Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Daniele Terdina
Do you think you could send me a small file (one line basic would be enough) with that, so that I could test it? Sure, sending one off list. Daniele ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Bryan Horstmann
On 28/01/2013 06:50, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Downloaded and un-zipped the files. .jar file; double click - nothing; try the java instruction from manual; right click and open with offers Java so accept that. Lot of action from hard disk then nothing. It is Vista. Disappointing. and awfully

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread WILLIAM WAUGH
From: Bryan Horstmann b...@newlan.org To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Monday, 28 January 2013, 9:32 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading On 28/01/2013 06:50, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Downloaded and un-zipped the files.  .jar file; double click -

Re: [Ql-Users] .co.uk domain, where to register?

2013-01-28 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Ade Vickers wrote: There's no official .co.uk registrar. Personally, I'd recommend either http://www.123-reg.co.uk (simple, cheap) or http://www.easyspace.com (more expensive, but more comprehensive than 123reg). Just a short note that I decided to use 123-reg as their pricing looked good to me

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Ian Burkinshaw
Hi I have done another test, prompted by the comments regarding re-writing to the screen. My little test program, did mean that in every loop the screen was completly re-writen. If my understanding is correct. So since I have a fairly complex boot program, loading extentions and sorting out

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Bryan Horstmann
On 28/01/2013 10:20, WILLIAM WAUGH wrote: From: Bryan Horstmann b...@newlan.org To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Monday, 28 January 2013, 9:32 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading On 28/01/2013 06:50, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Downloaded and

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 28/01/13 11:14, Bryan Horstmann wrote: Useful tip, Bill. I extracted to a new folder on my personal set, instead of in Program Fles, and it works!! No inkling of why; leave that puzzle to the experts! Extracted the same way Genj also runs. I wonder if it is because there's a space in at

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: I'm thinking of ditching my header for SFA files, and simply use yours. That would make the two emulators compatible in this respect if it can be done. A good step forward! Does anybody on this list already have many files saved on an SFA device? For my part, I use

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones
William Waugh wrote: BTW not Ql related but I've had strange screen shut down usually after a left mouse click since upgrading Java prior to trying QLmulator Careful, Bill! Wolfgang is at pains to point out SMSQmulator is not a QL (nor QDOS) emulator - it uses SMSQ/E. Dilwyn

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Billy
On 28/01/2013 12:41, Dilwyn Jones wrote: William Waugh wrote: BTW not Ql related but I've had strange screen shut down usually after a left mouse click since upgrading Java prior to trying QLmulator Careful, Bill! Wolfgang is at pains to point out SMSQmulator is not a QL (nor QDOS) emulator

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Billy
On 28/01/2013 12:00, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 28/01/13 11:14, Bryan Horstmann wrote: Useful tip, Bill. I extracted to a new folder on my personal set, instead of in Program Fles, and it works!! No inkling of why; leave that puzzle to the experts! Extracted the same way Genj also runs. I

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Dilwyn, For my part, I use QXL.WIN with nothing but a few trial files in the SFA device. I don't think you're alone in this respect. I used this extensively before I wrote the qxl.win driver, but don't use it now. Backuping up my smsq/e drive which is just one large file is so

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 28/01/2013 15:02, Billy wrote: OOPS - yes apologies Wolfgang and anyone else concerned, perhaps I'm a little bit distracted by the fact I actually got something on a PC to work Oh don't waorry about that, I just wanted to make sure that people know what they get, which just isn't a

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, I have an Asus TF201, (Andriod) great machine for my needs if reliability is not an issue (been off for a new on/off switch already), I see that Java can be downloaded to Andriod devices, so could QLmulator run on my tablet? QLmulator on tablet QPC2 on PC both on network - got to be

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I see that Java can be downloaded to Andriod devices, so could QLmulator run on my tablet? QLmulator on tablet QPC2 on PC both on network - got to be good There's one way to find out A priori, I can't see why this could not run on a tablet. Sor far it runs under Linux (even on a

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Woflgang Oops I've been typing Wolfgang in error for years it would appear... ;-) Dilwyn Jones You're 'speaking' as someone half the world thinks is Dylwin. He he, that's certainly the most common (of many) miss-spelinnggs of my name ;-) Another variant is credited to Darren Brannagh's

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:09:09 +0100 schreef Wolfgang Lenerz w...@scp-paulet-lenerz.com: Hi Dilwyn, ... is a device which can read a Qubide format hard disk. I think some people had used flash memory cards in Qubide QL systems, as at one time there were IDE interface memory card readers.

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Woflgang Oops I've been typing Wolfgang in error for years it would appear... ;-) as long as it's not wafflegang... w (saving me the trouble) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 15:19 | Jan28: Dyliwin/ Woflgang Oops I've been typing Wolfgang in error for years it would appear... ;-) Dilwyn Jones You're 'speaking' as someone half the world thinks is Dylwin. He he, that's certainly the most common (of many) miss-spelinnggs of my name

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Another variant is credited to Darren Brannagh's son (himself called Dylan!) who invented this, I think just to annoy me: diliwyn How old is he? Last time I saw Darren he wasn't even hitched. Time marches on - faster when you get old I find. I *think* about 10 or 11 (bearing in mind it's some

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 15:52 | Jan28: snip Dulooin Now that is getting silly (8-)# Of course, that was the point. I know, I know, hence my smiley. English almost makes it a valid spelling (remember the ghoti=fish from a well known author?). Apparently not. It is supposed to

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Billy
On 28/01/2013 15:35, Tony Firshman wrote: Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 15:19 | Jan28: Dyliwin/ Woflgang Oops I've been typing Wolfgang in error for years it would appear... ;-) Dilwyn Jones You're 'speaking' as someone half the world thinks is Dylwin. He he, that's certainly the most

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 28/01/13 15:52, Dilwyn Jones wrote: He firmly subscribes to the notion that Guinness doesn't travel well outside of Ireland. Like most Irishmen, he would say Guinness can only be at its best in Ireland and event hen only if properly poured and left to stand a little before drinking. I

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Billy
On 28/01/2013 14:15, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi, I have an Asus TF201, (Andriod) great machine for my needs if reliability is not an issue (been off for a new on/off switch already), I see that Java can be downloaded to Andriod devices, so could QLmulator run on my tablet? QLmulator on

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:18 | Jan28: On 28/01/13 15:52, Dilwyn Jones wrote: He firmly subscribes to the notion that Guinness doesn't travel well outside of Ireland. Like most Irishmen, he would say Guinness can only be at its best in Ireland and event hen only if properly poured

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
Oh well, in for a penny ... On 28/01/13 16:16, Billy wrote: ... but it's mostly the English that can't pronounce it, but Bill, the English can't even pronounce their own language! For example, where is the R in Law and Order? (ok, I see one!) Pronounced as Lawr an Order. How about

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Tony, On 28/01/13 16:21, Tony Firshman wrote: I had a single malt from Islay on New Year's Eve and it tasted like tarmac (8-)# I might agree, but I never drink the stuff. The smell puts me off. My mother is the same. My brother and father are alcoholics! My brother lives on Islay

[Ql-Users] Names

2013-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones
English almost makes it a valid spelling (remember the ghoti=fish from a well known author?). Apparently not. It is supposed to be George Bernard Shaw (Irish appropriately!), although it does not appear in his writings. gh as in tough o as in women ti as in nation I can't imagine 'u' - y,

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I tried Guinness once. That was enough. My opinion is that Guinness shouldn't be allowed to travel outside Ireland - or the brewery for that matter. I suspect that might just provoke Darren to appear! In addition, it is best enjoyed by simply pouring it down the toilet and cutting out the

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Of course, we Jocks are prone to adding them in as well, how about There's been a mude! ;-) Cheers, Norm. You've been watching too much Taggarrrt on TV! Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
George Gwilt wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:27 | Jan28: On 28 Jan 2013, at 16:21, Tony Firshman wrote: I had a single malt from Islay on New Year's Eve and it tasted like tarmac (8-)# I find it better from a glass than from the road. Was it Ardbeg? I can't remember - too much wine before (8-)# I

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Bryan Horstmann
On 28/01/2013 12:00, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 28/01/13 11:14, Bryan Horstmann wrote: Useful tip, Bill. I extracted to a new folder on my personal set, instead of in Program Fles, and it works!! No inkling of why; leave that puzzle to the experts! Extracted the same way Genj also runs. I

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:29 | Jan28: Of course, we Jocks are prone to adding them in as well, how about There's been a mude! ;-) Cheers, Norm. You've been watching too much Taggarrrt on TV! (8-)# That is *exactly* who/what I was thinking of well before I got to the

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:32 | Jan28: I tried Guinness once. That was enough. My opinion is that Guinness shouldn't be allowed to travel outside Ireland - or the brewery for that matter. I suspect that might just provoke Darren to appear! In addition, it is best enjoyed by simply

Re: [Ql-Users] Names

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:27 | Jan28: snip Must be hard for a non-Welsh speaker (although IIRC you have a Welsh parent?) Mum. She learned English only at primary school. I know very very little as Welsh was not spoken to us at home at all. Language dies in one generation so easily.

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 28/01/13 16:29, Dilwyn Jones wrote: You've been watching too much Taggarrrt on TV! Lord of the Rings actually, Scottish version: There's been a murrrderr in Morrrdorrr! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane

Re: [Ql-Users] Names

2013-01-28 Thread Billy
On 28/01/2013 16:44, Tony Firshman wrote: Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:27 | Jan28: snip Must be hard for a non-Welsh speaker (although IIRC you have a Welsh parent?) Mum. She learned English only at primary school. I know very very little as Welsh was not spoken to us at home at all.

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Tobias Fröschle
Am 28.01.2013 um 15:08 schrieb Billy: You mention Linux Norman, do you know what the connection is if any between Linux and Android, My Tablet display some words booting Linux or similar when a cold boot is actioned Bill, I'm not Norman, but answer anyways ;) Android is, simply spoken,

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread QL-MyLink (f/fh)
Re: You've been watching too much Taggarrrt on TV! --- I may never have drunk whiskey/whisky but I know that as 'Taggarrrt' was playing a Glaswegian, it should be 'Tgut'! John in Wales

[Ql-Users] help shake cobwebby loose in Yee Old Brain

2013-01-28 Thread paul
Many a moon ago Mr. Koenig started asking me for the pertinent poo about the PM version QL I still have. I finally got it out and took a screwdriver to it to get the info he chases. Somewhere deep in the hind brain still lurks the impression that Frank Davis and I once fired it up had it

[Ql-Users] fadangles it all

2013-01-28 Thread paul
After all those QL's I used to operate on, re-assembling that PM QL took 20 minutes. I KNOW I didn't forget that much. It has a paper sandwich (paper, foil, paper) under the MDV1 that has to positioned Just right or it doesn't go back together too well. It gets scrunched into only one

Re: [Ql-Users] help shake cobwebby loose in Yee Old Brain

2013-01-28 Thread Dave Park
No answers, but that does sound very prototypey... Does it boot at all? Is it an Iss. 5 PCB? On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 3:33 PM, paul paulh...@ameritech.net wrote: Many a moon ago Mr. Koenig started asking me for the pertinent poo about the PM version QL I still have. I finally got it out and