RE: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House

2002-06-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
PROTECTED] Tel: 0113 289 6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com - -Original Message- From: Geoff Wicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 8:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House I

Re: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House

2002-06-18 Thread Geoff Wicks
- Original Message - From: Roy Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House I have always given PEK (Pointer Environment Kit) away for free with Easyptr. I do not think I have ever sold a copy of QPTR. -- Indeed it all comes back. That's how I started

Re: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House

2002-06-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
QLib/EasyPTR allows you to make some professional looking programs. It's just a pity that the latter is such a b*gg*r to learn. Have you seen the (excellent) tutorial that was published in Quanta and I think is available on Dilwyn's web site, on using EasyPTR ? I thoroughly recommend it

RE: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House

2002-06-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
Morning Geoff, You wrote : QLib/EasyPTR allows you to make some professional looking programs. It's just a pity that the latter is such a b*gg*r to learn. Have you seen the (excellent) tutorial that was published in Quanta and I think is available on Dilwyn's web site, on using EasyPTR ? I

RE: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House

2002-06-13 Thread Norman Dunbar
George Gwilt writes: TurboPTR, available from the SQLUG website and from Dilwyn's, is intended to allow programmers to use SuperBASIC to write PE programs. This system also allows these programs to be compiled by Turbo, which considerably speeds them up. I have had some useful feedback

Re: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House

2002-06-13 Thread Geoff Wicks
- Original Message - From: P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House George Gwilt writes: I have had some useful feedback from Geoff Wicks but from few others (if any!). Anyone who has suggestions that can be implemented will probably find

Re: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House

2002-06-12 Thread Geogwilt
In a message dated 11/06/02 09:58:45 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think that to start the ball rolling, we need someone to take on the reins of easyptr - bring this up to date and possibly enhance it to create the bare bones of a SuperBASIC procedures to call the menus at

Re: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House

2002-06-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 at 18:30:50, Timothy Swenson wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I kind of jumped in the middle of this thread before I really read any of the messages, so I'm sort of guessing a bit about the on going conversation. I'm assuming that part of the discussion is about the lack

Re: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House

2002-06-11 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Software in the QL community has a much longer life than the Windows world, where using a program 2 years out-of-date is considered a sin. In my experience, the PC scene changes so radically in 2 years (not always for the better) that software stands little chance of still working 2 years on.

Re: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House

2002-06-10 Thread Timothy Swenson
I kind of jumped in the middle of this thread before I really read any of the messages, so I'm sort of guessing a bit about the on going conversation. I'm assuming that part of the discussion is about the lack of new programs coming out for the QL, esp. commercial ones. One thing that I