Calling all UK Amigans - Hardware oppertunities

[meega]

*filing teeth*

:lol:

[Kin-Hell]

It`s a Big file!  :-D

[Gwion]

Can i have access to the recycle bin?

[WotTheFook]

@ Gwion

What user name do you use on Amibay? Have you signed up there yet?

Edit: Found you, access granted.

[Hodgkinson]

Right.

...I've been trying to get a web email address to work on my new webpage. After a lot of waiting and twiddling of thumbs, commodore@booni.info can receive email, but I can't send to my normal AOL account (Errors returned, AOL account fine...) and neither does the autofowarder work. The cpanel itself is also hit and miss. :headwall:
Would it be any detriment if I just used my normal AOL email, rich1richard2304@AOL.com, or would this make people think stuff like "Who are these people?" and "wtf?". At least it seems to be rock solid. Just hope AOL's spam catchers don't chop people out...
:idea: On the other hand, if anyone has a server or similar service capable of having webmail accounts set up, and forward the mail to my normal AOL address, could you help?

...No reply from neongod re the use of his C= backdrop...He last logged in over a month ago. If anyone has a C= that they wouldn't mind letting me use, I'll stick that in for the advert backdrop instead, otherwise im going to have to leave it out.

The advert needs to be submitted some time early next week at the latest.
With a bit of luck, it sounds like we could have an ad in both the spring and summer editions of the newsletter. :crazy:

Regards,
Hodgkinson.    

[meega]

Can you create a "temporary" (disposable) email address with your provider? If you can, it should still enter the mails to your normal account, but through the masking address.

[Hodgkinson]

I'll see if I can have a crack at that...

[Hodgkinson]

OK, I’m probably dragging things out a bit, but most people probably wouldn't realise that quite a lot of PC hardware (Or certain common IC's) can in fact be used in our miggies.
I'm thinking of the less common stuff that will become hard to get hold of soon, or is already hard to acquire, as opposed to stuff like 3.5" IDE drives, even though SATA is coming into play.

(Starts a list, hopes others will add and prioritise...)

-SCSI Hardware ("Devices" implies drives; hardware implies the whole shebang...)
-72 Pin SIMM RAM
-Small IDE 2.5" Drives
-68000 series IC's (Applies to mac owners?)

I intend to add a short footnote (Maybe max 4 items) to the advert.

[Hodgkinson]

Update:
Computerepoch^an_ti*-*sp_am^@AOL.com now set up. Seems to be working OK.

I'll add those extra 4 items to the advert.

Should be posting to Rapid in the next 1/2 hour or so.

Last minute ideas welcome :-D

Hodgkinson.

[Hodgkinson]

Sent.

[Hodgkinson]

Bah. Nothing yet. :-(

Well, in the meantime, have a look at the advert. (540K)
The ad should still be printed for one or two months yet, so there's still a chance.

Hodgkinson.

[Gavilan]

@Hodgkingson: simply BRILLIANT
Bravo!!
I admire your effort!
Im about to to the same, just had the same idea couple of days ago in my country (Argentina), which means 100% LESS chances of getting that stuff due to obvious (and not so obvious) reasons

Meanwhile, im trying to get all spanish Amiga/Commodore & other 8/16 bit machines users/ex users, together in a very nice forum which a couple of friends created almost 2 years ago and in which im a proud member.
We have users from my country, but also from Chile, Uruguay, Spain, one user living in UK (argentinian), and even a user from Costa Rica!!

So, your iniciattive is excellent, i really hope you get good feedback!

wish me same luck to me and please allow me to use/translate your text into our own ad becasue i think is a brilliant piece of ad

Thanks in advance

Sebastian
PD: if some spanish language users are reading this and are interested in joining the forum, just PM and i will happily give you directions!!!

[SamOS39]

all you need to know is to the left
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Ive always though of putting something in the freeads but im scared that ill end up with a whole heep of A500s ..  :roll:

[Hodgkinson]

Gavilan: You have pmail ;-)

SamOS39: Ah, I bet there's some amigans not so far away that would gladly make use of them :-)

[wurzel]

Hi Hodgkinson,

Like you, I tried an advert in our local paper, but unfortunately, I didn't get 1 call

Mind you, living in an Island of 80,000 people, I guess that there wasn't much chance  :crazy:

I wish you better luck than me!

[Hodgkinson]

Cheers :cheers: