entr...@jumper.mcc.ac.uk that entropy email doesnt work either
On 26 October 2011 15:35, Roger Jowett <rogerjow...@gmail.com> wrote: > oh i get it this is a message from you to me? > so you are directly explaining something about my > behaviour > with regard to posting binaries > i do not know what a binary is > do you mean the screenshots i made using simcoupe > it was a program listing > i was hoping someone would be bale to take a look at it and work out where > the heck the program lines were that load the snapshot from the disc into > ram and then figure out how to select the top 32kb of ram from 32768 onwards > and then page in two external 16kb ram pages in hmpr C&D and then figure out > how to poke the 32KB that was previously there back into the external ram > and work out why this would make the 48 code crash - especially if we > focussed mainly on vector freescape stuff as most of this was never more > than a coupld of frames a second > > ok so first of yes you are right that was the wrong program to send a > listing of > but please > is there any chance that as all i really wanted to do was send someone > who9 understands how a 48 emulator works the basic program llisting from > simcoupe > as im getting turffed off the internet every hour as im in a library still > utterly unable to use the internet at home despite having built ten pcs and > not one wants to connect at more than 1-10% of the advertised connection > speed... off topic i know > but how is modifying a speccy 48 emulator on sam off topic exactly? > i think i have sent the wrong program though > i think i should have sent this: > > explos.emu > it says it is BAS for BASIC but it is also utterly huge > 254 secotrs so roughly 128KB of BASIC > how do i make a program listing that is easier to send to folk? > can i use teh simcoupe settings to alter the printer to a file > can i then type LLIST in sim coupe > will this send the program listing to a file? > how do i find the file please > can i zip the file or is it automatically compressed > > frode give us a hand > i know i seem to piss folks off more than i please them but if you bother > to take a look at youtube i have stuffed a load of videos up on there i know > they are not as good as the other ones that other contributors have uploaded > mind you i bet they havent had to upload them about four or five times a > piece in order to get one that works thanks to the delightful staff in teh > library here who have nothing better to do than screw me around all day long > > i was also desperate to make sure that any video i did manage to upload > after the fifth or sixth attempt - luckily im loosing my monthly data usage > even though technically the data transmitted isnt actually working but i > guess if you are going to rob folk you really need 2 > so i also tried to make sure the credits of the videos make clear that i > did nothing with regard to programming or hardware or the conversion > software and creditted the people who did all the hard work > > u didnt see the ati hi deff 228MB video? its only 30MB of it but it took me > ages and was only accomplished thanks to much big help from edwin collier > andLeszek Daniel Chmielewski > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmwW_6kUdHw&feature=channel_video_title > > it wont easy > used windows media player classic to replay at 320x200 full screen > recaptured it then used bmp2scr to convert it frame by frame it stopped > after only 30mb i guess someone in the computer department at teh library > has stocks and shares in acorn and couldnt bare to see a woefully inferrior > machine posting a better video than teh bbc model b > > well frode thanks for the email > hope this reply hasnt gone on too long > is a binary any file at all then > including sam disc images and programs? > is the reason you dont want them something to do with the available storage > space that your database has? > are larger emails pushing your storage capacity dangerously close to teh > limit? > they were pretty tiny for pc > only 10-20kb a piece and ten of them per email i was utterly stunned at teh > size of the darn program > it took me an hour after finishing to realise that it was the wrong sodding > program anyway! > > > > On 26 October 2011 08:06, Tennebø Frode <frode.tenn...@saabgroup.com>wrote: > >> OK. I will, against better judgement, urge you to follow these simple >> rules. >> >> 1) Never, ever post binaries to the list. This is a text only list. >> 2) See 1). >> 3) Stay on topic. I know you have some sort of compulsion to veer of on a >> tangent based on whatever is on your mind at any time, but remember that >> none of the other subsribers to the list are mind readers. >> 4) Don't write the way you think, write so that others have a reasonable >> chance to understand what you have written. A simple test is to not send >> the mail straight away, but come back in a few hours and read it and see if >> you understand it yourself. >> >> In short: No binaries, on-topic and legible. >> >> Perhaps you ask why you should consider this? Well, I am getting a lot of >> complaints about your activity. And several people have even left the list >> as a direct consequence of your posts. Please, behave! >> >> -Frode >> >> -- >> ^ Frode Tennebø | email: frode.tenn...@saabgroup.com ^ >> | Saab Technologies Norway AS | Isebakkeveien 49 | >> | N-1788 Halden | Phone: +47 45 24 99 39 | >> | with Standard.Disclaimer; use Standard.Disclaimer; | >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no >> > [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] >> > Sent: 25 October 2011 16:41 >> > To: sam-users-appro...@nvg.ntnu.no >> > Subject: BOUNCE sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no: Message too long >> > >
