[ql-users] The power of the Internet.

2007-02-14 Thread Neil Riley
Guys, The Internet is rather wonderful, It's allowed me to track down that LP from the 70's, it's allowed me to re-discover the QL, I've even got the bits to make a proper Arcade machine. Even my father, who knows practically nothing about computers, earns part of his income via the Web ( or

Re: [ql-users] The power of the Internet.

2007-02-14 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Riley wrote: snip Also, is anyone in possession of the ZM/hT manual. Id like to know what all the options actually do. :-) You ought to have said that it is Davide's and Marco Ternelli's Spectrum emulator. I had to Google to find out.

Re: [ql-users] The power of the Internet.

2007-02-14 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Firshman wrote: Neil Riley wrote: snip Also, is anyone in possession of the ZM/hT manual. Id like to know what all the options actually do. :-) This contains the manual: http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/park/6533/zmx.zip but

[ql-users] ZM/hT full manual ( was: The power of the Internet.)

2007-02-14 Thread Neil Riley
Thanks Tony and yes, i should have been clearer. I have that ZMXdemo_doc but was under the impression that there is a fuller version for the retail version of ZM/hT. Maybe it doesn't exist ! Neil p.s. It's easily readable in Xchange though. :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 14 February 2007 10:17

Re: [ql-users] ZM/hT full manual ( was: The power of the Internet.)

2007-02-14 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Riley wrote: ZM/hT Spectrum emulator Thanks Tony and yes, i should have been clearer. I have that ZMXdemo_doc but was under the impression that there is a fuller version for the retail version of ZM/hT. Maybe it doesn't exist ! Neil

Re: [ql-users] ZM/hT full manual ( was: The power of the Internet.)

2007-02-14 Thread Neil Riley
Neil Riley wrote: ZM/hT Spectrum emulator Thanks Tony and yes, i should have been clearer. I have that ZMXdemo_doc but was under the impression that there is a fuller version for the retail version of ZM/hT. Maybe it doesn't exist ! Neil p.s. It's easily readable in Xchange though. :-)

Re: [ql-users] The power of the Internet.

2007-02-14 Thread Phil Kett
Neil Riley wrote: btw, as a side question. I have plenty of _Z80 images that ZM/hT expects but i have even more .SNA's. Is anyone aware of a .SNA to _Z80 convertors. Just for fun i renamed .sna to Z80_rom and whilst ZM/ht saw the Z80 and even showed initial splash screens, it crashes.

Re: [ql-users] A QL Trip Down Memory Lane

2007-02-14 Thread Rick Chagouri-Brindle
Commodore was an important player here is the UK. Eventually they went for the then emerging PC market, and more or less lost out. I would recommend anyone interested in the Commodore story read On the Edge - The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore - it makes a fascinating read.

Re: [ql-users] Réf. : Re: Réf. : Re: Spare GC or SGC?

2007-02-14 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Alain Hauoi wrote: My last thought will be that I am not saying that we must developp a new performant hardware and there is or not a suffisient market..., but if we do, we cannot dont consider implementing an USB port. I

Re: [ql-users] Spare GC or SGC?

2007-02-14 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Basically you are in an all or nothing situation. You have to first of design your board on paper and try very hard to make sure it will be a working board. Once you start to actually build the hardware, then you cannot talk in terms

Re: [ql-users] Spare GC or SGC?

2007-02-14 Thread Roy wood
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Per I think you miss the point sometimes. You said The QL was never only about hardware for quite a number of enthusiasts, and therefore it is still going strong in its emulated form. If you want the best QL platform money can buy,