At 10:43 18/10/2009, you wrote:
>Steve
>
>When you read the ruling you have to just sit back and scratch your head and
>seriously wonder what all this nonsense was all about.
>
>Thanks for that... Good news at last.


Yes great news and something thats being holding back the amiga market for
years is finally resolved.

Makes up a little for the rags loss this w/e

Martin N

Owner of the bwfc yahoogroup and Co-Moderator of  MiniDisc and
amithlonopen yahoo groups.

scuzz wrote:

> When you read the ruling you have to just sit back and scratch your head
and
> seriously wonder what all this nonsense was all about.

I've been wondering that as well most of the way through it. :)

Glad it's all over now. :D

Kind regards,

Francis
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Steve

When you read the ruling you have to just sit back and scratch your head and
seriously wonder what all this nonsense was all about.

Thanks for that... Good news at last.

scuzz

Hi

http://os4.hyperion-entertainment.biz/



Hyperion Entertainment CVBA and Amiga Inc. reach settlement

Brussels, Belgium – October 17, 2009

Hyperion Entertainment CVBA is pleased to announce that on September 30,
2009, it has reached a comprehensive settlement agreement with Amiga,
Inc., Itec LLC and Amino Development Corporation, Inc., to bring all
ongoing litigation and worldwide pending procedures between the parties
to an end.

As part of the settlement agreement, the Amiga Parties acknowledge that
Hyperion is the sole owner of AmigaOS 4 without prejudice to any third
party rights.

Within the framework of the settlement agreement Hyperion is granted an
exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to AmigaOS 3.1 in order to use,
develop, modify, commercialize, distribute and market AmigaOS 4.x (and
subsequent versions of AmigaOS including without limitation AmigaOS 5)
in any form, on any medium and for any current or future hardware
platform under the exclusive trademark “AmigaOS” (Amiga operating
system) and using other associated trademarks (such as the “BoingBall”
logo).

Hyperion will continue development and distribution of AmigaOS 4.x (and
beyond) as it has done since November of 2001.

We wish to thank our loyal customers who have supported us throughout
the judicial procedures and especially the AmigaOS 4.x development team
for their continued efforts and at the request of whom this official
announcement was made.

As Hyperion Entertainment’s most ambitious project to date is drawing to
a close in collaboration with our partners, we invite our current and
prospective customers to watch this space for further updates on
Hyperion’s continued efforts to revive the Amiga platform.

Steve Evans

Hi everyone.

Issue 57 has 76 interesting and varied articles covering topics like –

Hardware Access Using The AmigaBASIC And ARexx – Part 5
Image Processing Algorithms Part 6: Gamma Correction
Windows 7 Preview
Greetings Cards – Advanced Card Making
Curried Hard Boiled Eggs
Lacuna Coil at King TutÂ’s in Glasgow
British Touring Cars at Knockhill 2009
My Guardian Angel
An Episode in the Life of My Heart

All these great articles plus my favourite for this issue – Yesterdays
Child by Maisie Walker about life for young child in the 1930Â’s leading
up to the second world war, and how it affected her and her family
during the evacuation. The second part of this tale is in our next
issue, so donÂ’t forget to pick up the RSS feed on the front page for
news of when this will be released.

Steve Evans
http://www.thecryptmag.com
For Computer hints and tips
WinXP/Linux/Amiga/Mac

Andrew Burton wrote:

> Lol, another great issue. "The Simple Fix" is a great idea! :)
>
> Other articles I enjoyed include: Dear Little House, Colour Me True, Image
Processing Algorithms Part 5, Contrast Adjustment, File Extensions Solved,
Hiding A File, Tips On Building A Basic Electronic Circuit, Space Invaders
Doormat and Royal Boob.

Thanks for the comments Andrew :)

I passed them onto the rest of the Staff, and everyone said it's
comments like this that make all the hard work worth it.

Once again, thank you.

Steve Evans
http://www.thecryptmag.com
For Computer hints and tips
WinXP/Linux/Amiga/Mac

Sounds like fun :)


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...


--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Tim Seifert <sir_tim_seifert@...> wrote:

From: Tim Seifert <sir_tim_seifert@...>
Subject: Re: [afb] The July 2009 edition of The Cryptmag, Issue 56 is now live!
To: afb@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 7 July, 2009, 5:05 AM

On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 17:42 +0000, Andrew Burton wrote:
> On the electronics side, I'd just like to point everyone to this video
> Jeri Ellsworth did where she exploded capicators deliberately:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq5gLrGumR0

I remember when I was in college, back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth,
a friend of mine built a capacitor cannon.  He had a copper pipe he
dropped them into, with an electrode at the end of the pipe, and the
pipe forming the other pole, and he connected the two electrodes to an
old telecom power supply (48 Volts, lots of Amperage), but backwards.
After a few seconds, the capacitor would explode out, with a trail of
foil and paper uncoiling from the cap.




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On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 17:42 +0000, Andrew Burton wrote:
> On the electronics side, I'd just like to point everyone to this video
> Jeri Ellsworth did where she exploded capicators deliberately:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq5gLrGumR0

I remember when I was in college, back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth,
a friend of mine built a capacitor cannon.  He had a copper pipe he
dropped them into, with an electrode at the end of the pipe, and the
pipe forming the other pole, and he connected the two electrodes to an
old telecom power supply (48 Volts, lots of Amperage), but backwards.
After a few seconds, the capacitor would explode out, with a trail of
foil and paper uncoiling from the cap.

Lol, another great issue. "The Simple Fix" is a great idea! :)

Other articles I enjoyed include: Dear Little House, Colour Me True, Image
Processing Algorithms Part 5, Contrast Adjustment, File Extensions Solved,
Hiding A File, Tips On Building A Basic Electronic Circuit, Space Invaders
Doormat and Royal Boob.


On the electronics side, I'd just like to point everyone to this video Jeri
Ellsworth did where she exploded capicators deliberately:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq5gLrGumR0


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...


--- On Tue, 30/6/09, Steve Evans <steve@...> wrote:

From: Steve Evans <steve@...>
Subject: [afb] The July 2009 edition of The Cryptmag, Issue 56 is now live!
To: "afb" <afb@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, 30 June, 2009, 1:04 PM

Hi

To help celebrate the birthday of the illustrious Ferret, we have great
pleasure in releasing Issue 56 of the Cryptmag. (Don't ask how old he
is, he gets a bit crotchety about that) :-)

The Staff have been busy since the last issue, and we bring you 78 brand
new articles in this edition of The Cryptmag. Things like

Hardware Access Using ARexx  Memory Editing  A Bonus Edition 1.
Image Processing Algorithms Part 5: Contrast Adjustment
Ultimate boot CD for Windows
Hiding a File
Software Restrictions Policies
Desktop Icons program called Fences
Dear Little House Written By Brenda M Hawkins
Colour Me True by Maisie Walker
Game Booster helps play old Amiga Games

These are just a selection of what we have for you in this issue. Don`t
forget folks, The Cryptmag is FREE! So pop on over and spend a while
reading what we have in ISSUE 56

http://www.thecryptmag.com/Online/56/index.html

Steve Evans
http://www.thecryptmag.com
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Cool !

Thanks :-)

Amigalement,
JF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Evans" <steve@...>
To: "afb" <afb@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:04 PM
Subject: [afb] The July 2009 edition of The Cryptmag, Issue 56 is now live!


> Hi
>
> To help celebrate the birthday of the illustrious Ferret, we have great
> pleasure in releasing Issue 56 of the Cryptmag. (Don't ask how old he
> is, he gets a bit crotchety about that) :-)
>
> The Staff have been busy since the last issue, and we bring you 78 brand
> new articles in this edition of The Cryptmag. Things like –
>
> Hardware Access Using ARexx – Memory Editing – A Bonus Edition 1.
> Image Processing Algorithms Part 5: Contrast Adjustment
> Ultimate boot CD for Windows
> Hiding a File
> Software Restrictions Policies
> Desktop Icons program called Fences
> Dear Little House Written By Brenda M Hawkins
> Colour Me True by Maisie Walker
> Game Booster helps play old Amiga Games
>
> These are just a selection of what we have for you in this issue. Don`t
> forget folks, The Cryptmag is FREE! So pop on over and spend a while
> reading what we have in ISSUE 56
>
> http://www.thecryptmag.com/Online/56/index.html
>
> Steve Evans
> http://www.thecryptmag.com
> For Computer hints and tips
> WinXP/Linux/Amiga/Mac
>
>
>
>
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Hi

To help celebrate the birthday of the illustrious Ferret, we have great
pleasure in releasing Issue 56 of the Cryptmag. (Don't ask how old he
is, he gets a bit crotchety about that) :-)

The Staff have been busy since the last issue, and we bring you 78 brand
new articles in this edition of The Cryptmag. Things like –

Hardware Access Using ARexx – Memory Editing – A Bonus Edition 1.
Image Processing Algorithms Part 5: Contrast Adjustment
Ultimate boot CD for Windows
Hiding a File
Software Restrictions Policies
Desktop Icons program called Fences
Dear Little House Written By Brenda M Hawkins
Colour Me True by Maisie Walker
Game Booster helps play old Amiga Games

These are just a selection of what we have for you in this issue. Don`t
forget folks, The Cryptmag is FREE! So pop on over and spend a while
reading what we have in ISSUE 56

http://www.thecryptmag.com/Online/56/index.html

Steve Evans
http://www.thecryptmag.com
For Computer hints and tips
WinXP/Linux/Amiga/Mac

If your into programming then this is the issue for you as we have
another bumper packed edition of the Cryptmag!

http://www.thecryptmag.com/Online/55/index.html

Articles like:-

Programming C#, Introduction By Dirk Harlaar
Hardware Access Using The AmigaBASIC And ARexx by Barry Walker
Image Processing Algorithms by Francis Loch
My First Amiga by Shahbaz Parsipour
Spotify - A Streaming Music Service by Ian Urie
The Marital Bed Submitted by Maisie Walker
Cantonese Phonetic IME by Francis G. Loch
PClinuxOS 2009 By Ian Urie
Greetings Cards - How to Get Started Written by Brenda M Hawkins
Home - Made Sausages Written by the Dungeon Master
Dunesslin Pudding By Ian Fyvie

This is just 11 of the 78 articles covering topics from Chinchilla's to
TrueCrypt, so we have plenty to keep you entertained.

(Apologize if you receive this more than once, but I have to let
everyone know.)

Steve Evans
http://www.thecryptmag.com
For Computer hints and tips
WinXP/Linux/Amiga/Mac

I doubt that.

Touchscreen is useless and can be very sensitive. Even some unseen dirt can
cause it to 'detect a press' which on apps I have seen can cause them to appear
to freeze/crash. Unless you are aware of 'dirt issues' it can be annoying.
I have plenty of touchscreen equipment at work and for me I'd prefer a keyboard
everytime.
Also, keyboards (and keys) are pretty easy to replace, but if a touchscreen
fails then you are pretty stuffed as you'd have to be an electronics wizz to
remove and replace it.
Touchscreen has been around for 10+ years and if it was to replace keyboards it
would have done so already.

It's like the new 3D TV's, it's a novelty which I can't see becoming mainstream.
Great for cinema's, but not for the home.


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...


--- On Mon, 9/3/09, Ian Fyvie <ian.fyvie@...> wrote:
From: Ian Fyvie <ian.fyvie@...>
Subject: Re: [afb] Issue 54 of the Cryptmag is now out!
To: afb@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 9 March, 2009, 11:45 PM


I doubt there will be a keyboard in the future. Touch screen will kill it
off ;(


The Ferret
Dual Editor of the CRYPTmag
http://www.thecryptmag.com
SKYPE - webferret5




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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Burton" <aliensrcooluk@...>
To: <afb@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [afb] Issue 54 of the Cryptmag is now out!


>
> Yeah that is some keyboard. I wonder what the keyboard of the future will
> be like? Will it have even more buttons?
>

I doubt there will be a keyboard in the future. Touch screen will kill it
off ;(


The Ferret
Dual Editor of the CRYPTmag
http://www.thecryptmag.com
SKYPE - webferret5

Yeah that is some keyboard. I wonder what the keyboard of the future will be
like? Will it have even more buttons?


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...


--- On Mon, 9/3/09, Ian Fyvie <ian.fyvie@...> wrote:
From: Ian Fyvie <ian.fyvie@...>
Subject: Re: [afb] Issue 54 of the Cryptmag is now out!
To: afb@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 9 March, 2009, 11:15 AM

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Burton" <aliensrcooluk@...>
To: <afb@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 3:16 AM
Subject: Re: [afb] Issue 54 of the Cryptmag is now out!


>
> Thanks for that.
>
> I enjoyed learning about how to convert colour to greyscale and the
> "Letter From A Farm Kid", among other articles. I must say that
I do use
> the End key quite a bit, but it's easy to miss keys when you have so
many
> on the standard PC keyboard!
>
>
> Regards,
> Andrew B
> aliensrcooluk@...
>


Hi Andrew, glad you enjoyed some of our articles, we do try to provide
something for everyone (Not an easy task)

Re- Keys and keyboard ... I totally agree with you on this one, my PC`s are
all kitted out with Genius keyboards which have seperate buttons for
email-browser etc etc

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Genius_Wireless_Keyboard__6478800

Sooo many buttons .....sooo few fingers :)

The Ferret
Dual Editor of the CRYPTmag
http://www.thecryptmag.com
SKYPE - webferret5




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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Burton" <aliensrcooluk@...>
To: <afb@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 3:16 AM
Subject: Re: [afb] Issue 54 of the Cryptmag is now out!


>
> Thanks for that.
>
> I enjoyed learning about how to convert colour to greyscale and the
> "Letter From A Farm Kid", among other articles. I must say that I do use
> the End key quite a bit, but it's easy to miss keys when you have so many
> on the standard PC keyboard!
>
>
> Regards,
> Andrew B
> aliensrcooluk@...
>


Hi Andrew, glad you enjoyed some of our articles, we do try to provide
something for everyone (Not an easy task)

Re- Keys and keyboard ... I totally agree with you on this one, my PC`s are
all kitted out with Genius keyboards which have seperate buttons for
email-browser etc etc

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Genius_Wireless_Keyboard__6478800

Sooo many buttons .....sooo few fingers :)

The Ferret
Dual Editor of the CRYPTmag
http://www.thecryptmag.com
SKYPE - webferret5

Thanks for that.

I enjoyed learning about how to convert colour to greyscale and the "Letter From
A Farm Kid", among other articles. I must say that I do use the End key quite a
bit, but it's easy to miss keys when you have so many on the standard PC
keyboard!


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...


--- On Sun, 1/3/09, Steve Evans <steve@...> wrote:
From: Steve Evans <steve@...>
Subject: [afb] Issue 54 of the Cryptmag is now out!
To: "afb" <afb@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, 1 March, 2009, 9:31 AM

Hi everyone.

As Promised, we return to bring you Issue 54 of your favourite online
magazine - The Cryptmag.

http://www.thecryptmag.com/Online/54/index.html

With new Staff members, we welcome Julian and Shahbaz into the fold, and
we welcome back two old faces in Ray and Chris. This brings the Staff
membership up to 11, so we have plenty of different opinions and
experience in the Cryptmag these days which helps to bring you a rounded
and interesting read. Along with these trusty (Rusty?) people, we also
have contributions from readers like Maisie Walker (Thank you Maisie)
and an old favourite of ours Carol McGinn.

So with 78 varied and exciting articles to keep you entertained for
hours, theres plenty of reason to sit down at the computer, pour
yourself a wee dram (Or a non alcoholic beverage if you prefer) and
immerse yourself into the Cryptmag world.

Steve Evans
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Hi everyone.

As Promised, we return to bring you Issue 54 of your favourite online
magazine - The Cryptmag.

http://www.thecryptmag.com/Online/54/index.html

With new Staff members, we welcome Julian and Shahbaz into the fold, and
we welcome back two old faces in Ray and Chris. This brings the Staff
membership up to 11, so we have plenty of different opinions and
experience in the Cryptmag these days which helps to bring you a rounded
and interesting read. Along with these trusty (Rusty?) people, we also
have contributions from readers like Maisie Walker (Thank you Maisie)
and an old favourite of ours Carol McGinn.

So with 78 varied and exciting articles to keep you entertained for
hours, thereÂ’s plenty of reason to sit down at the computer, pour
yourself a wee dram (Or a non alcoholic beverage if you prefer) and
immerse yourself into the Cryptmag world.

Steve Evans
http://www.thecryptmag.com
For Computer hints and tips
WinXP/Linux/Amiga/Mac

> File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)
>
Data not found. Brent Spiner has left the building.

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:26:43 -0000, scuzzorg wrote:

> >Am I the only one who sees the irony in using a web forum to
> >communicate with users of an email program? ;-)
>
> You would have to have an awful lot of people
> in your address book :-)

Why? Surely the best way for users of a mail program to communicate is
via a mailing list. Using a web forum doesn't say much about the
capabilities of the mailer...


--
Neil Bothwick

Can you be a closet claustrophobic?


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Andrew

> Well, when it comes to voting I do agree with you (which is why I
> never vote).

That's a poor reason not to vote. Not voting really should
be a consequence of not agreeing with any of the arguments
put forward. For my part I have long held the view that we
have totally the wrong mechanism for generating politicians
and decision makers. But thats another issue. Whether
to vote or not has equal importance. As long as its
considered and not just being lazy and apathetic.

As Neil says, in not voting you do actually vote. Important
that.

Where was I..... ?

scuzz

Neil

>> We get flurries of activity on various forums, like the YAM
>> forum,

>Am I the only one who sees the irony in using a web forum to communicate
>with users of an email program? ;-)

You would have to have an awful lot of people
in your address book :-)

scuzz

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:36:36 -0000, scuzzorg wrote:

> We get flurries of activity on various forums, like the YAM
> forum,

Am I the only one who sees the irony in using a web forum to communicate
with users of an email program? ;-)


--
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File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)


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On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:27:06 -0000, Andrew D. Burton wrote:

> Well, when it comes to voting I do agree with you (which is why I
> never vote).

You do vote, you're voting for whoever the majority of others who can
be bothered to vote choose. That's how democracy is supposed to work,
where the choice to leave the decision to others is a valid option. Of
course, lots of people do vote, and every one of those is one person.


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Paul

>Aha! Here-in lies the difference between us, because I've
>always been of the belief that the opposite is true. That's
>not to say I want an argument or anything like that, I just
>happen to be one of those who believes his vote amidst
>millions of others is insignificant.

We have it in us all to make a difference. And together we
can achieve far more. One of the great qualities of the
Amiga community was/is the feeling that you truly were/are
contributing to the greater benefit of all. The best example
of this being PD and say Aminet. I do not believe that
in the vast abyss that is current computing the user does
feel he/she can make a difference. And yet the Amiga
still throws up opportunities ... like with the MiniMig.
We may be struggling against impossible odds but in a
way that makes the joy of being involved with the Amiga
even more rewarding. Being a survivor I believe has a
far deeper meaning than you perceive from Eric Schwartz'
war cry.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

--- In afb@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Cundle" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> > Paul, it is possible for one person to make a difference.
>
> Aha! Here-in lies the difference between us, because I've
> always been of the belief that the opposite is true. That's
> not to say I want an argument or anything like that, I just
> happen to be one of those who believes his vote amidst
> millions of others is insignificant.
>

Well, when it comes to voting I do agree with you (which is why I
never vote). But when it comes to rero computers and software one
person can make a difference. Wandering a touch OT, 3 guys have
created some cool modern tech for the C64:

1) SX64 - various kit allowing modern joypads (SNES,NES,PS2 etc.) to
connect safely to a C64

2) Shredz64 - a Guitar Hero clone for the C64, with a special device
to let you plug in the Guitar Hero guitar (I think - certainly a games
guitar) to play it

3) Cameron Caisers HyperLink software - a web browser for the C64. He
also runs a Gopher server, and wrote a Gopher plug-in (called
Overbite) for FireFox 2 & 3.



> > I suppose you haven't seen Eric Schwartz' recent (out
> > earlier this year) Amiga tribute video:
>
> >
http://uk.youtube.com/my_playlists?pi=1&ps=20&sf=&sa=0&sq=&dm=0&p=FECD1CB6802641\
D8#
>
> Your link is a bit suspect (i.e. appears to rely on users
> being logged in as yourself) but assuming this is what you
> meant http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9mg6wrYCT9Q then thanks!
> I always admired that boy's talent and to see a video of his
> using the music of Jonathan Coulton has made my day :-)
>

Oops, yeah my bad.


> Paul C, referring to the day of Saturday 29/11 rather than
> literally today which is only 14 minutes old
> --
>

Hehe, doesn't time fly when you are having fun? :)


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...

> Paul, it is possible for one person to make a difference.

Aha! Here-in lies the difference between us, because I've
always been of the belief that the opposite is true. That's
not to say I want an argument or anything like that, I just
happen to be one of those who believes his vote amidst
millions of others is insignificant.

> I suppose you haven't seen Eric Schwartz' recent (out
> earlier this year) Amiga tribute video:

>
http://uk.youtube.com/my_playlists?pi=1&ps=20&sf=&sa=0&sq=&dm=0&p=FECD1CB6802641\
D8#

Your link is a bit suspect (i.e. appears to rely on users
being logged in as yourself) but assuming this is what you
meant http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9mg6wrYCT9Q then thanks!
I always admired that boy's talent and to see a video of his
using the music of Jonathan Coulton has made my day :-)

Paul C, referring to the day of Saturday 29/11 rather than
literally today which is only 14 minutes old
--

--- In afb@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Cundle" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> ----- Me A While Back -----
>
> >> Nice. I stuck with the Amiga until its last remaining
> >> magazine died as a staple-bound pamphlet
>
>
> ----- Andrew Burton A Bit Afterwards -----
>
> > err... Amiga magazines dead?
>
> Yep.
>
> > Have you not heard of Total Amiga
>
> Nope.
>
> > (last issue out early last year, as the editor wanted to
> > concentrate on other things)
>
> So not in publication for nearly two years then...

Yes, but the editor (Robert Williams) had been publishing the magazine
for 7 years before deciding he wanted to work on other things. He
didn't write the magazine on his own, but he couldn't find anyone
willing to take over the job :(


>
> > or Amiga Future
>
> Nope.
>
> > (originally a German magazine, it now is translated into
> > English *and* you can get it with a CD packed full of
> > demo's, games and other stuff, both old and new).
>
> Far be it from me to denigrate these publications, but can
> either of them be purchased on a monthly basis from
> WHSmith?*  If not, then I have to say it's not exactly the
> best sign of life.
>

No, but the Amiga isn't mainstream anymore. The fact that the
magazines exist shows how much interest in the Amiga still exists.
Total Amiga used to be printed in both the UK *and* the US.


> Paul C, *other purveyors of paper-based publications are
> available. Though in the case of Woolies, not for much
> longer.
> --
>

Hehe, I hope Woolies survives, or atleast gets bought out. I own
shares in them ;) MFI might also go, but then so can any company big
or small in the current economic situation.


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...

--- In afb@yahoogroups.com, "scuzzorg" <scuzz@...> wrote:
>
> Paul
>
> >Far be it from me to denigrate these publications, but can
> >either of them be purchased on a monthly basis from
> >WHSmith?*  If not, then I have to say it's not exactly the
> >best sign of life.
>

*>> snip <<*

> We get flurries of activity on various forums, like the YAM
> forum, and that generally keeps people happy. As you
> found out, if you prod hard enough you will get a response.
> Amiga folk are still interested in the platform. So maybe a
> bit more of an upbeat response to folk like Andrew Burton
> who single handedly has been updating the AMOS data
> base at great cost to himself these last few years, might
> be a better way to go.
>


Thanks for the praise, Scuzz :)

Paul, it is possible for one person to make a difference. If someone
see's that I'm still interested in AMOS on the Amiga they will chip in
and discussions get started. Much the same has happened on this list,
if someone sparks a responce, the group will come back to life.
Interest in the Amiga will never die, even if it remains
non-mainstream. I suppose you haven't seen Eric Schwartz' recent (out
earlier this year) Amiga tribute video:

http://uk.youtube.com/my_playlists?pi=1&ps=20&sf=&sa=0&sq=&dm=0&p=FECD1CB6802641\
D8#


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk@...