RE: [ql-users] basic HTML viewer?
A rudimentary tool that can edit such files would be welcome (so that evryone could produce such help files) Claude -Message d'origine- De : James Hunkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 20 mai 2002 02:32 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] basic HTML viewer? Guys, I am thinking of using rudimentary HTML file viewing capabilities for the QDT help system. I could use some recommendations for programs to look at (if there are any) that give the following: 1) works in normal pointer environment (or could be adapted to) 2) does not require PWS (not all users will be running it) 3) has hot links (open different files from a link) 4) can display some graphics Any suggestions? These could even include other open source code from the Unix world as long as it isn't too complex. I am only looking for a basic capability (tables and figures at the most). Thanks for the help, Jim
RE: [ql-users] qtyp dictionary
I think Vlaams = Dutch (spoken in NL, Belgium and France) -Message d'origine- De : Dilwyn Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 20 mai 2002 19:19 À : QL Users List Objet : [ql-users] qtyp dictionary On a disk I have here, I've found a file called QTYP_DICTIONARY_VLAAMS - does anyone have any idea (a) what language is it (Dutch?) and (b) what it might be (i.e. content)? -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
[ql-users] Job control
Is there any easy way to retrieve the job-id and to focus on it (as does Qpac PICK tool) from a SBasic program ? This is to achieve an interaction between task. Claude
RE: [ql-users] recursive delete
Sad no one wrote such a utility or keyword : seems quite easy ! -Message d'origine- De : Dilwyn Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : samedi 27 avril 2002 14:13 À : QL Users List Objet : Re: [ql-users] recursive delete One way around this if using QPAC2 is to create a directory called say TRASH and instead of deleting files, use the MOVE command to shift them into the TRASH directory instead. When you run short of space, or from time to time (say, when files are a few days old and you are sure you don't want any of them, delete them from the trashcan, after a while you'll get used to the routine of using MOVE instead of DELETE and using DELETE only on the trashcan. Hate to say it, but the Recycle folder is one area of Windoze we could do with emulating in SMSQ/E and QDOS. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
RE: [ql-users] EasyPtr
Merci par avance. Claude -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 11 avril 2002 10:37 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : RE: [ql-users] EasyPtr On 10 Apr 2002, at 13:52, Claude Mourier 00 wrote: Moi, je me contenterai de la version française ;-) D'accord, cela mettra un peu de temps de la rechercher dans mes fichiers archvivés... Après le weekend. Wolfgang
RE: [ql-users] EasyPtr [OT]
I always think the right answer was : French -Message d'origine- De : Norman Dunbar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mardi 9 avril 2002 11:32 À : '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Objet : RE: [ql-users] EasyPtr [OT] -Original Message- From: P Witte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Subject: Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr Q. What do you call someone who speaks 1 languages ? A. British.
RE: [ql-users] Clive Sinclair working for the French??
As always Sir Clive was a precursor : others take advantage of his technology. Mergetwo C5 (4 wheels) and add a motor and you get something that can earn money ;-) -Message d'origine-De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Envoyé: mardi 9 avril 2002 14:27À: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Objet: [ql-users] Clive Sinclair working for the French??I know that Sir Clive's skills lay in other places other than marketing, but has he sold out to the french I wonder??Just that I saw a TV advert last night for a Citreon C5 :-ORich Mellor RWAP Software7 Common Road, Kinsley, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 5JRTEL: 01977 614299http://hometown.aol.co.uk/rwapsoftware
RE: [ql-users] DIANOUX _jean-louis.dianoux@wanadoo.fr
Yes, but it's quite funny : a doctor sending viruses ! -Message d'origine- De : Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 4 avril 2002 01:40 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] DIANOUX [EMAIL PROTECTED] (...) Maybe, as a doctor, he could prescribe something (8-)#
RE: [ql-users] QPC and Knightsafe/HD disks
As far as I know SMSQ/E does support ED drives if present, at least mine. Real matter is to find PC with such drives : I never saw one ! I think only IBM ones were shipped with this drives. I think this is a reason why disks were so hard to find ... and expensives. A pity because there was no alternative : the only standard remains 1,44Mo disks (Zip, LS120 etc never replaces it). Now CD is the standard : 640 or 700Mb even when you only have 2Mb or 10Mb to transfer ! Claude -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : vendredi 22 mars 2002 11:07 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] QPC and Knightsafe/HD disks Rich Mellor wrote:- By the way, talking of ED disk drives - the QL formats them at 3.2Mb (we know), whereas the PC formats them at 2.8Mb (and the BIOS only recognises them as 2.8Mb) - does this mean that if I put an ED disk drive in my PC, QPC will not be able to use QL formatted ED disks??? Does anyone know? I Don't think it matters rich - QPC doesn't support ED disks because SMSQ/E doesn't. Correct me if I'm wrong, but QPC uses SMSQ/E which has no support for ED disks anyway, so its a defunct argument. I remember a friend who bought SMSQ/E for his gold card and all of a sudden his boot disk wouldn't read - because it was an ED disk (I'm open to correction here!!) 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] Looking for advice
By typing all the code ;-) -Message d'origine- De : Michael Grunditz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 21 mars 2002 15:03 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Looking for advice And how do I transfer sernet to the ql ? /Michael
RE: [ql-users] Qascade and QPC
No : today there is nobody here ;-) -Message d'origine-De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Envoyé: mercredi 20 mars 2002 15:15À: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Objet: [ql-users] Qascade and QPCHas anyone noticed that Qascade does not appear in their button frame if more than about 10Mb of memory is set aside for QPC II (v3.02)??Any ideas??Rich Mellor RWAP Software7 Common Road, Kinsley, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 5JRTEL: 01977 614299
RE: [ql-users] Qascade and QPC
Yes it is : I think people out of QL world are allowed to use internet today ;-) -Message d'origine- De : Norman Dunbar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 20 mars 2002 15:19 À : '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Objet : RE: [ql-users] Qascade and QPC It is a bit quiet isn't it ? - 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 - -Original Message- From: Claude Mourier 00 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:17 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ql-users] Qascade and QPC No : today there is nobody here ;-) 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] Qascade and QPC
Don't know. But to remain on topic, I read somewhere that there is a problem with Zlib library. As InfoZip was in the list, does anybody know if this can affect InfoZip for SMS ? Claude, waiting for SMSQ v3.00 alpha release 0 level 0 ;-)) -Message d'origine- De : Norman Dunbar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 20 mars 2002 15:27 À : '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Objet : RE: [ql-users] Qascade and QPC Actually, the internet has been unavailable and very slow today - I wonder if there are a few 'mail bombings' or DOS attacks going on again ? 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 - -Original Message- From: Claude Mourier 00 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:24 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ql-users] Qascade and QPC Yes it is : I think people out of QL world are allowed to use internet today ;-) 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] Eindhoven
Yes, but the price seems quite high ? -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 20 mars 2002 18:24 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Eindhoven Well I won't be heading from Paris unfortunately - In fact, I'll miss the whole Eindhoven show, But I will be at The Quanta AGM with some very nice Flash Adapters (right Phoebus?) :-))
RE: [ql-users] Open source
SMS future is now in our hands : for best I hope (but there is no assurance) It's strange but I notice this fact some years ago : the most vital and hard to do piece of software on a computer must appear free for the end user to be popular ! When someone buy a PC he pays mostly for a machine and the OS is a bonus. Application programs are the only thing user accept to pay for (but there is profit here if the OS is popular enough). Claude -Message d'origine- De : Dilwyn Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : samedi 16 mars 2002 14:15 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Open source I've just spoken to Tony Tebby. He agreeD, in principle, to make SMSQ/ Open Source. We do have to find somebody to act as a sort of registrar, though, to make sure that we have a coherent development. -Original Message- From: Claude Mourier 00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 15 March 2002 10:10 Subject: RE: [ql-users] Open source Un tournant dans le monde QDOS/SMS ! A turning point indeed, as long as we can agree among ourselves how to make best use of this excellent gesture. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
RE: [ql-users] Open source
Un tournant dans le monde QDOS/SMS ! -Message d'origine- De : Wolfgang Lenerz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 14 mars 2002 18:58 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Open source Hi all, I've just spoken to Tony Tebby. He agreeD, in principle, to make SMSQ/ Open Source. We do have to find somebody to act as a sort of registrar, though, to make sure that we have a coherent development. Anybody wolunteering? Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com
RE: [ql-users] The future of SMSQ/E
I think your idea is the only one worthwhile : at the moment I don't use more than 4 colours (QPC2) because I can't do nothing except viewing jpeg, a work where Windows program are far more advanced and fast (using 16 bit colour only slow down SMSQ -no need compared with PC-, gives strange effects with old program... and crash my system if I use Prowess applications). What we need is a tool or something that help developpers/users to use more colours. Claude -Message d'origine- De : Marcel Kilgus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mardi 12 mars 2002 14:35 À : ql-users Objet : Re: [ql-users] The future of SMSQ/E Phoebus Dokos wrote: b) I can tell you that there aren't thousands of QPC users out there and even less Qx0 users, so how big could a potential ArmQL user base be in the end? I say that a value with 3 digits is already a big goal. Not really because due to its platform the ArmQL CAN be used as a QL but not only for that, it can run RiscOS, Linux / Net(Open) BSD and even PalmOS :-) (V. 5 and above)... and with a potential for handheld operation as well :-) (Or industrial apps etc. etc. etc...) Fine, but this doesn't increase the user base for a potential SMSQ window manager, does it? Marcel
RE: [ql-users] The future of SMSQ/E
I'm affraid a Ferrari waiting outside is not faster than a Mitsubishi Claude -Message d'origine- De : Marcel Kilgus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mardi 12 mars 2002 14:33 À : ql-users Objet : Re: [ql-users] The future of SMSQ/E (...) I see it this way: if I had put all the hours into something commercially viable instead of QPC there would be a Ferrari waiting outside instead of a Mitsubishi. I don't regret doing it, it's still fun and I'm happy to donate some of my time to the scene. But what I certainly won't start is yet another project that would eat up my hours by the hundreds. (...)
RE: [ql-users] PCL3 printers
My old EPSON laserwriter emulating PCL (3?) works fine with ProWess (Laserjet4 driver, not Laserjet3) and Text87 (Deskjet driver) Claude -Message d'origine- De : Geoff Wicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 6 mars 2002 19:57 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] PCL3 printers - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] PCL3 printers I have an HP compatible printer, uses PCL 6. I'm successfully using the Laserjet4 printer driver under Prowess with it - so it does at least PCL4. I've also tried using it with Laserjet 2 drivers, and it work, too. So have I, but it doesn't work for me. The file downloads, but doesn't actually print. Do you have any special technique? Also are you able to print from other programs, e.g. Text87? Geoff Wicks.
RE: [ql-users] Parallax Scrolling IS possible
I notice a problem (?) translating quote character (from the scrap) from ISO to QL. I always get a stange character instead. Is ther any cure ? Claude -Message d'origine- De : Marcel Kilgus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : samedi 23 février 2002 18:41 À : ql-users Objet : Re: [ql-users] Parallax Scrolling IS possible Wolfgang Lene wrote: Yes, you can't do that, I've always meant to tell Marcel this, but I always forgot (sorry Marcel). Don't worry, until two weeks ago nobody else has mentioned it, either. Considering that the bug is there since version 2.00... Next version will also have a better SMSQ-DOS filename translation algorithm. And some more stuff. Marcel
RE: [ql-users] [OT] Virus - just been sent another from QL list
If doctors propagate virus now ;-) -Message d'origine- De : Norman Dunbar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 25 février 2002 10:16 À : QL (E-mail) Objet : [ql-users] [OT] Virus - just been sent another from QL list off topic/on topic - you decide. Jean-louis.danioux has just sent me a virus infected email titled RE QDOS web site - it's back. Take care out there children. I'm saying no more on the subject - not after the last time :o) Regards, 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] Turbo TK v3.32 and OT
It takes time to average user to kwow what he can do with a tool and how -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 14 février 2002 06:39 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Turbo TK v3.32 and OT At 09:35 ìì 13/2/2002 +, you wrote: (...) Seriously now I've been complaining for that TK for months now and I am really amazed that nobody else noticed that bug :- (...)
RE: [ql-users] CF Cards and Hot-swapable readers.
So a small (mobile ?) QL-compatible system with only solid state devices would be feasable ? -Message d'origine- De : ZN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : vendredi 8 février 2002 14:41 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] CF Cards and Hot-swapable readers. (...) It MAY be possible to modify the Qubide driver to support 'on demand drive detection' which would automatically enable hot swapping of CF cards given proper adapters or newer Qubide hardware. It was looked at when Qubide was first made but since real IDE drives are very much un-hot-swappable, it was abandoned in the early stages. I am currently looking into making the Qubide II / EtherIDE hardware support this since it will have a CF card socket option on it. Of course, changes to Qubide code are needd, which means the source is needed... and we all know that problem :-( Nasta
RE: [ql-users] Newer Page version (with a little something for Nasta too ;-) plus BMP2SCR-Windows
Nice ! -Message d'origine- De : Dilwyn Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mardi 5 février 2002 17:32 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Newer Page version (with a little something for Nasta too ;-) plus BMP2SCR-Windows (...) Thanks to Malcolm, it'll be on my website's Other Software Page later tonight, along with a redefined EDIT command which allows you to specify a string parameter which is the name of a proc or fn definition, so you can now do EDIT 'name' instead of just EDIT line_no% as you used to. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
RE: [ql-users] Surplus QL ED drives
Perhaps an enhancement of such a tool would be to log typing error in a file so that it could be possible to correct later. Half way between online and batch corrector. Never seen such tool on other OS, but perhaps useful ? Claude -Message d'origine- De : Dilwyn Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mardi 5 février 2002 17:41 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Surplus QL ED drives (...) As you say, can be better with short docs especially to type as fast as possible and correct later. Assuming he remembers to correct later (...)
RE: [ql-users] Virus
The problem is that generally the one with the worm is not advised of its presence. It can send mail (with the worm) to anything that look like an email address on the computer ... Claude -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : dimanche 3 février 2002 01:45 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] Virus Re: my previous email... This was on the header Received: from mel-rta7.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.61) by mel-rto6.wanadoo.fr; 2 Feb 2002 22:01:48 +0100 Probably an edited message by the worm itself, but it had the ql-users signature on it so whoever sent it me is definately reading the list Careful again Phoebus
RE: [ql-users] win format (OT!!)
At least I undertstand the real meaning of the message : Hard disk failure -Message d'origine- De : Roy Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 30 janvier 2002 00:42 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] win format (OT!!) And someone (he shall remain nameless for modesty's sake) once sent me an email to tell me he had successfully updated his notebook. His message read 'I now have a big hard dik on my laptop' Hmmm
RE: [ql-users] Compact Flash Adapters.
Interesting but at the moment I don't have a 'hardware' QL ;-( only QPC ;-) -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : samedi 12 janvier 2002 20:55 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] Compact Flash Adapters. Hi all, I secured a batch of 50 IDE compact flash adapters for 15.99$ each (+ s/h). (about 17 Eur)These are not hot swapable (the hot swapable ones will go for about double the price) but they can accept huge CF cards and even IBM Microdrives (hehe the Irony of the thing). They work right out of the box with ANY QL with IDE i/f (Qubide/Qubide II, Q40/60) and if I receive enough mail I could order them and pass them at no extra cost to anyone that wants one. I got three myself (well two since one goes for QL development purposes) and they are great and extremely fast. If anyone's interested let me know Phoebus P.S. If we can get 100 people that price will drop to 12$ (About 14 Eur) :-)
RE: [ql-users] Compact Flash Adapters.
How can I pay it ? -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 14 janvier 2002 15:03 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : RE: [ql-users] Compact Flash Adapters. At 11:32 ðì 14/1/2002 +0100, you wrote: Interesting but at the moment I don't have a 'hardware' QL ;-( only QPC ;-) It works with QPC as well :-) (And Windows... And Linux AND BeOs) PLUG :-) Phoebus -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : samedi 12 janvier 2002 20:55 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] Compact Flash Adapters. Hi all, I secured a batch of 50 IDE compact flash adapters for 15.99$ each (+ s/h). (about 17 Eur)These are not hot swapable (the hot swapable ones will go for about double the price) but they can accept huge CF cards and even IBM Microdrives (hehe the Irony of the thing). They work right out of the box with ANY QL with IDE i/f (Qubide/Qubide II, Q40/60) and if I receive enough mail I could order them and pass them at no extra cost to anyone that wants one. I got three myself (well two since one goes for QL development purposes) and they are great and extremely fast. If anyone's interested let me know Phoebus P.S. If we can get 100 people that price will drop to 12$ (About 14 Eur) :-)
RE: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card
In the GD3 of a future SMSQ incarnation ? -Message d'origine- De : Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : vendredi 11 janvier 2002 13:23 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card (...) A hologram screen would be very nice. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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] ProForma Font Packs
Very nice ! -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 9 janvier 2002 22:30 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] ProForma Font Packs Hi all (again), I created a (temporary) web page enabling anyone interest to download my free ProForma Font Packs here's the addy: http://www.redoak.net/QL/proforma.html Thanks, Phoebus
RE: [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card
Any chance to get USB (for digital still camera for instance, as even fast RS232 is very slow) ? -Message d'origine- De : Peter Graf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 9 janvier 2002 23:07 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] Q40/Q60/??? Ultra IO card Hi Nasta, [...] The proper way to 'save' the Q40/60 against ISA card dissapearing, is to produce a Q40 speciffic 'ISA' IO card. This could easily be a combo-card, which would also solve the 'only two slot' problem. All of the functions you mention except network (but then also some additional ones) are actually implemented by one single chip. An additional chip would give you 10/100 Ethernet. One more, and you have full 16 bit sound. And what you have then is exactly the IO chip setup found on the GoldFire. There will hardly be need to 'save' the Q40/Q60 against ISA disappearing. Nevertheless, a multi-purpose extension (lets call it Ultra IO card) could be interesting for Q40/Q60 users if it adds other features, which can not be easily accomplished by using cheap ISA cards. It should have more than Multi-IO, sound and Ethernet which are already established on Q40/Q60. Maybe little goodies like MIDI, I2C, a PIC, CompactFlash slot, or a PCMCIA slot. If it had MultiIO/Ethernet as well, it seems to me that such a card would be a very good preparation for your XY-Fire! All drivers could be written on the Q40/Q60 and would immediately work on XY-Fire, by just changing the register locations. All the best Peter
RE: [ql-users] Re: [fonts
As I only use the EUR symbol, I can't tell -Message d'origine- De : Wolfgang Lenerz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 10 janvier 2002 08:53 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] Re: [fonts Ho Phobus, I tried the suisse font today - unfortunately, it seem rather unusable, because the origins of the letters don't seem to be at the same point, so the 'e' is higher than the 'a' etc... Am I the only one to report thios problemL Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com
RE: [ql-users] PFB2PFF / ProForma
I dowload and try Suisse font lastnight : very good and useful. Only problem is that using the same code as paragraph symbol means you don't see the right charater while typing in LineDesign. It's easier to access via keyboard (works on QPC using country code 33) but I think Unicode reserve a special number and name for this symbol. -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 7 janvier 2002 22:53 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] PFB2PFF / ProForma Anyone knows if PFB2PFF takes into account the Family info and character set? I converted Symbol for use with ProForma but although FontShow does show all the characters when I try to preview it with either FontPreview or by assinging it to one of the fonts in the Reader all I can see is a Courier font. Any ideas? P.S. Joachim your PROGS site is down.. (Not the triathlon one though ;-)
RE: [ql-users] seasonal cheer, Silly Season
Perhaps file version would be of some interest too (to synchronise) -Message d'origine- De : Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 7 janvier 2002 09:51 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] seasonal cheer, Silly Season On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 at 08:23:12, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I use QPC2v2 on Win2K at work and on Win98 at home. I have the system installed on a 100Mb Zip disc which I take back and forth with me so I have the same setup at home and at work. Well, that's the theory, at work the zip is win1_ and at home it is win2_ and I even remember to backup my home Win1 to Win2 occasionally. The problem is when I have done stuff at work and forgotten to synchronise with win1 at home and then 'update' my zip from the 'real' win1 at home hence losing all the stuff I did at work. I wouldn't be difficult to write a program to synchronise automatically. You have quite a gap between work and home I assume (unlike my 1 minute) so clocks need not be too accurate. Simply read all file attributes in designated directories and copy across newer ones as appropriate, of course date stamping them again. I think that is one of the major failings of QDOS/SMSQ - that date stamps are transitory at the O/S level. I know 'backup' in QPAC2 is better, but date stamps should be absolutely fixed, unless forced. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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] A correction for Claude
Thank's a lot. And you are a lucky man : you survive a Windows crash ;-) -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : samedi 5 janvier 2002 05:30 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] A correction for Claude Claude, I see on Thierry's smsq.free.fr site that there is a antialiasing enabled version of ProWesS that might solve the problems with the fonts. However I do not know if it supports high colour and/or if it's compiled with QDOS-GCC... and I am afraid to try :-))) (It took me about a month to bring my ProWesS installation to a usable state and I don't want to blow it :-) Phoebus
RE: [ql-users] Euro equipped font and other news
I think we need this symbols for years because of the past (not so easy to cancelled) and UK. I hope pff Euro symbol is more readable than SMS one so that Americans dont think we are using $ in EU BTW is there any way (a program) to know all the key combination available on a given machine (except trial) ? Claude -Message d'origine- De : Dilwyn Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : vendredi 4 janvier 2002 16:30 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Euro equipped font and other news (...) Phoebus Dokos wrote: This font has the Euro symbol at CHR$(181), or CTRL SHIFT u on UK keyboards. Alteernatively, Line Design users can use the entity name \paragraph\ to access the character as text in Line Design (useful if you don't know what key combinations needed for CHR$ 181 on your system - this was the old paragraph symbol I think in QDOS character sets but SMSQE uses 181 for its Euro symbol.) As Phoeebus hinted, what use can we find for the old EEuropean currency symbols in the character sets now. And how long do we need the pound symbol???
RE: [ql-users] Euro equipped font and other news
It's true that only some currency are associated with special symbol (Yen, pound,...) and only one is known evrywhere (and part of Basic too). It's true too that pff font are not very good on screen when they are very nice on paper. Don't know why. About drachme : now that I download last Andrea Carpi Euro converter I have a nice small greek flag ;-) Thank's for the trick Claude -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : vendredi 4 janvier 2002 16:59 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : RE: [ql-users] Euro equipped font and other news At 04:40 ìì 4/1/2002 +0100, you wrote: I think we need this symbols for years because of the past (not so easy to cancelled) and UK. Ahhh don't be so sentimental... What can we (Greeks) say about the Drachma then? It's been around in one form or the other for around 2500 years now and it was NEVER included in any character sets... ;-) Do we hold a grudge or cling to the past??? nooo :-) Easy come... easy go :-) I hope pff Euro symbol is more readable than SMS one so that Americans dont think we are using $ in EU It is (in higher point sizes of course... ProForma Fonts appear really bad in lower resolutions allthough I have a couple of tricks - Read below) trust me...
RE: [ql-users] Euro equipped font and other news
Of course a lot ;-) -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : vendredi 4 janvier 2002 17:33 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : RE: [ql-users] Euro equipped font and other news With Thierry's CD ROM driver I could convert this system to the QL finally for use with the Reader or (the HTML reader I am currently writing that supports tables and colours) Anybody Interested?
RE: [ql-users] Happy New Year (and with a BITTER lesson to be lea rned) Love Live QLs
Win956 ? I think I miss something ;-) I run QPC2 on WinME now and I have no more problems than with W98 (that is far lesser than with virii from Internet). Why WME got such a bad reputation ? Upgrading PC from end user like me includes getting the OS onboard (and there is no more genuine CD, only machine specific software, only for that make) and this is the only way to get more speed : and Athlon 1.2 gives me under QPC 4 times the speed of previous K6/300, as expected, more memorys and huge disk space allowing QXLwin backup directly on disk or on CD Claude -Message d'origine- De : Norman Dunbar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 3 janvier 2002 16:28 À : '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Objet : RE: [ql-users] Happy New Year (and with a BITTER lesson to be lea rned) Love Live QLs Well, I'm running QPC2v2 on Win2k - what's wrong with it ? Win956 is way too flakey for anything - 'real' Windows programmers refer to it as Windows Play Station due to its inability to be used for anything other than games. Or is it (sorry, the Win2k stuff) only for Laptops ? We have a couple of Compaq Evos which run Win2k very nicely. Puzzled or Bradford :o) Norman.
RE: [ql-users] Virus Alert
Not SMSQ/E ? ;-) -Message d'origine- De : Norman Dunbar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 5 décembre 2001 09:24 À : '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Objet : [ql-users] Virus Alert (...) I have a task on my list to investigate Linux as an alternative desktop system for the business - more ammo for me :o) 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] D17-QL?
Who is (was) Angelas Holiday ? -Message d'origine- De : Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 29 novembre 2001 10:46 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] D17-QL? On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 at 09:40:08, Robert Klein wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (Drum Roll Please) D03-001123 Anyone know where in the hierarchy of machines this fits??? The PM ROM came after FB, but before AH (Angelas Holiday) and JM. See http://www.uni-mainz.de/~roklein/ql/Firmware for details... My original was FB. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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] no shadow
A qui cela fait-il de l'ombre ? -Message d'origine- De : Wolfgang Lenerz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 28 novembre 2001 17:58 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] no shadow Hi all, has anybody noticed that, when in multicolour mode, SMSQE doesn't draw shadows under windows any more? Does anybody care? Does anybody know why ? Does anybody care to bet that it'll be Marcel who replies to that last question again?... wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com
RE: [ql-users] Adding TURBO_SMS_CODE to SMSQE.bin
Perhaps the result of your investigation may be published in QL2days ...;-) -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus R. Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Well I am going to contact Dave Gilham anyway :-) Phoebus -- Malcolm Cadman
RE: [ql-users] ProWesS Fonts
I think (in fact : I hope) Euro symbol as a normalisdd code in standards fonts : so I think ttf font would adhere to this standard. Under Windows, I found that 3D (hex) char is used . What is the code under Unicode ? Claude -Message d'origine- De : Dilwyn Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 15 octobre 2001 19:13 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] ProWesS Fonts I put the Euro Symbol in CHR$(127) (ie The Tilde)... If anyone has a better place to put it I am open to suggestions. Additionally, If someone is kind enough (Wolfgang?) I would like the accented characters position so I can make a couple versions of the fonts to accomodate your needs with the characters in the right positions (IIRC) I don't think that TRA can affect ProWesS, therefore different versions of the fonts are required for different codepages (I made one for Windows Greek and PC-737 Greek as well... FINALLY I have Scalable Greek on SMSQ/E!) I think you should put the Euro symbol in the same place as in SMSQE's character set, at CHR$(181) which is CTRL SHIFT U on this keyboard anyway. However, since the Prowess fonts will be used to display HTML character sets etc via the PROGS HTML viewer you'll need to look at the best solutions in that respect too. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
RE: [ql-users] QPC2
Perhaps a young blonde would be a better way ? Any candidate among us ;-) -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 15 octobre 2001 11:31 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : RE: [ql-users] QPC2 SINCLAIR RESEARCH LIMITED 1A Spring Gardens, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON, SW1AA 2BB www.sinclair-research.co.uk Why not send a copy of QL Toady? If he responds it would be interesting to see it printed in the next issue. :) Ian.
RE: [ql-users] Need some flaming :-) - What about re-writing QDOS for x86 processors
Ah ! I think it was just a french problem where magazines looks more an more catalogues with lot of advertising and propaganda (guru Bill do this, guru Bill thinks that...) -Message d'origine- De : Malcolm Cadman (...) OT - yet computer magazines today are largely just product reviews, and new software version reviews ... (...) -- Malcolm Cadman
RE: [ql-users] Need some flaming :-) - What about re-writing QDOS for x86 processors
I wonder what is QPC overhead (it's not to offense Marcel : QPC is a great product) : does anybody know the slowdown factor eaten by the emulator, or in other word, what is the factor to apply to the speed of SMSQ under QPC to have an idea of SMSQ speed written directly for x86 ? Claude -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 10 octobre 2001 15:41 À : QL Users' mailing list Objet : [ql-users] Need some flaming :-) - What about re-writing QDOS for x86 processors Hmmm, it's that time of year again So I had a good idea for a flaming (I need it since it's cold in Pennsylvania now ;-) What about rewriting QDOS/SMS (or converting the assembly sources) in order to run NATIVELY on x86 processors. There are a number of nice tools available for that (like the PortAsm/68K by MicroAPL) that could completely translate the assembly sources to optimised native x86 assembly. Then all SBASIC programs would run directly and we could also have QPC (or some other emulator) to work as a 68K native binaries on-the-fly translator (kind of what Apple did with PowerPC Macs in order to run older 68K apps) and in the future we could develop our own x86 apps (and take advantage of all the x86 based peripherals etc...) Not to mention that the middle-man (Dos/Win 9x/NT) will be vanish Imagine the speed/power potential of such a solution... :-) Now start flaming :-) Phoebus
RE: [ql-users] Hyper Browse Development
Why not replace Java by SBasic (for QL/SMS user only, of course) ? -Message d'origine- De : Tarquin Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mardi 2 octobre 2001 00:32 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] Hyper Browse Development At the show I was asked about the development of my web browser, I have converted the parser in C. At the moment I am changing my development environment to one in which I can develop GUI based software. I am unable to use Prowess as it is seems to be GPL, rather than (LGPL etc.), so this option was ruled out, and so the program will be Wman based. At the show I expressed some of the problems of creating a JVM i.e. Sun not wanting anything but a 100% compatible JVM or it should not be released. I have spent the week looking into the feasibility of creating a JVM, and feel it is not feasible. A man doing a RISC OS JVM has written over 16000 lines of code and is only 95% of the way there (his product is not released yet). I feel my time would be better spent concentrating on the browser, rather than one feature of it. Also M$ are no longer going to give a JVM away with IE. I may however include a simpler virtual machine in the HB package.
RE: [ql-users] Rom Versions - FWD from Admin
Is it worth upgrading from previous versions ? -Message d'origine- De : Tony Firshman The latest Super Gold Card Rom issued by Miracle was 2.49 and that was the Rom used in all the SGC's sold by Quanta. Tony used to blow them and I believe many were used to update GCs Yep - and I can email the code if anyone wants it. There isn't a copyright issue, as Stuart always did free upgrades. In fact he always used to use OTP (one time programming) chips until I eventually persuaded him to save money and use EPROMs. He was amazingly uncommercial in many ways.
RE: [ql-users] Rom Versions - FWD from Admin
If nothing goes wrong (and Vigipirate is not a problem, because they put in jail all bearded men ;-) : yes -Message d'origine- De : Tony Firshman I though hadn't realised that Roy still sold upgrades, so I quickly withdraw my rom image offer in case I get thrown out of the plane next week on the way to Salzburg (8-)# See you the week after next in Paris?
RE: [ql-users] Rom Versions - FWD from Admin
Take care ! This could be considered by US as a terrostist attack now ;-) -Message d'origine- De : Tony Firshman (...) I get thrown out of the plane next week on the way to Salzburg (8-)# (...)
RE: TURBO and SMSQ/E (was: Re: [ql-users] New QPC2 release)
SBasic compilers always were (are) for me a mystery on SMS : TT told me there is no gain compiling a SB program except the size in ram (because there are two versions of source in memory), and in most case I notice it's true (when compiling programs on PC gives x5 speed over interpreted). Why ? -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus Dokos On QPC 2v2 FINAL, SBASIC reports execution in 9 secs. When I execute the compiled same program I get 10 secs! Is it possible? Phoebus
RE: TURBO and SMSQ/E (was: Re: [ql-users] New QPC2 release)
Yes, but why speed is more impressive on PC : a Basic program compiled with Turbo Basic (486 processor) is much faster than the equivalent on QPC2 (wich is twice fast as an Aurora board ...) -Message d'origine- De : Jerome Grimbert (...)
RE: [ql-users] A new virus
(more or less off topic) Strange ! I recieve something like that from another source (not linked with this list) and the system tell me it is in fact an uninstall DLL the anti-virus declared OK... Is this really a virus or the action of a virus on an infected machine ? Claude -Message d'origine- De : Mel LaVerne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : dimanche 9 septembre 2001 23:26 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] A new virus At 22:31 08/09/2001 +0100, you wrote: Subject: THAT I DID From:Jeff Hagenmaier [EMAIL PROTECTED] enclosed: image/gif marked (suspiciously) UNESCAPP.EXE and doc2.doc, no doubt containing a world macro. ^ word, I trust ?? Which brings up something else: Opening one of these nasties in Word I understand to be perilous; is using Word Viewer equally bad ?? (I don't have Word) I don't intend to be venturesome; just curious. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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] QPC v2.03
In fact : Yes ! But I'm afraid it's the last one -Message d'origine- De : Wolfgang Lenerz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : dimanche 1 juillet 2001 11:46 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] QPC v2.03 On 30 Jun 2001, at 13:33, Marcel Kilgus wrote: QPC v2.03 together with SMSQ/E v2.99 is now available from the usual places. Ins't this great service? Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com
RE: [ql-users] Program type Identification
Yes : identifying files types by this way should be the only one on all platform rather than relying on extensions name (under W$, because of that?, you can mask it : and it's worts). Alas there is only 3 files types used under QDOSSMS ;-( -Message d'origine- De : ZN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : dimanche 1 juillet 2001 23:22 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Program type Identification (...)Pity the file type isn't used more often. Nastac
RE: TURBO and SMSQ/E (was: Re: [ql-users] New QPC2 release)
On what platform ? PC 286 ? -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 28 juin 2001 15:54 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: TURBO and SMSQ/E (was: Re: [ql-users] New QPC2 release) On QPC 2v2 FINAL, SBASIC reports execution in 9 secs. When I execute the compiled same program I get 10 secs! Is it possible? Phoebus
RE: TURBO and SMSQ/E (was: Re: [ql-users] New QPC2 release)
I saw similar behavior with Qlib versus SBasic (and so stop compiling my programs) but never test Turbo (faster than Qlib under QDOS but a bit fussy) Claude sorry for the question about the platforn : I can't resist %#) -Message d'origine- De : Phoebus Dokos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 28 juin 2001 16:24 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : RE: TURBO and SMSQ/E (was: Re: [ql-users] New QPC2 release) At 02:57 ìì 29/6/2001 +0200, you wrote: On what platform ? PC 286 ? Haha :-) No Athlon 750. Maybe it's the memory allocated for qpc (64Megs). *AND BTW: It was 1 not 1000 ;-) Anyways when I updated that little program once more and removed SQRT(f), I replaced it with COS(f), SIN(f), ATAN(f) and surprise, surprise: With the FOR loop ranging from 1 to 10 and PRINT COS(f), ATAN (f), SIN(f) SBASIC reported 3 mins 36 secs and TURBO 3 mins 48! ODD VERY ODD? If George Gwilt is reading this he might want to investigate...
RE: TURBO and SMSQ/E (was: Re: [ql-users] New QPC2 release)
If the same routine are used it's normal that Turbo add a small overhead (I think) : in this case it only adds more call -Message d'origine- De : Marcel Kilgus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : vendredi 29 juin 2001 17:32 À : ql-users Objet : Re: TURBO and SMSQ/E (was: Re: [ql-users] New QPC2 release) Phoebus Dokos wrote: Anyways when I updated that little program once more and removed SQRT(f), I replaced it with COS(f), SIN(f), ATAN(f) and surprise, surprise: With the FOR loop ranging from 1 to 10 and PRINT COS(f), ATAN (f), SIN(f) SBASIC reported 3 mins 36 secs and TURBO 3 mins 48! Most time is spent in the Maths and PRINT routine, which are the same for both SBASIC and TURBO, therefore it's not amazing that the two values lie relatively tight together. Why SBASIC is faster? I don't know, but SBASIC surely has some advantages over Turbo because it can call OS routines like the floating point stuff directly instead of going through a vectored jump with all its overhead. Marcel
RE: [ql-users] NEXT in FOR-loop
Such an approach is the only way to get acurate computing with QDOS/SMS up to 9 digits : for most purpose (I mean : when you expect that 1 and 1 is 2, not 1.999/2.1 or something else) floating point number is nonsense. PROCs and FNs like IDEC$() and LPUT/LGET are very useful in this respect. Claude -Message d'origine- De : Norman Dunbar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 21 juin 2001 11:25 À : '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Objet : RE: [ql-users] NEXT in FOR-loop -Original Message- From: Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 10:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] NEXT in FOR-loop That sort of approach is used by accountants isn't it? From what I remember they always work in the lowest unit - ie cents or pence, and then format the output for reports. When I first started programming professionally, I used COBOL. IN that you define numbers with an implied decimal point, so a field to hold up to 999.99 would be defined as PIC 999v99. When it was time to do counting etc, one simply ignored the decimals all together. At display or printout time, it was moved to a display field which was defined as PIC 999.99 (or PIC 999I.99 depending on your COBOL version) and it displayed/printed correctly. Simple. Anyone fancy writing a COBOL compiler for the QL :o) MMmmm - that could be my next series of articles in QL Toady ! (Only kidding Dilwyn, only kidding !) Norman Dunbar EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Database/Unix administrator Phone: 0113 289 6265 Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. Fax:0113 201 7265 URL:http://www.LynxFinancialSystems.com
RE: [ql-users] NEXT in FOR-loop
As long as you don't use decimal places you can consider that reals in SBasic are long integers (even if they always have a two bytes mantissa) -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 21 juin 2001 11:42 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : RE: [ql-users] NEXT in FOR-loop Hello, I would have liked to have 32-bit integer variables in SBASIC. The Acorn Atom I believe had 32-bit integers (but no floats unless you bought the add-on ROM). Ian.
RE: [ql-users] NEXT in FOR-loop
Thank's a lot for your work. I think it would be a good idea to store the result somewhere for all the community. Because I still think this behavior is not obvious and can generate unexpected results and frustrations. Claude -Message d'origine- De : P Witte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mardi 19 juin 2001 17:25 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] NEXT in FOR-loop SMSQ/E, and I think Qdos also, operates with (at least) four different rounding schemes: etc.
[ql-users] NEXT in FOR-loop
As I see a question about FOR/NEXT loops, I have mine: the subsequent peice of code gives me an unexpected result FOR n = 2.95 to 3.05 STEP 0.01 : print n, INT(n) Why ? Claude (I am using QPC2v2.00 and SMSQ/e v2.98)
RE: [ql-users] NEXT in FOR-loop
Thank's a lot for all the answers. But this is quite annoying : especially because behavior is not the same for PRINT and INT. Better if PRINT returns something like 2.9 (in fact SMS loves exponential form I personaly hate). I'm not sure but I think even FDEC$(n, 9, 8) returns 3.0. Claude -Message d'origine- De : ZN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 18 juin 2001 15:36 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] NEXT in FOR-loop As I see a question about FOR/NEXT loops, I have mine: the subsequent peice of code gives me an unexpected result FOR n = 2.95 to 3.05 STEP 0.01 : print n, INT(n) Why ? Only guessing because I can't try this until I get home, but when n reaches the value 2. (the nearest it'll get to 3.00 because 0.01 is not represented exactly internally [that would need an infinite number of bits]), then PRINT n will round up to 3, whereas INT(n) will return the correct answer (2) which needs no rounding and therefore prints as 2. Print returns 3 because of rounding of the QL float precision of 9 digits to 7 digits available for printing. INT operates directly from QL float format and will therefore give the right result: 2. This will again be rounded to 7 digitsby print but obviously 2.000 = 2.00 so nothing will change. Nasta
RE: [ql-users] another float question
Il me semble qu'à l'origine la pub parlait 10^512 et 10^-512 ou quelque chose comme ça (qui n'a guère de sens avec seulement 7 chiffres significatifs) -Message d'origine- De : Jerome Grimbert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : vendredi 18 mai 2001 10:17 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] another float question I have a strange question about float number: what are the maximal and minimal values for a float, on the QL. I have found the answer for Abacus (it's in the doc!), but not for the SBasic/whole system.
RE: [ql-users] Q40/Q60 in ATX case
I think Bogomils disapeared in 14th century ? -Message d'origine- De : Richard Zidlicky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : lundi 14 mai 2001 14:10 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60 in ATX case Not much else, just a bit faster. Mine shows about 134 BogoMIPS. Bye Richard
RE: [ql-users] Q40/Q60 in ATX case
Ah ! There is a show in Paris in october ?!! -Message d'origine- De : Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : dimanche 13 mai 2001 01:08 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Q40/Q60 in ATX case I could bring to the Paris show on October 13th, but that is far too long in the future I am sure...
RE: [ql-users] Lost mail?
I sometime have a same feeling but I think it's because there is a mix of private/public mails -Message d'origine- De : Ian Pizer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 3 mai 2001 17:21 À : ql-users Objet : [ql-users] Lost mail? Hi all Sometimes I read a message which refers to a previous message which I do not seem to have seen. That makes me think that there is a leak in the system. Am I paranoid or are there others on this list who have similar doubts? cheers, Ian Pizer, 49 ch. Machery, 1292 Chambesy, Geneva, Switzerland. e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel.41227581410 AKA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [ql-users] LineDesign
As far as I know all the brand in the message are tm, (c), etc... and shareware, not freeware (I think PaintShoPro cost more than 100EUR) -Message d'origine- De : DARREN BRANAGH 6798433 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mardi 24 avril 2001 12:45 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] LineDesign ...
RE: [ql-users] Calling Photon from Hyper Browse
The next challenge now that Photon is here : to make the most useless and "incontournable" program that waste a lot of disk space on PC, less on QL I think, that is a screensaver with a (configurable) collection or compiled jpeg images. Anybody interested ? Claude (I think it is not very difficult program to do with Photon) -Message d'origine- De : Dilwyn Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoy : dimanche 18 mars 2001 22:51 : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] Calling Photon from Hyper Browse Assuming Dave Westbury gets Photon to work with GIFs as well as JPEGs as per his photon_txt then it will make an even more useful graphics viewer. (Any news on that front Dave?) -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
RE: [ql-users] QPC
That text87 does supports only mode 4 ! But it works ! I don't know if someone tried to use said Word 1 with Windows ME ;-) -Message d'origine- De : Ian Pizer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoy : samedi 17 mars 2001 11:35 : INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : RE: [ql-users] QPC re Text87 problem: You asked a good question. I had set High Colour but if I set QL Colour the problem is solved! What does that mean? Ian Pizer, 49 ch. Machery, 1292 Chambesy, Geneva. e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel.41227581410
RE: SV: [ql-users] Nut cutlets - NO QL
I totaly agree : almost all what I learn on the QL 15 years ago is still up to date. In PC world no one finish a (commercial) program because when it is on the market environment had moved (OS, machine, memory, ...) and there is no time left for feed back (and correction). I suspect development teams are already drop when the product is sold. To be compared with, says, continuous support for C68 by Dave Walker team since 1992 or last update in Prowess (now in public domain) by PROGS -Message d'origine- De : Timothy Swenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoy : jeudi 8 mars 2001 21:07 : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: SV: [ql-users] Nut cutlets - NO QL On Mar 8, 7:40pm, Malcolm Cadman wrote: I agree that programming on the QL is in fatc quite a joy - once you have made the effort to learn how to do it. Programming on the PC (either in Windows or Linux) is easier from the aspect that there is more documentation, more tools, and more people. I like programming on the QL cause if I want to tackle a particular programming subject, odds are, I'd be the first to do it, thereby making my program valuable to the QL community. In the PC world, odds are you are not the first to do it, thereby making your program just another sheep in the herd. Plus, I've been using QDOS for 15 years. 15 years of getting to know a single OS with minor revisions (from a SuperBasic programmer view point). In the PC world, 15 years covers a lot of OS revisions with major differences (MS-DOS to Windows being the biggest). From language of choice (Pascal in 1986 to C, to C++, to Java, to ) to programming tools (many different in the PC world). The QL has been something I've known and I've seen no need to change. Since I program for fun, the QL is much funner than a PC. Unix is more fun than a PC, but no even close to the QL. Tim Swenson
RE: [ql-users] Connect QL to SCART
Pour Peritel j'ai le brochage mais pas sous la main. Pour le moniteur (couleur) il faut un RGB : quasiment introuvable actuellement Claude -Message d'origine- De : Wolfgang Wolters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoy : lundi 5 mars 2001 16:10 : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] Connect QL to SCART Hi everybody out there, could someone tell me how to connect a standard QL to a SCART TV? Wich Monitor is the best buy for a QL? Cheers Wolfgang ___ Alles unter einem Dach: Informationen, Fun, E-Mails. Bei WEB.DE: http://web.de Die groe Welt der Kommunikation: E-Mail, Fax, SMS, WAP: http://freemail.web.de
RE: [ql-users] coulours on SMSQ
Photon is very fast indeed. But (same question for PhotoQL) does it takes care and maintains proportions ? I think pixel shape is different in said 512x256 and 800x600. And why is there only 1024x600 and 1024x768 screen in QPC2 (I think 1024x512 is best to preserve standard screen ratio) Claude
[ql-users] coulours on SMSQ
A stated in the last QL2D, new release of Photon (from Dave Westbury) as found on DJ's web page is fast (for QL hardware) : on QPC2 it takes less than 20seconds to display a 200k file. Compared (not a criticism) to PhotoQL v0.18 (from Roberto Porro) found on Thierry Godegroy'site it is 5 or 6 time faster : but PhotoQL is only v0.18 and supports too GIF, PNG, PCX and BMP files (not my favourite : TIFF ;-(! With this two pieces of software we can at least see what can be done with GD2 ! It would be nice if others software can take advantage of such tools so that work is not done twice Claude
RE: [ql-users] QPC2v2 again
Personaly I think QPC2 and Q40 are both importants. But considering the lack of production, QPC2 is nowaday the only way to upgrade your QL (and have access to GD2). And it is a good product that gives us the opportunity to have SMS evrywhere with only a HD disk (and a CD if you need applications). Claude PS : Wolfgang, votre messagerie semble avoir des problmes des lettres sont mises la places des autres
RE: [ql-users] Re:Vote
Je penses qu'on devrait recompter manuellement, parce que moi je ne savais pas qu'il fallait faire des trous -Message d'origine- De : Wolfgang Lenerz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 14 décembre 2000 08:07 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [ql-users] Re:Vote Salut, est-ce que tout le monde a voté, maintenant? Dois-je m'adresser à a Cour Suprême? Sinon, qui n'a pas encore voté (je leur demanderai) Wolf
