Cheers
Dave
On 5/6/05 2:03 PM, "Alan Rubin" <rubin at frell.org> wrote:
> There is a CDROM. Many years ago Adrian Tappin, through ANGFA, put out a
> Rainbowfish CDROM. ANGFA still has a few hundred copies in stock. Contact
> treasurer at angfa.org.au to find out more. It was made for Win98, but there are
> instructions on the www.angfa.org.au website, under News and Events, that show
> you how to play it on a modern Windows machine (does not work on a Mac).
>
> Alan
>
>
> On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, Chris wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I have the ear of the aquatics editor at TFH Publications (am currently
>> writing two books for them) and have provided him with the e-mail address
>> for Adrian Tappin from his website, in the hopes that he's willing to write
>> an authoritative book on the subject. No update as of yet as to whether he
>> was able to reach Adrian, but I will check Monday morning and post the
>> progress here. Keep your fingers crossed, and if someone does have updated
>> contact information for Adrian, please send it my way!
>>
>>
>>
>> Kindest regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Chris Brightwell
>>
>> (Marine Scientist for Kent Marine)
>>
>>
>>
>> _____
>>
>> From: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com [r_m_l at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom
>> Ray
>> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 12:32 PM
>> To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [RML] Re: ugh!!! Home of the Rainbowfish has disappeared!
>>
>>
>>
>> Scott & Peter:
>>
>> You are both absolutely correct. And, BTW I just found the CD-ROM
>> you mentioned Scott in an earlier version of Adrian's Website in the
>> AU Web archive: Pandora. What a wonderful national resource!
>>
>> Thank you to both Peter and Brad for this new link! I just added a
>> link in the newsgroup to the AU Website archive using their
>> authortative reference URL.
>>
>> --TommyBoy
>>
>> --- In r_m_l at yahoogroups.com, Scott Davis <unclescott at p...> wrote:
>>> I'm on the road and can't check, but "they" put out a terrific
>> Rainbowfish CD a couple of years ago. It certainly had photos by some
>> of the same great photographers as are shown on the Home of the
>> Rainbowfish site.
>>>
>>> One of our brethern from Oz (when they get up) will have to give
>> details and whether that disk is still for sale. It took a while in
>> the mail, but got here and is treasured.
>>>
>>> All the best!
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> Tom Ray <t_a_ray_cissp at y...> wrote:
>>> I agree.
>>>
>>> IF anyone has Adrian Tappin's email address, snailmail address,
>> etc.
>>> contact data, I would think this newsgroup, one of the hobby
>>> associations, or even an individual hobbiest might contact Adrian
>>> about his content and about the possibility /logistics of hosting
>> or
>>> issuing a CD-ROM with an appropriate and mutually agreed form of
>>> compensation, as warranted.
>>>
>>> Besides, I don't think anyone said anything about, implied (nor
>>> considered anyone inferring) illegal reposting, copyright
>>> enfringement or unethical behavior. I (and I believe Kevin) were
>> more
>>> surprised and disappointed by the loss of Adrian's great content
>> and
>>> maybe even intent on preserving it (as is or in some other form).
>>>
>>> I can easily see how this group, if interested, could reverse this
>>> bad fortune and turn it into an opportunity to preserve this
>>> resource, advance the hobby, and even promote Adrian and its
>> efforts
>>> and mission. "Crisis" = "severe opportunity" doesn't it?
>>>
>>> --TommyBoy
>>> --- In r_m_l at yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Sheller" <kevmo at a...> wrote:
>>>> That's totally cool, Brad. I was just going to store it on my
>> local
>>> drive so
>>>> I could always have it for reference... I certainly wasn't going
>> to
>>> re-post
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com [r_m_l at yahoogroups.com]On
>>> Behalf Of
>>>> Brad Jackson
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 5:23 PM
>>>> To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [RML] ugh!!! Home of the Rainbowfish has
>>> disappeared!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>>> I'm not sure if there is any way to change the links with out
>>> looking at
>>>> the html but like I said this is a copyrighted site belonging to
>>> Adrian
>>>> Tappin. With out permission it would not be ethical to use the
>> site
>>> or any
>>>> part of the site. No problem if you get permission. If you want
>> to
>>> link from
>>>> your page just link to the archive.
>>>> Later
>>>> Angfa1
>>>> Brad Jackson
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Kevin Sheller
>>>> To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 3:48 PM
>>>> Subject: RE: [RML] ugh!!! Home of the Rainbowfish has
>>> disappeared!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there any clever way to download the entire site with
>> links
>>> intact? I
>>>> just tried to download a few pages at a time, and the internal
>>> links are
>>>> hardcoded to return you to the archive site...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Kevmo
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com [r_m_l at yahoogroups.com]
>> On
>>> Behalf Of
>>>> Brad Jackson
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 1:28 PM
>>>> To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [RML] ugh!!! Home of the Rainbowfish has
>>> disappeared!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>> The website that I think you are refering to is archived
>>> and can be
>>>> downloaded from Pandora Australia web archive at this address
>>>> http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nla.arc-21803 . Yes this is a shame
>>> Adrian's site
>>>> is gone. Remember all of the content on that site is the property
>>> of Adrian
>>>> Tappin and could only be used permission. We must all remember to
>>> respect
>>>> owners right to their work.
>>>> Later
>>>> Angfa1
>>>> Brad Jackson
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Tom Ray
>>>> To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 12:19 PM
>>>> Subject: [RML] ugh!!! Home of the Rainbowfish has
>>> disappeared!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alas! ...alack!! ...allay!!! Another great website seems
>>> to have
>>>> died/disappeared. My bookmark gives me a "404" and so
>> too
>>> does the
>>>> link from here. Does anyone have a defintive word on the
>>> fate
>>>> and/ot
>>>> future of this resource? Anyone know what happened to
>> all
>>> its
>>>> webpages or how we could collect them (maybe with an eye
>>> towards
>>>> resurrecting the site)?
>>>>
>>>> --TommyBoy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>