Re: Samsgod

1998-10-16 Thread Simon Cooke
And today, in a shock reversal on SAM Users, the modesty index was down, and egos were up, though analysts were saying that they were possible over inflated, and would go down again later. ;) Simon If you mean I'm on the warpath, and am fed up with detractors (who admittedly have

Re: Samsgod

1998-10-16 Thread Gavin Smith
Simon Cooke wrote: Ummm... no, actually... I was talking about someone having the username Samsgod :) Simon Er, yeah, but I think Samsgod was taking the piss out of a certain other person, or just SAM people with inflated egos, in general :) --

State of the SAM and SAM Community

1998-10-16 Thread Gavin Smith
Things are getting a bit worked up on the list again! I can definitely see both sides of the argument. Of course people don't have as much time for the SAM anymore and part of the reason for that is that most of us were teenagers when we had the time - nowadays we've grown up, got jobs etc., and

Re: Samsgod

1998-10-16 Thread Simon Cooke
Simon Cooke wrote: Ummm... no, actually... I was talking about someone having the username Samsgod :) Simon Er, yeah, but I think Samsgod was taking the piss out of a certain other person, or just SAM people with inflated egos, in general :) I know. I saw an opening for a joke and went

Re: Samsgod

1998-10-16 Thread Maria Rookyard
Simon Cooke wrote: Ummm... no, actually... I was talking about someone having the username Samsgod :) Simon Er, yeah, but I think Samsgod was taking the piss out of a certain other person, or just SAM people with inflated egos, in general :) I know. I saw an opening for a joke

Re: State of the SAM and SAM Community

1998-10-16 Thread Andrew Gale
I've often wondered whether there's an opening to use the SAM ASIC in a simple single-board computer for electronics hobbyists... It would use up those spare ASICs and perhaps encourage people to devise hardware for the SAM bus. I was thinking of a stripped down machine on it's own pcb, with a

Re: State of the SAM and SAM Community

1998-10-16 Thread Justin_Skists
I've often wondered whether there's an opening to use the SAM ASIC in a simple single-board computer for electronics hobbyists... It would use up those spare ASICs and perhaps encourage people to devise hardware for the SAM bus. [snip] Perhaps it could prolong the life of the SAM by opening it

Re: Samsgod

1998-10-16 Thread Robert van der Veeke
Van: Maria Rookyard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: Samsgod Datum: Friday, October 16, 1998 8:18 Simon I think you've just neatly illustrated the main problem in the sam world today. It's not that people are working/lazy/etc - it's just that aside from you and me

Re: State of the SAM and SAM Community

1998-10-16 Thread Robert van der Veeke
Van: Andrew Gale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: State of the SAM and SAM Community Datum: Friday, October 16, 1998 10:14 Perhaps it could prolong the life of the SAM by opening it up to a new market? The idea itself is in my opinion a good one, but as Justin

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1998-10-16 Thread Paul R Walker
Question - how many people use this list for anything other than chatting with friends, currently?

Re: State of the SAM and SAM Community

1998-10-16 Thread Nev Young
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:14:25 +0100 (BST), Andrew Gale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've often wondered whether there's an opening to use the SAM ASIC in a simple single-board computer for electronics hobbyists... It would use up those spare ASICs and perhaps encourage people to devise hardware

Re: a

1998-10-16 Thread Nev Young
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:42:43 +0100 (BST), Paul R Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question - how many people use this list for anything other than chatting with friends, currently? I use it to fill up the empty space on my hard drive. nb. That was meant to be humour. ok. -- Nev - no

Re: a

1998-10-16 Thread Lee Willis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nev Young) writes: On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:42:43 +0100 (BST), Paul R Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question - how many people use this list for anything other than chatting with friends, currently? I use it to fill up the empty space on my hard drive. You have

Re: a

1998-10-16 Thread Graham Goring
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul R Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Question - how many people use this list for anything other than chatting with friends, currently? I use it to taunt and rile people whilst I laugh merrily and rub myself with bacon-grease. Yourself? Graham Goring --

Sam show?

1998-10-16 Thread Kevin Cooper
Hi all I'm still here, lurking. I'm not with the Sam scene these days, so don't laugh too much at my question, will you?... Is there some Sam meeting on soon in Gloucester or wherever they are held? If so, when, where, how much etc etc? I'm sort of interested in coming down to meet some of