Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.39

[pjw via Ql-Users]

Hi Richard,

My condolences.

Thank you for letting us know. George was one of the greats. He will 
be missed!


Per

On 11/03/2024 15:20, George Gwilt via Ql-Users wrote:

Hello everyone at the QL-Users group.  I guess most of you knew of mu father, 
George Gwilt - this is just to let you know that he passed away this past 
Saturday.

All the best,

Richard Gwilt





On 25 Feb 2024, at 20:54,qlus...@sinclairql.net  via 
Ql-Users  wrote:


This is great news!

It took me some time to do a first test run with QPC2 and QL/E v3.23 this 
evening. So far all is well.

QL forever!
Urs
  
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Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 3.00

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On 19/02/2024 19:12, Derek via Ql-Users wrote:

Which is the best version of Java to use?


No idea. I was trying to download v17 from Adobe on my Windows 11 
notebook but Adobe resisted all my attempts and got me to download 
v20, which was their latest at the time. That broke the SMSQmulator 
installation I had at the time. The upgrade reqired e to reconfigure 
SMSQmulator from scratch. But now alls swell again.


My Windows 10 machine has an earlier Java v17. The recent SMSQmulator 
upgrade was completely painless.


Ive still got my Raspi and Macbook Ubunto systems to update. I dont 
recall  which Java versions I have on them; I just used the versions 
they offered.


Per


I use the version installed by the Linux Distro.


On 19 February 2024 17:16:57 GMT, pjw via Ql-Users  
wrote:

I have one system running on Java v17 and another running on Java v20. AFAICS 
both appear to be fine (apart from some minor niggles I shant bother you with).
Per
On 19/02/2024 18:01, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:

Hi Derek,

Thanks that's good to know
Regards

Wolfgang



Hi,

All works fine with me installation of Java 11 on Linux Mint 21.2, selecting 
Reset from menbar resets the emulator.

Regards
DerekT



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Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 3.00

[pjw via Ql-Users]

I have one system running on Java v17 and another running on Java v20. 
AFAICS both appear to be fine (apart from some minor niggles I shant 
bother you with).

Per
On 19/02/2024 18:01, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:

Hi Derek,

Thanks that's good to know
Regards

Wolfgang



Hi,

All works fine with me installation of Java 11 on Linux Mint 21.2, 
selecting Reset from menbar resets the emulator.


Regards
DerekT




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Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.39

[pjw via Ql-Users]

Totally agree!
Per
On 19/02/2024 12:38, Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users wrote:
I would like to express my thanks to Wolfgang, Marcel, Peter and all 
the other developers, HW and SW, who continue to give QL a future 
and who allow QL to be not just a retro "phenomenon".
Q68, SMSQ/E, Ethernet drivers, slowly and laboriously, keep the QL 
connected to the future, therefore not just a retro nostalgic memory.

Well done everyone.

Fabrizio

On 17/02/24 13:58, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:


Hi all,

SMSQE 3.39 is out now.


Various bugfixes by Marcel
SMSQ/E for Q-emulator (by Daniele)
EXEP_M EXEP_W keywords and related functions
Name of JOB_NAME for Sbasic may now be 48 chars long
Q68 setting date also sets it in the hardware clock, if PROT_DATE 
allows it

Q68 better serport handling
Q68 allows for configuurable home/end keys
SMSQmulator can handle serial ports (experimental feature)
CKEYON/CKEYOFF could malfunction under some circumstances
SER_FLOW no longer gives error every time it is used
Recent thing bugs corrected

This can get downloaded from wlenerz.com/smsqe

Have fun!

Wolfgang
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Re: [Ql-Users] Q68 manual

[pjw via Ql-Users]

Yes! See this link: https://qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2082=70
Per
On 17/02/2024 23:23, Michael Grunditz via Ql-Users wrote:

Is it possible to buy a Q68 these days?


Michael

On Sat, 17 Feb 2024 at 14:54, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
  wrote:

Hi all,

I updated the Q68 manual, it can be found at
https://wlenerz.com/Q68/Q68-SMSQE.zip

(nothing earth-shattering there, it explains PROT_DATE, my experiences
with SDXC cards and some new config options).

Have fun!

Wolfgang
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Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.39

[pjw via Ql-Users]

Thank you, Wolf! :o)
Per
On 17/02/2024 13:58, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:


Hi all,

SMSQE 3.39 is out now.


Various bugfixes by Marcel
SMSQ/E for Q-emulator (by Daniele)
EXEP_M EXEP_W keywords and related functions
Name of JOB_NAME for Sbasic may now be 48 chars long
Q68 setting date also sets it in the hardware clock, if PROT_DATE 
allows it

Q68 better serport handling
Q68 allows for configuurable home/end keys
SMSQmulator can handle serial ports (experimental feature)
CKEYON/CKEYOFF could malfunction under some circumstances
SER_FLOW no longer gives error every time it is used
Recent thing bugs corrected

This can get downloaded from wlenerz.com/smsqe

Have fun!

Wolfgang
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Re: [Ql-Users] QDOS & SMSQ reference guide, Configuration standard manual

[pjw via Ql-Users]

Hi Wolfgang,

This link doesnt seem to be correct..
Per

On 17/02/2024 14:03, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:

Hi all,


QDOS & SMSQ reference guide v. 4.8 is out.

I also re-made the manual for the Configurations standard, levels 1 
& 2, with some assembler examples.



This can be downloaded from wlenerz.com/qlstuff (under documentation)

Have fun!

Wolfgang

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Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 3.00

[pjw via Ql-Users]

Fantastic! :o)

Per
On 17/02/2024 14:00, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:

Hi all,

SMSQmulator 3.00 is out, for  versions 11 and 17 of java.

The bump to v. 3.00 is due to the manu internal changes that were.
SMSqmulator does now have aaaccess to srrial ports (this is stimll 
experimental - it works here).




This can be downloaded from wlenerz.com/smsqmulator

Have fun!

Wolfgang

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[Ql-Users] Announcement for the 40th Anniversary of the Sinclair QL in Dormagen (Germany)

[pjw via Ql-Users]

This is not my invitation to make, so apologies if Im stepping on 
anyone's toes, but I thought this information needed to be more widely 
disseminated. So heres a mash-up of information gleaned so far. Detlef 
writes on QL Forum:


/Announcement for the 40th Anniversary of the Sinclair QL in Dormagen 
(Germany)/


/Hi all,
the meeting in Germany will take place at the weekend of 17/18/19 of 
May 24 in Dormagen.
It will take place in a Hotel. Dormagen is located between the 
airports of Düsseldorf and Cologne.
From there for both directions is a so called "Regio"-Railway 
connection available (less than 1/2h to Dormagen Railway station).
From Railway to Hotel is about 1.8 km (a bit more than a mile). If 
there are not to many, i can pick you up at the railway station.

Otherwise you need to used the taxi service at the station.
Even originally planned as a "German" meeting, all are welcome.
/

/Now the room rate is 89.00 Euro for a single room and 6 Euro for 
overnight parking.
The name of the hotel is Hoetche https://hoettche.de/. Just switch to 
English.
There is a contingent of 10 Rooms reserved for us, just mention 
"Computertreffen" at booking.
As already addressed you are able to get from the airports of Cologne 
and Düsseldorf to Dormagen within 0.5h.

/

/<> All further updates and details for that meeting will be published 
at this link in English: www.dieobis.de/home/en 


The German version is at www.dieobis.de ./

Will this be a breath of fresh air? Or a last gasp? Either way, its 
got to be worth going! I hope many international QL pundits and 
punters will turn up. I still have fond memories of the 2010 meeting 
in Vienna, Austria.

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Re: [Ql-Users] bug in String handling

[pjw via Ql-Users]

Well, whatever you guys choose to believe, please no one try to "fix" 
it as this behaviour appears to be consistent across the board - at 
least as far as JS, Minerva and SMSQ/E are concerned. If programmers 
keep their indices in order the issue should never arise anyway.

Per
On 13/01/2024 13:42, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:

Norman Dunbar wrote:


I still think that returning "" for a specific string slice from (a 
to a-1) is a bug!



I tend to agree. x$ (a to b) where b is smaller than a should rise 
an error.The only way that would make any kind of sense to me would 
be if this returned the array contents in the reverse order. Now 
THAT would be a cool feature!



Bite me!!! ;-)


I'd rather not...

Wolfgang
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Re: [Ql-Users] bug in String handling

[pjw via Ql-Users]

Line 105: The construct a$(n to n - 1) represents the empty string 
(even when n = 1). Since it is replicated in JS, Minerva and SMSQ/E Im 
assuming it is by design. It also makes sense as there would be no 
other way to represent a string slice of null.


Line 115: I guess a$( to 0) is read as a$(1 to 0) which fits the 
criteria above.


Line 120: a$(0) should be fine also. It represents the string length. 
Assignment to this location is also acceptable:


DIM a$(10):  remark Define/Make space
a$(0) = 10:        remark Set size
BGET#channel; a$(to 10):  remark Get 10 bytes from channel

This works with JS and Minerva (both with TK2 V3.32+), and SMSQ/E

Line 110: This is clearly an error and is treated as such.

Per
On 08/01/2024 17:51, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:

Hi,

Line 120 is due to the fast that strings are not 0 based index. So 
what would a$(0) be?
Under SMSQ/E at least, print a$(0) in the above example would give 
"10" - which is the length of the string... Since this seems to be 
an unorthodox behaviour, it's no wonder Qlib balks at it.


Line 105 makes no sense to me, just what should one expect from 
that? (maybe the reversed string (2 to 4)???), this should probably 
raise an error, just like line 110 does.


line 115 results in an empty strin,g - there is nothing before 0, so 
nothing can be obtained. Again, this should probably raise an error.


Have fun

WOlfgang


Hi,
Some other anomalies

100 a$ = "1234567890"
105 b$ = a$(4 to 3): REMark This works
110 REMark c$ = a$(4 to 2): REMark This fails with an error.
115 c$ = a$( to 0) : REMark  no error returned
120 c$ = a$(0):    : REMark  no error returned  BUT ERROR IF 
QLIBERATED

125 pause:stop

The problem of slicing strings was already discused here many years 
ago. I think it was Marcel Kilgus who gave us some explanation.


François Van Emelen



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Re: [Ql-Users] QubLink and DiReXt

[pjw via Ql-Users]

Dilwyn,

I havent exactly put QubLink through its paces yet, but it appears to 
work fine on QPC2.


On SMSQmulator V2.33 with SMSQ/E V3.38, however, the program starts up 
as a button all right, but when I hit the button all I get is:

Line 2235 String is not numeric. Fini.

BTW I presume you mean QWIRC, not QIRC.

QubLink fills a space not covered by Qwirc, so thats a Good Thing. You 
very modestly forgot to mention your own WinDOS

 which does much the same ;o)

Sadly Qwirc has become increasingly "incompatible", not due to some 
strange digital atrophy but due to changes in the inner workings of 
the various platforms. A new version, which has been in the works for 
quite some time, and is now near to completion, may be released one day..


Per
On 26/11/2023 14:56, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users wrote:

Two new softwares from Alain Haoui:

QUBLINK
---
QubLink v1.04 is a PE driven utility program allowing an easy way to
manage hard and soft drive linking on different QL systems.

It is in some ways a multi-platform variant of the well known
utilities WINLINK (from G.Underwood) and QIRC (from P.Witte) together.

It works on expanded BBQL with QubIDE/Clones under QDOS/Minerva, Qx0
and QPC2 running SMSQ/E. Recent TK2 and PE are mandatory, GD2 and
QPAC2 are only recommended.

QubLink was written by QubATA author Alain Haoui.

Download the software free of charge from
https://dilwyn.qlforum.co.uk/utils/index.html

DIREXT
--
DiReXt is a system toolkit which adds a few commands to BASIC to
perform various directory tree operations on level 2 file systems. It
was written by the author of QubATA, Alain Hauoi.

DiReXt, also known as Directories Recursive eXtensions, consists of
extensions to copy, rename, move, backup and sync entire directories.

Here's a list of the extensions:

RENAME_DIR - rename recursovely a whole DIR tree
COPY_DIR - copy recursively a whole DIR tree
MOVE_DIR - move recursively a whole DIR tree
BACKUP_DIR - backup recursively a whole DIR tree
SYNC_DIR - synchronise two directory trees
DUP_DIR - duplicate a directory tree (only directories)
LIST_DIR - list all files in a directory tree
STAT_DIR - show statistics for each subdirectory
TOUCH_DIR - touch all files update date in a tree
DELETE_DIR - delete all files and sub-directories
HELP_DIR - short help text

The toolkit is available to download free of charge from
https://dilwyn.qlforum.co.uk/tk/index.html
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Re: [Ql-Users] Save problems with QPC2, QD, QPAC2 or SMSQm8

[pjw via Ql-Users]

If you write a lot of programs you will occasionally corrupt your hard 
disk etc. Occupational hazard!


On the occasions its happened to me Ive tried various things, 
including the two Tebby hard disk tools. My problems didnt, perhaps, 
fit with what theyre supposed to fix, as they never seemed to make any 
difference..


What did make a difference in my case was QLWARZ, or rather what lead 
me to stitching it together in the first place. When it gets to 
corrupts files or directories the program crashes (yes!) Then I just 
keep typing CONTINUE until it picks itself up and runs again. At the 
end of the process, everything that can be saved is copied. Some 
damaged files remain damaged, but at least they are "legal" and dont 
mess with your system.


Clearly, if you need to retrieve irreplaceable material after that you 
will need to go back to the original win drive (QLWARZ doesnt fiddle 
with it other than renaming it) and set to work with a file editor, 
such as Wolfgang Lenerz'es Wined (https://www.wlenerz.com/qlstuff/#wined)!


HTH, Per

On 24/11/2023 15:10, Bob Spelten via Ql-Users wrote:
That's what I did. A larger win2_ was formatted and dirs/files were 
copied with Cueshell from the old win2_.

I only hope any corruption was not migrated with it.
Are there any tools available to examine a suspect win drive?

Bob

Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users wrote:

Hi,

no issue here, same with QPC and SMSQmulator.

I suspect your  win2 is corrupted in some way, it happened to me 
with the same error of "drive full",  try to use the tool QLWARZ 
from Per Witte to check if something change.


Fabrizio


On 24/11/23 14:21, Bob Spelten via Ql-Users wrote:

I experienced a strange problem with Saving a text from QD.
Under QPC2 the Overwrite from QD to win2_ froze the emulator.
The same file under SMSQmulator8 to the same win2_ gave no problem.
The text file is about 250KB in size.

Saving to ram2_ from QD went OK on both emulators.
Backup of the ram2_ text to win2_ by QPAC2 froze QPC2 again, not 
under SMSQm8.
Copy with QPAC2 now reported 'drive full' while it claimed 28MB 
free on win2_.
Then I found that the same Copy from SMSQm8 had saved only 10% of 
the text - QPAC2 reported the full size - thus avoiding the 'drive 
full' error.


The emulators, SMSQ/E & QD are the latest versions running under W$7.
I also tried older versions with the same result.
So why is the free MB size wrong?
Why does QPC2 freeze and not report an error from QD?
Why does SMSQm8 deceive me into thinking it all went OK?

Bob



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Re: [Ql-Users] Save problems with QPC2, QD, QPAC2 or SMSQm8

[pjw via Ql-Users]

Thanks Fabrizio, youre too kind :) I dont know when Knoware will be 
online again. I still keep adding to it whenever I get a chance..

QLWARZ, however, is also on Dilwyn's site.
Per
On 24/11/2023 14:54, Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users wrote:
...when your web site will be back?  the content of your website 
has, for me, great value for everyone who wants to program with the 
QL

​

On 24/11/23 14:45, pjw via Ql-Users wrote:
Could your win2_ be corrupt? Try creating a fresh win2_ (QLWARZ 
makes that easy) I hope you didnt lose (too much) data!

Per
On 24/11/2023 14:21, Bob Spelten via Ql-Users wrote:

I experienced a strange problem with Saving a text from QD.
Under QPC2 the Overwrite from QD to win2_ froze the emulator.
The same file under SMSQmulator8 to the same win2_ gave no problem.
The text file is about 250KB in size.

Saving to ram2_ from QD went OK on both emulators.
Backup of the ram2_ text to win2_ by QPAC2 froze QPC2 again, not 
under SMSQm8.
Copy with QPAC2 now reported 'drive full' while it claimed 28MB 
free on win2_.
Then I found that the same Copy from SMSQm8 had saved only 10% of 
the text - QPAC2 reported the full size - thus avoiding the 'drive 
full' error.


The emulators, SMSQ/E & QD are the latest versions running under W$7.
I also tried older versions with the same result.
So why is the free MB size wrong?
Why does QPC2 freeze and not report an error from QD?
Why does SMSQm8 deceive me into thinking it all went OK?

Bob



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Re: [Ql-Users] Save problems with QPC2, QD, QPAC2 or SMSQm8

[pjw via Ql-Users]

Could your win2_ be corrupt? Try creating a fresh win2_ (QLWARZ makes 
that easy) I hope you didnt lose (too much) data!

Per
On 24/11/2023 14:21, Bob Spelten via Ql-Users wrote:

I experienced a strange problem with Saving a text from QD.
Under QPC2 the Overwrite from QD to win2_ froze the emulator.
The same file under SMSQmulator8 to the same win2_ gave no problem.
The text file is about 250KB in size.

Saving to ram2_ from QD went OK on both emulators.
Backup of the ram2_ text to win2_ by QPAC2 froze QPC2 again, not 
under SMSQm8.
Copy with QPAC2 now reported 'drive full' while it claimed 28MB free 
on win2_.
Then I found that the same Copy from SMSQm8 had saved only 10% of 
the text - QPAC2 reported the full size - thus avoiding the 'drive 
full' error.


The emulators, SMSQ/E & QD are the latest versions running under W$7.
I also tried older versions with the same result.
So why is the free MB size wrong?
Why does QPC2 freeze and not report an error from QD?
Why does SMSQm8 deceive me into thinking it all went OK?

Bob



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Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 226, Issue 3

[pjw via Ql-Users]

Hi Rudolf,

Im not sure I understand your message properly. I agree M$ Windows is 
the world's worst OS! - apart from all the alternatives!


( Qdos/SMSQ excepted, of course ;o) )

Thanks  for responding to my test. I now know that Im connected to 
this list!


Regards,

Per

On 28/04/2023 04:16, rimes via Ql-Users wrote:


Hallo Per

Im a user off QL / Aurora system.
My Name ‚Rudolf‘ in Switzerland. Contacts are Urs König und Markus Dettweiler 
and Marcel in Germany.
As I see you using Google! I’m using ‚Startpage‘ instead. Mozilla is my 
favourite com.
For office work ‚Libreoffice‘. In system setup blockt all unnecessary Window 
related
‚Return‘ messages to Microsoft. Still using Win 8.1. In Window system32. I mod. 
some info related to ‘remember’ mi about upgrade to latest Windows. Me Bad men!…
Oh the computer has two HDs. The one Windows, the other MX Linux!
Of course QPC2 on it.
But basically I’m not a deep freak of Win related programs, so don’t ask for it.
Ql for ever.

Best regard’s
Rudolf


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I deleted my old email account,pjwi...@online.no, as the ISP decided
to start charging for it. I dont mind paying for good quality Internet
services, but I still have a few free (for now!) accounts.

Going through everything to remove all references and contacts from
the old account was quite daunting! And this for an account I hardly
ever use for anything. When the day comes that goggle and the rest
decide to start charging, most people I guess will just pay whatever
they demand, rather than suffer the hassle of changing. Ive been with
goggle since they first started, so Ive used it everywhere for
everything for years. Its like joining a cult: easy to get in; almost
impossible to get out!

Per


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Re: [Ql-Users] testing [OT]

[pjw via Ql-Users]

I deleted my old email account, pjwi...@online.no, as the ISP decided 
to start charging for it. I dont mind paying for good quality Internet 
services, but I still have a few free (for now!) accounts.


Going through everything to remove all references and contacts from 
the old account was quite daunting! And this for an account I hardly 
ever use for anything. When the day comes that goggle and the rest 
decide to start charging, most people I guess will just pay whatever 
they demand, rather than suffer the hassle of changing. Ive been with 
goggle since they first started, so Ive used it everywhere for 
everything for years. Its like joining a cult: easy to get in; almost 
impossible to get out!


Per

> testing
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testing
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