RE: [SWCollect] Here we go.....

2004-03-16 Thread Josh Lulewicz
Edward Franks wrote: > I have yet to personally see anyone come through with the amount of > money they initially mention in email. People seem to use the big > bucks amount to see if you are interested in selling the item. If you > do show an interest they inevitably have cash flow problems.

[SWCollect] Fw: Ultima: Escape from Mt. Drash

2004-03-16 Thread C.E. Forman
Got this in my mail today, re: the availability of Drash images, just wanted to pass along. - Original Message - From: "Great Hierophant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:08 AM Subject: Ultima: Escape from Mt. Drash > I hope you are aware of a

Re: [SWCollect] Here we go.....

2004-03-16 Thread Edward Franks
On Mar 15, 2004, at 11:11 PM, Stephane Racle wrote: Maybe Edward has a hot tip for another Drash, he's not just telling us and seeing what he can get for this one. :-) If I had another one you would know about. I'd would have failed my save vs brag. :-D -- Edward Franks --

Re: [SWCollect] Here we go.....

2004-03-16 Thread Edward Franks
On Mar 15, 2004, at 11:00 PM, Josh Lulewicz wrote: >> I'll just say I was offered a LOT more than 2K for mine without the box.   I too have been offered A LOT more than 2K for mine…. I have yet to personally see anyone come through with the amount of money they initially mention in email.

RE: [SWCollect] Richest people in the world

2004-03-16 Thread Josh Lulewicz
11) Lilianne Bettencourt - L'Oreal 12) Larry Ellison - Oracle 13) Ingvar Kamprad - Ikea 14) Theo Albrecht - supermarkets 15) Kenneth Thomson - Thomson Corp. 16) Mikhail Khodorkovsky - oil 17) Carlos Slim Helu - Teléfonos de México and América M-vil telcos 18) Michael Dell - Dell Computer 19) Li Ka-

Re: [SWCollect] Richest people in the world

2004-03-16 Thread Howard Feldman
What about the Sultan of Brunei (oil tycoon). I seem to remember he has some serious change.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 03/16/2004 12:32:18 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you maybe thinking of Larry Ellison of Oracle? He is around $19 billion and h

Re: [SWCollect] Here we go.....

2004-03-16 Thread Jim Leonard
Freddie Bingham wrote: Great, I've sent $12 via paypal to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey, where's the $5 donation to mobygames.com? (shameless plug) http://www.mobygames.com/info/fob (/shameless plug) ;) -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) World's largest electronic gaming project:http://www.MobyGames.

Re: [SWCollect] Richest people in the world

2004-03-16 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 03/16/2004 12:32:18 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you maybe thinking of Larry Ellison of Oracle?  He is around $19 billion and has always had a rivalry with Gates but has never surpassed him (not even close). Must be it, dropped when ORCL stock dropp

Re: [SWCollect] Here we go.....

2004-03-16 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 03/16/2004 1:07:44 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: WTF? Well sorry about that, Heh, it's funny, most the time when I reply to post here it goes to group but sometimes goes to individual, must be the way some people have things setup. I blew it twice yesterd

RE: [SWCollect] Here we go.....

2004-03-16 Thread Freddie Bingham
WTF? Well sorry about that, but then I suppose it is as on topic as the top then list of richest people in the world is.   Freddie   Vintage Gaming - http://www.vintagegaming.org   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:08 AMTo: [EMAIL

RE: [SWCollect] Richest people in the world

2004-03-16 Thread Josh Lulewicz
Nope don’t think so…. :/   John Chambers is around $200 million, nowhere close.   -josh   Are you maybe thinking of Larry Ellison of Oracle?  He is around $19 billion and has always had a rivalry with Gates but has never surpassed him (not even close).   -Original Message- F

Re: [SWCollect] Here we go.....

2004-03-16 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 03/16/2004 11:57:49 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Great, I've sent $12 via paypal to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey, you can sent $12 to me too if you like Freddie :) Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash

RE: [SWCollect] Here we go.....

2004-03-16 Thread Freddie Bingham
Great, I've sent $12 via paypal to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freddie > -Original Message- > From: Josh Lulewicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Here we go. > > Same with me and vintage-sierra.com :) > > --

RE: [SWCollect] Richest people in the world

2004-03-16 Thread Feldhamer, Stuart
Amazing how Sam Walton's heirs split his cash and they still take 5 spots. If he had only had one kid who got it all, I wonder where he or she would be on the chart...   Stuart -Original Message-From: Josh Lulewicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:35 P

Re: [SWCollect] Richest people in the world

2004-03-16 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 03/16/2004 11:36:04 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1)   Bill Gates - microsoft 2)   Warren Buffet - investments 3)   Karl Albrecht â retailing (supermarkets) Wonder what happened to Cisco guy, I think he passed Gates at one time? Visit my web pa

RE: [SWCollect] Richest people in the world

2004-03-16 Thread Josh Lulewicz
Top Ten:   1)   Bill Gates - microsoft 2)   Warren Buffet - investments 3)   Karl Albrecht – retailing (supermarkets) 4)   Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud - investments 5)   Paul Allen - microsoft 6)   Alice Walton - walmart 7)   Helen Walton - walmart

RE: [SWCollect] Here we go.....

2004-03-16 Thread Josh Lulewicz
Same with me and vintage-sierra.com :) -Original Message- From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Here we go. Stephane Racle wrote: > On the other hand, one of the reasons I look for new items i

Re: [SWCollect] Preserving original games

2004-03-16 Thread Jim Leonard
Josh Lulewicz wrote: So I am reading correctly that these FDI files only work with emulators? Yes, but in the future that may not be the case. The point is to archive them now into a fully documented the file format so that the information is not lost when the disk dies. What if you don't use

Re: [SWCollect] Distributing Drash (and all old software)

2004-03-16 Thread Jim Leonard
Lee K. Seitz wrote: You're confusing copyrights and trademarks. (Incidentally, IANAL I used the wrong word but I was indeed talking about trademarks. Further more, Kleenex and Xerox are still quite valid trademarks, although they are in danger of becoming public domain. Better examples of lost

Re: [SWCollect] Here we go.....

2004-03-16 Thread Jim Leonard
Stephane Racle wrote: On the other hand, one of the reasons I look for new items is so that I can share them with other collectors and enthusiasts, for example by making a scan, a disk image, or simply by giving out some details that weren't previously known. This is part of the rationale tha

Re: [SWCollect] Here we go.....

2004-03-16 Thread Jim Leonard
Marco Thorek wrote: It's time for the IGST (intergalactic standard time), isn't it? ;-) Sounds like what Swatch attempted with their "Internet Time" thing about five years ago. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) World's largest electronic gaming project:http://www.MobyGames.com/ A delicious s

[SWCollect] $700 WU auction payment limit

2004-03-16 Thread AvatarTom
Easy way to get around this, list a few more "auctions" buy it now for buyer to "bid" on. List for one cent (so don't have to pay any fees) with shipping of $700 or whatever is needed. Or some variation on this theme. Tom Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima

[SWCollect] Richest people in the world

2004-03-16 Thread AvatarTom
Well Gates is #1 of course (although I think at one time he was surpassed). I don't remember #2 but guessing it is the founder of Cisco. Here is what surprised me, #3. The founder of ALDI, the discount food chain here in USA. Barebones, you have to rent shopping cart (25 cents, you get back when yo

RE: RE: [SWCollect] Here we go.....

2004-03-16 Thread Vincent Joguin
Could you please send me the file (directly to my e-mail)? Thanks in advance. Vincent. At 21:25 15/03/2004 -0800, you wrote: I've got Drash as a WAV file (about 2MB). Damn, there's about 100 e-mails today and I haven't read half of them so I don't know if anybody cares at this point. Hugh