Re: SRAM

1998-08-06 Thread Andrew Collier
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Re: Letter

1998-08-09 Thread Andrew Collier
had been designed that way from the beginning, it could be an entirely different story. Andrew -- ++-++ | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense | | 1B NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | to a fool

Long overdue

1998-08-15 Thread Andrew Collier
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Re: Who's Going To The 5th NSSS?

1998-08-21 Thread Andrew Collier
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Bwah?

1998-08-21 Thread Andrew Collier
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Re: Bwah?

1998-08-21 Thread Andrew Collier
you want? Anything, gif, jpg, whatever. GraphicConverter accepts everything I've thrown at it so far. Or you could send me a print by snail-mail and I'll scan it :) Andrew -- ++-++ | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk

Re: Bwah?

1998-08-21 Thread Andrew Collier
It is probably worth noting that Allan's PSU doen't have the modulator in it, this could be the solution to at least one problem :) Andrew -- ++-++ | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense | | 1B NatSci

Re: Bwah?

1998-08-21 Thread Andrew Collier
On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Ian Collier wrote: OnFri, 21 Aug 1998 00:18:48 +0100, Andrew Collier said: Anything, gif, jpg, whatever. GraphicConverter accepts everything I've thrown at it so far. Is that a challenge? :-) PNG? Yes PPM? Yes PostScript? Er, I'd have to look

Re: Bwah?

1998-08-21 Thread Andrew Collier
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Re: Bwah?

1998-08-21 Thread Andrew Collier
design. Andew -- ++-++ | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense | | 1B NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | to a fool | ++-+ and he calls | | Selwyn

Re: Bwah?

1998-08-21 Thread Andrew Collier
exist on the Spectrum, eg ,;:=+-*/ etc. Unfortunately this crippling error means it's almost impossible to do anything at all... You want to me load a file? By name? With _quotes_? With *MY* reputation? Andrew -- ++-++ | Andrew Collier

Re: Bwah?

1998-08-21 Thread Andrew Collier
Except I need symbol shift to get the $ character. No I don't. What was I thinking? Andrew -- ++-++ | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense | | 1B NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | to a fool

Re: Bwah?

1998-08-21 Thread Andrew Collier
At 7:20 pm +0100 21/8/98, Ian Collier wrote: You missed out At 3 o'clock in the morning?, and anyway of course you can load it. INPUT a$: LOAD a$ Except I need symbol shift to get the $ character. Andrew -- ++-++ | Andrew Collier

sam-users users (was Re: Bwah?)

1998-08-24 Thread Andrew Collier
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Ian Collier wrote: OnThu, 20 Aug 1998 23:17:13 +0100, Andrew Collier said: PPPS. 39 people so far have looked at my sam-users users page - but only two have actually replied. Come on! I recognise some of the DNS names BTW, I know who you are and there is no escape

Re: sam-users users (was Re: Bwah?)

1998-08-25 Thread Andrew Collier
At 6:37 am +0100 25/8/98, David wrote: I'll resist the obvious puns ;) Glad to hear it. Andrew -- ++-++ | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense | | 1B NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | to a fool

Re: I'm back.

1998-08-26 Thread Andrew Collier
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Re: I'm back.

1998-08-28 Thread Andrew Collier
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Re: Off topic - Red Dwarf!

1998-09-09 Thread Andrew Collier
buying the videos again. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | 1B NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides

Re: Hello?

1998-09-14 Thread Andrew Collier
At 6:22 am +0100 14/9/98, David wrote: Robert van der Veeke wrote: So i am a living-dead then? :) ZOMBI! ZOMBI!! Nah, that's just a touch of pinkeye. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | 1B NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

Re: Archives [off-topic-ish]

1998-09-18 Thread Andrew Collier
seem to have put after SAM Coup is a control character in iso-8859-1, while in Win95 it is S with a v-shaped accent above it. On my Mac it's the ellipsis character - three dots in the space of one character. Just out of interest, do these work? Sam Coupé SAM COUPÉ Andrew -- | Andrew Collier

Saturday

1998-10-14 Thread Andrew Collier
... Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides

Re: Saturday

1998-10-15 Thread Andrew Collier
At 3:31 pm +0100 14/10/98, Andrew Collier wrote: I probably couldn't arrive much earlier than lunchtime, if I went by train. That's after leaving Cambridge at 7.45 and hanging about in London for an hour... Ack, it seems I spoke too soon anyway. I've just found out about a meeting I have to go

Well?

1998-10-19 Thread Andrew Collier
So is somebody going to tell us all what hapenned at the show yesterday, or what? Who actually ended up being able to go? Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

Re: SAM projects and things SA

1998-11-02 Thread Andrew Collier
happened then! Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides

Re: Erm, HELLO!

1998-11-23 Thread Andrew Collier
the nostalgia comes flooding back!) Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides

RE: Re: YAWN!

1998-11-30 Thread Andrew Collier
to one mailing list under three different names. That ought to do the trick. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College

Re: Missing disk error.

1998-12-01 Thread Andrew Collier
others. Installed the disk protector - and hey presto. Absolutely no more problems. Simon Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish

Re: Looked into it yet Mr Bob?

1998-12-10 Thread Andrew Collier
At 10:07 pm + 10/12/98, David wrote: How can you kill file from one common email address? IE [EMAIL PROTECTED] H Huh? Look at the message headers... Sam-users emails always come From: whoever posted the message. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk

RE: Looked into it yet Mr Bob?

1998-12-11 Thread Andrew Collier
stupid! I guess it gets owner-sam-users from the Sender header, but really... That's completely broken! It should never alter the From: header at all, should it? Trust Microsoft... Cue Simon :) Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http

RE: Looked into it yet Mr Bob?

1998-12-13 Thread Andrew Collier
. Sorry Bill, Mr Gates, Sir... -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides

Re: sim-coupe

1999-01-07 Thread Andrew Collier
of any Sam games so I don't know if there are any protection mechanisms in place. But providing you can get the code into the virtual machine, you can expect the game to run properly; the disk version has already been reported to work correctly. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: sim-coupe

1999-01-08 Thread Andrew Collier
of actually loading the game... Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides

Re: sim-coupe

1999-01-08 Thread Andrew Collier
the quoted messages above the new text, not below it, and do some judicious editing. It makes threads a lot easier to follow. -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

Re: sim-coupe

1999-01-08 Thread Andrew Collier
At 9:02 am + 8/1/99, David wrote: Wish I could any suggestions any other win98 users? -Original Message- From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 08 January 1999 00:43 Subject: Re: sim-coupe PS. David, *please* could you set up your mail

Re: Gavin Smith Questions, the story so far

1999-01-12 Thread Andrew Collier
`KABOOM!` and that this would be around March/April . [blah] After that I got told off for not editing my mail properly by Ian Collier. Yes, I know. We read it too. Your point? Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk

Re: Gavin Smith Questions, the story so far

1999-01-14 Thread Andrew Collier
are interested in the game have already ordered and paid for their copy anyway. Will Persona be upholding Fred's orders? Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

Hurrah!

1999-01-16 Thread Andrew Collier
It's great - I've finally got myself a PSU which actually works properly! For the first time in about a year, my Sam can actually display its screen in . . . wait for it . . . colour! Unless it's connected to the greenscreen, that is:) Ah yes, there's life in it yet... Andrew -- | Andrew

Re: Hurrah!

1999-01-16 Thread Andrew Collier
Andrew Collier wrote: It's great - I've finally got myself a PSU which actually works properly! You mean such a thing exists? I got severely pissed off with my SAM a few weeks ago cos my power pack (the fourth or fifth of the bastards that I've had), just buzzed so loudly and went out of tune so

Re: Gavin Smith questions

1999-01-16 Thread Andrew Collier
At 7:53 pm + 16/1/99, Gavin Smith wrote: Damn, all resolutions failed :( Wouldn't be a problem if you'd just stick to 256x192. :) Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

Re: Z80 Assembler Studio Update

1999-01-18 Thread Andrew Collier
At 9:37 pm + 18/1/99, Simon Cooke wrote: Oh, and it's Windows only. (Sorry Andrew) Do you know - I once heard a scurrilous rumour that Java was cross-platform... Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk

RE: Sam power units.

1999-01-19 Thread Andrew Collier
you). The problems might go away just by removing the modulator circuit. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College

Re: Z80 Assembler Studio Update

1999-01-19 Thread Andrew Collier
. Anyway we're way off-topic here... comp.lang.java.advocacy? Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer

Re: If it's such a problem for you lot...

1999-01-20 Thread Andrew Collier
. Not that there's anything at all wrong with Comet, in the context of projects I'm still likely to be doing... Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls

Re: I am ten...

1999-01-21 Thread Andrew Collier
released? To be honest, I'd be much happier with a deadline for the October show than the April one - what with this degree I'm supposed to be getting, and all. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

Re: I am ten...

1999-01-21 Thread Andrew Collier
On the 21-0199 Andrew Collier wrote:- What month of the year was Sam originally released? To be honest, I'd be much happier with a deadline for the October show than the April one What April one? The Show that matters is the Febuary one, in HORWICH. And since when have I been within 150 miles

Re: I am ten...

1999-01-23 Thread Andrew Collier
At 2:53 am + 23/1/99, Gavin Smith wrote: On the back we could have a list of all our favourite software/SAM bods or something. Nice. Or copies of their signatures Andrew PS. Have we actually established the exact birthday? Somewhere around November this year, isn't it? -- | Andrew

RE: Midi Stuff...

1999-01-25 Thread Andrew Collier
think a converter routine would ever be able to do as good a job as a creative human. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish

Re: Replacement power-supplies

1999-01-25 Thread Andrew Collier
dead without a 12V line. But I was using the composite SCART connection, not the seperated rgb lines. My previous PSU did screw the colours up, but the output voltages seemed to be normal, and I never bothered to investigate the problem too closely. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL

Re: Replacement power-supplies

1999-01-27 Thread Andrew Collier
David Ledbury wrote: From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] My big Mac has UHF coded input, composite video input and no seperate RGB inputs. (Not true actually, there's an S-Video port, but as far as I know My Big Mac only has meat, cheese and flavourings What about the lettuce? The pickles

Re: Replacement power-supplies

1999-01-27 Thread Andrew Collier
David Ledbury wrote: From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] David Ledbury wrote: But my big Mac pun was already in response to Simon's reference to the burger AH but that hadn't turned up for me at that time ... so that effectively means I jumped in first with it... Or something Yeah

Who's still doing graphics?

1999-02-01 Thread Andrew Collier
Is anyone here still doing any sam mode 4 graphics, screens or artwork-type stuff? Yes, I do have a vested interest in the answer to that question... Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

Re: Who's still doing graphics?

1999-02-01 Thread Andrew Collier
At 5:01 pm + 1/2/99, Dave Hooper wrote: what's this for? Well... that would be telling, wouldn't it! Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

10th Birthday Party

1999-02-02 Thread Andrew Collier
, you said your Sam had already had its tenth birthday last year. Are you absolutely sure? Unless it was a pre-release model, then I'm convinced you've got your dates wrong. -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool

Re: 10th Birthday Party

1999-02-03 Thread Andrew Collier
At 2:52 pm + 2/2/99, Lee Willis wrote: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Everyone should be made to wear name badges, we may never have seen some of their faces...! Yes but this is a 'good thing' (TM), name badges are 'bad'! Why?! Andrew PS. Just thought of another name; Andy

Re:

1999-02-05 Thread Andrew Collier
At 10:37 am + 5/2/99, Malcolm Mackenzie wrote: who why

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-10 Thread Andrew Collier
On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 12:05:49AM +, Andrew Collier wrote: I usually try not to dismiss people's ideas out of hand, but to be honest I can think of nothing I would like less, than to be talking about the Sam on a newsgroup supposedly dedicated to some random person's nose. I'm guessing

Re: sim-coupe

1999-02-10 Thread Andrew Collier
distribution of software - but that isn't what Peter is trying to do. He says he already has a legal copy of PoP, and I believe him, and that he is attempting to run it in SimCoupe. You can't blame him for trying. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-10 Thread Andrew Collier
Martin Wilson probably wrote at 4:37am yesterday morning: Andrew Collier wrote: Why? This conversation has come up before, but what advantages do you see to a newsgroup over this email list? The only advantage I can think of but its a major one is you can select which topics your interested

Malcolm

1999-02-13 Thread Andrew Collier
It's so sad to hear this tragic news. My heart goes out to Dawn and the family, I will be praying for them tonight. Malcolm's enthusiasm and driving force were unparalleled in the Sam world; his sudden death comes as a terrible blow to us all. He will be remembered, and sorely missed. Andrew.

Re:

1999-02-21 Thread Andrew Collier
At 8:57 pm + 20/2/99, David wrote: who You send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTH Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn

Re:

1999-02-20 Thread Andrew Collier
At 8:57 pm + 20/2/99, David wrote: who You send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTH Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn

Re: SAM FAQ Version 2

1999-02-20 Thread Andrew Collier
? ... Here's a non-exhaustive list. I have to admit, that was pretty non-exhaustive! :) Someone ought to compile up a list of demos, too. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

Re: SAM FAQ Version 2

1999-02-20 Thread Andrew Collier
On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 11:20:25PM +, Andrew Collier wrote: NB. Anybody know where Martin Bell actually is these days? Westminster? No not that one, another one :) Or at least, I presume so anyway not that I can say with absolute certainty, mind you. But I can't really see white-suited

Re: SAM FAQ Version 2

1999-02-20 Thread Andrew Collier
At 11:20 pm + 19/2/99, Andrew Collier wrote: Well - I'd never recommend buying WaterWorks2, because *no-one I know can complete level three* so you're paying a tenner (or whatever) for just the first three levels! Unless you hack it, like I did, but that's cheating. Just to clarify... I

Sam DemoBase

1999-02-20 Thread Andrew Collier
-capable browser is _highly_ recommended. NB. I've put quite a lot of my Zodiac stuff back up, too. http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/computers/zodiac.html Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

RE: Lyra 3

1999-02-22 Thread Andrew Collier
) at http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/computers/demobase/ To get to the hidden part, press CNTRL at the same time as SPACE when you're exiting from the ring-scrolly part. It's basically a coloured-in version of the last section from Out Of Colour. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: demobase

1999-02-22 Thread Andrew Collier
release his two demos? I have copies which I got from Ian, which IIRC, Ian got straight from Geoff. I can't find them on nvg, and they're not on FRED. Did they find their way onto some other magazine somewhere? Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2

MNEMOcompress Updated

1999-02-24 Thread Andrew Collier
put into the nvg incoming directory (/utils/misc please Frode) HTH Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College

Re: SimCoupe

1999-02-24 Thread Andrew Collier
with appropriate hardware. These days, I suspect most monitors would be happier syncing at 100Hz rather than 50Hz... which would be okay too, of course. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

Re: Anyone wanna help?

1999-03-01 Thread Andrew Collier
got with me at the moment, so if anyone can help track down the remaining stuff, could you let me know. (The demobase is at http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/computers/demobase ) Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk

Re: Anyone wanna help?

1999-03-02 Thread Andrew Collier
collection which I never quite got round to plugging up. Perhaps you could let me know what other demos exist, and where, and I can look about getting screenshots at some other appropriate time. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Isn't it | Part 2 NatSci | http

Re: RGB Demo...

1999-03-02 Thread Andrew Collier
://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/computers/demobase/ -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides

Demobase images (was Re: RGB Demo...)

1999-03-02 Thread Andrew Collier
exactly did you expect in the screenshot, when that's all that hapenned in that part of the demo? -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish

Re: RGB Demo...

1999-03-02 Thread Andrew Collier
, and switched off the option called progressive. I think that increases the file size a bit, but can xv read them now? Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

Shows?

1999-03-02 Thread Andrew Collier
It just occurred to me, is there a Gloucester show planned for this April? And has anyone started making arrangements for the November birthday? Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

Re: RGB Demo...

1999-03-03 Thread Andrew Collier
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 02:20:51PM +, Andrew Collier wrote: I've redone all the JPGs at somewhat better quality, and switched off the option called progressive. I think that increases the file size a bit, but can xv read them now? Yes. (If it increases the file size a bit then it's

Re: Demobase images (was Re: RGB Demo...)

1999-03-04 Thread Andrew Collier
Ian Collier wrote: On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 01:54:37PM +, Andrew Collier wrote: Well, if it's that much of a problem, replace JPG with PICT and you'll get the original, non-lossily compressed image (providing you have something which can read PICTs, of course). Those do look better than

Re: Severe Lameness...

1999-03-06 Thread Andrew Collier
, it couldn't load the lyra3.dsk file, but SimCoupe MacOS can. YMMV. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer

Re: Severe Lameness...

1999-03-06 Thread Andrew Collier
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Andrew Collier wrote: NB. We tried installing SimCoupe (DOS) on a spare PC this afternoon - just to see if it would work... Anyway, it couldn't load the lyra3.dsk file, but SimCoupe MacOS can. YMMV. Andrew YMMV = You Make Me Vomit (last time I saw it used, anyway) What

Re: keyboard problems :(

1999-03-12 Thread Andrew Collier
, and the keyboard is intact so far! I won't be going back for another week though. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn

Re: keyboard problems :(

1999-03-12 Thread Andrew Collier
Ian Collier wrote: On Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 03:42:12PM +, Andrew Collier wrote: Well, I have a dead Sam in the loft at home which is gradually being cannibalised for spare parts, and the keyboard is intact so far! I won't be going back for another week though. Hey you didn't mention

Re: Severe Lameness... NOT a Birmingham 8-bit show

1999-03-13 Thread Andrew Collier
a table? Bob? Might book one myself actually... Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team

Re: Forlorn plea...

1999-03-26 Thread Andrew Collier
it's not just pining for the fjords? Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team

RE: Forlorn plea...

1999-03-26 Thread Andrew Collier
to be on this mailing list... Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides

Re: Gloucester April

1999-03-26 Thread Andrew Collier
to normal in October. Should be the last Saturday of the month but we are waiting for booking conformation. Anything planned for November, to co-incide with Sam's 10th Anniversary? I was half-expecting you to move the October show back a bit, but maybe you're planning two shows? Andrew -- | Andrew

Re: Forlorn plea...

1999-03-30 Thread Andrew Collier
MacDonald's hands, not unless he'd contacted every author of every program on every issue. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn

Re: Demobase images (was Re: RGB Demo...)

1999-03-31 Thread Andrew Collier
At 6:08 pm +0100 30/3/99, Ian Collier wrote: On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 12:17:46AM +, Andrew Collier wrote: Have you been asleep for a month? The images seem quite dark, btw. This may be a function of display gamma, since I've speculated before that your display is gamma corrected while

Re: Demobase images (was Re: RGB Demo...)

1999-04-02 Thread Andrew Collier
well established as GIF or JPG, and I'd rather keep my pages available even to people who don't bother to upgrade their web browser every weekend. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

RE: SAM Scart

1999-04-07 Thread Andrew Collier
exactly what you want yours to do though. It just brings out the stereo sound (pins 1 and 3, ground 4) and composite video (pin 19, ground 17) onto phono plugs, which I can then connect to my Mac. Andrew Currently listening to: Toto, Mindfields -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Forlorn plea...

1999-04-09 Thread Andrew Collier
At 9:50 am +0100 7/4/99, Aley Keprt wrote: The Lyra 3 is already there in .dsk format. That was done weeks ago. I know, because I did it myself. Great! But why didn't you anounced it? I think many people wait for Lyra 3 (incl. me :). I did... At 4:00 pm +0100 6/3/99, Andrew Collier wrote

Re: Forlorn plea...

1999-04-09 Thread Andrew Collier
At 10:05 am +0100 7/4/99, Aley Keprt wrote: [Andrew Collier wrote:] Well like I said, I think issues 1 to 12 are on ftp.nvg already but I doubt there are plans to upload any more. It's all a very hazy area, but to declare those FRED issues as PD would be changing the legal status of some of *my

DEF KEYCODE unhandled case

1999-04-09 Thread Andrew Collier
round to doing something about it at some time or another? Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer

Re: SAM Scart

1999-04-09 Thread Andrew Collier
to plug into your SCART telly./nit-pick Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team

SimCoupe interrupt timings

1999-04-09 Thread Andrew Collier
-- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides

RE: SimCoupe protected disks

1999-04-09 Thread Andrew Collier
the perfectly standard 2x80x10x512 format. Most recent games use their own formats. ISTR some old sam-users discussion about Legend Of Eschan, whose structure sounded quite imaginative. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http

Re: SimCoupe protected disks

1999-04-09 Thread Andrew Collier
don't have to spend more money on buying the same program twice. Sometimes I will remove protection, like the one on SamPaint which just became tedious after a while (and actually only took me about 90 seconds to remove). But I don't distribute the copies. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL

Re: SimCoupe protected disks

1999-04-10 Thread Andrew Collier
a good case against me for negligence. I should take more care to ensure that the modifications are not distributed, because the distribution of the modifications is illegal. However, actually making the modifications in the first place, is certainly not. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL

Re: SimCoupe interrupt timings

1999-04-10 Thread Andrew Collier
From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems my code was reading the status register, and jumping for LINEint correctly, but performing the wrong test for FRAMEints and jumping to the FRAMEint handler iff the corresponding status register bit was high. My guess is that on a real Sam

Re: Copyright

1999-04-10 Thread Andrew Collier
wrote the software yourself, then No it is not breaking the law. Or am i just imaging this? Slightly discontinuous logic, IMHO. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he

Re: SimCoupe protected disks

1999-04-10 Thread Andrew Collier
-- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides

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