Re: [Ql-Users] PCW closed down

2009-09-02 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
QL a jinx? Surely not :o| In a way it may indeed be jinxed as almost all people and companies who tried to make their living in the QL market did not get their investments back or even lost money. It seams that the QL is only kind-hearted to those which use/play/work for the QL community.

Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL Bounder - HELP

2009-09-02 Thread Neil Riley
Rich, I might be able to help here, I've copied the file you requested onto a 3.5 disk. If you are still looking for a copy then email me your address ( yes, I've lost it ) and I'll post it this week Neil Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk 30 August 2009 09:12 I have been trying to get QL

Re: [Ql-Users] PCW closed down

2009-09-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message 001701ca2a7e$0a35e2f0$2301a...@pcw.local, Urs Koenig (QL) q...@bluewin.ch writes Hi Urs, It is a sign of the times that PC based magazines too are starting to close down. Some of it will be due to the web based information that is now available, no doubt. I have certainly been

Re: [Ql-Users] PCW closed down

2009-09-02 Thread Bill Loguidice
I prefer a good quality print mag myself, but it's impossible to beat the timeliness of the Web, which is why magazines in general are dying except for the usual stalwarts or those that are backed by big names. It goes without saying we have access to more essentially free information than ever,

Re: [Ql-Users] PCW closed down

2009-09-02 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening John in Wales, PS. Norman, it must have been BBC BASIC where you began? No, I never got into BBC Basic. It was General Purpose Basic that I was taught from PCW. Then I had to translate some of that into ZX-Basic when the ZX-81 arrived. Cheers, Norman.