-=[ rAW tXT vERSION ]=- ___________ : / / ==[OS-UK pRESENTS] ======================== / /=_ ______ ___________ ____________________ : . / / \/ \/ / \/ / / / \ : / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ___/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / UK / / / / / /___ / _/ / / / / /____ : / / / /__ / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /\______/____/\______/\__/\____/\____/\_____/\_______/ \_________/ ==================================================== : . _____ ______ : : : . / \/ /_______________________________ . : / / / / / / / / : (c)2oo6 / / / / / / / / . / / / _____/ / / / _____/ : . . / / / / / / / . . / / / ___/_ /_____ / : : / / / / / / . : : . / /__________/\_________/\________/ . `____/\_____/===================[volume one]= . ; ========daz : :-------. :-------------------------------------------------------+ : : **** : | . | ** ** -( . A fresh ASCII newsletter for the UK comp scene ) ** ** | | ** ** | : ** ** | 100% pure NOSTALGIA for da 21st century : **** | ~~~~~~~~~ : | . . : ** -( | ** | Keeping the vibe alive!! ) ** | . | ** | . : ** ** | : ****** | Released 29/o4/o6 13.49 GMT : | . . . | ***** -( . ) ** ** | >> Raw txt bytesize - 45kB << | ** * : _ : ** * `--=======================-_-===========================' ** ** : . : ; ***** : . : : -( CONTENTS ) . ****** | -------- . : tHIS nEWSLETTER wAS : ** : : . ****** (- 1. HeLLooo -) : ****** : : cREATED iN nOTEPAD uSING . ** (- 2. What's the point? -) : ****** : : : (- 3. Various Newz -) t!s mICROKNIGHT fONT [8pt] : ** ** | : . ** ** -(- 4. PRiCK of the Week!-) ; **** | : . **** (- 5. MessageBase -) uSE tHIS fONT fOR iDEAL . ** ** : : . ** ** (- 6. Greetz n Shoutz -) : : : vIEWING. iF yOU hAVEN't . **** (- 7. Wanna Submit? -) : ** ** | : . ** ** -(- 8. L8rZ / Credits -) gOT it - l33CH iT. :) : ** ** | ; . ** ** `========================= x : **** \ : -=----------------------=' **** :[www.oldskooluk.org]: ** ** ============ -------------------- ** ** 1. == HeLLoooo == ** ** ============ ** ** **** Well hello and welcome to the very first issue of OS-UK ** newz. This little co-prod to our forum was completely ** inspired by heavy viewing of retro Amiga diskmags. ** Yes, I'm 100% guilty of trying to recreate little glimmers ** of the past once again, after converting a shit load of ** ** old Amiga scenemags which have been stored on DD floppy ****** for god knows how many years and I've never had the heart to throw in the trash. ** ** ** ** This maybe considered as some sort of compulsive disorder ** ** but I've a hell of a lot of stuff here which I can't seem ** ** to find anywhere on the net (including some old PD ** ** releases of mine) and my recent A1200T resurrection ****** project has kicked me up the arse into getting most of the old stuff converted to .ADF for running via WinUAE. =) ** ** ** ** **** **** ** ** ================================ ** ** 2. == What's the point of it then? == ================================ This prods initial aim was to basically outline any news, * ** key topics, views, gossip, greetz or whatever else from ** ** OS-UK members and guests. It was originally designed to be *** ** a standalone txt doc in an nFo style flava but is also ****** developing into a cute, mini ASCII colly. ** *** ** ** As you no doubt know, we've released this prod in various forms which are via a dedicated PC only txt reader, BBS ****** style HTML version and a basic txt doc so Amiga users can ** * load it into their fave doc reader. Everyone's a winner! **** **** We've proved more than adequatley from past prods that a ** * variety topic based disk / webmag receives next to no ****** outside support these days and most net users are too damn lazy to submit anything, even though they are as computer ** ** active as they always were? ** ** ** ** So that's where this small low maintainence, txt style ** ** comes in - shit simple to produce (so no tedious production **** arguments yay! =) and small news items instead of full ** blown articles. ****** ** Sweetness! . ** ~ . ** . o O ** * . () Woah baybee! ****** \__/ Ok.. let's get on [vOL oNE] with the show... . . . . . : . . . . . : ================ . . 3. == Various Newz == ================ : . ; . : ; . == ___________ [N.E.W.S] ___________ .==== =====` /===========` / / \/ / / / / / / / / / ____/ / / / ______/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ___/ /_____ / / / / / / / . / / / / / `____/\____/ /___________/ / =======daz`_________' ===========`_________/. : ; : : : --------------------------------------------------- ** ALERT!! Sexy new ASCII newsletter from the UK scene ** --------------------------------------------------- Well you know what they say, if you create it - SPAM it! If you've reached this far then 'tHANKS for reading' but plz carry on as there's plenty of other goodies to feast your eyes and senses on. =) This newsletter was originally going to be released in .txt form only but has developed into PC and HTML versions too. For more oldskoolness, try loading the basic doc into Multiview via WINUAE for lovely retro black on grey action. Oooh.. the old ways come flooding back! ---------------------------------- ** Happy Birthday OS-UK - 1 yr old!!! ** ---------------------------------- As of 19th Apr 2006 - the OldskoolUK forum is 1 yr old. The forum is still in it's infancy but has attracted a good few new members over the past year including a selection of ex-Amiga sceners. Hey guys! Hopefully we can continue to grow and drag in more users past and present and gain loads more input over the next 12 months. H-A-P-P-Y B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y T-O U-S !! C'mon, let's all go and get pissed. %) ------------------------------------------------------- ** 'Another Death For Grapevine' article in Eurochart #48 ** ------------------------------------------------------- A little behind the times topic wise but Darkhawk / Iris has created an article regarding the closure of the GV.net revival project. The article basically outlines all the rants from various forums and offers us the chance for a reply on the whole situation. HUGI 32 is the next scene mag to be released, so my completed reply will hopefully be knocked out before the article deadline on Apr 30th and we can possibly lay this whole name stealing crap to rest at long last. If I hold out for EC #49 the whole topic will have cooled off again but maybe that's not such a bad thing? L8est EUROCHART info - www.eurochart.dk/ HUGI can be found at: www.hugi.scene.org Forum topic link - http://s10.invisionfree.com/Old_Skool_UK/index.php?showtopic=524 ---------------------------------- ** Sarek spits dummy over Maxtor HD's ** ---------------------------------- After various rants about his dislikes aimed at Maxtor HD's, Sarek finally snaps and blows his stack in the PC Hardware > Wank HD of the week thread. Oh dear m8, borderline RANT area material there I think. Maybe you should apply for a job as hardware tester for Maxtor, mark - you seem to be an expert at breaking 'em. Hehe Breath in... and out. R..E..L..A..X ;) Forum topic link - http://s10.invisionfree.com/Old_Skool_UK/index.php?showtopic=547 ---------------------------------------- ** ORBster breaks hard drive storage record ** ---------------------------------------- ORBie enters the Guiness Book Of Records (j/k) for breaking the total amount of HDD space for a home user. He's amassed a whopping 1.3 Terrabytes of HD space - spread over 8 drives. Now that's some fookin' prOn collection, I think you'll agree. lol This is a man who likes to fill those drive bays Keeping stuffing 'em in Paul.. oo-er. ;) --------------------------- ** Guest User Access now OPEN! ** --------------------------- After various lame attacks on the forum last year. We have now opened a special guest area for non-member feedback and input. Further areas will be opened up to visitors if the guest area proves productive. Guest area link - http://s10.invisionfree.com/Old_Skool_UK/index.php?showforum=52 ------------------------------- ** Net lethargy kicks in for DaZZa ** ------------------------------- I'm bored, bored, f**king B.O.R.E.D of the repetitive sludge on the net lately and it's doing my head in. Most forums I'm trawling round aren't interesting me at mo and I can't be assed reading peoples bl0g either. All is not lost tho as it's given me the push to get into action and work on this project. Strange hows things work out, eh? ------------------------------------- ** More old Amiga sceners find our forum ** ------------------------------------- Two new members have stumbled through our doors recently, namely: Kooky / ex-NVX^Cyberdreams & Kei / ex-Carnage^Cyberdreams Anyone out there who remembers THE WORD diskmag will remember Carnage took over the reins after NFA. Welcome aboard guys! ---------------------------------------- ** Di.FM still rockin' the online airwaves! ** ---------------------------------------- The best god damn online radio station in the world is still going from strength to strength. Digitally Imported FM contains various hign quality streams for nearly every music taste be it trance, drum n bass, hardcore ambient and rock all the way down to classical. If yer a Vocal Trance fanatic like me - check it out. I'm rocking to the Vocal channel right now. Hooyah Surf to: www.di.fm --------- ------------------------------------------------------ ** Amiga DD floppy - ADF conversion via PCMCIA CF adapter ** ------------------------------------------------------ After being pointed in the direction of one of these by Sarek, I've got to say it's a feckin awesome find for anyone wishing to convert bucket loads of left over miggy DD floppies into an emulatable format be it ADF, DMS or whatever. It's simply an adapter which holds a compact flash card and slots into your Amiga A600/A1200 PCMCIA port and is a doodle to set up, once you figure out how to add devices to the Amiga Workbench. Yeah..yeah I hear you laughing but it takes a little while to get to grips with the Amiga OS if you haven't used it for bloody donkeys years! :) Once you've compressed your rare Amiga PD / demoscene stuffz, you simply save to the flash card and then shove it into your laptop PCMCIA port or use the card in your CF reader. Lots of luvverly retro times can then be had via WinUAE. Awesome! You can pick these adapters up from eBay easy enough but the one's I came across are a tad pricey, so try somewhere like Amigakit. URL - www.amigakit.com Forum topic link - http://s10.invisionfree.com/Old_Skool_UK/index.php?showtopic=497 : : : : : : ======================= 4. == PRiCK of the Week!! ==. ======================= : : : : ____________ [PRiCK] / / === _______ ==== __ _____ / /_____/ /_____` \/ / . / / / \ _/ / / . . / / / / / / / / / __/ / ___/ / oF tHE / ____/ / / \ \ / / / / / / \ wEEK / / \____/ \________/ / . \______/ ======daz\______/ =======\__/\____/. . : : : . Oh..oh, just as you thought we were coming along nicely, we've dropped in another major clanger by introducing an area that maybe classed as controversial? This our variation of the BAFTA's or an OSCAR and is a very prestigious award given only to a chosen few, so without further ado.. This issue's 'prick of the week' award goes to none other than.. ======================== ------------------------ >>> DocD / Scoopex <<< ------------------------ ======================== Guilty for crimes against humanity by leaving shitty messages in horrendously out of date forum topics. To quote from his post in the Scene.org forum threads regarding the Grapevine revival: -------------------------------------------------- Posted by DocD Thursday 16 March 2006 - 9:57 ellesdee and GV.net where fameseekrs. nothing more - nothing less. / .'(_.------. and the design of the webmag was crappy anyway. < _ dOH! | `.( `------' \ -----------> f-u-c-k y-o-u sincerely yours docd/scoopex -------------------------------------------------- Thanks Doc, a well structured, constructive argument is always appreciated. Another classic case of the mouth running out of sync with the brain... Try reading my article when HUGI32 is released and educate yourself (and others of similar thinking) with joyous facts from Ye Olde Clue Shoppe. : : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : C.O.M.M.E.R.C.I.A.L B.R.E.A.K C.O.M.M.E.R.C.I.A.L B.R.E.A.K : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Are you bored with the same : Are you sick & tired of : old trash on the net day : l33ching corrupt wareZ? : after day? : : : : Are you an oldskooler who : Do you feel the urge to get wants to resurrect glimmers productive but don't know how? of the best times of the scene? : : ____:____ / \ If the answer is `YES' to any of the above, then get off your lazy, bloated ass and send something to us for...... -------------------------------------------- ______ ______________________ __ ______ =/ / // / __/ /_/ / / / / // / /_/= / / / // / /__ / _ \ / / / / /_=/ // / _ \ =\__/___/__/___/_/ \/__/___/___/ \___/_/ \/= -=NeWS=----------------------=[volume two]=- kINGS oF dA rETRO vIBE! Release date TBA SUBMISSIONS BEING TAKEN NOW!!!! =.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.= See section 7 for sub detailz : : : : --:--------------------------------------------------------------:-- : : :N.O.R.M.A.L S.E.R.V.I.C.E W.I.L.L N.O.W B.E R.E.S.U.M.E.D: : : --:--------------------------------------------------------------:-- : : : : : : : : : =============== 5. == Messagebase == =============== : ; . : == == .=__ == ___=.__________=[M.S.G]== / ==== / /----------' / / / / / / _____/ / / / / _______/ / / / / / . / / / /______ / / / : / / / / / / / : / / / / / / : `___/__ `__/ /`_________/ ; ==========`_________/ ==========. : ===========.____________=[B.A.S.E]=___________ . .-----------/ /----------/ / : / / / / / . / / / / / _____/ ____/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /---- / ___/ / / / / / / `__________/ / /`________/ / =======daz`_____/____/============`________/ . : : : ; Frm: DaZZaBoY : : To: Sarek2k Msg: Looking forward to more early morning, one man grumpfests in the forum m8. Get that Vodka flowing and get cracking! -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Frm: ORBie To: All Msg: Anyone wanna swap some DivX prOn? I've got a healthy supply and looking for swappers. Sylvia Saint and lesbo stuff most welcome. Fnarr! Contact me via the forum. Also after Moto V3i - V3 stuffz. Ta! -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Frm: DaZZaBoY To: BeadZz Msg: Whos ya tig daddy? Eh..eh? Whoooo's ya tig daddy? How man! -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Frm: Twiggy To: ORBie Msg: I'm just having a shit in Dazza's backyard - I'll be in shortly. Get the Whiskers out ya tight git. Meeeeooowww! -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Frm: DaZZaBoY To: Sarek2k Msg: Good luck with the A64 build m8! Hope the second box of components turns up 2morra - damn couriers. GRRrrr! -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Frm: Sarek2k To: Pete Msg: Hurry up and get your ass down to the couriers m8! I'm busting to get this A64 built! : : O O : | /\ | tAKE mE tO : _|/ \|_ : \ oO / yOUR lEADER : \ / . /____\ \ / | | ===================== 6. == Greetz 'n' Shoutz == ===================== : : ; . ___________ ___________ / .----------.--------.====[G.R.E.E.T.S]===/ / / / / /--------.----------/ / / / / / / / ______/ / _______/ /____/ ____/ ____/__ __/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / - / / / - / /-/_____ / / / / / - / ___/ ___/ - / / / / / / / - / / /- / / / / \ /\____/ / /_________/- / / / / \_______/ =======daz`________/==========- /____/ `__________/. : ; : : BIG SHOUTz (in no particluar order) from the following peeps: Frm: DaZZaBoY: ======== Yo to the following... Sarek2k - ORBie - CoDeMaN - SleepW@lk - Pentagram - Dragonlord Darkhawk/Iris - Darkus - Canine of Demon Download - Browallia / Nukleus - zYX (where's me ascii ya lazy twat? ;) lol And all members of OS-UK.. Cheers to dMG of Trueschool ASCII for kickass bitmap fonts lovingly recreated from Amiga to PC. Awesome m8! Frm: Sarek2k: ======= Greets to Oldskoolers and EAB guys and everyone else can go fuck off thats how i am feeling at the mo. (Nice one Mark - straight to the point m8 lol - DaZZa) Frm: CoDeMaN: ======= Greets to all the members at the Dark Bit Factory and OldskoolUK forums. Over and out! Frm: Dragonlord: ========== Hi to all the guys n gals on oldskool so far! Also CONGRATULATIONS to my m8 Mal and his missus on the birth of your baby daughter - Elizabeth!!!! : : : : : : ================= 7. == Wanna Submit? == .================= : : ..___________ / / ====== _________=[SUBMIT]= ________ ===== / /___ ___/ /___ _____/ /______ / _____/ / / / / / === \ _/ \ / / /_/ / / / / / / / / / \ / /___ __/ /____ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / : / / / / / / / / / / / : / / / /`________/ / / / / \ / / \__________/ =====daz/_________/____/__/__/ / / / ================== \_____/ /___/ . : : ; If you consider yourself l337 enuff (*cough!) to contribute to this prod, then plz do. We need your input and support to survive and continue with the nostalgic vibe for oldskool lovers everywhere. Any news, gossip, flames, ads, ASCII's or even your votes for 'prick of the WeeK' - feel free to send 'em along to us at: ___________ / \ / / >>> submissions [at] oldskooluk [dot] org / \ / / ===================================== / i / / eMAIL / /__________/ LAZINESS - together we can beat it! ;) : : : : : : =========== 8. == L8rZzzz == =========== : : : =========_____ ____=[B.Y.E]= : .---------/ === /_________ . / / / / / :: / / / / / : / / / / ____/ :: / / _/\ / / : / \ \ / / ; / / / \ / ____/ .:: / / / : / / / . . / / : / / / : : `_________/ : / /_________/ ' : ======== `---' ========= : . : : : : . ========= _____ ____=[B.Y.E]= : : .---------/ === /_________ ` ` . . / / / / / : / / / / / : . / / / / ____/ . / / _/\ / / : / \ \ / / : . / / / \ / ____/ / / / : / / / / / : / / / `_________/ : / /_________/ ======daz `---' ========= Sigh.. so we've reached the end of this first issue and I've actually enjoyed producing another seperate prod to add to OS-UK's small catalogue of stuff and hope to be working on many more in the future. If you've experienced a few gentle pangs of retro vibe reading the above, then we've done our job once again. Remember.. PRODUCTIVITY RoOLZ ------------------ Don't let whinging fucks spoil any positivity you have. Welcome constructive critcism but shun l33tist crap. Enjoy what you do and keep on doing it! : : : : .___. ========================== : : == Credits for this issue == : C : ========================= : : : R : : : ASCII / Editor............................ DaZZaBoY : E : : : PC Txt reader coding ..................... CoDeMaN : D : : : OS-UK custiom icon ....................... Sarek2k : I : : : : T : Proof readers ............................ Sarek2k : : CoDeMaN : Z : ORBie : : ;---: : : : : : : : : (c) OldskoOlUK 2oo6 \/ fOLLOW dA dOTS >>>>. . tO eXIT . : : : : : : : :: : : :: : : :: : : :: : : :: : : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: nEARLY tHERE?... : ::: :: : : :: : : : : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : : : : : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : ::... bIT fURTHER : :: : : : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : zZZZzZZ!.....: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : : : : : .... oH cOME oN! : : : : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : : : dUM dE dUM...... : : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :...: nOW pLAYING: :: : :: GT vs Project C - Voices Of Spring 2006 : :: : cOURTESY of www.di.fm :: : :: : : : : :: : : : :: : : ; :: : : : :: : : :: : cARRY oN :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : :: : ::: :: : : : :: : ::: :: : :: : :: : ::: :: : :: : :: : ::: :: : :: : :: : ::: :: : :: : :: : :: . . . . . . . . .`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`. ` F.U.C.K.I.N.G.s to all L.E.E.T.S , `.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.`.' : : ; gOTCHA! =) : : : : : : . . : . : : : : : : . _____________________ / \ /< cYA..i'M oUTTA hERE!! > / \_____________________/ () || ( )|: ) ,- -.; / |, . . || ' | / ' . ((_, J < .' | | | | / | ; ) | ' |_ - / / / eOF.