Does Rev Ltd. still have a PR forwarding service?

2010-01-04 Thread Brian Thomas
When Monks was released Runrve had a service which would send your Revolution related press release out to a hundred places. If they still do that does anyone know who to contact to access that service> -- Brian ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revol

Re: If Monks CD-ROM - test download please

2010-01-04 Thread Brian Thomas
0, at 6:57 PM, Brian Thomas wrote: > > is a story attached to that >> one Colin. But, it works, doesn't it? >> >> > Well, double clicking on it brings up a dialog asking me which program to > use. As it's a Unix document, should I use Terminal? > > > >

Re: If Monks CD-ROM - test download please

2010-01-04 Thread Brian Thomas
Yes I know it is not an application, and there is a story attached to that one Colin. But, it works, doesn't it? Why? Monks was more than an interactive presentation. There were 2 applications -- a Journal and an e-book reader -- built-in, in addition to the interactive presentation. Since we did

If Monks CD-ROM - test download please

2010-01-04 Thread Brian Thomas
Hello, To Download for FREE the classic, Revolution-built Monks CD-ROM visit: http://rivertext.com/ Please let me know, if you have any issues with the download or installation, as I plan on sending Press Releases out early tomorrow morning, Thanks to everyone for their offers and suggesti

Re: OT: Home wanted for If Monks Had Macs

2009-12-31 Thread Brian Thomas
ust a thought. Sorry > > if people think it's a waste of bandwidth. > > > > Graham > > > > > 4. post-commercial software - best way to give my If > > Monks had Macs away? > > > > > > Initial Message > > > Posted by: Brian Thomas

Re: free Rev game! - free Monks!

2009-12-23 Thread Brian Thomas
Ah, I didn't finish that last note before my finger hit the return. Let me just say that the game is SOLITAIRE FOR MONKS! Killing Time was born when the Voyager Company created an ad saying that were "games in If Monks had Macs because monks goofed off." I thought that was sort of disrespectful.

Re: free Rev game! - free Monks!

2009-12-23 Thread Brian Thomas
everything is working here first. Let me just say that the game is SOLITAIRE FOR MONKS! On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Josh Mellicker wrote: > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Brian Thomas wrote: > > > If Monks had Macs > > > Couldn't resist posting this movie: > &g

Re: free Rev game! - free Monks!

2009-12-23 Thread Brian Thomas
http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > > Full PayPal integration and automation in web site or > (Revolution/SuperCard/other) software. Contact me for a quote before 1 Jan > 2010 and we'll charge (reduced) 2009 prices. > http://economy-x-tal

free Rev game! - free Monks!

2009-12-23 Thread Brian Thomas
://rivertext.com/ Please report any bugs, problems or praise back to us here in this thread. I don’t know if a game about death is really in the Christmas spirit, but you can’t argue with the “free” part. Killing Time is beautifully illustrated, quick and deep. -- Brian Thomas

Re: 1010 error code HELP

2005-04-03 Thread Brian Thomas
Brian, Are you using any externals? I believe I used to get that error when a shared library was missing for an external... I'm not using externals and Monks works on other G3 iMacs. Does anyone else have any ideas Hi. I just a got an email from an If Monks had Macs customer who consistently

1010 error code HELP

2005-04-01 Thread Brian Thomas
Hi. I just a got an email from an If Monks had Macs customer who consistently gets a 1010 error under Mac OS 9.1. This error does not (per Appleerrorcodes.com) appear to be a Mac OS error. At 4:52 PM -0500 4/1/05, Clare N. Shumway wrote: I just installed If Monks___ from the CD to my computer (

monks demo error -- atten: Mark Waddingham

2004-12-22 Thread Brian Thomas
Message: 14 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:22:55 + From: Alex Tweedly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: the secrets of Monks Looks pretty good - but I had rather mixed success trying to run it on Win XP. 1. If you run it from the Dreamcard Player, it fails pretty thoroughly. NO images are shown - so

the secrets of Monks

2004-12-22 Thread Brian Thomas
th the Voyager Company's release of "Beethoven's Ninth.") In 1995 when the Voyager Company published the first commercial version of Monks I made the mistake of requesting that they add this line to the back of the package: "Brian Thomas is currently working on If Monks had Win

I fix the Rev standalone settings stack

2004-06-14 Thread Brian Thomas
I'm really grateful to the Rev team for all the work they did not Rev version 2.2 to help with my If Monks project. However, I do think that fixes like this should be available for downloading. First of all, the fixes below are so simple that I have no doubt that almost all of you have all alr

where to send press releases on Windows & mac, too

2003-12-10 Thread Brian Thomas
Yesterday I posted "legendary Monks liberated by Revolution" Right now as Revolution is talking about their efforts to promote products made with Revolution, I was hoping it wouldn't considered off-topic if I asked for some tips on where to send press releases -- particularily on Windows, but a

legendary Monks liberated by Revolution

2003-12-09 Thread Brian Thomas
"Legendary Š almost defies description" was MacUser magazine's description of the original 1988 HyperCard classic, If Monks had Macs. "If Monks had Windows -- they'd jump out of them!" was the reaction of the first programmer that I talked to about moving If Monks from Macs to Windows. That w

OS 10.3 no launch Rev docs -- apple script ???

2003-11-10 Thread Brian Thomas
I had hoped to send the longest running project in the history of interactive media, If Monks had Macs to the shipper today. However, I had to try it on 10.3 Sunday . First the background: The problem with Monks is that it was set up so that you open our virtual Monastery library by clicki

must restart in OS X after install ?? - re: Monks

2003-10-17 Thread Brian Thomas
My Revolution CD, If Monks had Macs, is being beta tested now -- and several people on the list are testing it. By far the most reported bug is that under Mac OS 10.2 the program doesn't launch right after an install . Everyone has got it to launch -- some people after restarting the computer.

infamous If Monks needs beta testers now

2003-09-23 Thread Brian Thomas
weeks to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and not to the list. For an overview of the games, art, interactive essays and applications in If Monks had Macs checkout my Web Site: http://www.rivertext.com/ -- Brian Thomas -- ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMA

failed Windows build due to bad icons

2003-09-12 Thread Brian Thomas
Is anyone have trouble building satisfactory 16 color windows icons? Has anyone trying to build Windows standalone's gotten the message that that they have an invalid windows engine? The standalone gets built but when you try to launch it you get the message that it is not a valid Windows 32 ap

setting or HACKING creator codes in OS X

2003-06-04 Thread Brian Thomas
Hi, I've been working on a big project called If Monks had Macs forever. I've been going back & forth between Revolution & MetaCard because I had been working with Scott Raney and Tuviah on getting special fixes to the MetaCard engines for a bunch of QuickTime related issues. Thankfully they ar