Re: [Ql-Users] Original Microdrives Needed for preservation

2009-09-23 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hihi, I once had a version of Strip Poker, where you had to press / after executing the program and...voilá...Denise was undressed...8-). I still have this patch elsewhere on mdv. Cheers...Ralf BTW: I do not believe that there were official unprotected versions of that program. Be

Re: [Ql-Users] Original Microdrives Needed for preservation

2009-09-23 Thread Ralf Reköndt
!! Rich Ralf Reköndt wrote: Hihi, I once had a version of Strip Poker, where you had to press / after executing the program and...voilá...Denise was undressed...8-). I still have this patch elsewhere on mdv. Cheers...Ralf BTW: I do not believe that there were official unprotected versions

[Ql-Users] Sage Integrated Accounts

2009-09-23 Thread Ralf Reköndt
All programs of Sage's QL.Integrated Accounts are executed via the CRUN command. Does anybody know, which QL C-Compiler extension has used this extension and what kind of code it is, which is executed? Or...is it a QL C-Compiler or a self-written thing? Cheers...Ralf

Re: [Ql-Users] Sage Integrated Accounts

2009-09-23 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Tobias, the QL.Integrated Accounts cartridges contain an extension file to RESPR and CALL, so to run their programs. As I read your comment, I remind of that extensions in their ROM. Sorry about your cleared EPROM. But...is the so called code an EXecitable file or is it a kind of threaded

Re: [Ql-Users] Sage Integrated Accounts

2009-09-23 Thread Ralf Reköndt
So I wonder, why this CRUN extension was supplied, the BOOT just CRUN the programs. Why, if EXEC(_W) should do the same job? Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Tobias Fröschle: Sage Integrated Accounts All programs of Sage's QL.Integrated Accounts are executed via the CRUN

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Software Queries

2009-09-18 Thread Ralf Reköndt
As far as I remember..it was a german company. I have to look in my old german QUASAR magazines. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Rich Mellor Does anyone remember a game called QPEDE - it was written by (or published by?) Elaborate Bytes and is based on centipede - see

Re: [Ql-Users] Lear PCB Cad update

2009-09-16 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Thank's a lot. It is surprising, that after (or better: during) such a long time, a software author is still updating his things. I have used PCB Designer 1 from Talent (with its awful copy protection and its awful just Epson FX-80 compatibility [remind the backtracking of the paper],

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Games

2009-09-09 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Rich Mellor 3. If SAGE released Sage Integrated Accounts into the public domain, does anyone know how to disassemble this program - it was written with metacomco C (I think) - it uses CRUN as the command to run it. Alas Sage do not have any details on this program... I think, the

Re: [Ql-Users] ql-mac Lucerne show

2009-09-08 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Mr and Mrs Merz - yes - I bet some of you did not know Jochen and Andrea have got married. Ah Jochen, always mystic...;-) Jochen Andrea, my honest congratulations for your marriage. I wish you both a lucky and healthy life together! Cheers...Ralf

Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL Bounder - HELP

2009-08-30 Thread Ralf Reköndt
I am sorry,8-(, QL.Bounder seems to be the only game, which I haven't transferred to disk, just had a look through 100+ ones. It seems, that I just have bought it to complete my Sinclair branded software packages, never played it. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Rich

Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair Badged Dot Matrix Printer

2009-06-12 Thread Ralf Reköndt
No, it was a Seikosha SP 1000 A but with a different EPROM to print all (!) QL-characters without any TRA or translations in Quill. I have had an original Seikosha SP 1000 A and have used a copied EPROM from a Sinclair badged one. It worked. Ralf - Original Message - From: Rich

Re: [Ql-Users] Commercial game copy protection mechanisms

2009-06-07 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Marcel Kilgus It is highly unlikely that the program includes its own MDV access code, so the entries to the MDV vectors might be a good starting point. Hmm, the programmers at Pyramide were very clever;-) Ralf ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Commercial game copy protection mechanisms

2009-06-06 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Try to look for QLone from Ultrasoft or Locksmithe from ZitaSoft (Steve Jones). Locksmithe is a bit better if the copy protection goes a step beyond the MDV magic number. The most worst protection mechanism is in software from Talent. No chance without detailled knowledge in machine code.

Re: [Ql-Users] Commercial game copy protection mechanisms

2009-06-06 Thread Ralf Reköndt
;-)) Quite right. From: Tony Firshman Surely it is Locksmythe? ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Commercial game copy protection mechanisms

2009-06-06 Thread Ralf Reköndt
will correct me! -- Dilwyn Jones - Original Message - From: Ralf Reköndt ralf.rekoe...@t-online.de To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Commercial game copy protection mechanisms Try to look for QLone from Ultrasoft or Locksmithe from

Re: [Ql-Users] Commercial game copy protection mechanisms

2009-06-06 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Yes, I know. Maybe this 2nd cartridgr was either formated by Magnetic Scrolls own OS or by this special 68k card from GST. Who knows...? They know, why they included esp. THAT CLONE...;-) Ralf - Original Message - From: Rich Mellor However, I have never seen a cracked version of QL

Re: [Ql-Users] Commercial game copy protection mechanisms

2009-06-06 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Expresso Coppee? - Original Message - From: Daniele Terdina I have a program for MDV backup. In some cases it can also recover unreliable cartridges (it tries to read the data harder than COPY). ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E

2009-03-01 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Works for me. Ralf I also just noticed that it disappeared 2 days ago. I have no idea. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Nucleon by Pyramide

2009-02-28 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Yes, I have one included in the Box. Ralf - Original Message - From: Rich Mellor Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 3:53 PM Subject: [Ql-Users] Nucleon by Pyramide Was a manual ever produced for the NUCLEON software by Pyramide? I have 3 boxed copies of this software in various

Re: [Ql-Users] QTYP2 and Text87

2009-02-01 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hmm, does this explain, why the little window of Qtyp does not disappear an T87's window get restored? Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QTYP2 and Text87 Well, I was simply not aware of the

Re: [Ql-Users] QTYP2 and Text87

2009-02-01 Thread Ralf Reköndt
;-) Yes. - Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QTYP2 and Text87 Ralf Reköndt wrote: Hmm, does this explain, why the little window of Qtyp does not disappear an T87's window get restored? Sure. That's what it all

Re: [Ql-Users] QTYP2 and Text87

2009-01-31 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Ok, wee need a statement from Marcel (the Whodini of text87 in GD2 ;-)). - Original Message - From: Bob Spelten Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QTYP2 and Text87 Op Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:50:02 +0100 schreef Geoff Wicks Do you keep to the old black,

Re: [Ql-Users] QTYP2 and Text87

2009-01-31 Thread Ralf Reköndt
] QTYP2 and Text87 Ralf Reköndt wrote: Ok, wee need a statement from Marcel (the Whodini of text87 in GD2 ;-)). Well, I was simply not aware of the problem. I've allocated an hour to check this out and fortunately I could do it in this time. It's just a bug in one of my calculations

Re: [Ql-Users] Second Hand Sinclair QL and ICL One Per Desk Items for Sale - Some very rare !

2009-01-18 Thread Ralf Reköndt
The keyboard adaptor seems to be the ABC-Keyboard Adaptor from ABC-Elektronic, plugged into the ROM-Port. UR means Ulrich Rosowski, who designed the hardware, JM means Jochen Merz, who has written the driver. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Rich Mellor Sent: Sunday,

Re: [Ql-Users] Second Hand Sinclair QL and ICL One Per Desk Items for Sale - Some very rare !

2009-01-18 Thread Ralf Reköndt
, That is very interesting - I do not recall one being advertised which plugged into the ROM port - they all seemed to be internal interfaces at the time Rich Ralf Reköndt wrote: The keyboard adaptor seems to be the ABC-Keyboard Adaptor from ABC-Elektronic, plugged into the ROM-Port. UR means Ulrich

Re: [Ql-Users] Second Hand Sinclair QL and ICL One Per Desk Items for Sale - Some very rare !

2009-01-18 Thread Ralf Reköndt
I understand about the three adaptors without any keyboard. The keyboards were good (they had additional diagonal cursor keys) but didn't stay very long. A bit of poor quality. Mine lasts for 2 1/2 years, then the first caps had problems. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From:

Re: [Ql-Users] Using More than two drives with QubIDE

2009-01-16 Thread Ralf Reköndt
I'm sure, you are right...8-(. The double IDE Port in PCs is just an advantage of them. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Dave Walker Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Using More than two drives with QubIDE Rich, I very much doubt it as the IDE

[Ql-Users] Manual of Pointer's Writer's Toolkit by Jochen Merz

2009-01-09 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Good afternoon, unfortunately, all of my old manuals from Jochen are are faded away, I look for the manual from Pointer's Writer's Toolkit. Even Jochen does not have the text source of that manual. Does somebody can send a scanned PDF to me...? Many thanks! Cheers...Ralf

Re: [Ql-Users] QLIB Free-Running Procedures

2009-01-08 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Tobias, there seem to be one important sentence in this section about Free running procedures about starting the job with an !: This feature is restricted to the the interpreter only in this release. Perhaps it does not work in a compiled program (maybe in a separate daughter SBASIC).

Re: [Ql-Users] QLIB Free-Running Procedures

2009-01-08 Thread Ralf Reköndt
-Running Procedures From: Ralf Reköndt ralf.rekoe...@t-online.de To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Tobias, there seem to be one important sentence in this section about Free running procedures about starting the job with an !: This feature is restricted to the the interpreter only in this release. Perhaps

Re: [Ql-Users] Updated outlines

2009-01-06 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Works perfectly, many thanks. Would it ever be able to see the windows contents active like Windows...;-)). Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: gdgqler Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:09 PM Subject: [Ql-Users] Updated outlines I have now refined the program showing resizing

Re: [Ql-Users] Updated outlines

2009-01-06 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Jan 2009, at 14:29, Ralf Reköndt wrote: Works perfectly, many thanks. Would it ever be able to see the windows contents active like Windows...;-)). The system works like WM_CHWIN in that it returns the change of size to the calling program after the mouse button is raised. (For WM_CHWIN

Re: [Ql-Users] Updated outlines

2009-01-06 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hmm, I understand. But if it is so, could it be realised in the same job without a daughter job? Cheers...Ralf From Marcel Kilgus: The effect would be identical to what George has already, as changing the size of the outline does not resize the window contents. So the window stays like it

Re: [Ql-Users] Qlib's window and pointer handling

2009-01-05 Thread Ralf Reköndt
, January 05, 2009 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Qlib's window and pointer handling Ralf Reköndt wrote: many years ago, I was thinking about the way, QLib handles it's own Applikation Window under PE. I do not really think, it heavily uses WMAN, but I always wanted to know, how it does, what

[Ql-Users] Qlib's window and pointer handling

2009-01-04 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Morning and a wonderful New Year alltogether, many years ago, I was thinking about the way, QLib handles it's own Applikation Window under PE. I do not really think, it heavily uses WMAN, but I always wanted to know, how it does, what it does. In those years, I was always searching for such

Re: [Ql-Users] Updates and Outlines

2008-12-26 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Sorry, I just haven't configured anything, because George has written, that blk_bin is as standard to be found in ram1_. And I had all files in ram1_ Ok, I'll try again...;-) A, you have configured blk2_bin as standard;-)). OK, it works. Is it possible to give thin lines for the new

Re: [Ql-Users] Updates and Outlines

2008-12-26 Thread Ralf Reköndt
I also use XP... Hmm, no intuition...? Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: gdgqler gdgq...@gmail.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Updates and Outlines On 26 Dec 2008, at 06:52, Ralf Reköndt wrote: OK, a clean QPC

Re: [Ql-Users] Updates and Outlines

2008-12-25 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hmm, I discover a problem when tapping the resize button of tresze_bin in getting an Ill.ins. from QMON. I am running QPC v3.32 with QDT and the usual other stuff loaded. I have to try it with a clean QPC. OK, QDT off, but still Ill.ins. Next try with no extensions loaded. OK, nothing

Re: [Ql-Users] Qstripper finally and at long last has a new home

2008-12-24 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Evening Norman mkdir qstripper Sorry, QLer just understand MAKE_DIR ;-)) Cheers and a Wonderful Christmas to All Ralf ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Program updates

2008-12-23 Thread Ralf Reköndt
What should that be...new...? Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Bob Spelten Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Program updates The new SMSQ/E moving outline is not used then. ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Program updates

2008-12-23 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Ah, ok, MOVE, I thought of Resize. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Bob Spelten Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Program updates Op Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:23:12 +0100 schreef Ralf Reköndt What should that be...new...? It is new in WMAN2

Re: [Ql-Users] Program updates

2008-12-19 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Ahh, great, George. Waht's about a little demo program at your site. Would love to take a look at it! Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: George Gwilt Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Program updates On 30 Nov 2008, at 18:12, Ralf Reköndt wrote

Re: [Ql-Users] Program updates

2008-12-19 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Doesn't matter...;-). Just would like to see a working example. No matter, how you've realized it ;-). Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: George Gwilt Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Program updates On 19 Dec 2008, at 13:07, Ralf Reköndt wrote

Re: [Ql-Users] Program updates

2008-11-30 Thread Ralf Reköndt
BTWit just came into my mind, how nice it is to use the Windows facility of changing a windows size in the lower right edge of a window (you know...the three little parallel lines...). Would be a good thing for us. Cheers...ralf From: Dilwyn Jones The pointer driven text file viewer from

Re: [Ql-Users] Hard directories

2008-11-25 Thread Ralf Reköndt
). Nevertheless, it *is* a way...;-) Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus Ralf Reköndt wrote: If I want load (e.g. in an editor) a file from another directory, I simply use e.g. flp1_\anotherdir_source_asm. Maybe not the most elegant way, but it works. Then you have again

Re: [Ql-Users] Hard directories

2008-11-25 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Good day, Norman, well, I was a bit annoyed, because I have sent Tony the sources (just to open his ideas), explained, why it should be better to use a different system esp. for WIN files, but there was no comment. Perheps he has finished the WIN driver for the Miraculix hard disk and do not

[Ql-Users] Hard directories

2008-11-22 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Morning and a good day, it just came into my mind, why Tony has designed FS2 as it is. Say: nor real harddirectories, still the filename as a part of it. In the meantime, we are not QL-compatible in some cases, there are programs, which just run under WMAN2, and that is ok. So why can't we

Re: [Ql-Users] PCL-3

2008-10-14 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Marcel Kilgus: MK In that sentence a different kind of translation is meant (the one MK QPCPrint does). Not the character translation SMSQ/E does. Ok, but I assume, Dilwyn does not do any kind of TRA. RR Hmm...makes me wonder how a simple close from an unknown OS (by the RR printer's

Re: [Ql-Users] PCL-3

2008-10-14 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Dilwyn Jones It's almost as though QPC2 hands the printer back to Windows which then puts it back into Windows state. Strange! But how can Win knows a about any kind of reset code for this printer? Ok, maybe via the installed Windows driver. Very strange. Cheers...Ralf

Re: [Ql-Users] PCL-3

2008-10-14 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Dilwyn Jones Or maybe the opposite is true. Every time any application (including QPC2) OPENs a print job, the printer is back into default state? Yes, that may be the solution (a strange one, of course). Isn't there any way, to make the printer stay in its state? I remind, that with my

Re: [Ql-Users] PCL-3

2008-10-14 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Tobias Froeschle did you try using parda as device (d stands for no translations used) Otherwise the SMSQ translation tables might garble your control codes. Hmm, the QPC manual state, it does not translate (page 10). cheers...Ralf ___

Re: [Ql-Users] PCL-3

2008-10-14 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Dilwyn Jones It seems to work OK. It's almost as though opening or closing the printer channel in QPC2 resets the printer to standard state. Hmm...makes me wonder how a simple close from an unknown OS (by the printer's view) could change it's state. Cheers...Ralf

Re: [Ql-Users] Quill-View

2008-10-06 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Great! That's what I need! Send us a link! Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Mikael Ström Dear fellow QL Users, I'm primarily working on WinXP (no, I don't like it), and got tired of having to fire up the emulator each time I need to read a Quill document. So I wrote

Re: [Ql-Users] sub-£100 notebook

2008-09-06 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Wind? Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: SMSQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] sub-£100 notebook Hi everybody, I was able to use the Wind for a short while (Andrea bought one for herself)...

Re: [Ql-Users] hypertext query

2008-08-27 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Dilwyn Jones I now remember correponding briefly with Ralf Rekoendt about the TeX system back then. Yes, I still have the disks from Tony Tebby with TeX and MetaFont sources in C. He once wanted to convert that for SMSQ (a very long time ago he also wanted to write a C2SB

Re: [Ql-Users] Sprites for Games

2008-07-22 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Do you believe, v4 does? I don't. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: sinclairql Hi, I have the version 2, but this version do not work with Gold Card. Can you copy the microdrive to a zip file? thanks javier Guerra http://sinclairql.es Ralf Reköndt escribió: Yes, Super

Re: [Ql-Users] Sprites for Games

2008-07-22 Thread Ralf Reköndt
What has to be converted and why? Old routines...? Cheers...Ralf R. From: Marcel Kilgus The colour conversion of course needs a bit of time and the result is only cached for the very latest sprite (this is so the mouse pointer does not need to be constantly converted). But my laptop for

Re: [Ql-Users] Sprites for Games

2008-07-21 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Yes, Super Sprite Generator. I still have the version 4 on microdrive. But do not know, if this will load and run... Cheers...Ralf From: Norman Dunbar Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Sprites for Games I think Digital Precision did something with sprites years ago.

Re: [Ql-Users] Hi Resolution Colour Graphics on a Standard QL?

2008-06-22 Thread Ralf Reköndt
I remember, that Steve Sutton also implemented a way of mixing Mode 4 Mode 8 in his adventure creation program from DP (have forgotten the name). Must have been in the late 80s. Cheers...Ralf From: Francois Lanciault Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Hi Resolution Colour Graphics on a Standard

Re: [Ql-Users] OT - WIN98 request

2008-04-28 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Malcolm Cadman I have a WIN98 CD Second Edition, and a WIN98SE CD. The first one is ok, but migration doesn't work properly. You better should install from scratch! Cheers...Ralf ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QXL.WIN internal format?

2008-04-25 Thread Ralf Reköndt
8-) Winbackup seems quite a long time ago ;.) Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Norman Dunbar Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QXL.WIN internal format? Evening John, Thanks for yet more explaining. I discovered (!) that if I take the file_id

Re: [Ql-Users] Vision Mixer 2 released

2007-10-21 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Dilwyn Jones Vision Mixer 2 is now available from my website. Always wonder, from where you take the time for those things ;-). Thanks a lot for this! Cheers...ralf ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Website QLvsJaguar moved to a new host

2007-10-20 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Urs Koenig (QL issues) My personal website QLvsJaguar can now being reached here: http://www.qlvsjaguar.homepage.bluewin.ch/ Hi Urs, nice to hear from you again. Still waiting for an updated version of QTop ;-). Cheers...Ralf ___ QL-Users

Re: [Ql-Users] QUBIDE problem

2007-10-18 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Tony Firshman I will perform this test with the respr driver and if it still does not work I will send it to you for repair. PM me for quote. 'PM'? Tony 8-): Personal Message aka email Cheers...Ralf ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Unknown expansion board

2007-10-10 Thread Ralf Reköndt
- Original Message - From: Rich Mellor It looks like a Sandy SuperQBoard which does not have any chips inserted so that it is basically now just a disk controller and possibly parallel port. Yes in fact. It is an SQB without any Ram expansion. Just Disk I/O and PAR connected. One of

Re: [ql-users] Repeat message

2007-07-21 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Tony Firshman Ah I might even *have* one of those somewhere. Finding it is a different matter. They were very different in design. Didn't they also *look* different? The PC style one connecting with the DIN plug must have had an internal pcb plugging into the 8049 socket, with the 8049

Re: [ql-users] Repeat message

2007-07-20 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Marco Vacquier @Tony F., when you visit Eindhoven next October, I may show you the second one for you to see. That is, if it resembles the keyboard as is shown on the pictures on the following link: http://www.xs4all.nl/~wij2/ehv20061014/index.html Note pictures

Re: [ql-users] Sinclair Industrial Design links

2007-07-14 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Malcolm Cadman I have just added some links to my web site of the emerging Sinclair Industrial Design details that are being put up by Rick Dickinson - former Senior Designer at Sinclair Research. Thanks Malcom, looked very interesting. Seems to be very difficult to get those

Re: [ql-users] LBYTES

2007-07-13 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Dilwyn Jones Thank you Marcel - this helps explain why I'd never seen it before and why I had problems reproducing the bug in my program reliably - I was afraid my program may be causing file corruption and so was testing most of the time from ramdisk to avoid risk of corrupting my

Re: [ql-users] Qx0 hard disk structure

2007-07-04 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Marcel Kilgus AFAIK. IIRC the format is QLWA, i.e. QXL.WIN like. For the QLWA structure, there are a few docs from TT about that. That format was used native by the WIN-driver for the Atari. I think, the docs are on Dilwyn's disk. Cheers...Ralf R.

Re: [ql-users] MicroP Disk Interfaces

2007-06-30 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Rich Mellor I have a couple of second hand MicroP disk interfaces - these were the ones which used FDK as the drive identifier (rather than FLP) - does anyone know of any means of patching them to change the identifier from BASIC, or do I need to patch the EPROM code and get it

Re: [ql-users] MicroP Disk Interfaces

2007-06-30 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: Rich Mellor It looks like Tony would need to reblow the EPROMs - do we have access to the code for Tony Tebby's QFLP EPROM (not sure it would work on a MicroP interface though - might be worth a try). The QFLP Eprom was written by Tony Tebby for the MP I/F to make it compatible with all

Re: [ql-users] Config Blocks

2007-06-18 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: George Gwilt All my programs which can be configured assume that Menuconfig (or  its younger sister, Config) will do the job. Hmm, how can a program assume the use of MenuConfig? IMHO it just can assume a program, which takes care of a given config standard. AndConfig was first, TT

Re: [ql-users] Abandonware + Retro computing

2007-02-27 Thread Ralf Reköndt
.searching to enter in contact with Alexandre GASSMANN. Is this one of the the authors of Nucleon from the former QL Software house Pyramide? Cheers...Ralf R. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Thor Service/Technical Manual

2007-01-07 Thread Ralf Reköndt
- Original Message - From: Tony Firshman Depends how you define slow. It serves at 750kbps or so. If you are getting a lot less, then maybe delays in transit somewhere, or someone else downloading at the same time. ... or temporary problems with my ISP. Just got it with 75k, nothing

Re: [ql-users] Happy new year

2007-01-02 Thread Ralf Reköndt
- Original Message - From: Tony FirshmanOf course: http://www.omega-first.co.uk/product_Cysgliad_Spell_Checker.html Oh nonot for GBP 50. Nothing else? Cheers...Ralf R. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Happy new year

2007-01-01 Thread Ralf Reköndt
- Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones A happy new year to everyone on this list. And from me 8-)! It seems that cleaning out 2006 did the trick :-) So, I hope yuo all have your QaLendar 2007 on your walls and looking forward to QooL 2007! Always! Same procedure as *every*

Re: [ql-users] I want your software

2006-09-26 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Ok, I will make a photo of all of my Sinclair branded QL packages (I have them all, except Classic Adventures) sitting together. Maybe Dilwyn like to put it on his site ;-)) Cheers...Ralf R. - Original Message - From: Roy woodSent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 6:49 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [ql-users] QHelp

2006-09-21 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Maybe, QHelp belongs to an older version of QMenu? I remind, that Jochen has changed a few parameters during development. Cheers...Ralf R. - Original Message - From: David McCann Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 6:48 PM Subject: [ql-users] QHelp Thanks Derek, for the menu_rext

Re: [ql-users] QHelp

2006-09-19 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Ahh, yes, I understand 8-) Cheers...Ralf R. - Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] QHelp I guess that's probably because it's a modified Qlib_Run needed for FileInfo 2 perhaps? -- Dilwyn Jones

Re: [ql-users] BMP second release

2006-08-20 Thread Ralf Reköndt
- Original Message - From: gwicks Subject: Re: [ql-users] BMP second release Just out of interest, why did TT think it necessary to have both _psa and _pic formats? Most of us had never heard of the former until George Gwilt released SVSCR, although both are documented in the QPTR

Re: [ql-users] BMP second release

2006-08-19 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hmm, what is PSA? Cheers...Ralf R. - Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones Subject: [ql-users] BMP second release The major new feature is the facility to convert between QL file formats - Screen, PIC, PSA and Page Designer formats. ___

Re: [ql-users] BMP second release

2006-08-19 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Ok, Partial Saved Area 8-) Cheers...Ralf R. - Original Message - From: Ralf Reköndt Subject: Re: [ql-users] BMP second release Hmm, what is PSA? ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Programs using colour themes

2006-07-21 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Same with S_Edit (famous last words...;-)) Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Programs using colour themes - Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones To: QL

Re: [ql-users] SideWinder de Luxe

2006-03-10 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Dilwyn, I know that. It just gave problems with SideDesigner DeLuxe' preview. The program works as expected so it is not very serious 8-). As far as I have seen, an enhancement to LineDesign would be the best! Cheers...Ralf R. - Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones Ralf, it

[ql-users] SideWinder de Luxe

2006-03-05 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Does anybody know, if Steve Jones (Zitasoft) is contactable in any way? I have tried SideWinder de Luxe in 24pin mode with PD2/3 pages under QPCPrint and it works really good (albeit writing into screen's memory with preview, ok, it's a bit old ;-)). Would be really good, if the program could

Re: [ql-users] The news of sinclairql.info in your website

2006-02-27 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Well, I myself don't use RSS and I personally do not like to to travel between various sites and groups as log as there are the same authors and the same news. I think, we have *one* group here and I find it a bit circumstancially to need reading them both for any news. Nevertheless it is

Re: [ql-users] XChange update

2006-02-20 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Marcel, thanks a lot for that work. Quill is so much better now. I have to try it with big Archive screens ;-). Cheers...Ralf R. - Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus Followers of sinclairql.info have already known this for a few days, but in case anybody is not subscribed to

Re: [ql-users] Sedit 2.26

2006-02-15 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Derek, except the author has turned back again ;-)). Nice to hear that it works. Cheers...Ralf R. - Original Message - From: Derek Stewart Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Sedit 2.26 Hi, Tried Sedit and the GD2 version on the Q60 works great.

Re: [ql-users] Sedit 2.26

2006-02-14 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Dilwyn, I hope Ralf will continue to support S_Edit. Of course! Seems, that I am more infected than I ever was before! Cheers...Ralf R. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Sedit 2.26

2006-02-13 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Malcolm, I know about hard coding, but the code was written to be most universal for output in channels. Perhaps not so clean ;-). The lines are linked lists in memory. The lines marked as blocks get a flag, and the output routine reads the flag from memory and sets the ink by itself. At QL

Re: [ql-users] Sedit 2.26

2006-02-13 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Marcel, ah, one who knows the code...;-) Yes, I have thought about it in the last 10 minutes. Seems quite easy to MOVE the value of the config byte into D1 instead of setting a fixed value. So I will put this config item directly into the heap extensions. Cheers...Ralf R. BTW: Sorry, is a

Re: [ql-users] Sedit 2.26

2006-02-13 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Malcolm, I just know, how to do it in a clean way ;-). Just wait a bit and it is available to all. It would then have another level 1 config blockfor the text colours. I would not use a pre-processing routine to circumvent the user to set the ink equal the paper color. Or I can also

Re: [ql-users] Sedit 2.26

2006-02-13 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Malcolm, it is not so trivial, as S_Edit is not a pointer program, so it does not have any managed windows (in pointer environment terms), even if it is MOVEable via CTRL-F4. The menu extensions has to be called in a managed window, so I have to set up a new window, where they are diplayed.

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 V3.31 Pointer Problem

2006-02-08 Thread Ralf Reköndt
I have tried it on my Dell P4 3GHz WinXPpro SP2: QPC v3.31 uses at maximum 35% of the processor time (or whatever time it is). Cheers...Ralf R - Original Message - From: Tony Firshman Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC2 V3.31 Pointer Problem It

[ql-users] Qref_bin

2006-02-06 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Can anyone supply the standalone version of Qref_bin? I unfortunately just have QloadRef_bin on both my original disks and as there is QLOAD in SMSQE I do not want to load this. Cheers...Ralf R. ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [ql-users] QMon under QPC2 - SMSQ/E

2006-02-04 Thread Ralf Reköndt
I have done several tests to find out, why Qmon doesn't work with my BOOT, i.e. does not pop up by a call respr(0). In fact, Qmon *does* work . . . as long as you do not have loaded qlib_bin (2910 bytes) and qlib_ext (1472 Bytes), both from the last Qlib v3.36 package. They are essential to

Re: [ql-users] QMon under QPC2 - SMSQ/E

2006-02-04 Thread Ralf Reköndt
- From: Ralf Reköndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] QMon under QPC2 - SMSQ/E I have done several tests to find out, why Qmon doesn't work with my BOOT, i.e. does not pop up by a call respr(0). In fact, Qmon *does

Re: [ql-users] QMon under QPC2 - SMSQ/E

2006-02-04 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Wolfgang, hmm, if I only load qlib_bin and qlib_ext, QMon does not pop up. If not, it works. Do you use the mentioned versions? Cheers...Ralf R. From: Wolfgang Lenerz In fact, Qmon *does* work . . . as long as you do not have loaded qlib_bin (2910 bytes) and qlib_ext (1472 Bytes), both

Re: [ql-users] QMon under QPC2 - SMSQ/E

2006-02-04 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Per, Have you tried the all-in-one Qlib_sys instead of _ext and _bin? For the test below I have Qlib_sys v3.35 loaded: Remind, that Qlib_sys is nothing else tha a rext file produced with Liberation Soft's own kind of Boot_make (as supplied with QRAM) The files are one after another and the

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