Re: [ql-users] win format (OT!!)
Roy Wood Wrote:- And someone (he shall remain nameless for modesty's sake) once sent me an email to tell me he had successfully updated his notebook. His message read 'I now have a big hard dik on my laptop' Hmmm I recall Simon Goodwin and a certain Mr. Dilwyn Jones hacking away contently one night in my bedroom in Wicklow a day or two after the first Irish QL show several years ago. Simon was writing a program Dilwyn had asked him to write, and Dilwyn was updating something for me on his (then) shiny new 486 colour laptop running QPC1 which was just out at the time. They were sitting back to back, Dil facing one wall and Simon the opposite one. Dilwyn finished what he was doing, and needed to Save it. He looked up, and in a clear raised loud voice said: Simon, could you give me a floppy dick please? I fell around in fits of laughter, and the look of embarrassment mixed with fear on Simons face was a picture, he turned to face Dil slowly wondering did he really mean it, and then Dil realised what he had actually said and turned bright red, covering his face with his hands. Priceless. I kept reminding Dil about that for about 6 months afterwards. I'm sure he still hasn't forgotten it. Darren Branagh. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
Re: [ql-users] win format (OT!!)
The spoonerism in my book has to be: He is a real shining wit if ever there was one John Taylor.
Re: [ql-users] win format (OT!!)
At 02:36 ìì 30/1/2002 +, you wrote: The spoonerism in my book has to be: He is a real shining wit if ever there was one John Taylor. I for one don't know about Spoonerism's but I do know a lot about Bush'isms :-) Makes for a good laugh every time (He's even worse than the Greek PM :-) Phoebus
[ql-users] nenscript - Postscript file format creator
Has anyone come across a QDOS port of nenscript - a creator of postscript format files? I believe it has been done. Tony Gordon
Re: [ql-users] win format (OT!!)
I fell around in fits of laughter, and the look of embarrassment mixed with fear on Simons face was a picture, he turned to face Dil slowly wondering did he really mean it, and then Dil realised what he had actually said and turned bright red, covering his face with his hands. Priceless. I kept reminding Dil about that for about 6 months afterwards. I'm sure he still hasn't forgotten it. Looks like I won't be allowed to forget it for a while either if you have anything to do with it. Wonder if Simon still remembers that dreadful moment? IIRC I was preparing a guide to Welsh pronunciation or something similar for Darren to compare Welsh against Irish and, well, the real time translation device in my skull combined with it being fairly late at night suffered a slight failure. I well remember the fluury of typing activity going on that night and suddenly...nothing. I could have died. There is also an issue of International QL Report magazine somewhere where either Bob Dyl or Dick Taylor (forgot which of the two) managed to include details of a Hard Dik Interface...I remember speaking to Bob Dyl about it at the only UK show he attended in Bristol (Clevedon) one year and could you see the genuine embarrassment on his face that such a typo had got through to the magazine. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
[ql-users] mouse on q40
Hi Do I have to do something to get my serial mouse to work with pe ? -- Michael Grunditz System Software Engineer E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office direct: +46 8 448 04 92 Office general: +46 8 448 04 50 Mobile: +46 709 54 61 54 Industri-Matematik International Web: http://www.im.se ___ IMI Industri-Matematik International THE ORDER COMPANY ___
Re: [ql-users] mouse on q40
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 at 19:41:27, Michael Grunditz wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Do I have to do something to get my serial mouse to work with pe ? Yes - you need software. Albin Hessler used to sell it - I don't know if it is now PD. superHermes includes serial mouse support - but that is not a solution for you unless you want a fast serial port and IBM lkbd interface. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
Re: [ql-users] mouse on q40
Does Superhermes work on a Q40 Tony? I'm guessing you missed the subject line. I thought only Albin's SERMouse software was for standard QL's too. Surely serial mouse drivers are included with SMSQ(/E) under the PE on a Q40. I think is maybe isn't a true serial mouse or is broken? Cheers, Darren Branagh, Consumer Lending Business, Bank Of Ireland Card Services, Nassau House, 33/35 Nassau Street, Dublin 2. Ireland. Tel: 01-6176368 (Direct Line)Fax: 01-6798717 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mon.co.uk cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: [ql-users] mouse on q40 owner-ql-users@nv g.ntnu.no 30/01/2002 19:03 Please respond to ql-users On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 at 19:41:27, Michael Grunditz wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Do I have to do something to get my serial mouse to work with pe ? Yes - you need software. Albin Hessler used to sell it - I don't know if it is now PD. superHermes includes serial mouse support - but that is not a solution for you unless you want a fast serial port and IBM lkbd interface. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
Re: [ql-users] mouse on q40
Hi Michael, Do I have to do something to get my serial mouse to work with pe ? Q40/Q60: It should work under SMSQ/E without user configuration. Peter
Re: [ql-users] nenscript - Postscript file format creator
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone come across a QDOS port of nenscript - a creator of postscript format files? I believe it has been done. None that I now of. The only ASCII-PS converter I know for SMS is MPS, but then I did this port (there wasn't much to do) myself. BTW: I thought your solution doesn't need Postscript? Could you tell me what you're currently working on? Marcel
Re: [ql-users] mouse on q40
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: Hi Michael, Do I have to do something to get my serial mouse to work with pe ? Q40/Q60: It should work under SMSQ/E without user configuration. Peter Ok , I only have a ps/2 - serial converter , maybe it does work with a standard serial mouse. Is there anyway to check if the serial port is okay ? -- Michael Grunditz System Software Engineer E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office direct: +46 8 448 04 92 Office general: +46 8 448 04 50 Mobile: +46 709 54 61 54 Industri-Matematik International Web: http://www.im.se ___ IMI Industri-Matematik International THE ORDER COMPANY ___
Re: [ql-users] nenscript - Postscript file format creator
Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: Theoretically it's possible to use Win printers under SMS if we just knew what the 1@##!@$$% they were getting from the GDI... Of course this is possible. You just need to write a different driver for every printer and hey, we have printer support. Have fun. ;-) Marcel
Re: [ql-users] mouse on q40
Do I have to do something to get my serial mouse to work with pe ? Q40/Q60: It should work under SMSQ/E without user configuration. Ok , I only have a ps/2 - serial converter , maybe it does work with a standard serial mouse. These converters are not really converters. Only work if the mouse is especially made for both PS2 and serial. If it's a pure PS2 mouse, it can't work - even with converter - hardwarewise! Is there anyway to check if the serial port is okay ? For example, you can connect SER1 and SER2 with a Nullmodem-cable (standard PC style) and send data from SER1 to SER2 and vice-versa. Peter
Re: [ql-users] nenscript - Postscript file format creator
Marcel wrote: Theoretically it's possible to use Win printers under SMS if we just knew what the 1@##!@$$% they were getting from the GDI... Of course this is possible. You just need to write a different driver for every printer and hey, we have printer support. Have fun. ;-) Reminds my of USB. Not few folks think you just need USB for SMSQ/E and - voila - you can use all USB devices. BTW I fully support you in the idea of Postscript as the most reasonable solution for our printer problem. (Use of postscript could offer us even more, e.g. WYSIWYG preview, high-quality conversion to PDF, bitmaps, and other formats - all under QDOS / SMSQ) Main drawback is that postscript emulation will be mighty slow on any QL style hardware without FPU - and quite memory hungry. All the best Peter
