Re: [Ql-Users] QPCII discussion...

2011-09-14 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sep 14, at 15:20 | Sep14, gdgqler wrote: > > On 14 Sep 2011, at 12:48, François Van Emelen wrote: > >> Never had a problem either but you need a working version of 'unzip' first >> ... and to get hold of one can be a problem for non-QLers. > > The program I prepared which allows a user to

Re: [Ql-Users] QPCII discussion...

2011-09-14 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Direct screen handling routines (sprites etc.) My Display_Cde articles in QL World and follow up on http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/tk/display2.zip shows how to address and handle the screen to cater for the various sizes and colour depths on modern systems. Display_Cde is a series of BASIC extensions

Re: [Ql-Users] QPCII discussion...

2011-09-14 Thread Lee Privett
Qemulator does it for you though, you just link say FLP?_ to the zip file directly and you just access the Zip file as the drive. That feature would be nice in QPCII, however DJ has just completed a whole series of articles on zip and unzip in a QL magazine, now what one was it, I recall On ot

Re: [Ql-Users] QPCII discussion...

2011-09-14 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:36:41 +0200 schreef Dave Park : This is the QPCII discussion thread :) I'll start with some questions :) One of the big problems with non-QLs is their handling of zip files stripping headers. Is there any way for QPC to handle zip files directly? There is a page on D

Re: [Ql-Users] QPCII discussion...

2011-09-14 Thread gdgqler
On 14 Sep 2011, at 12:48, François Van Emelen wrote: > Never had a problem either but you need a working version of 'unzip' first > ... and to get hold of one can be a problem for non-QLers. The program I prepared which allows a user to assemble hie (or her) own version of SMSQE has UNZIP atta

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ question

2011-09-14 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Sorry, forgot a bit, see bottom of email for the "P.S." -Original Message- From: Dilwyn Jones Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 2:25 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ question Lee Privett wrote: I note that SMSQ is possible on Qemulator, has anyone actually ach

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ question

2011-09-14 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Lee Privett wrote: I note that SMSQ is possible on Qemulator, has anyone actually achieved this and if so would they like to share. I only have experience of the Windows version of Q-emuLator. You need either: 1. Gold Card version of SMSQ/E (which is usually a file called smsq_gold) which w

Re: [Ql-Users] QPCII discussion...

2011-09-14 Thread François Van Emelen
Op 14/09/2011 11:58, gdgqler schreef: On 13 Sep 2011, at 21:36, Dave Park wrote: One of the big problems with non-QLs is their handling of zip files stripping headers. Is there any way for QPC to handle zip files directly? I have never had problems with zip files. I put the zip file onto a

Re: [Ql-Users] QPCII discussion...

2011-09-14 Thread gdgqler
On 13 Sep 2011, at 21:36, Dave Park wrote: > > One of the big problems with non-QLs is their handling of zip files > stripping headers. Is there any way for QPC to handle zip files > directly? I have never had problems with zip files. I put the zip file onto a directory on C: drive (if that's