Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today - Final issue, final orders and a surprise

2013-08-27 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 25/08/13 09:36, SMSQ - Jochen Merz wrote: > ... and - a surprise: QPC2 Version 4 will be on the DVD - thanks to Marcel Kilgus I'll second that vote of thanks, thanks Marcel. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pud

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3

2013-08-27 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 26/08/13 22:25, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Although I moan about Windoze, it's fulfilled my needs reasonably well and Windows 7 is actually more stable than older versions, it'll do for me until I get time to learn Linux one day (just to please Norman). I'll agree with that. Wind

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3

2013-08-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 23/08/13 15:17, Dilwyn Jones wrote: ... might have just been a bit sluggish as there’s only 512MB RAM on the laptop. Sounds like a prime candidate for having Linux put on it. ;-) He he, was expecting that comment Norman. :-) But of course! And I didn't let you down either. Cheers,

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3

2013-08-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 23/08/13 14:55, Dilwyn Jones wrote: ... might have just been a bit sluggish as there’s only 512MB RAM on the laptop. Sounds like a prime candidate for having Linux put on it. ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West

[Ql-Users] Anyone got any clues on how to do this in the PE?

2013-08-16 Thread Norman Dunbar
ders! I'm waiting for the final Paper QL Today to come out with my last article in it before I start sending stuff out on the list. I would love to get this utility finished, so I'd really appreciate the assistance. Thanks. Cheers, Norm. PS. If someone has an annotated disassembly o

Re: [Ql-Users] qpc2/ubuntu

2013-07-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
an (other opinions are available) Ubuntu. I doubt that your motherboard is the problem. Until you confirm otherwise, I suspect the version of Wine you are using is older than the one above which has fixed this bug. Allegedly! Just out of interest, which version of Ubuntu are you usi

Re: [Ql-Users] qpc2/ubuntu

2013-06-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
he warning pop-up and it goes away. QPC runs fine after that. This has always occurred with QPC on OpenSuse 32/64 and now on Mint 64bit. I think it may be KDE related, but I haven't tried other desktops. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered addr

Re: [Ql-Users] A few short topics...

2013-05-31 Thread Norman Dunbar
also has test_program_test_bin. flp1_test_program_ also has test_program_test_bin. And so on. Surely: flp1_ needs only test_. flp1_test_ needs only program_. flp1_test_program_ needs only test_bin. That way, even with only 36 characters allocated for a file name, each directory level would

Re: [Ql-Users] A few short topics...

2013-05-30 Thread Norman Dunbar
Woah! 31 subscribers already? I never knew so many people were interested in my articles! I suppose this means I'll have to do something now! Dilwyn, if you want to advertise it in Quanta, feel free. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe

Re: [Ql-Users] A few short topics...

2013-05-30 Thread Norman Dunbar
uck on that. I know from past (work) experience that getting lost data off a dead disc is expensive! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom

Re: [Ql-Users] A few short topics...

2013-05-30 Thread Norman Dunbar
sking you to confirm your request to subscribe, you might need to check your spam filter. If necessary, I think I can confirm you manually via the admin system - let me know if you need that doing. Ta. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe Hou

[Ql-Users] A few short topics...

2013-05-29 Thread Norman Dunbar
ent". Has anyone heard anything more about Dave Park's new venture in setting up a Joomla system so that QL Today could carry on as an electronic system instead of paper? Last I heard he had Joomla set up on one of his servers and hadn't yet made the URL available. Right, tha

Re: [Ql-Users] Q-emuLator video

2013-05-21 Thread Norman Dunbar
. Sorry if it's no good. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://ww

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Flightdeck

2013-05-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
it fail at the same place? Could it be a duff RAM chip in the Trump Card? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] Test email

2013-05-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
aving a bad day! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Test email

2013-05-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 14/05/13 15:03, George Gwilt wrote: Duly ignored . . U! You sure? ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] Test email

2013-05-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
for Virgin Media, BT, and a whole list of other Broad band suppliers, and Microsoft. Still, it's fun - when I can be bothered. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL

Re: [Ql-Users] Auto-hide

2013-04-16 Thread Norman Dunbar
een window for some reason, which effectively disabled using the pointer to pick the other running programs. Dilwyn wasn't best pleased! :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kin

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 1.16

2013-04-10 Thread Norman Dunbar
Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Qliberator problems

2013-04-02 Thread Norman Dunbar
rea while compiling? I shall await the corrections that I just know I'm going to get! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 _

[Ql-Users] qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk back online

2013-04-02 Thread Norman Dunbar
per the "registration" section on the front page. I'm no longer allowing self-registrations because I just end up back in the loop every time I enable the link. If you need to register, I'll set you up with a username and password, which you can change as appropriate to s

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 22/03/13 15:52, George Gwilt wrote: plural of referendum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum#Terminology Referendums because, apparently, referenda doesn't mean more than one, in Latin. Wonder how far off topic this will lead us .. ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunb

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
sword. I'll get my coat and leave now! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-21 Thread Norman Dunbar
x27;s nothing to see here! :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://ww

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
a download, there's no postage. How many of us readers cannot download a PDF every now and again I wonder? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
numerous formats. None of them readable any more because there's nothing to load the tapes/discs/whatevers into and no software exists to read the files. Should have used Libre Office! :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
mats including ePub) from the same source file. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
familiar with - as Jochen did when he was publishing QL Today. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
uality settings can be adjusted to give smaller but poorer quality files or larger high quality ones. Just my £0.02. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company N

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 19/03/13 22:06, Tobias Fröschle wrote: Well you still got the internet (And I'm sure you ain't going to break that ;) ). I really insist (please) do continue somewhere. Thanks Tobias, I appreciate the praise, and I shall attempt to get something finished. Cheers, Norm. -- Nor

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 19/03/13 21:29, Lee Privett wrote: Norman can you write something for The SUN, loads more to follow. Aha! I sense a new direction coming on, Instead of killing off publications I like and subscribe to, I can write for the tabloids, and hopefully, kill them off as well. It troubles me a

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
! I am officially distraught. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - change memory size problem

2013-02-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 22/02/13 11:14, Tobias Fröschle wrote: However, there's still the standing offer to send out binaries (or even current sources) to anyone who wants them and feels capable to manually install. Yes please! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered ad

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - change memory size problem

2013-02-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
ot; going on in QJewels every time something moves. Cheers, Norm. PS. Still attempting to get you a working QL on a (Linux) Stick! -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - change memory size problem

2013-02-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
his at will. The "hang" that is, not the missing sprites in QJewels - that appears only at the very first usage of the game after downloading! Hmmm. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire U

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator and IS_EXTN

2013-02-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
now. I have to say, I'm extremely impressed. Well done, that's an excellent piece of programming. Thanks for all your efforts. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7E

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - set screen size

2013-02-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
this in the manual now! Still got the error about illegal instructions though. Dilwyn has solved my "double sized" problem too. I apparently had "double screen size" on. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Ric

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - set screen size

2013-02-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
but until I clicked that, I couldn't see "double the screen size". Everything in that option is now working fine. Thanks. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - set screen size

2013-02-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
All of this is 1.05 and with 16 bit colours or QL colours. Not all screen sizes give the error message though, but all of them go double sized. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdo

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator and IS_EXTN

2013-02-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
FYI and apologies for the omission: I'm running SMSQmulator under Java 1.7.0_13 (the full JDK) and this is on Mint Linux 13, with the KDE window manager. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West York

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - set screen size

2013-02-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
ugh, but all of them go double sized. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator and IS_EXTN

2013-02-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
obvious thing that I'm missing please? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: Message via contact form-68k/os

2013-02-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 14/02/13 13:45, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Has anyone else tried 68k/os and got this result? Any idea what to do about it? Far from helpful reply alert: No, no and no. I have the software, I haven't tried it yet, no time. :-( Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Regis

Re: [Ql-Users] Easy68K

2013-02-01 Thread Norman Dunbar
en I wrote stuff for DJC, there was talk of a Pointer Environment version of a QMON-a-like utility. It obviously never came to anything did it? Does anyone know? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorksh

Re: [Ql-Users] Easy68K

2013-01-31 Thread Norman Dunbar
long value from the address that A7 holds, into D0, then add the size of a long to A7. Ok, I'll get off my soap box! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Comp

Re: [Ql-Users] Easy68K

2013-01-31 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 31/01/13 14:47, Norman Dunbar wrote: I also note that the source code is available - so it should/could/might be possible to compile it to run natively under Linux or Mac, if it will work under wxWidgets or Qt. (And no, I don't have time, thanks!) Couldn't resist it could I? I

Re: [Ql-Users] Easy68K

2013-01-31 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 31/01/13 16:51, Ian Burkinshaw wrote: Must admit I have always kept away from machine code. Hmmm. Do my QL Today articles on the matter, since many many years ago, not inspire you? :-( Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61

Re: [Ql-Users] Easy68K

2013-01-31 Thread Norman Dunbar
on Windows. (OK Norman, I know...) The website description is: “EASy68K is a 68000 Structured Assembly Language IDE. EASy68K allows you to edit, assemble and run 68000 programs on a Windows PC or Wine. No additional hardware is required. EASy68K is an open source project distributed under the

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 28/01/13 16:29, Dilwyn Jones wrote: You've been watching too much Taggarrrt on TV! Lord of the Rings actually, Scottish version: "There's been a murrrderr in Morrrdorrr!" Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
to the QL (8-)# It's too late, we can't! -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
ot;Lawr an Order". How about "drawring" and "sawring" as another example? There is no "R" in those words, so why put one in? Of course, we Jocks are prone to adding them in as well, how about "There's been a mude!" ;-) Cheers, Norm.

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
y might be advisable at this point? Cheers, Norm. PS. I have the same opinion on all beers, so don't feel victimised if you are a Guinness fan! -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
files (x86)" or similar, and quite a lot of them barf at the space, and the '(' or ')' - so Microsoft give you a folder by default that many programs cannot actually use. Go figure. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thor

Re: [Ql-Users] Is there a bug in QPC or am I bonkers (again!)

2013-01-25 Thread Norman Dunbar
our or so looking up everything that could be possibly related. Sigh! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ Q

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-25 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 25/01/13 11:53, Marcel Kilgus wrote: I'm sorry, due to the recent loss of my father I was not in the mood to participate in any discussions. Just a short answer: Please accept my sympathies. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe Hou

[Ql-Users] Is there a bug in QPC or am I bonkers (again!)

2013-01-25 Thread Norman Dunbar
MOVE.L is carried out, after executing the code at li_avail, I can see the following results at $43(a1) in QMON2: QMON> d $43(a1) 4 4ABBE9 0101 0101 004E FF6F .NV. Is it any wonder I'm confused? What am I missing? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
n! ;-) Just wondering, I replied to this thread earlier on this morning with details of how to use the "java -version" command in a Dos box to get your version, did it arrive? Just wondering. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe Ho

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
, update 29 (build 1.6.0_29-b11)" That corresponds to my 1.x.y.z which is 1.6.0_29-b11. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$

2013-01-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
d some was adjusting for BST/UTC as appropriate, and getting it all wrong. This was Windows 2000 by the way. Confused? I was! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Comp

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$

2013-01-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
sting the time; * Java is also adjusting the time; HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_10-b18) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode) 1.7 is Java 7, 1.6 is Java 6. Don't ask me why they call it that! HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pud

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
es with OpenJDK. Unfortunately, OpenJDK isn't always faster than Oracle and I'd rather not use Java if I didn't have to! ;-) Anyway, slightly off topic, I'll stop ranting now! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardsha

Re: [Ql-Users] QLay Linux

2013-01-21 Thread Norman Dunbar
ing for is actually called ./QLAY? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
ut at 950 MHz. http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/blog/2012/09/give-your-raspberry-pi-turbo-mode/ You never know, it might just help. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Num

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Website

2013-01-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 10/01/13 10:40, Norman Dunbar wrote: Morning all, I know this is a PITA - it is to me when someone tells me my web site is out of date - but the QL Today web site (www.qltoday.com) appears to be quite out of date. I would like to thanks Bruce and Jochen. The QL Today web site is fully up

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

2013-01-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
Just about everything else is there. Have a look at http://http://chameleon.enging.com/ Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] Snowbound?

2013-01-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 18/01/13 09:58, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Anyone (U.K.) not snowbound yet? Or are we all stuck indoors happily using our QLs? Nope, nothing here in Leeds yet. I'm cosy and warm, in my office, working from home! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered ad

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: Message via contact form

2013-01-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
%2FManual%2Fc00069463.pdf&ei=s_LzUO62E5C6hAf144C4AQ&usg=AFQjCNFJnh8YVsjrZUbsP9sQizpOxtEZTg&bvm=bv.1357700187,d.ZG4 Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 __

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

2013-01-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Building a netbook from Raspberry Pi

2013-01-11 Thread Norman Dunbar
bits of wire over the two USB polyfuses on my Pi - with no ill effects. If your eyes are like mine, a decent magnifier will come in handy. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS2

Re: [Ql-Users] Quick QL Today Survey

2013-01-10 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 10/01/13 11:33, Tony Firshman wrote: It is great that this very good programming keeps being done, even if only you and George understand (8-)# Trust me, if it wasn't for George, I wouldn't understand it either! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd

[Ql-Users] Quick QL Today Survey

2013-01-10 Thread Norman Dunbar
make use of it? What could be better? What would you like to see? Etc. Just wondering, that is all. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Comp

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Website

2013-01-10 Thread Norman Dunbar
Morning Jochen, Bruce, On 10/01/13 10:50, Jochen Merz wrote: Dear Norman, not going into details here as I cannot change the qltoday website ... Bruce took care of it but he was very busy for quite some months. I understand fully. Running a business has to take priority over voluntary

[Ql-Users] QL Today Website

2013-01-10 Thread Norman Dunbar
ir site ... ;-) Cheers, Norm. (Donning protective clothing ) -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ Q

[Ql-Users] Did someone mention Python?

2012-12-11 Thread Norman Dunbar
http://pythonbooks.revolunet.com/ Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql emulation on Raspberrypi

2012-12-10 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 10/12/12 11:26, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Probably because your phone doesn't seem to generate the "In-Reply-To:" header. Thanks.That would most likely be the reason. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw L

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql emulation on Raspberrypi

2012-12-10 Thread Norman Dunbar
I wonder why, when I reply fro my phone, I seem to start a new thread, even thoigh I'm replying and not manually, starting a new thread. Mildly irritating. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West York

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql emulation on Raspberrypi

2012-12-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
from most similar languages (including Perl and C) in not using {} structures. It relies on indenting. This is brilliant as it *forces* a readable layout. Yes indeed. And as long as you remember tha damned colons, which I always forget ;-) > ... Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Co

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

2012-11-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
... Java is not optimized for the ARM ... Java is not optimised for *anything*! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] QDOS/SMS Questions

2012-11-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
definition block. For QDOS 1.10 onwards. Interesting. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users

Re: [Ql-Users] QDOS/SMS Questions

2012-11-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
s owned by my job. * scan the CON channels looking for the keyboard queue. * stuff it. Or something similar to the above. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number

[Ql-Users] QDOS/SMS Questions

2012-11-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
rbird spell chequer wants to change GWASL to HOGWASH! I was most offended. I put it right and added GWASL to my dictionary. Hogwash indeed! -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number:

Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta Web site down?

2012-10-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
"Geraldine Muchova, a Scot who loved through the communist Czech darkness and emerged with her integrity intact, has died at the great age of 95." It would be nice to imagine it wasn't a misprint. I gather, perhaps, that the communists didn't think Muchova then? ;-) Chee

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembler demo

2012-10-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 17/10/12 09:28, John Alexander wrote: I'm thinking that this may give you some current ARM 1337 5k1ll5 or some such ;) And there was me trying to figure out exactly what an ARM 1337 was. Sigh! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe Hou

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
fcted ones to see if it rattled with bits of loose data, no sound at all. :-) :-) :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number

Re: [Ql-Users] My slice of Pi

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
el A will ship with 256 Mb of RAM and no more. The Model B (or B+) will not be upgraded on memory again, it has reached the limit of module sizes for the type of memory it needs. There are announcement/comments on the foundation web site detailing these facts. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Du

Re: [Ql-Users] My slice of Pi

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
nt. Hopefully, yours will be ok. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] My slice of Pi

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
positioned on the circuit board close to where I'll be sticking a hot iron! I managed 15 SMDs last night, 5 to go! Took over an hour. This is my first foray into SMDs - I can't say I'm keen, they are too damned small and even getting them out of the packaging is tense. Cheers,

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 17/10/12 09:33, Norman Dunbar wrote: It's definitely a Model B - it has USB (2) and Ethernet. Neither of which, the A has. Except, of course, the A has a single USB port. And, if you are interested, they are now made in Wales - if you buy from Farnell/Element 14. RS are still manufact

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
es anyone have a working (and data safe) method of freeing up the internals to make the discs readable again? (Not the drives, the floppies themselves). What's the point of having two boxes of backups if the damned things don't turn in the drive. Sigh! Cheers, Norm. -- Norm

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembler demo

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 16/10/12 20:55, Michael Grunditz wrote: Btw , is there a way to assign hotkeys to the assembler , editor and monitor. I have some other stuff running (qpac2) and control-c:ing is a little bit slow. Have you tried ALT-P (Pick) and then DO the job you want? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] My slice of Pi

2012-10-16 Thread Norman Dunbar
dering a jumper over the two poly fuses. Nice work if you have young eyes! Got there in the end though, and so far, no problems. There is a list of compatible USB keyboards and mice (amongst other things) at http://www.elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-15 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Bryan, On 15/10/12 17:05, Bryan Horstmann wrote: > The only missing piece is the know how!! have you read these yet? http://www.themagpi.com/ Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire Uni

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-15 Thread Norman Dunbar
B256 Pis appearing on Ebay any second now Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-15 Thread Norman Dunbar
. Enjoy your Pi and remember, us early adopters knew what was likely to happen. And finally, consider this - 256MB RAM upgrade for free with a Pi, how much for a few measly MB with an Apple? And for how much? ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address:

[Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-15 Thread Norman Dunbar
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2180 If you don't have your Pi yet, when it arrives, you'll have twice as much RAM as I do. Enjoy! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdo

Re: [Ql-Users] My slice of Pi

2012-10-12 Thread Norman Dunbar
B hub for your Pi if your USB keyboard and mouse draw too much current. Read the article on the end of the following link before buying a cheap USB hub. http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/blog/2012/08/the-dangers-of-cheap-usb-hubs/ Have fun. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants L

Re: [Ql-Users] ADSL speed up

2012-10-08 Thread Norman Dunbar
d speeds and it seems that it is now a limiting factor on selling or buying a house. It used to be schools, buses, railways etc, now it's broadband, schools, buses, railways etc. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardsha

Re: [Ql-Users] Websites

2012-09-26 Thread Norman Dunbar
ations are supplied included in the price. (Some of these are not available on the free hosting though, that has other limits too) One of the CMS systems is TYPO3, which is, as far as I remember, the very one used by Quanta. I'm only a happy customer, not involved with these people a

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