Re: Panic!

2001-06-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
> Yous forgiven, lol > > Too quiet methinks.. maybe something is afoot.

Re: IRC

2001-03-04 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
> On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Andrew Collier wrote: > > >Just to update on this, I've tried to connect on the last couple of nights; > >unfortunately the lag is so severe at the moment that my client just drops > >the connection :( There have generally been a couple of people on there > >though. > > Is it

Re: [OT] Pass it on, spread it around - my summary

2001-02-20 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
> ERM, You'd be surprised!, a local cabbie here got arrested and > jailed for keeping a couple > of hundred of gallons of petrol in his garage during the fuel crisis > here in Old Blighty last year > > A major part of his defence centered on the fact, that he did not > know that petrol was flammab

Re: [OT] Pass it on, spread it around - my summary

2001-02-20 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
> summary: > I don't say that children should be kept in a black box. > But I don't think it is clever to go and click anything I don't know. > Especially if people don't know computers well, they should be careful, as > in the real life. If you tak a power saw and cut out our hand, it's because >

Re: Xmas

2000-12-25 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy New Year! (This beats the postal service, eh?!) Especially when you're sending cards on Xmas day :) Do you think they'll get there on time? Oh, and, Merry Christmas everybodies. Martin -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 1107780

Re: Sam Coupe wake up call

2000-09-09 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Roy Staines wrote: > > Doing some belated spring cleaning, I and my son felt eager to set up the > Sam Coupe and have a play around. It hasn't been used for a few years and > when a software disk is put in and F9 is pressed I got error code 53 NO > DOS. Tried several disks and got the same, do

Re: Outwrite Text Files

2000-07-17 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Robert Wilkinson wrote: > > If you don't like it, then don't use it. > > Outwrite was written by me years before I got a PC, the only thing I had to > go by was > Tasword. > It does support bold,italic, underline etc, via control codes in the body of > the text, it > just isn't WYSIWYG. And

Re: be back...

2000-07-05 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Aley Keprt wrote: > > >After 5 days being lost from the net, thanksfully to the biggest PC crash I > >ever > > This happens to everyone, who thinks that making backups is something, what > they don't > need to waste their time with. Think of it as an involuntary annual clearout. fitz -- Emai

Re: Did I miss anything ?(forward test)

2000-07-03 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Edwin Blink wrote: > > set the wrong forwarding address this afternoon and probably caused a view > bounces I guess > (Don't take me of the list please !) > > last message I recieved was: > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 13:

Re: scads

2000-07-03 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Gale wrote: > > > more info: only about 200 copies were sold... he set fire to the remaining > > 800 manuals as they were taking up about half of his garage ! > > Wow... looking back, it's hard to believe how much optimism people had > in the Sam market, isn't it?! Yeh, I would have bee

Re: Big Trouble

2000-07-01 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
David L wrote: > > > > > Ive heard some sams need a special call to boot, can it be the case > > It might be that at fault. > > Anyone got the PEEK for checking the Rom version? I suspect an early version > myself (I'm drunk so I cant remember!) Its a bad sign when alcohol starts to impede yo

Re: scads

2000-06-29 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
womoteam wrote: > > peter schrieb: > > Would Someone send me a .dsk or similar of scads please > > as the scads file on the ftp site is a .td0 file which i can`t use. > > cheers > >Peter Harkess > > > > > Hi Peter. > > Have send you all I have about Scads and demos fro in a

Re: Portugal

2000-06-26 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Jorge Canelhas wrote: > > Just needed to say this : > > PORTUGAL !! > PORTUGAL !! I often have the same problem myself. But dont worry, it can be medicated ;) So you think your going to win? (doesnt everyone ...Eng..a..hm) fitz -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 11077801 Web: http://ww

Re: Web Sites

2000-06-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gordon Wallis wrote: > > > While we are talking about web sites etc. > > > > I'm thinking of buying a program to do web sites. > > What do people use on this list? > > > Notepad. Ya can't beat it. Except for NoteTab Light (err, download it from somewhere, like www.download.com or something). I

Re: SAM Community on line

2000-06-13 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gavin Smith wrote: > > Ian Collier wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 12:07:57AM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > > > I know this is a common problem with viewing > > > websites on a Mac, and then a PC, so what am I doing wrong? Any ideas? > > > > Yes, it sounds like what you

Re: Looking for SCADS manual

2000-06-07 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
womoteam wrote: > > Once upon a time I asked for the SCADS manual and someone wrotes, he would > scan > it in and set it to the net. > > Hopefully that "someone" which name I not know yet is still alive, I like to > know how things are in progess (if). Was that me? I think it probably was. T

Re: Wincoupe again...

2000-05-27 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Hey Si, Si Owen wrote: > > lost all motivation to work on it and stopped. The fuss over releasing a > GPL program without the source halted any further binary releases for people > to play with - it was only ever given to people on this list as a private > release, and not announced on any other

Re: Looking for SCADS manual

2000-05-18 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Edwin Blink wrote: > > > But I've just done scanning in the entire tech manual, so, well, I > >want a break :)... I'll get in done nexdt week sometime (Im moving > >house this weekend, so its a bit impossible to do it now anyway :) > > Are you putting it online ? > If not I'd like to put it on

Re: Looking for SCADS manual

2000-05-17 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Hey ho, > Since I see a great "SAM revival" here I am in a very good mood. So I have > downloaded SCAD from nvg, but there is no manual. > Can anybody help in this way? If someone would send it to me I can scan it and > make Text- and/or PDF-file of it, so whoever it wants can set it on his > web

Re: Another one bites the dust

2000-05-04 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Edwin Blink wrote: > > with the best performance (better sound quality and no flickering of the TV > picture if > your Floppy drive start to spin up !) I've always quite liked that. Hands up, those in favour of "dodgy power supply" emulation to Sim/Wincoupe? ;) fitz -- Email:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Another one bites the dust

2000-05-04 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
womoteam wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > I use my third SAM in eight (!) years, but my first power supply. Have I a > golden one??? > I think the bigger problem is the keyboard which has drived my SAMs down. Does > anybody know, where to get (buy) new ones nowadays? My keyboard has some > dropouts from

Re: SAM website

2000-05-03 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Robert Wilkinson wrote: > > Sounds like a good Idea to me, I'll help support it. > anyone else want to encourage Gavin. > How about votes of confidence, words of wisdom, etc. Yayayayayaayayayayaya, woohoo! Will that do? Oh, er, Gavin... if ya need any cgi type stuffy stuff, I can do that. The

Re: Response Please.

2000-04-29 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Collier wrote: > > >Can anyone tell me if MasterDOS and MasterBASIC are freely available now, > >or do we still have to buy it. If so, Where from. > > As far as I understand the current situation; you're not allowed to copy > it, but no-one can sell it to you either. I remember that tow

Re: MP3 on SAM?

2000-04-28 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Aley Keprt wrote: > > You wait at least when the VHS is at its end and you must rewind it > to play it. Or when you want to move to particular point of the movie. > You can't do it simply on the tape. Yeh, but I guess Im one of the odd ones that rewinds things once I've finished watching :). T

Re: MP3 on SAM?

2000-04-28 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Paul Walker wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 10:10:49PM +0100, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > has to be the biggest wait involved of any home appliance. You dont > > need to wait for a stereo to boot up & load the os before you get to see > > it. Thoug

Re: MP3 on SAM?

2000-04-27 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Aley Keprt wrote: > > My brother uses PC for everything, since he hates any waiting. > He thinks all tape-oriented devices are very bad, and wants everything > immediately, > with no delay. He hates VHS video, audio casettes, etc. I can understand hating audio casettes, but when do you need

Re: Sam Tech manual needed

2000-04-25 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Jarek Adamski wrote: > > Dnia 00-04-22 Mac Buster pisze: > > > Could you please upload it somewhere and make it publically > > downloadable ? There are not only Frans van Egmond need it :) > In 1997 I made translation of "SAM Technical Manual" to Polish > language. The translation is updated wi

Re: Sam Tech manual needed

2000-04-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Chris White wrote: > > oopss seem to have placed it in a safe place will hunt more :( Chris... I've got a copy here, so if you're planning n scanning it it, let me know & we can go half/half on the job of scanning it. Just say a res/filetype/thingy (technical term) and I'll do that. fitz --

Re: Back from the dead...? Hmmm!

2000-04-18 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
The Mad Goose wrote: > > On 17 Apr 00, at 23:05, Steven Pick wrote: > > Hi Steve - its good to have the old famouns names coming back to > the list. Yeh, heloo Steve not that you know me. But hey. Seems a lot of ex-Sam users end up working in bit flash companies doesnt it? Must be someth

Re: Following on from Sam forsale

2000-03-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Frans van Egmond wrote: > > "You Lucky Lucky B*st*rd !" - Pythonesque response... > > Well anyway, congratulations I think you should try it at least once to > see if it functions... ~Getting images of him fitting the ASIC and unwittingly snapping of a leg~ ...I personally wouldnt dare n

Re: SAM pic converter ?

2000-03-25 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Frans van Egmond wrote: > > Does anyone have a program for Amiga or PC to convert IFF or BMP or whatever > pictures > to > SAM Coupe and back? There was one on the SAM somewhere, if that would be any help? I think BMP actually come across ok anyway (er, minus the palette and a bit skewed and

Re: Computer Shopper Feb 2000

2000-01-12 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Tim P wrote: > > has a picture of Sam in it. The robot that is, not the computer or my > old school friend. What on earth for? The robot that is, not the computer or your old school friend. Is it out now? (Why do mags come out a month early??) If so I'll pop down the newsagent and leaf throug

Re: your mail

2000-01-06 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gordon Wallis wrote: > > Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > > David L wrote: > > > > > > Dont be pedantic > > > > > > A Z380 or Z280 machine would, I would imagine, be remotely of interest to > > > some people on the list. > > &

Re: your mail

2000-01-06 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
David L wrote: > > Dont be pedantic > > A Z380 or Z280 machine would, I would imagine, be remotely of interest to > some people on the list. I thought the point you were making was about its method of emulating a speccy right?.. About having a card in the pc's isa?.. If thats not what it said

Re: Eh up, what's goin' on 'ere then?

2000-01-05 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Dave Laundon wrote: > > For the past couple of days I've noticed that I was receiving messages from > Sam-Users at work that never appeared at home. I've just done a quick 'who' > to sam-users-request and found that I no longer exist, so I've just had to > resubscribe! > > Whoever done this, c

Re:

2000-01-04 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Oh.. err happy new year and stuff... :)... We survived, no fiery demons bringing balls of wrath. David Ledbury wrote: > > They did - Bob hijacked the ideas everyone put out but as usual it ended > up being just talk. > > Anyone remember the SAMSon discussions? What is that? I recognise th

Net stuff...

2000-01-01 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
[did this ever get thru sorry if it did for some reason mail keeps bouncing off that server, maybe it was dead... said it didnt exist or something] All this net talk just made this weird little idea appear in my head. Would it be possible to have Wincoupe allow sam-network communication o

Re: GTA

1999-12-17 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yup, we don't process every object in the entire map because even the single > player game would run like a dog, but we have to remember a certain number of > objects for the game to be even remotely believable. > > But it's a problem with the majority of games, a

Re: GTA

1999-12-17 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Several reasons. GTA (1 or 2) is not a game suited to multiplay in the same > way Quake is - > there are thousands of objects (cars, pedestrians, as well as physical > objects) that must > all be kept track of - by all players. But isnt it only cars in the nearby

Re: Free Mungus stuff

1999-12-11 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Stephen McGreal wrote: > > I didn't want to do a normal homepage so I just chucked some stuff about me > on a site full of what I like to think of as art. Mostly nicked art, but And badgers are an artform. Of sorts. > then I doubt Damien Hirst didn't rear that cow himself... Personally I dou

Re: Free Mungus stuff

1999-12-08 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
> (You'll have to track down the SAM page from there but it's easier now if > you read the text attached to the badgers - Don't ask) :-) I've become a convert fan of "Badger-Navigation" its more fun than a finger of fudge. And the tangerine page is nice too actually... pure genius.. makes me

Re: Kilroy on Monday

1999-12-08 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
David L wrote: > > Anyone watching Kilroy on monday may have seen a certain lady in the > audience... > > Dawn Mackenzie & daughters > > Off topic, but nice to see them! Strange you should mention Kilroy... my mums address is going to be given out on that apparently, as "ICF UK Regional H

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-11-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Dan Dooré wrote: > > > OK! Correction. I have pretty much (99.99%) decided that I'm > > wrong. The lady from Tetris is none other than Nastassia Kinski. > > Original image is here: > > > ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/graphics/pics/nastassia_from_tetris.jpg > > That's the baby! Really?...

Re: FRED starts the ball rolling...

1999-11-24 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Why don't we purge the PD libraries and stick everything up there. Does > anybody have contact with Derek Morgan? Well, I've got his address around here somewhere... This gives me a good excuse to actually get back in touch ..one of those "back from the dead" things

Re: [OFF] Re: Money For Nothing...(but the chicks aren't free...)

1999-11-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gavin Smith wrote: > > If it wasn't, I certainly wouldn't be using it ;) It is, 24/7, permanent > connection - but, as I said, it was a trial they were running, whilst > the trial proved unviable for them (i.e. I probably stayed connected day > and night pissing them off!), they decided not to i

Re: Money For Nothing...(but the chicks aren't free...)

1999-11-20 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
David L wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: Martin Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 2:48 AM > Subject: Re: Money For Nothing...(but the chicks aren't free...) > > > (unless youve got something going

Re: Money For Nothing...(but the chicks aren't free...)

1999-11-20 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gavin Smith wrote: > > Erm, I have an excuse though. You see, AOL were running an 0800 trial > thing a while ago. Basically, 100 lucky people in the UK were sent the > 0800 pack, which involves paying 30 quid a month, and you get 24 hours a > day, totally free phone calls! So, erm I signed up :*

Re: Money For Nothing...(but the chicks aren't free...)

1999-11-20 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Dave Whitmore wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:46:57 EST Sat, 20 Nov 99 00:19:11 GMT, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >You bunch of stupid demo coders. > > So you were Bob all along! > > :) > > Seriously Johnna, AOL!? Is it just me, or does everyone have this reaction. Whenever I see a com

Re: Woohoo!

1999-11-12 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Graham Goring wrote: > > > If you're still around in a couple of years I > >might try to blag my way into retrospec after I learn some PC stuff at Uni > >(Abertay - Computer Games Technologies and Virtual Environments, no less > >Oho yeah baby) :-) > > Ooh, proper videogaming course. > > "

Re: SAM Community Newsletter Issue 2

1999-10-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Graham Goring wrote: > > >> I believe that the Russian can supply them with the launchers for a > >> very reasonable fee. Only last week I got a nuclear submarine for using > >> along the canal. > > > >Shouldn't cost too much. After all, the entire Russian economy is > >worth what? UKP2.50 t

Re: Re Finally

1999-10-04 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Chris White wrote: > > > > From: Martin Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > (In an attempt to make this relevant)... Chris- yknow the lemmings > > > There is a PC DISK Zip of the GFX on the site call stuff from DMA ,

Re: Re Finally

1999-10-03 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Chris White wrote: > > From: Martin Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (In an attempt to make this relevant)... Chris- yknow the lemmings > There is a PC DISK Zip of the GFX on the site call stuff from DMA , and they > contain IFF files that can be view with mos

Re: Re Finally

1999-10-02 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
> www.alphabetty.co.uk > -- > "like Hotmail but faster and a lot better" > Carol Vorderman, The Mirror, writing about http://www.funmail.co.uk I have real trouble with this tag on the end... I read it as "Like Carol Vorderman,

Re: Sams worst game ever

1999-10-01 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gavin Smith wrote: > > Dan Dooré wrote: > > > My last word on the OT subject: > > > > http://www.podboy.demon.co.uk/fifi_mentalwealth.jpg > > > > Before & After shots. > > I'm not sure if she looks better before or after... It took me a while to realise the black spots were for the distortion

Re: One Final point on Finally

1999-09-29 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Chris White wrote: > > Oh who invented Htmls , said language - Case Sensitive , Slash Sensitive , > what next Colo(u)r Sensitive as well : > > C# > > Ps have correct all '\' to '/' for you Netscape User's , any others thing ya > want changes ( and don't ask for the counters & Time as I don't k

Re: One Final point on Finally

1999-09-29 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Chris White wrote: > > Is the place 2 go > > http://www.btinternet.com/~chris_white/ The link to the Sam Coupe page has the directory slash the wrong way round '\' instead of '/' which means it goes poopoo... Just soes you know Fitz -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 11077801 AOL/CServeIM:

Re: South park

1999-09-28 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Maria Rookyard wrote: > > So it's not just me that disagrees with all the 7 year olds at school who > insist it's a kids programme just because it's a cartoon? What about akira or manga or whatever its called... (nope, like the playstation, ive never seen *this* either... I like such a sheltere

Re: Hi Sam Dudes,

1999-09-28 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Justin Skists wrote: > > > From: Martin Fitzpatrick [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Urmm.. welcome to the list Rik :)... A list where a half of people talk > >techy stuff I try to convince myself I understand, while the rest of us > >talk about Playstations...

Re: Sams worst game ever

1999-09-27 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Justin Skists wrote: > > I remember seeing this girl on the advert. I thought she looked ugly so > I didn't take much notice. I'll take a closer look next time. I like your heavily analytical approach to tv watching: "is she attractive? no. " :)... it seems a faultless system. Fitz -- Em

Re: Sams worst game ever

1999-09-27 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Ian Collier wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 01:52:33PM +0100, Nick Humphries wrote: > > The one with the alien-like girl? VERY good make-up job that - doesn't look > > fake, really strikes home. > > No it doesn't. It is just disturbing. And meaningless. > > And it isn't a make-up job, it'

Re: Sams worst game ever

1999-09-25 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gordon Wallis wrote: > > Maria Rookyard wrote: > > > > Gordon Wallis expressed the hope that: > > > > > >>... they be consigned to the most pestilent pits of Hell, there to > > >>be forever Satan's sexual plaything. > > > > Which, to Justin, ... > > > > > >Sounds like you've seen the southpark m

Re: Hi Sam Dudes,

1999-09-25 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gavin Smith wrote: > > Richard Moore wrote: > > > > Hi Sam Dudes, > > I'm new to this list, I used to have a Sam Coupe back in those glory days, > > and wasn't it great, > > I was wondering if anyone knew the whereabouts of a certain Martin > >

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Stewart Skardon wrote: > > On Mon 20 Sep 1999 (23:42:36 +0100), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >Johnna Teare wrote: > >> > >> On 20 Sep 99, at 13:25, Gavin Smith wrote: > >> > > [Snip] > > > > >What is vegetable vacation?/ :) I long to see it... (well, perhaps not > >that much) > > If yo

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Dan Dooré wrote: > > > Its a shame nobody did a conversion of Daley Thompsons Super Test (or > > whatever) for the Sam.. I missed being able to knacker my joysticks (3 > > in total).. it was kinda comical when the handle dislodged itself and > > you carried on wiggling for a while before realisi

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: > > On 21 Sep 99, at 15:05, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > > > > > David L wrote: > > > > > > > Ahh thats right :)... Ahh.. the remeniscing :) Them were the > > > > days... (etc. etc.)... Who'd have

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-22 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Simon Cooke wrote: > > From: Martin Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > David L wrote: > > > > > > > Ahh thats right :)... Ahh.. the remeniscing :) Them were the > > > > days... (etc. etc.)... Who'd have thought it'd still be a

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
David L wrote: > > > Ahh thats right :)... Ahh.. the remeniscing :) Them were the > > days... (etc. etc.)... Who'd have thought it'd still be affecting my > > vocabulary today.. No wonder people give me weird looks sometimes when > > i say it. > > All I can say to that is Wibble! And a

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Justin Skists wrote: > > Sounds intruiging... > > Damn.. I gotta load it up again, now.. I don't remember anything dodgy > going on with her lips... This has got me intrigued Sad that this is going to be what finally encourages to dig the Sam out off the shelf.. :).. Which disk was this on

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Simon Cooke wrote: > > > Btw. where did the whole fnar fnar thing come from? In my head its a > > peculiarly 'Sam' thing (probably Fred, i can't imagine it being Format > > :o>)... > > It's from Your Sinclair ;) Ahh thats right :)... Ahh.. the remeniscing :) Them were the days... (etc.

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: > > On 20 Sep 99, at 13:38, Andrew Collier wrote: > > > > Another Columns clone STAX by Wayne Coles, which was much better... > > STAX was fantastic - the best freebie game ever, save for Tetris. Would that be the tetris thing with the picture of that lass behing the bloc

Re: Sam's worst ever game

1999-09-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: > > On 20 Sep 99, at 13:25, Gavin Smith wrote: > > > Most-hyped-game-that-turned-out-to-be-not-very-good goes to Legend of > > Eshan. > > Hurrah! Somebody who agrees with me. I remember reviewing this > for SAM2Sam and giving it something like 9% and I got loads of > stick

Re: Proposal for the FTP site...

1999-09-17 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Simon Cooke wrote: > > > Couldn't you just do that with some kinda cgi scripty thing. As in, the > > directory of the site is displayed using a cgi script which just goes > > through and pieces all these things together into a nice structured file > > thing?... Its just that would save you from

Re: Proposal for the FTP site...

1999-09-16 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Simon Cooke wrote: > Can we add a "fileinfo.txt" file to every folder? I want to write a quite > utility which will go through the site, and grab this info from each one, > building an index on my web pages... > This way, we'd be able to have an online directory of sorts, that I could > run a bo

Re: Atom Interface

1999-09-11 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gordon Wallis wrote: > > Andrew Gale wrote: > > > How much interest is there to build the Atom dard disk interface. > > > > > > I'm planning to make a nice and clear gif shematic and put it online. > > > If there is enough interest. > > > > > > > Lots, I should think! I definitely would like to,

Re: New hardware for SAM

1999-09-11 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Jarek Adamski wrote: > > >> 1. 4MB SIMM - 1/3 > > Agreed. What types of Simms are u thinking off? EDO is getting > > scarecer. > Perhaps EDO, perhaps not. I must try. I don't expect much > difference in standard simple access. I have 1MB SIMM now and I > still have to find the socket for i

Re: SimCoupe 0.783a - ZIP

1999-09-11 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Collier wrote: > > BUT > > the new incompatible files should have been given different extensions. If > somebody gives me a .doc file, I don't know if I can read it or not until > I waste my time trying. You don't think this situation is bad? But the difference with the SAD (v2) is its

Re: SAMDSK - a testimony

1999-09-09 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Thomas Harte wrote: > > > It's been a while since I wrote that so, to be honest, I really can't answer > > any questions about error messages, bugs, or features! > > Any chance of posting the source? So that some of us can try and fix > it for > DOS boxes? Ive got another version (a k

Re: Now you can all play a lame game under emulation!

1999-09-08 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
James R Curry wrote: > > Blast Turbo, the updated version of Blast which was originally on > Fred 56 (Blast Turbo itself was on a late Fred issue, but who knows > which?) is now available for downloading. That game is *ridiculously* fast :)... I can't cope, its kinda like instant death, every t

Re: New hardware for SAM

1999-09-08 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gordon Wallis wrote: > > I'd have to go for: > > > 5. Interlacer - 0/3 > > 7. 28MHz CPU- 0/0 > > But, then, I don't really understand techy stuff like DMA and ISA. SIMM > compatibility would be nice, as would HDFDDs. Although a more direct > 128K emulator sounds good, I'd prefer some _

Re: Might be interested

1999-09-03 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
James R Curry wrote: > > I like Swansea. Swansea is a nice place. And it's one of the only > places in Wales Its in Wales?? Eeek. > that doesn't have a name made out of hyroglyphics. > ;-) Theres always Bangor. Or perhaps not. Fitz -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 11077801 AOL/CServeI

Re: Might be interested

1999-09-02 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Robert van der Veeke wrote: > > > So... how *do* they pay me? > > Are they paying outside the States/Canada? That seems to be the case with > those "get paid while you surf" plans. Well, I think so... The form didn't ask for a credit card/etc. and only had space for NI (or the american equiv.)

Re: Might be interested

1999-09-02 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: > > > Yeh.. a bit fishy. What confuses me is presumably it'll come through from > > one email address. So all I need to do is sign up & then set me ISP to > > delete email from the account its coming from? I like this already. > > Ok, that kinda defies the point of it,

Re: Might be interested

1999-09-01 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: > > Just thought people might be interested in this... > > Sounds a bit fishy, but if they stick to their agreement, it could earn a > couple of > quid a month... Yeh.. a bit fishy. What confuses me is presumably it'll come through from one email address. So all I need to

Re: Anybody know who Anonymity Smith was?

1999-08-31 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: > > I thought possibly graham because I remember he did some scifi > stuff for SAM2Sam. > > I remember them being quite funny and sending up the hackneyed > plots of scifi really well. Which is just the kind of stuff I'm after. Was it him who did the Star Trek thing on FRED

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Thomas Harte wrote: > > > > > Hehe,... SCADS eh? Ahh, them were the days :)... I was always a bit > > > > Hey, if you have SCADS, any chance of uploading a DSK file to nvg > > to replace > > the td0? I'm

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Ian Collier wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 12:02:49AM +0100, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Hehe,... SCADS eh? Ahh, them were the days :)... I was always a bit > > peeved with Jupiter Software over that [SNIP] > > Er, I seem to be experiencing déjà vu..

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: > > On 29 Aug 99, at 17:32, Thomas Harte wrote: > > > > Arcade perfect, is it? Does it have the coloured strips? Eh? Eh?! > > > > Surely the coloured strips would be the easiest thing to get arcade > > perfect > > because of the ease of switching palette entries halfway do

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Thomas Harte wrote: > > > Hehe,... SCADS eh? Ahh, them were the days :)... I was always a bit > > Hey, if you have SCADS, any chance of uploading a DSK file to nvg to > replace > the td0? I'm one of the many people who can't use teledisk any more, but I'd > really like to see SCADS.

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: > > On 29 Aug 99, at 17:32, Thomas Harte wrote: > > > > Arcade perfect, is it? Does it have the coloured strips? Eh? Eh?! > > > > Surely the coloured strips would be the easiest thing to get arcade > > perfect > > because of the ease of switching palette entries halfway do

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: > > On 29 Aug 99, at 17:32, Thomas Harte wrote: > > > > Arcade perfect, is it? Does it have the coloured strips? Eh? Eh?! > > > > Surely the coloured strips would be the easiest thing to get arcade > > perfect > > because of the ease of switching palette entries halfway do

Re: Funny Thing

1999-08-17 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Simon Cooke wrote: > > From: Martin Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > just ignore it"no big pictures of the sun in my eyes or anything > > - just a might sensitive to light, so i get echos when going from light > > to dark give it a few weeks...

Re: Funny Thing

1999-08-16 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Hullo... Simon Cooke wrote: > > From: Martin Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Yeh mine did... But that might have had something to do with me looking > > directly at the sun (duh). Unintentional... but I was using them > > glasses & then my mate handed

Re: Funny Thing

1999-08-12 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Robert Wilkinson wrote: > > Hey my eyes went funny today at about 10 past 11 > > Did yours Yeh mine did... But that might have had something to do with me looking directly at the sun (duh). Unintentional... but I was using them glasses & then my mate handed me a different (better) pair.

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-11 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Graham Goring wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Martin Fitzpatrick > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >HTH : Hand To Heart (I'm being honest) > > Surely that'd be HOH, Hand *ON* Heart? (Or Head Over Heels... Eek!) Dont argue with *me*...

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Collier wrote: > > > For Some Values Of. > > This, BTW, is mentioned at > http://home.golden.net/~rebeccaj/docs/acronym.txt which comes up on a > search for FSVO at Altavista... I've found this specific altavista tool thing which seems to do the biz... http://www.mtnds.com/af/gadget.ht

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Lee Willis wrote: > > Martin Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > "Cowabunga, dudes" :o) Classic... Hmm > > > > > > FSVO Classic... > > > > Which would mean?... The only reference to 'FSVO'

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Collier wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Andrew Collier wrote: > > > > Which would mean?... The only reference to 'FSVO' anywhere was about > > > uploading something, saying "uploaded to non-US (FSVO) " > > > > > > So what is it? Tell me, tell me,... Now now now > > > > For Some Values Of

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Graham Goring wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Martin Fitzpatrick > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > > > > >Graham Goring wrote: > >> >Should that be read "duke catastrophe" or "duck catasrophe"? > >> > &

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Andrew Collier wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > Well, you learn something everyday In a similar vein.. > > > > "Cowabunga, dudes" :o) Classic... Hmm > > FSVO Classic... Which would mean?... The only refer

Re: Fred n' speccy

1999-08-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Graham Goring wrote: > >Should that be read "duke catastrophe" or "duck catasrophe"? > > :) > Neither. > Duke-tast-roff-ee > It's a word taken from the excellent cartoon "The Critic". Well, you learn something everyday In a similar vein.. "Cowabunga, dudes" :o) Classic... Hmm Martin

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