Re: SAM 2000?

2000-10-24 Thread Andrew Collier
>I think the main problem is that there is no "official version" with new >development. >Look to MAME emulator - people who make ports just take the original version >and do the port. >This is not possible with SimCoupe, since there is no development, and the >sources are >not 100% portable. There

Re: New User

2000-10-24 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-10-19 Aley Keprt pisze: > The real reasons are: > 1. Sam is 8bit, Amiga 16bit, PC 32bit computer This is not true. When you mean bitness as number of data lines outside CPU case (usual meaning), the Amiga 1200 and 4000 are 32bit, PC was 8bit (8088), 16bit (8086) and 32bit (80386DX). Bu

Re: Progress - Interlace

2000-10-24 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-10-20 Simon Cooke pisze: > It's not true interlace though -- but you can tell some > monitors to move the display down a scanline and have true > interlacing by doing that, and flashing the border white in > the off-screen area for a short time when you want to jab it > down a line :) This

Re: SAM 2000?

2000-10-24 Thread Dave
Aley Keprt wrote: Aley, Im not offended. Just welcome to my killfile. Dave.

Hmmmm

2000-10-24 Thread Dave
OK, I said at the bottom of my mail if people think this is just stupid just say. Some of you did, good thats why I put it. I may be naive about the SAM at the moment as Ive had quite a few years break but to suggest that I am totally naive generally is offensive and the kind of pointless general

Re: New User

2000-10-24 Thread Aley Keprt
> Dnia 00-10-19 Aley Keprt pisze: > > > The real reasons are: > > 1. Sam is 8bit, Amiga 16bit, PC 32bit computer > This is not true. When you mean bitness as number of data lines > outside CPU case (usual meaning), the Amiga 1200 and 4000 are > 32bit, PC was 8bit (8088), 16bit (8086) and 32bit (

Goodbyeeee!

2000-10-24 Thread Dave
Thanks for your Email. My post was deliberate, it was intended to provoke debate because I wanted to find out who feels like any of the following:- "the SAM is the machine and there can only be one SAM that is the creation of MGT ( amen )" "the SAM is a style, an OS that we could easily develop o

Abusive language

2000-10-24 Thread Frode Tenneboe
As the list owner I have seen with leniency on the various (off-) topics on this list and other irrelevant posting - we are here to have a good time. However, I will NOT tolerate abusive languag in any form! Please either take that outside of this list, or, preferrably, drop it entirely. NOTHING go

Re: Hmmmm

2000-10-24 Thread Ian Collier
On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 09:32:00AM +0100, Dave wrote: > Amusingly it seems to have gone into a bit of a mini flame war about > SimCoupe which I happen to like. You like mini flame wars? OK then... imc (perhaps not)

Re: SAM 2000?

2000-10-24 Thread Ian Collier
On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 07:43:03PM +0200, Aley Keprt wrote: > Although some programmers have good experience with C programming, I must > radically call for C++. Not only would I not touch C++ with a bargepole, I also use an application that someone else wrote in C++ and it's a complete pain to co

Re: Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm

2000-10-24 Thread Aley Keprt
> OK, > > I said at the bottom of my mail if people think this is just stupid just > say. Some of you did, good thats why I put it. > > I may be naive about the SAM at the moment as Ive had quite a few years > break but to suggest that I am totally naive generally is offensive and > the kind of p

RE: Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm

2000-10-24 Thread Justin . Skists
Aley, You really are a complete t***, aren't you? All Dave was giving was an idea to regain gloabl knowledge of the SAM... It wasn't stupid, at all... Maybe a little disconceived, but NEVER stupid! In either case, it's MUCH MUCH MUCH more than what I f***ing see from you! Actually, I wouldn't be

Re: Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm

2000-10-24 Thread Aley Keprt
Okay, there's nothing wrong to make things just for fun, but I'm affraid Dave takes this fun things too seriously. Why give so much energy to do so large projects in our situation (10 years past Sam)? So it really looks like that superb-spoon. (imho) -

RE: Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm

2000-10-24 Thread Justin . Skists
I haven't seen one mention about him taking things seriously... Maybe I missed it somewhere. As far as I could see, he was using this list in the correct use of an engineering forum by bouncing ideas around. Slagging him off is never the best response... It's all the slagging off in the past that

Re: SAM 2000?

2000-10-24 Thread Aley Keprt
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 07:43:03PM +0200, Aley Keprt wrote: > > Although some programmers have good experience with C programming, I must > > radically call for C++. > > Not only would I not touch C++ with a bargepole, I also use an > application that someone else wrote in C++ and it's a comple

Re: SAM 2000?

2000-10-24 Thread Ian Collier
On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 10:38:56AM +0100, Ian Collier wrote (again): > Not only would I not touch C++ with a bargepole [snip] Oi. Someone at mail.vi-internet.de appears to be reposting messages. Please stop it... imc

Fred Magazine Web Pages

2000-10-24 Thread dan
The Fred Web Pages are now completed with contents, screenshots and download links for issues 1-82. Not sure what else to do with them at the moment, any suggestions welcome. http://www.podboy.demon.co.uk/coupe/fred Dan.

Re: Fred Magazine Web Pages

2000-10-24 Thread Aley Keprt
82 = all existing? Does anybody know the dates, when Fred magazine started and finished (?)? -- Bc.Aley [eili] Keprt - entertainment programmer (games&multimedia) ICQ: 82357182 (evenings) *** phone: +420-68-5387035 (weekends)

Re: Fred Magazine Web Pages

2000-10-24 Thread dan
> 82 = all existing? AFAIK, yep. > Does anybody know the dates, when Fred magazine started and finished (?)? Well, issue 81 was December 1997 and I think there was a couple of months before the last one and I think the first was early 1990 - Mr Macdonald? Dan.

Re: SAM 2000?

2000-10-24 Thread Tim P
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Aley Keprt wrote: > Okay, it's 1:1. Who's next.? 2 Against. > Also, C is not so compatible too, since Watcom C - one of the best > compilers - doesn't follow the standard of (all) other compilers. Then it's not the best compiler. Any decent C compiler should be ANSI c

Re: Fred Magazine Web Pages

2000-10-24 Thread David L
82? Is that including the one I compiled (yes, it was me!) for George Boyle? If anyones got a copy...??? - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 6:16 PM Subject: Re: Fred Magazine Web Pages > > 82 = all existing? > > AFAIK, yep. > > > Does any

Re: SAM 2000?

2000-10-24 Thread Aley Keprt
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Aley Keprt wrote: > > Okay, it's 1:1. Who's next.? > > 2 Against. > > > Also, C is not so compatible too, since Watcom C - one of the best > > compilers - doesn't follow the standard of (all) other compilers. > > Then it's not the best compiler. Any decent C compiler sho

Oh dear :(

2000-10-24 Thread David L
Almost immediately after we get some new faces arrive on the list, together with a bit of rare enthusiasm, we go back to the old name calling, general sillyness :( And I thought Brenchley had pissed off to alt.singles or whatever newsgroup it was? And there I was going to the hassle of registerin

Re: Fred Magazine Web Pages

2000-10-24 Thread Robert Wilkinson
-Original Message- >82? Is that including the one I compiled (yes, it was me!) for George Boyle? > >If anyones got a copy...??? I've got a .DSK copy. Bob Wilkinson. > >- Original Message - >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: >Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 6:16 PM >Subject: Re

Re: Fred Magazine Web Pages

2000-10-24 Thread David L
- Original Message - From: Robert Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 10:34 PM Subject: Re: Fred Magazine Web Pages > > -Original Message- > > > >82? Is that including the one I compiled (yes, it was me!) for George Boyle? > > > >If anyones got a co