Re: [Ql-Users] QXL drives
John Sadler wrote: > You can have your QXL win files anywhere you ike by editing the dos executable > with a suitable dos editor. > That is what I have done and so I keep my QXL files in a seperate parition and > directory. Well, you could also turn it into a Tetris game if you hex edit enough of the DOS executable, still that is not a standard feature ;-) Granted, changing the file names might somewhat easier. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access
matras...@aol.com wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direct sector access > channel from SBASIC to a non PC FAT formatted hard disk such as a Nope, no way, sorry. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Micro Men on BBC iPlayer, QL is mentioned!!
Just a quick one, for those interested Micro Men can be viewed for the next week for free on the BBC's iPlayer service (only if you live in the UK) Follow this link :- http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00n5b92/Micro_Men/ It really is worth a look - I totally enjoyed it. Cheers, Darren. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QXL drives
You can have your QXL win files anywhere you ike by editing the dos executable with a suitable dos editor. That is what I have done and so I keep my QXL files in a seperate parition and directory. John On Tuesday 06 October 2009 20:15, Marcel Kilgus wrote: > Dilwyn Jones wrote: > > It's so long since I last used a QXL, can anyone tell me if the QXL > > has DOS drives (like QPC2's DOS1_ etc)? > > No, that's a QPC exclusive. Until quite recently even the WIN devices > were hard-linked (WIN1 -> C:\QXL.WIN, WIN2 -> D:\QXL.WIN etc.) > > Marcel > > ___ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Micro Men on BBC4 - Excellent Stuff, QL is mentioned!!
Hi All, I have just finished watching Micro Men, the Sinclair/Acorn Documentary on BBC4, and is was truly excellent - a real nostalgic trip down memory road. Some wonderful scenes in it - I had forgotten Sir Clive and Chris Curry had a fight in a bar!! And some lovely clips grom "how to make the most of your micro" and the famous Quantum Leap advert. And yes - the QL gets a few mentions - mainly due to its failure as a business machine. If anyone is interested - its repeated tonight on BBC4 at 11.55pm if you missed it earlier. Cheers, Darren. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Dark Side of The Moon
YESPLEASE...;-) There are so few good (and available) adventures there for the QL (and its QPC ;-)), please do it! Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: "david colyer" If the current suppliers want, I can write a Walk Through' for the game, as I don't think anyone ever finished it. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Dark Side of The Moon
david colyer wrote: Hello I was interested to find out today, that our Text Adventure game has been converted to disk and is still available on the Internet. I only just had my interest rekindled today-when my friend Jaspar Taylor, made a surprise visit, after several years and mentioned that he had heard that some of the QL software had been made availble again. I had forgotten all about it, after all these years, after interest faded and after we had sold about 150 games wordlwide, producing it under 'Javid Systems' and it took us 2 years to develope-, even after Sinclair went into liquidation during the last 6 months In the review by Richard Mellor- it was mentioned there was a bug regarding not being mentioned that you had to type your commands in CAPSLOCK, but in the instructions we included in the pack, on the last inside page, we advised that COMMANDS should be typed in captals and some of the examples shown, iunder 'COMMANDS', were all in capitals. Also you only needed to type in the first 4 letters of a command to get the instruction to work. We developed our interest in the Text Adventures, after playing ZSkul, written by Talent and while not exactly copying their ideas, we developed our game along similar lines. We felt we included some enhancements to make the game more interesting, by having the characters able to say things and converse with the player-rather than just have lines like 'A Dwarf enters'. Also as an added bit of humour, when you fired your space gun-an arrow raced across the screen, with a sound effect added. Also, our characters were able to carry things on your behalf and also take independent actions and we had a lot more commands to fit certain situations. For example if a scene said 'You can see a pile of rocks' then typing in 'CLIMB rocks you got a result. Also if you found a hyperdermic syringe, you could type in INJECT syringe etc. If the current suppliers want, I can write a Walk Through' for the game, as I don't think anyone ever finished it. David Colyer _ Access your other email accounts and manage all your email from one place. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Well it just goes to show that the QL Wiki is already having a positive effect and bringing back some of the old authors ! David (and Jaspar) it is great to hear from you - at the moment, Dark Side of the Moon is not available to purchase, except to people who can prove that they own the original. We would love to bring it back to the market either as public domain or as a commercial offering, with a 25% royalty - that also applies to some of the other software on the ql wiki which is no longer available new. Contact me off list if you wish to discuss this further. A walk through would be helpful to assist those people wanting to play the game, as would the manual text / artwork if they are still available. Luckily, we do not have to worry about sources, as the original adventure was written in SuperBASIC. The QL Wiki - http://www.rwapadventures.com/ql_wiki -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Dark Side of The Moon
Hello I was interested to find out today, that our Text Adventure game has been converted to disk and is still available on the Internet. I only just had my interest rekindled today-when my friend Jaspar Taylor, made a surprise visit, after several years and mentioned that he had heard that some of the QL software had been made availble again. I had forgotten all about it, after all these years, after interest faded and after we had sold about 150 games wordlwide, producing it under 'Javid Systems' and it took us 2 years to develope-, even after Sinclair went into liquidation during the last 6 months In the review by Richard Mellor- it was mentioned there was a bug regarding not being mentioned that you had to type your commands in CAPSLOCK, but in the instructions we included in the pack, on the last inside page, we advised that COMMANDS should be typed in captals and some of the examples shown, iunder 'COMMANDS', were all in capitals. Also you only needed to type in the first 4 letters of a command to get the instruction to work. We developed our interest in the Text Adventures, after playing ZSkul, written by Talent and while not exactly copying their ideas, we developed our game along similar lines. We felt we included some enhancements to make the game more interesting, by having the characters able to say things and converse with the player-rather than just have lines like 'A Dwarf enters'. Also as an added bit of humour, when you fired your space gun-an arrow raced across the screen, with a sound effect added. Also, our characters were able to carry things on your behalf and also take independent actions and we had a lot more commands to fit certain situations. For example if a scene said 'You can see a pile of rocks' then typing in 'CLIMB rocks you got a result. Also if you found a hyperdermic syringe, you could type in INJECT syringe etc. If the current suppliers want, I can write a Walk Through' for the game, as I don't think anyone ever finished it. David Colyer _ Access your other email accounts and manage all your email from one place. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access
Hi, Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direct sector access channel from SBASIC to a non PC FAT formatted hard disk such as a Q60 formatted compact flash card. I have tried to do this with errt=FOP_DIR(#4,dos4_). While FOP_DIR returns 0 suggesting success the device as seen has a dimension of 0, so that INPUT#4,a$ get an end of file error message. Thanks Duncan Neithercut ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
