Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
Morning John, > Screenshot at http://tinypic.com/r/169hxc7/6 That screenshot shows that your Pi is running at 100% CPU and has been for some time. You might find the following article on my blog helpful - if yo haven't already set up turbo mode on your pi. In turbo mode, the Pi will ramp up

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread John
On 20/01/13 21:30:22, John wrote: > I can also confirm that is does actually run on a 256MB Raspberry Pi, > although very slow (19 seconds to draw the puzzle). Screenshot at http://tinypic.com/r/169hxc7/6 Regards John ___ QL-Users Mailing List http:

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread John
On 20/01/13 10:39:40, Ian Burkinshaw wrote: > Hi Wolfgang > > Just tried SMSQmulator on my Windows XP system. Works fine. I can also confirm that is does actually run on a 256MB Raspberry Pi, although very slow (19 seconds to draw the puzzle). Brilliant work! Regards John ___

Re: [Ql-Users] Bill Richardson

2013-01-20 Thread Phil Jordan
- Original Message - From: "Tony Firshman" To: Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Bill Richardson Thanks for all the kind words about Bill. I am going to pass them on to his son and daughter on Monday. Any more received by midday on Monday will be pas

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Derek, I tried compiling Editor307K with Turbo v5.07, all compiles OK, a little slower than QPC2, but the result is a compiled programme. That's good to know! Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Website

2013-01-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 10/01/13 10:40, Norman Dunbar wrote: Morning all, I know this is a PITA - it is to me when someone tells me my web site is out of date - but the QL Today web site (www.qltoday.com) appears to be quite out of date. I would like to thanks Bruce and Jochen. The QL Today web site is fully up

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones
if you like, you can include my QJewels program to show some of the color and sound features of SMSQmulator. Great! Wolfgang Oh no, then I'll get even less work done than I do now ... can't stop playing that game when I start :o) Dilwyn ___ Q

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Derek Stewart
On 20/01/2013 14:09, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi Derek, Hi, Works great for me, does the emulator have problems with Turbo and TPTR programs. Derek Not that I know of. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Tobias, if you like, you can include my QJewels program to show some of the color and sound features of SMSQmulator. Great! Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Tobias Fröschle
Am 20.01.2013 um 15:48 schrieb Wolfgang Lenerz: > Hi, >> >> I also like the fact that a few sample programs have been supplied (3 >> games and Psion Xchange) - the emulator startup lets you get straight >> into running a few programs. Great for people new to QL systems or who >> have never used

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Petri, no problem. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Petri Pellinen
Hi Wolfgang, yes unfortunately I still see the same problem BUT I also see the same problem with another piece of java software that I just downloaded so it starts to look like it really is some kind of a JRE configuration problem on my machine. This is very weird since some packages work well whi

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, I also like the fact that a few sample programs have been supplied (3 games and Psion Xchange) - the emulator startup lets you get straight into running a few programs. Great for people new to QL systems or who have never used emulators before. That was Timothy Swenson's idea. I'm open to

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
...and now for the bit which might worry Wolfgang, Dilwyn just tried to run it on his PC. It worked first time! Darn, where did I go wrong? Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Tobias, OK will do... Thanks Wolfgang Wolfgang, runs very well on the Mac now. Maybe it's worth mentioning in the manual that the QL's "ALT" key is emulated through the Mac's "CMD" key in order to not disturb the original Mac layout. And that "ALT+Q" doesn't work on the Mac for the sam

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Petri, I've uploaded a new version, could you check whether the same problem is still there? Thanks Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones
...and now for the bit which might worry Wolfgang, Dilwyn just tried to run it on his PC. It worked first time! There's a first for everything I suppose :o) Excellent work Wolfgang, now we have a Java based free emulator which runs across many of the major operating systems which have Java ins

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Petri, I just checked, I load 2 fonts explicitly (I had forgotten about that): "Monospaced" and "courrier new" which I thought pretty universal. These are both for the inbuilt monitor, so I'll take them out in a next version. Wolfgang A quick update: I verified that the same JRE instal

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Derek, Hi, Works great for me, does the emulator have problems with Turbo and TPTR programs. Derek Not that I know of. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Tobias Fröschle
Am 20.01.2013 um 06:41 schrieb Wolfgang Lenerz: > Hi all, > > SMSQmulator, the SMSQ/E machine emulator under Java is now out. > > You can find it at : > > www.wlenerz.com/SMSQmulator. > > (Please note that, the site running under linux, this address is case > dependent - g!). > > Have f

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Petri Pellinen
A quick update: I verified that the same JRE installation does run another java based GUI program out of a jar correctly so it seems that the JRE environment itself is not corrupted. Best regards, Petri On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Petri Pellinen wrote: > Hi Wolfgang, > > I was using the J

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Derek Stewart
On 20/01/2013 13:33, Petri Pellinen wrote: Hi Wolfgang, I was using the Java7 version. The stack trace is attached. Seems to be somehow related to loading a default font. I guess it could also mean that my JRE installation is broken somehow. From the trace: Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Petri Pellinen
Hi Wolfgang, I was using the Java7 version. The stack trace is attached. Seems to be somehow related to loading a default font. I guess it could also mean that my JRE installation is broken somehow. >From the trace: Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.Error: Probable fatal error:No f

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Derek Stewart
On 20/01/2013 13:25, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi Per, Thanks... ... and what about second impressions ? :-) (Just fishing for compliments here...) Wolfgang Le 20/01/2013 13:39, Per Witte a écrit : First impression: WOW! :) Per QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Per, Thanks... ... and what about second impressions ? :-) (Just fishing for compliments here...) Wolfgang Le 20/01/2013 13:39, Per Witte a écrit : First impression: WOW! :) Per QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Ian, Glad it works. i did have an exceptional beta tester in Tim Swenson! Wolfgang Hi Wolfgang Just tried SMSQmulator on my Windows XP system. Works fine. Ran my normal QDT setup, a little slower than my QPC2 setup. But worked first time, no problems. Great work. Ian _

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Petri, well that's a first. THanks. Since I have the JDK on all machines, I never even thought about testing that. Did that happen with the version compiled for Java 6 and the one for Java 7? What font(s) did it complain about? I didn't use anything special, am not even sure I actually

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Per Witte
First impression: WOW! :) Per On 20 January 2013 06:41, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > Hi all, > > SMSQmulator, the SMSQ/E machine emulator under Java is now out. > > You can find it at : > > www.wlenerz.com/SMSQmulator. > > (Please note that, the site running under linux, this address is case > depen

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Petri Pellinen
Hi Wolfgang, thank you very much for making this available! Just a note: I was not able to run this under JRE on Windows 7, got error about not being able to load fonts when starting. With a full JDK environment I had no problems. Best regards, Petri On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Wolfgang

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Ian Burkinshaw
Hi Wolfgang Just tried SMSQmulator on my Windows XP system. Works fine. Ran my normal QDT setup, a little slower than my QPC2 setup. But worked first time, no problems. Great work. Ian - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Lenerz" To: Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 5:41 AM Subject:

Re: [Ql-Users] Snowbound?

2013-01-20 Thread Lee Privett
My first teaching job was at Newham Community College, as it was then Geoff, small world :) Regards, Lee Privett Editor ---QUANTA--- The QL Users And Tinkerers Association http://www.QUANTA.org.uk -Original Message- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists

[Ql-Users] R: Bill Richardson

2013-01-20 Thread Davide Santachiara
Dear Tony, Please add a message also from myself and the Italian QL users. I met Bill first time in Gardone Riviera which I think was around 1988 as I got my driving license since a few months. Then he attended all the Italian meetings till 2000 and we all remind him as a very kind and charming p