Re: [ql-users] GWASS on QPC2

2006-04-13 Thread Fabrizio Diversi
Marcel Kilgus ha scritto: > George Gwilt wrote: > >>> Next QPC2 version will probably be able to run it. >>> >> The test version of QPC2 demonstrated at the recent Quanta meeting in >> Manchester certainly does run GWASS. >> At this point, does exist the possibility that TURBO compil

Re: [ql-users] GWASS on QPC2

2006-04-13 Thread George Gwilt
On 13 Apr 2006, at 09:17, Fabrizio Diversi wrote: > Marcel Kilgus ha scritto: >> George Gwilt wrote: >> Next QPC2 version will probably be able to run it. >>> The test version of QPC2 demonstrated at the recent Quanta >>> meeting in >>> Manchester certainly does run GWASS. >>> > At th

Re: [ql-users] GWASS on QPC2

2006-04-13 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Fabrizio Diversi wrote: > I am wondering if these QPC emulation changes implement the full set > of the M68020 new instructions Pretty much the full thing except MMU and FPU. > or just a subset of these, as an example MOVE16 instruction will be > implemented ? MOVE16 is 68040 only. Marcel

Re: [ql-users] GWASS on QPC2

2006-04-13 Thread Marcel Kilgus
George Gwilt wrote: > For various reasons only a subset of 68020+ instructions have been > coded so far for QPC2. That was some days ago, I have done much in the meantime ;-) > Instructions not emulated include MOVE16 (68040) and TRAPcc. I didn't implement MOVE16 because it's in the LINE-F segme

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, hitchies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Regards to all, > >John, in the Wales they can find when they deliver to the door ... :-) Umm ... so you are still around then, John ? . :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Maili

Re: [ql-users] Future of the QL?

2006-04-13 Thread Robert Newson
Rick Chagouri-Brindle wrote: ... >>I'm still stuck in the Space Invaders, Galaxians and Pssst (Spectrum >>game from Ultimate in the 1980s). Sad, eh? The only more modern game i >>play is The Wall from JMS and sometimes Mah Jonngg when I can get my >>wife off that computer. >> > Psst? I don't

Re: [ql-users] Future of the QL?

2006-04-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rick Chagouri-Brindle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >> As a more recent returnee to the QL scene, I don't know if you feel >> the same, that after using PCs all day at work it's nice to come home >> to a QL for a change :-) >> >Definitely! In fact, for me, I think on

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread Robert Newson
John Gilpin wrote: ... > I successfully use Surgical Spirit (Obtainable from any chemist shop) > and a cotton bud to clear the jets on my HP printer. Alternatively, HP used > to provide strips of adhesive backed "velcro" type material which you stick > onto a "test page" provided using the

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread John Gilpin
- Original Message - From: "Robert Newson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] printer problem > John Gilpin wrote: > > ... >> I successfully use Surgical Spirit (Obtainable from any chemist shop) >> and a cotton

Re: [ql-users] Mawdraw

2006-04-13 Thread Bob Spelten
Fabrizio Diversi schreef: > > Does exist a limit about the number of array items that > mawdraw can display ? > I did some further testing on Mawdraw. Mawdraw seems to have a 32K limit for 2nd & 3rd dimensions and not the 65K limit of S'Basic. I tried arrays with items from 10 to 100 chrs and ca

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread Robert Newson
John Gilpin wrote: ... >>Out of interest...what is surgical spirit? > > According to the bottle I have it contains the following: > Virgin Caster Oil BP 2.5%v/v, methyl salicylate BP 0.5%v/v, Diethyl > Phthalate BP 2.0%v/v, industrial methylated spirit BP 95%v/v. > > So it's mainly Industrial M

Re: [ql-users] The way forward

2006-04-13 Thread John Gilpin
Hi Jon, Pity you didn't get over to the Manchester AGM. Nemqlug (the host sub group) had a real WORKING party at the workshop, repairing old QLs and other associated equipment. We also had a number of working QL Monitors for sale from as little as £1 - YES one GBPound. Would you be interested i

Re: [ql-users] Mawdraw

2006-04-13 Thread Fabrizio Diversi
Bob Spelten ha scritto: > I did some further testing on Mawdraw. > .. > yes totally right, as usual the limit of 32768 from Wman, same i think, for all pointer driven programs. I have already abandoned the idea of display every single fields of my dbase (dbas) using a multidime

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread Jeremy Taffel
> > >>> As I got it for nowt, I'm not too worried about replacing it - >>> especially as >>> I intend to get one that is Linux compatible. >>> >>> >> Is Linux able to drive those "control-code-less" Windows printers, or >> does Linux have the same sorts of problems that QL has with tho

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread Φοίβος Ρ. Ντόκος
Την Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:20:51 -0400,ο(η) Jeremy Taffel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> έγραψε: > >> >> As I got it for nowt, I'm not too worried about replacing it - especially as I intend to get one that is Linux compatible. >>> Is Linux able to drive those "control-code-less" Wind

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread David Tubbs
> Only longer periods of no or very low >usage tends to cause the jet blockages again. Right, the worst treatment for an inkjet printer is NONE. A cleansing fluid sold alongside the refill inks is carbontetrachloride, or it's health&safety substitute. Industrially a de-greasing agent, also use