Format returns

2004-12-09 Thread Gavin Smith
Well not quite, but I was reading the latest issue of ZXF there (http://www.woodcock88.freeserve.co.uk/zxf/zxf.html) and there is news of WorldOfSpectrum gaining permission from our old friend Bob Brenchley to scan and distribute Formats! As the article points out, this is something of a

RE: Format returns

2004-12-09 Thread Adrian Brown
Yer - I was asking about this - If needed I could contact bob as I have several old format issues I could turn into pdf. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gavin Smith Sent: 09 December 2004 01:01 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Format

Re: Format returns

2004-12-09 Thread MorriganCP
I would just like to point out that the WoS Formats are not a proper pdf, just scans placed in a word doc and then compiled into a pdf. You cannot search copy, paste any thing from them. You just as might as well have the scans. I see no point in make pfds that are just scans what do you

Re: Format returns

2004-12-09 Thread Frode Tenneboe
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 06:44:44 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would just like to point out that the WoS Formats are not a proper pdf, just scans placed in a word doc and then compiled into a pdf. You cannot search copy, paste any thing from them. You just as might as well have the scans.

Re: Format returns

2004-12-09 Thread Edwin Blink
WorldOfSpectrum gaining permission from our old friend Bob Brenchley to scan and distribute Formats! Personally I like scans more than pdf. Other magazines on wos are scans also. But It's nice to have them available to the public in any form. something of a surprise that Bob has allowed

Re: Sam User Guide PDF version 1

2004-12-09 Thread Edwin Blink
Here is weeks of work and the result version 1 of the users manual as a full pdf Excellent. Looking forward to the Masterdos one (maybe Masterbasic next ?) Edwin

Re: Format returns

2004-12-09 Thread Wolfgang Haller
WorldOfSpectrum gaining permission from our old friend Bob Brenchley to scan and distribute Formats! Personally I like scans more than pdf. Other magazines on wos are scans also. But It's nice to have them available to the public in any form. Personally I prefer PDF as what

SDI a nef diskimage format ?

2004-12-09 Thread Edwin Blink
I gave it some thoughts and here's what I've come up with. The Idea is to make it possible to handle it on a real SAM using CD-ROM and CF in the future. -- SDI or Sam DiskImage is a new diskimage format to replace the .DSK .MGT

Re: SDI a nef diskimage format ?

2004-12-09 Thread Gavin Smith
On 9 Dec 2004, at 1:24 pm, Edwin Blink wrote: I gave it some thoughts and here's what I've come up with. The Idea is to make it possible to handle it on a real SAM using CD-ROM and CF in the future. -- SDI or Sam DiskImage is

Re: SDI a nef diskimage format ?

2004-12-09 Thread Andrew Collier
On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 13:24, Edwin Blink wrote: [2] disk geometry: bit 7 = sides: 0 for single sided 1 for double sided bits 6-0 = tracks 1 to 127 tracks bit 15= start sector: 0 start with 0, 1 start with 1 bits 14,13 = sector size: 00 128 byte sectors

Re: SDI a nef diskimage format ?

2004-12-09 Thread Edwin Blink
From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] But surely this geometry information needs to be changable on a per-track basis? Protected disks could have different geometries on each track, This format is not for protected disks. I think SDF and FDI cover that quite well. Besides that it is Also

Dial 0898 299 380 through time

2004-12-09 Thread Edwin Blink
and listen to: http://home.wanadoo.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/audio/hotline.mp3 also get the add for a real nostalgic feel at: ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Crash/Issue80/Pages/Cra sh820.jpg (sorry for hotlinking WOS) Enjoy, Edwin

Re: SDI a nef diskimage format ?

2004-12-09 Thread Andrew Collier
On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 15:15, Edwin Blink wrote: From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] But surely this geometry information needs to be changable on a per-track basis? Protected disks could have different geometries on each track, This format is not for protected disks. I think SDF and

Re: Dial 0898 299 380 through time

2004-12-09 Thread Colin Piggot
and listen to: http://home.wanadoo.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/audio/hotline.mp3 Wow! Great stuff! In the MP3 tag: Alan Miles and Colin McDonald ... The short bit doesn't sound like a scottish voice ... Colin Jordan perhaps? Colin = Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam

Re: Dial 0898 299 380 through time

2004-12-09 Thread Edwin Blink
Wow! Great stuff! In the MP3 tag: Alan Miles and Colin McDonald ... The short bit doesn't sound like a scottish voice ... Colin Jordan perhaps? Ah Yes There where two Colin's working at SAMCo at that time. So you could be right. If any one else can confirm this I will change the tags. BTW I

Re: SDI a nef diskimage format ?

2004-12-09 Thread Edwin Blink
almost certainly just uncompress the image into a record anyway, so the reduction in file size would seem inconsequential. Thats gonna change :-) Edwin

Re: Format returns

2004-12-09 Thread nev . young
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well not quite, but I was reading the latest issue of ZXF there (http://www.woodcock88.freeserve.co.uk/zxf/zxf.html) and there is news of WorldOfSpectrum gaining permission from our old friend Bob Brenchley to scan and distribute Formats! As the article points out,

Re: Format returns

2004-12-09 Thread Nev . young
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The best thing would be, if it is possible to reach Mr. Bob, was to see if it was possible to have the original files he used for his typesetting and convert from them. I have no idea what tool he used, but it should be possible to do a bulk conversion some way or