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

1999-08-23 Thread george boyle
David What the hell are you one about? It's George here !! Out in Failraki Rhodes, Greece, working for the summer!!! Very hot! How's Michael? How are you R.S.V.P George --- David Ledbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The BP6 board and the two chips cost me =A3205 inc > VAT, which is pr

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: My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-19 Thread David L
en <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 8:08 AM Subject: RE: My take on the SAM Scene > Dave L wrote: > > The only reason for shopping around for a Celery adaptor is if u want one of > > the modified ones for Clocking or dual process use... > > I highly

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

1999-08-19 Thread Si Owen
Dave L wrote: > After seeing how many Abit boards are dealt with via our returns > department - I wouldn't recommend this to anyone! Then you've been very unlucky - my last 4 boards have been ABit (HX->LX->BH->BP) and I've not had any problems. General review sites also speak highly of them. Wha

RE: My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-18 Thread Si Owen
Dave L wrote: > The only reason for shopping around for a Celery adaptor is if u want one of > the modified ones for Clocking or dual process use... I highly recommend the ABit BP6 for a ready to go dual-Slot370 motherboard - I've got 2 C366s running happily at 550 in one, with little more than a

Re: My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-18 Thread David L
AIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 10:39 PM Subject: Re: My take on the SAM Scene Gordon Wallis wrote: > > Martin Wilson wrote: > [snip] > > Well special reserve still have 3do software at £3.99 > > On the subject of Special Reserve I'm well annoyed with th

Re: My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-17 Thread Martin Wilson
Gordon Wallis wrote: > > Martin Wilson wrote: > [snip] > > Well special reserve still have 3do software at £3.99 > > On the subject of Special Reserve I'm well annoyed with them. I ordered a slot 1 converter from them on a sunday then quickly discovered about a half hour later that their price

Re: My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-17 Thread Gordon Wallis
Martin Wilson wrote: [snip] > Well special reserve still have 3do software at £3.99 > Hm. Just think, if I'd actually got a 3DO, I'd be able to buy _that_ version of Policenauts, too! Quite a good version, too, being the 'original' (apart from the PC9821 version which came out the year before) >

RE: My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-17 Thread Si Owen
Nick Humphries wrote: > Single figure sales and no commitment to rereleasing or compilations > means that these titles are not marketable anymore, so is there any > good reason for not putting them onto an FTP site? It's not surprising sales are low as they're impossible to get hold of! It'd be s

Re: My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-17 Thread David L
For more on policenauts - see Gordons site!!! - Original Message - From: Martin Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 10:42 PM Subject: Re: My take on the SAM Scene Gordon Wallis wrote: > > Martin Wilson wrote: > > I must admit I do like

Re: My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-16 Thread Martin Wilson
Gordon Wallis wrote: > > Martin Wilson wrote: > > I must admit I do like my games but hate spending money. I can pick up > > game for my Saturn and 3DO for just a few pounds (£3.99 for example) > > Two questions: "Where?!" and "Got 'Policenauts' yet?" > > Gord. (the Policenauts fanatic) > We

Re: My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-16 Thread Gordon Wallis
Martin Wilson wrote: > I must admit I do like my games but hate spending money. I can pick up > game for my Saturn and 3DO for just a few pounds (£3.99 for example) Two questions: "Where?!" and "Got 'Policenauts' yet?" Gord. (the Policenauts fanatic) -- < The HEXdidn't... Homepage:

Re: My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-16 Thread Martin Wilson
> Re-releasing could be the way forward. After eight years or so, Prince of > Persia > simply isn't worth £9.99 in today's market. Back in the Spectrum days, games > got > re-released about four years after its original release (and the period got > shorter towards the end of the Spectrum era,

Re: My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-16 Thread Nick Humphries
From: Johnna Teare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On 16 Aug 99, at 10:12, Nick Humphries wrote: >> * How many units of any particular software title are being sold a month? >> * Is there any possibility of the older titles being rereleased either on >> a compilation or separately. >Now that is perha

Re: My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-16 Thread Johnna Teare
On 16 Aug 99, at 10:12, Nick Humphries wrote: > * How many new SAMs are being sold a month? > Even if we knew the figures - which we are never likely to find out - the real question should be how many new SAMs are being sold to _new users_ each month? I'd hazard that most of the new machin

My take on the SAM Scene

1999-08-16 Thread Nick Humphries
The SAM isn't dead. Not in the technical sense anyway - people are still developing for it, albeit on a VERY small scale. But there are some basic facts we should all be told: * How many new SAMs are being sold a month? If we're talking about single figures here (or even zero) then it's time to