John in Wales wrote:
. chances are Dilwyn that your W7 recovery software will be (or will
offer an option of - if you're lucky) the W7 32bit version. If push comes
to shove... and you should get all 'unhappy' again, start once more with
that!
Not really, I quite like this new system. QL2K
Morning Fern,
oops! sorry that'll teach me not to jump the whole thread straight into the bit
*i* can asnwer :-) so blooming early in the day.
Ha, been there, done that, got embarrassed!
i just use it to back up my ql disks and didn't think beyond that
No worries.
And the tool kit I mentione
hi norman
> --
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:00:58 +0100
> From: Norman Dunbar
>
> Morning Fern,
>
> > most unices come with dd, which can be used to
> generate raw media images.
>
> I know. :-) But the image itself then cannot be read unless
> you hav
. chances are Dilwyn that your W7 recovery software will be (or will
offer an option of - if you're lucky) the W7 32bit version. If push comes
to shove... and you should get all 'unhappy' again, start once more with
that!
ATB.
John in Wales
Morning Fern,
most unices come with dd, which can be used to generate raw media images.
I know. :-) But the image itself then cannot be read unless you have a
QDOS Filesystem driver installed either as a module or as a "fuser" system.
It's easy enough to duplicate a QDOS floppy using dd to
> From: Norman Dunbar
> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL2K on Windows 7
> On 23/08/11 20:07, Norman Dunbar wrote:
>
> > Linux cannot (yet) read a floppy image from a QL, but
> it is something I
> > have to complete in due course. I hope.
> Except, I think it can. CT
-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-
> boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of BryanHorstmann
> Sent: 23 August 2011 16:40
> To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL2K on Windows 7
>
> On 23/08/2011 01:56, Norman Dunbar wrote:
> > Snip.
> >
> >
On Tue, 23/8/11, Norman Dunbar wrote:
From: Norman Dunbar
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL2K on Windows 7
To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com
Date: Tuesday, 23 August, 2011, 20:10
On 23/08/11 20:07, Norman Dunbar wrote:
> Linux cannot (yet) read a floppy image from a QL, but it is something I
> ha
What about running the emulator on say an Android or probably more easily a
Linuxy linux phone like my N900 for instance ;)
John A
--- On Tue, 23/8/11, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
From: Dilwyn Jones
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL2K on Windows 7
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Date: Tuesday, 23 August, 2011, 21
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
I see you are finally getting along with PC & Windows, and not breaking it
too much ... :-)
Sadly, this PC seems (so far) to be Dilwyn-proof :-(
Windows 8, or whatever name it gets, is currently in development. So,
maybe that will sort out all your woes ... ?
Will proba
eryone, the ql-users list at its best once
more. If I find a definitive answer (e.g. Jimmy has ideas on what
happened) I'll make sure I document it somewhere for everyone's benefit.
Dilwyn Jones
-Original Message- From: Lee Privett
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:19 AM
To:
On 23/08/11 20:07, Norman Dunbar wrote:
Linux cannot (yet) read a floppy image from a QL, but it is something I
have to complete in due course. I hope.
Except, I think it can. CTOOLS or similar? I'm sure that can read a QL
floppy image, mounted on a loopback, on Linux.
Cheers,
Norm.
--
Norma
Evening Dilwyn,
Anyway, happy for the moment...
This is the state we all strive for.
Cheers,
Norm.
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Norman Dunbar
Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd
Registered address:
Thorpe House
61 Richardshaw Lane
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West Yorkshire
United Kingdom
LS28 7EL
Company Number: 05132767
Evening John,
On 23/08/11 18:25, John Alexander wrote:
Time for booting in to Linux an creating images from your floppies with DD or
similar. If nothing else the media must be quite old and doing so should
preserve them!
Good advice. In case anyone is wondering, the command is:
dd if=/dev/f
Evening Bryan,
I've got a USB floppy as I have a lot of material on floppies and it is
OK on Vista and Ubuntu (under VMware). But i'm told that W7 has no
floppy support. Can anyone confirm this?
Sorry no. However, i did a quick google for "Windows 7 +floppy" and got
quite a few hits. The firs
Time for booting in to Linux an creating images from your floppies with DD or
similar. If nothing else the media must be quite old and doing so should
preserve them!
On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:00 BST Dilwyn Jones wrote:
>>> I have no floppy disc, so I've got no idea if a VM will allow me to access
I have no floppy disc, so I've got no idea if a VM will allow me to
access the floppies or not.
I've got a USB floppy as I have a lot of material on floppies and it is OK
on Vista and Ubuntu (under VMware). But i'm told that W7 has no floppy
support. Can anyone confirm this?
Bryan H
Probab
On 23/08/2011 01:56, Norman Dunbar wrote:
Snip.
I have no floppy disc, so I've got no idea if a VM will allow me to
access the floppies or not.
I've got a USB floppy as I have a lot of material on floppies and it is
OK on Vista and Ubuntu (under VMware). But i'm told that W7 has no
floppy
Only 1TB? Surely you must have more than that! ;-)
Yes! Only 1TB on the old PC itself in its internal drives. My calculator
gives an overflow error when I try to work out the grand total including
everything else ;-)
I can see that turning off UAC would benefit in some ways, although I
don't
sure that you got windows sound drivers installed properly.
Cheers,
Jimmy.
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[mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] De la part de Norman Dunbar
Envoyé : mardi 23 août 2011 16:12
À : ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com
Objet : Re: [Ql-Users
Hi Dilwyn,
Well, OK, I'll give it a go. Right now I am installing programs etc. to
get this PC to a comparable level to the 1TB or so of stuff I had on the
old one.
Only 1TB? Surely you must have more than that! ;-)
I can see that turning off UAC would benefit in some ways, although I
don't m
If you are logged in as you and need to do admin things, right-click and
run as administrator, but never login to an admin session, unless you have
absolutely no choice.
Well, OK, I'll give it a go. Right now I am installing programs etc. to get
this PC to a comparable level to the 1TB or so of
Hi Dilwyn,
On 23/08/11 13:07, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I have got it to run now in "one-off" mode. Ensure your user account is
Administrator.
Oh dear! Ensure your account has admin rights then open an HTML email.
Oops, it had a payload and now your user is letting some scumbag run
your PC as a zomb
Afternoon Ade,
On 23/08/11 12:17, Ade Vickers wrote:
You can switch Ubuntu back to ye olde view at the login screen, I've done
that on my boxen and all appears well.
Yes, I believe that this is indeed the case. I was using Gnome3 on
Fedora 15 - I hated it. I tried to like it, but two things wer
t its best once more.
If I find a definitive answer (e.g. Jimmy has ideas on what happened) I'll
make sure I document it somewhere for everyone's benefit.
Dilwyn Jones
-Original Message-
From: Lee Privett
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:19 AM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subjec
; Sent: 23 August 2011 10:53
> To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL2K on Windows 7
> Welcome to the worst Windows ever!!! I spend at least 2 weeks with a large
> sledge hammer beating Windows 7 64-bit into submission. Finally it yielded
> and started looking and perf
Norm wrote:
Agreed! With bells on!
> My advice to Dilwyn is simple, if you ever want to stop effing about
> with Windows and having to rebuild your PC from the bits that
> survived a
> heave out of the nearest (open I hope) window, install Linux. I
> thoroughly advice Linux Mint 11 as it
On 22/08/2011 20:16, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I am having some problems getting QL2K build 101 to work on Windows 7 64 bit. I
installed the full build, then added the update files for each version until
the most recent.
I have installed the 64-bit Windows version QL2K-x64.exe and when I try to ru
Morning all,
Dilwyn Jones (breaking [in] a Windows 7 64 bit PC)
Oh oh! You thought 32 bit Windows was trouble, welcome to your worst
nightmare! :-(
> It should be in c\Program Files (x86)\q-emulator
As Rich points out, Windows 7 decided that all 32 bit applications
should live in a folder s
23 août 2011 01:37
À : ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Objet : Re: [Ql-Users] QL2K on Windows 7
On 22/08/2011 23:31, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
> On 22/08/2011 20:16, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
>> I am having some problems getting QL2K build 101 to work on Windows 7
>> 64 bit. I installed the full build, t
I had this problem awhile back with the same request, alas no solution
presented itself, save running in administrator mode
On 22 Aug 2011, at 20:16, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
> I am having some problems getting QL2K build 101 to work on Windows 7 64 bit.
> I installed the full build, then added the
On 22/08/2011 23:31, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
On 22/08/2011 20:16, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I am having some problems getting QL2K build 101 to work on Windows 7
64 bit. I installed the full build, then added the update files for
each version until the most recent.
I have installed the 64-bit Windows v
On 22/08/2011 20:16, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I am having some problems getting QL2K build 101 to work on Windows 7 64
bit. I installed the full build, then added the update files for each
version until the most recent.
I have installed the 64-bit Windows version QL2K-x64.exe and when I try
to run
On 22/08/2011 20:16, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I am having some problems getting QL2K build 101 to work on Windows 7 64
bit. I installed the full build, then added the update files for each
version until the most recent.
I have installed the 64-bit Windows version QL2K-x64.exe and when I try
to run
On 22/08/2011 20:16, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I am having some problems getting QL2K build 101 to work on Windows 7 64 bit. I
installed the full build, then added the update files for each version until
the most recent.
I have installed the 64-bit Windows version QL2K-x64.exe and when I try to run
I am having some problems getting QL2K build 101 to work on Windows 7 64 bit. I
installed the full build, then added the update files for each version until
the most recent.
I have installed the 64-bit Windows version QL2K-x64.exe and when I try to run
this I get a brief flash of the round egg-
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