk I have real trouble with this tag on the end... I read it as Like Carol Vorderman, but

Re: Sams worst game ever

1999-10-01 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gavin Smith wrote: Dan Dooré wrote: My last word on the OT subject: http://www.podboy.demon.co.uk/fifi_mentalwealth.jpg Before After shots. I'm not sure if she looks better before or after... It took me a while to realise the black spots were for the distortion, I was

Re: South park

1999-09-29 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Maria Rookyard wrote: So it's not just me that disagrees with all the 7 year olds at school who insist it's a kids programme just because it's a cartoon? What about akira or manga or whatever its called... (nope, like the playstation, ive never seen *this* either... I like such a sheltered

Re: One Final point on Finally

1999-09-29 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Chris White wrote: Is the place 2 go http://www.btinternet.com/~chris_white/ The link to the Sam Coupe page has the directory slash the wrong way round '\' instead of '/' which means it goes poopoo... Just soes you know Fitz -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 11077801 AOL/CServeIM:

Re: One Final point on Finally

1999-09-29 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Chris White wrote: Oh who invented Htmls , said language - Case Sensitive , Slash Sensitive , what next Colo(u)r Sensitive as well : C# Ps have correct all '\' to '/' for you Netscape User's , any others thing ya want changes ( and don't ask for the counters Time as I don't know how

Re: Hi Sam Dudes,

1999-09-28 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Justin Skists wrote: From: Martin Fitzpatrick [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Urmm.. welcome to the list Rik :)... A list where a half of people talk techy stuff I try to convince myself I understand, while the rest of us talk about Playstations... Heh.. Sorry.. :) No need to apologise

Re: Sams worst game ever

1999-09-27 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Ian Collier wrote: On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 01:52:33PM +0100, Nick Humphries wrote: The one with the alien-like girl? VERY good make-up job that - doesn't look fake, really strikes home. No it doesn't. It is just disturbing. And meaningless. And it isn't a make-up job, it's

Re: Sams worst game ever

1999-09-27 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Justin Skists wrote: I remember seeing this girl on the advert. I thought she looked ugly so I didn't take much notice. I'll take a closer look next time. I like your heavily analytical approach to tv watching: is she attractive? no. switch off :)... it seems a faultless system. Fitz

Re: Sams worst game ever

1999-09-25 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gordon Wallis wrote: Maria Rookyard wrote: Gordon Wallis expressed the hope that: ... they be consigned to the most pestilent pits of Hell, there to be forever Satan's sexual plaything. Which, to Justin, ... Sounds like you've seen the southpark movie... Which in turn

Re: Hi Sam Dudes,

1999-09-25 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gavin Smith wrote: Richard Moore wrote: Hi Sam Dudes, I'm new to this list, I used to have a Sam Coupe back in those glory days, and wasn't it great, I was wondering if anyone knew the whereabouts of a certain Martin Fitzpatrick, he used to run Metropolis software, I used to write

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Dan Dooré wrote: Its a shame nobody did a conversion of Daley Thompsons Super Test (or whatever) for the Sam.. I missed being able to knacker my joysticks (3 in total).. it was kinda comical when the handle dislodged itself and you carried on wiggling for a while before realising...

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: On 21 Sep 99, at 15:05, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: David L wrote: Ahh thats right :)... Ahh.. the remeniscing :) Them were the days... (etc. etc.)... Who'd have thought it'd still be affecting my vocabulary today.. No wonder people give me

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Simon Cooke wrote: From: Martin Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] David L wrote: Ahh thats right :)... Ahh.. the remeniscing :) Them were the days... (etc. etc.)... Who'd have thought it'd still be affecting my vocabulary today.. No wonder people give me weird looks

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: On 20 Sep 99, at 13:25, Gavin Smith wrote: Most-hyped-game-that-turned-out-to-be-not-very-good goes to Legend of Eshan. Hurrah! Somebody who agrees with me. I remember reviewing this for SAM2Sam and giving it something like 9% and I got loads of stick for it.

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: On 20 Sep 99, at 13:38, Andrew Collier wrote: Another Columns clone STAX by Wayne Coles, which was much better... STAX was fantastic - the best freebie game ever, save for Tetris. Would that be the tetris thing with the picture of that lass behing the blocks

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Simon Cooke wrote: Btw. where did the whole fnar fnar thing come from? In my head its a peculiarly 'Sam' thing (probably Fred, i can't imagine it being Format :o)... It's from Your Sinclair ;) Ahh thats right :)... Ahh.. the remeniscing :) Them were the days... (etc. etc.)...

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Justin Skists wrote: Sounds intruiging... Damn.. I gotta load it up again, now.. I don't remember anything dodgy going on with her lips... This has got me intrigued Sad that this is going to be what finally encourages to dig the Sam out off the shelf.. :).. Which disk was this on

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
David L wrote: Ahh thats right :)... Ahh.. the remeniscing :) Them were the days... (etc. etc.)... Who'd have thought it'd still be affecting my vocabulary today.. No wonder people give me weird looks sometimes when i say it. All I can say to that is Wibble! And another

Re: Proposal for the FTP site...

1999-09-17 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Simon Cooke wrote: Couldn't you just do that with some kinda cgi scripty thing. As in, the directory of the site is displayed using a cgi script which just goes through and pieces all these things together into a nice structured file thing?... Its just that would save you from having

Re: Proposal for the FTP site...

1999-09-16 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Simon Cooke wrote: Can we add a fileinfo.txt file to every folder? I want to write a quite utility which will go through the site, and grab this info from each one, building an index on my web pages... snippity snip This way, we'd be able to have an online directory of sorts, that I could

Re: SimCoupe 0.783a - ZIP

1999-09-11 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Collier wrote: BUT the new incompatible files should have been given different extensions. If somebody gives me a .doc file, I don't know if I can read it or not until I waste my time trying. You don't think this situation is bad? But the difference with the SAD (v2) is its just

Re: New hardware for SAM

1999-09-11 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Jarek Adamski wrote: 1. 4MB SIMM - 1/3 Agreed. What types of Simms are u thinking off? EDO is getting scarecer. Perhaps EDO, perhaps not. I must try. I don't expect much difference in standard simple access. I have 1MB SIMM now and I still have to find the socket for it. I have

Re: Atom Interface

1999-09-11 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gordon Wallis wrote: Andrew Gale wrote: How much interest is there to build the Atom dard disk interface. I'm planning to make a nice and clear gif shematic and put it online. If there is enough interest. Lots, I should think! I definitely would like to, so yes please!

Re: SAMDSK - a testimony

1999-09-09 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Thomas Harte wrote: It's been a while since I wrote that so, to be honest, I really can't answer any questions about error messages, bugs, or features! Any chance of posting the source? So that some of us can try and fix it for DOS boxes? Ive got another version (a kinda

Re: New hardware for SAM

1999-09-08 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gordon Wallis wrote: I'd have to go for: 5. Interlacer - 0/3 7. 28MHz CPU- 0/0 But, then, I don't really understand techy stuff like DMA and ISA. SIMM compatibility would be nice, as would HDFDDs. Although a more direct 128K emulator sounds good, I'd prefer some _new_ games

Re: Now you can all play a lame game under emulation!

1999-09-08 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
James R Curry wrote: Blast Turbo, the updated version of Blast which was originally on Fred 56 (Blast Turbo itself was on a late Fred issue, but who knows which?) is now available for downloading. That game is *ridiculously* fast :)... I can't cope, its kinda like instant death, every

Re: Might be interested

1999-09-03 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
James R Curry wrote: I like Swansea. Swansea is a nice place. And it's one of the only places in Wales Its in Wales?? Eeek. that doesn't have a name made out of hyroglyphics. ;-) Theres always Bangor. Or perhaps not. Fitz -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 11077801 AOL/CServeIM:

Re: Might be interested

1999-09-02 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: Just thought people might be interested in this... Sounds a bit fishy, but if they stick to their agreement, it could earn a couple of quid a month... Yeh.. a bit fishy. What confuses me is presumably it'll come through from one email address. So all I need to do is

Re: Might be interested

1999-09-02 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: Yeh.. a bit fishy. What confuses me is presumably it'll come through from one email address. So all I need to do is sign up then set me ISP to delete email from the account its coming from? I like this already. Ok, that kinda defies the point of it, but

Re: Might be interested

1999-09-02 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Robert van der Veeke wrote: So... how *do* they pay me? Are they paying outside the States/Canada? That seems to be the case with those get paid while you surf plans. Well, I think so... The form didn't ask for a credit card/etc. and only had space for NI (or the american equiv.)

Re: Anybody know who Anonymity Smith was?

1999-08-31 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: I thought possibly graham because I remember he did some scifi stuff for SAM2Sam. I remember them being quite funny and sending up the hackneyed plots of scifi really well. Which is just the kind of stuff I'm after. Was it him who did the Star Trek thing on FRED (or

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: On 29 Aug 99, at 17:32, Thomas Harte wrote: Arcade perfect, is it? Does it have the coloured strips? Eh? Eh?! Surely the coloured strips would be the easiest thing to get arcade perfect because of the ease of switching palette entries halfway down the

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Thomas Harte wrote: Hehe,... SCADS eh? Ahh, them were the days :)... I was always a bit Hey, if you have SCADS, any chance of uploading a DSK file to nvg to replace the td0? I'm one of the many people who can't use teledisk any more, but I'd really like to see SCADS. Yeh, I

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: On 29 Aug 99, at 17:32, Thomas Harte wrote: Arcade perfect, is it? Does it have the coloured strips? Eh? Eh?! Surely the coloured strips would be the easiest thing to get arcade perfect because of the ease of switching palette entries halfway down the

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Ian Collier wrote: On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 12:02:49AM +0100, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: Hehe,... SCADS eh? Ahh, them were the days :)... I was always a bit peeved with Jupiter Software over that [SNIP] Er, I seem to be experiencing déjà vu... imc Yay true. Netscape's gone mad

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: Thomas Harte wrote: Hehe,... SCADS eh? Ahh, them were the days :)... I was always a bit Hey, if you have SCADS, any chance of uploading a DSK file to nvg to replace the td0? I'm one of the many people who can't use teledisk any more, but I'd

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: On 29 Aug 99, at 17:32, Thomas Harte wrote: Arcade perfect, is it? Does it have the coloured strips? Eh? Eh?! Surely the coloured strips would be the easiest thing to get arcade perfect because of the ease of switching palette entries halfway down the

Re: Funny Thing

1999-08-17 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Simon Cooke wrote: From: Martin Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] just ignore itno big pictures of the sun in my eyes or anything - just a might sensitive to light, so i get echos when going from light to dark give it a few weeks... :o) ...a fair bit of it is probably psycho

Re: Funny Thing

1999-08-12 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Robert Wilkinson wrote: Hey my eyes went funny today at about 10 past 11 Did yours Yeh mine did... But that might have had something to do with me looking directly at the sun (duh). Unintentional... but I was using them glasses then my mate handed me a different (better) pair. So,

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-11 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Graham Goring wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Martin Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes HTH : Hand To Heart (I'm being honest) Surely that'd be HOH, Hand *ON* Heart? (Or Head Over Heels... Eek!) Dont argue with *me*... I only mindlessly cut and paste from search engines

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Graham Goring wrote: Should that be read duke catastrophe or duck catasrophe? :) Neither. Duke-tast-roff-ee It's a word taken from the excellent cartoon The Critic. Well, you learn something everyday In a similar vein.. Cowabunga, dudes :o) Classic... Hmm Martin -- Email:

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Collier wrote: On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: Well, you learn something everyday In a similar vein.. Cowabunga, dudes :o) Classic... Hmm FSVO Classic... Which would mean?... The only reference to 'FSVO' anywhere was about uploading something, saying

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Collier wrote: On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Andrew Collier wrote: Which would mean?... The only reference to 'FSVO' anywhere was about uploading something, saying uploaded to non-US (FSVO) So what is it? Tell me, tell me,... Now now now For Some Values Of. This, BTW, is

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Graham Goring wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Martin Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Graham Goring wrote: Should that be read duke catastrophe or duck catasrophe? :) Neither. Duke-tast-roff-ee It's a word taken from the excellent cartoon The Critic. Well, you

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Lee Willis wrote: Martin Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cowabunga, dudes :o) Classic... Hmm FSVO Classic... Which would mean?... The only reference to 'FSVO' anywhere was about uploading something, saying uploaded to non-US (FSVO) For Some Valus Of HTH

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Collier wrote: For Some Values Of. This, BTW, is mentioned at http://home.golden.net/~rebeccaj/docs/acronym.txt which comes up on a search for FSVO at Altavista... I've found this specific altavista tool thing which seems to do the biz... http://www.mtnds.com/af/gadget.html

Re: I hate Outlook Express

1999-08-09 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
.. Martin Fitzpatrick Aliens are in control of Blair, say Serb psychics - From the Independent on Sunday (today)... ..So, my suspicions were well founded :o) (and in the body of the story..) If one were to switch off the impulses radiated at the US president by the extra-terrestrials, only

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-09 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Graham Goring wrote: snip www.duketastrophy.demon.co.uk Should that be read duke catastrophe or duck catasrophe? Martin -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 11077801 AOL/CServeIM: Flupert

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1999-08-04 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Interesting, is this another newsgroup thatspeeks in single words? yes. -Original Message- From: michael sleight [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date: 03 August 1999 23:18 subscribe -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#:

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1999-08-02 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Collier wrote: Or alternatively again, take a look at http://mnemotech.ucam.org/samusers.html which was supposed to be a veritable Who's Who of sam-users subscribers. But not very many people have bothered to opt in... Didn't know it existed... I'll dig out an embarrasing photo

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