Re: [ql-users] Open source

At 01:48 ðì 15/3/2002, you wrote: > >Now for some more personal notes from me: >I'm, of course quite wiling to help in any way I can, even with the >actual coding. I do suggest, however, that the "registrar" (for want >of a better word(, keep a pretty tight rein over the way things are >handled (

Re: [ql-users] The future of SMSQ/E

On 14 Mar 2002, at 20:17, Dilwyn Jones wrote: > > Ah, what I meant with that one was for GD2 in general, not necessarily > the new PE, but I forgot to say that, sorry. Then the answer is yes. Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com

Re: [ql-users] Open source

On 14 Mar 2002, at 20:22, Timothy Swenson wrote: > The person who I think has the best qualifications to lead the group, due > to his in depth knowledge of QDOS, SMSQ/E and 68000 assembly code, would be > Simon Goodwin. I'm not so sure about that, due to his strong opposition against the PE.

Re: [ql-users] Open source

On 14 Mar 2002, at 19:59, Marcel Kilgus wrote: > Ah, interesting. What means "in principle"? And what is the commercial > status supposed to be? If itis Open Source, there will be no more commercial status. The in principle refers to the fact that Tony said he would do it if we find a suitab

Re: [ql-users] Open source

At 06:58 PM 3/14/2002 +0100, you wrote: >I've just spoken to Tony Tebby. He agreeD, in principle, to make >SMSQ/ Open Source. First, let me say this: Waah!!! Ok, now that that has been said, I've got some ideas of how this process might go. I'd recommend that a committee be formed to overs

Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Tony Firshman wrote: > His warning comment before I last stayed with him was 'We are not > typical Americans' One of the reasons I came to America was because some Americans aren't typical Americans ;) > He built his own house in a Vermont forest, and all his services > (w

Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 19:31:48, Dexter wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > >> On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 17:05:48, wrote: >> >the carpet building up the voltage. I've been trying to think of a way >> >to charge a battery off her, a kind of homemade cat-powered UPS... > >Hmmm. A neighbour of mine

Re: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

Dilwyn Jones wrote: > If you go to Marcel's website there is a program to use the 'Filter' > option in QPC2 which IIRC processes text to output as Postscript for > such printers. No, mix up. MPS can be used as a *QD* printer filter, this has nothing to do with QPC2's filter capability. In order

Re: Fw: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

Dilwyn Jones wrote: > Oops, wrong program. Indeed. I should wait some minutes before replying next time ;-) > I was thinking of a program Marcel mentioned on thsi list recently as > being written by someone else to run as a QPC2 printer filter in > Windows. Can you remind us Marcel? Yes, exactl

Fw: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

>If you go to Marcel's website there is a program to use the 'Filter' >option in QPC2 which IIRC processes text to output as Postscript for >such printers. Oops, wrong program. This is a program which runs in SMSQE for conversion of ASCII to Postscript, written by Richard Urena, ported by Marcel

Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

>>Sorry I'm getting a bit OT now! >At least I kept my comment genuinely on topic (do we have an acronym for >that - OT is genuinely ambiguous) Agreed. If we are into TLA's (three letter acronyms) we ought to be using OnT or OfT -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.ht

Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

>> >the carpet building up the voltage. I've been trying to think of a way >> >to charge a battery off her, a kind of homemade cat-powered UPS... > >Hmmm. A neighbour of mine, here in Houston, TX, has built his own unique >(for a home-made dwelling system) power system. > >Three 4' x 8' solar pow

Re: [ql-users] The future of SMSQ/E

>> Exactly. Tools like Easyptr to help BASIC and C programmers. Did QPTR >> Toolkit get updated for GD2 at all? > >Well, how could it? The whole thread is about creating a high colour >capable PE first... Ah, what I meant with that one was for GD2 in general, not necessarily the new PE, but I for

Re: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

>The ML 4500 is a software only printer and doesn't have the hardware PCL3 >emulation unlike the ML 4600 which works with QPC & Linux as it has the >hardware emulation. I can recommend the ML-4600 as I use it everyday. > >BRuce >>Actually I was testing on a QXL. However, I have also tried it on QP

Re: [ql-users] C/F Card Reader

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phoebus Dokos) wrote: > --===571F73D8=== > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3F51740C; > charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > At 02:22 =CC=CC 12/3/2002, you wrote: > > >Hi th

Re: [ql-users] Open source

Well this is very good news ! The QL future looks brighter now. So when do we start adding features ? Regards, François Lanciault >>> "Wolfgang Lenerz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/14 12:58 PM >>> Hi all, I've just spoken to Tony Tebby. He agreeD, in principle, to make SMSQ/ Open Source. We do hav

Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

> On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 17:05:48, wrote: > >the carpet building up the voltage. I've been trying to think of a way > >to charge a battery off her, a kind of homemade cat-powered UPS... Hmmm. A neighbour of mine, here in Houston, TX, has built his own unique (for a home-made dwelling system)

Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 17:05:48, wrote: (ref: ) >> That reminds me of Henry. She used to sit on my QL way back >> in 1994, as it was nice and warm (8-)# >Sam is a living Van der Graaf generator. She goes near my computers, or >me, and

Re: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Geoff Wicks wrote: > Indeed a disappointment, but nice to have some certainty over the situation. For those not up on the whole GDI thing, here's a quickie explanation... GDI printers have an engine and a little memory, but not much else - the image generation is all handl

Re: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

- Original Message - From: Wolfgang Lenerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [ql-users] PCL3 printers > On 14 Mar 2002, at 3:19, Nicholls, Bruce wrote: > > > Geoff > > > > The ML 4500 is a software only printer and doesn't have the hardware PCL3 > > emulation unlike the ML 4600 which wor

Re: [ql-users] Open source

Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > I've just spoken to Tony Tebby. He agreeD, in principle, to make > SMSQ/ Open Source. Ah, interesting. What means "in principle"? And what is the commercial status supposed to be? > We do have to find somebody to act as a sort of registrar, though, > to make sure that

Re: [ql-users] Open source

At 12:58 ìì 14/3/2002, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I've just spoken to Tony Tebby. He agreeD, in principle, to make >SMSQ/ Open Source. > >We do have to find somebody to act as a sort of registrar, though, >to make sure that we have a coherent development. > We could associate it with the other projec

Re: [ql-users] Open source

Hi all, I've just spoken to Tony Tebby. He agreeD, in principle, to make SMSQ/ Open Source. We do have to find somebody to act as a sort of registrar, though, to make sure that we have a coherent development. Anybody wolunteering? Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com

RE: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

On 14 Mar 2002, at 3:19, Nicholls, Bruce wrote: > Geoff > > The ML 4500 is a software only printer and doesn't have the hardware PCL3 > emulation unlike the ML 4600 which works with QPC & Linux as it has the > hardware emulation. I can recommend the ML-4600 as I use it everyday. > Oh, one of th

RE: Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

> That reminds me of Henry. She used to sit on my QL way back > in 1994, as it was nice and warm (8-)# Sam is a living Van der Graaf generator. She goes near my computers, or me, and grounds herself. The shock - usually through her nose - makes her jump. I've actually seen the spark a few time

Re: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

On 13 Mar 2002, at 14:41, Geoff Wicks wrote: > Actually I was testing on a QXL. However, I have also tried it on QPC, using > both "Printer" and "LPT1" as printer port without success. The information > about your printer indicates that it is worth experimenting further, and > worth checking to

Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 14:35:52, wrote: (ref: ) >Alternatively, I might just leave well alone now I've got it working >again, and tell the cat to tread lightly near it, instead of thundering >up and down the stairs after her stuffed m

Re: [ql-users] Membrane update...

Hi Dave, The Aurora connector IS different. I'm not knowledgeable enough in electronic to tell you what type it is. (The pins are sticking out of the PCB, two rows of 10 pins???) I even think that on most Aurora the connector was not installed because nobody uses it ! Most people use their Au

[ql-users] Membrane update...

Hi all, Last update then I'll be going quiet for a while on the membrane front. The construction method has been decided, and I'm now looking at design issues. I want to make it a painless operation to remove the case from the base, and have everything easily pluggable. One suggestion is to

RE: Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

> Great - looks like the real problem is found. > Sounds like your case is way out of spec. > Maybe a case for moving the studs a few mm nearer the back. I assume ... It seems the mainboard is not perpendicular to the case back panel. It is close enough to enable the lug on the card's metal pl

Re: [ql-users] The future of SMSQ/E

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 03:29:10, Marcel Kilgus wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >Certainly. But I'm not actually eager to do it, because it sounds like >very hard work for me. Especially as I lack the development tools. >Tony probably has debuggers that work over a serial link Definitely. The

Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 09:26:51, wrote: (ref: ) >> What I did on the I/O cards that passed through me was remove >> the metal >> locating strip, and file the cutouts which screwed onto the D plugs so >> that the card sat lower onto the

RE: Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

> What I did on the I/O cards that passed through me was remove > the metal > locating strip, and file the cutouts which screwed onto the D plugs so > that the card sat lower onto the board sockets. I loosened the nuts and found enough play in the metal strip to be able to slide it a couple of

RE: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

Geoff The ML 4500 is a software only printer and doesn't have the hardware PCL3 emulation unlike the ML 4600 which works with QPC & Linux as it has the hardware emulation. I can recommend the ML-4600 as I use it everyday. BRuce -Original Message- From: Geoff Wicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

RE: [ql-users] The future of SMSQ/E

As far as I know, a GUI is always an application that send command line to the OS and gives a different (distorted ccordind to TT) view of the OS For instance, if you move a file with the mouse at the OS level you send a COPY TO then a DELETE That's why, usually, there is far more command and opt