Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers (was: Re: [ql-users] Derek Stewart BB)

2001-06-26 Thread Richard Zidlicky
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 01:01:02AM +0100, Q Branch wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thierry Godefroy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP Derek, I am right now writing a device driver for CD-ROM drives on Q40/Q60 (I think I can announce it officially now as things build up nicely and I will

Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers (was: Re: [ql-users] Derek Stewart BB)

2001-06-26 Thread Phoebus Dokos
At 12:08 ìì 26/6/2001 +0200, you wrote: On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 01:01:02AM +0100, Q Branch wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thierry Godefroy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP Derek, I am right now writing a device driver for CD-ROM drives on Q40/Q60 (I think I can announce it officially

RE: Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers (was: Re: [ql-users] Derek Stewart BB)

2001-06-26 Thread Ian . Pine
Hehe... only problem... if we have our own filing system how are we going to record it? Phoebus Ah well, there's the clever bit. If your CD writing software enables it you can prepare your raw CD image in a binary file and then copy it straight to a CD. Ian. -Original

RE: Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers (was: Re: [ql-users] Derek Stewart BB)

2001-06-26 Thread Phoebus Dokos
At 01:24 ìì 26/6/2001 +0100, you wrote: Hehe... only problem... if we have our own filing system how are we going to record it? Phoebus Ah well, there's the clever bit. If your CD writing software enables it you can prepare your raw CD image in a binary file and then copy it

Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers (was: Re: [ql-users] Derek Stewart BB)

2001-06-26 Thread Peter Graf
Richard wrote: there is no need to add the bloat of ISO9660 just to read a single QXL.WIN Putting the QXL.WIN image directly on the CD is much cleaner and files inside are still trivially accessible using qxltool on any reasonable OS. Time to set out own standards :) Seconded :-) A raw SMSQ

Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers (was: Re: [ql-users] Derek Stewart BB)

2001-06-26 Thread Phoebus Dokos
At 04:52 ìì 26/6/2001 +0200, you wrote: Richard wrote: there is no need to add the bloat of ISO9660 just to read a single QXL.WIN Putting the QXL.WIN image directly on the CD is much cleaner and files inside are still trivially accessible using qxltool on any reasonable OS. Time to set out

Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers (was: Re: [ql-users] Derek Stewart BB)

2001-06-26 Thread Richard Zidlicky
At 04:52 ìì 26/6/2001 +0200, you wrote: Richard wrote: there is no need to add the bloat of ISO9660 just to read a single QXL.WIN Putting the QXL.WIN image directly on the CD is much cleaner and files inside are still trivially accessible using qxltool on any reasonable OS. Time

Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers (was: Re: [ql-users] Derek Stewart BB)

2001-06-26 Thread Phoebus Dokos
At 06:12 ìì 26/6/2001 +0200, you wrote: sure they are fully accessible. To burn the CD you need just to copy the raw partition to the CD writer. Bye Richard Okay, then it will not be as elegant as using an actual program to select files but like a temp partition on the SMSQ/E side of

RE: Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers (was: Re: [ql-users] Derek Stewart BB)

2001-06-26 Thread Phoebus Dokos
At 06:08 ìì 26/6/2001 +0200, you wrote: Why would they want to transfer the whole image if they can get single files out of it? t. Ohh I meant from QL to CD not the other way round since we will be accessing it fully anyways this is trivial on the Q40: suppose you have

Re: [ql-users] Virus alert (No, not a hoax !)

2001-06-26 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 at 19:09:20, you wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Original Message - From: Norman Dunbar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ql-users] Virus alert (No, not a hoax !) I got a private email Geoff. Thanks, also to Tony. The reason I posed this question was that you

Re: [ql-users] Digital Precision Collection

2001-06-26 Thread Timothy Swenson
At 12:02 AM 6/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: Maybe Simon (N) Goodwin or Chas Dillon can shed some light into this? They should know the status. I believe that most of the programs had a time clause to them and are now owned by the original authors. Now the problem might be tracking down the

[ql-users] Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers

2001-06-26 Thread ZN
Richard Zidlicky wrote: there is no need to add the bloat of ISO9660 just to read a single QXL.WIN Putting the QXL.WIN image directly on the CD is much cleaner and files inside are still trivially accessible using qxltool on any reasonable OS. Time to set out own standards :) And Roy Wood