Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 <> W10

2016-01-16 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening Dilwyn, Ah yes, I do recall something about your past problems with Windows! I wasn't aware you had Packard Bell kit though, Curry's "own brand" stuff, or junk as we IT professionals know it. I had one of those briefly some years back. Took it back to PC World as unfit for purpose and

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 <> W10

2016-01-16 Thread Norman Dunbar
ne about other stuff. I have been known to shout at QDOS myself from time to time! :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 <> W7

2016-01-04 Thread Norman Dunbar
Aye Colin, I think the problem is when Windows goes into sleep/screen saver mode and subsequently is woken up. Not just switching from one program to the other. At least that's how I understood it anyway. Happy New Year. Cheers, Norm. On 4 January 2016 20:25:14 GMT+00:00, Colin McKay

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 <> W10

2016-01-02 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 2 January 2016 15:46:55 GMT+00:00, pjwitte wrote: >Traditional seasons' greatings implied.. > >Recently Windoze 10 has started messing with QPC2: When I put my >machine to sleep with QPC2 in fullscreen mode in the background it >wakes up with QPC2 in a catatonic state: No

Re: [Ql-Users] qxltool and qltols

2015-10-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
I'm in the middle of going through one of my old programs on Linux to replace all the "%lu" etc with the appropriate c99 specifiers rather than just making them all "%u". It should then be future proof! Famous last words. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants

Re: [Ql-Users] qxltool and qltols

2015-10-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
, have the most recent source. If someone does have an updated version, we should/could/must put it on github as well, I suppose, to be sure that we all sing from the same source code! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West

Re: [Ql-Users] qxltool and qltols

2015-10-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 09/10/15 09:43, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 08/10/15 19:07, Graeme Gregory wrote: Fixed qltools is here https://github.com/slimlogic/qltools Thanks Graeme, I've been looking for a decent version of qltools for some time to use on Linux. Given that I had a bit of time this morning while

Re: [Ql-Users] qxltool and qltols

2015-10-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
spect it's because I'm effectively cross compiling. It should (!) be ok on Windows itself. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number

Re: [Ql-Users] qxltool and qltols

2015-10-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 09/10/15 14:16, Graeme Gregory wrote: Hi Norman, Should be fixed now, have tested the resulting .exe on windows and it seems to work. Was just missing a couple of #if defined(__MINGW32__) Graeme Good stuff, thanks. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered

Re: [Ql-Users] Floating Point Questions

2015-08-15 Thread Norman Dunbar
...@quanta.org.uk On 14/08/2015 21:37, Norman Dunbar wrote: Hi Wolfgang. Ok, thanks, it seems then that the printed and Kindle versions of Jan's book are incorrect for negative fp numbers. I wonder if she's taken the sign bit, bit 31 of the mantissa, out of consideration? Who knows! I found

Re: [Ql-Users] Floating Point Questions

2015-08-15 Thread Norman Dunbar
Many thanks Wolfgang. On 15 August 2015 06:29:18 BST, Wolfgang Lenerz wlen...@free.fr wrote: Hi Norman, QL and Assembly stuff are not a priority. Of course not! Condolences and best wishes to you and your family. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] Floating Point Questions

2015-08-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
- this cannot surely be how it is done? Surely, the interpreter doesn't have to go through those hoops whever it sees something like: 2500 IF INT(x) = x THEN do_somthing: END IF Does it? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West

Re: [Ql-Users] Floating Point Questions

2015-08-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Wolfgang. Ok, thanks, it seems then that the printed and Kindle versions of Jan's book are incorrect for negative fp numbers. I wonder if she's taken the sign bit, bit 31 of the mantissa, out of consideration? Who knows! I found a routine, qa_lfloat with byte code 09 in the SMSQ/E sources

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win 8

2015-08-01 Thread Norman Dunbar
win1_winback_ and but still get the same error. Can you help please? I am running QPC2 on Windows 8 and have managed to produce a much larger QXL file. The next problem is to get any further. TIA Regards, Peter Fox On 17.07.2015 19:57, Norman Dunbar wrote: Evening all. If you he'd over

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win 8

2015-08-01 Thread Norman Dunbar
win1_winback_ and but still get the same error. Can you help please? I am running QPC2 on Windows 8 and have managed to produce a much larger QXL file. The next problem is to get any further. TIA Regards, Peter Fox On 17.07.2015 19:57, Norman Dunbar wrote: Evening all. If you he'd over

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win 8

2015-08-01 Thread Norman Dunbar
win1_winback_ and but still get the same error. Can you help please? I am running QPC2 on Windows 8 and have managed to produce a much larger QXL file. The next problem is to get any further. TIA Regards, Peter Fox On 17.07.2015 19:57, Norman Dunbar wrote: Evening all. If you he'd over

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win 8

2015-08-01 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 1 August 2015 17:39:36 BST, Tobias Fröschle tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: Am 01.08.2015 um 18:29 schrieb Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk: ... Please excuse my brevity... I had a laugh at this one. Somehow the list decided to send me your post three times ;) Tobias

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly eMagazine - Issue 2, now available.

2015-07-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 22 July 2015 19:41:25 BST, Geoff Wicks gtwi...@btinternet.com wrote: On 19/07/2015 18:31, Norman Dunbar wrote: Finally! http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/downloads/AssemblyLanguage/Issue_002/Assembly_Language_002.pdf Enjoy. Cheers, Norm. I have just updated my newspage and checking

[Ql-Users] Assembly eMagazine - Issue 2, now available.

2015-07-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
Finally! http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/downloads/AssemblyLanguage/Issue_002/Assembly_Language_002.pdf Enjoy. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win 8

2015-07-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening all. If you he'd over to Dilwyn's Web repository of all that is good in the QL World, and download my old Winback program, you can create a new hard drive file as win2, then set the clock and make a full backup of your current win1. Winback will set the win2 file dates etc exactly as

[Ql-Users] New QL Assembly Language Book.

2015-07-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
Greetings everyone. After much work, some wailing, some gnashing of teeth and a good few hours typing on my phone while on holiday recently, I have finished updating the file at http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/downloads/QLToday/QL_Assembly.pdf which is the good old Assembly Language book I

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win10

2015-05-30 Thread Norman Dunbar
2015, 21:24, Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk wrote: Evening all, In a word, no. It works perfectly on Linux under wine though! :-) As long as you don't try to access floppies of course. Good luck and here's hoping win 10 is better than win 8.x and as good as win 7, which to my

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win10

2015-05-30 Thread Norman Dunbar
dare to doubt) Tobias Am 30.05.2015 um 10:12 schrieb Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk: On 30 May 2015 08:51:55 BST, Derek Stewart de...@q40.de wrote: Hi, The newish Raspberry Pi 2 is supposed to run Windows 10, maybe QPC2 could used. Regards, Derek On 29/05/15 22:01

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win10

2015-05-29 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening all, In a word, no. It works perfectly on Linux under wine though! :-) As long as you don't try to access floppies of course. Good luck and here's hoping win 10 is better than win 8.x and as good as win 7, which to my mind, was the best ever windoze release. Cheers, Norm. On 29

Re: [Ql-Users] Fwd: Re: Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-26 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening Wolfgang, I think you may have misunderstood my comments. I was not reporting a bug and I'm happy that you have taken the time to consider my simple example of what was giving me grief. I fully understand the problems of not being able to carry out validation at setup time. Even if it

Re: [Ql-Users] Fwd: Re: Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-25 Thread Norman Dunbar
. However, I appreciate your comments. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk

Re: [Ql-Users] Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
Am 18.04.2015 um 20:44 schrieb Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk: Evening all, I've spent some free time today examining a problem I've been having for some time. LibGen (anyone remember that?) when executed displays the window on screen and works fine until I exit from the program

Re: [Ql-Users] Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 19 April 2015 06:53:02 BST, Wolfgang Lenerz wlen...@free.fr wrote: Hi Norman I 'll have a look at your points, but won't be able to reply for a few days at least. WOlfgan ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Thanks

Re: [Ql-Users] Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi George, On 19/04/15 14:04, gdgqler wrote: On 18 Apr 2015, at 19:49, Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk wrote: does anyone have any decent examples of setting up a Window, with one application sub-window that doesn't have a menu, and then dynamically building a menu into the afore

Re: [Ql-Users] Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
for example. Info windows and loose items that have text objects are obvioulsy fine. The ones I use for user input get wiped out. However, I'll have another look at SET_AP - now that I've got a working version of LibGen that doesn't trash QPC when it is run! :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman

Re: [Ql-Users] Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 19/04/15 15:13, Norman Dunbar wrote: However, I'll have another look at SET_AP - now that I've got a working version of LibGen that doesn't trash QPC when it is run! :-) I have a working example now of a program that sets up a dynamic menu. It seems I need to design the window with a menu

[Ql-Users] Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
/demanding/hinting that someone should do something about it. I'm just wondering why this quite important feature of WMAN should care so little about the correct setup of the window definition data. End of eRant! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a

Re: [Ql-Users] Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Firefox speed problems (OT)

2015-03-01 Thread Norman Dunbar
to double what we pay for, so the above is pretty accurate. Apparently, later this year, we get another freebie to 100 mb/s and a doubling (plus?) on the upload speeds too. I don't work for Virgin by the way, just a satisfied customer. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd

Re: [Ql-Users] John Mason

2015-01-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 7 January 2015 11:16:26 GMT+00:00, John Gilpin thegilp...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi Everyone, It is with great sadness that I have to advise you of the death of John Mason shortly before Christmas. John was QUANTA Chairman immediately prior to Sarah Gilpin, our present Chairman. He was also

Re: [Ql-Users] New Sinclair Style PC

2014-12-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
Found it ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30333671 and when I said backer I meant that he was involved! Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly eMagazine - Latest News

2014-12-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Per, I'm sure the universe was written in 4004 assembly! Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly eMagazine - Latest News

2014-12-04 Thread Norman Dunbar
Thanks to all who have said nice things about the book, please feel free to say some more!  Bear in mind the ending could be a bit better! However, I'm working on the sequel already, all the eMagazine stuff should find its way into the follow up. At least, that's the plan. Marcos: I write

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly eMagazine - Latest News

2014-12-04 Thread Norman Dunbar
Oh bother! For XXX read XXE!  Autocorrect, your worst enema!  Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] OUT NOW!

2014-11-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Derek, Kindle DRM is pretty simple to deactivate. I did it myself some time ago when I needed a paid for Kindle book on my other reader for work. The iRiver needs ePub format, so a quick de-DRM and a Calibre conversion, and it was done. Legally, it's a bit tenuous of course, I own the

Re: [Ql-Users] OUT NOW!

2014-11-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Derek, I agree about buying the book. Although I don't really need it nowadays, I remember being extremely frustrated at not being able to get a copy all those years ago. Until, that is, Quanta made it possible, and I snapped up a copy. I still have it. I often add notes to my Kindle

Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 attendees

2014-10-15 Thread Norman Dunbar
. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Internet difficulties

2014-10-13 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 13 October 2014 09:20:53 BST, Colin kilbarchan.co...@virginmedia.com wrote: I'm having similar problems to Dilwyn, but without the thunderstorms. Haven't there been reports about the Internet becoming overloaded, so running slow? Colin ___ QL-Users

Re: [Ql-Users] PC issues

2014-10-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
Dilwyn, If there was a thunderstorm then it's possible that you have a corrupt drive and or RAM. Given the symptoms you see I bet avg is corrupted. Have you been able to run a full chkdsk in safe mode after start up. Get hold of a mem tester too. Linux works. I don't know anyone these days

Re: [Ql-Users] PC issues

2014-10-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
Nice one Dilwyn, good to hear it's going fine again and you didn't have to cross over to the dark side! I agree in the helpful too, I've always found that here. Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 Dinner

2014-09-06 Thread Norman Dunbar
I accidentally tasted some as a child! Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity and any auto corrections that are just wrong! ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 Dinner

2014-09-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening Darren, Speaking as a Jock, can I just say that whisky does indeed taste like floor cleaner! I hate the taste of the stuff and beer as well. I like a nice glass of wine personally especially the fine fruit wines from Perth shire, Cairn O'Mhor. (Care no more!) Try them. The Bramble

Re: [Ql-Users] Automated Reply Re: Re: QLis30 Dinner

2014-09-02 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 1 September 2014 19:35:01 BST, b...@newlan.org wrote: This is an automated reply to your message Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 Dinner sent to b...@newlan.org. Dear John Gilpin thegilp...@btinternet.com Thank you for your email. I am unable to respond to email at present but will reply as soon as I

Re: [Ql-Users] R: SBASIC / SuperBASIC Reference Manual - Online (HTML)

2014-08-12 Thread Norman Dunbar
Ah the joys of auto-notcorrect! HTML and pdf forms of a document was what I typed. My phone assumed I meant him and put forms. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity and any auto corrections that are just wrong! ___

Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 dinner

2014-06-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening Dilwyn, Stonehaven is a place I visited frequently when I was working in Aberdeen. I never saw one there either. However, that is not to say that there were none of course. I left Aberdeen for deepest darkest Leeds (Bradford at the time) in 1996 so maybe I missed it. :-) Alison

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly Language Mailing List News

2014-03-25 Thread Norman Dunbar
Dave. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly Language Mailing List News

2014-03-24 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 20/03/14 20:12, Norman Dunbar wrote: 2. The amount of feedback I have had on Issue 1 so far has been a resoundingly huge amount of nothing! :-( And here are the results from the Scottish Jury: Has anyone read it? It appears that some people have, some have skimmed it and some

Re: [Ql-Users] New QL

2014-03-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
Ian, First of all, get well soon. Rewriting SMS for the Raspberry Pi would be a whole new enterprise. You can easily (!) replace the kernel but all of SMS would need to be rewritten in ARM assembly. That doesn't mean it cannot be done of course, there's a pretty good How To do bare metal

[Ql-Users] Assembly Language Mailing List News

2014-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
like? Is the format reasonable? What would you like to see changed? Does it look ok on your eReader, if you use one? Do you prefer HTML, PDF, ePub or Mobi? Do you have any questions? Will George find something wrong? ;-) (I hope so!) Etc? Anyway, enjoy the added flavour! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly Language Issue 1 now available.

2014-03-06 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Lee. Thanks for that. Speaking as a Linux user, I can say that Fbreader on Linux has difficulties with the images, the ebook Viewer installed with Calibre also has problems but Fbreader on my Android copes very well. It wraps the code lines around and seems to remove the leading spaces in

[Ql-Users] Assembly Language Issue 1 now available.

2014-03-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
Dear Subscribers (and non-subscribers alike!) Issue 1 of the QL Today Memorial Assembly Language Mailing List irregular eMagazine is now available in three separate flavours: PDF - qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/downloads/AssemblyLanguage/Issue_001/Assembly_Language_001.pdf EPUB -

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly Language Issue 1 now available.

2014-03-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 05/03/14 21:08, Norman Dunbar wrote: EPUB - qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/downloads/AssemblyLanguage/Issue_001/Assembly_Language_001.epub The epub has been tested on my own iRiver eReader and works fine, other than some of the cod'e sections comments slip off the right side of the page

[Ql-Users] Assembly Language Mailing List

2014-03-03 Thread Norman Dunbar
the list, and you did not fidn it in your spam bucket. Please don;t clog up the QL Users list with complaints, send them to the address above. Thanks. FYI there are 56 subscribers and one of you has not yet confirmed. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly Language Mailing List

2014-03-03 Thread Norman Dunbar
Morning Rich,  when you originally registered, you would have received an email asking you to confirm. I checked and you are a confirmed subscriber. Cheers, Norm. (On the bus to work!) Sent from my phone - please excuse brevity and any obvious auto corrections that were just plain wrong!

Re: [Ql-Users] The fun of data recovery.

2014-02-01 Thread Norman Dunbar
archive is sitting on 3.5 floppies that refuse to rotate. Somehow, I suspect that a quick spray with WD40 will help!! ;-) And yes, that was a joke. Granted, a bad one. Good luck with your recovery. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-03 Thread Norman Dunbar
Works fine on Android too Geoff. Pdfs work fine as well. Must, as ever, be Windows! (ducks and runs!) Happy new year all. Cheers, Norm. Derek Stewart de...@q40.de wrote: Hi Geoff, I like your web site, no problems with Firefox and PDF plugins, but I am using Linux. Regards, Derek On

Re: [Ql-Users] Csize in Easyptr/Easymenu

2013-12-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
I'd like to apologise for the following: * My phone. It always top posts. :-( * My phone. It never continues a thread when I reply to one. It always starts a new one. :-( Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire

Re: [Ql-Users] Csize in Easyptr/Easymenu

2013-12-16 Thread Norman Dunbar
in the first while the latter simply redefines the given channel, where the menu is currently displayed, to the given info window. Consistency? What consistency? ;-) Have fun! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql is 30

2013-11-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening all, new job, no time for hardly anything at the moment, so a serious delay in replying. In the event of there being a QL is 30 event, in the UK or abroad, it is highly unlikely that I would attend. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a

Re: [Ql-Users] new QL blog

2013-10-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] new QL blog

2013-10-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 20/10/13 13:55, Norman Dunbar wrote: Anyway, myBlogs-cheese-admin-Settings-Discussion That should have been MyBlogs-choose one-admin-?settings-discussion of course. I'll need to type Caerphilly in future. (Cheese joke, and Welsh to boot!) :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] Job data space - foibles?

2013-10-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
on the stack? Thanks. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk

Re: [Ql-Users] Job data space - foibles?

2013-10-08 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 07/10/13 21:18, Lee Privett wrote: PRINT the_answer_to_life_the_universe_and_everything ... Ok, I'm game PRINT the_answer_to_life_the_universe_and_everything 0 Print CODE(0) 48 What am I missing? -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill

Re: [Ql-Users] Programming in Assembler

2013-10-08 Thread Norman Dunbar
to indicate that yo want to subscribe to the QDOSMSQ Assembly Language newsletter and click the subscribe button. (Phew!) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] Programming in Assembler

2013-10-08 Thread Norman Dunbar
. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Job data space - foibles?

2013-10-08 Thread Norman Dunbar
with this. It was something unusual that I came across, and I think it's explained adequately now. Thanks to all who replied. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767

[Ql-Users] Job data space - foibles?

2013-10-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
for answers. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk

Re: [Ql-Users] A5 QL user guides

2013-10-06 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening Dilwyn, I'm not sure if you know, but Kindles can happily read the mobi format. At least, mine does. I have a few epub files for work that I converted with Calibre, to mobi for my Kindle. Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Re: [Ql-Users] Updates

2013-08-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
own laptop? That has Linux on it. Yes it gets updated almost weekly, if not daily in some cases, but it's far far faster. Have fun! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3

2013-08-27 Thread Norman Dunbar
everything else, because you want to! It's better than way. :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today - Final issue, final orders and a surprise

2013-08-27 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 25/08/13 09:36, SMSQ - Jochen Merz wrote: ... and - a surprise: QPC2 Version 4 will be on the DVD - thanks to Marcel Kilgus I'll second that vote of thanks, thanks Marcel. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3

2013-08-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 23/08/13 14:55, Dilwyn Jones wrote: ... might have just been a bit sluggish as there’s only 512MB RAM on the laptop. Sounds like a prime candidate for having Linux put on it. DucksAndRuns ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 3.40 Beta 3

2013-08-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] Anyone got any clues on how to do this in the PE?

2013-08-16 Thread Norman Dunbar
Today to come out with my last article in it before I start sending stuff out on the list. I would love to get this utility finished, so I'd really appreciate the assistance. Thanks. Cheers, Norm. PS. If someone has an annotated disassembly of MAWCLEAR, that would help too! ;-) -- Norman

Re: [Ql-Users] qpc2/ubuntu

2013-07-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
motherboard is the problem. Until you confirm otherwise, I suspect the version of Wine you are using is older than the one above which has fixed this bug. Allegedly! Just out of interest, which version of Ubuntu are you using? HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd

Re: [Ql-Users] qpc2/ubuntu

2013-06-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
-up and it goes away. QPC runs fine after that. This has always occurred with QPC on OpenSuse 32/64 and now on Mint 64bit. I think it may be KDE related, but I haven't tried other desktops. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61

Re: [Ql-Users] A few short topics...

2013-05-31 Thread Norman Dunbar
: flp1_ needs only test_. flp1_test_ needs only program_. flp1_test_program_ needs only test_bin. That way, even with only 36 characters allocated for a file name, each directory level would allow 36 characters. Sorry, I got started! End rant! :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] A few short topics...

2013-05-30 Thread Norman Dunbar
you to confirm your request to subscribe, you might need to check your spam filter. If necessary, I think I can confirm you manually via the admin system - let me know if you need that doing. Ta. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61

Re: [Ql-Users] A few short topics...

2013-05-30 Thread Norman Dunbar
) experience that getting lost data off a dead disc is expensive! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] A few short topics...

2013-05-30 Thread Norman Dunbar
Woah! 31 subscribers already? I never knew so many people were interested in my articles! I suppose this means I'll have to do something now! Dilwyn, if you want to advertise it in Quanta, feel free. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House

Re: [Ql-Users] Test email

2013-05-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
, and Microsoft. Still, it's fun - when I can be bothered. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [Ql-Users] Test email

2013-05-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 14/05/13 15:03, George Gwilt wrote: Duly ignored . . U! You sure? ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] Test email

2013-05-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Flightdeck

2013-05-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
it fail at the same place? Could it be a duff RAM chip in the Trump Card? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] Auto-hide

2013-04-16 Thread Norman Dunbar
disabled using the pointer to pick the other running programs. Dilwyn wasn't best pleased! :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 1.16

2013-04-10 Thread Norman Dunbar
, but Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk back online

2013-04-02 Thread Norman Dunbar
no longer allowing self-registrations because I just end up back in the loop every time I enable the link. If you need to register, I'll set you up with a username and password, which you can change as appropriate to something secure! Sorry about the hassle. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] Qliberator problems

2013-04-02 Thread Norman Dunbar
just know I'm going to get! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 22/03/13 15:52, George Gwilt wrote: plural of referendum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum#Terminology Referendums because, apparently, referenda doesn't mean more than one, in Latin. Wonder how far off topic this will lead us .. ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-21 Thread Norman Dunbar
nothing to see here! :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
a lot, that the best selling newspaper in the UK is the garbage known as The Sun. :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 19/03/13 22:06, Tobias Fröschle wrote: Well you still got the internet (And I'm sure you ain't going to break that ;) ). I really insist (please) do continue somewhere. Thanks Tobias, I appreciate the praise, and I shall attempt to get something finished. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
can be adjusted to give smaller but poorer quality files or larger high quality ones. Just my £0.02. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
familiar with - as Jochen did when he was publishing QL Today. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
) from the same source file. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v

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