Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery

2011-02-24 Thread Geoff Wicks
-- From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 8:16 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery If Dave can keep his survey deadline going, I'd be happy to write something

Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply

2011-02-24 Thread Tony Firshman
Geoff Wicks wrote, on 24/Feb/11 13:56 | Feb24: Likewise, if anyone from abroad would like us to help find a place to stay for the weekend, please do get in touch. Manchester airport is not too far away, for example. Sarah has recommended a private hotel in the past and I have not heard

Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery

2011-02-24 Thread Dave Park
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Geoff Wicks gtwi...@btinternet.com wrote: -- From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 8:16 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL

Re: [Ql-Users] QL2K

2011-02-24 Thread QL2K
Hi Dilwyn, Hi Rich, Hi everyone, Yes I will be pleased to make some enhancement to QL2K in order to set up floppy disk driver (FLP) and QXL.WIN access. I have to say that I cannot do it alone, as my QL knowledge is limited, and I need those QDOS and/or MINERVA drivers. I think, if I know how

Re: [Ql-Users] QL2K

2011-02-24 Thread Rich Mellor
On 24/02/2011 14:29, QL2K wrote: MDV images is already supported on QL2K in the same way as QLAY / QLAYw and QLay2 does I think there may be some misunderstanding here - can QL2K access a direct sector copy of a microdrive cartridge (eg. so that you can load an image of a copy protected

[Ql-Users] [ql-users] ATX controller...

2011-02-24 Thread Dave Park
Hi all, I have completed and tested the design of my ATX controller. It has been tested with 12 different 20 and 24 pin ATX 2.X power supplies ranging from 180W to 750W. It works perfectly. I am now taking this prototype and turning it into PCB form. It will allow anyone who has cased their QL

Re: [Ql-Users] [ql-users] ATX controller...

2011-02-24 Thread Tony Firshman
Dave Park wrote, on 24/Feb/11 16:02 | Feb24: Dave/ I have completed and tested the design of my ATX controller. It has been tested with 12 different 20 and 24 pin ATX 2.X power supplies ranging from 180W to 750W. It works perfectly. I am now taking this prototype and turning it into PCB form.

Re: [Ql-Users] Ranting: A Story of two Operating Systems

2011-02-24 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dilwyn Jones wrote: Authors of QL software like me use JM and JS ROMs to test software for compatibility. Probably the only thing I use them for, though. Yeah, but that's something you didn't have to do if people would at least be willing to enter the 90s, QL wise ;) I had Minerva in all my

Re: [Ql-Users] Ranting: A Story of two Operating Systems

2011-02-24 Thread Adrian Ives
It's easier said than done, though. You can't exactly whip the JS ROMs out of a QL and slap in SMSQ. So for those people who want to keep their QLs in service, or are just emotionally attached to them, they don't have the ability to enter the 90s in that way :) Hmmmn ... is it possible to make a

Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply

2011-02-24 Thread Geoff Wicks
-- From: Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 2:03 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply Geoff Wicks wrote, on 24/Feb/11 13:56 | Feb24: Likewise, if anyone from abroad would like us

Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply

2011-02-24 Thread Tony Firshman
Geoff Wicks wrote, on 24/Feb/11 18:43 | Feb24: -- From: Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 2:03 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply Geoff Wicks wrote, on 24/Feb/11 13:56 | Feb24:

Re: [Ql-Users] Ranting: A Story of two Operating Systems

2011-02-24 Thread Dave Park
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Marcel Kilgus ql-us...@mail.kilgus.netwrote: Adrian Ives wrote: It's easier said than done, though. You can't exactly whip the JS ROMs out of a QL and slap in SMSQ. SMSQ? I'm talking Minerva here... and you certainly can whip out a JS ROM and put Minerva

[Ql-Users] uQLX -- latest source?

2011-02-24 Thread Mark Martin
Does anyone have any patched source more recent than the publicly available source for uQLX at sourceforge? I've pulled that down and built for x64 ubuntu with GCC 4. I've fixed some trivial compilation issues as I went, but haven't spent more than 1 hour doing this -- ending up with a

[Ql-Users] Micro men

2011-02-24 Thread Lee Privett
BBC Four tonight at 21:00 to 22:25 are repeating Micro Men for those who are interested Lee - Back to the QL- ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] [ql-users] ATX controller...

2011-02-24 Thread Roy Wood
On 24/02/2011 16:39, Tony Firshman wrote: Dave Park wrote, on 24/Feb/11 16:02 | Feb24: Dave/ I have completed and tested the design of my ATX controller. It has been tested with 12 different 20 and 24 pin ATX 2.X power supplies ranging from 180W to 750W. It works perfectly. I am now taking

Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply

2011-02-24 Thread Geoff Wicks
-- From: Dave Park plasticu...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:03 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: Geoff Wicks wrote, on

Re: [Ql-Users] Wow!

2011-02-24 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message F0015850981249E6BE6E6B64DFA25825@d3hkh9x94, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk writes Returned home from across the pond earlier this week (a little late due to emergency detour of the plane 1/3 the way across the atlantic to Bermuda due to illness of a person on board) to

Re: [Ql-Users] [ql-users] ATX controller...

2011-02-24 Thread Tony Firshman
Roy Wood wrote, on 24/Feb/11 20:00 | Feb24: On 24/02/2011 16:39, Tony Firshman wrote: Dave Park wrote, on 24/Feb/11 16:02 | Feb24: Dave/ I have completed and tested the design of my ATX controller. It has been tested with 12 different 20 and 24 pin ATX 2.X power supplies ranging from 180W to

Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply

2011-02-24 Thread Tony Firshman
Geoff Wicks wrote, on 24/Feb/11 20:35 | Feb24: -- From: Dave Park plasticu...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:03 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Tony Firshman

Re: [Ql-Users] uQLX -- latest source?

2011-02-24 Thread Tobias Fröschle
Am Donnerstag, den 24.02.2011, 13:21 -0600 schrieb Mark Martin: Does anyone have any patched source more recent than the publicly available source for uQLX at sourceforge? I've pulled that down and built for x64 ubuntu with GCC 4. I've fixed some trivial compilation issues as I went, but

Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply

2011-02-24 Thread Dilwyn Jones
16th 17th April. The Quanta website has not been updated since July of last year and my understanding is that there is little chance of it being updated in the near future. Ah - a weekend *totally* full for me with Bach St John Passion (8-(# Another AGM missed. Draw your own conclusions

Re: [Ql-Users] [ql-users] ATX controller...

2011-02-24 Thread Roy Wood
On 24/02/2011 21:20, Tony Firshman wrote: Roy Wood wrote, on 24/Feb/11 20:00 | Feb24: On 24/02/2011 16:39, Tony Firshman wrote: Dave Park wrote, on 24/Feb/11 16:02 | Feb24: Dave/ I have completed and tested the design of my ATX controller. It has been tested with 12 different 20 and 24 pin

Re: [Ql-Users] Ranting: A Story of two Operating Systems

2011-02-24 Thread Adrian Ives
Sorry, I must have misunderstood. I thought from your original mail that you were saying that you had Minervae in your machines over 15 years ago. So, is this really a case of QL users rushing *back* in time to the 90s? ;) -Original Message- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com