Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta news
Hi Dilwyn I recently sent an email message to John G. setting out my own basic philosophy regarding my personal approach to my use of QL and it occurs to me that, whilst there is a quite brilliant developmental QL concept, there is an aspect of QL usage that might well be exploited. What I envisage, is a ' vintage ' approach i.e. a sort of re-visit to some of the wonderful software that excited us so much when it first appeared and which, even then alerted us to the brilliance of the QL. We have the ' Channel 5 Top Gear ' enthusiasts but we also perhaps have, people such as myself who have an active nostalgia for things, such as 'cars of yesteryear' that; though they are in hindsight, recognised as having been more than adequate for the purposes for which they were designed, have fallen victim to the obsession for unremitting refinement and updating '. It may be that, in the realms of computing, I am representing myself as something of a ' troglodyte ' but, I love the QL for what it is, rather than as a springboard for parallel identification with systems that, in their sheer scope and brilliance are becoming, in my humble opinion, totally unrecognisable as practical, straightforward instruments for the extension of our ability to perform 'ordinary', perhaps even 'mundane' daily tasks for which, our mental capacity may be, at times - to say the least - less than adequate. I know that I am probably addressing a dwindling group of actively interested, people but, if, like myself, they are people who have lived with the QL throughout its formative years they may well, again like myself, have a hankering to re-visit and almost certainly to learn more about the tools we already have to hand which justify our conviction as to the soundness of our original choice. Regards albertN --- On Thu, 6/8/09, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk wrote: From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk Subject: [Ql-Users] Quanta news To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Date: Thursday, 6 August, 2009, 1:32 PM I'm in the process of putting together the news column for Quanta magazine and would like to hear from anyone who has any QL-related news which could be included You are welcome to send the news either direct to my email address or to the Quanta address news AT quanta DOT org DOT uk -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta news
Hi Albert, I think you are quite right in what you say, that it is never wrong to revisit why we all took to the QL in the first place. I might try to persuade John that we should appeal to people to write about subjects like this. Thinking cap on, to see how best to approach this... -- Dilwyn Jones New address from 17th August 2009: 22 Erw Las Coetmor New Road Bethesda Gwynedd LL57 3NN Email: dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk Mobile: 07749 643922 - Original Message - From: ALBERT NEWELL albe...@btinternet.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 9:57 AM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta news Hi Dilwyn I recently sent an email message to John G. setting out my own basic philosophy regarding my personal approach to my use of QL and it occurs to me that, whilst there is a quite brilliant developmental QL concept, there is an aspect of QL usage that might well be exploited. What I envisage, is a ' vintage ' approach i.e. a sort of re-visit to some of the wonderful software that excited us so much when it first appeared and which, even then alerted us to the brilliance of the QL. We have the ' Channel 5 Top Gear ' enthusiasts but we also perhaps have, people such as myself who have an active nostalgia for things, such as 'cars of yesteryear' that; though they are in hindsight, recognised as having been more than adequate for the purposes for which they were designed, have fallen victim to the obsession for unremitting refinement and updating '. It may be that, in the realms of computing, I am representing myself as something of a ' troglodyte ' but, I love the QL for what it is, rather than as a springboard for parallel identification with systems that, in their sheer scope and brilliance are becoming, in my humble opinion, totally unrecognisable as practical, straightforward instruments for the extension of our ability to perform 'ordinary', perhaps even 'mundane' daily tasks for which, our mental capacity may be, at times - to say the least - less than adequate. I know that I am probably addressing a dwindling group of actively interested, people but, if, like myself, they are people who have lived with the QL throughout its formative years they may well, again like myself, have a hankering to re-visit and almost certainly to learn more about the tools we already have to hand which justify our conviction as to the soundness of our original choice. Regards albertN --- On Thu, 6/8/09, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk wrote: From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk Subject: [Ql-Users] Quanta news To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Date: Thursday, 6 August, 2009, 1:32 PM I'm in the process of putting together the news column for Quanta magazine and would like to hear from anyone who has any QL-related news which could be included You are welcome to send the news either direct to my email address or to the Quanta address news AT quanta DOT org DOT uk -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.45/2287 - Release Date: 08/07/09 06:22:00 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta news
Oops, sorry, was meant to be a private reply, didn't spot it was a ql-users email. :-( Ah well, at least you all know my new address from 17th August now :-) -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Extremely rare ZX Microdrive Cartridge on Ebay
Has anyone ever seen one of these before: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140338360568 (I admit it, it is my auction). I guess it was produced for promotion material to show the inner workings of the microdrive, although from memory, I don't remember a picture of one - just hand drawn diagrams Interesting! -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
