Re: [Ql-Users] Qemulator download
Tony Firshman wrote, on 13/Feb/11 14:24 | Feb13: I see Qemulator has moved form geocities. What link should I use for it? Found it on Dilwyn's site (ironically hosted by *my* server). http://terdina.net/ql/q-emulator.html Thanks Dilwyn. Did you realise your brother has now beaten you in the Google rankings, or maybe you are an electrician in Ascot during the week. Nice van (8-)# http://www.dilwynjones.com/ Tony Eeek!!! Explains that email I got over Christmas which I thought was spam :-( There's also a village called Dilwyn in Herefordshire...www.dilwyn.com :-) There's also a namesake of mine writing books about Egyptian archaeology :-| try http://www.allbookstores.co.uk/book/0292740395 for a book about Egyptian boats I think...should have tried that,I might have earned a bit more money! 192.com know of 177 people with my name in the UK (even a few outside Wales!) Time to change my name to something rarer like Tony Firshman I think ;-) Dilwyn Jones (the one in Bethesda) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk wrote: Dilwyn Jones (the one in Bethesda) Bethesda, Maryland? Have you been defense contracting again?!?! Bad boy! If my name was Dilwyn, I'd visit foreign countries and pretend to be mute. I'd simply pass a calling card with Dilwyn printed on it, then watch them slaughter my name. I haven't decided if that would be masochism or sadism... Dave ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Dilwyn Jones (the one in Bethesda) Bethesda, Maryland? Have you been defense contracting again?!?! Bad boy! If my name was Dilwyn, I'd visit foreign countries and pretend to be mute. I'd simply pass a calling card with Dilwyn printed on it, then watch them slaughter my name. I haven't decided if that would be masochism or sadism... Dave Actually, neither's original, or one from the other AFAIK. It was Hebrew originally. The US one might be named after the Welsh one if it was a British immigrant who founded it, though I doubt it. In Wales, Bethesda is a common name for a Christian chapel. It derives from the Bible and means House Of Mercy. Not that you'll ever get any here, after the great Penrhyn quarry strikes of the early 1900s there are still families here who don't speak because of that sorry period. Even to this day, because of the A5 road passing through Bethesda on the historic dividing line of the Penrhyn estate, to this day pubs only exist on one side of the road! Now that's progress... According to John Jones in his book Welsh Place Names, 1996, the original place name of this village was Cilfoden. Its present name derives from the Congregational chapel built there in 1819. As for the US version, according to Wikipedia: It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda. Just blame it all on religion! Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Bethesda, Maryland? Have you been defense contracting again?!?! Bad boy! If my name was Dilwyn, I'd visit foreign countries and pretend to be mute. I'd simply pass a calling card with Dilwyn printed on it, then watch them slaughter my name. I haven't decided if that would be masochism or sadism... Dave He he...good idea! Having just returned from the Caribbean islands and found one of my taxi drivers in St Vincent was called Llywelyn...(yes, though black himself, he explained his grandad was a white Welsh mariner who married a local woman and settled there). I was a bit concerned that the locals might not understand my Welsh accent. In practice, it was the scousers and geordies who needed the interpreter. Guess who usually had to interpret for some of the locals trying to communicate with some from England ;-) Actually, mispronunciations of my name are rare. Mis-spellings (usually in QL Today) are more common... Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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It also had me going for a while looking at the ICE MICE screens seeing 'by D Jones' only to find later the name of the author was David in the documentation anyway. Lee - Back to the QL- - Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Qemulator download Bethesda, Maryland? Have you been defense contracting again?!?! Bad boy! If my name was Dilwyn, I'd visit foreign countries and pretend to be mute. I'd simply pass a calling card with Dilwyn printed on it, then watch them slaughter my name. I haven't decided if that would be masochism or sadism... Dave He he...good idea! Having just returned from the Caribbean islands and found one of my taxi drivers in St Vincent was called Llywelyn...(yes, though black himself, he explained his grandad was a white Welsh mariner who married a local woman and settled there). I was a bit concerned that the locals might not understand my Welsh accent. In practice, it was the scousers and geordies who needed the interpreter. Guess who usually had to interpret for some of the locals trying to communicate with some from England ;-) Actually, mispronunciations of my name are rare. Mis-spellings (usually in QL Today) are more common... Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Qemulator download
I see Qemulator has moved form geocities. What link should I use for it? Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Try here: http://www.terdina.net/ql/winql.html -Original Message- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Tony Firshman Sent: 13 February 2011 14:25 To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: [Ql-Users] Qemulator download I see Qemulator has moved form geocities. What link should I use for it? Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Tony Firshman wrote, on 13/Feb/11 14:24 | Feb13: I see Qemulator has moved form geocities. What link should I use for it? Found it on Dilwyn's site (ironically hosted by *my* server). http://terdina.net/ql/q-emulator.html Thanks Dilwyn. Did you realise your brother has now beaten you in the Google rankings, or maybe you are an electrician in Ascot during the week. Nice van (8-)# http://www.dilwynjones.com/ Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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-- From: Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 8:00 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Qemulator download pjwitte wrote, on 13/Feb/11 19:55 | Feb13: pjwitte wrote: Thanks Dilwyn. Did you realise your brother has now beaten you in the Google rankings, or maybe you are an electrician in Ascot during the week. Nice van (8-)# http://www.dilwynjones.com/ This is what Google Chrome thinks of the site you site: Warning: Something's Not Right Here! Oops! Sorry for the massive quote! It was invisible to me until I received it here in plaintext. Must be some html formatting that somehow got included. He he - I wonder what tinyurl would make of that one - it woudl fill its storage (8-)# Dilwyn - what does this all mean I wonder. You are unlikely to get a reply from Dilwyn as he is on holiday. In Norton the electrician's site is marked as untested, but Dilwyn's is given a clear OK, Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Qemulator (or another QL-Emulator) for IPhone, iPod and iPad?
I know this was already suggested by some members here, but now, as Apple relaxes its AppStore rules a little bit http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/18/as-apple-relaxes-app-store-rules-c64-emulator-for-ios-gets-basi/ it would make more sense. Now it is possible to make a QL-Emulator with integrated SuperBasic for iOS. Additional QEmulator for MacOSX is on its way and it should´t be that heavy to port this version to iOS. I would definitely pay such an emulator (bundled with QL-apps)! I will ask Daniele about this matter. O.k., I am very selfish, because I will buy an iPad the next few days, but I think there are other QLers with iPhones, who would also like an QL-Emulator for their device;-) Regards to all, Anton ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Anton Preinsack wrote: I know this was already suggested by some members here, but now, as Apple relaxes its AppStore rules a little bit http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/18/as-apple-relaxes-app-store-rules-c64-emulator-for-ios-gets-basi/ it would make more sense. Now it is possible to make a QL-Emulator with integrated SuperBasic for iOS. Additional QEmulator for MacOSX is on its way and it should´t be that heavy to port this version to iOS. I would definitely pay such an emulator (bundled with QL-apps)! I will ask Daniele about this matter. O.k., I am very selfish, because I will buy an iPad the next few days, but I think there are other QLers with iPhones, who would also like an QL-Emulator for their device;-) Regards to all, Anton Sounds like good news. The more platforms we can get some form of QL system on, the better for the future of the QL. I'm not an iPhone/iPad user myself, but would watch progress in this area with interest. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:23:47 +, Tony Firshman wrote copying exercise for Winchester Research Unit Another great QDOS feature I discovered which saved loads of time. I used: 5 CLS 10 FORMAT ram1_mdv1_ 15 WSTAT ram1_ 30 WCOPY ram1_ to flp2_f05_2_ 35 STAT flp2_ 40 ed 30 I did the ED 30 so I could edit for the next mdv. Now what I didn't expect was that after down arrow to save the line, when I pressed ESC there was another implicit RUN! OK 'RUNenter' isn't a load of typing by itself, but when one has maybe 350 microdrives it IS, especially as sometimes one has to run dozens of times to eventually read some files. Excellent! It really works. But is it by design or by chance? Arnould ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Arnould wrote: On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:23:47 +, Tony Firshman wrote copying exercise for Winchester Research Unit Another great QDOS feature I discovered which saved loads of time. I used: 5 CLS 10 FORMAT ram1_mdv1_ 15 WSTAT ram1_ 30 WCOPY ram1_ to flp2_f05_2_ 35 STAT flp2_ 40 ed 30 I did the ED 30 so I could edit for the next mdv. Now what I didn't expect was that after down arrow to save the line, when I pressed ESC there was another implicit RUN! OK 'RUNenter' isn't a load of typing by itself, but when one has maybe 350 microdrives it IS, especially as sometimes one has to run dozens of times to eventually read some files. Excellent! It really works. But is it by design or by chance? The ESC is trapped by ED I suppose, but why does the program not simply stop? If I had thought more deeply, I would have added 50 GOTO 5 but it is not necessary. Why does it work indeed? Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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copying exercise for Winchester Research Unit Another great QDOS feature I discovered which saved loads of time. I used: 5 CLS 10 FORMAT ram1_mdv1_ 15 WSTAT ram1_ 30 WCOPY ram1_ to flp2_f05_2_ 35 STAT flp2_ 40 ed 30 I did the ED 30 so I could edit for the next mdv. Now what I didn't expect was that after down arrow to save the line, when I pressed ESC there was another implicit RUN! OK 'RUNenter' isn't a load of typing by itself, but when one has maybe 350 microdrives it IS, especially as sometimes one has to run dozens of times to eventually read some files. Everyone talks about the unreliability of microdrives, but the majority of these haven't been amended for over 20 years, and I am finding very very few failed files, and only two (so far) failed cartridges. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Many thanks for all the help on my Abacus export task.
All is working perfectly under Q-emuLator.
I have set DATA_USE to the folders for the _aba files.
I use the following hotkey:
4310 ERT HOT_KEY('a',chr$(240)'gi'chr$(10)chr$(10)chr$(10)'
'chr$(10)chr$(240)'e'chr$(10)'a1:bl1'chr$(10)chr$(240)'fea'chr$(10)'cflp6_')
Why on earth does TT (or QDOS) not accept variables here. It would be
much neater with lf$ and f3$ pre-defined.
This fills the first row with a NUL string, which fools archive export
into doing the right thing.
The only other archive load 'feature' is that if one leaves off '_aba'
is does not default to adding this. That is another 1200 unecessary key
presses (8-(#
Export is fine and defaults to '_exp'.
Tony Firshman
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Tony Firshman wrote: Marcel Kilgus wrote: Tony Firshman wrote: I was looking at Qspread, but no-one pointed out that it requires smsq/e with high colour drivers. Probably because it isn't true ;) It requires an up-to-date PE however. Jochen says it does! I am glad he did really, as it triggered my ALTKey solution for Abacus. Hmmm, I remember there were problems when a customer tried to run it without using SMSQ/E. I don't know, however, if he used the up-to-date PE ... and I am not 100% sure that QMenu would work on such systems, since it was changed to require hi-colour some years ago by Bernd. I will talk to Marcel about it. Jochen -- Jochen Merz Software - Kaiser-Wilhelm-Str. 302 - D-47169 Duisburg Tel. +49-(0)203-502011 Fax +49-(0)203-502012 Email: s...@j-m-s.com Homepage: http://SMSQ.J-M-S.COM ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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In message op.u80gi3a8rlq...@paqbob, Bob Spelten b...@chello.nl writes Op Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:21:31 +0100 schreef Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk: Hi, Would someone change the Thread name of this discussion - as it is still called - Calling Phoebus - and, it has clearly diverted from that topic a long time ago . -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Tony Firshman wrote: However the QL 'archive/abacus' export only outputs data if the first column cell is non blank. This looks like a bug to me. Is it cured in any versions of Xchange - mine is 3.90J? All is OK if I put a blank row and fill it with any data. If I then import from row 2 in Excel, then all looks fine. I just had inspiration. All I need to do is make a hotkey that does this and leaves me at the filename part of export. Life is getting easier. I was looking at Qspread, but no-one pointed out that it requires smsq/e with high colour drivers. Jochen does still sell it, and is working on adding it, and other programs, to his website. Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Bob Spelten schreef: Op Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:21:31 +0100 schreef Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk: I was looking at Qspread, but no-one pointed out that it requires smsq/e with high colour drivers. That is to be expected. Most of the JMS stuff is modern this way. I assumed you were already using QPC2 on your applebook. Another way could be to use the transfer option found in Xchange. You can save a file in DIF format(Data Interchange Format). This keeps empty rows/columns intact and OpenOffice can read this directly. My test was not successful because all decimals like 19.45 are interpreted as a date, so 3.86 becomes 01-3-1986 but most cell give an error if the integer part was 12. Strangely enough, 28.05 became 28-05-2010! I don't know if this is because my O.O. is a Dutch version which expects a decimal comma, I tried to set the language for the cells but after loading the DIF it was reset to standard. Or maybe O.O. is interpreting the Xchange output wrong. Has anyone tried this before? Bob Same problem here with OpenOffice v 3.2. François Van Emelen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Tony Firshman wrote: I was looking at Qspread, but no-one pointed out that it requires smsq/e with high colour drivers. Probably because it isn't true ;) It requires an up-to-date PE however. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Tony Firshman wrote: Wasn't there a kind of filter with QSpread for importing Abacus, then export the file...? I don't know QSpread - who's program is that? QSpread is a kind of PE driven Abacus, written by Oliver Fink, later enhanced by Bernd Reinhardt, sold by Jochen. I do not know the actual state as there is nothing to find about it on Jochen's site. Ralf ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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-- From: Ralf Reköndt ralf.rekoe...@t-online.de Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 7:16 AM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Qemulator Wasn't there a kind of filter with QSpread for importing Abacus, then export the file...? Om similar lines the quickest way of exporting quill_doc files, provided no character conversions are necessary, is to load them into Text87 and export from there. Text87 has the best export routines of all the QL wordprocessors and generates text that can be easily reformatted in PC wordprocessors. Sorry about the Abacus problems. I had struggled with similar problems many. many years ago when I transferred a huge number of databases for an ex-QLer. The Abacus export routines are quite tricky to use and I had to experiment for some time to find the correct settings. Since then I have used it to transfer many of my own spreadsheets without difficulty, but then I import into Lotus programs. Also good luck with discovering the formatting of Excel files. I tried it with Word many years ago and just gave up. I also have the complete Microsoft guide to generating .rtf and it is about 80 pages long. Still mustn't be too rude about Microsoft. No QLer has yet managed to unravel the mysteries of the the formatting of Text87, Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Tony Firshman schreef: SNIP However the QL 'archive/abacus' export only outputs data if the first column cell is non blank. This looks like a bug to me. Is it cured in any versions of Xchange - mine is 3.90J? I think most recent version is V3.90L. François Van Emelen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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François Van Emelen wrote: This looks like a bug to me. Is it cured in any versions of Xchange - mine is 3.90J? I think most recent version is V3.90L. It is N: http://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/xchange.html Ralf ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Op Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:16:46 +0100 schreef Ralf Reköndt ralf.rekoe...@t-online.de: Tony Firshman wrote: What a pain. This conversion routine will be the first serious QL programming I will have done for years! I can't believe no-one has done it before. This could turn into a major project, as it might then be possible to output Excel directly along with formulae. I must investigate the format of that! Wasn't there a kind of filter with QSpread for importing Abacus, then export the file...? I must confess that I never used the Qspread import options (not many _aba files to export) but a quick try is not promising. The PsionExport_exe tool sets up a hotkey that can be called from Abacus to prepare the sheet for normal export. So I suspect most of the Abacus export limitations still apply (no formula). Beware, the file is first modified to include grid information! Then from Qspread the _exp file should be imported, provided the PsionImport filter is set correctly. In my trails this failed to work with a file error and even a QPC2 crash! :( The Qspread manual states that the author is working on a new filter to directly import the _aba sheet, this has not surfaced yet. Good luck, Tony. Bob -- The BSJR QL software site at: http://members.chello.nl/b.spelten/ql/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Bob Spelten wrote, On 28/02/10 12:22: I must confess that I never used the Qspread import options (not many _aba files to export) but a quick try is not promising. The PsionExport_exe tool sets up a hotkey that can be called from Abacus to prepare the sheet for normal export. So I suspect most of the Abacus export limitations still apply (no formula). Beware, the file is first modified to include grid information! Then from Qspread the _exp file should be imported, provided the PsionImport filter is set correctly. In my trails this failed to work with a file error and even a QPC2 crash! :( The Qspread manual states that the author is working on a new filter to directly import the _aba sheet, this has not surfaced yet. Good luck, Tony. I need luck just *finding* Qspread (8-)# Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Dilwyn Jones wrote, On 22/02/10 19:08: Thankyou Geoff - that is great - could you add a link to your website please as a reminder. It is a shame not to see you adding your valued input to this list -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services Oops, forgot that link in my first email. It is: http://members.multimania.co.uk/geoffwicks/advice.htm Choose option 1 from the menu for the Spreadsheet transfer. You are then invited to download a zipped plain text file of an article by Geoff. I have read Geoff's document and it makes no mention of QL Abacus ( and Xchange) issues with exporting. I need to export by column, as then Excel (importing by row and no way of changing that) will preserve the spreadsheet layout. However the QL 'archive/abacus' export only outputs data if the first column cell is non blank. This looks like a bug to me. Is it cured in any versions of Xchange - mine is 3.90J? All is OK if I put a blank row and fill it with any data. If I then import from row 2 in Excel, then all looks fine. Is there a way around this? I have hundreds of files to export so this is a real pain. Incidentally there is no need at all to modify the files to give an extension. Simply leave the _exp there, and load files in Excel as type *.* . Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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On 27/02/2010 22:32, Tony Firshman wrote: However the QL 'archive/abacus' export only outputs data if the first column cell is non blank. This looks like a bug to me. Is it cured in any versions of Xchange - mine is 3.90J? I think that this is NOT a bug but a FEATURE since it is referred to in the Information section of the original QL Users Guide On page 1 of the Information section there is a list of Rules and Rule 2 states: If the first cell of any Row (or Column) is empty then that row (or column) is not exported. The rest of these rules may be relevant to you too - worth a read! :-) All is OK if I put a blank row and fill it with any data. If I then import from row 2 in Excel, then all looks fine. This is a method that I have employed on occasions and it seems to work well but you may have to be careful about the data type that you put in.(See Rule 3.) Is there a way around this? I have hundreds of files to export so this is a real pain. I don't know of a way round this and the number of files I have had to export is much smaller than yours so less of a pain. Regards, John Gilpin. Incidentally there is no need at all to modify the files to give an extension. Simply leave the _exp there, and load files in Excel as type *.* . Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Tony, Is the file format documented anywhere? There should be a lot of low level detail of the format of all of the Psion suite in the TexTIDY Reference manual. This is a Quill document that should have the name Textidy_ref. Most of the information was obtained by reverse engineering the file formats for both the QL and PC variants of the programs. If you want I could email you a copy? Dave Walker Tel: +44 (0)1707 652791 Mob: +44 (0)7763 848186 Web: http://www.itimpi.com Skype: itimpi ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Rich Mellor wrote: OK for some reason, I could not find that link in Geoff's original email - the advice is on http://members.multimania.co.uk/geoffwicks/advice.htm Bad news is that Norton warns this site is unsafe!! I reckon Norton is unsafe. I struggled for ages trying to send a banner.gif attachement. After quite a time we discovered that Norton defaults to blocking this and many other similar images, with no warning messages. Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Tobias Fröschle wrote: PCFOUR, which is avalable from the sinclairql.es site is probably worth a try - Even if it's constantly yelling Out of memory at me when I try to load an otherwise valid Quill file (Which migh be caused by Windows 7 - No idea) I have that and tried Abacus files - Invalid formatr or similar. I have't tried Quill yet. However they want to use Word (spit) so I will convert on the QL using Geoff's program. Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Tony Firshman wrote: Rich Mellor wrote: OK for some reason, I could not find that link in Geoff's original email - the advice is on http://members.multimania.co.uk/geoffwicks/advice.htm Bad news is that Norton warns this site is unsafe!! I reckon Norton is unsafe. I struggled for ages trying to send a banner.gif attachement. After quite a time we discovered that Norton defaults to blocking this and many other similar images, with no warning messages. Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm I have used Norton for years and with the standard settings, it would not block banner.gif - I have never had a problem - odd You could always email me one and I will email it back! -- 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
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On 23/02/2010 09:00, Tony Firshman wrote: Tobias Fröschle wrote: PCFOUR, which is avalable from the sinclairql.es site is probably worth a try - Even if it's constantly yelling Out of memory at me when I try to load an otherwise valid Quill file (Which migh be caused by Windows 7 - No idea) I have that and tried Abacus files - Invalid formatr or similar. I have't tried Quill yet. However they want to use Word (spit) so I will convert on the QL using Geoff's program. Tony The DTP application that I use to put the QUANTA Magazine together works quite happily with WORD.docs as source files so for some time now, I have been converting from Quill etc to WORD.doc using Geoff's QL2PC program. For my purposes, it preserves the formatting of the original document (although I invariably have to tweak the formatting a bit to suit the page parameters of the Magazine) and it is quick and easy to use. Another good product from Just Words Regards to all, John Gilpin. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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All, If you want to use PC Four, then TexTIDY can convert the Psion file formats between their QL and PC variants. Dave Walker Tel: +44 (0)1707 652791 Mob: +44 (0)7763 848186 Web: http://www.itimpi.com Skype: itimpi -Original Message- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of François Van Emelen Sent: 23 February 2010 10:42 To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Qemulator Tobias Fröschle schreef: Am 22.02.2010 11:55, schrieb Tony Firshman: Tony Firshman wrote, On 22/02/10 09:10: For .doc, last time I added a special character at the end of every paragraph. I then made a printer driver as follows and printed to a file: End of line - SPACE Special character - CR/LF/CR/LF £ - chr 156 Anything else recommended? I cannot find the driver I made. Tony, PCFOUR, which is avalable from the sinclairql.es site is probably worth a try - Even if it's constantly yelling Out of memory at me when I try to load an otherwise valid Quill file (Which migh be caused by Windows 7 - No idea) I have never had that problem but I have to admit I am not using 'Windows 7'. I have just opened a 212 kB quill file without problems. Files created with PCFOUR or Xchange (pc format) are not compatible with those created on the QL. Even the specific 'psion' and 'dif' formats are not exchangeable. For Quill docs I use Norman Dunbar's QSTRIPPER. It is fast easy to use and it can save in TXT, HTML, DOCBOOK XML and PDF format. Accented vowels are converted correctly. Regards Tobias Thanks again Daniele. Qemulator has rescued some important work. Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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On 23/02/10 10:41, François Van Emelen wrote: For Quill docs I use Norman Dunbar's QSTRIPPER. It is fast easy to use and it can save in TXT, HTML, DOCBOOK XML and PDF format. Accented vowels are converted correctly. Hmmm. I'm glad to hear that someone (other than me) is using QStripper - I think it's quite a nifty little program and it is being updated from time to time. Slowly, and occasionally! One thing it doesn't do, yet, but I'm in the process of making it do, is to preserver tab settings for each paragraph. Unfortunately, that's only going to work in TXT format I'm afraid, the remainder don't honour tabs (XML/Docbook and HTML especially) - one day maybe! Give me a shout if there's anything you want fixing! Cheers, Norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Daniele Terdina wrote, On 22/02/10 00:20: Daniele/ I am trying to use a QDOS formatted 1440 sector QL disk under Qemulator. Hi Tony, to use floppy disks reliably, please upgrade to Q-emuLator 2.5 (uninstall your current version from Control Panel, then install 2.5 from http://www.terdina.net/ql/winql.html, your existing registration code will continue to work), it has very important fixes related to floppy disks (a major bug was introduced after version 2.0, and fixed in 2.5). If you still have problems or crashes with version 2.5, I'll be happy to investigate. In general, trying to format disks on the PC (with the emulator) like you did is the recommended strategy... in my experience it's easier for QL disk drives to read floppy disks freshly formatted on the PC than it is for the PC drive to read old QL disks formatted by Miracle/Cumana/etc. cards... Yes I guessed that. It may simply be that the Miracle disks I have are 720k, or only managing to format to 720k. Will try the new version. This formatted to something like 2760/2880. Odd as the USB drive and disk are HD. This part looks fine to me. A HD floppy contains 1.4MB of data, equivalent to 2880 512-byte sectors. A DD floppy contains 720KB of data, or 1440 sectors; Ah silly - of course. It is so long since I used QL floppy disks (8-)# Thanks for the instant response, Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Tony Firshman wrote: Daniele Terdina wrote, On 22/02/10 00:20: Daniele/ I am trying to use a QDOS formatted 1440 sector QL disk under Qemulator. Hi Tony, to use floppy disks reliably, please upgrade to Q-emuLator 2.5 (uninstall your current version from Control Panel, then install 2.5 from http://www.terdina.net/ql/winql.html, your existing registration code will continue to work), it has very important fixes related to floppy disks (a major bug was introduced after version 2.0, and fixed in 2.5). If you still have problems or crashes with version 2.5, I'll be happy to investigate. In general, trying to format disks on the PC (with the emulator) like you did is the recommended strategy... in my experience it's easier for QL disk drives to read floppy disks freshly formatted on the PC than it is for the PC drive to read old QL disks formatted by Miracle/Cumana/etc. cards... Yes I guessed that. It may simply be that the Miracle disks I have are 720k, or only managing to format to 720k. Will try the new version. This formatted to something like 2760/2880. Odd as the USB drive and disk are HD. This part looks fine to me. A HD floppy contains 1.4MB of data, equivalent to 2880 512-byte sectors. A DD floppy contains 720KB of data, or 1440 sectors; Ah silly - of course. It is so long since I used QL floppy disks (8-)# Thanks for the instant response, Tony I have had some real problems since using a USB disk drive - Q-emuLator normally fails to format DD disks, but so does QPC2 - QPC2 seems to check the disk and then take ages to start formatting it as though it times out! Q-emuLator seems to cope better with a disk which has been previously PC formatted - whereas trying to reformat a QL disk is nigh impossible. I have a later version of Q-emuLator, as Daniele knows :-) Good job I have some original QL disk drives around here! -- 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
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On 21 Feb 2010, at 23:37, Tony Firshman wrote: Maybe it is time to try QPC (8-)# Marcel - will it be happy under VMware running XP within Mac Snow Leopard and using a USB floppy? An HD floppy under VMware with Snow Leopard attached to a USB slot is read on my machine by QPC2 as flp2_ George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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On 22 Feb 2010, at 09:42, Rich Mellor wrote: Tony Firshman wrote: Daniele Terdina wrote, On 22/02/10 00:20: Daniele/ I am trying to use a QDOS formatted 1440 sector QL disk under Qemulator. Hi Tony, to use floppy disks reliably, please upgrade to Q-emuLator 2.5 (uninstall your current version from Control Panel, then install 2.5 from http://www.terdina.net/ql/winql.html, your existing registration code will continue to work), it has very important fixes related to floppy disks (a major bug was introduced after version 2.0, and fixed in 2.5). If you still have problems or crashes with version 2.5, I'll be happy to investigate. In general, trying to format disks on the PC (with the emulator) like you did is the recommended strategy... in my experience it's easier for QL disk drives to read floppy disks freshly formatted on the PC than it is for the PC drive to read old QL disks formatted by Miracle/Cumana/etc. cards... Yes I guessed that. It may simply be that the Miracle disks I have are 720k, or only managing to format to 720k. Will try the new version. This formatted to something like 2760/2880. Odd as the USB drive and disk are HD. This part looks fine to me. A HD floppy contains 1.4MB of data, equivalent to 2880 512-byte sectors. A DD floppy contains 720KB of data, or 1440 sectors; Ah silly - of course. It is so long since I used QL floppy disks (8-)# Thanks for the instant response, Tony I have had some real problems since using a USB disk drive - Q-emuLator normally fails to format DD disks, but so does QPC2 - QPC2 seems to check the disk and then take ages to start formatting it as though it times out! Q-emuLator seems to cope better with a disk which has been previously PC formatted - whereas trying to reformat a QL disk is nigh impossible. I have just successfully formatted a new DD disk using QPC2 on Windows XP running on VMware with OS Snow Leopard. It took about a minute. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Tony Firshman wrote, On 22/02/10 09:10: Daniele Terdina wrote, On 22/02/10 00:20: Daniele/ I am trying to use a QDOS formatted 1440 sector QL disk under Qemulator. Hi Tony, to use floppy disks reliably, please upgrade to Q-emuLator 2.5 (uninstall your current version from Control Panel, then install 2.5 from http://www.terdina.net/ql/winql.html, your existing registration code will continue to work), it has very important fixes related to floppy disks (a major bug was introduced after version 2.0, and fixed in 2.5). If you still have problems or crashes with version 2.5, I'll be happy to investigate. In general, trying to format disks on the PC (with the emulator) like you did is the recommended strategy... in my experience it's easier for QL disk drives to read floppy disks freshly formatted on the PC than it is for the PC drive to read old QL disks formatted by Miracle/Cumana/etc. cards... Yes I guessed that. It may simply be that the Miracle disks I have are 720k, or only managing to format to 720k. Will try the new version. Success under 2.5. As you say disks formatted under QDOS are (often?) not read properly by Qemulator. I found they were recognised OK, but a DIR showed no files. Many thanks. I can now get on with an interesting job. I was rung by Martin Biddle, a Professor of mediaeval archaeology at Oxford. He does work with the Winchester Research Unit. That rang a bell, and I found that I had repaired a QL in Nov 1988. It was great to see the QL after 21 years, and all it needed was a kbd membrane. He wants files transferred to PC format (8-(# The QL had been used for many many years and there are maybe 80 cartridges to transfer. Apparently the work is academically very important and there are no other computer based backups. The files seem to copy OK (format ram1_mdv1_ is the way) so far. I have though to convert Quill files and export Abacus. For .doc, last time I added a special character at the end of every paragraph. I then made a printer driver as follows and printed to a file: End of line - SPACE Special character - CR/LF/CR/LF £ - chr 156 Anything else recommended? I cannot find the driver I made. Thanks again Daniele. Qemulator has rescued some important work. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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gdgqler wrote, On 22/02/10 10:26: On 21 Feb 2010, at 23:37, Tony Firshman wrote: Maybe it is time to try QPC (8-)# Marcel - will it be happy under VMware running XP within Mac Snow Leopard and using a USB floppy? An HD floppy under VMware with Snow Leopard attached to a USB slot is read on my machine by QPC2 as flp2_ Under qemulator it is attached as 'B:' and then read in the normal way under the the relevant attached slot using mdvn or even indeed flpn. It is actually the *first* time I have used qemulator (and indeed the USB drive) under Vmware on my Macbook. As reported elsewhere, it *works* now. Yippee. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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I was rung by Martin Biddle, a Professor of mediaeval archaeology at Oxford. He does work with the Winchester Research Unit. That rang a bell, and I found that I had repaired a QL in Nov 1988. It was great to see the QL after 21 years, and all it needed was a kbd membrane. He wants files transferred to PC format (8-(# The QL had been used for many many years and there are maybe 80 cartridges to transfer. Apparently the work is academically very important and there are no other computer based backups. The files seem to copy OK (format ram1_mdv1_ is the way) so far. I have though to convert Quill files and export Abacus. For .doc, last time I added a special character at the end of every paragraph. I then made a printer driver as follows and printed to a file: End of line - SPACE Special character - CR/LF/CR/LF £ - chr 156 Anything else recommended? I cannot find the driver I made. Thanks again Daniele. Qemulator has rescued some important work. If you have the time, Tony, try Geoff Wicks's QL2PC for transferring QL DOC files. Free to download from http://members.multimania.co.uk/geoffwicks/downloads.htm . It will convert DOC (and other QL formats) to RTF, preserving formatting. RTF will of course load to most Windows word processors at least (don't know anything about Macs). Second choice would be Textidy, which will convert to plain text and you can batch many files to convert in one go. Failing that, your method is as good as any, substituting space for a single end of line, preserving paragraph breaks. Although it won't preserve most other formatting of course unless you can enter suitable codes for bold etc in the driver. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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-- From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 6:17 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Qemulator If you have the time, Tony, try Geoff Wicks's QL2PC for transferring QL DOC files. Free to download from http://members.multimania.co.uk/geoffwicks/downloads.htm . It will convert DOC (and other QL formats) to RTF, preserving formatting. RTF will of course load to most Windows word processors at least (don't know anything about Macs). As a matter of principle I do not actively participate on this list these days, (nor do I do any work for Quanta), but I'll make an exception. On the advice page of my website you will find the optimum settings for transferring abacus files. Remember you can only transfer the content and not the formulae, Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Geoff Wicks wrote: If you have the time, Tony, try Geoff Wicks's QL2PC for transferring QL DOC files. Free to download from http://members.multimania.co.uk/geoffwicks/downloads.htm . It will convert DOC (and other QL formats) to RTF, preserving formatting. RTF will of course load to most Windows word processors at least (don't know anything about Macs). As a matter of principle I do not actively participate on this list these days, (nor do I do any work for Quanta), but I'll make an exception. Oops, Quanta committee member caught red-handed promoting a Geoff Wicks program ;-)) On the advice page of my website you will find the optimum settings for transferring abacus files. Remember you can only transfer the content and not the formulae, Ah, this might just come in useful for me, as that's a task I will need to do in the near future. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Dilwyn Jones wrote: Geoff Wicks wrote: If you have the time, Tony, try Geoff Wicks's QL2PC for transferring QL DOC files. Free to download from http://members.multimania.co.uk/geoffwicks/downloads.htm . It will convert DOC (and other QL formats) to RTF, preserving formatting. RTF will of course load to most Windows word processors at least (don't know anything about Macs). As a matter of principle I do not actively participate on this list these days, (nor do I do any work for Quanta), but I'll make an exception. Oops, Quanta committee member caught red-handed promoting a Geoff Wicks program ;-)) On the advice page of my website you will find the optimum settings for transferring abacus files. Remember you can only transfer the content and not the formulae, Ah, this might just come in useful for me, as that's a task I will need to do in the near future. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm OK for some reason, I could not find that link in Geoff's original email - the advice is on http://members.multimania.co.uk/geoffwicks/advice.htm Bad news is that Norton warns this site is unsafe!! -- 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
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Thankyou Geoff - that is great - could you add a link to your website please as a reminder. It is a shame not to see you adding your valued input to this list -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services Oops, forgot that link in my first email. It is: http://members.multimania.co.uk/geoffwicks/advice.htm Choose option 1 from the menu for the Spreadsheet transfer. You are then invited to download a zipped plain text file of an article by Geoff. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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All, Second choice would be Textidy, which will convert to plain text and you can batch many files to convert in one go. Note that TexTIDY will also convert to Wordstar (I know it is now obsolete) format preserving formatting. Some programs can still import Wordstar files. Another TexTIDY option is HTML output - I do not remember off-hand how good that option was in preserving formatting but it would preserve more than using simple text output. Dave ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Am 22.02.2010 11:55, schrieb Tony Firshman: Tony Firshman wrote, On 22/02/10 09:10: For .doc, last time I added a special character at the end of every paragraph. I then made a printer driver as follows and printed to a file: End of line - SPACE Special character - CR/LF/CR/LF £ - chr 156 Anything else recommended? I cannot find the driver I made. Tony, PCFOUR, which is avalable from the sinclairql.es site is probably worth a try - Even if it's constantly yelling Out of memory at me when I try to load an otherwise valid Quill file (Which migh be caused by Windows 7 - No idea) Regards Tobias Thanks again Daniele. Qemulator has rescued some important work. Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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-- From: Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 7:07 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Qemulator OK for some reason, I could not find that link in Geoff's original email - the advice is on http://members.multimania.co.uk/geoffwicks/advice.htm Bad news is that Norton warns this site is unsafe!! Oh dear! Now a second reply. I am aware of this and you will find news items about it coming in the next Quanta Magazine and QL Today. It unfortunately puts us back to the situation of a year ago where I have to make a decision on the future of the site. Ideally I want to move to my own domain on a subscription host, but I have to be certain that there is a future for the site and that I shall have the time to maintain it. The other alternative is complete closure. I can assure you that there is no direct danger from my pages, although you should watch out for multimania tracking cookies. The problem appears to be that Norton is referring to all multimania hosted sites. You may remember that about this time last year - in my last posting on this list - I gave a warning that QL activities were preventing me from other urgent tasks. The time formerly devoted to Quanta and this list is now given to non-QL activities and is not coming back. Last summer I dumped the QL for three months to do my family history CD project and this weekend I was informed that I have just sold an article to a family history magazine for which I am to be paid. QL Today continues and will continue to get my time and enthusiasm, Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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I am trying to use a QDOS formatted 1440 sector QL disk under Qemulator. This formats OK (1440/1440) and copies files perfectly on the QL using a Miracle floppy drive. However when I try to attach it under Qemulator 2.3.1 running Minerva 1.98 it gives error 'The drive cannot find the sector requested'. The drive formats the same floppy fine under XP. Has anyone any suggestions? Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Tony Firshman wrote, On 21/02/10 22:45: I am trying to use a QDOS formatted 1440 sector QL disk under Qemulator. This formats OK (1440/1440) and copies files perfectly on the QL using a Miracle floppy drive. However when I try to attach it under Qemulator 2.3.1 running Minerva 1.98 it gives error 'The drive cannot find the sector requested'. The drive formats the same floppy fine under XP. Has anyone any suggestions? It gets worse! I discovered 'format flp1_' is possible under Qemulator. This formatted to something like 2760/2880. Odd as the USB drive and disk are HD. I then tried to save a small file. Qemulator crashed with a pop-up XP error window. The drive is still whirring and seeking, even after re-opening Qemulator! Looks like Qemulator 2.3.1 simply cannot handle floppy drives under XP. Maybe it is time to try QPC (8-)# Marcel - will it be happy under VMware running XP within Mac Snow Leopard and using a USB floppy? Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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I am trying to use a QDOS formatted 1440 sector QL disk under Qemulator. Hi Tony, to use floppy disks reliably, please upgrade to Q-emuLator 2.5 (uninstall your current version from Control Panel, then install 2.5 from http://www.terdina.net/ql/winql.html, your existing registration code will continue to work), it has very important fixes related to floppy disks (a major bug was introduced after version 2.0, and fixed in 2.5). If you still have problems or crashes with version 2.5, I'll be happy to investigate. In general, trying to format disks on the PC (with the emulator) like you did is the recommended strategy... in my experience it's easier for QL disk drives to read floppy disks freshly formatted on the PC than it is for the PC drive to read old QL disks formatted by Miracle/Cumana/etc. cards... This formatted to something like 2760/2880. Odd as the USB drive and disk are HD. This part looks fine to me. A HD floppy contains 1.4MB of data, equivalent to 2880 512-byte sectors. A DD floppy contains 720KB of data, or 1440 sectors; Thank you, Daniele _ Microsoft brings you a new way to search the web. Try Bing™ now http://www.bing.com?form=MFEHPGpubl=WLHMTAGcrea=TEXT_MFEHPG_Core_tagline_try bing_1x1 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
