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From: "Roy wood" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] QL hardware and stuff


> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Phil Kett
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>I think we have to face the fact that the QL is a dying breed - we're
>>not going to get any new hardware due to costs, and new software is only
>>going to be developed by those already developing software. Partly
>>because of the cost of getting a 'modern' QL system and partly because
>>learning how to program such a system seems to be very, very difficult
>>due to a lack of tutorials or available documentation.

>snip<
Roy Wood's reply:

> True, many articles in QL Today which demonstrate programming techniques
> etc. are scattered throughout it's 11 volumes. I believe that all of
> these still exist in electronic form so maybe there is  some possible
> mileage in gathering all of the articles of each series together and
> either printing them off as a single volume or putting them on a CD as
> PDF files. I have no idea how much work this would be but it would be
> work so there would have to be a charge. Nevertheless it would be
> worthwhile if it got some people writing software again.
> -- 

It is also worthwhile getting hold of Dilwyn's Documentation CD. Some old QL 
Today material is on it and apaer from that it is a useful reference 
document,

Best wishes,

Geoff 


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