Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
On 14 Jan 2009, at 20:59, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: 1) as PDF (v1.4, two layers graphic and text, text searchable) http://www.cowo.ch/downloads/SinclairQL_advertisement_doublepage_1984-0x.pdf Looks very good. 2) as JPG http://www.cowo.ch/downloads/SinclairQL_advertisement_doublepage_1984-0x.jpg Looks good too but takes a few seconds to appear. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
Urs Koenig wrote: 2. We have a 15'000$ XEROX WorkCentre at work which has a powerful duplex scan engine. To scan 100 pages of A4 paper takes just a few minutes. Another contribution to the QLis25 year will be that on one evening or another I will scan some documents, mainly those which are 1) easy to scan 2) not available/downloadable as a scan 3) scanned version is of bad quality or incomplete Malcolm Cadman wrote: With that sort of power the time is reduced for this type of work. I guess that the quality is very good too. It's a XEROX WorkCentre 7655, max. format is A3. Today I've scanned a Sinclair QL advertisement out of a 1984 magazine as a trial. Check it out: 1) as PDF (v1.4, two layers graphic and text, text searchable) http://www.cowo.ch/downloads/SinclairQL_advertisement_doublepage_1984-0x.pdf 2) as JPG http://www.cowo.ch/downloads/SinclairQL_advertisement_doublepage_1984-0x.jpg I did go for best quality not for small file size. - Welcome to 2009 with powerful PC's and fast Internet all around. ;-) Regards, Urs __ -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Im Auftrag von Malcolm Cadman Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Januar 2009 19:08 An: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Betreff: Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines In message 002301c975a3$fdfec0e0$2301a...@pcw.local, Urs König (QL) q...@bluewin.ch writes Javier Guerra wrote: The web, as always, is open to anyone who wants to contribute. If you have any book, magazine or manual, contact us to tell the best way to pass the documents to PDF. You can even send copies (who gladly pay) so that we deal with it. There's help. 1. I have a huge collection of QL stuff including many printed documents, manuals and books. 2. We have a 15'000$ XEROX WorkCentre at work which has a powerful duplex scan engine. To scan 100 pages of A4 paper takes just a few minutes. Another contribution to the QLis25 year will be that on one evening or another I will scan some documents, mainly those which are 1) easy to scan 2) not available/downloadable as a scan 3) scanned version is of bad quality or incomplete Regards, Urs Hi Urs, Great idea. With that sort of power the time is reduced for this type of work. I guess that the quality is very good too. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
Looks great and good choice on quality over file size. The PDF format is very helpful. Thanks! Bill Loguidice, Managing Director Armchair Arcade, Inc. http://www.armchairarcade.com A PC Magazine Top 100 Website Authored Books: http://www.armchairarcade.com/books -Original Message- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Urs Koenig (QL) Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:00 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines Importance: High Urs Koenig wrote: 2. We have a 15'000$ XEROX WorkCentre at work which has a powerful duplex scan engine. To scan 100 pages of A4 paper takes just a few minutes. Another contribution to the QLis25 year will be that on one evening or another I will scan some documents, mainly those which are 1) easy to scan 2) not available/downloadable as a scan 3) scanned version is of bad quality or incomplete Malcolm Cadman wrote: With that sort of power the time is reduced for this type of work. I guess that the quality is very good too. It's a XEROX WorkCentre 7655, max. format is A3. Today I've scanned a Sinclair QL advertisement out of a 1984 magazine as a trial. Check it out: 1) as PDF (v1.4, two layers graphic and text, text searchable) http://www.cowo.ch/downloads/SinclairQL_advertisement_doublepage_1984-0x.pdf 2) as JPG http://www.cowo.ch/downloads/SinclairQL_advertisement_doublepage_1984-0x.jpg I did go for best quality not for small file size. - Welcome to 2009 with powerful PC's and fast Internet all around. ;-) Regards, Urs __ -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Im Auftrag von Malcolm Cadman Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Januar 2009 19:08 An: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Betreff: Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines In message 002301c975a3$fdfec0e0$2301a...@pcw.local, Urs König (QL) q...@bluewin.ch writes Javier Guerra wrote: The web, as always, is open to anyone who wants to contribute. If you have any book, magazine or manual, contact us to tell the best way to pass the documents to PDF. You can even send copies (who gladly pay) so that we deal with it. There's help. 1. I have a huge collection of QL stuff including many printed documents, manuals and books. 2. We have a 15'000$ XEROX WorkCentre at work which has a powerful duplex scan engine. To scan 100 pages of A4 paper takes just a few minutes. Another contribution to the QLis25 year will be that on one evening or another I will scan some documents, mainly those which are 1) easy to scan 2) not available/downloadable as a scan 3) scanned version is of bad quality or incomplete Regards, Urs Hi Urs, Great idea. With that sort of power the time is reduced for this type of work. I guess that the quality is very good too. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
Today I've scanned a Sinclair QL advertisement out of a 1984 magazine as a trial. Check it out: 1) as PDF (v1.4, two layers graphic and text, text searchable) http://www.cowo.ch/downloads/SinclairQL_advertisement_doublepage_1984-0x.pdf That's great - the text layer makes it very easy to search for text in a scanned document even though it looks like a graphic. Is the OCR part pretty reliable and needing little proof reading/correction afterward? 2) as JPG http://www.cowo.ch/downloads/SinclairQL_advertisement_doublepage_1984-0x.jpg I did go for best quality not for small file size. - Welcome to 2009 with powerful PC's and fast Internet all around. ;-) Regards, Urs As long as we have broadband to download them ;-)) -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
Javier Guerra wrote: The web, as always, is open to anyone who wants to contribute. If you have any book, magazine or manual, contact us to tell the best way to pass the documents to PDF. You can even send copies (who gladly pay) so that we deal with it. There's help. 1. I have a huge collection of QL stuff including many printed documents, manuals and books. 2. We have a 15'000$ XEROX WorkCentre at work which has a powerful duplex scan engine. To scan 100 pages of A4 paper takes just a few minutes. Another contribution to the QLis25 year will be that on one evening or another I will scan some documents, mainly those which are 1) easy to scan 2) not available/downloadable as a scan 3) scanned version is of bad quality or incomplete Regards, Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
In message 002301c975a3$fdfec0e0$2301a...@pcw.local, Urs König (QL) q...@bluewin.ch writes Javier Guerra wrote: The web, as always, is open to anyone who wants to contribute. If you have any book, magazine or manual, contact us to tell the best way to pass the documents to PDF. You can even send copies (who gladly pay) so that we deal with it. There's help. 1. I have a huge collection of QL stuff including many printed documents, manuals and books. 2. We have a 15'000$ XEROX WorkCentre at work which has a powerful duplex scan engine. To scan 100 pages of A4 paper takes just a few minutes. Another contribution to the QLis25 year will be that on one evening or another I will scan some documents, mainly those which are 1) easy to scan 2) not available/downloadable as a scan 3) scanned version is of bad quality or incomplete Regards, Urs Hi Urs, Great idea. With that sort of power the time is reduced for this type of work. I guess that the quality is very good too. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
Great idea. I can't wait! It is taking days to download the torrent of QL.docs.and.manuals already. Huge amount of upload of this torrent though, so this is good! :-) Regards Andy Barber Mailto:ac...@yahoo.com T: +44 20 8402 3385 ~ M: +44 791 883 4739 ~ F: +44 705 069 5845. From: Malcolm Cadman q...@mcad.demon.co.uk To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Tuesday, 13 January, 2009 18:08:12 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines In message 002301c975a3$fdfec0e0$2301a...@pcw.local, Urs König (QL) q...@bluewin.ch writes Javier Guerra wrote: The web, as always, is open to anyone who wants to contribute. If you have any book, magazine or manual, contact us to tell the best way to pass the documents to PDF. You can even send copies (who gladly pay) so that we deal with it. There's help. 1. I have a huge collection of QL stuff including many printed documents, manuals and books. 2. We have a 15'000$ XEROX WorkCentre at work which has a powerful duplex scan engine. To scan 100 pages of A4 paper takes just a few minutes. Another contribution to the QLis25 year will be that on one evening or another I will scan some documents, mainly those which are 1) easy to scan 2) not available/downloadable as a scan 3) scanned version is of bad quality or incomplete Regards, Urs Hi Urs, Great idea. With that sort of power the time is reduced for this type of work. I guess that the quality is very good too. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
That sounds fantastic. You are welcome! We have space in our server acount. Have you thought of centralizing all the docs? If you think that is well, you can send me the files via email or through sftp (secure ftp over ssh) to my home server. Many docs can be scanned again if you have better quality paper copies. We scanned at monocrome (1 bit) 300 dpi. to minimize the final file size. Can you convert to PDF? This is not important, we can, but using the option to scan documents from Acrobat the end file are smaller. Documents created from images of pages the document takes up more space. Regards Javier Guerra Urs König (QL) escribió: Javier Guerra wrote: The web, as always, is open to anyone who wants to contribute. If you have any book, magazine or manual, contact us to tell the best way to pass the documents to PDF. You can even send copies (who gladly pay) so that we deal with it. There's help. 1. I have a huge collection of QL stuff including many printed documents, manuals and books. 2. We have a 15'000$ XEROX WorkCentre at work which has a powerful duplex scan engine. To scan 100 pages of A4 paper takes just a few minutes. Another contribution to the QLis25 year will be that on one evening or another I will scan some documents, mainly those which are 1) easy to scan 2) not available/downloadable as a scan 3) scanned version is of bad quality or incomplete Regards, Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
Hi Andy It's taking too long. It is not normal. People tell me that it takes about 8 hours to download. I hope that things will improve. Meanwhile, anyway, you can download the manuals that interest you from the page. Usin the Save as... option menu. good luck! Andy Barber escribió: Great idea. I can't wait! It is taking days to download the torrent of QL.docs.and.manuals already. Huge amount of upload of this torrent though, so this is good! :-) Regards Andy Barber Mailto:ac...@yahoo.com T: +44 20 8402 3385 ~ M: +44 791 883 4739 ~ F: +44 705 069 5845. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
sinclairql.es wrote: Hi Andy It's taking too long. It is not normal. People tell me that it takes about 8 hours to download. IF you are a new user to torrents, your torrent software settings are IMPORTANT, setting your OUTBOUND speed/limits is a major factor on your inbound speed (at least with the torrent software I have played with) Curtail your outbound to 10% - 20% of your max outbound speed. This helps the inbound a lot (usually) -- Paul Holmgren Mine: 2 57 300-C's in Indy Hers: 05 PT GT R/T HO Hoosier Corps L#6 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
sinclairql.es wrote: More than 100 manuals, books and magazines (yes, in English) that have gone through the scanner with better or worse luck in terms of quality concerns, but that insurance will be useful for the community because this material years ago which has started to dwindle and unfortunately we are increasingly less to keep alive the flame of QL. I have downloaded the torrent and wow, this is a very cool collection. Many things I have a paper version of, but that stuff is mostly buried deeply in some cellar. Having everything as PDF for quick reference is just superb. Thanks a lot! All the best, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
Marcel Kilgus escribió: I have downloaded the torrent and wow, this is a very cool collection. Many things I have a paper version of, but that stuff is mostly buried deeply in some cellar. Having everything as PDF for quick reference is just superb. Thanks a lot! Thank you Marcel. Enjoy it. We have announced the launch in advance, but we were unable to contact many authors. We hope that this is not a problem for them. We do this with respect for their work. Personally, I think the QL now needs a push, because there are many collectors who are looking QL but do not know how it works, and there are some QL users who seek new experiences, and need information. We hope to help with this. Regards Javier Guerra Sinclair QL Spanish Resources http://sinclairql.es ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
sinclairql.es wrote: More than 100 manuals, books and magazines (yes, in English) that have gone through the scanner with better or worse luck in terms of quality concerns, but that insurance will be useful for the community because this material years ago which has started to dwindle and unfortunately we are increasingly less to keep alive the flame of QL. I have downloaded the torrent and wow, this is a very cool collection. Where do I get the torrent? Andy Barber ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
Andy Barber wrote: I have downloaded the torrent and wow, this is a very cool collection. Where do I get the torrent? The link was in the original article I answered to. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4636229/Sinclair_QL_documents_manuals_and_magazines Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
Where do I get the torrent? The link was in the original article I answered to. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4636229/Sinclair_QL_documents_manuals_and_magazines And you can use too the Save link as... option menu in you browser and download the file: QL.docs.and.manuals.torrent to add at you torrent download program. Can anyone recommend a free Windows XP BitTorrent client (never used BitTorrent before) -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
On 12/01/2009 19:07, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Where do I get the torrent? The link was in the original article I answered to. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4636229/Sinclair_QL_documents_manuals_and_magazines And you can use too the Save link as... option menu in you browser and download the file: QL.docs.and.manuals.torrent to add at you torrent download program. Can anyone recommend a free Windows XP BitTorrent client (never used BitTorrent before) uTorrent (http://www.utorrent.com/) is smaller than most and I found it easier to use than Azureus. -- Regards, Stephen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
Limewire. http://qurl.co.uk/6ko1 Regards Andy Barber Mailto:ac...@yahoo.com T: +44 20 8402 3385 ~ M: +44 791 883 4739 ~ F: +44 705 069 5845. From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk To: QL-Users list ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Monday, 12 January, 2009 19:07:14 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines Where do I get the torrent? The link was in the original article I answered to. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4636229/Sinclair_QL_documents_manuals_and_magazines And you can use too the Save link as... option menu in you browser and download the file: QL.docs.and.manuals.torrent to add at you torrent download program. Can anyone recommend a free Windows XP BitTorrent client (never used BitTorrent before) -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
This is the year of the 25th anniversary of the QL. For several months in Sinclair QL Spanish Resources been preparing for this event a wide collection of PDF material about the QL now put at your disposal. More than 100 manuals, books and magazines (yes, in English) that have gone through the scanner with better or worse luck in terms of quality concerns, but that insurance will be useful for the community because this material years ago which has started to dwindle and unfortunately we are increasingly less to keep alive the flame of QL. The documents include: The book The definitive handbook QL SuperBASIC of Jan Jones, the creator of the QL programming language: The SuperBASIC. This is a book published by McGraw Hill and was re-edited by Quanta later. It also highlights the manual QL Technical Guide by Tony Tebby, with all the secrets on a QDOS programmer. Items on the other hand is varied: Leguajes programming and compilers, toolkits and extensions to the operating system, game manuals, manuals of many productivity programs, manuals on specific hardware, 5 books and 12 issues of the journal QL World. And the thing does not end here, as we have several books and manuals in preparation. DOWNLOADS: All this documentation is available on the link: http://www.speccy.org/sinclairql/archivo/docs/docs.htm If you want to download all the material once for storage and off-line review, we have created a torrent to help: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4636229/Sinclair_QL_documents_manuals_and_magazines CONTRIBUTE: The web, as always, is open to anyone who wants to contribute. If you have any book, magazine or manual, contact us to tell the best way to pass the documents to PDF. You can even send copies (who gladly pay) so that we deal with it. To contact use the e-mail: sinclairql AT badared DOT com We sincerely hope you enjoy learning with this material. Happy 25th anniversary! Javier Guerra (aka badaman) sinclair QL Spanish Resources http://sinclairql.es ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
