RE: [ql-users] Printing on QXL
Now that is a good idea ! Even better if the 'current' bug list could be presented on a web page (automatically ?) when we access that page. Sounds like a job for MySQL and Linux ! (Unless you know better .) Norman. Norman Dunbar EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Database/Unix administrator Phone: 0113 289 6265 Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. Fax:0113 201 7265 URL:http://www.LynxFinancialSystems.com -Original Message- From: Timothy Swenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 6:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Printing on QXL Would there be a way for the QL world to see what bugs have been reported with what version of SMSQ/E?
[ql-users] Tracking SMSQE bugs
On Dec 20, 9:26am, Norman Dunbar wrote: Subject: RE: [ql-users] Printing on QXL Now that is a good idea ! Even better if the 'current' bug list could be presented on a web page (automatically ?) when we access that page. Sounds like a job for MySQL and Linux ! (Unless you know better .) Norman. Using Linux and MySQL would be nice, but it would require access to a server on the net with MySQL and permissions to develop a front-end. I've run across a number of ISP's that severely limit what individuals can develop. I don't want to shell out the $$$ for someone to host a server for me or buy a DSL line to my house. Since the number of bugs will not be that great (probably less than 100), keeping track of them via a list on a web page might be the better option. The problem is that we need the cooperation of whom ever is playing the interface between Tony Tebby and the rest of the QL world to get involved. We would also need some semi-formalized requirements for reporting a bug (verifying with tests). I'm willing to do the web page and help formalize the testing, but I'll need to get access to the bug data. Tim Swenson
Re: [ql-users] Turbo manual
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 at 21:10:50, Darren Branagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Dilwyn and Malcolm wrote:- Backups made, but on CDR. I created the website in c:\website on my hard drive, so I just copy that dircetory and sub-directories in one go in my CDR software and a few minutes later one backup much quicker than to my zipdrive and much cheaper too!!! Nice work :-) I'm also a firm believer in the CD-R backup system - dirt cheap way of backing stuff up, and lightning fast too. I can backup 650Mb of Data in about half an hour, and the best part is, thanks to Jochen's cheap CD-R's, it costs about 40p a go.. 40p for 650Mb of storage space!! I bought my CD-R initally as a business purchase to aid Q-Celt in the making of QDOS CD's. However, it is a great piece of backup equipment too... When the damn thing works proberly, as Dilwyn will tell you. His works fine, but mine is always giving problems. Ditto. I bought an HP 7200 two years ago. In 18 months they replaced it 7 times! I eventually said I wanted a newer replacement model, so they sent a brand new 8200 for free and it works perfectly. I still have the 7200 which I use as read only (8-)# I'd advise anyone to pick up a CD ReWriter as a Xmas present to themselves - better than Zip disks, SyQuests, Superdisks, the lot. ... but not too cheap a one. This seems to be the debate ... which are reliable as read and write, and which are more reliable as read only. Usually the higher priced ones would be expected to be better, yet I guess that is not always the case. -- Malcolm Cadman
Re: [ql-users] PCBCAD
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote: 1380 padsize=INT(a$/5E-3+1E-3) : IF padsize63 THEN padsize=63 Does it need another set of brackets ? Like padsize=INT(a$/(5E-3+1E-3)) ? I don't think so, because this case would be equivalent to a$/4E-3. What's the contents of a$ at this time? Ah ... forgot to check what value a$ was giving. I will run it again later this evening. I was expecting SBASIC evaluating the expression in a different manner to SuperBasic. It looks like a$ is a string value that is being coerced into an integer number. -- Malcolm Cadman
Re: [ql-users] Turbo manual
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP This seems to be the debate ... which are reliable as read and write, and which are more reliable as read only. A CD Writer of any kind will always be inherently slower than any CD reader because the heads are so much heavier that the response time suffers. A CD ROM drive is so cheap now that having two drives will always be the best option. Usually the higher priced ones would be expected to be better, yet I guess that is not always the case. Not at all. The Teac 4x4x32 CD re-writer is the most stable and consistent drive I have found and that is very cheap. You could always buy one of the burn proof drives if you are feeling rich but the more expensive CD-Rewriters these days tend to be the faster ones and the media that can cope with the faster speeds is more e3xpensive and harder to come by. -- Roy Wood Q Branch 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex BN41 2LB Tel : +44(0)1273-386030 / Mobile : +44 (0) 7836-745501 Fax +44 (0)1273-381577 web site : http://www.qbranch.demon.co.uk/
Re: [ql-users] child's computer
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 12/18/2000 at 10:58 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that is possible to do a very cheap QL. Indeed the 68328 Dragonball has everything needed...I heard that it would costs around one $ in series production. That I'd like to see as it's nearly $15 for 1000... I mean the first generation Dragonball, also the one used for the first Palm Pilot. Not the one used currently. So did I. In order to get samples, I actually got a couple of PalmPilots with smashed screens, cracked voltage converter inductors etc. Motorola quoted the price above for 1000+. I wasn't even looking at the 68382E, which is the new model. However, that has been a while ago - now that the new model is out, it's entirely possible that some overstock dealer can get the old model quite cheap. But I still think 1$ sounds too cheap - not that I'd complain. Now if only I could find the MCF5102 at that cost :-) The most expensive components would be a 512x256 with 4 shades of grey LCD screen... Seiko/Epson, Optrex, Sharp and a number of other manufacturers of LCD screens offer custom sizes. The LCD itself has no shades of gray, the hardware inside the 68328 handles that using a method called frame rate modulation (FRM). Remember, I did design a LCD controler for the QL :-) You mean that they have the tooling to manufacture LCD screens at any resolution??? Probably not any, but certainly within wide limits. Yes, it's not even that complicated, asuming you are willing to pay for the requisite minimum number of such displays. There are dealers that use this service to order replacement LCDs for laptops, as service items. In fact, the Z88 display is a custom made unit by optrex (512x64 IIRC). This actually gives me an idea - one could actually do a 68328 based QL-like computer and fit it into something the size of a Z88 :-) On the other hand, one can get relatively cheap 640x480 displays (for about $19 qty one), but then they are not compatible with the 68328 because they are double scan. AFAIK the 68328 only supports single scan displays. FYI: a double scan display scans the top and bottom half of the display at the same time, as if the halves were two separate displays. A single sacn LCD behaves much like a CRT monitor, on the other hand. Because of this, it may be entirely possible for the 68328 to be programmed to drive a TV. Certainly, if a moderate amount of RAM was added, say 512k, and a 8 or 16M flash ROM. But then, you practically have a Palm Piot ;-) No it would be very much bigger. But usable not only by children, I agree. Well, the main PCB itself would be very small as there would only be a few chips. The rest would depend on how big you want the display and keyboard to be. Nasta
