Ahhhh I've been found out...
The Download Station is on my laptop...
here is my laptop at work
She's a beauty, looking at upgrading soon to this...
Do you think Windows 7 will work on it...
Joe Airtime
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Ish
Is the download station just somebodys laptop
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Ish
The Visual V-1083, aka The Commuter Computer, is in pretty good shape. I still have the original owner's manuals and servicing manuals as well as the MSDOS 2.1 boot disk. The machine was upgraded for me after i purchased it by my fellow techs. The RAM was maxed out at 512K and the extra serial port was activated by the special ROM and PAL upgrades. Wow when you think about it because this machine sold for $4,000 or so brand new!
It's probably worth a few bucks, but I wouldn't sell it. It came from one of the best times of my life and has that special place in my heart.
I'm not sure if the Amstrad looks technical enough to run the DLS. I think the Kaypro II might be better. It has that rugged "industrial" look about it making it a better candidate for the job.
Do you think they may need some more hard drive space, though? I think these machines, at least my V-1050 did, handled up to 10MB "Winchester" disks.
John
My first computer was a ZX80, although I didn't have it for long because the ZX81 came along, but I remember that Amstrad CPC464 very well.
It was the first computer that I was published on.
Great memories, and although the C64 had the SID chip, I still loved the beepy sound of the CPC.
With the amount of time games took to load on the 464 (which is the tape version), it could well be the computer used for the DS.
Smiley.
It was the first computer that I was published on.
Great memories, and although the C64 had the SID chip, I still loved the beepy sound of the CPC.
With the amount of time games took to load on the 464 (which is the tape version), it could well be the computer used for the DS.
Smiley.
BLACKWATCH
Mechanical Engineer
I've still got a CPC464 & a 6128, both with monitors, they are stored in the loft along with my old Sinclair QL (which no longer works).
They were made redundant by my Amiga Z4 tower.
They were made redundant by my Amiga Z4 tower.
My first computer was a ZX80, although I didn't have it for long because the ZX81 came along, but I remember that Amstrad CPC464 very well.
It was the first computer that I was published on.
Great memories, and although the C64 had the SID chip, I still loved the beepy sound of the CPC.
With the amount of time games took to load on the 464 (which is the tape version), it could well be the computer used for the DS.
Smiley.
Thanks Smiley -- very informative!! :wave:
Ishie
Stationbeem
Over 60's Club
My first computer was an old Commodore PET 2001, Released June 1977, CPU CMOS 6502 1MHz, RAM 4k, O.S. BASIC in ROM..Donated it to the local museum.
Smiley has hit the nail on the head yet again. I too have had problems with inconsistent service from the DLS (with a First Class Ticket) on and off for years. I'll also add that this experience is from two completely diffferent european countries and a total of 8 different connections / service providers and on a range of different hardware.
The other thing Brian is absolutely right about is the number of times I have been advised on these forums that it must be me or my equipment as it works fine for others, and predictably we can find the same here.
"Try checking your firewall settings. . ."
". . .Ahhh that's what it was. I had the firewall wrongly configured at home, at work, on a friend's PC, in an internet cafe and then again after I moved from the UK to Italy!"
"It must be your modem, try changing it. . ."
". . .Doh . . .What a dufus I am, and strangely all this time I have been downloading gigs and gigs of stuff from other sites with a broken modem - incredible."
Stuart
The other thing Brian is absolutely right about is the number of times I have been advised on these forums that it must be me or my equipment as it works fine for others, and predictably we can find the same here.
"Try checking your firewall settings. . ."
". . .Ahhh that's what it was. I had the firewall wrongly configured at home, at work, on a friend's PC, in an internet cafe and then again after I moved from the UK to Italy!"
"It must be your modem, try changing it. . ."
". . .Doh . . .What a dufus I am, and strangely all this time I have been downloading gigs and gigs of stuff from other sites with a broken modem - incredible."
Stuart
amigacooke
Well-known member
Good idea, have a go at people trying to help."Try checking your firewall settings. . ."
". . .Ahhh that's what it was. I had the firewall wrongly configured at home, at work, on a friend's PC, in an internet cafe and then again after I moved from the UK to Italy!"
"It must be your modem, try changing it. . ."
". . .Doh . . .What a dufus I am, and strangely all this time I have been downloading gigs and gigs of stuff from other sites with a broken modem - incredible."
Stuart
Time for me to do something more constructive I think.
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OK. First off it was not my intention offend, I hereby apologise to Amigacooke, Ron Smith and anyone else who is upset. My comments were not aimed at anyone in particular.
Having said that, I have been pretty offended myself by the level of help being offered here on numerous occasions. Firstly, replying to say that it all works for you is not helping. It only serves to needlessly frustrate the OP.
Secondly, a large number of "helpers" here regularly fail to credit the OP with any kind of intelligence whatsoever. The responders rarely seem to consider that most (sure there will be a few) people who post on the forum to say they are having problems with the DLS will have at least already checked that their hardware and intenet connection works with a number of other sites.
If I'm having problems connecting to a site I always, always try another site - google for instance, check the domain I'm having trouble with using "downforeveryoneorjustme.com", reboot my wireless network and lastly, check on another machine. These seem like reasonable steps most intelligent people would make before complaining. So anyway, I then post on the forums saying that the DLS is not working and the "help" I get is of the type "are you sure your computer is turned on?". Now that is definitely ". . .a sad reflection on some attitudes encountered in this forum" - unfortunately not so much of a minority. I personally find that offensive.
I think the final issue worth mentioning is that the OP in this case is complaining not asking for help. He has paid for a product which doesn't seem to work the way he thinks it should and is coming on here to vent a little. This is a fairly normal human reaction. Nowhere in any of his posts do I see a request for help.
Anyway, I apologise.
Stuart
Having said that, I have been pretty offended myself by the level of help being offered here on numerous occasions. Firstly, replying to say that it all works for you is not helping. It only serves to needlessly frustrate the OP.
Secondly, a large number of "helpers" here regularly fail to credit the OP with any kind of intelligence whatsoever. The responders rarely seem to consider that most (sure there will be a few) people who post on the forum to say they are having problems with the DLS will have at least already checked that their hardware and intenet connection works with a number of other sites.
If I'm having problems connecting to a site I always, always try another site - google for instance, check the domain I'm having trouble with using "downforeveryoneorjustme.com", reboot my wireless network and lastly, check on another machine. These seem like reasonable steps most intelligent people would make before complaining. So anyway, I then post on the forums saying that the DLS is not working and the "help" I get is of the type "are you sure your computer is turned on?". Now that is definitely ". . .a sad reflection on some attitudes encountered in this forum" - unfortunately not so much of a minority. I personally find that offensive.
I think the final issue worth mentioning is that the OP in this case is complaining not asking for help. He has paid for a product which doesn't seem to work the way he thinks it should and is coming on here to vent a little. This is a fairly normal human reaction. Nowhere in any of his posts do I see a request for help.
Anyway, I apologise.
Stuart
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What can be seen as a complain from some, might be seen as help from some other, if they use it right.
By that I mean;
When we complain in a "good way", we deliver information, we deliver our thoughts, and feelings.
If a good running business, scan forums like this, put it into system, then it might help them to grow, or at least to survive.
Customers can be demanding, customers might be sour, but after all, every company live from their customer, and if they allow frustration to grow, then it will in the long turn hit them where it hurt most...on their bottom line!
Maybe Auran should start listen?
I am quiet new, I pointed out that their email system is broken down on their main site....today 19 days later it is still broken down....you tell me....am I wrong telling....or is it Auran who is wrong not acting?
By that I mean;
When we complain in a "good way", we deliver information, we deliver our thoughts, and feelings.
If a good running business, scan forums like this, put it into system, then it might help them to grow, or at least to survive.
Customers can be demanding, customers might be sour, but after all, every company live from their customer, and if they allow frustration to grow, then it will in the long turn hit them where it hurt most...on their bottom line!
Maybe Auran should start listen?
I am quiet new, I pointed out that their email system is broken down on their main site....today 19 days later it is still broken down....you tell me....am I wrong telling....or is it Auran who is wrong not acting?
With no offense towards the OP or anyone having trouble with the DLS 
The long time members will remember what it was like before V1.3 and the kuid system, content spread out over a lot of third party sites, you could literally spend hours just trying to find one particular item, and then when you found it the site owner could of run out of bandwidth and you would have to wait till the end of the month, and then the .zip/.rar (or whatever compression/packaging software used) had to be checked for virii or other malware because anyone could put anything in the package, including porn :'(
Those with a FCT have a reason to complain when the DLS plays up for a while, to everyone else c'mon get real, its a free service and if it plays around for a while, it plays around for a while, get what you want when you can, and be satisfied
Cheers David (who is a bit fed up with all the separate threads about the DLS trouble, please when it plays up look to see if someone else has started a thread and post in that)
The long time members will remember what it was like before V1.3 and the kuid system, content spread out over a lot of third party sites, you could literally spend hours just trying to find one particular item, and then when you found it the site owner could of run out of bandwidth and you would have to wait till the end of the month, and then the .zip/.rar (or whatever compression/packaging software used) had to be checked for virii or other malware because anyone could put anything in the package, including porn :'(
Those with a FCT have a reason to complain when the DLS plays up for a while, to everyone else c'mon get real, its a free service and if it plays around for a while, it plays around for a while, get what you want when you can, and be satisfied
Cheers David (who is a bit fed up with all the separate threads about the DLS trouble, please when it plays up look to see if someone else has started a thread and post in that)
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American_Connections
AC MonkeyWrench Models
News Alert
An outstanding discovery has been uncovered courtesy of BS News!
It is now a known fact that the download station of Auran Trainz is a laptop, well kinda.
An outstanding discovery has been uncovered courtesy of BS News!
It is now a known fact that the download station of Auran Trainz is a laptop, well kinda.
No appoligies needed, Stuart. I too ask for help rarely. In many instances I've figured out my problem, which is usually self inflicted many times. When I do ask for help, I try to let people know that I've done the easy stuff first, and now I've had to raise up my white flag in surrender to the problem. This sheds a different light on the situation, and hopefully helps the posters come up with unique suggestions and not blanket statements. Unfortunately this isn't always the case, and is due in part to people not really reading the OP's original post.
Remember too, we're in a faceless vacuum called cyberspace, aka the "net". Many people do not communicate as well as us older folk here, and many of the younger folk now use leet speak, or whatever it's called, or how it's spelled. If people had stated in their original requests for help that they did do the techie stuff first, this would be more helpful. Sadly this always isn't so. In many cases, we get the DLS don't work. Well what can we say? Okay, have you tried the basic things first like your firewall, etc.? Given that there are so many different computer systems, with so many possible configurations, there's no way anyone here knows all the details, so sadly generic blanket statements are made, this is of course outside of not reading the original topic in the first place, which I mentioned above.
You see, Stuart, I've worked in technical/customer support for many years. My support has ranged from strictly hardware repairs, thus my posts on the ancient computers, to computer room and help desk environments. I don't try to prejudge or offer canned help for people. I have found that in many cases it's that people have a difficult time communicating with written words, and worse if this is not their native language. I try my best to read through the run on sentences, major grammatical errors, and really poor spelling. So in the end, what is needed is patience with the patients. This, and I can say admittedly, gets tiring after awhile. This constant answering of the same questions about the same problems, seems as though people are constantly whining about problems, but unfortunately the forums, and the way they are configured, make finding information horribly difficult. So in this respect, the worse thing is patronizing and offhanded comments. These do not help the situation, frustrate the original poster, and confuse anyone that might actually search for help in the forums.
So yes, I understand your frustration, but in the end it all boils down to better communication, which if people took the time to think about first before posting, and reread their answers before clicking, this would make things a lot easier for everyone.
John
amigacooke
Well-known member
It seems the best advice is not to try to help unless you are certain you know the solution. Best of luck getting responses on that basis.
Maybe it is better to say:
It seems the best advice is not to try to help unless you are certain you have understood the question
(said with a smile and pointed towards none....we have a saying here...I shall try to give it in English
"You shall not so easy endure the unfairness, done to other then yourself"
It is very good that something work for some.....but some might have problems...and for them these problems are important.
A firm is measured out from how content their customers is, by helping other customer the "fan group" helps the company..BUT by denying, or talking away problems, the same "Fan Group" are only fueling the anger towards the company.
Again...just airing of my thoughts
I always had issues with the DLS when I used TS2009. It was the only copy I owned, so I could not compare version. (Except that copy of 2006 I might have had before hand... but.. you know... had I not downloaded that, I would not have bought 2009 and now 2010!)
Even with a FCT with 2009 my download speed via DLS were around 15kbps.
Now, here comes 2010. I install it and go to download content via download center and to my surprise... It is SOOO fast. I was taken back by how quickly items downloaded. (I had bought a new FCT when I bought 2010, just to give it another try.)
So, I loaded up the 2009 DLS (I had a long list of content waiting to be downloaded) and it would not go above 15kbps...
So, apparently it is not Auran's servers, but Auran's client software. Or maybe settings in that client software? Not sure, but there is a clear difference for me between 2009 and 2010 in DLS.
Even with a FCT with 2009 my download speed via DLS were around 15kbps.
Now, here comes 2010. I install it and go to download content via download center and to my surprise... It is SOOO fast. I was taken back by how quickly items downloaded. (I had bought a new FCT when I bought 2010, just to give it another try.)
So, I loaded up the 2009 DLS (I had a long list of content waiting to be downloaded) and it would not go above 15kbps...
So, apparently it is not Auran's servers, but Auran's client software. Or maybe settings in that client software? Not sure, but there is a clear difference for me between 2009 and 2010 in DLS.