RE: [ql-users] Looking for advice
-Original Message- From: Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] - Which I still have to this very day - although Tony has had his hands on it a couple of times ... but way back in August 1991, with a guarantee repair a few months later (8-)# Looks like (with the exception of one membrane) it has been going well ever since. If I remember correctly, I managed to bend a pin in the socket inside the QL where the Gold Card plugged in. Tony fixed it with some wonderfully technical tool (long nosed pliers perhaps ?) and sent it back. Unfortunately, just after I got it, I had to replace the membrane - so had to break his 'warranty' sticker to get a screw out. Still going strong ? Probably, I'm using QPC now and QXL before that due to reduced numbers of cables etc, but I still have it and two others. The other two need ... membranes :o) Cheers, Norman. - Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administrator Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0113 289 6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com - This email is intended only for the use of the addressees named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not an addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in it, nor copy it, nor inform any person other than Lynx Financial Systems or the addressees of its existence or contents. If you have received this email and are not a named addressee, please delete it and notify the Lynx Financial Systems IT Department on 0113 2892990.
Re: [ql-users] Source Code Status
On 25 Mar 2002, at 8:37, Jerome Grimbert wrote: No need to twist my arms, I will gladly help. Yippeee! Yes, as long as you can redistribute the work to someone with the right platform, in order to keep everybody going in the same direction, even if sometime some platforms are a step ahead on the right, while someother are another step ahead on the left, the main things being to always converge as soon as possible, but without impairing innovations. Ye. That's exactly what I had in mind. Welcome aboard... Wolfgang -- Grimbert Jérôme
Re: [ql-users] Eindhoven
Dilwyn Wrote:- Go ahead come too :-) Not sure Patientline (my employer) will let me. They seem to be sending me everywhere but where I want to go at the moment - 4 of us being sent from N.Wales most of next week to help out in Edinburgh, we heard last thing this afternoon. Now, no objections to Scotland of course, but the short notice...we all felt like Phoebus Dokos trying to cash an Irish bank draft... :-( We'll have to keep twisting his arm Phoebus!! ;-)) Actually, I'm looking forward to Greece, Phoebus rang me and filled me in on all the good places he's bringing me when I'm out there.. Including a bar with hundreds on beers on the menu... ;-)) It's a good thing (for the cashier, as she would probably have a boot mark on her rear right now:-) that I missed it though ;-) She'd know what my peecee feels like then ;-) Don't know what it is about Dilwyn and PC's - they just hate each other. Even lately at the Hove show he spent most of the morning getting QPC to print correctly, all because the Windows drivers for his other printer at home wouldn't allow his small Canon portable printer to work properly from LineDesign. Bruce Nicholls and him had to delete all traces of the windows drivers and reinstall the printer ports IIRC to get it working. I remember Dil's frustration - he was about 2 minutes away from drop-kicking his PC across half of Hove at one stage. Cheers, Darren. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
Re: [ql-users] Source Code Status
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: 5/ Any person may make any change to the source code he feels like. Any person may give away to others the modificaton he thus made, including the official distribution in source code form only, provided this is made ENTIRELY FOR FREE - no charges, not even copying charges, or charges for the media on which this is distributed, may be levied. Some hypothetical questions: i) Would I be able to give away my modification(s) in source form without including the official distribution sources? ii) Would I be able to give away my modified version of SMSQ/E in compiled form? iii) Would I be able to put my modified version of the source code on, say, Sourceforge? F - Time (or lack of it). It will be a few months before the entire code will be given to me, digested and recompiled etc. Please be patient. Good luck! John -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[ql-users] Aurora and SuperHermes Lite Manuals
Hi all, I converted the Aurora and superHermes Lite manuals to PDF format. If anyone wants them let me know. These are 512Kb and 82.5Kb in size respectively. Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] Looking for advice - Use Sernet
Derek Stewart wrote: If you use SIMSER extensions you can add serial port extensions to the QDOS serial ports, it will allow a standard QL to use Sernet, but only at 9600 baud. I have now put a copy of the SimSer extensions to allow one directional serial port operation with SMSQ/E style SRX and STX devices onto the Other Software Page on my website. The software is roughly a 24KB zip file download, with documentation in English (SimSer_doc) and German (SimSer_txt). The author of the extensions is Hans-Peter Recktenwald. Hope this helps those who might like to try Sernet on a QDOS system. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
Re: [ql-users] Eindhoven discussions ??
Please be patient, something is coming. Arnould Joachim Van der Auwera wrote: So, what with the discussions about SMSQ/E... What kind of conclusions have been reached (or not). I can't be the only one being curious about this ? -- Joachim Van der Auwera http://www.progs.be/
Re: [ql-users] serials
Thank you, Tony, I'll put this on the website and possibly in Toady to help people out. I knew I should not have done it so late. Pinouts are right, but directions are worng. This should be OK (but I am not laying my life on - I am still tired (8-)# ) = QL QL QL CABLE PC PCPC ser1 ser2 COLOURSIGNAL 25D 9D = 3 RxD2 TxDwhite -RxD 32 2 TxD3 RxDgreen -TxD 23 5 CTS4 (DTR=RTS)blue -CTS 58 4 (DTR=RTS) 5 (CTS)red -RTS 47 11 black--GND 75 N/A N/A DSR 66 N/A N/A DTR 20 4 = This whole diagram is QL - PC only of course. If you think of QL to 25D by pin number, then ser1 is 'straight through' and ser2 is 'crossover'. That is always my starting point, and all the rest can be derived from that.
Re: [ql-users] Aurora Manual
Nasta wrote: Tony, would you mind sending it to me too? I am ashamed to admit it, but I don't have the complete manual :-( I'll convert it to PDF and add to the Aurora archive on QLhardware... he he - and you wrote it (8-)# URL:http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk/aurora.zip Sorry Phoebus, I should have zipped it for you (to 350k or so). You might want to delete your incoming email and download direct. Nasta and Tony, would you mind if I added the aurora.doc to the list of manuals I hold on disk and possibly on my website - the Miracle manuals, QL manual, toolkit 2 manual etc? It might prove useful for anyone buying second hand Auroras without manuals or those who may have mislaid their manual and save you some requests for replacement manuals. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
Re: [ql-users] Source Code Status
Following the discussions at EIndhoven,here is what has been agreed upon, Tony TEBBY also having agreed to it: This is good news, a positive step forward. And having someone as highly regarded as you in the QL world as registrar will be a popular move I am sure. I HOPE you can agree with this. I KNOW some of you will not. I have understood the bit about no charge in giving copies. As someone running a PD library I'll mention here I'm happy to adhere strictly by this. I HAVE donned my flameproof vest... No need I am sure... I suspect you'll get more 'hate mail' for the length of the email not the content ;-) (says he having just virtually taken over Quanta newsletter with a single review and been reminded of the fact by at least a dozen readers so far) Is anyone interested in doing a nice documentation package? So many people out there have protested about no documentation being available. NOW is your chance to make a contribution. Some time ago, I started on consolidating the SBASIC extras from the various SMSQ/E guides I have copies of from Jochen into the keywords section of the QL user guide. With everything else (QL Toady...PD library...software writing...lengthy articles about QPC2 taking over Quanta newsletter...) I doubt I'll be able to do a full documentation, but once the keyword guide is finished or a bit more advanced (the situation agreed with SMSQE gives me an incentive!) I'd be happy for this to be used in the 'official' docs if anyone else is considering doing a new manual. Don't forget the Sinclair manual is available for download on my website for anyone wanting to use this as the basis of a new manual, beware of copyright status on this though, as I'm not sure where you'd stand modifying a copyrighted text even though it's allowed to be freely distributed.
Re: [ql-users] Aurora and SuperHermes Lite Manuals
If Tony is happy, these could be held with the rest of my manuals-on-disk to provide replacement manuals for those needing them, and a one-stop source of QL documentation. Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html -Original Message- From: Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: QL Users Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 25 March 2002 15:10 Subject: [ql-users] Aurora and SuperHermes Lite Manuals Hi all, I converted the Aurora and superHermes Lite manuals to PDF format. If anyone wants them let me know. These are 512Kb and 82.5Kb in size respectively. Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] Eindhoven
Don't know what it is about Dilwyn and PC's - they just hate each other. Huh. Don't mention that word after this evening's performance. I'm off to Scotland tomorrow to work for the rest of the week. Have bene trying since I came home to (1) compile stuff for QL Toady (2) emails (3) website update (4) work on a new program. So far, 6 PC crashes. Now I know why I got a large envelope of Q60 promo material from DD in the post, they were trying to tell me something. Believe me, if they can get the CD Recording promised in a few months for SMSQE and soql comes out, this PC is headed for somewhere it would rather not head once I have enough pennies to buy a Q60! (Peter and Claus, sorry to bring the dreaded P word into this, at least it's in the context of I want a Q60 when I can afford it) Even lately at the Hove show he spent most of the morning getting QPC to print correctly, all because the Windows drivers for his other printer at home wouldn't allow his small Canon portable printer to work properly from LineDesign. Bruce Nicholls and him had to delete all traces of the windows drivers and reinstall the printer ports IIRC to get it working. I remember Dil's frustration - he was about 2 minutes away from drop-kicking his PC across half of Hove at one stage. I would rather not be reminded of that. Grrr. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
Re: [ql-users] Aurora and SuperHermes Lite Manuals
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 at 14:52:21, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 003d01c1ce91$d0d22fa0$33065cc3@default) If Tony is happy, these could be held with the rest of my manuals-on-disk to provide replacement manuals for those needing them, and a one-stop source of QL documentation. No problem with sH. Phoebus - what did you use to convert to PDF? -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tonysurname,demon.co.uk http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
Re: [ql-users] Source Code Status
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 at 15:29:17, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 004001c1ce91$d33f3800$33065cc3@default) Following the discussions at EIndhoven,here is what has been agreed upon, Tony TEBBY also having agreed to it: This is good news, a positive step forward. And having someone as highly regarded as you in the QL world as registrar will be a popular move I am sure. I HOPE you can agree with this. I KNOW some of you will not. I have understood the bit about no charge in giving copies. As someone running a PD library I'll mention here I'm happy to adhere strictly by this. I was surprised that media/post costs were vetoed I must admit. Surely that is a bit of an imposition on the sender. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tonysurname,demon.co.uk http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
Re: [ql-users] Aurora and SuperHermes Lite Manuals
At 05:31 ìì 25/3/2002, you wrote: On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 at 14:52:21, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 003d01c1ce91$d0d22fa0$33065cc3@default) If Tony is happy, these could be held with the rest of my manuals-on-disk to provide replacement manuals for those needing them, and a one-stop source of QL documentation. No problem with sH. Phoebus - what did you use to convert to PDF? Acrobat Distiller 4.0 :-) BTW: Just got back and will upload in a little bit. In the meantime I sent it to Dilwyn :-) Phoebus
[ql-users] Aurora and superHermes Lite Manuals
Hi all, you can now find the Aurora and superHermes Lite manuals on my provisional page: http://www.dokos-gr.net/~phoebus/ Just follow the link on the top or bottom :-) -or- if you are like me and like to get things done fast: For the aurora manual: http://www.dokos-gr.net/~phoebus/files/aurman.zip For the shl manual: http://www.dokos-gr.net/~phoebus/files/shlman.zip and for the shl US keyboard drivers: http://www.dokos-gr.net/~phoebus/files/us.zip Take care, Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] Source Code Status
On 18 Mar 2002, at 15:29, Dilwyn Jones wrote: This is good news, a positive step forward. And having someone as highly regarded as you in the QL world as registrar will be a popular move I am sure. Thanks for the vote of confidence. I suspect you'll get more 'hate mail' for the length of the email not the content ;-) If that's all I get, I'll gladly take it, even though there have been astonishingly few reactions so far. Of course, I take that as full approval of what been done Some time ago, I started on consolidating the SBASIC extras from the various SMSQ/E guides I have copies of from Jochen into the keywords section of the QL user guide. With everything else (QL Toady...PD library...software writing...lengthy articles about QPC2 taking over Quanta newsletter...) I doubt I'll be able to do a full documentation, but once the keyword guide is finished or a bit more advanced (the situation agreed with SMSQE gives me an incentive!) I'd be happy for this to be used in the 'official' docs if anyone else is considering doing a new manual. Thanks, I'll gladly take you up on that! Wolfgang
Re: [ql-users] Source Code Status
Tony Firshman makes some magical things to make me read } I have understood the bit about no charge in giving copies. As someone } running a PD library I'll mention here I'm happy to adhere strictly by } this. } I was surprised that media/post costs were vetoed I must admit. } Surely that is a bit of an imposition on the sender. Well, I was not part of the discussion, but I can understand some reasons for the veto. For instance, the QLCF library has been running along similar lines: - the requestor must provide both the media and stamped return package. The reason might concern the income tax of the Librarian: - if the requestor make a payement to the librarian, the income of the librarian grows. Which mean more taxes for the librarian. Therefore, the taxes should be reported to the requestor, but why would a requestor pays the librarian's income tax ? (Ok, if you want, you can pay all my income tax, you are very welcome...). - Sending cash is forbidden by the postal rules here. - Sending unlabelled cheque is dangerous (the librarian could not label it to the seller of media, but might label it to Tresor Public, which is the tax collector. But paying income tax with a lot of small cheques is rather strange and may be not welcome by the tax people...) So, avoiding any money transaction is the best thing. And as a requestor, I know exactly where my money goes: back to me. (because I got back the media, and the parcel... even if the postal service destroy the value of the stamps!)
[ql-users] dot org
Freshly checked at network solutions: both smsq.org and smsqe.org are available. Is there any interest in the community to grab it? Most probably I won't be of any help for the huge tasks to come, but would gladly donate the domain registration of one of those.
