Re: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Andrew Collier
On Nov 23, 2004, at 10:41 pm, Simon Owen wrote: Gavin Smith wrote: (1) So that warez style GoodSAMC collections are not needed Do you have any quality control plans? GoodSAMC seemed to hoover up anything and everything, [...] - the new SAM archive will have to be careful not to fall into

Re: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Andrew Collier
On Nov 23, 2004, at 9:02 pm, Andy Chandler wrote: It will be nice to have as a kind of museum of all things SAM. Something semi-official, that both old-hands and new faces can go. On that note, I put my vote forwards for the samcoupe.org address. That, or (since it's

Re: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Frans van Egmond
Sounds great Gavin, I'm voting for samcoupe.org Or maybe SamCoupeWorld.org ? ;-) Frans

RE: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Johnna
Another one for samcoupe.org here. Let's ignore the SAM Elite, cos that was just a bastardised version of the Coupe! This is the kind of thing this list SHOULD exist for. Obviously, we don't want to tread on the toes of those who are still plying a trade with the machine, but an archive of what

Re: new email address

2004-11-24 Thread Aley Keprt
I always wonder why people love these security holes! You just informed us that you have got a new e-mail address, and you send the e-mail from your new address. So I must ask: What happens, if tomorrow I send another e-mail like this see below? --- From: "Bob Wilkinson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: new email address

2004-11-24 Thread Andrew Collier
On Nov 23, 2004, at 11:54 pm, Aley Keprt wrote: I always wonder why people love these security holes! You just informed us that you have got a new e-mail address, and you send the e-mail from your new address. So I must ask: What happens, if tomorrow I send another e-mail like this see below?

Re: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Calvin Allett
--- Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been thinking a lot about this software archive idea we've been talking about, so thought I'd write up a little summary of what my thoughts are. Proposal: A World Of Spectrum style semi-official archive for SAM software, housed on the web

RE: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Dan Doore
A World Of Spectrum style semi-official archive for SAM software, housed on the web and built by the members of sam-users. Bang on. BTW another vote here for samcoupe.org Dan.

Re: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Gavin Smith
This, on the other hand, is probably going to be watched eagle-eyed by people who were actually around at the time and have some idea what they're talking about. Provided there's some feedback mechanism (and it's okay to have a single point of contact now, because all the software is

RE: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Gavin Smith
Quoting Johnna [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Perhaps we could divide the site into: Official games releases Official utils releases Official disk mag releases PD Single program files (eg. Not disks with Tetris AND something else on, just Tetris on it's own?) Warez collections (eg. Speccy 128

RE: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Geoff Winkless
Dan Doore wrote: A World Of Spectrum style semi-official archive for SAM software, housed on the web and built by the members of sam-users. Bang on. BTW another vote here for samcoupe.org While I agree in principle that samcoupe.org would be the best for the site I think that as Colin has

RE: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Gavin Smith
Quoting Geoff Winkless [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dan Doore wrote: A World Of Spectrum style semi-official archive for SAM software, housed on the web and built by the members of sam-users. Bang on. BTW another vote here for samcoupe.org While I agree in principle that samcoupe.org

RE: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Frode Tenneboe
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:04:50 - Johnna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PD Single program files (eg. Not disks with Tetris AND something else on, just Tetris on it's own?) Possibly grouping this further into * PD Demos * PD Games And others: Source code Documentation -Frode -- ^ Frode

Re: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Colin Piggot
Geoff Winkless wrote: While I agree in principle that samcoupe.org would be the best for the site I think that as Colin has samcoupe.com it will serve to confuse. I would have to agree, i've had the samcoupe.com domain for over a year, although time has been lacking to fully impliment the site

RE: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Frode Tenneboe
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:08:50 + Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a long think about hosting and our options and ways of doing it on the cheap but in the end I thought it would be nice to spend a fiver a month and get our own meaty bandwidth etc and not worry about taking

Re: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Colin Piggot
Gavin Smith wrote: A three month period has been decided upon as a reasonable length of time to track down as many authors/copyright holders as possible - between us all, we should be able to cover the majority of the SAM back catalogue. Good to see you have adopted my suggestion there, which

RE: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Geoff Winkless
Gavin Smith wrote: Quoting Geoff Winkless [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What sort of bandwidth do people think it would use? I already have a shared (with a few old uni mates) linux host (on which I have root access) and would be happy to host it if we're expecting a gig or so downloads a month - that

RE: overclocked Sam programs [was RE: ORSAM show report]

2004-11-24 Thread Geoff Winkless
Simon Owen wrote: SimCoupe does have some convenience features that aren't true to the real machine, such as turbo mode, fast disk access, fast startup, and auto-booting. Adding support for fixed variable speeds (25%, 50%, 200%, ...) probably falls under the same category, and is something

RE: SAM Software Archive

2004-11-24 Thread Gavin Smith
The only problem I have with services like catalyst2 (the site you mentioned) is that you don't have full control: it's a hosted service, so you have the restrictions of what you can do with it. I have full ssh root access so if (eg) you want to run some bizarre forum software you don't have

Re: new email address

2004-11-24 Thread Aley Keprt
I always wonder why people love these security holes! You just informed us that you have got a new e-mail address, and you send the e-mail from your new address. So I must ask: What happens, if tomorrow I send another e-mail like this see below? What alternative do you suggest? Even if the