Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-19 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Peter Graf wrote: Thanks. As for the story by Jürgen Malberg, did you read it? I was actually disappointed that he only wrote there was a successor on 68040 basis. This sounds like the Atari/Amiga lines of 68K history went technologically ahead of the QL. In fact the Q60 was one of very few

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-12 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Dave Park wrote: The content looks good! Good work. Thx. Hopefully we'll be able to give you a lot to write about over the next 12 months :) YES! YES! YES! The background makes some of the writing quite difficult to read. Background removed. Better? Urs

[Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-11 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
January 12th, what does this say to us? Right, on that date 30 years ago, the Sinclair QL Professional Computer has been launched. Let's celebrate with some great stuff for all Sinclair (QL) enthusiasts! Visit this new website: http://www.qlis30.org.uk QL forever! Cheers, Urs P.S. There's even

[Ql-Users] Warm-up!

2014-01-09 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
2nd Thursday in January, what does this say to us? Right, on that day 30 years ago, the Sinclair QL Professional Computer has been launched. The anniversary date is just days ahead. Let's warm-up for some great stuff to come. Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoWq_CxPa3c Stay tuned...

[Ql-Users] How to label a (fresh) (QXL.)WIN

2014-01-07 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
I've just created (FORMATted) a fresh (QXL.)WIN with QPC2 and cannot remember how to label (set/change the name which is listed at commands like STAT) it. I remember that floppy disks could be labelled using the FORMAT command (e.g. FORMAT FLP1_Games), but for WIN the only parameter allowed seems

Re: [Ql-Users] How to label a (fresh) (QXL.)WIN

2014-01-07 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Thanks for the fast response Bob. Bob Spelten wrote: There is a tool QWIRC by Per Witte to rename hard disks (Dilwyn's site). Now I remember, one needs a tool for that and what a wonder QWIRC is already on my system. Urs --

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql is 30

2013-12-03 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Derek Stewart wrote: Why not have a QL Show in each country and we support each other... Hi folks, back on the QL retro track (after being busy with the JAGUAR for a while) I would like to share my thoughts about a QL-is-30 event. I already had some email back and forth with Rich last spring.

[Ql-Users] Of Jaguars, November, pre-Thanksgiving, Decades with year 3.

2013-11-22 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Jag is 20 - The Movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4hXwTF43qY My biggest and most sophisticated video production so far. I hope you like it. Enjoy! The JAGUAR and this video production is the reason why I was absent of the QL scene in the last couple of weeks. From next week on the Jag

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

2013-10-26 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
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 dated 26 October 1983 (hey, that's today 30 years ago), Tony Tebby

[Ql-Users] RETURN, DELETE, TODAY...

2013-09-22 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Be among the first to see this: http://youtu.be/alP8r9dFxZs QL forever! Cheers, Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today + DVD

2013-09-20 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Ian Pine wrote: I tried the following: Launched SMSQmulator from DVD. Changed Config, adding a path for WIN3 to point to my folder and a non-existent .win file (new.win). I was able to use FORMAT command to create new.win and save a program to it. I edited my copy of SMSQmulator.ini,

Re: [Ql-Users] OT: Free Online UK PhoneAddress directory?

2013-09-16 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
WILLIAM WAUGH wrote: Not sure what bit of BT you tried, I usually use this http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/search/residential /search.publisha Thanks, Bill. I've tried that before but it seems that not all residents are listed in their directory.

Re: [Ql-Users] OT: Free Online UK PhoneAddress directory?

2013-09-16 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Dilwyn Jones wrote: try www.thephonebook.bt.com gives phone numbers and addresses unless ex-directory. Thanks, Dilwyn. That's the same service as suggested by Bill. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] A seat in the lifeboat?

2013-09-16 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Peter Graf wrote: Life has changed, time has become even shorter nowadays. It is absolutely unrealistic that all my projects can be released someday. But maybe I can rescue at least *one* of them, before all work is lost forever. Peter, there's a quite experienced and very active group (tied

[Ql-Users] OT: Free Online UK PhoneAddress directory?

2013-09-13 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Is there a good working free online UK phone address directory? I've tried BT but this is not finding the person, http://www.192.com/people/ found him but is not giving me the details for free. Argh! Anyone? Thx, Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v3.40 Beta 3

2013-08-20 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Marcel wrote: Subtitle: The fullscreen mode is dead, long live the fullscreen mode. After hours of messing with the fullscreen mode that I will never get back I've decided to make a somewhat drastic step and remove it altogether. This makes the display driver code infinitely easier to work

[Ql-Users] Running Benchmarks on Sinclair QL compatible systems

2013-08-15 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Recently I gave SMSQmulator a go on 5 different systems and ran QTop-Index performing The new PCW benchmarks (1986) aka c't Highlevel-benchmarks (1987). This has all been screencasted or filmed. Those videos - together with some previously filmed benchmarks - can be seen in a new playlist Computer

Re: [Ql-Users] It's not a QL on a Raspberry Pi yet, but .....

2013-07-08 Thread Urs Koenig (QL issues)
Hi folks, got my Raspi (just the board and a power supply) two weeks ago. Had to do quite a bit of web research to get what I need to start my projects (which are - among others - run QL software on it). Yes, SMSQmulator runs, stable, but is too slow (especially the screen handling) for

Re: [Ql-Users] Network question

2013-05-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
John wrote: Yes, I remember Jerry Davies running one of Simon Goodwin's routines to print out of the QL over the network cable and via an interface one. I cannot remember why we were doing this and not direct to the printer. He also had Pong running across two machines. From memory three of the

Re: [Ql-Users] Network question

2013-05-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Dilwyn Jones wrote: Did the QL network ever work with ZX Spectrum Interface 1? Although I never tried it myself, I have read articles in the past that it would, although with limited success (e.g. transferring short BASIC programs or text files). There are programs in the Quanta Library, e.g.

Re: [Ql-Users] Network question

2013-05-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Tobias Fröschle wrote: It definitively worked, have tried it myself some 20 years ago. (I no longer have a Spectrum) And was, BTW, the most convenien way to get data across when you upgraded from the Spectrum to the QL, as the Microdrive format was incompatible. Thanks for your feedback Tobias.

[Ql-Users] Network question

2013-05-30 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Hi all, out of the dark I'm asking a question: Did the QL network ever work with ZX Spectrum Interface 1? Anyone? Thanks for any feedback. Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] OT: This documentary looks promising

2013-03-30 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Nicola and Anthony Caulfield are making good progress with their documentary on the history of the UK Video Games Industry. Just recently they uploaded 22 outtakes/snippets to their YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/NightfallFilmsUK/videos?view=0flow=grid In my opinion those teasers of

Re: [Ql-Users] [QL-Users] Something I have been playing with...

2013-03-09 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Dave wrote: Meanwhile, I am very interested in the 68020 adapted Thors. Does anyone on-list have one? Mine's a Thor XVI (with video issues, but that's another thread) so it just has a 68000@8MHz, though I am working on an upgrade for that, too :) I own several CST Thor's including a Thor 21

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator Quick Update

2013-02-17 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: (Message to Urs: Should I rename it to BQL - Backwards Quantum Leap?) :-) Last Thursday (at the day you wrote that) I was skiing with some Sinclair dudes in Les Gets in the French Alps, so you'd better rename it to SnowQL. ;-) SnowQL would then be the QLs equivalent to

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-06 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Ain't computing fun? YES! :-) And now the question : the very easy way around this is to call the QXL device QXL no longer, but just WIN right away. YES, go for WIN! ;-) This then also means that the command QXL_USE should be renamed to WIN_USE and the Java Menu/Config

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Wolfgang wrote: coffee), Qmachine (for quick machine, a ready to go environment for quick developments/tinkering), Qanywhere, Qware or the same four with SMSQ (SMSQup, SMSQmachine, SMSQanywhere, SMSQware). Or what about just Q (related to Q of the James Bond movies), Que or Q4U? Anyone?

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Wolfgang wrote: I must say that I've banned Java from my own PCs for ages but thanks to SMSQmulator I've installed Java 6 on my workhorse (a 2007 Lenovo X61s with dual core Intel Core2Duo L7500 1600Mhz CPU running under Windows Vista Business 32-bit). Any reason you didn't install java 7?

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-29 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
On 20 January 2013 06:41, Wolfgang Lenerz w...@scp-paulet-lenerz.comwrote: Hi all, SMSQmulator, the SMSQ/E machine emulator under Java is now out. You can find it at : www.wlenerz.com/SMSQmulator. (Please note that, the site running under linux, this address is case dependent -

Re: [Ql-Users] help shake cobwebby loose in Yee Old Brain

2013-01-29 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
John wrote: EXTREMELY RARE QL PM EPROM Chip (8000h) - this is out of a very early KLUDGE - unfortunately, the other two EPROMs and/or the code stored on them have not been found. This is the PM version of QDOS - the earliest release version of QDOS we know of which escaped the doors of

Re: [Ql-Users] .co.uk domain, where to register?

2013-01-28 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Ade Vickers wrote: There's no official .co.uk registrar. Personally, I'd recommend either http://www.123-reg.co.uk (simple, cheap) or http://www.easyspace.com (more expensive, but more comprehensive than 123reg). Just a short note that I decided to use 123-reg as their pricing looked good to me

Re: [Ql-Users] Bill Richardson

2013-01-15 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Tony Firshman wrote: I expect most of us will know or have had dealings with Bill Richardson and EEC. He has just died well into his 90s. Very bad news, how sad! My deepest condolences. I've met Bill a couple of times at QL-Shows and will keep him in good memories. Here's a picture of him

[Ql-Users] .co.uk domain, where to register?

2013-01-14 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Morning all, I intend to register a .co.uk domain and host the site at my swiss hosting partner. Questions: 1) Is there an official .co.uk domain name registrar or is any company allowed to sell .co.uk domain? 2) If there's more than one (which I assume), which one would you

[Ql-Users] Today.

2013-01-12 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
On today's date 29 years ago Sinclair Research launched the Sinclair QL professional computer. On January 12th 1984 - exactly 12 days earlier than Steve Jobs launched the Apple Macintosh - Sir Clive Sinclair and Nigel Searle presented the QL to the world in a Hollywood-style launch event at the

Re: [Ql-Users] Today.

2013-01-12 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Gerhard Plavec wrote: As I remember, after that, QL was not available for a long time... Do you know - just for fun - when the first QLs were puchased to normal people and when the first Apple Macintosh were ? Yes, first customers had to wait a long time for their QLs to arrive. Reference

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Volume 17 Issue 2 is on its way to ALL subscribers!

2012-12-22 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Jochen wrote: Just wanted to inform you that all letters are already on their way to the readers - to Germany, Europe and the rest of World. Let's see how fast the various post offices will handle them - all airmail (outside of Germany), of course! The magazine has just arrived minutes ago

Re: [Ql-Users] QL keyboard on Raspberry-pi

2012-12-18 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Just spotted this on YouTube: Raspberry Pi in a Sinclair QL case http://youtu.be/qnvpVBQ44hQ Cheers, Urs - http://www.youtube.com/QLvsJaguar Sinclair, QL, ATARI, JAGUAR, NUON, APPLE more... -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von:

Re: [Ql-Users] Plans for QL2013

2012-11-18 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Jochen wrote: Plans for QL 2013 Those are great news! Hamburg is awesome, have been there several times. @Jochen, see PM for my preferred dates. I'm currently in greater Tel Aviv (also an awesome place), working at a partner company. I've heard the sirens yesterday and have seen the Iron Dome

Re: [Ql-Users] the heat!

2012-08-25 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Hi folks, summer is almost over and I'm still recovering from my Sinclair Microdrive Nightmare *1. Dilwyn Jones wrote: And if you plug a ZX Spectrum microdrive drive unit into the QL expansion port there were several problems: 1. It faced away from you with a standard microdrive ribbon

Re: [Ql-Users] Withdrawing from the QL Market

2012-06-12 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Adrian Ives wrote: I am sorry to announce that I have taken the decision to withdraw from developing QL hardware. In the current economic climate, it is no longer practical to devote resources to such a small (almost non-existent) market, and I need to concentrate my energies elsewhere. Sad

Re: [Ql-Users] last opportunity

2012-06-09 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Gerhard Plavec wrote: If you want to come on the meeting in Prottes (near to Vienna, Austria), so it's time to get your ticket and book a room :) All details at http://kuel.org; I hope to see you there This (long) weekend is the QL meeting in Vienna, Austria. This year I couldn't make it for

[Ql-Users] OT: 30 years ago today, launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum!

2012-04-23 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Friday, April 23th 1982 - At a press conference at the Churchill Hotel, Clive Sinclair revealed to the world his new personal computer, the ZX Spectrum. The rest is history! Happy 30th birthday anniversary, Speccy! My birthday present is a video (follow link) for you guys to enjoy!

Re: [Ql-Users] OT: 30 years ago today, launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum!

2012-04-23 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Bob Spelten wrote: Thanks Urs for reminding us, and the nice video. Thanks! Anyone still has a working one? I repaired mine in the weeks before the 2009 QL-Mac-Show in Lucerne to be able to show the Speccy in action there. It still works since then. Touch wood... Urs

Re: [Ql-Users] GST QED Editor

2012-02-25 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Timothy Swenson wrote: Great job in creating this archive of GST programs and documents. Not only is it useful for those looking to tinker with the software, but also useful in the historical context. Thank you Tim! It has always be my intention to not just make the program files available

Re: [Ql-Users] GST QED Editor

2012-02-25 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Dilwyn Jones wrote: I couldn't find the microdrive images for use with 68K/OS - I presume they must be in the zip file somewhere but then how has URS got them into the zip file? No - the microdrive cartridges were 68K/OS format so Urs was unable to transfer them to a zip file.

Re: [Ql-Users] GST QED Editor

2012-02-25 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Jiri Dolezal wrote: You would need to transfer them out of the 68K/OS microdrive cartridges and environment somehow - I have no idea how. You wrote the idea below; use the serial port. ;-) One possibility is to create a ROM disk. 68k/OS interface has two extra ROM slots for the ROMdisk

Re: [Ql-Users] GST QED Editor

2012-02-25 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Jiri Dolezal wrote: Oh, to be exact, I have the working copy of Assembler cartridge. I can make a copy for you (or anyone) in case of need. The cartridge not working for me is the Utilities cartridge. Sorry I was mixing up this. It's clear you need the system cartridge, the one with the 17

Re: [Ql-Users] A question about the MGx ROMs

2012-01-17 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Adrian Ives wrote: Does anyone know if there is any documentation listing the changes that took place between JS and the MGx series of QDOS ROMs (besides the localised messages and keyboard maps). I am especially interested in finding out about MGE (Spain). My first thoughts were into

Re: [Ql-Users] QXT-640 Revived

2012-01-17 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Rich Mellor wrote: I have managed to revive a Sandy QXT-640 computer - and have listed it on sellmyretro.com Just for the fun of it, I have included a note of my trials and tribulations in getting the computer back up and running. Don't laugh too much !! I was able to purchase a SANDY QXT

Re: [Ql-Users] QXT-640 Revived

2012-01-17 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Rich Mellor wrote: That is a very interesting interface on the top (is it a QTalk module ?). Yours also has a fan fitted which is missing from mine. Yes that's the QTALK module. What may look like a fan is a loudspeaker. On my QXT - the SuperQBoard is in the top slot of the expansion

Re: [Ql-Users] A question about the MGx ROMs

2012-01-17 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Adrian Ives wrote: fyi The information requested below is no longer required. Anyhow, let me post this: I doubt that any kind of release note / change history ever left Sinclair Research Ltd. It was up to others like Alan Turnbull or Simon N Goodwin to analyze and write down the gaps. Some time

Re: [Ql-Users] List passwords

2011-12-22 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
George Gwilt wrote: How many people have a password for this list? I have one, tested it (works for the archive) a minute ago. Official archive which needs the password: http://lists.q-v-d.com/private.cgi/ql-users-q-v-d.com/ As an alternative there's this archive:

[Ql-Users] QLers meeting in Switzerland 2011 - Coffee, cake and more...

2011-10-30 Thread Urs Koenig (QL issues)
Hi all, it all started earlier this month with an invitation for coffee and cake in my offices. Yesterday afternoon some of the Swiss QL fellows met. There was even a South German QLer who joined the party. It was not only about coffee and cake (even we enjoyed that). We found the time to do

Re: [Ql-Users] S*BASIC

2011-10-24 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
pjwitte wrote: The first reference I can find in the ql-users' archive is a mail I wrote 24/04/98. It said: I've been seeking for S*BASIC in my QL folder and found first appearance in a file dating... (Drum Roll Please) October 18 1994. I've made two print screens and uploaded them the

[Ql-Users] Another song devoted to Clive Sinclair...

2011-10-07 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR by SINGLE-LENS REFLEX - paramanjara - 20111005 http://youtu.be/jXmcHaqx3lA A ballad. Not that bad. Quite different from the 2010 track from Electric Disorder which I like better. http://youtu.be/ub7FH0c2vO4 What do you think about it? Cheers, Urs

Re: [Ql-Users] Huge Sinclair repository on DVD out now!

2011-09-23 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Today, Doug Laverne wrote: Southeast USA-- East Tennessee/Smoky Mountains--today. Hi all, many thanks for all the positive feedback! I'm happy that Dilwyn contributed many of his CD distributions. Without that the DVD would be only half full. Also great to see how fast this issue got to your

[Ql-Users] Huge Sinclair repository on DVD out now!

2011-09-16 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
This summer I volunteered to work on a Sinclair related retro computing DVD which is out now. The DVD holds searchable PDFs of all issues (15 years, 1996-2011) of QL Today magazine, plus as Bonus Material seven software, documentation and picture collections which were previously only available on

Re: [Ql-Users] Ser-USB and the AH QL (was QL Today (two meanings))

2011-07-19 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Earlier I wrote: I will investigate the very early standard QL next week. First I will check the hardware (e.g. with loopback cable as Tony suggests), then I will do several tries (e.g. swap ROM chips with JM, swap ZX8302/IPC). I'll report my findings. I swapped each socketed chip (first

Re: [Ql-Users] What's New at Memory Lane - The Q-BUS Prototype lives!

2011-07-19 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Adrian Ives wrote: Here is some news about two new projects, still in the very early stages, code-named Q-BUS and Ser-USB++ Those are great news! Watch what has been discussed a year ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4Q7IUMKvRM#t=4m30s I see my dream comes true... In addition to what we

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today (two meanings)

2011-07-08 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Geoff Wicks wrote: The second thing is for those people who are not QL Today readers. All subscribers to volume 16 will receive a free DVD of the complete QL Today archive. That's sixteen years for the price of one! I'm one of a few ql-users who are also active in Sinclair and general retro

Re: [Ql-Users] Another QL mark 2 launched!

2011-07-08 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
David Tubbs wrote: I always thought it a pity that the QL wasn't released maybe only a year later, with a floppy drive where mdvs were. That then might have been a successful machine. There was talk of doing just that - I think Keith Mitchell had a go. Did anyone ever produce such a

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today (two meanings)

2011-07-08 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
I wrote: TODAY I've got my personal copy (well, it's not a copy, it's an original unit) of Ser-USB from Memory Lane Computing (Adrian Ives). After collecting the package at my local post office this afternoon, all I could do today is unpacking the shipment and have a first sight on the

[Ql-Users] Another QL mark 2 launched!

2011-07-06 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
In January 2009 it was Asus who presented the QL2 in form of their EEE Keyboard PC, see http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/asus-eee-keyboard-revealed/ This year its Cybernet who launches the another QL mark 2 in form of their ZPC-D5, see http://www.cybernetman.com/en/all-in-one-pc/Keyboard-pc/

[Ql-Users] QL Today (two meanings)

2011-07-05 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Hi all, Yesterday I've got my personal copy of QL Today which is great. I like the cover and Geoff's review of Volume 15 which both show what has been achieved in the passed QL year. I also like Wolfgang's Animal World and George's Queue Device articles to name just two. I share Wolfgang's view

[Ql-Users] THOR (2011) exclusive unseen scene

2011-04-28 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Today the Marvel Studio movie THOR premieres in theatres around Europe. While this motion picture is from the studio that brought you Iron Man, the Iron Man himself brings you an exclusive unseen scene. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo62g-ZAbxw ;-) Cheers, Urs

Re: [Ql-Users] Some good news on Ser-USB

2011-04-26 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Adrian Ives wrote: Thanks to Rich Mellor, who managed to source a Hermes chip, I can now confirm that the Ser-USB will work on a standard QL fitted with Hermes at speeds up to 19200 baud. It is still necessary to load the asynchronous I/O module (the Queue Manager), though. This takes

[Ql-Users] Some good news on adding a Rodime RO652 harddisk to a CST Thor XVI

2011-04-26 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
In January this year I've asked for support while trying to add a second hand harddisk to one of my CST Thor computers. Not much feedback received then (BTW: Thanks Bob). Now I have good news. I've received a second harddisk some weeks later and thanks to the long eastern weekend I found the time

Re: [Ql-Users] Announcement about the future of Ser-USB

2011-04-12 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Adrian Ives wrote: I know the Ser-USB works with superHermes and works very well. Hermes is an unknown because I have never seen one, but it would be useful to test it. In any event it's not just the hardware itself; the driver for the serial port also plays a part. Adrian, I'm following

[Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (IV)...

2011-04-07 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Amstrad and Sinclair computers got married! :-( Exclusive resurrected video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxw-fV4gG3M Cheers, Urs - QLvsJAGUAR - Much more than retro! - Always remember: QL forever! Website:

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (IV)...

2011-04-07 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Norman Dunbar wrote: Amstrad and Sinclair computers got married! :-( I just had a horrible though, imagine what Clive and Alan's kids would look like! ;-) Clive's not gay as we all know. He just married last year a blonde bombshell half his age. The computer children of the business's

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (IV)...

2011-04-07 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Ralf Reköndt wrote: Exclusive resurrected video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxw-fV4gG3M Not available in my country because of music content 8-( There's a special version with alternate music for our German QLers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU6EV5hgKeI Enjoy! Urs

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (IV)...

2011-04-07 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Malcolm Lear wrote: OK, so when did Sinclair develop a COLOUR pocket TV? Clive did not. Both the Microvision MTV1 and the Flat-Screen Pocket TV FTV1 were b/w. Or has Urs been busy doctoring the video:-) It was indeed a hard job to make the most out of this crappy old low-res RealMedia

[Ql-Users] Today, 10 years ago (II) - OT

2011-04-06 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Sandra and I got married. :-) Picture: http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Leben%20-%20Life/10th% 5E_Wedding%5E_Anniversary.jpg Sorry for the long URL, my next post will have a shorter one. ;-) Cheers, Urs ___ QL-Users

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 10 years ago (II) - OT

2011-04-06 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Dilwyn Jones wrote: No wedding picture though? The two on the bottom are from the day 10 years ago. And no QL pictures in the anniversary photos ;-)) Well, the QL is in the picture at least 3 times! 1. Fount used is Syntax, the one used by Sinclair Research. 2. The family picture was

[Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Some days ago I opened an old ring binder searching for a specific document. As it turned out it was the wrong binder. By accident my eyes discovered old program listings of my early Sinclair QL work. The earliest listing dates March 1986. So there we have it. Another 25th anniversary! Picture

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Ralf Rekoendt wrote: And I still have an old advert letter from Commander.;-) Oh dear. Those were crazy days! What was it all about? Patching and repacking a pirated copy of a dead-end product? Like pirating an already pirated copy or so? At least some QLers were happy to get an enhanced

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Tony Firshman wrote: Totally impossible on a phone! You should use http://tinyurl.co.uk I know. That's why I said sorry for that. Using tinyurl for each picture one likes to post is a nightmare. I know having to assemble a working URL out of splattered text is a nightmare too. ;-) Urs

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Dilwyn Jones wrote: Do you still have a copy of the program, or just that listing in the photo? I have at least version 2.0 of that program (ANIMATIONSGRAFIK). There's a video of it on YouTube (short link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAjVWQxSeJU This program was in German only. Later, in

Re: [Ql-Users] Back on the list...

2011-02-11 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
QL2K wrote: As I think to myself that a long time I haven't got any QL user list email, I just redo an new subscription to this mailing list. Welcome back! I'm not very updated about the QL scene since months so if there is something noticeable ... You've missed the busiest weeks for years

Re: [Ql-Users] Q-Tron

2011-02-11 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Rich Mellor wrote: I have just come across a game by Axel Berle (c) 1987 Gallic Digital. It is called Q-Tron. Is is the one with the nice animated Splash-Screen in MODE 4? Cheers, Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Game idea...

2011-02-08 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
peet vanpeebles wrote: I was chatting with Rob on MSN last night and we saw the released source code for the classic Elite in BBC Basic. If the speccy could do it There's ELITE for the QL! Well not the complete game but at least a demo written in assembler by Dave Barker way back in

Re: [Ql-Users] QL game release! - TRON legacy light cycles 2D

2011-02-07 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Ralf Reköndt wrote: Nice to see 8-). We were years ahead, weren't we? Also nice to always see the Syntax font. That's real QLing. Yes, years ahead at least in operating system, industrial design and CI. Sinclair had a style which in todays ITC world only Apple can compete. No wonder a Jonathan

Re: [Ql-Users] QL game release! - TRON legacy light cycles 2D

2011-02-07 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Rich Mellor wrote: a video with a download link on this QL game. URL is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Q0sTLhqKw Play the game and enjoy the weekend! I am not quite sure I understand the background to this game Am I correct to understand that it was a public domain game

[Ql-Users] QL game release! - TRON legacy light cycles 2D

2011-02-05 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Hi folks, there has been a lot of discussion going on this list recently. Many nice ideas and dreams of new QL products were raised. But will all this ever happen? Well, something is happening now! For the first time since the QL went into oblivion (must have been 1986 or so) the industry had

Re: [Ql-Users] Extremely rare example of a Sinclair QL with Dongle

2011-02-04 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Yesterday Rich Mellor wrote: Urs - what were the issue motherboards you got hold of - was it an issue 2 I sent to you which was missing the expansion connector? I'm still lurking on the mailing-list. Amazing how busy it is those days. Go on! There's a video where I'm talking about this

[Ql-Users] Rodime RO652 harddisk in CST Thor/QL SCSI Interface. How To?

2011-01-13 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
I'm making some progress with my CST Thor rebuild project. Almost 3 of my 4 Thor computer work right now. One is still dismantled. This week I've got a RODIME RO652 harddisk from someone in the United States. The seller reported that the drive is in working condition. Today I connected it to one

Re: [Ql-Users] QL SD/MMC-Card interface survey

2011-01-11 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Peter Graf wrote: what would be your favorite style for an SD/MMC card harddisk for the QL? Any would be better than none. I can _not_ promise to really make a piece of hardware available, but it would be nice to know, just in case... Last year I was thinking of such a device. This was my

Re: [Ql-Users] Sir Clive Sinclair today on TV

2011-01-11 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
8 days ago I wrote: To keep things going here are the first Sinclair News in 2011: Today at 20:30 Sir Clive Sinclair can be seen in Celebrity Mastermind (a celebrity quiz) on BBC1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xc86z Yesterday a YouTuber kindly prepared and uploaded the Clive Sinclair

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2011-01-04 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
François Van Emelen wrote: Mine arrived this morning. So did mine. Good to know that I do not have to solve my puzzle. ;-) Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Sir Clive Sinclair today on TV

2011-01-04 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
peet vanpeebles wrote: Gah! He didn't do very well, I think that pretty blonde girl put him off! :P Yes, poor Clive. Blondes seam to make him nervous and then he gets intro troubles... ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Sir Clive Sinclair today on TV

2011-01-04 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Stephen Meech wrote: I think he just picked too wide a subject but even I beat him on the general knowledge section. Yes, indeed his subject was much too wide. But the fact that he didn't recall/know where Tim Berners-Lee worked while inventing HTML and who the British designer is who works at

[Ql-Users] Sir Clive Sinclair today on TV

2011-01-03 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Hi QLers, I hope you all did start well in 2011?! To keep things going here are the first Sinclair News in 2011: Today at 20:30 Sir Clive Sinclair can be seen in Celebrity Mastermind (a celebrity quiz) on BBC1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xc86z QL forever, Urs

Re: [Ql-Users] Sir Clive Sinclair today on TV

2011-01-03 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
How did you find out about this in Switzerland - or do you watch a lot of British TV? It's quite easy. My quadruple play provider Swisscom offers saved searches. One daily search is Clive Sinclair and so it was in my inbox this morning. Quadruple play? See:

[Ql-Users] One week in November.

2010-11-30 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
I was off-list some days and when I checked the list this morning I found 102 new entries in one week. That's awesome! Keep on GOing QLing... ;-) Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Arrange

2010-11-30 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Bob Spelten wrote: Does Windows or Linux have such a facility? Windows does. Just press the right mouse button on an empty spot on the taskbar to get an action menu. See: http://www.cowo.ch/Arrange_Windows_XP.jpg Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Arrange

2010-11-30 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Bob Spelten wrote: Does Windows or Linux have such a facility? Windows does. Just press the right mouse button on an empty spot on the taskbar to get an action menu. See: http://www.cowo.ch/Arrange_Windows_XP.jpg Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] One week in November...

2010-11-30 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
I was off-list some days and when I checked the list this morning I found 102 new entries in one week. That's awesome! Keep on GOing QLing... ;-) Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] In a week's time

2010-11-09 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Im Auftrag von Geoff Wicks Gesendet: Montag, 8. November 2010 19:41 An: ql-users Betreff: [Ql-Users] In a week's time Not another message from Urs, but a reminder that the

[Ql-Users] Last year (QL Mac are 25 show Oct 31st/Nov 1st, session videos online)

2010-11-06 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Hi QL'ers Finally the video footage has been catalogued, ordered, brushed up (video noise, audio volume), edited and became a final directors cut. Then the 24 videos had to be uploaded to my YouTube channel. All this took much more human and processing power than expected. The session videos are

Re: [Ql-Users] Q-emuLator 3.0 for Windows

2010-10-30 Thread Urs Koenig (QL issues)
Daniele Terdina wrote: Version 3.0 of Q-emuLator for Windows is now available (http://www.terdina.net/ql/Enter.html). Great to see the final release! My beta will expire tomorrow, so this is just perfect timing. ;-) I will have a first look after the weekend as I spent my QL hours already.

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