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

2013-02-18 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Le 18/02/2013 17:29, Norman Dunbar a écrit : I wonder if I'm the only person seeing this because I have not seen it reported here previously. I use config->Set screen size to set a new screen size. I choose, for the sake of argument, 512x256. The screen redraws and reboots SMSQ/E and the screen

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

2013-02-18 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:45:35 +0100 schreef Dilwyn Jones : Going back in to config->set screen size again, shows that the current size is 1024x512. Double what I requested. In order to get the screen size I want, I have to set it to half what I want. I hope I'm not stating the obvious here

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator and IS_EXTN

2013-02-18 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:30:12 +0100 schreef Norman Dunbar : ... 200 IF IS_EXTN('palette_ql') and RMODE>4: pcol 4 I don;t see IS_EXTN anywhere in the raed me or user guide, nor can I find anything that supplies it in win1_extns (or anywhere else!). Palette_ql isn't an extension either. O

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

2013-02-18 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Going back in to config->set screen size again, shows that the current size is 1024x512. Double what I requested. In order to get the screen size I want, I have to set it to half what I want. I hope I'm not stating the obvious here...are you using the Double Size option in the Config menu? (If

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 Unite

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-18 Thread François Van Emelen
Op 18/02/2013 13:45, Wolfgang Lenerz schreef: HI, Prowess extensions can be loaded and Prowess-Proforma progs can be launched but they are unusable because texts are unreadable ; characters are displayed as a some grey lines. I can send you a screen capture if that would help you. AH yes, ok

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-18 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, I can confirm I have the same 2 issue as Francois. Thanks. Is this in 4 colour mode or 16 bit colour mode? Here it works OK in 16 bit colour mode, and actually also in 4 bit colour mode - the colours are so horrible that I thought they were wrong, but they are the sams on QPC in 4 colou

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-18 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
HI, Prowess extensions can be loaded and Prowess-Proforma progs can be launched but they are unusable because texts are unreadable ; characters are displayed as a some grey lines. I can send you a screen capture if that would help you. AH yes, ok, I just saw it - you're in 4 colours mode, rig

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-18 Thread Fabrizio Diversi
On 02/18/2013 11:21 AM, François Van Emelen wrote: Op 17/02/2013 12:56, Wolfgang Lenerz schreef: Hi all, v 1.05 is on the Website. Apart from bugfixes, this allows you to hide the menu bar (type the basic command "JVAMBAR" to get it back). Could somebody confirm that Prowess is working ok i

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-18 Thread François Van Emelen
Op 17/02/2013 12:56, Wolfgang Lenerz schreef: Hi all, v 1.05 is on the Website. Apart from bugfixes, this allows you to hide the menu bar (type the basic command "JVAMBAR" to get it back). Could somebody confirm that Prowess is working ok in this version? Thanks Wolfgang _

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-17 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
I have no idea how Android works. Wolfgang What about an Android version? Bye. Andrea ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator Quick Update

2013-02-17 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > (Message to Urs: Should I rename it to BQL - Backwards Quantum Leap?) :-) Last Thursday (at the day you wrote that) I was skiing with some Sinclair dudes in Les Gets in the French Alps, so you'd better rename it to SnowQL. ;-) SnowQL would then be the QLs equivalent to Sno

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-17 Thread Dilwyn Jones
v 1.05 is on the Website. Apart from bugfixes, this allows you to hide the menu bar (type the basic command "JVAMBAR" to get it back). Could somebody confirm that Prowess is working ok in this version? Yes Prowess now works. Thanks you very much. What about an Android version? Bye. Andrea

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-17 Thread Andrea Carpi
Il 17/02/13 12:56, Wolfgang Lenerz ha scritto: Hi all, v 1.05 is on the Website. Apart from bugfixes, this allows you to hide the menu bar (type the basic command "JVAMBAR" to get it back). Could somebody confirm that Prowess is working ok in this version? Yes Prowess now works. Thanks yo

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-17 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi all, v 1.05 is on the Website. Apart from bugfixes, this allows you to hide the menu bar (type the basic command "JVAMBAR" to get it back). Could somebody confirm that Prowess is working ok in this version? Thanks Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator Quick Update

2013-02-14 Thread Dilwyn Jones
(Message to Urs: Should I rename it to BQL - Backwards Quantum Leap?) :-) Prefer "Big Quantum Leap" myself, although that's a contradiction in terms. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator Quick Update

2013-02-14 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Bob, Thanks for that info. This seems to indicate that the slowness on your machine was more to do with the screen updates than with the emulation code itself. A quick test with SuQcess and BMP made it feel as fast as QPC2 on my old 400MHz/W98 machine, which I was happy with for years.

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-13 Thread John Hall
Hi, Wolfgang. 1) The Time Correction item seems to invoke the Double Window Size routine. Fixed in 1.04. Confirmed. 2) The WIN drive warnings settings in the .INI file are not reflected in the state of the Warnings sub-menu items. Fixed (due to change from QXL to win) Yes, the sub-menu

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-12 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi John, Thanks for pointing these out. There seem to be some problems with the Config menu of the "final" version of V1.03: 1) The Time Correction item seems to invoke the Double Window Size routine. Fixed in 1.04. 2) The WIN drive warnings settings in the .INI file are not reflected in

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-12 Thread John Hall
the package... John - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Lenerz" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator Hi all, my internet troubles seem to be over. The smsqe and SMSQmulator sites are. I've updated SMSQmulator to the final

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-12 Thread Dave Park
The version he downloaded was the latest version at the time he downloaded it, unless you're deliberately. Oh God! ;) Dave On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > Le 12/02/2013 21:10, Geoff Wicks a écrit : > > I had already noted the site was back up. >> >> I have been

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-12 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Le 12/02/2013 21:10, Geoff Wicks a écrit : I had already noted the site was back up. I have been able to download the latest version without problems, yes but the latest version was put up only this evening... Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-12 Thread Geoff Wicks
I had already noted the site was back up. I have been able to download the latest version without problems, Best Wishes, Geoff -- From: "Wolfgang Lenerz" Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:51 PM To: Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmu

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-12 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi all, my internet troubles seem to be over. The smsqe and SMSQmulator sites are. I've updated SMSQmulator to the final version of v 1.03. This now reads and writes Q-emulator style headers with the SFA device. There might ba a speed increase when writing to the screen. It is possible to ha

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-07 Thread Daniele Terdina
> Question: how do you handle the case when a user wants to list a huge > directory. Do you open every single file, check if there's a header > and close it again? Yes Daniele ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://w

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-07 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 07/02/2013 13:36, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Question: how do you handle the case when a user wants to list a huge directory. Do you open every single file, check if there's a header and close it again? yes, that's how I do it for SFA drives. It does slow down the opening of a large dir a "bit",

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-07 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Daniele Terdina wrote: > here are the details of how Q-emuLator stores files on the native file system: > > QL files have a special piece of information associated with them, called the > ‘QDOS file header’. > The header stores such information as the file name and whether the file is > an execut

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-07 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: >> QPAC2 >> channels window has the same problem, it will show "WIN1_whatever" >> even if I have renamed WIN to XYZ. >> > ? > WIN_USE PPP > open_in#3,ppp1_boot > > Call up channels menu , here it shows "ppp1_boot". Okay, this is because SMSQ/E actually provides an official w

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-06 Thread Alex Wells
On Wednesday 06 Feb 2013 09:38:02 Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > > And now the question : the very easy way around this is to call the QXL > device QXL no longer, but just WIN right away. > > I didn't do that at first for testing purposes and now the name QXL has > stuck. > > Is there anybody wh

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-06 Thread John
On 06/02/13 08:38:02, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > Is there anybody who'd object to the device being called WIN right > away? No objection. Regards John Southern ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-06 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, I was curious why this was the case, so I had a look at the source code. The loader opens the configuration file and tries to get the file path from the open handle. Unfortunately this was never something QDOS properly supported, getting the name of an open handle... I wonder why it fail

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-06 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, Wait a minute! When I tried SMSQmulator I created a QXL.win under QPC and linked that to SMSQ/M. But the file on de hard drive is then not necessarily called "QXL.WIN". Also the label name for the winN_ in QPAC2 is not always winN_ in my case. So does this renaming in any way affect easy

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-06 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > What the prowess loader does is the following : it opens the startup > file from where it is indicated in its command line (eg. ex > win1_proweess_prg_loader;"win1_prowess_startup". So far so good. > > Once that file is open, the loader then uses that for a special trap#3

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-06 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:54:33 +0100 schreef Urs Koenig (QL) : Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Ain't computing fun? YES! :-) And now the question : the very easy way around this is to call the QXL device QXL no longer, but just WIN right away. YES, go for WIN! ;-) This then also means that the comman

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-06 Thread François Van Emelen
Op 6/02/2013 9:38, Wolfgang Lenerz schreef: Hi all, Is there anybody who'd object to the device being called WIN right away? Wolfgang No objection François Van Emelen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-06 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
HI, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: This then also means that the command QXL_USE should be renamed to WIN_USE and the Java Menu/Config and the ReadMe/UserGuide should be amended. Yes of course. QXL as device name, born 2012, dies 2013, RIP. ;-) Sic transit gloria mundi. Dilwyn Jones wrote > pl

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-06 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Is there anybody who'd object to the device being called WIN right away? Wolfgang No objection, but please keep the various xxx_USE keywords so that names can still be changed, e.g. I like to call the NFA device DOS just because that's like QPC! Dilwyn ___

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-06 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > Ain't computing fun? YES! :-) > And now the question : the very easy way around this is to call the QXL > device QXL no longer, but just WIN right away. YES, go for WIN! ;-) This then also means that the command QXL_USE should be renamed to WIN_USE and the Java Menu/Confi

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-06 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi all, OK, I've found why prowess didn't boot correctly in SMSQmulator. And I have a question for those using SMSQmulator. First things first. As Marcel said, it was something to do with the device drivers, but not as I expected: Actually, the prowess laoder is pretty sneaky. Say the startu

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-04 Thread Geoff Wicks
-- From: "Bob Spelten" Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 1:47 PM To: Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator Bad news I am afraid. SQRview does not load, but gives a QLib error message - genuine this time ;-): PEEK_W invalid para

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-04 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Marcel, Here it does. Unlike WIN, where nothing seems to happen, it starts up fine when everything is copied to ram1_ Marcel Stranger and stranger. From what I can see, the loader prog opens the startup file indicated in the command line, reads its header twice and then goes away. Wha

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-04 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > Thanks, but I'm not sure I understand - the loader program works from a > ram disk? It doesn't here. Here it does. Unlike WIN, where nothing seems to happen, it starts up fine when everything is copied to ram1_ Marcel ___ QL-Us

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-04 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: "Wolfgang Lenerz" Thanks, but I'm not sure I understand - the loader program works from a ram disk? It doesn't here. I hope, Marcel and you are using the same version...;-) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-04 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Marcel, It works from the ram disc, so it's probably a problem with your device drivers. Thanks, but I'm not sure I understand - the loader program works from a ram disk? It doesn't here. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.dem

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-04 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > The fact that the prowess loader program doesn't work seems to indicate > an error in the emulation core itself somewhere. > > As this loader program seems to be a C program, finding the error will > not be trivial. Since I can load Prowess "my" way, this is not so high > o

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-04 Thread François Van Emelen
Op 4/02/2013 14:04, Geoff Wicks schreef: -- From: "Bob Spelten" Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 5:18 PM To: Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator This would mean that my SQRview program will most likely (for now) fail as well. This s

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-04 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:04:01 +0100 schreef Geoff Wicks : -- From: "Bob Spelten" Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 5:18 PM To: Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator This would mean that my SQRview program will most likely (for now) fail

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-04 Thread Geoff Wicks
-- From: "Bob Spelten" Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 5:18 PM To: Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator This would mean that my SQRview program will most likely (for now) fail as well. This shares some code and techniques with BMP,

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-04 Thread Rich Mellor
On 02/02/2013 19:50, Geoff Wicks wrote: -- From: "François Van Emelen" Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 3:52 PM To: Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator Couldn't install PROWESS & PROFORMA Progammes that lock when tr

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-03 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, This would mean that my SQRview program will most likely (for now) fail as well. This shares some code and techniques with BMP, where the file is partly read to verify that it is a valid image file, before claiming memory and loading the whole file. No, this only concerns directories, not

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-03 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:02:52 +0100 schreef Wolfgang Lenerz : ... The reason for this is that BMP_OBJ, after having opened a directory, tries to read just a few bytes from it (at first). I never condsidered, for these devices, that anyone would read anything other than one (and just one)

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-03 Thread François Van Emelen
Op 3/02/2013 8:30, Wolfgang Lenerz schreef: TEST909.obj: QPC2 SMSQMULATOR Schiefen:551.8 32,33 Mathe:1377.75 31.31 Textausgabe:14.17 258.8 Textschieben:11.7 749 Grafik:608 59.9 Speed factor QL 128k =1 QPC2= 500.23 SMSQmulator=22.86 That seems very slow. Is that test909.obj program somewher

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-03 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, BMP also opens a channel to read the filenames from the picture directory with DJ_OPEN_DIR. Ok, some update on this. The version of BMP I downloaded today from your site works OK here IF: You configure it to set the directory it searches for files on is a QXL.win or RAM drive. I did t

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-03 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, I was a bit surprised to get a QLib error message myself. On a second look I was a little hasty. It looks like a QLib error message. In practice the problem appears to be a ProWesS one rather than LIneDesign itself. Best Wishes, Yes, this is an error from Prowess/proforma. For some reas

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-03 Thread Geoff Wicks
-- From: "Ralf Reköndt" Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 9:28 PM To: Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator From: "Geoff Wicks "LineDesign gives a QLib error message: "Can'

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-03 Thread Dilwyn Jones
BMP also opens a channel to read the filenames from the picture directory with DJ_OPEN_DIR. Is this program on the web somewhere - preferrably with sources?? Yes - BMP.OBJ (a Windows BMP to QL graphics converter) is on the graphics page on my website (I am the author). The version on there is the

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-03 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, I found the error concerning DBAS : The emulator was missing the EORI_TO_SR instruction. The demo version of suqcess now works OK here. I'll put up new version up on the website later on. You could check after 10.30. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mail

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-02 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
If not EasyPTR it could be they were all done with Qliberator. Is there an EasyPtr program somewhere that I can download? Another option for the problems with SuQ205N and QLDBAS may be the DBAS engine. The DBAS database file is only read in sections through a channel and this is kept open whi

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-02 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
TEST909.obj: QPC2 SMSQMULATOR Schiefen:551.8 32,33 Mathe:1377.75 31.31 Textausgabe:14.17 258.8 Textschieben:11.7 749 Grafik:608 59.9 Speed factor QL 128k =1 QPC2= 500.23 SMSQmulator=22.86 That seems very slow. Is that test909.obj program somewhere I can get at it? I could launch QDT. Cou

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-02 Thread Ralf Reköndt
From: "Geoff Wicks "LineDesign gives a QLib error message: "Can't find PWS library in ProWesS" -- As far as I know...LineDesign is written in C. the program you've mentioned must be an other program ;-) Cheers...Ralf

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-02 Thread Geoff Wicks
-- From: "François Van Emelen" Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 3:52 PM To: Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator Couldn't install PROWESS & PROFORMA Progammes that lock when trying to open a file: SUQ205N.obj (current

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-02 Thread Tobias Fröschle
Am 02.02.2013 um 18:25 schrieb Bob Spelten: > Op Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:52:19 +0100 schreef François Van Emelen > : >> Hi all, >> >> I downloaded SMSQmulator a few days ago and reinstalled Java 7 this morning. >> Unzipping and installing the emulator went fast and smooth. >> >> Some statistics: >

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-02 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:52:19 +0100 schreef François Van Emelen : Op 31/01/2013 15:21, Bryan Horstmann schreef: Hello all, I've got this running now. Great potential for me. I made a folder in Program Files but it wouldn't install in there. I tried putting it elsewhere and it ran all right. I

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-02 Thread François Van Emelen
Op 31/01/2013 15:21, Bryan Horstmann schreef: Hello all, I've got this running now. Great potential for me. I made a folder in Program Files but it wouldn't install in there. I tried putting it elsewhere and it ran all right. I then copied the fileset to the folder which I had prepared but it

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-01 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, Bigger XChange is available here: http://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/xchange.html Yup, that's the version I put on the disk... Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-01 Thread Timothy Swenson
On 2/1/2013 7:03 AM, Dave Park wrote: The only way to increase the size I have found is to change the resolution of the entire screen, which means my OS X screen area is reduced 75%, which is obviously a problem in normal use. Am I missing something? No, you are not. If you increase the resol

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-01 Thread Dave Park
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 5:47 AM, Bryan Horstmann wrote: > >> Thank you very much Wolfgang. It will take me a little time to get my > head round this, and work out the sequence. To get Xchange to full display > size perhaps I need to change the native laptop screen to a differnt > scaling. That

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-01 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Bryan Horstmann wrote: >>> * When I select Xchange, I cannot find out how to bring it up to >>> screen size; I've already set the screen size correctly >> Simple : you can't Xhange has a fiwed screen size which you can't >> change (unless you poke around somewhere in the program's code, I thi

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-02-01 Thread Bryan Horstmann
On 01/02/2013 06:29, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi Bryan, * When I select Xchange, I cannot find out how to bring it up to screen size; I've already set the screen size correctly Simple : you can't Xhange has a fiwed screen size which you can't change (unless you poke around somewhere in t

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-31 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Bryan, * When I select Xchange, I cannot find out how to bring it up to screen size; I've already set the screen size correctly Simple : you can't Xhange has a fiwed screen size which you can't change (unless you poke around somewhere in the program's code, I think). * I cannot se

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-31 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 31/01/2013 13:48, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: My motives to install Java 6 were: 1) Because the only two PCs in the family who already had Java installed both have Java 6, I hoped to get a comparable setup. OK, nothing to say to that. 2) Ages ago I've got annoyed by the (auto-)update of a ne

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-31 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Urs, I did not want to be or sound offending in any way or quip as you say. Look, no problem at all. I just wanted to give this some levity (by, ahem, Quipping). I just wanted to express my very personal opinion that I find the product's name not as great as the product itself - which

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Wolfgang wrote: > > I must say that I've banned Java from my own PCs for ages but "thanks" > > to SMSQmulator I've installed Java 6 on my workhorse (a 2007 Lenovo > > X61s with dual core Intel Core2Duo L7500 1600Mhz CPU running under > > Windows Vista Business 32-bit). > Any reason you didn't insta

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Wolfgang wrote: > > coffee), Qmachine (for quick machine, a ready to go environment for > > quick developments/tinkering), Qanywhere, Qware or the same four with > > SMSQ (SMSQup, SMSQmachine, SMSQanywhere, SMSQware). Or what > about just > > Q (related to Q of the James Bond movies), Que or Q4U? A

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-30 Thread Derek Stewart
On 29/01/13 16:36, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi, coffee), Qmachine (for quick machine, a ready to go environment for quick developments/tinkering), Qanywhere, Qware or the same four with SMSQ (SMSQup, SMSQmachine, SMSQanywhere, SMSQware). Or what about just Q (related to Q of the James Bond movies)

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-29 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, I must say that I've banned Java from my own PCs for ages but "thanks" to SMSQmulator I've installed Java 6 on my workhorse (a 2007 Lenovo X61s with dual core Intel Core2Duo L7500 1600Mhz CPU running under Windows Vista Business 32-bit). Any reason you didn't install java 7? Just curiou

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-29 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, coffee), Qmachine (for quick machine, a ready to go environment for quick developments/tinkering), Qanywhere, Qware or the same four with SMSQ (SMSQup, SMSQmachine, SMSQanywhere, SMSQware). Or what about just Q (related to Q of the James Bond movies), Que or Q4U? Anyone? Cheers, Urs Is that

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-29 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
On 20 January 2013 06:41, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > Hi all, > > SMSQmulator, the SMSQ/E machine emulator under Java is now out. > > You can find it at : > > www.wlenerz.com/SMSQmulator. > > (Please note that, the site running under linux, this address is case > dependent - g!). > > Have fun

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread QL-MyLink (f/fh)
Re: You've been watching too much Taggarrrt on TV! --- I may never have drunk whiskey/whisky but I know that as 'Taggarrrt' was playing a Glaswegian, it should be 'Tgut'! John in Wales

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Tobias Fröschle
Am 28.01.2013 um 15:08 schrieb Billy: > > You mention Linux Norman, do you know what the connection is if any between > Linux and Android, My Tablet display some words "booting Linux" or similar > when a cold boot is actioned > Bill, I'm not Norman, but answer anyways ;) Android is, simply s

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 Pud

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:32 | Jan28: I tried Guinness once. That was enough. My opinion is that Guinness shouldn't be allowed to travel outside Ireland - or the brewery for that matter. I suspect that might just provoke Darren to appear! In addition, it is best enjoyed by simply pou

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:29 | Jan28: Of course, we Jocks are prone to adding them in as well, how about "There's been a mude!" ;-) Cheers, Norm. You've been watching too much Taggarrrt on TV! (8-)# That is *exactly* who/what I was thinking of well before I got to the '

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Bryan Horstmann
On 28/01/2013 12:00, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 28/01/13 11:14, Bryan Horstmann wrote: Useful tip, Bill. I extracted to a new folder on my personal set, instead of in Program Fles, and it works!! No inkling of why; leave that puzzle to the experts! Extracted the same way Genj also runs. I won

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
George Gwilt wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:27 | Jan28: On 28 Jan 2013, at 16:21, Tony Firshman wrote: I had a single malt from Islay on New Year's Eve and it tasted like tarmac (8-)# I find it better from a glass than from the road. Was it Ardbeg? I can't remember - too much wine before (8-)# I

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Of course, we Jocks are prone to adding them in as well, how about "There's been a mude!" ;-) Cheers, Norm. You've been watching too much Taggarrrt on TV! Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I tried Guinness once. That was enough. My opinion is that Guinness shouldn't be allowed to travel outside Ireland - or the brewery for that matter. I suspect that might just provoke Darren to appear! In addition, it is best enjoyed by simply pouring it down the toilet and cutting out the midd

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Tony, On 28/01/13 16:21, Tony Firshman wrote: I had a single malt from Islay on New Year's Eve and it tasted like tarmac (8-)# I might agree, but I never drink the stuff. The smell puts me off. My mother is the same. My brother and father are alcoholics! My brother lives on Islay (eye-la)

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread George Gwilt
On 28 Jan 2013, at 16:21, Tony Firshman wrote: > > I had a single malt from Islay on New Year's Eve and it tasted like tarmac > (8-)# I find it better from a glass than from the road. Was it Ardbeg? George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
Oh well, in for a penny ... On 28/01/13 16:16, Billy wrote: ... but it's mostly the English that can't pronounce it, but Bill, the English can't even pronounce their own language! For example, where is the "R" in Law and Order? (ok, I see one!) Pronounced as "Lawr an Order". How about "dra

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:18 | Jan28: On 28/01/13 15:52, Dilwyn Jones wrote: He firmly subscribes to the notion that Guinness doesn't travel well outside of Ireland. Like most Irishmen, he would say Guinness can only be at its best in Ireland and event hen only if properly poured and

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator not loading

2013-01-28 Thread Billy
On 28/01/2013 14:15, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi, I have an Asus TF201, (Andriod) great machine for my needs if reliability is not an issue (been off for a new on/off switch already), I see that Java can be downloaded to Andriod devices, so could QLmulator run on my tablet? QLmulator on tabl

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 28/01/13 15:52, Dilwyn Jones wrote: He firmly subscribes to the notion that Guinness doesn't travel well outside of Ireland. Like most Irishmen, he would say Guinness can only be at its best in Ireland and event hen only if properly poured and left to stand a little before drinking. I tried

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Billy
On 28/01/2013 15:35, Tony Firshman wrote: Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 15:19 | Jan28: Dyliwin/ Woflgang Oops I've been typing "Wolfgang" in error for years it would appear... ;-) Dilwyn Jones You're 'speaking' as someone half the world thinks is Dylwin. He he, that's certainly the most

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 15:52 | Jan28: Dulooin Now that is getting silly (8-)# Of course, that was the point. I know, I know, hence my smiley. English almost makes it a valid spelling (remember the "ghoti"="fish" from a well known author?). Apparently not. It is supposed to be

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Another variant is credited to Darren Brannagh's son (himself called Dylan!) who invented this, I think just to annoy me: diliwyn How old is he? Last time I saw Darren he wasn't even hitched. Time marches on - faster when you get old I find. I *think* about 10 or 11 (bearing in mind it's some ti

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 15:19 | Jan28: Dyliwin/ Woflgang Oops I've been typing "Wolfgang" in error for years it would appear... ;-) Dilwyn Jones You're 'speaking' as someone half the world thinks is Dylwin. He he, that's certainly the most common (of many) miss-spelinnggs of my nam

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Woflgang Oops I've been typing "Wolfgang" in error for years it would appear... ;-) as long as it's not wafflegang... w (saving me the trouble) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:09:09 +0100 schreef Wolfgang Lenerz : Hi Dilwyn, ... is a device which can read a Qubide format hard disk. I think some people had used flash memory cards in Qubide QL systems, as at one time there were IDE interface memory card readers. Provides a means of getting large

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator

2013-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Woflgang Oops I've been typing "Wolfgang" in error for years it would appear... ;-) Dilwyn Jones You're 'speaking' as someone half the world thinks is Dylwin. He he, that's certainly the most common (of many) miss-spelinnggs of my name ;-) Another variant is credited to Darren Brannagh's s

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