On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 at 00:59:16, Roy wood wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>>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
It should include some standard minefields, like how to make sure
superHermes keyboard drivers are loaded on hard disk systems.
I like to have a basic BOOT program to get a working system, and put
everything else into a 'boot1'.
I also try (on my romdisq) to ensure it will run under all ROM based
operating systems. This is a very far from trivial task.
I think I have now got a romdisq that I can use to boot any QL system
using the on-board ROM - very useful for troubleshooting.
>> Colour Drivers
>> Printing
>> Network ? SERnet, QL and TCP/IP
Including serial <-> serial communication with other machines.
The design of the lead is so simple, but people get in really deep
water. It would be good to publish the working pinouts which QuaLsoft
designed and sold way back in 1989. Somehow, even 15 years later, the
question still pops up.
I remember a sernet session at Byfleet where a group of people spent
hours trying to get Roy Wood's sernet working. I made up the 'standard'
lead, and it worked! I know there are software issues too and the QLs
serial port needs to work, but the lead itself should never be the
issue.
>> Internet
>> Programs ? File handling / utilities /word processing/graphics
Tony
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