Cool on the Atari STe due to the sound. Otherwise just ok..

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WELCOME TO PERSISTENCE OF VISION DISC 129. RELEASE DATE: 8TH FEB 1993. MSD HERE AGAIN WITH A NEW TRACKER MENU, ART AND MOD STOLEN FROM THE AMIGA. ONCE AGAIN IF YOU HAVE AN STE THEN THE MOD WILL SOUND EXCELLENT BUT IF YOU ONLY HAVE AN STFM IT WILL SOUND CRAP, IF YOU HAVE A FALCON THEN IT'LL SOUND REALLY BAD! (IF SOMEONE WILL TELL ME HOW TO DETECT THE FALCON I'LL INCLUDE THE NEW MOD REPLAY). THIS DISC CONTAINS SOME OLD STUFF, THE REPLAY 4 DEMO HAS BEEN LYING AROUND FOR AGES BUT IT FITTED WELL ON THE DISC SO I RELEASED IT. I STILL HAVE LOADS OF SAMPLE SOUND DEMOS ALL PACKED AND WAITING BUT THEY ARE CRAP SO I AM PURPOSELY HOLDNG ONTO THEM. I'LL TRY TO GET RID OF THE DEMOS ONE AT A TIME BUT OUR DISC CONTENTS WILL GO DOWN IN QUALITY WHICH WE DON'T WANT (BUT WE WILL SAVE YOU DISC SPACE BY RELEASING THEM). ON THE CARDS IS A RUBBISH DISNEY PICTURE SHOW THAT IS PRESENTLY LEANING AGAINST MY DISC DRIVE, I MAY MAKE IT INTO A TRACKER SLIDESHOW LIKE THE VAXEL ONE I WROTE ABOUT A YEAR AGO (OR I COULD JUST PACK IT AS IT IS!). THIS MENU WAS ORIGINALLY GOING ON OUR OFFICIAL SOURCE CODE DISC BUT IT LOOKED TOO GOOD SO I MADE IT INTO A MENU, I'LL RELEASE THE SOURCE CODE DISC NEXT AS SOON AS I'VE FINISHED WORK ON THE LINK FILER (NOW 100 PERCENT BUG FREE AND FULL OF FEATURES). MY AMIGA A500 IS NOW WORKING! THE ORIGINAL SHOP I WENT TO HAD THE WRONG CIA CHIPS AND THE ONLY WAY I COULD PROVE IT WAS TO TAKE MY A500 TO THE SHOP IN PIECES AND SHOW THEM THE CHIP WAS A 8520A. I PHONED THE SHOP NEXT DAY AND THEY ADMITTED THEY TRIED TO SELL ME THE WRONG ONE BUT BLAMED THEIR SUPPLIER FOR SENDING THE WRONG ONES! IN THE AMIGA THERE ARE 2 CIA CHIPS FOR CONTROLLING THE SERIAL/KEYBOARD AND PARALLEL/DISC DRIVE. IN MY AMIGA THEY ARE BOTH 8520A CHIPS AND ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. ONE BLOKE AT ELM COMPUTING IN CLEVELEYS (ENGLAND) ARGUED THEY WERE DEFINITELY DIFFERENT AND VIRTUALLY CALLED ME A LIAR WHEN I SAID THEY WERE NOT IN MY A500. I WENT TO THE OTHER BRANCH (ELM COMPUTING IN BLACKPOOL) AND THE ASSISTANT SAID 'OH THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME' WHICH I PROVED WHEN I SHOWED HIM MY A500. SO ELM, GO SACK THE DICK HEAD AT CLEVELEYS, HE SAID HE WAS A REPAIR ENGINEER BUT SEEMS TO KNOW LESS THAN MY 12 YEAR OLD NEPHEW. I DON'T THINK HE REALISED THAT I WAS NOT ONE THE USUAL 'DUMB' CUSTOMERS WHO HE COULD BAFFLE WITH BULLSHIT AS I AM EDUCATED TO LEVEL 5 ELECTRONICS AT HNC LEVEL PLUS I AM A CRAFTSMAN IN INSTRUMENTATION (4 YEARS APPRENTICESHIP) AND CAN FAULT FIND ON PCB'S AT COMPONENT LEVEL. ELM AT BLACKPOOL SAID THEY WOULD GET THE NEW SUPPLY OF 8520A CHIPS IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK BUT I WAS FED UP OF THE SHOP AND BOUGHT AN AMIGA MAG FOR THE ADVERTISEMENTS. I FOUND A SUPPLIER WHO UNDERCUT THE SHOP PRICE BY 4 POUNDS STERLING (10 DM) SO I ORDERED ONE AND IT ARRIVED NEXT DAY (WHICH WAS YESTERDAY) SO I THREW IT IN AND ALL THE PORTS NOW WORK (BUT THE MOUSE STILL LOCKS UP NOW AND AGAIN SO I MAY HAVE TO REPLACE THE OTHER CIA!). WELL ENOUGH OF THIS CRAP TALK, HERE ARE THE GREETINGS....... POV SENDS ITS SMALL GREETINGS TO: ADRENALIN UK, ANIMAL MINE, CYNIX (QUATTRO), DEL, DR SYNE, GEORGE (BART), INSOMNIA (ANGEL GET IN TOUCH AS THE BELGIUM MAIL SERVICE SENT MY LAST PACKAGE BACK SAYING ADDRESS UNKNOWN), KGB (ARE YOU DEAD?), MUG UK, PAL PD, POMPEY PIRATES (RIP OR WOT?), PURE ENERGY, RIPPED OFF, STRANGER AND TNC PD. THE GREETS ARE SHORT AS THERE SEEMS TO BE NOBODY ON THE ST AT THE MOMENT, IF YOU ARE ACTIVE OR ARE IN CONTACT WITH ANY MEMBER OF POV THEN WRITE TO US AT THE USUAL PO BOX. IF YOU ARE NOT IN CONTACT WITH POV BUT WOULD LIKE TO BE YOU SHOULD GO GET A PEN AND PAPER AS ADDRESS WILL BE SCROLLING PAST LATER. WHAT ARE ATARI CORP. UPTO? THEY PROMISE THE EARTH THEN DON'T DELIVER THE GOODS. FALCON? SHIT! IT WAS PROMISED FOR THE UK AGES AGO AND IT'S NOT HERE. AS USUAL ATARI IS FULL OF DREAMS, THEY TELL YOU OF NEW PRODUCTS AND HOW THEY ARE AVAILABLE TOMORROW BUT WHEN TOMORROW COMES THE NEW STUFF DOESN'T APPEAR. IF ATARI DO NOT KEEP THEIR PROMISE OF THE NEW CASED FALCON AND MASS UK AVAILABILITY BY APRIL I AM GONNA SELL MY ST'S AND WORK MORE ON THE AMIGA (THIS IS NO LIE). I'VE ALREADY GOT 2 BUYERS FOR MY 2 DEVELOPMENT STFM'S. I WAS GONNA SELL THEM ANYWAY AND GET A FALCON BUT AT THIS RATE A NEW 1400 AMIGA WILL BE OUT AND THE FALCON WILL LOOK SHIT. I WILL KEEP MY 4 MEG STE FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES (I WRITE ON THE STE AND DOWNLOAD IT TO MY AMIGA LIKE PDS FOR PC'S). I AM EXTREMELY LIKELY TO BUY A SNES AND DISC DRIVE THEN WRITE SOME STUFF ON THAT, I WAS EVEN THINKING OF GETTING ANOTHER MACHINE LIKE A 486 PC. THE COMPUTER MARKET IS TURNING CRAP, NO GOOD HARDWARE AT RESONABLE PRICES AND BUGGER ALL SUPPORT. THE ONLY WAY I'D GET A FALCON NOW IS IF IT CAME OUT IN MARCH AND WAS FULLY SUPPORTED WITH LOTS OF THIRD PARTY GOODIES. WHAT I WANT TO GET IS A 1 MEG VERSION THEN BUY A THIRD MARKET 14 MEG MEMORY BOARD AND HARD DISC CONTROLLER BUT I BET I CAN'T. WHY CAN'T WE BUY THE HD CONTROLLER SEPERATELY AND SPECIFY WHAT SIZE HD WE WANT. WHO CAN WORK WITH ONLY 20 OR 52 MEG HARD DISCS? I PRESENTLY USE A 210 MEG HARD DISCS MADE UP OF 2 MECHANISMS AND IT'S STILL TOO SMALL! I WANT QUALITY SOFTWARE LIKE THE PC HAS, JUST THROW THE DISC IN THE DRIVE AND THE SOFTWARE WILL SELF CONFIGURE ITSELF TO MY SETUP, THE SOFTWARE DOESN'T CRASH AND HAS A GOOD FRONT END. I HOPE WE CAN GET A GOOD 'WINDOWS' LOOKING GUI RATHER THAN THE CRAP LOOKING AND OUT DATED GEM. I AM WORKING ON A BETTER GUI AT THE MOMENT BUT IT'S QUITE HARD TO GET IT TO PERFORM ALL THE GEM CALLS AND IT'S NOW GETTING ON MY TITS. I MAY RE-WRITE IT SO IT IS A GENERAL GUI AND SITS BELOW MY 68000 WITH EXTENDED SYSTEM TRAPS SO I CAN USE IT TO CALL NEW WINDOW ROUTINES AND SUCH LIKE. I PROGRAMMED SOMETHING SIMILAR ON THE ZX SPECTRUM THAT ALLOWED ME TO CALL NEW ROUTS FROM BASIC BUT THEN I BOUGHT MY ST! OKAY ENOUGH OF THIS, I HOPE YOU'VE GOT A PEN AND PAPER...... YOU CAN CONTACT P.O.V. AT MAC SYS DATA, P.O. BOX 40, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, LANCASHIRE, FY5 3PH, ENGLAND. WRAP