Have a read and see what you think. I would welcome any other suggestions for material to help those returning to the QL scene and possibly those who are into retro-computing in general and perhaps approaching the QL for the first time.I don't know if Jochen has mentioned this but I am working on a series for QL Today with just this in mind I sent Jochen a list of topics I have found that people have trouble with when either returning to the QL after a long absence or upgrading from a QL with SGC to a Q60 / QPC2 etc. I should have the first one of these articles in the bag for the next issue. I am hoping that some other people will contribute articles too.
This is a quote from the email I sent to Jochen the other day:
'This is a list of some of the issues I think we should cover : > Use of Hard drives > Use of P.E. > Use of DOS disks > Screen Resolution > BOOT files > Colour Drivers > Printing > Network ? SERnet, QL and TCP/IP > Internet > Programs ? File handling / utilities /word processing/graphics Yes, all problematic fields.
text87 is one of the things to tackle as well.'
If anyone has anything to add to this list let us know.
I am, tackling screen resolution / hard drives in the first section and BOOT files in the second (which may become split into two) but if anyone else is willing to undertake any of the other topics we would be grateful. One idea was to collate this and other articles from previous issues as a 'book' which could be added to the print run of a normal QL Today print. We could then sell it as a guide for non QL Today subscribers.
BTW, Rich have you thought about asking Jochen to add some copies of your SBASIC guide to a print run ? Could be a way of getting reprints done in small quantities and help keeping the cost of a QL Today run down too.
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Roy Wood
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