Re: Filesystem for HDD

2000-12-04 Thread Gavin Smith
AOL Me too. /AOL IIRC, I tried your [EMAIL PROTECTED] email address about this a month or so ago, but the mail was returned as undeliverable. Gavin Frans van Egmond wrote: If it's ready enough for normal users, I'd like to try your filesystem, I haven't got anything noteworthy on my Atom HD

SAM on eBay

2000-12-04 Thread Gavin Smith
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Re: Filesystem for HDD

2000-12-04 Thread Nev Young
Dnia 00-12-01 Aley Keprt pisze: Also what is the ATOM hard disk interface like - why is the disk split into 800K sections. Why wasn't a proper filesystem created to handle harddisk properly? Well I tried[1] but at the time _every body_ wanted the atom with BDOS so I gave it up. I was

Re: SAM on eBay

2000-12-04 Thread Stephen Longhurst
You've got to admit that it looks like an impressive machine though. Very good condition (assuming the photos are genuine), and is that a Messenger Speccy Interface? Does anyone know if there's a method of removing the yellowing of ages from a once shiny white Sam? Cheers, Steve

Re: SAM on eBay

2000-12-04 Thread Frans van Egmond
Can anyone say more about that Messenger Speccy Interface? Also to clean the yellow off, don't use 'Aceton' (Not sure if that's the English name as well. It's some solvent I've used on one of my Sams) Not only does the yellow disappear but so does the SAM-logo plus the plastic casing itself, if

Re: Filesystem for HDD

2000-12-04 Thread Aley Keprt
I would like to get something like Norton Commander. I have seen several similar programs, but they were simple. Could anybody make a real NC for Sam? -- Bc.Aley [eili] Keprt - games multimedia programmer ICQ: 82357182

Re: Filesystem for HDD

2000-12-04 Thread Aley Keprt
Dnia 00-12-01 Aley Keprt pisze: Also what is the ATOM hard disk interface like - why is the disk split into 800K sections. Why wasn't a proper filesystem created to handle harddisk properly? Well I tried[1] but at the time _every body_ wanted the atom with BDOS so I gave it up. I

Re: SAM on eBay

2000-12-04 Thread Ian Collier
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 09:55:22AM +0100, Frans van Egmond wrote: Can anyone say more about that Messenger Speccy Interface? Apparently it downloads snapshots from your speccy and makes them work on Sam. I only know about this 'cos someone asked me to support Messenger files in my little proggy

RE: SAM on eBay

2000-12-04 Thread Justin . Skists
Yes.. I remember a science experiment where we pour a little Acetone on an OHP slide to which we imprinted a 3D form of a leaf. -Original Message- From: Ian Collier [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 10:56 AM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: SAM on

Re: Filesystem for HDD

2000-12-04 Thread Mac Buster
Aley Keprt wrote: I would like to get something like Norton Commander. I have seen several similar programs, but they were simple. Could anybody make a real NC for Sam? Could you tell me a sectret why people always choose such a ugly file managers like NC ?!?!? Have you ever seen

Re: SAM on eBay

2000-12-04 Thread Aley Keprt
Great! That's what I want! Now!!! I need to convert all that old games in Sam snap shots to a regular file format, usable in emulators on PC. Where should I go for it? (imho. Messenger is a stupid piece of hardware which does only what could be done by a very simple software.)

RE: SAM 2000?

2000-12-04 Thread Simon Owen
Aley Keprt wrote: I talked about your disk i/o module, what you programmed to support DSK and SAD. You did it on your own, although you could use my source. Your original addition was just a bolt-on hack to the existing code - the new code is completely different (also being C++ rather than

Re: Filesystem for HDD

2000-12-04 Thread Aley Keprt
Aley Keprt wrote: [...] NC is standard. Really ? How many platforms except PeeCee use it ? Take the DOpus 4 and 5, it is used on Amiga (68k,PPC), PC (*Nix, Dos, Win9x, BeOS), PowerMac (BeOS). You should ask how many platforms except PC are used by hundreds thousands people? NC is

Re: Filesystem for HDD

2000-12-04 Thread Howard Price
At 16:18 04/12/2000 +0300, you wrote: I am not going to argue with you, I just want to say that SAM deserves better file manager with better features and better interface that NC has. I can't work out whether Aley or Mac Buster wrote this, but it seems to be the point. What's the idea with

Re: Filesystem for HDD

2000-12-04 Thread Aley Keprt
At 16:18 04/12/2000 +0300, you [M.B.] wrote: I am not going to argue with you, I just want to say that SAM deserves better file manager with better features and better interface that NC has. I can't work out whether Aley or Mac Buster wrote this, but it seems to be the point. What's the

Re: Filesystem for HDD

2000-12-04 Thread Howard Price
At 15:09 04/12/2000 +0100, Aley wrote: Look at the paraphrase: What's the idea with making left-hand drive cars in the UK, simply because left-hand drive is standard in the UK? The only point is to give everyone an easier time when they drive the car. Point taken. We seem to be coming at this

Re: SAM on eBay

2000-12-04 Thread Ian Collier
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 01:29:38PM +0100, Aley Keprt wrote: I need to convert all that old games in Sam snap shots to a regular file format, usable in emulators on PC. Where should I go for it? Can be found at ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/misc/sun/ but (a) it compiles on SunOS 4,

Re: SAM on eBay

2000-12-04 Thread Tim P
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Aley Keprt wrote: (imho. Messenger is a stupid piece of hardware which does only what could be done by a very simple software.) I think the idea was that the problem most people had with the sam was actually getting the games to load in the first place, running them after