Whatever happened to...?
...very disturbingly, when you type 'Bob Brenchley' into google, the first option it give you is titled 'Animal Abuse'. I often thought many things of the man, but never that...! So what ever happened to the Big Bad Bob? And where is samsboss and Bill Ritman (how original)? Just thought i'd liven the list up for a second. Johnna Saddam Coupe - for some people still, a weapon of mass debation.
RE: Moment of truth
Might as well join in... 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Not anymore :-( 2) Does it work? 3) Do you still use it? Very rarely, by emulator. 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? Loads - most of the commercial games, every fred and a load of other stuff (SAM Supp, SCAC etc) 5) Do you still actively seek new sam bits and pieces? No, although I'm interested in what is released 6) Would you buy a new game for the sam coupe if the price was right? No 7) What price would be right if you would? 8) Would you develop a title for the sam still? Loads of cacky SCADS games left unfinished in my disc box somewhere - that was the extent of my 'programming knowledge' 9) Would you help develop a title for the sam? If it was ideas, fine. Anything technical and I'm lost. 10) Do you think that all the work put in to keep the sam alive is a waste of time? Probably, but it's nice that people still care and great to see people still getting use out of the SAM. Nowt wrong with hobbies, as others have said. 11) if yes to 10 then why? peacelovekisses ___ Johnna Teare w: www.johnnateare.co.uk e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: SAA1099P
Tell me that that is a made up name... ;) Thank you Spencer Gaylord Account Manager
RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 3 out now!
It's worth reading and nice to see Ledbury doing good stuff again, rather than getting overly insensitive on the mailing list ;) But I digress... Overly insensitive? OVERLY INSENSITIVE? I've had it with this list - f*ck the lot of you, i'm unsubbing tonight, and you'll never hear from me again. /SARCASM ;-)
RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 3 out now!
A walk-thru for Manic Miner...?! Erm...collect all the keys and head for the exit? :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 01 January 2003 00:00 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Announcement - Sam Revival 3 out now! Issue three of Sam Revival is out now! Another packed issue of Sam Revival! In this issue is my own feature article entitled 'Sam In A Can'. This has been my own pet project for several months now - this is a where I have taken a Sam motherboard and fitted it into a slim case along with a lot of extra hardware fitted internally (Quazar Surround soundcard, PC Keyboard interface, Serial Mouse Interface, disk drive and a hard drive!). I don't want to spoil this article so I will say no more - check it out in the magazine!. Other articles include part 3 of Adrian Brown's coding column. This time round he takes a look at starting the coding structure for a game, such as double buffering screens, keyboard reading and interrupt handling and is complete with source code. The hints and tips section has the first part for a full walkthrough for Manic Miner with all the behind the scenes info and snippets of gossip from when it was being made way back in 1990-91. Another article looks at the improvements in the latest version of B-DOS. Subscriber's issues have already been sent out so if they haven't already arrived you should have them in a day or two. Sam Revival is released bi-monthly, and costs £2 per issue (or 3.75 euro for international readers). Subscriptions are available for £5 for three issues. (10 euros internationally). Issue four will be released in February. Colin Piggot Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Three of Sam Revival Magazine Out Now !
johnna strikes back
hey guys not been on here for an age do we still have a message archive? or is somebody going to update me and let me know what's happening in the world of sam these days? cheers in advance johnna
RE: johnna strikes back
that's helpful! johnna -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of f-k-nose Sent: 05 November 2002 00:04 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: johnna strikes back - Original Message - From: Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:00 AM Subject: johnna strikes back hey guys not been on here for an age do we still have a message archive? or is somebody going to update me and let me know what's happening in the world of sam these days? cheers in advance johnna The best sam magazine has just launched its second issue
RE: johnna strikes back
thanx!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of f-k-nose Sent: 05 November 2002 00:43 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: johnna strikes back - Original Message - From: Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:42 AM Subject: RE: johnna strikes back that's helpful! johnna -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of f-k-nose Sent: 05 November 2002 00:04 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: johnna strikes back - Original Message - From: Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:00 AM Subject: johnna strikes back hey guys not been on here for an age do we still have a message archive? or is somebody going to update me and let me know what's happening in the world of sam these days? cheers in advance johnna The best sam magazine has just launched its second issue sorry - this will help www.quazar.clara.net/sam
adios
off to greece, land of the no-email unsubbing, so rest in peace 4 a bit xx johnna
RE: Please remove
Sadly the SAM scene has been plagued down the years by people who want to debate the fine print and small details whilst the big picture dissapears down the river. Anyway, I've had a change of heart. I think the people who are holding on dearly to copyrights for games over ten years old are neing quite astute. The way I see it is this - nobody wants the Medal Of Honor or Black and White's of this world anymore. They resent paying £10 for Deus Ex on budget when for only £5 more they can buy Mind Games 1 or SAM Strikes Out. In fact, the PC, as I see it, is dead! All those businesses are tired of paying huge licences to Microsoft and are going to abandon using Windows 2000 and Office and instead run all their applications from SAM Basic, using Outwrite for their letters and SC_DTP for their presentations. Who needs networking? We've got the RS232 connector, ever reliable I'm sure you'll agree. Yes yes, hold on to them games, hold on. Keep them all locked away and keep the SAM market to the little closed shop it has always been. This topic is dead, admittedly, but at least we stirred some interest on the list for a bit. In the mean time, if anybody has any SAM .dsk images they want to zip up and email to me so I can sit and break all the copyright laws in the world from the comfort of my own bedroom, please do. I've got a few lying around somewhere, so perhaps we could start some kind of rebellion and eventually overthrow the evil rulers that try and stop us playing Manic Miner in 16 colours. The stupid thing about the entire debate really is that much of the SAM market that is still alives thrives outside of the UK where copright control is somewhat less than perfectly observed. --- On another note, Colin MacD's SAM History is, I'm sure, STILL hugely interesting and would, no doubt stir up some good debate on this list. Any chance of a few leaks here and there Colin, or are oyu waiting for all the protagonists to die first, like in the JFK murder case??!?!?! --- and finally, anyone know what Alan and Bruce are doing now after all these years? Anyone still in touch? Did they ever get back into the pc industry again? --- Enough from me for now. Take it easy Johnna -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fred Bloggs Sent: 12 March 2002 12:36 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Please remove The list has cooled Johnna, only because we seem intent on musing over the finer points of copyright law. All very interesting as I'm sure you'll agree From: Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Please remove Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:25:39 - The list has cooled... Just a quick thought - if anybody is updating their SAM websites in the next few millenium, please remove any links to anything that I once had up on the web. It's now all gone and it won't be going back up. The sites were located at the following: www.yi.com/home/TeareJohnna www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk www.johnnateare.co.uk Only a very minor thing, I know, but I'd be greatful thanks. Cheers, Johnna _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
Please remove
The list has cooled... Just a quick thought - if anybody is updating their SAM websites in the next few millenium, please remove any links to anything that I once had up on the web. It's now all gone and it won't be going back up. The sites were located at the following: www.yi.com/home/TeareJohnna www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk www.johnnateare.co.uk Only a very minor thing, I know, but I'd be greatful thanks. Cheers, Johnna
RE: In response to Fred
Groan! So Ledbury is making another pantomime dame exit! (He'll be back, he always is!) The ongoing argument was not unpleasany and I have to stand with FredBloggs on much of it. I'm not saying that we should all get a load of freebies, or that people should be forced to relinquish their stand on copyright, merely that if there was more available SAM software for download, this scene would be much more interested than it is. Instead, we get petty feud's like the one that has developed here over the last two nights. Still, the list gets some action at least! I'm off to play my 'illegal' spectrum cloned atic atac now. Won't answer the door just in case you lot have phoned old Pc plod! Johnna -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Sent: 09 March 2002 00:04 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: In response to Fred - Original Message - From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:33 PM Subject: Re: In response to Fred Who the hell are you to say that Persona are wrong to try to raise money for charity* out of their software? Thanks Andrew As the company around here is far from pleasent these days - I'm pissing off :( I hope Gavin can get something sorted soon ... otherwise, Colin, please feel free to get the ball rolling if nothing comes by the end of next month. Bye to any real Sam owners... and to any of the Clones hanging on this list!
RE: Games
but thery're not are they? and there doesn't seem to be any sign that they ever will be. so WHY won't people give up the ghost and let some sam games out on ftp sites so that people like myself who spent so much time and money on our old friend can relive the glory days. I've got nearly all the original games hiding in an atic somewhere and I can't be bothered to go and get them and .dsk them up to play them. so i forget about sam and play someting on MAME or something. copyright counts for bullshit now for a computer that is nearly 15 years old. Fair enough, new games that Colin Piggot has written are not fair game for distribution, but really old shit like sam strikes out wasn't worth £15 when it was released, so what value does it have now??? Because there are such stupid restrictions on sam games bieng left on ftp sites, we have a list with NO new input and NOTHING to say that hasn't already been said. And our little machine lies dead in the gutter. Am I right? (You're not wrong!) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Ledbury Sent: 07 March 2002 21:28 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Games Available to purchase from SAM Community. Money of which going to charity. NOT available for download! David
RE: Games
I appreciate that you said Gav could do something with the games you have a hold over, but as you rightly say that was one year ago. Time for a rethink maybe? (why am I getting so animated about all this - I don't even CARE about the SAM anymore!) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Ledbury Sent: 07 March 2002 21:52 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Games Well tell Gavin to pull his finger out. He was granted permission around 8 - 12 months ago... David
RE: Games
yup - infact with MAME you can play the original arcade game! crazy! This whole argument was ALMOST relevant about five years ago when things in the SAM scene were still going, but even the biggest optimist would have to admit that the thing is dead dead dead now. Maybe Colin Piggot makes a few pennies out of it, but I'm more convinced he does it for the love of the scene (and more power to him!). But old games on an old machine have NO commercial value and trying to restrict their use only kills off what is already a dead dido dodo of a scene already. If somebody new came to me today and wanted to find out more about the SAM, what could I 'legally' show them? Jack spratt all. The entire SAM scene was badly managed by a few people who were made into 'mini celebrities' because they were able to cobble together crappy games and make a couple of hundred quid out of them and they are still trying to scrape the last few pence out of it. Give it up. All the good SAM coders have gone on to bigger and better things and still work in the industry and all the crap ones who tagged on 16 colour splodges of mess onto a Spectrum Basic program and tried to sell it to us (whilst all our friends had Amiga's) for £15 are still there trying to play 'Mr Big' still. The best game ever made for the SAM was Defender, and Chris gave that away, on the internet, for NOTHING. Now THAT is what I call promoting the SAM scene, not hanging on to the rights for bodged spectrum games and wierd puzzle games from Eastern Europe with irritating soundtracks. And now, I shall rest! see you around Johnna -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fred Bloggs Sent: 07 March 2002 22:47 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Games The only reason you're getting animated is because it's stupid. You can download Robot Monsters for the spectrum (and a few others I'll wager) for nothing, but when you try to do the same for the SAM version you're told you'll have to pay! And when you try to contact Gav, the website www.samcommunity.org is down!!! From: Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Games Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 22:44:25 - I appreciate that you said Gav could do something with the games you have a hold over, but as you rightly say that was one year ago. Time for a rethink maybe? (why am I getting so animated about all this - I don't even CARE about the SAM anymore!) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Ledbury Sent: 07 March 2002 21:52 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Games Well tell Gavin to pull his finger out. He was granted permission around 8 - 12 months ago... David _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
RE: Virus Alert!
shit - sorry everyone. I've been getting this flung at me for weeks and having to delete it all the time. Never figured it was me dishing it out! Anybody know a decent virus killer? (humble, and quiet!) Johnna -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Simon Owen Sent: 07 March 2002 22:51 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Virus Alert! Importance: High H... Did everyone else just get the Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs virus from the list?! Naturally, DON'T open the attachment! The mail headers seem to indicate it came from Johnna Teare's system... Si
RE: re :- PAYPAL for auctions, a warning
may i suggest...
www.nochex.com
used them for ages, no probs. As long as you have a debit card and a bank
account, you're in. 99p per transaction, but quite useful.
Cheers
Johnna
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Dean Woodyatt
Sent: 17 January 2002 03:38
To: 'sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no'
Subject: RE: re :- PAYPAL for auctions, a warning
no idea really what else to use, i'm going to do a bit of a lookup tonight,
just do a general search on paypal and fraud or even
fraudulant or this fraudulent
and see the 1000's of pages that come up in google.
like yourself i believed that i was protected thru paypal, but nope, no
comeback on them whatsoever, and others have lost many $1000's
and paypal is completley different from cheques, postal orders and cash,
if they send any of the above as payment, its yours, cheques clear after 4
days!, and its legally your money.
paypal can (and does) withhold transactions many weeks after payment!, so
even if you think the money is yours it isnt. the only thing you can do is
take out the cash immediatley and then when paypal removes the money from
your bank / credit card claim it back from them.
this company really is a bit dodgy to say the least
Dean
-Original Message-
From: Andrew Collier [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 11:12 AM
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Subject: re :- PAYPAL for auctions, a warning
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Dean Woodyatt wrote:
Having recently been scammed for $300 (thru paypal) for a payment on an
ebay
auction, i did a little digging and came up with this
www.paypalwarning.com
so i'd recommend not to use 'em!
And what do you suggest instead?
PayPal is in many ways no different to sending a cheque, postal order, or
cash. If the seller scams you, you wouldn't blame the post office for
selling
you the postal order, so why is PayPal any different? If you don't trust
the
seller, then pay extra for an escrow service.
The only method of payment that gives you any comeback would be a credit
card, and chances are that an ebay seller wouldn't have the means to
accept a
credit card payment.
Andrew
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just downloaded 44 messages, mainly realted to this repeat prob. i am unsubbing for now. if anybody would be good enough to let me know when things are back to normal if not, i doubt i'd miss much!!! this list is dead dead dead these days. where's SAMSON progrssing? (snigger!) later johnna
mess
Check this url out... http://mess.emuverse.com/ It's a multi-machine emulator and claims to emulate the Sam. Anybody know anything about it? Or whos behind it? l8r Johnna
RE: Memory Lane
Aley said...
{ Craft is also good.
{ But why do I have it at home, when Revelation never sold it?
{ Copyright 1992 Revelation. by E.S.I./Kassoft I wonder how this is
{ possible. I'm affraid it is some beta version.???
{
{
{ Easy.
{
{ You have a pirate copy (don't worry! I won't sue!) of the version that
{ Maciej sent to Revelation (the real one - not bobs revelation) which i
{ was - this was never contracted to SAMCo.
{
Correct me if I'm wrong but my copy also read 'copyright Revelation
software' but was not a pirate version - in fact i think it might have been
sent to me as a review copy - so perhaps this is how you got yours Aley.
The SAM scene was rife with pirating anyway, so any attempt to sue would not
stand a chance ! It is only Bob who has ever pretended to make a living out
of it, and when it came to sellgin pirate copies of softwae he was the
biggest culprit of them all.
Not that piratig software is necessarilt the right thing to do. But just
that asking 15 quid for a game that you could get in the Amiga PD library
for a quid always seemed like unrealistic - if the games were a bit cheaper
maybe those who did copy games would have been more incliined to buy them.
{ I dealt with Kassoft directly on it after SAMCo's demise.
{
{ Oh, and contrary to Bob's accusation of my stealing information from
{ SAMCo's filing cabinets - I got his contact details via the man
{ who ran SAM
{ Paper diskzine.
{
Bob just got a strop on cos he couldnt own the whole SAM world. So what if
you did get an address from SAMCo (which I dont belive you did, i must
add) - surely he's just pissed off because he didn't have the common sense
to do it anyway, and if he had made the programmers a better offer then they
would have signed to his Rvelation label. The man was a cry baby who sulked
whenever he never got his own way and for all the good he did for SAM (and
he did do some) he did as much damage with his tantrums and name calling.
If I'm a little verbose tonight it's because that good old English bloke
Sven has just led our team to a 3-0 win. Come on the boys!
Johnna
RE: Memory Lane
The original unautorised relase - Mr Pac - was much more fuin, even though
it was the exact same game. But just BECAUSE it was Pac Man on SAM it made
it all the better.
I sometimes wish some of the SAM authors (and sometimes people here on this
list) would take more of a risk with their titles - why not release Mr Pac?
Why change the name? Which company is realisticly going to sue a tiny game
manufacturer selling perhaps thirty or forty copies of a game when the court
costs alone could outwiegh the costs that could be gained by contesting a
legal action?
Similarly, why not just copy World of Spectrum by publishing EVERYTHING that
wa smade for teh SAm on a website for downloads, and taking it down when
asked by the authors. You may call me disrespectful to the original authors,
but what's the point in holding hth ecopyright to software in a market where
there is no money to be made anyway? Surely better to give the whole lot
away and keep this feeble SAM scene going?
I've been arguing this for years, and I get the usual private email abuse
for suggesting it - so go on, do your worst!
Johnna
{ -Original Message-
{ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
{ Behalf Of Matthew J Craven
{ Sent: 27 February 2001 21:34
{ To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
{ Subject: Re: Memory Lane
{
{
{ Hey Guys,
{
{ What about bulgulators?
{
{ --Matt.
{
Memory Lane
Love the new WinCoupe - made me take a trip down memory lane today and play some old SAM games. Sphera is still as terrible as it always was. Bit like a demo with a small game bolted on. Which got me thinking - what was the WORST commercial SAM game? I played Vegetable Vacation loads of times because it looked so damned good, but i dont ever remember enjoying it! Any opinions?
Memory Lane
Love the new WinCoupe - made me take a trip down memory lane today and play some old SAM games. Sphera is still as terrible as it always was. Bit like a demo with a small game bolted on. Which got me thinking - what was the WORST commercial SAM game? I played Vegetable Vacation loads of times because it looked so damned good, but i dont ever remember enjoying it! Any opinions?
RE: Memory Lane
{No, the one I was most
{ disappointed in
{ was Legend of Eshan. It sounded *so* cool and I was *so* looking
{ forward to
{ it and I read mainly great reviews of it (apart from one of the SAM2SAM
{ pair)
Erm..yeah. That would have been me! Never got to grips with it, and gave up
trying after a while. Still, I was like that with Lords of Midnight too, so
maybe it's just me ?!
{
{ Gavin
Johnna
RE: [OT] Pass it on, spread it around
BUt in your world Frode, technology and its potential benefits would only be
available to the knowledgable. It is wrong to say that only people who
understand how cars work should drive them - technolody is for everyone, and
it is up tot he more knowlegable people to try and educate others, or to use
their knowledge to try and stop the accidents / viruses in teh first place.
my 2 cents - sorry its off topic!
Johnna
{ -Original Message-
{ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
{ Behalf Of Frode Tenneboe
{ Sent: 19 February 2001 14:10
{ To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
{ Subject: RE: [OT] Pass it on, spread it around
{
{
{ On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 12:53:38 - Simon Owen
{ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
{
{ This is way OF, but it has been eating mu chest for long so this
{ seemed like a good a forum as anything... :)
{
{ Whoa!!! Nobody _deserves_ it, especially when most people affected will
{ just not understand the risks - not everyone is as
{ knowledgeable as _you_!
{
{ I don't expect everybody to know how to fix their car, but I do
{ expect that they don't bump into me, wreck other peoples cars and
{ properties and kill other people. It has to do with general awareness
{ and ability to cope with the tool you have been equiped with.
{
{ If you can't do that, you should not drive a car!
{
{ It is like when a little child put fingers on a hot cooker.
{ I hope all childs on internet won't do this again.
{
{ It's not just children that open them...
{
{ If my boss, my SO, my mother or my brother ever opened such a file,
{ I would laugh him/her in the face and mumble I told you so. :)
{ Well, not if it was my mother, but the only computer she has ever
{ used was a ZX Spectrum. :)
{
{ -Frode
{
{
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RE: New footy game
Top tip for Football League Manager was to sell virtually all of your team
( I think you could play with about four players) - you'll finish bottom for
the first season, but then you'll be able to buy some class a few years
later and climb up the league steadily.
Or you could press ESCape and find the variables to change, a la Footy
Director 2. It's a pity the SAM was never used to write a proper footy
management game because with 512k of ram it could have chucked the old
numbers around easily - our own Championship Manager. And perhaps we could
even defy convention by writing one in code rather than BASIC. Would SAM C
not help here?
Johnna
{ -Original Message-
{ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
{ Behalf Of Gavin Smith
{ Sent: 06 February 2001 02:51
{ To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
{ Subject: Re: New footy game
{
{
{ on 2/5/01 6:37 PM, Johnna Teare at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
{
{ From what I remember, Football League Manager was quite a
{ seller on the SAM
{ and it certainly went down well with the punters so this is
{ probably a good
{ idea. Was it Dave Handley that wrote it? Are you still on here Dave?
{
{ It was Dave Handley, yeah. He also did a nice Little Computer People type
{ demo on Fred once - I think I wrote in, asking if he'd do a full
{ version but
{ sadly it never happened. *sniff* Was it just me or was FLM bloody hard
{ though? I think I only got promoted once or twice before I gave up. And
{ every time the ball got near the goal, you could change your tactics to
{ attack and you'd be more likely to score - similarly you could change to
{ defence every time your opponents got near your goal. I was still
{ kack at it
{ though. Played Football Director 2 far more, even though it was a damn
{ Speccy game.
{
{ Gavin
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New footy game
From what I remember, Football League Manager was quite a seller on the SAM
and it certainly went down well with the punters so this is probably a good
idea. Was it Dave Handley that wrote it? Are you still on here Dave?
Was any progress ever made on that Kick-Off stlye game that Fred were
motting around a few years ago? I know it'd hardly be FIFA these days, but
it would be nice to see the demo of it or something.
Just my 2p.
{ -Original Message-
{ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
{ Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
{ Sent: 05 February 2001 07:28
{ To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
{ Subject: Re: SC 6 nearly ready
{
{
{ im thinking of writing a football management game for the SAM but i`m not
{ sure how popular it will be. If you want i will send a demo in a few weeks
{
{ all the best
{
{ Andy
{
RE: Where are YOU now?
yawn yawn yawn - any chance of playing this out in private folks?
{ -Original Message-
{ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
{ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Aley Keprt
{ Sent: 25 January 2001 10:32
{ To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
{ Subject: Re: Where are YOU now?
{
{
{
{
{ On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 08:45:44 +0100 Aley Keprt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
{ wrote:
{
{ You shouldn't rely on disk error = all data lost.
{ I had a disk error, and I lost only one sector in one logical drive.
{ It depends on what kind of disk error you encounter.
{
{ Disk error != disk crash.
{
{ As I wrote, if whole disk goes away at once, it can be
{ repaired without
{ data
{ loss, since it's only in electronics.
{
{ Please, Aley!
{
{ How many enterprise disk systems have you encountered? How many hard
{ drives
{ have you handled from SOL to EOL?
{
{ A disk crash does not always depend on electronics. You may
{ have a failure
{ in
{ one arm which tears the entire disk apart, oil spills from the spindle,
{ failure
{ of the spindle and even failure of the file system (at least two times
{ this has happened with NT).
{
{ And even if you send it away for a data extraction - do you
{ have any idea
{ what this costs?
{
{ Depends on who does it...
{
{
{ -Frode
{
{
{
RE: A little bit of history...repeating
VCD's?! Sounds interesting. What I'm after is a program that can write text and music to a VCD to use as Karaoke discs (my new job!). The alternative, CD+G seems to be a little PC unfriendly. So if anybody has any idea how I can mak emy own VCD's using perhaps something like PowerPoint to make the graphics and a WAV file for the music, let me know. And a happy new year to everybody as well whilst I'm here! Cheers, Johnna -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Whitmore Sent: 31 December 2000 03:49 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: A little bit of history...repeating On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 03:33:42 - Sun, 31 Dec 00 03:39:38 GMT, David L [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good on you! At least you've got some great telly on at the mo :) What am I missing?! Jesus, I've been sat here trying to suss the intricacies of making VCDs all night and missing out on TV. That half litre of Whisky is doing the business though, so it shouldn't be too long b4 I collapse. :-) Best medicene! Probably, but as long as I can still spell, I'm not getting there. IRC anyone? undernet, channel #samusers ?? Bugger.. I haven't installed MIRC... Oh well. Another time maybe. Darn well, would have been nice eh? Aye, never mind. Happy New Year (for tomorrow) everybody. Dave And happy new centuary from me too...! Why is it that /some/ people insist that 2001 is the beginning of a new century. Please explain the logic behind this argument, and tell me why most of the world celebrated it last year? Probably getting there (pour another... please forgive this rubbish - sober people) - Dave
A little bit of history...repeating
it seems a bit like tempting an argument here, but i was just wondering what ever happened to Bob Brenchley, the missing sam clocks, West Coast Computers, the proposed 3D sam game by Colin Piggot, WinCoupe's relaunch and the rest of it. If anybody has any of the latest news, let me know coz I've just gone all nostalgic for some reason. Peace, love and kisses, JohnnaPig Teare Passing somebody elses observations off in an email sig is the lowest form of intelligence - Mad The Swine, 1999
SAM Coupe on eBay
Just thought I'd post this - a sam on ebay for those that were looking. Described as 'utterly useless' - I'm sure some of the staunch SAM defenders would have a few things to say about that! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1202752258 Peace, love and kisses, JohnnaPig Teare Passing somebody elses observations off in an email sig is the lowest form of intelligence - Mad The Swine, 1999
RE: [Off topic] Online ordering]
Gav, missed the original post, but cant u use ccnow? I know they put their prices in dollars, but the system can still be operated from the UK end of things - i know a mate of mine uses it to sell his band cd's over the internet. Just a thought. Johnna
Byee
See you all another time - have fun with SAM and try and keep the little blue footed baby alive. I'm off to get a suntan. If you see a poor english bloke in Greece, chuck him a few pennies! Peace, Love and Kisses... JohnnaPig Teare Get paid real money to surf the net - no catches... http://www.alladvantage.com/home.asprefid=ebq212
Re: Lost games
On 11 Oct 99, at 14:50, Gavin Smith wrote: Aley Keprt wrote: I have F16 Playable demo on DSK. Does someone really want this stuff? Yes indeedy! If you could email it to me *off the list* I'd be ever so grateful! Or can you stick it on NVG or somewhere we can all get at it? Pleasy weasy? Me too. Please. Cheers... Gavin Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: What The Hell Is Going On?
On 10 Oct 99, at 12:44, Andrew Collier wrote: At 12:15 pm +0100 10/10/99, Mr Samsboss wrote: My inbox gives me 48 messages from the SAM mailing list since Tuesday. That looks about normal. What did everyone else get? 138 - now sod off again, clone. Steady. He was only asking. Andrew -- -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --My other -- http://mnemotech.ucam.org -- .sig is a -- Part 3 Materials Science, Cambridge -- PDF file -- Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Erk!
That took me back... ..to the days of who is west coast / SamSon / samsboss debates... Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Erk!
On 9 Oct 99, at 12:27, Johnna Teare wrote: That took me back... ..to the days of who is west coast / SamSon / samsboss debates... By mtaht I meant cas of th 100+ something dowloaded mails... Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse... Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: SAM Community
On 5 Oct 99, at 22:26, David L wrote: I suppose it also reffers to the number of people who actually *bothered* to subscribe to SAM magazines... WHILE THEY STILL EXISTED! 75 issues of Fred, 30+ issues of SAM Supp, SCAC, enceladus, newsdisk etc. I think I've done my bit for the SAM. Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
RE: Lost Games
On 8 Oct 99, at 15:33, Justin Skists wrote: There was a demo of SAM F16 on YS!?!?!?!?!?!?! I'm sure I would've remembered that since I loved flight sims and the only YS I didn't get was the last one... (Or were there others?) It was on Crash - and I've sold all my tapes and mags on to someone ages ago. But it must be out there somewhere. As far as I remember, you couldn't move it anyway, and it stopped after about five seconds... Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
RE: SAM Community
On 5 Oct 99, at 9:08, David Laundon wrote: David L (not me!) wrote: Looking forward to the next ish Gavin!! Me too! (Yes - I'm one of the *TWO* on this list that could be bothered to subscribe!) Erm, *I* subscribed. Does that make it three, or were you talking about me anyway? David Laundon. Well with the greatest respect, this is the first I've heard about it... Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: SAM Community
On 30 Sep 99, at 15:14, Gavin Smith wrote: It's 2 quid for a year's membership, including 6 issues of the newsletter. If you're interested, drop me a mail off the list and I'll send you the address. Right Gav - Sorry for not signing up earlier. Email me your address and trhe cheque'll be in the post. There MUST be more than 30 active SAM users out there - are we all not active SAM users merely by participating in this list...? Gavin Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Finally
On 29 Sep 99, at 11:10, Nick Humphries wrote: I've always been an advocate of the Chris White Method (do things first, ask questions later), but I'm sure he'll take anything down if requested to by the copyright owner. It's the way The World Of Spectrum archive works. It's the way the YS Rock'n'Roll Years works. It _is_ the done thing. Nick It's the only chance the SAM has a any semblance of a future... Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Making dsk / sad files
Right,I'm having bother using the SAD converter thingy. Couldanybody email me the original SAMDSK or point me to it at the ftp? Cheers. Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game
On 22 Sep 99, at 17:03, Simon Cooke wrote: This is where my girlfriend has problems with me. The pure wiggling bit I'm fine at. But the timing and skill... Just have a one-player game to increase your stamina beforehand, and then when you get into the game proper, listen for the audio cues... Si subscribe carry-on-sam-users Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game
On 22 Sep 99, at 18:48, Maria Rookyard wrote: Oops, did I say same old sh*te? Of course what I really meant was the usual high standard of interesting discussion ;-) It's nice to be back; anything exciting happened since the beginning of last month? Three members havehad sex changes, we've all bought new computers and got rid of that heap of off-whit junk and we're now a list devoted to worshipping goats. But apart from that, not much. ;-) Maria (glad to be back really!) Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game
And leave me alone for the goat thing. I'm from the Isle of Man... Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
RE: Sams worst game ever
On 22 Sep 99, at 10:40, Justin Skists wrote: I remember wanting to buy Atomic Robokid after playing the demo on a YS tape... I was hooked on it from playing it on an Arcade machine. Even though the demo was slow, I was hoping the full release was faster - it just never came along! :( Then again, I wanted to buy it before I saw the demo... You're right - I don't think I ever bought a game due to it's demo. Prince Of Persia on the YS Megatape. Surely the reason most people were convinced. Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game
On 21 Sep 99, at 23:07, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: The canoeing was always the hardest bit.. after that it moved from being about pure wiggling and into timing skill, which was beyond me... This is where my girlfriend has problems with me. The pure wiggling bit I'm fine at. But the timing and skill... Fitz -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 11077801 AOL/CServeIM: Flupert Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game
On 21 Sep 99, at 19:41, Thomas Harte wrote: STAX was fantastic - the best freebie game ever, save for Tetris. Anywhere I can get a copy? FREd - forget the issue number ... (checks disk box) ...bugger - can't find it! Remember Santa Goes Psycho? I loved that aswell! -Thomas Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game
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 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 another :)... Hmm... It's quite amazing the effect this had on me as a child (and now it seems..). I wonder how many new words they invented in their time.. Time for an investigation. Anyway... what is columns?... Is it a bit like that thing on the game gear... urm.. whatever it was called? Erm...columns? Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game
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 for it. Not the worst game ever, but the biggest disappointment. Worst game...vegetable vacation...looks great, but nothing to play with...fnar... Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game
On 20 Sep 99, at 14:19, Nick Humphries wrote: The best Columns game on the SAM was the one on one of the Arcadia disks - used to play that for hours, I think my longest game was about 1h 30... Wasn't that Coloris? iirc Nick Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game
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. Andrew -- -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --My other -- http://mnemotech.ucam.org -- .sig is a -- Part 3 Materials Science, Cambridge -- PDF file -- Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game
On 20 Sep 99, at 23:42, Martin Fitzpatrick 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)... Your Sinclair methinks. And zucchini to you too. Hmph. Martin Fitz -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 11077801 AOL/CServeIM: Flupert Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk ICQ: 48928093 It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: The SCART socket
On 12 Sep 99, at 10:33, Dave Whitmore wrote: There used to be loads of info about things like SCART in ye olde Sam Supplement. I wonder if Dave Tonks would have any objections to the lot going up on nvg? Is anyone in contact with him these days? Didn't they have a website as one point? Can't remember if there were any issues up there though...but I seem to remember visitng it... Dave Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Might be interested
Now what confuses me is *how* they pay me. They didn't ask for a credit card number, and only have my address (no way am I giving them my phone number... Ive was phoned by some weird American company once, and had a massive conversation where they tried to convince me that I'd really rung them and asked them to ring me... very strange). So... how *do* they pay me? By cheque. Or check, as they say. It's supposedly posted on the 20th of every month. The whole thing sounds like a complete scam - but like all of Dick Dastardly's scams, it might just work...Certainly the principle is no different to what Free ISP's do - giving you access whilst pluggin you full of stuff you don't need. The 'contract' is up there somewhere: http://www.sendmoreinfo.com/id/42361 And really, as you can set a mail filter anyway, there's not a lot to lose. To make this marginally topical What are the pubs/clubs like in Gloucester/Quedgely this seems the nicest idea, since thats where all the shows were Though, then again, I've never been to Swansea :)... But I somehow doubt much of Samdom will remain after 10 years :) It was a while ago but... I seem to remember an article in FRED (Colin M?) saying that you could still see the SAMCo sign as you pull into Swansea on the train. Now _that_ would be a beer trophy! Martin Fitz -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 11077801 AOL/CServeIM: Flupert Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Might be interested
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...
{HYPERLINK
http://www.sendmoreinfo.com/id/42361}http://www.sendmoreinfo.com/id/42361
Basically, they pay you $5 to receive an email advert. Sounds
okay?
Peace, Love and Kisses,
JohnnaPig Teare
http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk
It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Might be interested
On 1 Sep 99, at 22:56, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: 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 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, but yknow... Exactly what I was thinking! Fitz -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 11077801 AOL/CServeIM: Flupert Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Anybody know who Anonymity Smith was?
On 30 Aug 99, at 19:18, Me wrote: I know who it was, but I think it would spoil the fun to tell you :) He wrote under a few other psuedonyms too, but no - it wasn't Bob Brenchley. Wasnt it graham whatsit? 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. Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )
On 29 Aug 99, at 19:20, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: Hehe... I'm getting all reminiscent, I might even dig out my Big Box of stuff that I wrote Does it work on SimCoupe? (SCADS that is) Think you might have problems programming in it - but the games seem to run. The actual designer - where you do all the graphics and bits - erquired a -key disk- or soemthing so disk images might not work. Fitz -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 0009L/CServeIM: Flupert Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Anybody know who Anonymity Smith was?
Who was Anonymity Smith? The bloke (i am assuming it was a bloke) who wrote those spoof sci-fi stories on Fred from years back? If it's anyone on teh list...get in touch coz I'm after stuff like that for my new cult tv magazine. And don't forget, if you fancy writing a bit - get in touch. I'll be sending out full information at the end of the week to anybody who has shown an interest. l8r Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's Birthday
On 30 Aug 99, at 19:34, Tim wrote: - Original Message - From: Dan Dooré [EMAIL PROTECTED] My suggestion would just be to all meet up in the pub opposite Quedgely village hall, making sure we all wear a black arm band to keep Graham happy. Is that the Basket Weaver or the evil Wacky Warehouse? I guess the weaver is more traditional, although wasn't it going to shut? Or was that a rumour. The wacky warehouse is bigger, does black pudding, and has the kids bit (although we may be a bit big to overrun it). As long as everyone knows which that'll be fine. Hold on. Everyone will just argue and we'll end up with 2 parties one in each pub ;-) And remember when we get their to keep things strictly 'on topic' or there'll be a mass exodus to another pub for the people who want to discuss asics and stuff... ;-) Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Who Wants To Be An unnapreciated contributor?
Anybody fancy writing some stuff for a cult tv magazine I'm putting together? Sci-fi, soap opera etc. It's going up on the net and getting distributed in caporial form aswell. Mail me if you're intersted. Oh, and as for SAM content (better put some of that in otherwise people will treat this as one of those horrible 'spam' things that we're always inundated with ;-)) Anybody played vegetable vacation recently? ha ha ha Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )
On 29 Aug 99, at 13:17, Andrew Collier wrote: But I don't think it was Sam's worst ever game for my money, that honor goes to... fx type=drumrollfx type=rips open envelope Parallax. /fx Controversial? FutureBall? Has there ever been a poll done on sam-users? To see who likes what the best? Andrew -- -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --My other -- http://mnemotech.ucam.org -- .sig is a -- Part 3 Materials Science, Cambridge -- PDF file -- Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )
On 29 Aug 99, at 16:14, Gordon Wallis wrote: Was there ever a _better_ shooter, though? Space Invaders. On a later issue of Fred. By me ;-) -- The HEXdidn't... Homepage: -- Featuring The U.K. Policenauts Homepage -- http://www.hexdidnt.clara.net \-- AOL Instant Messenger: 'hexdidnt' --/ Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )
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 down the screen? -Thomas It was written in SCADs and iirc it didn't like pallette lines much. The actual games wasn't very faitful to the original - more of a cheap botched attempt like eveything I've written - love developing ideas, but hate writing the damn games! Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )
On 29 Aug 99, at 17:51, Chris White wrote: On 29 Aug 99, at 16:14, Gordon Wallis wrote: Was there ever a _better_ shooter, though? Space Invaders. On a later issue of Fred. By me ;-) And what was wrong with mine :) I could never get it running (never had a compiler...) Still, the graphics looked nice... ;-) C ps ( only kidding) Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Sam Printer
On 22 Aug 99, at 20:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From : Robert Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] adie-usm Carter fan? Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: SAM Downloads
On 21 Aug 99, at 0:25, Andrew Collier wrote: At 12:10 am +0100 21/8/99, Jonathan Bristow wrote: Great, fine... I would love to buy up all the software titles that my newly acquired SAM could revel in, trouble is that with the Crap Response that i have had concerning getting hold of a replacement internal master drive, i see little point!! Just because noone knows the answer, doesn't mean you have to be rude... Andrew Aside from pointing you in the direction of [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wouldn't know how else to help. And even Bob seems to have disappeared for the time being... -- -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --My other -- http://mnemotech.ucam.org -- .sig is a -- Part 3 Materials Science, Cambridge -- PDF file -- Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: SAM Stuff for sale
On 20 Aug 99, at 20:07, Thomas Harte wrote: Famous Five, Witchin Hour, Lemmings, Ore Warz 2 (NEVER RELEASED!), Labyrinth, Bombs Away, Invaders, Muncher, PoP, Quizball, Defenders, bulgulators, dyzonium (which are shareware anyway iirc), batz n ballz, manic miner, eftpotrm, klax, Anybody know which of these I could use with SIM Coupé? Also, sorry to remove from the mystique, but Ore Warz 2 is on nvg . . . Oh well. I don't think I've ever played it anyway. Can't remember how I came to having it. One of those things that just appears in your diskbox when your doing a magazine that reviews stuff. Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: SAM Stuff for sale
On 20 Aug 98, at 19:20, David L wrote: I could do with at least one copy of all those titles. What's a fair - and not forgetting I'm no millionare - price for them all (software wise!)? You tell me... Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
RE: SAM Downloads
On 21 Aug 99, at 0:23, Andrew Collier wrote: At 5:59 pm +0100 20/8/99, Johnna Teare wrote: From what I remember, The Bulgulators and Dyzonium were released as shareware anyway, when Lemmings went overdue. Certainly all those who had paid for Lemmings but had not yet received it got a disk with lemmings demo on and those two games Really?? I certainly didn't get that, and I'm fairly sure I remember paying in advance for Lemmings. Maybe my memory's playing tricks on me though, and I did already have those two games... Andrew Yep - just checked it. I got it through the post just before Christmas - it had a demo of Lemmings (the one with the tree on...screenshots were in YS) and both games and a text file apologising for the delay but giving both games away. The irony was, FRED kept selling the games at full price for about six months afterwards! -- -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --My other -- http://mnemotech.ucam.org -- .sig is a -- Part 3 Materials Science, Cambridge -- PDF file -- Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: SAM Downloads
On 16 Aug 99, at 16:25, David Ledbury wrote: On 15 Aug 99, at 22:24, Martin Wilson wrote: The last time this one was mentioned someone went on to say that they shouldn't be uploaded because of various copyright reasons. =20 =20 I think before u even think of doing this - you should contact Persona: their telephone number is on my website www.persona.clara.net The reasons why we've put this debate into the public forum is to get feedback and debate the issue publically. Certainly the arguments _for_ putting some downloads up are clear. I'm waiting for someone to enter into the public forum and explain the reasons _against_. Of course I'm not out to put everybody in the SAM world out of a job, and I don't want to damage any potential trade that might exist, but most of teh games and utilities that I would be interested in putting on an ftp were written ten years ago - thing like MultiPack, Mind Games, Defenders etc. Utils like Etracker - freeware anyway now, perhaps version 1 of the MIDI Sequencer, Football Director II, Famous Five, Issues 1-50 of FRED, pretty much every other disk magazine. Most of the people on this list are likely to already have this stuff anyway - the only people who'd be getting freebies would be those who were new to the SAM Emulator scene - people who are unlikely to buy any of this software from a company whilst just dabbling with the SAM but who would possibly putmoney into the SAM if they got interested in it. Companies have been flogging some of this software for ten years now - imagine if Ocean were selling Hunchback or Mr Wimpy for full price whilst they were releasing Chase HQ on the Speccy - it would have been ridiculous. There's nothing stopping people from putting the files up there now - stick them on an ftp in another country, Russia for example, and you'd have a nightmare trying to bring a copyright suit against them. However, the whole thing is much better done in cooperation with the SAM world rather than against it. A better idea would be to knock up a CDR with everything the SAM has had written for it on it plus an emulator. You could then flog this and redirect some money back into the companies who participated. The last tim this kind of idea was mooted around, various 'industry heavies' if indeed we have a SAM industry scrambled around desperately trying to put a stop to it all to preserve their crumbling monopolies. Sorry folks, but its open season now. Either come up with some attractive ways of remarketing games that most SAM owners already have, or expect the worst. This is a chance to do somethig a bit different and take the SAM into the new millenium with a chance of survival - even if it is only in emulated form. Go on - send me the death threats that usually accompany anybody who tries to undermine the great Fred / Format empire. [god i love stirring it up!] -- Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: SAM Downloads
On 20 Aug 99, at 10:21, Andrew Collier wrote: It's difficult to contact anyone who owns anything anymore - and that's assuming you can even work out who owns what. The only person I'm convinced is familiar with enough of the details to be sure about the situation is Bob who, frankly, I certainly wouldn't trust to give a straight answer were he ever asked. Which just about puts the tin lid on the whole thing, unfortunately. But if we could all agree in principle to trying to release some of the earlier stuff from their contracts we could get quite a nice little database of stuff up online. And where has Bob gone? I've normally got a mailbox of hatemail by now for suggesting stuf like this... Andrew -- -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --My other -- http://mnemotech.ucam.org -- .sig is a -- Part 3 Materials Science, Cambridge -- PDF file -- Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: SAM Downloads
On 19 Aug 99, at 22:53, Robert van der Veeke wrote: Even in the very unlikely case that there are people who are willing to buy a Sam overhere in the Netherlands, there is no way that they gonna pay another 100 to a 150 quid for a decent collection of software. And i don't blame them (mind you, all back-issue's of Fred alone would (if they cost a pound per issue) cost you 80 pounds). Which is why issue 1-30 at the vey least should be released on an ftp somewhere. This is a chance to do somethig a bit different and take the SAM into the new millenium with a chance of survival - even if it is only in emulated form. Emulation is the only way forward at this moment, unless Bob makes a full U-turn and starts promoting and selling the Sam with full and honest enthousiasm. But don't expect much from the new emulator-users unless they already own or have owned a Sam Coupe when it comes to programming-projects. But SIMCoupe might just bring back into the fold some of teh talented programmers we've lost. Without a doubt some of teh best programmers have originated on Speccy and then moved to Sam. Just look at what a small user base we had, and then look at the quality of some of the games we got. Wouldn't it be nice if people who had gone on to better things were able to double click on a little Sim Coupe icon on their desktop and run off some more works of art for fun? Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
SAM Stuff for sale
Anybody who wants some SAM software, I'm selling the rest of mine... All magazines £1 each FRED 1-75 SAM Supp 1-24 SCAC 1-12 (although you can downloads these anyway from somewhere) Newsdisk 1-5 Various others (enceladus, primus etc.) Make an offer for the games (some have got the original boxes which you can have if you pay postage on them) Famous Five, Witchin Hour, Lemmings, Ore Warz 2 (NEVER RELEASED!), Labyrinth, Bombs Away, Invaders, Muncher, PoP, Quizball, Defenders, bulgulators, dyzonium (which are shareware anyway iirc), batz n ballz, manic miner, eftpotrm, klax, Make an offer for utils: SAM C, Sam Vision, ETracker, Sound Machine, sam paint, SCADs, SC_DTP, SC_Word PRO V1, SC_Pro V2 And if you're really feeling flush: SAM 512k with Disk Drive Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
RE: SAM Downloads
On 20 Aug 99, at 16:47, Andrew Collier wrote: Don't forget that Astroball and Dyzonium are also bundled with Defender... both superb games too, IMHO (they each got Game Of The Month! in Second Opinion - see http://mnemotech.ucam.org/zodiac.html for reviews). From what I remember, The Bulgulators and Dyzonium were released as shareware anyway, when Lemmings went overdue. Certainly all those who had paid for Lemmings but had not yet received it got a disk with lemmings demo on and those two games Funny that! Wasn't someone saying that old games should start getting packaged in compilations? But where can we get it from? Andrew -- -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --My other -- http://mnemotech.ucam.org -- .sig is a -- Part 3 Materials Science, Cambridge -- PDF file -- Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Er .. ignore me.
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...
Re: Why did I leave this list?
I'll tell you why I left. Erm...did somebody ask? ;-) Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
SAM Downloads
On 15 Aug 99, at 22:24, Martin Wilson wrote: The last time this one was mentioned someone went on to say that they shouldn't be uploaded because of various copyright reasons. I'm not so sure I'm comfortable with commercial games but disk magazines tend to be more topical and therefore I think devalued by time. I must admit in all fairness I'd be motivated enough to download mags from the internet but not enough to buy them at £2-3. Why can't we do what the Speccy world did - stick the things up there and ask anybody who objects to them being there to ask for their removal? Does anybody know what kind of copyright _actually_ exists on teh SAMCo / Revelation titles? There were loads of stories from various sources saying they were entitled to sell them, but did the copyright to such games actually ever leave the hands of the receivers? It certainly didnt regarding production of the machine... And if Speccy Defenders Of The Earth / Pipemania / Famous Five etc. are up on the ftp site, what is the problem with the SAM versions going up there? They have no commercial value anymore - I doubt very much they would take away sales from new SAM games because they would only be accessible to PC / Mac owners who would, I imagine, sooner spend a fiver on a Sold Out rereleased game such as Unreal than spend upwards of 15 quid on a game for their SAM's. The real SAM users, the ones who still use their computers as their main machines, will not be able to get hold of the games and so will still be reliant on the new products of companies like Quazar etc. And if the files were up there in .dsk format they'd run rather nicely on SIMCoupe. I say this in all honesty that I think many Sam mags are very impressive and it would be nice to show ST and Amiga users how good the sam scene was at its best. For a minority machine we seem to have more than our fair share of talented programmers and writers. Back on to the topic you mention - yes, the SAM Magazine scene was its crowning glory and there should be a full representation of it up on an ftp somewhere - including copies of FRED and, dare I say it, even OCR'd copies of FORMAT. The SAM Coupe is somethign that was special to all of us and we should try as hard as we can to pool all our resources and give ourselves the best chance of preserving it, and all the related paraphenalia that goes with it, somewhere in cyberspace for the rest of the future generations of 8bit geeks to look at fondly. Alternatively, we could whine on about copyright restrictions and the like and see most of the people who might stick with the SAM move on to something else somewhere else and forget all about the whole shebang. And in reality - who in teh SAM world is going to have the funds to bring a breach of copyright lawsuit against anyone other individual? Especially for teh sake of about sixty pence. The worst that could happen if we all just revolted would be a few idle threats from those desperate to cling on to their fading empire. I'm not encouraging piracy - it has always existed on teh SAM scene and is probably now at it lowest level ever because of the few numbers still involved in the machines ongoings. However, trying to erect some kind of memorial to our favourite blue (or black) footed friend would make sense. I'm ready to step into my asbestos suit as I speak. Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: My take on the SAM Scene
On 16 Aug 99, at 10:12, Nick Humphries wrote: * How many new SAMs are being sold a month? Even if we knew the figures - which we are never likely to find out - the real question should be how many new SAMs are being sold to _new users_ each month? I'd hazard that most of the new machines sold are bought by people replacing their old ones. How on earth are we to expect new users to come to the machine when there is no publicity for it? There is no excuse for whoever holds the rights to the production of the SAM (Bob I think?) not to have website at the very least with the latest prices etc. I'm sure there would be loads of people ready to help him put one up there - I would be one. And what better way to put the word around about the SAM than by getting a decent emulator like SIMCoupe freely distributed among the PC world. The same kind of thing worked for the C64 and Speccy - people are actively huntuing down the orignial machines to run the software on. If we're talking about single figures here (or even zero) then it's time to start seriously thinking about accepting a combined future with SimCoupe. It would surprise me if there have been more than ten sold in the last year. * How many units of any particular software title are being sold a month? * Is there any possibility of the older titles being rereleased either on a compilation or separately. Now that is perhaps a very valid point. There would be a great demand for, say , The Enigma Collection or Pop, Lemmings and ONML all in the one pack. If the people who hold their licences still want to try and feed their families on the back of SAM Software sales, then this is the way forward. If not, let's get some stuff up on the FTP site. Hats off to Bob for getting the ball rolling with Outwrite - the best word processor the SAM has seen. I'm not sure how to get stuff onto the FTP - which was decided as the best format? Meanwhile, if anybody would like to help me get a SAM website cobbled together similar to World Of Spectrum then please private mail me - I'll be after screenshots, articles, reviews, links etc. But it's all got to be brand new stuff. I'm only starting on the idea now, and like everything I do it will probably take forever to get to completion, but I'd like to see the whole thing up to celebrate Happy 10th Birthday for Mr Coupe. Let me know. Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
FTP Site
If we are going to start putting new stuff up on the FTP site, could we not make it so that we can track who has downloaded what so that, if the author of the particular item wanted to contact the owners of teh software via email to perhaps offer upgrades, sell manuals, offer other deals etc. he / she could? At least then the people who brought us the software would have a chance of recouping some money? Is this kind of thing possible? Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: SAM Downloads
On 16 Aug 99, at 22:32, Gasson wrote: BTW... Honestly Johnna, the name of your web site is obscene... No part of a URL should consist of more than 16 characters. :-p As I was logging on to freeserve, they didn't tell me the bloody line I typed in as my user name would become part of my email address AND website address. Boy do I regret it now! But its my own fault for being thick I suppose! -- James Gasson Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: SAM DEVELOPER FORUM
On 15 Aug 99, at 21:24, Colin Piggot wrote: Being one of the first people on this list (and being able to claim that I made the first two postings to it!) it is becoming apparent that the list is filling up with spam and non-sam related postings. This also seems to the feeling of other list subscribers from what they've said to me so I have taken it apon myself to create another mailing list: The principles behind it are grand - but aside from what is going on in the Quazar camp, is there anything else in development in teh SAM world at the minute? Anybody got any nice surprises for teh SAM's 10th birthday? And was anything ever suggested as to a show or anything? Peace, Love and Kisses, JohnnaPig Teare http://www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk It won't get better but it might never get worse...
Re: Re : SUUG
Dave (Founding member of the unemployed CD Burners club) Can I join?
Re: Fred n' speccy
[god i hate the way outlook puts the reply message afterwards...] regarding sam manic miner - i seem to remember pressing teh nmi button put the game in test mode, but i didn't know anything from there. There was a cheat wherby you could press f9 and willy would turn green (nurse?) and become invincible, but i can't remember it, or be bothered digging out my sam to load it up again. anybody? Peace Love and Kisses, [JohnnaPig Teare] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk] - Original Message - From: Rob Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 10:36 AM Subject: Re: Fred n' speccy For the Sam Manic Miner Which screen(s) in particular? Andrew I was actualy looking for an infinite live cheat for that one, it's a great game but I'm prety rubbish at it... I always get so far then die stupidly and have to start over and spend another half hour getting to where I last died only to get killed just a fraction further on. maybe I need to develop my learning curve. Rob __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Down neddy...
Anybody got any ideas on how to slow SIMCoupe down when running in W98? It's way too fast to do anything on...nothing like the SAM then...ha ha ha. I'm knocking up a SAM hints, tips and cheats page as we speak so if anybody has any to add, please mail them to me: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cheers.
Re: Fred n' speccy
How about the episode of The Simspons where Jay Sherman comes to visit Springfield? Surely the best of both worlds (although the episode was a bit crap if I remember - me not like The Critic...) Peace Love and Kisses, [JohnnaPig Teare] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk] - Original Message - From: James R Curry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 7:11 AM Subject: Re: Fred n' speccy Funnier than The Simpsons? I dont believe it. Is is around in the UK then?... Besides, I hate TMNT (or more accurately TMHT) I can't believe there was talk of putting Cowabunga in the dictionary. The Critic is, IMHO, one of the finest shows ever to grace television. -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!
Re: removals
Frode, You might want to unsub my old address aswell... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can't remember if I ever unsubbed and I certainly have no plans to go back to _that_ place again! Cheers. Peace Love and Kisses, [JohnnaPig Teare] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk] - Original Message - From: Frode Tenneboe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 6:54 AM Subject: removals I have just unsubscirbed these two addresses from the list due to failure of delivery. Please notify if you have an alternative address. Stephen Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dean Liversidge [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Frode -- ^ Frode Tennebø| email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^ | Ericsson Radar AS. | Isebakkeveien 49 | | Phone: +47 69 21 41 47 | N-1788 Halden | | with Standard.Disclaimer; use Standard.Disclaimer;|
Re: Fred n' speccy
From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 8:55 AM Subject: Re: Fred n' speccy Note that if you press the NMI (Break) Button, the words TEST MODE appear flashing at the bottom left of the scren. I remeber talking to David Ledbury some time ago, and he said they put that feature in just to see how many people would write to them about it, saying I've got into the test mode, but nothing else changes or whatever sarcasm ha ha ha - hilarious eh? /sarcasm
Hello again...
Stupid address I know -Carter fan till I die. So, what's been happening here since I last tapped in? Update me please...anyt news on Win32 Simcoupe? Anybody else on freeserve? It's the only one I could get online with today - if you're there, please tell me what it's like and if you know anywhere better I can get free ISP access. But mainly SAM stuff of course. Cheers,, Johnna
website nwe address
Erm...my website has moved. It should sit at: www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk which is a bit of a mouthful really. So who's around here over the summer then? The usual lot? Peace Love and Kisses, [JohnnaPig Teare] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk]
