I have just read David McCann's Article. It seems a pity that a person who invested in a new QL should so be disappointed. I hope we have not lost another QLer.
I think we tend to under estimate the difficulty of getting the QL to work properly. Also one reason that the Windows is so popular is that it all tends to run straight from the box. It is not until you start to get problems that you begin to get an inkling of how bad it might be. Also one of the things that puts people of Linux that it is seldom a case of instal and run. You find you have to set users, sort out your modem, sort out your printer, and the programs are all that bit different to the ones you have used on a Windows machine. You are either a geek and persevere or you go back to relatively tried and tested Windows. At least the chap in the local shop understands these Windows machines! Macs are another machine which I believe is set up to go from the word go as long as you buy Apple hardware. So do you think it would be a good idea to see if we can make the QL and its software so it apparently just runs? Do you think we should try and create a set of simple instructions which if followed to the letter will solve David McCann's problems? If we succeed perhaps Dilwyn would be good enough to forward to David McCann. Unfortunately I cannot help but I know George Gwilt has some problems with his Q40 & Q60 and I am sure George and I will be only too pleased to try them out. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
