Re: [ql-users] Config Blocks

2007-06-18 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 17 Jun 2007 at 18:56, George Gwilt wrote: The Selection Keystroke mentioned in various places inside the definition of Config Blocks seems to have no effect on Menuconfig. Has anyone found a use for these Selection Keystrokes and if so what is it? According to the specifications:

Re: [ql-users] Config Blocks

2007-06-18 Thread George Gwilt
On 18 Jun 2007, at 09:47, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: The Selection Keystroke mentioned in various places inside the definition of Config Blocks seems to have no effect on Menuconfig. Has anyone found a use for these Selection Keystrokes and if so what is it? According to the specifications:

Re: [ql-users] Config Blocks

2007-06-18 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: George Gwilt All my programs which can be configured assume that Menuconfig (or  its younger sister, Config) will do the job. Hmm, how can a program assume the use of MenuConfig? IMHO it just can assume a program, which takes care of a given config standard. AndConfig was first, TT

Re: [ql-users] Config Blocks

2007-06-18 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:56:11 +0200 schreef George Gwilt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Since Menuconfig does this why use other programs and what are they anyway? All my programs which can be configured assume that Menuconfig (or its younger sister, Config) will do the job. There is also Procon,

[ql-users] old QL

2007-06-18 Thread Dilwyn Jones
After a request to copy a microdrive cartridge, I dug my old 1984 QL out of the attic this morning - it's the only one I have with working microdrives. As it doesn't get used very often, in fact it's about 2 years since it was last used and it's languished int he attic since, I didn't really

Re: [ql-users] old QL

2007-06-18 Thread Norman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many other modern consumer goods can be expected to work after periods of non-use nearly a quarter of a century after they were made! Ok, I give up. How many? I found three black box QLs when I moved house. Two have no microdrives, one has two. I have a box of

Re: [ql-users] Config Blocks

2007-06-18 Thread George Gwilt
On 18 Jun 2007, at 11:35, Ralf Reköndt wrote: Hmm, how can a program assume the use of MenuConfig? IMHO it just can assume a program, which takes care of a given config standard. AndConfig was first, TT just never wrote an extended version. Strictly speaking my programs assume that a

Re: [ql-users] old QL

2007-06-18 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many other modern consumer goods can be expected to work after periods of non-use nearly a quarter of a century after they were made! Ok, I give up. How many? I found three black box QLs when I moved house.

Re: [ql-users] old QL

2007-06-18 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes After a request to copy a microdrive cartridge, I dug my old 1984 QL out of the attic this morning - it's the only one I have with working microdrives. As it doesn't get used very often, in fact it's about 2 years since it was

Re: [ql-users] old QL

2007-06-18 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Malcolm Cadman wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes snip How many other modern consumer goods can be expected to work after periods of non-use nearly a quarter of a century after they were made! Not

Re: [ql-users] old QL

2007-06-18 Thread Dilwyn Jones
How many other modern consumer goods can be expected to work after periods of non-use nearly a quarter of a century after they were made! Not many ... I have recently had a collection of various Acorn Archimedes computers passed on to me, and out of 7 computers none are working

Re: [ql-users] old QL

2007-06-18 Thread Jerome Vernet (Orange)
Dilwyn Jones a écrit : How many other modern consumer goods can be expected to work after periods of non-use nearly a quarter of a century after they were made! It's marvelous to see that these good old computer still work. I powered up an Apple Lisa in April. This one was powered up for