[ql-users] GPL or not GPL, that is the question

2004-03-19 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Peter Graf a écrit: Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: The software Peter is producing seems too important (...) Not if it isn't made available. Which is only true if my offer is rejected. I therefore conclude that keeping SMSQ/E from from the GPL has a much higher priority (for Wolfgang Co.) than

Re: [ql-users] Re: Changing the subject

2004-03-19 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Wolfgang Lenerz a écrit: Contray to Peter, I will always consider trying to sell my programs, or at least some of them (I hasten to add that this has nothing to do with SMSQ/E, which is not mine). For me, it is a question of commitment: if people buy my (or, indeed anybody else's

Re: [ql-users] £ 1000 to spend! (2nd attempt!)

2004-03-14 Thread Arnould Nazarian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: I was thinking on the subject of what next for the QL. I think we really need something that acts like a web browser. This means the display of text and graphics in the same viewer. There was an attempt a few years back at writing a web browser for the QL (from

Re: [ql-users] Swiss QL meeting

2004-03-02 Thread Arnould Nazarian
I was in Switzerland on Saturday (Schaffhausen) and if you had announced this meeting before, I would have loved to come... Arnould Dent a écrit: Hi Folks On Saturday the Swiss QL club had a meeting in Sursee. My wife Elisabeth took some pictures which you can see at

[off topic] Re: _SPAM_ Re: [ql-users] Miracle's Hard Disk System

2004-02-08 Thread Arnould Nazarian
As you started I continue this off topic conversation: your message was filtered out by my little antispam utility because of sussex in the signature Damn, I was just going to ask you how to reanimate my life !!!

Re: [ql-users] QL2004 Eindhoven - PROVISIONAL DATE

2004-02-05 Thread Arnould Nazarian
I will come anyway. Arnould gwicks a écrit: I now have a provisional date for the QL2004 Eindhoven show: Saturday 16th October 2004. I'm feeling happy! Geoff Wicks

Re: [ql-users] CST Thor

2004-02-03 Thread Arnould Nazarian
I didn't think anyone would even try to squeeze the whole of QDOS/SuperBasic into 32kb... IIRC only the QDOS had to go into 32 kb. Superbasic was supposed to be loaeded from microdrives. Arnould

Re: [ql-users] Athlon 1,8GHz + Pentium 3 GHz + XP + QPC

2004-01-28 Thread Arnould Nazarian
I suspect it is because he has not done any of this that it does not work. I forgot to tell you that it is a new installation. 3 weeks old today. Arnould

Re: [ql-users] Athlon 1,8GHz + Pentium 3 GHz + XP + QPC

2004-01-28 Thread Arnould Nazarian
I suspect it is because he has not done any of this that it does not work. I forgot to tell you that it is a new installation. 3 weeks old today. Arnould

Re: [ql-users] small LCD screen

2004-01-25 Thread Arnould Nazarian
And what would Nasta say about this? I could buy a kit and send it to him to look at it. A remark for Bill: imho this 640x480 LCD does not have a lot in common with the super LCD/plasma etc.. screens sold as TV sets nowadays: The design is very old, there are different technologies, and the

[ql-users] Athlon 1,8GHz + Pentium 3 GHz + XP + QPC

2004-01-25 Thread Arnould Nazarian
My son, 16, used to use the family PC, Athlon 1,8 GHz + 256 MB of memory. It was not fast enough for his taste, and he wanted to have his own environment so he got a Pentium 3GHz PC + 1 GB of memory (not from me, from his mother, I wasn't aware of their plans...) We share the ADSL line. He can

Re: [ql-users] small LCD screen

2004-01-25 Thread Arnould Nazarian
I had a 640x400 Colour LCD screen bought for 20 USD a couple of months ago. t's a Sharp EL unit (6) which was then converted to a VGA for a friend's server using a nice diagram found on the net. I do not agree that 640 x 480 x 16 is usable on a QL anymore :-) We have the colours (even on

Re: [ql-users] Athlon 1,8GHz + Pentium 3 GHz + XP + QPC

2004-01-25 Thread Arnould Nazarian
What you DO need is a DSL router (that will also save you the trouble of using PPoE software installed at your machine) Later, yes, I want to install a wifi router. But until later an ethernet cable was cheaper. Arnould Phoebus

[Fwd: Re: [ql-users] Athlon 1,8GHz + Pentium 3 GHz + XP + QPC]

2004-01-25 Thread Arnould Nazarian
How have you this bad attitude to Linux? You have been listening to the worng people. It is Windows that gives troubles. About 5 years ago I bought a nice American distribution of Linux. About 50 Euros. It was a nighmare to install. But I did it within 2 weeks. I could'nt have done it

Re: [ql-users] Athlon 1,8GHz + Pentium 3 GHz + XP + QPC

2004-01-25 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Roy wood a écrit: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Arnould Nazarian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes It this bloody XP that is is responsible of this behavior. I would say that it is more likely a bad installation, some application running full tilt in the background using all the resources or hardware

Re: [ql-users] small LCD screen

2004-01-25 Thread Arnould Nazarian
What do you think? Joachim The QL was developped for the mass market. Maybe there could be an opportunity there again. Not without investments of course. Arnould

[ql-users] small LCD screen

2004-01-24 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Hello, This small LCD screen http://www.earthlcd.com/SK1001.HTM can be bought in quantities of several thousand at 20 USD. AFAIU this is an interesting price. However I am amazed by the quality of the display of Nixon+Presley in the example given. Can anyone confirm that it is possible to

Re: [ql-users] US QL Show 2004 - Web Site is on line!

2004-01-02 Thread Arnould Nazarian
For those who will attend from continental Europe, how, when, and at what cost do they intend to travel? James Hunkins a écrit: Happy New Year everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that the web site for the US QL Show 2004 is now on line at: http://www.jdh-stech.com/ql-usashow.htm

Re: [ql-users] US QL Show 2004 - Web Site is on line!

2004-01-02 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Is this including taxes? Eg on reisen.de there is a flight at 225 Euros between London and Orlando, but taxes at 122 Euros... Tony Firshman a écrit: On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 at 17:31:21, Arnould Nazarian wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) For those who will attend from continental Europe, how, when

[ql-users] filters again

2003-11-11 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Sorry but I come back to filters with multiple input channels. If ex filter_bas,input_file1,input_file2,output_file does not work, but c1=fop_in(input_file1) c2=fop_in(input_file2) ex filter_bas,#c1,#c2,output_file close#c1:close#c2 does work, then I have

Re: [ql-users] Running Programs under GD2

2003-11-11 Thread Arnould Nazarian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: Is it me, or was the GD2 standard supposed to allow each program to run at its own set colour depth and screen resolution, with the WMAN resetting these as you move between tasks.. IIRC this was the subject of a long thread about problems/solutions but long

Re: [ql-users] filters again

2003-11-11 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Marcel Kilgus a écrit: Arnould Nazarian wrote: If ex filter_bas,input_file1,input_file2,output_file does not work, but c1=fop_in(input_file1) c2=fop_in(input_file2) ex filter_bas,#c1,#c2,output_file close#c1:close#c2 does work, then I have the tendency

Re: [ql-users] Running Programs under GD2

2003-11-11 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Well, why should Windows save 2 Megabyte of screen memory for a simple editor if the few bytes of the text plus a few bytes of a routine that draws the text on screen can do just fine, too? Anyway, it's not unproductive code. You just write your code in a way that it can not only draw your stuff

[ql-users] Filters in SMSQ/E

2003-11-09 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Hello, I have questions about the possibilities of filters programmed in SBASIC under SMSQ/E. 1. Something I had forgotten but retrieved thus no need to ask here: the parameter string in a SBASIC filter is to be found in the cmd$ string. 2. Secondly: in a chain of filters I need to use a set

[ql-users] SMSQDOS licence

2003-10-16 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Hello, I was there in Eindhoven when there was a small meeting about what to do now that Tony Tebby was ready to show the source code of SMSQ/E. I was the first to speak and I said that IMO 15 years of work of TT should be legally protected so that he could benefit from the development of a

Re: [ql-users] SMSQ/E v3.01 on Super GoldCard

2003-08-14 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Does anyone else encountered problems with SMSQ/E v2.98 or 3.01 on SGC ? (yes, v2.98 was crashing too on that system and I'm currently running SMSQ/E v2.91 on it). SMSQ/E 2.99 works on my Super Gold Card QL, but not the disk drivers. Thus if I want to use SMSQ/E instead of Minerva 1.98, I can

Re: RE : [ql-users] Sinclair in Futurama

2003-08-14 Thread Arnould Nazarian
To which Bill replies The British had some good computers too, the Sinclair ones for example - Pity they didn't run DOS though Laugh? I nearly collapsed, I always thought that was one of the best bits about the Sinclair machines... Bill did visit Sinclair during the early 80s to sell

Re: [ql-users] Membranes

2003-08-09 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Davide Santachiara a écrit: Are the QL keyboard membranes available? During my hollidays I visited the guy who invested in the manufacturing of new membranes (and I bought 3) in Filderstadt, Germany near the airport of Stuttgart. He ordered a batch of 500, already sold 300, and he still has

Re: [ql-users] QL2004

2003-07-30 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Europe or UK? There have only been a few voices so far, so what are the rest of you thinking? Eindhoven is a good venue, of course, for those in Europe. It would definitely make it better for me and feasible to come. Wolfgang Same for me, even if QL2000 was relatively easy from Paris. I

[ql-users] Question on SOQL

2003-07-16 Thread Arnould Nazarian
What I didn't realize was that soQL was a complete IP stack, and not just a sockets library that relied on something else... I'll have to try to track soQL down now, since it sounds like I may be able to get ppp - ip working on it. Thanks for the update! Hello, I would like to know if SOQL

Re: [ql-users] Altera EP 1810 chipa, AKA GC/SGC INGOT, QXL Glue

2003-01-08 Thread Arnould Nazarian
It is very clear on the 2 last supersize pictures as they name them. You can see: EP1810LC-20 Y BGC070037A If this can help... Arnould (yes I am still reading everything) ZN a écrit: There is a small number of these, apparently blank, on eBay at the moment 26 I think... there are a few

Re: [ql-users] One box or two

2002-11-20 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Now... take a look at: http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail/0,1958,1895_1555_23,00.html To see what V5 currently supports (First devices available in early 2003) Phoebus From this it is very difficult to understand if it would be capable to run existing 68000 code without

Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms

2002-10-26 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Hello, My opinion is still that it could find a market as a toy computer. Especially if a CD with an emulator + QL software and some cables to connect to PCs were provided. And there should be some simple internet access (email, irc, crude www) as well. But the retail price should be around 150

Re: [ql-users] Keyboard membranes

2002-10-13 Thread Arnould Nazarian
Dear Voyager, I have 2 working QLs on my desk and I want to keep them in original state as long as possible. I have one or 2 spare membranes somewhere but if you or Dave produce an alternative to goes into the original black box then I would buy some. Arnould (France) I was planning on