Re: [Ql-Users] Supercharge

2010-09-16 Thread Petri Pellinen
Thanks for the information, Dilwyn! Best regards, Petri On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Dilwyn Jones wrote: >> does anyone happen to have a copy of the Supercharge compiler? I have >> the original but it seems that 24 years have not treated the >> microdrive cartridges kindly. Both the origi

Re: [Ql-Users] Supercharge

2010-09-16 Thread Rich Mellor
On 16/09/2010 22:13, Petri Pellinen wrote: Hi everyone, does anyone happen to have a copy of the Supercharge compiler? I have the original but it seems that 24 years have not treated the microdrive cartridges kindly. Both the original and the backup come up with "bad or changed medium" :( Best

Re: [Ql-Users] Supercharge

2010-09-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
does anyone happen to have a copy of the Supercharge compiler? I have the original but it seems that 24 years have not treated the microdrive cartridges kindly. Both the original and the backup come up with "bad or changed medium" :( Best regards, Petri Supercharge was superceded by a compiler

[Ql-Users] Supercharge

2010-09-16 Thread Petri Pellinen
Hi everyone, does anyone happen to have a copy of the Supercharge compiler? I have the original but it seems that 24 years have not treated the microdrive cartridges kindly. Both the original and the backup come up with "bad or changed medium" :( Best regards, Petri __

Re: [Ql-Users] QL to TFT VGA video converter

2010-09-16 Thread Thierry Godefroy
On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:49:15 +0200, Peter wrote: > ... searched a bit and found that 1024x768 @ 50 Hz would not work on all > TFT monitors :-( Indeed. Most modern LCD monitors only allow a few Hsync rates. My Hyundai W220D allows 1024x768 at 60, 70 and 75HZ only (with respective Vsync at 48.3, 5

[Ql-Users] QL on Wikipedia book

2010-09-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Inspired by the article on "make free books" in Computeractive, which shows how to extract material from the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia I decided to try it out. I started with the usual search for Sinclair QL and added all pages linked to from that main page. It includes pages about ZX

Re: [Ql-Users] Connecting a QL to a VGA Monitor

2010-09-16 Thread Miguel Angel Rodriguez Jodar
El 16/09/2010 9:49, Peter escribió: Hi Miguel, Thank you. It seems that part of the screen is cut off :-( This is because the PS/1 monitor doesn't have hor/ver adjustment pots. Also the picture seems noisy. By the way, that's why Thierry's statement And this is because the signal comes from t

Re: [Ql-Users] QL to TFT VGA video converter

2010-09-16 Thread Malcolm Lear
On 16/09/2010 09:49, Peter wrote: ... searched a bit and found that 1024x768 @ 50 Hz would not work on all TFT monitors :-( Peter ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Hi Maybe changing the main QL clock from 15 to 18MH

Re: [Ql-Users] QL to TFT VGA video converter

2010-09-16 Thread Peter
... searched a bit and found that 1024x768 @ 50 Hz would not work on all TFT monitors :-( Peter ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] QL to TFT VGA video converter

2010-09-16 Thread Peter
Hi again, I had one more idea. If we restrict the conversion to TFT monitors, this might provide significant cost/size reduction. The QL provides a 50 Hz vertical repetition rate, and for TFT this frequency might be okay. The converter might be able to work without buffering the whole screen c

Re: [Ql-Users] Connecting a QL to a VGA Monitor

2010-09-16 Thread Peter
Hi Miguel, > The monitor used was a PS/1 VGA one, and I did take a photo (phone > camera) of the thing connected to a standard QL running in MODE 4. > This is what I saw: > > http://www.atc.us.es/~rodriguj/ql_composite_to_vga.jpg Thank you. It seems that part of the screen is cut off :-( Also th