Re: [ql-users] Need some flaming :-) - What about re-writing QDOS for x86 processors

2001-10-15 Thread Jerome Grimbert
Malcolm Cadman makes some magical things to make me read } Alas, it's survival is limited to about 2 or 3 times the longuest subscription. } (But who cares about that, it's easy money now!, and maybe in the meantime } we can sell the magazine team to some other publisher..., just like selling }

RE: [ql-users] ND website

2001-10-15 Thread Norman Dunbar
http://www.bountiful.demon.co.uk/qdos It is blank at the moment but that's where it will be :o) New email address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case anyone is wondering, the 'bountiful' part is my widfe's company - dunbar was already in use. We also now have www.bountifulsolutions.co.uk, but it

Re: [ql-users] QPC2

2001-10-15 Thread Darren . Branagh
Absolutely Geoff - no offense intended Francois, we're just pulling yer leg. Actually, it all goes to show what a truly international bunch we all are - still using an obsolete computer 17 years later, a thing which still never fails to amaze me. I wonder does Clive Sinclair still know we

RE: [ql-users] QPC2

2001-10-15 Thread Darren . Branagh
I think he does - last I heard he was living in or around Kinghtsbridge, driving a Porsche, and dating blondes half his age. (And some people thought he was just an old boffin!) Darren Branagh, Bank Of Ireland Card Services, Nassau House, 33/35 Nassau Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6176368 (Direct

RE: [ql-users] QPC2

2001-10-15 Thread Norman Dunbar
So, not a C5 then ? - Norman Dunbar EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Database/Unix administrator Phone: 0113 289 6265 Fax:0113 289 3146 Lynx Financial Systems Ltd.

RE: [ql-users] QPC2

2001-10-15 Thread Ian . Pine
SINCLAIR RESEARCH LIMITED 1A Spring Gardens, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON, SW1AA 2BB www.sinclair-research.co.uk Why not send a copy of QL Toady? If he responds it would be interesting to see it printed in the next issue. :) Ian. -Original Message- From: Norman.Dunbar Sent: 15

RE: [ql-users] QPC2

2001-10-15 Thread Darren . Branagh
Don't joke - I can see a time when C5's will be worth more than Porsches. One guy over here is looking £5,000 for one. Mind you, they are quite rare in Ireland. I wouldn't mind owning one for a laugh. ;-)# Darren Branagh, Bank Of Ireland Card Services, Nassau House, 33/35 Nassau Street,

RE: [ql-users] QPC2

2001-10-15 Thread Claude Mourier 00
Perhaps a young blonde would be a better way ? Any candidate among us ;-) -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 15 octobre 2001 11:31 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : RE: [ql-users] QPC2 SINCLAIR RESEARCH LIMITED 1A Spring Gardens, TRAFALGAR

[ql-users] LineDesign Question

2001-10-15 Thread Phoebus Dokos
I remember reading an article by Joachim a while ago, that said that LD could deal with the colour drivers when they were available... Does LD deal with colours in the output or at preview mode as well... (Apparently that doesn't work for me allthough I might have an older version) Phoebus

Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro (OT)

2001-10-15 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 at 22:47:32, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 005f01c1536c$b2c65400$29065cc3@default) Unlikely, common misconception, Gaelic (Irish or Scot) is nothing like Welsh apart from a very few 'core' words. Ok, I stand/sit corrected. I remember you saysing that you could 'easily'

Re: [ql-users] QPC2

2001-10-15 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Actually, it all goes to show what a truly international bunch we all are - still using an obsolete computer 17 years later, a thing which still never fails to amaze me. I wonder does Clive Sinclair still know we exist, ie. QUANTA, and QL

Re: [ql-users] QPC2

2001-10-15 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Don't joke - I can see a time when C5's will be worth more than Porsches. One guy over here is looking £5,000 for one. Mind you, they are quite rare in Ireland. I wouldn't mind owning one for a laugh. ;-)# Why laugh ? I met the

Re: [ql-users] Need some flaming :-) - What about re-writing QDOS for x86 processors

2001-10-15 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jerome Grimbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes } Alas, it's survival is limited to about 2 or 3 times the longuest subscription. } (But who cares about that, it's easy money now!, and maybe in the meantime } we can sell the magazine team to some other publisher..., just

Re: [ql-users] QPC2

2001-10-15 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I think he does - last I heard he was living in or around Kinghtsbridge, driving a Porsche, and dating blondes half his age. (And some people thought he was just an old boffin!) And probably using a PC or Linux monster computer! Either that, or the QL is just a complex computer simulation

Re: [ql-users] QPC2

2001-10-15 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Don't joke - I can see a time when C5's will be worth more than Porsches. One guy over here is looking £5,000 for one. Mind you, they are quite rare in Ireland. I wouldn't mind owning one for a laugh. ;-)# Can't quite see you commuting around the hills of Glendalough, Co Wicklow and

Re: [ql-users] ProWesS Fonts

2001-10-15 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I put the Euro Symbol in CHR$(127) (ie The Tilde)... If anyone has a better place to put it I am open to suggestions. Additionally, If someone is kind enough (Wolfgang?) I would like the accented characters position so I can make a couple versions of the fonts to accomodate your needs with the

Re: [ql-users] Clive Sinclair (formerly QPC2)

2001-10-15 Thread Geoff Wicks
- Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC2 SINCLAIR RESEARCH LIMITED 1A Spring Gardens, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON, SW1AA 2BB www.sinclair-research.co.uk Why not send a copy of QL Toady? If he responds it would be interesting to see

Re: [ql-users] Clive Sinclair (formerly QPC2)

2001-10-15 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 at 19:37:43, Geoff Wicks wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC2 SINCLAIR RESEARCH LIMITED 1A Spring Gardens, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON, SW1AA 2BB www.sinclair-research.co.uk

[ql-users] Absolute coordinates Graphics

2001-10-15 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Does anybody know of any toolkit having commands that support both absolute coordinates AND GD2? The Relative coordinates do not seem to work with non 2:1 screens (640x480 for example) and my S*Basic procedures with direct Poke to the screen are kinda slow :-)... My solution so far has been

[ql-users] Re: [QLNews] Paris Show

2001-10-15 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Hello, I actually came to the show but I was there only a 4:00. The only sign that there was something QL related in that room during that day was a letter addressed to Qbranch by a bank in the dustbin. I am sorry that I could not come before. Arnould - Original Message - From: Tony

Re: [ql-users] QPC2

2001-10-15 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 15 Oct 2001, at 10:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder does Clive Sinclair still know we exist, ie. QUANTA, and QL users in general? I can't image he cares.0... BTW, why is this thread called QPC?... Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com

Re: [ql-users] Need some flaming :-) - What about re-writing QDOS for x86 processors

2001-10-15 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 15 Oct 2001, at 17:46, Malcolm Cadman wrote: Is the QL masculine or feminine in gender ? -- Malcolm Cadman For us Germans, of course, it's a neutrum... Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com

Re: [ql-users] ProWesS Fonts

2001-10-15 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 15 Oct 2001, at 9:02, Phoebus Dokos wrote: Additionally, If someone is kind enough (Wolfgang?) I would like the accented characters position so I can make a couple versions of the fonts to accomodate your needs with the characters in the right positions (IIRC) I don't think that TRA can

Re: [ql-users] Absolute coordinates Graphics

2001-10-15 Thread Phoebus Dokos
At 08:09 ìì 15/10/2001 -0500, you wrote: Does anybody know of any toolkit having commands that support both absolute coordinates AND GD2? The Relative coordinates do not seem to work with non 2:1 screens (640x480 for example) and my S*Basic procedures with direct Poke to the screen are kinda

Re: [ql-users] Need some flaming :-) - What about re-writing QDOS for x86 processors

2001-10-15 Thread Phoebus Dokos
At 09:54 ìì 15/10/2001 +0200, you wrote: On 15 Oct 2001, at 17:46, Malcolm Cadman wrote: Is the QL masculine or feminine in gender ? -- Malcolm Cadman For us Germans, of course, it's a neutrum... Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com Ha! For Greeks is either a male or a

Re: [ql-users] Need some flaming :-) - What about re-writing QDOS for x86 processors

2001-10-15 Thread Jerome Grimbert
Malcolm Cadman makes some magical things to make me read } He .. he ... I got my 'le' and 'la' mixed up then :-) } } Is the QL masculine or feminine in gender ? In french, it is masculine. I do not know for german and english (neutral ?).