Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod

2006-09-15 Thread George Gwilt
On 13 Sep 2006, at 16:56, Marcel Kilgus wrote: On a similar subject, whats the average age of you guys... Don't lie, I've seen the pictures :-) My average age is 26. Which, coincidentally, is currently also my upper and lower bounds! ;-) But that was yesterday! George

Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod

2006-09-13 Thread Neil Riley
I reckon if you run SMSQ on a machine with Godl Card or Super Gold Card then it would all work OK. It seems SMSQ has easy http support. Now *displaying* is a different matter (8-)# Regarding this matter. Whilst i can see that it would be difficult for a relative novice like me to write a text

Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod

2006-09-13 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Neil Riley wrote: Regarding this matter. Whilst i can see that it would be difficult for a relative novice like me to write a text based browser, I guess i can be simplistic in my approach and see the HTTP as being a file that follows a logical structure. HTTP is just the transfer protocol

Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod

2006-09-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Neil Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I reckon if you run SMSQ on a machine with Godl Card or Super Gold Card then it would all work OK. It seems SMSQ has easy http support. Now *displaying* is a different matter (8-)# Regarding this matter. Whilst i can see that it

Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod

2006-09-13 Thread P Witte
Neil Riley writes: On a similar subject, whats the average age of you guys... Don't lie, I've seen the pictures :-) as a starter for ten, I was born the year we last won the world cup so the average currently stands at 40, any advance ! :-p Ive been 40 these past 10 years. Marcel must

Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod

2006-09-13 Thread Marcel Kilgus
P Witte wrote: Ive been 40 these past 10 years. Marcel must be cheating though. Surely his /average/ age is only 13? I just knew some old geezer will try to ruin my little joke with statistics. Thought I would have guessed it to be Jim! So there, having insulted both Per and Jim, my work here

[ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod

2006-09-12 Thread Neil Riley
I seem to remember these items appearing originally. Are they still used today, are they still relevant or are they museum pieces. If still in use what sort of broardband connection is required, for example, dial up or broadband and if dial up is that still available !? Ok, assuming these

Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod--thanks

2006-09-12 Thread extdgl42
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 11:35 +0100, Neil Riley wrote: I seem to remember these items appearing originally. Are they still used today or are they museum pieces? They were very slow (remember the QL serial port is only capable

Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod

2006-09-12 Thread Tony Firshman
David McCann wrote: On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 11:35 +0100, Neil Riley wrote: I seem to remember these items appearing originally. Are they still used today or are they museum pieces? They were very slow (remember the QL serial port is only capable of 19K and only reliable for reception at 9K!)

Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod

2006-09-12 Thread Derek Stewart
Tony, The BBS closed down 5 years, I think, no one was using it. I still have 2 V90 USR modems, which I guess are surplus to requirements these days as everyone is using PC hardware and internal PC V90 modem are less then £5 The best option was to have SuperHermes to give the fastest serial

Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod

2006-09-12 Thread Tony Firshman
Tony Firshman wrote: The main problem was that the input handshake (8049 chip) was bugged. Hermes uses the same basic hardware (but erasable firmware) and Laurence Reeves simply coded it properly! If only he had worked for Sinclair at the time we would have had a *much* better QL from the

Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod

2006-09-12 Thread Derek Stewart
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:54:03 +0100 Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Derek Stewart wrote: Tony, The BBS closed down 5 years, I think, no one was using it. I still have 2 V90 USR modems, which I guess are surplus to requirements these days as everyone is using PC hardware

Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod

2006-09-12 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Tony Firshman wrote: I reckon if you run SMSQ on a machine with Godl Card or Super Gold Card then it would all work OK. It seems SMSQ has easy http support. Only the QPC variant, unfortunately, as soQL seems to be fairly dead. There are some open source light-weight TCP/IP stacks available