ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) (11/14/87)
[ I like Amiga, okay? ] After asking how I should post "Marketroid" to the Net, I received a number of replies, all very coherent and helpful, but differing in opinion. I have elected to not clutter the Net, and rely on Rokicki and Fish for distribution of the goodie. If you can't wait, I can mail you a uuencoded ARC file directly. Other stuff: I also received a number of favorable replies on writing a hack that allows the display of an IFF image in your workbench backdrop window. Since then, I have learned that Eric Lavitsky of ASDG has already created such a beast. Maybe if we all say please real nice, we can get him to post it with source. Please? _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape ihnp4!ptsfa -\ \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: dual ---> !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor
sdean1@uvicctr.UUCP (Steven A. Dean) (11/18/87)
In article <4444@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: >[ I like Amiga, okay? ] Me TOO!!! > Other stuff: I also received a number of favorable replies on >writing a hack that allows the display of an IFF image in your workbench >backdrop window. Since then, I have learned that Eric Lavitsky of ASDG has >already created such a beast. Maybe if we all say please real nice, we can >get him to post it with source. > Please? Please!!! >_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ >Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape ihnp4!ptsfa -\ > \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: dual ---> !{well,unicom}!ewhac >O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") >"Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor Steven A. Dean University of Victoria, B.C. GWN. --> All opinions are mine, not theirs. ...uw-beaver!uvicctr!sdean1 ...ubc-vision!uvicctr!sdean1 sdean1@uvunix.BITNET
eric@hector.UUCP (Eric Lavitsky) (11/19/87)
Well Leo, I'll tell you - I am about to release DropCloth V2 in the following fashion: The full binaries and documentation will be posted to comp.binaries.amiga either next week or just after the holiday (depends if I have time to finish the docs) Sources will be given to all those who make a shareware contribution for DropCloth - oh around $15 I guess. So, don't go bitching and whining to me about how I won't give out source, or how I'm so greedy. I'm no corporate monster :-) I think it's a rather fair exchange - I've put quite a bit of work into DropCloth over the past few months, and it provides some clever examples and techniques. I believe in shareware (or donations, whatever you want to call it), and I want to see other people's efforts supported as well. Is that satisfactory to *your* tastes? Eric ARPA: lavitsky@topaz.rutgers.edu "Lithium is no longer available UUCP: ...{wherever!}ulysses!eric on credit..." ...{wherever!}rutgers!topaz!eric - from Buckaroo Banzai SNAIL: 34 Maplehurst Ln, Piscataway, NJ 08854
jimm@mitsumi.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) (11/20/87)
In article <3189@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> eric@hector (Eric Lavitsky) writes: >Well Leo, I'll tell you - I am about to release DropCloth V2 in the >following fashion: > > The full binaries and documentation will be posted ... > > Sources will be given to all those who make a shareware > contribution ... around $15 I guess. >Eric I like the sound of this idea, and I would like to hear how this scheme or any other contribution incentive works out in practice. Other things one might provide for cost to support an otherwise free program are printed manual and updates. Have any other ideas been tested? jimm -- Jim Mackraz Mitsumi Technology, Inc. 408/980-5422 {amiga,pyramid}!mitsumi!jimm
jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener) (11/25/87)
In article <1254@mitsumi.UUCP> jimm@mitsumi.UUCP (James Mackraz) writes: >Other things one might provide for cost to support an otherwise free >program are printed manual and updates. Have any other ideas been >tested? I sold t-shirts for my game and responses haven't been overwhelming. We get about 2-3 orders a week. We get just about as much fan-mail as orders, also. I think I will also be selling the source, especially since I just sold my pc and doubt if I will ever use it again... --j
farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren) (11/26/87)
In article <616@astroatc.UUCP> jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener) writes: >I sold t-shirts for my game and responses haven't been overwhelming. Ah, but I (and, presumably, others) thought the T-shirt offer was a joke! Considering the nature of the game, not a totally unreasonable assumption. By the way, how's the Amiga version going? -- ---------------- Michael J. Farren "... if the church put in half the time on covetousness unisoft!gethen!farren that it does on lust, this would be a better world ..." gethen!farren@lll-winken.arpa Garrison Keillor, "Lake Wobegon Days"