Re: [ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-13 Thread Wolfgang Uhlig
Am Sat, 11 Dec 2004 14:08:36 -0500 hat Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben: xx years old... What does that mean? If you're 2 years then you are old as well? You get older every second after the moment of your birth :) ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-13 Thread John Hall
John Taylor wrote: The EMC directive failed to determine what levels were acceptable and which were not. If a complaint was lodged then the courts would decide based on that one item only. ie. The acceptable level would be related to what use would be made of the item, so that a

Re: [ql-users] Microdrives - how do you store yours?

2004-12-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Perhaps that should read Am I The Only Person Who Still Uses MDV Carts or who has working MDV drives Well, strictly speaking I don't really use MDVs much these days; and given that all my QLs are currently mothballed (or, rather, parked, seeing as they're in the garage) I'm not currently

Re: [ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Sunday, December 12, 2004, at 04:34 PM, John Hall wrote: This may not be the only reason why Stuart (sic) stopped trading but, from conversations I had with him at the time, I am sure it was a contributory factor... This may

Re: [ql-users] M$ in Welsh ?

2004-12-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Hey Dilwyn Whats suddenly wrong with Welsh, I see even MS Office have a Welsh Edition, must be all the complaining you've done over the years. mike And there's me thinking I was banging my pen (head) against the mur (wall) all these blynyddoedd (years). I'd meant to mention that. I think it

Re: [ql-users] ColdFire vs 68000

2004-12-13 Thread Marcel Kilgus
ZN wrote: exg: 474 rol: 168ror: 367roxl: 25roxr: 45 It would be interesting to see where the EXG, ROL, ROR, ROXL, ROXL instructions occur. I would bet quite a few in the graphics driver... Some values from the GD2 driver: exg: 180, rol: 34, ror: 189, roxl: 0, roxr:

Re: [ql-users] Microdrives - how do you store yours?

2004-12-13 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 at 19:13:38, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher oldecomputer related orders until finances improve :( I have one for sale - bigger hint!! Err...SWMBO? You haven't read Rider Haggard - She who must

Re: [ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-13 Thread Robert Newson
hitchies wrote: Re Dilwyn's - So, somewhere between 300 and 400 years after Christ's birth, his birthday moved to 25th December! Not in Ethiopia boyo (Jan 6th). I had two Christmases a year when I lived there! That comes about because of the

Re: [ql-users] Microdrives - how do you store yours?

2004-12-13 Thread Jeremy Taffel
Dilwyn Jones wrote: What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher oldecomputer related orders until finances improve :( I have one for sale - bigger hint!! Err...SWMBO? she who must be obeyed - I assume. ___

Re: [ql-users] Microdrives - how do you store yours?

2004-12-13 Thread John Taylor
On Monday, December 13, 2004, at 10:52 PM, Tony Firshman wrote: On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 at 19:13:38, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher oldecomputer related orders until finances improve :( I have one for sale - bigger

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT or other OS's

2004-12-13 Thread jms1
What small file? - Original Message - From: Mike MacNamara [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:13 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT or other OS's Register, Whats that, quicker to copy 1 small file from previous version, stopping

Re: [ql-users] ColdFire vs 68000

2004-12-13 Thread P Witte
Marcel Kilgus writes: If its so much bother implementing SMSQ/E on a faster (but different) processor, isnt it worthwhile revisiting the multi-processor option again? If you cant get faster processors, use more of them! Well, that's only worthwhile if you have work that can be done in

Re: Re: [ql-users] Microdrives - how do you store yours?

2004-12-13 Thread dilwyn.jones
Err...SWMBO? You haven't read Rider Haggard - She who must be obeyed Tony Never heard of it, let alone read it. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Microdrives - how do you store yours?

2004-12-13 Thread Adrian Vickers
At 12:28 14/12/2004, you wrote: Mind you he might have picked it up from somewhere else - the bible, Shakespeare? Plain commonsense if you ask me I mean, it's obvious isn't it? ;) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Microdrives - how do you store yours?

2004-12-13 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:28:43 +,() Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 at 05:23:27, Phoebus Dokos wrote: I always thought it was my wife :-) Exactly. These all refer back to Rider Haggard. Mind you he might have picked it up from somewhere else - the bible,

Re: [ql-users] Microdrives - how do you store yours?

2004-12-13 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 at 09:48:31, John Taylor wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Monday, December 13, 2004, at 10:52 PM, Tony Firshman wrote: On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 at 19:13:38, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher

Re: [ql-users] Microdrives - how do you store yours?

2004-12-13 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 at 05:23:27, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:48:31 +,() John Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: On Monday, December 13, 2004, at 10:52 PM, Tony Firshman wrote: On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 at 19:13:38, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref:

Re: [ql-users] Microdrives - how do you store yours?

2004-12-13 Thread Geogwilt
In a message dated 12/12/04 21:26:43 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I really *really* want (but wouldn't be able to afford) is a Thor. But it seems that they truly are as rare as hens teeth. Many of the hard disk equipped Thors have long since found they no longer have

Re: [ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-13 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:12:38 +0100,() Wolfgang Uhlig [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: Am Sat, 11 Dec 2004 14:08:36 -0500 hat Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben: xx years old... What does that mean? If you're 2 years then you are old as well? You get older every second after the moment of

Re: [ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-13 Thread John Taylor
On Monday, December 13, 2004, at 11:40 AM, John Hall wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by 'levels'. I meant levels of emission At the time very little was understood as to what would constitute acceptable levels of emission. I wrote to the Board of Trade and the MP Malcolm Rifkin ( recommended

Re: [ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-13 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 at 06:03:08, mccorkle wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) snip The above reminds me of my teacher in a creative writing class in my collage days. She exorted us to use shorter, more to the point, AngloSaxon words rather longer, more complex Latin words. I suspect she

Re: [ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-13 Thread David Tubbs
Time perhaps to close the thread. in 45 mails only 2 touched (destructively ) on the subject ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Microdrives - how do you store yours?

2004-12-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones
What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher oldecomputer related orders until finances improve :( I have one for sale - bigger hint!! Err...SWMBO? -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [ql-users] Microdrives - how do you store yours?

2004-12-13 Thread Adrian Vickers
At 19:13 13/12/2004, you wrote: What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher oldecomputer related orders until finances improve :( I have one for sale - bigger hint!! Err...SWMBO? If you are asking me what does SWMBO stand for, it is She Who Must Be Obeyed. If you are

Re: [ql-users] ColdFire vs 68000

2004-12-13 Thread Marcel Kilgus
P Witte wrote: If its so much bother implementing SMSQ/E on a faster (but different) processor, isnt it worthwhile revisiting the multi-processor option again? If you cant get faster processors, use more of them! Well, that's only worthwhile if you have work that can be done in parallel. For