I recorded the program! One strange thing, it showed a TV advert, Clive
Sinclair was leaping over other computers
of the time and it briefly showed the QL and a price of £645 or
thereabouts, Screen included perhaps! Haven't actually
watched the program as yet but no doubt it'll take me back to my
On 8 Oct 2009, at 18:24, matras...@aol.com wrote:
Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direct sector access
channel from SBASIC to a non PC FAT formatted hard disk such as a
Q60 formatted compact flash card. I have tried to do this with
errt=FOP_DIR(#4,dos4_). While FOP_DIR
I think, Marcel has answered...it doesn't work.
Cheers...Ralf
- Original Message -
From: gdgqler
Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direct sector access
channel from SBASIC to a non PC FAT formatted hard disk such as a
Q60 formatted compact flash card. I have tried to
Am Donnerstag, den 08.10.2009, 22:39 +0100 schrieb Darren Branagh:
Hi All,
I have just finished watching Micro Men, the Sinclair/Acorn
Documentary on BBC4, and is was truly excellent - a real nostalgic
trip down memory road.
Darren,
I've seen the trailer on YouTube and was amazed - a pity
Yes he has, but I will try George's suggestion just in case, as it will only
take a miniscule amount of time to try and if it delivers a result it will have
been an excellent investment as the cost is miniscule. Obviously I am not
hopeful as Marcel has given it the thumbs down.
Its a pity
The leaping ad was the famous Quantum Leap advert fom the launch of
the QL, depicting Clive jumping over all the inferior and more
expensive business computers to land beside the QL at £399, (and later
reduced to £199!)
Dont ever remember it being £645, unless that was with the microvitec
matras...@aol.com wrote:
Yes he has, but I will try George's suggestion just in case, as it
will only take a miniscule amount of time to try and if it delivers
... then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can
do and what not.
Its a pity that QPC2 does not support direct
