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2002-11-10 Thread Ian Pizer
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Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread RWAPSoftware
In a message dated 09/11/02 18:43:17 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sounds great, tell me when you are going to market the program as I will certainly buy a copy from you. Or if you like I can Beta test it on the Q60, QPC, Atari-QL etc ... as I have all the set of SMSQ/E favours.

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Jochen Merz
> There is a reason I don't like this scheme (even though I wouldn't > totally oppose it, and that's support. Suppose a customer has > problems with SMSQ/E on the Q40 (heaven forbid). Tne he would > contact you and you would have him contact Jochen etc... Don't think this will happen. > I'm not

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Jochen Merz
Phoebus Dokos wrote: > ??? 9/11/2002 11:30:47 ??, ?/? Jochen Merz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ??: > > I understand... and in any case you are a lot more qualified to answer this :-) Yes, and this "qualification" has cost me a lot of money :-( > (My > experience is only between Greece and the US an

Re: [ql-users] Ooo! What's happened

2002-11-10 Thread Bill Waugh
- Original Message - From: "Derek Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Ooo! What's happened > > > Oh, please - everyone has been waiting for this issue to be resolved. Now > > that he has sent you an email

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Jochen Merz
Hi again, > With regard to the payment thing I think that we each should bear > responsibility for our own sales. I'd rather prefer this too. This helps avoid "mistunderstandings" right from the start. > That said I think that an SMSQ/E > Citibank account would be a good idea. We could all pay

Re: [ql-users] QL Service Manual in HTML Format

2002-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> You can compare with the original one. > > ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/technical-docs/QLServiceMan ual.pd > f > > Javier Guerra > Sinclair QL Spanish Resources > http://badared.com/QL The QL manual is also there as a PDF file, but I have NEVER been able to download any files from

Re: [ql-users] Mention in PC Plus

2002-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> Norman Dunbar wrote: > > Guilty as charged - last months issue. We have to spread the word > > somehow don't we ? > > Wow, cool. Any chance to get a scan of your masterpiece? :-) > > > I was also in Linux Format a few issues back as well - getting > > famous now ! > > Ah, training for the job as

Re: [ql-users] QL Today news

2002-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Thanks John. -- Dilwyn Jones - Original Message - From: John Sadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] QL Today news > > > - Original Message - > From: "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "QL Users

[ql-users] Toolkit keywords list

2002-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
François Van Emelen's toolkit keywords list is now available from the QL Documentation page on my website, as a plain text file. There is an email link on the QL Documentation page if you wish to email any extra details or corrections to him for inclusion. http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/qldocs/qldocs.

Re: [ql-users] QL Calendar for 2003

2002-11-10 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 9 Nov 2002, at 23:42, Marcel Kilgus wrote: > > Tony Firshman wrote: > >>ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/people/m/pix/comp/QLs_and_Zwiebeltuete-3-s.jpg > > he he - who is that? What a crank. Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com

Re: [ql-users] Mention in PC Plus

2002-11-10 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 10 Nov 2002, at 11:23, Dilwyn Jones wrote: > > Aha...a possible future editor of QL Today perhaps ;-)) Oops, you"re thinking of resigning? Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 10 Nov 2002, at 12:12, Jochen Merz wrote: (..) > And the costs have not gone down either. Hopefully soon - a directive is on the way under which transfers within the EUR zone may not be more expensive that those within a country in that zone. Come to think of it, perhaps national transfer r

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
> If the person who has the problem with the various piece of software or hardware, >then surely the first point for > solution should be the place where the software or hardware was bought from. >Anything else is a little unreasonable. That's exactly what I have been saying. Wolfgang ---

[ql-users] QL Logos

2002-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
A couple of new offerings for QL logos are now on my QL Logos web page, from Per Witte and Javier Guerra. Thank you both (apologies for the time it took to make time to update the website), I hope to include these in the next QL Today as well to bring them to a wider QL audience. http://www.soft.

Re: [ql-users] QL Logos

2002-11-10 Thread RWAPSoftware
In a message dated 10/11/02 14:06:23 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A couple of new offerings for QL logos are now on my QL Logos web page, from Per Witte and Javier Guerra. Thank you both (apologies for the time it took to make time to update the website), I hope to include these i

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Jochen Merz
> Hopefully soon - a directive is on the way under which transfers > within the EUR zone may not be more expensive that those within > a country in that zone. > Come to think of it, perhaps national transfer rates are going up, > then :-(( A directive already exists about cash machines in the EUR

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 10 Nov 2002, at 0:28, Roy Wood wrote: (...) > Wolfgang is the person who could > incorporate the 'patch' into the distribution not D&D. Yes, then it wouldn't be a "patch" anymore, of course. Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 9 Nov 2002, at 19:31, Roy Wood wrote: > You could be saying there > has to be a version of SMSQ/E specially for the Q60. If so you must > discuss this with Wolfgang. If there was a differnce between the Q60 platform and other platforms (e.g. the Q40), that could warrant another version. It

Re: [ql-users] Ooo! What's happened

2002-11-10 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 9 Nov 2002, at 18:42, ZN wrote: > > The key to it is not to have a wife ;-) A friend of mine used to say that > you have a counter argument if she has her own set of toys. Then he got > married and had all the proof it wasn't so :-) yes, strangen, that, isn't it? Wives never have toys, only

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 9 Nov 2002, at 19:44, Roy Wood wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Derek > Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >I am comming to the London Show with a Q60, I hiope things can be sensible. > For my part, as I told Derek privately, my emails may seem a trifle > 'spirited' but there is

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 9 Nov 2002, at 22:11, Derek Stewart wrote: > > This is inprogress yes. > I can not really see any way of exploiting a the native machines > potential. This is a real sticking here Here, I'll have to disagree forcefully. Of course we can exploit the lmachines native potential. All it takes

Re: [ql-users] QL Service Manual in HTML Format

2002-11-10 Thread Mike MacNamara
Hi Dilwyn The link you are using has ual.pdf on another line on this machine and is not part of the url. If IE, depending on what version - 6? - is not configured from the Tools, Advanced menu to use the facilities you require, it may just stop. Could be ie. that script errors are disabled, so you

Re: [ql-users] QL Service Manual in HTML Format

2002-11-10 Thread RWAPSoftware
In a message dated 10/11/02 14:43:36 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Dilwyn The link you are using has ual.pdf on another line on this machine and is not part of the url. If IE, depending on what version - 6? - is not configured from the Tools, Advanced menu to use the facilities

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Lafe McCorkle
Tony Firshman wrote: On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 at 14:45:21, dndsystems1 wrote: (ref: <00a501c287fe$d1851d00$4f6887d9@asusone>) I know from what you have said that you have used [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a redundant address that I use for reading this list, nothing else. If anythi

Re: [ql-users] QL Service Manual in HTML Format

2002-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> The link you are using has ual.pdf on another line on this > machine and is not part of the url. > If IE, depending on what version - 6? - is not configured from > the Tools, Advanced menu to use the facilities you require, it > may just stop. Could be ie. that script errors are disabled, so > y

Re: [ql-users] Mention in PC Plus

2002-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> > Aha...a possible future editor of QL Today perhaps ;-)) > > Oops, you"re thinking of resigning? > > Wolfgang > - > www.wlenerz.com Did I say that? Did I say that? I did say "future" ;-)) Seriously though, I can see there being a time when fresh blood and fresh ideas might be g

[ql-users] GD2 programs.

2002-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I am trying to draw up a list for publication of QL programs and information files available which make use of the GD2 colour drivers. My list so far includes: PQIV (Claus Graf?) Photon (Dave Westbury) GD2 Docs files (Tony Tebby) Prowess (PROGS-not sure of how much GD2 support, perhaps Joachim c

Re: [ql-users] QL Service Manual in HTML Format

2002-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> I have managed to download the file, using a downloader (FlashGet) - however, > the file is some 15Mb in size, therefore may cause IE to appear to crash!! IE generally shows a progress indicator when downloading large files. When I access any files from the World Of Spectrum ftp site the PC loc

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Dave P
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > Under penalty of being qualified by Dexter as a TT "groupie", I must > say that, if there were defects in the OS and he was made aware of > them, he did fix them. Ummm, no, you're not a groupie! If anything, I am more of a groupie than you are. I u

[ql-users] thanks

2002-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Thanks to everyone who assisted on and off list with the problems downloading the QL manual files from the World Of Spectrum site (Marcel, Mike, Rich etc) The problem turned out to be with downloading PDF files and had nothing (AFAIK) to do with large files. After a while I realised I could downl

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> > Under penalty of being qualified by Dexter as a TT "groupie", I must > > say that, if there were defects in the OS and he was made aware of > > them, he did fix them. > > Ummm, no, you're not a groupie! If anything, I am more of a groupie than > you are. I used to know who TT was when I was a

Re: [ql-users] GD2 programs.

2002-11-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
??? 10/11/2002 11:59:15 ??, ?/? "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ??: > >I am trying to draw up a list for publication of QL programs and >information files available which make use of the GD2 colour drivers. > >My list so far includes: > >PQIV (Claus Graf?) >Photon (Dave Westbury) >GD2 Doc

[ql-users] added zip and pdf format

2002-11-10 Thread QL recursos en castellano
Hi We has been added the 'Sinclair QL Service Manual' ZIP and PDF file formats in the url: http://badared.com/QL/mans/qlsm/qlsm_en.html Regards Javier Guerra Sinclair QL Spanish Resources http://badared.com/QL

[ql-users] London Show

2002-11-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
Hi all, Thanks to everyone who attended the Show. I thought it went very well, and it was good to see so many familar faces once again. I will write a report for the QL magazines when I get time and when I can co-ordinate the comments of other people. Email me privately if you wish to contribu

[ql-users] diagrams and ilustrations in HTML QL Service Manual

2002-11-10 Thread QL recursos en castellano
Hi Somebody can scan the illustrations of this manual to incorporate them to the HTML manual? Contact through email: sinclairql[A]badared[dot]com Regards Javier Guerra Sinclair QL Spanish Resources http://badared.com/QL

Re: [ql-users] QL Calendar for 2003

2002-11-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcel Kilgus writes > >Tony Firshman wrote: >>>ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/people/m/pix/comp/QLs_and_Zwiebeltuete-3-s.jpg >> he he - who is that? > >He's a German hacker known within the scene as "Endergone Zwiebeltüte" >which translates into "endergonic onion bag".

Re: [ql-users] GD2 programs.

2002-11-10 Thread François Lanciault
There is also POVray. In fact, this was one of the first program to have GD2 support Regards François Le Dimanche, 10 nove 2002, à 13:34 US/Eastern, Phoebus Dokos a écrit : ??? 10/11/2002 11:59:15 ??, ?/? "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ??: I am trying to draw up a list for publicat

RE: [ql-users] Mention in PC Plus

2002-11-10 Thread Steve Reyal
Darren (who's sitting here drinking tea) says... "I think your wife sees enough of you already... All 25 stone!!! ;-)" Steve > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:editor@;quanta.org.uk] > On Behalf Of Dilwyn Jones > Sent: 10 November 2002 15:46 >

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 at 09:09:39, Lafe McCorkle wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > > >Tony Firshman wrote: > >>On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 at 14:45:21, dndsystems1 wrote: >>(ref: <00a501c287fe$d1851d00$4f6887d9@asusone>) >> >> >> >I know from what you have said that you have used >[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-10 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Tony Firshman wrote: > I am no expert, but people in the know say that the 'from' address is > the major cause of spam. The 'reply to' is not often used, so Lafe's > suggestion is OK. This is only true in Usenet for the simple reason that the from address is already contained in the overview of

Re: [ql-users] QL Service Manual in HTML Format

2002-11-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 at 12:48:10, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: <002601c288b9$d15dade0$73065cc3@blackpc>) > >> You can compare with the original one. >> >> >ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/technical-docs/QLServiceMan >ual.pd >> f >> >> Javier Guerra >> Sinclair QL Spanish Resources >> http

[ql-users] Fw: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

2002-11-10 Thread Mike MacNamara
Tony Just received this response to an email reply to yours off list. Are you playing with your settings Regards Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.macnamaras.com - Original Message - From: "Mail Delivery System" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 11:55

Re: [ql-users] Fw: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

2002-11-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
??? 10/11/2002 7:20:50 ??, ?/? "Mike MacNamara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ??: > >Tony >Just received this response to an email reply to yours off list. >Are you playing with your settings > >Regards > >Mike > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > No he's not... reply to his regular address... this is to throw of

Re: [ql-users] Fw: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

2002-11-10 Thread Mike MacNamara
Hi Phoebus More like a Spanner than a Spammer Regards Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.macnamaras.com - Original Message - From: "Phoebus Dokos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Fw: Mail delivery failed: returning me

[ql-users] Q-Emulator 2

2002-11-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Does anyone know of a way for Q-Emulator to skip the ROM type detection? The Ultra MG roms do not start as they are 64 K instead of 48.. Is there any hidden switch somewhere? Daniele?

[ql-users] Tyche ROM

2002-11-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Hi all, I was playing with my QXL's pc today and I manage to start the Tyche ROM using Q-Lay... it crashes with the first basic command, but it's interesting... I am posting this pic on QL-chat (hehe-lax rules there) if anyone wants to see what that Super QL would look during startup... Phoebu