Re: [ql-users] Sbytes

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 01:50:45, David Tubbs wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >Anybody know how I might do this on an XP PC. > >I want to save a chunk every 30 seconds to monitor changes. A chunk of what? Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@.co.uk http://

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 03:22:54, P Witte wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) It's 10 Euros, not pounds. There might be an argument for a considerably reduced fee since the punter here wont have access to SMSQ/E only to a limited amount of its functionality. If there really were a market in the wid

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Rich Mellor
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:13:12 +, Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 03:22:54, P Witte wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) It's 10 Euros, not pounds. There might be an argument for a considerably reduced fee since the punter here wont have access to SMSQ/E only

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Wolfgang Uhlig
Am Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:50:36 - hat Rich Mellor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> geschrieben: The demo version of QPC2 would do, APART from two problems: a) We cannot update the high scores table - this could be overcome by allowing only one type of write to device on the QPC2 runtime - direct to DOSd

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Rich Mellor
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:00:45 +0100, Wolfgang Uhlig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:50:36 - hat Rich Mellor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> geschrieben: The demo version of QPC2 would do, APART from two problems: a) We cannot update the high scores table - this could be overcome by al

Re: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread dilwyn.jones
> Or: I attempt to get the 'feel' of what people in the community want (as > oposed to what they need) and in effect this is, all told, a net zero > vector - so I just pack it in regarding any even slightly radical > developement, or even all developement altogether. At this moment, I could > solel

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Wolfgang Uhlig
Am Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:13:55 - hat Rich Mellor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> geschrieben: - just like the demo does at the moment Sorry, I didn't follow the whole discussion and I didn't download the demo because as a German the game is of no interest for me. Do you want to say that the demo is

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 13:27:27, Wolfgang Uhlig wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >Am Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:13:55 - hat Rich Mellor ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> geschrieben: > >> - just like the demo does at the moment >Sorry, I didn't follow the whole discussion and I didn't download the >demo be

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 20:21:16, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:31:49 +,() Tony Firshman ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /wrote: > >> On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 18:40:44, Malcolm Cadman wrote: >> (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >> >> >>> >>> I am not particularly

Re: Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread dilwyn.jones
> I agree - however, software cannot just presume that it will be run on the > latest version of SMSQ/e - would be nice to display a message saying "This > requires SMSQ/e v3.00 or later - please upgrade". Remember, as was pointed > out at the start of this thread, if a program needed the col

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 01:10:11, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >Well SGCs will never be produced again and that's that... they are way >too expensive anyway to make any sense for a *brilliant admittedly* >piece of hardware of the 90s Cost is not the real killer. One logic c

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Wolfgang Uhlig
Am Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:37:09 + hat Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> geschrieben: It is a very good way of exercising your English (8-)# Is this sort of hint, hint, hint ? ;-)) Does your demo do all these things itself??? It certainly does. It worked fine on my XP system. It was all automat

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 14:08:39, Wolfgang Uhlig wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) Am Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:37:09 + hat Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> geschrieben: It is a very good way of exercising your English (8-)# Is this sort of hint, hint, hint ? ;-)) Does your demo do all these thin

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Rich Mellor
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:08:39 +0100, Wolfgang Uhlig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:37:09 + hat Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> geschrieben: It is a very good way of exercising your English (8-)# Is this sort of hint, hint, hint ? ;-)) Does your demo do all these things it

Re: [ql-users] Sbytes

2004-12-10 Thread David Tubbs
At 09:42 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: >Anybody know how I might do this on an XP PC. > >I want to save a chunk every 30 seconds to monitor changes. A chunk of what? CMOS ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread ZN
On 10/12/04 at 12:24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >1. Qubide II - definitely. Whether QL expansion is SGC or whatever, Qubide >remains the only option for hard disk expansion via IDE from a QL or >Aurora systems. This is doable, but requires a minor and/or major upgrade to the driver. The minor part

Re: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
ÎÎÎ Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:45:38 +0100,Î(Î) ZN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ÎÎÏÎÏÎ/wrote: On 10/12/04 at 12:24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Qubide II - definitely. Whether QL expansion is SGC or whatever, Qubide remains the only option for hard disk expansion via IDE from a QL or Aurora systems. This is do

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread ZN
On 10/12/04 at 13:03 Tony Firshman wrote: >Cost is not the real killer. One logic chip (urmm Mach EP1810 I think) Altera EP1800, nothing to do with the AMD/Vantis/Lattice chips... >was internally changed around 1995. It was still within spec, but >Stuart was pushing the chip so hard, that the

Re: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread P Witte
Phoebus Dokos writes: <> > However in all truth, there is a GREAT SMSQ/e partition tools only it > doesn't run under SMSQ/e... it runs under Linux (atari-fdisk) and it's > worth to boot a ram-based linux only for atari-fdisk :-) Is there any reason why it could not be ported to Qdos/Smsq? <> > >

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
ÎÎÎ Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:49:08 +,Î(Î) Malcolm Cadman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ÎÎÏÎÏÎ/wrote: It was all automatic and very slick. There is even an entry in 'add/remove programs'. Brilliant job. I reckon the average PC user would not even notice the environment they were using. Yes, I can concur w

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rich Mellor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:40:44 +, Malcolm Cadman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <> Well ... from the Demo statistics it looks like over 200 copies have been downloaded. So actual sales of 100 to 200 would be likely. That remai

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes Do you want to say that the demo is a QPC together with a win-file, which installs itself correctly on a PC, whereever a PC-user wants it to install? I would find that very interesting because I had to install such a conste

Re: [ql-users] Sbytes

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 14:13:46, David Tubbs wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >At 09:42 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: > >> >Anybody know how I might do this on an XP PC. >> > >> >I want to save a chunk every 30 seconds to monitor changes. >>A chunk of what? > >CMOS This is getting silly. What cm

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 18:40:44, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) I am not particularly a 'word game' fan. Yet QWord is so good - in function, appearance, and sound - that I will buy it when it is available i

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 03:22:54, P Witte wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) It's 10 Euros, not pounds. There might be an argument for a considerably reduced fee since the punter here wont have access to SMSQ/E only to a limi

Re: [ql-users] Sbytes

2004-12-10 Thread David Tubbs
At 18:50 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 14:13:46, David Tubbs wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >At 09:42 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: > >> >Anybody know how I might do this on an XP PC. >> > >> >I want to save a chunk every 30 seconds to monitor changes. >>A chunk of what? >

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Dave P
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Tony Firshman wrote: > I wonder what the demand for a replacement SGC is? I can't see that it would cost much more to do a complete replacement QL board than just a SGC3. 2.5" HD, 60MHz QL in the original case, anyone? I can't see that it would cost more to do something MU

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Roy wood
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes Roy found this out the hard way having bought a large batch. Fortunately I only programmed a few (they are OTP) and he got a refund. Actually you couldn't program them at all and I had the supplier program the lot which all

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 19:59:39, Roy wood wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >>Roy found this out the hard way having bought a large batch. Fortunately >>I only programmed a few (they are OTP) and he got a refund. >Actual

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
ÎÎÎ Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:30:56 +,Î(Î) Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ÎÎÏÎÏÎ/wrote: On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 19:59:39, Roy wood wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) for Sturat. Which is probably similar to Pheobus ;-) Phoebus ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
ÎÎÎ Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:00:39 +,Î(Î) Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ÎÎÏÎÏÎ/wrote: Indeed, and QL Toady. *ribbit* ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread John Hall
Nasta wrote: > Someone said that there is a source of the GLUE20 logic floating > around, I would certainly like to see it!!! As I mentioned last week, Keith gave me a copy at a semi-recent workshop (Hove, probably) which I can send if required... John __

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT or other OS's

2004-12-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
ÎÎÎ Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:51:35 -,Î(Î) jms1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ÎÎÏÎÏÎ/wrote: That is not true... I have Windows XP-64bit here courtesy of the Uni... Take into account that newspapers can supply DVDs of recent films free. The more I learn about the application of copyright the more I have sym

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread ZN
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 10.12.2004 at 23:28 John Hall wrote: >Nasta wrote: > >> Someone said that there is a source of the GLUE20 logic floating >> around, I would certainly like to see it!!! > >As I mentioned last week, Keith gave me a copy at a semi-recent >workshop (Hove,

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT or other OS's

2004-12-10 Thread Mike MacNamara
- Original Message - From: "Phoebus Dokos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 11:35 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT or other OS's ÎÎÎ Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:51:35 -,Î(Î) jms1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ÎÎÏÎÏÎ/wrote: That is not true..

[ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-10 Thread David Tubbs
At 16:19 10/12/2004 -0500, you wrote: Yes very, all I want to be able to do in an XP PC environment is "sbytes address, length, file" I cant find any facility in DOS or Windows, no QBASIC If you are only trying to see parameters stored upon the booting of your PC Thanks for the answer to a req

Re: [ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 at 04:11:37, David Tubbs wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >At 16:19 10/12/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >>>Yes very, all I want to be able to do in an XP PC environment is >>>"sbytes address, length, file" >>> >>>I cant find any facility in DOS or Windows, no QBASIC >> >>If you

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Rich Mellor
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:27:27 +0100, Wolfgang Uhlig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:13:55 - hat Rich Mellor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> geschrieben: - just like the demo does at the moment Sorry, I didn't follow the whole discussion and I didn't download the demo because as a

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 20:29:31, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > Thu, 9 Dec 2004 12:39:52 -,() jms1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >/wrote: > >> Yes and Linux will use a 64 bit operating system, XP cannot. >> > >That is not true... I have Windows XP-64bit here courtesy of the

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread David Tubbs
At 06:36 10/12/2004 +0100, you wrote: Wolfgang Shouldn't we change the topic header here? Surely should, they are too often wildly inappropriate ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread ZN
On 10/12/04 at 10:46 Phoebus Dokos wrote: [Qubide driver changes] >> Possibly, the initialization sequence could be simplified. All of this >> assumes that the Qubide source (latest version) is available, and AFAIK, >> it is >Yes it is :-) >The latest QubIDE v.2.02 is already incorporated in QDO

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 16:57:53, ZN wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >On 10/12/04 at 13:03 Tony Firshman wrote: > >>Cost is not the real killer. One logic chip (urmm Mach EP1810 I think) > >Altera EP1800, nothing to do with the AMD/Vantis/Lattice chips... > >>was internally changed around 1995.

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread David Tubbs
At 18:54 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: I wonder what the demand for a replacement SGC is? The results of an enhanced survey would give a clue to the potential. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Roy wood
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ZN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes (Roy? What is the legal status of it?), Qubide, as far as I know from conversing with Phil is Open source and free. The major part is more radical. It is high time that hard drive partitions and formats be unified on QL platforms, and

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Roy wood
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes I wonder what the demand for a replacement SGC is? Until recently the demand for SGCs was high but I have had a couple for a while now and no one seems to want one. A SGC with a fast chip and more RAM would sell though. --

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT or other OS's

2004-12-10 Thread jms1
A lot of useful information has come out of this thread - Original Message - From: "Roy wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT See original > I have no axe to grind here either. Personall

Re: [ql-users] Sbytes

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 19:29:43, David Tubbs wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) At 18:50 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 14:13:46, David Tubbs wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >At 09:42 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: > >> >Anybody know how I might do this on an XP PC. >> > >> >I

Re: [ql-users] Sbytes

2004-12-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
ÎÎÎ Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:29:43 +,Î(Î) David Tubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ÎÎÏÎÏÎ/wrote: At 18:50 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 14:13:46, David Tubbs wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >At 09:42 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: > >> >Anybody know how I might do this on an XP PC.

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 16:41:03, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:30:56 +,() Tony Firshman ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /wrote: > >> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 19:59:39, Roy wood wrote: >> (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >> >> >> for Sturat. > >Which is probabl