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From: Chris Ridd on 12 Oct 2009 04:32 On 2009-10-12 08:13:38 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: > On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:10:04 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> > wrote: > >> On 2009-10-11 22:36:07 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh >> <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: >> >>> It may well not have all those interesting techie bits in the back any >>> more, it was definitely on a downward spiral and I've not read any >>> for, um, probably four years. >> >> And now of course, you can't read it because it was shut down. > > Oh. That probably means they did indeed continue with the interesting > techie bits, rather than convert over to the usual reproducing of > press releases, '100 confusing things about Windows' and 'build a pc' > guides that the others all do. Sorry, I was thinking of PCW not PC Pro. -- Chris
From: Duncan Kennedy on 12 Oct 2009 05:24 In message <1j7g001.1khvuon9cnkrpN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> writes >Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospam.otterson-bg.couk> wrote: > >> As somebody said, Monster Maze was a big step at the time. > >Did you watch Charlie Brooker's 'Gamewipe' this past week? It used 3-D >Monster maze as a (good) example; that's what reminded me of it. Missed that. Were you not involved in writing for something 'way back, Peter? Zx /Amsttrad / Atari? -- Duncan K Downtown Dalgety Bay
From: chris on 12 Oct 2009 05:52 Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2009-10-11 22:36:07 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh > <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: > >> It may well not have all those interesting techie bits in the back any >> more, it was definitely on a downward spiral and I've not read any >> for, um, probably four years. > > And now of course, you can't read it because it was shut down. What do you mean? The site and magazine are still available...
From: Chris Ridd on 12 Oct 2009 06:04 On 2009-10-12 10:52:02 +0100, chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> said: > Chris Ridd wrote: >> On 2009-10-11 22:36:07 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh >> <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: >> >>> It may well not have all those interesting techie bits in the back any >>> more, it was definitely on a downward spiral and I've not read any >>> for, um, probably four years. >> >> And now of course, you can't read it because it was shut down. > > What do you mean? The site and magazine are still available... Wrong mag, sorry. I mentally equated articles slagging of non-Windows boxen with what PCW used to do... -- Chris
From: chris on 12 Oct 2009 06:20
Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2009-10-12 10:52:02 +0100, chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> said: > >> Chris Ridd wrote: >>> On 2009-10-11 22:36:07 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh >>> <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: >>> >>>> It may well not have all those interesting techie bits in the back any >>>> more, it was definitely on a downward spiral and I've not read any >>>> for, um, probably four years. >>> And now of course, you can't read it because it was shut down. >> What do you mean? The site and magazine are still available... > > Wrong mag, sorry. I mentally equated articles slagging of non-Windows > boxen with what PCW used to do... Phew... I quite like PCPro. |