Re: [Ql-Users] Zoostorm Freedom XL 10-270 netbook
In message a8eb80d94417417f9f629daeb84ee...@d3hkh9x94, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk writes Malcolm Cadman wrote : Maplins have got some offers going, on these small netbooks. One of which is as low as £129.99. PS - Tony, this short reply is when it is better to top-post ... :-) I specifically wanted one with this spec, including Windoze 7: my first experience of it, albeit Home Starter, which is adequate for what I want to do with the little netbook - a mobile QL (QPC) with web access, email and plenty of storage. I think it was IJTDirect who did a Windows CE netbook for £80 recently, though I can't remember if it was 7 or 10 inch screen. BTW, I bet Tony won't half be pleased we've screwed up his preferred bottom posting :o) Dilwyn Jones Clip Hi Dilwyn, Yes, we had better just get our email posting sorted out before the Tony Police get on to us ... :-) Your choice sounds very good. As you say it is fit for purpose. The lowest cost Maplin's notebook is a 7 screen. They also have the MS Wind, on an offer, which is 10, with Windows 7. I am getting closer to being tempted by one of these . Have you been able to network it ? -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Long Lost Sinclair QL Software
On 17/07/2010 10:38, Rich Mellor wrote: I have come across a letter from Sinclair Research (undated) which appears to relate to the very early days of the Sinclair QL before they issued a software catalogue. They list various interesting hardware and software items - many of which I have never come across. This includes: Care Electronics own Centronics Printer Interface (a snip at £65.09) - although Miracle's also appears on the list £39.95 and one from Sigma Research for £34.90 The QL Computermate Disck interface (only £149) and various disk drives, from £159 for the MicroP 3.5 disk drive to £574 for a CST 800K 5.25 disk drive and of course, the Quest International Winchester drive at £1149 (I wonder if they ever sold any?) Unusual software includes: Ariolasoft - QDoctor Bedsoft - Screen Editor / Gambler / Beat the Clock / Autodraw Blain Software - Merry Muncher / Fire Towers / Advance Invaders Brainstorm - Westmonster Palace Cenprime Software - QL Bank Account DA Bandoo - Assembler and Screen Editor Equate - Solar Invaders/Wall Breaker/Draughts/Mind your Path/Statistical Averages/Calendar Goose Software - Printing Format Utilities GST - Small C Intersoft - Executive Adventure - I think I have seen this as PD since? Lattice - C Cross Compiler for IBM PC - QL MicroAPL - APL Micrologic Consultants - QL Terminal Emulator Micro Processor Engineering Lts - QL Forth 83 New Horizon Software - Pacman/QBERT/Golf PCML - CPM/80 PCS - PCS Utilities Peak Electronics - QL Colour Quest Portfolio Software - Stockmarket Manager Posi-Tron - Hi-Res graphics screendump Q-Soft - Agenda QCode - 3 Games - Sprite shooting, Lander and Moon Landing QCode - 68000 Assembler / Editor Quantum mechanics - Qspell (I wonder if this was the version later released by Eidersoft) Quest CP/M 68L RE Jackson - Forth 79 Rodent Software - Adventure Writer /. QL Artist / 2 x 7 Games Cartridges Saltgrade Software - File Manager / File Editor Sigma Research - Sketchpad Snowsoft - Hungry Harry in the Haunted House Summit Software - Frogger / Dungeon Swansoft - Space Trek TDI Limited - UCSD Pascal / Fortran-77 / P-System / Prolog and Advanced Development Toolkit TR Computer Systems - QL Payroll All of this needs adding to the QL Wiki at some stage (any volunteers) - I wonder what happened to the software? I guess some of it may now be in the public domain? I just wondered if this message ever made it to the list - as all I seem to be receiving of late is discussions about a windows based notebook :-) -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk http://www.rwapservices.co.uk -- Try out our new site: http://sellmyretro.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Zoostorm Freedom XL 10-270 netbook
BTW, I bet Tony won't half be pleased we've screwed up his preferred bottom posting :o) Dilwyn Jones Clip Hi Dilwyn, Yes, we had better just get our email posting sorted out before the Tony Police get on to us ... :-) Your choice sounds very good. As you say it is fit for purpose. The lowest cost Maplin's notebook is a 7 screen. I think I remember seeing one last time I was ta a Maplins in Llandudno. They also have the MS Wind, on an offer, which is 10, with Windows 7. Similar price to the Zoostorm and similar spec? I seem to recall that Jochen described his wife's MSI Wind last year either in Quanta mag or QL Today. I am getting closer to being tempted by one of these . Have you been able to network it ? Up to a point: 1. Gets onto internet easily enough (had a minor problem pairing it to the Livebox Orange router, but it's not the first laptop to give that problem, so I think it was a wireless router issue, not a netbook issue) 2. The other PCs in this house will share quite well with it - my desktop, Ann's laptop and the little EeeePc all talk to it happily. Just remember that the default workgroup might be a different name in pre-Vista and Post-Vista Windoze versions (think they default to WORKGROUP in XP and something like HOME in Vista and Windoze7 3. Not tried Sernet. It doesn't have a serial port, and I have no idea if sernet would work through one of the little USB-RS232C adaptor leads you can get (vaguely same principle as Miracle QL serial-par interface). What does work is making QPC2 and QXL.WIN shareable and make shortcuts from all PCs to the one copy, you can then run the same QPC on any one of the machines at a time (not secure though, i think that needs a bit more work to make it available to certain users only?), i think you can run more than one copy but only one can be written to, the others read only (confirm that, Marcel?) 4. Printer sharing - depends on drivers I think. It can see my Stylus 880 and Ann's HP PSC1510 over the network, and both are set to share, but you get errors when trying to print. Actually, not just the netbook, none of the PCs will print to the others' printers - I know for mine the manufacturer website says the printer driver ain't up to it, not checked the other one. I think these 10 inch netbooks are really handy little things, much more useable than the older 7 inch screen ones like the original EeePC (those work well enough, but screen and keyboard just too small). Plenty of them around, research which ones you want at what price. If like me your needs are fairly basic in one of these compared to your main computer, they're quite adequate if all you want is a little mobile system to run QPC and access the web using Windows. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Long Lost Sinclair QL Software
Unusual software includes: Ariolasoft - QDoctor Bedsoft - Screen Editor / Gambler / Beat the Clock / Autodraw Blain Software - Merry Muncher / Fire Towers / Advance Invaders Brainstorm - Westmonster Palace Cenprime Software - QL Bank Account DA Bandoo - Assembler and Screen Editor Equate - Solar Invaders/Wall Breaker/Draughts/Mind your Path/Statistical Averages/Calendar Goose Software - Printing Format Utilities GST - Small C Not sure about 'Small C' - would that be the same one that Urs Koenig got released recently? GST-QC is on the programming languages page on my website. Intersoft - Executive Adventure - I think I have seen this as PD since? Lattice - C Cross Compiler for IBM PC - QL MicroAPL - APL Again, there's an APL on same page on my website, not sure if the same thing. Micrologic Consultants - QL Terminal Emulator Micro Processor Engineering Lts - QL Forth 83 New Horizon Software - Pacman/QBERT/Golf PCML - CPM/80 It was an add-on card which I don't think got released. It appeared in news pages in QL User/World and PCW. If it made it to market, don't think many sold. PCS - PCS Utilities Peak Electronics - QL Colour Quest Portfolio Software - Stockmarket Manager Posi-Tron - Hi-Res graphics screendump Q-Soft - Agenda QCode - 3 Games - Sprite shooting, Lander and Moon Landing QCode - 68000 Assembler / Editor Now I had a copy of this at one time (many moons ago), might have been on one of those cartridges I sent you a while back. Quantum mechanics - Qspell (I wonder if this was the version later released by Eidersoft) Quest CP/M 68L I know former QUanta treasurer Mike Jackson (he lives somewhere in Lancashire) updated some of Quest's QL software (in particular the accounts package) in the late 80s/early 90s. Don't know any more than that. RE Jackson - Forth 79 Check if same as any of the Forth packages on my website - there is a Forth79 package by a Mr Jackson there. Rodent Software - Adventure Writer /. QL Artist / 2 x 7 Games Cartridges Saltgrade Software - File Manager / File Editor Sigma Research - Sketchpad Snowsoft - Hungry Harry in the Haunted House Summit Software - Frogger / Dungeon Swansoft - Space Trek TDI Limited - UCSD Pascal / Fortran-77 / P-System / Prolog and Advanced Development Toolkit TR Computer Systems - QL Payroll All of this needs adding to the QL Wiki at some stage (any volunteers) - I wonder what happened to the software? I guess some of it may now be in the public domain? Check against the games page on my site, or on Games CD, there are some old commercial ones since made PD on there (too much on my plate at the moment!). You might get some info from the 'small ads' in early QL mags. I just wondered if this message ever made it to the list - as all I seem to be receiving of late is discussions about a windows based notebook :-) Sorry about that. It was meant to be in a QL context (makes me an ideal mobile QL!) but it sort of got out of control :o) (At least it proved the list was still working!) Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
