Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question

2010-09-13 Thread John
On Monday 13 Sep 2010 07:50:42 P Witte wrote: > Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: > > http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QLcom > > put ers/SinclairQL^_Finnish^_version^_MGY^_ROM-P1050787.JPG > > This link doesnt seem to work The link does work, but it is line sliced and as a

Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question

2010-09-13 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Per Witte wrote: > http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QL > > comput ers/SinclairQL^_Finnish^_version^_MGY^_ROM-P1050787.JPG > > This link doesnt seem to work Try this one which links to the folder with the pictures: http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/brow

Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question

2010-09-13 Thread Petri Pellinen
Hi Urs, indeed it does say "Don't break the seal" or literally translated "It is forbidden to break the seal". Top line is Finnish and bottom line Swedish as you guessed. My machine is the UK version, I didn't dare to get the Finnish version as I was afraid of compatibility problems. I didn't kno

Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question

2010-09-13 Thread Rich Mellor
On 13/09/2010 07:32, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Petri Pellinen wrote: greetings from sunny Finland. I recently found my old QL in my father's attic and am going to put in some quality retrocomputing time. It's great to see that there are still people active around this piece of hardware. Is it the

Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question

2010-09-13 Thread Tony Firshman
Rich Mellor wrote, on 13/Sep/10 08:55 | Sep13: On 13/09/2010 07:32, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Petri Pellinen wrote: greetings from sunny Finland. I recently found my old QL in my father's attic and am going to put in some quality retrocomputing time. It's great to see that there are still people

Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question

2010-09-13 Thread Tony Firshman
Tony Firshman wrote, on 13/Sep/10 09:04 | Sep13: BTW to reply to what John (in Wales?) said about line broken URLs. Two solutions: 1) still can break: http://thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL

Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question

2010-09-13 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Rich Mellor wrote: > Is it me, or does that machine have two R letters on the > keyboard with no apparent difference between the two? Thanks for letting me know. Even the seal is not broken the machine seams to be "modified". Right, removing/changing QL keytops is possible without opening the ca

[Ql-Users] io.fline end of line

2010-09-13 Thread Malcolm Lear
Hi, I've noticed some inconsistent handling of text files in QPC2. The problem was reading text files with both carriage return and line feed at the end of line. Several programs could read these files from the qxl.win drive without complaint. However the same file being read from a dos or r

Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question

2010-09-13 Thread QL-Mylink
Re; Tony's - "BTW to reply to what John (in Wales?) said about line broken URLs. " -- Not me sir! - but now everyone knows why - just not being 'any boring old John' - I've always *proudly* qualified

Re: [Ql-Users] io.fline end of line

2010-09-13 Thread QL-Mylink
Re: Malcolm's - Hi, I've noticed some inconsistent handling of text files in QPC2. The problem was reading text files with both carriage return and line feed at the end of line. Several programs could read these files from the qxl.win drive without complaint. However the same file being read fro

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 79, Issue 9

2010-09-13 Thread Luk Vangenechten
Hi I've already mailed to Microvitec but i'm sorry to say their answer was "Unfortunately we don't have anything to offer which is compatible with the QL." Luk. - Original Message - From: "Dilwyn Jones" To: Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users

[Ql-Users] For your information: C68 documentation bug related to _Cinit

2010-09-13 Thread Petri Pellinen
Hi everyone, the C68 compiler for QDOS is the bee's knees and I love it. I stumbled into a minor problem with it the other day and I thought to post this just in case someone else happens to run into it also. C68 compiler documentation mentions that it is possible to reduce binary size by about 1

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 79, Issue 9

2010-09-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <8dc375c04ba74aaa97ecc1b57990e...@pcvanluk>, Luk Vangenechten writes Hi I've already mailed to Microvitec but i'm sorry to say their answer was "Unfortunately we don't have anything to offer which is compatible with the QL." Luk. Hi Luk, The old Microvitec Monitors are fine wi

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 79, Issue 9

2010-09-13 Thread Tony Firshman
Malcolm Cadman wrote, on 13/Sep/10 21:44 | Sep13: In message <8dc375c04ba74aaa97ecc1b57990e...@pcvanluk>, Luk Vangenechten writes Hi I've already mailed to Microvitec but i'm sorry to say their answer was "Unfortunately we don't have anything to offer which is compatible with the QL." Luk

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 79, Issue 9

2010-09-13 Thread Rich Mellor
On 13/09/2010 21:44, Malcolm Cadman wrote: In message <8dc375c04ba74aaa97ecc1b57990e...@pcvanluk>, Luk Vangenechten writes Hi I've already mailed to Microvitec but i'm sorry to say their answer was "Unfortunately we don't have anything to offer which is compatible with the QL." Luk. Hi