Re: [Ql-Users] Life In the Old Dogs Yet . . .

2010-10-03 Thread Geoff Wicks
-- From: "Rick Chagouri-Brindle" Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 12:07 PM To: Subject: [Ql-Users] Life In the Old Dogs Yet . . . OK, so I know this isn't specifically about the QL, but it does go to show there is some life in the old machines y

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today today

2010-10-03 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Dilwyn Jones wrote: Never tried using these from QPC - I wonder if the current Windows printer driver was set to the PDF output one, and QPC was set to use the default Windows driver, would printed output from QPC in effect generate a PDF instead of a printout? This works! I use this to genera

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today today

2010-10-03 Thread Dilwyn Jones
No need for fancy publishing software, and a PDF can be created by clicking one button. And the generated PDF is all of the above as well - searchable, cut & paste etc. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Geoff and Jochen *must* create a PDF, I'm simply saying that it should be possible

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today today

2010-10-03 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <4ca89e98.9090...@dunbar-it.co.uk>, Norman Dunbar writes Afternoon Wolfgang, That should take all of 6 minutes: 1 minute : take the staples off & put pages them in my scanner. 2 minutes scan even pages 2 minutes scan odd pages 1 minute prepare PDF... I could do that when QL Today

Re: [Ql-Users] Geek Time! Linus Torvalds and Jeremy Allison talk on the Sinclair QL

2010-10-03 Thread Tony Firshman
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote, on 1/Oct/10 13:20 | Oct1: Two famous ex QL'ers who made a difference in the IT world met at LinuxCon in Sao Paolo, Brazil recently. On a spare minute at an excursion to the Sao Paolo zoo they had a chat about their experiences with the Sinclair QL. This has been filmed by

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today today

2010-10-03 Thread Norman Dunbar
Afternoon Wolfgang, > That should take all of 6 minutes: > > 1 minute : take the staples off & put pages them in my scanner. > 2 minutes scan even pages > 2 minutes scan odd pages > 1 minute prepare PDF... > > I could do that when QL Today gets here. I could do that as well with my scanner here,

[Ql-Users] Life In the Old Dogs Yet . . .

2010-10-03 Thread Rick Chagouri-Brindle
OK, so I know this isn't specifically about the QL, but it does go to show there is some life in the old machines yet: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10951040 Actually, my two boys - 6 and 7 - love playing my vintage machines ! ___ QL-Users Ma