Re: [Ql-Users] [ql-users] Sudoku. Was: screenshoots
Hope you soon feel better Ian, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v4.02 released
Dilwyn said - Marcel, I don't know how to start thanking you for all this - you have been a central pivot for the QL community for many years now with your work on QPC2, SMSQ/E, WMAN2 and everything else. Thank you. -- My sentiments too, Marcel, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] A seat in the lifeboat?
Hi Peter, Re: I invested a lot of time into some QL hardware and software projects. but todays PCs are so fast that emulation easily beats it. -- Many thanks for your extensive work for the QL community. Alas it seem to be true that 'todays PCs are so fast that emulation easily beats it'; and I have no 'lifeboat' preferences. But I do send my best wishes for the more circumspection future. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Phillips CM8833 Monitor
Re: Does anyone have the correct lead to connect a QL to a Phillips 8833 monitor - it has a scart like socket and an 8 pin din on the back. Unfortunately, the standard QL monitor lead only has a 6 pin din on the monitor end... Hi Rich, Sent me (alas, off list!) digital pictures of the sockets you wish to connect in to. I may have at least one of the required males to donate! John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr
Hi François, Regarding your reference to Fabrizio's - "Attached you can find a screenshot of my desktop" Fabrizio included a dynamic link which I sucessfully used to see his fine desktop. I'll reproduce it below in the hope that it might take you where you wanted to go - http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Updates
Dilwyn wrote: It already had Win XP Service Pack 3, so I didn’t expect too long to update. Two hours later it’s still only got as far as update 19 of 127. Is this a record?!? -- Two months ago I had just this Xp experience. Par for the course. Sometime before 6 hours, it completed all 128. Make a cuppa, go for a run, read about Linux, curse M$. . Best wishes to all, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v3.40 Beta 2
Dilwyn wrote - Gives me a nice feeling that Windoze is under QPC control ;-)) the longed for 'Promised Land'. at last! John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Email advice needed
Hi Geoff, Re: My problem is that btinternet is Yahoo under an assumed name and Yahoo does have security issues. Both Yahoo and Microsoft seem to want you to put your address book on their servers and, for obvious security reasons, I want my address book to remain firmly on my own machine, Like you, I would never choose either (or any similar web-based servers). I (attempt to) keep my address book etc 'safe' by using desk-top e-mail via an e-mail client program. For years, I have been very happy with it, and with my non-mainstream ISP (as are all my 'clients' where I have installed the same set-up). I dread helping those who have problems and/or are very busy with web-based accounts - and that dread is very hard-earned! Of course, e-mail direct should you like more detail. Greetings to all, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] It's not a QL on a Raspberry Pi yet, but .....
There's quite a comprehensive Pi hard/software feature in the current edition [401] of Computer Active pp48 - 53 incl. Also http://www.computeractive.co.uk/search?sort=Relevance1&query=rasberry+pi I don't have one yet - so can't comment further! Greetings, John in Wales There were these ten Welsh men who went to Australia. . ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Tony said - " ... but grammar is the foundation of language *and* understanding. Let grammar slip and meaning becomes less clear, or even entirely different!" No one, least of all those who write 'code', could fail to see the importance of this. But this list is open (and usually overtly welcoming) to everyone's' contribution. If contributors - no matter how correct they may be - choose to 'publically' correct (even humiliate) contributors here [as I am unashamedly attempting to do now] the excellent spirit we all usually enjoy will be spoiled and some would-be contributors will become/remain 'lurkers'. We shall all be the poorer then. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
George wrote - "A long time ago I used to pause while reading articles when I found "faulty grammar". 'The Times' is in current QL-List mode. But it's especially concerned with the disposition and future safety of CHAR(39)! (16-03-13 etc.) John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE
Marcel said - "Well, that was meant to be private... thank you, eMail program ;-)" OK Marcel, I'll pretend I haven't seen it - just until you tell us again. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: QL Today
I agree with Peter - "The QL Today team have done wonders over the years and it's going to be a big miss." John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
Re: You've been watching too much Taggarrrt on TV! --- I may never have drunk whiskey/whisky but I know that as 'Taggarrrt' was playing a Glaswegian, it should be 'Tgut'! John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
Hi Wolfgang, Re your: If I had had those "speeds" when developing - SMSQmulator wouldn't have seen the light of day. -- I realised that after I posted here - a few days ago - that I forgot to say 'congratulations' to you on SMSQum'. May I say it now, please. With the myriad of QL related configurations world-wide, how could anyone possibly guard against some less than design-efficient situation arising somewhere? I have not installed your simulator yet, but I have read here so much appreciative feedback that I know that the QL community has received from you something very, very, worthwile. Please don't scrap it in despair... I haven't tried it yet! ;-) With best wishes, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
Hi Wolfgang. Thank you for your work on the emulator. And thanks too to all the listers who have carefully added their comments and experiences. For the moment it's all collected into a folder - where I shall dig, sometime soon, to be wiser when I install the program. Best wishes to all, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator
jon wrote - I think the keyboard issue is specific to my Lenovo desktop pc...not sure what the problem actually is, but in QPC I don't get the correct characters from the keyboard making work difficult. SMSQmulator fixes it --- On my Lenovo G575 W7/64bit laptop, something precipitated a similar and frustrating keyboard problem. It was noticed after I had just commissioned Windows Live Mail - though I cannot be sure it can be blamed. Reading from my hard-copy log, this is what I wrote at the time - 1. WORD & E-mails now demonstrate a wrong character set. 2. Set international settings (somehow changed to 'US' from 'UK') to 'UK' and hot reboot. No cure! 3. Change 'system locale' to 'UK'' and hot reboot. - No cure! 4. Change 'Input Language Keyboard to 'UK' - and hot reboot. - Cured! [£,#,\,' etc sorted] HTH jon John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Snowbound?
So, we in the UK are all at home in snow chat-mode! (Our fellow Scandinavians will laugh, I know.) I was 19 miles from home last evening on my push bike when the snow started (West Cheshire). And then it went dark! I had all the 'gear' and I likes a challenge! Some denial of service today on my ADSL line. But now it's back, the speed is up from (sorry Dilwyn) 15.3 to 18.9mbps and I've just seen the (welcome) note re: W7 and QPC-2. So, all round, the snow, and the central heating, has made me happy. Cheers to all, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Happy New Year
Frank said - "May I be the first to wish the entire QL community a very happy new year!" Thank you Frank; and may I be the first to thank you on behalf of all list readers? [Promotion... at last!] Regards and best wishes to all, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] The QL got a mention in recent web-articles on "theuntold story of the first British laptop"
Thank you Urs, for the TinyURL. I found the whole related article very interesting. Goodaye all, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Surgery: 3.5" floppies
Norman said - "This is true, however, a number of the floppies in the drive (some older, some newer than some of the affected ones) still work and still have the data. At least, I can read them. - From experience - If push comes to shove - peel off the floppy's slide-cover. The spring is now somewhere on (in) the carpet! Prise open the cover shell from the top (adjacent to the exposed platter, by the notch) - catching the r/w window-cover is optional. (A samurai sword is too thick for prising.) Remove the platter-padding from the *lower* (drive side) side. Insert in drive. Oh yes it will - and it may be ejected as 'normal'. Get your data copied (?) Write a pointed e-mail on this list. ;-) There. That didn't hurt did it! Regards, John in Wales PS My last two mails to the list are still in cyberspace :( ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] My slice of Pi
Brian asks - "Will the Pi work through the video input? Otherwise I have got video i/p on the TV. -- In the current 'Computer Active' (382) at page 12, a correspondent has written - "I have been using my Pi with a HDMI to VGA adapter which costs about £14. Using the composite output produces very poor resolution but on my VGA it is extremely good." Greetings to all, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] ADSL speed up
Dilwyn said - " but as usual the north west of Wales always seems to be last to get anything, way behind the M4 corridor and north east Wales.." But just think Dilwyn, if you didn't have people (like me) in north East Wales, you in the west would be next door to England yourselves. There have to be some compensations for us! ;-) (Not to mention the Distant Dunbar Duchy.) Here's hoping you soon get an improved service. --- Billy mentioned - "...an intermittent drop out," I've had that - see my improved service at the head of this thread. I since changed my exchange line setting to 'interleaved' and - so far - that seems to have helped. During this (unannounced and since) undeclared upgrade, BT surreptitiously changed my setting to 'non-interleaved' behind my back. :( I don't have to explain how all this has to do with QLing do I?! Best wishes, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] .wiz files
Dilwyn said - ".. there is nothing on this computer to handle “.wiz” files (whatever those might be). It’s not just one specific .doc file it happens with, it’s each and every one. Anyone with any idea what’s going on?" == .wiz files are produced by M-S Publisher. There does not appear to be an official converter (covert or otherwise!) which converts from doc. to wiz. Perhaps you should market your copy Dilwyn?! ;-) Best wishes with it, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] ADSL speed up
Greetings! I live in the UK and have a BT ADSL connection (400 metres by wire to the exchange). Generally, bandwidth was in the order of 6 to 8Mbps - usually the latter provided I did not switch of my router too frequently. Move over copper, glass has arrived. Stable reported speed (W/Xp system tray) for the past 3 days? 21.3Mbps. I like glass... and I had to tell someone. ;-) [Also might be of teccy interest - eh?] Best wishes to all, Through the glass, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] A3 scanner
Dilwyn said - I need to scan some documents (with photos) of roughly A3 size and stitching 2xA4 scans together doesn’t really work – the ‘stitching’ looks awful when the two halves are joined after scanning. My local 'STAPLES' offers a discrete scanning service. Greetings to all, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi
Thanks Norman for helping a lazy bloke into the Raspberry Pi websites! I've just spent more time in there than certain persons have recently wasted in QJewels ;) Read all the MagPi magazines. Fascinating and informative. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Daisywheel Printer?
Rich said -
Does anyone have a daisywheel printer for sale ...?
I have an Epson DX100 (wide carriage) in perfect working order. {Guts of it
made by Brother?}
Have relevant selection of perfect daisy wheels.
Have several relevant new carbon ribbons.
Have documentation with allocations of ASCII codes etc.
I might have more - if prodded!
Contact me privately Rich - if this is of interest.
John in Wales
PS How I miss the staccato/machine-gun rattle of background daisy-wheel
music! I once had code to make it 'sing' and me to smile.
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Re: [Ql-Users] QL Forum
Lee asks - "What will they think of next as the new hip thing - Progs?" No, it's about time "Comms" was dusted off. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL manual
Dilwyn (and Adrian Ives, Andy Dansby) Thanks for this at - http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/ebooks/olqlug/index.htm Excellent. Must have been finnicky OCR and "changing-formats" jobs. Much appreciated. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL compatible Printers
printer which is recalcitrant if it is allowed to be dormant for any period of time ... if one did not know better, one would think that it, too, was broken. When THAT happens, it is necessary to spend 5-to-10 minutes (maybe, it took a longer time -- who can remember?) pressing the button which tells the printer to CLEAR its print jets (whatever the process is called to re-initiate the printer). The process also uses much ink - and money! This is exacerbated with *some* printers if the head is not 'parked' and thus sealed beforehand. i.e. Switch off *on* the printer and wait for its indicators to go out, before cutting the power supply to it. In my experience - I have 5 printers and some stand still for months - this practice has proved very worthwhile - and I've had my sanity back for some time now ;). With best wishes to all for 2012, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert & an introduction of sorts
. now if you were 13 in 1979. ! and yet enthusiasm is *still* alive and well. ;-) I thought SST stands for Super Sonic Transport when, all the time, it really designates Silicon Storage Technology from a Sinclair Schoolyard Trader. You're doubly qualified. Welcome SST Allie. John in Wales (Anyone seen a Higgs boson hereabouts toady (!)?) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QBBS
Tony said - Does anyone use the BBS now? If not, it probably makes sense to retire this machine Not I, any longer. But it has been of tremendous utility. Thank you Tony for all the associated work .and for meeting its power bills! (You did, didn't you?!) John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QaLendar 2012
Re: 2012 Calendar Thanks Dilwyn. Just what I was looking for. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL2K on Windows 7
. chances are Dilwyn that your W7 recovery software will be (or will offer an option of - if you're lucky) the W7 32bit version. If push comes to shove... and you should get all 'unhappy' again, start once more with that! ATB. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] WORD by any other name
Norm' (him wots against Jpegs) said - - Given that you are John in Wales, how about "Taffs" instead of Tifs? ;-) I have some near neighbours (each with a different base-1 OS). They are famous for their 'tiffs'. The Tales of Wales! On this list, I've always answered to 'John in Wales'. When I joined (last century) there were already more than enough 'John's' to go 'round (and 'round). However, you can go far with a 'Dunbar'. Best wishes to all, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] WORD by any other name
Malcolm said - Does anyone use Word for HTML's? -- By coincidence - because I'm to distribute some text intended for the widest possible non-technical/academic audience - I've recently done one or two tests i.e. - saving MS-WORD docs in HTM format and using a web browser to view them Results are *so* bland. Don't you dare respond... this is OT. ;-) Goodnite all, John in Wales PS Yes, .pdf's!, tif's and more, are up for evaluation. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Few: Message via contact form
Re: I received this email this morning. I have no idea if it is genuine...anyone know anything about it? Dilwyn Jones = My WLM uncharacteristically filtered your mail directly into my junk-items - with a notice to me. As this rarely happens, I wonder if that was triggered because the embedded link is somehow dodgy? John in Wales PS However, the project sounds fascinating. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Blog
Dave said - "Well, I got married yesterday, " Well Dave, congratulations and every best wish to you both - now you are soldered to one PCB. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Another Shocking Event
Norman said - "My main task was to hold onto the bare plug lead wire while he cranked the engine over - to see if it was generating power!" I had nearly finished installing a 240v generator in an unroaded village remote in the Eritrean Highlands - and had strung up much bare copper in the vicinity of the school - neatly, and all out of reach on poles and buildings mind you. But I knew by the questions by-standers had asked - that many had yet no real idea of what it was all about. But for boys who were always throwing sticks into trees etc to bring down snakes, and others who had already secretly blessed me as they ignorantly straddled their washing on this new Village Amenity, I knew (like Norman's Dad) that a little education was necessary - but *before* switch-on day. So, we assembled all 120 or so pupils at the school and I got them to stand around me in a large circle under the blazing sun. Then - with a bit of play-acting I shall miss out here because it would be non-electron and therefore off-topic(!) - I broke the circle and handed the child on either side of me a bared wire each to hold. The wires were already attached to my 'Mega Tester' with its crank-handle (thumb on the opposite side) and its 500v generator. I made a speech! Then, with a *very* careful eye on the Mega's reading, I cranked the handle *very* slowly until it suddenly fell to zero. There followed a very animated and switched-on discussion. This cycle was of crank, tingle and discuss was repeated some few times and although (disappointing to Tony) there were no wet tongues involved, spitting on hands was part of the advanced and shocking drills conducted (!) Who would stay in the ever diminishing circle developed into a sort of macho party game. I'd probably be locked up today for that. But I never (in the years that followed) received a report of anyone receiving a shock - even in the rains - and that day added not a few new words to my vocabulary of the local language. Are you shocked?! John in Wales PS When the Ethiopian Army arrived, they were very puzzled at the presence - 40 miles from the nearest town - of those 'telephone wires'. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery
I've followed this thread... or so I though, but Dave (Plastic) what does this mean please? - "strong characters" John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery
As Ralph said - "Quite right. It [QPC2] is *the* QL software emulator." John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Fingers and Thumbs
It has recently been said - --- > That is what I was saying - 'digits' means both fingers and thumbs in English. We usually say (incorrectly) that we have five fingers on each hand. We don't. We have four fingers and one thumb. --- I always think of thumbs as a sub-set of fingers; like, just for for instance, I think of Serial Ports as a sub-set of Dilwyn; Sheds as a sub-set of Tony and that Programming Language (the name of which I can't just now remember) as a subset of Norman. Of course, there are many other worthies, with soft and hard sub-sets amongst us, but you get my drift, I'm sure. ;-) John, a sub-set of Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Wondering...
Dave said - It seems I will have to start saving for a UK spec QL, pronto. Having a real QL to work on is important to me. Before Norman pulls muscle in his attic AND/OR goin' down the Post Office... what about a possible PSU 50/60Hz mains supply problem - especially if Dave is in The States? John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC
221 lines of code! Tobias, do have more 'lazy Sunday afternoons', please. Wish I could have written the same - it's poked some valuable ideas into my memory. Thank you. In there however, is a small shadow, specifically regarding your SELect ON's. Does your code rely on the additional utility provided by SBasic but which is not present in (Jan Jones') SuperBASIC? Will the code perform in the 'all native original QL' platform that Dave is anxious to use? Goodnight all, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC
Tobias helpfully said - Dave, the "manual" is right here and your memory is wrong ;-). - Brave Dave, Do you have a copy of Jan Jones? It's great for *all* SBasic INSTR-uctions. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] 12th February 2011
What do I know about Derby? It's where they say Twosdee. That is, unless it isn't. And "give over", if you 'avn't. I hear it a lot! John in Wales PS: Off topic? Of course not - it's a space-filler for the Toady Editor ;) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] OT - Proposed cut to BT broadband charges in rural areas
Re: Malcom's and Dilwyns recent references to Wales and broadband speeds. I pay for 'up to 8Mbps' About 20% of the time I get a reported (and experienced!) '8.1' This, I have enjoyed for about 15 months. Lucky me. '5.8' is the lowest report I have seen - and there's a constant display in the Xp System Tray. Have fun 'plastic user' Avergoodaye all. John in Wales. P...t In a reasonable North Easterly wind, I can spit as far as the local telephone exchange. :) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta mags
I know.. I know... Dilwyn said "hasn't"! But, as I'm John in Wales and West of Chester. I report that I recieved my QUANTA yesterday (Wednesday), bearing an 'audit trail' - Manchester 07.08 pm. etc. etc. On which date? aaah... that's far too smudged to read - even with a magnifier. Funny that - everything else is legible. It's Quite Logical; they know you're onto it Dilwyn! :-) Happy New Year to All J i W ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] TEST - II PLEASE IGNORE
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com TEST - II PLEASE IGNORE TEST - II PLEASE IGNORE TEST - II PLEASE IGNORE TEST - II PLEASE IGNORE TEST - II PLEASE IGNORE TEST - II PLEASE IGNORE system - crash!... these thingfs happen! J i W ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] TEST - PLEASE IGNORE
TEST - PLEASE IGNORE TEST - PLEASE IGNORE TEST - PLEASE IGNORE TEST - PLEASE IGNORE TEST - PLEASE IGNORE TEST - PLEASE IGNORE TEST - PLEASE IGNORE TEST - PLEASE IGNORE TEST - PLEASE IGNORE TEST - PLEASE IGNORE TEST - PLEASE IGNORE TEST - PLEASE IGNORE ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] TEST please ignore
TEST please EST please EST please EST please EST please EST please EST please EST please EST please ignore ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] List of QLing 'Terms'
Sorry Dilwyn not to be able to get this *first* privately to you, but you've accidentally set something in motion following your misunderstanding of what I wrote privately to you. I have to post this here now to try and stop possible wrong results. --- Dilwyn wrote - I've made a start on this by sending "John in Wales" (John Hitchcock) my Glossary_txt file with a request for him to add any other terms and between us we'll try to "fill the gaps". Meanwhile, if anyone has suggestions of QL terminology to add to the list to let John know so he can add the terms to the list for me to write up when it's in a ready state. - Unfortunately Dilwyn forgot to ask me what I think about this above. Sorry, folks, but it's not my idea of a way forward. Greetings to all John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] List of QLing 'Terms'
Dilwyn said (15th October) :- "Could someone (or you, even, John) put together a list of words which cause difficulty and I could try to put something together as an article sometime?" - I said:- I'm on to it! Will report back. Reporting Back I've waited to see if there are any further contributions to this (renamed) thread. Just Norman. Thanks Norman. To my mind, potential 'rej-oiners' to the QL World need a "catch-up-cache [cuc]".Lurkers and others would also benefit. I know, I'm one of them! What I have in mind are essentially the same ideas I wrote on the list/and or QUANTA many years ago. This, below, does not deserve the heading 'specification' - it's more a doodle. If writers/webmasters or whatever could have a reference list of **distinctly QL** terms and were able to run any new work through it. Hits - ignore. Misses - write, say, at least 5 (?) words of explanation - which is then added to the master list as the suggested 'Official Title of The Term Appended ' (and ready for insertion to a Universal Alphabetical Index [UAI]. A bit like Wikipedia - entries that may be freely amplified, explained further by those with the knowledge and time and inclination. Collection/ Assembly might begin at an agreed date, with any seeming new (or old) term. Better still, if this were supplemented by filtering QL historic written banter already in soft copy. Common occurrences in there which are without a (then) current definition could be added, as they are uncovered - if necessary simply as 'An Outstanding Term Needing to be Defined'. Re (Dilwyn's) : '...you, even, John...' Let's see how hot the pot is first. But it's well within possibilities. I shall write/do more on this if it boils! Could there be copywrite implications? (I think not.) What's the consensus on the idea, in principal? Do our authors out there like the idea? I'm full of ideas of how it might be brought about! They would begin with a 'specification'. Ramblings all ramblings . Greetings to all, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tomorrow (X-1)
George wrote - "On 5 Nov 2010, at 18:16, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Got a fixed dynamo myself - I was cycling near Stirling in 1939 after the war had started. The bike lights were operated by dynamo so they went out when I stopped. A policeman came up and told me (what I knew) that the lights were out. Do you have to have lights if you are stationary?" = Well, you 'wrote it' Dilwyn. Ball's in your court...! ;-) a smug John in Wales (Who [thinks] he knows the correct answer) but Q-uality L-ighting helps. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tomorrow (X-1)
Bob said - ". and lights are mandatory in the UK ." Only between sunset and sunrise. The rest of the time you may ride without them (fitted). Got a fixed dynamo myself - you never know when some beautiful girl might temp you to stay out late to help her with her QLing, with or without spaces in your output. And, I thought, "Tony does it in 'sheds'" or is that too obvious?! John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Peripheral of the day
Thanks Petri, I'm 'lightened'! John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Today...
Dilwyn bach said - "Could someone (or you, even, John) put together a list of words which cause difficulty and I could try to put something together as an article sometime?" - I'm on to it! Will report back. Understandably, there's an inevitable profusion of acronyms*, technical mnemonic* (and mnemonic) forms. A glossary of those exclusive to our Great QL Environment (GQLE) should be a minimum and, perhaps, only requirement. Other techy terms are (usually!) only a 'www' away! Cheers John in Wales NDAFHO?! [Below, more unpatronising O.T.T - just to make a point.!! Acronym: a word formed from the initials or other parts of several words, e.g. 'NATO', from the initial letters of 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization'. Mnemonic: a short rhyme, phrase, or other mental technique for making information easier to memorize. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Today...
I quote this list - "Perhaps a help guide to QL jargon was necessary." I have raised this several times here (and earlier in QUANTA*, with suggestions as to how it *might*, be done). As far as I remember, there has never been any response. I'm still flying this banner* and, of course, am willing to dig around (sweat) for a hole in which to firmly place it. I have insufficient knowledge/experience to provide items - but I might be able to stitch then into a reasonable and helpful display! Best wishes to all John in Wales -- * BANNER a long piece of cloth, often bearing a symbol or slogan, and attached at each end to a pole or hanging from the top of a pole -- * QUANTA www.quanta.org.uk QUANTA is the independent user group for Sinclair QL users. It was formed in February 1984 with the aim of providing an independent source of support for, and sharing information about, the Sinclair QL. In time, it has expanded its brief to include compatible systems such as the ICL OPD (One Per Desk), CST Thor, Aurora and Q40/Q60, as well as emulators of the Sinclair QL running on other platforms. QUANTA is a non-profit organisation run by an elected committee of honorary officials. Membership is by SUBSCRIPTION (currently 14 GBP); the membership fee has not changed for many years. There is now the option of an email version of the magazine (in pdf format) available to all, but primarily intended to eliminate the postage surcharges levied on overseas members. Full details are available on the Membership Form or from the Membership Secretary. The subscription includes a bi-monthly magazine, access to QUANTA's large free QL software library, advice and help with QL-related matters, workshops (QL shows held in various areas) and support for local sub-groups. ... ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Blurry Picture on Microvetic Cub
Tony said - Yes indeed. Use plastic tools, and be careful. One thing worth doing with the Microvitek, and with power *long* off is to hoover it. It is mightily prone to high voltage sparks when very dusty. When this happens, it kills the 8301. I have seen many examples of failed QLs due to this, and actually saw (and heard) the spark myself on one of my QLs. Yes! I once had a loud crackle (and smell) but 'got away with it' :) Thereafter, I lifted the monitor into a coolish airing cupboard for a couple of days if it had been long dormant. There's more to this computing lark than the general public appreciate! Best wishes to all John in Wales PS Though I had crossed a demarcation line - I didn't do the ironing! ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Ethernet adapter for QL ?
Nasta, Petri said "thank you for taking the time to write this - wonderful information!" So do I. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] io.fline end of line
Re: Malcolm's - Hi, I've noticed some inconsistent handling of text files in QPC2. The problem was reading text files with both carriage return and line feed at the end of line. Several programs could read these files from the qxl.win drive without complaint. However the same file being read from a dos or ram drives caused problems. One particular program that got upset was the GST assembler. I finally tracked the problem down to the io.flin trap. It was converting the carriage return to a line feed, but only on the win drive. Is there any switch to change this behaviour and have it working on all drives? Or is this a bug? Cheers Malcolm = Thank you Malcolm. You've revealed a previously unkown scource of some of my historical headaches. Best wishes, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question
Re; Tony's - "BTW to reply to what John (in Wales?) said about line broken URLs. " -- Not me sir! - but now everyone knows why - just not being 'any boring old John' - I've always *proudly* qualified it here ;-) Best wishes to all, John in Wales PS Adding our country, as a postscript, contributes to 'list camaraderie' as well as aiding contributor-identity? ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Fooling 'Spooling' from QPC-2
Thank you Stephen, Dilwyn, Bob and Arvid for your suggestions. I'd never considered the printer (Epson Stylus 640) to be QPC compatible. I had activated a local procedure in Archive, and accidentally chosen my (P)rinter instead of my (S)creen. The troublesome 'buffered' result must have lain dormant on the machine for weeks - i.e. until I next used 'its' printer. And that's when the problem came up/out! Fortunately I have not yet had to revisit the scenario - but *all* comments **are noted**, for future reference. I have to admit that, when the problem occurred, I did not think of exec-ing QPC-2 on the( printer's) parent machine but only attacked the problem via the OS (W/Xp). Even when there was no print job in Xp's Task Manager, the problem persisted. I had not been quite as patient as Bob's generous '10 minute' rule! So, was it buffered in the printer?! Certainly the printer's RAM could not have contained *all* of it. In future, I must remember to check the JOB queue in QDOS/SMSQE. Thanks again, John in Wales === 'originals' only below - Evening all. Perhaps my posting of 28 06 2010 (copy below) became randomly corrupted or something. I am grateful for advice offered, I’m more than a bit puzzled by the responses, as the appear on my screen. Have a look at this: I wrote - “However, even as it merrily wasted ink, the O/S reported that there was no current print job - and thus the 'job' could not be removed from the spool queue in the usual way.” I should have been explicit that the list was unpopulated? Puzzlingly, Malcolm's retort was - “….It is usually a case of killing the print job in the printer queue….” and Derek’s, in a similar vein - “……, you can delete jobs from the printer queue on the machine that is the print server.” Further confirmed by Malcolm in - “Derek is right, for a home PC network the printer queue will be on the computer that you set up as the master machine, with the printer(s) attached to it.” I exercised Malcolm's “administrative privileges, to be able to kill off those corrupted print jobs or the malicious ones” on the "master machine". That, of course, is how I tried to … “[remove] from the spool queue in the usual way.” But with an unpopulated queue ..? Anyone anything to add please?. Cheers, John in Wales == Hello everyone, Had a real teaser last evening. I was networking (LAN) a document to be printed on a 'remote' (not QPC approved) printer attached to a peer in the network. In other words it was all in (this) house! When the printer had initiated, it attempted to print stuff from its local machine, stuff which originated from that W/Xp's machine's copy of QPC-2! It had been (accidentally) spooled to the HD from ARCHIVE , some days ago, after the printer was last on-line. Incidentally, some was plain text, some was gobbledegook and many were new-page codes! The only way to stop it, I found ,was to force an error by denying paper to the muncher. Then I would reboot the local (to the printer) machine and the printer. It was still there. :( O.K. I (think) I understand all that behaviour. However, even as it merrily wasted ink, the O/S reported that there was no current print job - and thus the 'job' could not be removed from the spool queue in the usual way. Again, I (think) I understand. There now follows an appeal for help on behalf of the "Save my Sanity, Ink and Paper" party. Is there a 'magic' way of removing, what has, in effect, become a 'rouge' job, from QPC-2, on the O/S spooler, please, anyone? Be good all. Its not raining here. John in Wales. PS: QPC-2 in innocent! === ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Fooling 'Spooling' from QPC-2
Evening all. Perhaps my posting of 28 06 2010 (copy below) became randomly corrupted or something. I am grateful for advice offered, I’m more than a bit puzzled by the responses, as the appear on my screen. Have a look at this: I wrote - “However, even as it merrily wasted ink, the O/S reported that there was no current print job - and thus the 'job' could not be removed from the spool queue in the usual way.” I should have been explicit that the list was unpopulated? Puzzlingly, Malcolm's retort was - “….It is usually a case of killing the print job in the printer queue….” and Derek’s, in a similar vein - “……, you can delete jobs from the printer queue on the machine that is the print server.” Further confirmed by Malcolm in - “Derek is right, for a home PC network the printer queue will be on the computer that you set up as the master machine, with the printer(s) attached to it.” I exercised Malcolm's “administrative privileges, to be able to kill off those corrupted print jobs or the malicious ones” on the "master machine". That, of course, is how I tried to … “[remove] from the spool queue in the usual way.” But with an unpopulated queue ..? Anyone anything to add please?. Cheers, John in Wales == Hello everyone, Had a real teaser last evening. I was networking (LAN) a document to be printed on a 'remote' (not QPC approved) printer attached to a peer in the network. In other words it was all in (this) house! When the printer had initiated, it attempted to print stuff from its local machine, stuff which originated from that W/Xp's machine's copy of QPC-2! It had been (accidentally) spooled to the HD from ARCHIVE , some days ago, after the printer was last on-line. Incidentally, some was plain text, some was gobbledegook and many were new-page codes! The only way to stop it, I found ,was to force an error by denying paper to the muncher. Then I would reboot the local (to the printer) machine and the printer. It was still there. :( O.K. I (think) I understand all that behaviour. However, even as it merrily wasted ink, the O/S reported that there was no current print job - and thus the 'job' could not be removed from the spool queue in the usual way. Again, I (think) I understand. There now follows an appeal for help on behalf of the "Save my Sanity, Ink and Paper" party. Is there a 'magic' way of removing, what has, in effect, become a 'rouge' job, from QPC-2, on the O/S spooler, please, anyone? Be good all. Its not raining here. John in Wales. PS: QPC-2 in innocent! === ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Fooling 'Spooling' from QPC-2
Hello everyone, Had a real teaser last evening. I was networking (LAN) a document to be printed on a 'remote' (not QPC approved) printer attached to a peer in the network. In other words it was all in (this) house! When the printer had initiated, it attempted to print stuff from its local machine, stuff which originated from that W/Xp's machine's copy of QPC-2! It had been (accidentally) spooled to the HD from ARCHIVE , some days ago, after the printer was last on-line. Incidentally, some was plain text, some was gobbledegook and many were new-page codes! The only way to stop it, I found ,was to force an error by denying paper to the muncher. Then I would reboot the local (to the printer) machine and the printer. It was still there. :( O.K. I (think) I understand all that behaviour. However, even as it merrily wasted ink, the O/S reported that there was no current print job - and thus the 'job' could not be removed from the spool queue in the usual way. Again, I (think) I understand. There now follows an appeal for help on behalf of the "Save my Sanity, Ink and Paper" party. Is there a 'magic' way of removing, what has, in effect, become a 'rouge' job, from QPC-2, on the O/S spooler, please, anyone? Be good all. Its not raining here. John in Wales. PS: QPC-2 in innocent! ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future
[Beginners All Symbolic Instruction Code - 'BASIC'] Stephen said - "... I'd disagree greatly with a lot of these arguments for people just starting out. Line numbers, although a pain for advanced programmer, do help novices think about order. Data types confuse things and make it more complex than it needs to be. Let's face it, some real-world languages don't have them as such, e.g. Perl. In time, once the novice has grown out of the language they can move on. It's not as if we're saying to banish them. " === I agree entirely with all Stephen's postings on this. I'm also with "Johnny's" Dad! Thank you for the interesting and informative URL's etc. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future
Dilwyn said - "...OK, it'll always be handy to be able to write quick s*basic programs for my own use ." === & now George has said - ".Rewriting for a PC or whatever is just not an option for me. I also use QPC2 for programming, both in SBASIC especially for quick one off results, and in Assembler. I have tried Visual Basic on a PC and I did not like it. Assembler on Intel chips is pretty ghastly. A new user of QPC2, say, would, I imagine, almost certainly want to use it for programming - and almost certainly not for the word processors etc available. " = I entirely agree. The easy access to s*basic is one of the major trump-cards in the hands of QLers. Many of us began in a 'home-programming' type environment . Remember the thrill? Taking on board the comments of Malcolm and other contributors I continue to believe (as I wrote in QUANTA some ? years ago) that to get the best in the QL community, novices or returners must be comfortable with QL community jargon. I remember that, in that article, I gave sample facts and figures (re: jargon, albeit *necessary* jargon) from the then current QL community writings. What I suggested then was something like - the next time a 'QL Post Uncle Clive Techie Term' [QLPUCTT!] was published, it should be added by the writer to a central QL glossary [CQLG?] (if it were not already listed, of course). There would be one master glossary which would be widely known and bundled into QL legacy speak, practice and publications. Then, I for one, would have a better chance of catching up - of course I already know Jan Jones et al intimately (!) "Sir, wot's a Coldfire?"; "Sir wot's a Hermes?"; "Miss, where can I find out wot's a Miracle Expansion?","Can I wear it?" etc etc.. Purely rhetorical boys and girls! With universal and unambiguous best wishes, John in Wales (or 'GoBoyGo' as Tony called me!) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Miss Quoting, or Mess
Rich says - "(I thought we had settled on bottom posting)" Unless I've accidentally missed some postings, this issue is still in the melting pot - which is somewhere on a back burner! I suggested that Bruce might care to lift the lid and give it a stir; or that we might poll members views! On 3 April I wrote - "What about a binary vote - eh? :) 0 -Top Quote/Bottom Post 1 - TopPost/Bottom Quote" Then, again, Bruce (list owner) might have a deciding view. It's the voting season gals and boys. John in Wales (Volunteer 'teller' built in ;-) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] PCI - modem
Re: Just put MRI-1456 PCI-S into Google and the first hit brings a Windows XP driver. Or you could try Driverguide.com Derek Thanks Derek. Done! Cheers, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] PCI - modem
Hi everyone! I'm stuck, but not in an airport!! I've just upgraded a PC o/s I need a device driver for a PCI modem with w/Xp. The modem (card) is labelled "MRI-1456 PCI-S". PSB is "Tean DS1 94v-0" Of course, it's 'catch-22' to accept the free scans and updates via the internet! I need it to access QL-sites! ;-) I'll be grateful. Cheers, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Miss Quoting, or Mess
David wrote ".. Heavy endorsement. Such a tiredome trek 'cos there is so little "snipping". Has Tony counted the votes ? Was that a quorum ?" As I proposed - without tongue in cheek - (31 March): "What about a binary vote - eh? :) 0 -Top Quote/Bottom Post 1 - TopPost/Bottom Quote" Then, again, Bruce (list owner) might have a deciding view. ATB John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 73, Issue 21
Paul said - --- I forgot to add this , you can also explore http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html to inventory your PC hardware and software, is free, and very informative with out any security concerns --- Extremely pleased with it. Thank you Paul. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Top Quote/Bottom Post
subject was - "Cakking Dilwyn" I've changed the subject line - Dilwyn's bin well and truely 'Cakked' already, poor lad :o) Norman said - "... If we choose the "standard" bottom posting then we can read the salient points of the conversation from the top downwards - like reading a newspaper or book etc. Mind you, that does rather depend on people trimming out all the cruft and leaving only the salient points. " -- I'm not 'Thunderbird' or 'usenet' or nowt else, I'm just 'me' and I agree with Norman and Co's salience. I intuitively think, it's 'intuitive'. What about a binary vote - eh? :) 0 -Top Quote/Bottom Post 1 - TopPost/Bottom Quote In passing, I notice that - 1) Norman did not commit himself to 'top down' *programing*. 2) This posting is neither 0 nor 1! It's 0 with a 'header' and 'footer'. but I do hope it's 'intuitive'! ATB John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] 24 Pin Dot Matrix Printer Needed
Rich asks - "Does anyone have a 24 pin dot matrix printer for sale "? I could have! EPSON LQ 100+ (Epson Software Codes 2). I bought it new. Hardly used (a "backup" machine). Mint condition. Complete with user manual. Situated 50 miles west of Manchester. If it could be 'the business', contact me , off list, for further details and/or an offer please. Cheers, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] "Winchester HD"
Re: > With the QL, I think the "win_" drive name came from "winchester"..." My understanding (c1978) is that someone familiar with the winchester rifle likened hard-drive technolgy to its action. That is, to reload, "sweep a segment" [seek], collect object of sweep [read] and put the payload [data] into the (business end) breech [a ram array]. Repeat until the object of the exercise is achieved (or not (!) - as the case may be). This is a Welshman's understanding. As has been noted, we know a thing or two about 'rams'. This list has kept me chuckling all day... Thank you contributors. :) John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] @evans
"@evans ..." --- Surely this is something to do with living in Wales. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Missing Sinclair QL Software Titles
Rich wrote - "..is a host of Sinclair QL items which are missing in action - does anyone have any of this missing software, as we would like to preserve it:" I feel like a very poor relative. Sorry Rich, I've only heard of one on your list - though I used to have quite a library of QL s/w (or, so I thought!). I've looked under the setee. There's a note saying "Time you vacuumed here" :0) Happy hunting, John in Wales PS: AlasTony, I've now now given up your "sheep dog" commands But do come to Wales and hear the real thing ;-) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
