What benefits does a QL have over a Spectrum? Great fun for people who enjoy programming. It's simple enough to understand (unlike the PC or Mac) but powerful enough to do something interesting (unlike the old home computers). I remember my triumph in producing a very small machine-code program to give a beep, high or low as appropriate, when the caps-lock key was pressed -- and I'm not really interested in programming. I wouldn't know where to start doing that for a PC. I had a book to explain the innards QDOS, but I'd have to read the source code to see how Linux works.
First rule of computing ... never buy version 1.0 I've just had an email from Tiscali: "The introduction of Windows Vista has caused some problems throughout the industry. These are due due to incompatibility issues with other software. If you are upgrading to Vista there are scenarios where you may experience problems, such as being unable to connect to the Internet. ... We expect to have a complete solution in the next few weeks. We suggest you wait until this is ready before purchasing Vista." I expect other ISPs will have sent similar messages. I've also seen a blog from a company who found that their security software wouldn't work with IE7 but IE6 wouldn't work with Vista. They contacted M$ and got the suggestion that they turn off the security until the problem was fixed! I hope the QL community are all to wise (old?) to have got caught. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
