Re: [ql-users] Not so Simple Arithmetic

2006-12-16 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Laurence W Reeves wrote: > This strikes me as a *very* serious bug. I don't quite think so. It's easily detectable, i.e. doesn't give a wrong result that could go unnoticed but is a hard error. Despite this fact it's been in there for probably well over a decade, so in the end it can't have been t

Re: [ql-users] Not so Simple Arithmetic

2006-12-16 Thread P Witte
Laurence W Reeves writes: >P Witte wrote: >> Marcel Kilgus writes: >>> Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: On 15 Dec 2006 at 15:57, George Gwilt wrote: > On an ordinary QL I can type > > f%=-32768/1 > > and find that f% now contains -32768. > > Well that must be a nice bu

Re: [ql-users] floppy drive and keyboard

2006-12-16 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dilwyn Jones wrote: Glad Mplane is not the problem and that RomDisq has rescued you. >>> Looks like something is generating interrupts which the Aurora is >>> acting upon for some reason. > There must be something wrong with the Aurora I guess. >

Re: [ql-users] Not so Simple Arithmetic

2006-12-16 Thread George Gwilt
On 16 Dec 2006, at 17:01, Laurence W Reeves wrote: > P Witte wrote: >> Marcel Kilgus writes: >> >> >>> Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: >>> > On an ordinary QL I can type > > f%=-32768/1 > > and find that f% now contains -32768. > > Well that must be a nice bug. u

Re: [ql-users] floppy drive and keyboard

2006-12-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>>> Glad Mplane is not the problem and that RomDisq has rescued you. >> Looks like something is generating interrupts which the Aurora is >> acting upon for some reason. There must be something wrong with the Aurora I guess. Now, with RomDisq installed, we're back to the fast flashing cursor and

Re: [ql-users] floppy drive and keyboard

2006-12-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>> "If a file ROM1, ROM2, ROM3, or ROM4... > up to rom8 Ah, even the mostrecent manual on your website only lists up to ROM4 (not that I'd ever need more). -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Not so Simple Arithmetic

2006-12-16 Thread Laurence W Reeves
P Witte wrote: > Marcel Kilgus writes: > > >> Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: >> On an ordinary QL I can type f%=-32768/1 and find that f% now contains -32768. >>> Well that must be a nice bug. >>> >>> unless I'm mistaken, 32768/1 = 32768 >>> >>> and 32768

Re: [ql-users] unzip

2006-12-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>I have been following the mail with spcial interest as I have had >unzip problems for a while. > > I found suddenly ACP Archivers would not unzip. > It did all the actions but there was no unzipped file. > > I have had to unzip from the command line using:- data_use > dev_file:ex_unzip:'dev_f

Re: [ql-users] Not so Simple Arithmetic

2006-12-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: >>> On an ordinary QL I can type >>> >>> f%=-32768/1 >>> >>> and find that f% now contains -32768. >>> >> Well that must be a nice bug. >> >> unless I'm mistaken, 32768/1 = 32768 >> >> and 32768 just doesn't fit in an integer. > > Yes, but -32768 does. Notice the minus ;-)

Re: [ql-users] Not so Simple Arithmetic

2006-12-16 Thread P Witte
Marcel Kilgus writes: > Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: >>> On an ordinary QL I can type >>> >>> f%=-32768/1 >>> >>> and find that f% now contains -32768. >>> >> Well that must be a nice bug. >> >> unless I'm mistaken, 32768/1 = 32768 >> >> and 32768 just doesn't fit in an integer. > > Yes, but -32768 does

Re: [ql-users] Not so Simple Arithmetic

2006-12-16 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: >> On an ordinary QL I can type >> >> f%=-32768/1 >> >> and find that f% now contains -32768. >> > Well that must be a nice bug. > > unless I'm mistaken, 32768/1 = 32768 > > and 32768 just doesn't fit in an integer. Yes, but -32768 does. Notice the minus ;-) Marcel _

Re: [ql-users] Not so Simple Arithmetic

2006-12-16 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 15 Dec 2006 at 15:57, George Gwilt wrote: > On an ordinary QL I can type > > f%=-32768/1 > > and find that f% now contains -32768. > Well that must be a nice bug. unless I'm mistaken, 32768/1 = 32768 and 32768 just doesn't fit in an integer. > Try this on the current versions of SMSQE (on

Re: [ql-users] floppy drive and keyboard

2006-12-16 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roy wood wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dilwyn Jones > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >> "If a file ROM1, ROM2, ROM3, or ROM4...exists in root directory of >> RomDisq, then this will be initialised prior to F1/F2. This file must >> be either