On 15 Jun 2010, at 19:26, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Sounds like the same experience I had. Totally unpredictable results on
that particular USB floppy drive (well, might be predictable to someone
like Marcel who knows the underlying code).
SNIP
Doesen't work here on XP with an USB drive (which
Am Mittwoch, den 16.06.2010, 11:32 +0100 schrieb gdgqler:
On 15 Jun 2010, at 19:26, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Sounds like the same experience I had. Totally unpredictable results on
that particular USB floppy drive (well, might be predictable to someone
like Marcel who knows the underlying
On 15 Jun 2010, at 23:29, Roy Wood wrote:
The QL was a business computer in concept. Very few games of any note. Right
now, as was pointed out earlier, there is no decent word processor and no
other, modern, usable, software. QPC2 runs just fine on my W7 machine, but
why would I use it?
Dilwyn said -
...OK, it'll always be handy to be
able to write quick s*basic programs for my own use .
===
now George has said -
.Rewriting for a PC or whatever is just not an
On 15/06/10 23:29, Roy Wood wrote:
Hi Roy, good to hear from you. Hope you are well.
I know that there are a whole bumch of 'free
software' guerillas out there
That'll be me then! ;-)
but no free software has ever matched the
commercial stuff - sad as that may be.
Forgive me, but that is
Right, if you want to read what I am replying to you will have to go
back to Norman's eloquent reply to my . well you get the picture.
I fear I was a touch spartan when I referred to free software. I do use
Firefox and some of the add-ons for that and there is a wonderful free
application
Norman Dunbar wrote:
Enjoy the FIFA world cup!
No thanks! I'll enjoy the F1 on Sunday instead! I'll be
supporting an English Team (ok, partially New Zealand!) as I
support McLaren.
Today Switzerland (the underdog) beat World Cup favourites Spain 1:0!
At least that sound good for the
In message 4c17fed1.9080...@qbranch.demon.co.uk, Roy Wood
qbra...@qbranch.demon.co.uk writes
On 15/06/2010 21:58, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
SNIP
There is an audience for retro computers - of which the QL is one.
A software package, or easy access to free or low cost software,
would be essential
