Re: [Ql-Users] QPC 2 on Linux
Pretty sure from my previous issues with this its a GFX driver issue on Linux rather than a wine issue. But I cannot now remember which combos work and which do not. Also make sure your desktop is not in Wayland mode as that is utterly broken :-( Graeme On Thu, 27 Dec 2018, at 11:13 AM, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > Hi, > > I must have missed something regarding QPC under wine. > > Here it works as expected (wine --version gives wine-3.7). > > Wolfgang > > > > QPC 2 works here on wine-3.0.4(stable) and wine-4.0-rc2(staging) > > > > I'm on Kanotix Steelfire > > Debian Linux 4.9.0-8 (NVIDIA) and 4.19.0-3 (INTEL) > > > > you can get it here > > > > http://nightly.kanotix.acritox.com/latest/ > > > > it comes in LXDE and KDE flavours > > > > > > Greetings from Switzerland > > > > Markus > > ___ > > QL-Users Mailing List > > > > > ___ > QL-Users Mailing List ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC 2 on Linux
Hi, I must have missed something regarding QPC under wine. Here it works as expected (wine --version gives wine-3.7). Wolfgang QPC 2 works here on wine-3.0.4(stable) and wine-4.0-rc2(staging) I'm on Kanotix Steelfire Debian Linux 4.9.0-8 (NVIDIA) and 4.19.0-3 (INTEL) you can get it here http://nightly.kanotix.acritox.com/latest/ it comes in LXDE and KDE flavours Greetings from Switzerland Markus ___ QL-Users Mailing List ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC 2 on Linux
Op 24/12/2018 om 15:10 schreef desin via Ql-Users: QPC 2 works here on wine-3.0.4(stable) and wine-4.0-rc2(staging) I'm on Kanotix Steelfire Debian Linux 4.9.0-8 (NVIDIA) and 4.19.0-3 (INTEL) you can get it here http://nightly.kanotix.acritox.com/latest/ it comes in LXDE and KDE flavours Greetings from Switzerland Markus ___ QL-Users Mailing List Hi, I installed Linux Mint 19 on an old laptop a few months ago and although I am not a tinkerer everything went smoothly. QPC was installed without problems and runs as expected without complaining except THE QPC CD-AUDIO MODULE. Have a fine day François Van Emelen ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC Print out
Hi, at least give us some more information (how/where did you print etc) Wolfgang I tried twice to print out a QSpread spreadsheet and got only this: 10o(10U0h12v0s0b3T printed out. Anyone got any ideas? TIA Regards, Peter Fox --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC Print out
I have just tried (for the first time) with the standard xchange driver ... works. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Wolfgang Lenerz Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QPC Print out Hi, at least give us some more information (how/where did you print etc) Wolfgang I tried twice to print out a QSpread spreadsheet and got only this: 10o(10U0h12v0s0b3T printed out. Anyone got any ideas? TIA Regards, Peter Fox ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC
Op Fri, 27 Sep 2013 05:31:38 +0200 schreef Hugh Cumper hcum...@usa.net: I have just received QPC from the QL Today disc having been a Qemulator user in the past and I have a couple of basic questions. The only way I can get the emulated QL to fill the screen is to drop down to 512x256 resolution and QL Colors, is there a way to get a usable screen size and enhanced resolution? Also the emulated machine is very fast, sometimes I need to slow it down, I have heard of a Slug command and it is recognized but I don't know how to use it, is there any documentation? There is a pdf specially updated for QPC2 version 4.00 on the DVD. Either in the emu section or the docs section. That should be your staring point to make sure all is configured as it should be. Bob -- The BSJR QL software site at: http://members.upc.nl/b.spelten/ql/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC
Hugh Cumper wrote: I have just received QPC from the QL Today disc having been a Qemulator user in the past and I have a couple of basic questions. The only way I can get the emulated QL to fill the screen is to drop down to 512x256 resolution and QL Colors, is there a way to get a usable screen size and enhanced resolution? If you want BASIC to be bigger you just have to make it bigger. Like this for example: WINDOW #1,SCR_XLIM DIV 2,SCR_YLIM-54,SCR_XLIM DIV 2,0 WINDOW #2,SCR_XLIM DIV 2,SCR_YLIM-54,0,0 WINDOW #0,SCR_XLIM,52,0,SCR_YLIM-52 BORDER#1,1,0,7:CLS#1 BORDER#1,1,0,7:CLS#1 BORDER#2,1,0,7:CLS#2 Also the emulated machine is very fast, sometimes I need to slow it down, I have heard of a Slug command and it is recognized but I don't know how to use it, is there any documentation? http://www.kilgus.net/qpc/downloads.html Keywords in the Manuals section. Marcel ___ 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
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC
I have just received QPC from the QL Today disc having been a Qemulator user in the past and I have a couple of basic questions. The only way I can get the emulated QL to fill the screen is to drop down to 512x256 resolution and QL Colors, is there a way to get a usable screen size and enhanced resolution? Also the emulated machine is very fast, sometimes I need to slow it down, I have heard of a Slug command and it is recognized but I don't know how to use it, is there any documentation? Amazing how often I get asked this very question via Quanta Helpline! As marcel said, if the question refers to the size of the BASIC windows, just use the WINDOW command to make them bigger. Or, here's a couple of small procedures which can quickly resize the basic windows to fill the screen. XTV makes TV mode style windows fill the screen, while XMON does the same for monitor mode windows. SCR_XLIm and SCR_YLIM are QPC2 functions which return the screen size. 29800 DEFine PROCedure XTV 29810 OUTLN #0,SCR_XLIM,SCR_YLIM,0,0 29820 WINDOW SCR_XLIM,SCR_YLIM-52,0,0 29830 WINDOW #2,SCR_XLIM,SCR_YLIM-52,0,0 29840 WINDOW #0,SCR_XLIM,52,0,SCR_YLIM-52 29850 BORDER #1,1,255 29860 BORDER #2,1,255 29870 BORDER #0,1,255 29880 CLS : CLS #2 : CLS #0 29890 END DEFine XTV 29900 : 29910 DEFine PROCedure XMON 29920 OUTLN #0,SCR_XLIM,SCR_YLIM,0,0 29930 WINDOW SCR_XLIM/2,SCR_YLIM-54,SCR_XLIM/2,0 29940 WINDOW #2,SCR_XLIM/2,SCR_YLIM-54,0,0 29950 WINDOW #0,SCR_XLIM,52,0,SCR_YLIM-52 29960 BORDER #1,1,255 29970 BORDER #2,1,255 29980 BORDER #0,1,255 29990 CLS : CLS #2 : CLS #0 3 END DEFine XMON As for resolution, there's two easy ways: 1. Set it in the startup settings screen - choose one of the preset values such as 1024x768 or even type in your own values. If the startup configuration screen doesn't show itself as QPC is started, you need to start it with the SHIFT key held down. 2. If the QPC is already running, use a DISP_SIZE x_size, y_size command, e.g. DISP_SIZE 1024,768 or whatever resolution in pixels you want. if you want to change colour depth, use DISP_COLOUR colour_depth where colour_depth is 0 for QL modes, 3 for 16 bit colour or 2 for 156 colour modes. DISP_COLOUR can also take 3 parameters, DISP_COLOUR colour_depth,x_size,y_size so you can change colour depth and screen size with one command. If you want to continue using a given screen size but want to stretch it to occupy more of the screen, just drag the bottom right corner of the QPC2 display, although at some sizes it might look a bit blurred. Slow-down: SLUG delay_value delay_value is thousandths of a second, e.g. SLUG 15 is 15 thousandths of a second delay. Some trial and error will likely be needed! A good source of help on these commands is Martin Head's QPC concepts and keywords guides on my website at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/manuals/index.html - scroll down to the 'QL Manual' section to download the two guides as either Word or PDF files (sorry, can't remember which format off hand!). The QPC2 manual supplied on the DVD is just the QPC-specific stuff and doesn't go into the more general SMSQ/E stuff or SBASIC extensions which are not QPC2-specific. This is where Martin Head's guides come in really useful, since the SMSQ/E manual has always been a 'core' SMSQ/E manualplus supplements for the specific machine or system on which that particular SMSQ/E runs, e.g. QXL, Atari, QPC, Gold Card, Q40/Q60... AFAIK there has never been a 'complete' SMSQ/E manual covering all systems. Could do with someone extending the good old QL user guide perhaps!!! Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC
if you want to change colour depth, use DISP_COLOUR colour_depth where colour_depth is 0 for QL modes, 3 for 16 bit colour or 2 for 156 colour modes. Oops, sorry, should read 2 for 256 colour modes not 156 colour of course. Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby
Thanks, Marcel. Dilwyn Jones -Original Message- From: Marcel Kilgus Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 12:17 AM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby Hello Dilwyn, If the QPC2 is left open, it locks up after coming out of standby – usual egg-timer icon or greyed out display. Excuse my absence of the conversation, I'm back from enjoying the only week of bad weather Lisbon has recently had. This problem is actually the main reason why 3.34 never officially left the Beta state, I had noticed it a few times myself and wanted to squash the bug first. Time passed but it never occurred again and I had no other negative feedback to go on. I think I did some changes later that might solve this and when I get everything running again you could try that (and I will hopefully be able to make a release soon). Problem is, Ontrack is still working on recovering my SSD it seems, I will hopefully know more when I get to work tomorrow. Cheers, Marcel ___ 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
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby
Hello Dilwyn, If the QPC2 is left open, it locks up after coming out of standby – usual egg-timer icon or greyed out display. Excuse my absence of the conversation, I'm back from enjoying the only week of bad weather Lisbon has recently had. This problem is actually the main reason why 3.34 never officially left the Beta state, I had noticed it a few times myself and wanted to squash the bug first. Time passed but it never occurred again and I had no other negative feedback to go on. I think I did some changes later that might solve this and when I get everything running again you could try that (and I will hopefully be able to make a release soon). Problem is, Ontrack is still working on recovering my SSD it seems, I will hopefully know more when I get to work tomorrow. Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby
Op Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:00:32 +0200 schreef Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk: not sure if that helps in any way - But i have the exact same problem with QPC on a new HP laptop and Windows 7 64 bit Professional. Computer goes to sleep, QPC dies. On another (older) laptop using Windows 7 Basic 32 bit, everything is fine. Tobias At least I know I'm not alone now! Thanks, Tobias. I should have stated that the problem doesn't happen on my netbook with Windows 7 starter (32-bit). On my Vista 32 bit I have had the same problem, but not always. So I usually try to remember to minimise QPC2 before entering standby mode. Usually when QPC2 is active (minimised or not) automatic standby will never kick in. Mind you, on many occasions a Vista update manages to upset the sleep regime so I freezes the machine. I have to change/confirm the setting to get it working again. Bob -- The BSJR QL software site at: http://members.upc.nl/b.spelten/ql/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby
Am 13.06.2013 um 10:57 schrieb Bob Spelten: Op Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:00:32 +0200 schreef Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk: not sure if that helps in any way - But i have the exact same problem with QPC on a new HP laptop and Windows 7 64 bit Professional. Computer goes to sleep, QPC dies. On another (older) laptop using Windows 7 Basic 32 bit, everything is fine. Tobias At least I know I'm not alone now! Thanks, Tobias. I should have stated that the problem doesn't happen on my netbook with Windows 7 starter (32-bit). On my Vista 32 bit I have had the same problem, but not always. So I usually try to remember to minimise QPC2 before entering standby mode. Usually when QPC2 is active (minimised or not) automatic standby will never kick in. Mind you, on many occasions a Vista update manages to upset the sleep regime so I freezes the machine. I have to change/confirm the setting to get it working again. Bob, wouldn't mind too much about Vista, as that is broken by design in every possible aspect anyways ;) Win7 however, is IMHO the best OS MS managed to build for quite a long time - But QPC seems to have a problem on the 64bit platform. Tobias ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby
Op 13/06/2013 13:52, Tobias Fröschle schreef: Am 13.06.2013 um 10:57 schrieb Bob Spelten: Op Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:00:32 +0200 schreef Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk: not sure if that helps in any way - But i have the exact same problem with QPC on a new HP laptop and Windows 7 64 bit Professional. Computer goes to sleep, QPC dies. On another (older) laptop using Windows 7 Basic 32 bit, everything is fine. Tobias At least I know I'm not alone now! Thanks, Tobias. I should have stated that the problem doesn't happen on my netbook with Windows 7 starter (32-bit). On my Vista 32 bit I have had the same problem, but not always. So I usually try to remember to minimise QPC2 before entering standby mode. Usually when QPC2 is active (minimised or not) automatic standby will never kick in. Mind you, on many occasions a Vista update manages to upset the sleep regime so I freezes the machine. I have to change/confirm the setting to get it working again. Bob, wouldn't mind too much about Vista, as that is broken by design in every possible aspect anyways ;) Win7 however, is IMHO the best OS MS managed to build for quite a long time - But QPC seems to have a problem on the 64bit platform. Tobias ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Hi, Never experienced the above problems with the combination Win7 64bit platform and QPC2. François Van Emelen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby
That sounds perfectly feasible to me, although the error message implies it can't cope with the Windows theme and it says it's switching it to windows 7 basic. Not too bothered by it, as the solution is simply to remember to minimise or close QPC if it is likely to go into standby. I suppose I could make the time-to-standby longer, but that would save less power. Interesting thing is that it didn't do this before going away for repair and it has been reinstalled from the same media to the state it was before (in theory!) Ah well...at least QPC otherwise works very well and very fast on this PC. Dilwyn -Original Message- From: John Alexander Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 2:19 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby I wonder if it's not receiving the interrupt to regenerate the screen thus effectively crashing when the window needs to be regenerated after sleep? --- On Mon, 10/6/13, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk wrote: From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk Subject: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby To: QL-Users list ql-us...@q-v-d.com Date: Monday, 10 June, 2013, 12:51 Since my PC came back from repair, QPC2 has started exhibiting an irritating behaviour when the PC goes into standby (manually or automatically after a period of inactivity). The repair was the wireless card, although the OS was reinstalled. If the QPC2 is left open, it locks up after coming out of standby – usual egg-timer icon or greyed out display. If QPC2 is running, but minimised to the taskbar before standby, it usually continues to work OK afterward. The OS is Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1. Any ideas what might be causing this, or what settings I should check? 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 Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby
Am 12.06.2013 um 19:26 schrieb Dilwyn Jones: That sounds perfectly feasible to me, although the error message implies it can't cope with the Windows theme and it says it's switching it to windows 7 basic. Not too bothered by it, as the solution is simply to remember to minimise or close QPC if it is likely to go into standby. I suppose I could make the time-to-standby longer, but that would save less power. Interesting thing is that it didn't do this before going away for repair and it has been reinstalled from the same media to the state it was before (in theory!) Ah well...at least QPC otherwise works very well and very fast on this PC. Dilwyn Dilwyn, not sure if that helps in any way - But i have the exact same problem with QPC on a new HP laptop and Windows 7 64 bit Professional. Computer goes to sleep, QPC dies. On another (older) laptop using Windows 7 Basic 32 bit, everything is fine. Tobias ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby
not sure if that helps in any way - But i have the exact same problem with QPC on a new HP laptop and Windows 7 64 bit Professional. Computer goes to sleep, QPC dies. On another (older) laptop using Windows 7 Basic 32 bit, everything is fine. Tobias At least I know I'm not alone now! Thanks, Tobias. I should have stated that the problem doesn't happen on my netbook with Windows 7 starter (32-bit). Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby
If I remember correctly Windows 64 bit needs some tweaking to get some 32 bit programs to run properly. I seem to remember something about running 32 bit in a special mode on 64 bit machines. I am sorry I cannot be more specific because I have neither Windows 7 or 8. Perhaps Marcel is able to investigate this and issue either a 64 bit version or a version which is compatible on both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 7 and 8 machines. Has anybody tried QPC2 on a Windows 8 machine because that may be another can of worms! John On 2013-06-12 22:00, Dilwyn Jones wrote: not sure if that helps in any way - But i have the exact same problem with QPC on a new HP laptop and Windows 7 64 bit Professional. Computer goes to sleep, QPC dies. On another (older) laptop using Windows 7 Basic 32 bit, everything is fine. Tobias At least I know I'm not alone now! Thanks, Tobias. I should have stated that the problem doesn't happen on my netbook with Windows 7 starter (32-bit). Dilwyn ___ 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
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby
I wonder if it's not receiving the interrupt to regenerate the screen thus effectively crashing when the window needs to be regenerated after sleep? --- On Mon, 10/6/13, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk wrote: From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk Subject: [Ql-Users] QPC and standby To: QL-Users list ql-us...@q-v-d.com Date: Monday, 10 June, 2013, 12:51 Since my PC came back from repair, QPC2 has started exhibiting an irritating behaviour when the PC goes into standby (manually or automatically after a period of inactivity). The repair was the wireless card, although the OS was reinstalled. If the QPC2 is left open, it locks up after coming out of standby – usual egg-timer icon or greyed out display. If QPC2 is running, but minimised to the taskbar before standby, it usually continues to work OK afterward. The OS is Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1. Any ideas what might be causing this, or what settings I should check? 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
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC home directory
George, this is where my method qpc_exec comes in handy - It will just show you where qpc was started from - regardless of drive mapping. regards Tobias -Original Message- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:06:33 +0100 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QPC home directory From: gdgqler gdgq...@gmail.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com On 23 Feb 2010, at 17:38, Billy wrote: On 23/02/2010 17:10, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Does anyone know if it's possible within QPC2 to find the dos directory that QPC itself was executed from i.e. C:\program files\QPC\ Got asked that in an email today, I thought it might make an interesting helpline type FAQ if anyone knows how! Not often I can comment on mails from QL devotees But provided C: is chosen as Dos1_ then Dir Dos1_Qpc2_ does it I sometimes have two QPC2s on at the same time. One is from directory C:\qp, which is dos1_qp in QPC2. The other is on a stick with directory dos3 or dos7 or whatever Windows XP decides at the time. If the stick version of QPC2 is a copy of the other, complete with win1, win2 etc. how do you tell from within either QPC2 which one it is? George ___ 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
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC home directory
On 24 Feb 2010, at 17:08, tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: George, this is where my method qpc_exec comes in handy - It will just show you where qpc was started from - regardless of drive mapping. This an excellent idea which certainly works. I have never used QPC_EXEC before. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC home directory
What i do is define DOS8_ to be the setting ./ (dot slash) which seems to work. On Windows anyway which is what I expect you to be using Dilwyn! On Linux, under wine it needs to be changed from ./ and I use the directory selector button to navigate to the directory where I executed QPC from. IN my case it is /media/CRUCIAL/qpc3v33 which wine changes to something like c:\qpc3v33\. Regardless, dir dos8_ gives a listing of the qpc directory. ...and no doubt LET d$ = DOS_DRIVE$(8) would return the directory. Thanks Normal, I'll pass the info on. Dilwyn Jones Consider it passed on. Thanks Norman that's just what I was after. I can now unzip QPC2 along with my PCBCAD program into any PC directory and get it to boot and run without any reconfiguration and no QXL.WIN file!!! Cheers Malcolm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC home directory
Evening Malcolm, Consider it passed on. Thanks Norman that's just what I was after. I can now unzip QPC2 along with my PCBCAD program into any PC directory and get it to boot and run without any reconfiguration and no QXL.WIN file!!! You are very welcome. Cheers, Norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC home directory
Dilwyn Jones wrote: QPC_EXEC c:\program files\windows explorer\iexplore.exe,http:\\www.dilwyn.me.uk\index.html I've got a major headache, but one little comment to that: QPC_EXEC http:\\www.dilwyn.me.uk\index.html will work, too, and start the default browser (e.g. Opera in my case), which might be preferable and does not rely on a hard-coded path. Same with QPC_EXEC path_filename.mp3 Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC home directory
On 23/02/2010 17:10, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Does anyone know if it's possible within QPC2 to find the dos directory that QPC itself was executed from i.e. C:\program files\QPC\ Got asked that in an email today, I thought it might make an interesting helpline type FAQ if anyone knows how! Not often I can comment on mails from QL devotees But provided C: is chosen as Dos1_ then Dir Dos1_Qpc2_ does it All the best - Bill ( back to lurk mode) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC home directory
On 23/02/10 17:10, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Does anyone know if it's possible within QPC2 to find the dos directory that QPC itself was executed from i.e. C:\program files\QPC\ Got asked that in an email today, I thought it might make an interesting helpline type FAQ if anyone knows how! What i do is define DOS8_ to be the setting ./ (dot slash) which seems to work. On Windows anyway which is what I expect you to be using Dilwyn! On Linux, under wine it needs to be changed from ./ and I use the directory selector button to navigate to the directory where I executed QPC from. IN my case it is /media/CRUCIAL/qpc3v33 which wine changes to something like c:\qpc3v33\. Regardless, dir dos8_ gives a listing of the qpc directory. Cheers, Norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC home directory
On 23/02/10 17:10, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Does anyone know if it's possible within QPC2 to find the dos directory that QPC itself was executed from i.e. C:\program files\QPC\ Got asked that in an email today, I thought it might make an interesting helpline type FAQ if anyone knows how! What i do is define DOS8_ to be the setting ./ (dot slash) which seems to work. On Windows anyway which is what I expect you to be using Dilwyn! On Linux, under wine it needs to be changed from ./ and I use the directory selector button to navigate to the directory where I executed QPC from. IN my case it is /media/CRUCIAL/qpc3v33 which wine changes to something like c:\qpc3v33\. Regardless, dir dos8_ gives a listing of the qpc directory. ...and no doubt LET d$ = DOS_DRIVE$(8) would return the directory. Thanks Normal, I'll pass the info on. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC home directory
Evening Dilwyn, Thanks Normal, I'll pass the info on. Hmmm. I've been called a few things in my time, but normal was never one of them - for obvious reasons. ;-) Cheers, norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC home directory
Thanks Normal, I'll pass the info on. Hmmm. I've been called a few things in my time, but normal was never one of them - for obvious reasons. ;-) Cheers, norman. Oh, oh, oops...sorry. It's been a long day. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC - XP
Thanks, Doug L. 37830 USA Hi Doug, I've attached the original QL basic program listing (HANOI) and a zipped copy in case the original basic program doesn't survive email. The zipped copy should survive whatever damage this PC can do! Also, if you look on my QL website, in the games section at http://www.dilwyn.uk6.net/games/index.html there's a couple of Towers Of Hanoi games there too. Apologies, I thought this was a private email so in my haste I just hit Reply and inadvertently sent the reply to th emailing list. Have contacted him privately with the file. -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC - XP
Dilwyn, Odd, the only thing I can find is a URL for smsqe , no reference to anything else, rather than a Tower of Hanoi (I do want Mr. Kennedy's version, even if with others. I can make a whole Towwer of Hanoi folder). Am I missing something (not unlikely)? Thanks, Doug 37830 USA I emailed John about [re]joining QUANTA. -Original Message- From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk Sent: Mar 20, 2009 7:44 AM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QPC - XP Dilwyn, John (Gilpin) said the following: Hi Doug, Regarding your query about The Towers of Hanoi game, it is still in the QUANTA Library on disc GG01 and is credited to P Kennedy on 22/08/1987 Contact Dilwyn Jones (QUANTA Librarian) who will be able to advise you the best way to get a copy. Also QUANTA Magazine had a similar program from Steve Poole in Volume 23, ... At the moment I am after the Kennedy original; I have a feeling the similar program from 2006 is quite different (although I will try it in the QPCxx I _do_ have). Can you indeed show me how to get a copy? I have a feelling the GG01 I do have by now will be bad medium or it's one of the ones I've formatted. Thanks, Doug L. 37830 USA Hi Doug, Please find attached the hanoi program by P Kennedy from Quanta Library disc GG01. I've attached the original QL basic program listing (HANOI) and a zipped copy in case the original basic program doesn't survive email. The zipped copy should survive whatever damage this PC can do! Also, if you look on my QL website, in the games section at http://www.dilwyn.uk6.net/games/index.html there's a couple of Towers Of Hanoi games there too. Quanta members will be getting an up to date copy of the Library Guide disc with their next newsletters in a few weeks, so finding library programs like this should be easier for members. Normally as Quanta Librarian I'd ask you to send me a disk for the program and return postage, but for one small program like this to USA it just seemed a lot easier to send by email. I am assuming of course that you are still a member of Quanta - I take it that you are since John Gilpin is membership secretary and wouldn't have suggested this if you weren't. It's so nice to hear from our QL friends over there again! -- Dilwyn Jones -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC - XP
Dilwyn, John (Gilpin) said the following: Hi Doug, Regarding your query about The Towers of Hanoi game, it is still in the QUANTA Library on disc GG01 and is credited to P Kennedy on 22/08/1987 Contact Dilwyn Jones (QUANTA Librarian) who will be able to advise you the best way to get a copy. Also QUANTA Magazine had a similar program from Steve Poole in Volume 23, ... At the moment I am after the Kennedy original; I have a feeling the similar program from 2006 is quite different (although I will try it in the QPCxx I _do_ have). Can you indeed show me how to get a copy? I have a feelling the GG01 I do have by now will be bad medium or it's one of the ones I've formatted. Thanks, Doug L. 37830 USA Hi Doug, Please find attached the hanoi program by P Kennedy from Quanta Library disc GG01. I've attached the original QL basic program listing (HANOI) and a zipped copy in case the original basic program doesn't survive email. The zipped copy should survive whatever damage this PC can do! Also, if you look on my QL website, in the games section at http://www.dilwyn.uk6.net/games/index.html there's a couple of Towers Of Hanoi games there too. Quanta members will be getting an up to date copy of the Library Guide disc with their next newsletters in a few weeks, so finding library programs like this should be easier for members. Normally as Quanta Librarian I'd ask you to send me a disk for the program and return postage, but for one small program like this to USA it just seemed a lot easier to send by email. I am assuming of course that you are still a member of Quanta - I take it that you are since John Gilpin is membership secretary and wouldn't have suggested this if you weren't. It's so nice to hear from our QL friends over there again! -- Dilwyn Jones -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC - XP
Hi Doug, http://smsq.j-m-s.com/ gives all the details. One click, and you can download a demo to try on your hardware as well. CheersJochen extdgl42 wrote: Can I get the details, including price and payment methods, on a QPCxx known to run under XP? The most recent QLT I could find did not even have an ad from any trader that mentioned QPC. I have a close family member and old QLer confined to a skilled nursing facility and going stir crazy who would benefit from something to do. In this case it would be working on an old QL program/game which I will try to obtain through a separate post. The best equipment I can do is a Macintel that came with XP installed as a VM (beside OS X, yes). The program/game would go back to the QL community of course. Here are some details of what may need to be considered: Now: Intel (specifically Macintel/MacBook Pro 15), with XP (I believe Pro SP2 or some such). Dual core, 2.4GHz. XP: VM under Parallels although supposedly that doesn't matter. Only other: W98SE, QPC II I believe, but--it's a desktop, else I'd take it the dozen miles to the skilled facility now. I have not been able to get any response from the admin automaton of this list on the list commands for detecting or searching archives, so, I have to throw myself on the mercy of list members. This is despite having been mailing list admin at work for a number of years. Thanks much, Doug LaVerne 37830 USA ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- 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
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC - XP
Can I get the details, including price and payment methods, on a QPCxx known to run under XP? The most recent QLT I could find did not even have an ad from any trader that mentioned QPC. Two possible sources (all recent versionsof QPC2 such as v3.34 beta 3 I use) should work on XP machines. 1. From Jochen Merz: http://smsq.j-m-s.com 2. From Bruce Nicholls, who's set up a QL software ordering website: http://www.ql-qvd.com/ -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and WIne
Actually I was going to write something about this yesterday, too. Wine 1.0 has been released a week ago and my tests so far were pretty promising. It worked very well, even though I was only able to check it out from work over a remote connection, i.e. the PC running QPC was 10km away! Still it was fully usable and responsive, keyboard entries being no problem at all. So I suggest anybody who wants to run QPC under Linux should check out the final 1.0 Wine release. By the way, using Wine I discovered a problem with the QPC_WINDOWSIZE routine, I suggest to not use that command until I do the next release, at least under Wine. It's a pretty tricky bug and under Windows the situation might be just a tad different as to not be a problem at all. Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC and WIne
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Wow ! ... Sherlock Marcel is already on case ... :-) Actually I was going to write something about this yesterday, too. Wine 1.0 has been released a week ago and my tests so far were pretty promising. It worked very well, even though I was only able to check it out from work over a remote connection, i.e. the PC running QPC was 10km away! Still it was fully usable and responsive, keyboard entries being no problem at all. So I suggest anybody who wants to run QPC under Linux should check out the final 1.0 Wine release. By the way, using Wine I discovered a problem with the QPC_WINDOWSIZE routine, I suggest to not use that command until I do the next release, at least under Wine. It's a pretty tricky bug and under Windows the situation might be just a tad different as to not be a problem at all. Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC/Vista
P Witte wrote: Marcel Kilgus writes: Billy wrote: Is there an upgrade to a QPC version that works with Vista? Yes, 3.34 beta 3 is on my site. Don't be fooled by the beta, nobody has reported any problems so far. A possible reason may be that not many QPC2 runners have Vista yet. However, Im pleased to report that Ive been using QPC2 3.34 beta 2 on Vista for a few days now, and all seems fine! Aero Glass an all! So: Well done, Marcel! Taking the opportunity of wishing y'all the customary seasonal merriness and all that! Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Just got the password so will download this afternoon ( chrismas lights a priority this morning). Remembered my wifes laptop runs on XP so I could have used it. bigger downturn was when I realised the most recent backups to my Christmas card list are on the hard drive of my old computer that I gave to my son which he managed to make very dead. Best backup I have is 04 on Floppy, I bought a USB floppy drive early this year ( this PC and Wifes Laptop have no floppy) - good purchase I think. Off topic I bought my son a refurbished PC from PCWorld online, quite a ggod buy but it arrived three days late and would not boot up, turned out they had left the power lead off the hard drive, unfortunate thing for them is they sent me a customer survey to fill in a day after I bought it, it won't make good reading for them (;-) Merry Christmes and a good new year to you all - Bill ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC/Vista
On 16 Dec 2007, at 01:36, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Yes, 3.34 beta 3 is on my site. Don't be fooled by the beta, nobody has reported any problems so far. I have been using it a lot and it has no errors that I have found. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Sockets
That's just what I wanted. Thanks Marcel!! Malcolm Marcel Kilgus wrote: Malcolm Lear wrote: Is it possible to download a file from a web address using the TCP/UDP sockets and an Sbasic program? I've been looking for documentation and programming examples with no success. Yes, it is possible. The protocol you have to speak is HTTP and described here http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt Here's a very very basic program that requests the main page from the QL-Today web site: 100 OPEN_IN#3,tcp_www.qltoday.com:80 110 PRINT#3,GET / HTTP/1.1 120 PRINT#3,User-Agent: QPC browser 130 PRINT#3,Accept: */* 140 PRINT#3,host: qltoday.com 150 PRINT#3 160 REPeat 170 INPUT#3,a$:PRINT a$ 180 END REPeat Marcel ___ 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
Re: [ql-users] QPC Sockets
Hi Marcel And if I required a sub page such as 'http://qltoday.com/latest.htm'? Malcolm Marcel Kilgus wrote: Malcolm Lear wrote: Is it possible to download a file from a web address using the TCP/UDP sockets and an Sbasic program? I've been looking for documentation and programming examples with no success. Yes, it is possible. The protocol you have to speak is HTTP and described here http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt Here's a very very basic program that requests the main page from the QL-Today web site: 100 OPEN_IN#3,tcp_www.qltoday.com:80 110 PRINT#3,GET / HTTP/1.1 120 PRINT#3,User-Agent: QPC browser 130 PRINT#3,Accept: */* 140 PRINT#3,host: qltoday.com 150 PRINT#3 160 REPeat 170 INPUT#3,a$:PRINT a$ 180 END REPeat Marcel ___ 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
Re: [ql-users] QPC Sockets
Thanks Marcel, I understand now. Cheers Malcolm Marcel Kilgus wrote: Malcolm Lear wrote: And if I required a sub page such as 'http://qltoday.com/latest.htm'? That's the / after GET. Best read the documentation for this, there's plenty of it on the net. Marcel ___ 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
Re: [ql-users] QPC Sockets
Malcolm Lear wrote: And if I required a sub page such as 'http://qltoday.com/latest.htm'? That's the / after GET. Best read the documentation for this, there's plenty of it on the net. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Sockets
Just nosing through my HTTP pocket Reference.. GET /latest.htm HTTP/1.1 Host: qltoday.com Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12 September 2006 14:45:08 Thanks Marcel, I understand now. Cheers Malcolm Marcel Kilgus wrote: Malcolm Lear wrote: And if I required a sub page such as 'http://qltoday.com/latest.htm'? That's the / after GET. Best read the documentation for this, there's plenty of it on the net. Marcel ___ 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 *** The contents of this email are confidential to the intended recipient. It may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor may it be copied in any way. If received in error, please contact the company on 01793-715380, then delete it from your system. Please note neither the company nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any) for viruses. No contract may be concluded on behalf of the company by means of email communications. www.boxclever.co.uk *** ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Print - Document CD
- Original Message - From: Malcolm Cadman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Perfection, QPC2 and QPC Print Could be worth collating all this information that is coming through about printer drivers for publication in the Quanta magazine ... it is an issue that seems to exercise everyone. This is a good way of raising a matter that Jochen and I had already decided to sound out in the group. We have had a request from a QL Today reader for a QPC Print troubleshooting article. We would really like to do this, but we have a problem that neither us have had much experience of QPC Print problems. Jochen has had just two requests for help and I have received only one via Quanta. I also offered to organise troubleshooting sessions at both the Eindhoven International and the Portsmouth QL is 21 shows last year, but not a single person reacted. In general I have the impression that QPC Print has been a remarkably trouble free program. We would like to hear from anyone who has had a comment to make, either over installation or use. Have people who used to use HP codes had problems switching over to Epson? Also we would like to hear about any modifications you have had to make to printer drivers to get then to run under QPC Print. Obviously one area that needs attention is printing from Archive, but I don't know of any others. Please send any comments direct to QL Today using the email address inside the front cover. On the separate matter, Dilwyn need not apologise for faults in the QL Documentation CD. It has been very much appreciated by the readers and there is so much information on it that it was inevitable there would be a few faults. Can I just add that there was no work for me in producing the CD? All the hard work was done by Dilwyn, Jochen and Roy. (Just think of how much time it took to copy a CD for every reader!) As far as Roy is concerned I don't think people always realise how much work there is for him on the distribution side of QL Today. Also thanks to Bruce Nicholls who proof reads every issue, Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC
- Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Bill Waugh wrote: In Sbasic I enter - open#3,par print #3, ' Hi ' result nothing if I then enter again - open #3, par - result prints Hi Strange No, perfectly logical. As I wrote, printing only starts once the channel is closed. In order to open it again, it has to be closed first, that's why it prints on the second open. I.e. open#3,par print #3, ' Hi ' close #3 will work as well. Marcel Yep it does, as does NEW I just found as it closes open channels, sorry I missed that part of your mail ( rushing about making tea ) not sure how I manage this printing from Archive though, I'm only printing four or five lines ( name + 3 or 4 address line ). Also I managed this fine last year, probably I have upgraded QPC since then though. Thanks for your reply All the best - Bill ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC
- Original Message - From: P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:50 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Bill Waugh writes: open#3,par print #3, ' Hi ' close #3 will work as well. Marcel Yep it does, as does NEW I just found as it closes open channels, sorry I missed that part of your mail ( rushing about making tea ) not sure how I manage this printing from Archive though, I'm only printing four or five lines ( name + 3 or 4 address line ). Also I managed this fine last year, probably I have upgraded QPC since then though. Thanks for your reply Are you sure FF doesnt work? open#3; 'par': bput#3; 12 should throw a page. On some printers you need to pass some data before an FF will work, such as: open#3; 'par': bput#3; 10, 12 Nope just does nothing until you close the channel Experiment! If that works, the equivalent command from Archive would be something like: lprint chr(0)+chr(12) (You need the leading chr(0) to bypass Archive's penchant for filtering out non-print characters) Regarding another problem, mentioned by Dilwyn, about the printer not starting to print a long document before the channel is closed, it just may be down to a setting in the PC's printer configuration dialog. Check the following (PC side): Start/Settings/Printers Right click the printer you want to configure and select Properties. Select the Advanced tab. Check the Start Printing Immediately radio button, an' Bob's yer aunt's live-in lover. Thats the setting already Per - looks like Bobs out of luck tonight then tried 'Print direct to Printer' but that seemed to freeze QPC although that might of course be Windows, sometmes programes do freeze on Windows believe it or not. Will try again after some food Many thanks for your efforts All the best - Bill ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC
- Original Message - From: P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:50 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Bill Waugh writes: open#3,par print #3, ' Hi ' close #3 will work as well. Marcel Yep it does, as does NEW I just found as it closes open channels, sorry I missed that part of your mail ( rushing about making tea ) not sure how I manage this printing from Archive though, I'm only printing four or five lines ( name + 3 or 4 address line ). Also I managed this fine last year, probably I have upgraded QPC since then though. Thanks for your reply Are you sure FF doesnt work? open#3; 'par': bput#3; 12 should throw a page. On some printers you need to pass some data before an FF will work, such as: open#3; 'par': bput#3; 10, 12 while all the above will not work the following does open #3;par print #3;' yet another test' for n = 1 to 66: print #3:n: end for n so the problem has been correctly identified ( many thanks all ) however I'm damned if I can find what windows settings that could correct it. I've tried setting print processor to raw, raw (FF) appended, raw(FF Auto) default is raw. Spooled and direct to printer results are the same with printer on USB or LPT only thing that's changed since I last did this is I upgraded (LOL) from Windows 98 to Windows XP ( eXpect no Print ) Should be able to change Archive print procedure to spit out an envelope maybe All the best - Bill ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC
Bill Waugh wrote: so the problem has been correctly identified ( many thanks all ) however I'm damned if I can find what windows settings that could correct it. Basically in this mode QPC bypasses Windows almost completely, so I don't think there is a setting that can change any of this. It's a printer thing. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC
I had the thing working fine last night I though, tonight it's just about approaching Dillwyn mode ( and it's next to a window ) Oi...it's at least 2 weeks since I last threw a PC out of a window and that was for mis-spelling my name too :-) Seriously though, I tend to have a vaguely similar but less serious issue with printing. My setup is a bit different to yours - you seem to have one Windows driver for Windows and another Windows driver for QPC2 if I've understood right - 2 cables from the PC to the same printer, whereas mine is one cable from printer to PC and a second cable from printer to Aurora/MinisQL. If I'm printing a large file from QPC2, printing on the printer often tends not to start until the program has finished printing. I've never fully understood why, though it is probably to do with buffering or possibly (doubt this) that printing does not commence until the actual printing channel is closed. At the moment, the PC is connected to the printer via USB for QPC2 and Windows, and the printer's parallel port is connected to the parallel socket on my Aurora. It all seems to work fine as long as both don't try to print same time, then the expected chaos does ensue if both try printing at the same time. I use the Epson Stylus 880 on the PC via USB1 and in general I find that if Windows prints, QPC2 prints, as long as it's a printer which understands control codes as we are used to. To get the USB printer working, all I had to do was set PAR1 (all PARs in fact) in QPC2's configuration dialogue screen to PRINTER (bullet showing in the 'Printer' option, not under LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3). To the right of Printer I have Default Printer selected and Use Filter is set to off. If your printer didn't understand control codes, you'd have to resort to QPCprint. At this stage in the procedings a lot of stuff may no longer work as advertised, so it may be a good idea (if none of the above works) to remove (all) your PC's printer installation(s) and start from scratch. It is a long time since I had to fiddle with printers, so some of the info above may be out of date or wrong. No doubt someone will put me right. HTH Per Since you have 2 drivers installed, this is a possibility. I know QPC2 can print via USB as long as you set the above options so that QPC2 prints fairly transparently to Windows printer driver, but it's impossible to give a cast iron guarantee it works with all such printers in exactly the same way I suppose. Some things never change eh? Printers always did tend to drive us all up the wall! -- Dilwyn Jones -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.11/191 - Release Date: 02/12/2005 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC
Bill Waugh schreef: Anybody got a hint or two about printing from QPC. I have had little trouble in past years with an Epson connected to the PC via usb for windows and a par cable for QPC I have a new PC this year Windows XP and connected the printer up with a par cable and two versions of the printer driver installed USB and LPT) but can't say I'm having much success seems to be spending extraordinary amount of time spooling. Can you print from QPC via the USB port,?, if so what settings in the set up screen PAR/SER section. Also I'm using Archive so maybe I need to set par_use or Ser_use to something. I had the thing working fine last night I though, tonight it's just about approaching Dillwyn mode ( and it's next to a window ) I would hate to admit defeat and shift the database to a MS cardfile All the best - Bill ( slightly demented ) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm I think QPCPrint is the best solution. If that doesn't work for you, why not send your data to a file with a combination of 'SPOOLON/SPOOLOFF', swap to Windows and print that file using 'Word' or 'Writer', François Van Emelen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC
- Original Message - From: P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Bill Waugh writes: Anybody got a hint or two about printing from QPC. I have had little trouble in past years with an Epson connected to the PC via usb for windows and a par cable for QPC I have a new PC this year Windows XP and connected the printer up with a par cable and two versions of the printer driver installed USB and LPT) but can't say I'm having much success seems to be spending extraordinary amount of time spooling. Can you print from QPC via the USB port,?, if so what settings in the set up screen PAR/SER section. AFAIK you should be able to print via any printer attached to your PC provided it understands a language your QL-side printer driver speaks. In the QPC configuation screen (or using Menuconfig) map par1 to Printer. If your PC happens to be set up to print via the USB port then thats the path your print data will take to reach the printer without any further input on your part. Ie, it is not necessary to have both a par and a usb cable attached. many thanks for your reply Per and every body else including Dilwyn with apologies for the name thing, I was surprised when the spellchecker rejected my spelling and used two L's ( I'm pretty sure I have the English version, I'll check later) Now as far as I have got - deleted all the printers in windows and installed afresh my Epson Stylus colour740, set up QPC to Par1 - printer. Fired up Qpc and what I get is this In Sbasic I enter - open#3,par print #3, ' Hi ' result nothing if I then enter again - open #3, par - result prints Hi Strange A well looks like hand writing the Christmas card envelopes this year All the best - Bill ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC
Merry Christmas all - I have been rather quiet of late, but could not miss this one !! Bill - the problem below that the Epson inkjets only start printing when you reach the bottom of the page - in this instance, although you only printed one line (out of 66), as soon as you do OPEN #3,par again, it closes the parallel port, which tells the printer that it has reached the end of the print job. The answer is to send a Form Feed character at the bottom of each page if you are not sending more than 66 lines to the printer... PRINT #3,CHR$(12) Rich On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:22:54 -, Bill Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now as far as I have got - deleted all the printers in windows and installed afresh my Epson Stylus colour740, set up QPC to Par1 - printer. Fired up Qpc and what I get is this In Sbasic I enter - open#3,par print #3, ' Hi ' result nothing if I then enter again - open #3, par - result prints Hi Strange A well looks like hand writing the Christmas card envelopes this year All the best - Bill -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services 178 Newtown Road, Bedworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom CV12 8QN TEL: 02476 490616 http://www.rwapservices.co.uk/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC
- Original Message - From: Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Merry Christmas all - I have been rather quiet of late, but could not miss this one !! Bill - the problem below that the Epson inkjets only start printing when you reach the bottom of the page - in this instance, although you only printed one line (out of 66), as soon as you do OPEN #3,par again, it closes the parallel port, which tells the printer that it has reached the end of the print job. The answer is to send a Form Feed character at the bottom of each page if you are not sending more than 66 lines to the printer... PRINT #3,CHR$(12) Rich Hi Rich I see where your coming from, strange I have never had to do this before with the same printer. Just tried it - no Luck are you sure it's CHR$(12), I haven't got any QL stuff at hand, this is the problem I upgraded the Pc in the summer and also built a bookcase around the desk moving everything up into the loft until I got it all together, I usually use Exchange ( Archive ) for printing out Christmas address and it works fine, so there is another variable but if it wont print in Basic then there not much chance in Archive. All the best - Bill ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Bill Waugh wrote: In Sbasic I enter - open#3,par print #3, ' Hi ' result nothing if I then enter again - open #3, par - result prints Hi Strange No, perfectly logical. As I wrote, printing only starts once the channel is closed. In order to open it again, it has to be closed first, that's why it prints on the second open. I.e. open#3,par print #3, ' Hi ' close #3 will work as well. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Use this however you like. But note my addition, repeated below. Ken Bain OK, thank you. I have used QPC2 from a USB memory stick before, but always with absolute paths. Using relative paths is a great idea, since it works around the problem that the USB memory stick appears as different drive letters on different computers. For example, it's drive E:\ here at work, but drive J:\ at home because I have a camera memory card reader tying up a drive letter for each of its four card slots. WHat I found usefulw as to redefine WIN8_ and DOS8_ to be absolute paths C:\QXL.WIN and C:\ respectively. Allows the memory stick QPC2 to access the hard drive on the host computer if the need arises. Relative paths seem to work fine with WIN devices, but not with DOS. If I set DOS1_ to be blank or to be ./ (i.e. use current path) or to be ../ (use next level up - root of drive) QPC2 complains Base directory of DOS1_ invalid. If I try to save any corrections (i.e. restore normal drives) after this error, next time it's started the changes seem to be ignored, next time after that they seem to appear OK. I am a bit mystified, the only thing I can think of is that th ememory stick is a bit slow, so I am starting it too quick before it's finished saving or something. Anyone got relative paths to work properly for DOS devices? When I get a chance, I'll write down the sequence of entries to show the error in QPC2 to Marcel to see if he can shed any light on it. Basically, the set up when the error occurs is: WIN DOS 1 QXL.WIN either left blank, or ./ or ../ 2 D:\QXL.WIN D:\ 3 E:\QXL.WIN E:\ 4 F:\QXL.WIN F:\ 5 G:\QXL.WIN G:\ 6 H:\QXL.WIN H:\ 7 I:\QXL.WIN I:\ 8 C:\QXL.WIN C:\ Might Base directory of DOS1_ is invalid have anything to do with the fact that the drive letters are out of order, or DOS drives must have an absolute drive reference? Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Dilwyn Jones wrote: Anyone got relative paths to work properly for DOS devices? I hope not, they are explicitly forbidden. Not sure about the reason but I probably had a good one. IIRC Ken said it was dot forwardslash for current directory and dot dot forwardslash for root or next step up. No, forward slashes are never used on DOS/Windows. .\ is current directory, but it should be redundant as everything defaults to the current directory anyway. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Anyone got relative paths to work properly for DOS devices? I hope not, they are explicitly forbidden. Not sure about the reason but I probably had a good one. OK, try this. Start QPC2 from memory stick (E:\QPC2\QPC2.EXE in my case). In the configuration dialogue: Set Win1_ to be QXL.WIN (no drive/folder name) Set Dos1_ to be nothing (a blank entry) Save this configuration. OK to start. DOS1_ will give a list of either current directory or root and give a sector count of 0/0, whcih makes you think it works. Quit from QPC2. Restart it, click on OK (i.e. don't configure this time). This second time it's run you'll get the base directory of dos1_ is invalid error message and you can't enter QPC2. It's almost as though your illegal entry you configured and saved during the first startup is only spotted the second time you run it. IIRC Ken said it was dot forwardslash for current directory and dot dot forwardslash for root or next step up. No, forward slashes are never used on DOS/Windows. .\ is current directory, but it should be redundant as everything defaults to the current directory anyway. Ah, sorry, it must be web page editors etc which use ./ I can never remember which is which. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 at 15:11:11, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) No, forward slashes are never used on DOS/Windows. .\ is current directory, but it should be redundant as everything defaults to the current directory anyway. Ah, sorry, it must be web page editors etc which use ./ I can never remember which is which. Unix and Linux. Websites are mainly run under Unix/Linux, hence the forward slash (/) in URLs. The \ from windows is a real hassle, as backslash is a standard programming escape character (in perl and others). Windows paths used in say perl have to be: c:\\path\\filename c:\path\filename would get parsed as c:pathfilename A real pain. ... but that is how I can remember it (8-)# Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.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 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:08:51 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought it might be nice to have a QPC setup on a USB flashdrive. Here's what I did SNIP Very similar to my own experiences. Glad to find out that I'm not the only QPC-on-a-stick out here :o) I think I wrote my experiences up in QL Toaday some time back, but it's always nice to have a reminder from time to time. It works for me very well indeed. Now, if only there was QPC for Linux . (Sorry Marcel) This flashdrive setup has worked in XP pro, Win2000pro, Win98. Astonish your friends. Impress gullible women. Go forth and multitask! I can raise the ante :-) My QPC is on a MP3 player that shares a memory card with a Nokia 3650 phone :-) I can confirm the above, but I think Windows 95 will work as well, if you install the correct driver to make it able to work the USB port/stick drive. NT3.5 and 4.0 will not work as it doesn't support USB devices 'naturally' - although there might be a driver somewhere for it. Yep there is (USB for Win NT 4) and I am using it :-) Ffibys :-) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC on a Stick
6 opened 'devices' and set win1 to .\win1 ie dot backslash filename
7 Saved it, and create a shortcut to QPC2 .exe outside the folder, for
neatness.
dot backslash is dosspeak for ' look in the current directory'. It isn't
listed in any of the dos manuals I've got, although dot dot backslash is.
('look in parent directory' ) Anyway it works and means you can plug the
drive in to any suitable windows PC and need not tell qpc the absolute
address for each PC.
Excellent little tip! Mind if I publish this in QLToday?
This flashdrive setup has worked in XP pro, Win2000pro, Win98.
Astonish your friends. Impress gullible women. Go forth and multitask!
I thought women preferred men to be faithfull to one, not several at a time?
'Go forth and multitask.' Could probably rewrite the Ten Commandments, Noah's
edicts and much of the Bible based on that. The Bible according to QLer Ken
Bain
:-)
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excellent little tip! Mind if I publish this in QLToday? You already have - I wrote up my experiences with QPC and a USB drive some time back. :o) Cheers, Norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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About 20 mins after sending this I realised that dot backslash is probably
not necessary, as dos looks in the current diectory by default if no path is
given. So I tried removing it, and it still works. The crucial bit is to put
the win file in the same folder as qpc2.exe, so dos can do its default duty.
I have found it necessary in the past to use dot backslash, and have been
trying to remember when. I think it was when 'adjusting' some HTML - some
web page software creates its own default subdirectories.
Apologies to Norman Dunbar - I missed his article in QL Today.
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From: Ken Bain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ql-users list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:59 AM
Subject: [ql-users] QPC on a Stick
I thought it might be nice to have a QPC setup on a USB flashdrive. Here's
what I did
1 plugged in the flashdrive (16M Smartmedia in a reader/writer)
2 formatted it
3 copied the QPC folder (default: c:\windows\program files\QPC2 ) and
contents onto the flashdrive
4 copied the win file (default: c:\Qxl.win ) into the QPC2 folder on the
flashdrive
5 opened this folder, run QPC2.EXE to show the configuration dialogue
6 opened 'devices' and set win1 to .\win1 ie dot backslash filename
7 Saved it, and create a shortcut to QPC2 .exe outside the folder, for
neatness.
dot backslash is dosspeak for ' look in the current directory'. It isn't
listed in any of the dos manuals I've got, although dot dot backslash is.
('look in parent directory' ) Anyway it works and means you can plug the
drive in to any suitable windows PC and need not tell qpc the absolute
address for each PC.
This flashdrive setup has worked in XP pro, Win2000pro, Win98.
Astonish your friends. Impress gullible women. Go forth and multitask!
Ken Bain
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Excellent little tip! Mind if I publish this in QLToday? You already have - I wrote up my experiences with QPC and a USB drive some time back. :o) Cheers, Norman. Bit of a mix up there I think...I thought I was replying to Ken Bain and the ./win1_ tip...Now I'm confused. Err, who said what? (Blame it on my webmail program where line lengths and quoting etc tend to get a bit difficult for my little brain to cope with) In terms of using these little USB memory sticks, I wrote a short review of a cheap 64MB Mobile Disk one from EBuyer for Quanta too, but it it didn't get published (or not published so far anyway). Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ken Bain
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
I thought it might be nice to have a QPC setup on a USB flashdrive.
Here's what I did
1 plugged in the flashdrive (16M Smartmedia in a reader/writer)
2 formatted it
3 copied the QPC folder (default: c:\windows\program files\QPC2 ) and
contents onto the flashdrive
4 copied the win file (default: c:\Qxl.win ) into the QPC2 folder on
the flashdrive
5 opened this folder, run QPC2.EXE to show the configuration dialogue
6 opened 'devices' and set win1 to .\win1 ie dot backslash filename
7 Saved it, and create a shortcut to QPC2 .exe outside the folder, for
neatness.
dot backslash is dosspeak for ' look in the current directory'. It
isn't listed in any of the dos manuals I've got, although dot dot
backslash is. ('look in parent directory' ) Anyway it works and means
you can plug the drive in to any suitable windows PC and need not tell
qpc the absolute address for each PC.
This flashdrive setup has worked in XP pro, Win2000pro, Win98.
Astonish your friends. Impress gullible women. Go forth and multitask!
Ken Bain
This should be in the next QLToday Dilwyn. Useful information.
I do a similar thing but always have to set the directory in QPC2 this
is neat.
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Re: [ql-users] QPC on a Stick
Dilwyn
Use this however you like. But note my addition, repeated below.
Ken Bain
- Original Message -
From: Ken Bain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC on a Stick
About 20 mins after sending this I realised that dot backslash is probably
not necessary, as dos looks in the current diectory by default if no path
is given. So I tried removing it, and it still works. The crucial bit is
to put the win file in the same folder as qpc2.exe, so dos can do its
default duty.
I have found it necessary in the past to use dot backslash, and have been
trying to remember when. I think it was when 'adjusting' some HTML - some
web page software creates its own default subdirectories.
Apologies to Norman Dunbar - I missed his article in QL Today.
- Original Message -
From: Ken Bain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ql-users list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:59 AM
Subject: [ql-users] QPC on a Stick
I thought it might be nice to have a QPC setup on a USB flashdrive. Here's
what I did
1 plugged in the flashdrive (16M Smartmedia in a reader/writer)
2 formatted it
3 copied the QPC folder (default: c:\windows\program files\QPC2 ) and
contents onto the flashdrive
4 copied the win file (default: c:\Qxl.win ) into the QPC2 folder on the
flashdrive
5 opened this folder, run QPC2.EXE to show the configuration dialogue
6 opened 'devices' and set win1 to .\win1 ie dot backslash filename
7 Saved it, and create a shortcut to QPC2 .exe outside the folder, for
neatness.
dot backslash is dosspeak for ' look in the current directory'. It isn't
listed in any of the dos manuals I've got, although dot dot backslash is.
('look in parent directory' ) Anyway it works and means you can plug the
drive in to any suitable windows PC and need not tell qpc the absolute
address for each PC.
This flashdrive setup has worked in XP pro, Win2000pro, Win98.
Astonish your friends. Impress gullible women. Go forth and multitask!
Ken Bain
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought it might be nice to have a QPC setup on a USB flashdrive. Here's what I did SNIP Very similar to my own experiences. Glad to find out that I'm not the only QPC-on-a-stick out here :o) I think I wrote my experiences up in QL Toaday some time back, but it's always nice to have a reminder from time to time. It works for me very well indeed. Now, if only there was QPC for Linux . (Sorry Marcel) This flashdrive setup has worked in XP pro, Win2000pro, Win98. Astonish your friends. Impress gullible women. Go forth and multitask! I can confirm the above, but I think Windows 95 will work as well, if you install the correct driver to make it able to work the USB port/stick drive. NT3.5 and 4.0 will not work as it doesn't support USB devices 'naturally' - although there might be a driver somewhere for it. Cheers, Norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
In a message dated 15/01/05 15:30:00 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody noticed that the various combinations with CAPS such as CAPS/SHIFT/ALT etc do not work with recent versions of SMSQE on QPC2 and on Q40/Q60? The combination DOES work with SuperGold Card + Super Hermes because Super Hermes has its own keyboard routine I suppose. Not sure what you're reffering to. Do you mean that with CAPS-LOCK some keys do not work like when SHIFT is pressed? In that case this is by design. There is a difference between a CAPS-LOCK and a SHIFT-LOCK, the first one only altering the capitalisation of characters, and most keyboard layouts use CAPS-LOCK. There are 8 combinations of CAPS with the presence of one or more of SHIFT, CONTROL and ALT (including just CAPS on its own. The seven combinations are all supposed to give rise to ASCII characters, ie they are part of the set where ALT adds '1' to the value of the key press without the ALT. These combinations are excluded by the kbd_poll routine. In my version of SMSQE I have reinstated these 7 combinations by treating CAPS as a normal character if any of SHIFT, CONTROL, ALT (or Alt Gr) is pressed at the same time. Thus, on my machines (Q40/60), only a bare CAPS will toggle caps lock. Now tell me that what I did was fatal!!! George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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In a message dated 15/01/05 19:04:17 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: George writes: I have also produced a private keyboard table loaded by KBD_TABLE which to some extent allows the two uses of the number pad. Holding down Alt Gr makes the num pad act as though Num lock was off. How difficult would it be to add Minerva's 'Compose' keystrokes? You know, 'a' + ALT ENTER : makes 'ä' Very easy - if you hold down Alt Gr and then press the A key. Do you mean it already exists and is available? Per The facility to set private keyboards is available via KBD_TABLE. I had to find out myself how to define the tables, though I think Wolfgang has info on this. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are 8 combinations of CAPS with the presence of one or more of SHIFT, CONTROL and ALT (including just CAPS on its own. The seven combinations are all supposed to give rise to ASCII characters, ie they are part of the set where ALT adds '1' to the value of the key press without the ALT. Ah I see, same Dilwyn said, then. Thus, on my machines (Q40/60), only a bare CAPS will toggle caps lock. Now tell me that what I did was fatal!!! Nah, couldn't imagine why. Just the only bar CAPS will toggle caps lock cannot be done on QPC because Capslock state is controller by Windows, thus every Capslock press will result in a change of state, no matter which modifier keys are pressed at the same time. Of course I could do my own Capslock state, but then the state wouldn't be reflected anymore by the Capslock LED, which would probably be pretty confusing. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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In a message dated 18/01/05 17:01:48 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Of course I could do my own Capslock state, but then the state wouldn't be reflected anymore by the Capslock LED, which would probably be pretty confusing. Marcel But on the Q40/60 you can't have LED lights anyway! You can, however, set up a copy of Perfection which will indicate whther CAPS is on or off (even if you aren't using the program at he time). George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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YES, Marcel, that is exactly what I have! What next? Ian -- Message original -- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:24:32 +0100 From: Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard Cc: Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: azerty (french) qwerty (english) azertz (german)? The last one should be qwertz, surely. Asked another way, is it perhaps this layout: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/keyboards/kbdsf.htm (probably only properly viewable with internet explorer, go with the mouse over shift to see the shiftet state) Marcel ___ 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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Jon, you are right, it is a Swiss keyboard. I would be glad to use your work when finished. But if you can do it maybe I can too. How do you do it, is it frantically difficult? Ian -- Message original -- From: Dent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:11:09 +0100 Cc: Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: If you have a french keyboard: Forget Cueshell. exec QPC with the shift button held down to get the config window. Set code du pays to 33. Then hit the sauver button! Now do OK. AND CHECK your boot file for a line such as kbd_table xx. If this is present, replace xx by 33. I think Ian said he was using a Swiss French keyboard which is hardly like the French keyboard at all. In fact it is much more like the Swiss German (sg) keyboard with the é/ö key set to default to é with shift é being ö etc. If this sounds familiar to you Ian I would gladly supply you my nearly finished sg keyboard table. You would then have to use (something like) : i=RESPR(1024):LBYTES win1_SYSTEM_sg_kbd,i:KBD_TABLE i in you boot file to load it. You could then use Wolfgang's very excellent keyboard configurator (clavier) to swap round the ö/é shifted and nonshifted key configurations. If you want to give it a go Ian, let me know and I will supply you with the necessary files, as I was so kindly supplied them by members of [ql-users] not so many months ago. Jon. P.S. nearly finished means I haven't dealt with the Alt Gr keys properly yet and have set them up as HOT_KEY's in my boot at the moment. ___ 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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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody noticed that the various combinations with CAPS such as CAPS/SHIFT/ALT etc do not work with recent versions of SMSQE on QPC2 and on Q40/Q60? The combination DOES work with SuperGold Card + Super Hermes because Super Hermes has its own keyboard routine I suppose. Not sure what you're reffering to. Do you mean that with CAPS-LOCK some keys do not work like when SHIFT is pressed? In that case this is by design. There is a difference between a CAPS-LOCK and a SHIFT-LOCK, the first one only altering the capitalisation of characters, and most keyboard layouts use CAPS-LOCK. Marcel I think what he refers to is that according to the Character Set page in the Concepts section of the QL User Guide, different character codes can be returned for CTRL CAPS LOCK, ALT CAPS LOCK, etc on a traditional QL keyboard. In QPC2, these codes are not returned if you use something like PRINT CODE(INKEY$(-1)) and so programs like Perfection from Digital Precision have problems because they actually use these keycodes 224 to 231. I wonder if these keypresses are filtered out at keyboard level on a PC, stopping QPC2 from getting at them? In that case, there is probably no way it can be emulated. AFAIK Perfection was the only program ever to use these keycodes generated by CAPS LOCK and the combinations of SHIFT, ALT and CTRL keys, it might not be worthwhile trying to emulate these keypresses. 224 Caps lock 225 alt caps lock 226 ctrl caps lock 227 alt ctrl caps lock 228 shift caps lock 229 shift alt caps lock 230 shift ctrl caps lock 231 shift ctrl alt caps lock -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 16/01/2005 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 at 17:02:39, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) snip In QPC2, these codes are not returned if you use something like PRINT CODE(INKEY$(-1)) and so programs like Perfection from Digital Precision have problems because they actually use these keycodes 224 to 231. I wonder if these keypresses are filtered out at keyboard level on a PC, stopping QPC2 from getting at them? In that case, there is probably no way it can be emulated. I think we get all these on superHermes, so if they don;t get through it is not the keyboard, but later on. AFAIK Perfection was the only program ever to use these keycodes generated by CAPS LOCK and the combinations of SHIFT, ALT and CTRL keys, it might not be worthwhile trying to emulate these keypresses. 224 Caps lock 225 alt caps lock 226 ctrl caps lock 227 alt ctrl caps lock 228 shift caps lock 229 shift alt caps lock 230 shift ctrl caps lock 231 shift ctrl alt caps lock snip -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
In a message dated 14/01/05 20:08:48 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have also produced a private keyboard table loaded by KBD_TABLE which to some extent allows the two uses of the number pad. Holding down Alt Gr makes the num pad act as though Num lock was off. How difficult would it be to add Minerva's 'Compose' keystrokes? You know, 'a' + ALT ENTER : makes 'ä' Very easy - if you hold down Alt Gr and then press the A key. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
I presume there are only 2 ways of changing the kbd; either I set in Configuration QPC2 page, the CODE de Pays as 1 or 33 or 44 etc. and I set QBD_TABLE in my boot as the same chosen number. I do not know of any other way of affecting the keyboard. My keyboard is in English, i.e.the Keys are in English. I have tried 1 and 33 and 44 even 49 as mentioned above and do not get success. I wonder why my Configueration page of QPC2 is in French. Perhaps I should get it in English. But how? -- Message original -- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:31:12 - From: Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:22:31 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have managed to configure smsqe.bin by using Cueshell so I can choose the language. I have also tried out Code du Pays in the Configuration window of QPC starting window. But I have not solved my problem. Ian, I presume that you reset QPC2 after altering the configuration of smsqe.bin and the smsqe.bin you configured was on the PC not within the QL hard disk :-) Otherwise, can you please recap. I presume you are using a French keyboard and your Windows is set up for French. So you now need QPC2 to be set up for a french keyboard?? If you have an English keyboard but are using a French setup of Windows, this might explain some of the problem. -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services 26 Oak Road, Shelfield, Walsall, West Midlands WS4 1RQ http://www.rwapservices.co.uk/ ___ 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
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
Yes I have done that but no success. My QPC2 Config page is in French. Perhaps I should have it in English? -- Message original -- From: Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:53:19 +0100 Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard Cc: Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 14 Jan 2005 at 16:31, Rich Mellor wrote: On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:22:31 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have managed to configure smsqe.bin by using Cueshell so I can choose the language. I have also tried out Code du Pays in the Configuration window of QPC starting window. But I have not solved my problem. If you have a french keyboard: Forget Cueshell. exec QPC with the shift button held down to get the config window. Set code du pays to 33. Then hit the sauver button! Now do OK. AND CHECK your boot file for a line such as kbd_table xx. If this is present, replace xx by 33. Wolfgang www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com ___ 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
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I presume there are only 2 ways of changing the kbd; either I set in Configuration QPC2 page, the CODE de Pays as 1 or 33 or 44 etc. and I set QBD_TABLE in my boot as the same chosen number. I do not know of any other way of affecting the keyboard. There is none. If none of the layouts provided fit there are only 2 options: hope that somebody else did one for your keyboard layout or create a new layout yourself. The latter can be done using Wolfgang's excellent clavier application which isn't overly difficult to use. I wonder why my Configueration page of QPC2 is in French. Because you write My setup is as follows: All is in French (XP etc.). Perhaps I should get it in English. Doesn't matter. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
On 15 Jan 2005 at 15:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes I have done that but no success. My QPC2 Config page is in French. Perhaps I should have it in English? I think the language depends on the coutry you're in. Let's hgetthis is the clear: the first aplha row of your keyboard is what: azerty (french) qwerty (english) azertz (german)? If french, use 33 as country code if english use 44 if german use 49. Don't forget the sauver button Does this help? Wolfgang www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: azerty (french) qwerty (english) azertz (german)? The last one should be qwertz, surely. Asked another way, is it perhaps this layout: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/keyboards/kbdsf.htm (probably only properly viewable with internet explorer, go with the mouse over shift to see the shiftet state) Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody noticed that the various combinations with CAPS such as CAPS/SHIFT/ALT etc do not work with recent versions of SMSQE on QPC2 and on Q40/Q60? The combination DOES work with SuperGold Card + Super Hermes because Super Hermes has its own keyboard routine I suppose. Not sure what you're reffering to. Do you mean that with CAPS-LOCK some keys do not work like when SHIFT is pressed? In that case this is by design. There is a difference between a CAPS-LOCK and a SHIFT-LOCK, the first one only altering the capitalisation of characters, and most keyboard layouts use CAPS-LOCK. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: If you have a french keyboard: Forget Cueshell. exec QPC with the shift button held down to get the config window. Set code du pays to 33. Then hit the sauver button! Now do OK. AND CHECK your boot file for a line such as kbd_table xx. If this is present, replace xx by 33. I think Ian said he was using a Swiss French keyboard which is hardly like the French keyboard at all. In fact it is much more like the Swiss German (sg) keyboard with the é/ö key set to default to é with shift é being ö etc. If this sounds familiar to you Ian I would gladly supply you my nearly finished sg keyboard table. You would then have to use (something like) : i=RESPR(1024):LBYTES win1_SYSTEM_sg_kbd,i:KBD_TABLE i in you boot file to load it. You could then use Wolfgang's very excellent keyboard configurator (clavier) to swap round the ö/é shifted and nonshifted key configurations. If you want to give it a go Ian, let me know and I will supply you with the necessary files, as I was so kindly supplied them by members of [ql-users] not so many months ago. Jon. P.S. nearly finished means I haven't dealt with the Alt Gr keys properly yet and have set them up as HOT_KEY's in my boot at the moment. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
George writes: I have also produced a private keyboard table loaded by KBD_TABLE which to some extent allows the two uses of the number pad. Holding down Alt Gr makes the num pad act as though Num lock was off. How difficult would it be to add Minerva's 'Compose' keystrokes? You know, 'a' + ALT ENTER : makes 'ä' Very easy - if you hold down Alt Gr and then press the A key. Do you mean it already exists and is available? Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
AH! here is something interesting: The first line is qwertz, my old previous board is also qwertz. If I try variations of KBD_TABLE (1,33,39,49) none give a correct result. Can I make my own KBD_TABLE for all keys? How? -- Message original -- From: Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:13:42 +0100 Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard Cc: Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 15 Jan 2005 at 15:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes I have done that but no success. My QPC2 Config page is in French. Perhaps I should have it in English? I think the language depends on the coutry you're in. Let's hgetthis is the clear: the first aplha row of your keyboard is what: azerty (french) qwerty (english) azertz (german)? If french, use 33 as country code if english use 44 if german use 49. Don't forget the sauver button Does this help? Wolfgang www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com ___ 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
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
I thought it was only me! Since using XP I've not been able to get the config menu up using the shift key. I have now set it to always show. But you do have to get to the menu to set that option. Malcolm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Terrific. What ignorance on my part. I tried as you said but that does nothing. Maybe because of Windows XP? ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
I have managed to configure smsqe.bin by using Cueshell so I can choose the language. I have also tried out Code du Pays in the Configuration window of QPC starting window. But I have not solved my problem. -- Message original -- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:22:05 + From: Malcolm Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard Cc: Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I thought it was only me! Since using XP I've not been able to get the config menu up using the shift key. I have now set it to always show. But you do have to get to the menu to set that option. Malcolm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Terrific. What ignorance on my part. I tried as you said but that does nothing. Maybe because of Windows XP? ___ 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
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:22:31 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have managed to configure smsqe.bin by using Cueshell so I can choose the language. I have also tried out Code du Pays in the Configuration window of QPC starting window. But I have not solved my problem. Ian, I presume that you reset QPC2 after altering the configuration of smsqe.bin and the smsqe.bin you configured was on the PC not within the QL hard disk :-) Otherwise, can you please recap. I presume you are using a French keyboard and your Windows is set up for French. So you now need QPC2 to be set up for a french keyboard?? If you have an English keyboard but are using a French setup of Windows, this might explain some of the problem. -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services 26 Oak Road, Shelfield, Walsall, West Midlands WS4 1RQ http://www.rwapservices.co.uk/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
George writes: I have also produced a private keyboard table loaded by KBD_TABLE which to some extent allows the two uses of the number pad. Holding down Alt Gr makes the num pad act as though Num lock was off. How difficult would it be to add Minerva's 'Compose' keystrokes? You know, 'a' + ALT ENTER : makes 'ä' Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
That is a great idea - how do you do it? My QPC has no configure block. -- Message original -- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:23:55 +0100 From: Wolfgang Uhlig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I use QPC2v312 via XP my keyboard is jumbled. e.g.xy and zx and much more, so using BASIC etc. is a bore. My setup is as follows: All is in French (XP etc.) Only to be sure, you do have configured QPC to french, haven't you? Wolfgang ___ 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
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
That is a great idea - how do you do it? My QPC has no configure block. Oh, hardly can't believe that you don't know: double clicking on your QPC.exe while holding pressed the Shift key will bring you into the config menu of QPC/SMSQ/E, where you can configure lots of things among which the language/keyboard layout. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
Terrific. What ignorance on my part. I tried as you said but that does nothing. Maybe because of Windows XP? -- Message original -- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:00:21 +0100 From: Wolfgang Uhlig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] That is a great idea - how do you do it? My QPC has no configure block. Oh, hardly can't believe that you don't know: double clicking on your QPC.exe while holding pressed the Shift key will bring you into the config menu of QPC/SMSQ/E, where you can configure lots of things among which the language/keyboard layout. Wolfgang ___ 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
Re: [ql-users] QPC Keyboard
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:15:40 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Terrific. What ignorance on my part. I tried as you said but that does nothing. Maybe because of Windows XP? Nope works here - you might not be holding down the shift key long enough. You might need to left click the QPC2 icon first and then hold down shift key whilst you double click the icon. Otherwise, Windows might try to do the double click on more than one icon. Otherwise, you can use MenuConfig on the smsq.e bin file. -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services 26 Oak Road, Shelfield, Walsall, West Midlands WS4 1RQ http://www.rwapservices.co.uk/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC with flopy disk F: ?
Hi Jon, the first USB floppy (or USB stick with floppy functionality/bootability) becomes drive A: if available, otherwiese drive B: That's how it worked here on several laptops. Cheers Jochen Dent wrote: Sorry if this is an FAQ but it's quicker to ask here than search for a reference that may not be there ;-) I would like to associate QPC's flp1_ with a USB floppy. My notebook only very rarely has an A: drive which I have to swap with the CD drive. Any chance ? Jon. ___ 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
Re: [ql-users] QPC with flopy disk F: ?
Wow that was quick :-) - Original Message - From: SMSQ - Jochen Merz Hi Jon, the first USB floppy (or USB stick with floppy functionality/bootability) becomes drive A: if available, otherwiese drive B: That's how it worked here on several laptops. Unfortuately not here; maybe a win98 feature ;-) Jon. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC with flopy disk F: ?
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dent [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes - Original Message - From: SMSQ - Jochen Merz Hi Jon, the first USB floppy (or USB stick with floppy functionality/bootability) becomes drive A: if available, otherwiese drive B: That's how it worked here on several laptops. Unfortuately not here; maybe a win98 feature ;-) I recall using commands in DOS to change to whatever letter. Maybe you can manually define it in the Windows 'boot' files equivalents of Autoexec.bat and Config.sys. Although for later versions of Windows these are not as accessible. Later Windows versions also have the 'plug and play' feature which assign drive distinguishing letters to hardware devices. Worth having a look and seeing what the USB floppy is assigned as. Problem with USB devices, I believe, as I haven't used them myself very much, is that if you keep plugging in and unplugging different devices it all gets into a tangle. However, if your USB floppy is a 'permanent' feature of your set up. This should be overcome. I have a parallel port Zip Drive that I plug into 2 different PC's. On one it is Drive D: and on the other it is Drive E: although both PC's have CD-ROMs and the same Windows version. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: RE: [ql-users] QPC beta testers
Duncan Neithercut wrote: Willing to be a beta tester Is there any training? Duncan Neithercut No, just the PC Bus to contend with (groan) Plane Sailing really ;-) Bad transport jokes...on your Bike Dilwyn ;-)) Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC beta testers
One more thing: If you want to apply please tell me which mail address to use. The only request I have is that the mail address does not change often, I don't want to spend much time maintaining the list. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
RE: [ql-users] QPC beta testers
Willing to be a beta tester Is there any training? Duncan Neithercut -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marcel Kilgus Sent: 08 November 2004 17:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ql-users] QPC beta testers I have a few openings left in the QPC beta tester team. If you seriously want to get the latest versions as soon as possible please contact me privately. Those who got the latest beta yesterday are already on the list, obviously, and don't need to contact me ;-) Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC and Windows XP SP2 (clearly OT)
It's actually a big step in the right direction. The system is much more secure by default than previously. Most of the problems are due to old software using ports which are now locked down by default. The list of applications which SP breaks includes many which are trivial to get working again, and even include some which are not broken by it! (eg Zone Alarm; its on the list, but according to Zone Labs, it is compatible). One problem is that msoft advise that you MUST remove all spyware before installing it. Most users wouldn't know what spyware they have, never mind how to get rid of it! My advice for anyone thinking of upgrading is to do a clean install - it is possible to install XP and SP2 in one go. Having said that I ignored my own advice on one machine, but it had hardly ever been connected to the internet. Jeremy Dilwyn Jones wrote: Now that is the ultimate PC software and security upgrade...so secure you can't even run programs on it! Dilwyn Jones - Original Message - From: Claude Mourier 00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 8:32 AM Subject: RE: [ql-users] QPC and Windows XP SP2 Load of softwares (including M$ !) are said not to work with XP SP2 : IBM recomand not to install it... Claude -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] la part de Fabrizio Diversi Envoyé : jeudi 9 septembre 2004 12:36 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] QPC and Windows XP SP2 Did anyone tried to use Qpc (last version 3.20) in a WinXP SP2 machine ? There is a general instability, without any reason QPC close itself randomly, also, i had to cancel some extension in the boot file cause they crash QPC. This happended after the SP2 installation. Ciao Fabrizio Dave P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe you are looking for an MFM/RLL drive. These do occasionally come up on eBay. Dave ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm - Scopri Mister Yahoo! - il fantatorneo sul calcio di Yahoo! Sport' ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] QPC and Windows XP SP2
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Well what have I done wrong??? Obviously nothing ... :-) I have just installed and run QPC2 v3.2 and have run Text87 and Qspread within it. And I have installed XP SP2 as well. Admittedly, I am running on Sony Vaio but it should not make that much difference!! Just means you have a relatively 'clean' PC system, with no obvious accumulated clutter. Probably a reasonably new PC. People quickly forget what applications and uses they have put a PC through ... not all applications use accepted protocols. I assume XP and Service Pack 2 are cleaning up an OS that has had many leaks in the past ... but then again I could be wrong :-) The network server at work now has XP Professional installed, whereas previously it was Windows 2000 Professional. Apart from having to re-establish my password it appears to have made no difference. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
