Re: [Ql-Users] QXL drives

2009-10-08 Thread Marcel Kilgus
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

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-08 Thread Marcel Kilgus
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.ht

[Ql-Users] Micro Men on BBC iPlayer, QL is mentioned!!

2009-10-08 Thread Darren Branagh
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. _

Re: [Ql-Users] QXL drives

2009-10-08 Thread John Sadler
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

[Ql-Users] Micro Men on BBC4 - Excellent Stuff, QL is mentioned!!

2009-10-08 Thread Darren Branagh
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

Re: [Ql-Users] Dark Side of The Moon

2009-10-08 Thread Ralf Reköndt
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 fini

Re: [Ql-Users] Dark Side of The Moon

2009-10-08 Thread Rich Mellor
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

[Ql-Users] Dark Side of The Moon

2009-10-08 Thread david colyer
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 tha

[Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-08 Thread matrassyl
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 dime