Re: [Ql-Users] Ql is 30

2013-11-11 Thread Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services
On Mon, November 11, 2013 8:54 pm, Tobias Fröschle wrote: > > Am 11.11.2013 um 21:00 schrieb Peter Graf: > >>> SQLUG could probably find a location and maybe pay for the hall in >>> Edinburgh or even possibly Glasgow. >>> >>> Would be somewhere different and attract people both from the continent >

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql is 30

2013-11-06 Thread Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services
I disagree - I think that the ql-user mailing list is not necessarily the best place to ask for interest in this. The QL Forum is gaining new members all the while - many of whom have only just obtained a QL and it is probably better to include them in any discussion. One of the issues with locat

Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 programme

2013-10-30 Thread Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services
On Wed, October 30, 2013 5:01 pm, Geoff Wicks wrote: > So far discussion of a possible QLis30 event has been on whether or not > such an event should be held at all; whether it should be a two day or > one day event; and whether anyone will bother to attend. > > The most important thing - the conte

Re: [Ql-Users] 30 years - Domesdos, not Domestos

2013-10-26 Thread Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services
On Sat, October 26, 2013 8:28 pm, Urs Koenig \(QL\) wrote: > Let's throw in a new topic to get more relaxed. > > > > Domesdos was the working title of the operation system for the Sinclair > ZX83 > which eventually became QDOS for the Sinclair QL. > > > > In a CONFIDENTIONAL (at that time) document

Re: [Ql-Users] Teleconference idea

2013-10-24 Thread Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services
I think it could work by Skype - for the AGM earlier this year, I had to install the old version of Skype (as current version would not let me sign in!) and disabled video because my broadband is quite slow and drops out as it is! Rich www.rwapsoftware.co.uk On Thu, October 24, 2013 7:40 pm, Lee

Re: [Ql-Users] Why?

2013-10-23 Thread Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services
On Wed, October 23, 2013 5:22 pm, Geoff Wicks wrote: > On 22/10/2013 22:21, Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services wrote: >>> Thanks for the additional information. Pity I did not know this before. >>> >>> What puzzles me is why Sarah wrote in the April/May magazine as if

Re: [Ql-Users] Why?

2013-10-22 Thread Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services
On Tue, October 22, 2013 7:51 pm, Geoff Wicks wrote: > On 21/10/2013 21:13, Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services wrote: >> On Mon, October 21, 2013 12:59 pm, Geoff Wicks wrote: >>> I have considered Rich's proposal carefully and I like it, but sorry >>> Rich, you hav

Re: [Ql-Users] Why not

2013-10-21 Thread Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services
On Mon, October 21, 2013 7:46 pm, jms1 wrote: > > We live in the digital age and we are digital people. Cannot we use > computers to solve the problem? > > After all should be possible to conduct an agm by email! > > All it requires is a flexible approach and careful rules so it is seem > to be

Re: [Ql-Users] Why?

2013-10-21 Thread Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services
On Mon, October 21, 2013 12:59 pm, Geoff Wicks wrote: > > I have considered Rich's proposal carefully and I like it, but sorry > Rich, you have not produced for me a business case. I have no idea from > what you write how much the show would cost Quanta. If you want this > show to go ahead you real

Re: [Ql-Users] Why?

2013-10-20 Thread Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services
On Sun, October 20, 2013 9:47 am, Dilwyn Jones wrote: > Thanks for the update, Peter. I really hope QL-SD makes it to market. I > also > hope someone will be able to write software to make it easy to transfer > files between QL and non-QL media. Out of interest, what media format is > the > finishe

Re: [Ql-Users] Why?

2013-10-20 Thread Richard Mellor t/as RWAP Services
On Sun, October 20, 2013 9:22 am, Geoff Wicks wrote: > So let's try picking up the pieces and seeing what could be done. > > 1: The idea of the Computer Museum would be great, but it is too > expensive. Probably the best bet would be a one day event in a hotel > function room. That would solve any