[Ql-Users] Data exchange with MODBUS protocol via QPC2/Q-emuLator?

Hi All, I have to exchange data (mainly read) from a PLC (with fixed IP address) which uses the modbus protocol. Would it be possible to exchange data via TCP/IP with this protocol using a QL emulator like QPC2 or Q-emuLator? Thank you Kind regards Davide

[Ql-Users] R: Brand-new QL-VGA first usage, updated QL-SD (v1.09)

Hi Urs, Really nice and inspiring video, I am a little bit envious of your QL dedicated room/workbench with all the collection of QLs and related items ;-) But among many interesting things I saw QL-VGA card... Marcel, are you hiding something? :-)) Any chance for a "mass-production"? :-)))

[Ql-Users] 16th Italian Sinclair QL meeting (virtual) - Report

16° Meeting Sinclair QL Italiano – 5th of April 2020 The 16° Sinclair QL should have been held in Modena as it has been the case since 2008. Unfortunately, due to the restriction enforced following the Covid-spread 19 we had to meet on the virtual teleconferencing platform Jitsi. Twenty people

[Ql-Users] R: 15th Sinclair QL Italian meeting goes virtual

I will prepare a concise report soon Kind regards Davide >> Anybody who would like to join us can just type on any browser (Chrome >> preferred): >> >> https://meet.jit.si/sinclairql >> >> or use the Jitsi app on Google Play for Android or App store for >>

[Ql-Users] 15th Sinclair QL Italian meeting goes virtual

Dear All, Due to Covid emergency the 15th QL Italian will not take place, but we will virtually meet at 11:00 for some QL chats. Anybody who would like to join us can just type on any browser (Chrome preferred): https://meet.jit.si/sinclairql or use the

[Ql-Users] 16th Sinclair QL Italian meeting - minus 2 months

Dear All, This is to remind the 16th Sinclair QL Italian meeting will take place on Sunday 5th of April in Modena. We will start around 10:00 and the meeting will continue till 17:00 with a break for lunch at the nearby shopping centre. Information to reach the meeting place by car or public

[Ql-Users] R: QL-VGA

Hi Marcel, I know the pain to explain what in principle should be very well known, but could you explain a little bit more in practical details how you configure/use the RSS reader (sw etc)? Because I admit I am not very used to QL Forum and find a little bit awkward to navigate through it

[Ql-Users] R: 15th Sinclair QL Italian meeting

there will you be doing the live stream again ?...That worked really well!! On Thursday, 6 September 2018, 14:45:18 GMT+1, Davide Santachiara via Ql-Users mailto:ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> > wrote: Dear All, The 15th Sinclair QL Italian meeting will take place on Sunday 14th October

[Ql-Users] 15th Sinclair QL Italian meeting

and support: Davide Santachiara er...@libero.it Mobile +39 328 9454484 Web info and updates: Davide Santachiara web site: www.sinclairql.it Giorgio Garabello web site (Quantum Technology): http://www.hunggartorino.it/ql/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] R: QD 2018

That's fantastic, thank you Jochen and Marcel -Messaggio originale- Da: Ql-Users [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Per conto di Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users Inviato: mercoledì 15 agosto 2018 18:02 A: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Cc: Marcel Kilgus Oggetto: [Ql-Users] QD 2018 To celebrate QD's

[Ql-Users] R: QXL 3.33, DOS and W98

...@libero.it Oggetto: Re: [Ql-Users] QXL 3.33, DOS and W98 On Mon, 21 May 2018 00:41:47 +0200, Davide Santachiara via Ql-Users wrote: > While it seems with my old SMSQ 2.90 I managed to run SMSQ under the Windows > 98 DOS (i.e. starting DOS inside W98, which allowed with ALT TAB to move to >

[Ql-Users] QXL 3.33, DOS and W98

Hi all QXL users :-) After probably 18 years I decided to try my QXL with the latest SMSQ/E version. I admit I was astonished when I saw my almost 20 years old multi-boot system starting smoothly 1024x768 high res with SMSQ/E 3.33 for QXL. I think this is quite impressive and I have to

[Ql-Users] R: R: Source code availability for Minerva v1.92 or v1.89?

-d.com Cc: Marcel Kilgus Oggetto: Re: [Ql-Users] R: Source code availability for Minerva v1.92 or v1.89? Davide Santachiara via Ql-Users wrote: > As we are riding the wave do you see any chance to fix the palette bug > in Qmenu which was found by Giorgio Garabello a few weeks ago (cut and &

[Ql-Users] R: R: Source code availability for Minerva v1.92 or v1.89?

-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Per conto di Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users Inviato: mercoledì 28 febbraio 2018 14.58 A: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Cc: Marcel Kilgus Oggetto: Re: [Ql-Users] R: Source code availability for Minerva v1.92 or v1.89? Davide Santachiara via Ql-Users wrote: > As we are riding the wave

[Ql-Users] R: Source code availability for Minerva v1.92 or v1.89?

Thank you Marcel also for this welcome fix of a really nusty bug! As we are riding the wave do you see any chance to fix the palette bug in Qmenu which was found by Giorgio Garabello a few weeks ago (cut and paste below for your convenience)? Kind regards Davide > Hi all, I found an error in

[Ql-Users] R: 14° Sinclair QL Italian meeting

-Messaggio originale- Da: Ql-Users [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Per conto di Davide Santachiara via Ql-Users Inviato: venerdì 27 ottobre 2017 00.51 A: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Cc: d.santachi...@libero.it Oggetto: [Ql-Users] 14° Sinclair QL Italian meeting Hi All, The 14th

[Ql-Users] 14° Sinclair QL Italian meeting

: Davide Santachiara er...@libero.it Mobile +39 328 9454484 Web info and updates: Davide Santachiara web site: www.sinclairql.it Giorgio Garabello web site (Quantum Technology): http://www.hunggartorino.it/ql/14th-italian-meeting-sinclair-ql/ Anybody who would like to give presentations of ongoing

[Ql-Users] R: Carlo Delhez

I would like to express Marco Ternelli and my deepest condolences. Marco and I met Carlo in Munster, probably more than 25 years ago. I think this has been the first international meeting we attended and at that time we presented our first ZX Spectrum emulator (ZM/2-ZM/3). At the same meeting

[Ql-Users] http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Hi All, Sorry if I rise a rather silly question. But isn't it possible to change or remove the wrong web reference http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm found in the footer of each email on this mailing list? Thank you Best regards Davide ___

[Ql-Users] R: SBASIC / SuperBASIC Reference Manual - Online (HTML)

Dear Rich, I would like to congratulate for this great job Regards Davide -Messaggio originale- Da: Ql-Users [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Per conto di Rich Mellor (RWAP) Inviato: domenica 10 agosto 2014 20:47 A: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Oggetto: [Ql-Users] SBASIC / SuperBASIC

[Ql-Users] R: Backup

Thanks Wolfang for having considered and implemented my request Regards Davide -Messaggio originale- Da: Ql-Users [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Per conto di Wolfgang Lenerz Inviato: domenica 1 giugno 2014 17:32 A: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Oggetto: [Ql-Users] Backup Hi all, I

[Ql-Users] R: R: Backup

Hi Wolfang, I think that possibility would be pretty nice, probably this can be done in any case with virtual devices like pth (didn't try yet) but having this possibility as native option could make things easier. Regards Davide -Messaggio originale- Da: Ql-Users

[Ql-Users] R: Backup

Dear Wolfgang, The utility allows to backup only from a device like win1_ to another device, not for instance from a sub-directory (e.g. win1_archive_) to another sub-directory. Am I wrong? Thanks Regards Davide -Messaggio originale- Da: Ql-Users

[Ql-Users] QL Meeting 2014 - Italy: LIVE

Hi All, 14 people are attending in Modena the Italian 2014 QL Meeting. Michele Perini is attending via Skype from Toronto, Dave Park from Texas. Anybody who would like to join via skype the international videoconference with presentation from Dave Park should join WITHOUT video (audio only)

[Ql-Users] R: QL Meeting 2014 - Italy: LIVE

exciting product roadmap. Kind regards, Kenn On 18 May 2014, at 14:09, Davide Santachiara d.santachi...@libero.it wrote: Hi All, 14 people are attending in Modena the Italian 2014 QL Meeting. Michele Perini is attending via Skype from Toronto, Dave Park from Texas. Anybody who would like

[Ql-Users] QL Meeting 2014 - Italy: -1 day

Hi All, This is the last reminder for the QL Italian meeting which will be held on Sunday 18th of May in Modena, Via Tacito 65. Start time will be 10:30 - lunch break between 13:00-14:30 (tentative) then afternoon session from 14:30 till 17:30. There will be an international session via skype

[Ql-Users] R: QL Meeting 2014 - Italy: -1 day

...@lists.q-v-d.com] Per conto di Davide Santachiara Inviato: sabato 17 maggio 2014 11:12 A: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Oggetto: [Ql-Users] QL Meeting 2014 - Italy: -1 day Hi All, This is the last reminder for the QL Italian meeting which will be held on Sunday 18th of May in Modena, Via Tacito 65. Start time

[Ql-Users] QL Meeting 2014 - Italy: -3 days

Hi All, This email is to remind on Sunday 18th of May will be held a new QL Italian meeting in Modena, Via Tacito 65. Venue can be found here: http://www.dtm.it/home.php?id=40201lang=1 Start time will be 10:30 - lunch break between 13:00-14:30 (tentative) then afternoon session from 14:30 till

[Ql-Users] QL Meeting Italy Sunday 18th of May 2014

Hi All, I confirm on 18th of May will be held a new QL meeting in Italy. We already had good feedback from Italian users and we hope to match the partecipation of 2008 where we were roughly a dozen people. We welcome QL experts either in hardware or software to partecipate at the event with

[Ql-Users] QL Meeting Italy

Hi All, We are trying to organize a QL meeting in Italy on 18th of May (Sunday) very similar to the last one held in 2008. You will find information and a report on www.sinclairql.it - i.e. it will be something very informal with the main goal to spend a day together and having a good lunch in a

[Ql-Users] R: QL Meeting Italy Sunday 18th of May 2014

on holding the show? I can email the QL users in Italy for you - maybe other countries if it is in the North! Rich On April 23, 2014 at 9:41 PM Davide Santachiara d.santachi...@libero.it wrote: Hi All, We are trying to organize a QL meeting in Italy on 18th of May (Sunday) very similar

[Ql-Users] R: Developer assistance request.

Dear Dave, Sorry for the simple minded question but why not using SMSQ/E instead? Is it for size reasons? I ask this because Minerva was for sure a really nice development but SMSQ/E has been further developed and is also cross-platform between different systems (emulators, Atari, QL...). Thanks

[Ql-Users] R: R: QLis30 programme

Dear Geoff, Ian, Of course with my email I had no intention whatsoever to propose an event in Italy. The last international meeting was held here in 2003 and the boundary conditions for its organization were already at the limit 10 years ago. I just wanted to provide a feedback on the way we

[Ql-Users] R: QLis30 programme

Dear Geoff, Indeed the last QL event in Italy (2008) has been a rendez-vous between QL enthusiasts (active and non active) which was held in the company for which I work. That means the cost was zero besides for travels and a lunch event which was of course also one of the reasons for the people

[Ql-Users] R: Bill Richardson

Dear Tony, Please add a message also from myself and the Italian QL users. I met Bill first time in Gardone Riviera which I think was around 1988 as I got my driving license since a few months. Then he attended all the Italian meetings till 2000 and we all remind him as a very kind and charming

[Ql-Users] R: Sinclair QL running a qualification test for a spacecomponent

Dear Francois, We also work in the space business and it happened once or twice I relied on the QL (actually it was QPC2) to solve on the spot some problems that could have taken days of a software engineer. The problems were mainly related to data conversion and not hardware related as in your

[Ql-Users] QL compatible Printers

Hello everybody, A friend of mine - Adelchi Moscardini, the oldest Italian QL active user - who is using an Aurora SGC QL system has problems finding alternatives to his two inkjet printers which recently broke. One is an Epson Styuls 740, the other is a Canon BIC 250. While the Canon seems not

[Ql-Users] Ciao Roberto

It is with the deepest sadness and sorrow that we announce the death of our friend Roberto Orlandi. He was 47 years and he suddenly died on 16th of December 2010 while playing tennis. He leaves behind his wife and two children. We would like to remember his friendliness and the entusiasm he put

[Ql-Users] R: Dead QL

Dear François, I doubt a dead SGC battery could be the origin of your problem. Try instead removing the Qubide and see what happens, the further stop to be 100% sure would be also to remove Aurora and reinstalling if needed the missing chips on the QL motherboard to see whether the original QL

[Ql-Users] R: Question from a re-newbie

Dear All, Since geocities was closed all the Ergon stuff is now held on www.sinclairql.it Specifically the utility web page containing Masterbasic is: http://www.sinclairql.it/qlutilities.htm I have to admit that even if I use Superbasic rarely I found Masterbasic still very useful Best

[Ql-Users] Epson EPL-6200 compatibility with QL

I was asked by a friend whether the Epson EPL-6200 laser printer (which shall support fx codes) is compatible with QL systems and software. I have a very old EPL-5200 which was compatible but I do not have any idea about this EPL-6200. I found in old emails some references to this printer as a

[Ql-Users] R: Epson EPL-6200 compatibility with QL

Dear Christopher, On QPC are you using QPCprint? Regards Davide -Messaggio originale- Da: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Per conto di Christopher Cave Inviato: mercoledì 22 settembre 2010 19.06 A: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Oggetto: [Ql-Users] Epson

[Ql-Users] R: How can I purchase old Ergon Development software titles?

Dear Martin, Sorry for not having answered but I seldomly read the email address reported on the web site which is now almost 99,% full of spam. All the emulators as well as most of the other Ergon Development software are free since years and they can be downloaded from the website

[Ql-Users] R: R: How can I purchase old Ergon Development softwaretitles?

. Best regards Davide -Messaggio originale- Da: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Per conto di Davide Santachiara Inviato: mercoledì 30 giugno 2010 9.54 A: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Oggetto: [Ql-Users] R: How can I purchase old Ergon Development

[Ql-Users] R: aurora display

Dear Arnold, I would not be too sure about your diagnosis. I think Tony is quite right when saying that the problem is due to QPlane. The Aurora+SH+Qplane+Qubide I was trying to fix experienced the same identical problem with either a completely different Qubide or by replacing the two chips with

[Ql-Users] R: aurora display

Dear Georg, I had slightly similar problems with a Aurora+SGC+Qubide QL of a friend of mine. I tried several solutions but the effective one is to 1) remove Qubide 2) switch on Aurora without qubide 3) insert Qubide 4) re-start QL 99% it works. The problem happens randomly. Sometimes everything

[Ql-Users] www.sinclairql.it

As geocities is supposed to close down anytime I moved all my webpages and freeware sofware downloads (Ergon Development - Spectrum emulators and others) to www.sinclairql.it I did not make (yet) any verification on broken links etcetera, but as soon as I will have some spare time I will update

[Ql-Users] R: Aurora + SGC problem.

Dear John, I replaced two batteries both on a GC and a SGC of a friend of mine thanks to a standard CR2032 3V lithium battery which the Italian QL hardware expert Romaldo Parodi, was able to get with presoldered pins on it. Then it was quite easy to solder a small additional wire to reach the two

[Ql-Users] SGC/GC batteries

Hello everybody, Privately I've checked with Tony Firshman, Roy Wood and Rich Mellor that the original batteries for SGC/GC are no nore available (kind of discontinued items). Thanks to Romaldo Parodi it seems we have found similar batteries which in theory could be easily used to replace the

[Ql-Users] SGC/GC batteries

Hello everybody, Privately I've checked with Tony Firshman, Roy Wood and Rich Mellor that the original batteries for SGC/GC are no nore available (kind of discontinued items). Thanks to Romaldo Parodi it seems we have found similar batteries which in theory could be easily used to replace the

[Ql-Users] Thank you

The (11°) Italian QL users randez-vous has just finished. I would like to thank all the people who had attended (in no particular order): Romaldo Parodi Andrea Carpi Paolo Carpi Adelchi Moscardini Antonio Gareffa (with his wonderful DVD of almost all Italian QL meetings) Emiliano Barbaini Mauro

[Ql-Users] Italian QL meeting - virtual presentations

As in the meeting room we will have available an internet connection with Skype it could be possible to plan a virtual product (sw or hw) presentation if anybody is interested to show something. Just let me know if you are interested and we try to fix a time-slot (morning or afternoon). Best

[Ql-Users] Problem with Qubide

Hello everybody, A friend of mine has a problem with his Qubide (PC cabinet with Aurora, Gold Card and bus expander). This is the third time in a couple of months that the drive is not recognized anymore. I.e. the dots at QL boot do not appear at all. First time I solved the problem just by

[Ql-Users] R: Daniele Terdina

Hello Dilwyn, As far as I know the infoconex address is not active anymore but the microsoft one is still ok (at least till December 2007) Best regards Davide -Messaggio originale- Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per conto di Dilwyn Jones Inviato: lunedì 31 marzo 2008

[Ql-Users] R: QPC/Vista

Dear Bill, (off topic) A few days ago I bought a brand new Packard Bell PC from a local computer shop. When I switched it on I just realized that it did not boot up. Before spending hours with the support service I carefully checked that it was possible to open it without loosing the warranty. I

[Ql-Users] R: Need few translations (Italian)

Hi Jimmy, I am sorry to say that actually there is not a real translation in Italian for debugger. It is just called a debugger, you could try a translation like analizzatore di errori (error analyzer) but it would sound very funny for an Italian software engineer. The word Debugger is a tipical

[Ql-Users] Gold Card battery

The (GoldCard) QL clock of a friend of mine is reset at every boot (1961...). I guess the Gold Card battery ran down. Is it stil possible to find that type of battery? Thank you Davide ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

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

Hello Rich, I would be grateful if you could send me the ZM/hT and also the ZM/128 doc files (if you revised also that one). Unfortunately I left most of the files on ED disks which I am not able to read anymore. With those manuals I could perhaps find the will to prepare a more decent version

[ql-users] R: R: ZeXcel Emulator

Feb 2007 22:33:51 -, Davide Santachiara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are right, no need for a CD as the download is much easier. Actually the main page for the Spectrum emulator we developed is this one: http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/park/6533/zxemulators.htm Best regards

[ql-users] R: R: ZeXcel Emulator

Hello Neil, The full ZM/hT has been mailed to you. As I probably already mentioned some time ago it would be extremely difficult (because of lack of time) to recompile and adapt ZM/hT under SMSQ/E. In fact it was originally developed under Minerva. This is why the full version has never been made

[ql-users] R: ZeXcel Emulator

You are right, no need for a CD as the download is much easier. Actually the main page for the Spectrum emulator we developed is this one: http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/park/6533/zxemulators.htm Best regards Davide -Messaggio originale- Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[ql-users] Euro converter

Andrea Carpi just released a new version of Euro converter, a useful tool to convert Euro from/to the former european currencies. The new revision is now GD2 compatible (Q40/Q60 volunteers are welcome as it was tested on QPC2 only) and now includes the Slovenian tolar as Slovenia is going to use

[ql-users] Minerva bug?

Hello everybody, A couple of days ago my friend (80 years old) Adelchi Moscardini came to my place asking for help concerning a simple sorting procedure. He has a file containing the name of around 5000 people which he has to sort in ascendent order. However he discovered that: de angelis came

[ql-users] ZM/hT

The full version of the ZM/hT executable can be downloaded from www.geocities.com/dsantachiara/zmht.zip Maybe in the next days I will try to wrap up also the documentation and I will update the web site accordingly Best regards Davide ___ QL-Users

R: [ql-users] Newbie with some questions... (MAC emulator)

There starts the trouble (again). I only have Macs. And even worse, I don't have some classic system anymore, and the emulator runs only with System 9... I can't even install it on my iMac G5 anymore. So this door is closed until someone ports the emulator to X. You can try Q-emuLator

R: [ql-users] Free to a good home - the saga continues

Of course I was referring to an Italian meeting... ;-) Davide Maybe that could be a good excuse to attend a new QL meeting sometimes next year? Ciao Davide I -know- he was joking. Mind you , if not, I would happily volunteer to suffer for him (8-)# I have never been to

[ql-users] Gold Card Battery Clock

A friend of mine told me that his old QL with Gold Card does not keep the date anymore. It always displays 1982... when the QL is powered on. He told me he removed the Gold Card battery and he connected two standard 1,5V batteries. This fix worked fine for some years but now the QL does not keep

R: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

Hello Marcel, Sorry if I am a bit late but I went a few days in Barcelona and now I am back with some three hundred message to read... The speed increase on my Intel Centrino 1,6 Mhz notebook is impressive. Here are the figures: Pre 3.2x QPC2 QSI: 2460 (24,6 times wrt Gold Card)

[ql-users] QL Speed Index

(Eros Forenzi) QL Speed Index of QPC v3.1 running on different platforms (just for your curiosity) 2460 (24 times faster than Gold Card) Centrino 1,6 MHz (ASUS Notebook) Win XP 2562 P4 3200 MHz W2000 2733 Athlon 2600+ (2100 MHz) Win XP 1983 Celeron 2600 MHz W2000 1447 Athlon 1000 MHz W2000 628

Re: [ql-users] hd-problem

I guess after this it can now do no harm to give it a tap at power up. I once found an old HD I had responded to this and started up. Some years ago (when I was working in Ferrari) one of our RISC 6000 workstation was not used for some weeks. When it was switched on it didn't work and so we

Re: [ql-users] Email problem

Dear Jochen, From information I have got from Gino when attending the 2003 Italian meeting he was not using anymore email accounts (?). I only have his phone number and address. Kind Regards Davide ___ QL-Users Mailing List