Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$
On 22/01/2013 10:43, John Hall wrote: Has anyone else noticed a time offset between the host OS time and the SMSQ/E time? My SMSQ/E time is +2 hours (running on XP Pro SP3 with JRE6 Update 32 as a limited user)... OK, this is indeed a genuine bug. Thank you John, for pointing it out. I had tested my time adjustment (from Java to SMSQE vice-versa) during summer time, and it was OK (no time difference). Now even here there is a one hour difference, the clock is one hour early (ie. it 9 am and the SMSQE clock shows 10). This is obviously due to the change from summer to winter time. The computer's internal clock still has the summer time, and Java gives me that, and not the adjusted summer/winter time. I thought I was going to take the easy way out of this and make the time difference a configurable value - which you'd probably have to adjust twice a year when switching between summer/winter time. But I thought this was something one could live with. However, under linux at least, there is some problem with the time of files on NFA/SFA devices: those files that were saved (even from within Linux itself) during summer time show the right time under SMSQE - but those that are saved now have the time difference. This is pretty bewildering, because it would mean that the ext4 file system stores the time + the time difference due to summer/winter time.(???). I'll have to check that. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$
On 23/01/2013 09:13, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: However, under linux at least, there is some problem with the time of files on NFA/SFA devices: those files that were saved (even from within Linux itself) during summer time show the right time under SMSQE - but those that are saved now have the time difference. This is pretty bewildering, because it would mean that the ext4 file system stores the time + the time difference due to summer/winter time.(???). No, of course it doesn't - it seems that most file managers interpret the file time differently depending on whether it would fall within winter or summer time. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$
On 23/01/13 00:37:15, Timothy Swenson wrote: Can others in other time zones check their systems and see if SMSQmulator is defaulting to the same time zone? In UK on UTC (GMT) Linux box with NTP running $ date Wed Jan 23 09:33:51 MT 2013 SMSQmulator print date$ 2013 Jan 23 11:33:56 So yes two hours out Regards John ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator on Linux
Hi Wolfgang, Many thanks to you all for SMSQmulator. Brilliant job! SMSQmulator seems to work very well, using the boot supplied, or my QPC2 boot to start it. The only problems with my QPC2 boot were trivial - no QPC_SYNCSCRAP (!##!) and menu_rext must be a non-QPC2 version. I suspect uQLx (with Minerva rom) QPC2 (running under 'wine') will get much less usage in future. Regards, Alex ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
On 22/01/2013 08:58, Dilwyn Jones wrote: 1. Make sure your computer has Java 6 or 7 installed (if not, try downloading from http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp) 2. Get SMSQmulator from Wolfgang Lenerz's website at http://www.wlenerz.com/SMSQmulator 3. It downloads as a zip file. Unzip this into a folder on your Windows hard disk. 4. Double click on the SMSQmulator.jar file (or make a shortcut to it from your desktop or start menu in the usual Windows way!). That's all - the emulator should now start. 5. It starts up with a QXL.WIN called SMSQmulator.win automatically, giving you three games and a copy of Xchange (which has to be run in a screen size of at least 512x512 or it won't work properly) you can use straight away. 6. It comes with a couple of PDF file manuals in the zip file which will tell you everything you need to use SMSQmulator! Enjoy! Dilwyn Jones Thanks Dilwyn, but how do I find the Java version. please? It just seems to ask to install updates from time to time, which I accept. Bryan H ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
On 23/01/13 11:21, Bryan Horstmann wrote: Thanks Dilwyn, but how do I find the Java version. please? It just seems to ask to install updates from time to time, which I accept. The command java -version should give you something like: java version 1.7.0_10 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_10-b18) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode) 1.7 is Java 7, 1.6 is Java 6. Don't ask me why they call it that! HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$
At the risk of teaching granny to suck eggs, and hopefully Wolfgang will forgive me, but does this help? http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/TimeZone.html There's a getOffset function that seems to be able to work out the correct time offset from UTC for a given locale. Not being a Java guru, I have no idea if it works! However, I'd also wonder what happens when the time is coming in from NTP and there's a setting to adjust for daylight savings time - which I can't remember if Windows has. Linux doesn't. At least, not in KDE anyway, I have my systems running with the NTP server setting the clock, and all seems well at present. The hardware clock, on the other hand, I have no idea what it is set to. So, we could have three problems: * the hardware clock is wrong; * the hardware clock is adjusting the time; * Java is also adjusting the time; HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
Thanks Dilwyn, but how do I find the Java version. please? It just seems to ask to install updates from time to time, which I accept. Bryan H I'm not sure if there is a better way than this but here is how I achieved this on Windoze 7: Method 1: In the start menu search box, type in Java, when the result (might be 'Java 32 bit') appears, it will start up the Java control Panel. In the General tab, click on About. On mine, for example, it shows version 7 update 10 just under the red Java logo. Method 2: go to Control Panel, Click on PROGRAMS, then locate JAVA in the list, this brings up the same Java control panel as in method 1. Good luck! Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$
Hi, Norman Dunbar wrote: At the risk of teaching granny to suck eggs, and hopefully Wolfgang will forgive me, but does this help? http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/TimeZone.html Defintely, yes! I now use that TimeZone object. Thanks a lot. During my lunch time, I've made a new version, which is on the website. Hopefully this will get rid of the date problem. I haven't had time to test this version on windows, I don't have a windows machine here... I'd appreciate comments on whether the new version does get rid of the date problem - it does here Not being a Java guru, I have no idea if it works! However, I'd also wonder what happens when the time is coming in from NTP and there's a setting to adjust for daylight savings time - which I can't remember if Windows has. Linux doesn't. At least, not in KDE anyway, I have my systems running with the NTP server setting the clock, and all seems well at present. IIRC, Java gets the system time from the OS, so it shouldn't matter how the time is set by the OS (I use ntp, too ). Moreover, Bryan Horstman wrote: Thanks Dilwyn, but how do I find the Java version. please? It just seems to ask to install updates from time to time, which I accept. If you download any of the versions you can read the anwser to your questions in Timothy Swenson's great userguide, inside the zip file And finally, Alew Well wrote : the only problems with my QPC2 boot were trivial - no QPC_SYNCSCRAP (!##!) and menu_rext must be a non-QPC2 version. Is the Menu Extension SCRAP - (your OS) clipboard exchange a generally asked-for feature? I'm really rusty on using the menu extension things, but next weekend, I could have a look at that. I have used the same menu extensions as I have always used (I just use my old QPC boot on my normal qxl.win file) - I wasn't even aware there is a special QPC version (what's different?). Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$
On 23/01/13 13:17, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Defintely, yes! I now use that TimeZone object. Thanks a lot. No worries, you are very welcome. IIRC, Java gets the system time from the OS, so it shouldn't matter how the time is set by the OS (I use ntp, too ). I have had problems in the past with my times being an hour out. The clock was set to NTP but, the hardware clock was set to BST (I think) because that's what it was set to when the PC was first set up. Reading the time was ok, because NTP set it to UTC aka GMT but some software was reading the hardware clock and some was adjusting for BST/UTC as appropriate, and getting it all wrong. This was Windows 2000 by the way. Confused? I was! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
On 23/01/2013 11:50, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Thanks Dilwyn, but how do I find the Java version. please? It just seems to ask to install updates from time to time, which I accept. Bryan H I'm not sure if there is a better way than this but here is how I achieved this on Windoze 7: Method 1: In the start menu search box, type in Java, when the result (might be 'Java 32 bit') appears, it will start up the Java control Panel. In the General tab, click on About. On mine, for example, it shows version 7 update 10 just under the red Java logo. Method 2: go to Control Panel, Click on PROGRAMS, then locate JAVA in the list, this brings up the same Java control panel as in method 1. Good luck! Dilwyn For inlo, Dilwyn. In Vista the first method flashes up a page of text which immediately disappears IN Control Panel, Programs Java wasn't listed!! I tried again after lunch and there were now two items, Java 6 update 22 and Java 6 update 33. The only action available by clicking on them is to un-install; no details. Why it has kept the old version I don't know. Perhaps I should get the latest 7 from the site if it is compatible. Bryan H ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
On 1/23/2013 3:21 AM, Bryan Horstmann wrote: but how do I find the Java version. please? This is documented in the SMSQmulator User Guide. Use the 'java -version' command. Tim ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
On 23/01/2013 02:59, Timothy Swenson wrote: On 1/23/2013 3:21 AM, Bryan Horstmann wrote: but how do I find the Java version. please? This is documented in the SMSQmulator User Guide. Use the 'java -version' command. Tim Ahh, now I've got it thanks Tim; java (space)(hyphen)version. That tells me 1.6.33, so the 1.6.22 program folder is just wasting 98Mb and could be deleted possibly? Bryan H ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
Hi, in your place I would : download v. 7 u 11 from Oracle's website. Go to your control panel, software and uninstall all old versions of java. Install the newest one you just downloaded. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Rawread
This might help? http://reboot.pro/topic/14354-buidlingmodifying-floppy-images-with-mtools-as-replacement-for-winimageimdisk/ Le 23/01/2013 15:55, Dilwyn Jones a écrit : On my website there’s an article by IIRC Timothy Swenson about the use of RAWREAD and RAWRITE to create and write disk image files. Someone asked me (presumably trying out SMSQmulator) if there is a 64-bit Windows version of RAWREAD or RAWRITE, or equivalent software (RAWREAD is a DOS program which doesn’t run in 64-bit environments). I assume it might be possible to run 32-bit programs in something like virtual box too. Another solution gleaned from reading the Tim Swenson manual with the emulator is to use the QDC (Quintessential Disk Cloner from QLTools to create a floppy image, although I haven’t yet got round to testing if this works on 64-bit Windows or not). Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
1/23/2013 3:21 AM, Bryan Horstmann wrote: but how do I find the Java version. please? This is documented in the SMSQmulator User Guide. Use the 'java -version' command. Tim I know nothing about Java. When I try this from Windows CMD box, it gives 'java' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file Even when in the Sun/Java folder??? Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
Dilwyn, Brian, open a command session (aka dosbox) type the command java -version without any quotes and press return. You will get a response that says something like: Java version 1.x.y.z-bnn X = the Java version 6, 7, whatever. Y = minor release of X Z = update number. bnn = build number. Using Control panel, in XP, I didn't have Programs, but I did have Java. Double-clicking it opened a dialogue. On the Genearl tab is an about button. I clicked it. It said Java 6 Standard Edition in the heading, and beneath that it said version 6, update 29 (build 1.6.0_29-b11) That corresponds to my 1.x.y.z which is 1.6.0_29-b11. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
On 23/01/13 15:24, Dilwyn Jones wrote: I know nothing about Java. When I try this from Windows CMD box, it gives 'java' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file Even when in the Sun/Java folder??? You've broken it again! ;-) Just wondering, I replied to this thread earlier on this morning with details of how to use the java -version command in a Dos box to get your version, did it arrive? Just wondering. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
From: SMSQE Not as quick as QPC2, but very acceptable speed and (better than QPC2) it handles the keyboard without a problemmeaning I have access to # and other characters I can't easily get under QPC2! I never had (and have) problems with the keyboard with QPC2...??? Cheers...Ralf ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
Not on my system it doesn't in a dos box!!! That's exactly what I typed in. It gives the error I mentioned earlier. Must be some setup option or paths option which affects this. The view in Control Panel varies between Windows versions, obviously. Dilwyn -Original Message- From: Norman Dunbar Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:54 PM To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator Dilwyn, Brian, open a command session (aka dosbox) type the command java -version without any quotes and press return. You will get a response that says something like: Java version 1.x.y.z-bnn X = the Java version 6, 7, whatever. Y = minor release of X Z = update number. bnn = build number. Using Control panel, in XP, I didn't have Programs, but I did have Java. Double-clicking it opened a dialogue. On the Genearl tab is an about button. I clicked it. It said Java 6 Standard Edition in the heading, and beneath that it said version 6, update 29 (build 1.6.0_29-b11) That corresponds to my 1.x.y.z which is 1.6.0_29-b11. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2890 / Virus Database: 2639/6041 - Release Date: 01/18/13 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Rawread
Ah, thank you. Floopy is simple enough even for me :o) And cheap enough for me too (Freeware!) I tested it with a USB floppy as drive A: on my Windows 7 64-bit PC and it successfully if slowly created a disk image of a HD QL disk in about 10 minutes. It won't handle 720KB QL disks (it recognised it as such), only 1.4 MB ones on this system at least. Probably because Win7 doesn't handle 720K disks. MTools can be a bit overpowering with all those command line options. And I tested the Jonathan Hudson QDC, that also doesn't run on Win 7 64-bit. Dilwyn -Original Message- From: Wolfgang Lenerz Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:28 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Rawread And also http://neofreeman.freepgs.com/maxpert/floopy.php Le 23/01/2013 15:55, Dilwyn Jones a écrit : On my website there’s an article by IIRC Timothy Swenson about the use of RAWREAD and RAWRITE to create and write disk image files. Someone asked me (presumably trying out SMSQmulator) if there is a 64-bit Windows version of RAWREAD or RAWRITE, or equivalent software (RAWREAD is a DOS program which doesn’t run in 64-bit environments). I assume it might be possible to run 32-bit programs in something like virtual box too. Another solution gleaned from reading the Tim Swenson manual with the emulator is to use the QDC (Quintessential Disk Cloner from QLTools to create a floppy image, although I haven’t yet got round to testing if this works on 64-bit Windows or not). Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2890 / Virus Database: 2639/6041 - Release Date: 01/18/13 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
I think the keyboard issue is specific to my Lenovo desktop pc...not sure what the problem actually is, but in QPC I don't get the correct characters from the keyboard making work difficult. SMSQmulator fixes it jon -Original Message- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Ralf Reköndt Sent: 23 January 2013 16:03 To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator From: SMSQE Not as quick as QPC2, but very acceptable speed and (better than QPC2) it handles the keyboard without a problemmeaning I have access to # and other characters I can't easily get under QPC2! I never had (and have) problems with the keyboard with QPC2...??? Cheers...Ralf ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 23/Jan/13 16:01 | Jan23: Not on my system it doesn't in a dos box!!! That's exactly what I typed in. It gives the error I mentioned earlier. Must be some setup option or paths option which affects this. The view in Control Panel varies between Windows versions, obviously. That may be because your java is old (or non-existent!). I got the same issue under my Windows Server 2008 standard (based on Windows 7). I installed Java via http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp and it then gave: c:\Users\Administratorjava -version java version 1.7.7_11 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_11-b21) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode) Tony Dilwyn -Original Message- From: Norman Dunbar Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:54 PM To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator Dilwyn, Brian, open a command session (aka dosbox) type the command java -version without any quotes and press return. You will get a response that says something like: Java version 1.x.y.z-bnn X = the Java version 6, 7, whatever. Y = minor release of X Z = update number. bnn = build number. Using Control panel, in XP, I didn't have Programs, but I did have Java. Double-clicking it opened a dialogue. On the Genearl tab is an about button. I clicked it. It said Java 6 Standard Edition in the heading, and beneath that it said version 6, update 29 (build 1.6.0_29-b11) That corresponds to my 1.x.y.z which is 1.6.0_29-b11. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
On 23 Jan 2013, at 16:02, Ralf Reköndt wrote: Not as quick as QPC2, but very acceptable speed and (better than QPC2) it handles the keyboard without a problemmeaning I have access to # and other characters I can't easily get under QPC2! I never had (and have) problems with the keyboard with QPC2...??? I use QPC2 on Windows XP under VMware on a MAC. To get # (I just used ALT/3 here) I use the |\ key (where hash would be on a normal QL keyboard. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
Yes, I tried all (I think) these combinations when I first got my PC...the |\ key gives nothing at all evebn with SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, etc. ALT/3 gives 3, etc. I can get at some characters using clavier, but I have to use parts of the keyboard that work normally under QPC for them to work with the clavier mappings. Quite a few keys just don't work properly...strange. But, as I say, they do under SMSQmulator so I can probably start SBASIC coding again! Jon -Original Message- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of George Gwilt Sent: 23 January 2013 16:28 To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator On 23 Jan 2013, at 16:02, Ralf Reköndt wrote: Not as quick as QPC2, but very acceptable speed and (better than QPC2) it handles the keyboard without a problemmeaning I have access to # and other characters I can't easily get under QPC2! I never had (and have) problems with the keyboard with QPC2...??? I use QPC2 on Windows XP under VMware on a MAC. To get # (I just used ALT/3 here) I use the |\ key (where hash would be on a normal QL keyboard. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
That may be because your java is old (or non-existent!). Java 7 Update 10. Maybe a reinstall is in order... Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
On 23 Jan 2013, at 16:39, SMSQE wrote: Yes, I tried all (I think) these combinations when I first got my PC...the |\ key gives nothing at all evebn with SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, etc. ALT/3 gives 3, etc. I can get at some characters using clavier, but I have to use parts of the keyboard that work normally under QPC for them to work with the clavier mappings. Quite a few keys just don't work properly...strange. But, as I say, they do under SMSQmulator so I can probably start SBASIC coding again! Jon -Original Message- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of George Gwilt Sent: 23 January 2013 16:28 To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator On 23 Jan 2013, at 16:02, Ralf Reköndt wrote: Not as quick as QPC2, but very acceptable speed and (better than QPC2) it handles the keyboard without a problemmeaning I have access to # and other characters I can't easily get under QPC2! I never had (and have) problems with the keyboard with QPC2...??? I use QPC2 on Windows XP under VMware on a MAC. To get # (I just used ALT/3 here) I use the |\ key (where hash would be on a normal QL keyboard. George When I take QPC2 abroad (USA or Germany for example) I have found trouble with keyboards. One trouble was with the |\ symbols. What I did was to use the ?/ symbols on the foreign keyboard to produce the ones I wanted. This was done by putting in the BOOT the instructions Altkey '/',CHR$(92) to get \ and Altkey '?',CHR$(124) to get | George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
Yes, I tried all (I think) these combinations when I first got my PC...the |\ key gives nothing at all evebn with SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, etc. ALT/3 gives 3, etc. I can get at some characters using clavier, but I have to use parts of the keyboard that work normally under QPC for them to work with the clavier mappings. Quite a few keys just don't work properly...strange. But, as I say, they do under SMSQmulator so I can probably start SBASIC coding again! Jon We do hear about this from time to time, the classic being that in the QPC startup dialogue you have to set many UK laptops to have a USA keyboard. It would be interesting to hear from users who've had experience of such keyboard problems and how they solved the problems or worked around them. Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 23/Jan/13 16:33 | Jan23: Dilwyn/ That may be because your java is old (or non-existent!). Java 7 Update 10. Maybe a reinstall is in order... Check where your java.exe is and that it is ith the system PATH. Mine is in C:\Windows\system32\ PATH PATH=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;c:\batch\;c:\psion\ Note the psion entry - this is the ancestor of the QL Psion programs! You can add to PATH. Right click on (My) Computer - Properties - Advanced - Environmental Variables. ... but it certainly looks like you have a dodgy installation! Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$
I can confirm that for V1.01 of SMSQmulator the SMSQ/E time matches the XP Pro time. Thanks! John - Original Message - From: Wolfgang Lenerz w...@scp-paulet-lenerz.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$ During my lunch time, I've made a new version, which is on the website. Hopefully this will get rid of the date problem. I haven't had time to test this version on windows, I don't have a windows machine here... I'd appreciate comments on whether the new version does get rid of the date problem - it does here ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$
Hi Wolfgang, Thanks for your response. My 2 minor hiccups are mentioned below. Like other folks, I was delighted to plug in my existing qxl.win and get a functional SMSQ with my existing QPC2 boot. Regards, Alex On Wednesday 23 January 2013 14:17:30 Wolfgang wrote: Is the Menu Extension SCRAP - (your OS) clipboard exchange a generally asked-for feature? I do not know - I think it was for communication with M$ file-systems (useful in Linux), and M$ software (that I do not use). I'm really rusty on using the menu extension things, but next weekend, I could have a look at that. I have used the same menu extensions as I have always used (I just use my old QPC boot on my normal qxl.win file) - I wasn't even aware there is a special QPC version (what's different?). I get a msg during boot-up similar to: This version is only licenced for QPC. - referring to v768. I am using menu_rext v765 for SMSQmulator. If there is a unique flag for SMSQmulator, I would use it in my QPC2/SMSQmulator boot to switch menu_rext versions, and to turn off the SYNCSCRAP. ver$ gives HBA (for SMSQ), on SMSQmulator and QPC2, of course. Could you change it to HBA-S perhaps? = ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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That may be because your java is old (or non-existent!). Java 7 Update 10. Maybe a reinstall is in order... Check where your java.exe is and that it is ith the system PATH. Mine is in C:\Windows\system32\ PATH PATH=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;c:\batch\;c:\psion\ Note the psion entry - this is the ancestor of the QL Psion programs! You can add to PATH. Right click on (My) Computer - Properties - Advanced - Environmental Variables. ... but it certainly looks like you have a dodgy installation! OK, I uninstalled it all and reinstalled from that link using default settings suggested for my computer. java.exe is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin (32 bit version as Windows 7 defaults to 32-bit Internet Explorer since many web pages don't render correctly on the 64 bit version also available in Windows 7 - it says you can have both 32 and 64 bit versions installed on your computer at the same time if you use 32 bit and 64 bit browsers) Here is the PATH from my PC (I split it into separate lines manually just to make it easier to read): PATH=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live; C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live; C:\Windows\system32; C:\Windows; C:\Windows\System32\Wbem; C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\; C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared; C:\Program Files (x86)\sK1 Project\UniConvertor-1.1.5\; C:\Program Files (x86)\sK1 Project\UniConvertor-1.1.5\DLLs; C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\; C:\Program Files (x86); Seems the above ain't enough for it to find Java.Exe - if I navigate manually in the command box to find jave.exe and then enter the command it works obviously. (Sorry to bore everyone with non-QL stuff, obviously I need to resolve the above if using Java software like SMSQmulator, surprisingly that does work even with the various problems). ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Is the Menu Extension SCRAP - (your OS) clipboard exchange a generally asked-for feature? I do not know - I think it was for communication with M$ file-systems (useful in Linux), and M$ software (that I do not use). I do use this facility to transfer text between Windows clipboard and Scrap when using QL programs like QD which know how to use Scrap. I also use Marcel's little SyncStuff SBASIC utility to copy between Scrap and hotkey stuffer buffer. I have used the same menu extensions as I have always used (I just use my old QPC boot on my normal qxl.win file) - I wasn't even aware there is a special QPC version (what's different?). This is a quote from emails Jochen sent me (for news columns) a while back: Please note: The Menu Extension from version 7.65 onwards works only under SMSQ/E V2 (e.g. QPC2 or systems with high-colour screen drivers). If you run the old QL Pointer Environment, you should stick to your old Menu Extension. English only (a German version of MENU_rext is also on the disc, but no German documentation). Plus this little note: A new version of Qmenu, version 8.02, is now available. The current versions of QMenu are only licensed for use on SMSQ/E systems. The previous version had a small bug, however, in that it tested for QPC, not SMSQ/E. So it would appear that there was at least one version which explicitly tests for QPC rather than SMSQ/E. Could you change it to HBA-S perhaps? A lot of programs (rightly or wrongly) test for SMSQ/E and Minerva explicitly with testing for VER$ = HBA and JSL1 respectively. This would risk throwing those programs, perhaps. Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 23/Jan/13 17:42 | Jan23: That may be because your java is old (or non-existent!). Java 7 Update 10. Maybe a reinstall is in order... Check where your java.exe is and that it is ith the system PATH. Mine is in C:\Windows\system32\ PATH PATH=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;c:\batch\;c:\psion\ Note the psion entry - this is the ancestor of the QL Psion programs! You can add to PATH. Right click on (My) Computer - Properties - Advanced - Environmental Variables. ... but it certainly looks like you have a dodgy installation! OK, I uninstalled it all and reinstalled from that link using default settings suggested for my computer. java.exe is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin (32 bit version as Windows 7 defaults to 32-bit Internet Explorer since many web pages don't render correctly on the 64 bit version also available in Windows 7 - it says you can have both 32 and 64 bit versions installed on your computer at the same time if you use 32 bit and 64 bit browsers) Here is the PATH from my PC (I split it into separate lines manually just to make it easier to read): PATH=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live; C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live; C:\Windows\system32; C:\Windows; C:\Windows\System32\Wbem; C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\; C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared; C:\Program Files (x86)\sK1 Project\UniConvertor-1.1.5\; C:\Program Files (x86)\sK1 Project\UniConvertor-1.1.5\DLLs; C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\; C:\Program Files (x86); Seems the above ain't enough for it to find Java.Exe - if I navigate manually in the command box to find jave.exe and then enter the command it works obviously. (Sorry to bore everyone with non-QL stuff, obviously I need to resolve the above if using Java software like SMSQmulator, surprisingly that does work even with the various problems). I suspect appending ';C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin' to your PATH will solve the issue. I am not sure how it will cope with the spaces. Maybe you need %20 to represent a space. You can do this from the Environmental Variables window described above or: PATH %path%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin from DOS (I think!). Odd though the installation did not put it in a sensible place. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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On 23/01/2013 03:18, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi, in your place I would : download v. 7 u 11 from Oracle's website. Go to your control panel, software and uninstall all old versions of java. Install the newest one you just downloaded. Wolfgang Followed your advice, Wolfgang, and used Revo uninstaller to clear the decks, then installed ver 7; all went smoothly and I got the messge that it was installed. That is enough for the present. Go carefully one step at a time. To get the java version I seem to have to go into command prompt/comsole and enter java -version; it doesn't work in the window at the bottom of the page which comes up with Windiws key. Thanks, Bryan H ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$
On 1/23/2013 10:35 AM, John Hall wrote: I can confirm that for V1.01 of SMSQmulator the SMSQ/E time matches the XP Pro time. I tested it too and it works fine now. Tim Swenson ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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QDC should run in DOSBOX. I don't know if DOSBOX can address the USB floppy. It might just be a simple MOUNT command. If you have Cygwin installed, then dd can be used for reading both 720k and 1.44M floppies. I tested this recently and it worked. Tim ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$
Hi Alew, I do not know - I think it was for communication with M$ file-systems (useful in Linux), and M$ software (that I do not use). OK, I'll see what I can do. If there is a unique flag for SMSQmulator, I would use it in my QPC2/SMSQmulator boot to switch menu_rext versions, and to turn off the SYNCSCRAP. ver$ gives HBA (for SMSQ), on SMSQmulator and QPC2, of course. Could you change it to HBA-S perhaps? You can check for SMSQmulator with the machine function. This will give 20 for SMSQmulator and other values for other machines. Print machine (20 for SMSQmulator, 30 for QPC). oOlfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
