[ql-users] WANTED - 2nd Hand QL :-)

2002-04-09 Thread RWAPSoftware
I have a customer who is looking for a 2nd hand QL in good condition - think he will pay around 45 pounds for it if anyone in the UK has one for sale.

Please contact him direct:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thanks a lot everyone.

Rich Mellor 
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RE: [ql-users] Miracle Hard Disk

2002-04-09 Thread Norman Dunbar

I couldn't find my version so that is a lucky break.
Sorry.

Norman.

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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.
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Re: [ql-users] OT Texas

2002-04-09 Thread wlenerz

On 8 Apr 2002, at 23:00, Dexter wrote:

 On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
 
  Wow ! ... I guess everything in Texas is big then :-)
 
I don't know about that, but they say that George W. Bush is half 
human, half texan.

Wolfgang



Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr

2002-04-09 Thread wlenerz

On 8 Apr 2002, at 19:59, Phoebus Dokos wrote:


 Seriously now, between what I saw Wolfgang and Marcel achieving with QPTR 
 and EasyPTR respectively... I agree that at least ONE PTR toolkit (either) 
 should be in one's arsenal :-)
 

Oh but Marcel had the idea, not me.
It's just a question of what you're used to. I never used EasyPtr, 
and found QPTR easy once I understood the concepts behind the 
PE.

Wolfgang



Re: [ql-users] SMSQ/E Source Code, general

2002-04-09 Thread wlenerz

On 8 Apr 2002, at 14:34, Joachim Van der Auwera wrote:

  -not done via a Website or FTP.
 Not a safe way, sourceforge does not (always) use either, but it uses CVS.
 To make this safer, change it to not done electronically, with the
 exception of email or something similar.
 
OK, I'll do that, thanks for the suggestion.

How are you? Everything OK with you? How's your brother?

Wolfgang
 
 
 





Re: [ql-users] SMSQ/E license criticisms

2002-04-09 Thread wlenerz

On 8 Apr 2002, at 17:25, Dexter wrote:

 If you resent that comment, I didn't explain it properly.

Or I didn't understand it.

 Yes, Tony will make a little money from SMSQ. I doubt the resellers will - 
 they'll probably cover costs. I was trying to say that some of the money 
 should stay with the people that are doing the work - the resellers.
They are FREE to fix the price they want to sell it at. If they only 
charge 10 EUR, all of that goes to TT. If they charge eur 1000, still 
only 10 of that goes to TT...

 Sorry I caused offense. Case of too big a point expressed in too few words 
 ?:o)
No offense. I think we're getting along admirably!


 

Wolfgang



Re: [ql-users] SMSQ/E Source Code, general

2002-04-09 Thread wlenerz

On 8 Apr 2002, at 15:47, Richard Zidlicky wrote:

 probably wrong. It indicates that the provisorial license was so badly
 formulated that everyone found his loophole in it and was happy.

Yes, that's another way of looking at it -so I was overly optimistic, 
then.

 the point is that with a usable licence you could have cured the
 split between Minerva, QDOS Classic (technically unrelated to QDOS)
 and SMSQ. With this license you only avoid new splits and new 
 development in this one branch

 I will happilly contribute to whatever SMSQ alternatives there are.

Ok, point taken - a pity, really!

 what about source only?

You can distribute the source only, of course, but not electonically, 
it has to be an a physucal media.



 
 allright, someone will setup an rdist daemon than. This point is
 ridiculous. What is a website differnet from a mailing list or email 
 list or TFTP or samba or NFS or snail or POP or IMAP or any other way 
 to distribute the code?

You are not alone in making this point, hence the not to be 
distributed electronically bit.

 You may choose following formulation for your license, perhaps it 
 follows your intentions:
 
 Anyone is free to distribute the source code provided that:
  a) he doesn't receive any form of payment or reimbursement
  b) the distribution method is guaranteed to cost him at
 least 10 Euro and 2 hours of work per copy

No, it must cost him more, since he must already pay 10 EUR to 
TT (but NOT for the cource code only).


 
 very helpful.. but I am not involved so why bother.

Indeed.

 I will *more than happilly* leave the fun to disassemble broken 
 SMSQ-Q40 code, diagnose problems in it and implement workarounds 
 or fixes to the resellers who - according to your license - are 
 obliged to do support. It is really nice to see appointed 
 professionals and not some amateurs doing this.
 
Indeed, again.

Wolfgang



Re: [ql-users] Source Code Status

2002-04-09 Thread wlenerz

On 8 Apr 2002, at 15:52, Richard Zidlicky wrote:


 
 don't say it will be open source then - it won't. 

True.

 Forget those 
 who have seen this as a great chance for SMSQ.

I still see it as such. You can still get the code, you can still make 
changes, you can still dustribute your changes in source code form.


 TT was ready to make available his treasure for *free* - and this 
 is what comes out. Really pretty.. there was so little missing 
 to make this a perfect world. Instead it turns into disaster.

I entirely disagree, of course. This is no disaster. It is a different 
way to distributing it completely open, yes.

 You may be surprised that I perceive the situation so negative,
 it is because I assume we can hardly expect TT to do any work
 on SMSQ in the future and I am now pretty curious to see who
 who will work for free under this license.

I will, if my job as registrar leaves me the time. Perhaps others 
will, as well.


Wolfgang



Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr

2002-04-09 Thread P Witte

Dilwyn Jones writes:


 take on this task. I myself would be willing to do something for the
 (English) manual, if wanted.

 A note of caution: when I last spoke to him he said he had no English
 manual for it!

I definitely have a comprehensive English manual! If Albin doesnt have one
anymore, Ill be able to help out. It requires a bit of de-Germanisation and
perhaps some streamlining (and any new features would have to be added ;))
Fear not! The Brits can have it in the only foreign language they
understand: English!

Per






Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr

2002-04-09 Thread P Witte

Wolfgang Uhlig writes:


  As far as I know, Marcel will try to get in contact with Albin in order
to get him to correct
 and improve some things. But even so, if there is a possibility to do
things, I am willing to
 contribute in any way I can. Concerning the german comments, if there are
problems of
 understanding I could help.

Perhaps Marcel knows differently, but I have the definite impression that
Albin is not intending to do any more work on EasyPTR. I would of course
love to help, but knowing my limitations, it would be foolish of me to step
in where even the wise would hesitate to enter ;)

BTW Welcome to the group!

Per






RE: [ql-users] EasyPtr

2002-04-09 Thread Norman Dunbar

I've had problems with both -

never understood QPTR at all, docs were cr4p to say the least. Still got it
somewhere - unused and as far as I can see, unusable. Even some of the demos
(sprite editor) just give a no-entry pointer and hang. Not very helpful.

As for DifficultPTR, well, Dilwyn knows the fun I had with that way back.
When I eventually figured some of it out, I wrote it up in Quanta - and
still use those notes today (!!!) when I try to do things.

Then there was the C68 interface - again, too 'strange' for me to figure
out.

Maybe I'm too thik to be a programmer :o)


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 It's just a question of what you're used to. I never used EasyPtr, 
 and found QPTR easy once I understood the concepts behind the 
 PE.
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RE: [ql-users] EasyPtr [OT]

2002-04-09 Thread Norman Dunbar

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 Fear not! The Brits can have it in the only foreign language they
 understand: English!

Q. What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages ?
A. Tri-lingual.

Q. What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages ?
A. Bi-lingual.

Q. What do you call someone who speaks 1 languages ?
A. British.


Why should we have to learn anything else - you all speak English fine,
except maybe the Americans - tee hee !
(To all Americans, that was a joke - don't flame me (again) please !)


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RE: [ql-users] EasyPtr [OT]

2002-04-09 Thread Claude Mourier 00

I always think the right answer was : French

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Q. What do you call someone who speaks 1 languages ?
A. British.




RE: [ql-users] EasyPtr [OT]

2002-04-09 Thread Norman Dunbar

Nah, when I was in Paris, my wife did all the talking - she speaks it quite
well - but everyone just said 'it's ok, we speak English' :o)

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I always think the right answer was : French
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RE: [ql-users] EasyPtr

2002-04-09 Thread Ian . Pine

 ...
 Then there was the C68 interface - again, too 'strange' for 
 me to figure
 out.
 
 Maybe I'm too thik to be a programmer :o)

Nah, it's just the windows concept of programming.  I never got to grips 
with Windows programming on PCs or X-Windows.  And as for C++ and Object 
Disorientated programming, well...
Don't worry, fashions change, people will flock back to command line 
interfaces as something new, and realize how much more intuitive they 
are. Then our traditional programming skills will be sought after again. 
 ;O)

Ian.

 -Original Message-
 From: Norman.Dunbar 
 Sent: 09 April 2002 10:22
 To: ql-users
 Cc: Norman.Dunbar
 Subject: RE: [ql-users] EasyPtr
 
 
 I've had problems with both -
 
 never understood QPTR at all, docs were cr4p to say the 
 least. Still got it
 somewhere - unused and as far as I can see, unusable. Even 
 some of the demos
 (sprite editor) just give a no-entry pointer and hang. Not 
 very helpful.
 
 As for DifficultPTR, well, Dilwyn knows the fun I had with 
 that way back.
 When I eventually figured some of it out, I wrote it up in 
 Quanta - and
 still use those notes today (!!!) when I try to do things.
 
 Then there was the C68 interface - again, too 'strange' for 
 me to figure
 out.
 
 Maybe I'm too thik to be a programmer :o)
 
 
 Norman.
 
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RE: [ql-users] Clive Sinclair working for the French??

2002-04-09 Thread Claude Mourier 00



As 
always Sir Clive was a precursor : others take advantage of his 
technology.

Mergetwo C5 (4 wheels) and add a motor and you 
get something that can earn money ;-)

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  places other than marketing, but has he sold out to the french I 
  wonder??Just that I saw a TV advert last night for a Citreon 
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[ql-users] Aurora problems

2002-04-09 Thread Phoebus Dokos

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 with resolutions.

Specifically, I give DISP_SIZE 640, 480 but nothing happens (still 512x256).

My Aurora is set up to use a Multisync non-interlaced monitor and SVGA

I am running SMSQ/E v.2.91

I also changed the config blocks of SMSQ/E to all possible combinations for 
resolutions and aspect ratios ut to no avail... SMSQ/E still starts up at 
512x256...

The following also happens which may (or may not) be related...

IPCMOUSE returns: BAD PARAMETER (The serial cable is connected in the right 
place and it worked in the beginning, but after a while stopped and now it 
just doesn't do anything)

My setup includes the following:

Aurora,
Q-Plane (Mounted on a bracket sideways ;-)
SuperGoldCard,
superHermes
RomDisq (2.14) 2 Mb
QubIDE (2.1) with a Western Digital WDC6100 (6 Gb) drive as master 
(switchable through a Trios with a 512Meg CF card/adapter combo) and Maxtor 
AT120 (temporarily until I put on the CD-ROM)

Thanks,


Phoebus



Re: [ql-users] Clive Sinclair working for the French??

2002-04-09 Thread Tony Firshman

On  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 at 11:04:48, ZN wrote:
(ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])

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 TV advert last night for a Citreon C5

As always Sir Clive was a precursor : others take advantage of his
technology. Merge two C5 (4 wheels) and add a motor and you get
something that can earn money ;-)

Citroen C5 has nothing to do with Sinclair, though I am sure their
marketing department must have been caugh unaware by the history of that
'name' in the UK. The Cit C5 is named after it's pre (pre-pre-pre) decessor
from the 1920s.
Now if you don't mind, stop knocking down my favorite car manufacturer ;-)
who actually has a lot in common with the QL, in philosophical ways.
Although, I will be the first to acknowledge, Citroens can be a pain in the
a... khm, neck when there is a problem, but when it all works, it's
amazing. Just like with the QL, where you have to seek converts to
computing in a better way, with Citroen you get to preach that there are
better ways to drive around on 4 (and actually, even 3 - some will work
without one rear) wheels!

Oddly enough on the way back from the recent Eindhoven QL show, a
Citroen in front of us had a flat tyre and diesel was pouring out of it.
I pumped it up for him - but I see he could have driven without it (8-)#

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Re: [ql-users] OT: Clive Sinclair working for the French??

2002-04-09 Thread ZN

On 09/04/02 at 17:49 Tony Firshman wrote:

 Clive Sinclair working for the French??
 Just that I saw a TV advert last night for a Citreon C5

Citroen C5 has nothing to do with Sinclair, though I am sure their
marketing department must have been caugh unaware by the history of that
'name' in the UK.
...you get to preach that there are better ways to drive around on 4
(and actually, even 3 - some will work without one rear) wheels!

Oddly enough on the way back from the recent Eindhoven QL show, a
Citroen in front of us had a flat tyre and diesel was pouring out of it.
I pumped it up for him - but I see he could have driven without it (8-)#

If it's one with a hydropneumatic suspension, yes, it can go without one of
the rear wheels, if the suspension is set to high (although this is really
only for emergency). The suspension is self-leveling and it will try to do
that even with no wheels - most of the weight being in the front helps with
the 3 wheel situation. I've done it with the one I used to have for a bet
(well, they wouldn't believe me until I showed them!). Unfortunately, this
ability can also be a detriment. There is hardly any difference in driving
with one of the rear tires completely flat, unless the car is substantially
loaded, and even then it's not any great problem. If your hearing isn't so
good, you may end up with a burning flat tire...

As for the state of the car you mention, this is not surprising. Most
Citroens, especially with hydraulic suspension get to be worn into the
ground rather than serviced. The service outlets are it's biggest enemy and
they are expensive, so people just keep driving on... I've had my hands
(head, feet, body) in/under/over quite a few, the stories I could tell...
Contrary to popular opinion, they are really not that complicated, just
very different (sonds familiar? Almost on topic here :-) ).

Nasta




Re: [ql-users] OT: Clive Sinclair working for the French??

2002-04-09 Thread Dexter

On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, ZN wrote:

 The service outlets are it's biggest enemy and
 they are expensive, so people just keep driving on...

Yeah!

A suspension sphere cost 44 pounds back in the days I had citroens. 
Changing them was no tougher than changing an oil filter - same skills 
required (twist off, twist on, just remember to jack the car up first ;)

But for some reason they always thought they should charge 150 pounds for 
'fitting'...

Grrr.

For on-topicness, has anyone ever used a QL in a mobile configuration, in, 
say, a car?

Dave
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Re: [ql-users] OT: Clive Sinclair working for the French??

2002-04-09 Thread Phoebus Dokos

At 02:03 ìì 9/4/2002, you wrote:

On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, ZN wrote:

  The service outlets are it's biggest enemy and
  they are expensive, so people just keep driving on...

Yeah!

A suspension sphere cost 44 pounds back in the days I had citroens.
Changing them was no tougher than changing an oil filter - same skills
required (twist off, twist on, just remember to jack the car up first ;)

But for some reason they always thought they should charge 150 pounds for
'fitting'...

Hehe I remember my late uncle's DS21 when he took it for service he was 
cursing a week before and a week after ;-) (And his wallet was empty too :-)

Grrr.

For on-topicness, has anyone ever used a QL in a mobile configuration, in,
say, a car?

A regular one could be used, an Aurora based one, I am afraid it could 
never survive the vibrations ;-) It's mechanically unstable as it is let 
alone on a car!

Phoebus

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Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr

2002-04-09 Thread P Witte

Wolfgang Lenerz writes:

  Seriously now, between what I saw Wolfgang and Marcel achieving with
QPTR
  and EasyPTR respectively... I agree that at least ONE PTR toolkit
(either)
  should be in one's arsenal :-)
 

 Oh but Marcel had the idea, not me.
 It's just a question of what you're used to. I never used EasyPtr,
 and found QPTR easy once I understood the concepts behind the
 PE.

Youre quite right. The only wee difference is that of designing graphical
objects intellectually or visually ;)

Per





[ql-users] ROMable SMSQ/E for Aurora?

2002-04-09 Thread Phoebus Dokos

Does anybody know if SMSQ for the Aurora can be ROMed?
Also does anybody know which is the last Aurora version? (I have 2.91)

Phoebus



[ql-users] Suggestions...

2002-04-09 Thread Dexter


Ok,

As many of you know, I have been away for some time, and am freshly back 
in the fold :o)

I've been working on the Qeyboard, and pushing for ethernet hardware to be 
available, so we can help John Dent finish his TCP/IP stack - which I 
suspect will do more for the QL than most realise.

I've also signed up to write an email client for all. Signed up, in the 
I'm dedicating myself to this task sense of the word.

However, I've been away for a very long time, and have forgotten most of
my QL-related programming knowledge, having become fat and lazy with my
bash shell and gcc compiler. Therefore, I'm asking you what tools you
think I should take advantage of and what tools to avoid. I have to build 
a software library from scratch, which I am sure will make the traders 
happy ;)

Also, the way I am writing my mail client will practically require an 80 
column width, and reasonably 25 rows. What suggestions do people have to 
do that, make it functional, and not be a screen hog?

Finally, I plan to make the project Open Source in the true sense of the 
word. I will publish the sources and others are free to work on them. All 
I ask is that they feed back any improvements to me so they can be 
incorporated into my main release. The initial program would most likely 
be in SBASIC, to demonstrate the sections and modules (emails viewer, 
email viewer, editor, config, etc) but when I get back into the flow, I 
would prefer to go with C.

Also, I have very kindly been loaned a Gold Card. This will open up some 
horizons for me, but I do want to make sure the program will run on even 
the most basic QL.

Advice please!

Dave
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Re: [ql-users] Clive Sinclair working for the French??

2002-04-09 Thread P Witte

ZN writes:


 computing in a better way, with Citroen you get to preach that there are
 better ways to drive around on 4 (and actually, even 3 - some will work
 without one rear) wheels!

Dont I know! Once, driving with a friend in his ancient Citroen D model in
Africa somewhere, I saw this single wheel overtaking us on the left. We only
realised it was ours later, when we stopped to take a look at it!

Per




Re: [ql-users] ROMable SMSQ/E for Aurora?

2002-04-09 Thread RWAPSoftware
There are much later versions of SMSQ/E for Aurora, but they all have various problems, mainly coping with DD disks!! I still stick with v2.91

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Re: [ql-users] ROMable SMSQ/E for Aurora?

2002-04-09 Thread Phoebus Dokos

At 05:21 ìì 9/4/2002, you wrote:

There are much later versions of SMSQ/E for Aurora, but they all have 
various problems, mainly coping with DD disks!!  I still stick with v2.91

That's okay... the only DD disks in the house are either

1. Archimedes games
2. QLT cover disks :-)


S which one is the latest?



Phoebus



Re: [ql-users] OT: Clive Sinclair working for the French??

2002-04-09 Thread Dilwyn Jones

For on-topicness, has anyone ever used a QL in a mobile
configuration, in,
say, a car?

Dave

A nice British policeman objected when he saw me trying to use a QL
while driving ;-)

Seriously though, I've used a laptop with QPC2 via a voltage inverter
in a car (thanks Darren). Worked OK while parked, but the cigarette
lighter power plug fell out when driver went over a speed hump, fine
time to realise the battery wasn't too well charged :-(

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Re: [ql-users] Suggestions...

2002-04-09 Thread Dilwyn Jones

However, I've been away for a very long time, and have forgotten most
of
my QL-related programming knowledge, having become fat and lazy with
my
bash shell and gcc compiler. Therefore, I'm asking you what tools you
think I should take advantage of and what tools to avoid. I have to
build
a software library from scratch, which I am sure will make the
traders
happy ;)

All of the C68 stuff should be OK (Dave Walker's website). There are a
few good assemblers about, including the QMac (I think I've got the
name wrong...anyone remember the correct name?) from Quanta. Most of
the C tools have pointer utilities. C68, QMenu, QPTR and Easyptr all
have these.

Also, the way I am writing my mail client will practically require an
80
column width, and reasonably 25 rows. What suggestions do people have
to
do that, make it functional, and not be a screen hog?

Try to allow it to use higher resolutions where available. See the
file DISPLAY.ZIP (display_cde) in the software downloads part of my
website for commented assembler source I used to write the hires
display handler extensions).


It might be worth you contacting Jonathan Hudson and Richard Zidlicky
too, as they have both been involved in various ways with TCP/IP,
email etc for QDOS. Richard is on this list, Jonathan's email is
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Jonathan Hudson did start work on porting a small TCP/IP system (free
sources he got for an embedded controller device IIRC) but I don't
know how far he got with it.

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