> And now something on topic. Are Fred issues available for download > anywhere? Would anyone care if I uploaded the ones I had.
The last time this one was mentioned someone went on to say that they shouldn't be uploaded because of various copyright reasons. But I think this one is a bit lame because much of the stuff actually on teh Fred magazine would habve been PD anyway and so therer would be no copyright on the programs. Isn't it about time that we put together a decent SAM website to encourage people to stay interested / get interested in the SAM wither thoruhg the original machine or through SIMCoupe? By that I mean declaring a copyright free zone on anything that is over five years old - quite a few games could go up then and lots of disk magazines. If we did what the Speccy scene did we really could keep a healthy SAM scene going into Y2K - stick the stuff up on an ftp server, or make a CD available for the PC's which SAM users could buy for a token fee - say a tenner - and the money could go back into producing SAM stuff or to the people whose stuff was included on the CD. I'm all for keeping new software coming out on the machine, but surely there are not going to be many people who have not bought Defenders Of The Earth who still intend to - why not stick it up ther and let everyone have a look to see what it was like. just my tuppence... so tell me i'm wrong... > > > > > Robert > > (Ancalimon) > Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk "It won't get better but it might never get worse..."
