AFAIAA, 'C' was a development of the [typeless] language 'B' which was a
development of the language 'BCPL' (available at one time for the BBC
micro).
Intersetingly enough, and if my memory serves me correctly, wasn't BCPL
available from MetaComCo (hope I got the capitalisation correct !)
Morning Ffybis,
Well the other SCR2BMP doesn't :-) I made it just for my Q40.
which other scr2bmp - I thought I wrote that !
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* got a working Sudoku generator giving the
options of easy, medium, hard and bloody hell - I even generate an unsolvable
grid with only 4 blank spaces :o)
Watch this space .
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Cheers,
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In 1997, retired Hong Kong judge Wayne Gould, 59, a New Zealander, saw a
partly completed puzzle in a Japanese bookshop. Over 6 years he developed
a computer program to produce puzzles quickly. Knowing that British
newspapers have a long history of publishing crosswords
there too - most of them, highly amusing.
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) weighs 10 Lb exactly. Thus, one UK pint
is 20 Ounces in weight - hence 20 FlOz.
In the US a pint of water will be exactly 1 Lb or 16 FlOz.
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Morning Roy,
SNIP
I will miss a good friend.
You have my commiserations Roy, sorry to hear about Steve.
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/?
And help will be displayed showing all sorts of (useful ?) options.
I admin that the Unix sort is far better, as it the sort program that came with
Digital C from DP all those years ago. I still use it on the odd occasion when
I can't remember whow to write one myself !!!
Cheers,
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are using the PRE tag, so you
should be ok.
I suspect that because you are using the PRE tag that your special characters
might be ok, but I'm sure I've had problems when doing assembly stuff in PRE
that I still had to convert stuff to the xxx; format.
Cheers,
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Source, I am obliged to supply the full
source code to anyone who wants it. This is a pleasure to do and I've got no
qualms whatsoever about doing it.
Watch this space.
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the
file size can get quite large.
Good luck with the coding .
Thanks.
Cheers,
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PS. It's been too quiet here recently, I thought I would stir things up a bit
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format and still
claiming openness. SNAFU then.
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Morning all,
quick (and silly) question. I need the follownig character codes for QDOS
please - I'm not anywahere near my docs :
The pound sign (£).
The copyright sign (c)
The Registerd sign (r) - if there is one that is !
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Thanks again.
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Morning Per,
Hi Norman,
Dont know if its any good to you, but Ive been through QL-HTML translates
issue before. Ive got a couple of lists you may find useful. Sent them to
your bountiful address. If thats not your address any more and you want
them, please get in touch.
Thaks
in HTML or TEXT whihc is quite useful. On
the other hand, I might be doing it manually as the default HTML generated is
quite 'verbal'.
Yes please (in other words !)
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it again,
thanks. I promise never to use IE to read my mails ever again :o)
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boring to me.
Which does beg the question, how exactly did 'the Angel of the Lord' manage to
impregnate Mary then :o)
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linked.
At least you've got over the initial 'hump' as it were and only have the4 small
dowloads from here on in. I'll try to not upgrade the QT system for a while to
prevent having to do the big stuff again!
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Any chance to accept t91 files ?
Certainly - if you have the file format for a t91 file I should be able to
build a plugin to extract the text. However, I don't have T91 anywhere to be
able to test it.
Cheers,
Norman
Morning Geoff David,
Thanks for the information of the Text87 file format and the warnings. I
suspect that will be a non-starter then, however, you never know !
BTW Norman, I assume you have the accented characters translation codes,
but, if not, I can let you have the ones QL2PC uses,
I
wants it.
More changes to come, soonish !
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eBay to buy ... a spell checker !
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you just hate it when people remind you of how long ago someting was
using youe own kids !!!)
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Now then Robert,
May I suggest that you also put a link to from where a download could be
performed? So not only do you suggest that the user gets a [much better]
tandards compliant browser, but also from where they can get it.
Consider it (almost) done :o)
Cheers,
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://bountiful.demon.co.uk/qstripper.html
If only everything in IT was that simple :o)
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On a similar subject, whats the average age of you guys... Don't
lie, I've seen the pictures :-)
as a starter for ten, I was born the year we last won the world cup so
the average currently stands
at 40, any advance ! :-p
Born April 7th 1960.
Two days after
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[Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ]
That'll be 4 10 6 then; or
(4+10) *6 = 84 perhaps - perhaps not.
Must be 4 *10 +6 = 46.
Same as me then,
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, Dilwyn, Bro Emrys, Tal-y-Bont, Gwynnedd :o)
Must have learned it in frustration every time we beat them at rugby!
Dunno - when was that then ?
Birthday is 10 December 1959 if you want to send me a card Norman ;-)
Who knows - watch the letter box ...
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it might do me good).
I don't know, you try to help an invalid once in your life and he continually
reminds you of it :o)
Be afraid, be very afraid . :o)
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that, but codes from -5 through to -1 will overwrite data at the top
of your A4 stack.
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Not only that, but codes from -5 through to -1 will overwrite data at
the top of your A4 stack.
Ignore that. I'm a pillock. I've got my mental stack upside down again :o(
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I don't even know what one is !
I might have to look it up somewhere.
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-Provence then stay off the roads.
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The US is a big country.
I remember driving down a bit of Queensland in 2000 - that's a big country too !
Steve Irwin - RIP.
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Thanks.
(I think !!!)
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Probably, I can see no connection !
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years - but it
bears no resemblance to anything actually spoken in France. Much like English
in this country I suppose.
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first choice and
led the way (ok, maybe not Australia, but we told them where to drive!) and
everybody else copied the new and fashionable Americans :o)
ducks under desk and hides
Now, if that's not politically correct . :o)
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, we'll always be ready for a good fight :o)
Right, I'm off to the accountants now - VAT looming.
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one ever written one
device driver myself (Black_hole) and that was difficult enough based on the
minimal information that was around at the time.
It *might* make a useful (?) article for our esteemed periodical. (Ribbit).
Chjeers,
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For Norman,
When trying to understand the Qubide code you might look into an old
problem I have with using DBAS.
With Suqcess, all database mutations are immediately stored on the device
but I found that after making a lot of changes, DBAS/Qubide lose track
mainframes etc, and we have OPDs all over the place. They
werer pretty damned good for their time, and QL based of course.
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And as for the cover disk, I guess only someone like Per Witte could
have come up with a name like POX for a program ;-)
Excuse me, I have come up with some good ones myself too, in the past. Remember
ARchive Syntax Evaluator all those years ago. :o)
One day I'll
is
somewhat in the suburbs and our little bit of it is in the suburbs of that.
(Suburbs squared (or the recirpical of same) ?)
However, as far as I know, our place is the only place where the QL exists -
whihc is a good thing.
Cheers,.
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Bit of a Bum job that one, Norm.
And you never quite got to the Bottom of it did you?
I seem to remember I pooh-poohed it at the time :o)
enough bad jokes for one day...
Groan !
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(Just had to check the spelling of that otherwise Norman Dunbar will be
correctling my English again.)
Yeah right - like I'm in a position to crittur-size - English isn't my first
language :o)
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SNIP
( why does my spell checker always want to give you two 'll's)
Do you have Dilwyn configured to use a Welsh spelling checker dictionary
perhaps, just about everything in that would have two 'll's :o)
Happy New Year to one and all.
Cheers,
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. Then again, maybe I used
something else instead.
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of an (Amiga based?) MC68000 processor instructions.
If anyone wany a copy of same (in zipped format) please contact me at Norman
(at) Dunbar (hyphen) IT (dot) co (dot) uk with a self addressed email (!) and
I'll attempt to send a copy back in return. *** If that's ok with the editors
of QL Today
PS. With regards to how much work it is to convert an article to pdf, for
example, see my write up in a recent QL Today. Copies available from me too.
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to upload the current version. Plus my QDOS
Internals web site is way behind on updates - need I go on.
It's not easy enjoying writing software for a 'hobby' computer :o(
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Norman at Dunbar-it.co.uk wrote:
Steady Peter, steady :o)
Shouldn't your reminder better go to the one who started this myriad
programmers, personal note and talk is cheap stuff? o:-)
Actually, I meant to put 'steady everyone'. Apologies for 'picking' on you
that
is in a directory on my PATH, then it fails to open because it is not in the
current directory (that I have cd'd to).
The PTH driver is similar to PATH on *nix. Use it for finding and execution
binaries, not for opening files, directory listings or saving datat files.
HTH
Cheers,
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*Basic listing :
DEF PROC ABCdef
...
END DEF abcdef
At the END DEF, the 'abcdef' will be changed to 'ABCdef'.
(I think the above is correct - my organic RAM is failing these days !)
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wonder if SMSQE would run on it :o) (I expect not - too many hardware problems
no doubt).
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have issued an edict about
this very subject, Vista will, apparently, trash you iPod operating system in
one way or another. There's a message somewhere on the Apple web site (or
similar) - sorry I can be more specific than that.
Cheers,
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' - aspecially as we will soon be moving house.
On the other hand, I work as an Oracle DBA in my 'real life' - you should see
how much 'stuff' I have for that !
Still, all a part of the fun !
Of course :o)
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on coloured paper that was, at least back then, very difficult to
photo copy. I'm told, because I never actually tried, that they (a) come out
all black with black text and (b) use up all your [employer's] toner !
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and are not connected to earth in any way. In fact, the entire
water system in the house is plastic.
Beware as not being earthed can be catastrophic.
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I'm just a simple country lad but could I point out that the water in
your radiators is most definitly NOT plastic
The last time I drained down the system, it looked like plastic, I can assure
you of that. Very nasty !
I suspect it had been in there from day one
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Not if the rest of the spelling in your email is anything to go by!!!
I suspect that I'll never be a wizard, I'm not very good at spelling!
Cheers,
Norman.
PS. I just thought, Roy Wood and Wizard - I'll bet you've never heard that one
before - so apologies
Dilwyn goes strainght over when he reads that !)
How many people are willing to contribute to these information resources
by the way?
I'll do some as and when I can - as usual.
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are using for software, very nice.
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wiki' two words, no quotes - Google picked it first.
That was yesterday though !
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and I'm not swapping that for anything, it's far too good!
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and swapping
over time.
That works out at 29,166 minutes and 40 seconds. That is 486 hours, 6 minutes
and 40 seconds or 20 days 6 hours 6 minutes and 40 seconds of continual time.
That's a hell of a lot of cartridge labels too :o)
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parsed and tokenised whihc
takes a bit of time.
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unread) on the subject too.
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'@,ucompany.demon.co.uk.
Spammers know this. When I first created the account many many years ago, I
logged on to find my first spam - literally 5 minutes after creating the
account. I still get lots of emails for 'george'. Still, the spam trap can get
at them easily !
Cheers,
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to Firefox, and the rest is history!
So, Q40, even if not registered has been in use and Samsung could be asked to
refrain. :o)
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' at the moment. I'm getting about
300 of these on a daily basis.
Today, however, it is different. They are now arriving in German whereas before
they were in English. Oh hum !
Anyway, back on topic. I'm afraid that I don't have any 'bits' for you at
present, but happy hunting.
Cheers,
Norman
-
After that email, I think you might be :o)
BIG SNIP
So, rejoice with *me*, but believe in your *own* systems
Greetings to all,
And I'll have a pint of what John has been drinking please :o)
Hope you are well (now) John !
Cheers,
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downstairs and now we have two
wireless networks.
Who knows, it might just work. I hope so because downstairs is my office with
the main PC, printer etc - so we want to keep all that IT stuff out of site.
Time will tell.
Thanks for the URL though - very useful.
Cheers,
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. I'll check it and see. It certainly looks like that's
how it works for the wireless anyway.
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Thanks for your help.
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for the off topic-ness.
However, I should hopefully get my office set up soon (when the router arrives)
and once that is done, I can get back to writing assembly articles for outr
esteemed magazine :o)
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of assorted power supplies and QL 'Feet' and a TV cable.
I intend to see if they work, if so, these have been lying around unused for at
least 10 years, possibly closer to 15 !
It will be interesting to see what transpires.
Of course, I now need a TV to test them !
Cheers,
Norman
Morning Malcolm,
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What is a TV then, Norman ?
A TV is like a monitor, except it doesn't have the same resolution. :o( Every
home should have one - although, nowadays, it seems that every room has to have
one !
All QL's are capable of driving a colour monitor
.
A TV will do for testing :o)
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to be trusted.
I wouldn't trust mine any further than I could throw it.
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I don't know what happened to the link, best to cut and paste. Clicking on it
takes you to the 1 and 1 email system. How strange. When I pasted it in, it
pasted as text and does show the proper location. It seems broken when
displayed in HTML. :o(
Sorry.
Norman
contrived there Dilwyn - must try harder next time.
The reason I run QPC on my PC is because we should alway stry to better
ourselves, so I'm bettering my PC :o)
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Tony,
Sarah turns taps off so hard they *do* start dripping as the
washer gets destroyed.
Ah, now that's probably going too far !
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is there
only for throwing.
One spare - for looking to see where the other one landed !
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even employed the head man
from IBM's wafer research. Since then, nothing.
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?
:o)
I thought something similar when I read that article this morning !
Let's hope that it is a very successful venture indeed.
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under it ?
I'm pretty sure QPC does, but I have a vague recollection of Marcel posting
something here a while back about Vista. I can't remember what though !
Cheers,
Norman.
PS. My spell chequer thinks your surname is wrong and should be 'Badman
) but the internal format was never documented (as far
as I know). I'm sure someone could figure it out ...
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