Thanks, D.
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:46 AM, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > OK, I've emailed copies of snooper and clock to you, here's a brief > description of Snooper, from your website originally: > > Snooper Basic > > This version is Basic source code because I can't get it to work once > compiled. It needs to be renumbered and merged with your Basic code. It may > be activated with the BREAKPOINT keyword. For some reason it won't run when > Turbo Toolkit is loaded. Has huge problems with local variables, which seem > to lose their names when out of scope. If anyone knows how to reconnect > local variables to their names when they are out of scope, please let me > know. Also only runs on SMSQ/E. > > Dilwyn > > -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Baum via Ql-Users > Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2017 9:38 PM > To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > Cc: Daniel Baum > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL > > > Hi DIlwyn, > > To be honest, I do not remember writing either of those, and I have no idea > what they do (although "clock" sounds pretty obvious...). > > In principle, I have no objection to anything I wrote being made available, > however I would like to have a look at them first to do a bit of QA before > unleashing them on the public. > > > Thanks, > > Daniel > > On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 11:52 PM, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users < > ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > > Welcome back Daniel! Glad to see you found your software on my site. >> >> At one stage, I had a lot of your programs but lost them in a hard disk >> crash some years ago. I still have two zip files called 'snooper' and >> 'clock' - would it be OK to make them available on my site now I have >> found >> them again? >> >> If I find any more of your QL software I'll ask about those too. >> >> Dilwyn >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Baum via Ql-Users >> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 5:51 PM >> To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com >> Cc: Daniel Baum >> Subject: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL >> >> >> Hello, >> >> I originally bought a Sinclair QL some time in the mid 1980s. It was my >> main computer for a while, but I eventually replaced it with an Atari ST >> and it went into the attic. >> >> A few years later I got back into the QL. I used QPC1 and then QPC2 on >> whatever PC I had at the time. I gradually got interested in other things, >> and then I seem to remember getting my first PC that had no diskette drive >> and so I couldn't run QPC anymore. >> >> During this period (1998 apparently) I wrote a program called Qbase that I >> am astonished to find is available from Dilwyn's site and is part of the >> Black Phoenix distribution. >> >> So, a while ago I thought I'd see what was happening in the QL world (or >> rather, if there still was one) and I found that it still existed and so >> here I am, configuring my boot file and trying to get my head around >> EasyPtr, again... >> >> Outside the QL World I am actually a professional programmer and also a >> linguist and researcher into automatic language analysis and speech >> analytics. >> >> It's nice to be reunited with the QL, and also to find so many familiar >> names still involved with it. >> >> I do already have a couple of questions, but I think they might be better >> in a separate thread. >> >> Regards to all, >> >> Daniel Baum >> _______________________________________________ >> QL-Users Mailing List >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >> http://www.avg.com >> _______________________________________________ >> QL-Users Mailing List >> >> _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
