HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: dconnors@gucis.cit.gu.edu.au (David Connors)
Subject: Re: culture (was: How many US navy men ... etc)
Organization: Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 06:01:35 GMT

miphilli@gucis.cit.gu.edu.au (Michael Phillips) writes:

>btw i am descended from the one of the guys from the first lot of prison
>ships. i am not really into the genealogy. anyway ....

Not trying to debase your argument or anything, Fig, but I'm sure no one
here at Griffith had ANY idea that you were decended from a criminal. ;-)

>and they (the gov) should. if i want land i must work for it.
>simple as that. the aborigines are simply looking for a free ride.
>i think that the best way to illustrate the point is with a scene 
>from crocodile dundee when mick is talking to sue in the outback.

>mick:"see that rock. it's been there for the last 40 million years.
>      it will still be there long after you and i are gone. so arguing
>      over who owns it. it's like two fleas arguing over who owns the
>      the dog they live on."

>not verbatim but you get the picture hopefully.
>aboriginal culture has stagnated. it needed new life to get it give it 
>the opportunity to grow again. unfortunately, maybe the culture has been
>choked by the larger (not necessarily better) culture and that is
>unfortunate but ...

I don't think you'll find much argument from anyone here about that point.
Tim and I have already thrashed this one out. The Aboriginals have their
fair share of closet ridden skeletons, including savoury activities along
the lines of canibalism. Also, check out the sums you are eligible for 
(social security wise) if you're an Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander.

Abstudy pays a lot more than Austudy - and it's far easier to qualify for.

>change can be good and it can (definitely) be bad but i think that it
>undeniably necessary. one day my culture will change (assuming that
>a: my culture can be defined adequately (mr connors?) and b: the new one
>as well) and maybe my decendants will spew blood but that's the way it goes
>that's the name of the game. 

Mr Connors now is it? I'll have to start refering to you as Sir Fig. The whole
point I've been trying to ram down peoples eye sockets (and I think Tim has
been trying to communicate) is that the Australian "culture" (note the use
of quotes) is in a constant state of flux. You'll never be able to pin it
down to a single nationality as Australia is a multi-cultural society, which
by nature, has a composite culture.

>well i will now go and listen to some N.W.A so have a nice day.

And I think I'll adjourn to the club now for a few beers - it's somebody's
63rd birthday today! ;-)



   Dave Connors - D.Connors@sct.gu.edu.au     Griffith University, Australia
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From: clement@arp.anu.edu.au (CJ Canon)
Subject: Re: Amusing system errors
Organization: Centre for Information Science Research ANU
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 16:07:31 GMT


The last post under this thread that I saw mentioned that IBM PCs have
a startup message similar to "Keyboard not connected; Press F1 to
continue". Well, @ GraceBros in Tuggeranong today, I saw a PS/1 2/80,
trying to boot, but the keyboard wasn't there. On the bottom of the
screen was a row of 12 squares, with the left-most denoted "F1", and
depressed. 

I really thought that IBM might have actually read thru their BIOS by
now, 11 years after introducing the PC. 

;)

CJ


Newsgroups: aus.jokes
From: 11437294@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (NATHAN WHEAT)
Subject: Re: Jennifer Kyte Poster
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University 
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 01:32:50 GMT

In article <Bw5K5o.EFF@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU> stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews) writes:
>From: stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews)
>Subject: Re: Jennifer Kyte Poster
>Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 07:44:11 GMT
>> huge poster.... Jennifer Kyte...
>
>I dunno if anyone can lay their hands on one, but I'd be willing to pay
>$cash$ !!!! (Methinks J.Kyte is pretty hot!)
>

That's one strange boy.

Nathan.
Newsgroups: aus.jokes
From: mattd@cltr.uq.oz.au (Matthew Deshon)
Subject: Re: Lada jokes
Organization: Centre for Language Teaching and Research, Uni of Queensland, AUSTRALIA.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 00:06:55 GMT

Q.  What's the difference between a Lada and a golf ball?

A.  At least you can drive a golf ball 200 yards...

matt

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University of Queensland		      Without a noise, without my pride
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From: gnb@duke.bby.com.au (Gregory N. Bond)
Newsgroups: aus.computers
Subject: Re: Timezone files....
Date: 8 Oct 92 02:18:43 GMT
Followup-To: aus.computers
Distribution: aus
Organization: Burdett, Buckeridge & Young, Melbourne, Australia

>> These will produce correct results for 1992/3 (as the law stands at the
>> moment), but are not historically complete, and should be fixed if you
>> want correct conversion of timestamps in the affected windows.

Sorry, I should have made it clear that these were extracts; I had the
extra ones mentioned and a whole slew of other historical rules as
well.

--
Gregory Bond <gnb@bby.com.au> Burdett, Buckeridge & Young Ltd, Melbourne 
That's *Mister* Chief Pointyhead to you.
Newsgroups: aus.computers,aus.sun-works
From: gnb@duke.bby.com.au (Gregory N. Bond)
Subject: Timezone files....
Organization: Burdett, Buckeridge & Young, Melbourne, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 03:30:12 GMT

It's that time of year, folks.   

My current timezone file was posted to aus.sun-works in March 91 by
Pauline van Winsen (pauline@aus.sun.com) and has the following rules
for Vic and NSW at the moment (the only ones of interest to me):

[Vic]
Rule    AV      1988    max     -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    1:00    D
Rule    AV      1991    max     -       Mar     Sun>=1  3:00    0       S

[NSW]
Rule     AN     1987    max     -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    1:00    D
Rule     AN     1990    max     -       Mar     Sun>=1  3:00    0       E

Are these still current? 

Greg.

Full speed ahead, and damn the curtains!
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That's *Mister* Chief Pointyhead to you.
From: parson@coulomb.pcc.oz.au (Brenda Parsons - x2403)
Newsgroups: aus.computers
Subject: SPARCbook Tadpoles - Who's got'em?
Date: 8 Oct 92 02:03:54 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Prospect Electricity, Sydney

Anyone know who all the distributers of the Tadpole SPARCbook laptops are
in Australia?

Ie.  I know of one company that sells them, but I'd like to get more
than one quote ... competition etc etc etc.

Thanks

*****************************************************
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* 10 Smith Street, Parramatta 2150, Australia       *
* +61 2 635 0300                                    *
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Newsgroups: aus.computers,aus.sun-works
From: john@physiol.su.OZ.AU (John Mackin)
Subject: Re: Timezone files....
Followup-To: aus.computers
Reply-To: John Mackin <john@civil.su.oz.au>
Organization: Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:53:31 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.033012.7055@bby.com.au>,
	gnb@duke.bby.com.au (Gregory N. Bond) writes:

> It's that time of year, folks.   

Sure is! :)

I don't know anything for certain about the Victorian rules, but they
match the ones in the TZ92 distribution and so I would say they are
probably correct.  As for the NSW rules:

> Rule     AN     1987    max     -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    1:00    D
> Rule     AN     1990    max     -       Mar     Sun>=1  3:00    0       E

These will produce correct results for 1992/3 (as the law stands at the
moment), but are not historically complete, and should be fixed if you
want correct conversion of timestamps in the affected windows.  The
correct rules are:

Rule    NSW     1987    only    -       Mar     15      3:00    0       -
Rule    NSW     1987    max     -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    1:00    -
Rule    NSW     1988    1989    -       Mar     Sun<=21 3:00    0       -
Rule    NSW     1990    max     -       Mar     Sun>=1  3:00    0       -

(Or, for Sun<=21, you could also use Sun>=15 as in TZ92.)

Note that the TZ92 distribution is available for anonymous FTP from
munnari.oz.au, pub/tz92.tar.Z.  Don't forget to use binary mode.

-- 
John Mackin <john@civil.su.oz.au>
`Did you say something about time conversion?'
Newsgroups: dialix.forsale,aus.computers.amiga
From: 8800529@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU ()
Subject: Adram 540 board for sale
Organization: school of Mathematics UNSW
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 02:25:12 GMT

	Wish to sell an Adram card for the A500. Populated to 2.5 megs. 
Expandable to 4 megs. Once placed in A500 you wil have 3 megs (4.5 fully
populated) half or one meg chip suppoted.
	Price $270 
	Mail to 8939527@hydra.maths.unsw.oz.au
	or to 	s8939527@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au


	Thanx
		Andrew

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From: andrew@teslab.lab.oz.au (Andrew Phillips)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Struggling computer science student needs a free A4000.
Date: 7 Oct 92 22:35:31 GMT
Organization: Technology Services, Chief Secretary's Dept, Sydney

marnold@cwis.unomaha.edu (Matthew Eldon Arnold) writes:
: I'm struggling so badly that the bluebook value of the car I drive is less
: than the retail value for an A500.

You're lucky to have a car.  Now when I was a student ...
BTW What's a "bluebook value"?

: And, on top of that, my A500 (which is now one giant hardware hack) is laying
: on the floor in pieces and I'm accessing Internet news using a borrowed
: Apple II!  Now top that!

My A1000 is dead and I'm typing this using a paper terminal and a modem.
-- 
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Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: schuller@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Wayne Schuller)
Subject: Re: Multitasking and games (Was: Re: Struggling student needs ...)
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 04:50:43 GMT

copes@cs.curtin.edu.au (Simon Cope) writes:

>The bottom end AGA machine will run at least 5x faster under the OS than an
>A500 hardcoded.  There's no excuse now slackers....

Yeah but how fast will the AGA machine run hardcoded? Think about it.....


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Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: copes@cs.curtin.edu.au (Simon Cope)
Subject: Re: Multitasking and games (Was: Re: Struggling student needs ...)
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 03:34:18 GMT


>>> multitasking operating system for good games - makes it easier to run
>>> decent enemy routines and all that.

>>No, it doesn't.  If you have access to a timer interrupt, you can chuck the

>Yes it does.  Anyone can throw the OS out.  As the amiga heads post AGA,
>040, 060 etc... those who don't kill the OS are the winners.  Having said
>that I still feel the need to poke my private copper lists, and hit the
>blitter and sprite registers directly...

Its a need that many many people need to ween themselves off, before the HAVE
to go cold turkey....

The bottom end AGA machine will run at least 5x faster under the OS than an
A500 hardcoded.  There's no excuse now slackers....

--
copes@cs.curtin.edu.au

Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: boberg@lysator.liu.se (Stefan Boberg)
Subject: Re: Multitasking and games (Was: Re: Struggling student needs ...)
Organization: Lysator Academic Computer Society, Linkoping University, Sweden
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:13:40 GMT

2575brooksr@vms.csd.mu.edu (Ryan K. Brooks) writes:

>>The bottom end AGA machine will run at least 5x faster under the OS than an
>>A500 hardcoded.  There's no excuse now slackers....

>>copes@cs.curtin.edu.au

>Okay.  Then show me how to do parallax scrolling with graphics.library.

  Simple. I kick up an 8-bitplane dual-playfield screen and scroll away! That
gives me two parallax fields with 16 colors in each. Do that with ECS hardware
banging ...

  If I really want to show off I would probably kick up an 8-bitplane hires
screen and do a four-playfield screen with 32 colors on the main playfield
and three monochrome playfields. Easily done with graphics.library - no HW
banging necessary.

>My point is that you
>can always write a routine for your own specific case that is not
>general purpose and it will therefore be faster.  Double buffering,
>sprite moving, all that.  Hitting the hardware is always faster. But
>3.0 closes the gap signifgantly.  

  I agree with you 100%. I personally am willing to trade some time towards
making the program more widely usable (in the future). The only thing I don't
like about OS3.0 is the inability to change the bitmap pointers halfway down
the screen without any blank scanlines. This would be really nice for vertical
and 8-way scrolling games (it CAN be done differently, but it would take 
twice as long since you have to render everything twice).

>Ryan Brooks
-- 
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From: sbiddle@aviate.welly.gen.nz (Steve Biddle)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Re: Ram Disk Icon
X-Newsreader: Ann 0.9
Date: 6 Oct 92 12:38:53 +1300
Organization: Steves Amiga - Wellington, New Zealand.

In article <717969552.AA00000@csource.oz.au>,
	Eric.Fillisch@f353.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Eric Fillisch) writes:
>GK>	 The easiest way would be to get the WB2 upgrade and make the
>GK> icon you want for the ram: disk the default system icon.
>
>I got my system orignally with WB2.0 and subsequently upgraded to WB2.04 as I
>found that 2.0 has go a few bugs which prevent certain programs from working
>properly.  ie Pagestream 2.1 requesters didn't work.
>
>As I said in my origonal message, the icon only applies to the RAM disk.
>
>
>GK> matter of copying the disk icon that you require to ram: before the
>
>Unfortunately when I tried copying the disk.info file to ram: it did exactly
>theat.  Ie copied the disk.info file to the ram.  Great if you want to see the
>icon after opening the ram disk.
>
>Thanks for your help anyway but I have allready tried them and they don't seem
>to work.

Create the icon you want for your ramdisk in iconedit, and save it as a file,
eg s:ramdisk.info . Now edit your startup-sequence, and before the loadwb,
add a line 'copy s:ramdisk.info ram:disk.info', things should now be OK, I
have been running like this for a long time with no problems..


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From: doiron@starpt.UUCP (Glenn Doiron)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Multitasking and games (Was: Re: Struggling student needs ...)
Date: 9 Oct 92 12:17:35 GMT
Organization: 68K Software Development
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <u894776.718095029@bruny> u894776@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (James McCoull) writes:
> winikoff@muse.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Michael David WINIKOFF) writes:
> 
> >Wayne: The Amiga is *not* a games machine - games machines don't need
> >pre-emptive mutitasking operating systems ...
> 
> 	Werent some of the amigas designers from Williams?  You
> know Defender and all that.  I seem to recall, that the amiga was partially
> designed as a killer games machine.  You sure do need a pre-emptive
> multitasking operating system for good games - makes it easier to run
> decent enemy routines and all that.

No, it doesn't.  If you have access to a timer interrupt, you can chuck the
OS (multitasking or not) and do just as good a game.  The only thing that
changes between a multitasking/non-multitasking machine is your interfacing
code (it gets a lot more complicated on multitasking machines).

Glenn Doiron
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Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
From: ted@cs.uow.edu.au (Edward Simon Dunstone)
Subject: 40 Meg HD for sale
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 07:43:34 GMT

I have a 40 Meg Amiga Hard Drive which I almost never use these days. It comes
with lots of PD software. So if anybody in the Sydney area would like
to make me an offer I'll consider it.

Ted.
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: schuller@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Wayne Schuller)
Subject: Re: Struggling computer science student needs a free A4000.
Keywords: give money now!
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 11:16:04 GMT

8800529@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU () writes:

>In article <9227914.27173@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> schuller@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Wayne Schuller) writes:


>>Oh yeah, as the original struggling student, I still want my A4000 and if you
>>are going to give money to anyone, give it to me!

>	OK I guess it's about time. I will give you guys the money.
>Now who was it that need it the most and why.

ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME...
I thought of the idea so all you other poor users can just get lost...!
I was the student who was poor enough to beg for the A4000 so I should get all
the donations first.
All you other so-called poor A4000 wanting students can just step back and step
in line!.
Yo!

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Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: u907037@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Deidre Rushton)
Subject: upgrading help wanted (more!)
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 03:22:32 GMT

I'm posting this for someone else who doesn't have posting access,
please reply to him not me :)
thanks
D.
------

From yeohps@cs.curtin.edu.au Thu Oct  8 16:56:07 1992
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 13:55:38 +0800
From: Philip Seng Yeoh <yeohps@cs.curtin.edu.au>
To: u907037@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au
Subject: Re: upgrading summary still coming...
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga

I currently have a A500 with 1 external drive, 1 meg ram (1/2 chip, 1/2 fast) and kickstart V1.2. (Very old...)

My question is regarding expanding my Amiga.  I plan to install KS2.0x, 1 meg Agnus and more memory through the trapdoor or possibly getting a HD and expanding memory through the HD (ie. GVP's HD or A590).  If I expand memory through the trapdoor, what is the best module that can give me 1 meg chip and at least 2 meg fast?

I was thinking of the AX-RAM 4.  Anyone heard anything about it?  It is supposedly made in Australia.  Is it reliable?  Is it compatible with the parts mentioned above?  I would also like to install a rom switcher to switch between 1.2 and 2.0x.

Also, can my present Commodore power supply handle the above?

What is the best way to expand and upgrade a A500?

Response will be greatly appreciated.

Bear with me if the article is incomplete as this is the first time I am mailing something into the newsgroups.
 
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Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
From: samlor@csis.dit.csiro.au (Sam Lor)
Subject: 4 SALE
Organization: CSIRO Division of Information Technology
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 13:58:04 GMT

Amiga 500		$350 ono
1081 monitor		$250 ono
External Drive		$100 ono
A590 20Mb HD + 2Mb RAM	$500 ono
2400 baud Modem (NEW)	$200 ono

All are in absolutely perfect condition!
Help me out here I need the cash. Please e-mail enquiries to me at:
sam.lor@csis.dit.csiro.au		(by the way, I live in Canberra)
From: johnv@acix.DIALix.oz.au (John Verhoeven)
Subject: Re: Emplant advertised in ACAR
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Distribution: aus
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:46:50 WST
Organization: ACix - Private UUCP Node, Cloverdale, Western Australia.

JIMMY FANG (10667547@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au) wrote:
> I really hope that this product does came out.  But remember, when it comes 
> to filling out the registration cards for all the Mac software that you buy, 
> write "I'm an Amiga owner and I'm willing to pay for an Amiga version of 
> this software, as shown by my purchase of the Mac version". :-)
> Seriously though, it would be a good idea if we do this.

Why should they?  

They have already got your money for the Mac version.

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Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: u894776@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (James McCoull)
Subject: Re: Multitasking and games (Was: Re: Struggling student needs ...)
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 05:20:51 GMT

doiron@starpt.UUCP (Glenn Doiron) writes:

>> multitasking operating system for good games - makes it easier to run
>> decent enemy routines and all that.

>No, it doesn't.  If you have access to a timer interrupt, you can chuck the

Yes it does.  Anyone can throw the OS out.  As the amiga heads post AGA,
040, 060 etc... those who don't kill the OS are the winners.  Having said
that I still feel the need to poke my private copper lists, and hit the
blitter and sprite registers directly...