Re: I would love to play some games...
> Van: Jonathan Bristow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Aan: SAM Mailing List > Onderwerp: I would love to play some games... > Datum: Thursday, July 29, 1999 10:31 > > I have already asked some questions regarding the SAM. And i think you all > for replying so soon. > I still have had no luck in obtaining a 3.5" Drive. I posted an e-mail to > Persona which is still yet to be replied to. David where are you? > Have any of you lot got a spare Drive they can sell me? Sadly no > Was the Internal Drive the same one as MGT apparently made for the Plus D > interface? No, whatsit called "Drive" used a standard shugart connection, if you have the External Disk Interface than you could hook one up, but it would be still drive two resulting in if i am correct booting-problems. I have EDI but it is not for sale, although i don't use the extern disk anymore since i have the atom it is stil a printer port and the EDDAC has been bolted on to it. > I am eager, very eager to get the Sam fired up again, and also eager to > catch up on all the old software. I have got SIMCOUPE but (IMHO) found it to > be the worst Emulator i have ever used (Or maybe its just me). Also, since i > have the real thing, i would far prefer to use it and even buy the software. > Can Anyone help? Ouch :) -- Robert van der Veeke, aka RJV Graphics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Currently listening to : BGC Tokyo 2040 - OST1 The trick to walking upright is not to use your knuckles.
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Erm...my website has moved. It should sit at: www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk which is a bit of a mouthful really. So who's around here over the summer then? The usual lot? Peace Love and Kisses, [JohnnaPig Teare] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [www.theunstoppablesexmachine.freeserve.co.uk]
I would love to play some games...
I have already asked some questions regarding the SAM. And i think you all for replying so soon. I still have had no luck in obtaining a 3.5" Drive. I posted an e-mail to Persona which is still yet to be replied to. Have any of you lot got a spare Drive they can sell me? Was the Internal Drive the same one as MGT apparently made for the Plus D interface? I am eager, very eager to get the Sam fired up again, and also eager to catch up on all the old software. I have got SIMCOUPE but (IMHO) found it to be the worst Emulator i have ever used (Or maybe its just me). Also, since i have the real thing, i would far prefer to use it and even buy the software. Can Anyone help? Respect Twilighte
Opinions on old programs, and locality of former dealers?
Hi, while tidying up a bit today, I discovered that I still have a load of semi-complete SAM stuff I had entirely forgotten I owned. I found the 'boxes' but not the disks for the following : Splat! Pipemania the LERM Spectrum Emulator (SAMTape?) and the disks, though they don't entirely work for : Vegetable Vacation Prince of Persia Defenders of the Earth The Sound Machine I also found my mouse interface box, but the mouse is entirely broken. Though this is all irrelevant since my SAM power supply has really given up now, and I doubt any of them would work with SIM, since they are probably protected, I am wondering how good the games actually were? I haven't played them since I was about 12 (when I was actually using the fully functioning SAM), and I seem to remember them all being quite good except for Defenders of the Earth and Vegetable Vacation. Of those two, DOE wasn't really that bad I suppose. Also, I bought most of them from a local shop, just off the high street of Alton, Hampshire, but was always under the impression from the way that the stock seemed fairly static that I may have been the only person buying anything SAM at all. I also remember visiting a place in Farnborough or somewhere like that to buy a mouse interface. How common were shops carrying SAM equipment? I seem to remember some sort of A4 list of SAM shops I acquired from somewhere (YS or Crash!?), does that ring any bells? I also found a lot of inlays for FRED games (The Bulgulators, Parallax, Dyzonium and Waterworks) which I never owned but am under the impression I was sent as a sort of advertising thing. Adding these to the inlays I also have for Hexxagonia (which I still have and works) and Splat!, would anybody be interested in me getting the energy up to do some scanning? Just thought someone might have the sudden want to have the coverart reproduced somewhere. -Thomas
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> They reserve the right to cut you off after a single call of two hours, > but we've found that often doesn't happen. They generally don't cut you > off at exactly midnight on Sunday either, in fact we've had up to 56 hours > of a PPP session during the 48 hour free period! Also check out Tempo's free ISP and alternate telephone provider at http://www.screaming.net -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
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From: Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 12:56:06PM +0100, Nick Humphries wrote: >> From: Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > How much does an 0800 call actually >> >cost the company? > >> The trick appears to be to not use an 0800 number. > >As has been pointed out, I was referring to the BT service which does use an >0800 number. If BT Internet doesn't pay a charge to the teleco branch of BT >for the use of this 0800 number then, from what I understand, this could be >viewed as unfair competition. (I am working more or less on hearsay evidence >though, I should admit.) Hmmm. I can't really see what the fuss is about if BT internet services use their own 0800 numbers myself. >>So long as you keep records >> of who accesses from where for how long and what deal they have (Claranet >> already does this for one of their tariffs), you can pass this info on to BT >> who'll make the correct deductions from your bill. > >But then you presumably have to pay BT to do this, so where do you get >the cash from? The _extra_ money you pay on top of the normal monthly subscription fee to get the "free" phone calls. I'd be willing to bet that BT gets the lions share of this money. Maybe it's a compromise. Consider this: how much business would BT lose out on if ClaraNET did this with another telco instead of BT? ClaraNET wins because it gets more customers because they want "free phone calls". BT wins because it gets SOME money instead of losing that bit of business to a competitor. >Is this scheme necessarily cheaper than just using an >0800 number, Don't know. My gut feeling says "yes". Nick
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On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 12:56:06PM +0100, Nick Humphries wrote: > From: Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > How much does an 0800 call actually > >cost the company? > The trick appears to be to not use an 0800 number. As has been pointed out, I was referring to the BT service which does use an 0800 number. If BT Internet doesn't pay a charge to the teleco branch of BT for the use of this 0800 number then, from what I understand, this could be viewed as unfair competition. (I am working more or less on hearsay evidence though, I should admit.) >So long as you keep records > of who accesses from where for how long and what deal they have (Claranet > already does this for one of their tariffs), you can pass this info on to BT > who'll make the correct deductions from your bill. But then you presumably have to pay BT to do this, so where do you get the cash from? Is this scheme necessarily cheaper than just using an 0800 number, or is that just so that Claranet can limit the number of free hours? imc
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From: Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Nick Humphries wrote: > >> From: Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > How much does an 0800 call actually >> >cost the company? >> >> The trick appears to be to not use an 0800 number. > >But this service *does* use an 0800 number ClaraNET's doesn't. BT's might do, but then they have every right to. Nick
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On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Nick Humphries wrote: > From: Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > How much does an 0800 call actually > >cost the company? > > The trick appears to be to not use an 0800 number. But this service *does* use an 0800 number Andrew -- -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --My other -- http://mnemotech.ucam.org -- .sig is a -- Part 3 Materials Science, Cambridge -- PDF file --
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From: Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Depends how it's funded. I am genuinely curious to know how a company can >stay afloat offering 192 hours of free 0800-number access and any number of >hours of normal access for 11 pounds. How much does an 0800 call actually >cost the company? The trick appears to be to not use an 0800 number. So long as you keep records of who accesses from where for how long and what deal they have (Claranet already does this for one of their tariffs), you can pass this info on to BT who'll make the correct deductions from your bill. Nick
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From: Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 11:43:10AM +0100, Nick Humphries wrote: >> See http://www.clara.net as >> I expect they'll have a big announcement about it. > >Well they do, but it doesn't tell you how they achieve it. Do you call >them up on your normal BT line or what? Here's what I know from memory... (Now that's a useless phrase, isn't it? What would I know that isn't stored in my memory?) This is how I understand it, and it's a bit wooly, but bear with me. FreeTime is available to BT phone customers only, and looks to stay that way. You call the usual number you do to log on, and, if your phone number is on some sort of list, that call is redirected elsewhere so that you can be billed properly - i.e. Freetime soaks up whatever discount you have before the redirection is disabled (i.e. you use up all your 80 hours or whatever package limits there are). The downside of this is that you can only access ClaraNET using FreeTime from a single BT phone number, but for most people that's no big deal. Most of this is irrelevant to the end-user though. All they need to know is they pay a bit extra and they get lots of free time and save money on phone bills. Nick
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On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 12:09:33PM +0100, Andrew Collier wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Ian Collier wrote: > > Actually, the service you describe sounds as though it would be disallowed > > by the monopolies and mergers commission. > On what grounds? Depends how it's funded. I am genuinely curious to know how a company can stay afloat offering 192 hours of free 0800-number access and any number of hours of normal access for 11 pounds. How much does an 0800 call actually cost the company? imc
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On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Ian Collier wrote: > Actually, the service you describe sounds as though it would be disallowed > by the monopolies and mergers commission. On what grounds? We don't have a BT phone line, we're on Cambridge Cable. The only money BT get from us is the monthly charge, and a share of the profit when we call their 0845 weekday number. Actually, I may have got the name wrong (there are so many, these days... and it wasn't actually me who sorted it all out.) www.btinternet.com seems to describe it as "Plan Unlimited"... They reserve the right to cut you off after a single call of two hours, but we've found that often doesn't happen. They generally don't cut you off at exactly midnight on Sunday either, in fact we've had up to 56 hours of a PPP session during the 48 hour free period! Andrew -- -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --My other -- http://mnemotech.ucam.org -- .sig is a -- Part 3 Materials Science, Cambridge -- PDF file --
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On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 11:43:10AM +0100, Nick Humphries wrote: > From: Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Actually, the service you describe sounds as though it would be disallowed > >by the monopolies and mergers commission. > Nah, ClaraNET have started something similar That's different. The point about the other service is that BT runs it: if they are doing it by cross-subsidising their ISP from profits made on phone calls then this would be deemed unfair competition and disallowed. That is the irony of the non-free BT click service: while Freeserve is allowed to get a cut of the money you pay to BT for your local call, BT click is not - hence their need to charge you an extra penny per minute on top of the call cost. > See http://www.clara.net > as > I expect they'll have a big announcement about it. Well they do, but it doesn't tell you how they achieve it. Do you call them up on your normal BT line or what? imc
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From: Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 09:32:16AM +0100, Andrew Collier wrote: >> Actually we're using BT Clickfree at home - there's a monthly charge of >> around 10 UKP, but for that you get really-free access at weekends. And >> considering we generally max out our 56k modem for about 40hours each >> weekend, it does work out a lot cheaper that the "free" ISPs. >Actually, the service you describe sounds as though it would be disallowed >by the monopolies and mergers commission. Nah, ClaraNET have started something similar (Can't remember the name of the service - Freecall?). One of the new packages is that if you pay an extra 11.75 a month, you get unlimited free weekend calls, and there are other packages which deal with weekdays, limited free hours, etc... See http://www.clara.net as I expect they'll have a big announcement about it. It's an amazing development, an ingenious solution to the problems of not having free local phone calls. Nick
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On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 09:32:16AM +0100, Andrew Collier wrote: > Actually we're using BT Clickfree at home - there's a monthly charge of > around 10 UKP, but for that you get really-free access at weekends. And > considering we generally max out our 56k modem for about 40hours each > weekend, it does work out a lot cheaper that the "free" ISPs. That sounds rather intriguing (not that it affects me because I already have free phone calls at weekends). Why haven't I heard of it? LineOne, AOL and Compuserve have all sent me CDs. Several, in fact. You'd think they would have a web site, but no: www.btclickfree.net, www.btclickfree.co.uk and www.btclickfree.com all point to the same site as www.btclick.com which is BT's "charge added to your phone bill" ISP (at least that's what I think it is, even though a link found on that site says "free internet access"). Whereas www.clickfree.net is owned by someone who is just selling domain names, and www.clickfree.co.uk points to an anti-BT site which says (in the ALT text of an image of a shark) "BT Click-Free? Boy, you gotta be kidding" and does not, as far as I can tell, bother to explain that remark. Actually, the service you describe sounds as though it would be disallowed by the monopolies and mergers commission. imc
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On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Johnna Teare wrote: > So, what's been happening here since I last tapped in? Update me > please...anyt news on Win32 Simcoupe? Well, there's been a huge argument about it... But apart from that, no not really. Si's still working on Win32 SimCoupe. BTW What hapenned to your webpage? dmoz.org told me it'd disappeared and I had to remove it from the list... http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Sinclair/SAM_Coupé/ > Anybody else on freeserve? It's the only one I could get online with > today - if you're there, please tell me what it's like and if you know > anywhere better I can get free ISP access. Actually we're using BT Clickfree at home - there's a monthly charge of around 10 UKP, but for that you get really-free access at weekends. And considering we generally max out our 56k modem for about 40hours each weekend, it does work out a lot cheaper that the "free" ISPs. Andrew -- -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --My other -- http://mnemotech.ucam.org -- .sig is a -- Part 3 Materials Science, Cambridge -- PDF file --
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On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 12:18:11AM +0100, Johnna Teare wrote: > Anybody else on freeserve? I use it when I'm not in Oxford and it seems fine. Also I have a small amount of inside knowledge (make that a very small amount) and it seems like a well-set-up service. imc
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Stupid address I know -Carter fan till I die. So, what's been happening here since I last tapped in? Update me please...anyt news on Win32 Simcoupe? Anybody else on freeserve? It's the only one I could get online with today - if you're there, please tell me what it's like and if you know anywhere better I can get free ISP access. But mainly SAM stuff of course. Cheers,, Johnna
