Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code

Hi, Datadesign is pretty good, and I believe its source code is available, if necessary. Perhaps time to switch? Wolfgang > Hi Bob, > > The main problem with the DBAS package was the lack of source code. > > I think that bug fixes were done from disassembles of the original code. > > This

Re: [Ql-Users] exep files

Hi, I'll try to test it this weekend. Wolfgang > Hi, > > Can this be reproduced? > > Screen size 1920x1080 > QPC2 V4.02 SMSQ V3.24 > > 1. EXEP files > 2. F4 to activate 'View' > 3. Choose a large file with 'DO' > The 'View window' pops up and displays the content of the file > 4. a 'HIT'

Re: [Ql-Users] WIN drive gone missing

On 03/18/2016 04:12 PM, Bob Spelten wrote:Hi, the first thing to do with windowsin these cases is to reboot windows It sounds as if the file was still marked as opened by another program. Try copying it to another directory. HTH Wolfgang Hi All, Today, while working in QPC2 on my W$7

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator v 2.18

Hi Derek, Just got a Raspberry PI 3 and have SMSQmulator 2.18 running very easily with Java 8. Thanks, that's nice to know. Is the Pi3 (significantly) faster than the Pi2? It runs all my applications under SMSQ/E as well as QLE & Black Phoenix Distributions. Is QLE Urs's distribution?

Re: [Ql-Users] Instrutions for running SMSQmulator on Raspberry Pi

Hi, >> > If SMSQlmulator can access files on the host then map /sys/class/gpio > into a place where it can access then all GPIOs can be controlled from > simple file read/writes to files in that directory. > > Graeme > __ If this is so (I don't have a Pi), pointing, say NFA8_ to that

Re: [Ql-Users] Instrutions for running SMSQmulator on Raspberry Pi

Hi, do not unzip the jar file itself. Just Double-click on the jar file. That should do it. Else, from a command line, type "java -jar

Re: [Ql-Users] Emulators and 68020 instructions

Hi John, thanks , I will when I get around to it! Wolfgang George Gwilt understands them and likes them. Ask him for help John On 2016-01-30 11:46, Wolf wrote: Hi, SMSQmulator doesn't handle 68020 - mainly because I can't get my head around the new addressing modes and the bitfield ops.

Re: [Ql-Users] screen info in assembler

Hi, but probably not on systems without smsq/e. Wolfgang > > The information is in the CON linkage block. The address of this block is at > $C4 of the system variables (usually $28000). > > The keys for the contents of the block are held in “keys_con” a copy of which > is in EasyPeasy. > >

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.15

Hi François, thanks for confirming that this does indeed download! Have fun. Wolfgang > I have downloaded and installed SMSQmulator 2.15 for Java 8 a few > minutes ago. > > Thanks Wolfgang. > Have a nice day. > François Van Emelen > > > ___ >

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.15

Hi Derek, thanks for that, but perhaps your browser cache isn't updated? Have fun Wolfgang > Hi Wolfgang, > > There is only v2.14 on the web site. > > Regards, > > Derek > > On 06/01/16 06:06, Wolf wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> SMSQmulator 2.15 is out, with bugfixes. >> >> Please upgrade. >> >>

[Ql-Users] symbolic links in NFA directories of SMSQmulator 2.14

Hi Marcos and Timothy, Thanks for pointing that out. Actually, I never thought to test symbolic links. I'll check and try to correct that. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulaotr 2.11

HI all, David Westbury found some bugs in SMSQmulator, there is now a corrected version (renaming a file to an existing file was possible, there would then be two files of the same name). The new version is in its usual place. Have fun Wolfgang ___

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E filenames

Hi, I agree with Marcel on this point. If there were new software being developed, it **might** make sense, but since this isn't the case... I've already looked into that possibility some time ago. Basically, and I'm speaking for SMSQ/E here, the OS already checks on the file name length when

Re: [Ql-Users] Floating Point Questions

Hi, (...) My own experimenting with poke_float and peek_float from DJToolkit 1.15 show different values for the negatives: -1 is 0800 8000 The values read back correctly - poke_float addr, -1 followed by print peek_float(addr) does indeed give -1. I don't know about Jones' book, but

Re: [Ql-Users] Floating Point Questions

Hi Norman, QL and Assembly stuff are not a priority. Of course not! Condolences and best wishes to you and your family. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Re-upped smsqe 3.22

It **should**. Sorry , I don't know any more than that. Wolfgang What is required of the Atari version as far as hard drive support? Will any scsi card do? On Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 22:35 Ralf Reköndt ralf.rekoe...@t-online.de wrote: Thanks a lot! Ralf - Original Message - From: Wolf

Re: [Ql-Users] QD on monochrome screen

Hi, I sent you my config info, didn't you get that? Wolfgang On 07/30/2015 02:42 PM, Michael Grunditz wrote: Hi I wonder if someone got a idea on a colorconfig for QD (2003) that works on a monochrome screen? My text is just black blocks.. Michael

Re: [Ql-Users] atari smsqe revisited

Hi, When using Hatari, beware that you don't get access to the hard disk. I dunno why, I **presume** that it's a timing question, perhaps the emulation does not really get to emulate a 68000 running at 8 Mhz. . One can see that smsqe is trying to access it, but you'll get a bad medium error.

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.22

Hi, iod_con2_atmono_sprite_drop_asm : didn't handle sprites with 0 mask correctly iod_con2_atmono_sprite_save_asm : for some reason, this didn't refer to the correct sprite save area (pt_spsav). This notably led to things being being written where they shouldn't have. Wolfgang Atari

Re: [Ql-Users] atari smsqe revisited

Hi, yeah I was lucky. There's still a little screen corruption when moving the pointer. Wolfgang Nice! That means you were able to fix it? Great. Can’t wait to try that myself. Tobias Am 30.07.2015 um 10:00 schrieb Michael Grunditz michael.grund...@gmail.com:

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC Print out

Hi, at least give us some more information (how/where did you print etc) Wolfgang I tried twice to print out a QSpread spreadsheet and got only this: 10o(10U0h12v0s0b3T printed out. Anyone got any ideas? TIA Regards, Peter Fox --- This email has been checked for

Re: [Ql-Users] atari smsqe revisited

On 07/21/2015 10:03 PM, Michael Grunditz wrote: It enters the code without corrupting it 9 times. Fails after that. So which is the last(?) module? This should be smsq_atari_driver_dv3_asm. Could you check by setting a breakpoint at $12b40 and then follow the code after the last good

Re: [Ql-Users] atari smsqe revisited

Hi, This is the loop: $012b46 : 7a41 moveq #$41,d5 $012b48 : b3ca cmpa.la2,a1 $012b4a : 6dfa blt.s $12b46 $012b4c : 4e75 rts registerdump: D0:

Re: [Ql-Users] atari smsqe revisited

Hi, So somewhere in the loading process it crashes. If I break with the hatari debugger and disassemble I end up in a loop that doesn't end. I have no idea where the loop is in the source tree. What kind of loop is it? Is it a branch to the same address? If yes, you might want to check

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Decompiler

Hi, I have in the past tried at disassemble Qlib and Turbo complied programmes, but quite hard when they are not written in an assembler. Yup! I very dimly remember that there even was (one or several?) program(s) that used compiled basic progs as part of the copy protection. Could Turbo

Re: [Ql-Users] QDOS / SMS,Reference Manual ebook

Hi, The SMSQ/E sources say: iof.posv equ$44 ; set file POSition to Virtual address whatever that may be. I know of nothing that implements that. Wolfgang On 13/05/2015 11:59, George Gwilt wrote: According to Norman Dunbar’s wiki D0=$44 was reserved for rename, but not implemented.

Re: [Ql-Users] QDOS / SMS,Reference Manual ebook

Hi Derek, Looks good to me. Wolfgang Of course I mistaken said Section 5.3, when it should be Section 5.2 So the possible changes for Section 5.2 end Paragraph could read: correction The IOF.FLSH and IOF.CHEK commands are subtly different: IOF.FLSH ensures that all write operations

Re: [Ql-Users] QDOS / SMS,Reference Manual ebook

Hi Derek, I have already produced a ODT version in Libre Office, but does not have the corrections, format changes to the Trap listing into tables and interlinking of the sections. Could you let me have that? It possible to make the corrections to the manual and convert it to HTML and put

Re: [Ql-Users] Giga-Basic and E.A.S.E.

Hi Dilwyn, (...) Covers the areas of graphics, sprites, I presume those won't work on extended screens? Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Giga-Basic and E.A.S.E.

Hi, did you ever try with QPC in compatibility mode? Wolfgang I haven't been able to get them working on anything other than bbql and qemulator with no smsq On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, Wolfgang Lenerz w...@wlenerz.com wrote: Hi Dilwyn, (...) Covers the areas of graphics, sprites, I

Re: [Ql-Users] Datadesign API manual

Hi Markus, what's the latest version and where to get from ? Jochen Merz I suppose if you got it from him... Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] DEV_ device and Q-emuLator

Hi, you culd try Phil Borman's (I think) SUB device. Season's greeting to all! Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] DEV_ device and Q-emuLator

Hi, I forgot, it's on dilwyn's site,; toolkit section, sub. Have fun Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly eMagazine - Latest News

Hi Norman, Thanks to all who have said nice things about the book, please feel free to say some more! Consider it done Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 report

Thanks, nice to have at least some feedback of the event! Wolfgang Somewhat belatedly the QLis30 report is now on the newspage of my website: www.gwicks.net/justwords.html Best wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.03

Ah, alright, OK thanks I'll try to do that this evening. WOlfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] RET_STK and debugging SBASIC code

Hi Michael, PICK$ will select the nth item from the list that follows the n. Consider PICK$(n, aaa, bbb, ccc, ddd, etc) If n is 1 then PICK$ will return aaa because it is the 1st item in the list. If n is 5 then etc would be returned because it is the 5th item. The parameters of

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPointer 4 query.

Hi, Having recently returned to the QL and more specifically, to SuperBASIC programming with EasyPointer 4, I am trying to avoid doing a lot of time consuming work to no avail. I understand that there is a limit to the number of objects (loose items, application windows, etc.) Ummm, yes and

[Ql-Users] Backup

Hi all, two bugs were fixed in Backup. Thanks to François van Emelen, for pointing them out. The new version is on the site. Have fun! Wolfgang NB Emails that were sent to me between yesterday noon and today 13.00 (my time) may have gone missing.

[Ql-Users] Config

Hi all, I put up on the smsqe website (additional info and data section) the new manual about config levels 1 and 2. http://www.wlenerz.com/smsqe/ Have fun! Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] Atomics

Hi all, I've released Atomics, a Katomics type game. This needs extended colours and at least a 512*512 screen. (www.wlenerz.com/QLStuff) Have fun. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] Backup

Hi all, I've updated my backup program. You can now configure the default source and destination drives. Have fun Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Backup, dock

Hi, Fabrizio Diversi pointed out two problems with the dock program (flicker in some cases) and the Backup program (caused crash when size made very big). The corrected versions are on my site. Have fun. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] SoQLoban

Hi Marcel, (XML) Well what I wrote is NOT a real XML parser, just extracting info from a regularly patterned txt file (which is all XML files are, really). (level 3) I can publish the solution here, if you like. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] SoQLoban

Hi Dilwyn, thanks for your kind words. I must stress, though, that the most difficult part of this is to design the puzzles and I didn't do many of those. Fortunately, there are many to be downloaded and the prog can import .slc files. Wolfgang

Re: [Ql-Users] GST QC

You've missed QPC2 v4. Which is freely available from Marcel's site! Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] R: Backup

On 01/06/2014 23:47, Davide Santachiara wrote: Thanks Wolfang for having considered and implemented my request Regards Davide Hi, One request = by popular demand grin Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] GST QC

Hi, I made a small test on QPC SMSQmulator. It works on SMSQmulator, not on QPC where it hangs after opening some, but not all, of its windows (as Tobias noted). Empirically and without looking any further, I'd say that this is probably due to the different processors being emulated. What

Re: [Ql-Users] GST QC

Hi, (...) Empirically and without looking any further, I'd say that this is probably due to the different processors being emulated. Empirically, I was wrong. i just happened to have some flp drives under SMSQmulator and not under QPC. When I have no flp drives (and no mdvs), then the

Re: [Ql-Users] GST QC

Hi, How did you do THAT??? just select a floppy file image as flp1_ (use the folder icon next to the flp field) Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] Which project to pursue

Hi Dave, I haven't comented on your question as to which project you should pursue since I feel that I'm not really concerned. I mostly use emulators nowadays, so new QL hardware that might be produced is not really something that I have much interest in, other than the general interest of

[Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.21

Hi all, SMSQ/E 3.21 is out. This contains a workaround for a (rare) bug in the WIN driver. You might want to upgrade. www.wlenerz.com/smsqe Have fun! Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.02

Hi all, I've released SMSQmulator 2.02. Mostly bugfixes for the floppy driver. http://www.wlenerz.com/SMSQmulator/ Have fun. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] SoQLoban

Hi all, I've updated SoQLoban. Nothing earthshattering, just a change in some libraries I used for this project. I've also updated the small library of basic modules. http://www.wlenerz.com/QLStuff Have fun. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] Backup

Hi all, I have now updated my backup program, i can now also backup individual dirs. http://www.wlenerz.com/QLStuff/ Have fun! Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] SoQLoban

Hi all, I've prettied up SoQLoban with nicer sprites in high colour mode. www.wlenerz.com/QLStuff Have fun Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] R: Backup

sub-directory. Am I wrong? Thanks Regards Davide -Messaggio originale- Da: Ql-Users [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Per conto di Wolfgang Lenerz Inviato: giovedì 15 maggio 2014 09:31 A: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Oggetto: [Ql-Users] Backup Hi all, I've updated

[Ql-Users] SoQLoban

Hi All, I've released SoQLoban, a Sokoban type game. www.wlenerz.com/qlstuff Have fun Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] Soqloban

Hi, for some reason, the version of Soqloban on the site may have not compiled correctly. I've uploaded it again. Have fun Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.01

Hi all, SMSQmulator v. 2.01 is out. Please update, even if you have a beta version of 2.01. Have fun. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] Backup

Hi all, I've updated the backup prog on my site, it now also creates all subdirs on the destination drive. http://www.wlenerz.com/qlstuff/ Have fun! Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Edinburgh is go!

Hi John, I had more fun personally at the 2013 event, but that was because we were trying to get speed comparisons between different emulators which started out because I was having such problems running the SMSQmulator compared to uQLx on a Raspberry Pi. I hope this works Ok now!

Re: [Ql-Users] Cursor Sprites

Hi all, I've released v 2.00 of SMSQmulator. The version jump is due internal reasons (I no longer use the MC68000 object). SMSQmulator can now also write and format floopyimage files. Have fun. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] QPTR Manual

Hi all, I've updated the QPTR manual, to take Tobias's comments into account. http://www.wlenerz.com/smsqe/add1.html Have fun. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] QPTR Manual

Hi Tobias, p. 16, paragraph above „Menus“ p 143, 3rd paragraph, „may not be altered“ Ok, thanks! The others, I think you’ve already covered. (Fast work!) No, time warp : done before you mentioned the problem! Wolfgang Thanks aga in, Tobias that jobs that don’t have their

Re: [Ql-Users] QPTR Manual

Hi Tobias, are you willing to further maintain the documents? Yes. Two issues came to my mind that are present in newer PTR/WMAN versions and not covered in the documents anywhere yet (Some people will never be satisfied… ;) ): There’s still some mentioning here and there Any idea

Re: [Ql-Users] QPTR Manual

Thanks Per! Wolfgang Very nice, Wolfgang :) Per On 17 April 2014 16:59, Wolfgang Lenerz w...@wlenerz.com wrote: Hi all, The latest version of the QPTR (Pointer Environment) manual is out. It hopefully is up-to-date with the latest developments. You can find

Re: [Ql-Users] QPTR Manual

Thanks Tobias. Wolfgang, only just seen it: I severely think this effort deserves more than a single „Thank You“. Really great, now I can dispose my collection of loose leaves that accumulated over the years and replace it with one single proper document. Cheers, Tobias

Re: [Ql-Users] Backup

Hi Tobias, thanks, I hope you'll find it useful. The tabs are in an appsub I draw directly, nothing really special about it. Wolfgang Wolfgang, really great! Although I do my QPC backups from Windows, I like the GUI and will have a look how you managed to get the „Tab“ thingy going. But

[Ql-Users] Backup

Hi all, I've uploaded a backup program to my site (www.wlenerz.com/QLStuff). Whilst this is (yet another) program for backing up files, it also shows how you can have tabs and clickable column headers with QPTR. Needs the menu extensions. AND READ THE DOC Have fun Wolfgang

[Ql-Users] QPTR Manual

Hi all, The latest version of the QPTR (Pointer Environment) manual is out. It hopefully is up-to-date with the latest developments. You can find it at www.wlenerz.com/smsqe and more directly at http://www.wlenerz.com/smsqe/add1.html. If you find any errors or things that need be corrected,

[Ql-Users] keywords list

Hi all, Bob Spelten has overhauled, updated and completed the S*Basic keywords list made initially by François van Emelen the new list is on the smsqe site (www.wlenerz.com/smsqe), additional information and data. Have fun! Wolfgang ___

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 1.27

Hi all, SMSQmulator v. 1.27 is out. It now is possible to configure it so that it doesn't use much CPU time when the machine is idle. Changes to this only take effect after the next reset. Please read the manual section in this respect. Have fun! Wolfgang

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 1.26

Hi, This release seems to be rather DOA :-( java -jar SMSQmulator.jar Exception in thread Thread-1 java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 65535 at smsqmulator.MC68000Cpu.doExecute(MC68000Cpu.java:326) at smsqmulator.MC68000Cpu.executeContinuous(MC68000Cpu.java:274)

[Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.20

Hi all, SMSQE 3.20 is out. this corrects a bug which might arise when trying to write to a read-only file. Have fun Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 1.25

Hi all, SMSQmulator 1.25 is out. There are some bugfixes, so you should upgrade. Have fun. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] Incorrect emulation

Hi, Not missing but incorrectly implemented, which is far worse. The bugs I'm talking about only occur under rare circumstances. By now, the Q68 is already debugged well enough to run the QDOS Classic and Minerva operating systems correctly, but not all QL driver and application software. For

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v4.02 released

Marcel, I don't know how to start thanking you for all this - you have been a central pivot for the QL community for many years now with your work on QPC2, SMSQ/E, WMAN2 and everything else. Thank you. Seconded! Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [Ql-Users] UltimIDE and other updates...

Hi, But the dev device is not able to work on MC level, as far as I know... Just SBasic. No. dev is a device. Works from everywhere. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.19

Hi all, SMSQ/E v. 3.19 is out. This contains Marcel's bugfix for the csize in appsub windows. This is also and foremost the first version on my stite that also incorporates the QPC specific sources allowing you to compile SMSQE for QPC. The binaries file already contains an SMSQ/E v.3.19

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 1.24

Hi all, SMSQmulator 1.24 is out. a small bugfix, and it uses SMSQ/E 3.19. Have fun. Wolfgang www.wlenerz.com/SMSQmulator ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] The fun of data recovery.

Hi, That was the sort of thing I was thinking of doing, though probably using dd instead of cat. Should work just as well. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 1.23

Hi all, v. 1.23 of SMSQmulator can be downloaded. (www.wlenerz.com/SMSQmulator) This uses SMSQE 3.18. You might want to updgrade, there was bug in the directory creation routine for WIN drives. Have fun. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.18

Hi all, SMSQE 3.18 is out (www.wlenerz.com/smsqe) This allows programs that are devised for it to have a CSIZE for application subwindows other than 0,0. You can find a demo program for that at www.lenerz.com/QLStuff Application subwindow text objects may now have character sizes other

[Ql-Users] SMSQ on the Atari

Hi Michael, when did that change? (which version was the first one not to work?) Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ on the Atari

Hi Ralf, Michael, Hmm, I have an old beta version (got from TT) and this worked without problems. But with no GD2. Did you get the sources, too? Are there people using the Atari with any version of SMSQ/E ? Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

Hi, So, if people to have long-form articles for the QL, don't just leave it sitting on your local system. Use the existing web sites that we do have. If you don't have a location to host it, ask the mailing list for someone who can. If we have enough authors writing new material, that

Re: [Ql-Users] Csize in Easyptr/Easymenu

Hi, (And this is not an EasyPtr restriction, but rather one of the Window Manager). Technically it's a limitation of the standard menu drawing routine wm.mdraw (vector $20). You could, conceivably, write your own menu drawing routine in assembler (but not in basic) to draw text of any

Re: [Ql-Users] Csize in Easyptr/Easymenu

Hi, Not in basic? That's a pity. Not that I'm aware of. I don't know Easyptr, so I might be proven wrong, but at least in QPTR, the drawing routines don't provide for a mechanism to come back to basic to draw (parts of) the window. Unfortunately, s*basic doesn't provide for a way to call

Re: [Ql-Users] Finding the line number in QPC2

Hi, I'd love to be proved wrong, but I don't think it can be done. (You can't even get the current line nbr from Sbasic, unless I'm mistaken). Mucking about with the return stack will lead to nothing much, I'm afraid. Wolfgang Sometimes my programs will stop with a nice friendly error

Re: [Ql-Users] Finding the line number in QPC2

Hi, The QL's SuperBasic interpreter and SMSQ/E's Sbasic are VERY different beasts, even if the latter tries to keep program compatibility! Wolfgang I'm surprised that no one has responded to this yet. Both QDOS and SMSQ/E (which is what QPC2 does), have the same look and feel to the

Re: [Ql-Users] Finding the line number in QPC2

Hi, since there seems to be no way to get at this with Peek and Poke, I've made a small SBasic extension to tget the value on the return stack, called RET_STK and RET_STK2: A small extension to get the line number of the line having called a function or procedure, in an Sbasic program. USE:

Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface

Hi, Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy interface? Yes! However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql is 30

Hi, Quanta workshops: probably about 20 people. Based on committee members, local NEMQLUG group members and a small number who travelled from further afield. Thanks Dilwyn. This is for UK events, right? as for estimations on how many people attend QL meetings, we had 6 at German QL

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 1.22 - Java VM Launcher Error

Le 09/11/2013 12:09, John Hall a écrit : When I try to run SMSQmulator V1.22 (Java 6) I get the following Java Virtual Machine Launcher error message: Could not find the main class: smsqmulator.SMSQmulator. Program will exit My previous version (V1.20) works as expected. Hi, OK the java 6

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 1.22 - Java VM Launcher Error

Downloaded and tested - now works as expected. Thanks. Sorry for the mix-up. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql is 30

Hi, Why not have a QL Show in each country and we support each other... How very kind of you to offer to organise and finance the UK event! Let's not get sidetracked. I'd like to repeat my earlier question : can anyone guestimate how many people would attend? What about the last 6 or 7

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql is 30

Hi, Just out of idle curiosity, does anybody have a reasonable guestimate at how many people (say Qlers only) would be likely to attend such an event? What if it was held outside of the UK? Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 1.21

Hi Bob, Looking at the readme files I get the feeling these are not the latest. The pdf is dated 17-04-13 and the footer reads SMSQmulator manual - 02/13. The previous one read SMSQmulator manual - for v1.20. You're right, I've uploaded your version into the zip files, thanks... Wolfgang

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today + DVD

On 19/09/2013 15:16, Ian Pine wrote: My final (for the foreseeable future) QL Today arrived this morning. I'm exploring the DVD. I've got both QPC2 and SMSQmlator (Java7 on Vista) running. SMSQmulator runs fine directly from the DVD but not much use with read-only filesystem. I copied all

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