Re: [ql-users] QXL: SMSQ

2004-09-22 Thread Malcolm Cadman
- suppose I pasted it into a QXL.WIN in overwrite mode in a hex editor, then tried direct sector reads ? Roy's offer in another email is following my line of thought :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm

Re: [ql-users] C and system sprites of SMSQ/E 3++ on Q40

2004-09-23 Thread Malcolm Cadman
(thanks Wolfgang!), it works just as you all kept telling me. Very obvious - now :) Thanks for help everyone! Back to programming, Tut ... tut ... :-) ... what is he on about ? Oh, he must be programming in 'C'. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [ql-users] Perfection: my take on it

2004-10-12 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 at 20:35:00, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes After discussion with Dave Gilham over the weekend it seems we can best make progress

Re: [ql-users] Perfection: my take on it

2004-10-12 Thread Malcolm Cadman
address: _accordion AT sectorsoftware.demon.co.uk_ (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks, Rich. Those email addresses differ from the one the Tony indicated. But most people do have different email addresses or ISP's. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users

Re: [ql-users] Perfection: my take on it

2004-10-12 Thread Malcolm Cadman
was the original Sector Software address in the 1980s. He's still there! Thanks ... that is obviously his trading address, and Tony supplied the email address. I can now contact him and see how to proceed. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http

Re: [ql-users] Perfection

2004-10-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
of the former Digital Precision software. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm

Re: [ql-users] Perfection

2004-10-14 Thread Malcolm Cadman
... whatever :-) Just wait a while until the permission is sorted out. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm

[ql-users] Product design

2004-10-16 Thread Malcolm Cadman
Hi all, During the this week I had an email from an old friend, Rick Dickinson, who was involved with Sinclair Research as the Industrial Product Designer back in the 1980's. Check out the web site at : http://www.theproductdesigners.com/ -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] Perfection

2004-10-05 Thread Malcolm Cadman
, it just has the limitation of the older QL screen size. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm

Re: [ql-users] Perfection

2004-10-08 Thread Malcolm Cadman
with the release of the iMAC machines by Apple. So Mark went off programming in that environment ... initially on a friends borrowed machine. As he personally owned a couple of earlier Apple machines. People need to earn a living ... and life is complex ... :-) -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] Perfection

2004-10-08 Thread Malcolm Cadman
100 quid just prior to DP closing down - so I already had it and every other DP program. I don't regard the perfection issue as a lost cause at all - Malcolm Cadman has said he will talk to Dave Gilham about it at a soon forthcoming London meeting, so if I get an OK from Dave, then the version I

Re: [ql-users] Perfection

2004-10-09 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes - Original Message - From: Malcolm Cadman ( For info : Mark was previously a regular member of the London Quanta Group ) I gathered that at present he is no longer programming, but now involved in live public events where he

[ql-users] Perfection upgrade

2004-11-19 Thread Malcolm Cadman
company - Duncan Neithercut -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm

Re: [ql-users] Perfection upgrade

2004-11-20 Thread Malcolm Cadman
Batty. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Malcolm Cadman Sent: 19 November 2004 09:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ql-users] Perfection upgrade In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Duncan Neithercut [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes To reply to the queries below

Re: [ql-users] Quanta membership

2004-11-21 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 at 18:58:08, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I am disappointed at the response to my form. I have only had two people

Re: [ql-users] Quanta membership

2004-11-22 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 at 15:48:49, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) The London Group have a couple of repair jobs for you at the Byfleet meeting next week :-) Noted. I have a rehearsal in Berkhamsted at 16:30 so I

Re: [ql-users] Quanta membership

2004-11-23 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 at 19:15:47, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 at 15:48:49, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL

Re: [ql-users] The hardware conflict...

2004-11-25 Thread Malcolm Cadman
true to date with computers that implementation in hardware is better / faster, etc, than software ... -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[ql-users] October / November Quanta Magazine

2004-11-26 Thread Malcolm Cadman
Hi all, I have just received my copy of the October / November Quanta magazine, and it is back to being quite a good read, with a variety of articles. Well done to Roy Bereton for his editorship. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q

Re: [ql-users] The hardware conflict...

2004-11-27 Thread Malcolm Cadman
characters, which most people have set. So, generally there is rarely a problem. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] October / November Quanta Magazine

2004-11-27 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman writes: I have just received my copy of the October / November Quanta magazine, and it is back to being quite a good read, with a variety of articles. Well done to Roy Bereton for his editorship. Agreed, much better

Re: [ql-users] The hardware conflict...

2004-11-27 Thread Malcolm Cadman
was the latest casualty last night, with the most recent backup being earlier this week. Just why oh why do PCs have to be so unreliable? I guess that is why there is life left in alternative systems ... -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v

Re: [ql-users] Byfleet Show

2004-11-29 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes - Original Message - From: Rich Mellor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Byfleet Show On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:11:04 +, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geoff

Re: [ql-users] Byfleet Show

2004-11-29 Thread Malcolm Cadman
12K of memory instead of 12Mb. I remembered some puzzled faces. Were you all to polite to tell me I had gone gaga? But then what's a few bytes among friends? If Lau can get an entire Forth into 4k, then... (8-)# ... but then Forth in all Dup ... Dup ... :-) -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] Byfleet Show

2004-11-30 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes (Q-Word) Well, everyone should get a copy ... just for the shear quality of it. Good work by the programming team, and the contributors. -- Malcolm Cadman Is the game itself any good? Or is it just a brilliant showcase of colour and sound

[ql-users] QWord Trial version

2004-12-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
on those free CD's that PC magazines are always promoting ... some PC users will be in for a bit of a shock :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] The hardware conflict...

2004-12-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes PhOEbus (Öïßâïò) Dokos -or so you won't transpose it again... FOIVOS NTOKOS so there :-) - Cor ... not him ! I know that guy :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http

Re: [ql-users] Jungle Eddi - NOW RE-RELEASED

2004-12-03 Thread Malcolm Cadman
a minimum of 256K RAM. Details appear at: http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/games.html Just out of interest ... what does 'Jungle Eddi' do ? Is it the forest or urban 'jungle' ? -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:40:44 +, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cut Well ... from the Demo statistics it looks like over 200 copies have been downloaded. So actual sales of 100 to 200 would be likely. That remains

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
on that. It does everything that the 'label says on the tin', so to speak. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to install ... even put it on an external Zip drive. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 18:40:44, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I am not particularly a 'word game' fan. Yet QWord is so good - in function, appearance, and sound - that I will buy it when it is available

Re: [ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
of memory chips went sky high making the SGC uneconomic. Quanta increased the price and Quanta bore the risk that they could then sell batches of 50. clip ...Now 'Widows 95' is quite a nice concept all those lonely computer users that M$ has created ... :-) -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] good superbasic book ?

2004-12-16 Thread Malcolm Cadman
to sell via his web site. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[ql-users] Notice from London QL and Quanta Group

2004-12-19 Thread Malcolm Cadman
and New Year. See you in February 2005 at the next meeting ! All regular members have been sent a letter with full details. Note : The meetings are held at : Welsh Congregational Chapel - basement Southwark Bridge Road Southwark, London SE. -- Malcolm Cadman

[ql-users] Future QL games

2004-12-26 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes  Fri, 24 Dec 2004 17:47:14 +,() Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: I wonder what game you have got planned next ... ? Hmmm... I dunno... maybe a port of Doom? ;-) (With sufficient speed now on the new

Re: [ql-users] good superbasic book?

2004-12-27 Thread Malcolm Cadman
. There are also arrangements to pay a fee to authors through photocopying and the like which has to take place in organisations like education, etc, that are always making and using copies of copyrighted works. Look up the ALCS site at : http://www.alcs.co.uk/ -- Malcolm Cadman

[ql-users] QDT Demo

2004-12-30 Thread Malcolm Cadman
file runs OK. QDT itself is not running for some reason. I have installed it with QPC2 v3.23 to a Zip Drive disk which is Drive D: in DOS/Windows and win2_ in QPC. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] QDT Demo

2004-12-31 Thread Malcolm Cadman
make it as easy as possible for users to install software ... especially when it is something which is highly complex. If I wore a hat I would take it off to you for the QWord installation process, which is the neatest I have come across. -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] QDT Demo

2004-12-31 Thread Malcolm Cadman
it was downloaded off the web. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] QDT Demo

2004-12-31 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:43:42 +, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cut I don't think it is anything to do with your software. After looking at it again today the problem for me is that my version of the 'Wman

Re: [ql-users] QDT Demo

2004-12-31 Thread Malcolm Cadman
are for. On Dec 31, 2004, at 9:43 AM, Malcolm Cadman wrote: Thanks, Jim. I don't think it is anything to do with your software. After looking at it again today the problem for me is that my version of the 'Wman' is v1.53, which has been superceded for the High Color screens. As your software is quite rightly

Re: [ql-users] QDT Demo

2004-12-31 Thread Malcolm Cadman
. I remember that it took me a while to understand how set up QPAC2 and the Pointer Environment to my liking. Yet once achieved there was no going back. More recently I set up Launchpad, and I now find that indispensable ... like how did I ever manage without it :-) -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] QDT Demo

2004-12-31 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:11:29 +, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:39:08 -0800, James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: [ql-users] QDT Demo

2005-01-01 Thread Malcolm Cadman
on Windows, although '!NewLook' was done over 10 years ago on RISC OS. Which was at the time of Windows 3.11 ( remember that interface ? ). The latest IMac interface makes yet another step forward with its use of transparency and translucency. Which you Jim will know all about :-) -- Malcolm

Re: [ql-users] QL Today - David McCann - Q60 Blues

2005-01-01 Thread Malcolm Cadman
Launchpad all the time now. 'Easy peasy'. Yet I had to put the effort in to make it that way ... -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Black to the QL

2005-01-01 Thread Malcolm Cadman
mistype (back and black) Yes ... 'Black to the QL' would make a nice film title ... :-) ... a good pun on 'Back to the Future' ... :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] QPac2 Colourways vs System Pallete

2005-01-01 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote: ... And just when we thought it was safe to have v1.39 ... :-) Is that on your web site ? Nah, cannot. I did the updates for free but its basic status is still commercial. It can however be updated from

Re: [ql-users] versions, was QDT Demo

2005-01-01 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Perhaps QL Today could print a little regular item listing the latest versions available, and what they are required for. As a prompt to us to keep as up to date as we can. -- Malcolm Cadman I doubt we could be fast enough

Re: [ql-users] QDT Demo

2005-01-01 Thread Malcolm Cadman
and Qemulator ... and there is the Mac uQLx. A rich field indeed :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Launchpad-was Q60 Blues

2005-01-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote Yes, Quick Starts are good ... and an 'art' in themselves to write. I wonder how many users on this list are now happily using Launchpad -- Malcolm Cadman Not many. Total sales is easily still in 2 figures

Re: [ql-users] QDT Demo

2005-01-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], François Van Emelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes snip Personally I would like someone to add on a 3D sculptured look to the QDT windows - which are essentially flat at present

Re: [ql-users] QPC with flopy disk F: ?

2005-01-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
-ROMs and the same Windows version. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] good superbasic book?

2005-01-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
on his web site in PDF format. Which is useful, as you can do searches to find items, etc. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] You can never have it all...

2005-01-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
of small books on programming done in that style. Although it seems the those days of programming are over ... :-( We may have a copy in the London QL and Quanta Group donations of books. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v

Re: [ql-users] happy new year

2005-01-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
weeks ago. Oh no ! ... Dr Jones is off in his Tardis again :-) Dilwyn leave that PC alone ! -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] QL Today - David McCann - Q60 Blues

2005-01-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Jan 1, 2005, at 6:14 AM, Malcolm Cadman wrote: QDT takes that approach by scanning the 'windrive' contents, so that it sets up a users system for them. It tries to take away all the 'pain' from the user ! Note that, even

Re: [ql-users] Launchpad-was Q60 Blues

2005-01-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote: At present I have configured Launchpad to be extremely useful on my QPC2 system. Could you please tell me how to find the be extremely useful configuration option in Launchpad (and, indeed, in all my other

Re: [ql-users] QDT Demo

2005-01-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes 0In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP 3) I miss an 'ESC' button in the 'About windows' and a 'Close/ESCP/ Quit' button in some 'dropdown menus'. Yes, your point 3 is annoying in the Demo, you

Re: [ql-users] OUTLN on QPC2 smsq/e

2005-01-03 Thread Malcolm Cadman
to be read in my QL in folder. Some of you need to get a life and get out more! ... Yet then you have nothing to read :-) To reply to Wolfgang ... start to read them all ... :-) ... and then you will find which threads are of interest to you. -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] Launchpad-was Q60 Blues

2005-01-03 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote: At present I have configured Launchpad to be extremely useful on my QPC2 system. Could you please tell me how to find the be extremely useful configuration option in Launchpad (and, indeed, in all my other

Re: [ql-users] OUTLN on QPC2 smsq/e

2005-01-03 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On 3 Jan 2005 at 13:12, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (...) To reply to Wolfgang ... start to read them all ... :-) ... and then you will find which threads are of interest to you. Errrm, no. We can't keep things to a thread, remember

[ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-03 Thread Malcolm Cadman
before you try it out. The quick recovery if anything does go wrong is - CRTL_ALT_SHIFT+SCROLL LOCK keys. Back into Windows. 100 REMark boot_colour for Win - Malcolm Cadman - update January 2005 120 REMark Set up for High Colour mode 130 REMark Set Ink colour White and Paper colour Black for 3

Re: [ql-users] happy new year

2005-01-03 Thread Malcolm Cadman
. Oh no ! ... Dr Jones is off in his Tardis again :-) Dilwyn leave that PC alone ! -- Malcolm Cadman Why should I? Well you know you will 'break' it ... :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 19:40:52 +,() Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: 200 REMark Set a High Color mode : Mode 16 is 256 Colour 210 DISP_COLOUR 2,640,480 Exactly.. .ergo NOT a high colour mode... Higher colours

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes 100 REMark boot_colour for Win - Malcolm Cadman - update January 2005 120 REMark Set up for High Colour mode 130 REMark Set Ink colour White and Paper colour Black for 3 QL Window channels 140 icol=7 : pcol=0 150 INK#0,icol

Re: [ql-users] Launchpad-was Q60 Blues

2005-01-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote: 100 REMark boot_colour for Win - Malcolm Cadman - update January 2005 120 REMark Set up for High Colour mode 130 REMark Set Ink colour White and Paper colour Black for 3 QL Window channels 140 icol=7 : pcol=0

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 19:40:52 +, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Can anyone test this code for a boot file to switch colour mode from QPC2 ? QPC2 is started in QL Colours 800x600 full screen window. The boot file

Re: [ql-users] QDT User Manuals

2005-01-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
. The PDF's are useful anyway, even if you do provide an alternative plain text format. Before I start reducing them to plain text forms for inclusion, I would really appreciate any user feedback I can get on them. What is the web site address ? -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wolfgang mühlegger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman schrieb: Hi, 100 REMark boot_colour for Win - Malcolm Cadman - update January 2005 120 REMark Set up for High Colour mode 130 REMark Set Ink colour White and Paper colour Black for 3 QL Window channels 140

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:39:20 +, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, that is the logic of it. It clears the existing screen first - which is 800x600. Then reduces the windows to a next to nothing size - which meant

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:23:04 +,() Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 19:40:52 +,() Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:29:49 +, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 19:40:52 +, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-05 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote: Yes, that is the logic of it. It clears the existing screen first - which is 800x600. Then reduces the windows to a next to nothing size - which meant to prevent a crash. Then sets a 'High Colour' mode

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-05 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:09:23 -, John Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Malcolm Cadman wrote: Yes, that is the logic of it. It clears the existing screen first - which is 800x600. Then reduces the windows to a next to nothing

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-05 Thread Malcolm Cadman
, it's only the outline that matters. Ah ... that is interesting. Do you have any documentation on the OUTLN command ? -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] QDT User Manuals

2005-01-05 Thread Malcolm Cadman
at the QDT User Manual right now on another PC adjacent to this one :-) First impressions are good. On Jan 4, 2005, at 1:54 PM, Malcolm Cadman wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Malcom, http://www.jdh-stech.com For quick access

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-05 Thread Malcolm Cadman
computers around at the time of the QL - 1980's - did also achieve 256 colours or something approaching it. How True Colour came to be 24 bit rather than the full 32 bit is another story ... that you may know about. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [ql-users] Problem email

2005-01-05 Thread Malcolm Cadman
mail access achieves the same outcome, yet is a friendlier environment to use. ( See other email ). -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-05 Thread Malcolm Cadman
definition would go from 24 bit to 48 bit (3 colours each of 16 bit) -or- to 96 bit (3 components of 32 bits). These are usually implemented in scanners (See their colour resolution to be convinced) That's it... off to Greece now ;-) See you all in 13 days OK ... happy vacation :-) -- Malcolm

Re: [ql-users] Problem email

2005-01-05 Thread Malcolm Cadman
problems. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-06 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote: You miss my point - when the resolution is changed to 640x480, the outline for #0 is 800x600a0x0, and we all know what happens to a job whose outline falls outside the (new) screen limits... Erm ... do we

Re: [ql-users] Colour Mode from QPC2

2005-01-06 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:06:58 +,() Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: Clip Interestingly QWord Demo achieves something very similar what I am aiming to do from the boot file. When I launch QWord Demo from

Re: [ql-users] Lynx 282

2005-01-09 Thread Malcolm Cadman
' mind set. I will look at the boot file and see how it compares to your example. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Hardware

2005-01-09 Thread Malcolm Cadman
it to someone or place where it could be of use. Any suggestions? Advertise the items on ebay or similar. A complete original QL, boxed, etc, is likely to get a good selling price. Perhaps email Rich Mellor, privately, to get an indication of values. -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] Lynx 282

2005-01-09 Thread Malcolm Cadman
-colon has to be inside quotes for QDOS yet use the 'forward slashes' of unix paths to get to where you wish to look. Try to get it to load an html page 'offline' first. For you this could be something like : EX win1_lynx;/win1/homepages/index.html -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] Lynx 282

2005-01-09 Thread Malcolm Cadman
slash does have the advantage of not needing to be a 'shifted' key combination, with is the bugbear of '_' the underscore character. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] display or convert non _scr formats to _scr

2005-01-11 Thread Malcolm Cadman
that higher pixel count images could be 'snatched' from the screen. You could also use any similar PC Application for this that will capture a screen. In editing software you can erase any unwanted parts, such as the Windows background screen, etc. -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] graphics kudos

2005-01-11 Thread Malcolm Cadman
the method too. PS - It was Snatch4 that I was referring to in another email. WhichI should have credited to Dilwyn. Although Norman Dunbar also made a modification. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] QL filename length revisited

2005-01-11 Thread Malcolm Cadman
'. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[ql-users] QLib maintained

2005-01-12 Thread Malcolm Cadman
should also work for normal uncompiled basic) (...) Just to mention it again, it seems that Qlib should maintained, somehow. If I recall it is from 1993 that it ceased to be developed. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v

Re: [ql-users] BMP files etc

2005-01-12 Thread Malcolm Cadman
. In that way all the files available are readily accessible for download. FTP came before HTTP and was designed for file access. Although the latter seems now to be more popular as users are more used to accessing from a web site. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL

Re: [ql-users] QL filename length revisited

2005-01-12 Thread Malcolm Cadman
with QPC2 installed onto a PC network where you work. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] I'm home, dear.

2005-01-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
get more comments from a wider range of users if you or others can give some practical examples of the disadvantages of the present method, and the advantages of the improved method. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk

Re: [ql-users] BMP files etc

2005-01-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
it as a store. Upload from one computer and download on the other. Of course the 'free' space available on AOL is limited. Yet a fuller service would be the equivalent of having a large virtual drive. A cost for dial-up accounts, yet easy for broadband and the like. -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] QL filename length revisited

2005-01-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
. Interesting. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[ql-users] FTP access

2005-01-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:18:49 +, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes clip Can you point me a source of information on getting and setting up an FTP site

Re: [ql-users] QLib maintained

2005-01-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP Just to mention it again, it seems that Qlib should maintained, somehow. If I recall it is from 1993 that it ceased to be developed. I tried to get in touch

[ql-users] Accessing FTP

2005-01-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:18:49 +, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Dilwyn, with all the stuff that you are providing on your www site maybe you should also

Re: [ql-users] Accessing FTP

2005-01-14 Thread Malcolm Cadman
to 'Private' i.e, only available to myself as a member, the others should be open to anyone, and can be looked or downloaded where appropriate. Just navigate it like any other device. -- Malcolm Cadman Just tried it - it's very simple to use. It looks just like a normal Windows list of files. I read

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