Re: [ql-users] D17-QL?

Thank you Jerome and Phoebus for the little reminder where these (and other designations of note) may be found on the hardware John in Wales

Re: [ql-users] Problem with SGC.

Peter wrote - FORMAT flp1_HD_DISK *h (The 11th characters are not displayed on a DIR.) Thanks Robert - I was searching for the SGC/GC manual but couldn't find it anywhere: I bet it's in there somewhere. - I would also have bet on it - but I can't

[ql-users] Re: HTH

Hit The Hardware Hope that helps, Dilwyn ;) John in Wales

Re: [ql-users] Things (was Super Sprite Generator 4.0)

Thank you Robert for asking ... ...what exactly are Things? Thank you Dilwyn for the most helpful I've read yet Viz - Virtually anything you want them to be, hence the name. Probably best snip I've tried and tried with 'things'. Now I understand that I didn't understand! John in Wales

[ql-users] Re: Q-less

Dave sez - BTW: I'm still QL-less... Scary huh? Malcolm sez - Well, if you ever visit England that can be cured :-) John sez - It can also be cured if you _prioritise_ (;) and that means coming to Wales...! One JM + Gold Card + Microvitec Cub Monitor + DD disks + all else necessary Collect

Re: [ql-users] Virus

I said - 1. The latest Internet Explorer (v6.0) [incorporating Outlook Express] has more inherent security than previous versions. Roy said - Wrong - read the Register (www.theregister.co.uk) it has more holes that a Swiss cheese. I did - Security update download (2.27Mb!) I say - Thanks Roy

Re: [ql-users] Virus

I did - Security update download (2.27Mb!) Phoebus said - And what exactly do you think that solved? I say - Visit the website yourself Phoebus, read the MS public acknowledgement of work done by non-MS analysts - it'll make you feel better. John in Wales

Re: [ql-users] Virus

Re: Hi Geoff, the singular MOST important thing you need to do to get rid of worms of that kind is to get rid of Outlook you are using :-) You wouldn't have any trouble with Eudora for example :-) ... or Turnpike. This is Demon's mailer, but is generally usable for about £25 I think. It is

[ql-users] Mailwidth

Thierry notes -. .(over 400 messages in 2002 (i.e. in 15 days) already in ql-users, wow !) == Hello Malcolm. Are you already up all night with a current QUANTA summary? This month perhaps you'd rather opt for - ..be[ing] infested with the cracks of a thousand

[ql-users] Yuuuuck.

. Yck. (Ok, I don't sound like Nasta. He wouldn't say Yuck when 500 words would do ;) = A trades-union convenor once famously said *something*(!) like - The lads deserve every explanation they can get; and more if they can get them... Be assured Nasta that some of us

[ql-users] Re: QL - its uses

Dave Dexter writes: How do people actually use their machines these days? What's in demand? === If I may (please) borrow Dilwyn's words - I tend to do anything computer related on the QL (well, QPC2) where possible and resort to the PC for anything I can't do from the QL half -

Re: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again

Re: Now then John (in Wales), I have to admit, I never ever understand what you are on about with your 'Little Willy' and 'Big Dave' stories - sorry. = Oh dear Norman!... My learned friends are his and hers QL Dave and Little Willie. Little willys are nothing to do with me. John in Wales

Re: [ql-users] Our Friend Dave again...

Remember sunny April and - Ello Dave, I said on the blower, Gotta a little one for you. Dave is a linguist. He knows Latin and all that stuff. Where did the Romans get their idea for 'Londinium'? Any Ideas? I continued. Dunno came the reply - but I know a man who does. ? Yes! it's the

Re: [ql-users] NOT(Stafford Show)

Just in case there are others out there with money to spend, with a little help from Stephen herewith the results of my trawl for *UK* computer fairs. All list events before Christmas. Computer Fairs and Radio Rallies == Technofairs http://www.technofair.com/calendar.htm

Re: [ql-users] Stafford Show

Try http://www.technofair.com/calendar.htm Stephen === Thank you Stephen. Alas, no *immediate* joy there. Still open for any other suggestions...! John in Wales

[ql-users] Stafford Show

Nothing more on a Stafford Show then? John in Wales PS The new look QUANTA has given me back my eyesight ;)

[ql-users] e-maill: ENCODING

Re: It is not you, Tony, it is the setting that John has I believe ... which has been changed from - Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii . Possibly to a M$ alternative :-( Yep - that is what the TP programmers tell me. They _very_ politely advise that Malcolm ditch his ISP. Not a QL topic

[ql-users] Stafford Computer Show

Anyone have news regarding an Autumn Show at Stafford Showground this year please? John In Wales

Re: [ql-users] Stafford Computer Show

Sharwood Promotions? John in Wales Anyone have news regarding an Autumn Show at Stafford Showground this year please? Good point. I haven't. I would go, especially if there was a QL contingent. I forget who organises it - Sharwood? If I could remember the name, I

Re: [ql-users] Aver nother laaaarf

At 05:40 ìì 10/9/2001 +0100, you wrote: Last week I installed a network card. Its 'ReadMe.txt' had a section entitled: Trouble Shouting...! :)John in Wales Oh I just love tenglish (=Taiwanese English) == Absolutely spot on Pheobus. It is, as you say,

[ql-users] Aver nother laaaarf

Last week I installed a network card. Its 'ReadMe.txt' had a section entitled: Trouble Shouting...! :)John in Wales

Re: [ql-users] Counte Coup

Thanks, I'm trying to do my best although at the moment I don't have any time for developments (exams...). :-( Best wishes with the exams Marcel. John in Wales

Re: [ql-users] Spam

The astonishing thing is the number of people that seem to have fallen for that. Pure greed! There's a lot of it [greed] about John in Wales

Re: [ql-users] M$ Mailers - WAS Virus alert (No, not a hoax !)

Timothy said - Most users are not aware of the security features and trust the default options, making themselves vulnerable to a trojan horse attack. The main rule is to not execute any attachment. By default Outlook can execute code without any acceptance by the user. A very bad default

Re: [ql-users] NEXT in FOR-loop

Norman Dunbar wrote: Anyone fancy writing a COBOL compiler for the QL :o) MMmmm - that could be my next series of articles in QL Toady ! (Only kidding Dilwyn, only kidding !) Too late, deadline is... -- Dilwyn Jones So, Common Bi-monthly Orientated Language it is

Re: [ql-users] Virus alert (No, not a hoax !)

SNIP Anyway it will only affect people who are foolish enough to run M$ mailers. SNIP Tony, that will only stop it from spreading outward from your, ahem, PC. It won't stop it running its payload - which is apparently to delete a few files at random then later on, format your hard drive(s).

Re: Re: [ql-users] QL serial ports

Ian has said - I can't remember the exact name of the book - something like The Indispensable PC Hardware Book or words to that effect. = A book I have found very useful in the ports-and-pins arena is - NEWES COMPUTER ENGINEER'S POCKET BOOK I have the 2nd edition -

Re: [ql-users] QL List:: QPC2v1 and TRA

Thanks Al, Ian and Robert (Cm) of Llundain for all your help with this one - all hard copied and neatly filed! At last I might just be small enough to get my fishing net between the processor and the serial port. We shall see. John in Quiet Peaceful Corner of Heaven, TRA la la.

Re: [ql-users] OT: foot and mouth...

An ex sound engineer wrote (in English too) - === No doubt, John Hitchcock will suddenly stop using the "John in Wales" signature after this == They seek John here They seek John there The government seek him everywhere! Is he in heaven?

[ql-users] QL List:: QPC2v1 and TRA

I'm anxious to make use of the SMSQ/E "TRA" command with QPC-2 (details below). I have turned up Jan Bredenbeek's program "TRA1_bas" (QUANTA October 1986 p11 and QUANTA [Old] QLibrary Disk 12). The code is listed below. When the following is entered to an "empty" QPC-2 (memory size=4) [under

Re: [ql-users] Inactivity Rules Again - OK!

Just as I thought things were nicely under control, alas another outbreak! Norman, further to your request to us to regard your request to disregard your request for help. (I could / should? have used a "goto" or perhaps a string function there. Is it recursive? or non-recursive recursion?)

Re: [ql-users] Screen Depth

Norman said - " so please disregard my request for help - thanks anyway." No probs Norm. After all, you did say "please" AND "thank you". Oh, if only all of life's little requests were so easy to comply with. Best Regards, John in Wales PS All my friends (and a dark

Re: [ql-users] Xchange 3.90L - printing from Easel

On 21.01.01 Tony wrote - = I am having trouble printing from Easel using Xchange 3.90L. I am using the badged Sinclair FX80 compat, so the only driver supplied (epsonibm?) should be OK. Clearly though the code output means nothing to the printer. Easel with default driver

Re: [ql-users] QPC2v2 again

Peter has said - Look at it this way: If a Windows PC is a QL, then a Sun workstation is an Amiga, an AIX server is a gameboy, and a Macistosh is a Windows PC. Software is Hardware, emulation is native, and everything is everything. I've contributed absolutely nowt to this fascinating thread -

Re: [ql-users] QPC2v2 again

Phoebus said - Nuff said (as my American Friends say) When I worked for Castrol (Ellesmere Port, UK) there was at the end of one expansive production floor a giant space-heater. Her name was "Fairy Nuff". I know this because it was chalked on her, in large letters, just above her ample and

Re: [ql-users] Tony 'six sheds' firshman

Tony said - Well the editing still left two mentions of the QL. Every little helps! However, this is nearly as confusing as QPC nomenclatures. i.e. I thought we were trying to persude people not to "shed" their QLs ! John on Wales

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 V2 Final version

QPC2 V2 Final version Malcolm reports - "Just received it and installed it over the previous version." == Thus I have - 1) Downloaded the zip file (thank you Jochen) 2) Extracted 3 files (SMSQE.bin / QPC2.exe / Version2.txt) 3) Overwritten the old