[ql-users] Q40 size of disk

Greetings, I would like to know a way to get the number of sectors of a harddisk attached to a Q40. I do not want the number of sector of the partition, but really the number of sector of the whole harddisk. Does anybody know a way for that ? (assuming that the disk is directly from the shop, wi

Re: [ql-users] is minus one = -1?

Marcel Kilgus wrote: The history is documented here http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/ieee754status/754story.html Superb link... thanks. (How the hell did you find it?). PS. After having a quick shot at Google to see if I could get to your link location, I did hit this one: http://catless.ncl.

Re: [ql-users] is minus one = -1?

P Witte wrote: TonyTebby writes: The 68xxx series is 16 bit word oriented (even on the 68008 8 bit bus version) so a whole word exponent makes sense. But, by using only 12 bits for the exponent (enough for astonomical callculations) the 4 MSBs can be used as the "floating point number token" flag

[ql-users] Byfleet - 2003

In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I can confirm that Ken Bain IS organising the Byfleet show for 9/11. Christopher Cave

Re: [ql-users] is minus one = -1?

TonyTebby wrote: > I have always suspected that IEEE format was defined by a committee > whose primary object was to ensure that "standard" floating point > numbers could not be handled efficiently in either software or > microcoded hardware using simple integer operations. The idea being > to for

Re: [ql-users] Cancelled London Quanta Group meeting - July 2003

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Malcolm Cadman wrote: > >>No good - there is a QL show in Reutlingen planned for that weekend - > >>well that is what I have in my diary. Jochen can confirm. > >Sorry getting totally confused here. > >I am singing in Reutlingen that weekend. > >By all means have it then, bu

Re: [ql-users] Cancelled London Quanta Group meeting - July 2003

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 at 22:08:07, Tony Firshman wrote: >(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > >> >>On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 at 19:02:02, Malcolm Cadman wrote: >>(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >> >> >>>A London QUANTA Workshop is to be planne

Re: [ql-users] Cancelled London Quanta Group meeting - July 2003

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gwicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >- Original Message - >From: "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [ql-users] Cancelled London Quanta Group meeting - July 2003 > >> I was under the impression that Ken Bain was organising a Byfleet >> workshop

Re: [ql-users] Cancelled London Quanta Group meeting - July 2003

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 at 19:02:02, Malcolm Cadman wrote: >(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > >>A London QUANTA Workshop is to be planned for Sunday 16th November 2003 >>( 3rd Sunday in month to avoid clash problem last year ! ).

Re: [ql-users] Cancelled London Quanta Group meeting - July 2003

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dilwyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >> A London QUANTA Workshop is to be planned for Sunday 16th November >2003 >> ( 3rd Sunday in month to avoid clash problem last year ! ). >Although >> this is still subject to change depending on availability of QL >Traders

Re: [ql-users] Cancelled London Quanta Group meeting - July 2003

- Original Message - From: "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ql-users] Cancelled London Quanta Group meeting - July 2003 > I was under the impression that Ken Bain was organising a Byfleet > workshop on 9th November 2003. Does it make sense to have two separate > workshop

Re: [ql-users] is minus one = -1?

TonyTebby writes: > The 68xxx series is 16 bit word oriented (even on the 68008 8 bit bus > version) so a whole word exponent makes sense. > But, by using only 12 bits for the exponent (enough for astonomical > callculations) the 4 MSBs can be used as the "floating point number token" > flag wit

Re: [ql-users] Cancelled London Quanta Group meeting - July 2003

On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 at 22:08:07, Tony Firshman wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 at 19:02:02, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) A London QUANTA Workshop is to be planned for Sunday 16th November 2003 ( 3rd Sunday in month to avoid clash problem last year ! ). Al

Re: [ql-users] Cancelled London Quanta Group meeting - July 2003

> A London QUANTA Workshop is to be planned for Sunday 16th November 2003 > ( 3rd Sunday in month to avoid clash problem last year ! ). Although > this is still subject to change depending on availability of QL Traders, > when exact arrangements are made. > > > Malcolm Cadman - Organiser London QL

Re: [ql-users] is minus one = -1?

> > P Witte wrote: > > While were talking fp, can someone please explain what the purpose of the > > $81f bias (or whatever the technical term) is? Why not just represent > > exponents as +/-32k ? > > > > Per > > > > Lau replied > > It's a bit "historic", I suspect. > More than that, it is very