Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQulator8223 broken for FLoppy Images

2017-02-21 Thread Wolf
Hi Graeme, Thanks for pointing this out, will be fixed in the next version. As a stopgap measure, before using the devices menu, make the window bigger than the default size of 512*256 - simply using the "double the window size" item in the config menu will suffice. Wolfgang On 22/02/2017

[Ql-Users] SMSQulator8223 broken for FLoppy Images

2017-02-21 Thread Graeme Gregory
Trying to open the requester for floppy images results in the following stack dump. Something similar for WIN too, but that works if you open NFA/SFA selector first and just close it again. Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException at

[Ql-Users] ADV770 - Colossal Cave

2017-02-21 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Graeme Gregory's port of the ADV770 version of Adventure or Colossal Cave now available to download zipped from http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/games/adventures/index.html (Adventure Games page on my site) Remember that the executable alone is a massive 1.2MB, so it needs a minimum of a Gold Card or

Re: [Ql-Users] WXQT2 alternative?

2017-02-21 Thread Peter Graf
Norman Dunbar wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Maybe! My original intent was just to explore the qxl.win > file. Then it got updated to extract files. I never > intended it to do any updating on the grounds that a small error in my > code could destroy someone's work. > > However, if and

Re: [Ql-Users] WXQT2 alternative?

2017-02-21 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Peter, Maybe! My original intent was just to explore the qxl.win file. Then it got updated to extract files. I never intended it to do any updating on the grounds that a small error in my code could destroy someone's work. However, if and when I get time, I will look into it. Cheers,

Re: [Ql-Users] WXQT2 alternative?

2017-02-21 Thread Peter Graf
Michael Bulford wrote: > On Tuesday, 21 Feb 2017 12:49:18, Norman Dunbar > wrote: > > >> Afternoon all, > >> The QXLWIN tool never updates a qxl.win file. It can read and extract files >> from a qxl.win, to Windows or Linux (or Mac?) > >> But not the other way

Re: [Ql-Users] uQLx 2017

2017-02-21 Thread Graeme Gregory
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017, at 04:16 PM, Derek Stewart wrote: > On 21/02/17 15:38, Derek Stewart wrote: > > On 21/02/17 15:23, Graeme Gregory wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 21 Feb 2017, at 03:09 PM, Dilwyn Jones wrote: > > A newly revised version of the Linux QL emulator uQLx (uQLx 2017) > > is

Re: [Ql-Users] WXQT2 alternative?

2017-02-21 Thread Michael Bulford
On Tuesday, 21 Feb 2017 12:49:18, Norman Dunbar wrote: > Afternoon all, > The QXLWIN tool never updates a qxl.win file. It can read and extract files > from a qxl.win, to Windows or Linux (or Mac?) > But not the other way around. > Cheers,> Norm. Hi Norm, Any

Re: [Ql-Users] uQLx 2017

2017-02-21 Thread Derek Stewart
On 21/02/17 15:38, Derek Stewart wrote: On 21/02/17 15:23, Graeme Gregory wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017, at 03:09 PM, Dilwyn Jones wrote: A newly revised version of the Linux QL emulator uQLx (uQLx 2017) is now available. Great news! Is it only me or is the 32-bit binary qm_x86-32 missing in

Re: [Ql-Users] uQLx 2017

2017-02-21 Thread Derek Stewart
On 21/02/17 15:23, Graeme Gregory wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2017, at 03:09 PM, Dilwyn Jones wrote: A newly revised version of the Linux QL emulator uQLx (uQLx 2017) is now available. Great news! Is it only me or is the 32-bit binary qm_x86-32 missing in the ZIP file? Tim? Graeme? Help...

Re: [Ql-Users] uQLx 2017

2017-02-21 Thread Dilwyn Jones
A newly revised version of the Linux QL emulator uQLx (uQLx 2017) is now available. Great news! Is it only me or is the 32-bit binary qm_x86-32 missing in the ZIP file? Tim? Graeme? Help... Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] uQLx 2017

2017-02-21 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Dilwyn wrote: > A newly revised version of the Linux QL emulator uQLx (uQLx 2017) is now > available. Great news! Is it only me or is the 32-bit binary qm_x86-32 missing in the ZIP file? ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] ZX8301 explored - facts and figures

2017-02-21 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Hi QLers, the ZX8301 is the 'Master Chip' of the Sinclair QL Professional Computer. Its purpose is documented in the Sinclair QL Service Manual. See: http://www.sinclairql.net/srv/qlsm1.html#s1-p6 The chip designed by David Karlin and manufactured by Plessey. See:

Re: [Ql-Users] WXQT2 alternative?

2017-02-21 Thread Norman Dunbar
Afternoon all, The QXLWIN tool never updates a qxl.win file. It can read and extract files from a qxl.win, to Windows or Linux (or Mac?) But not the other way around. Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Re: [Ql-Users] uQLx 2017

2017-02-21 Thread Derek Stewart
On 20/02/17 22:36, Dilwyn Jones wrote: uQLx 2017 A newly revised version of the Linux QL emulator uQLx (uQLx 2017) is now available. Graeme Gregory has "brutalised" (as he puts it on github) the sources to bring them up to date. New binaries are available for 32- and 64-bit x86 systems, as