so which subject do you want in this?
On 10/06/2011, Roger Jowett <[email protected]> wrote: > ok ok just that it has taken me ten years to do an animation for sam > and i realised how to do it so long ago that i figured it was going to > be easy and the real reason why it has not been easy is because i ahve > absolutely no control over my pc and when you add in the several > thousand reinstalls of xp vista and win7 i have had to try as i > realised that theere might be 64 bit versions of drivers for various > hardware from various manufacturers > ok ok > keyboard membranes > i bought one i tried it it seemed to work but i was only using it for > five minutes i havent actually sat down and tried to figure out how im > goign to get the 30mb tap file into a real sam without using a world > of speecy tap audio player frmo the pc connected from ear of pc (line > out) to sams mic and load the whole shabang which will take awhile > unles the audio pc tap player manages to support the T:35 setting or > even better (faster ) level of playback > anyone think of a better idea? > unlessyou are all using sim coupe to read and write atom lite hdf > files direct to and from real compact flash cards conencted to your pc > which was exactly what edwin did when he gave me two compact flash > filled with programs after i trailed to sweden with 800 kronenbergs to > meet him.... > > On 07/06/2011, Rich Mellor <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think the only vague link here is with customer service... >> >> I pride myself on my customer service, but then to survive in the world >> of retro computers, that is essential - after all, the market is fairly >> limited (and I tend to know when someone contacts me if they have >> purchased from me before - my mailing list is not THAT big!). >> >> However, in the world of broadband / mobile phones, I guess that any of >> the providers don't care that someone gets upset that they cannot >> provide good service - after all one customer who walks away out of >> several million customers is hardly going to have any effect! >> >> The only way we will ever change the broadband industry is if people >> start insisting on having a minimum speed included in the contract, and >> make that a critical term of the contract, so that there is an easy cop >> out if the company fail to deliver. At the moment, when they advertise >> up to 8 Meg, or up to 25 Meg, and we get 2Meg if you are really lucky, >> then there is no come back! >> >> Somehow I doubt the broadband providers would EVER agree to set a >> minimum speed! >> >> OK - that is the end of things really - Roger, if you have a complaint >> with Vodafone or whoever, people interested in the SAM are hardly going >> to have any influence. It is all down to buyer beware, read contracts >> and the small print, and if you think you have got a really rotten deal >> then either don't sign up to it, or take it to trading standards. >> >> CAN WE NOW PLEASE FINISH THIS DISCUSSION, UNLESS SOMEONE HAS ANYTHING >> MORE TO SAY ON KEYBOARD MEMBRANES (which is, after all, the topic of the >> discussion!). >> >> Rich >> www.rwapsoftware.co.uk >> >> >> >> On 07/06/2011 17:54, [email protected] wrote: >>> I don't know why i'm replying, sheer stubborness, i guess, but here >>> goes... think this through slowly... see how each email has a topic >>> heading? Yes? Even if, through some twisted logic, you think your >>> vodaphone issue is related to a retro computer user group, try this >>> radical idea... start a new topic, rather than jumping into & >>> smothering a completely unrelated one. >>> >>> Also, another radical idea... try being polite to people. It usually >>> gets a better response. >>> >>> Quoting Roger Jowett <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> dont tell me let me guess your sending emaisl to the group from work >>>> in otherwords you dont even have to pay for the internet connection so >>>> why the hell should you care a jot >>>> unless your using your mobile fone in which case teh entire webstie >>>> doesnt appear correctly and at 10p a MB with asda mobile you are not >>>> getting just a teensy weensy bit fleeced? >>>> try trasnferring emualtors >>>> you pay for the data u use but oh look the programs dont work wont >>>> install but youve already payed for them >>>> so retrasnfer teh same data acouple fo dozen times >>>> get it? >>>> >>>> On 07/06/2011, Roger Jowett <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> how does an internet service provider not have something to do with a >>>>> user group that refuses to allow people to use their sams to access >>>>> teh user group or messages? >>>>> you want me to pay an isp to access this group im telling you that im >>>>> not paying for this service from companies that cheat people >>>>> i have an itu t v44+IPR=921600 bps modem why cant i use it >>>>> why cant i use the hardware comropession capabilities >>>>> why the hell would i want ot pay onspeed to use software comrepssion >>>>> of text and html based on their servers when teh modem has these >>>>> fatures built in >>>>> this is utterly rediculous >>>>> dont complain dont complain >>>>> no and get ripped off >>>>> pillocks the lot of you >>>>> £200 for contract termination they havent kept one letter of the >>>>> contract the crooks >>>>> >>>>> On 07/06/2011, Roger Jowett <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> i just dont want to hear it no more i have my hair to do my makeup >>>>>> to put >>>>>> on >>>>>> and already you have given me a headache >>>>>> lucky we arent... >>>>>> >>>>>> On 07/06/2011, Roger Jowett <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_coupe >>>>>>> >>>>>>> enchoo spotted your link >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 07/06/2011, Roger Jowett <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> sorry for asking you questions about how to use bmp2scr and retor X >>>>>>>> they dont work >>>>>>>> they didnt do what i thought they would >>>>>>>> yousaid they had sam support they do screen reslution and mode 4 >>>>>>>> wise >>>>>>>> but geez i cant bare teh thought of another ten hours trying to >>>>>>>> figure >>>>>>>> out whether it has worked or not or how to use python just to get >>>>>>>> another video uplaoded to youtube which takes another three days >>>>>>>> as i >>>>>>>> have to trasnfer teh same video file ten times in order that >>>>>>>> vodaphone >>>>>>>> can make even more money although the uplaod unadvertised speed is >>>>>>>> even lower than teh advertised download speed which we dont get >>>>>>>> either >>>>>>>> but according to legal websites we are not allowed to compalin >>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>> it either or they have the right to hack our computer s to buitsof >>>>>>>> course they do how dare we get valu for moeny its unheard of >>>>>>>> thats why >>>>>>>> im running 4 64bit processors with a 32 bit operating system with >>>>>>>> aton >>>>>>>> of softwrawe that doesnt work and when teh amchine crashes that is >>>>>>>> bprobably my fault too >>>>>>>> mind you the hardware drivers dont install and crash teh anticvurs >>>>>>>> bollox utter frikking bollox this is facist crap and you know it >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 07/06/2011, Roger Jowett <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> actually i need a timing belt cover! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 07/06/2011, Roger Jowett <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> ditto >>>>>>>>>> so you walk into a supermarket buy a loaf of bread pay for it >>>>>>>>>> then >>>>>>>>>> ask >>>>>>>>>> tehm to chop it into 100 slices and walk out of the shop with >>>>>>>>>> only >>>>>>>>>> one? >>>>>>>>>> soudns fair to you does it speaking legally and you need to >>>>>>>>>> contact a >>>>>>>>>> legal webstie in order to work that one out do you? >>>>>>>>>> jeeezuz christ these c*&^nts are ripping you off left right and >>>>>>>>>> centre >>>>>>>>>> and no one complains about the louzy service? christ no wonder >>>>>>>>>> they >>>>>>>>>> find it so easy to send out letters asking for £200 prats like >>>>>>>>>> you >>>>>>>>>> lot >>>>>>>>>> would pay it >>>>>>>>>> im in breach of contract like hell i am 28.8mbps dream on i >>>>>>>>>> have seen >>>>>>>>>> it manage 2mbps on a good day for a few minutes but barely if >>>>>>>>>> ever >>>>>>>>>> im not paying £20 per month for 85kbps >>>>>>>>>> what does it have to do with this forum? >>>>>>>>>> well ok then let me use my serial comms port to use teh same >>>>>>>>>> external >>>>>>>>>> v34bis itu t v42mnp5 modem for 115200bps connection with sam im >>>>>>>>>> happy >>>>>>>>>> to do that when can we get it set up then? >>>>>>>>>> im getting thrity fone lines from bt soon as tehy make a full >>>>>>>>>> refund >>>>>>>>>> for the louzy broadband 30KB per second advertised as 8mbps >>>>>>>>>> rubbish service in this country >>>>>>>>>> i bet the yanks wouldnt put up with this rubbish >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 07/06/2011, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Meant to say, before I got sidetracked... ahem... ;-) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the reply and offer of replacements. It's good >>>>>>>>>>> customer >>>>>>>>>>> service that keeps people coming back for future purchases! :-) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Warren >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Quoting Rich Mellor <[email protected]>: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Warren, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> If we can sort out the problem, then yes, I intend sending out >>>>>>>>>>>> replacements free of charge to those who have bought them and >>>>>>>>>>>> not >>>>>>>>>>>> returned them for a refund. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I will of course keep people updated >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Rich >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 06/06/2011 11:32, [email protected] wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Rich, >>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for taking the time to reply here. I bought one of the >>>>>>>>>>>>> membranes, but must admit that I hadn't had the time to test >>>>>>>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>>>>> discover the problems myself, till after Colin discovered and >>>>>>>>>>>>> mentioned them, and I haven't had a chance to return mine yet
