Re: [ql-users] QLer ages
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote: Another one approaching the big 60 ... now the new 50 ... :-) 43, going on 21 :-) A mere youth then ... :-) It looks like a good range from 20's to 60's, and beyond. Looking forward to Byfleet... Good, we need a large attendance. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] I'm back (to stay)
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phoebus R. Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi all, after a lng time, I am finally able to return to the fold! I am now located in Greece (again) Hi Phoebus, welcome back to the land of the QL users . I hope that you are putting that USA education to good use in Europe ... :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QLer ages
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ade Vickers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote: Yes, Tony is your man for any QL repair diagnostics ... Ade, can you get to the forthcoming Quanta Show at Byfleet, Surrey, on 5th November 2006 ? The truest answer is I don't know. I am due to be going Newbury-way to see a Jaguar C-Type (not for me, sadly) sometime in early-mid November, but it's a long way from Merseyside to Surrey. If I can combine the trips, I'll be there. If I can't, I probably won't :( The last show I attended was in Chester, some time in the '90s. I recall briefly meeting some of my all-time heroes (e.g. Dilwyn Jones) there... Cheers, Ade. OK. Would be good if you can make it to browse through the second user QL stuff ... jaguar cars are nice too ... :-) I hope to be able to post a list of QL items available soon to this list. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QLer ages
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ] That'll be 4 10 6 then; or (4+10) *6 = 84 perhaps - perhaps not. Must be 4 *10 +6 = 46. Same as me then, Cheers, Norman. Drat - a Welsh speaking Scot :o| Must have learned it in frustration every time we beat them at rugby! Norman has correctly figured out that Welsh is fairly logical in numbering. Modern Welsh expresses numbers as how many tens and how many units, so 46 for example is 4 tens and 6. Birthday is 10 December 1959 if you want to send me a card Norman ;-) -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/448 - Release Date: 14/09/2006 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QLer ages
Dilwyn Jones wrote: ... [Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ] And me (can't speak Welsh - would love to learn it tho') ^_^ Apparently Welsh and Gaelic are the oldest Euopean languages still spoken by a fair number of people. Very different to English, which is why those with English as first language probably have more difficulty mastering it. For example: stress emphasis on opposite syllable to English, different letters in the alphabet, the dreaded LL sound etc etc I tried to teach a bit of Welsh to Darren Branagh (who speaks Irish Gaelic), but gave up. And he keeps reminding me Gaelic is the Q variant of the celtic languages (hence the Q-Celt name) and Welsh/Cornish/Breton the P version. So he insists on rubbing it in that he's the Q(L) celt, I'm the P(C) celt. :-(( How's that for sneaking back on topic? :-) -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/448 - Release Date: 14/09/2006 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QLer ages
[Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ] ... and to online dictionaries! (46) My mother though would have known. She didn't know English until she learnt it at school as a foreign language! Tony Surprising how many QLers have told me at workshops etc they have Welsh relatives. Seems to have been quite common in the last 100 years to escape Wales and up roots to work in England - escaping poverty and unemployment and seeking improved opportunities than was available in those days. Liverpool is still referred to as capital city of North Wales by some! -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/448 - Release Date: 14/09/2006 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[ql-users] QL gender
Thought for the day, from my wife. The QL must be female, she says, because men can't multitask! -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/448 - Release Date: 14/09/2006 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Q-emuLator version 2.4
A new version of Q-emuLator for Windows is available. The main new feature is emulation of the Q60 video modes and some of the Aurora video modes. RAM available to unregistered copies has also been increased to 384KB to allow users to run unzip_exe to expand archives of QL software downloaded from the Internet. You can download Q-emuLator 2.4 from http://users.infoconex.com/~daniele/winql.html Daniele Excellent! Check it out! Per Is it able to use these modes from QDOS, or does it need SMSQ/E for these modes? -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/448 - Release Date: 14/09/2006 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Q-emuLator version 2.4
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:39:45 +0100, Daniele Terdina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it able to use these modes from QDOS, or does it need SMSQ/E for these modes? Needs either SMSQ/E for the Super Gold Card (it now includes Aurora colour drivers) or QL software that directly access the video hardware. SMSQ/E for Q40/Q60 may also work (and give your more colors and resolution than the SGC version) but I have not tested it. Daniele Great, this means that QWord should be able to run on it - I will have to try and sort this out. However, even with level 2 drivers installed, MAKE_DIR and FMAKE_DIR do not exist as commands - thought these were part of the Level 2 drivers? -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk URL:http://www.rwapadventures.com URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk URL:http://www.internetbusinessangels.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QLer ages
Dilwyn Jones wrote: [Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ] ... and to online dictionaries! (46) My mother though would have known. She didn't know English until she learnt it at school as a foreign language! Tony Surprising how many QLers have told me at workshops etc they have Welsh relatives. Mothers are not actually relatives, are they? Seems to have been quite common in the last 100 years to escape Wales and up roots to work in England - escaping poverty and unemployment and seeking improved opportunities than was available in those days. Liverpool is still referred to as capital city of North Wales by some! It wasn't that. She was an army nurse, and met my father in Africa. They got married (in 1945) in Greece, and he lived in London. I was actually born in the same house as my mother (in Rhydlewis). No silly jokes please - you know quite well what I mean (8-)# It was pure luck, as she only happened to be visiting her birthplace after she was de-mobbed. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Q-emuLator version 2.4
Great, this means that QWord should be able to run on it - I will have to try and sort this out. Yes, the Q40/Q60 and Aurora versions should work on Q-emuLator. You may have to modify them to use only the video and not other parts of the Q60 HW/OS, though. However, even with level 2 drivers installed, MAKE_DIR and FMAKE_DIR do not exist as commands - thought these were part of the Level 2 drivers? Trap IOF.MKDR is available. It would be easy to write SuperBASIC commands that call it. IOF.MKDR is available for Windows disks/directories and QDOS floppy disks, but was never implemented for QXL.WIN files, mostly because of lack of demand. Thanks Daniele ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Q-emuLator version 2.4
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:48:29 +0100, Daniele Terdina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great, this means that QWord should be able to run on it - I will have to try and sort this out. Yes, the Q40/Q60 and Aurora versions should work on Q-emuLator. You may have to modify them to use only the video and not other parts of the Q60 HW/OS, though. Ah - the Q60 version relies on SMSQ/e - whereas the Aurora version does not. However I cannot easily install the Aurora version without being able to create a directory in a QXL.WIN file. Hmm However, even with level 2 drivers installed, MAKE_DIR and FMAKE_DIR do not exist as commands - thought these were part of the Level 2 drivers? Trap IOF.MKDR is available. It would be easy to write SuperBASIC commands that call it. IOF.MKDR is available for Windows disks/directories and QDOS floppy disks, but was never implemented for QXL.WIN files, mostly because of lack of demand. -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk URL:http://www.rwapadventures.com URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk URL:http://www.internetbusinessangels.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Q-emuLator version 2.4
Ah - the Q60 version relies on SMSQ/e - whereas the Aurora version does not. If the Aurora version of QWord assumes the Aurora card is always present and it uses the 512x480 256 colours mode, than it should work as is on Q-emuLator. If it tests for presence of the Aurora card it may work on not depending on the type of test it does (and even if it doesn't work, it should be easy to fix it on either the QWord or the Q-emuLator side). However I cannot easily install the Aurora version without being able to create a directory in a QXL.WIN file. Maybe you can copy the QXL.WIN content to a Windows directory? Thanks Daniele ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Q-emuLator version 2.4
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:05:41 +0100, Daniele Terdina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah - the Q60 version relies on SMSQ/e - whereas the Aurora version does not. If the Aurora version of QWord assumes the Aurora card is always present and it uses the 512x480 256 colours mode, than it should work as is on Q-emuLator. If it tests for presence of the Aurora card it may work on not depending on the type of test it does (and even if it doesn't work, it should be easy to fix it on either the QWord or the Q-emuLator side). However I cannot easily install the Aurora version without being able to create a directory in a QXL.WIN file. Maybe you can copy the QXL.WIN content to a Windows directory? No I have gone back to basics - however there are 3 problems: 1) QWord cannot detect Aurora present - ie. through display write test (as per previous email) 2) 2MB crashes for some reason - it needs 3MB 3) How do we access the new display modes? Same pokes as on Aurora? -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk URL:http://www.rwapadventures.com URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk URL:http://www.internetbusinessangels.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Q-emuLator version 2.4
3) How do we access the new display modes? Same pokes as on Aurora? I have the same question as Rich. I've got 2.4 installed. I select Q60 display mode. I then set the emulator to full screen. Once I start it, I've tried the following commands: - disp_size 1024,512 - No results - mode 33 - No noticable results - bg_colour_24 40 - No results I'm using SMSQ/E for the Gold Card (I think I am only off a version or two on SMSQ/E). If you have not tried SMSQ/E for Aurora or Q40, I'm guessing it was the Gold Card version you tested. Can you provide some examples of the commands that you used to test the advanced color modes? Tim Swenson ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
