Ernie and gang robbed me!!! They took a whole box of disks. Oh that's right. They asked. :) -----Original Message----- From: torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ernie Chorny Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:51 PM To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [torontocbm] Re: "BMD" Amiga PAL Boot Disk Ken - Have it - will do soon - too much gardening going on! Ernie Ken Rath wrote: > Sorry Syd & Ernie... > > Something came up and I couldn't make it up on Saturday. > > If, when you have a moment Ernie, you could make me an ADF of the PAL > Boot Disk I'd really appreciate it. > > Thanks! :) > > > Ken > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernie Chorny" <chorny@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 4:53 PM > Subject: [torontocbm] Re: "BMD" Amiga PAL Boot Disk > > >> Syd - >> >> I plan to be in Brantford this weekend. If no other offer shows up I >> could grab one and make an ADF for Ken. >> >> Maybe I would also be able to pick up certain other disks? :) >> >> Ernie >> >> >> Syd Bolton wrote: >>> Ken we have tons of these disks....and I used to sell to BMD and >>> knew Barry >>> etc. >>> Don't know where you are located, but if you would be willing to >>> come to >>> Brantford you could just grab your own copy here. Otherwise it may >>> take a >>> bit for us to make an ADF especially since we have our big event this >>> Saturday. >>> Syd >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> [mailto:torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Rath >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 9:42 PM >>> To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: [torontocbm] "BMD" Amiga PAL Boot Disk >>> >>> I was wondering if anyone might still have a copy of the "BMD" Amiga >>> PAL Boot Disk that used to be shipped with Amiga games that were >>> made in Europe. >>> >>> Back around 1992 I worked for a computer distributor in Woodstock, >>> Ontario called BMD (British Magazine Distributors). It brought over >>> a good number of Amiga (and later PC) games from Europe. Initially, >>> there was a problem with some of these games because they wouldn't >>> run properly on the NTSC Amigas. Shortly thereafter someone created >>> the "BMD" Amiga PAL Boot Disk. It was included with every Amiga game >>> from Europe that BMD shipped to the Amiga Dealers here in Canada >>> (and also the USA). >>> >>> An Amiga owner would first boot from the PAL Boot Disk. As long as >>> that Amiga had the 1MB Fat Agnus the boot disk would "change" the >>> Amiga from NTSC >>> >>> (50Hz) mode to PAL (60Hz) mode. After that the Amiga owner could >>> then boot the Amiga game from Europe and it would usually work >>> without any issues. >>> >>> I know that with a lot people using emulators nowadays to run Amiga >>> ADF games there is really no need for using the PAL Boot disk. >>> However, I have been converting a few ADF files to DSDD Amiga disks >>> and have discovered that >>> >>> a lot of the ADF Amiga Games I've found are the "European/PAL" >>> versions. >>> >>> I've been looking for an ADF copy of the PAL Boot Disk - or >>> something like it - but so far I haven't found any. I was hoping >>> that someone might still have a copy of one lying around. If so, >>> would you be able to make me a copy >>> >>> or make me an ADF file of the disk and E-mail it to me? >>> >>> Sorry to be a bit long winded (above). I wasn't sure how many >>> people knew or remembed about those PAL boot disks. >>> >>> Thanks for your help! :) >>> >>> >>> Ken Rath >>> >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: >>> 270.12.23/2106 - Release Date: 05/19/09 >>> 06:21:00 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > >