I sent this a while ago, but it seemed to got lost....
I started programming on Fortran, then the ZX80 came out and I started
programming in BASIC, which seemed easier then Fortran at that time.
I delved into Z80 assembler programming on the ZX81, Spectrum, Memotech,
Sam and finally ended up with a QL. 68000 Assembler seemed easier then
Z80 and more powerfull. I then tried Atari ST in most favours and
Amigas, but the QL was the best and easiest to use.
The SuperBASIC on the QL was years ahead of the other BASICS, I pasted
an Open University Course: M205: Fundamentals of Computing with only
knowledge of SuperBASIC. The course was centred around PASCAL, so the
procedurtal programming in SuperBASIC fitted in very nicely.
I did not read PCW that much, but they seemd to know what they talking
about, even if it would PC orientated.
So here we are nearly 30 years on, I am still on with QLs and 68K
programming,
Derek
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
In message <4aa03b5e.6010...@firshman.co.uk>, Tony Firshman
<t...@firshman.co.uk> writes
Malcolm Cadman wrote, On 3/09/09 21:34:
In message <9933d6f1bbfb40ae82bea841c0692...@dilwyn3hkh9x94>, Dilwyn
Jones <dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk> writes
Hi Dilwyn,
You are still quite a prolific programmer for the QL ... :-)
I think we all spent hours and hours with programme listings in the
various magazines.
Indeed. I used the Chas Dillon archive file rescuer program in the
very last bumper QL User. They used up all their filed material, and
apparently, according to Chas, did not pay for it.
His program was full of typos, and plain wrong coding. I did though
finally get it working. However my archive programs had to move to
PC Xchange for index size reasons. This was of course still Psion
based, and the file corruptions continued. All these problems
stopped with Arcplus - a terrific clone endorsed by Psion. I still
use it under a DOS emulator (DosBox) under Mac OS X. It runs all my
business databases after 24 years, and I am still finding bugs (8-)#
Not surprising ... once you have found software that "does it", you
tend to stick with it.
I still use a version of Pipedream for spreadsheet work on an old
RISCOS Archimedes - because it does want I want so easily.
Although I am forced to use Excel on PC's to be compatible with work,
etc.
I have kept all of my Sinclair / QL magazines, yet have gradually
disgarded or passed on the many PC titles that have been available
over the years.
I guess someone must have kept a massive collection of computer
magazines ... :-)
These days I am only sometimes tempted with a PC magazine that has a
good DVD of software or a particularly useful article or two.
Most of the DVD's are now also using a web page based format too.
If you read the last PCW editor's web blog you will see this is
*precisely* why it died. Once they offered the *free* DVD they
couldn't stop it, and it ate their reducing profit.
Tony
Yes, exactly ... effectively another media has become very popular
with the "free" magazine DVD's - even though the purchase price of the
magazines has risen considerably too, in recent years..
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