A bit over 300 are on
http://tfs.firshman.co.uk/ql/photos.htm
Tony
Yikes! Give me a few days to go through them all :-/
I'll, umm, get back to you soon on this one.
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in
disappointment.
I was very glad to see individuals taking the initiative with the
recent shows in Switzerland and Austria, of course. No user group in
those countries didn't mean nothing happening of course.
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in the early 90s.
Tony
Care Electronics...Ed Bruley perhaps?
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Either nobody is reading the articles, or (more likely) you are
getting it so right that nobody needs to comment (apart from the odd
letter from George of course!)
I read the articles (and fail to understand some of them of course)
:-(
So what's that so far...5 readers?
Dilwyn Jones
.
Joe Atkinson? (must confess I don't know if he's still alive or not,
so apologies if the suggestion causes offence).
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it was to answer
a specific query.
I don't think George has anything to worry about at all.
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made me do this.
He helped me a lot with the design to try to update the boring old
fashioned look, as he put it.
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drive on this PC (also XP)!
If you manage to find a solution, can you post it here? Would be
useful information as more and more people use QL emulators on Windows
7 machines.
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my rant over! Keep prodding, Roy, the QL community could do
with a good kick up the rear end sometimes.
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In the case of these modern USB floppy drives, I think the issue is
more likely to be the drives themselves on Windows XP systems.
Of course, the issue is probably completely different with Rich's
Windows 7 as DD floppy disk support has been removed from Windows by
Windows 7.
Dilwyn Jones
, but formatting just makes the drive
accessing and
stoping on and on, whithout any results.
Cheers...Ralf
Time to summon Marcel and Jochen to see if they can shed any light on
this, I guess!
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. (feel free to
print all/some/none of my comments in Quanta. I may even splutter
into
incoherance angain.
;-)
Good to hear from you again - keep spluttering into incoherence!
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just comment that I do
buy space for my website off Tony and NONE of the few glitches with my
website have been down to him or his servers... highly recommended.
/end of free advert for TF Services...
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Does anyone know if Ghostscript on the QL is able to read PDF files
and if so, up to how recent?
I've never used Ghostscript - the description on my own web page
claims it can but I can't remember where I got the info from
originally!
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I may not raise my head above th e parapet too much. I am in the
throes for finishing my Album - those who are interested can get a
taste at
www.myspace.com/thatlegendarywoodenlion
Seems a mite borken (whoops - but because that was a superb
accidental
mistype I will leave it). I am getting
had a good innings even if it slowly passes away. It still
has its uses for me but I can also see the day sometime in not too
many years when it won't.
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grateful to Malcolm for bringing this up. Can anyone else whose
subgroup is listed wrongly please contact me and (despite my
experiences with the international groups) I'll try to make sure the
list is brought up to date in Quanta mag.
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files
would be up to date no matter whether you were running it at home or
away from home.
Ah well, I can dream I suppose ...
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of
course disguise one as a sporran, although there was that hooha
about
radiation with phones, might need lead undergarments.
A Scot with an iPad up his kilt? ooer missus, I hate to think!
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, Alison, complained (jokingly) at the price I
paid
for it when I bought it as she's never paid that much for a
handbag!
You mean you've never spent that much on her, don't you???
:o)
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is that it was on MDV!
IIRC it sought to add a OPD microdrive driver to the QL to allow it to
read OPD cartridges, but I'd better get onto Dave's site quick to
check the facts!
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I have on my pages, I've linked there too, hopefully that's OK with
Dave.
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on a flash card for the ROM port. I'm not
sure if this was meant to be running a QL emulator and so become a
super-QL-on-a-QL (he mentioned the QXL.WIN etc) or simply a plug-in
Linux computer for the QL. Either way, it sounded interesting and
certainly one way to go forward.
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/ht system.
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Tony Firshman wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:20 | Jun10:
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:17 | Jun10:
These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a
trader
living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten
his
name -
can anyone remember? He died I believe in the early 90s
by covering his eyes with his hands!
Interesting to hear Urs talking with Tony Tebby about the QCF card
proposal, but the audio wasn't clear, I couldn't make out much of what
he was saying, unfortunately.
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from the internet to a real QL. I will upload a
new version of the video and will try to make the sound in this
scene louder.
Would it be possible to add sub-titles if you do this? I really
struggled to understand it with the rather pathetic speakers on my PC.
Dilwyn Jones
.
Great little program though!
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would be up to date no matter whether you were running it at home or
away from home.
Ah well, I can dream I suppose ...
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I just had a quick look via search engines - there are some 68000
emulators out there runnign in Java. Here's just one example:
http://code.google.com/p/miggy
subtitles, but I can send a transcript of the
Urs-scene if necessary.
Easier to understand now, thank you Anton.
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server!
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I've just had a chance to use this ultra-cheap 10 inch screen netbook
from Zoostorm and I loved it!
In the UK, it's on offer for just £199 from Argos (part number
508-3053) and seems to work just fine with QPC2 (albeit I've only used
it for a day or so).
While 10 inch screen netbooks like
support was supposed to be via Argos, that might have been enough to
persuade me not to buy it from them. But I didn't (I do now sadly).
Anybody want an EeePC
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up his preferred
bottom posting :o)
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Hi Dilwyn,
Get a ASUS eeePC, they are tha same price and better battery life.
Derek
On 18/07/2010 14:14, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I've just had a chance to use this ultra-cheap 10 inch screen
netbook
from Zoostorm and I loved it!
In the UK
before I saw this email.
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BTW, I bet Tony won't half be pleased we've screwed up his preferred
bottom posting :o)
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Clip
Hi Dilwyn,
Yes, we had better just get our email posting sorted out before the
Tony Police get on to us ... :-)
Your choice sounds very good. As you say it is fit for purpose
it proved the list was still working!)
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driver issues despite being set to
Share, I wonder if QPC printing to it would be any different? The
Epson is a Stylus 880 Colour with Esc/P2 control codes. I don't know
if this would behave any differently?
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they are short extensions, it might be feasible
to disassemble them).
I wonder also if the sources of some emulators like QDOS classic or
uQLx/Qemulator might have one you could look at?
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a buffer of any
significant size.
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- Original Message -
From: QL-Mylink q...@mylink.adsl24.co.uk
To: QL -Users ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 9:42 PM
Subject: [Ql-Users] Fooling 'Spooling' from QPC-2
Evening all.
Perhaps my posting of 28 06 2010 (copy below
on the Wiki.
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it would be
very popular based on the number of times I've been asked.
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translation, but readable) can be seen
at:
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zonadepruebas.com%2Fmodules%2Fsmartsection%2Fitem.php%3Fitemid%3D1225sl=estl=enhl=ie=UTF-8
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, containing both files A and B merged).
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).
It's a very common routine. This is not SuperBASIC, but it may help
you:
Thank you - it should be easy enough to write this in superbasic.
I will pass this on to the person who asked the question.
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and fairly simple to
install solution is on to a winner given that it's becoming harder and
harder to find a dedicated QL monitor these days.
I will retreat to a safe distance and await (fear?) the responses :-)
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not an iPhone/iPad user myself, but would watch progress in this
area with interest.
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ethernet
interface, and I think Peter Graf once suggested the possibilities of
such an interface for Q40/Q60.
Dare I mention the dreaded word... drivers ? This is where so many
proposed hardware add-ons have fallen down over the years.
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.
If anyone has a copy of either the book or the program listings it
might be worth adding to the Quanta archive of scanned old
publications.
I wonder if Urs König happens to have a copy in his archive of old
Sinclair stuff?
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I wonder if Urs König happens to have a copy in his archive
of old Sinclair stuff?
Even I know many software and documentation Chas Dillon was involved
with, I
have never heard of this one. I searched my pile of QL files for
*archiv*doc
all I found are two documents
reduced to A5 would be even worse). I suspect that as
Rich implies we wouldn't get good results from OCR, it might actually
be quicker to manually retype the text pages than correct OCR output
even :-(
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without the
fomatting. Handy when you need to transfer text to a QPC program, and
when text only is good enough.
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that in
most cases he'd get there quicker than the postal services could
manage ;-))
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for the travelling? You're WALKING - a
few good pair of shoes is all you need (and some friends at the border
checkpoints maybe).
(and perhaps a QL to pass the time while waiting at the
checkpoints...)
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On 27/10/2010 12:40, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Anyone know how to get QLiberator to move outside the top left
512x256 pixel part of the screen on a high-res display?
The Move icon will float around the whole of the 1024x768 for
example, but the QLiberator window stays firmly within 512x256
of the compiler's
way.
Dilwyn Jones
Hi Dilwyn,
There is a programme called Launchpad with QPACII, which allows easy
access to see which Jobs are running, and remove a job if required.
Now, who was the author? ... erm, name escapes me ... :-)
I was more interested in keeping QLiberator
a wonderful decade of working with Jochen too!
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Vol 3 Issue 2 page 33, the pictures from the Miracle
In Newport show report.
I'll send the pic privately to Tony to jog his mind!
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In Newport show report.
I'll send the pic privately to Tony to jog his mind!
And if anyone else wants to see it, just have a look at
http://dilwyn.me.uk/tfpic/minervamkiidangling_300dpi.jpg
(I will now retreat into a secure cave somewhere in Snowdonia to hide
from Tony!)
;-))
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I'll send the pic privately to Tony to jog his mind!
And if anyone else wants to see it, just have a look at
http://dilwyn.me.uk/tfpic/minervamkiidangling_300dpi.jpg
(I will now retreat into a secure cave somewhere in Snowdonia to
hide
from Tony!)
;-))
(8-)#
That cannot have been me -
George wrote -
On 5 Nov 2010, at 18:16, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Got a fixed dynamo myself -
I was cycling near Stirling in 1939 after the war had started. The
bike
lights were operated by dynamo so they went out when I stopped. A
policeman
came up and told me (what I knew
terminology to add to the list to let John know so
he can add the terms to the list for me to write up when it's in a
ready state.
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On 18 Nov 2010, at 11:01, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
John Hitchcock wrote:
Dilwyn said (15th October) :-
Could someone (or you, even, John) put together a list of words
which
cause difficulty and I could try to put something together as an
article sometime
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 18/Nov/10 11:27 | Nov18:
snip
In time, I'd like to build a beginners section (needs a bettername
as it
would be for returners too) on my website with articles like this
and
some of the more commonly asked questions (such as how to transfer
files
between QL and other
?title=Lost%20Kingdom%20of%20Zkul
It was published originally by Talent, now handled by RWAP Software
and according to the site there is a Windows version (well, QL version
running on QL2K emulator)
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. Is there an
equivalent in Turbo?
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effect could work over a background picture.
Just noticed as well how much QemuLator slows down while I'm typing
this email - the snowfall has become, well, almost standstill snow!
Dare I say that's snow good ;o)
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typing! I seem to remember that some apps will let you drag and drop
from programs running on one screen to programs running on another,
which is great.
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will be having kittens thinking of me
butchering their respective emulators! :o)
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be eaier to rewrite. Let
me know if you'd liek a copy of that too, I don't think it's on my
website unless it's in one the ARTICLES pages, or possibly in the HD
Utils package on the same page as the Copier.
http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/files/hdutils.zip
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Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Nov/10 12:37 | Nov28:
Does anyone know if any (or all!) of the QL emulators can work on
the
second screen of a two-monitor PC setup? My PC can only handle a
single
monitor, so although I have QPC, QemuLator and QL2K on this PC, I
can't
test them.
I think that what
Am 28.11.2010 16:44, schrieb Dilwyn Jones:
Um, a question from me this time...
Anyone know if Q-emuLator can print to a printer on a USB port? As
far as I can see it seems to be only possible to print to a
parallel LPT port on the PC, or in some cases a serial port printer
if using
The 'cp' copy command that comes with c68 can copy everything
including hard
directories. I used to sue it regularily
Why did you sue it? Did it go disastrously wrong or something?
:o)))
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never bought it,
so (3) I don't have it!
QPC printing works fine for me without QpcPrint. I want to see if
QemuLator to do the same thing!
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Great - thanks Rich. It never occurred to me that QPCprint could be
used with anything other than QPC2!
(Oops sorry Tony, just realised too late I've top-posted)
Dilwyn Jones
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To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Sent: Sunday, November
with parallel (LPT)
printer ports: i.e. divert ser1 etc to parallel port as I hadn't
noticed any mention of USB and not made the connection, so to
speak.
Nice simple solution for the users!
Many thanks Daniele.
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and to use it with Aurora SMSQ/E to test software in
256 colours mode to save firing up the Aurora (although these days
QPC2 can do 256 colour modes too).
These days? QPC supported the Aurora colour modes even before the
Aurora supported them, as I have developed the 8-bit
uQLx on a minimal Linux set up,
although it might be an interesting exercise. Potentially quite useful
for those who avoid Windows systems where possible.
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for the magazine too.
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SDUMP to print gaphics
via the emulator if possible.
And if Marcel is reading this, can you tell me if QPCprint can also do
this?
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I have a graphics conversion tool which was written by Phoebus
Dokos -
to convert images designed on the PC into QL images (certainly for
hi-res modes) - I can't remember if it can convert to mode 4 or mode
8 though, or even if Phoebus would be willing to let it loose into
the public domain
work through the virtual printer system. I used the SDUMP
commands like this:
SDP_DEV SER1
SDP_SET 2,1,1,0 : REM Espon FX80, scale 1, invert black/white, no
random
SDUMP
SDUMP #channel could have been used to print an individual window.
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system. I used the SDUMP
commands like this:
SDP_DEV SER1
SDP_SET 2,1,1,0 : REM Espon FX80, scale 1, invert black/white, no
random
SDUMP
SDUMP #channel could have been used to print an individual window.
Dilwyn Jones
Oops, forgot to mention that only the 8 or 9 pin printer options in
SDUMP works
there to see if it's listed).
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Urs, that was a great little tip. I'd never used that before.
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That most desirable of QL accessories, the QaLendar for 2011 is now
available to download from
http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/gen/calendar/calendar.html
The calendar is available as either a Word .docx file for Office
2007/10 (if you wish to edit it) or in a more compact PDF format.
Dilwyn Jones
On 09/12/10 16:55, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
That most desirable of QL accessories, the QaLendar for 2011 is now
available to download from
http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/gen/calendar/calendar.html
Where are all the scantily clad women then? ;-)
ducks
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You mean... you'd really have
I know my internet here has been dropping pages for no reason and
then loading them fine with a refresh. I've activated the account
from the forum so please try now :)
Thanks - I can login now.
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On 14/12/2010 16:14, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Does anyone know of an extension to BASIC similar to PAUSE n which
does not return if a key is pressed. That is, a fixed pause.
Or anyone know how or ideas on how best to go about writing one? I
guess a suitable keyword name might be WAIT (just to get
Ralf Reköndt wrote:
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Does anyone know of an extension to BASIC similar to PAUSE n which
does not return if a key is pressed. That is, a fixed pause.
Or anyone know how or ideas on how best to go about writing one? I
guess a suitable keyword name might be WAIT (just to get
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I had considered using something like that, but the best solution
for
what I am trying to achieve would be an equivalent of INKEY$(n)
where
a keyboard read and time delay could be combined such that the game
doesn't suddenly run faster when you press keys.
SUSPEND_TASK 50
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I'll use Ralf's example to write my own extension I can use in
QLiberator compiled jobs.
And...;-))...please make it an official release 8-)
Cheers...Ralf
Thanks Ralf. If I get it working it'll be ont he Toolkits page on my
website later tonight!
Dilwyn Jones
extreme values of the angle
(third) parameter of a Spectrum DRAW command. IIRC, it calculated
several dots on the 'arc' and tried to join them with straight lines.
But this got a bit out of hand if you used very large values for the
angle!
Dilwyn Jones
the sources to make it do what you
want?
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On 21/12/10 15:05, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
It's so quiet, with everyone locked in by snow, everyone is either
(a)
stuck on the roads, or (b) busy digging themselves out, (c) using
their
QLs like mad while locked in the house, or (d) using my snow
simulation
of a couple of weeks ago.
Ssh
kept for
spares for years so I never did find out if it was my adventures with
the wire connections which caused the problem or not.
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