Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert & an introduction of sorts

[Dave Park]

She could be in Austin, Texas for all we know - Apple has a campus there. 

Dave

On Dec 13, 2011, at 6:50 PM, Timothy Swenson  wrote:

> Hurrah, another QLer in Silicon Valley.  With Jim Hunkins gone, we're back up 
> to two.
> 
> Tim Swenson
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Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert & an introduction of sorts

[Timothy Swenson]

Hurrah, another QLer in Silicon Valley.  With Jim Hunkins gone, we're 
back up to two.


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Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert & an introduction of sorts

[Darren Branagh]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Tony Firshman  wrote:

>
> On Dec 13, at 22:21 | Dec13, Darren Branagh wrote:
>
> > Hi Alison,
> >
> > Just when I was getting used to being one of only two QL users still in
> > Ireland, you had to come along :))
> >
> > Where about where you originally from? I'm willing to guess Northern
> > Ireland...??
> >
> > We have a former Apple employee in the US who now works for AMD, I think
> in
> > Canada.
> >
> > Anyway, most of the guys here have beaten me to the info i was going to
> > send on, if you need and help, just shout - we're a fiendly bunch.
> What an absolutely brilliant mistype.
>
> I assure you, Alison, there is not one 'fiend' that I know of amongst us.
>
>  well maybe only Darren and his typing (8-)#
>
>

Oh Dear.  There I go again. Still, I hope she knows what I mean!!
Using the wifes Powerbook to type, and not used to the keyboard!!

Darren.




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Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert & an introduction of sorts

[Tony Firshman]

On Dec 13, at 22:21 | Dec13, Darren Branagh wrote:

> Hi Alison,
> 
> Just when I was getting used to being one of only two QL users still in
> Ireland, you had to come along :))
> 
> Where about where you originally from? I'm willing to guess Northern
> Ireland...??
> 
> We have a former Apple employee in the US who now works for AMD, I think in
> Canada.
> 
> Anyway, most of the guys here have beaten me to the info i was going to
> send on, if you need and help, just shout - we're a fiendly bunch.
What an absolutely brilliant mistype.

I assure you, Alison, there is not one 'fiend' that I know of amongst us.

 well maybe only Darren and his typing (8-)#

Tony

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Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert & an introduction of sorts

[Darren Branagh]

Hi Alison,

Just when I was getting used to being one of only two QL users still in
Ireland, you had to come along :))

Where about where you originally from? I'm willing to guess Northern
Ireland...??

We have a former Apple employee in the US who now works for AMD, I think in
Canada.

Anyway, most of the guys here have beaten me to the info i was going to
send on, if you need and help, just shout - we're a fiendly bunch.

Darren.


On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Alison Cassidy  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>I just joined your mailing list and have rejoined the QL community
> after ... umm ... a break of some 25 years :) My name is Alison Cassidy,
> I'm originally from Ireland tho' I'm now living in the US and have been for
> some years. I'm a diagnostic developer at Apple Inc. and have been working
> professionally with computer hardware and software for some 26 years now.
> As a very young teen, I started on Commodore PETs - that would have been
> 1979 or so. I 'progressed' to the ZX80, 81 Spectrum and ORIC-1. I remember
> building RAM packs for the ZX series out of my bedroom and selling them on
> to fellow-nerds at school :) One Summer, I saved up all my cash from my
> Summer job and blew it all on a new QL. That was in 1984 or so, and my
> parents were *not* impressed! For my birthday, I remember my aunt and uncle
> buying me a blank Eurocard and a SP0256 speech chip, and I went on to
> interface it to the QL, producing, I believe, the first speech synthesizer
> for the QL.
>
>Anyways - I managed to pick up a second-hand one on eBay last week.
> It showed up on my doorstep today and I'm now drowning in a wave of
> nostalgia. *sigh* :) I've no idea if the thing works or not - it's supposed
> to - but I'm going to try fire it up later this week. Can't wait to get
> back into QL programming again!
>
> Best regards,
>
> -- Allie - http://www.alisoncassidy.com
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Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert & an introduction of sorts

[Dilwyn Jones]

> I just joined your mailing list and have rejoined the QL community after ... 
> umm ... a break of some 25 years :)
> My name is Alison Cassidy, I'm originally from Ireland tho' I'm now living in 
> the US and have been for some 
> years. I'm a diagnostic developer at Apple Inc. and have been working 
> professionally with computer hardware 
> and software for some 26 years now. As a very young teen, I started on 
> Commodore PETs - that would have 
> been 1979 or so. I 'progressed' to the ZX80, 81 Spectrum and ORIC-1. I 
> remember building RAM packs for 
> the ZX series out of my bedroom and selling them on to fellow-nerds at school 
> :) One Summer, I saved 
> up all my cash from my Summer job and blew it all on a new QL. That was in 
> 1984 or so, and my parents 
> were *not* impressed! For my birthday, I remember my aunt and uncle buying me 
> a blank Eurocard and 
> a SP0256 speech chip, and I went on to interface it to the QL, producing, I 
> believe, the first speech 
> synthesizer for the QL.
> 
> Anyways - I managed to pick up a second-hand one on eBay last week. It showed 
> up on my doorstep 
> today and I'm now drowning in a wave of nostalgia. *sigh* :) I've no idea if 
> the thing works or not - 
> it's supposed to - but I'm going to try fire it up later this week. Can't 
> wait to get back into 
> QL programming again!
Welcome back! Good luck with the QL – I have no doubt you’ll get hooked on it 
again.
As you work at Apple, I presume you use Apple computers... You might like to 
know there’s a QL emulator called Q-emuLator which runs on some Macs. It was 
written by Daniele Terdina and you can find details at 
http://www.terdina.net/ql/MacQL.html (he does a Windows version too).
If you need QL reading material (manuals, articles, etc), have a look at my 
website at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/index.html
There is a dedicated QL magazine called QL Today (www.qltoday.com), and a QL 
user group called Quanta (www.quanta.org.uk).
I think Rich has already posted the URL for his QL Wiki, another great source 
of QL information, together with the QL Forum.
Welcome back, hope you enjoy using your QL after all these years!
Dilwyn Jones
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Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert & an introduction of sorts

[Dilwyn Jones]

(Anyone seen a Higgs boson hereabouts toady (!)?)


I was sure I saw one, around 126 GeV. I could have been mistaken though. 
;-)


Cheers,
Norm.
Was that the one which knocked me over as I came out of work this afternoon? 
Or perhaps it might have been the wind :-(


It was a bit of a quantum leap (there, back on topic)

Dilwyn Jones 


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Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert & an introduction of sorts

[Norman Dunbar]

John (in Wales)


(Anyone seen a Higgs boson hereabouts toady (!)?)


I was sure I saw one, around 126 GeV. I could have been mistaken though. ;-)

Cheers,
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Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert & an introduction of sorts

[QL-MyLink (f/fh)]

. now if you were 13 in 1979.  !

and yet enthusiasm is *still* alive and well. ;-)

I thought SST stands for Super Sonic Transport when, all the time, it really 
designates Silicon Storage Technology

from a Sinclair Schoolyard Trader.

You're doubly qualified.  Welcome SST Allie.

John in Wales

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Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert & an introduction of sorts

[Lee Privett]

Welcome Allie, you might want to catch up via a lot of reading by looking
here

from this site http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/index.html loads of stuff, software,
documents, and especially a few sections for those new or returning to the
QL community

another site regarding those new or returning to the QL
https://sites.google.com/site/iwant2learn2/ (mine)

QL Today - A4 publication - subscription 4 issues per year
http://qltoday.com/
QUANTA - still going,  A5 publication or e-mag - subscription 6 issues per
year http://www.quanta.org.uk/

You will also find by surfing the above and those recomended by RWAP
(Rich), the small number of traders who still operate within the Sinclair
QL and its derivatives.

Enjoy your experiences :)

Lee


On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Rich Mellor wrote:

>  On 13/12/2011 06:05, Alison Cassidy wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>I just joined your mailing list and have rejoined the QL community
>> after ... umm ... a break of some 25 years :) My name is Alison Cassidy,
>> I'm originally from Ireland tho' I'm now living in the US and have been for
>> some years. I'm a diagnostic developer at Apple Inc. and have been working
>> professionally with computer hardware and software for some 26 years now.
>> As a very young teen, I started on Commodore PETs - that would have been
>> 1979 or so. I 'progressed' to the ZX80, 81 Spectrum and ORIC-1. I remember
>> building RAM packs for the ZX series out of my bedroom and selling them on
>> to fellow-nerds at school :) One Summer, I saved up all my cash from my
>> Summer job and blew it all on a new QL. That was in 1984 or so, and my
>> parents were *not* impressed! For my birthday, I remember my aunt and uncle
>> buying me a blank Eurocard and a SP0256 speech chip, and I went on to
>> interface it to the QL, producing, I believe, the first speech synthesizer
>> for the QL.
>>
>>Anyways - I managed to pick up a second-hand one on eBay last
>> week. It showed up on my doorstep today and I'm now drowning in a wave of
>> nostalgia. *sigh* :) I've no idea if the thing works or not - it's supposed
>> to - but I'm going to try fire it up later this week. Can't wait to get
>> back into QL programming again!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> -- Allie - http://www.alisoncassidy.com
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>>
>>
>> Welcome Allie,
>
> It is nice to see new people joining up to the mailing list (and returning
> to the QL).
>
> Alas some of us have been here from the very beginning - others are too
> enjoying the joys the QL for the first time, or after a break.
>
> You may also want to check out the QL forums - www.qlforum.co.uk and the
> QL wiki - www.rwapadventures.com/ql_wiki
>
> Kind Regards
>
> --
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>
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>
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[Rich Mellor]

On 13/12/2011 06:05, Alison Cassidy wrote:

Hi all,

I just joined your mailing list and have rejoined the QL community 
after ... umm ... a break of some 25 years :) My name is Alison Cassidy, I'm 
originally from Ireland tho' I'm now living in the US and have been for some 
years. I'm a diagnostic developer at Apple Inc. and have been working 
professionally with computer hardware and software for some 26 years now. As a 
very young teen, I started on Commodore PETs - that would have been 1979 or so. 
I 'progressed' to the ZX80, 81 Spectrum and ORIC-1. I remember building RAM 
packs for the ZX series out of my bedroom and selling them on to fellow-nerds 
at school :) One Summer, I saved up all my cash from my Summer job and blew it 
all on a new QL. That was in 1984 or so, and my parents were *not* impressed! 
For my birthday, I remember my aunt and uncle buying me a blank Eurocard and a 
SP0256 speech chip, and I went on to interface it to the QL, producing, I 
believe, the first speech synthesizer for the QL.

Anyways - I managed to pick up a second-hand one on eBay last week. It 
showed up on my doorstep today and I'm now drowning in a wave of nostalgia. 
*sigh* :) I've no idea if the thing works or not - it's supposed to - but I'm 
going to try fire it up later this week. Can't wait to get back into QL 
programming again!

Best regards,

-- Allie - http://www.alisoncassidy.com
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Welcome Allie,

It is nice to see new people joining up to the mailing list (and 
returning to the QL).


Alas some of us have been here from the very beginning - others are too 
enjoying the joys the QL for the first time, or after a break.


You may also want to check out the QL forums - www.qlforum.co.uk and the 
QL wiki - www.rwapadventures.com/ql_wiki


Kind Regards

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[Ql-Users] n00b alert & an introduction of sorts

[Alison Cassidy]

Hi all,

I just joined your mailing list and have rejoined the QL community 
after ... umm ... a break of some 25 years :) My name is Alison Cassidy, I'm 
originally from Ireland tho' I'm now living in the US and have been for some 
years. I'm a diagnostic developer at Apple Inc. and have been working 
professionally with computer hardware and software for some 26 years now. As a 
very young teen, I started on Commodore PETs - that would have been 1979 or so. 
I 'progressed' to the ZX80, 81 Spectrum and ORIC-1. I remember building RAM 
packs for the ZX series out of my bedroom and selling them on to fellow-nerds 
at school :) One Summer, I saved up all my cash from my Summer job and blew it 
all on a new QL. That was in 1984 or so, and my parents were *not* impressed! 
For my birthday, I remember my aunt and uncle buying me a blank Eurocard and a 
SP0256 speech chip, and I went on to interface it to the QL, producing, I 
believe, the first speech synthesizer for the QL.

Anyways - I managed to pick up a second-hand one on eBay last week. It 
showed up on my doorstep today and I'm now drowning in a wave of nostalgia. 
*sigh* :) I've no idea if the thing works or not - it's supposed to - but I'm 
going to try fire it up later this week. Can't wait to get back into QL 
programming again!

Best regards,

-- Allie - http://www.alisoncassidy.com
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