Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
) from the same source file. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
and in numerous formats. None of them readable any more because there's nothing to load the tapes/discs/whatevers into and no software exists to read the files. Should have used Libre Office! :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
download a PDF every now and again I wonder? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - change memory size problem

2013-02-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 22/02/13 11:14, Tobias Fröschle wrote: However, there's still the standing offer to send out binaries (or even current sources) to anyone who wants them and feels capable to manually install. Yes please! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - change memory size problem

2013-02-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
that is, not the missing sprites in QJewels - that appears only at the very first usage of the game after downloading! Hmmm. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - change memory size problem

2013-02-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
something moves. Cheers, Norm. PS. Still attempting to get you a working QL on a (Linux) Stick! -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator and IS_EXTN

2013-02-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
now. I have to say, I'm extremely impressed. Well done, that's an excellent piece of programming. Thanks for all your efforts. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - set screen size

2013-02-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator and IS_EXTN

2013-02-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
FYI and apologies for the omission: I'm running SMSQmulator under Java 1.7.0_13 (the full JDK) and this is on Mint Linux 13, with the KDE window manager. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire

[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - set screen size

2013-02-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
or QL colours. Not all screen sizes give the error message though, but all of them go double sized. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - set screen size

2013-02-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
that, I couldn't see double the screen size. Everything in that option is now working fine. Thanks. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator - set screen size

2013-02-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
this in the manual now! hangs head in shame Still got the error about illegal instructions though. Dilwyn has solved my double sized problem too. I apparently had double screen size on. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: Message via contact form-68k/os

2013-02-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 14/02/13 13:45, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Has anyone else tried 68k/os and got this result? Any idea what to do about it? Far from helpful reply alert: No, no and no. I have the software, I haven't tried it yet, no time. :-( Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered

Re: [Ql-Users] Easy68K

2013-02-01 Thread Norman Dunbar
stuff for DJC, there was talk of a Pointer Environment version of a QMON-a-like utility. It obviously never came to anything did it? Does anyone know? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United

Re: [Ql-Users] Easy68K

2013-01-31 Thread Norman Dunbar
on Windows. (OK Norman, I know...) The website description is: “EASy68K is a 68000 Structured Assembly Language IDE. EASy68K allows you to edit, assemble and run 68000 programs on a Windows PC or Wine. No additional hardware is required. EASy68K is an open source project distributed under

Re: [Ql-Users] Easy68K

2013-01-31 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 31/01/13 16:51, Ian Burkinshaw wrote: Must admit I have always kept away from machine code. Hmmm. Do my QL Today articles on the matter, since many many years ago, not inspire you? :-( Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61

Re: [Ql-Users] Easy68K

2013-01-31 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 31/01/13 14:47, Norman Dunbar wrote: I also note that the source code is available - so it should/could/might be possible to compile it to run natively under Linux or Mac, if it will work under wxWidgets or Qt. (And no, I don't have time, thanks!) Couldn't resist it could I? I had a look

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
, and quite a lot of them barf at the space, and the '(' or ')' - so Microsoft give you a folder by default that many programs cannot actually use. Go figure. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
be advisable at this point? Cheers, Norm. PS. I have the same opinion on all beers, so don't feel victimised if you are a Guinness fan! -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
drawring and sawring as another example? There is no R in those words, so why put one in? Of course, we Jocks are prone to adding them in as well, how about There's been a mude! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
late, we can't! -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 28/01/13 16:29, Dilwyn Jones wrote: You've been watching too much Taggarrrt on TV! Lord of the Rings actually, Scottish version: There's been a murrrderr in Morrrdorrr! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane

[Ql-Users] Is there a bug in QPC or am I bonkers (again!)

2013-01-25 Thread Norman Dunbar
the code at li_avail, I can see the following results at $43(a1) in QMON2: QMON d $43(a1) 4 4ABBE9 0101 0101 004E FF6F .NV. Is it any wonder I'm confused? What am I missing? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-25 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 25/01/13 11:53, Marcel Kilgus wrote: I'm sorry, due to the recent loss of my father I was not in the mood to participate in any discussions. Just a short answer: Please accept my sympathies. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61

Re: [Ql-Users] Is there a bug in QPC or am I bonkers (again!)

2013-01-25 Thread Norman Dunbar
everything that could be possibly related. Sigh! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
(build 1.7.0_10-b18) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode) 1.7 is Java 7, 1.6 is Java 6. Don't ask me why they call it that! HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$

2013-01-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator DATE$

2013-01-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
was adjusting for BST/UTC as appropriate, and getting it all wrong. This was Windows 2000 by the way. Confused? I was! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
to my 1.x.y.z which is 1.6.0_29-b11. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
replied to this thread earlier on this morning with details of how to use the java -version command in a Dos box to get your version, did it arrive? Just wondering. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
. Unfortunately, OpenJDK isn't always faster than Oracle and I'd rather not use Java if I didn't have to! ;-) Anyway, slightly off topic, I'll stop ranting now! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United

Re: [Ql-Users] QLay Linux

2013-01-21 Thread Norman Dunbar
for is actually called ./QLAY? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Website

2013-01-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 10/01/13 10:40, Norman Dunbar wrote: Morning all, I know this is a PITA - it is to me when someone tells me my web site is out of date - but the QL Today web site (www.qltoday.com) appears to be quite out of date. I would like to thanks Bruce and Jochen. The QL Today web site is fully up

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
. http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/blog/2012/09/give-your-raspberry-pi-turbo-mode/ You never know, it might just help. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] Snowbound?

2013-01-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 18/01/13 09:58, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Anyone (U.K.) not snowbound yet? Or are we all stuck indoors happily using our QLs? Nope, nothing here in Leeds yet. I'm cosy and warm, in my office, working from home! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address

[Ql-Users] It's not a QL on a Raspberry Pi yet, but .....

2013-01-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
Just about everything else is there. Have a look at http://http://chameleon.enging.com/ Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] .co.uk domain, where to register?

2013-01-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Building a netbook from Raspberry Pi

2013-01-11 Thread Norman Dunbar
of wire over the two USB polyfuses on my Pi - with no ill effects. If your eyes are like mine, a decent magnifier will come in handy. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL

Re: [Ql-Users] Quick QL Today Survey

2013-01-10 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 10/01/13 11:33, Tony Firshman wrote: It is great that this very good programming keeps being done, even if only you and George understand (8-)# Trust me, if it wasn't for George, I wouldn't understand it either! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered

[Ql-Users] Did someone mention Python?

2012-12-11 Thread Norman Dunbar
://pythonbooks.revolunet.com/ Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql emulation on Raspberrypi

2012-12-10 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 10/12/12 11:26, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Probably because your phone doesn't seem to generate the In-Reply-To: header. Thanks.That would most likely be the reason. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West

Re: [Ql-Users] QL on Raspberry-pi

2012-11-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
... Java is not optimized for the ARM ... Java is not optimised for *anything*! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

[Ql-Users] QDOS/SMS Questions

2012-11-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
put it right and added GWASL to my dictionary. Hogwash indeed! -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [Ql-Users] QDOS/SMS Questions

2012-11-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
by my job. * scan the CON channels looking for the keyboard queue. * stuff it. Or something similar to the above. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] QDOS/SMS Questions

2012-11-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
definition block. For QDOS 1.10 onwards. Interesting. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembler demo

2012-10-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 17/10/12 09:28, John Alexander wrote: I'm thinking that this may give you some current ARM 1337 5k1ll5 or some such ;) And there was me trying to figure out exactly what an ARM 1337 was. Sigh! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembler demo

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 16/10/12 20:55, Michael Grunditz wrote: Btw , is there a way to assign hotkeys to the assembler , editor and monitor. I have some other stuff running (qpac2) and control-c:ing is a little bit slow. Have you tried ALT-P (Pick) and then DO the job you want? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
(and data safe) method of freeing up the internals to make the discs readable again? (Not the drives, the floppies themselves). What's the point of having two boxes of backups if the damned things don't turn in the drive. Sigh! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 17/10/12 09:33, Norman Dunbar wrote: It's definitely a Model B - it has USB (2) and Ethernet. Neither of which, the A has. Except, of course, the A has a single USB port. And, if you are interested, they are now made in Wales - if you buy from Farnell/Element 14. RS are still manufacturing

Re: [Ql-Users] My slice of Pi

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
on the circuit board close to where I'll be sticking a hot iron! I managed 15 SMDs last night, 5 to go! Took over an hour. This is my first foray into SMDs - I can't say I'm keen, they are too damned small and even getting them out of the packaging is tense. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] My slice of Pi

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
, yours will be ok. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v

Re: [Ql-Users] My slice of Pi

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
. The Model B (or B+) will not be upgraded on memory again, it has reached the limit of module sizes for the type of memory it needs. There are announcement/comments on the foundation web site detailing these facts. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
to see if it rattled with bits of loose data, no sound at all. :-) :-) :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

[Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-15 Thread Norman Dunbar
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2180 If you don't have your Pi yet, when it arrives, you'll have twice as much RAM as I do. Enjoy! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-15 Thread Norman Dunbar
and remember, us early adopters knew what was likely to happen. And finally, consider this - 256MB RAM upgrade for free with a Pi, how much for a few measly MB with an Apple? And for how much? ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512 MB RAM

2012-10-15 Thread Norman Dunbar
Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] My slice of Pi

2012-10-12 Thread Norman Dunbar
. Read the article on the end of the following link before buying a cheap USB hub. http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/blog/2012/08/the-dangers-of-cheap-usb-hubs/ Have fun. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West

Re: [Ql-Users] ADSL speed up

2012-10-08 Thread Norman Dunbar
that it is now a limiting factor on selling or buying a house. It used to be schools, buses, railways etc, now it's broadband, schools, buses, railways etc. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United

Re: [Ql-Users] Websites

2012-09-26 Thread Norman Dunbar
in the price. (Some of these are not available on the free hosting though, that has other limits too) One of the CMS systems is TYPO3, which is, as far as I remember, the very one used by Quanta. I'm only a happy customer, not involved with these people at all. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi gets Turbo mode!

2012-09-20 Thread Norman Dunbar
. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi gets Turbo mode!

2012-09-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
Overclocking and overvolting without voiding your warranty! Details at http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2008 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire

Re: [Ql-Users] Fwd: Re: QL Today Volume 17 starts

2012-09-19 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 19/09/12 14:45, Bob Spelten wrote: This means that the Times typeface on a iOS/OS-X system runs wider than under W$. Getting the intended typeface is still a weak point in web design. Google Web Fonts any good? https://www.google.com/webfonts Cheers, Norm -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] QLtoday Volume 17 Issue 1

2012-09-18 Thread Norman Dunbar
- authors, editors, volunteers etc. Thanks. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v

Re: [Ql-Users] A3 scanner

2012-09-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
from what I can find. Cheers, Norm. PS. Yes, I'm not an Apple fan, not since the Apple ][e - which I used in college and coveted, but couldn't afford. It had two 5.5 floppy drives built in. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi

2012-09-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
the same file in everyone's $HOME, create it in /etc/X11/Xsession.d and call it startup instead. Well, that's the theory at least, I haven't tried the latter version myself. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi

2012-09-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
PS. If you are running a vncserver, you have to stop it first, make changes to .xsession, restart it and log back in to the GUI. It seems that the user's .xsession gets loaded at startup of the VNC Server daemon. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address

Re: [Ql-Users] the heat!

2012-08-24 Thread Norman Dunbar
a bug was, the freezer started up and hung the whole system. That was irritating to say the least. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] the heat!

2012-08-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
really understand that. They will. Just as soon as their Raspberry Pi arrives and they want to plug it into the TV! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number

Re: [Ql-Users] the heat!

2012-08-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] qpc2/linux

2012-08-12 Thread Norman Dunbar
to make sure the highlight is over it, then press ENTER to activate it. It's a ploy by MS to make you pretend to have read the agreement before you simply click OK! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West

Re: [Ql-Users] qpc2/linux

2012-08-12 Thread Norman Dunbar
and necessary. I'd put a bit of text in saying are you still reading? Claim your free £5.00 note from Norman. Still haven't paid anyone yet! :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL

Re: [Ql-Users] RaspberryPi emulation

2012-08-01 Thread Norman Dunbar
not!) but uqlx is already running on the Pi. Emulated and on real hardware. A few of us who mentioned having/getting a Pi on this list, have been volunteered to do some testing. When it's fully ready, Tobias will be releasing it into the wild! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi

2012-07-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
Morning John, On 16/07/12 22:23, QL-MyLink (f/fh) wrote: Thanks Norman for helping a lazy bloke into the Raspberry Pi websites! No worries. Have you got one yet? I've just spent more time in there than certain persons have recently wasted in QJewels ;) That would be Dilwyn in Wales

[Ql-Users] QStripper update

2012-07-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
to the source code required, just recompile on the Pi. Took a lot longer than I'm used to though! The joys of Qt! Anyone got a spare Mac they might want to send me and I'll do a version for Mac as well? ;-) http://qstripper.sourceforge.net/#downloads Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi

2012-07-16 Thread Norman Dunbar
http://themagpi.com/ is a website for a pdf Raspberry Pi magazine. Now at issue 3. Back issues are available. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

[Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi Book

2012-06-30 Thread Norman Dunbar
Amazon to pay additional money to the Raspberry Pi Foundation - which is a charity. You can read a bit about the book here http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1498 Cheers, Norm. PS. Going offline or intermittent for a while. :-( -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi Book

2012-06-30 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 30/06/12 10:27, Norman Dunbar wrote: It's not even out yet, but is already the best selling book in Computers and number 56 in all books on Amazon. And now, it's up to number 17 in all books! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61

Re: [Ql-Users] QLToday arrived

2012-06-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
due to the slightly damp weather we are having at the moment. I had to sit it on the radiator to dry out before I could read it! Did you ever get my email about the QPTR manual? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane

Re: [Ql-Users] QLToday arrived

2012-06-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
didn't get a reply. I sent it to jmerz (at) j - m - s (dot) com. I sent it to Marcel at the same time and I know he received it as I have had a reply from him. I'll send it again, maybe it got caught in your spam trap. It was sent on the 8th May this year. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] qStripper - 1.07 available now

2012-06-21 Thread Norman Dunbar
Qstripper 1.07 is now available for Linux 32 bit. http://qstripper.sourceforge.net Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] qStripper - 1.07 available now

2012-06-21 Thread Norman Dunbar
a section on how you can create Kindle ebooks (*.mobi) after processing a file with QStripper. Anyway, many thanks for the Windoze 7 64 bit version which I use, invaluable. Welcome. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane

[Ql-Users] qStripper - 1.07 available now

2012-06-12 Thread Norman Dunbar
as Linux 64 bit. Have fun. http://qstripper.sourceforge.net Cheers, Norm. PS. My Windows 7 install has finally decided to become not genuine. Seeing as how it was installed on the laptop when it was brand new, I'm just a little surprised. I only use it for qStripper builds anyway -- Norman

Re: [Ql-Users] Withdrawing from the QL Market

2012-06-12 Thread Norman Dunbar
it would work in the QL realm, due to numbers of original sales, and comparing physical QLs still in use with those that are in use on assorted emulators on PCs and Macs. Just my £0.02. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Forum

2012-06-08 Thread Norman Dunbar
in the phpbb_sessions table that needs to be fixed. If Rob or Pete are reading this, perhaps you could take a look to see? This might help http://community.mybb.com/thread-32115.html where there are instructions on using phpMyAdmin to fix tables in a MySql database. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Forum

2012-06-08 Thread Norman Dunbar
table each time. I'd be thinking of shutting down, taking a backup, and recreating the table (at the very minimum) and reloading it again from the backup - assuming MySql lets you do that - I'm more of a Firebird and Oracle man myself! Have fun. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] Easyptr manual

2012-06-08 Thread Norman Dunbar
, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] QStripper included in the Softpedia software database

2012-06-07 Thread Norman Dunbar
Looks like QStripper has become quite famous! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 Original Message Subject: QStripper included

[Ql-Users] QStripper updated to 1.06

2012-05-29 Thread Norman Dunbar
. The project website at http://qstripper.sourceforge.net has had a slight makeover too. Enjoy. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

Re: [Ql-Users] Errors with uQLx on Raspberry Pi

2012-05-24 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 24/05/12 15:38, Malcolm Lear wrote: Yes, just received mine. Odd thing is its got a Samsung CPU. Are you sure? The chip on top is the RAM but the CPU is underneath it. They are piggy backed. The CPU is a Broadcom device. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd

Re: [Ql-Users] Debugging nightmare

2012-05-23 Thread Norman Dunbar
as the destination AND your assembler quietly converts the MOVE to MOVEA. Just to make things interesting. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767

[Ql-Users] French School Holidays?

2012-05-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
Any QL-ers in France just now? Can you tell me when the French schools break for holidays in Summer please. Thanks. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number

Re: [Ql-Users] French School Holidays?

2012-05-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
. Ok, thanks very much (merci beaucoup). We are trying to sort out a holiday and avoid the kids on holiday period. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number

Re: [Ql-Users] French School Holidays?

2012-05-14 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Jimmy, On 14/05/12 18:44, QL2K wrote: Let me know to get a drink if you're near Paris :D A kind offer - thanks. I think we are heading for either Corsica or Languedoc (again). Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw

Re: [Ql-Users] qStripper updated to 1.05

2012-05-13 Thread Norman Dunbar
Morning (!) Tony, It is Norman's time that is worng (from the header): Norman: 01:30 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) Dilwyn: 01:54 PDT Maybe, Norman, you are on SST (Scottish Summer Time) (8-)# Scottish summer time? That's when it rains then! No, my laptop is set to an NTP server so the time

Re: [Ql-Users] qStripper updated to 1.05

2012-05-12 Thread Norman Dunbar
sheets to work at all? There are some pretty good web sites out there that have lists of hacks that are required in many versions of IE to get it to do what other browsers do with standard CSS. I'm afraid that IE is quickly becoming the Ford Edzel of the browser world. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman

Re: [Ql-Users] qStripper has a new web site!

2012-05-11 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 10/05/12 23:11, Malcolm Cadman wrote: Now we just need a nice 'icon' to go with name ... :-) Funny you should mention that Malcolm, I've just uploaded one! And it has been incorporated into version 1.05 of the application as well. ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] qStripper updated to 1.05

2012-05-11 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 09/05/12 16:55, Norman Dunbar wrote: Evening all, qStripper has been updated to version 1.05. The project web page, which has links to the download pages, has been updated (http://qstripper.sourceforge.net) and there are files online for Linux 64 bit and Windows 32 and 64 bit. You can

[Ql-Users] qStripper has a new web site!

2012-05-10 Thread Norman Dunbar
Why not? Sourceforge offer me free web sites, a forum, and lots of other stuff like bug trackers etc. I've taken advantage of the web site option and created http://qstripper.sourceforge.net which is a dedicated web site for qStripper. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants

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