Re: [Ql-Users] Old QL user getting back in touch
I remember you. Best regards, Rod Humphreys From: Ql-Users on behalf of Don Walterman via Ql-Users Sent: 31 May 2023 10:12 To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Cc: Don Walterman Subject: [Ql-Users] Old QL user getting back in touch Hello All, I was into the QL and Z88 in the 80's and 90's. Semi-retired now and just getting back into all things QL related. I have a few thousand messages to read on this list to catch up... I have fond memories of meeting many of you at QL get togethers like QL Boston in 96 and the one in Portland... Don ___ QL-Users Mailing List ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] Email list about Forth on Sinclair computers
If we're talking about Forth on Sinclair computers let's not forget about the Forth version "Tree-Forth" that was implemented on the ZX81 and the TS1000. This was a rom that could replace the BASIC rom as a simple "pull, plug"or as an addon board that allowed switching between the two. A very nice version with good docs for someone wanting to start with Forth. For the Spectrum there was Abersoft Forth from Melbourne House. Also very nice. > Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 00:42:35 +0100 > From: q...@programandala.net > To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com > Subject: [Ql-Users] Email list about Forth on Sinclair computers > > An email list has just been created to discuss the Forth programming > language on Sinclair computers: > > http://programandala.net/en.forth-sinclair.html > > Any QL user with an interest in Forth is welcome. In the Spanish QL > users group there were three of us, including me, that programmed the QL > in Forth. > > By the way, there's also a new email list to discuss Forth in Spanish: > > http://programandala.net/es.forth-es.html > > -- > Marcos Cruz > http://programandala.net > ___ > QL-Users Mailing List ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 attendees
The English language must have more dialects than any other language on earth. Deepest Africa, back-of-beyoud Oz, Southern USA, Brooklyn USA, Canadian Newfie, and of course the Scottish version, etc., etc! One wonders if other languages have similar variations. Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:59:56 +0300 From: p...@iki.fi To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 attendees The funny thing about the accent here is that heard from afar it sometimes sounds quite a bit like Finnish, but then when you walk closer it's all garble-garble-garble. No offense meant to any/all Scottish people, it's just me being the Johnny Foreigner :) On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk wrote: You seriously expect the British to be able to speak English properly??? ;o) Dilwyn -Original Message- From: Petri Pellinen Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 3:57 PM To: ql-users Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 attendees Just arrived in Edinburgh. Having been to the UK many many times I thought it would be possible to communicate using English here but I can't understand a word of what anyone is saying! An idiot abroad... ;) /Petri On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Graeme Gregory gra...@xora.org.uk wrote: I should be but probably won't arrive until around midday! Graeme On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 02:19:53PM +0100, Colin wrote: Could we have a list of those attending, please Colin McKay ___ 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4040/8358 - Release Date: 10/10/14 ___ 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
[Ql-Users] Bon Appetit Boys
I hope a great evening and weekend is ahead. Rod Humphreys Delta, BC. Canada ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] PC issues
I have free AVG and had found that when it decided to do an update or scan my machine my machine became almost comatose other than just lots of hard drive noise. And of course the bigger the hard drive the longer it took. I went into AVG and turned off all auto updates and scans and now my machine does what I want it to do when I want it done, not the other way around. I still like AVG but not when it wants to take over my machine. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Things I have learned...
Long ago I learned one of life's prime lessons. My wife and I lived in apartments for 2 1/2 years moving every six months (early gypsy phase) and each move cleared out all the unnecessary junk. Then into the 3-bedroom townhouse, still just the wife and I, for 17 years. Then into the big house for 25 years - still just the wife and I. When coming here we divided up the house equally - I got the workshop, half the two-car garage and the big room above the garage. She got the rest of the house. I proceeded to fill my portion with Sinclair computer stuff, Timex-Sinclair computer stuff, QL computer stuff, ordinary computer stuff, camera stuff, car stuff, motorcycle stuff, and other stuff. Now she wants to move again. The lesson? You always acquire stuff to fill the available space. And more! Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:12:51 +0100 From: r...@rwapservices.co.uk To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Things I have learned... On April 28, 2014 at 10:02 PM Dave Park d...@sinclairql.com wrote: I have the utmost respect for Rich at RWAP, who has hundreds of items and also very limited space. How does he do it? Simple - my office is designed as a Tardis - I remember moving - I emptied the contents of my office and they filled the van! Rich Mellor RWAP Software www.rwapsoftware.co.uk www.sellmyretro.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] attachments
Take all spammers out and shoot them at dawn, then we wouldn't have these problems. Dilwyn Why wait for dawn? Do it immediately!! ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] UltimIDE and other updates...
What a shame I threw away about a hundred carts last year as the pads had fallen off! Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:03:50 -0600 From: d...@sinclairql.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] UltimIDE and other updates... The store is now open... http://sinclairql.com/store/index.php?route=product/categorypath=59 The following are available for immediate shipping: microdrive felt pads, MPlanes, QL on a Stick on 2GB laser etched USB drives - photos will be posted within 24 hours and they're really neat in black. The following have a short pre-order: battery adaptors (7-10 days) and Minerva MK II (14-21 days) Items I'm not showing in the store because pre-order times are longer than 21 days, but they will be appearing soon: Aurora (new batch), Q-Regulator 2A and 3A versions. If you buy pads and a battery adaptor, I'll ship them together. If you buy pads and Minerva, I'll ship the pads now and Minerva in 14-21 days. Rich at RWAP will also be selling the microdrive pads in a week or two. If you're a QUANTA member, please post in the support forum and I'll give you access to the QUANTA area which has coupons that get you big discounts. Dave On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Wolfgang Lenerz w...@wlenerz.com wrote: Hi, But the dev device is not able to work on MC level, as far as I know... Just SBasic. No. dev is a device. Works from everywhere. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface
I take one also. Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:08:39 -0600 From: d...@sinclairql.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface A small run of Sandy SuperQBoards (Issue 4) will be made available in several months. They will have floppy, parallel, mouse and optional 512K. Dave On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Alexandre Souza alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com wrote: Well, it pays nothing to ask :o) If someone want to come in the endeavour, please page us! In Brazil not only is hard to find QL users, but also QL hardware :o( So the only option we have, is to find someone who has the hardware...and copy it :oP Thanks, and greetz you all :oD (more hardware: https://picasaweb.google.com/100214485610859499303/ SinclairQLMICEClone?authuser=0feat=directlink) --- Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br - Original Message - From: Wolfgang Lenerz w...@wlenerz.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface Hi, Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy interface? Yes! However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface
No timetable, no worries. All appreciated. Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:46:49 -0600 From: d...@sinclairql.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface Be patient :) I am just gradually gathering the components together over time, to try and keep the cost as low as possible for buyers. Right now I'm busy making and selling bitcoin miner backplanes, which are generating a moderate income and making a lot of things possible that weren't before. Dave On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Rod H rod...@hotmail.com wrote: I take one also. Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:08:39 -0600 From: d...@sinclairql.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface A small run of Sandy SuperQBoards (Issue 4) will be made available in several months. They will have floppy, parallel, mouse and optional 512K. Dave On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Alexandre Souza alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com wrote: Well, it pays nothing to ask :o) If someone want to come in the endeavour, please page us! In Brazil not only is hard to find QL users, but also QL hardware :o( So the only option we have, is to find someone who has the hardware...and copy it :oP Thanks, and greetz you all :oD (more hardware: https://picasaweb.google.com/100214485610859499303/ SinclairQLMICEClone?authuser=0feat=directlink) --- Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br - Original Message - From: Wolfgang Lenerz w...@wlenerz.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface Hi, Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy interface? Yes! However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Toc Toc? Anybody there?
Greetings to Brazil, Yes, Alexandre, we're still here. There have been messages of late. Don't know why you're not seeing them. From: alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 20:43:06 -0200 Subject: [Ql-Users] Toc Toc? Anybody there? Does this list still works? :o) I've registered some time ago and never seen even one message? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Greetings from Brazil, Alexandre Souza ___ 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] A seat in the lifeboat?
Q68 Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:53:58 +0200 From: pg...@q40.de To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: [Ql-Users] A seat in the lifeboat? Hi, since the turn of the century, I invested a lot of time into some QL hardware and software projects. Except the Q60 Graphics Card, all of them actually worked, and have been shown to a few friends. I didn't have the motivation to finish them. For a long time, the reason was that I saw the requirement for a free QL operating system first. I spent time on that area, trying to help others who had a similar goal. But we did noch achieve a breakthrough, and my other projects suffered. Life has changed, time has become even shorter nowadays. It is absolutely unrealistic that all my projects can be released someday. But maybe I can rescue at least *one* of them, before all work is lost forever. Everything related to my Coldfire based Q60 successor makes no sense anymore. The point was high speed, but todays PCs are so fast that emulation easily beats it. Here are those projects which might still have relevance: * QLwIP: QL native TCP/IP support, and some applications for it like email, webserver, browser etc. * QLPUI: A modern GUI for QDOS, with themes and proportional fonts. Runs on native hardware and on emulators. A simple demo can be found at http://terdina.net/ql/software.html * Q60 Graphics Card: Flatscreen monitor support and other improvements for the Q60 * QLMMC: An SD/MMC card adaptor for the parallel port of Q60 and SuperGoldCard, easy to plug in, but speed only similar to floppy * QLSD: Internal SDHC card harddisk for the original QL, using the microdrive slots * Q68: Native QL computer on a 8x10 cm board, flatscreen support, SDHC cards, sound, SER, ethernet. CPU is within an FPGA chip. Runs both QDOS Classic and Minerva. The operating systems themselves seem to work allright by now, also Basic and some programs. Other programs might never work, I suspect further bugs in the CPU. Which project deserves a seat in the lifeboat? Which one would *you* prefer to see finished - even if it comes with limitations? All the best Peter ___ 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] New to the forum
Hello, This is my first time on the QL forum so please be gentle. I've recently dug out my QL gear to sadly find that the years have not been kind to my microdrive carts, Just no quality anymore...it's only been 25 years! As I'm sure you all are aware, the little foam pad crumbles or falls off. I want to copy those carts that are still functioning before they give up the ghost. Can anyone give me a suggestion of a program that will simply copy my operable carts onto a disk. I use a Trump Card and 3.5 inch disks but some of my library are still on mdv cart. Wcopy does not work for all. Many thanks in advance, Rod Humphreys Delta, BC, Canada ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] New to the forum
Thanks for the welcome and the advice. My Gold Card2 has the RAM1_ command and seems to be doing the job...so far. Wish me luck! From: dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:35:49 + Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] New to the forum I don't know if your Trump Card has the format ram1_,mdv1_ command - part of the Tony Tebby toolkits on interfaces. Minor typo, no comma in it, between ram1_ and mdv1_ and the underscore after the 'mdv1' is optional. If you still have your Trump Card manual, look for further details of this under 'Microdrive Imaging'. 'ram1_' part can be any valid drive. RAM drive, of course. Welcome along Rod, nice to see you digging out the old QL again! As well as this mailing list, there's a QL Forum you could try as well - www.qlforum.co.uk Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] New to the forum
From: dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:14:01 + Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] New to the forum I don't know if your Trump Card has the format ram1_,mdv1_ command - part of the Tony Tebby toolkits on interfaces. Minor typo, no comma in it, between ram1_ and mdv1_ and the underscore after the 'mdv1' is optional. If you still have your Trump Card manual, look for further details of this under 'Microdrive Imaging'. 'ram1_' part can be any valid drive. RAM drive, of course. I should have said as well, just to clarify: You can check if your QL has ramdisk simply by entering the command: DIR RAM1_ It should show a result like: RAM1 100/100 sectors the title in the first line and the numbers in the second line may vary a little, depending on exactly what system you have. The numbers refer to the number of 512 byte sectors in the ramdisk - free sectors/total sectors. The command to make an image of a microdrive cartridge which has been placed in microdrive drive 1 and to be copied to ramdisk RAM1_ is: FORMAT 'ram1_mdv1' What this does is to make a sector by sector copy of the microdrive cartridge, which it puts in the drive called RAM1_. If you've never used ramdisks before, they're just like microdrives or floppy disks but exist only in the memory of the computer. As Tony said, if any part of a file copied with the FORMAT 'ram1_mdv1' command is faulty, the filename will show up with a '*' character alongside it when you list the files with DIR RAM1_ As ramdisks are only 'temporary' media in memory, as soon as you have been able to copy the cartridges into RAM disks, you can then use WCOPY RAM1_ TO FLP1_ for example to copy the files to floppy disks. I assume you still have the manual for your Trump Card and Gold Card, if not, you can get copies from my website at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/manuals/index.html (scroll down to the Miracle Systems section). Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Thanks for the super info. I'm successfully transferring from cart to disk. Of course the disk content will need to be amended from mdv to flp or I'll try the flp use mdv command whenever using one of these disks. Rod ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] New to the forum
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:24:55 + To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com From: q...@mcad.demon.co.uk Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] New to the forum In message col110-w11f81462e5d8ebd380435fdc...@phx.gbl, Rod H rod...@hotmail.com writes From: dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:14:01 + Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] New to the forum I don't know if your Trump Card has the format ram1_,mdv1_ command - part of the Tony Tebby toolkits on interfaces. Minor typo, no comma in it, between ram1_ and mdv1_ and the underscore after the 'mdv1' is optional. If you still have your Trump Card manual, look for further details of this under 'Microdrive Imaging'. 'ram1_' part can be any valid drive. RAM drive, of course. I should have said as well, just to clarify: You can check if your QL has ramdisk simply by entering the command: DIR RAM1_ It should show a result like: RAM1 100/100 sectors the title in the first line and the numbers in the second line may vary a little, depending on exactly what system you have. The numbers refer to the number of 512 byte sectors in the ramdisk - free sectors/total sectors. The command to make an image of a microdrive cartridge which has been placed in microdrive drive 1 and to be copied to ramdisk RAM1_ is: FORMAT 'ram1_mdv1' What this does is to make a sector by sector copy of the microdrive cartridge, which it puts in the drive called RAM1_. If you've never used ramdisks before, they're just like microdrives or floppy disks but exist only in the memory of the computer. As Tony said, if any part of a file copied with the FORMAT 'ram1_mdv1' command is faulty, the filename will show up with a '*' character alongside it when you list the files with DIR RAM1_ As ramdisks are only 'temporary' media in memory, as soon as you have been able to copy the cartridges into RAM disks, you can then use WCOPY RAM1_ TO FLP1_ for example to copy the files to floppy disks. I assume you still have the manual for your Trump Card and Gold Card, if not, you can get copies from my website at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/manuals/index.html (scroll down to the Miracle Systems section). Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Thanks for the super info. I'm successfully transferring from cart to disk. Of course the disk content will need to be amended from mdv to flp or I'll try the flp use mdv command whenever using one of these disks. Rod Hi Rod, You seem to be doing well ... :-) Dilwyn's web site is a mine of archived QL information and programs (or APPs). You can most updated versions of items from there, provided that you have the original versions, so you will only need to store from microdrive your own data. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Hi Malcolm, So far so good! The good thing about old-timer's memory is that the long-term is still there even after the short-term goes to crap. I built my first QL from a kit back in 1985 - 27 years ago!! I don't know if it was sold as a kit in the UK but was in North America by A+ Computer Response...the main QL seller at the time... as a way to get the QL into the marketplace. Getting updated versions of software I've bought would be great but the problem is the carts are failing fast...hence my wanting to copy them. I no longer have any of the Psion carts functioning but I do have Exchange on disk so safe there. The QL Forum site is also new to me and is excellent as well. I'll pass on the URL to those QL users here across the pond who aren't familiar with it. best, Rod ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
