[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can someone please send me a copy of Psion chess which works on QPC2 - my
version doesn't - it used to work on Aurora!!
Sure I can, but just to be sure, you know that either you need to
enable QPC_QLSCREMU (v3 only) or start in 512x256 QL colour mode to
use chess?
In a message dated 05/05/02 16:54:42 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can someone please send me a copy of Psion chess which works on QPC2 - my
version doesn't - it used to work on Aurora!!
Sure I can, but just to be sure, you know that either you need to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Would you like me to send you a copy of Scrabble to see if you can work out
why it doesn't draw the screen correctly on QPC2 v3.02 - I realise the
keyboard is too quick for it, but the screen seems to be a bigger problem!!
Sure, go ahead. I'll have a look.
Marcel
At 12:20 ìì 17/4/2002, Malcolm wrote:
It also works fine in hi-colour mode at any resolution using the
QPC_QLSCREMU command.
IF you have QPC 2 v.3.x :-) hehe
Phoebus
(Does work right in QL Colours with v.2.x too tho )
But I don't know whether there is still a copyright or not?
I don't think so seeing how Dilwyn got the PC version from the
Author...
presumably the QL version follows the same guidelines?
Dilwyn?
AFAIK Psion never had any rights to the PC version.
That came from a PD library (D M Computing,
But I don't know whether there is still a copyright or not?
I remember there was a web site with images of the PC (DOS) version of Psion
Chess. The site claimed that Psion gave permission to use them for non
commercial purposes (while still retaining the copyright).
If the PC version is freely
At 08:16 ìì 17/4/2002, you wrote:
But I don't know whether there is still a copyright or not?
I remember there was a web site with images of the PC (DOS) version of Psion
Chess. The site claimed that Psion gave permission to use them for non
commercial purposes (while still retaining the
Not the Qemulator though ;-) HINT HINT HINT (The site is down)
Yahoo deleted the site, I have no idea why.
Daniele
At 08:31 ìì 17/4/2002, you wrote:
Not the Qemulator though ;-) HINT HINT HINT (The site is down)
Yahoo deleted the site, I have no idea why.
Daniele
In any case does the registration.exe's info still stand?
Phoebus
In any case does the registration.exe's info still stand?
Yes.
Daniele
Wolfgang Uhlig writes:
I have a version of Psion Chess, which works even right from the hard-disk
under QPC. I triied it only in a window of 512x256 in QL-Colour mode, this
works fine and
I can even play it when reading my e-mails, to name one of the
possibilities.
Really don't remember
Roy Wood wrote:
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If you can't get this to work I can send you a floppy which will do the
job.
Thanks Roy but I have two or three start up discs ( amazingly ) there
was I think a problem with the drive as well handicap of Win98.
got it formatted as drive D: then put it back in its C:
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Having spent the best part of a recent Sunday re-installing said so
called user friendly front end, I couldn't agree more.
There are I believe easier ways ( if you are a pc expert ) than the one
I was forced to use, W98 would not install as there is an operating
Roy Wood wrote:
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[EMAIL PROTECTED], Norman
Dunbar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Darren,
Hmmm, my wife hated (with a vengeance) my Blue Quanta sweatshirt. Must be a
girl thing !
Mine hates my green one too. It must be something they put in the
fleece. Mind you I have caught her
Norman Dunbar wrote:
Bill,
when (!) it happens again, try finding and deleting either win.bat or
win.com. I think, if I remember correctly, the installer looks for these
files and barfs because it thinks it has an OS already and the type of
install disc is for a new pc. Alternatively,
At 08:38 ìì 1/11/2001 +, you wrote:
Norman Dunbar wrote:
Bill,
when (!) it happens again, try finding and deleting either win.bat or
win.com. I think, if I remember correctly, the installer looks for these
files and barfs because it thinks it has an OS already and the type of
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bill Waugh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Thanks Norman, Joe Miller told me something like that ( .bat files I
think)
I don't have a CD driver on disk ( that I can find ) so DOS don't know I
have a CD, the windows start up I made would not work for some reason, I
think
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The box room was his old DJC office and its
still floor to ceiling with floppies - both 3.5 and 5.25 ones! I took a
lot of his old hardware, if only to preserve this stuff for the future, and
to prevent it going in a skip, as a lot of it I
:
owner-ql-users@nSubject: RE: [ql-users] Psion Chess
vg.ntnu.no
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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:21 AM
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Seriously, you should see it - the most methodically indexed system I have
ever seen, every disk in alphabetical order, one disk per program. All in
tough durable posso boxes
Tony Firshman wrote:
I
can fall back on when the PC gets on my nerves.
How many times a day is that then?
Eh? Per hour you mean surely ;-)
--
Dilwyn Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
I wonder if he used 'Super Disc Indexer' :o)
I used it religiously at one time. Not any more though (it can't
cope!)
Those Posso boxes were/are very handy - I have three myself, bought
from DJC
a while back.
Norman.
They can still be obtained from a stationery company called CLP I
think.
Even Worse - some of mine is in there ;-)
The QL Joke Book for example
Seriously, you should see it - the most methodically indexed system I
have
ever seen, every disk in alphabetical order, one disk per program.
All in
tough durable posso boxes - dozens of them.
So how come I can never
-Original Message-
From: Dilwyn Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
What are you trying to say? That your original source code filled a
Posso box by itself???
Even I wasn't that productive, was I ?
(Anyone wanting to see Norman's sources, what little of them I have,
see my website,
, 2001 12:56 PM
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Its worse now, as I've moved out to a house in North Dublin so its
spreading - I have 76 various computers now and am still collecting.
]
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vg.ntnu.no
At 12:57 ìì 31/10/2001 +, you wrote:
76 !!!
Not married then ?
I have difficulties having one PC, one QL (working) and 2 not-working
Ha!
Guess I am lucky then,
3 PCs , 2 European QLS (not working :-( ), 1 Archie 7000 about 1000 CDs,
not to mention Guitars, Synthesizers, Mics, mixers
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Ha!
Guess I am lucky then,
3 PCs , 2 European QLS (not working :-( ), 1 Archie 7000 about 1000 CDs,
not to mention Guitars, Synthesizers, Mics, mixers etc.
My wife never says anything (then again she's working all the time)
Phoebus
On second
At 01:34 ìì 31/10/2001 +, you wrote:
I didn't mention my :
singles, cassettes, LPs and CD collection.
books, books and more books - the bookcase overspill is on my desk at work
:o)
magazines - which (unfortunately) get recycled when I have more than 12 of
each :o(
Software CDs, and DVDs
At 12:26 ìì 31/10/2001 +, you wrote:
Norman Dunbar wrote:
Oh God !!!
Some of my original code must have been there
:o)
What are you trying to say? That your original source code filled a
Posso box by itself???
Depends on the Posso box... there are ones for just ONE 5 1/4 disk
Must be great having a dad who can fix things :o)
Norman.
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If she is like Ben, she will _use_ them. He has a PC and a QL in the
house networked to my office. An Atari ST is sitting there, and he is
just about to power up a Spectrum. That is not to mention the
Playstation, Sega Gameboy and the 4 Nitenendo Game Boys (three auctioned
on the internet)
At 03:38 ìì 31/10/2001 +, you wrote:
I'll second that. My Dad is as technically minded as a sheep. I once found
him trying to change channels on the TV using my pocket calculator.
Honestly. Strange for a man who was once a Electrical Engineer in the Navy.
Depends... is your calculator an
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I'll second that. My Dad is as technically minded as a sheep. I once found
him trying to change channels on the TV using my
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 at 15:47:13, Norman Dunbar wrote:
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My dad :
cannot wire a plug (colour blind) - I have been wiring plugs since I was 4
years old. He is red green colour blind, and in those days, the colours were
red = live, black = neutral and green = earth. Bad to
Tony Firshman wrote:
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What I _really_ hate about the PC is not being in control (of W98).
So often the only solution is to re-install Windows - and even then not
the proper 'clean' install. What a monster W98 is - and what a con.
Having spent the best part of a recent Sunday
Old Sony TV remotes could do the same thing. They had a small screw
inside
which when turned varied the frequency of the signal sent or
something. I
remember it caused a panic in the US when loads of cars where nicked
using
them. Thats why they changed to the One for All type remote which
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 at 23:14:47, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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This is all getting very off topic guys - sorry...
He he, next step is to get one of those remote controller watches to
remote control the QL, or to get software ont he QL to drive an
infrared
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
He he, next step is to get one of those remote controller watches to
remote control the QL, or to get software ont he QL to drive an
infrared LED or something to work with such a learning or programmable
remote control.
Actually I've built the hardware for this purpose,
Jeremy Taffel wrote:
I have an original Psion Chess Microdrive, with its original wallet
with
instructions. Its no good to me, as I no longer have a proper QL
(only
emulators) does anyone want it?
Nice, though, that you still refer to it as a proper QL. Despite the
excellence of QPC2v2
I'll get shot for this, but ..
Tony wrote :
What I _really_ hate about the PC is not being in control (of W98).
So often the only solution is to re-install Windows - and even then not
the proper 'clean' install. What a monster W98 is - and what a con.
Tony, and anyone else in the
Is there a hack about for Chess? I have a kosher original copy
(somewhere...), and various backup copies on disk, mdv, etc., but of course
they need the master cart to run...
From what I remember doing to my copy, it's actually fairly easy. If I
remember correctly, it's summat to do with
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