RE: [ql-users] Status of QPC1
Thanks very much for the reply and offer(?) I'd be really glad to return to QLing albeit onna XP machine. I will be delighted to return to the wrangling necessary to get a DOS program to run in a DozyDosBox.. How can I acquire the programs I need? Regards, Dave Isaacs -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phoebus R. Dokos (Öïßâïò Ñ. Íôüêïò) Sent: 09 September 2003 21:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Status of QPC1 On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 20:22:44 +0100, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm again! Well, I could certainly use one - my QL is currently broken in the back of the wardrobe and I'm stuck with this all singing all dancing IBM compatible (don't here that phrase much anymoregrin) that has spare capacity to run some proper programs. Does anyone know if it will run TK2/Lightning(!)/'Turbo' stuff such as DP's 'Professional Astrologer'? I quite miss that; don't seem to know where I'm going what I'm doing with the Windoze thing yet. Thanks for all the feedback, Dave Isaacs 1986 on QL'er Hi Dave, Lightining is not needed with QPC1 (QPC1 runs SMSQ/E which is faster than the regular QDOS Driver - IIRC QPC1's driver is even faster as it is written in pure x86 assembly - Correct me if I am wrong Marcel ;-) ). Professional Astrologer runs fine and so do most of the DP programs if you don't use very deep pathnames. (just tested it on QPC 1 although It was a pain to find a machine to put it in ;-) For good measure I can send you also soQL-PPP to grab your email using QPC1 Turbo exists and it's in version 4.20 now and freeware as well ALl the best, Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] Status of QPC1
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Thanks very much for the reply and offer(?) I'd be really glad to return to QLing albeit onna XP machine. I will be delighted to return to the wrangling necessary to get a DOS program to run in a DozyDosBox.. How can I acquire the programs I need? If you are using XP you should really get QPC2 - you can get this from me - email me privately and I can send a demo. Sorry fro the blatant advertising... -- Roy Wood Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex. Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk
Re: [ql-users] Status of QPC1
Sorry Marcel - just thought Roy or Jochen might know as they might be selling it :-)) I think there is a market for it as a way of attracting new QL users if available very cheaply or even (dare I say it) for free. QL2K, QLAY and UQLX are very good, but a bit fiddly by comparison - with QPC1, you run it and you have a QL in front of you - a decent working one with full floppy/win support and all the other bells and whistles, not to mention SMSQ/E, which is now no longer commercial. QPC1 on a CD with a load of QL freeware would make a very atractive cover disk for a PC magazine I think. Whats your thoughts? Cheers, Darren Branagh, Bank of Ireland - Cards And Loans Business, Nassau House, 33/35 Nassau Street, Dublin 2. Ireland. Tel: 1850-530-530 Fax: 01-6706813. BOI Group Data Classification - Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ql-users [EMAIL PROTECTED] ilgus.net cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: [ql-users] Status of QPC1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] g.uk 09/09/2003 17:12 Please respond to ql-users [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, I asked this question at the recent Irish QL get together - what is the status of QPC1? And you think this list might know that better than I do? ;-) I know it is no longer actively supported and updated Oh well, I did the occasional bug fix when people mentioned one to me. It just looks like everybody is happy with it as it is (or nobody is using it anymore, which I cannot imagine at all ;-) ). Is it available to buy on its own cheaply? Marcel? Well, I'm open to suggestions. Marcel This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
RE: [ql-users] Status of QPC1
Hmmm. seems my memory ain't what it use to be; please, remind me what is/was QPC1? Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcel Kilgus Sent: 09 September 2003 17:13 To: ql-users Subject: Re: [ql-users] Status of QPC1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, I asked this question at the recent Irish QL get together - what is the status of QPC1? And you think this list might know that better than I do? ;-) I know it is no longer actively supported and updated Oh well, I did the occasional bug fix when people mentioned one to me. It just looks like everybody is happy with it as it is (or nobody is using it anymore, which I cannot imagine at all ;-) ). Is it available to buy on its own cheaply? Marcel? Well, I'm open to suggestions. Marcel
RE: [ql-users] Status of QPC1
QPC1 was (strangely enough) the predecessor of QPC2. :-)) Basically a much less impressive version that ran only under DOS and wasn't a windows application - to run it on a windows machine means shutting down and restarting windows in DOS mode We though it was the business in the early days but there is no comparison to the newer QPC2 of today. Plus a lot of the newer QPC2 features are missing - such as QPC_EXEC, the DOS device, and high colour support and so on. Darren Branagh, Bank of Ireland - Cards And Loans Business, Nassau House, 33/35 Nassau Street, Dublin 2. Ireland. Tel: 1850-530-530 Fax: 01-6706813. BOI Group Data Classification - Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] userve.comcc: Sent by: Subject: RE: [ql-users] Status of QPC1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uk 09/09/2003 17:27 Please respond to ql-users Hmmm. seems my memory ain't what it use to be; please, remind me what is/was QPC1? Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcel Kilgus Sent: 09 September 2003 17:13 To: ql-users Subject: Re: [ql-users] Status of QPC1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, I asked this question at the recent Irish QL get together - what is the status of QPC1? And you think this list might know that better than I do? ;-) I know it is no longer actively supported and updated Oh well, I did the occasional bug fix when people mentioned one to me. It just looks like everybody is happy with it as it is (or nobody is using it anymore, which I cannot imagine at all ;-) ). Is it available to buy on its own cheaply? Marcel? Well, I'm open to suggestions. Marcel This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
Re: [ql-users] Status of QPC1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Marcel - just thought Roy or Jochen might know as they might be selling it :-)) Roy was at the Irish meeting and Jochen doesn't read the list most of the time... ;-) not to mention SMSQ/E, which is now no longer commercial. Not entirely true. QPC1 on a CD with a load of QL freeware would make a very atractive cover disk for a PC magazine I think. Which PC magazine would run something like that? It would have to be bootable to be of any use. Apart from that, it is something one could talk about. [73 lines snipped] Marcel
Re: [ql-users] Status of QPC1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Basically a much less impressive version that ran only under DOS and wasn't a windows application It was written at a time when Windows 3.1 was still state of the art. Plus a lot of the newer QPC2 features are missing - such as QPC_EXEC, the DOS device, and high colour support and so on. Originally it was intended to keep the two in sync (the screen driver was even designed with GD2 in mind) but in the end all seemed happy enough with QPC2 and it was not worth the efforts. [90 lines snipped] Marcel
Re: [ql-users] Status of QPC1
The precursor to QPC2 :-) It basically ran directly under DOS rather than under Windows (which meant it did not like NT based systems), and did not have many of the extras since introduced in QPC2 (DOS device etc). Dave - Original Message - From: Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 5:27 PM Subject: RE: [ql-users] Status of QPC1 Hmmm. seems my memory ain't what it use to be; please, remind me what is/was QPC1? Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcel Kilgus Sent: 09 September 2003 17:13 To: ql-users Subject: Re: [ql-users] Status of QPC1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, I asked this question at the recent Irish QL get together - what is the status of QPC1? And you think this list might know that better than I do? ;-) I know it is no longer actively supported and updated Oh well, I did the occasional bug fix when people mentioned one to me. It just looks like everybody is happy with it as it is (or nobody is using it anymore, which I cannot imagine at all ;-) ). Is it available to buy on its own cheaply? Marcel? Well, I'm open to suggestions. Marcel
RE: [ql-users] Status of QPC1
Hmm again! Well, I could certainly use one - my QL is currently broken in the back of the wardrobe and I'm stuck with this all singing all dancing IBM compatible (don't here that phrase much anymoregrin) that has spare capacity to run some proper programs. Does anyone know if it will run TK2/Lightning(!)/'Turbo' stuff such as DP's 'Professional Astrologer'? I quite miss that; don't seem to know where I'm going what I'm doing with the Windoze thing yet. Thanks for all the feedback, Dave Isaacs 1986 on QL'er -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 September 2003 17:28 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Status of QPC1 Sorry Marcel - just thought Roy or Jochen might know as they might be selling it :-)) I think there is a market for it as a way of attracting new QL users if available very cheaply or even (dare I say it) for free. QL2K, QLAY and UQLX are very good, but a bit fiddly by comparison - with QPC1, you run it and you have a QL in front of you - a decent working one with full floppy/win support and all the other bells and whistles, not to mention SMSQ/E, which is now no longer commercial. QPC1 on a CD with a load of QL freeware would make a very atractive cover disk for a PC magazine I think. Whats your thoughts? Cheers, Darren Branagh, Bank of Ireland - Cards And Loans Business, Nassau House, 33/35 Nassau Street, Dublin 2. Ireland. Tel: 1850-530-530 Fax: 01-6706813. BOI Group Data Classification - Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ql-users [EMAIL PROTECTED] ilgus.net cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: [ql-users] Status of QPC1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] g.uk 09/09/2003 17:12 Please respond to ql-users [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, I asked this question at the recent Irish QL get together - what is the status of QPC1? And you think this list might know that better than I do? ;-) I know it is no longer actively supported and updated Oh well, I did the occasional bug fix when people mentioned one to me. It just looks like everybody is happy with it as it is (or nobody is using it anymore, which I cannot imagine at all ;-) ). Is it available to buy on its own cheaply? Marcel? Well, I'm open to suggestions. Marcel This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
