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Do you know which version of the firmware you have installed? What does the screen look like when you start up? It's only the original Korean firmware where you need Freelauncher so with any luck you should just be able to put files on the SMC and run them without it. If you do need...

...well I actually got 26 because I put "4 weddings" instead of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" but I figured it was close enough :D J(ohn)

I'm sure CraigIX once said Gamepark make more than 100% profit on each GP32 sold (ie they sell it for twice what it costs to make) and that they've sold more than 20,000 units. That must mean they've made about £1,000,000 just from hardware sales. Knock off development costs, marketing costs...

I'm beginning to suspect I spend too much time watching movies... 27 first try. J(ohn)

That is a VERY good point! Mine's an old NLU and can only go to 156mhz. How much do you want for the 166mhz BLU? What condition is it in? Cheers Matey! J(ohn)

Hmmmm... tempting! How much do you think a flash cart setup would cost? I am actually tempted to get another GP32 but I've had a quick look on eBay and they seem to be going for £60+ which is a bit pricey. Cheers! J(ohn)

It seems I love my GP32 too much... I use it at home and when going away for a few days but I like the thing too much to just throw it in the bottom of my bag and take everywhere. So what I'm after is a cheap alternative that I wouldn't mind if it got scratched/dropped/stolen. At the same time...

Very good point but there is something very important to remember here... many agency contracts have a clause prohibiting you from doing any other work for a company unless it is through that agency. This is to stop you from doing a 3 month contract through an agency then extending the contract...

The thing I've found with contract work is that it's very immediate. They often want people to start with very little notice - which is great when you've just lost your job! Another advantage is that it usually pays 2 or 3 times more than a 'proper' job. So you could do a 3 month contract and...

@Reesy... Sorry if this is really obvious and an insult to your intelligence but have you considered contracting? There is usually loads of DB work knocking about. All you need do it trawl a few job sites (eg www.jobserve.co.uk) and you should turn up plenty of short-term contracts. When you ask...

Oh yeh... forgot to mention... the STe had a 4096 colour palette whereas the STfm only had a 512 colours :P The Amiga definately outshone the ST graphically when people bothered to use the features it had and it pretty much always outshone the ST sonically. What made a BIG difference though...

Sticky backed plastic would be handy there... If you could also work in an empty washing up bottle and the inside of a loo roll you might get a Blue Peter badge too :D J(ohn)

Just don't do what the UK pub landlord did... bought an old bomber for very little to use outside his pub (cheap advertising). What he didn't bank on was the £90k the RAF would want to cut the wings off, crane the bits onto 3 trucks, dive it all to his pub, crane it back off then get it rebuilt...

It said on teletext this morning that shortages in the US may push the UK launch back to September. As usual, we get shafted... J(ohn)

The ST(fm) had the same sound ship as the ZX Spectrum 128k (and onwards)... an odd choice but there you go. Now, the ST(e) had much better sound capabilities and better graphic capabilities (something to do with the blitter I think) and analogue joystick ports. No games ever used them, but they...

All the talk of the GPX being backwardly compatible makes me laugh. Gamepark can't even manage to make all GP32s totally compatible with each other! J(ohn)

Actually... now I've thought about it... You wouldn't even need a simple model of the room. A couple of low-res 3d scanners positioned each end of the table would build a good enough 3d model of the table and objects to interact with. The sensor in his hand tracks how he moves and a similar...

It's seems fairly reasonable to me. A quick model showing the rough size of the room and the placement on the table would cope with most of it. He clearly has a sensor in his hand tracking it's movement. A couple more sensors dotted around so the computer can track which way the cameras are...

I've just tried the Beta 2 and it's actually pretty good. There's plenty of glitches and it's a bit slow but it'd be a good starting point if someone wanted to pick it up. J(ohn)

Here's a true story.... My dad went to a local hardware store (this is in the UK by the way). He asked for 6ft of 2" by 1" wood. The bloke snottily informed him that they now only sold wood in metric measures. My dad then did a bit of maths and changed his request to 2 metres of 5cm by 2.5cm...