Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread norman
Hi Jim, >> Was that just the cursor or were you moving a full window? No, QPC was sat still in the corner and all I diod was move the mouse over the QPC display. All I has on screen were the wtv 4 windows and the button frame with pick, rjob, jobs, sysmon, clock and files all buttoned. Cheers,

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC and notebook

2008-01-08 Thread norman
Morning Per, > ASUS have created the brand new "UMPC" Eee PC 701 4GB for total mobile > internet computing. £219.73 inc VAT I saw a review of this recently in a Linux comic and while it got a pretty god review, it has afew faults as a Linux laptop. For running as a QL emulator base system, I s

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread James Hunkins
Was that just the cursor or were you moving a full window? jim On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:41 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Morning Jim, > >> The problem is that the CPU meter is pegging and it kills my laptop >> battery. On my office computer I don't care. > > I've just plugged QPC into my work PC r

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread norman
Morning Jim, > The problem is that the CPU meter is pegging and it kills my laptop > battery. On my office computer I don't care. I've just plugged QPC into my work PC running Windows 2000 - with QPC sitting there doing nothing the CPU is fine. When I simply move the move across the display,

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread norman
Morning Wolfgang, >> A -probably stupid - question: There's no such thing as a stupid question! ;-) > have you switched off all the stuff that Suse autostarts (e.g. the *- > +**$ Beagle indexing, Man pages autoupdate etc...)? I have indeed turned them off. It's one of the first things I normally

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread James Hunkins
The problem is that the CPU meter is pegging and it kills my laptop battery. On my office computer I don't care. I do not have this problem with any other Windows program. My case may be special as I run QPC in Windows XP but in a virtual machine on a Mac. I had the same problem with it bac

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 8 Jan 2008 at 21:18, James Hunkins wrote: > And I do see my CPU meter peg maximum while running this, just the > same as if I am moving the cursor around the screen (idle mode it > stays around 25-33%, Windows by itself is < 5% in idle. It does that under a normal Windows, too, so that doe

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 8 Jan 2008 at 21:18, James Hunkins wrote: > I get nearly all 50s after the first few startups. Do you have the same problem as Norman? ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Norman, For tests, I've gone back to the normal Suse Kernal, but there was no change, it still works OK here. A -probably stupid - question: have you switched off all the stuff that Suse autostarts (e.g. the *- +**$ Beagle indexing, Man pages autoupdate etc...)? If not, could you leave the

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread James Hunkins
I get nearly all 50s after the first few startups. And I do see my CPU meter peg maximum while running this, just the same as if I am moving the cursor around the screen (idle mode it stays around 25-33%, Windows by itself is < 5% in idle. jim On Jan 8, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Norman Dunbar wrote

[Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC and notebook

2008-01-08 Thread Per Witte
Norman Dunbar writes: <> Talking of which, I thought QL users just might get excited about: ASUS have created the brand new "UMPC" Eee PC 701 4GB for total mobile internet computing. £219.73 inc VAT Features Choice of black or white finish Simple and easy to use Fast boot up and switch on Pow

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening Marcel, > Could you (and anybody else having increased cursor blink frequency) > run this Basic program? Tell me what values it's printing (47 to 50 is > normal). Ok, managed to get it to run quite happily - couldn't type it in though, too many foibles with the keyboard. Created a file in

Re: [Ql-Users] 2.5 inch HD

2008-01-08 Thread Tony Firshman
hitchies wrote: > Tony said (of me) - > = > Oh dear you misunderstand again I am afraid. Isn't text ridiculous. > I have not intended to criticise or patronise or insult or anything else. > I was just saying what I had experienced. > > I am sorry if you have read something else into the r

Re: [Ql-Users] 2.5 inch HD

2008-01-08 Thread hitchies
Tony said (of me) - = Oh dear you misunderstand again I am afraid. Isn't text ridiculous. I have not intended to criticise or patronise or insult or anything else. I was just saying what I had experienced. I am sorry if you have read something else into the raw text. .

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread James Hunkins
Thanks all - it was the suggested imported tabs which became special characters and messed up the procedure definitions. Will test more tonight and report. jim On Jan 8, 2008, at 1:49 AM, James Hunkins wrote: > Tried running it and it listed the lines with these procedures as > mistakes. It

Re: [Ql-Users] fast find

2008-01-08 Thread David Tubbs
At 23:11 07/01/2008 +, you wrote: > >> Go to control panel (classic view) -> administrative tools -> > >> services > >> Then find Indexing Service. > >> Right click on it and STOP the service > >> Right click and select properties - change startup to Disabled. >Ah, thanks. Done. > > > When clic

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread Marcel Kilgus
James Hunkins wrote: > I don't have PW or PL commands on my system so this fails to run. It's a pure SBASIC program that specifically was written to not use any outside keywords. As François wrote there might be a name clash with a loaded toolkit, but then it's better to run the program on a clean

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
James Hunkins a écrit : > Tried running it and it listed the lines with these procedures as > mistakes. It sounds like you have a toolkit or something that I don't > have on my system. > > I am running the latest QPC beta release. > > jim > OK, this is most probably due to the fact that whe

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread norman
Morning Jim, > Tried running it and it listed the lines with these procedures as > mistakes. It sounds like you have a toolkit or something that I don't > have on my system. If these lines are flagged with MIStake : 1190 DEFine PROCedure PW(V) 1200 POKE_W Base + Offset,V 1210 Offset = Offse

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread norman
Morning Marcel, > Could you (and anybody else having increased cursor blink frequency) > run this Basic program? Tell me what values it's printing (47 to 50 is > normal). I'll give it a go tonight when I get home. Cheers, norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing Li

[Ql-Users] Working sotware (was Re: fast find)

2008-01-08 Thread Arnould
After long technical studies of what was done in the past (ie before 1983) Tony Tebby did software that worked (and still works). That Marcel managed to make QPC work on top of Windows is a kind of miracle. Arnould On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 00:33:34 +, Roy wood wrote > There are two parallel thre

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows, Linux and QPC

2008-01-08 Thread François Van Emelen
James Hunkins schreef: > Tried running it and it listed the lines with these procedures as > mistakes. It sounds like you have a toolkit or something that I don't > have on my system. > > I am running the latest QPC beta release. > > jim > 'PW' is a keyword found in ProWesS-Proforma (Joach