Re: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Dennis Sutherland
- Original Message - From: "Norman Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 2:23 AM Subject: RE: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season" > Morning Dennis, > I have the system installed on a 100Mb Zip disc which I take > back and forth with m

Re: [ql-users] Documentation Project...

2002-01-07 Thread Timothy Swenson
At 07:58 PM 1/7/2002 +, you wrote: >In light of the above, there's a couple of practical things I can do to >help the situation. I would like to start a QDOS/SMSQ documentation >project. Dilwyn Jones has a whole bunch of documentation on his web site. Plus, a while back I started the QL PD

Re: [ql-users] Patching SMSQ Mouse routines

2002-01-07 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
At 01:34 ðì 8/1/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: > >does anyone know of a way to patch the SMSQ Mouse driver in order to > >change its behaviour, ie. making double click to DO and right click > >something else...? > >Not much of a problem with the sources, but hard to do otherwise.

Re: [ql-users] Patching SMSQ Mouse routines

2002-01-07 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: >does anyone know of a way to patch the SMSQ Mouse driver in order to >change its behaviour, ie. making double click to DO and right click >something else...? Not much of a problem with the sources, but hard to do otherwise. > Is it at the same addresses as the Qimi? Wh

Re: [ql-users] Patching SMSQ Mouse routines

2002-01-07 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
At 12:17 ðì 8/1/2002 +, you wrote: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Phoebus R. >Dokos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>Hi all, >>does anyone know of a way to patch the SMSQ Mouse driver in order to >>change its behaviour, ie. making double click to DO and right click >>something else...? Is it

Re: [ql-users] A new QL user needs your help :)

2002-01-07 Thread Roy Wood
>> 4) What shall I use to: >> A) wordprocessor >Text 87 >> B) spreadsheet (w/ .xls translation or something similar) >Q Spread >> C) database (not complex, just for a collection control) >DATAdesign or SuQcess >You could also use the Archive / Quill

Re: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Roy Wood
>Funny thing though, lots of people like to claim celtic origins, maybe >the allure of poetic and literate gifts but I've yet to meet anyone keen >to claim to be a Pict - where did they go? All got pict off. -- Roy Wood Q Branch, 20 Locks Hill Portslade. Sussex. BN41 2LB. UK Tel : +44 (0)1273 386

Re: [ql-users] Patching SMSQ Mouse routines

2002-01-07 Thread Roy Wood
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Phoebus R. Dokos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Hi all, >does anyone know of a way to patch the SMSQ Mouse driver in order to >change its behaviour, ie. making double click to DO and right click >something else...? Is it at the same addresses as the Qimi? Is this so

Re: [ql-users] PFB2PFF / ProForma

2002-01-07 Thread Joachim Van der Auwera
> P.S. Joachim your PROGS site is down.. (Not the triathlon one though ;-) No it is not, check www.progs.be it is still alive ! The old alis no longer works though. Joachim

Re: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In article <00ab01c196fc$3e5ea6c0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dennis Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >- Original Message - >From: "Malcolm Cadman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Imagine if Sinclair had been successful since the late 1980's, >and QDOS >> was the dominant OS ... then people may h

Re: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED] uk>, Norman Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Morning Dennis, > >I use QPC2v2 on Win2K at work and on Win98 at home. I have the system >installed on a 100Mb Zip disc which I take back and forth with me so I have >the same setup at home and at work. Well, that's the t

Re: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In article <00b501c19789$ae874960$8494fea9@johns>, John Hitchcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >PS Thank you Malcolm for your accolade re: Little Willie Definitely worthy of mention. -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In article <00ac01c19779$c818f3c0$ac065cc3@default>, Dilwyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >>Imagine if Sinclair had been successful since the late 1980's, and >QDOS >>was the dominant OS ... then people may have written Windows >emulators >>to run on 'QDOS2000' :-) > >Clive Sinclair=Bill Gate

[ql-users] PFB2PFF / ProForma

2002-01-07 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
Anyone knows if PFB2PFF takes into account the Family info and character set? I converted Symbol for use with ProForma but although FontShow does show all the characters when I try to preview it with either FontPreview or by assinging it to one of the fonts in the Reader all I can see is a Cou

Re: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Bill Waugh
Norman Dunbar wrote: > > So I'm Asian then ? > :o) > What - one of the Patell celts then ( no racial offence intended ) All the best - Bill

Re: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Bill Waugh
Norman Dunbar wrote: > > Morning Bill, > > just a reminder, I'm a Celt as well :o) > > Norman. Oops (;-) Funny thing though, lots of people like to claim celtic origins, maybe the allure of poetic and literate gifts but I've yet to meet anyone keen to claim to be a Pict - where did they go?

Re: [ql-users] A new QL user needs your help :)

2002-01-07 Thread Robert Newson
> SuperBAsic is a superb start. Even by today's standards it is a very > good basic indeed, but using toolkitII is essential I think. Type > tk2_ext to get it. In later SGCs there is a command that stores in in > NVR for auto addition at boot - autotk2? There are: AUTO_TK2F1 - At switch-on

[ql-users] IQLR, Vol 5 Issue 1 (May 1995) (was: Future of QL)

2002-01-07 Thread cgraf
> IQLR, Vol 5 Issue 1 (May 1995) where Tony showed how to add language > dependent modules to SMSQ/E. In Vol 5 Issue 5 (Jan 1996) of IQLR, Tony > also discussed SMSQ modules in general, including the interesting > comment that SBASIC interpreter could be removed and replaced by a > Unix shell for

[ql-users] Documentation Project...

2002-01-07 Thread Dexter
Hi All, Things you can do to move to a better situation: 1. Support your dealers - buy things from them, or they will go away because of economic necessity. 2. Communicate and co-operate with others - share the knowledge you have and form teams to do jobs that are larger than one person. 3. Mak

Re: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 at 10:19:17, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >From: Thierry Godefroy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 9:44 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season" > > >This programs already exists ! It's cal

[ql-users] Euroconverter 1.40

2002-01-07 Thread Andrea Carpi
06/01/02 21.34.00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Fox) ha scritto: >Is there any possibility of adding the >currencies that remain outside the Euro. I appreciate that this involves >an exchange rate but it would be useful for those of us who do masses of >travelling. Perhaps in the future. >One o

RE: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
Only kidding :o) - Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administrator Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0113 289 6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com - -Original Message- From: Phoebus

RE: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
At 02:48 ìì 7/1/2002 +, you wrote: >'Scuse me, 'English' ?? >:o) Hahahaha I can't win, can I? (Takes the walk of shame once more ) :-) Phoebus

[ql-users] Patching SMSQ Mouse routines

2002-01-07 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
Hi all, does anyone know of a way to patch the SMSQ Mouse driver in order to change its behaviour, ie. making double click to DO and right click something else...? Is it at the same addresses as the Qimi? Phoebus

RE: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
'Scuse me, 'English' ?? :o) - Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administrator Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0113 289 6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com - -Original

RE: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
At 02:42 ìì 7/1/2002 +, you wrote: >Scottish, not Scotch ! >You'd get hung, drawn and 25%'d for that phrase North of the Border :o) >Scotch is the stuff in the bottle. Also the tape ;-) >It's all so very technical I'm afraid ! > >Norman. And all too Brit-English to me (Ha! All ye foreigner

RE: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
Scottish, not Scotch ! You'd get hung, drawn and 25%'d for that phrase North of the Border :o) Scotch is the stuff in the bottle. It's all so very technical I'm afraid ! Norman. - Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administrator Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. mailto:[E

Re: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread John Hitchcock
Re Norman's - I see, did you send that email out at some point prior to the recent confusion ? If so, I never saw it - hence my complete and utter bafflement - (ok, that's my normal state according to my wife !) etc. I have communicated privately with the Scotch, Geordie and Welsh gentl

RE: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
And here's a funny one : a Linux user wanted, for some reason, to run MS Exchange on his Linux server, so he installed WINE and set it all up. Exchange worked like a sweet thing and he was mightily impressed - until he subsequently got an Exchange Virus and his installation was trashed :o) Lucki

Re: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
At 11:51 ðì 7/1/2002 +, you wrote: > >Imagine if Sinclair had been successful since the late 1980's, and >QDOS > >was the dominant OS ... then people may have written Windows >emulators > >to run on 'QDOS2000' :-) Hehe but that has a dose of truth, if you consider WINE :-)

RE: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Claude Mourier 00
Perhaps file version would be of some interest too (to synchronise) -Message d'origine- De : Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 7 janvier 2002 09:51 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season" On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 at 08:23:12, Norman

RE: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
So I'm Asian then ? :o) - Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administrator Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0113 289 6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com - -Original Message- From: D

RE: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
Aargh ! I forgot that WinBack can also do incremental backups. What a disaster my brain is these days, I shall have to get a new one. I believe male brains cost more than female ones, because they've never been used :o) Norman. - Norman Dunbar Database/Unix ad

Re: [ql-users] Euro equipped font and other news

2002-01-07 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>Thanks Dilwyn, > >I knew when I read it back that the Abbey National wasn't correct, I just >had a big black hole in my memory for the correct name. I hoped nobody would >notice, I forgot about your memory :o) > >Cheers, >Norman. He he I have a talent for remembering useless facts and (as my wif

Re: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>Morning Bill, > >just a reminder, I'm a Celt as well :o) > >Norman. Na, you've been in Bradford too long. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html

[ql-users] Fw: QL on Offer

2002-01-07 Thread Dilwyn Jones
A QL-for-sale email which I promised to forward in order to find a home for this QL. Please reply to Andy at the address below if interested. Dilwyn -Original Message- From: Andy Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 07 January 2002 10:50 Subject: QL on

Re: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Dilwyn Jones
A sort of Winback of the zip disk each time it's put in a machine I suppose? -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html -Original Message- From: Norman Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 07 January 2002 09:55 Subject: RE

Re: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>Imagine if Sinclair had been successful since the late 1980's, and QDOS >was the dominant OS ... then people may have written Windows emulators >to run on 'QDOS2000' :-) Clive Sinclair=Bill Gates? Windows emulator running on Q60? Yuk, no thanks. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sof

RE: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
Thanks Thierry, I have now downloaded TGBack and will attempt to use it later on. Regards, Norman. - Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administrator Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0113 289 6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.co

Re: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Thierry Godefroy
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 08:51:16 +, Tony Firshman wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 at 08:23:12, Norman Dunbar wrote: > > >I use QPC2v2 on Win2K at work and on Win98 at home. I have the system > >installed on a 100Mb Zip disc which I take back and forth with me so I have > >the same setup at home and

RE: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
I Wonder why I never thought of doing that Like I said, brain problems. Thanks for the reminder Tony. Norman. - Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administrator Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0113 289 6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http:

Re: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 at 08:23:12, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >I use QPC2v2 on Win2K at work and on Win98 at home. I have the system >installed on a 100Mb Zip disc which I take back and forth with me so I have >the same setup at home and at work. Well, that's the theory, at

Re: [ql-users] A new QL user needs your help :)

2002-01-07 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 at 00:45:50, Roy Wood wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >> 1) What is the best way to plug SuperGoldCard, QUBIDE and cables, >>AT powersupply (for floppy and HD), floppy and HD to QL. May I put it >>all in a box and plug QUBIDE to QL using a flex cable? >Yes indeed you

RE: [ql-users] Future of QL - The continuing Saga... Part 9.8E13 ;-)

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
-Original Message- From: Arnould Nazarian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 12:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Future of QL - The continuing Saga... Part 9.8E13 ;-) >> And how >> many developpers in the QL world would be interested to see thes

RE: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
Morning John, I see, did you send that email out at some point prior to the recent confusion ? If so, I never saw it - hence my complete and utter bafflement - (ok, that's my normal state according to my wife !) It sort of makes sense now :o) Norman (in Leeds, in work and very busy !) PS. Is A

RE: [ql-users] "seasonal cheer, Silly Season"

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
Morning Dennis, I use QPC2v2 on Win2K at work and on Win98 at home. I have the system installed on a 100Mb Zip disc which I take back and forth with me so I have the same setup at home and at work. Well, that's the theory, at work the zip is win1_ and at home it is win2_ and I even remember to ba

RE: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
Morning Bill, just a reminder, I'm a Celt as well :o) Norman. - Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administrator Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0113 289 6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com --

RE: [ql-users] Euro equipped font and other news

2002-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
Thanks Dilwyn, I knew when I read it back that the Abbey National wasn't correct, I just had a big black hole in my memory for the correct name. I hoped nobody would notice, I forgot about your memory :o) Cheers, Norman. - Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administ