Re: [Ql-Users] Reality Check

2011-02-05 Thread gdgqler
On 4 Feb 2011, at 20:09, Geoff Wicks wrote: Until 2005 an item on the agenda of the AGM was always Any Other Business. When John Mason became chairman he ruled that Any Other Business was unconstitutional. Instead we now have an open discussion which does not have decision making

[Ql-Users] QL game release! - TRON legacy light cycles 2D

2011-02-05 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Hi folks, there has been a lot of discussion going on this list recently. Many nice ideas and dreams of new QL products were raised. But will all this ever happen? Well, something is happening now! For the first time since the QL went into oblivion (must have been 1986 or so) the industry had

Re: [Ql-Users] QL game release! - TRON legacy light cycles 2D

2011-02-05 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Hi folks, there has been a lot of discussion going on this list recently. Many nice ideas and dreams of new QL products were raised. But will all this ever happen? Well, something is happening now! For the first time since the QL went into oblivion (must have been 1986

[Ql-Users] 12th February 2011

2011-02-05 Thread Geoff Wicks
Just a reminder that the deadline for the next issue of QL Today is next Saturday. At the moment we are a little short of copy although items are starting to trickle in and some are quite interesting, Best Wishes, Geoff PS Purely off topic but I shall expect you all to rush to Derby.

Re: [Ql-Users] 12th February 2011

2011-02-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
PS Purely off topic but I shall expect you all to rush to Derby. Apparently we have come 4th in Lonely Planet's list of the top ten world places you must visit because of the quality of our ales. I have friends in Derby - Willington to be exact. What do I know about Derby? It's where Bass

Re: [Ql-Users] 12th February 2011

2011-02-05 Thread Tony Firshman
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 5/Feb/11 20:10 | Feb5: PS Purely off topic but I shall expect you all to rush to Derby. Apparently we have come 4th in Lonely Planet's list of the top ten world places you must visit because of the quality of our ales. I have friends in Derby - Willington to be exact.

Re: [Ql-Users] QL game release! - TRON legacy light cycles 2D

2011-02-05 Thread Rich Mellor
On 05/02/2011 17:08, Ralf Reköndt wrote: Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Hi folks, there has been a lot of discussion going on this list recently. Many nice ideas and dreams of new QL products were raised. But will all this ever happen? Well, something is happening now! For the first time since the

Re: [Ql-Users] QL game release! - TRON legacy light cycles 2D

2011-02-05 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I am not quite sure I understand the background to this game Am I correct to understand that it was a public domain game written in 1986, but only just licensed for release? So where was the film taken, and what is Urs' link to it? It works fine in q-emulator :-) -- Rich Mellor I

Re: [Ql-Users] 12th February 2011

2011-02-05 Thread QL-MyLink (f/fh)
What do I know about Derby? It's where they say Twosdee. That is, unless it isn't. And give over, if you 'avn't. I hear it a lot! John in Wales PS: Off topic? Of course not - it's a space-filler for the Toady Editor ;)

Re: [Ql-Users] IDE versus SD card

2011-02-05 Thread Francois Lanciault
I would also like to see a SD card interface for the QL. We are in 2011 after all. Another thing I like about an SD card I/F is that it would be possible to develop a simple accelerator for the unexpended QL without the need for it to support floppy interface or hard drive. A bit like the

Re: [Ql-Users] QL game release! - TRON legacy light cycles 2D

2011-02-05 Thread Ade Vickers
Dilwyn Jones wrote: I am not quite sure I understand the background to this game Am I correct to understand that it was a public domain game written in 1986, but only just licensed for release? So where was the film taken, and what is Urs' link to it? It works fine in

Re: [Ql-Users] 12th February 2011

2011-02-05 Thread Plastic
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 3:47 PM, QL-MyLink (f/fh) q...@mylink.adsl24.co.uk wrote: What do  I  know about Derby? It's where they say Twosdee.  That is, unless it isn't. And give over, if you 'avn't.  I hear it a lot! John in Wales PS: Off topic?  Of