Re: SAM Stuff for sale

1999-08-20 Thread David L
Oh - and Malcolm managed to sort out owner ship on just about all of these (exc3eept the jupiter stuff (excluding Booty!)!) - Original Message - From: David L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, August 20, 1998 7:20 PM Subject: Re: SAM Stuff for sale Famous Five, Witchin Hour, Lemming

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread David L
Smashing! - Original Message - From: Chris Pile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 5:26 PM Subject: Re: SAM Downloads > -Original Message- > From: Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Don't forget that Astroball and Dyzonium are also bundled with Defende

Re: SAM Stuff for sale

1999-08-20 Thread David L
I could do with at least one copy of all those titles. What's a fair - and not forgetting I'm no millionare - price for them all (software wise!)? - Original Message - From: Johnna Teare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 6:26 PM Subject: SAM Stuff for sale Anybody wh

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread David L
And that, to be perfectly honest, is bang on! I've had Blitz 9 ready for months and months and months - sent off 2 copies, sent several emails, left several messages and people wonder why *I* am pissed off! I do intend to sort something out (hopefully this weekend if I get a few hours to myse

Re: SAM Stuff for sale

1999-08-20 Thread Thomas Harte
> Famous Five, Witchin Hour, Lemmings, Ore Warz 2 (NEVER > RELEASED!), Labyrinth, Bombs Away, Invaders, Muncher, PoP, > Quizball, Defenders, bulgulators, dyzonium (which are shareware > anyway iirc), batz n ballz, manic miner, eftpotrm, klax, Anybody know which of these I could use with SI

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Paul Walker
[snip] > situation is Bob who, frankly, I certainly wouldn't trust to give a > straight answer were he ever asked. > Which just about puts the tin lid on the whole thing, unfortunately. Why? Do it anyway, and see what Bob does. Unlikely to be anything now, given that the Sam is effectively dead

RE: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Johnna Teare
On 20 Aug 99, at 16:47, Andrew Collier wrote: > Don't forget that Astroball and Dyzonium are also bundled with Defender... > both superb games too, IMHO (they each got "Game Of The Month!" in Second > Opinion - see http://mnemotech.ucam.org/zodiac.html for reviews). >From what I remember, The

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Chris Pile
-Original Message- From: Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Don't forget that Astroball and Dyzonium are also bundled with Defender... >both superb games too, IMHO (they each got "Game Of The Month!" in Second >Opinion - see http://mnemotech.ucam.org/zodiac.html for reviews). Check out

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Johnna Teare
On 20 Aug 99, at 10:21, Andrew Collier wrote: > It's difficult to contact anyone who owns anything anymore - and that's > assuming you can even work out who owns what. The only person I'm > convinced is familiar with enough of the details to be sure about the > situation is Bob who, frankly, I c

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Johnna Teare
On 19 Aug 99, at 22:53, Robert van der Veeke wrote: > Even in the very unlikely case that there are people who are willing to > buy a Sam overhere in the Netherlands, there is no way that they gonna pay > another 100 to a 150 quid for a decent collection of software. And i don't > blame them (mi

SAM Stuff for sale

1999-08-20 Thread Johnna Teare
Anybody who wants some SAM software, I'm selling the rest of mine... All magazines £1 each FRED 1-75 SAM Supp 1-24 SCAC 1-12 (although you can downloads these anyway from somewhere) Newsdisk 1-5 Various others (enceladus, primus etc.) Make an offer for the games (some have got the original bo

RE: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Andrew Collier
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Si Owen wrote: > I can't remember > what else I was interested in buying now tho. I'll have to have a look around > for some reviews - I'm open to suggestions too... Don't forget that Astroball and Dyzonium are also bundled with Defender... both superb games too, IMHO (they e

RE: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Si Owen
Andrew Collier wrote: > But I agree with Si - Defender is still quite new and I don't think it has > had a chance to sell to its entire market yet. Has it ever been for sale > at a Gloucester show, for example? I'm up for buying it from anyone that's offering (legally)! I can't remember what else

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Chris Pile
-Original Message- From: Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >But I agree with Si - Defender is still quite new and I don't think it has >had a chance to sell to its entire market yet. Has it ever been for sale >at a Gloucester show, for example? I'm not sure. I think it was demoed at the

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Andrew Collier
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Chris Pile wrote: > No written contract was ever drawn up with Persona regarding the rights to > Defender, so technically I still own all rights to it... However, the game > was > written to be marketed by Persona and a sort of 'verbal agreement' was made > between myself and

RE: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Justin Skists
>From Chris Pile: > So far he's been rather >vague >about the whole thing, which is not his fault as I think he's as 'in the >dark' as the >rest of us. This is true.. He still hasn't been given permission to release the latest in the Blitz disk-mag series... Justin.

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Chris Pile
-Original Message- From: Si Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Hopefully Persona will be back up and running at some point so I can re-order >the items (including Defender :-)), but I've been waiting for a message from >David before I do anything. It's a shame that so many items are stuck until >

RE: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Si Owen
Andrew Collier wrote: > For some time I've been wanting to buy Chris Pile's "Defender" game. But > I've been too nervous about Persona's current stalemate to dare send a > cheque - who knows if I'd ever see it again? Back in April I was asking about buying software from Persona and Dave Ledbury sa

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Andrew Collier
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Ian Collier wrote: > On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 10:21:00AM +0100, Andrew Collier wrote: > > As I understand it Colin MacDonald sold all the FRED copyrights; > > To whom? IIRC Darren Wileman. Who did nothing until selling it to someone else. I think it all may eventually have go

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Diggory Gray
> I mentioned to Bob ages ago that he should advertise the SAM in > electronics magazines. It's an excellent platform for electronics > experiments It's the one reason why I got my SAM out of the attic > a couple of years ago. > > But, "No!" he said... > > Justin. To add to that :) A while (O

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Ian Collier
On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 10:21:00AM +0100, Andrew Collier wrote: > As I understand it Colin MacDonald sold all the FRED copyrights; To whom? > the Brenchley doesn't appear to be subscribed at the moment; and David L > seems not to be involved with Persona any more. So who *is* involved with Perso

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Andrew Collier
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Nick Humphries wrote: > >[god i love stirring it up!] > > Well, these things have to be said. Said to whom? As I understand it Colin MacDonald sold all the FRED copyrights; the Brenchley doesn't appear to be subscribed at the moment; and David L seems not to be involved wit

RE: Downloads.

1999-08-20 Thread Justin Skists
Damn! I knew I should keep a few DS/DD disks handy, here, at work Thanks. :) Justin. > -Original Message- > From: Robert Wilkinson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 6:03 PM > To: Sam Usergroup > Subject: Downloads. > > Iv'e sent Outwrite! and a Morse cod

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Andrew Gale
> electronics magazines. It's an excellent platform for electronics > experiments It's the one reason why I got my SAM out of the attic > a couple of years ago. > It's the only thing I use my SAM for, and very convenient it is too. A real wated opportunity, if you ask me. Tweak the BASIC ROM t

Downloads.

1999-08-20 Thread Robert Wilkinson
Iv'e sent Outwrite! and a Morse code tutor to David Ledbury to place on the Persona site. Anybody else got something... Bob Wilkinson.

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Nick Humphries
From: Johnna Teare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >There's nothing stopping people from putting the files up there now >- stick them on an ftp in another country, Russia for example, and >you'd have a nightmare trying to bring a copyright suit against >them. However, the whole thing is much better done in c

RE: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Justin Skists
>It really annoys me to think of the stockpiles of ASICs just rotting >in a corner somewhere. It'd be perfectly possible to put together a >decent SBC with SAM BASIC for the electronics enthusiast market for >20 or 30 quid, but no Full-blown SAMs would never sell now, it's >not like the Atari S

Re: OT: Celery, Athlon and other vegetables (was: RE: My take on the SAM Scene)

1999-08-20 Thread David Ledbury
> The BP6 board and the two chips cost me =A3205 inc VAT, which is pretty > incredible bang for buck - who needs to save up? ;-) How much are Athlo= > ns? only 195 + the dreaded v word !

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Johnna Teare
On 16 Aug 99, at 16:25, David Ledbury wrote: > > On 15 Aug 99, at 22:24, Martin Wilson wrote: > > > > > > The last time this one was mentioned someone went on to say that > > > > they shouldn't be uploaded because of various copyright reasons. > > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > > I think before u even

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Robert van der Veeke
> Van: Johnna Teare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no > Onderwerp: Re: SAM Downloads > Datum: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 12:55 > Sorry folks, but its open season now. Either come up with some > attractive ways of remarketing games that most SAM owners > alrea

Re: SAM Downloads

1999-08-20 Thread Andrew Gale
> Emulation is the only way forward at this moment, unless Bob makes a full > U-turn and starts promoting and selling the Sam with full and honest > enthousiasm. > It really annoys me to think of the stockpiles of ASICs just rotting in a corner somewhere. It'd be perfectly possible to put together