I think you've misunderstood me slightly Colin. "Why would anyone want to charge for software relating to a dead computer" should have read "Why would anyone want to charge for dead software relating to a dead computer".
What I'm getting at is not the new software which you've produced (and I take my hat off to you for keeping the SAM alive) it's the likes of OLD software titles which are not even in sale anymore. By this I mean EFTPOTR, Famous 5, Sam Strikes Out, Sphera, etc. These are all out of sale and were released roughly ten years ago. Why can I download Lemmings and Prince of Persia and not these? That is ALL I'm asking, and the only answers I'm getting are the fact that these titles (a rather loose term, since no-one seems to know or is just not telling me) are owned by Persona and will be made available for sale in the near future. I'm not blaming you Colin, indeed if you read a recent reply I made to Dean, I actually defended you, since you seem to be getting a lot of flak for things which are not your fault. I'm not getting at ANYONE - I just don't understand why I can download some dead software titles for free, and yet have to pay for others. >From: "Colin Piggot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Games >Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:41:19 -0000 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Fred Bloggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > why would anyone want to charge for software relating to a > > dead computer? > >I spend a lot of time and money doing new stuff for the Sam (probably far >too >much in both counts) and all this bickering out there does no good at all. >There >are still a lot of people out there who appreciate new software and >hardware for >the Sam and I really, really enjoy doing it. > >I still get quite a few emails every so often with little snide comments >about >prices. I don't appreciate comments saying 'that's too expensive' when they >clearly have no idea whatsoever what has gone into developing then and >making >them. Development costs of designing and building prototypes, PCB costs >etc... >it's not cheap producing new hardware on a very small scale for the Sam >world, >yet I continue to do it and getting slagged for it is certainly not what I >like >to read in my inbox. > >One example was the disk drive systems I launched last May... I charge 48 >quid >for replacement disk drive and interface board, more expensive than I >intended >but thats really due to having to the costs of getting my hands on the >obsolete >WD1772 controller, but still cheaper than the original 80 quid SamCo disk >drive >systems, and it works out about the same as the PC disk drive system that >West >Coast / Format offered several years ago. Yet I get one or two emails a >month to >me saying it is 'rather expensive'.... > >Thankfully the people who do buy products from me, appreciate the work and >effort that goes into them - and I also hasten to add, that I have never >had any >complaints from people who actually buy the product and see for themselves >the >amount of work I put into it all. > >A big round of applause to them, it gives me the encouragement to continue >working on new things - my website shows all the new hardware and software >releases from myself over the last year - disk drives, 2-way cards, memory >expansions to name a few .... and now the brand new mouse interface I >launched >on Monday, as well as continuing to release software regularly and another >big >game that is still in development (although not been worked on recently due >to >lack of time, but it's still my aim to finish it) > >Colin >==== >Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam >For all the recent Quazar news, see the new look website: >http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
