Re: [Ql-Users] R: Aurora + SGC problem.

2009-08-31 Thread Derek Stewart
I have made a little circuit board with a Lithaium battery holder that will fit in place of the old SGC battery. The curcuit board is made from Verobaord, so look a little rough, I am looking into making a proper PCB, sine there is only 2 tacks and 6 pads, it should be quite easy. Maube a DIY

Re: [Ql-Users] R: Aurora + SGC problem.

2009-08-31 Thread Rich Mellor
Hi Derek, That would be a good idea to get it made as a proper PCB - many of the batteries are now reaching the end of their shelf life Rich Derek Stewart wrote: I have made a little circuit board with a Lithaium battery holder that will fit in place of the old SGC battery. The curcuit

[Ql-Users] Eddicon and Sprlip

2009-08-31 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Two new free programs from Duncan Neithercut were recently added to my website. Eddicon is an icon/sprite editor to create sprites in mode 64 or mode 4 or to save them as .bmp for use in Wolfgang Lenerz program. Existing sprites in a variety of modes such as 32 and 33 (QXL/QPC and Q40/Q60)

Re: [Ql-Users] Article on Sinclair QL

2009-08-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Rich Mellor wrote: A new article on the Sinclair QL written by Martyn Carroll appears in this month's Retro Gamer magazine which went on sale yesterday!! We had our summer holidays in Ireland. In our 3 weeks journey we did the complete south costal line from Dublin to Galway and then back to

[Ql-Users] PCW closed down

2009-08-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Sad news for connoisseurs of UK's computing press. After 31 years Personal Computer World (PCW) magazine had to close this summer. The last issue was August 2009. The last words from the editor: Hi Urs - I'm sorry to report that PCW has recently been closed down after 31 years of continuous