Re: [Ql-Users] USBWiz Driver Update
On 2/1/2011 8:13 PM, Adrian Ives wrote: So, my question is this: Is anyone actually interested in me devoting more time to finish this project? If (and it is still an if) the driver can be brought to a release-stable state, is there interest in a commercial product based around this? Absolutely I'd pay for that :-) Yes, VERY interested esp. if it works with the Q40 :-) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Bill Cable
On 8/14/2010 12:13 PM, Rich Mellor wrote: On 14/08/2010 09:38, Tony Firshman wrote: Does anyone have a working email address for Bill Cable? He has retired from Burlington Caots (coats.com). Tony I don't have any other email unfortunately. You can always snail-mail him. His regular address still stands. Contacted him and Mary around January. Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Calling PHOEBUS
Rich Mellor wrote: Phoebus, I know you sometimes contribute to the list, but I can't find a valid email address for you Someone has asked me about a suitable cable for a 2.88MB disk drive (powered through the cable) - I know you did some of these in the past - do you have the details? Hi Rich, My email addresses have not changed it's this one and phoebus AT the domain as above. I have the details for the cable somewhere, better yet I do have a cable ready which I can check. However IIRC the cables I did were only for IBM drives and they may not work with other makes. I did install a switch on the cable to change capacity (couldn't be done by software for some odd reason on those drives). On another note, for anyone that's interested I do still have a couple hundred ED disks somewhere... Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Compatible LCD monitor for Q40/Q60 ?
matras...@aol.com wrote: Hi Thierry I too would like a LCD monitor for the Q60 but I have not found a suitable one yet. If you find one please let me know.# Duncan IIRC There was a way of changing the resolution of the way of the Qx0 in order to properly use an LCD display. It had to be done in hardware, but you should contact Peter for that. I don't know if he still has the parts to do it. I don't recall much else I am sorry. Regards, Phoebus -Original Message- From: Thierry Godefroy ql.us...@free.fr To: ql-users ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:38 Subject: [Ql-Users] Compatible LCD monitor for Q40/Q60 ? Greetings, My last CRT SVGA monitor just died (HV transformer fried: no hope of repair) and my current LCD monitor is unable to display the Q40/Q60 resolution (1024x512) properly (it apparently tries to interpolates the 1024 columns into 640 and it displays only the first 480 lines). Is anyone using a recent (must be available for sale now in shops) LCD monitor able to properly display the Q40/Q60 screens ? Many thanks in advance ! Thierry. ___ 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 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] XTC68 Sources
Dave Walker wrote: All, I am not sure if the XTC68 will work with long filenames or not.There is no such limitation built into the C68 part of the source, but it might be a limitation of the fact that it is compiled as a DOS console application at the Visual Studio level? XTC68 (NT) Does work with long filenames. I used it a while back and I had no problems with a path of 32 characters and more than 8+3 char length filenames. As to whether it can run on Windows mobile, I cannot see any fundamental limitation if you have access to a simple Console style window. The system does not use anything demanding in terms of underlying OS support - basically just standard file access operations. Even if that is not standard with Windows Mobile there is sure to be a 3rd party app that provides it. After all we got the software to work on the Psion 3a and Psion 5 which are far more limiting platforms. I concur. I have to see my CE devices (Datalogic Memor CE Based Barcode scanners) but there is no reason why it shouldn't . IIRC there is a standard Win32-style console. I might see if I can build it to run on my iPhone - that would be of more interest to me personally. I am not sure how feasible it is, but as the underlying OS on the iPhone is Unix based it should be possible without too much pain I would have thought. If I do that I would probably add a graphic front-end to make running it easier. While I am at it, is there any interest in one of the QL emulators running on the iPhone/iTouch? I have been thinking of looking at porting one of them for some time. There is interest of course (count me in), but that would require a jailbroken iPhone with ceedia etc for installation. Apple won't let anyone post ANYTHING like it on the AppStore especially for something as powerful as s*basic. (Remember what happened with the c64 emulator fiasco :-) ) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] uqlx-win32
Norman Dunbar wrote: Evening Phoebus, Hi Norman, QT would be a good choice for the higher level as would GTK (Qt though just got stable bindings for mono... therefore I vote GTK -for the time being-). Of course porting the graphics part is the least of one's worries when porting to Windoze:-P ) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] uqlx-win32
Malcolm Cadman wrote: The problem is that making a runtime version of cygwin is not entirely straightforward as it used to be in the old days :-( I am sure that If I sat down, I could probably find the way, but to be honest with you I didn't have enough time as it were and didn't want to mess with it. As for the cygz11xxx.dll file, I will have to look at it. It seems to me at first glance as a typo somewhere (X is close to Z on the keyboard) but then again I could be wrong... (That's not so uncommon you know ;-) There is a live cd version of cygwin (I think from the University of Indiana RACS) and that should work without any installation. The proper solution for uQLx is for the graphics parts to be abstracted and maybe use SDL or something along the same lines, something that will enable native compilation under Windoze, MacOS etc. With the newest sources from Richard it should be worth a try otherwise it would be reinventing the wheel people. A fork of uQLx would be really tough to maintain, plus sending upstream and reincorporating in the code all the modifications that would be required, would make Richard's job tougher I'd think... Anyway, I will try this weekend to make a step-by-step tutorial Cheers, Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Compiling UQLX
Norman Dunbar wrote: Evening Peter, Peter wrote: If you have further questions, try the ql-developers mailing list. at the risk of sounding a little stupid, what ql-developers list do you refer to? I've never heard of it! Thanks. Cheers, Norman. That's because it is rarely used :) Address is: ql-develop...@q-v-d.com You subscribe just like you did with ql-users Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Wanted
Malcolm Cadman wrote: In message 49a99ad8.7030...@dokos-gr.net, Phoebus R. Dokos ql@dokos-gr.net writes Hi, Does this mean that Phoebus is back in circulation ... ? Hi Malcolm :-) I'm always in circulation, just very quiet :-) With the economy being bad as it is, we work extra long hours to automate as many things as we can that means very little time for the QL :-( Rich: I looked this morning (since due to the begining of Lent, I had the day off). Couldn't find the ROM anywhere :-( ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Astrologer
Dilwyn Jones wrote: I have been trying to help someone transfer some microdrive cartridges to an emulator and am having problems transferring a copy of Astrologer from Digital Precision from microdrive cartridge, both tapes giving bad or changed medium from a few files. Can anyone help me with a copy of just the Astrologer program from microdrive 1 and most of the files from drive 2, so I can try to repair the files for him? The UPDATES_DOC says it's version 1.08, although I doubt that it's too critical. I can't remember if DP did both a standard and Pro version of this program, so I'll hope that saying the file length of ASTROLOGER is 57,412 bytes hoping that will identify which version it is, it's just labelled ASTROLOGER ont he cartridge. I think that Astrologer also came in the DP collection that F.V. was selling right before DP went out of business. I do have that in FLP form (also in my office downstairs, also have to look for it... that's a project for next Saturday though ;-) Cheers, Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Wanted
Rich Mellor wrote: Does anyone have a spare copy of the Metacomco QL-C manual - I have the software and EPROM, but no manual alas. Also does anyone have the ROM for 68K/OS - now there is a blast from the QL's past. I have 2 microdrive cartridges labelled 68K/ASM and 68K/OS but I cannot read either on the QL - I guess you need the ROM installed to read the format! Rich, I may have one among some things that I picked up from a nice US QL user a little before I moved back to Greece. I will look and let you know Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] batch file
Την Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:59:48 +0300,ο(η) Tobias Fröschle [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: Phoebus R. Dokos schrieb: Την Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:52:23 +0300,ο(η) Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Has anyone used Phoebus's uQLX for Windows? I've never used it to know if it's worth adding to the stick. And a small correction. I merely put the thing together. I was Peter's work :-) Phoebus, all, any idea where I could get uqlxfw from? Some time ago i was browsing through all the usual suspects and couldnÄt find it. Thanks Tobias ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm I have it somewheres ;-) As I said previously I will have to look into my files (1 Tb worth :-( ) Anyway... I will let you know -- Phoebus R. Dokos - B.Sc (Hons) in Management Information Systems ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] batch file
Την Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:52:23 +0300,ο(η) Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: If Phoebus can still be contacted I am sure he will be able to help with sorting out a working version on your PC system. Yes I can still be contacted although I rarely read the list anymore :-( Anyway, I don't even remember the requirements for uQLx for Windoze... I will have to peek into my files and see what my notes are on the subject. Off the top of my head I recall that cygwin had to be a specific version and higher for winuqlx to run, your video card driver had to also be supported (otherwise the X Windows port of cygwin wouldn't start and therefore neither would uqlx) and your rc file had to be correct (uqlx is quite temperamental there) I will also have to look into the newest incarnation of cygwin as well for changes. (Maybe they run XOrg now instead of XFree... I dunno... too damn busy trying to port an entire enterprise infrastructure to mySQL from Access ;-) to play around with cygwin) Just to say, as well, the advantage of uqlx is that it is a port that can work on many Operating Systems. And a marvelous piece of software as well... Contact me off list to the following email address if you need me: pdokos AT petline DOT gr Cheers for now ;-) -- Phoebus R. Dokos - B.Sc (Hons) in Management Information Systems ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] WinUqlx (was batch file)
So, I am looking at this information via Windows Safe Mode. Until I fix the hardware problem. I didn't read the rest of the thread so I do not know what hardware problem you are referring to (and I may be actually saying nonsense here) but it is also highly possible that uQLx will not run under Safe mode (if X-Windows is not able to start) -- Phoebus R. Dokos - B.Sc (Hons) in Management Information Systems ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] batch file
Την Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:52:23 +0300,ο(η) Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Has anyone used Phoebus's uQLX for Windows? I've never used it to know if it's worth adding to the stick. And a small correction. I merely put the thing together. I was Peter's work :-) -- Phoebus R. Dokos - B.Sc (Hons) in Management Information Systems ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Q-emuLator version 2.4
Την Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:42:17 +0300,ο(η) Daniele Terdina [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: I have the same question as Rich. I've got 2.4 installed. I select Q60 ... I'm using SMSQ/E for the Gold Card (I think I am only off a version or two That wouldn't work: SMSQ/E for the Gold Card doesn't have Q60 video drivers. Select Aurora instead of Q60, and make sure you use the version of SMSQ/E with the Aurora GD2 video drivers. If this doesn't work for you, please let me know. An ealry version of SMSQ/e for the Q40 with colour drivers should work as well... AFAIR it didn't have any 040 specific commands apart from the cache that wasn't working right anyway ;-) I will test too tonight and let you guys know (if Daniele doesn't have a readily available SMSQ/e) Q-emuLator emulates the Aurora and Q60 video cards, but if you just use Sinclair or Minerva ROM images, these versions of QDOS don't know how to draw to the extended graphics modes. You need to either use QL software that directly accesses the extended video memory, or a version of the OS that does the same, like SMSQ/E with the GD2 drivers for the video card you wish to use. Daniele ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- Phoebus R. Dokos - B.Sc (Hons) in Management Information Systems ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[ql-users] I'm back (to stay)
Hi all, after a lng time, I am finally able to return to the fold! I am now located in Greece (again) and I (finally) have an active DSL connection (and no stinking -and expensive- dialup) which means that I will be able to go through most of the messages sent by other qlers these past three months. I also finally got my computers back (if anyone is doing a trans-continental move try to avoid Global Ocean Freight Inc. btw ;-) ) and all my files which means that I can go back to full time QLing once I set up once more! Please note that my US phone is still active (wonders of VoIP) and my Skype is once again usable -Tony- Anyone calling my phone no from the US should remember that there's a 7 hour difference from Eastern Time. I know that someone called me from the UK (must be from the list) on my US phone but I did not know that UK no. Please contact me again via email if anything is urgent. A few messages to QLers individually... Rich: I know you sent me emails which I could not read due to webmail difficulties... please send again if urgent Tony: I will talk to you soon re: the chips Peter (Fox): Please contact me re: the CF Peter (Graf): I will be contacting you in the next few days Jochen: I will send new address details and phone or fax CC details for QLT ;-) Geoff: My articles will resume shortly (once I unearth them from my 116 boxes ;-) Daniele: New pdf can be produced shortly if you send me the changes Nasta: Please ping me to try to figure out the Auroras matter To anyone else in need of anything please contact me at this email for any details Cheers, -- Phoebus R. Dokos - B.Sc (Hons) in Management Information Systems ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Lynx
Την Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:48:59 +0300,ο(η) Duncan Neithercut [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: Hi, Help if possible please. I am using lynx 2.8.2 on QPC2. Previously I had it set up to use QD to edit the html file within but now this facility has stopped. I have the editor defined in both the lynxrc and the lynx_cfg as : fork Win1/PRG/QD98/QD which the correct path. I think I must have altered something else that has stopped this working. What else in the configuration files needs to be set? Thanks Duncan Neithercut ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Let me see my documentation... I'm still not settled in Greece and my Internet access is still intermittent at best so I may take a couple of days to find the answer for you... so if anyone has the answer now please send it to Duncan ;-) -- Phoebus R. Dokos - B.Sc (Hons) in Management Information Systems ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] apostrophes
Την Sun, 04 Jun 2006 13:00:43 -0400,ο(η) Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: Laurence Reeves wrote: David Tubbs wrote: Just to wind up this one, from way back, Tony Firshman wrote: Being me, I took TF at his word, that the rule should be countable, and went onto my infinity theme. Sorry Lau, I did not take your point correctly, but certainly a nit for the picking. Not my nit. TF's definition sounded wrong, somehow. I mentioned it to someone else. They gave me the correct (or should that be a /more/ correct) rule: Use 'fewer' iff plural. No mention of counting. Surely if there is a plural, then it can be counted? Tony Not everything with a plural can be quantified: See for example waters as in The waters of the Gulf of Mexico... You could potentially count their displacement but then you have to prefix it with amounts. There is a plural in waters however you cannot say fewer in that case :-) I do not know therefore if this case in an exception (like most things in English) however your definition covers it, while the plural one doesn't. So I choose your definition: fewer iff quantifiable :-) Cheers, Ffibys -- Phoebus R. Dokos - B.Sc (Hons) in Management Information Systems ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QMon under QPC2 - SMSQ/E
Την Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:03:55 -0500,ο(η) Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: George Gwilt wrote: I have found this too. Also if you start it by QMON#2 say, and then type G the entire QPC2 screen goes black and you have crashed. In an official SMSQ/E release? That'd be somewhat bad and worth investigating. My unofficial releases sometimes include an inbuilt QMON, which is normally completely disabled but might be activated by chance and might wait for a connection when you activate the normal QMON. QPC seems to hang in this case. Try telnet localhost on a DOS command prompt on the same machine (or using the real machine IP on another machine in a network) to see if you get a prompt. Marcel Can you turn on this feature on regular QPC2s too? (That is indeed exciting) Do tell pls! :-D Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QMon under QPC2 - SMSQ/E
Την Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:41:34 -0500,ο(η) Ralf Reköndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: I am afraid, he can't, as Qmon is owned by Freddy Vaccha, as far as I know. Cheers...Ralf R. Well if one has a legal copy then what? :-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[ql-users] Website problem
Hi all, unfortunately today my website was hijacked by (probably) Russian hackers running a phishing scam. My provider had to completely delete the contents of all my websites. Until further notice, there will be no uqlx.dokos-gr.net, freeqdos.dokos-gr.net, ql-archive.dokos-gr.net and all the files contained therein (so there go all the QL-INET files from the articles) Sorry about any inconvenience. Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Website problem
Την Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:06:37 -0500,ο(η) Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 at 11:15:07, Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hi all, unfortunately today my website was hijacked by (probably) Russian hackers running a phishing scam. My provider had to completely delete the contents of all my websites. Until further notice, there will be no uqlx.dokos-gr.net, freeqdos.dokos-gr.net, ql-archive.dokos-gr.net and all the files contained therein (so there go all the QL-INET files from the articles) Sorry about any inconvenience. Hope you have good backups. Tony I do :-) However on a mobile phone connection (hopefully for only 5 more days) I cannot upload anything. Thanks, Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Calendar programs
Την Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:05:16 -0500,ο(η) Ralf Reköndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: Hi Dilwyn, you should remind, that the start of the week in Germany is at a monday. The program just lets you choose sunday (as in USA) or saturday (??? don't know where). I don't know about Germany but the week starts on Sunday in Greece (The translation of the word Monday in Greek means Second Day) as well. In the USA they accept as end of the week Monday. I thought the whole of Europe had the week starting on Sunday. Mind you that is not work week but Calendar Week. Cheers, Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Calendar programs
Την Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:21:23 -0500,ο(η) Joachim Van der Auwera [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: Την Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:40:20 -0500,ο(η) Ralf Reköndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: Hi Phoebus, in Germany, the week starts at Monday, and I believe, we are not the only one. There is no difference between work and calendar week. I have always been surprised about this. We are christian countries, and the bible says (genesis) on the first days., the seventh day was a day of rest. So this would mean (as sunday is the rest day) that monday is the first day of the week. Now I would expect jews to start the week on sunday as sabbath (their rest day) is on saturday... Joachim Actually the Sabbath is the rest day (which corresponds with Saturday). So it follows that Sunday is the first day of the week. I did some research and found (thanks for free GPRS access on the weekends ;-) this page: url: http://webexhibits.org/calendars/week.html. There I found that per international standard Monday is the first day of the week, however NOT for religious purposes. If you are a practicing Christian or Jew theoretically at least your first day is Sunday. (Hence why the name of Monday in Greek means Second) Cheers, Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Wikipedia and QL nostalgy
Την Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:14:34 -0500,ο(η) Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: I must add the missing links to my products! Sorry! Never got around to do them :-( Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering
Την Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:06:13 -0500,ο(η) Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: On 13 Jan 2006 at 17:51, Derek Stewart wrote: (...) es assembley programming a joy to do. One question that I often ponder if I disassemble a program like Perfection then correct all the errors or program features, am I breaking a software licence. Yes. Depends. As Ralf noted, insofar this is done for his personal enjoyment, and learning this can fall under fair use. If the information / knowledge gained from these actions is disseminated then yes it is illegal. To go to the 2^n times used argument. Reverse engineering can be any dissassembly of equipment (and software). If you take apart your (patented design) toaster at home and figure out how it works, no one can tell you what to do, whereas if you start to make toasters yourself based on the knowledge gained from the dissassembly of your first toaster, then it is one more illegal act that I care to count ;-) Cheers, Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Problems with printing under XChange Archive
Την Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:01:16 -0500,ο(η) John Gilpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: Way back on this thread, someone was asking for contact details for Erling Jacobsen. DiskPS06 in the Quanta Library (which contains Xchange 3.90L) has the following in one of the Documents: Erling Jacobsen Bagsvaerd Hovedgade 99, 10 F DK-2880 Bagsvaerd Denmark No e-mail or 'phone number is given. Thierry Godefroy's site may have the former but I don't seem to be able to access his site. Anyone any ideas why anyone? http://linuxcub.adsl.dk/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Wikipedia and QL nostalgy
Την Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:19:25 -0500,ο(η) Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 at 12:27:42, Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:14:34 -0500,() Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] : I must add the missing links to my products! Sorry! Never got around to do them :-( Ahha I might have guessed. That's right. I am TF Services' BIGGEST Fan(TM) Many thanks for all the plugs. Nah don't mention it. Real QL hardware deserves it. Plus I added all the currently available hardware. Just not enough time to make separate Wikipedia Wiki entries for everything. I will get around to it once my broadband comes back. This 9.6Kbps starts getting to my nerves. Mind you loads of others have added/corrected. I know... I even re-corrected (sic!) some of the ermmm entries ;-) I am glad to see this wiki is still open. I know but as long as there is concrete information on a subject there's no problem (plus I am registered with Wikipedia). I've only submitted to the QL and Greek Politics and History topics. The rest I just read :-) A lot now have stopped anyone updating, for obvious reasons. Yes... turf wars ;-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[ql-users] ANN: Q40/Q60 Testers wanted
Hi all, Any QLer with a Q60/Q40 on this list that would like to test a little replacement for the PE with embedded themes would be appreciated. Please contact me off list for download details. Notice: The application is severely non-accelerated, early alpha stage and still only for the Q40/Q60 and special instructions are needed to use the mouse However it works and it is extremely portable. Aurora GD2 and QPC/QXL versions are not yet available however not difficult to produce. As of now, the software runs on SMSQ/e (v2y99 and higher) and QDOS Classic 3r25β v.r Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Problems with printing under XChange Archive
Την Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:21:08 -0500,ο(η) Ralf Reköndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: Unfortunately, there is no stand-alone version of Archive, which is SMSQ/E compatible in conjunction with it's writing to $2. Cheers...Ralf R. Actually you can use it with the QL_SCREMU (or something like that... check the QPC manual for details) command. This emulates the original QL Screens where old programs expect it. Phoebus ___ 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] Problems with printing under XChange Archive
Την Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:47:25 -0500,ο(η) Ralf Reköndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: snip set number of lines have been printed. This is a bug. It is ok for Quill, but not for Archive. Maybe you should contact Erling Jacobsen? I am sure he has the sources somewhere? Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Sudoku. Was: screenshoots
Την Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:56:02 -0500,ο(η) gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: snip One thing that has always fascinated me is Tony's mails. Sometimes at the end of a paragraph I get I get (8-)#. I am not sure what it means. It means: Balding Gentleman with Glasses and Beard Smiling Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30 and Spectrum Emulators
Την Sun, 14 Aug 2005 06:36:08 -0400,ο(η) Davide Santachiara [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: Davide, would you mind forwarding to me the greek user's email via private email? I hunt the greek users down so I can get them organised :-) Cheers, Phoebus -- Χρησιμοποιώ το επαναστατικό πρόγραμμα αλληλογραφίας της Opera: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: R: [ql-users] Newbie with some questions... (MAC emulator)
Την Sun, 14 Aug 2005 08:42:23 -0400,ο(η) Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: Davide Santachiara wrote: There starts the trouble (again). I only have Macs. And even worse, I don't have some classic system anymore, and the emulator runs only with System 9... I can't even install it on my iMac G5 anymore. So this door is closed until someone ports the emulator to X. You can try Q-emuLator for MacOS written by Daniele Terdina: http://users.infoconex.com/~daniele/MacQL.html I do believe that's the one that only works with System 9. Marcel No it works with OS X (emulation of emulation but it does... at least that's my report) Or you can try uqlx-mac Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: R: [ql-users] Newbie with some questions... (MAC emulator)
Την Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:55:27 -0400,ο(η) Alexander Klock [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: http://users.infoconex.com/~daniele/MacQL.html I do believe that's the one that only works with System 9. Marcel No it works with OS X (emulation of emulation but it does... at least that's my report) Hi there, I'm the one who wanted to know about this... The problem is, that I can't install this emulation-emulation thing afterwards. My computer is too new for it, there is no classic environment (that's the system the emulator would work with) included, and I don't have an old system left, as I sold all my old macs a while ago... Stupid situation :-P I think I will try this X11-solution someone mentioned. Will be my first time to use this unix environment, so I hope it's worth the efforts. You are actually using the unix-environment every day if you have OS-X. You will be using XWindows for the first time :-) Go to: URL:http://uqlx.dokos-gr.net/indexmac.html You will also need the X11 environment (no native Cocoa implementation yet) from Apple here: URL:http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/ Cheers, Phoebus P.S. You can always try Bochs + Windoze + QPC ;-) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Not recognised message II
Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:13:20 -0400,() extdgl42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] : The monitor gave out; I substituted a monochrome I had, put the hood back, and fired up. Now there is no whir from the microdrives, no LED lighting on the black box, no LEDs on the 3.5 drives, and again the not recognized message (the monitor does come up). The modem when turned on at this point does show the first two LEDs. The printer is live. So, Phoebus, while I can't say you were wrong, I don't know what _is_ going on. I've never heard of these sorts of symptoms before. I am pretty sure, that because your message was that the ROM is not recognized, I told you to check if everything was seated properly and no pins were bent (and I meant the Minerva as well). It's been a while since I wrote that and I cannot find the email, but if I didn't mention the actual ROM it wasn't intentional. As the message says... the ROM is not being recognised, so that's the first place you should look, however I've had the same message on my Aurora/SGC combo when the SGC or Aurora wasn't seated properly on the Q-Plane (the M-Plane eliminated that) and if the RomDisQ wasn't properly connected... Ffibys P.S. As you say the machine was out of service for a while... if it was taken apart and the Minerva board was left outside in contact with the sunlight (and the protective label off) it may well have been erased partially... that will make SURE it won't work. I can lend you a Minerva/freeQDOS v.2.00 for you to check (that is only the EPROM) but you will have to change the jumpers on your Aurora for it to work first. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Turbo Programs SMSQE
On Sun, 22 May 2005 18:09:17 -0400, Stuart Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jochen, That would be jms1 (J. Sadler) (SQLUG as per the URL I copied to you on my private message) but not JMS (Jochen Merz Software):-) When you say. Latest version of the Turbo Compiler, Source, Toolkit Manuals are on the site. What is the address, please? See my personal message :-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Undelete
On Thu, 19 May 2005 18:15:25 -0400, Stuart Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, again! Should have used this mail list ages ago! Does anyone know if there is a working undelete utility for: (a) files held on floppy disks, i.e. flp1_ (b) files held within win_ devices (you know, the virtual disks, used by QPC2). Part of the reason why I am after the DP collection is that I accidentally deleted a lot of the files within a win_ drive by picking the wrong tree and having thrown away the original floppies! Well if you had the original disks and threw them away, I am pretty sure that you do not need to repay to buy them :-) In that case I'd be glad to send you zip files of each individual disk :-) It happened to me (with the DP collection as well!) and a nice chap on this list was kind enough to send me the missing files so I sympathise ;-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] New email address and address
On Thu, 19 May 2005 16:15:35 -0400, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Darren Branagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes -Original Message- From: Dilwyn Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] dbranaghATcmsperipheralsDOTcom I'm one of the ones who used the O2 address. I thought the other one was a work email address. And that's fine, but as I said I only check it very infrequently. For a speedy response use the the work email. Dilwyn, can you put this change in the next QL Today? OK. The other option is to actually ban Darren from ever changing his email address again ... :-) I am pretty sure that if Dilwyn would call Freddy he will be able to express it in a licence somewhere... (as in the excerpt below) Article III^2356632*128+6 I. The user shall be prohibited from reselling the software except when Mr. Branagh changes his email address. In such case the user shall be able to sell the software, provided he books a plane to Mayo Co., forces Mr. Branagh at gunpoint to revert to his old address and contractually binds him to refrain from EVER drinking Guinness again (or drink it icy cold in any case ;-) ) -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
OT: Paging Derek (Was:Re: [ql-users] Software behaving badly)
On Thu, 19 May 2005 16:21:04 -0400, Derek Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Derek, did you get my email I sent you about 2 weeks ago (in reply to your email)? Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: RE: [ql-users] Digital Precision Software
On Tue, 17 May 2005 17:17:20 -0400, gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't forget Freddy V. may have sold the software, but that does not mean he is the copyright holder. I have said this many times before on this list. There are doubts about the copyright position of several of the ancilliary programs that formed part of the total Perfection package. When I enquired many years ago, no one was sure of the exact copyright status of Spellchecker, for example. If my memory serves me correctly when Turbo became PD permission had to be sought not just from Freddy V., but also the various authors, It all depends on the agreements. If an author was acting as an agent (legalese of course) of DP then DP *IS* the copyright holder, unless their contract stated otherwise. For example when it comes to Rich's software I do not hold any copyright over the pictures and sounds that I created nor the packaging of the software. Copyright for those was transfered to Rich when I agreed to the compensation scheme :-) Similarily, Microsoft retains copyright of its software regardles of who is writing it (unless of course they steal it like Spyglass' software ;-) ) Ffibys P.S. I am back ;-) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: RE: [ql-users] Digital Precision Software
On Tue, 17 May 2005 10:43:50 -0400, Darren Branagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can pick up a copy of PC World, Computer Shopper, PC Pro or any other PC Magazine and find a pile of software (often once costing hundreds of pounds) stuck to the front cover for the 4.99 cover price, and much of this is less than 2-3 years of age. You usually find v.3 or whatever on the cover disc with an offer to get the new v.4 inside at a reduced cost - yet here we are debating the status of software that hasn't been sold at all, never mind updated, for over a decade. Why are people so reluctant to give this stuff away? There is no money in it anymore. Just ask any trader :-) One of course would argue that QL Software (and indeed DP software would classify since it never had significant problems) is so good that it doesn't need to be updated ;-) As for the PC world, recapturing investment may not be that important... we are talking about economies of scale here Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] www.kilgus.net updated
On Wed, 04 May 2005 03:30:00 -0400, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip such a thing a National pay rates. Boy, does that sound foreign. :-) That is a national -minimum- wage of 4.85 ph (increasing to 5.05 in October) for 22 yr plus. Haha Pennsylvania has $5.15/hr minimum (hehe compare that to 5.05 pounds which is almost double) which they tax to death :-)... Funniest thing of all... in order to be able to work you pay TAX! (Not the income tax, but a sort of a toll ;-)). Which means that if you don't pay that tax, then you are not allowed to work (so you can be taxed for your income :-) .. and that is all. And that's better than what it is here :-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] Just an idea for a new Product.....
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 04:52:41 -0400, Darren Branagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Oh yeah...Blame me for your alcoholic ways when you're in Ireland... 8-)# It's known the world over that our friend Darren is the root of ALL evil ;-) I recall my first encounter with ouzo tooI drank an entire bottle at a greek night in my local pub (don't ask). Took a large fried breakfast the next day to sort me out, and I made friends with a large packet of alka-seltzer too. Darren. Tsk tsk... foreigners... Ouzo should ALWAYS be consumed with extremely salty food and diluted with 3 parts water for each part ouzo (it is an aperitif after all) ;-) OR with Orange juice... a screwdriver of sorts (but with a blunt edge and crooked stem I guess ;-) ___ 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: Re: [ql-users] Just an idea for a new Product.....
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:28:39 -0400, Darren Branagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Knowing how tight Galwegians are, the one with the lowest price and maximum alcohol content!! :-)) See I told you in the past Darren that Irish and Greeks are not that all different ;-) heehee Guinness is the mainstay everywhere but Munster - particularly Cork. Though Pints are *MUCH* cheaper here than in the east - amazing but true. Some pubs here charge 2.95 euro, up to 3.50 euro in others. In Dublin over 4 euro is commonplace noweven touching 5 euro in some hotels. One more reason to believe that Irish are similar to Greeks... they try to maximise profit in all situations:-) Why do you think we invented Ouzo? (Which is the drink made out of the crap left when ALL other possible alcoholic drinks are made...) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Ffibys version 2.0
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:43:51 -0400, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: manual... sample of which I sent to Marcel) but due to the birth of my son .. however the time draws near ;-) Morning Ffibys, Congratulations due then ? I'm intrigued by the mention that you will have 'time' soon to do some QL'ing - how come you have time when you've just had a child and I don't have any, and I never have enough time for anything ? Cheers, Norman. He he, Ffibys fell into the trap, so now we can all fire off things to do lists at him ;-) Sorry! No go :-) First is freeQDOS, then internet software then manuals (And that's about it until all these are done)... Even my Manic Miner port has to wait -even though it is almost done- Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Internet on the QL
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 05:27:14 -0400, P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . writes: BTW: Due to the birth of my son I realise that I haven't uploaded the Congratulations!! Thanks :-) snip That would be nice, yes. Would you also be able to put up a non-RARified version of win32uQLx? Afterall, zip is the current standard archiving method on win32.. The reasons why I switched to RAR are that: 1. I have purchased it ;-) 2. For some reasons the zip archives were broken 3. It compresses 20-30% better that specific archive and it's even better in not-too-full qxl.win files but if that is the consensus, then I will replace all archives :-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Ffibys version 2.0
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:05:35 -0400, Darren Branagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As long as you don't decide to install mistress 1.0 upgrade on top of Wife 1.0, you should be fine!! Darren. You obviously haven't seen my wife... Installing the Mistress 1.0 Service Pack ;-) would definitely NOT be an upgrade in my case (Plus for some odd reason she ACTUALLY still LIKES me!... how weird is that? Pretty AND blind... a catch I tell you!) In any case for anyone that has installed the Mistress 1.x -or even the 2.x or more- modules and they have problem with the Wife 1.0 software, I'd recommend downloading the patch Diamond v.6.0 (carats) that definitely solves all problems ;-) Repeated applications of the patch make the situation better -or you could replace it with other compatible patches such as: Bahamas Holidays 3.0(weeks), Porsche Boxster v.7 (one for each day of the week) etc ;-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] Software Prices.
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:24:18 -0400, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I fear my knowledge of Turbo compiler is too rusty after years of not using it, and my knowledge of TurboPTR very minimal, so I'd appreciate some articles from someone (probably along the lines of the ones I wrote about Easyptr 4 although those were slightly out of date by the time QL Today came out, that's how much work Marcel put into the software!) to help me update my knowledge of George's software. I feel that the manual that I am preparing (along the lines of the Turbo Toolkit manual and similar style) will cover some inefficiencies of the old manual. I am more than 3/4 done for quite a while (as is the SMSQ/e manual... sample of which I sent to Marcel) but due to the birth of my son and freeQDOS I haven't had time to get around to yet... however the time draws near ;-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Just an idea for a new Product.....
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 14:32:58 -0400, David Tubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 19:55 24/04/2005 +0200, you wrote: Sorry All current SMSQ/E stuff is on smsq.j-m-s.com, and that's the official SMSQ homepage, and always was. No point in pointing to an outdated ad somewhere. then try this one Jochen Forbidden You don't have permission to access /~godefroy/english on this server. Apache/1.3.27 Server at www.imaginet.fr Port 80 That is correct. That address has ceased to be for a long time now. The correct addresses are: URL:http://thgodef.nerim.net/qdos/english/index.html and URL:http://qdos.dyns.net/ Cheers, Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Just an idea for a new Product.....
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:44:10 -0400, Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], COLIN PARSONS [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP Taking an example from the Linux community again, a LOT, if they have any real belief in the future of the platform. How many work in the QL sector for real monetary gain, rather than love of the product? This is an argument we re-visit every now and then. The trouble is those who get on the horse at one end of the valley marked 'Free For All' and those at the opposite end never ever change their mind so we all trot out the same tired clichs. There is an inherent problem here, confusing the Freedom for All with the Free for All... FOS Software does not mean Free Support if the dealer or creator doesn't intend it that way. Users that confuse the both need a quick lecture that's all... Now from that point to the point of offering support for things you haven't sold or that are free are each one's decision. But that's not the FOSS community's fault certainly but rather the user's that demands too much - There is a reason for the You give them an inch they'll take a mile saying... :-) Both sides are possible. You can write software and give it away for free if you want. QPC2 does not stop you doing that. Or you can write software and sell it. Trouble is there are very few people doing either. We should appreciate both of these sides and say 'thank you'. Absolutely. After all belief in the FOSS idea doesn't mean that one can dictate what everybody else would do... if that were true, we'd all be called Microsoft ;-) hehe What we do get is people saying 'well I don't use the platform much, and I only take a passing interest in it but make it free anyway' Well everyone is entitled to their own opinion. And there are certainly ways to satisfy anyone... If someone wants the platform to be free but they are not interested in buying QPC or QemuLator and uQLx doesn't satisfy them... they can always go ahead and change for example uQLx to support colours etc... :-) My particular beef with SMSQ/e is with its license. I just do not believe that it is fair. I'd rather have it completely closed, but that is my personal belief. I do not seek to impose it on anyone and I think noone else should either. There is a name for trying to do so ;-) It is called Dubya ;-) hehehe The answer is simple. If you want it, and it cost money, buy it. If you think it is too dear, don't. There are many free or cheap emulators - they may not be so good or get such sustained development, but then that is what you are paying for. If you object to the author owning the rights to his own work don't buy by it but don't whinge on about it. I do not disagree with what Roy says here (oh my! :-) ) however because I feel that the same mistake is propagated, FOS Software does NOT mean that the author does not own the work. He just CHOOSES to make available. Copyright IS retained! It is, after all his decision. I own a garden at the back of my house. You are welcome to look at it but I don't want you digging in it or building on it. No difference. Exactly. The idea that you can make money with 'added value' is nonsense because people still call me at all hours and want support - usually for things they have not bought from me. People still send disks for 'free updates in little envelopes with no return labels and postage, and people don't 'buy' manuals. I found this out with ProWesS when I offered to print them at cost. For many people the manual should be in my house so they can call me up and have me read it to them as some kind of techno bedtime story. As I said above, I think you got it wrong here. The fact that you choose to answer the questions or that these users call, has NOTHING to do with Support schemes. If you choose to answer, well that's a credit to you, but not the software author's fault! You SHOULD charge for support for FOSS... there's nobody stopping you from doing so and most likely I suspect that the phonecalls would stop very fast as well ;-) As for the Added Value of support being nonsense, I do not think that software giants like RedHat, Novell and mySQL are stupid... do you? They base their income on that scheme :-) We all have our own viewpoint on this. I suggest that, after several discussion on the subject we all give up trying to change the other sides mind. Absolutely, Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Just an idea for a new Product.....
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:08:37 -0400, Wolfgang Uhlig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 02:22:36 +0100 Jeremy Taffel wrote: Thoughts? Flames? I really cannot imagine that a price of 45 pounds is unaffordable. One visit to a restaurant with your family is likely to be more expensive. Bad example if you live in the US ;-) hehe (You can feed 4 for about $20... mind you not a fancy restaurant but a lot of food nonetheless... how do you think I got to be SO Huge? :-P) Seriously though, about US$100 is not much to ask for a complete package. Buying a PC might be the major obstacle, but as you already run Linux, you have a PC anyway, don't you? Yes but why shell another $100 for Windoze? It makes more sense to run QPC2 under WineX (as it requires DirectX or maybe compile it with SDL or something ;-) so that compatibility is ensured maybe even under FreeBSD/Linux?) Regardless, the fact of the matter is that QPC2 is a great piece of software :-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Just an idea for a new Product.....
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:53:40 -0400, Wolfgang Uhlig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:41:20 -0400 hat Phoebus R. Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben: Yes but why shell another $100 for Windoze? Who pays for Windoze? ;-) Good people who also pay for QL software ;-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Just an idea for a new Product.....
snip Who pays for Windoze? ;-) Good people who also pay for QL software ;-) And people who pay for QL software but not for Windoze, aren't good people? Of course they are :-) (As long as they only use a QL and FreeBSD or Linux ;-) (tsk tsk tsk) (Since Windoze is the root of all evils ;-) Hehe Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Just an idea for a new Product.....
On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:26:53 -0400, Darren Branagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I touted this idea before in QUANTA, but got no feedback at all. I, in my guise as Q-CELT, produce CD-ROMs for the QL. I was wondering if there would be any demand (Hah!) for a DVD version - i.e. All of the CD-ROMs I produce would easily fit on one 4.7GB DVD-R. It has got cheaper to buy DVD-R's, so the overall price would be quite reasonable (a fraction of what it would cost to buy all the CD's separately - probably about the same as one CD). Anyone interested, or would I just be wasting my time? Cheers, Darren. Funny you should ask that as I have already put all Dilwyn's (and yours) CDs in a dual layer DVD :-) It is EXTREMELY helpful, and you do not have to look everywhere as everything is under one roof. The only problem is that a good front end system is needed... (The info is just too much) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Q60 / 80
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:39:06 -0400, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aurlien GRME wrote: By the way, there is *NO WAY* yet to get a fast emulation of an MMU which is required by Linux. Actually, I wouldn't be so sure. Using decent JIT technology a 68k core (without MMU) with at least 200Mhz (relative to 68060) could be possible on current PCs (my guess is more like 300 to 400Mhz). I cannot believe that an MMU emulation would slow that down to 1/10th. Frankly, I just don't see any market for it, otherwise I would have tried. Yes but that would be beyond the scope of QPC (to run Linux) anyway; plus SMSQ/e doesn't require it. Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Q60 / 80
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:01:02 -0400, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: Yes but that would be beyond the scope of QPC (to run Linux) anyway; Of course. Who would want to do that if native Linux is better supported and magnitudes faster? There are reasons like learning the architecture or testing executables in an emulated environment. After all for most applications where a 68K architecture is involved, development takes place in another system. The JIT idea itself I've toyed with often, but I guess most people are already happy with the speed as it is. QemuFast is a remarkable achievement in this respect. Absolutely, however the tradeoff with specifically QemuFast is reduced compatibility (unless steps are taken to trap the problems) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Users using wrong address
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:39:39 -0400, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many people are using ql-users-q-v-d.com@lists.q-v-d.com to send mail to the group. The address should be [EMAIL PROTECTED] All mail to anything else goes into my WPB. It is messing up the nice mailing list area that Turnpike creates. Bruce - I was told by one person that the wrong address is in the instructions. Tony It has to do with the way that the list is setup. A couple setup instructions to majordomo and that would be fixed Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QStarter, QFiles
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:22:06 -0400, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Darren Branagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes It reminds me of a famous quote by George Best :- 90% of my money I spent on booze, birds and gambling - the rest I wasted. Yes, that was one of his most lucid statements ... Yet possibly the greatest footballer that I have ever seen play. But how much better would he be if he used a QL to review his tactics? Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] TobaQQo [OT]
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:39:18 -0400, P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could I ask a favour? I miscalculated the amount of stress and aggrevation a recent programming project would cause me ;) so Ive smoQued up my stash of acceptably taxed tobacco. If one of our Continental Cousins would be so kind as to top me up at the Hove meeting on Sunday, Id be much obliged! Id like 5 x 50g packets of Drum or Samson for 5 euro per packet or less (about 40% of the UK price). Let me know off-list. TIA, Per Why don't you check URL:http://www.yesmoke.ch/? (Saved me a bundle ;-) ) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] TobaQQo [OT]
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:06:22 -0400, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: x 50g packets of Drum or Samson for 5 euro per packet or less (about 40% of the UK price). Let me know off-list. TIA, Per Why don't you check URL:http://www.yesmoke.ch/? (Saved me a bundle ;-) ) Ffibys Save even more...don't smoQue ;-)) Absolutely ;-) Tony was instrumental on that (ie he bugged me to death ;-) -although Tony you gotta admit that although in a smoking room I did not smoke inside ;-) - However I don't see anything wrong with TobbaQo ;-) (I'll be honest with you; I miss it every day) A few years ago when I worked in broadcasting, I had to install a replacement sound mixer in a video editing suite. The guy who normally worked in there was a very heavy smoker, I was nearly ill when I saw the insides of the old sound mixer. Hehe you should see some of our mixers and amps when I was in a band... The PCBs were yellow (but not naturally). The most disturbing was of course that the nicotine-laced tar deposits attract dust like a magnet and the result is almost impossible to clean; especially on the controls which smoke seems to be particularily fond of... (Now let's imagine our lungs for a sec ;-) hehehe I wonder if Tony Firshman has any such experiences repairing QLs (there...back on topic quite easily!) I bet he has but not on my Aurora (See I never smoked in front of a computer... can't say the same for my clients though ;-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Q-Starter
On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 15:06:37 -0400, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way QWord has its own Icon with QDT and launches successfully, and drops back into QDT, even though there is a colour mode change on my system. Yes, Jim had the foresight to ask us to create one ahead of time. Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Linux QL Emu
On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 05:52:49 -0400, Kjartan Geble Olsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 22:13:25 +0200, Michael Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So this afternoon I tried to install a UQLX (source code) package and a QLAY 0.83 precompiled package. Both attempts failed - I must admit my knowledge of Unix/Linux command line things are fairly basic yet. Is there a Linux Distribution of a QL Emu that is known to run out of the box on Linux? Kind Regards Michael Don't know anything about Qlay, but I've never been able to build Uqlx on any 'new' Linux distro. The Uqlx source seems to require a very old gcc installation (pre v3?). The problem is in the config file really. If you amend it for the newer Gccs it will work well Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] US floppy disk drives
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:23:27 -0500, Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have been contacted by someone in New York who wanted to get a set of twin drives for his QL. Quite apart from the expense of shipping them to him we also have the problem of the voltage difference. Do any of the US users have a set of drives that they can sell to him instead. They only need to be DD drives because he is getting a Trump Card from me. I think I can do something for him. Have him contact me and we can arrange something Sorry for answering today but just got Junior home :-P (Yes he's playing with a QL already) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] US floppy disk drives
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:48:37 -0500, Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Tubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes A floppy drive is a floppy drive - 5vand sometimes 12v , he could pick up at Tandy or anywhere else, If he wants an external housed set then definitely buy in the States for 110/120vac Ah yes but to use them on a standard QL he would have to have them in a case and have power going to them. I have the cased drives but it would cost as much as the drives to ship them to the US and then they would be 240v instead of 110v which is used in the US. That may not be the case completely. He can get a Step Up transformer from Radio Shack or Wal*Mart (at the travel section) for anywhere from 15 to 35 USD. I can guarantee this is a working solution because I use it with all my UK Sinclair stuff :-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Knoware
On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:11:58 -0400, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P Witte wrote: A.. 2005/03/27 Addition and Update a.. D-Miner - Minesweeper clone for high-end SMSQ/E systems Has nobody any comment on this? I thought this thing is freakishly impressive and is really pushing the boundaries on what can be done with the PE. Anybody tried? I do... I actually do not like minesweeper games at all, but this is pretty damn good! I like the fonts Per used; are these prerendered bitmaps or something else :-) It gives it a X-Windows look that it is totally non-PE (which is pretty nice). I am actually waiting for the Cabal game myself which looks pretty awesome. I have worked on a similar solitaire for years but never got to finish it for lack of time and losing interest. However I do have a lot of decks made (even one designed by my daughter which is pretty funny). Per, if you're interested I can send you the decks in a size and format that you desire :-) It would be a shame for them to go to waste ;-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Linux QL Emu
On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 15:13:25 -0500, Michael Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, over the years I have been watching out for a Linux distribution that is really capable of replacing Windows on my desktop. SUSE had always been fairly promising but was never really good enough to make it for more than some half-hearted attempts on a dual boot system. Looks like things have changed - thanks to Ubuntu Linux I haven't been too much around in Windows over the last weeks. The (almost) only thing I miss a lot is QPC2. So this afternoon I tried to install a UQLX (source code) package and a QLAY 0.83 precompiled package. Both attempts failed - I must admit my knowledge of Unix/Linux command line things are fairly basic yet. Is there a Linux Distribution of a QL Emu that is known to run out of the box on Linux? Kind Regards Michael ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm A previous version of QPC2 (v.3.13 IIRC) that I had tried with WineX worked fine under Linux. As for uQLx... read the configure file and the makefile and you will be able to make heads or tails. All it takes is to unpack the latest uQLx sources, run make config and make install and presto! :-) Cheers, Phoebus -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC on a Stick
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:08:51 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought it might be nice to have a QPC setup on a USB flashdrive. Here's what I did SNIP Very similar to my own experiences. Glad to find out that I'm not the only QPC-on-a-stick out here :o) I think I wrote my experiences up in QL Toaday some time back, but it's always nice to have a reminder from time to time. It works for me very well indeed. Now, if only there was QPC for Linux . (Sorry Marcel) This flashdrive setup has worked in XP pro, Win2000pro, Win98. Astonish your friends. Impress gullible women. Go forth and multitask! I can raise the ante :-) My QPC is on a MP3 player that shares a memory card with a Nokia 3650 phone :-) I can confirm the above, but I think Windows 95 will work as well, if you install the correct driver to make it able to work the USB port/stick drive. NT3.5 and 4.0 will not work as it doesn't support USB devices 'naturally' - although there might be a driver somewhere for it. Yep there is (USB for Win NT 4) and I am using it :-) Ffibys :-) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] qdt/qpc;
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:19:24 -0500, Bill Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi A couple of queries that some of you might can help out with 1. (I'm sure this has come up before) when running QPC when the cursor moves over a basic window a letter A attaches itself to the cursor? system is Sempron running windows XP. The A letter is my doing :-) It is the old letter K icon (waiting for Input). If you switch over to QL Colours the K will reappear! 2. I have tried three times to install QDT, it keeps logging no hotkey available when there is indeed plenty left unused, and in #0 window no signal extension. Exec ing QDT direct does not bring up any Icon and nothing appears in Jobs I think it needs HOT_GO. For signal extension you need to lrespr sigext30_rext (Available from URL: http://www.daria.co.uk/) Can QDT exist alongside QPAC2, surely it must if it should have a hot_key. Yes it can exists alongside QPAC2 I have minimised my boot file to eliminate any problems but still no luck Did you let QDT make a boot file... you may have instructed it to save the required bootfile with another file name. try to use that one instead :-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] SGC battery
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:53:35 -0500 (GMT-05:00), extdgl42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have for sale the SGC card battery? The red creature about 3/4 inch square. I have an index card recording the stamped in printing on the top surface, but not with me at the moment. Today we replaced the Minerva battery, which registered about .1 or .2 V. The SGC battery barely even made the multi meter needle quiver. I believe we were touching with the probes correctly. Doug L. 37830 USA Doug, I replaced mine with a run of the mill Lithium battery bought from Walmart. It just needs soldering in the appropriate positions :-) As for the Minnie battery I assume you mean Mel's... I am glad you finally got around to it :-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] SGC battery
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:03:19 -0500, James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just be careful when soldering it in. They can explode if you get carried away. A quick tap of solder though is fine. jim The best way to do it is to attach cables to the battery whose ends you have stripped and applied solder (as to make them rigid and fit to be inserted into the SGC battery socket) before hand. Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] louder
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 09:21:40 -, P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, Ive been fiddling around with sound on my Q60. Problem 1) Im using a standard PC speaker, but the sounds are so faint as to be barely audible. The Q60 manual says to use a speaker with an impedance of 32 or higher. Standard speakers are 8 Ohm, and I have yet to find an electronics shop that has heard of a 32 Ohm one. Is there another way to do this, or does anyone have a spare 3 - 4 speaker suitable for Qx0es kicking around that I could buy? Problem 2) Although barely audible, some samples recognisably sound the same on the Q60 as on QPC2, but others either sound different or cannot be heard at all. Any ideas? Or is this just a symptom of problem (1)? Per Are you using the sound device by Simon Goodwin or Wolfgang's Extensions? If you use the latter, you won't be able to play 10 or 40KHz samples which will sound too fast or too slow respectively. There is a trick to get it to work correctly on the Qx0, however I do not exactly remember what I did. I am sure Rich has kept notes on the issue (and how we solved it) Ffibys BTW: Rich I've replied to both your messages... are you getting my emails? ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] louder
snip I only want to play 20KHz samples to avoid the need for duplicate files across QPC2 and Qx0. Im not sure Rich did solve the problem, as QWord - beautiful as it looks on the Q60! - only beeps there, while it plays sampled sounds on QPC2. Per No, The Q60 DOES play sounds (I know because I have tried it :-) I did have both a Q60 and Q40 here so I tried both sides. I looked up my IM and email exchange with Rich on the matter and I remembered that Wolfgang's player initialises everything at 20KHz, which messes up the sound4_bin driver. However if you play a file with copy foobar_ub TO SOUNDx first, the problem is gone. As for QWord on the Q60's sound not working, make sure: a. That the installer did copy all the files properly. b. Run config from the Qword directory and instruct QWord as to the appropriate subdirectory to find the sound files... One problem I have run into is that if you manually install QWord in a deeper subdirectory the sound file names get truncated or exceed the ability of the background Music task to correctly copy them to RAM (where it plays them from). If the sound files are not found in RAM, QWord IIRC will not stop but will switch to BEEP sounds instead. BTW: BEEP sounds were messed up on SMSQ/e v. 3.03 3.07 but were fixed again on SMSQ/e 3.08 Wolfgang's music player is ONLY used for the PAUSE annoying theme (my bad ;-) ). In general if you can copy the UB files from QWord to the SOUND devices installed by sound4_bin, QWord should be also playing sound (as it uses that sound driver -simplified things immensely-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Turbo v4b21
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:13:27 -, P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: George Gwilt writes: I have produced a second testing version of Turbo. This should shortly be on the SQLUG site. This version of Turbo corrects a fault in the earlier version which occurred with a program using MANIFEST. The new version, as did the previous one, allows parameters to be passed by reference so that new values can be set by the machine code routine. It also allows the passing of arrays to machine code procedures and functions. I would be glad of any feedback so that a final version can be produced. If (when) this works it will remove a major deterrent to using Turbo (theres still the Vaccha-effect to overcome, but that should be minor in the scale of things ;) I need a break from testing software as Ive got some pressing stuff of my own to do, but Im very interested to hear how this goes. The day Turbo can be used with EasyPtr I may jump ship.. Per Passing by reference works RIGHT now (Q-Word is working with that :-) Ffibys As for EasyPTR... :-) I personally don't care :-) Although I do think it works... sort of (Ask Rich for details. I think he's using a part of EasyPTR for QWord) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] GCC on QDOS
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:30:02 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not 100% certain, but I have a vague recollection (it's that memory problem again) that someone on this list, some time ago, mentioned that he/she/it had managed to port GCC to QDOS. Am I wrong ? Not entirely :-) However your recollection is correct. Thierry, converted gcc with assistance from Dave Walker, Richard Zidlicky and (then) Jonathan Hudson to compile QL programs under Linux/Unix. So it is a cross compiler. It usually achieves a speed up of 20%+ over regular C68 programs due to the better math library. If not, where is it and can I get hold of it. I'm thinking of a conversion from a Unix application to QDOSMSQ (in C not assembler so it won't feature in QL Today - unless reading about porting a C app to QDOS is entertaining) and I'm sure it would be easier to use GCC rather than C68. If not, then C68 it is/will be. The app is written in C rather than C++ so I don't really need GCC but what the hell. qdos-gcc CANNOT use C++ but only C. Reason being that only libc was ported and not anything else... Thierry said that he was going to work on it but I guess it went the way things usually go in the ql world :-) You can find qdos-gcc at: URL:http://thgodef.nerim.net/qdos/english/frames.html This project will take me some time and may not even appear (like many in the past) but it could prove to be very useful if it does. Anyone fancy a copy of Oracle running on their QL ? How about mysql ;-) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] GCC on QDOS
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:12:22 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can find qdos-gcc at: URL:http://thgodef.nerim.net/qdos/english/frames.html Thanks. How about mysql ;-) Close, SQLLite. A :-)... Ohh :-) Yeahyeahyeahyeahyea! Arf! Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] GCC on QDOS
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:44:33 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can find qdos-gcc at: URL:http://thgodef.nerim.net/qdos/english/frames.html This project will take me some time and may not even appear (like many in the past) but it could prove to be very useful if it does. Anyone fancy a copy of Oracle running on their QL ? How about mysql ;-) Ffibys How about gcc itself on QDOSMSQ systems instead of having to be able to run Q60 Linux or whatever to run it? The only systems that would be able to run such a port would be high-end QL systems (ie 040+060) according at least to Thierry's account. That would immediately leave out emulators users except for users of UAE+QDOS Classic unless Daniele and Marcel do some fiddling with their emulation cores :-) Thierry's site implies this work was done by Richard Zidlicky, Jonathan Hudson, Thierry himself and Dave Walker as consultant. Isn't there a cross compiler version of C68 running on DOS(?) or Unix too (the name XTC68 seems to spring to mind)? Correct. Three editions exist (although I haven't been able to find the most recent versions (C68 v. 4.24f): XTC68NT (For Windows NT/2000/XP/.NET) XTC68DOS (For MS/Free/DR/PC/DOS) XTC68LINUX (For Linux) (Also runs on Free/NET/OpenBSD/Solaris and other BSD OSes if recompiled -or on x86 based architecture BSD OSes if Linux Binary Compatibility is enabled). I had recompiled a significant portion of C68 to run under Windows in combination with the Bloodshed IDE and SourceEDIT (See articles on QLT) but sadly I lost the sources (still got the binaries though). Dave had promised me to send me the most recent VC 6.0 compliant sources however he's obviously very busy. It is a shame though because compiled with .NET it would work really fast in a variety of architectures including MONO (A .NET compatible framework) - which also means that it would be able to run on a PocketPC! Mind you however, with very little fiddling, XTC68NT will work great with Bloodshed's IDE and if you upgrade the libraries you can immediately produce binaries even NOW using a great IDE, DEBUGGER etc... Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] GCC on QDOS
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:33:03 +0100, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: Not entirely :-) However your recollection is correct. Thierry, converted gcc with assistance from Dave Walker, Richard Zidlicky and (then) Jonathan Hudson to compile QL programs under Linux/Unix. So it is a cross compiler. It usually achieves a speed up of 20%+ over regular C68 programs due to the better math library. But it doesn't seem to be particularly stable, I've never got it to produce working code on my (back then) Linux 2.6.9/gcc 3.3.4 system. That is correct. Unfortunately for cross compiling to work it needs gcc 2.95.2. Theoretically it shouldn't but the changes between 2.9x releases and 3.x are so numerous that it doesn't work period (at least I haven't been able to do it ;-). The only way I found to do it is to do a separate install of gcc 2.95.2 somewhere and write scripts that take that into account. It is a major pain in the butt now... but didn't use to be when 2.95.2 was current :-) It is however part of the regular Q40-Linux distro and thus extremely easy to use it there (although the code produced has some hickups) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] uQLx package?
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:23:20 +0100, wolfgang mhlegger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sinclairql schrieb: There is any .DEB or .RPM package of the uQLx emmulator? regards Javier Guerra ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm here: http://phpr.tripod.com/index-ql.html#top you cand find this: http://phpr.tripod.com/uqlx.i386.rpm This is a rather deprecated version... You will need to recompile Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Suggestions on a postcard ....
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:18:57 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see some more good suggestions have popped up too, cool. Keep up the cool series. While I don't do much assembly, I occasionally borrow some of the info for my C68 programming. jim Morning Jim, Thanks for the encouragment - I often wonder if I'm the only person who reads the series and if it is doing anyone any good. I know that George Gwilt and Hugh Rooms are my 'other' readers because they have commented on past articles - and offered suggestions and corrections which is always nice. No you are not ;-) Many of us quietly digest your writings (which is also the case for Herb Schaaf's excellent series) There have been a few good suggestions here as well, so rather than respond to everyone I shall take the liberty of thanking everyone here. I shall ponder which ones I can fit in and leave the rest for 'another day'. Thanks everyone and keep the suggestions coming. TARQUIN: Sorry I don't think I can do the sample player as I don't have a QL that works at present plus, my 'music' knowlege is far far less than my graphics knowlege - You did do an excellent BMP2QL converter back in the day (IIRC in a IQLR article), which I ripped off shamelessly when I did my QLGvAC converter for the PC :-) so it is unlikelt that I'll ever be able to do a sampler. (Assuming the hardware limitations allowed it!) Actually there IS a way... if the good guys at Ergon wanted to divulge their code ;-) I mean the AY chip emulator that plays via the Network port :-) for their ZX emulator (Amazing piece of work really - And works great on the Aurora...) Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Suggestions on a postcard ....
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:24:37 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, grovelling apologies over, I need/want/would like some suggestions for articles in the QL Toady Assembly Language series. I realise I have to fix that damned disassembler - but that's another job. I'm looking for something fairly short that fits into one or two issues so no long term tasks like 'convert all of Linux into M68008 assembly languge' please :o) snip Also, I suspect I could also dig into QDOSMSQ - after all, I've been using it for years (in the series) but have never taken the time to explain it all. Anything else grabs your fancy ? Basic Extensions? Some years ago, I wrote a little extension called CHANGE supplied with Basic Reporter which lets you rename superbasic variable names, e.g. CHANGE oldname TO newname Someone else did something similar too, but I can't remember who, how, what, when, why... (age etc as per Norman's email) Simon Goodwin is the man you're trying to remember (among others... Hans-Peter Reckenwald made one similar as well IIRC) Turbo has a simmilar facility as well (not exactly that but it does the same thing if pressured ;-) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Suggestions on a postcard ....
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:21:08 GMT, Tarquin Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norman Dunbar wrote: First of all, I originally sent this request to the wrong email address (I was working from memory - not a good idea at my age) and managed to send it to Bruce. Sorry Bruce, but thanks for the suggestion. Ok, grovelling apologies over, I need/want/would like some suggestions for articles in the QL Toady Assembly Language series. I realise I have to fix that damned disassembler - but that's another job. I'm looking for something fairly short that fits into one or two issues so no long term tasks like 'convert all of Linux into M68008 assembly languge' please :o) A sample player use the QL's beeper. That may be possible only with a superHermes... I doubt if any sampling (even at a ZX Spectrum-style sample rate) would work due the peculiarities (And the incompatibilities and bugs) of the 8049 Ffibys ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Not all greek
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 19:50:52 -, gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if there is a greek character font available for use in Line Design? I've got 10 or 20 somewhere... but the character positions are on the correct places ergo pretty unusable by most QLers. If you tell me where do you want the characters I will redo them for you Phoebus Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QL Hardware for free
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:04:38 +0200, Franois Van Emelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, So it will be the garbage can or a new home (and perhaps a new life) for: a) 1 Trump Card Miracle systems b) 1 256k Expanderam c) 1 Floppy controller CST d) 1 Centronics Printer Interface Miracle systems e) 2 dual floppy drives (got them from an ex QL user) f) 1 TK2 Care Qjump g) 1 Ice h) 1 CUB Microvitec 653 i) 1 QXL card Miracle systems QXL card has found a new home already j) 1 Black Sinclair Printer I hope they will all find a new second home. Franois Van Emelen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm Interested interested :-) Phoebus -- Visit the QL-FAQ at: http://www.dokos-gr.net/ql/faq/ (Still uploading stuff!) Visit the uQLX-win32 homepage at: http://www.dokos-gr.net/ql/uqlx.html Visit the uQLX-mac home page at:http://www.dokos-gr.net/ql/uqlxmac.html ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] Software Download Site
On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:39:36 +0100, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My software download site has been moved on a trial basis to: www.dilwyn.uk6.net/index.html You can also reach it via the link from my main tesco.net website's home page. The content is the same as it was when on www.dokos-gr.net. There's still a few 'under construction' pages which I'll finish as and when I get time. It took ages to upload the 50MB onto the new site even though I did it via ISDN at work rather than the 56k dialup from home. Phoebus is hoping to create a new super duper site in time, but www.dilwyn.uk6.net will have to do for now. I also have an extra email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] as an alternative for when tesconet is down (very often at cheap rate dial up times it seems), but the uk6.net address seems to have difficulties with attachments, as I've just found out trying for ages this afternoon to send a QL Today article via it (Jochen, if you are listening, I've sent it via every email address possible and hope at least one will get through without error) And for the record that address is http://ql-archive.dokos-gr.net. The good news is that the database structure is already done. The better news is that this has been accepted as my graduating project for my MIS Database courses :-) The super cool news is that you will be able to upload stuff yourself on it. For the time being I am converting archives for use with that (ie all my backups from various archives are being tabulated and converted in the appropriate format for upload to the database (ie conversion to comma-delimited format text files to be uploaded to mySQL). Dilwyn (or myself will keep you apprised) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] Software Download Site
snip For the time being I am converting archives for use with that (ie all my backups from various archives are being tabulated and converted in the appropriate format for upload to the database (ie conversion to comma-delimited format text files to be uploaded to mySQL). Dilwyn (or myself will keep you apprised) Oh and of course I forgot to add that since url:http://ql-archive.dokos-gr.net/ is a subdomain, some of you may not be able to access it just yet (it takes time to propagate DNS changes) Phoebus -- Visit the QL-FAQ at: http://www.dokos-gr.net/ql/faq/ (Still uploading stuff!) Visit the uQLX-win32 homepage at: http://www.dokos-gr.net/ql/uqlx.html Visit the uQLX-mac home page at:http://www.dokos-gr.net/ql/uqlxmac.html ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] QXL: SMSQ
On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:19:26 +0100, P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Tubbs writes: As a matter of interest I think the economical and time-saving approach is to let QXL format a file create a dummy file of sufficient length. In PC mode use a hex editor to overwrite with required data ! qxltool does pretty much just that - saving you the trouble of knowing the format plus a great deal of other complications ;) The two executables I sent you must be run under Windoze, not SMSQ, yes? (just double checking) In the end, for sure, after using latterday m/c's the poor old thing chugs along pretty slowly, but DOES what I cannot achieve in the MS environment. The raw speed of the QXL isnt too bad compared to a PC (one old enough to sport an ISA connector, anyway) as SMSQ/QDOS code is usually much more efficient. However, it may appear sluggish due to the QXL-PC communication (the screen data has to be refreshed through an 8-bit channel ever so often). There are ways and means of improving this somewhat, but I cant remember how, just now. If you run QXL under MSDOS it should feel a lot slicker. With MS-DOS (or FreeDOS that I use) and a decent AGP Graphics card the graphics speed is very much improved regardless of the 8bit communications channel. There is a person in Japan that currently works on porting SMSQ/e for the QXL to work under Linux and Windows. (He was looking into graphics generation being done on the PC side of things using XWindows and the Windows GDI freeing the QXL bandwidth essentially only for the disk writes and comms channel. Commands issued to SMSQ/e for graphics would be plain commands to the graphics server outside instead of trying to generate the screen on the QXL side. That would make it extremely fast apart from memory moves from within the video memory ( which would be held on the PC side of things) that would require full utilization of the bus (just like it is now) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] QXL: SMSQ
On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 00:36:08 +0100, Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Sadler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Yes but none of the emulate the higher instructions!! And you need these for ? Many, many, many, many things :-) SMSQ/e for example could be 20-30% faster by using 68020+ instructions on the SGC/Qx0/QXL machines :-) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] QXL: SMSQ
On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 02:33:33 +0200, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: SMSQ/e for example could be 20-30% faster by using 68020+ instructions on the SGC/Qx0/QXL machines :-) This assumption is based on what exactly? On how much faster 68020+ instructions work performing tasks that need a series of 68000 instructions to normally perform. Of course that applies on real machines only because on PC based 68K emulators that would be completely pointless (especially given how fast PCs are nowadays) unless of course you want to be able to experiment with 68020+ instructions (a variety of reasons to do that the least of which is plain old curiosity :-) (and that's why I specifically mentioned SGC/Qx0 and QXLs and not emulators) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] QXL: SMSQ
On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 04:22:05 +0200, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: This assumption is based on what exactly? On how much faster 68020+ instructions work performing tasks that need a series of 68000 instructions to normally perform. So this assumes that all or most tasks within SMSQ/E can be done with fewer 20+ instructions. I'm not sure about that. Not all of course but select few (like MOVE16 for example) and especially the math ones could be significantly be sped up (if you even take into account the FPU part of 040 and 060 there is a significant boost up to be had)... Of course that applies on real machines only because on PC based 68K emulators that would be completely pointless Actually emulators would gain far more than the native hardware if your assumption is right and the instruction count could be significantly reduced. That is possible but not necessarily; if the emulated instruction would need more native instructions to be emulated for example Speed up on a well written and mature emulator core like QPC's for example can be achieved by the extra processing power without the hassle of potentially re-writing parts of the emulation core and maybe in the process introducing some new bugs (which probably doesn't apply in your situation given the known quality of your software :-) but still it is possible) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
[ql-users] QXL 2
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:15:04 +0100, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, anyone has a reliable source for 60 ns DIP modules (I believe VRAM is used) for my QXL 2 that has died? Thanks, Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] browsers
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 19:03:35 +0100, David Tubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip , and especially the absence of DP's EDITOR (Chas Dillon) magic prog, shame it is not totally Pointer Envirnment friendly It is now :-) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] PROLOG PROGRAM
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:38:52 +0300, Costas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all! Just a favour from me... A friend of mine needs any program for PROLOG. (it's a kind of homework from his university) Do you have any available? ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm Thierry Godefroy ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] browsers
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:42:43 +0100, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 at 22:04:51, Wolfgang Uhlig wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Should be no problem for Netscape Navy or Internet Exploder, but what about other browsers I've never used, like Opera, Firebird, etc. Are these as functional as the first two, or more like Mosaic and other early browsers? Would these browsers support Java, Frames, style sheets and so on? Firebird doesn't exist any more, it is now called (Mozilla-) Firefox. It has the same rendering machine as Netscape. Opera is - together with Firefox - the most modern browser at the moment, especially dealing with CSS specifications where IE is quite bad, actually. To see a fantastic example, look at: http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/complexspiral/demo.html but don't take IE if you want to see what it is really about ;)) Assuming firefox and Opera would not support frames, etc. is -frankly said- kind of ridiculous. More interest? Look at: http://nontroppo.org/wiki/WhyOpera Thanks for the mozilla pointer. MSIE with SP2 is now crippled. It no longer shows file source. Not only does Mozilla cope perfectly with that CSS test, but it displays source in a -much- better way than MISE's notepad. It can wrap lines and does html colouring. Also the address line is a google search box. Brilliant, and I am glad to leave MSIE behind. Tony google searching with Opera is even easier. Not only it has a multitude of search engines (plus a multiple one) on the bar but by typing 'g searchtext' (minus the quotes) you get immediate access to google unlike Mozilla that takes its good time :-) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] browsers
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:36:18 +0100, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes And of course Wolfgang forgot the most important thing about Opera It is available in Welsh I didn't forget it, I didn't know :) This is indeed one of the most important things about Opera, I admit, I only know one thing to be more important, that is, Opera is also available in Plattdeutsch which is a dialect spoken only in North Germany, where I am from ;) Wolfgang It is also available in Greek courtesy of yours truly ;-) Phoebus Must be good if available in the language of heaven (Welsh). Or perhaps that should read if they can understand Welsh to produce a Welsh version, it must be good (Welsh is not the easiest language to master). The free version of Opera is available on CD's given away with several PC magazines. The magazines CD's for MAC OS tend to have the Mozilla Browser. Try Opera - it is excellent ! And in many aspects much faster at loading pages than the M$ product. The look of it is very stylish too ... with the user interface being just a little bit different. It also has a configuration dialogue method with is easy to navigate to adjust to your preferences. Essentially if the QL via SMSQ/E, etc, gets a workable web access directly, then a version of Opera would be a good choice as a browser. Of course, the alternative would be to write one from scratch using the more code efficient methods of the QDOS/SMSQ. However, who will ever have the time to do that ? Peter has already ported retawk which works quite well :-) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] browsers
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 21:32:49 +0100, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 at 14:35:10, Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) google searching with Opera is even easier. Not only it has a multitude of search engines (plus a multiple one) on the bar but by typing 'g searchtext' (minus the quotes) you get immediate access to google unlike Mozilla that takes its good time :-) Firefox has a choice. Firefox = Mozilla in that aspect. Does it give the searched text as clickable when the google results appear - as the Google toolbar does? The google search option in the address bar (which is different from the separate search engine facility) returns results like you had already gone to google and searched for something. I have moved to Firefox (Ben told me to) but neither Mozilla or M/Firefox have this great feature (8-(# Firefox is 3 times as large as Opera and doesn't include an email client (which is poor indeed as it (Thunderbird) tries to emulate Outlook. Both render much faster than MSIE. ... and the best feature of all are TABs. That is going to revolutionise my browsing. Opera has had tabbed browsing since version 3 and that was more than 5 years ago :-) Plus it can save your browser session... oh and you don't even have to see it in Greek ;-) (Phoebus: Tony, let me know if you need help since the browser is in Greek. Tony: No I can handle it... -5 mins later- Tony: Phobbuuusss how do you load thiiis *snicker*) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] browsers
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 23:06:04 +0200, Jeremy Taffel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) wrote: Firefox is 3 times as large as Opera and doesn't include an email client (which is poor indeed as it (Thunderbird) tries to emulate Outlook. I don't understand this statement. I use both, and have just looked at the download files. Opera711j.exe 12865KB. The trick is the 'j' in the file name. That is the JRE v.2 which is very large and which you will need whether you have Opera, IE OR Mozilla (every flavour). FirefoxSetup-0.9.2.exe 4960KB. It is true that ThunderbirdSetup-0.7.2 adds another 6050KB, but combined they are smaller than Opera. Thunderbird seems faster than Opera, and I like the pop-up blocking that is included. No they are not smaller combined. If anything they are larger. See the reason above. I assume you already have Java installed. If you don't then you will need it for Firefox as well... If you do, try the Non Java included download :-) Version 7.54 is a 3.5 Mbyte download and it is full featured. As you can see 6.5+4.9 = 11.4Mb vs. 3.5... its almost 4 times smaller! Popup blocking is a feature of Opera as well and has been for a while now Not having paid for Opera, I have to put up with ads taking a large part of my browsing space. I wonder what browsing space you are losing... Opera's ads appear in the button bar and that doesn't take ANY space from your browsing. As for Thunderbird, it crashes consistently unfortunately. And yes it is better than Outlook but yet a lot worse than M2 (Opera's client) and it is slw. Thunderbird is faster, more reliable than Outlook, does not have the security issues and has built in spam detection which gets about 95% of the junk that comes my way, (so far no false detections), and I don't see why the similarity in the user interface should be a disadvantage. It handles multiple languages (eg greek and hebrew) better than outlook. That it does (handle languages better than Outlook) but world class language handling is Opera's domain I can assure you... even the translation process is easy as abc :-) (Outlook can't really handle punctuation in hebrew, for example), but still has what I consider to be a bug when trying to mix left to right and right to left alphabets on the same line. What mail features in Opera do you prefer? I have no false detections from Opera's mailer either and it has a feature that is unavailable elsewhere (unless you speak about Pine). Opera M2 can search into tens of thousands of emails without loss of speed and will perform perfectly under such loads. When I tried thunderbird I made the mistake of importing my emails there... the result was terrible. It took minutes to start (Outlook just couldn't deal with that amount at all) I also like the way these products allow you to bring in all your outlook mail accounts and archives, and your iexplorer favourites etc. Well that is the case in Opera as well (Almost all browsers/mailers allow nowadays import to and fro Outlook accounts) But, hey, everyone is entitled to their opinions. It's just great that we have the choice. Pity we aren't discussing browsers for the QL tho Well soon we hope. Retawq is pretty cool :-) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] browsers
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:33:22 -0400, Phoebus R. Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip l... If you do, try the Non Java included download :-) Version 7.54 is a 3.5 Mbyte download and it Ooopss sorry that would be 3.4 Mbytes (it is 100 K smaller than the version 6.2 I was looking at :-) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] browsers
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 00:56:56 +0100 (BST), Witchy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The trick is the 'j' in the file name. That is the JRE v.2 which is very large and which you will need whether you have Opera, IE OR Mozilla (every flavour). Mostly true, but it depends on what websites you visit. For instance, a company I work at every week doesn't need JRE, but because HP have decided to archive their JetAdmin software and move to a web version we now have to install JRE on any machine using JetAdmin. Fortunately these days it's not too much of a chore to download; this afternoon I think it was about 7mb. I wonder what browsing space you are losing... Opera's ads appear in the button bar and that doesn't take ANY space from your browsing. Of course it does - last version of opera I downloaded (7.x) had pretty large doubleclick style ads which obviously take up screen real estate and therefore browser space. Firefox is freer than a free thing and takes up as much space as you want it to. Well that's not exactly right... without the plugins and down to bare minimum it is still bigger than Opera... of course compared to IE it's tiny as a grain of sand (ANYTHING compared to IE is miniscule). Regardless of all that however it is a pretty decent browser and my first choice for sites that are not standards compliant (ie have stupid developers ;-) Admittedly most designers only create websites that cater to Mozilla/Netscape (and therefore FireFox) and IE. In reality however if a site works with Opera it works with everything ;-) (squirrelmail does it for me) so I don't need that functionality. As has been said before it's down to choice, and hurrah for having choice! Absolutely... if it came down to Firefox vs IE... well FF it is :-) And don't get me wrong but I use Opera for everything, from my Mobile phone (Nokia series 60) to my Win and Linux and of course BeOS (Granted it is a very old version). Of course I do not like the ads button bar or not but since I got free registration on all my Operas I really don't care :-). In reality, on my Zeta/BeOS installations I have switched to FireFox as it is wa more advanced than Opera 3.62 that BeOS has. Well soon we hope. Retawq is pretty cool :-) That I'd like to see, but none of my QLs are web enabled :-\ All you need is a modem ;-) hehe (well sorta) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
