Hello Everyone!
As a recent return to the QL scene - with thanks to Roy Wood and QBranch
for all his advice and support - I just thought I would drop by and say
hello.
Cheers,
Rick
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Thanks, Dilwyn, it's nice to have a warm welcome.
At the moment, I am using an original QL augmented with a Gold Card and
MinervaII (thanks to Roy Wood) and am enjoying myself immensely.
However, I am tempted by the emulator idea too . . .
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Welcome back!
We're a pretty
Hi Roy!
How's it going? I just wondered if I could buy another Minerva (I or
II, but II ideally) ROM for my second QL?
Cheers,
Rick
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Malcolm Cadman wrote:
SNIP
I think that we have all been there, and got the T-shirt ... :-)
If you are interested in computers / computing, then you tend to
accumulate lots of them over the years.
Very true . . . sometimes I think I have too many and but then again, I
couldn't
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
True, and although I will no doubt go down the emulation route at
some
point, for me, personally at least, the original hardware still has
its
place and so the two compliment each other - different types of fun,
you
could say. Actually, it has been fun digging out
Thanks for getting back to me, Roy.
I'll probably take you up on the drives offer if I can get a Gold Card
of Rick Mellor. He says he's got one!
Cheers,
Rick
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I have been exchanging emails with him this week using that address - I
bought a Minerva 2 from him - but haven't heard from him for about three
days.
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I've been trying to get hold of Rich Mellor - anyone know if his rich
AT rwapservices DOT co DOT uk email address is
Tony Firshman wrote:
James Hunkins wrote:
I have been 38 for well over a decade. So if you add each time I was
38 up as individual entries and divide, does that kind of force the
average age towards 38?
Marcel - don't even think about commenting here...
Too late (8-)#
I
I've tried googling but all the options seem woefully out of date, so I
was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of a QL emulator
for Linux?
Cheers,
Rick
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John Southern wrote:
On Thursday 11 January 2007 01:29, Rick Chagouri-Brindle wrote:
I've tried googling but all the options seem woefully out of date, so I
was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of a QL emulator
for Linux?
The QL emulator for Linux is called UQLX
uQLx is the most powerful and up-to-date QL emulator for Linux. I used to
get good help with anything uQLx related on the QL developer's forum
([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Alternatives are to use one of the Windows QL emulators under a Windows
emulator for Linux. Depending on your particular
Marcel Kilgus wrote:
Jerome Vernet (Orange) wrote:
Latest news... It's working, although I need to refresh manually the
screen, with the Xgui button 'Redraw'. Not easy...
What's the contents of your .config file
Marcel
Fantastic! Thanks for this, Marcel.
Is still have a
Well, here's number 2! Count me in!
Tony Firshman wrote:
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Ah there are lots of things one could put on it.
However I suspect the market does not exist for such a development.
It would be great to be proved wrong.
It is ICT because it is Information Technology across the curriculum,
not just learning IT systems.
We use applications that have a purpose, to produce work ... like
PhotoShop and PageMaker in Graphics.
At present the software investment in programming is being put into PC
It is ICT because it is Information Technology across the curriculum,
not just learning IT systems.
We use applications that have a purpose, to produce work ... like
PhotoShop and PageMaker in Graphics.
At present the software investment in programming is being put into PC
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rick Chagouri-Brindle
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
It is ICT because it is Information Technology across the curriculum,
not just learning IT systems.
We use applications that have a purpose, to produce work ... like
PhotoShop
Actually, on reflection, count me in for two!!!
Tony Firshman wrote:
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Ah there are lots of things one could put on it.
However I suspect the market does not exist for such a development.
It would be great to be
QL2K wrote:
Well we have the same problems at school, college and university in
France...
And I don't know about you all, but what I do with my son (recently 6 years
old) is we are working together some computing courses.
At this time we are working on ORIC with commands like :
PRINT
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Rick Chagouri-Brindle wrote:
Actually, that reminds me. I also teach on a volunteer basis at a
local pre-school. I use the term teach with this age group very
loosely, but I was amazed how much these children pick
extdgl42 wrote:
As an example of variety, I'll mention my confuser (computer :-) room: Three
Macs (two of them laptops), two PCs (One 733, the other 133[!], a custom
build long ago), and several QLs (many still in styrofoam boxes; one somewhat
working). Yes, internet connectivity for four
I think is is just nostalgia for the first experience.
For the people who liked the original black box, the add-ons to that are
attractive, and one feels one is still using the original.
Tony
I think so too . . . looking at it objectively if you replace too much
of the original QL you are
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Rick Chagouri-Brindle wrote:
I think so too . . . looking at it objectively if you replace too much
of the original QL you are no longer really using the QL, but the fact
that it is still in the black box is subjectively attractive.
I wonder if the QL
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
But if a 'Super QL' were made to fit the original case, it would of
course have nostalgia value, as the original QL case design was one of
its great features.
Absolutely . . . are there certainly seems a market for nostalgia at the
moment . . .
There's a Dutch
Commodore was an important player here is the UK.
Eventually they went for the then emerging PC market, and more or less
lost out.
I would recommend anyone interested in the Commodore story read On the
Edge - The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore - it makes a
fascinating read.
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
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Both old and new users are stimulated by something new.
Repeating a list that I gave earlier - probably 3 item ranges will be
suited :
1 - £50 to £100 a card of some type, probably modular too, that most
people would have an interest in to add to their
Worth downloading the PDF files ...to have a look at what it can do.
It has built in drivers for USB mouse and keyboard. As well as USB
printers.
Controllable from an 8 bit micro-computer.
The programming language uses two letters, so, for example :
MD is make a directory
CD change a
Roy wood wrote:
QPC will currently not run on Vista. Marcel is making a new copy which
will. Apart from that Vista really needs a massive 4Gb RAM to run with
full optimization!
Even with the latest dual-core processor, 4GB RAM and a GeForce 8800GTS
320Mb Graphics Card, Vista is still
Roy wood wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
SNIP
Roy, I imagine that the reason you are proposing such a debate is to try to
clarify the future well in that case what about a SWOT analysis of the
future
of the QL instead of the old debate of hardware vs
I agree . . . it gives the community more control.
hitchies wrote:
Re Norman's:
I vote for Rich's new one over Wikipedia. We can keep it relevant and all we
have to do is put an external link on the Wikipedia one at each and every
available opportunity.
You misunderstand the concept here. Operating systems move on and become
more sophisticated. Most good ones move the software writers along with
them. The users buy new versions which take advantage of the new
facilities and the whole system moves forward.
If you continually make the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Morning Dilwyn,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, I give up. How do you get Windows XP to format a new second hard
disk?
I suspect that you need to partition the drive before Windows can use it. I
beleieve that fdisk (fdisc maybe) is your 'friend'.
Try
I don't know if everyone already know about this alternative auction
site, but I managed to pick up a Gold Card on www.ebid.net the other
day! It's nowhere near as big as Ebay yet, but there are a few QL
things on it, the fees are much lower than Ebay and customer service
superb. It was
Plus, wireless doesn't work in the house from up to downstairs - there is a
pre-stressed concrete floor between the two locations and it works splendidly
as a RF filter - of the 'no-pass' variety. Oh hum !
Have you tried powerline networking - ie Ethernet over the domestic
power
Hello Roberto and welcome to back to the wonderful world of the QL!
I too recently returned to the QL scene after too many years away!
Roberto Hammond wrote:
Hello everyone . . . I've just subscribed to this mailing list after
rediscovering my QL when I moved recently.
At the moment I just
Well, I've just put a Trump Card up on Ebid . . .
http://uk.four.ebid.net/perl/auction.cgi/1183992718-15577-0
(For the record, Ebid is a much friendlier auction site than Ebay).
Roberto Hammond wrote:
Does anyone know where I can get a Trump, Gold or SuperGold Card for my QL?
In case anyone is interested, I've just put a Gold Card up on Ebid.
http://uk.three.ebid.net/perl/auction.cgi/1184331589-32496-0
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Roberto
Hammond [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Does anyone know where I can get a Trump, Gold or SuperGold
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Hi,
I have just added some links to my web site of the emerging Sinclair
Industrial Design details that are being put up by Rick Dickinson -
former Senior Designer at Sinclair Research.
Fantastic!!! Very interesting indeed!
Donau Steamship Travel Company
Four words! (And steamship can be one word, I checked!)
ZN wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:03:23 +0200, MB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft
I challenge you to translate that into less than 5 English words :)
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Does anyone have a cheap second hand 2.5 inch IDE hard drive of a few
GB capacity to sell?
The hard drive on my son's Toshiba Tecra 780 laptop has failed. We
lost Windows, so set about reinstalling only to find it refused. An
attempt to reformat failed after 13%
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
My son is 12 now and VERY into his computers (as you might expect of a
son of mine!). This Christmas, he got a little £60 Aiptek digital
video camera, spent most of Christmas day recording his mum, dad,
grandparents etc and made a very good half hour video of it all
Are You Sure The laptop will support win Xp???
Usually if it was originally win 95 or 98 it will not measure up
to XP, at least the ones I have seen of that vintage.
There used to be a utility that you ran while in 98 that
evaluated the needed upgrades before you could install XP or if
Norman Dunbar wrote:
database buffer cache, noit for program units etc.
Not sure whether XP suffers from the 2GB limit or allows 3 GB though.
Linux doesn't have this problem, apparently.
Indeed, XP can see and use up to 3.5GB RAM - I have this installed on
both my wife's PC and my
Dave Walker wrote:
I suspect that you are right for standard Vista, but if I was buying for a
new machine I would be going for the 64-bit version which has no such limit.
Dave
The only problem with 64bit Vista is that the driver support is still
appalling and the performance increase
Per Witte wrote:
Marcel Kilgus writes:
Per Witte wrote:
Thanks. Just now I got 3 mails in return. The return information goes:
I'm at about 15 now and it gets more by the minute...
Yup, here too!
Per
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Arnould wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:13:51 +0100, Rich Mellor wrote
It is good to see that progress has continued and the
sources now released for QL - Dithvide, which allows the
standard QL to display high resolution colours - see
Roy wood wrote:
In message 49495993.5060...@dunbar-it.co.uk, Norman Dunbar
nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk writes
SNIP
qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk, I can see that by far the most people hitting
my site use Mozilla browsers.
Probably biased by the interest of the people hitting the site. M$
still have
and the other minority browsers, and everyone needs to sit down
together and agree real standards across browsers.
Roy wood wrote:
In message 494a0146.8000...@digitalanswers.biz, Rick
Chagouri-Brindle r...@digitalanswers.biz writes
never been compliant with HTML standards and website have to use all
sorts
No problem!
Rick
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Thanks, but Derek Stewart has already promised one. Ideally, I was
after about 5 to 10GB, which is what Derek had to hand.
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OK, so I know this isn't specifically about the QL, but it does go to
show there is some life in the old machines yet:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10951040
Actually, my two boys - 6 and 7 - love playing my vintage machines !
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