Re: [Ql-Users] [ql-users] Sudoku. Was: screenshoots

2014-08-03 Thread Ian Pine
- Original Message - From: Geoff Wicks gtwi...@btinternet.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] [ql-users] Sudoku. Was: screenshoots On 30/07/2014 02:55, paul wrote: On 1/9/2006 6:17 AM, Phoebus R. Dokos (Φοίβος Ρ. Ντόκος) wrote:

Re: [Ql-Users] New QL

2014-03-23 Thread Ian Pine
I'm sitting next to my hospital bed at 9am on a sunny Sunday 7 days after an 8 hour operation to remove tumours from my tongue and neck (and me a lifelong non-smoker too) plus facial reconstruction. When I go home I'll have many months with not much to do; however I'm not sure testing 68k cores

Re: [Ql-Users] New QL

2014-03-23 Thread Ian Pine
Hello again and thanks for your kind wishes. Tobias gets closest to my idea. I was planning not to write a single ARM instruction. I'd guessed that all the assembler would already be present in the Linux. As much as of the bare bones of Linux as necessary would be kept: file-system support,

Re: [Ql-Users] R: QLis30 programme

2013-11-03 Thread Ian Pine
- Original Message - From: Davide Santachiara d.santachi...@libero.it To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 10:20 PM Subject: [Ql-Users] R: QLis30 programme Dear Geoff, Indeed the last QL event in Italy (2008) has been a rendez-vous between QL enthusiasts

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today + DVD

2013-09-21 Thread Ian Pine
- Urs Koenig (QL) q...@bluewin.ch wrote: Ian Pine wrote: I tried the following: Launched SMSQmulator from DVD. Changed Config, adding a path for WIN3 to point to my folder and a non-existent .win file (new.win). I was able to use FORMAT command to create new.win and save a program

Re: [Ql-Users] Q68

2013-09-21 Thread Ian Pine
- Original Message - From: Peter Graf pg...@q40.de To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 3:41 PM Subject: [Ql-Users] Q68 Malcolm Lear wrote: I really like the idea of the Q68. Of all these options its the only one I'd go out and buy. What sort of CPU speed are

Re: [Ql-Users] Q68

2013-09-21 Thread Ian Pine
Oops, ignore that last message, it's a repeat of an old one. Computer glitch - (fixed an email problem and didn't realise an unsent message was lurking in outbox). - Ian Pine ilp...@tesco.net wrote: - Original Message - From: Peter Graf pg...@q40.de To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today + DVD

2013-09-20 Thread Ian Pine
- Wolfgang Lenerz w...@wlenerz.com wrote: On 19/09/2013 15:16, Ian Pine wrote: My final (for the foreseeable future) QL Today arrived this morning. I'm exploring the DVD. I've got both QPC2 and SMSQmlator (Java7 on Vista) running. SMSQmulator runs fine directly from the DVD

Re: [Ql-Users] Q68

2013-09-16 Thread Ian Pine
- Original Message - From: Peter Graf pg...@q40.de To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 3:41 PM Subject: [Ql-Users] Q68 Malcolm Lear wrote: I really like the idea of the Q68. Of all these options its the only one I'd go out and buy. What sort of CPU speed are

Re: [Ql-Users] Debugging nightmare

2012-05-26 Thread Ian Pine
- Original Message - From: John Alexander acontractor...@yahoo.co.uk To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Debugging nightmare Ian, I'm sure it's been doing this for the last 34 years or so ;) Encouraged me to rough up a 68K

[Ql-Users] Debugging nightmare

2012-05-23 Thread Ian Pine
Damn damn damn ... I've just spent nearly a day and a half trying to debug a simple bit of assembler code because I forgot that on m68k CPUs the MOVE instructions alter the flags and I was convinced all sorts of other problems might've been the cause, but in the end all I had to do was swap

Re: [Ql-Users] A runtime version of QPC2?

2011-11-29 Thread IAN PINE
- Original Message - From: Marcos Cruz q...@programandala.net To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Monday, 28 November, 2011 7:56:39 PM Subject: [Ql-Users] A runtime version of QPC2? Hi all, I'd like to share some thoughts and an idea about QPC2 (what Marcel may tell if it's feasible

Re: [Ql-Users] File transfers

2011-02-10 Thread Ian Pine
Since you're all coming up with such practical solutions, here's what I would do: I would set up the webcam on the destination PC, and aim it at the Q40's display. I would then copy the files in 32 kbyte chunks into the video memory, and have the camera film them. At that point I would write

Re: [Ql-Users] IDE versus SD card

2011-02-04 Thread Ian Pine
- Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] IDE versus SD card data transfer from an SD card takes 0.4 microsecond per Byte in the most simple mode, while the minimum

Re: [Ql-Users] What would you most like to see in a new version ofQDOSMSQ?

2011-01-28 Thread Ian Pine
- Original Message - From: Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:51 AM Subject: [Ql-Users] What would you most like to see in a new version ofQDOSMSQ? I may regret starting this, but as the subject says, what would you like

Re: [Ql-Users] QL SD/MMC-Card interface survey

2011-01-12 Thread Ian Pine
- Original Message - From: Ian Pine ilp...@tesco.net To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL SD/MMC-Card interface survey - Original Message - snipped Anything which works on the Q40 would be good, but something which

Re: [Ql-Users] PDF files

2010-11-20 Thread Ian Pine
- Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus ql-us...@mail.kilgus.net To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] PDF files Dilwyn Jones wrote: Thanks, I'll pass that on. Anyobe know if the question of being able to view PDF files using

[Ql-Users] QL Today today

2010-09-30 Thread Ian Pine
Yes, it did exactly what it says on the cover and arrived (UK) Today! Looking forward to reading part 4 of 25 Years but haven't had the chance for anything more than a glance through yet. On the subject of electronic vs. paper copy, electronic would certainly be convenient for archiving - I

Re: [Ql-Users] Message formatting

2010-01-05 Thread Ian Pine
In my opinion, generally, I think that as a thread builds up, old stuff should be 'pushed down' with the latest comment going in at the top (like this message); this means that I don't have to scroll through a lengthening chunk of everything I've previously read to get to the latest reply - BUT

Re: [Ql-Users] Message formatting

2010-01-05 Thread Ian Pine
See below. - Original Message - From: Ian Pine ilp...@tesco.net To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Message formatting In my opinion, generally, I think that as a thread builds up, old stuff should be 'pushed down' with the latest

Re: [Ql-Users] Micro Men on BBC iPlayer, QL is mentioned!!

2009-10-13 Thread Ian Pine
I was pleased to see they mentioned the MK14 and even managed to find an example. That was my first home computer - I bought the tape interface and the extra (256 bytes :o) RAM, and built my own replacement keyboard but never got the optional I/O chip or the VDU interface. I was disappointed

Re: [Ql-Users] OT - Micro Men on BBC iPlayer, QL is mentioned!!

2009-10-13 Thread Ian Pine
Acorn, and remember that I am supposed to be on the Sinclair side ;o) - Original Message - From: Ian Pine ilp...@tesco.net To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Micro Men on BBC iPlayer, QL is mentioned!! I was pleased to see they mentioned

Re: [Ql-Users] The Tebby Files

2009-10-05 Thread Ian Pine
Crikey, it's amazing the QL ever worked at all! Mine did though (but I never tried the network and only used a serial port for the bundled thermal printer I got with it from Dixons). It had JM ROMs and, if I remember correctly because I no longer have it, was a build D13 (though someone will