On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 at 21:50:14, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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But it's not true about me and that sheep! ;)
You should ask Dilwyn about the sheep and the haystack !
I bribed you to stay quiet about that one, so I'll have the money back
with interest please
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 at 10:05:41, Michael Grunditz wrote:
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Is there any qwk mailer program wich I can use as a point on fidonet ,
or can I use pbox and in that case how ?
Yes PBOX works OK.
You simply set up PBOX and use its own mailer to contact a BBS.
Of course the
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 at 17:21:26, Michael Grunditz wrote:
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 at 10:05:41, Michael Grunditz wrote:
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Is there any qwk mailer program wich I can use
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 at 15:39:51, Dave wrote:
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Hi all,
I'd like to promote a discussion about the features of a QL-based email
program. I don't want to discuss standard features just yet, but those
exotic features that will really help us.
For example, I've recently
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 at 21:03:12, Dave wrote:
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Tony Firshman wrote:
Well, less is more. Clive taught me that.
... but it is 'fewer'
Amazing the way English (and American I think) has lost good English
from Tony Blair through the BBC to schools
On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 at 22:10:24, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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Unfortunately neither Turbo itself not its output is very clean:
It is
neither ROMable not Thingable ;(
Given Simon's Assembly background I would think that the output from
TURBO
would be fairly
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 at 18:53:59, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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At 06:44 ìì 19/4/2002, you wrote:
For SBASIC programming, best start is TURBO, which is now freeware. It's not
quite as powerfull as Qliberator, but you can get it online (check Dilwyn's
web site) with manuals and
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 at 00:20:49, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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Additionally being restrictive in some aspects I believe that is a
feature. By being very strict programmers are forced to write clean
programs
... but I abandoned Turbo because I was trying to compile other
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 at 10:43:25, ZN wrote:
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Phoebus Dokos wrote:
but I was asking if you can assign a .win file (any QXL.WIN file,
regardless of filename or disk - a la QPC :-).
The only way I know that works with QXL, assuming you are using DOS is to
use SUBST.
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 at 06:44:27, wrote:
Another wrongly setup attribute-- ^ (8-)#
blank == Wolfgang Lenerz (I think)
(ref: 3CBFBCCB.21958.1DDB5@localhost)
On 18 Apr 2002, at 9:20, Tony Firshman wrote:
Needs a tiny
soldering bit though and bravado.
.. and you have lots of those
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 at 23:29:55, ZN wrote:
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These days drives do not have jumpers any more.
There are though solder pads on a lot of drives actually marked DS0/DS1
I have soldered the link for Bill Richardson a few times. Needs a tiny
soldering bit though and bravado.
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 at 21:23:43, Dennis Sutherland wrote:
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Phoebus,
IIRC I had to invert one of the signals on the video. Now just
which one it was??
In 84-5 a new RGB monitor was funtional with this inverted
signal. Perhaps
one of the fellows over
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 at 09:20:12, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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At 09:07 ðì 16/4/2002, you wrote:
I thought I'd share this one with you all - seeing as how there is no
Assembler Tutorial in the latest QL Taody.
There are 10 kinds of people in this world -
Those who understand
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 at 15:41:01, Norman Dunbar wrote:
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So did Douglas :o)
Whoops - who was 'Richard' I wonder (8-)#
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On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 at 02:37:27, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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At 02:22 ðì 13/4/2002, Tony The Wizard Firshman wrote:
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 at 21:19:52, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
Snippety - Snip
..., think again Even with
the fastest card, due to QubIDE restrictions (yep 8 bit
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 at 09:12:25, Dexter wrote:
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On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
Will send you a printed copy tomorrow :-) Thank Timothy for that :-)
It really isn't necessary - 90% of it is webbed - it just didn't translate
very well from scanned sheets to
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 at 16:38:20, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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Boot file loads the following:
SMSQ/E 2.91
QLiberator runtimes
IPCMouse
QPAC2
Time to boot using a 2 Mb RomDisq (From the F1/F2 prompt till windows
set up and everything): 12.8 sec. (Cache_off and SCR2EN)
Same
Anyone know where
Wayne Weedon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
is now?
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 at 23:18:50, Dexter wrote:
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Oh, for heaven's sake, why would you need a custom transformer?
My dear Nasta, have you become so disillusioned that you don't see the
*fun* in winding yer own transformer? ;P
It's a great way to pass an evening :o)
...
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 at 17:25:45, ZN wrote:
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On 09/04/02 at 12:23 Phoebus Dokos wrote:
Hi all,
I am turning to the list for any ideas...
As you might have guessed at last I have a working (well sort of) Aurora
setup... However I experience a couple of problems, mainly
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 at 14:17:54, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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At 12:15 ìì 8/4/2002, you wrote:
Who?^
This is something I got pulled up (rightly) on quite a while back.
This attribute is fine for personal email, but is not good in a public
area. I bet it is
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 at 11:04:48, ZN wrote:
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On 09/04/02 at 14:31 Claude Mourier 00 wrote:
Clive Sinclair working for the French??
I know that Sir Clive's skills lay in other places other than
marketing, but has he sold out to the french I wonder??
Just that I saw a
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 at 09:34:31, wrote:
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On 27 Mar 2002, at 19:32, Dexter wrote:
There are two ways to make money from SMSQ:
1. Be Tony Tebby.
2. ...
To be quite frank, I resent that comment. the decision the pay TT
some money was not his, but was an
Does anyone have the documentation for the Miracle Hard Disk?
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On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 at 11:14:27, Timothy Swenson wrote:
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Tony,
I got some hard copy with the one that Ruth sent me. I can either photocopy
and send via snail mail, or I can scan it in and send to you.
Thanks - a scanned copy would be great, thanks.
--
Tony Firshman
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 at 19:31:27, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
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Well, if you ever visit England I've got lots of them ... that have been
donated to the London Quanta Group. They are too heavy to economically
post.
Who donated you lots of 110 ac power supplies with US
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 at 19:21:23, Tony Firshman wrote:
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On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 at 11:14:27, Timothy Swenson wrote:
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Tony,
I got some hard copy with the one that Ruth sent me. I can either photocopy
and send via snail mail, or I can scan
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 at 21:08:25, Dexter wrote:
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Well, if you ever visit England I've got lots of them ... that have been
donated to the London Quanta Group. They are too heavy to economically
post.
I wonder. Do the transformers in QL PSUs have 120 and 240v windings,
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 at 22:10:09, Dexter wrote:
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On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
In addition you should find C68 on the QL easy to adapt to.
If using it is anything like using GCC, I'll be fine...
ql.spodmail.com
(New posts by Nasta in the forum, with
On Sat, 6 Apr 2002 at 20:13:10, Geoff Wicks wrote:
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- Original Message -
From: P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ql-users] DIANOUX [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Finally, those who moan
about Lookout Express should consider how they would feel
about changing their
On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 at 13:48:22, Richard Zidlicky wrote:
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On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 08:13:10PM +0100, Geoff Wicks wrote:
It may be surprising
for some but the QL actually had working email/news programs for
maus and fido -nets long before MS - and at that time
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 at 16:11:38, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
(ref: 3X6Z6PNNJ6ZMJPL07DCWVMURIF1XB8.3cae130a@quantum-central)
5/4/2002 4:05:54 ??, / Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] :
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dexter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
Well i am not
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 at 09:09:12, Claude Mourier 00 wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
De : Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Envoyé : jeudi 4 avril 2002 01:40
À : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Objet : Re: [ql-users] DIANOUX [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(...)
Maybe, as a doctor, he could prescribe something (8
!
Medicine is ever one step after the illness: in a first time, medicine is
just contemplative; then, sometimes active.
That is a very nice intellectual reply.
I am glad you have cured it now.
I do wonder who these b**s are.
--
Tony Firshman
solution
would require Microsoft to cut back on unneeded dangerous features
and that probably won't happen until the doomsday.
Demon's Turnpike has been 100% OK since I started using it 5 years ago.
There are no security flaws in it - well none the hackers know about.
--
Tony Firshman
Watch out if you are in his address book - he has a worm.
File comes as PICS.DOCS.scr
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On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 at 23:25:46, P Witte wrote:
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Hiall,
This is the third virus Ive had from [EMAIL PROTECTED] within
the last couple of months. So far I have escaped, but sooner or later
someones going to take a hit. Cant he be switched off until he
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 at 08:44:11, wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
In a message dated 02/04/02 08:57:45 GMT Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have been looking at some of the software which I sell and
checking
whether it works on QPC or not.
Two problems which I am unable to
Giles Walker seems to have flown away from the following:
Giles Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Giles Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anyone know where he has gone to earth?
He is a retired BA airline pilot who loves in Scotland.
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On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 at 20:15:25, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Tony Firshman wrote:
He is a retired BA airline pilot who loves in Scotland.
^
insert joke here :-)
Oh dear oh dear oh dear.
That was entirely accidental, honest.
Mind you
I am afraid all varieties of you hotmail account are bouncing, even
including the advertised [EMAIL PROTECTED] so I have no idea whether
you got the copy of the emailshot draft I sent you.
Please reply privately, and give me an email address that works (8-)#
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On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 at 01:44:26, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Errr any ideas??
About what?
Does anyone know if these programs will work on the Q40 or any other
emulators??
QXL, Q40 and Q60 don't have a second screen either. I think the same
On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 at 17:55:56, wrote:
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I have been looking at some of the software which I sell and checking
whether it works on QPC or not.
Two problems which I am unable to solve exist (do far), namely
Deathstrike and Hoverzone - both of these programs fail to work
Darren, your hotmail account is bouncing (as usual (8-)# )
Have you had my email about the AGM mailing via your new address?
Plse reply privately.
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Voice:
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 at 16:56:26, wrote:
(ref: Hb5f1240e71f.1017248184.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS)
Oh boy.
It is little Jimmy's birthday party. All his little friends are there.
Little Jimmy's dad instructs (with naive futility) the children to play
nicely with the new toys [so adults
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 at 08:01:22, Jerome Grimbert wrote:
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Tony Firshman makes some magical things to make me read
} I have understood the bit about no charge in giving copies. As someone
} running a PD library I'll mention here I'm happy to adhere strictly by
} this.
} I
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 at 12:15:47, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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The way IRCs work,it is evident to the sender as a notice is posted on
the return letter (when IRCs are used). (At least that's what happens
in Greece). This way you have an additional check on the distributor's
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 at 14:52:21, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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If Tony is happy, these could be held with the rest of my
manuals-on-disk to provide replacement manuals for those needing them,
and a one-stop source of QL documentation.
No problem with sH.
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 at 15:29:17, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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Following the discussions at EIndhoven,here is what has been agreed
upon,
Tony TEBBY also having agreed to it:
This is good news, a positive step forward. And having someone as
highly regarded as
On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 at 13:29:15, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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Tony Firshman wrote:
This is all done after 1am, just having returned from Eindhoven, so
would welcome correction (even by myself when I re-awake later)
DSR/DTR connections are not needed.
QL
On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 at 09:05:50, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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0i all and sorry about the following- I am trying to locate a fellow
QLer from Greece that reads the list:
George Lamtzidis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 at 10:23:22, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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Does anyone have an Aurora Manual (scanned or otherwise)? I want to
setup mine and my manual is still in Greece :-)
Send me a private email pls.
1.5mb manual word .doc coming by email, so no-one else send it plse
On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 at 18:59:13, ZN wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
On 3/24/02 at 11:44 PM Tony Firshman wrote:
Does anyone have an Aurora Manual (scanned or otherwise)? I want to
setup mine and my manual is still in Greece :-)
Send me a private email pls.
1.5mb manual word .doc coming
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 at 11:25:27, Norman Dunbar wrote:
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My Sinclair addictions started before that :
- I always wanted a 'Scientific' calculator - untill I found out about RPN.
A fried had one back in school around 1973-74-75 ish, and when you did 0 0
divide, it started
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 at 18:47:05, Duncan Neithercut wrote:
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Hi
TF services once made me up a serial to serial cable with one QL conector
and one standard connector.
I used it to transfer files from a basic QL with microdrives to an AMIGA
1200 running the QL emulator.
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 at 12:06:12, wrote:
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Me too :-)) I have a Sinclair TV though And one of the new X-1 FM
radios he is currently selling on his website.
I made a few of these from Greenweld parts. What a terrible pcb and
manufacture it was, and ate very
On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 at 14:36:17, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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OK, to get this resolved, can someone check the data below and
correct/fill in blanks as necessary so this data can be permanently
posted somewhere to clear this up.
This is all done after 1am,
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 at 09:21:28, wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Phoebus is referring to a problem his wife had cashing a bank draft I sent
him to pay for some CF adapter samples.
The cashier then asked Whats Ireland? (I kid you not, 40 million
americans claim Irish decent,
I am sure you
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 at 14:40:46, Jerome Grimbert wrote:
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A serial cable is all you need, with the right connection...
One of the two must be a DTE and the other DCE.
Best thing is to use Ser2 on QL with normal QL serial cable,
(if you have one for a printer for
, and then forget the IRCs.
The std QL printer lead would be dodgy as it doesn't have proper
handshaking.
Tony Firshman perhaps has (or can make) the necessary cables.
(plug, plug)
No - plug only QL end. It is a 9D socket at the Q40 end (8-)#
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 at 08:10:15, Al Feng wrote:
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This may or may not work [someone else will tell you whether this is
worth trying OR you can just give it a go] ...
When I looked at the NETwork ports on the QL a long time ago, I (lacking
the hardware expertise of
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 at 08:57:29, Al Feng wrote:
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:46:34 + Tony Firshman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 at 08:10:15, Al Feng wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
snip
THAT suggests that if you ascertain which SERial pins
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 at 14:23:49, ZN wrote:
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Observing the ports in question (with not entirely adequate equipment!) may
have resultind in the impression that the signals are the same - they are
not. Also, the net port only has two pins, really - one is ground and the
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 at 20:26:30, Timothy Swenson wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
With a null modem cable (or Ser1 on the Q40 to Ser2 on the QL), it
should be fairly simple to send ASCII data (and possibly binary).
No no no no (8-)#
Null modem cables are no good at all - in the UK at least they
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 at 08:42:11, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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Oh and
For those who missed me (very few I gather) I am 100% recovered (or so
I hope) from that nasty respiratory infection so
I can be once more your most hated annoyance :-)
How did it affect your fingers then
On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 at 18:17:21, ZN wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Joachim wrote:
As I already mentioned, I am willing to volunteer for the following
changes in SMSQ.
- have all windows draw their contents in the save area
- background update of windows (same mechanism)
Ye! :-)
In
Jochen is having trouble linking to ql-users right now - his mail
bounces, which is why we had forwarded mail (from Bruce N)
so do not read anything into Jochen's small involvement in the
discussion.
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On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 20:22:41, Timothy Swenson wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
From the Commercial Side, Roy Wood and Tony Firshman.
I think Roy and Jochen - ie much as now.
I have always been a hardware man (8-)#
It would be nice to get Lau involved, but I don't know his
availability
I
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 09:26:51, wrote:
(ref: Hb5f122c22a6.1016098010.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS)
What I did on the I/O cards that passed through me was remove
the metal
locating strip, and file the cutouts which screwed onto the D plugs so
that the card sat lower onto the board
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 14:35:52, wrote:
(ref: Hb5f122c22ad.1016116551.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS)
Alternatively, I might just leave well alone now I've got it working
again, and tell the cat to tread lightly near it, instead of thundering
up and down the stairs after her stuffed
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 17:05:48, wrote:
(ref: Hb5f122d3e7b.1016125546.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS)
That reminds me of Henry. She used to sit on my QL way back
in 1994, as it was nice and warm (8-)#
Sam is a living Van der Graaf generator. She goes near my computers, or
me, and
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 at 12:20:55, wrote:
(ref: Hb5f122a3eda.1016022053.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS)
Last night I removed the Q40 completely from its case and set it all up
on the table. It ran all evening (about 3.5 hours) with not a flicker
of interference on the monitor. Not even when
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 at 17:33:41, wrote:
(ref: Hb5f122b6a33.1016040819.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS)
Looks like a new box might be the solution.
It is more likely to be the height of the case stand-offs.
I found that this need to be very carefully set, otherwise
the I/O card
is not
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 at 23:12:29, Tony Firshman wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
I see the 'Find:' entry in the Address Book does not auto-highlight when
selected with text in. If it did (like say the MSIE URL entry, and like
almost any text entry field one can name) then it could autodelete
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 08:21:39, Norman Dunbar wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
-Original Message-
From: Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
... the tails are bent round
in a tight 180% degrees, and the bend is under tension.
If I remember correctly, 180 degrees is not bent
Al - could you please let me know (privately if you prefer) your correct
email address.
The one you quote alfengATjunoDOTcom bounces.
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 10:53:48, wrote:
(ref: Hb5f122619c6.1015844026.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS)
It was not a good weekend for my Q40. The problem is with the video.
The machine boots and appears to be working because you can still see
the picture on the monitor, but superimposed on
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 11:51:59, wrote:
(ref: Hb5f122619cd.1015847517.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS)
You don't actually say, but are your memory chips soldered or
socketed?
If socketed, then check that all pins are properly located.
The chips are socketed. The sockets are staggered,
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 11:57:28, Norman Dunbar wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:52 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?
... and the
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 10:41:27, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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??? 11/3/2002 10:30:12 , ?/? Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??:
Darren Branagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am _sure_
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 15:58:38, wrote:
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The qcelt one is still alive, but the problem is with damn spam - I get
about 1.8Mb of pure unadulterated rubbish into my inbox everyday, and
unless I visit it daily to remove all the spam it quickly eats into my 2Mb
mailbox
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 16:11:04, wrote:
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That sounds pretty horrible to me :o(
I repeat
This is _exactly_ how the chips are designed.
They have the same pin layout as the GC/SGC memory chips, but are
longer.
Not
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 11:03:19, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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??? 11/3/2002 10:53:17 , ?/? Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??:
It was about one of your mailers not adding the '' indents on quoted
text, so that the whole email became
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 11:12:05, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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At 11:04 ÐÌ 11/3/2002, you wrote:
I had a similar problem with my Q40, in my case was
related with the Ram Simm.
I removed it and cleaned carefully both the simm
contacts and the sockets.
I use alcohol to do it, it
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 00:08:10, P Witte wrote:
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Al Feng writes:
I *know* (for example) that SMSQ/E is BETTER, but I doubt that I could be
convinced to buy it, now, without first seeing what it can/cannot do
compared to the plain-jane variant
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 at 20:19:17, Al Feng wrote:
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BTW. Just as many want to hold to their notion that the material
selection, alone, is the problem, I will maintain my belief that if the
tails were not located in proximity of the heatsink that the problem of
premature
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 at 06:48:31, Al Feng wrote:
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On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 09:03:21 + Tony Firshman
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original C84 QL membranes - snipped
I presume by clear you mean window glass clear
Yes. I have seen this sort of plastic on many other computers
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 at 14:28:26, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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After swapping out my fourth [!?!] membrane, I was more than happy to
pony up the funds for the maligned-by-others Falkenberg keyboard
interface [the earlier Scho(e)n ABC keyboards with
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 at 09:37:23, Al Feng wrote:
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Heck, if I lived in New England (or, England) and could actually see
ANY-/everything demo'd ahead of time, I would probably own a lot more QL
related hardware/software ... or, certainly, different hardware/software
I see
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 at 11:39:59, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
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On 8 Mar 2002, at 20:50, Timothy Swenson wrote:
After 12 years of using my QL with a keyboard interface, there is no way
that I am going back.
Yes, that was one of the first things I did with my
I have just had a very funny chat with a customer.
He is an original black lump devotee, but has just hit one of his QLs
with a club hammer! I lost an archive file and got cross
so a Minerva 1.81 has gone to the tip (8-(#
Still, he wants his other QL mended, so is still with us, so to
On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 at 13:50:20, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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At 01:48 ìì 7/3/2002, you wrote:
In reply to my own post, I have one particular question.
What is the specified and typical force required to actuate a key on a QL
keyboard? Newtons or ounces please!
Dave
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 at 06:20:22, Al Feng wrote:
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EVERYONE!
Speculation about the material used in the QL's membranes by Sinclair
or otherwise seems futile.
It is worth noting, IMO, that the reason that the membranes have failed
in the past, and will probably fail in
I was in the middle of replying to a msg from Dave, but my m/c crashed
and I cannot find the original now (8-(#
A mention was made of a keyboard type with carbon pads onto a pcb and
ribbon cable tails. This is exactly what a UK Co (Keyboard Products)
used to make for the QL - it replaced the
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 at 21:24:28, Tony Firshman wrote:
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2) The pcb was sub-standard, and the 'gold' plated contacts weren't.
Weren't 'gold' I mean.
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On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 at 22:52:34, Dave wrote:
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On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Tony Firshman wrote:
1) Keybounce. They produced a replacement 8749 to 'cure' this, which it
did. Unfortunately it killed ser2 (8-(# Hermes/superHermes have cured
key bounce with all keyboards
On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 at 01:39:58, Dave wrote:
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Thanks to Phoebus, I am now in possession of a US QL. It's S13-003595, and
it has all it's little rubber feet, and every plastic cover. I am guessing
from the sticker on the back that it may never have even been opened. The
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 at 09:34:27, Dent Jonathan wrote:
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Jon. writes:
Yeah still active. I've been really bogged down with trying to get
Linux working with two serial ports on my Notebook.
hardware vs firmware Linux probs cured - snipped
Glad you got it sorted. That is
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 at 09:25:15, wrote:
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Also, I am gettting involved with the production of the first ever QL DVD!!
Myself and another Ql'er, Steve Reyal, shot some footage at the Hove
Workshop with a new DV Camera, and will be doing the same at the Manchester
QL2002
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 at 10:01:24, wrote:
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rant about baggage etc on Ryanair and extra charges
Never again
It is very like 'free' internet providers charging £1 a minute for help
- the extras are where the profit is made.
I have signed up for 0800 net as a backup ISP - but
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