> Aley Keprt wrote:
> > Here is "who" actually contributed (taken from messnew.txt):
> >
> > 1. Sam Coupe (preliminary) [Lee Hammerton]
> > 2. Updated Sam Coupe to use WD179x code (same as WD1772).
> > [Kev Thacker]
>
> Ahh! I knew about Kev (we've chatted about stuff in , but wasn't sure
> about the main driver author. I guess he's not a member of this list?
> Maybe he should be invited!
>
> btw, how does their description of "preliminary" fit with yours of "all
> aspects 100% right" from your previous post? Where did you get your
> info?
That is not my opinion. I just wrote what I read in MESS. Not my opinion!!!
In "messnew.txt" is stated 'preliminary' in version 37b2 or what. In MESS
itself is stated 'working' in 37b13, and
documentation says that 'working' means 100%.
> > And what about WinCoupe sources? Where can I get source code
> > of this GNU GPL software????? ??? ?? ? ?? ??? ???? ?????
> > ?????? ???????
>
> Just ask me to e-mail it, as a number of other people have already done.
> I don't remember you every explicitly asking me to send it, and I'm not
> in the habit of e-mailing 1MB binary files to people unless they really
> want them sending!
Oh man, I really want it. You don't believe me that I will compile it? You
really don't believe me?
Oh.....
My address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I can send the source archive for the latest binary on my site (as I'm
> obliged to), tho lots of stuff has changed since then. A current
> development archive would probably be more useful, tho it means some
> stuff will be temporarily disabled/broken etc. (the Win32 version won't
> even compile at the moment!).
I would prefer some compileable version, which I can upgrade. I'm not going
to change existing things
massively. I just want to add some features from my ASCD and see how it goes
in Win32.
> > (Note that new ASCD 0.81 for DOS does exists but is
> > unavailalbe due to GNU GPL - I used some code which can't be
> > distributed in source form under GNU GPL ;-)
>
> *grins* How about the source for 0.801?
0.801 is okay. Of course. I tried to let you download 'any' of my ASCD
sources and include some goods from it
in WinCoupe. But you have never wanted :-(
> I guess the "some code" is for your super-top-secret encrypty jobbie for
> your games tournaments? I noticed you play Starquake (one of my
> all-time favourite games that) - I got to the stage where I could finish
> it every time I played it! I'd try and record some games, but ASCD
> doesn't run under Windows 2000 :-(
Yes, I've done some changes, so ASCD itself doesn't ahng up Win2k. But it
uses some library (Allegro?), which
hangs up Win2k itself. :-(((
You are completely right. ASCD 0.81 is not free, because it contains AIR
library, which is used to save AIR files.
AIR files are encrypted Aley's Input Records. ;-)
We use it in our tournament, and other people already announced they will
use it for other things, as Speccy Tour 2001 tournament and also some high
scores database. It can record both Sam Coupe and ZX Spectrum. Anything can
be recorded, even disk operations don't damage recording (this applies to
ASCD+AIR).
AIR will be soonly added to some good ZX Spectrum emulators ("Real" is the
main candidate).
For some unknown reason, sothing like AIR have been done before for ZX
Spectrum / Sam emulation. Because of security reasons I won't give AIR to
all emulators, although I've recently offere it to them, and most active
authors want it. I decided to keep it hidden and support only a few
emulators to minimize possibility of hacks into it.
WinCoupe is a good candidate, although it is GPL. AIR can operate on DLL
basis in Windows, which doesn't violate GPL. :-))))) Good :-)))))
GPL sucks.
> Si
best regards
Aley Keprt
