[GEM Development] Wanted: GST Publisher [WAS: (no subject)]

-|- awave veganalex at gmail.com
Sun Jul 9 22:01:08 PDT 2006 

look - bloody hell! i didn't know it was so offensive to be called an
aussie! (tehehe i hope it was a joke!...but then again...im sorry
mate0

yep i know that it takes more than the $ key - wow! i never knew that
you couldn't get a £ sign on EVERY keyboard by using SHIFT+3 - i think
that on some of the dell keyboards at school there is a euro
(erm...dunno how to get it on my keyboard ;) ) symbol instead of the $
one on mine and...almost every other keyboard i've used in my lifetime

wow...i know im young...and probably rather gullable but - i didnt
know there was stuff like this before i was born! - and especially
that the date of gem being opensourced was moved back a while! - im
14! not 6 or 7 tehehe!

ok the reason i've turned this offer down is because i dont have any
space...seriously...my bedroom is full of phones and my computer, a
tele, my bed, and a cupboard...there is NO room for another computer
:~P

-|- awave

On 09/07/06, Peter Green <pspete1 at pnc.com.au> wrote:
>
>  To The GEM Developer Formerly Known as Veganalex,
>
>  Thomas is a nice bloke, who needs all our support, considering he has a
> Tidy Sister; but he is very clearly not Australian.  It's always important
> to make that distinction. It takes more than a $ sign on the keyboard to
> make an Aussie. Incidentally, Thomas, the £ (Pound) sign is obtained by
> typing ALT+0163 using the numeric keypad -- unless you are using a UK
> keyboard. We used to use Australian Pounds until 1966.
>
>  As far as I am aware, the only Australians in this group are Chris Dostal,
> Scott McDonald (my "neighbour" -- Marrickville and Newtown run into each
> about at the Vic on the Park Pub) and myself. Anyone else passing him or
> herself off (where's Freya?) as Australian is a ring-in.
>
>  Paul Cull is nearly Australian, being originally from New Zealand. He says,
> "Gidday", where I say, "G'day".
>
>  There were a few Poms and Scots, but they seem to have moved to the
> Benighted States*, so I don't know who is left. Have they copied the big
> sign from Aukland and put it at Heathrow: "Will the last person to leave
> please ensure that the lights are turned off"?
>
>  There are the Germans, whose names generally give them away, a couple of
> Frenchmen, and the solitary Dutch contributor, Armand Colleye -- but he may
> well have last contributed before you were born.
>
>  Anyone else had better put his hand up and tell us.
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  Peter
>
>
> *I'll consider reverting to the earlier name after the next Presidential
> Elections...
>
>
>  -|- awave wrote:
> To thomas,
>
>  don't bother posting it mate - well...i'm not atall sure about the
>  conversion rates - but i know its above half and below 3/4 so...im not
>  sure - i'll work it out properly sometime.
>
>  right - if i bought one off ebay it would have to be uk based because
>  it wouldnt be worth inporting tbh. ahhh i thought you were from aus
>  dude :~P and also it wouldnt be v.a.t ontop of it because thats only
>  new purchases - it would be the cost of the package to me(which would
>  be nil if you were to send(dont think p&p included)...which your not
>  going to) - so therefore i don't think there would be any tax
>  atall...i hope - there would probably be a 4quid charge by royal mail
>  or something though...but it doesnt really matter because i dont
>  really want it tbh :~P - im not that into this whole thing! lol
>
>  right im off to bed now...its late so night everyone!
>
>  -|- awave
>
>  On 08/07/06, Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Dear a-|-wave:
>
>  It's 100 US$ - PURE guess! I find it noteworthy that you equate
>  that to 60 Great Britain Pounds (GPB) whcih is what I thought the
>  pseudo-L meant. [Where does he find that on a keyboard??? ;-(  ]
>  Are you sure of the conversion rate? (ballpark / football pitch is
>  close enough!)
>
>  Anyway, I'll actually get a TRUE (US Postal) shipping cost if you
>  give me A REAL (if only an approximate - like Westminster
>  Cathedral) UK address for the postal service to 'punch in' to their
>  terminal.
>  BTW, N.W. suburb of Chicago, IL, USA for me. Find Chicago. Find
>  O'hare Airport NW of center of city. I'm in far NW corner of Des
>  Plaines just North of O'hare.
>
>  Why would an e-bay item (US-based) be cheaper? - or would it be a
>  UK-based one you're talking about?
>
>  Lastly, IF .. I DO something crazy .. and post it to you;
>   THEN you'll pay ANY V.A.Tax - since I haven't the FOGGIEST of
>  ideas of what that would be.
>
>  Sincerely,
>
>  Thomas F. Clayton
>
>
>  --- -|- awave <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  > To Thomas,
>  >
>  > yeh i'm in england - the money discussion was meaning that if it
>  > cost
>  > about AU$100 to ship it to me, and that was about £60GBP - then
>  > it
>  > would be hardly worth it really....you can get a p1 for that
>  > much-ish
>  > on ebay so...but the 286 cpu would be better than the 8086 so its
>  > tempting but i have no way to pay and its rather un-economical
>  > aswell.
>  >
>  > ok right - veganalex is what i used to call meself - my name is
>  > alex
>  > and i am vegan...so it went nicely till some other vegan's called
>  > alex
>  > decided to come and use the same username is some places - and
>  > then
>  > awave stands for first letters in first name (a)lex - and then
>  > the
>  > surname (asterisked out ;) ) - (wa)******* (ve)*********** (not
>  > right
>  > letters...so no guessing =D lol - and the -|- is decoration so..
>  >
>  > -|- awave
>  >
>  > On 06/07/06, Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  > > Dear veganalex:
>  > >
>  > > Are you in England (as I thought) OR in Australia - or
>  > elsewhere???
>  > >
>  > > (Your money discussion leads me to wonder ..  .)
>  > >
>  > > What's "veganalex" that you chose it as a 'screen name'?
>  > >
>  > > My thought about the PS/2 25-'286 was to find it a 'good' home
>  > - as
>  > > one says about orphans. Anyway, for GEM 'work', it'd be
>  > > appropriate.  multi-ple 30MB HDDs used one at a time
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Friends of mine got a second one at the same time as I did. I
>  > > wonder what they did with theirs?
>  > >
>  > > Sincerely,
>  > >
>  > > Thomas Clayton
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > --- veganalex <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > > hmm....yeh i'd love that....dunno what its like but yeh i'd
>  > love
>  > > > it...i could no-way afford to pay over $100 (US/AUS?) - so
>  > thats
>  > > > about
>  > > > £60 (GBP)...hmmm....i could actually get one off ebay for
>  > less
>  > > > than
>  > > > that i thinks...so nope sorry dude!
>  > > >
>  > > > hope you find someone that does want the computers ;)
>  > > >
>  > > > veganalex
>  > > >
>  > > > PS. - is there a java dos environment for mobile phones
>  > > > (preferably
>  > > > sony ericsson), i would love to work on something like this
>  > to
>  > > > have
>  > > > gem running on a phone (weird it may be...but probably rather
>  > > > useful
>  > > > ;) )
>  > > >
>  > > >
>  > > > On 21/06/06, Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  > > > > Dear Veg:
>  > > > >
>  > > > > In my case, an IBM PS/2 Mdl 25-286 was the first
>  > PC-compatable
>  > > > > BOUGHT(!). (I'd had PC-PCs and PC-XTs in the house earlier.
>  > > > They
>  > > > > were scavenged from dump-bins - the 30ft x 12ft x 8ft tall
>  > > > 'trays'
>  > > > > that fit onto truck trailers - from firms moving out of the
>  > > > office
>  > > > > park.) Still have it but not for much longer! What would it
>  > > > cost to
>  > > > > get it to you, I wonder? ~40lbs to England. Over 100$, I'd
>  > > > guess.
>  > > > > Oh well. Loved to have found a GOOD home for it.
>  > > > >
>  > > > > Got a PS/2 55sx upgraded to an 80488x2 MCA system as well.
>  > Its
>  > > > > going, too, fairly soon.
>  > > > >
>  > > > >
>  > > > > TomC
>  > > > >
>  > > > > --- veganalex <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > > > >
>  > > > > > hmmm...i know that it would have cost a hell of
>  > alot...but
>  > > > that
>  > > > > > does
>  > > > > > secure it that it was the total wrong computer at the
>  > time to
>  > > > > > buy...but its happened...and it can't be changed
>  > > > now...so....i'll
>  > > > > > have
>  > > > > > a good look on it when i get it out in the autumn (far
>  > too
>  > > > hot to
>  > > > > > be
>  > > > > > playing with old eletricals that could end up going up in
>  > a
>  > > > pile
>  > > > > > of
>  > > > > > smoke because of the heat!), to find a date of
>  > purchase/date
>  > > > when
>  > > > > > made.
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > > hehe that's a difference of...47years! - thats a big age
>  > gap
>  > > > > > anyway
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > > veganalex
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > > On 21/06/06, Peter Green <pspete1 at pnc.com.au> wrote:
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > >  G'day!
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > >  I had an Amstrad briefly, but can't remember if it was
>  > a
>  > > > 1512
>  > > > > > or a 5086.
>  > > > > > > Both were sold in Australia. Someone rescued it from a
>  > skip
>  > > > and
>  > > > > > passed it on
>  > > > > > > to me, but I sent it off soon afterwards to some
>  > recycling
>  > > > or
>  > > > > > charity
>  > > > > > > organisation because I had no use for it. It worked,
>  > but
>  > > > wasn't
>  > > > > > a patch on
>  > > > > > > my 286 with an SVGA monitor and a 40MB HDD. I also have
>  > > > 5-1/4"
>  > > > > > floppies
>  > > > > > > containing Amstrad's GEM (v1.2?), but got those
>  > separately.
>  > > > I
>  > > > > > sent the
>  > > > > > > content of these disks to Robert Avis (anyone know what
>  > > > became
>  > > > > > of him?) who
>  > > > > > > posted them to his site.
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > >  I was interested to hear that Amstrads were sold in
>  > the US
>  > > > > > under the
>  > > > > > > Sinclair brand. My first contact with Sinclair was
>  > through
>  > > > a
>  > > > > > semi-kitform
>  > > > > > > stereo amplifier, which used an unconventional audio
>  > output
>  > > > > > system.
>  > > > > > > Unfortunately, it was not protected against high
>  > current
>  > > > draw
>  > > > > > under no load
>  > > > > > > conditions, and one channel spectacularly died when a
>  > > > speaker
>  > > > > > lead was
>  > > > > > > accidentally dislodged.
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > >  386 computers were certainly becoming available here
>  > by
>  > > > around
>  > > > > > 1987, as I
>  > > > > > > remember an exhibition in that year of computers and
>  > the
>  > > > use of
>  > > > > > computers at
>  > > > > > > the Theological College I was attending, and a couple
>  > of
>  > > > > > students were
>  > > > > > > already using 386-based machines. Back then, though,
>  > even a
>  > > > 286
>  > > > > > was worth
>  > > > > > > about a fortnight's salary for an average professional
>  > > > > > (engineer, architect
>  > > > > > > etc) which hindered the uptake of the 386.
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > >  When the 386sx came out, which was able to use a
>  > variant
>  > > > of
>  > > > > > the less
>  > > > > > > complex architecture of the 286-style motherboard, it
>  > > > became a
>  > > > > > quite viable
>  > > > > > > purchase.
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > >  I'm one of the older contributors, I think... 60 this
>  > > > year.
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > >  Peter
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > >  Thomas Clayton wrote:
>  > > > > > >  Dear Veganlex:
>  > > > > ...<cut out>...
>  > > > >
>  > > > > Sincerely,
>  > > > >
>  > > > > Thomas Clayton
>  > > > >
>  > > > >
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