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From: Robert Jurziga <datareg@home.centernet.de>
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Subject: Re: intro me...
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 19:28:50 +0200
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Hi Matt,
are you still have the A1200, then get Personal Paint7.1.
With this painter you can edit and save TIM files.

cu,
rob



Frktl-X schrieb:

> lo,
>
>  I thought I should intro myself seeing as I am planning to contribute to
> the NY newsgroups. So:
>
>   My name is Matt Verran and I am 20 years old. I come from Cornwall but am
> currently studying my second year of Computer Science (Bsc Hons) at
> Manchester Met. University.
>
>   I started my programming with a zx speccy (128+) using BASIC and writing
> my own crap adventure games. I then got an amiga 500 (and later an A1200)
> after years of begging my parents and coded a few proper games in AMOS and
> Blitz Basic. I moved to the pc just before coming to uni and although I have
> mucked about with Turbo Pascal didn't really find a nice
> platform/environment with which to write games. And so (like all you)
> purchased my Yaroze.
>
>   I have had my NY for about a week now and I think I have pretty much got a
> handle on the basic 2D stuff, the ordering table concept/implementation took
> a bit of head bashing before I got it, but the tutorials are pretty good.
> The only thing I could do with is a good discussion on the speed of
> different methods and commands, I suppose I can work that out myself though.
> My first impressions are quite similar to my preconceptions: that the
> hardware is well designed, the software is basic and the manuals are dry and
> not too beginner friendly. I didn't expect the tutorials to be so good or
> the community to be so alive and friendly.
>
>   As well as the coding I have a small midi setup and write my own
> electronic music (aphex kinda ambient). This is where my FRKTL pseudonym
> came from.
>
>   My influences/inspiration:  Jeff Minter, Richard D James, MELON (the best
> demo group), Miyamato (predictable), Eugene and Jarvis, and anyone
> independant writing good stuff for themselves.
>
> mail:    matt@frktl.freeserve.co.uk
> web:     www.frktl.freeserve.co.uk
> NY web:  www.netyaroze-europe.com/~frktlx/
>
> cheesygrater...
> matt