Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2016-04-23 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Hi QLers, April 23rd, what does this date say to us? Saint George's Day, The Bayerische Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) was signed 500 years ago, William Shakespeare died on that day 400 years ago, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum was launched 34 years ago. Great day in history! The

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2016-01-20 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
I bought my 1st personal Sinclair QL Professional Computer. This changed my life in many ways. To celebrate this I've spent an hour today to re-publish the QL chronology webpage which has been taken down by the ISP Swisscom last autumn due to end of service of their xy.homepage.bluewin.ch hosting

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-19 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Dilwyn Jones wrote: He he, I had to laugh when I spotted Stuart Honeyball's picture in the list of staff at Sinclair. Glag to hear that you surfed that deep through the material. Nice project, Urs. Thx. BTW: Anniversary website http://www.qlis30.org.uk has updated today with more links. Urs

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-19 Thread Peter Graf
Hi Urs, BTW: Anniversary website http://www.qlis30.org.uk has updated today with more links. Thanks. As for the story by Jürgen Malberg, did you read it? I was actually disappointed that he only wrote there was a successor on 68040 basis. This sounds like the Atari/Amiga lines of 68K history

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-19 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Peter Graf wrote: Thanks. As for the story by Jürgen Malberg, did you read it? I was actually disappointed that he only wrote there was a successor on 68040 basis. This sounds like the Atari/Amiga lines of 68K history went technologically ahead of the QL. In fact the Q60 was one of very few

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-14 Thread Geoff Wicks
I forgot to mention it in my email yesterday. I had my weekly statistics report. 70 people have accessed the Last Five Years article and, more interestingly, 50 the QLis30 article. There is some interest in the subject. Another interesting statistic was that 10 visitors came to the site via

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-14 Thread François Van Emelen
Geoff Wicks schreef op 13/01/2014 20:44: On 12/01/2014 00:18, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: January 12th, what does this say to us? Right, on that date 30 years ago, the Sinclair QL Professional Computer has been launched. Let's celebrate with some great stuff for all Sinclair (QL) enthusiasts! Visit

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-14 Thread Ralf Reköndt
As I said. These were the best venues (for me). Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: François Van Emelen QL2004... Those were the days. There were many visitors and well attended workshops. I think more people would attend QLis30 if organised in Eindhoven, Regards, François Van

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-13 Thread Geoff Wicks
On 12/01/2014 00:18, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: January 12th, what does this say to us? Right, on that date 30 years ago, the Sinclair QL Professional Computer has been launched. Let's celebrate with some great stuff for all Sinclair (QL) enthusiasts! Visit this new website: http://www.qlis30.org.uk

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Geoff Wicks wrote: QL2004 gave a much needed boost to the QL community. There is still time to organise another boost by a QLis30 event, Rob from QL Forum announced this week that QL Forum now has the 'Live Chat' facility whereby a group of members logged on could discuss together in real time

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-13 Thread Lee Privett
That's very useful information Dilwyn, many thanks. On 13 Jan 2014 19:52, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk wrote: Geoff Wicks wrote: QL2004 gave a much needed boost to the QL community. There is still time to organise another boost by a QLis30 event, Rob from QL Forum announced

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-13 Thread Dave Park
There is currently a pledge fund of nearly £400 available for the organiser of any decent QLis30 event. You might be a little out of pocket at first, but you should be set before the event happens. Dave On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Lee Privett lee.priv...@gmail.com wrote: That's very

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-12 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Dave Park wrote: The content looks good! Good work. Thx. Hopefully we'll be able to give you a lot to write about over the next 12 months :) YES! YES! YES! The background makes some of the writing quite difficult to read. Background removed. Better? Urs

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-12 Thread Rich Mellor (RWAP)
We should all try posting as much stuff on Twitter / Facebook and Google Plus with the #sinclairql hashtag today! On January 12, 2014 at 12:18 AM Urs Koenig (QL) q...@bluewin.ch wrote: January 12th, what does this say to us? Right, on that date 30 years ago, the Sinclair QL Professional

[Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-11 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
January 12th, what does this say to us? Right, on that date 30 years ago, the Sinclair QL Professional Computer has been launched. Let's celebrate with some great stuff for all Sinclair (QL) enthusiasts! Visit this new website: http://www.qlis30.org.uk QL forever! Cheers, Urs P.S. There's even

Re: [Ql-Users] Today 30 years ago...

2014-01-11 Thread Dave Park
The content looks good! Good work. Hopefully we'll be able to give you a lot to write about over the next 12 months :) The background makes some of the writing quite difficult to read. Dave On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Urs Koenig (QL) q...@bluewin.ch wrote: January 12th, what does this