Tony Firshman wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:20 | Jun10:
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:17 | Jun10:
These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader
living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten his
name -
can anyone remember? He died I believe in the early
Tony Firshman wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:20 | Jun10:
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:17 | Jun10:
These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a
trader
living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten
his
name -
can anyone remember? He died I believe in the early
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 1/Jul/10 11:01 | Jul1:
Tony Firshman wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:20 | Jun10:
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:17 | Jun10:
These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader
living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten his
name -
can anyone
Stephen Usher wrote:
Well, I see that there are two issues with the QL legacy, one
which gives a QL-like experience (i.e. SuperBASIC etc.) and
emulation for running old programs.
Now, for the former, I can see a niche market just waiting to
be filled.
Firstly, read this link:
Op Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:30:30 +0300 schreef Urs Koenig (QL) q...@bluewin.ch:
Stephen Usher wrote:
Well, I see that there are two issues with the QL legacy, one
which gives a QL-like experience (i.e. SuperBASIC etc.) and
emulation for running old programs.
Now, for the former, I can see a niche
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote:
I agree with Stephen if we talk about (complete) novices (like my children
of age 10 and 8). I will try to explain my son the basics of a computer
program by using SuperBASIC with QemuLator in fullscreen mode on our family
notebook. Some FOR/NEXT loops (e.g. FOR i=1 to 7
In message 4c27d9ef.4010...@lingula.org.uk, Stephen Usher
st...@lingula.org.uk writes
Good evening,
I've actually been thinking more about this over the day...
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Hi Steve,
Nice link ... :-)
Chris Curry and Clive Sinclair originally worked together, and then
split with
[Beginners All Symbolic Instruction Code - 'BASIC']
Stephen said -
...
I'd disagree greatly with a lot of these arguments for people just
starting out. Line numbers, although a pain for advanced programmer, do
help novices think about order. Data types confuse things and make it
more complex
QL-Mylink wrote, on 28/Jun/10 22:51 | Jun28:
[Beginners All Symbolic Instruction Code - 'BASIC']
Stephen said -
...
I'd disagree greatly with a lot of these arguments for people just
starting out. Line numbers, although a pain for advanced programmer, do
help novices think about order. Data
Good evening,
I've actually been thinking more about this over the day...
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Hi Steve,
Nice link ... :-)
Chris Curry and Clive Sinclair originally worked together, and then
split with the Acorn/Sinclair rivalry ( friendly though ).
Coming back to together with a common
Dilwyn said -
...OK, it'll always be handy to be
able to write quick s*basic programs for my own use .
===
now George has said -
.Rewriting for a PC or whatever is just not an
for the Future. ;-)
Urs
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On 12/06/10 19:49, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Design and make a new 21st Century successor to the QL ... :-)
Not wishing to be the bear in the ointment here, but that suggestion -
while a grand one - will no longer work.
In my opinion, back in the 80s fine, there were lots and lots of
computer
Am 13.06.2010 um 13:59 schrieb Norman Dunbar:
On 12/06/10 19:49, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Design and make a new 21st Century successor to the QL ... :-)
Not wishing to be the bear in the ointment here, but that suggestion -
while a grand one - will no longer work.
In my opinion, back in the
On 13 Jun 2010, at 13:43, Anton Preinsack wrote:
More possibilities (please not, that I am aware, that this is wishful
thinking): A original QL with some addons (and maybe with additional
Sinclair spectrum-compatibility) in a FPGA (like the Minimig in the
Amiga-scene) for the Retro-Fans
Am 13.06.2010 um 15:01 schrieb gdgqler:
On 13 Jun 2010, at 13:43, Anton Preinsack wrote:
More possibilities (please not, that I am aware, that this is
wishful thinking): A original QL with some addons (and maybe
with additional Sinclair spectrum-compatibility) in a FPGA (like
the
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To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future
Hmm - I have 523 on my list in the UK (all with email addresses)
Rich has told us he has a list
statements may appear somewhat foolhardy to future onlookers
... :-)
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On Wednesday 09 June 2010 07:29, John Sadler wrote:
The QL Community is steadily reducing in size.
So what can we do to stop the QL disappearing into oblivion?
Other old computers have survived by ensuring that emulators programs
exist in the public domain.
The QL does have public domain
In message 201006100754.18894.j...@supanet.com, John Sadler
j...@supanet.com writes
On Wednesday 09 June 2010 07:29, John Sadler wrote:
The QL Community is steadily reducing in size.
So what can we do to stop the QL disappearing into oblivion?
Other old computers have survived by ensuring
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From: Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:29 PM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future
However, I have a mailing list of over 1000 QL users and it is rare that
any of them ask
On 11/06/2010 13:12, Geoff Wicks wrote:
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From: Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:29 PM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future
However, I have a mailing list of over 1000 QL users
A case in point is the QL Wiki at
http://www.rwapadventures.com/ql_wiki
Great innovation to the QL and retro community. Good job Rich.
Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, the main contributors
to the QL Wiki remain myself and Dilwyn Jones.
When I ask for comments / feedback or
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Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 2:26 PM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
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On 11/06/2010 13:12, Geoff Wicks wrote:
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From
Evening Urs,
Currently there are just a few documents, 41 videos and 1000+pictures
online. My main backlog is the documents which many of them were already
scanned (single pages) but need to be glued into single PDFs.
Are they scanned as image files (Ok, possibly a stupid question!)
because I
Rich Mellor wrote, on 10/Jun/10 06:07 | Jun10:
snip
As for Marcel's and Jochen's comments about posting information on
wikis being regarded as self-advertising - well, there are some views
on this:
1. Surely the software / hardware designers are best positioned to
provide the background of
I must say Rich is doing a great job selling my shed-rescued stock.
Derek Stewart completely filled his car with it! As I found out from
Urs, I had some historic old pcbs in the collection. Unfortunately
I
believe most pcbs have now been scrapped. They were a great source
of
spare parts,
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:06 | Jun10:
These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader
living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten his name -
can anyone remember? He died I believe in the early 90s.
Tony
Care Electronics...Ed Bruley perhaps?
No.
This mailing list is probably the most frequently populated part of
QL-Dom - and even here goes deathly quiet at times.
Now look what you've done, it's more active today!
My Articles in QL Toady are a mystery to me. Not that I don't know
what
I'm writing (well, most of the time I do!) but the
These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader
living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten his
name -
can anyone remember? He died I believe in the early 90s.
Tony
Care Electronics...Ed Bruley perhaps?
No. He was working on his own. He bought a vast
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:17 | Jun10:
These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader
living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten his
name -
can anyone remember? He died I believe in the early 90s.
Tony
Care Electronics...Ed Bruley perhaps?
gdgqler wrote:
Marcel's and Jochen's comments made me think twice about
considering adding information about my TurboPTR on Rich's site.
Oh god, I wasn't trying to discourage anybody from contributing to the
wiki! TurboPTR not being commercial it's a different situation anyway,
in my opinion at
Marcel Kilgus wrote:
gdgqler wrote:
Marcel's and Jochen's comments made me think twice about
considering adding information about my TurboPTR on Rich's site.
Oh god, I wasn't trying to discourage anybody from contributing to
the
wiki! TurboPTR not being commercial it's a different situation
Jerry Davis wrote, on 10/Jun/10 12:02 | Jun10:
I thought I'd stop lurking and post I only joined this group a few weeks
ago out of pure curiosity. Many, many moons ago I set up the London
sub-group with the help of Frank Merrison. University, the discovery that
there was life outside London,
Tony,
Was it Dennis Briggs aka Adman Services ?
Bruce
Thursday, June 10, 2010, 10:13:21 AM, you wrote:
TF Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:06 | Jun10:
These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader
living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten his name
Bruce N wrote, on 10/Jun/10 13:21 | Jun10:
Tony,
Was it Dennis Briggs aka Adman Services ?
No - he lived in East London, maybe Gants Hill.
He was the person that kicked the component and rebuilt QL trading into
life when he sold his stock.
I don't think he actively traded them.
He
Dear George,
Marcel's and Jochen's comments made me think twice about considering adding
information about my TurboPTR on Rich's site.
I was referring to self-advertising for commercial products.
I regard any encyclopedia (online or offline) as something which
should be as unbiased as
Hi Rich,
Believe it or not, there is still a burgeoning market out there for
retro computers - I rely on them for my main source of income at the
moment (since I was made redundant in December) and have successfully
brought several new products to market (or made old ones available
again),
In message 4c10c9a5.40...@firshman.co.uk, Tony Firshman
t...@firshman.co.uk writes
Jerry Davis wrote, on 10/Jun/10 12:02 | Jun10:
I thought I'd stop lurking and post I only joined this group a few weeks
ago out of pure curiosity. Many, many moons ago I set up the London
sub-group with the
The QL Community is steadily reducing in size.
So what can we do to stop the QL disappearing into oblivion?
Other old computers have survived by ensuring that emulators programs exist
in the public domain.
The QL does have public domain emulators but they are a haste to use.
The problem is
John Sadler wrote, on 9/Jun/10 08:29 | Jun9:
The QL Community is steadily reducing in size.
So what can we do to stop the QL disappearing into oblivion?
Other old computers have survived by ensuring that emulators programs exist
in the public domain.
The QL does have public domain emulators
On 09/06/2010 08:29, John Sadler wrote:
The QL Community is steadily reducing in size.
So what can we do to stop the QL disappearing into oblivion?
Other old computers have survived by ensuring that emulators programs exist
in the public domain.
The QL does have public domain emulators but
Tony Firshman wrote:
Surely there is not enough spare cash to buy QPC2 and Qprint, even if
JMS (and Marcel) wanted to sell.
I've not heard of the proposal before, but I'm generally open to
suggestions. QPCPrint (as the standalone executable it is now) is not
for sale as its target audience
Rich Mellor wrote:
However, none of the other traders or even Quanta have entered any
information about their own products (I say traders, but we all know
how many there are left in the QL community!).
In these cases I normally follow the rules for Wikipedia which
basically say you shouldn't
Rich Mellor wrote:
On 09/06/2010 08:29, John Sadler wrote:
The QL Community is steadily reducing in size.
So what can we do to stop the QL disappearing into oblivion?
Other old computers have survived by ensuring that emulators
programs exist
in the public domain.
The QL does have
I came on this list a couple of days ago. I was a QL user for
many years and a regular attender at the London group. Some
of you may even remember me
I stopped using the QL a number of years ago and moved
out of London. In an idle moment I wondered what was
happening and rejoined the list.
On 09/06/2010 20:17, Martin Wheatley wrote:
I came on this list a couple of days ago. I was a QL user for
many years and a regular attender at the London group. Some
of you may even remember me
I stopped using the QL a number of years ago and moved
out of London. In an idle moment I
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Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future
On 09/06/2010 20:17, Martin Wheatley wrote:
Hi Martin,
It is good to see you contributing to the list and maybe we can persuade
you to have a go on one
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[mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Rich Mellor
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 3:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future
On 09/06/2010 20:17, Martin Wheatley wrote:
Hi Martin,
It is good to see you contributing to the list
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To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future
Tony Firshman wrote:
Surely there is not enough spare cash to buy QPC2 and Qprint, even if
JMS
Evening all,
SO are you content to see the QL disappear into oblivion
OR are you going to do something about it?
Well, I write articles for QL Toady (for no payment by the way) and
hopefully, that helps keep the QL - in any shape or form alive.
I also have the http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk
Am 09.06.2010 um 21:17 schrieb Martin Wheatley:
I came on this list a couple of days ago. I was a QL user for
many years and a regular attender at the London group. Some
of you may even remember me
I stopped using the QL a number of years ago and moved
out of London. In an idle moment
On 09/06/10 21:21, Anton Preinsack wrote:
Am 09.06.2010 um 21:17 schrieb Martin Wheatley:
I came on this list a couple of days ago. I was a QL user for
many years and a regular attender at the London group. Some
of you may even remember me
I stopped using the QL a number of years ago and
Hi Norman,
My Articles in QL Toady are a mystery to me. Not that I don't know what
I'm writing (well, most of the time I do!) but the lack of feedback from
almost everyone in the entire world - I sometimes feel that I'm writing
for three people - Me, George and a chap called Hugh Rooms who
On 09/06/10 21:21, Anton Preinsack wrote:
SD/SF Card Readers are quite easy to do, most CF readers can plug into
the IDE Interface. But the card has to be formatted to SMSQ/E or QDOS.
Reading and writing to FAT formatted Card is another story, no device
drivers.
... well that fits in
In message 428105907.20100609131...@kilgus.net, Marcel Kilgus
ql-us...@mail.kilgus.net writes
Tony Firshman wrote:
Surely there is not enough spare cash to buy QPC2 and Qprint, even if
JMS (and Marcel) wanted to sell.
I've not heard of the proposal before, but I'm generally open to
In message e1omqmr-0007an...@outmx02.plus.net, Martin Wheatley
mart...@martinwheatley.plus.com writes
I came on this list a couple of days ago. I was a QL user for
many years and a regular attender at the London group. Some
of you may even remember me
I stopped using the QL a number of years
On 09/06/2010 21:42, SMSQ - Jochen Merz wrote:
One last point, no-one makes money from the QL any more do they? It's a
hobby now, that's all.
I would think so too. I enjoy doing the magazine and hope to add my
share to keep the QL scene alive... as you will be able to see when the
new issue
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