In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gwicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>The status of the GD2 Quill version is a little obscure. As far as I know it >is currently only available in the Quanta library and I don't know if the >author is willing to have a wider distribution as it is still a beta >version. One difficulty in checking this out is that I only have snailmail >contact details. > >In general there is some confusion about the precise status of the Psion >software and what can be distributed and what not. No one seemed to know the >answer to this when I asked at QL is 21. However, there is a long history of >tweaking Quill for various reasons so I assume there are no major problems. > >I was not sure whether you were offering to do a review, which is best done >by a Quanta member. It will be easy to let you have a review copy. Otherwise >you should be able to get it from John Gregory, I was just hoping for a download, rather than sending for a disk, as it is more convenient. Regrettably I won't have the time to review it ... particularly with the tight schedule that you outlined. Although, bringing Quill in to the 21st century with QDOS / SMSQ is appropriate, as the recent Quanta survey showed that many members were still using Quill. So, possibly a way to tempt some of those users in to upgrading their systems overall. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Malcolm Cadman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 8:13 PM >Subject: Re: [ql-users] Quill Makeover > > >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gwicks >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >> >>>The last item in the news section of the current QL-Today concerns the GD2 >>>colour version of Quill written by Roger Godley. >>> >>>We would like to have a full review of this in the next issue and would >>>like >>>a volunteer for the task. >>> >>>There will be a tight deadline as we must have copy in by the end of this >>>month if we are to get issue 3 out in time for Christmas, >> >> I enquired about this a few weeks back, with Dilwyn, as to whether there >> was an available download of this from the www. >> >> -- >> Malcolm Cadman -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
