RE: [ql-users] A correction for Claude

2002-01-05 Thread Claude Mourier 00
Thank's a lot. And you are a lucky man : you survive a Windows crash ;-) -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : samedi 5 janvier 2002 05:30 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] A correction for Claude Claude, I see on Thierry's smsq.free.fr

Re: [ql-users] seasonal cheer, Silly Season

2002-01-05 Thread Dennis Sutherland
John In Wales (wrote) I was amused to hear someone say recently If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all! and Robert's hastily rushes back to shallow end of pool :-) sure made me smile! As it did I. =8-) I take it from recent posts that W98 is not the ideal platform for

Re: [ql-users] The reality...

2002-01-05 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 at 01:32:00, Dexter wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Tony Firshman wrote: Even better, in our conversation I talked about superHermes. That is (as you Dexter may not know) a plug in replacement for the 8749. Yes, I visited your site and looked at

Re: [ql-users] The reality... and other things

2002-01-05 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 at 01:06:39, ZN wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) It's nice to see the group being so active once again, though I have to confess I'm actually postponing an email to my family just to answer this (hopefully the won't disown me if they ever find out :-) ). [Replacement

Re: [ql-users] seasonal cheer, Silly Season

2002-01-05 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I take it from recent posts that W98 is not the ideal platform for QPC2 and SMSQ/E? Or anything else it seems, by my experience lately. Dennis N9VRB ICQ# 801900 Not necessarily. I still use WIndows 95 because my PC is quite old and I suspect anything more recent would cripple it. Some

Re: [ql-users] The reality... and other things

2002-01-05 Thread Dilwyn Jones
snip fonts. Another possibility is the PDA like devices. Tony Tebby himself had ideas along these lines, with a neat concept called the ATAB. Which, BTW would be well worth investing some design ime into... Nasta Arnould Nazarian gave me some insight into this at QL2000 and it was a very

Re: [ql-users] seasonal cheer, Silly Season

2002-01-05 Thread Dennis Sutherland
I take it from recent posts that W98 is not the ideal platform for QPC2 and SMSQ/E? Or anything else it seems, by my experience lately. Dennis N9VRB ICQ# 801900 Not necessarily. I still use WIndows 95 because my PC is quite old and I suspect anything more recent would cripple it. I

Re: [ql-users] Future of QL - The continuing Saga... Part 9.8E13 ;-)

2002-01-05 Thread Richard Zidlicky
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 10:58:08PM +, Dexter wrote: On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Peter Graf wrote: PCI instead of ISA on Q40/Q60 would give you: *No* expandability under QDOS/SMS at all. Peter, thanks for explaining where the problem lies... Could you just fill things out a little

Re: [ql-users] QL Today May-June 2001

2002-01-05 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
Oh and of course Peter is correct: I never did and never will tell anyone how to choose a QL system, or what to run their QL software on. All I did and I am guilty as charge was say that I don't believe that QPC is a QL system in its own right. I do respect democracy too much else my name

Re: [ql-users] The reality...

2002-01-05 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Hi Arnould, Schools are very risk averse, and a difficult market to sell into. They have many special needs: high durability, long live, unbreakable, cheap, cheap or zero cost upgrade cycles, and transparent (to clearly show the principles being taught. In my mind, schools are not the

[ql-users] UQLX on StrongARM

2002-01-05 Thread Dexter
I just tried to compile and run UQLX on a LART (www.lart.tudelft.nl) with no success, mainly because the LART doesn't have any video hardware I think. I have a RiscPC which does have the necessary video hardware, and I have a prototype ARM7500FE-based board here that's almost finished - I just

Re: [ql-users] QL Schematic

2002-01-05 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 at 22:24:17, P Witte wrote: (ref: 000e01c19637$d1395e10$0100a8c0@gamma) If were thinking about a future for the QL in line with its promising beginnings something entirely different is called for than trying to catch up with mainstream. The QL isnt a PC; its a computer! We