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by Samwise
Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:45 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: technical question
Replies: 16
Views: 3630

Re: technical question

Well, this appears to work ...

Sam.
by Samwise
Fri May 06, 2011 5:32 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: CASA link
Replies: 7
Views: 2546

Re: CASA link

In your phpBB's Administration Control Panel ... Styles tab -> Style Components menu -> Templates -> subsilver2 (or other theme, as appropriate) -> Edit -> Template file -> overall_header.html Then use your browser's search function to look for: <div id="logodesc"> Edit the A HREF HTML link surround...
by Samwise
Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:25 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: CASA link
Replies: 7
Views: 2546

Re: CASA link

I can manually change the forum code so that the logo in the upper left corner leads back to the main site. But a) this is overwritten whenever the forum software is updated, so we have to keep changing the link hmm ... you sure that's the case? I think the link would probably be untouched. and b) ...
by Samwise
Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:53 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Trinity - anyone want to join in?
Replies: 12
Views: 5954

Re: Trinity - anyone want to join in?

I think my point was that all but one of the "missing" titles, were included in the second compilation. More info here at Wikipedia. You needed both of the packages to get an almost-complete collection. Although, the floppy version of LToI II was missing three of the games ( Shogun , Arthur , Journe...
by Samwise
Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:34 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Trinity - anyone want to join in?
Replies: 12
Views: 5954

Re:

BYW - some of the games you mentioned are not in the Treasures of Infocom package. Only the "good ones". I had just bought my first computer, and this entire package was on sale. Hmm ... are you sure you weren't just missing the sequel, The Lost Treasures of Infocom II ? The CD version of that pack...
by Samwise
Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:58 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Out of Date Emulator Links
Replies: 27
Views: 10962

Re: Out of Date Emulator Links

I may have invented it in my head as being part of the discussion around the beeb getting started guide. They're certainly mentioned in that guide. No matter. The Electron and Arc recommendations are All New, anyway. :)

Sam.
by Samwise
Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:00 am
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Out of Date Emulator Links
Replies: 27
Views: 10962

Re: Out of Date Emulator Links

I think I've said this before, but I really think the BBC Micro list needs updating. Whilst I'm at it, here's my proposals for the Electron and Archimedes (though it's hard to choose which is "better" between ArcEm and Arculator - that one might need closer inspection). Cheers, Sam. BBC Microcompute...
by Samwise
Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:40 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: BBC Micro - The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings: Game One updates
Replies: 22
Views: 3648

Re: BBC Micro - The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings: Game One upd

It's been a while since I've posted, so I thought I'd just share with you all a subsection of the map I've created for The Hobbit . The complete map and a walkthrough for the BBC Micro version will be submitted to CASA eventually, but here's a little taster. This is a map of the legendary Goblin Tow...
by Samwise
Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:08 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Leadlight - a brand new horror adventure for the Apple II
Replies: 9
Views: 2636

Re: Leadlight - a brand new horror adventure for the Apple I

I wouldn't know where to post this if I were you, either :) Jacob, I guess the confusion lies in the current description of the two main games forums. I think they should probably either be divided into classic and modern IF platforms OR classic and modern IF games - in the latter case, which is ba...
by Samwise
Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:34 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Smartphones
Replies: 3
Views: 5869

Re: Smartphones

Hi, Jacob. Nothing beats reading around yourself, but my personal preference atm is for Android smartphones which can run Twisty, a z-machine interpreter. I'd probably be looking at something from Samsung, if I was on the market atm. The Galaxy S is popular and rumour has it that they're also on the...
by Samwise
Fri Nov 05, 2010 2:23 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Are you kickstarting Andrew Plotkin?
Replies: 12
Views: 21785

Re: Are you kickstarting Andrew Plotkin?

This is an odd one. I don't have a problem with him picking a popular platform that is likely to prove more profitable, given his goal. However, I'm not sure I'm completely comfortable paying out for a closed source binary game, esp. one which won't be made widely available on other platforms. On th...
by Samwise
Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:12 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Out of Date Emulator Links
Replies: 27
Views: 10962

Re: Out of Date Emulator Links

Apple II Oasis - is that this one:

http://apple2.emuunlim.com/
by Samwise
Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:36 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Starting guides for various platforms
Replies: 29
Views: 103104

Re: Starting guides for various platforms

Jacob, Since I wrote that guide, there has been further work on the B-Em emulator which has made some of the information in the guide out of date (B-Em now supports save states and speed modifications). I've modified the first two paragraphs below to bring it up to date. Sam. BBC Micro game emulatio...
by Samwise
Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:32 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Drawing maps
Replies: 31
Views: 108379

Re: Drawing maps

Just a note to say that I've just submitted [#28606] ifmapper-1.0.0 Export PDF option bug fix and page options patch v2 for Gonzalo Garramuno's Ruby tool, Interactive Fiction Mapper which fixes a few bugs with the Export PDF option and adds the option to specify the page size and orientation of the ...
by Samwise
Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:09 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: CASA News RSS feed?
Replies: 12
Views: 3728

Re: CASA News RSS feed?

Jacob,

Further to the conversation we had in PM about RSS feeds a while ago, the latest version of phpBB comes with Atom feeds available as standard. They just need enabling in the ACP under the Feeds menu, if you want to supply a feed for the forums.

HTH,

Sam.