Re: [Ql-Users] bug in String handling

2024-01-12 Thread John Southern via Ql-Users
Could the reference be the SBASIC/SuperBASIC reference manual? That says When a string array is set up with DIM, each entry is set to a nul string (“”). The zero’th element of each string array contains the actual length of that string, for example: DIM a$(10,10): a$(1)='Hello': PRINT a$(1,0)

Re: [Ql-Users] One Per Desk: Computer One floppy interface. Need the ROM image.

2023-12-14 Thread John Southern via Ql-Users
Nothing in the Quanta library :-( Dan Abbot was the person who had an OPD and Tonto collection John On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 12:21, Stephen Usher via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > OK. The Wayback Machine just has the first version of the web page in 2007 > and > the C1 interface

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 221, Issue 7

2022-10-24 Thread John Southern via Ql-Users
Hi Paul, The original French made SAF 40LF220 3.0V battery is no longer made. There is an equivalent at £23 at https://www.allbatteries.co.uk/lithium-battery-3v-270mah-40lf220-equivalent-mgl0025.html or you could ask

Re: [Ql-Users] Peter Baily

2020-10-15 Thread John Southern via Ql-Users
Unfortunately, John Taylor has also passed at 92 on Friday after a short illness. On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:54 PM Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users wrote: > > Thank you for letting us know Rich. > > I met him several times at Quanta workshops over the years. > > On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 15:52, Rich Mellor

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-VGA

2020-01-10 Thread John Southern via Ql-Users
I have two questions 1) When can I buy one? 2) What are the advantages over an RGB/CGA/EGA to HDMI converter? Regards John On Fri, 10 Jan 2020, 8:30 am Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users, < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Pedantic? Or correct! > > I'm a pedant's baddest nightmare. ;-) > > > Cheers,

Re: [Ql-Users] How to reach QUANTA membership secretary?

2017-11-28 Thread John Southern via Ql-Users
Hi Peter, I will dig out the details of the bank account and forward them on to you. Regards John On 26 Nov 2017 1:54 p.m., "Peter Graf via Ql-Users" < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to pay my QUANTA subscription without Paypal. In the papers I > received, bank transfer

Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta Magazine

2017-07-23 Thread John Southern via Ql-Users
personal email - linuxtarragon@gmail just so I know I have the correct one and I will send out your copies. Regards John Southern On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 12:42 PM, IAN BURKINSHAW via Ql-Users <ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > I have not received the magazine either. > In fact th

Re: [Ql-Users] The Wall

2016-12-22 Thread John Southern
Thank you. It runs perfectly under uQLx. On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 6:51 PM, Peter Graf wrote: > Cool. Just tested it on Q68 ;-) > > Am 22.12.2016 um 18:24 schrieb Wolf: > > Hi all, > > > > 'Tis the season to be merry. > > > > So, The Wall, a formerly commercial game, is now up on my

[Ql-Users] Errors with uQLx on Raspberry Pi

2012-05-24 Thread John Southern
Hi All, Is anyone able to assit or at least start me off on a general direction. I am trying to get the uQLx running on a slow (MK.all takes 160 seconds), memory restricted Raspberry Pi with the Armel architecture. Following Javier's instructions from a message sent 10:17 27/11/2009 I edited

Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey

2010-02-17 Thread John Southern
On Wednesday 17 Feb 2010 17:27:09 Derek Stewart wrote: I selected option 1, which I took to be; I Strongly Agree I will be introducing the wrong information in the survey now. The Survey should of been proof read before being published. That was all my fault. When testing the survey I did

Re: [Ql-Users] Any Pharao fans out there?

2009-04-27 Thread John Southern
On Monday 27 April 2009 20:17:27 Daniele Terdina wrote: Thanks for your reply! It must have been hard to complete.. I remember the bad guys something materializing close to you near the edges of the screen... very hard to avoid. It was a nice and fun game. Was this based on Fred from Indescomp

Re: [Ql-Users] How was QUANTAs QLis25 event and AGM?

2009-04-19 Thread John Southern
Hi Urs, Very good from my point of view. There was just under forty people on the Saturday and I guess just less than thirty for the Saturday evening meal. John and Stuart did eventually manage to find some Real Ale in the village. The hotel was reasonable and the food edible (My room was

Re: [Ql-Users] The forgotten half

2008-10-22 Thread John Southern
On Wednesday 22 October 2008 19:53:14 Malcolm Cadman wrote: OK. To kick the debate off ... how many people are regularly attending at Quanta Group local meetings ? I organise the London Group meetings, for example, and the attendance now is only a small handful, when it could still be (

Re: [Ql-Users] NEMQLUG Pandora

2008-01-29 Thread John Southern
On Tuesday 29 January 2008 08:21:42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone remember if the Pandora metal case for the QL came with an instruction leaflet? If it did I seem to have lost mine. I used to have an Aurora/Super Gold Card combination fitted inside the case but sold the parts when I

Re: [ql-users] The way forward

2006-04-14 Thread John Southern
On Thursday 13 April 2006 23:42, John Gilpin wrote: Pity you didn't get over to the Manchester AGM. Nemqlug (the host sub group) had a real WORKING party at the workshop, repairing old QLs and other associated equipment. We also had a number of working QL Monitors for sale from as little as £1

Re: [ql-users] Minix for QDOS

2005-09-18 Thread John Southern
On Saturday 17 September 2005 18:40, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Anyone know if there indeed was a Minix system for the QL and what happened to it? There was definitely a Minix for the QL. I seem to remember buying a copy from somewhere in East Anglia. I think (it was a very long time ago and I gave

Re: [ql-users] Help

2005-09-05 Thread John Southern
On Monday 05 September 2005 21:10, Robert Newson wrote: Can anyone help me regarding the multi-input din socket on a Sony TV? (Namely what each Pin could represent?) Depends on what model? Could be a S-Video, AV cable, EIAJ for video camera support, EVID-30 etc., What model TV and how many

Re: [ql-users] Archive - ALTER command

2005-05-14 Thread John Southern
On Saturday 14 May 2005 15:10, John Gilpin wrote: I seem to remember, a long time ago, using the Archive ALTER command with a list of field names so that although you have (say) all the fields of a database visible on the monitor screen, by putting only some of them into the list, you only

Re: [ql-users] Quanta AGM 2005

2005-05-08 Thread John Southern
On Monday 09 May 2005 00:04, Tony Firshman wrote: I need help with a couple of names. Unknown. I am forgetting names in my old age. Help -- Roy Kempton? John S ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Ghostscript 6.0

2005-04-22 Thread John Southern
On Friday 22 April 2005 19:15, Duncan Neithercut wrote: Anyone an expert on Ghostscript. Have installed it on my Q60, and it works very well, prints postscript files and text and graphics. It comes with some utility scripts one of which gslp.ps allows the printing of text files directly to the

Re: [ql-users] Ghostscript 6.0

2005-04-22 Thread John Southern
On Friday 22 April 2005 21:51, Duncan Neithercut wrote: Thanks but thats the manual seems to say what I have been using without success. do you need to specify an output device or font in the command line as well? No to both questions. I have just run it here and as you can see below it

Re: [ql-users] Hove Show and AGM

2005-04-19 Thread John Southern
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 10:04, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Off the top of my head, that's most of what I can remember, anyone else remember anything else important to mention? Not important, but I also stood down from the Quanta committee and Sarah Gilpin became the secretary of Quanta ;-) John S

Re: [ql-users] Fw: RE:Quanta AGM

2005-03-31 Thread John Southern
On Thursday 31 March 2005 18:28, Tarquin Mills wrote: I going to put forward a special resolution for next year to abolish clause 11.0 (Honoraria) which basically means giving officials money out of Quanta funds. At worst this is corrupt, at best a waste of precious money that could be better

Re: [ql-users] Fw: RE:Quanta AGM

2005-03-31 Thread John Southern
On Thursday 31 March 2005 19:20, gwicks wrote: I think there is something that is a more urgent priority. I was surprised to discover this year that committee members do not pay a subscription. This is not in the constitution and I have no idea when and why it was approved. As a matter of

Re: [ql-users] Quanta AGM

2005-03-29 Thread John Southern
On Monday 28 March 2005 17:58, Tarquin Mills wrote: Questions. 1. What would Geoff Wicks do differently as leader? 2. Why should I approve Special Resolution 2 when they can have enough members by co-opting? 3. Why should I approve SP1 when it stops the top posts changing

Re: [ql-users] [OT] What happened to BACC

2005-03-25 Thread John Southern
On Friday 25 March 2005 10:39, John Taylor wrote: Quanta is still affiliated to BACC as the insurance cover has to be obtained through them. John Gilpin should have the details. I attended several of the BACC AGM's and found them very disappointing. As Chairman of ACCUS you should be able to

Re: [ql-users] October / November Quanta Magazine

2004-12-01 Thread John Southern
On Saturday 27 November 2004 15:46, Rich Mellor wrote: BTW secretary AT quanta email address is still not working Does anyone have John's direct email address for me please... Hi Rich, OK try either [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards John S

Re: [ql-users] Questionnaire

2004-11-26 Thread John Southern
Original QLs 3 Qemulator 3 Q60 2 Q40 1 Qlay 1 QXL 1 SGC Remembering that people can mark down more than one wordprocessor or spreadsheet For Wordprocessors 22 Quill 15 Text87 7 Editor 4 Perfection 3 Paragraph For Spreadsheets 19 Abacus 16 QSpread Regards John Southern

Re: [ql-users] UQLX page on Yahoo

2004-06-30 Thread John Southern
On Monday 28 June 2004 21:22, Timothy Swenson wrote: When I try to connect to the UQLX main web page on Yahoo. I keep getting an Inactive site error message. Does anybody know of another site the Richard is now using? The site moved to http://linux-q40.sourceforge.net/ Does anyone know of a