[Ql-Users] Approaches to (lots of things!) in SuperBASIC

2011-02-10 Thread Plastic
Hi all, 1. I would like to be able to identify the hardware and OS my timing critical programs are running on. To this end, I can use ver$ to identify the QDOS version. However, what ver$ returns do Minerva and SMSQ/E give? Is there a surefire way to identify if the execution environment is a QL

Re: [Ql-Users] (M)ICE

2011-02-10 Thread Lee Privett
Rich, the manual says to double click (the spacebar) on the MDV1_ icon, I tried it and it does. It is the same for file icons that then comeup in the window, I haven't worked out what ICICLE is yet though. Lee Privett - Sent from my

[Ql-Users] Fingers and Thumbs

2011-02-10 Thread QL-MyLink (f/fh)
It has recently been said - --- > That is what I was saying - 'digits' means both fingers and thumbs in English. We usually say (incorrectly) that we have five fingers on each hand. We don't. We have four fingers and one thumb.

Re: [Ql-Users] New QL

2011-02-10 Thread pjwitte
Norman Dunbar wrote: I cannot get QPC to run simply because I can't find a way to get the system to recognise any option that I might have for installing it! You need to mount the virtual hard disc or CD image and copy the files you want to test on there, before booting ReactOS. That's the on

Re: [Ql-Users] (M)ICE

2011-02-10 Thread Rich Mellor
Hi Anton, I have been busy rescuing this software today I have the following: ICE ROM v1.12 MICE (ICE ROM + Mouse) v2.1 DRAWING OFF_ICE (Disk only) ICICLE ICE TOOLKIT PUBLISHING OFF_ICE (DISK only) ARTice MiceArt Choice I shall be listing these on sellmyretro.com when I get chance. It is

Re: [Ql-Users] File transfers

2011-02-10 Thread Marcel Kilgus
matras...@aol.com wrote: > Problem is endian. My recollection is Qx0 hard disk format is > pretty much QXLwin except that QXLwin on a PC is organised in the PC byte > order No, that's not possible. QXL.WIN are written and read in sectors of 512 bytes, everything else is handled on the SMSQ/E side

Re: [Ql-Users] File transfers

2011-02-10 Thread Plastic
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 1:18 PM, wrote: > Problem is endian. My recollection is Qx0 hard disk format is pretty much > QXLwin except that QXLwin on a PC is organised in the PC byte order > > Duncan How dare you, Sir! How dare you ruin my perfectly good joke with "FACTS!" *grins* Dave _

[Ql-Users] Q-Tron

2011-02-10 Thread Rich Mellor
I have just come across a game by Axel Berle (c) 1987 Gallic Digital. It is called Q-Tron. Does anyone know anything about this game - it may have been out of microdrive exchange in QL World, judging by the label. It is quite a good game however -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services http://www.rwaps

Re: [Ql-Users] File transfers

2011-02-10 Thread matrassyl
Problem is endian. My recollection is Qx0 hard disk format is pretty much QXLwin except that QXLwin on a PC is organised in the PC byte order Duncan -Original Message- From: Tobias Fröschle To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 21:28 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] File tran

Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC

2011-02-10 Thread Malcolm Lear
Yes, please do. Malcolm On 10/02/2011 19:06, Lee Privett wrote: Malcolm, I have the front cover ready in two versions and two formats native Illustrator and SVG OK to send them to your Essex email? Lee Privett - Sent from my Lapto

Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC

2011-02-10 Thread Lee Privett
Malcolm, I have the front cover ready in two versions and two formats native Illustrator and SVG OK to send them to your Essex email? Lee Privett - Sent from my Laptop running XP but emulating the QL using QPC2 - Original Message

Re: [Ql-Users] New QL

2011-02-10 Thread Lee Privett
Well I booted up Reactos from the CD again, and clicked on the Run button which brings up a file/drive dialogue box, I swapped the CD for the QPC2 Cd of which the exe is in the root (you can run QPC direct from the CD also) it acessed the file, however it locked with a frozen screen at that poin

Re: [Ql-Users] File transfers

2011-02-10 Thread Ian Pine
Since you're all coming up with such practical solutions, here's what I would do: I would set up the webcam on the destination PC, and aim it at the Q40's display. I would then copy the files in 32 kbyte chunks into the video memory, and have the camera film them. At that point I would write

Re: [Ql-Users] New QL

2011-02-10 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Norman Dunbar wrote: > I cannot get QPC to run simply because I can't find a way to get the > system to recognise any option that I might have for installing it! You need to mount the virtual hard disc or CD image and copy the files you want to test on there, before booting ReactOS. That's the onl

Re: [Ql-Users] GWASS is updated

2011-02-10 Thread Tony Firshman
gdgqler wrote, on 10/02/2011 10:00: On 9 Feb 2011, at 19:53, Tobias Fröschle wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 09.02.2011, 19:05 + schrieb Tony Firshman: I wish we had 12 digits - base 12 is *so* much better than base 10. Tony If we had 12 digits, we'd probably have 12 fingers as well. That'

Re: [Ql-Users] New QL

2011-02-10 Thread Norman Dunbar
Morning Lee, > ... so I was > unable to try any emulators to see if they would work, has anyone else > faired better? I tried. I downloaded the VirtualBox package and imported it as a VM. Starts quickly, can see my hard drive (the VirtualBox one). However, plugging in my USB stick where QPC lives

Re: [Ql-Users] GWASS is updated

2011-02-10 Thread gdgqler
On 10 Feb 2011, at 10:52, Adrian Ives wrote: > btw George, did you know that the links to SUDOKU and UCONFIG on your > download page are broken? > No. Try them now. Thanks for telling me. > Are you updating the SUDOKU Solver to support octal as well? ;) Hmmm! What is it now? Nonal and Hexade

Re: [Ql-Users] GWASS is updated

2011-02-10 Thread Rich Mellor
On 10/02/2011 10:52, Adrian Ives wrote: btw George, did you know that the links to SUDOKU and UCONFIG on your download page are broken? Are you updating the SUDOKU Solver to support octal as well? ;) I am sure the SUDOKU solver already supports octal natively... -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services

Re: [Ql-Users] GWASS is updated

2011-02-10 Thread Adrian Ives
btw George, did you know that the links to SUDOKU and UCONFIG on your download page are broken? Are you updating the SUDOKU Solver to support octal as well? ;) -Original Message- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of gdgqler Sent: 10

Re: [Ql-Users] GWASS is updated

2011-02-10 Thread gdgqler
On 9 Feb 2011, at 20:47, Tony Firshman wrote: > Tobias Fröschle wrote, on 9/Feb/11 19:53 | Feb9: >> Am Mittwoch, den 09.02.2011, 19:05 + schrieb Tony Firshman: >> >>> >>> I wish we had 12 digits - base 12 is *so* much better than base 10. >>> >>> Tony >>> >> >> If we had 12 digits, we'd

Re: [Ql-Users] GWASS is updated

2011-02-10 Thread gdgqler
On 9 Feb 2011, at 19:53, Tobias Fröschle wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 09.02.2011, 19:05 + schrieb Tony Firshman: > >> >> I wish we had 12 digits - base 12 is *so* much better than base 10. >> >> Tony >> > > If we had 12 digits, we'd probably have 12 fingers as well. > > That's 20% faster

[Ql-Users] GWASS is updated

2011-02-10 Thread gdgqler
It is gratifying that some have tried to access my website. I can now reveal that: A new version of GWASS is now available from my website http://gwiltprogs.info/ This allows the input of octal numbers by using the prefix AT (@). Thus 46 can now be entered as one of: 46 $2E @56 %101110 Georg