Re: Sophistry

2005-12-14 Thread Wolfgang Haller
Hi Andrew (and all other SAMmers) Seems, as if christmas would be interesting. because I also have a structure layout of a new site and some content, but it´s all a matter of time. As I run a club for Spectrum and SAM, this side will be for Spectrum and SAM users. For those who are curious,

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-14 Thread Matt Craven
Wow, that's a pretty nice page. I like it :-)Wolfgang Haller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andrew (and all other SAMmers)Seems, as if christmas would be interesting. because I also have a structure layout of a new site and some content, but it´s all a matter of time. As I run a club for Spectrum

RE: Sophistry

2005-12-13 Thread Simon Owen
Edwin Blink wrote: This is a Atom friendly version Cheers! simcoupe requires that fast disk loading is disabled to see the key ??? Mmmm, this comment in IO.cpp would certainly explain it: // To avoid accidents, purge keyboard input during accelerated disk access It was an attempt to avoid

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-13 Thread david
You're probably right. It was a waste of my time anyway. Project abandoned. --- Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10 Dec 2005, at 19:31, david wrote: (Blah - sounds like a load of excuses doesnt it? Happens to be true, but still sounds like it :() Anyway - I hope to get

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-13 Thread Calvin Allett
david [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're probably right.It was a waste of my time anyway.Project abandoned. I think this is a bit of a shame :( I`m sincerely sure that this isn`t/wasn`t a waste of your time David... I know for

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-13 Thread Andrew Collier
Oh David, why do you have to take everything so damn personally? Sorry. Let me rephrase my last post. I'm happy to take on responsibility for getting a community site up and running. With all the other things you've got on your plate, the Sam site can be one less thing for you to worry

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-12 Thread Carol
Is there a way to create SimCoupe-compatible images of protected disks yet? If you'd asked this next week it would have been a whole lot easier to answer! I've been trying to get a few things tidied up before Christmas, so some of it is a bit up in the air. I've got a test version of

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-12 Thread Aley Keprt
, December 11, 2005 7:21 PM Subject: Re: Sophistry Is there a way to create SimCoupe-compatible images of protected disks yet? If you'd asked this next week it would have been a whole lot easier to answer! I've been trying to get a few things tidied up before Christmas, so some of it is a bit up

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-12 Thread Dan Dooré
Simon Owen wrote: One problem is that it creates images in EDSK format, which the current SimCoupe releases can't read. Both Woo! and D'oh! in the same mail :) Is this EDSK as in http://andercheran.aiind.upv.es/%7Eamstrad/docs/extdsk.html or a new SDF-ish format? Dan.

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-12 Thread Colin Piggot
From: Aley Keprt wrote: Why don't you go and get the unprotected versions of those games? Manic Miner does feature on the coverdisk with issue 9 of Sam Revival magazine (with full permission of the copyright owner of course) and the disk will work with SimCoupe. The next issue of Sam Revival

Re[2]: Sophistry

2005-12-12 Thread Andy Chandler
dimming of the TV output when the FDDs/HDDs spin up and the slight haze you got on the RF out ;-) ] Aley - Original Message - Aley From: Carol [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aley To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Aley Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 7:21 PM Aley Subject: Re: Sophistry Is there a way

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-12 Thread Andrew Collier
On 11 Dec 2005, at 02:23, Simon Owen wrote: I've got a test version of SamDisk that will image (almost) any SAM title under W2K/XP. It's missing some features from SamDisk 2.0, so it's not quite ready to replace the existing version yet. I'd be happy to send you a copy to try, if you're

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-12 Thread Andrew Collier
On 10 Dec 2005, at 19:31, david wrote: (Blah - sounds like a load of excuses doesnt it? Happens to be true, but still sounds like it :() Anyway - I hope to get something sorted soon ... No offence, but the way you say that makes me even more convinced that I should start doing it

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-12 Thread Frode Tenneboe
On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:55:50 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Samcoupe.org has been abandoned by Gavin Smith, I sent him loads of stuff, a complete waste of my time. Not completely - since everything is up there on ftp.nvg.ntnu.no:/pub/sam-coupe. I`m think about expanding my Pro-Dos site to

RE: Sophistry

2005-12-12 Thread Simon Owen
Carol wrote: I've been reading the list for a year or two now - never replied before *grin* Welcome! Does this mean I might finally be able to load in Astroball, Manic Miner and Sam Strikes out? Yes - I've got images of those already, plus many more. The trouble is that many aren't

RE: Sophistry

2005-12-12 Thread Simon Owen
Dan Dooré wrote: Is this EDSK as in http://andercheran.aiind.upv.es/%7Eamstrad/docs/extdsk.html or a new SDF-ish format? It's that very same EDSK format, as used for +3/CPC disks. I've had a couple of extensions added to it recently, to better handle some of the protected disks on those

RE: Sophistry

2005-12-12 Thread Simon Owen
Aley Keprt wrote: Why don't you go and get the unprotected versions of those games? I don't think I've ever seen an unprotected version... Do you have a sample image you could send me? It's not ideal from Simon's point of view as he is desperate to emulate everything, but it's quite

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-12 Thread Edwin Blink
From: Simon Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't think I've ever seen an unprotected version... Do you have a sample image you could send me? http://home.wanadoo.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/diskimages/Sophistry.zip This is a Atom friendly version that will also run the speccy version when you hold

RE: Sophistry

2005-12-11 Thread Simon Owen
Andrew Collier wrote: It's a bit odd though - the music is messed up and you start the game with only one life. I remembered the single life limitation, but hadn't noticed the music difference until you said that. It does seem that the demo continues to use the menu music in the game, instead

RE: Sophistry

2005-12-11 Thread Stefan Drissen
- still applying Z80 concepts in a 4GL environment ;-) ... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Simon Owen Sent: Sun 12/11/2005 03:23 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Sophistry Andrew Collier wrote: It's a bit odd though - the music is messed up and you

Sophistry

2005-12-10 Thread James R Curry
About a week ago, I suddenly had the desire to play the SAM version of Sophistry, again. I have no idea why. Of course, living in the United States, I no longer have access to either my SAM, or my copy of Sophistry (which I purchased when it was first released). So, I'm wondering if anyone

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-10 Thread Andrew Collier
On 10 Dec 2005, at 14:38, James R Curry wrote: About a week ago, I suddenly had the desire to play the SAM version of Sophistry, again. I have no idea why. Of course, living in the United States, I no longer have access to either my SAM, or my copy of Sophistry (which I purchased when

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-10 Thread James R Curry
Through judicious use of monkeys and typewriters, Andrew Collier produced: On 10 Dec 2005, at 14:38, James R Curry wrote: About a week ago, I suddenly had the desire to play the SAM version of Sophistry, again. I have no idea why. Of course, living in the United States, I no longer

RE: Sophistry

2005-12-10 Thread Johnna
: 10 December 2005 18:34 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Sophistry Through judicious use of monkeys and typewriters, Andrew Collier produced: On 10 Dec 2005, at 14:38, James R Curry wrote: About a week ago, I suddenly had the desire to play the SAM version of Sophistry, again. I

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-10 Thread Andrew Collier
On 10 Dec 2005, at 16:34, Johnna wrote: Any idea what happened to the online rom dump that was proposed on here about a year ago? I think Gavin was in charge (can't rememember) but I've been away from here for so long. It started, and then it died. And then someone else said they'd

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-10 Thread MorriganCP
Hi In a message dated 12/10/2005 16:42:43 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any idea what happened to the online rom dump that was proposed on hereabout a year ago?I think Gavin was in charge (can't rememember) but I've been away from herefor so long.johnna

Re: Sophistry

2005-12-10 Thread david
To be fair, the site was either gavins - or mine. Mine was rather slowed down by a combination of illnesses, moving and also some issues in some projects i'm involved in (none-Sam related open source stuff) - which ended up with more responsibilities being given to me than I would have chosen.