[ql-users] QL and Spectrum Interface 1 wanted

2002-05-05 Thread RWAPSoftware
Does anyone have a complete original QL with disk interface and disk drives for sale?? I am also after an Interface 1 for the Spectrum - I think that's the right interface - it's the one that lets it use microdrives Thanks for any offers. Rich Mellor RWAP Software 7 Common Road, Kinsley, Po

RE: [ql-users] Qlay question - floppies

2002-05-05 Thread Daniele Terdina
> (The more friendly) QxlWin Explorer for Windoze by Frederic van der > Plancke can also extract files from Qxl.win files in a format > suitable for > Qlay and Q-emulator. Q-emuLator for Windows can directly read qxl.win files (and Windows files and QDOS floppy disks), no need to translate them f

Re: [ql-users] Zzz

2002-05-05 Thread P Witte
Marcel Kilgus writes: > >> What's "system asleep"? The button frame is still called the same in > > I have no idea. In Thierry's ACP one configuration item asks you to > > supply the name for "system asleep". Perhaps its local to ACP. > > Aha, ACP 4 doesn't have that option. Not surprised. It wa

Re: [ql-users] Qlay question - floppies

2002-05-05 Thread P Witte
Al Feng writes: > QLTOOLS is used to move files into directories (via DOS) that are then > read by QLAY. (The more friendly) QxlWin Explorer for Windoze by Frederic van der Plancke can also extract files from Qxl.win files in a format suitable for Qlay and Q-emulator. Per

Re: [ql-users] Psion Chess & QPC2 v3.02

2002-05-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Would you like me to send you a copy of Scrabble to see if you can work out > why it doesn't draw the screen correctly on QPC2 v3.02 - I realise the > keyboard is too quick for it, but the screen seems to be a bigger problem!! Sure, go ahead. I'll have a look. Marce

Re: [ql-users] Psion Chess & QPC2 v3.02

2002-05-05 Thread RWAPSoftware
In a message dated 05/05/02 16:54:42 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone please send me a copy of Psion chess which works on QPC2 - my > version doesn't - it used to work on Aurora!! Sure I can, but just to be sure, you know that either you need t

Re: [ql-users] Qlay question - floppies

2002-05-05 Thread Al Feng
AFAIK, no. Someone who has the knowledge and inclination will have to advance the code to the next level whereby external I/O devices other than the host hard drive can be accessed. QLTOOLS is used to move files into directories (via DOS) that are then read by QLAY. Al On Sun, 5 May 2002 18:4

Re: [ql-users] Zzz

2002-05-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Wolfgang Uhlig wrote: >>Most people however seem to use their own routines for putting jobs to >>sleep (i.e. don't rely on the thing). Thus I don't suspect there's any >>deep hack involved. I've never done this myself, though, maybe others >>can elaborate on this (Wolfgang?). > You don't mean me,

[ql-users] Qlay question - floppies

2002-05-05 Thread Andy Barber
Can I read QDOS format floppies with Qlay? If so how? Regards Andy

Re: [ql-users] D17-QL? (web-page with detailed pictures of 6 different QL builds)

2002-05-05 Thread Urs König
Thanks to Malcolm and Phoebus my QL collection now includes 8 QL's of which 6 have a differnet build-standard. I documented the visual differences on this page: http://mypage.bluewin.ch/QLvsJaguar/QLBuild-Standards_PCB-Issues.html I'm still searching for an english pre-D05 (up to D04) and an eng

Re: [ql-users] Zzz

2002-05-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus
P Witte wrote: > Could someone provide the French translations too, please. Any other > languages? American, perhaps ;) Tony usually produced three language versions only (English, German, French). > Im aware of the the method of closing windows, applying to the > button frame for room to open

Re: [ql-users] Psion Chess & QPC2 v3.02

2002-05-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone please send me a copy of Psion chess which works on QPC2 - my > version doesn't - it used to work on Aurora!! Sure I can, but just to be sure, you know that either you need to enable QPC_QLSCREMU (v3 only) or start in 512x256 QL colour mode to use chess? >

Re: [ql-users] USA 2002 QL Show, 1st June 2002 - CONFIRMATION

2002-05-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dilwyn Jones wrote: > 1 minute to download, the saved PDF file is about 340-350K. I didn't know a > 56K modem could download that much in a minute, is the file compressed or > something? 56kbit/s is roughly 7kb/s which is 420kb/m. In reality the rates are a bit below that, but 6kb/s (360kb/m) sh

Re: [ql-users] USA 2002 QL Show, 1st June 2002 - CONFIRMATION

2002-05-05 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>Ufff...It's a PDF-file which should work. I will check it next week at >work... > >You're right somewhere, I tend to assume that everybody at least uses >56K upwards today... > >BTW: Do you plan to travel to the US show? I withdraw my words on this one, something must have gone horribly wrong th

Re: [ql-users] USA 2002 QL Show, 1st June 2002 - CONFIRMATION

2002-05-05 Thread Dennis Sutherland
Not a problem here. Adobe Acrobat needed. Looks great Urs. Connected at 38,666 took about 3-4 min. Dennis (Wisconsin-USA) - Original Message - From: "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 7:18 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] USA 2002 QL Show, 1st

Re: [ql-users] USA 2002 QL Show, 1st June 2002 - CONFIRMATION

2002-05-05 Thread Urs König
Hi Dilwyn Ufff...It's a PDF-file which should work. I will check it next week at work... You're right somewhere, I tend to assume that everybody at least uses 56K upwards today... BTW: Do you plan to travel to the US show? Viele Grüsse aus der Schweiz / Best regards...Urs König http://mypage.b

Re: [ql-users] USA 2002 QL Show, 1st June 2002 - CONFIRMATION

2002-05-05 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>I'll bring my Notebook with QPC and some of my brand new >QL/E-CD's which were intended to be released at the QL's 18th >birthday but due to several reasons are delayed until today... >http://mypage.bluewin.ch/QLvsJaguar/QL18.html > >I'm happy to meet some old friends and have some good days...

Re: [ql-users] Zzz

2002-05-05 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>> No idea about the state of documentation for this though. > >I guess it down to RTFB. > >Per Probably what Jonathan Hudson refers to in his manuals as "the QDOS official secrets act" You often find that for these things there often exists no "formal" documentation, but they do crop up in pass

Re: [ql-users] Zzz

2002-05-05 Thread Wolfgang Uhlig
Am 04.05.2002 15:34:54, schrieb Marcel Kilgus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >Most people however seem to use their own routines for putting jobs to >sleep (i.e. don't rely on the thing). Thus I don't suspect there's any >deep hack involved. I've never done this myself, though, maybe others >can elaborate

Re: [ql-users] USA 2002 QL Show, 1st June 2002 - CONFIRMATION

2002-05-05 Thread Urs König
Hi all Well it's aranged, I'll be there! I managed to get a FREE flight from Zurich to Washington DC Dulles airport on May 30th and will stay some days in the east of the US (sightseeing in Washington DC, maybe a trip to Erie and Ontario lakes including Niagara Falls...). I'll bring my Notebook

[ql-users] Second Hand Disk Interface

2002-05-05 Thread RWAPSoftware
Does anyone have a second hand disk interface and drives for sale??  Memory expansion built in would be a bonus :-) If so, can they please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] direct!! He only has a standard QL at the moment and is looking to upgrade. Many thanks Rich Mellor RWAP Software 7 Common Road, Ki