Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 at 22:47:57, ZN wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) How do people actually use their machines these days? Well of course I have machines for testing/development. However I use one for my BBS and incoming fax and outside temperature monitoring (linked into the welcome message

RE: [ql-users] ProForma Font Packs

2002-01-10 Thread Claude Mourier 00
Very nice ! -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 9 janvier 2002 22:30 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] ProForma Font Packs Hi all (again), I created a (temporary) web page enabling anyone interest to download my free ProForma

RE: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread Claude Mourier 00
Any chance to get USB (for digital still camera for instance, as even fast RS232 is very slow) ? -Message d'origine- De : Peter Graf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 9 janvier 2002 23:07 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card Hi Nasta, [...] The

RE: [ql-users] Re: [fonts

2002-01-10 Thread Claude Mourier 00
As I only use the EUR symbol, I can't tell -Message d'origine- De : Wolfgang Lenerz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 10 janvier 2002 08:53 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] Re: [fonts Ho Phobus, I tried the suisse font today - unfortunately, it seem rather unusable,

RE: [ql-users] Re: [fonts

2002-01-10 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
At 01:21 ìì 10/1/2002 +0100, you wrote: As I only use the EUR symbol, I can't tell -Message d'origine- De : Wolfgang Lenerz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 10 janvier 2002 08:53 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] Re: [fonts Ho Phobus, I tried the suisse font today -

Re: [ql-users] Re: [fonts

2002-01-10 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
At 08:53 ðì 10/1/2002 +0100, you wrote: Ho Phobus, I tried the suisse font today - unfortunately, it seem rather unusable, because the origins of the letters don't seem to be at the same point, so the 'e' is higher than the 'a' etc... Am I the only one to report thios problemL I didn't see

[ql-users] Re: Proforma Fonts

2002-01-10 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
Re: Wolfgang's email I found no problems with the base line. All tried text (at least on the reader) appears just fine (more than just fine to be exact.) I did find a problem though with the Bold weight which has for some unknown to me reason some characters garbled. I will be fixing it today

Re: [ql-users] Re: [fonts

2002-01-10 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
At 03:01 ìì 10/1/2002 +, you wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: At 01:21 ìì 10/1/2002 +0100, you wrote: As I only use the EUR symbol, I can't tell -Message d'origine- De : Wolfgang Lenerz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 10 janvier 2002 08:53 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet :

Re: [ql-users] Progs.be FTP links

2002-01-10 Thread Thierry Godefroy
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:35:41 -0500, Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: Joachim, I tried to download the ProWesS S*Basic interface docs and the ftp site you reference on your link is not working (ftp.triathlon98.com) The same goes for ftp.progs.be Is there any other way we can get the files? Yes,

Re: [ql-users] Progs.be FTP links

2002-01-10 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
At 06:33 ìì 10/1/2002 +0100, you wrote: On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:35:41 -0500, Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: Joachim, I tried to download the ProWesS S*Basic interface docs and the ftp site you reference on your link is not working (ftp.triathlon98.com) The same goes for ftp.progs.be Is

Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread Peter Graf
Hi Nasta, MIDI, I2C, and CF would be covered by the existing chips. The Ethernet would be 10/100 which is very difficult to find as an ISA board. PCMCIA is a bit of a problem but there are chips for the too. Just mentioned a few ideas. It could be something else which is attractive for Q40/Q60

Re: [ql-users] Progs.be FTP links

2002-01-10 Thread Thierry Godefroy
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 13:50:45 -0500, Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: At 06:33 ìì 10/1/2002 +0100, you wrote: On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:35:41 -0500, Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: .../... Is there any other way we can get the files? Yes, from the QDOS/SMS software repository: http://smsq.free.fr/#OS

Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread Peter Graf
Hi Dave, Also, I noticed the 68060's are available in a variety of packages now. What's the preference? PGA. QFP seems obsolete, so only PGA and BGA are interesting. BGA is very small, but only useful for volume production. Peter

Re: [ql-users] Future of QL - Part 1E120 (I had to increment it ! ;-)

2002-01-10 Thread Thierry Godefroy
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 00:21:20 +0100, Richard Zidlicky wrote: On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 01:38:48PM +0100, Thierry Godefroy wrote: maximum name length (including directory path) 36 chars I already explained on this list how to circumvent this problem under SMSQ/E. In fact, with

Re: [ql-users] Patching SMSQ Mouse routines

2002-01-10 Thread Richard Zidlicky
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 02:08:58PM -0500, Phoebus R. Dokos wrote: Hmmm another undocumented feature... nothing in the SMS reference manual :-) Or at least I didn't see it. Thanks Richard it is documented (like any other undocumented feature) in Hans-Peter Recktenwalds Programmieren in

Re: [ql-users] ProForma Font Packs

2002-01-10 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
At 09:24 ìì 10/1/2002 +, you wrote: Hi Phoebus, it's now on my site. Just noticed that the lower case 'a' is different in the italics font to what it is in the non-italic font - don't know if that was intentional or not? Yes it is intentional... I am following the widely accepted standard

Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread Dexter
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Peter Graf wrote: PGA. QFP seems obsolete, so only PGA and BGA are interesting. BGA is very small, but only useful for volume production. I'm well aware of the thermal advantages of PGA over QFP. The pins move heat away to the PCB much more efficiently. I don't like BGA

Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread Richard Zidlicky
On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 09:23:17PM +0100, Peter Graf wrote: Hi Claude, Any chance to get USB (for digital still camera for instance, as even fast RS232 is very slow) ? Our QDOS/SMSQ software development shortage practically prohibits to work on USB host hardware. And even the hardware is

Re: [ql-users] Progs.be FTP links

2002-01-10 Thread Richard Zidlicky
On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 09:47:53PM +0100, Thierry Godefroy wrote: Yes, free.fr is EXCELLENT (and I am pretty demanding on the ISP quality); the only grief I got against them is that they do not allow you to setup a telnet (or ssh) account on their servers (therefore I cannot transfer a my

Re: [ql-users] Future of QL - Part 1E121 (I had to increment it ! ;-)

2002-01-10 Thread Richard Zidlicky
On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 10:00:33PM +0100, Thierry Godefroy wrote: I don't use the non-directory device driver IOT implement the CDROM device driver (which will indeed be a legal SMSQ/E directory device driver): I use a FAKE non-directory device driver so to intercept the long filename,

Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread webmaster
I think that FAT support on SMSQ is limited to the QUASI Fat (Fat- 12) for Atari and MS-DOS disks... therefore CF of say 64 Mbytes (very common and very cheap nowadays...) won't be readable Phoebus

Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread ZN
On 1/10/02 at 9:49 PM Dexter wrote: On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Peter Graf wrote: PGA. QFP seems obsolete, so only PGA and BGA are interesting. BGA is very small, but only useful for volume production. I'm well aware of the thermal advantages of PGA over QFP. The pins move heat away to the PCB much

Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread ZN
On 1/10/02 at 9:19 PM Peter Graf wrote: Hi Nasta, Two more plus a CF socket adds hot-swappable CF card capability... ...PC87C307, an AD1816, a 91C96 (or possibly 91C111?). That more or less covers all the necessary ISA components. Would it be worth considering to make a Q40/Q60 extension card

Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread ZN
On 1/11/02 at 1:28 AM Dexter wrote: If you have any easier projects I could cut my teeth on, I'd be happy. I'm not anything like the level of Nasta and yourself. I'm just well equipped. See the ideas about a Q40/60 speciffic IO card... :-) I see them. :o) Ok, if I can get something

Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread Dexter
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, ZN wrote: No need for the mezzanine card, the required chips are found on the GF, in fact, even that part of the PCB has been designed! Normally I would not be againgst such a board, but as you know, the GF is intended to be a semi-SBC. So all that needs doing is to

Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread ZN
On 1/11/02 at 4:17 AM Dexter wrote: On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, ZN wrote: No need for the mezzanine card, the required chips are found on the GF, in fact, even that part of the PCB has been designed! Normally I would not be againgst such a board, but as you know, the GF is intended to be a

Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card

2002-01-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 at 21:59:06, ZN wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Half? Actually, that would be all the tools :-) Oh... you mean an auto-router? I don't really believe in them :-) Well... actually, I do, but I simply can't afford one that could do a board better than I can - and