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Message #89648, posted at 13:11, 20/12/2001, in reply to message #89647 |
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I'm afraid I have to agree with the pessimistic Guest. It's obvious that nothing much is going to come out of a dying market like this. Unfortunately, most people can't seem to see it.
Can this anonymous guest identify himself please, it's only etiquette to do so.
Martyn: CTA have your order. I hope that you did not pay any money up front. Are you likely to get it back when they finally go bust?
Having to wait till February at the earliest seems most unreasonable. You would not be forced into this in the Wintel world. And yes this kind of comparison IS valid.
Oh, and this is comment number 91. Only 9 more to go till 100. Come on people!
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John Hoare |
Message #89649, posted at 13:28, 20/12/2001, in reply to message #89648 |
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Look, the Omega is on final testing. There's no way Microdigital can't release it now - too much money has been poured into it. The only thing that might happen is them going bust - and that is *extremely* unlikely.
Whether the market can survive or not is a different matter, and one I am more pessimistic on (although I haven't given up hope). But the Omega *will* be released. |
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Message #89650, posted at 14:54, 20/12/2001, in reply to message #89649 |
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Mike - I don't think there's a need to be /quite/ so pessimistic - I have my doubts, but I still hope that we'll be seeing at least one new RISC OS machine with the next few months.
Moss - You're just kidding yourself - have the crunchy nightmares begun yet? |
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Message #89651, posted at 15:01, 20/12/2001, in reply to message #89650 |
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PS It /would/ inspire confidence (and indeed simply be polite) if RiscStation would update their website... Hmm. |
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John Hoare |
Message #89652, posted at 16:38, 20/12/2001, in reply to message #89651 |
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If the Riscstation Portable isn't out by the end of February, I'll eat someone else's A4.
(And I think I'm safe on that one. No-one's going to give up their A4 if the portable doesn't appear.) |
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Message #89653, posted at 17:26, 20/12/2001, in reply to message #89652 |
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John: You are NOT safe on that one. When the Riscstation Portable does not appear, you can eat my A4!
This is comment 96. 100 here we come...
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Mr Jake Monkeyson |
Message #89654, posted at 19:43, 20/12/2001, in reply to message #89653 |
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When ANY new RISC OS hardware appears, I'll eat John Hoare...
Nearly there lads. |
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John Duffell |
Message #89655, posted at 19:47, 20/12/2001, in reply to message #89654 |
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Well Acorn poured loads into phoebe, which didn't appear right at the end, and they didn't go bust. Be prepared for anything, as it can happen. |
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Message #89656, posted at 21:05, 20/12/2001, in reply to message #89655 |
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Acorn have always been the
best in everything, easy to use
operating system, quick
machines for such little MHz,
machines that never crash, BUT
marketing is terrible!!
SORT IT OUT!!!!!!!! |
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Message #89657, posted at 21:18, 20/12/2001, in reply to message #89656 |
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How annoying would it be if the 100th comment was a completely pointless one, written by a Guest user?
I like powers of 10, so the next target is 1000. |
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Message #89658, posted at 21:46, 20/12/2001, in reply to message #89657 |
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Platform dying? I doubt it. There are still many people
in it for love rather than money. Contact Watchdog, Tomorrow's
World, Royal Photographic Society, British Journal of Photography,
Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Local MP, anybody else you can
think of, and ask why they are not using Low energy, etc, etc,
RISC OS computers, which are still being actively developed.
Beware the 'soft white elephant
ITs Bill will grow XPonentially!
RISC IT
Its Cool!
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Message #89659, posted at 22:09, 20/12/2001, in reply to message #89658 |
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Well done everyone. We've hit 100! Thanks for your pointless 100th comment Guest User. You could call it the climax of all these pointless postings.
This is pointless comment 102 by the way.
Mike (who does identify himself) |
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[mentat] |
Message #89660, posted at 09:23, 21/12/2001, in reply to message #89659 |
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FANTASTIC. I'm almost as happy and excited at beating the 100 comment barrier as I would be at seeing a working prototype RiscStation notebook (or Omega even). </good natured sarcasm> |
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John Hoare |
Message #89661, posted at 12:48, 21/12/2001, in reply to message #89660 |
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Don't be silly. The Omega will be with us in a week, the portable will be released in a surprise move in early January, and on Christmas Day a 32-bit OS will be announced. There's nothing to worry about everyone! :-) |
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Message #89662, posted at 17:05, 21/12/2001, in reply to message #89661 |
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You gonna finally eat my A4 then John? They are supposed to be good this time of year. I can provide any garnish you like and I have recharged the batteries, just for you.
Mentat: I see we understand each other :) Why the [brackets] by the way?
Mike |
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Message #89663, posted at 17:21, 22/12/2001, in reply to message #89662 |
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Cos on my profile my username is mentat and my 'name' is [mentat]. I dunno, just for fun! :P
I'm also looking forward to Moss's hardware eating show (don't forget John, we need photographic evidence!). Have you decided exactly which computer you'll be gorging yourself on?
Mike - why don't you log in? |
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Message #89664, posted at 21:56, 22/12/2001, in reply to message #89663 |
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I assume that simply typing 'Mike' at the end of a posting is easier than having to faff about with cookies. I'd much prefer the persistant style of things, even more so if you put the relevent information in the URL - that way it makes it easier if multiple people use the same machine, which can be tricky if you use persistant cookies. |
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Message #89665, posted at 13:19, 26/12/2001, in reply to message #89664 |
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Can anyone explain exactly what a high capacity 40W battery is? :) Haven't these people hears of Ampere Hours?
g0. |
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Message #89666, posted at 20:36, 27/12/2001, in reply to message #89665 |
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As I predicted the RS website has *not* been updated...rather a shame as the web is a very good and inexpensive marketing tool.
No news group announcement either! |
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Message #89667, posted at 08:25, 28/12/2001, in reply to message #89666 |
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the website has now been updated., at least the inside page the one with all the details has been updated.
I have just looked at the size it's realy quite small.
Sorry about not logging in but I have forgoten my username.
Peter. |
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Message #89668, posted at 21:10, 28/12/2001, in reply to message #89667 |
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Will this be a good tool for a digital photographer?
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Simon A, Young |
Message #89669, posted at 16:48, 31/12/2001, in reply to message #89668 |
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Some positive comments, some negative. Well I've laid down my £100.00 deposit and am pleased to be able to support a machine I desperately need. Sorry to be an optomist but I think this is great news for the RISCOS community ... the portable device CPU of choice finally running the right OS. |
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Message #89670, posted at 21:45, 1/1/2002, in reply to message #89669 |
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Tony again:
Yep, mine's ordered too. Happy New Year to RISCStation - now get on with it will you :-) |
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Message #89671, posted at 11:45, 9/1/2002, in reply to message #89670 |
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With people posting things like...
> Acorn have always been the
> best in everything, easy to use
> operating system, quick
> machines for such little MHz,
> machines that never crash, BUT
> marketing is terrible!!
> SORT IT OUT!!!!!!!!
...a reality check is surely in order.
Acorn did have a chance in the late 80s - their microcomputers were pretty much the fastest available while IBM PC compatibles were slower, more limited and more expensive. At that time, 8 MHz (a low figure compared to today, indeed) combined with the RISC principles of the ARM did produce decent performance for the day. And RISC OS was relatively easy to use, in comparison to Windows 3.x.
The rest of the quoted rant is fantasy. Acorn kit does crash and perform in bizarre ways; the operating system architecture is disappointing and ultimately constrains the user experience; and when there isn't enough software to interest a market wider than education, marketing is the least of anyone's worries.
You are now synchronised with reality. Message ends. |
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Message #89672, posted at 17:31, 9/1/2002, in reply to message #89671 |
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Well put, Guest. It's pathetic how people stick their heads in the sand.
Mike |
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John Hoare |
Message #89673, posted at 21:49, 9/1/2002, in reply to message #89672 |
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Rants that 'Acorn RULEZ' etc are not particuarly useful, but neither are anonymous postings... |
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Message #89674, posted at 13:15, 10/1/2002, in reply to message #89673 |
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In an attempt to bring this discussion back to the portable, I note that there's a report on it in this month's Computer Shopper (Jim Nagel's doing, presumably).
It doesn't contain much that isn't in the flyer, except that it says that the name might be the 'Liberte' (acute accent over the second 'e' but I can't remember how to do that on the PC I'm using here at work!).
I suppose it might be very slightly better than 'Phoebe', but not much!
A belated happy new year to all.
Martyn Fox |
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Message #89675, posted at 20:06, 18/1/2002, in reply to message #89674 |
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My, it's gone quite here!
We seem to hear even less about the docking station than about the portable itself. It makes me wonder if the docking station will initially be supplied with the portable, even for people like myself who've ordered both.
With the floppy and CD drives on the docking station, together with the serial port, how do you get any software into the portable on its own. Unless you can do it via the USB port, the only way in seems to be via the network.
I've just bought a network card from CJE Micros to be ready. I just hope the portable has the necessary software on board!
Martyn Fox |
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John Hoare |
Message #89676, posted at 13:58, 25/1/2002, in reply to message #89675 |
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Hello Martyn..........................BOO! |
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The latest specs for the RiscStation Portable Computer System have been released, along with some rather snazzy pictures.