Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi

2012-07-05 Thread Phil Kett
For those of you messing with the Raspberry Pi who are new to Linux, the current issue of PC Format has a 16 page Linux 4 Noons [sic] feature. I'm a linux admin by trade and it looks like it should be pretty good for a beginner. Phil On 04/07/2012 11:40, Martin Wheatley wrote: The new editi

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-14 Thread Phil Kett
On 14/02/2011 21:23, Tony Firshman wrote: Plastic wrote, on 14/Feb/11 20:50 | Feb14: On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Tony Firshman wrote: On 14 Feb 2011, at 20:01, Plastic wrote: Is the CR2032 man enough though? The CR2032 is 3V 235ma, and on this card would need to be replaced

Re: [Ql-Users] Connecting a QL to a VGA Monitor

2010-09-04 Thread Phil Kett
On 04/09/2010 13:01, Dilwyn Jones wrote: A customer has passed an interesting little webpage (in Spanish) to me about connecting a QL to a VGA monitor - http://www.speccy.org/sinclairql/articulos/bricolaje/RGB_VGA.html see http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-14 Thread Phil Kett
On 15/06/2010 00:15, Roy Wood wrote: Which brings me onto the 'future of the QL' debate. Nothing has a future if it does not move. All the while I was writing 'Byts of Wood' I was up against the fact that there was nothing to write about. Nothing new. No point in being a trader for a static c

Re: [Ql-Users] Peter Graf

2010-01-09 Thread Phil Kett
Hi Anton, The last email address I had for Peter was pg...@q40.de - I don't know if that's still valid though. Regards, Phil On 09/01/2010 16:15, Anton Preinsack wrote: Does anybody has a valid Email-address of Peter Graf (Q60) for me? ___ QL-User

Re: [ql-users] new hard disk

2007-05-01 Thread Phil Kett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> I must try and >> write a program to see just how many directories there are. >> > > Assuming Linux (because you mentioned it) how about : > > cd \ > ls -Rl | grep ^d | wc -l > > > I got 2,889 on a test system I have here at work -

Re: [ql-users] new hard disk

2007-04-17 Thread Phil Kett
Dilwyn Jones wrote: > OK, I give up. How do you get Windows XP to format a new second hard > disk? > > I uninstalled the old drive D:\, switched off, restarted, the New > Hardware Wizard found the new drive and it's now listed as drive D:\ > in > Device Manager. > > Now, how do I format it? It doe

Re: [ql-users] Composite Video Connector

2007-02-27 Thread Phil Kett
Be careful with that - If I remember correctly there are two composite outs on the QL monitor socket - one is colour, the other is mono. Phil Neil Riley wrote: > Try This Link as I think this may be what you're after... > > http://www.clive.nl/detail/24880/ > > Cheers > Neil > > [EMAIL P

Re: [ql-users] QL hardware and stuff

2007-02-24 Thread Phil Kett
Rich Mellor wrote: > I agree with your comment George, however, I wonder how many people might > be interested in working on smsq/e if they could easily compile it on a > non-68020+ environment. Q-emuLator can run SMSQ/e Gold Card (it does not > support 68020+) at least and it could possibly g

[ql-users] Compiling SMSQ/E

2007-02-23 Thread Phil Kett
Yep, it's me again :-) I still haven't worked out how to get this to work, I am obviously missing something somewhere and to be honest the documentation that is supplied with the sources for SMSQ/E really isn't much use. I am currently attempting this on a QL running an old version of SMSQ - can'

Re: [ql-users] Programming question

2007-02-23 Thread Phil Kett
Dilwyn Jones wrote: >> Thanks for mentioning that. I also found fabulous source of >> documentation in QDOS Internals page. Greets to author. >> >> >>> There are some useful routines in Quanta's software library, >>> including >>> a nice little routine which sets a mixed mode display... >>>

Re: [ql-users] QL hardware and stuff

2007-02-21 Thread Phil Kett
Derek Stewart wrote: > Phil, > > The Amiga already has a QL Emulator, which is free, but is not SMSQ/E, > but QDOS. > > Derek > I know the Amiga already has a QL emulator - in fact it has two - Qdos for amiga and Qdos Classic - neither though support some of the recent additions to SMSQ, and

Re: [ql-users] QL hardware and stuff

2007-02-21 Thread Phil Kett
Rich Mellor wrote: > The email from Nasta was dated December 2006. > > The etherIDE would be a good project - the main problem would most > definitely be the lack of a TCP/IP stack and drivers. > Alas Peter Graf knows how to implement this, but cannot see eye to eye on > the SMSQ/e licence - pe

Re: [ql-users] QL hardware and stuff

2007-02-20 Thread Phil Kett
Roy wood wrote: > There are a lot of books on programming the QL in Assembler, BASIC and C > (although not the modern version) and many of these are available, 2nd > hand, from QUANTA, TF Services, Rich Mellor etc. These all stop short of > the modern system but would provide a grounding in the s

Re: [ql-users] QL hardware and stuff

2007-02-19 Thread Phil Kett
This isn't a reply to any specific email that's been sent to the list on this subject more a general comment on my thoughts about the QL 'scene' as it currently stands. My interest in the QL has recently been rekindled. Some years ago I decided that I had the money to invest in a more modern QL

Re: [ql-users] Composite Video Connector

2007-02-19 Thread Phil Kett
silvercreekvalley wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone have a spare composite video connector > (for the RGB > connector) > lead for sale? > > I have a decent monitor which takes a composite video > input I'd like to > use but athough I do have a soldering iron, I'm having > trouble finding > the > a match

Re: [ql-users] The power of the Internet.

2007-02-14 Thread Phil Kett
Neil Riley wrote: > btw, as a side question. I have plenty of _Z80 images that ZM/hT > expects but i have even more .SNA's. > Is anyone aware of a .SNA to _Z80 convertors. Just for fun i renamed > .sna to Z80_rom and whilst ZM/ht > saw the Z80 and even showed initial splash screens, it crashes. >

Re: [ql-users] Aurora - Bootup (KVM)

2007-01-23 Thread Phil Kett
Tony Firshman wrote: > This looks like an issue with the HD boot program. > Boot up off superHermes floppy and investigate win1_boot. > Maybe it is trying to run SMSQ? > > It is definitely running SMSQ (though I can't remember which version!) - you're right though, booting up from a floppy woul

Re: [ql-users] Aurora - Bootup (KVM)

2007-01-23 Thread Phil Kett
Neil Riley wrote: > Hi Guys. > > Hi Neil, I've decided to reply to the list this time so if anything I say is complete rubbish hopefully it'll be corrected ;) > First the good news, for those of you who have been helping with my > Aurora. > The KVM switch is now working with my Aurora, After f

Re: [ql-users] I want your software

2006-09-27 Thread Phil Kett
extdgl42 wrote: > Is that the Psion chess below? I highly recommend it to anyone. Psion, > despite being "only" 67K and old, played one of the most amazing games I've > ever seen, any chess package, even a master, maybe grandmaster. This > includes Francois Lanciault's Blackknight (I wrote revi

Re: [ql-users] I want your software

2006-09-26 Thread Phil Kett
Neil Riley wrote: > Hi All. > > Being an admittedly nerdy collector ( just ask the wife ). I am slowly > building up a collection of original games and other such things for my > QL. This collecting also extends to other things like Metacomco > languages, Utilities and the like. This is not a reque