Hi,

I don't recall hearing anyone talk about this:

"Also, after AmigaDOS 3.0 came out, there was a graphical programming
language intended for multimedia apps, called AmigaVision.  You could
display images, play sounds, direct a laserdisc player to display
specific frames or clips, detect mouse clicks, etc.  Even though it
  came for free with the A3000, it wasn't very popular, and there were
a few apps you could download written in it.

The most complex AmigaVision app I can recall off the top of my head
  was a walkthrough tour of Shakespeare's Globe theatre."

(urgh, sorry about any font differences (why does copy & paste include
font changes? why can't it just copy the *text*?)


Also, Yahoo has a nice feedback option on the bottom of the home page
which I used to let them know about my 999 error problems when
replying to emails via web-mail. They state that they won't get back
to you due to the amount of feedback they get, but hopefully they'll
read it and do something about it.


Lastly, going OT I just discovered the intro to The Girl From Tomorrow
(early 90's Australian TV series based on the book by the same name)
on YouTube. I had a huge crush on Lana when I first saw it on TV.
Shame it's not available on DVD :(
Cue link, for anyone interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAewUJxsG1A


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...

--- In Commodore_Amiga_Retro@yahoogroups.com, "scuzz" <scuzz.mail@...>
wrote:
>
> Andrew
>
> >Fine by me as I'm gonna try and use WinUAE to convert my Amiga music
> >(MED format) to Windows Media Player (WMV) format - so non Amiga users
> >can listen to it :)
>

Hehe, I goofed. That should be WMA format (WMV is video!).


> I have Cloanto on this machine with .... [ fires it up ]
>
> Amiga OS3.x+, OS3.x, OS3.x-, 1.3+ and 1.3 which I find
> very confusing ... Never use it. Have fired it up twice probably
> but can`t get my head round it cus it feels like just what it is,
> an emulator. Only my view by the way... I know loads love it.
>
> What the hell is OS3.x- when its not slapping Atari with a wet
kipper :-)
>
> scuzz
>

Yeah, there's loads of stuff that is part of WinUAE. I haven't really
touched on any of it yet. I use my 2.05 workbench setup from my real
hardware combined with the 37.300 (A600HD) ROM.


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...

Paul

>Aha, found the original piece I was reading, although it was probably
>written with reference to Wikipedia and/or whatever source Wikipedia
>used! At was on the on the ars technica site and the fourth part of the
>Amiga history series:

The guy was preoccupied with trying to destroy the oposition..
Much like a quite popular computing organisation of today.
Hadn`t realised he was so set on bashing Commodore when
he was at Atari... Explains why I guess the 520 is a poor mans
Amiga... Er sorry to any Atari fans... Not for the comment, but
for the 520... sorry... only joking meant the 520ST... stop it...

Going now.

scuzz

Andrew

>Fine by me as I'm gonna try and use WinUAE to convert my Amiga music
>(MED format) to Windows Media Player (WMV) format - so non Amiga users
>can listen to it :)

I have Cloanto on this machine with .... [ fires it up ]

Amiga OS3.x+, OS3.x, OS3.x-, 1.3+ and 1.3 which I find
very confusing ... Never use it. Have fired it up twice probably
but can`t get my head round it cus it feels like just what it is,
an emulator. Only my view by the way... I know loads love it.

What the hell is OS3.x- when its not slapping Atari with a wet kipper :-)

scuzz

Andrew

>Autumn, in December?!

Not that strange given that winter starts on Dec 21st.

or to be absolutely precise.. 2007-2008 Dec. 22, 6:08 Mar. 20, 5:48 GMT

[ quote ]

Winter

The day when the north pole is furthest from the Sun is called the
'winter solstice'. The Sun crosses the sky at its lowest point all year.
Therefore it crosses the sky in the quickest time so this is the shortest
day of the year. Winter solstice happens around 22 December and marks
the start of winter. From then on, the days start getting longer.

[ end quote ]

Saying all that there are factual dates and there are other
factors. Many believe that the 21st Dec is midwinter.. But then
spring would start end of February. Personally I like winter
best so Dec 21 is fine with me... Jan is the best month
of the year... But then I love Mondays. The start of a week
and the beginning of a year are just so wonderful. I have
never understood anyone that celebrates so hard the birth
of a new year... then gets depressed the first month of it.

scuzz

Autumn, in December?!

Yeah, funny but true. The leaves have started falling here too. Wet
and cold this weekend according to the weather forecast.
Fine by me as I'm gonna try and use WinUAE to convert my Amiga music
(MED format) to Windows Media Player (WMV) format - so non Amiga users
can listen to it :)


BTW, WinUAE can also output video too, to the codec file of your
choice. This makes it easy to create Amiga-based YouTube video's -
yes, I'm thinking of making one. Probably won't get around to it for
months though :(


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...

PS. I keep getting error 999 (or 666?) when trying to send a reply via
Yahoo webmail :(


scuzz <scuzz.mail@...> wrote:

     My goodness... my Manchester United game for the Amiga
     has finally arrived. You cannot believe how many times I
     have tried and failed to get this. I mean... won on Ebay but
     never arrived. Nearly got caught out cus it was amongst
     Sensible Soccer, Striker and Wold Cup USA 1994... and
     the guy hid the box in one of the others. Got quite annoyed
     for a couple of moments there...

     Anyway raining and windy here... Very wet and very windy
     in fact. The roads are golden with the fallen leaves... We
     call it Autumn over here...

     Cuppa

     scuzz

Hmmmm

Just tried to install Google dictionary, but sadly IE 5.5
is not supported... ar hum never mind.

What browsers does iGoogle work with?

iGoogle is compatible with the following browsers:

- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x (Windows XP)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x (Windows XP, Windows Vista)
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5+ (Windows XP)
- Mozilla Firefox 2.x (Windows XP, Vista, Mac OSX, Linux)
- Safari 2.04+ (Mac OSX)
- Netscape 7.1 (Windows XP)
- Opera 9.1+ (Windows XP)

................... [ end crap ]

Sorry... Whats with all this 'i' crap. Its i this and i that
Maybe I should coin the phrase iretro... heh heh.

Or ionholiday.... Bugga me dinners burning.

scuzz

Don`t do printers. Hate them actually. You may be surprised
then to realise I just took opened a quite heavy box with a
GP-100VC Seikosha Graphic Printer for the C64... And why
Well... I only wanted the boxed Mini Office II for the C64/128
that came with it...' Voted Business Program of the Year
1985-1986 ' no less. I love Mini Office and have pretty well
every version. I even have another boxed copy on the way.
I am a Mini Office fiend

scuzz

My goodness... my Manchester United game for the Amiga
has finally arrived. You cannot believe how many times I
have tried and failed to get this. I mean... won on Ebay but
never arrived. Nearly got caught out cus it was amongst
Sensible Soccer, Striker and Wold Cup USA 1994... and
the guy hid the box in one of the others. Got quite annoyed
for a couple of moments there...

Anyway raining and windy here... Very wet and very windy
in fact. The roads are golden with the fallen leaves... We
call it Autumn over here...

Cuppa

scuzz

Hi

Dunno if tri-annual is a word.. Anyway its time for the third
session scuzz gallery update... Phew. Just in time as well
as I think the old Amiga room is fit to bust. 12.08am in the
morning and just in from work... Nearly didn`t make it... I
got stopped by the police on the way home checking for
retro and driving... Actually drinking, but as I don`t drink and
given I had been at work all night I thought I could plead
with him to let me be tested, but he wouldn`t... ' Move along
sir... your not the kind of person we want ' Bugga. Never
mind.... I did try. A night in the cells... A villain... ar hum...
Not to be..

Anyway on that police thang.. Spidey of this group had his
house burgled, and they took all his electrical gear but
left his Atari and monitor... He wasn`t that upset, only pissed
that they didn`t think his Atari was worth stealing... They will
never find his kit though... The police have more important
things to do... Like stopping folk like me on their way home
from work cus they think we are villains... Giggles.

Anyway... to scuzzfest or should I say scuzzfestive and a week
off work to play with the old retro.... MAGIC !!

scuzz

** Paul Tansom <paul@...> [2007-11-26 23:21]:
> ** Paul Tansom <paul@...> [2007-11-26 22:40]:
> > ** scuzz <scuzz.mail@...> [2007-11-26 20:27]:
> > > Silly question I know but does anyone know of the
> > > origins of the Commodore name.
> > ** end quote [scuzz]
> >
> > I can't find the referrence I was reading now, and I don't know whether
> > it is accurate, but I read the other day that Jack Tramil was wanting a
> > name that fitted with his background in the forces. If I can find the
> > reference I'll post it.
> ** end quote [Paul Tansom]
>
> OK, no idea whether this is where I read it, but good old Wikipedia has
> the reference. Still no idea whether it is accurate or not though!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tramiel
>
> "Tramiel started a business importing typewriters from Europe, and in
> 1955, to circumvent import restrictions, he set up Commodore Business
> Machines in Toronto. Tramiel wanted a military-style name for his
> company, but names like Admiral and General were already taken, so he
> settled on the Commodore name."
** end quote [Paul Tansom]

Aha, found the original piece I was reading, although it was probably
written with reference to Wikipedia and/or whatever source Wikipedia
used! At was on the on the ars technica site and the fourth part of the
Amiga history series:

http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/amiga-history-4-commodore-years.ars

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> Uncredibelievabubble...

If you want something really uncredibelievabubble, get one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230197477841

It provides what the new PPC Amigas & Pegs are missing...good broadcast
quality video editing, with a lowly 50MHz 060 :^)  I'm not sure if this
one has the FireWire board or not.  I have the FireWire option in mine.

Jaeson


      
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The Phase5 Prototype PPC board plugged into the 060 socket of one of
their MKII's.  I'd assume that would work with other 060 cards too.  It
would certainly be a welcome addition to my DraCo.

Jaeson

--- z ipperi <sipppe@...> wrote:

> Well, would be a nice addon into my A500T/Blizz2060 also :-)
>
> scuzz <scuzz.mail@...> skrev:
> http://8bit.dk/pepe/a2000ppc.html
>
> Uncredibelievabubble...
>
> A video showing how PPC was made to work with an old Amiga2000
> machine.
> Probably not seen outside the PPC developers Phase5, later DCE's,
> walls and
> a well kept secret until PePe studios got the bright idea to test it
> out.
> This is also the first official production under the PePe Studios
> signum
>
> scuzz
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Sök och jämför hos Yahoo! Shopping.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>



      
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Well, would be a nice addon into my A500T/Blizz2060 also :-)

scuzz <scuzz.mail@...> skrev:         
http://8bit.dk/pepe/a2000ppc.html

Uncredibelievabubble...

A video showing how PPC was made to work with an old Amiga2000 machine.
Probably not seen outside the PPC developers Phase5, later DCE's, walls and
a well kept secret until PePe studios got the bright idea to test it out.
This is also the first official production under the PePe Studios signum

scuzz






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Mike

>A commidoer is the equivalent of a one star admiral in the U.S. Navy btw.

Thanks for that Mike. Just adding that to my Commodore
history section on the web page.

scuzz

Andrew

>Mmmm.... thanks for that. Some great pics :)

Mouthwatering. Makes the Amiga so irresistable. ( as ever )

http://www.8bit.dk/pictures/Amiga/Computers/Amiga_600HD/index.html

http://www.8bit.dk/pictures/Project/index.html

scuzz

Paul Tansom wrote:
> ** scuzz <scuzz.mail@...> [2007-11-26 20:27]:
>
>> Silly question I know but does anyone know of the
>> origins of the Commodore name.
>>
> ** end quote [scuzz]
>
> I can't find the referrence I was reading now, and I don't know whether
> it is accurate, but I read the other day that Jack Tramil was wanting a
> name that fitted with his background in the forces. If I can find the
> reference I'll post it.
>
>
A commidoer is the equivalent of a one star admiral in the U.S. Navy btw.

Mmmm.... thanks for that. Some great pics :)


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...


scuzz <scuzz.mail@...> wrote: One for Andrew

http://www.8bit.dk/pictures/Amiga/Computers/Amiga_600HD/index.html

droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

Sorry...

scuzz




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Wow, some great stuff.

The super-fan mouse is cool.

Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...


scuzz <scuzz.mail@...> wrote: My goodness... Impressive or what ?

http://www.8bit.dk/pictures/Project/index.html

http://www.8bit.dk/pictures/Project/Amiga_2000_-_Custom_Project_-_060/index.
html

So you thought you had an Amiga 2000... Yikes. Just have a
look at the hd holders section... Incredible.

scuzz





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

http://8bit.dk/pepe/a2000ppc.html

Uncredibelievabubble...

A video showing how PPC was made to work with an old Amiga2000 machine.
Probably not seen outside the PPC developers Phase5, later DCE's, walls and
a well kept secret until PePe studios got the bright idea to test it out.
This is also the first official production under the PePe Studios signum

scuzz

One for Andrew

http://www.8bit.dk/pictures/Amiga/Computers/Amiga_600HD/index.html

droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

Sorry...

scuzz

My goodness... Impressive or what ?

http://www.8bit.dk/pictures/Project/index.html

http://www.8bit.dk/pictures/Project/Amiga_2000_-_Custom_Project_-_060/index.
html

So you thought you had an Amiga 2000... Yikes. Just have a
look at the hd holders section... Incredible.

scuzz

Andrew

If you can stand the adverts and the chick on the right
hand side you will see the Interface here. Also the
cartridge that Paul was on about... Never knew there
were such cartridges. Amazing really.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=87028&page=2

scuzz

Paul

* Backgammon (Psion)
* Chess (Psion)
* Cookie (Ultimate)
* Horace and the Spiders (Melbourne House)
* Hungry Horace (Melbourne House)
* Jetpac (Ultimate)
* Planetoids (Psion)
* Pssst (Ultimate)
* Space Raiders (Psion)
* Tranz Am (Ultimate)

Goodness. I really had never realised. Now you got me
searching... Shouldn`t have asked should I ?  Its just that
its a much smaller slot than anything I have seen on
the Spectrum. Amazing what little add-ons you can get
for this humble machine. I also like the rubber pads so it
sits nice behind the unit. Thanks for that.

scuzz

Gary

>No mine is Amiga Technologies.
>However I could have had one. A buddy of mine had one when he worked for
AT.
>When Gateway bought them and shipped his stuff out, they somehow
>disappeared.

>How could it have been mine? I ended up with all the gear he had left. :)

Sad that you didn`t get an original 4000T. Can`t say I have ever
heard of anyone owning one. Would be worth a fortune I would
guess.

scuzz

Paul

>"Tramiel started a business importing typewriters from Europe, and in
>1955, to circumvent import restrictions, he set up Commodore Business
>Machines in Toronto. Tramiel wanted a military-style name for his
>company, but names like Admiral and General were already taken, so he
>settled on the Commodore name."

I never knew that. Suddenly realised tonight I had no idea
where the Commodore name came from. Amazing.. I really
never would have guessed the military angle.

scuzz

** Paul Tansom <paul@...> [2007-11-26 22:40]:
> ** scuzz <scuzz.mail@...> [2007-11-26 20:27]:
> > Silly question I know but does anyone know of the
> > origins of the Commodore name.
> ** end quote [scuzz]
>
> I can't find the referrence I was reading now, and I don't know whether
> it is accurate, but I read the other day that Jack Tramil was wanting a
> name that fitted with his background in the forces. If I can find the
> reference I'll post it.
** end quote [Paul Tansom]

OK, no idea whether this is where I read it, but good old Wikipedia has
the reference. Still no idea whether it is accurate or not though!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tramiel

"Tramiel started a business importing typewriters from Europe, and in
1955, to circumvent import restrictions, he set up Commodore Business
Machines in Toronto. Tramiel wanted a military-style name for his
company, but names like Admiral and General were already taken, so he
settled on the Commodore name."

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============================================
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No mine is Amiga Technologies.
However I could have had one. A buddy of mine had one when he worked for AT.
When Gateway bought them and shipped his stuff out, they somehow
disappeared.

How could it have been mine? I ended up with all the gear he had left. :)

On Nov 26, 2007 1:53 PM, scuzz <scuzz.mail@...> wrote:

>   Gary
>
>
> >By all estimates, about 200 were made by Commodore.
>
> Don`t tell me you have one...... ?
>
> scuzz
>
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

** scuzz <scuzz.mail@...> [2007-11-26 20:27]:
> Silly question I know but does anyone know of the
> origins of the Commodore name.
** end quote [scuzz]

I can't find the referrence I was reading now, and I don't know whether
it is accurate, but I read the other day that Jack Tramil was wanting a
name that fitted with his background in the forces. If I can find the
reference I'll post it.

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============================================
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** scuzz.mail <scuzz.mail@...> [2007-11-26 19:51]:
> My ZX Interface 2 arrived today for the Spectrum and I
> have a question for anyone that has owned or seen
> one of these.
>
> I know what the joystick ports are. I know where to connect
> it to the back of the Spectrum. I also know that there is the
> printer port.... But... What is the connector behind the flap ?
>
> Now that's what you call ' plug n play '
** end quote [scuzz.mail]

That would be for the ROM cartridges. There weren't many made, and if
you watch eBay for them you'll find they got for fairly decent prices -
especially the Ultimate ones. There were only 10 ever released:

* Backgammon (Psion)
* Chess (Psion)
* Cookie (Ultimate)
* Horace and the Spiders (Melbourne House)
* Hungry Horace (Melbourne House)
* Jetpac (Ultimate)
* Planetoids (Psion)
* Pssst (Ultimate)
* Space Raiders (Psion)
* Tranz Am (Ultimate)

For some further reading try these:

http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/computers/peripherals/interface2.htm
http://www.solvalou.com/speccy_carts.php
http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/Interface2/Interface2_Introduction.htm
http://www.sincuser.f9.co.uk/024/cartsft.htm

If you look at the cartridges section of the third one of those links:

http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/Interface2/Interface2_RC_Cartridges.htm

You'll find details on how to make new ones, and I've seen somebody on
eBay selling one that can contain 4 games on it:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ZX-IF2-ROM-cartridge-4-times_W0QQitemZ260183206282QQihZ016\
QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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