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Posted By
bubis
on 2018-05-16
08:00:07
|  Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Oh, you are alive! 
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Posted By
Degauss
on 2018-05-16
05:49:08
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Lovely new issue. Had a very nice read! Good job!
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Posted By
George
on 2018-05-10
08:02:21
 | Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Luca as long as you are happy with it, its totally ok.
I do my "lone" stuff on my blog mostly for myself, because even when i look at them after some years, i still love it. And the love for doing something is the point for me.
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-05-10
06:25:48
 | Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Thank you George! The diskmag has born in 1996, in the time when the scene was practically dying, and that's why I called that way  Have to say, it really did what it was aimed to
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Posted By
George
on 2018-05-09
10:47:32
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Luca Congratulations to your new magazine...I see you put a lot of love and work in it! Keep going!
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-05-09
02:51:14
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Thank you, Lavina and MMS
Yes MMS I know you're a hardware mane  Lone News talks in an outdated mood so here and there it could sound raw and explicit I also asked to myself if I would have switched to a TED tune instead of reusing some SIDsof mine, but believe me: that crap code has been developed in 1996, a time when I didn't either suspect about IRQs, to say one; hence, if I want to use it, the best choice is to retouch it as little as I can Several times I pondered about coding a new one, but you see, the thrust to write a new issue again comes when there's an instant and valid pushing reason (this time, the scanned lady recap), whereas a new code for it should be faced before any needing of write'n'release stuff. Years ago, Csabo also introduced me to RLE coding, looking for a possible new mag's code, and maybe I'll find motivation (or simply time to pleasurly waste) later on
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Posted By
MMS
on 2018-05-08
17:46:06
 | Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
I just read Lone News 21. Congrats, it was a nice read!
It was a chilling feeling to read again a fresh discmag on the Plus/4!
(Club Info is also nice one with long history, unfortunately my German is not so good, so I always start it, and check the content, but usually give up after 10-15 minutes of reading, sorry Erich!).
In this case I could read every single character...
The GFX is really well made and the musics are very well selected. Especially the intro one, very well fits the theme.
Music works well and clean in TED mode too (thanks TLC!), so majority of the reading was done in TED music mode.
I hoped a new TED tune from the Top1 musician, but not all dream can come true
OFF
Somehow I feel addressed by the intro text Because I am a dreamer of special hardwares, unfortunately without the skills of Solder
But still loving the Plussy as it is.
(it is a kind of strange feeling, that in 1994 I could built a z80 based working computer with RAM, basic inputs and all the others (it was the task (homework) to be done in one month in the school) and now I have no clue how I could do that, just remember the draft circuit diagrams I made and rewrote 20 times ).
You know I just received from US my RAMLINK2 for C64: it has 16MB extreme fast (possibly battery backed) SRAM can be used as storage device (with 1541, 1571 or 1581 emulation), clock port, built in JiffyDOS, 1MB memory expansion slot, HDD connector.
So you have almost everything in one device, without opening up your fav Commodore.
I feel sad, that all those nice C64 hardwares (including the Yamaha based Sound Expander, or SuperCPU, or the PageFox DTP cartridge with extra 32KB RAM and 64ROM) were not developped for the 264 series too. When I made a small mag for my schoolmates, or created a small invitation letter, I had to switch on my C64 with GEOS, as I had no proper tools (at that time) to create them on Plus/4, although I wished I could do it.
So the more I think the more I am confident, that those 30 years old frustration make me want to show, that 264 series could done it better :-) .
and you could see with Evo Lution how great this machine could be supported by a well made HW.
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Posted By
Lavina
on 2018-05-08
16:34:11
 | Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
it was a good read, thanks
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-05-08
03:51:26
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Thank you guys, seems that the ancient diskmagazine medium still preserves its full power of recapping
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Posted By
Mad
on 2018-05-08
02:47:07
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Nice read! Didn't know about Solder and the SidCard. And that they had some "scanners" in the 70s is also new to me!
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Posted By
siz
on 2018-05-08
00:55:37
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
> Solder, just before his archive has vanished from the internet
I was not aware that it disappeared. I have a copy (I'm used to mirror sites just for this reason) and I'll make it available on my home page for those who are interested.
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Posted By
Csabo
on 2018-05-07
20:06:23
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Congrats on releasing the new issue! Ten years, oh goodness... Hard to believe.
The scene has two living mags now... Do I hear the new issue of Traffic Jam coming?!
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Posted By
Chronos
on 2018-05-07
18:33:35
 | Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
I've been totally forgot about that votesheet.. 
Filled the most of the space and after saved somewhere and lost it... shame on me..
anyway, nice magazine!
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-05-06
16:19:43
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Owwwwwwoooow! 
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Posted By
Lavina
on 2018-05-06
16:16:58
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Uhm, am I supposed to send this one in now?
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-05-05
11:48:12
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Thank you for your words Lavina, they've been fully appreciated!
Still asking for votesheets, meanwhile I finished the new issue's reduced ($0670) logo.
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Posted By
Lavina
on 2018-04-30
08:44:18
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Hi Luca, a new issue excites me and I am looking forward to reading it certainly very much. The fact that I can not really fill in a votesheet does not prove the opposite! Cheers Mr. Editor!
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-04-30
05:53:38
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Thank you Patrick! Hope to receive even more votesheet in the next days!
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Posted By
Patrick
on 2018-04-29
11:22:42
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
i also send in a vote sheet! lookforward to the new Lone news!!!
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-04-26
15:09:33
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Heh, sometimes happens: just few votesheets have been filled, in part spontaneously and in part under my straight request It is just a game to play, but it shows if there's a minimum of interest or absolutely not, and sometimes one must surrend to reality: more "users" trying to mutate their original Plus/4 into weird Frankensteins, less "sceners" who like demos hacks and mags...
I've thought that a new issue of Lone News would have been well supported by an interesting story like the famous "face of a woman" as a pure excuse, and I was probably mostly wrong
Anyway, this is a *bump* for the request. This is a call for votes: fill a votesheet and send it to me (.doc and email just as above, as you know) just to feel yourself like it was 1990 Let's give it a try again.
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-04-11
15:46:54
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Thank you for your votesheets Mad, MMS, bubis, SVS, Skoro
bubis: with no other clue, I consider the original Spy Vs Spy.
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Posted By
MMS
on 2018-04-10
18:07:22
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
yes, sure, ooooooh, I am really sorry for being so late....
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-04-10
10:05:56
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
The Plus/4 World's uploader is currently out of work, please use the email and the Facebook Messenger if you wanna send a votesheet in.
Mad thank for your votesheet.
Hey you forum crawler, I am now writing the articles, doing my own duty. So, do yours: YOU MUST FILL (even partially if you want to) A VOTESHEET and send it to me, now!
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-04-07
14:56:47
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Oh come on George, cast some preferences You would eventually have some favourites
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Posted By
George
on 2018-04-07
14:14:55
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
sorry, i can't vote, because everybody Herr Special for me. I can't say who or what is the best. Good luck with the Magazine.
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Posted By
MMS
on 2018-04-06
09:54:23
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Sorry i am in a medieval park for two days at a teambuilding session. No PC....will send on the weekend.
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-04-06
07:24:37
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Thank you so much, George and gerliczer. gerliczer, yours is the very first votesheet i got for issue 21! just like it was 1994, votesheets are the real fuel for a diskmag
I picked up this chance to add a votesheets counter in the first post of this thread, which will be also used as a depository for the pictures involved in the relative magazine's article.
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Posted By
George
on 2018-04-06
04:59:25
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Luca, just do it! I am with your idea, Because i love writing and storytelling too. Just do what you love!
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Posted By
gerliczer
on 2018-04-06
03:06:01
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
My votes cast. Come on guys, give Luca something to work with. I'm eagerly waiting to find out what the next issue will write about.
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-04-05
02:06:18
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
Thank you MMS
The release of various diskmagazines continued nowadays although there's no competition with the easiness and speed you can get news from the internet, just because they're used to "put down" arguments in a less volatile environment. Moreover, it's still an oldschool-ish fascinating way to write down certain articles which must be pinned and assessed that way, just like the case of the "face of a woman" history (which basically is an obvious excuse for releasing the issue 21 ).
If the scene would have been larger than this, probably I would get more changes to do that, hence a real working code for the mag would have been a desirable must, but at the current rhythm...well, welcome back irq-lacking spaghetti code from 1996
Just to say one: the interview I'm gonna publish into issue 21 is 11 years old! 11 years! The other I do have stored too is "just" 7 years old :/
Chronos, MMS, the first action you can do to contribute is: voting!
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Posted By
MMS
on 2018-04-04
18:44:50
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
I am interested in a new mag! If I could somehow contribute, let me know, I will do it.
BTW do not mind to rewrite the code.
a) I liked the previous onces what that code too
b) we are all retro fans, so no need to break down those 21 years old walls
maybe we even prefer oldschool stuff...
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Posted By
Chronos
on 2018-04-04
05:31:12
| Re: [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
The same i thinking about for days to start write new articles to a possible "Traffic jam 6" or a new "IMBK news"
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Posted By
Luca
on 2018-04-04
04:55:24
| [Lone News] Issue 21's call for votes
I tried so many times to collect some interesting articles worth to push for a new diskmag issue, but got no luck following several good pathways which lead me to no accomplishment in the end. But now I have a story to write down in a much tangible way than the internet, thanks to Bill Atkinson's answer about his role behind the famous "face of a woman" case.
So, now we have an excuse to vote like it was 1994 And after tested some online resources, I realized that the best way to build up an oldschool chart is...the classic one
Feel the chills of the classic Lone News charts in its 21st issue! Download a votesheet in .doc format, edit it to fully or partially fill it and send it back via email, uploader ("Upload a file to Plus/4 World staff") or Messenger.
Of course, the best choice would have been to code a decent new diskmag, to beat down all the limitations of that 21 years old spaghetti bunch, with proper loading system per article, extensive readability, useful options and more. But I still see no motivation to do that, and this means you'll get the crap stuff as ever
Dunno how much time it will take to write down all that text and create/edit/link/pack the whole stuff, but, as it's been ever and ever, the more sheets I collect the faster the release will be
[REFERENCE PICTURES FOR LONE NEWS 21]: here you can find all the pictures which have been cited in Lone News 21.
- DeskFax;
- scanned lady polaroid;
- scanned lady coarse paint;
- TPUG Issue 19 (1985 Dec) advert;
- De Beers model.
[VOTESHEETS COUNTER]: votesheets collected at now: 8.
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