Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Bryan Horstmann
on 19/6/10 11:44 PM, ql-us...@q-v-d.com wrote: Darren Branagh wrote: If I come across fifty grand I dont need i'll give you a call:) Okay, I'll stay near the phone from now on :-D What about QLAY, or Q-Emulator.. guys? Or writing one from scratch... anyone out there with the

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Billy
On 19/06/2010 23:30, Darren Branagh wrote: On 6/19/10, Malcolm Cadmanq...@mcad.demon.co.uk wrote: I am looking forward to have an iPad like device myself, though, too ... although I would expect to make a wider use of it than just entertainment. Why? its a toy. its an Apple iTouch on

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones
But an Ipad - no, what do you do with a hi tech dinner plate when not using it, too big to go in your pocket, even the most confirmed medallion man would think twice. Hi-tech dinner plate... I like it. I could just imagine Bill on the farm sat in his tractor cab playing with his hi-tech dinner

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Billy
On 20/06/2010 11:01, Dilwyn Jones wrote: But an Ipad - no, what do you do with a hi tech dinner plate when not using it, too big to go in your pocket, even the most confirmed medallion man would think twice. Hi-tech dinner plate... I like it. I could just imagine Bill on the farm sat in his

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message aanlktilppsanrruhli7ao-pluchjabu7q1exxyn7a...@mail.gmail.com, Darren Branagh darrenbran...@gmail.com writes On 6/19/10, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk wrote: I think it'd be great to have an online QL running in a browser - perhaps Java based or whatever. I seem to

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message aanlktiksjke34p4bw1hldg73ejkzyzkrn_k6wlmkx...@mail.gmail.com, Darren Branagh darrenbran...@gmail.com writes On 6/19/10, Malcolm Cadman q...@mcad.demon.co.uk wrote: I am looking forward to have an iPad like device myself, though, too ... although I would expect to make a wider use

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 20/06/10 10:13, Billy wrote: But an Ipad - no, what do you do with a hi tech dinner plate when not using it, too big to go in your pocket, even the most confirmed medallion man would think twice. It doesn't do flash, which puts about 70% of the internet out of reach. It doesnt do HD

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 20/06/10 11:01, Dilwyn Jones wrote: A Scot with an iPad up his kilt? ooer missus, I hate to think! Now Dilwyn, we wear the sporran on the outside of the kilt. It's a glorified handbag/purse. There are no pockets on a kilt, so you have to put your wallet, chewing gum, loose change etc

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 20/06/10 19:56, Norman Dunbar wrote: It also has a call action against it in the US, already. He should have wrote (!): It also has a CLASS action Cheers, Norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 18/06/10 00:15, Tony Firshman wrote: I have that set but it doesn't spell check. Looks like a bug (3.0.4). That's interesting Tony. Roy on Windows and you on Mac and me on Linux, all using 3.0.4 (I think Roy mentioned 3.0.4) and only Linux can spell check as you type. Spooky! Works fine for

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 19/06/10 20:00, P Witte wrote: But surely you see that it could spell then end of the Personal Computer, in which case the next great thing becomes significant and not merely a fad. They said that COBOL was dead. it lives on many many years after it's alleged demise. The reaosn being, there

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 18/06/10 00:42, Roy Wood wrote: It was the threading that I was referring to. Turnpike would put thum into subject threads but Thunderbird just puts them in a long, jumbled, list - just like Outlook! Well, mine are threaded, by subject, threads start with the initial posting and new stuff

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Tony Firshman
Norman Dunbar wrote (an awful lot), on 20/Jun/10 20:52 | Jun20: Nice to see so much good stuff from you Norman - your silver sporran must contain good stuff.. ... and my check as you type speel checker is now working. I think I missed it as the underlines disappear randomly. The 'speel' above

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message 4c1e6efb.2070...@dunbar-it.co.uk, Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk writes On 19/06/10 20:00, P Witte wrote: But surely you see that it could spell then end of the Personal Computer, in which case the next great thing becomes significant and not merely a fad. They said that

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones
A Scot with an iPad up his kilt? ooer missus, I hate to think! Now Dilwyn, we wear the sporran on the outside of the kilt. It's a glorified handbag/purse. There are no pockets on a kilt, so you have to put your wallet, chewing gum, loose change etc somewhere! Drat, foiled again. Anyway,

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Roy Wood
On 20/06/2010 20:03, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 18/06/10 00:15, Tony Firshman wrote: I have that set but it doesn't spell check. Looks like a bug (3.0.4). That's interesting Tony. Roy on Windows and you on Mac and me on Linux, all using 3.0.4 (I think Roy mentioned 3.0.4) and only

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Roy Wood
On 20/06/2010 20:52, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 18/06/10 00:42, Roy Wood wrote: It was the threading that I was referring to. Turnpike would put thum into subject threads but Thunderbird just puts them in a long, jumbled, list - just like Outlook! Well, mine are threaded, by subject,

Re: [Ql-Users] USB Floppy Disks and The QL Future

2010-06-20 Thread Darren Branagh
On 6/20/10, Roy Wood qbra...@qbranch.demon.co.uk wrote: Well I don't know if I have talent. I enjoy writing, songs, blogs on my MySpace page and I used to enjoy writing the QL Today columns. Songs are the best because they are more personal. I do it, like I do everything really, purely for