[Ql-Users] > Re: Final call for QL Today V17 + DVD orders
>Dave Park schrieb: >> Any chance you could offer the disk by itself? I'm sure many >>people might want that who don't need the four magazines and >>expenses that go with that? >Mmmmh, I don't think so. First of all I do not want to upset all >the people who already paid - and who got a lot to read and play >with for little money... >If people were not willing to spend less than what QPC2 on its own >cost, then so be it. I so much agree! For so many years I had been putting off getting QPC2 simply because Q-emuLator was satisfying my every need! I did eventually start to use QPC2, but that was less than a year ago, with version 3.34. I have now upgraded to this latest version 4.00. To be totally honest, I can now say that all of my programs now work flawlessly with QPC2! There are no longer any fatal errors. There have been so many bug fixes. QPC version 4.00 just simply has to be the very best version of the QL S*Basic language there ever is! Let us consider some of the advantages that QPC2 has to offer over QDOS ... * Bug improvements: QPC2 performs better the QDOS * Qdos is limited to 25 lines. I can now get up to 35 lines or even more! * colours : QPC2 can produce eight colours even in mode 4! * Speed: QPC2 is astronomically fast: Only Turbo compiled programs are faster! * QPC2 has a dos device – you can explore your entire PC drive! * QPC2 can call up PC programs with the QPC_EXEC command If, like me, you have been delaying getting QPC2, then now is the time to get it. If, like me, you are a Q-emuLator fan, then I can only advise you to get QPC2 version 4.00, as well. This simply has to be the very best QL software available at the present time. Michael ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface
No Problem. I'll take a 512k one. - Original Message - From: "Dave Park" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface Be patient :) I am just gradually gathering the components together over time, to try and keep the cost as low as possible for buyers. Right now I'm busy making and selling bitcoin miner backplanes, which are generating a moderate income and making a lot of things possible that weren't before. Dave On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Rod H wrote: I take one also. > Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:08:39 -0600 > From: d...@sinclairql.com > To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk > interface > > A small run of Sandy SuperQBoards (Issue 4) will be made available in > several months. They will have floppy, parallel, mouse and optional > 512K. > > Dave > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Alexandre Souza < > alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >Well, it pays nothing to ask :o) If someone want to come in the > > endeavour, please page us! > > > >In Brazil not only is hard to find QL users, but also QL hardware :o( > > So the only option we have, is to find someone who has the hardware...and > > copy it :oP > > > >Thanks, and greetz you all :oD > > > >(more hardware: > >https://picasaweb.google.com/100214485610859499303/ > > SinclairQLMICEClone?authuser=0&feat=directlink) > > > > > > --- > > Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 > > Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br > > > > > > > > - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Lenerz" > > > > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:41 AM > > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface > > > > > > > > Hi, > >> > >> Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy > >>> interface? > >>> > >> > >> Yes! > >> > >> However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. > >> > >> > >> Wolfgang > >> > >> ___ > >> 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 > > > > > > -- > Dave Park > Sandy Electronics, LLC > d...@sinclairql.com > ___ > 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 -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ 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] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface
No timetable, no worries. All appreciated. > Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:46:49 -0600 > From: d...@sinclairql.com > To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface > > Be patient :) I am just gradually gathering the components together over > time, to try and keep the cost as low as possible for buyers. > > Right now I'm busy making and selling bitcoin miner backplanes, which are > generating a moderate income and making a lot of things possible that > weren't before. > > Dave > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Rod H wrote: > > > I take one also. > > > > > Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:08:39 -0600 > > > From: d...@sinclairql.com > > > To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > > > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface > > > > > > A small run of Sandy SuperQBoards (Issue 4) will be made available in > > > several months. They will have floppy, parallel, mouse and optional 512K. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Alexandre Souza < > > > alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Well, it pays nothing to ask :o) If someone want to come in the > > > > endeavour, please page us! > > > > > > > >In Brazil not only is hard to find QL users, but also QL hardware > > :o( > > > > So the only option we have, is to find someone who has the > > hardware...and > > > > copy it :oP > > > > > > > >Thanks, and greetz you all :oD > > > > > > > >(more hardware: > > > >https://picasaweb.google.com/100214485610859499303/ > > > > SinclairQLMICEClone?authuser=0&feat=directlink) > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 > > > > Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Lenerz" > > > > > > To: > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:41 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk > > interface > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > >> > > > >> Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy > > > >>> interface? > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> Yes! > > > >> > > > >> However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Wolfgang > > > >> > > > >> ___ > > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Dave Park > > > Sandy Electronics, LLC > > > d...@sinclairql.com > > > ___ > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Dave Park > Sandy Electronics, LLC > d...@sinclairql.com > ___ > 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] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface
Be patient :) I am just gradually gathering the components together over time, to try and keep the cost as low as possible for buyers. Right now I'm busy making and selling bitcoin miner backplanes, which are generating a moderate income and making a lot of things possible that weren't before. Dave On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Rod H wrote: > I take one also. > > > Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:08:39 -0600 > > From: d...@sinclairql.com > > To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface > > > > A small run of Sandy SuperQBoards (Issue 4) will be made available in > > several months. They will have floppy, parallel, mouse and optional 512K. > > > > Dave > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Alexandre Souza < > > alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >Well, it pays nothing to ask :o) If someone want to come in the > > > endeavour, please page us! > > > > > >In Brazil not only is hard to find QL users, but also QL hardware > :o( > > > So the only option we have, is to find someone who has the > hardware...and > > > copy it :oP > > > > > >Thanks, and greetz you all :oD > > > > > >(more hardware: > > >https://picasaweb.google.com/100214485610859499303/ > > > SinclairQLMICEClone?authuser=0&feat=directlink) > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 > > > Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br > > > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Lenerz" > > > > To: > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:41 AM > > > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk > interface > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > >> > > >> Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy > > >>> interface? > > >>> > > >> > > >> Yes! > > >> > > >> However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. > > >> > > >> > > >> Wolfgang > > >> > > >> ___ > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Dave Park > > Sandy Electronics, LLC > > d...@sinclairql.com > > ___ > > 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 > -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface
I take one also. > Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:08:39 -0600 > From: d...@sinclairql.com > To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface > > A small run of Sandy SuperQBoards (Issue 4) will be made available in > several months. They will have floppy, parallel, mouse and optional 512K. > > Dave > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Alexandre Souza < > alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >Well, it pays nothing to ask :o) If someone want to come in the > > endeavour, please page us! > > > >In Brazil not only is hard to find QL users, but also QL hardware :o( > > So the only option we have, is to find someone who has the hardware...and > > copy it :oP > > > >Thanks, and greetz you all :oD > > > >(more hardware: > >https://picasaweb.google.com/100214485610859499303/ > > SinclairQLMICEClone?authuser=0&feat=directlink) > > > > > > --- > > Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 > > Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br > > > > > > > > - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Lenerz" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:41 AM > > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface > > > > > > > > Hi, > >> > >> Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy > >>> interface? > >>> > >> > >> Yes! > >> > >> However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. > >> > >> > >> Wolfgang > >> > >> ___ > >> 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 > > > > > > -- > Dave Park > Sandy Electronics, LLC > d...@sinclairql.com > ___ > 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] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface
OK, I take one. - Original Message - From: "Dave Park" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface A small run of Sandy SuperQBoards (Issue 4) will be made available in several months. They will have floppy, parallel, mouse and optional 512K. Dave On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Alexandre Souza < alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com> wrote: Well, it pays nothing to ask :o) If someone want to come in the endeavour, please page us! In Brazil not only is hard to find QL users, but also QL hardware :o( So the only option we have, is to find someone who has the hardware...and copy it :oP Thanks, and greetz you all :oD (more hardware: https://picasaweb.google.com/100214485610859499303/ SinclairQLMICEClone?authuser=0&feat=directlink) --- Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Lenerz" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface Hi, Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy interface? Yes! However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. Wolfgang ___ 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 -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ 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] Final call for QL Today V17 + DVD orders
Dave Park schrieb: Any chance you could offer the disk by itself? I'm sure many people might want that who don't need the four magazines and expenses that go with that? Mmmmh, I don't think so. First of all I do not want to upset all the people who already paid - and who got a lot to read and play with for little money... If people were not willing to spend less than what QPC2 on its own cost, then so be it. I'd rather support the people who supported us (QL Today, Marcel and me) over the years ... I re-printed twice for interested people who read it late or through other sources. I printed a few extra ones (Rich Mellor suggested to print a few more, which I did in the end) which can still be ordered, and once those are gone that'll be it from my side regarding QL Today and Bonus DVD. I picked up the re-printed issues today, posted them and informed everyboday via email a moment ago. So I fulfilled this promise and consider this as the very end of QL Today. Best regardsJochen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface
A small run of Sandy SuperQBoards (Issue 4) will be made available in several months. They will have floppy, parallel, mouse and optional 512K. Dave On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Alexandre Souza < alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Well, it pays nothing to ask :o) If someone want to come in the > endeavour, please page us! > >In Brazil not only is hard to find QL users, but also QL hardware :o( > So the only option we have, is to find someone who has the hardware...and > copy it :oP > >Thanks, and greetz you all :oD > >(more hardware: >https://picasaweb.google.com/100214485610859499303/ > SinclairQLMICEClone?authuser=0&feat=directlink) > > > --- > Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 > Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br > > > > - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Lenerz" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:41 AM > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface > > > > Hi, >> >> Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy >>> interface? >>> >> >> Yes! >> >> However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. >> >> >> Wolfgang >> >> ___ >> 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 > -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface
Well, it pays nothing to ask :o) If someone want to come in the endeavour, please page us! In Brazil not only is hard to find QL users, but also QL hardware :o( So the only option we have, is to find someone who has the hardware...and copy it :oP Thanks, and greetz you all :oD (more hardware: https://picasaweb.google.com/100214485610859499303/SinclairQLMICEClone?authuser=0&feat=directlink) --- Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Lenerz" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface Hi, Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy interface? Yes! However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. Wolfgang ___ 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] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface
Hi, >Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy > interface? Yes! However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Finding the line number in QPC2
Hi, since there seems to be no way to get at this with Peek and Poke, I've made a small SBasic extension to tget the value on the return stack, called RET_STK and RET_STK2: A small extension to get the line number of the line having called a function or procedure, in an Sbasic program. USE: line_nbr = RET_STK2 gets the value of the calling line into the variable line_nbr. USE : PRINT RET_STK prints the calling line. NOTE THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES, USE RET_STK ONLY WITH "PRINT". Use RET_STK2 when assigning to a variable. If the keyword is called in a procedure (not a function, then the line number printed/returned is the one AFTER the line having called the procedure. If you use this in a direct program (i.e. not within a procedure/function) the result returned will be 0. NB You can't call this directly from the command line, that will always return 0. I haven't had much time to test this, in the follwing progrm, this works as expected: 100 DEFine PROCedure p 110 CLS 120 temp = t2 130 t 140 PRINT " end p" : REMark we shouldn't get here due to the error in procedure t 150 END DEFine p 160 : 170 DEFine PROCedure t 180 PRINT RET_STK 190 caller_nbr=RET_STK2 200 nbr=1/0 : REMark generate error 210 END DEFine t 220 : 270 DEFine PROCedure sa 280 SAVE_O ret_stack_bas 290 END DEFine sa 300 : 310 DEFine FuNction t2 320 caller_nbr2=RET_STK2 330 PRINT RET_STK 340 RETurn 5 350 END DEFine t2 Calling p will do the trick. You can download this extension from www.wlenerz.com/QLStuff Have fun W. Lenerz ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface
Greetings from Brazil! Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy interface? http://tabalabs.com.br/ql/qdisk/ Thanks Alexandre --- Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Finding the line number in QPC2
Hi, The QL's SuperBasic interpreter and SMSQ/E's Sbasic are VERY different beasts, even if the latter tries to keep program compatibility! Wolfgang > I'm surprised that no one has responded to this yet. > > Both QDOS and SMSQ/E (which is what QPC2 does), have the same look and > feel to the operating system and almost all SuperBASIC code will work on > both OS's. The Turbo compiler and toolkit work on both OS with no > issues (that I am aware of). > > Tim Swenson > ___ > 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] Finding the line number in QPC2
Hi, I'd love to be proved wrong, but I don't think it can be done. (You can't even get the current line nbr from Sbasic, unless I'm mistaken). Mucking about with the return stack will lead to nothing much, I'm afraid. Wolfgang > Sometimes my programs will stop with a nice friendly > error message, giving me the line number where the error occurred and a short > description of what went wrong. I can > then list the program, test the values of variables, and try to fathom out why > my code is not doing what it should. It > can also be helpful to know from what line number the current > procedure/function was called from. This > can be found with ... foo = BASIC_L(60)-24 > : Lnum = BASIC_W%(foo+18). Additionally, > there is a short routine in the Turbo Demos file called How_COME which lists > the > call hierarchies up to the current point. However, all of this is only > available under QDOS. What I was wondering is can something like > this be done in QPC2? > Michael > ___ > 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
