Re: [ql-users] Mode 33
??? 30/10/2002 1:57:04 ??, ?/? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: On 29 Oct 2002, at 23:43, Derek Stewart wrote: (...) What about the other way, say a BMP2PIC converter, as I want to use my Q60/QPC/Atari QL/QL to view the graphics files. Derek I wrote something like that some time ago,as a basic keyword IIRC. Do you want me to send it to you directly? Wolfgang And it is very good too forgot all about that one Wolfgang... (Pity I lost it during my last PC crash.. :-( Phoebus
RE: [ql-users] Mode 33
Have a look at QCDEZE 1.06, the other software with it includes a program that displays old QL mode 4 8 plus BMP, PCX and IFF files as mode 33 images and if it is supplied with a buffer large enough for the converted file it leaves a mode 33 pic image in the buffer that can be saved out to a file. Instructions for use are part of the package. All it needs for easy of use is a simple SBASIC front end. It is fairly fast as it is written in C and writes directly to the screen. Duncan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:editor;quanta.org.uk]On Behalf Of Derek Stewart Sent: 29 October 2002 23:44 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Mode 33 On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 18:06:46 - Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: } Convert mode 32 and 33 screens or PIC files to Windows graphics files } like BMP or GIF or JPG or whatever. I also have a pic2bmp program that work fine on my Q40 and QPC. (as well as with native mode 4 and mode 8!) What about the other way, say a BMP2PIC converter, as I want to use my Q60/QPC/Atari QL/QL to view the graphics files. Derek
Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 at 01:15:46, P Witte wrote: (ref: 002e01c27fb2$5f7080f0$0100a8c0gamma) Stephen Meech writes: Any problem with QPC2? It is a quantum leap ahead of the competition in that it runs SMSQ/E. It is currently supported by probably the only ace programmer active on the QL scene (sorry Marcel ;) We shouldn't forget people like Jim Hunkins, Rich Mellor and Jonathan Dent -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tonysurname.demon.co.uk http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
Re: [ql-users] The Wall, etc, etc
Microsoft has issued Service Pack 1 for XP which can be downloaded their site -- available for the past month ... it is a free download. In addition to fixing (?) a security hole (!), it may have updated drivers. Al On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 22:57:11 -0800 James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Peter, You might make sure that your XP audio drivers are completely up to date. There have been many early driver issues with XP that were or are being fixed. Some of these problems will not always be noticed with some operations but may with other calls to the system. Jim On Tuesday, October 29, 2002, at 05:31 PM, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Peter Fox wrote: Can anybody please explain why, using QPC 3.03, I get a pleasant noise from the Wall under Windows 98 and a rather nasty noise for the same thing under Windows XP? Strange as with 3.03 the sound code is almost exactly the same on both OSs. I would love to be able to kill the XP noise, somehow You can configure SMSQE.BIN manually using MenuConfig and disable sound/reduce volume. Marcel Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com
Re: [ql-users] NESQLUG website, Q-Word etc...
?? ?. ?? writes: Q-Word? I must have missed something here. What is it? It's a Word puzzle game :-) You get a screen with mixed up letters and you find words in it... when you do so the tiles dissappear and a picture appears below them... It works with all languages Q-Typ dictionaries exist in :-) Sounds great. Id like to order now. How much? ;) Per
Re: [ql-users] Sbasic extensions toolkits
Wolfgang writes: Toolkits will often be grouped for special purposes, such as array manipulation, string parsing, or to manipulate some low-level object (such as a database or timer, etc). Wouldnt it be more logical and aesthetically pleasing to use prefixes such as MAT_, STR_, DB_, CLK_, etc rather than WL_ or PJW_ ? Two things: 1 - don't forget the author's vanity :-) Maybe we should make the copyright symbol a legal S*Basic character, then we could have WL©_ASEARCH - ? ;) 2 - What if two people write similar keywords for the same thing? Youre right, but the chances of a clash are further reduced, and your list would still help things along. Besides, I think a name or mnemonic should be helpful in reminding us what it does rather than who did it. Dont you? Per
[ql-users] Vintage Software preservation....
Hi all, some of you may remember that I have for the longest time trying to gather all games available from the Microdrive era (slavaging mine and buying stuff off eBay) and convert them to QLAY mdv format for preservation... Yesterday however I hit a brick wall (Not Wolfgang's WALL ;-) ) that I will need some help to recover from ;-) Specifically while I was transferring games from their cartridges to disk (mdv file) 10 (!!) of my cartridges died... :-( (The irony of the thing is when I was trying to run the games to see if the cartridges were still good I did salvage a lot of them thanks to the format ramx_mdvx command, but the second time around when I was trying to copy them the tapes either were too brittle to survive a second run, or the tape got mangled inside the cartridge -or- the spring sponge gave up the spirit and scratched the tape... The mangled tapes i tried to salvage but I was only successful on one (Imagine) the rest are dead :-(( ) Anyway, below is the list of what I have so far and which ones I couldn't save... If someone can send me zipped images of the cartridges it would be appreciated.. I prefer the original protected form (that's the whole point of this anyway) but in lieu of not getting something at all I wouldn't have problems with unprotected ones Everything with an asterisk * I am still looking for Games Current List Game# Mdvs Status S. Davis Snooker1 OK Imagine 2 OK Eidersoft Karate1 Dead Cartridge Eidersoft Citadel 1 Dead Cartridge PSION Chess 1 Dead Cartridge PSION Matchpoint1 Dead Cartridge Lands of Havoc 1 OK Medic Metro 1 Dead Cartridge Hyperdrive 1 Dead Cartridge Bounder 1 OK Quboids 1 Dead Cartridge (Maybe salvagable) Spook 1 * Backgammon 1 OK Reversi 1 OK Double Dominoes 1 OK Zapper/Eagle1 OK (Also PD, Received permission by J.M.Fl?gel 6 years ago) Pawn2 Dead Cartridge (Have it but not in original form ie.. as Zip adventure) Cuthbert in Space 1 Dead Cartridge (which I misplaced somewhere so *) BJ's return 1 * Towers of Hanoi 1 Salvageable but didn't save it yet Josiah Oobadiah 1 OK Arkanoid1 * Text Adventure 2 OK QL Flight 1 Dead Cartridge Zkul2 OK West2 OK Also here's a partial list of my mdv software Name#of mdvsStatus - --- - Psion Suite 4 OK - Saved in several versions (incl. US version) QL Gardener 2 * (I have it in Greece I am sure) Q-Monix 3 OK Computer 1 Pascal 2 OK but can't find the ROM :-( Eidersoft ICE Toolkit 1 Dead Cartridge ICE 1+Rom OK EyeQ1 OK DP Collection Too many! OK (Bought it years ago in Disk form ;-) DB-Easy 1 OK (Bill demonstrated it running under PC-Four as well!) Archdev 1 OK Sandy CP/Mulator2 + ROM Have the ROM not the software Gas Model Simulator 1 Dead Cartridge etc.. Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] NESQLUG website, Q-Word etc...
??? 30/10/2002 9:35:37 ??, ?/? P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: ?? ?. ?? writes: Q-Word? I must have missed something here. What is it? It's a Word puzzle game :-) You get a screen with mixed up letters and you find words in it... when you do so the tiles dissappear and a picture appears below them... It works with all languages Q-Typ dictionaries exist in :-) Sounds great. Id like to order now. How much? ;) Per I am afraid you'll need to wait a little bit and in any case you should contact Rich ;-) Phoebus
[ql-users] Re: Vintage Software Preservation
An email from Andreas put me in a thought process, so before I try something I would ask if anyone has made a sector copier that stores images to a file instead of back to a cartridge... I am pretty sure than Cartridge Doctor does sector to sector copies from medium to medium, but not medium to image and vice versa... Anyone knows more about that? So far in order to make mdv I've just copied files (even the usual non-named ones) but I never copied sector by sector to an image file (which would be more accurate for historical reasons...) Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] The Wall, etc, etc
If the Service Pack doesn't help (not all driver changes get into these at first shot due to the number of them and the qualification requirements), depending on what computer you are using and who makes the sound chips, you can try the computer manufacturer's websight first and then, if still no improvement or new drivers found, you should try the chip maker's websight. jim On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 03:08 AM, Al Feng wrote: Microsoft has issued Service Pack 1 for XP which can be downloaded their site -- available for the past month ... it is a free download. In addition to fixing (?) a security hole (!), it may have updated drivers. Al On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 22:57:11 -0800 James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Peter, You might make sure that your XP audio drivers are completely up to date. There have been many early driver issues with XP that were or are being fixed. Some of these problems will not always be noticed with some operations but may with other calls to the system. Jim On Tuesday, October 29, 2002, at 05:31 PM, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Peter Fox wrote: Can anybody please explain why, using QPC 3.03, I get a pleasant noise from the Wall under Windows 98 and a rather nasty noise for the same thing under Windows XP? Strange as with 3.03 the sound code is almost exactly the same on both OSs. I would love to be able to kill the XP noise, somehow You can configure SMSQE.BIN manually using MenuConfig and disable sound/reduce volume. Marcel Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com
Re: [ql-users] Re: Vintage Software Preservation
Phoebus, If you want to put together such a copier, then I have a set of Superbasic keywords that give low level access to a microdrive at the sector level. It should not be difficult given those to put together what you want. Dave - Original Message - From: Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 4:55 PM Subject: [ql-users] Re: Vintage Software Preservation An email from Andreas put me in a thought process, so before I try something I would ask if anyone has made a sector copier that stores images to a file instead of back to a cartridge... I am pretty sure than Cartridge Doctor does sector to sector copies from medium to medium, but not medium to image and vice versa... Anyone knows more about that? So far in order to make mdv I've just copied files (even the usual non-named ones) but I never copied sector by sector to an image file (which would be more accurate for historical reasons...) Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] BMPCVT
On 30 Oct 2002, at 2:44, Öïßâïò Ñ. Íôüêïò wrote: (Pity I lost it during my last PC crash.. :-( Had you but asked, I'd have sent it again... Wolfgang
Re: [ql-users] Sbasic extensions toolkits
On 30 Oct 2002, at 14:28, P Witte wrote: WL©_ASEARCH - ? ;) How about WL_IS_BEST_.. Youre right, but the chances of a clash are further reduced, and your list would still help things along. Besides, I think a name or mnemonic should be helpful in reminding us what it does rather than who did it. Dont you? Sure I do - but then, MAT_xxx isn't really very clear either (IMHO). If the list cleared all doubles anyway, we wouldn't even need prefixes... Since the whole purpose is only to avoid name clashes, perhaps using the author's name is the best way to do it - else, if you have two routines to compare strings, everyone will call them str_compare. Wolfgang
Re: [ql-users] Sbasic extensions toolkits
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure I do - but then, MAT_xxx isn't really very clear either (IMHO). If the list cleared all doubles anyway, we wouldn't even need prefixes... Usually every toolkit has a name. IMO the prefix should be derived from that. This can as well be the name of the author (anybody remember Beule-Tools from Peter(?) Beule?). Marcel
Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms
P Witte wrote: Any problem with QPC2? It is a quantum leap ahead of the competition in that it runs SMSQ/E. It is currently supported by probably the only ace programmer active on the QL scene (sorry Marcel ;) Don't make me blush ;) Fortunately this is not entirely true, there are some more capable people in the scene (no names because I don't want to forget anybody), though really not as many as I wish there'd be. Marcel
Re: [ql-users] Turbo Compiled Programs
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, many of the early commercial programs have been compiled with either Turbo or QLiberator. Is there any way of writing a program which will generate the source code for compiled programs?? As far as I know Qliberated programs are mostly just tokenized versions of the originals. The tokens are interpreted by the runtime library. Due to this fact it should theoretically be possible to get some sort of source output out of compiled versions. But as probably nobody knows the token format anymore you can as well forget it. It'd probably be less work to re-write those programs than to write a decompiler. Marcel
Re: [ql-users] Sbasic extensions toolkits
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Usually every toolkit has a name. IMO the prefix should be derived from that. This can as well be the name of the author (anybody remember Beule-Tools from Peter(?) Beule?). As we're talking about SBASIC, I have spent much time thinking about this, and come up with a more elgant solution than my original suggestion. Command: PREFER command toolkit Example: PREFER cmp_string tkx In a case where two toolkits have the same username, a method should be created for a command to be identified with a toolkit by some simple abreviation. Thus, new toolkits would have some element or wand that says the toolkit name and version (so people can PREFER commands from different versions of the same toolkit) and use them in the same SBASIC instance. More elgant from the user perspective - no doubt a challenge to write. Just a suggestion. Dave
Re: [ql-users] Turbo Compiled Programs
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Turbo Compiled Programs In a message dated 29/10/02 18:57:21 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I used to play cribbage when I had an idle moment(Library GG 02 but I have been unable to play since using QPC.Is it possible to get it working?.Arnie Hi Rich here are the files in question.They will work on a standard QL but on QPC it loads up and stops at the commence ment of play. It does not seem much wrong(famous last words) arnie CRIB_BOOT Description: Binary data CRIB Description: Binary data
Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms
Thank you - found it and trying it out. Looks very interesting although the small display is not as nice as QLay's full screen one. Is there a forum where I can get help and advice in running it? Such as making it find kick.rom automatically each time it starts, accessing the HD etc.? Regards Stephen - Original Message - From: Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms UAE means Unix Amiga Emulator (An old term as UAE runs on practically everything that has a hard drive ;-) eg. Unix/Linux, BeOS, DOS, Windows, AROS, Acorn etc. Then there is QDOS Classic for Amiga which comes in two flavours: One as a kickstart ROM (which substitutes the ROM under the UAE emulator (I am not sure if you can burn it on a regular ROM and use it on a regular Amiga but Mark can probably clarify this) and one as a regular Software package for the Amiga which works either on regular Amigas -or- the emulated Amiga system (UAE). --- -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002
Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms
Only the cost. It is too expensive for me for the level of tinkering I want to do and certainly more sophisticated than I need. For many years almost all of my computing has been done on the PCs. I just want to relive a little nostalgia occasionally! I am sure there are others out there like me who really have no interest beyond a free emulator. Stephen - Original Message - From: P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 1:15 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms Any problem with QPC2? It is a quantum leap ahead of the competition in that it runs SMSQ/E. It is currently supported by probably the only ace programmer active on the QL scene (sorry Marcel ;) It is stable and fast (efficient), and can access most essential devices of a modern computer, such as hard disks, CD ROMS, large screens (in 65k colours), printers, modems, etc. A very proficient and comfortable performer indeed - and for what it is and does - cheap! The only thing it isnt is a hardware QL. --- -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002
Re: [ql-users] Turbo Compiled Programs
At 05:37 ìì 31/10/2002, Arnold Clarke wrote: That may also be the problem when you're transferring the file to your PC I tend to forget about that limitation and always end up with files that do not work... The best sequence is: 1. Zip the files in the QL 2. Copy them to a DOS or QL disk 3. Store them on a QXL.WIN partition 4. Unpack... That way you're absolutely sure that you can run them with QPC.. Alternatively 1. Extract the headers 2. Copy the files to a DOS Disk (with header files) 3. Copy them onto the QXL.WIN drive 4. Reassemble the files/headers Run them Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms
??? 30/10/2002 5:42:50 ??, ?/? Stephen Meech [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: Thank you - found it and trying it out. Looks very interesting although the small display is not as nice as QLay's full screen one. Is there a forum where I can get help and advice in running it? Such as making it find kick.rom automatically each time it starts, accessing the HD etc.? Regards Stephen All you need to do is make a 'default' configuration with your settings and it will run it if it doesn't find anything else Else you save different configurations which you have to Load every time :-) As for forum, just for the UAE not the QDOS Amiga emulator although in Aminet you will find lots of info about it... Also for specific questions, better contact Mark Swift. :-) Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] Turbo Compiled Programs - crib
??? 30/10/2002 6:35:44 ??, ?/? Fabrizio Diversi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: Crib work using my copy of QPC 3.03, I taken it from the list loaded with a=respr(32976) and saved back with : sexec ram1_crib_exe,a,32976,1 And it run quite well Ciao So it was what I believed. lost headers and copied from a DOS disk ;-) Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] Turbo Compiled Programs - crib
I forgot a statement : Crib work using my copy of QPC 3.03, I taken it from the list loaded with - a=respr(32976) - lbytes ram1_crib,a and saved back with : - sexec ram1_crib_exe,a,32976,1 And it run quite well Ciao --- Fabrizio Diversi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Crib work using my copy of QPC 3.03, I taken it from the list loaded with a=respr(32976) and saved back with : sexec ram1_crib_exe,a,32976,1 And it run quite well Ciao --- Öïßâïò Ñ. Íôüêïò [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ôçí 31/10/2002 5:37:16 ìì, ï/ç Arnold Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ýãñáøå: Áðü: Arnold Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ðñïò: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ÈÝìá: Re: [ql-users] Turbo Compiled Programs Çìåñïìçíßá:Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:37:16 - Arnold I am afraid that you need to zip them first and send them later... Rich only has a PC which means he will have no means of running the program as you already killed its headers... If you cannot zip it, better use the QL headers program from Dilwyn's website before you send it again (OFF list) Phoebus __ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ __ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
Re: [ql-users] Turbo Compiled Programs - crib
??? 30/10/2002 6:54:59 ??, ?/? Fabrizio Diversi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: I forgot a statement : Crib work using my copy of QPC 3.03, I taken it from the list loaded with - a=respr(32976) - lbytes ram1_crib,a and saved back with : - sexec ram1_crib_exe,a,32976,1 And it run quite well Ciao Oh I figured that out... I'm dumb but not THAT dumb ;-) hehehe :-) Phoebus
