Re: sim-coupe
Of course, if you want a copy of DOE ... then the title is available *legally* from Persona for not a lot of dosh! -Original Message- From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 07 January 1999 19:12 Subject: Re: sim-coupe At 6:44 pm + 7/1/99, Peter Harkess wrote: can someone tell me Probably. how much memory will i be able to use with sim-coupe i.e just 512k or as much as my computer has free? SimCoupe is capable of emulating the external 1MB expansion boxes, so in theory your virtual machine could have up to 4.5MB RAM. Exactly how to configure this probably depends on which version you're using, is it DOS, Linux or MacOS? can i put my tape version of defenders of the earth in sim-coupe(i mean legaly)and if so how?? Emulation is a bit of a legal minefield - hence the recent arguments on c.s.s. with the ISDA threatening a problem. Providing you own a legal original copy of the game and you use the emulation solely for your own personal use, then no-one is ever likely to complain but that doesn't mean that it is in the strictest sense totally legal. That said, I don't think there is any easy way of transferring the game from tape into SimCoupe; as far as I'm aware, external tape inputs are not emulated (I could be wrong). Possibly you could use a real Sam to transfer the files from the tape onto a disk, and then use that in SimCoupe. I've never seen the tape versions of any Sam games so I don't know if there are any protection mechanisms in place. But providing you can get the code into the virtual machine, you can expect the game to run properly; the disk version has already been reported to work correctly. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides
Re: sim-coupe
At 6:44 pm + 7/1/99, Peter Harkess wrote: can i put my tape version of defenders of the earth in sim-coupe(i mean legaly)and if so how?? At 7:26 am + 8/1/99, David wrote: Of course, if you want a copy of DOE ... then the title is available *legally* from Persona for not a lot of dosh! He says he's got one already - the question is whether it is legal to load it into an emulator. The ISDA would like to say no, of course, but providing nothing gets distributed then I don't see a problem. Although a copy on disk instead of tape would resolve the technical difficulties of actually loading the game... Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides
Re: sim-coupe
in a good-natured way, this is just a plug. but i don't think the original post said he was trying to do anything illegal, just run his own tape copy of DoE thru simcoupe. Hey, there's a thought. I know a lot of Enigma Variations games used protection for their disk games, but what about their cassettes? I mean, if the cassette isn't just a load of easily-loaded normal files, be they T112 or T70 or whatever, then my utility won't be able to convert them anyway. Hmm...I forget - does simcoupe handle directly reading the floppy drive? Of course, if you want a copy of DOE ... then the title is available *legally* from Persona for not a lot of dosh!
Re: sim-coupe
Of course it's a plug... ;) Why not? Nah... only handles disk images AFAIK... I think Unix does tho... -Original Message- From: Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 08 January 1999 00:06 Subject: Re: sim-coupe in a good-natured way, this is just a plug. but i don't think the original post said he was trying to do anything illegal, just run his own tape copy of DoE thru simcoupe. Hey, there's a thought. I know a lot of Enigma Variations games used protection for their disk games, but what about their cassettes? I mean, if the cassette isn't just a load of easily-loaded normal files, be they T112 or T70 or whatever, then my utility won't be able to convert them anyway. Hmm...I forget - does simcoupe handle directly reading the floppy drive? Of course, if you want a copy of DOE ... then the title is available *legally* from Persona for not a lot of dosh!
Re: sim-coupe
-Original Message- From: Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hmm...I forget - does simcoupe handle directly reading the floppy drive? At 8:22 am + 8/1/99, David wrote: Nah... only handles disk images AFAIK... I think Unix does tho... SimCoupe running on Linux (and only Linux, no other Unixes) will read Sam floppies from the PC's A: drive. All the details - alright, some of the details - are on the SimCoupe webpages (the new versions of which are currently in stasis at http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/computers/simcoupe/ ) Andrew PS. David, *please* could you set up your mail client to place the quoted messages above the new text, not below it, and do some judicious editing. It makes threads a lot easier to follow. -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides
Re: Gavin Smith questions
-Original Message- From: Malcolm Mackenzie Persona has now taken over Fred Publishing. Hmm, the phrase monopoly on the SAM market is beginning to spring to mind when I hear the name Persona ;) Monopoly NO! I don`t think so, but we are doing a Chess game! Nice one, and it makes good sense, at least as far as the software is concerned, but what is going to happen with FRED and Blitz? Okay, they have never been exactly the same sort of mags, with Fred being the more gamesy, and Blitz being more techy, but there has certainly been some overlap. I'd really like to see Fred becoming purely gamesy, and Blitz becoming purely techy. That way people could subscribe to one or the other or both (subbers to both could get a nice discount). Nice idea Gavin, but magazines can only survive with some contribution from the Sam users themselves, and if everyone sits on thier backsides waiting for someone else to do something, then you know what the result will be. All existing Fred products are now only available from PERSONA. I trust you have covered yourself where Kaboom is concerned! Speaking of which, any chance of you convincing Wayne to do something (anything?!) with it? Already spoken to Wayne, the game should be ready March/April.
Re: Gavin Smith questions
Which year? ;) -Original Message- From: Malcolm Mackenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 08 January 1999 00:49 Subject: Re: Gavin Smith questions I trust you have covered yourself where Kaboom is concerned! Speaking of which, any chance of you convincing Wayne to do something (anything?!) with it? Already spoken to Wayne, the game should be ready March/April.
Re: sim-coupe
Wish I could any suggestions any other win98 users? -Original Message- From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 08 January 1999 00:43 Subject: Re: sim-coupe PS. David, *please* could you set up your mail client to place the quoted messages above the new text, not below it, and do some judicious editing. It makes threads a lot easier to follow.
Re: sim-coupe
At 9:02 am + 8/1/99, David wrote: Wish I could any suggestions any other win98 users? -Original Message- From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 08 January 1999 00:43 Subject: Re: sim-coupe PS. David, *please* could you set up your mail client to place the quoted messages above the new text, not below it, and do some judicious editing. It makes threads a lot easier to follow. Well I'm not over-familiar with Windows mail clients - there must be hundreds of them! Surely you can find one which works properly? But you might perhaps try Eudora Light, the Mac version is certainly perfectly acceptable, and it's freeware. Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides
Re: Gavin Smith questions
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Malcolm Mackenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Already spoken to Wayne, the game should be ready March/April. March/April? Considering that he only had an afternoon of coding left to do on it, that seems an awfully long time. Graham Goring -- /\ | Ber-Limey! There's not even enough | |room to swing a cat in this sodding-| \=== ICQ: 5333545 ===/
Re: sim-coupe
Hello All, Of course it's a plug... ;) Why not? Nah... only handles disk images AFAIK... I think Unix does tho... Oh yes it does, in version 0.78 use fd1: or fd2: (for PC floppy A/B) in the 'image' pathname dialog box (ie instead of c:\yadda\yadda\yadda) Allan +--+---+ | Allan Skillman | There are five flavours of resons, the | | EDA Group| elementary particles of magic : up, down, | | ARM | sideways, sex-appeal and peppermint. | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - Terry Pratchett (Lords and Ladies) | +--+---+
RE: Gavin Smith questions
-Original Message- From: Malcolm Mackenzie [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 08, 1999 12:40 AM To: sam-users Subject: Re: Gavin Smith questions Monopoly NO! I don`t think so, but we are doing a Chess game! Jupiter will have to change their adverts that say then ;) Nice one, and it makes good sense, at least as far as the software is concerned, but what is going to happen with FRED and Blitz? Okay, they have never been exactly the same sort of mags, with Fred being the more gamesy, and Blitz being more techy, but there has certainly been some overlap. I'd really like to see Fred becoming purely gamesy, and Blitz becoming purely techy. That way people could subscribe to one or the other or both (subbers to both could get a nice discount). Nice idea Gavin, but magazines can only survive with some contribution from the Sam users themselves, and if everyone sits on thier backsides waiting for someone else to do something, then you know what the result will be. Eh? *confused* I was just suggesting instead of making both mags have some techy stuff, and some game stuff, that one concentrated on one area, and the other on the er other. Is FRED disk mag going to continue side by side with Blitz? Already spoken to Wayne, the game should be ready March/April. He originally said the game was finished and he only needed to put in some protection which he said would take very little time. We've waited over a year now and the thing still hasn't been distributed - I suppose that's about the best protection against piracy you can get :) Oh well, at least you got him talking...And the time I've waited for Kaboom! doesn't compare to the time I've waiting (and still waiting...) for my SAM_Clock refund ;) (Just like to get my little dig in there...) Gavin Gavin Smith IMDB Support ESN 3844 External (01232)363844
Re: sim-coupe
On 8 Jan 1999 at 00:43, Andrew Collier wrote: PS. David, *please* could you set up your mail client to place the quoted messages above the new text, not below it, and do some judicious editing. It makes threads a lot easier to follow. Then on Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 09:02:30AM -, David quoted it all at the bottom of a message saying: Wish I could any suggestions any other win98 users? Outlook Express is by all accounts a terrible client for mail and news (in a flamewar in oxbridge.tat we have already discovered that it cannot be configured to stop wrapping quotations while keeping the line length of new text to acceptable limits), but even that seems to be able to put the quotes at the top judging by various emails I have received (some of which were even properly trimmed, although none has a proper X said: at the top). Honestly, you'd think Microsoft would be able to come up with a mail client that obeyed common sense formatting rules. Had nobody at Microsoft ever received an email before when they started writing this? imc
Re: sim-coupe
On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 01:20:58AM -, Paul Walker wrote: Compared to the habit Outlook Express has got of encoding HTML in MIME after the message, it's a very minor thing. (Hello Malcom. Could you please TURN THAT OFF?! Thank you.) You made me look... Apparently this nice mailer (mutt 0.95.1i in case you can't show the header) ignored the nasty HTML to the extent that I didn't even know it was there until I looked at the saved message. :-) imc
Re: sim-coupe
Ian Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 01:20:58AM -, Paul Walker wrote: Compared to the habit Outlook Express has got of encoding HTML in MIME after the message, it's a very minor thing. (Hello Malcom. Could you please TURN THAT OFF?! Thank you.) You made me look... Apparently this nice mailer (mutt 0.95.1i in case you can't show the header) ignored the nasty HTML to the extent that I didn't even know it was there until I looked at the saved message. :-) This is, IMHO, a good thing. After all this nice mailer (pGnus under emacs 20.3 in case your mailer is so brain-dead to be unable to show headers ) trundles off and passes the HTML to w3 so I have to sit and wait about a second while Emacs, W3 and Gnus pass stuff between them, render the HTML and display in my message buffer instead of just showing me the plain text which would be a darn site easier! Lee. -- I was doing object-oriented assembly at 1 year old ... For some reason my mom insists on calling it Playing with blocks
Re: sim-coupe
On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 11:42:19AM +, Lee Willis wrote: This is, IMHO, a good thing. After all this nice mailer (pGnus under emacs 20.3 in case your mailer is so brain-dead to be unable to show headers ) trundles off and passes the HTML to w3 so I have to sit and wait about a second while Emacs, W3 and Gnus pass stuff between them, render the HTML and display in my message buffer instead of just showing me the plain text which would be a darn site easier! Haha! My mutt will kick your pteradactyl's butt! :-) In the index I have sam-users mail displayed in green, personal mails in cyan, another list in yellow, and mail from various other lists in purple. Mutt is cool. imc
Re: sim-coupe
PS. David, *please* could you set up your mail client to place the quoted messages above the new text, not below it, and do some judicious editing. It makes threads a lot easier to follow. depends which your using.. i could probably help out with outlook (spit) or netscape (woohoo)... maybe other few too is it any of them maybe?? :o) -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 11077801 AOL/CServeIM: Flupert
Re: New URLs
On Wed, 6 Jan 1999 02:52:03 - Fri, 8 Jan 99 18:53:33 GMT, Chris Pile [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAIK he is Use a bit of netiquette mate! There's nothing wrong in using common 'net abbreviations... If you don't already know, AFAIK simply means 'As Far As I Know'... IKWYM, I've been on the net for quite a while. I meant the ridiculous amount of quoting. I don't know if it bothers other people, but replies that have either one line responses (especially at the top) really piss me off.
Re: New URLs
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 08 January 1999 19:08 Subject: Re: New URLs IKWYM, I've been on the net for quite a while. I meant the ridiculous amount of quoting. I don't know if it bothers other people, but replies that have either one line responses (especially at the top) really piss me off. ;-)) Yes, I must admit, having a single line response at the top of some massive section of 'thread' is a quite a pain!! Judging from recent posts it seems a lot of it is down to the e-mail client you are using... I don't know, I leave all that boring stuff to people like Microsoft...!!! ;-)
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