Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert an introduction of sorts
On 13/12/2011 06:05, Alison Cassidy wrote: Hi all, I just joined your mailing list and have rejoined the QL community after ... umm ... a break of some 25 years :) My name is Alison Cassidy, I'm originally from Ireland tho' I'm now living in the US and have been for some years. I'm a diagnostic developer at Apple Inc. and have been working professionally with computer hardware and software for some 26 years now. As a very young teen, I started on Commodore PETs - that would have been 1979 or so. I 'progressed' to the ZX80, 81 Spectrum and ORIC-1. I remember building RAM packs for the ZX series out of my bedroom and selling them on to fellow-nerds at school :) One Summer, I saved up all my cash from my Summer job and blew it all on a new QL. That was in 1984 or so, and my parents were *not* impressed! For my birthday, I remember my aunt and uncle buying me a blank Eurocard and a SP0256 speech chip, and I went on to interface it to the QL, producing, I believe, the first speech synthesizer for the QL. Anyways - I managed to pick up a second-hand one on eBay last week. It showed up on my doorstep today and I'm now drowning in a wave of nostalgia. *sigh* :) I've no idea if the thing works or not - it's supposed to - but I'm going to try fire it up later this week. Can't wait to get back into QL programming again! Best regards, -- Allie - http://www.alisoncassidy.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Welcome Allie, It is nice to see new people joining up to the mailing list (and returning to the QL). Alas some of us have been here from the very beginning - others are too enjoying the joys the QL for the first time, or after a break. You may also want to check out the QL forums - www.qlforum.co.uk and the QL wiki - www.rwapadventures.com/ql_wiki Kind Regards -- Rich Mellor RWAP Software Specialist Retro Computer Dealer http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk -- Try out our new site: http://sellmyretro.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert an introduction of sorts
Welcome Allie, you might want to catch up via a lot of reading by looking here from this site http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/index.html loads of stuff, software, documents, and especially a few sections for those new or returning to the QL community another site regarding those new or returning to the QL https://sites.google.com/site/iwant2learn2/ (mine) QL Today - A4 publication - subscription 4 issues per year http://qltoday.com/ QUANTA - still going, A5 publication or e-mag - subscription 6 issues per year http://www.quanta.org.uk/ You will also find by surfing the above and those recomended by RWAP (Rich), the small number of traders who still operate within the Sinclair QL and its derivatives. Enjoy your experiences :) Lee On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.ukwrote: On 13/12/2011 06:05, Alison Cassidy wrote: Hi all, I just joined your mailing list and have rejoined the QL community after ... umm ... a break of some 25 years :) My name is Alison Cassidy, I'm originally from Ireland tho' I'm now living in the US and have been for some years. I'm a diagnostic developer at Apple Inc. and have been working professionally with computer hardware and software for some 26 years now. As a very young teen, I started on Commodore PETs - that would have been 1979 or so. I 'progressed' to the ZX80, 81 Spectrum and ORIC-1. I remember building RAM packs for the ZX series out of my bedroom and selling them on to fellow-nerds at school :) One Summer, I saved up all my cash from my Summer job and blew it all on a new QL. That was in 1984 or so, and my parents were *not* impressed! For my birthday, I remember my aunt and uncle buying me a blank Eurocard and a SP0256 speech chip, and I went on to interface it to the QL, producing, I believe, the first speech synthesizer for the QL. Anyways - I managed to pick up a second-hand one on eBay last week. It showed up on my doorstep today and I'm now drowning in a wave of nostalgia. *sigh* :) I've no idea if the thing works or not - it's supposed to - but I'm going to try fire it up later this week. Can't wait to get back into QL programming again! Best regards, -- Allie - http://www.alisoncassidy.com __**_ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/**smsqe.htmhttp://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Welcome Allie, It is nice to see new people joining up to the mailing list (and returning to the QL). Alas some of us have been here from the very beginning - others are too enjoying the joys the QL for the first time, or after a break. You may also want to check out the QL forums - www.qlforum.co.uk and the QL wiki - www.rwapadventures.com/ql_wiki Kind Regards -- Rich Mellor RWAP Software Specialist Retro Computer Dealer http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk -- Try out our new site: http://sellmyretro.com __**_ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/**smsqe.htmhttp://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] n00b alert an introduction of sorts
. now if you were 13 in 1979. ! and yet enthusiasm is *still* alive and well. ;-) I thought SST stands for Super Sonic Transport when, all the time, it really designates Silicon Storage Technology from a Sinclair Schoolyard Trader. You're doubly qualified. Welcome SST Allie. John in Wales (Anyone seen a Higgs boson hereabouts toady (!)?) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert an introduction of sorts
John (in Wales) (Anyone seen a Higgs boson hereabouts toady (!)?) I was sure I saw one, around 126 GeV. I could have been mistaken though. ;-) 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
[Ql-Users] Phone connector
I have need of a small phone socket of the size used on laptops. I don't know the designation or where I can get them. Any pattern will do for my application. Can anyone help, please? Bryan H ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert an introduction of sorts
(Anyone seen a Higgs boson hereabouts toady (!)?) I was sure I saw one, around 126 GeV. I could have been mistaken though. ;-) Cheers, Norm. Was that the one which knocked me over as I came out of work this afternoon? Or perhaps it might have been the wind :-( It was a bit of a quantum leap (there, back on topic) Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert an introduction of sorts
I just joined your mailing list and have rejoined the QL community after ... umm ... a break of some 25 years :) My name is Alison Cassidy, I'm originally from Ireland tho' I'm now living in the US and have been for some years. I'm a diagnostic developer at Apple Inc. and have been working professionally with computer hardware and software for some 26 years now. As a very young teen, I started on Commodore PETs - that would have been 1979 or so. I 'progressed' to the ZX80, 81 Spectrum and ORIC-1. I remember building RAM packs for the ZX series out of my bedroom and selling them on to fellow-nerds at school :) One Summer, I saved up all my cash from my Summer job and blew it all on a new QL. That was in 1984 or so, and my parents were *not* impressed! For my birthday, I remember my aunt and uncle buying me a blank Eurocard and a SP0256 speech chip, and I went on to interface it to the QL, producing, I believe, the first speech synthesizer for the QL. Anyways - I managed to pick up a second-hand one on eBay last week. It showed up on my doorstep today and I'm now drowning in a wave of nostalgia. *sigh* :) I've no idea if the thing works or not - it's supposed to - but I'm going to try fire it up later this week. Can't wait to get back into QL programming again! Welcome back! Good luck with the QL – I have no doubt you’ll get hooked on it again. As you work at Apple, I presume you use Apple computers... You might like to know there’s a QL emulator called Q-emuLator which runs on some Macs. It was written by Daniele Terdina and you can find details at http://www.terdina.net/ql/MacQL.html (he does a Windows version too). If you need QL reading material (manuals, articles, etc), have a look at my website at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/index.html There is a dedicated QL magazine called QL Today (www.qltoday.com), and a QL user group called Quanta (www.quanta.org.uk). I think Rich has already posted the URL for his QL Wiki, another great source of QL information, together with the QL Forum. Welcome back, hope you enjoy using your QL after all these years! Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert an introduction of sorts
Hi Alison, Just when I was getting used to being one of only two QL users still in Ireland, you had to come along :)) Where about where you originally from? I'm willing to guess Northern Ireland...?? We have a former Apple employee in the US who now works for AMD, I think in Canada. Anyway, most of the guys here have beaten me to the info i was going to send on, if you need and help, just shout - we're a fiendly bunch. Darren. On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Alison Cassidy coot...@me.com wrote: Hi all, I just joined your mailing list and have rejoined the QL community after ... umm ... a break of some 25 years :) My name is Alison Cassidy, I'm originally from Ireland tho' I'm now living in the US and have been for some years. I'm a diagnostic developer at Apple Inc. and have been working professionally with computer hardware and software for some 26 years now. As a very young teen, I started on Commodore PETs - that would have been 1979 or so. I 'progressed' to the ZX80, 81 Spectrum and ORIC-1. I remember building RAM packs for the ZX series out of my bedroom and selling them on to fellow-nerds at school :) One Summer, I saved up all my cash from my Summer job and blew it all on a new QL. That was in 1984 or so, and my parents were *not* impressed! For my birthday, I remember my aunt and uncle buying me a blank Eurocard and a SP0256 speech chip, and I went on to interface it to the QL, producing, I believe, the first speech synthesizer for the QL. Anyways - I managed to pick up a second-hand one on eBay last week. It showed up on my doorstep today and I'm now drowning in a wave of nostalgia. *sigh* :) I've no idea if the thing works or not - it's supposed to - but I'm going to try fire it up later this week. Can't wait to get back into QL programming again! Best regards, -- Allie - http://www.alisoncassidy.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- *Darren Branagh.* ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert an introduction of sorts
On Dec 13, at 22:21 | Dec13, Darren Branagh wrote: Hi Alison, Just when I was getting used to being one of only two QL users still in Ireland, you had to come along :)) Where about where you originally from? I'm willing to guess Northern Ireland...?? We have a former Apple employee in the US who now works for AMD, I think in Canada. Anyway, most of the guys here have beaten me to the info i was going to send on, if you need and help, just shout - we're a fiendly bunch. What an absolutely brilliant mistype. I assure you, Alison, there is not one 'fiend' that I know of amongst us. well maybe only Darren and his typing (8-)# Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert an introduction of sorts
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: On Dec 13, at 22:21 | Dec13, Darren Branagh wrote: Hi Alison, Just when I was getting used to being one of only two QL users still in Ireland, you had to come along :)) Where about where you originally from? I'm willing to guess Northern Ireland...?? We have a former Apple employee in the US who now works for AMD, I think in Canada. Anyway, most of the guys here have beaten me to the info i was going to send on, if you need and help, just shout - we're a fiendly bunch. What an absolutely brilliant mistype. I assure you, Alison, there is not one 'fiend' that I know of amongst us. well maybe only Darren and his typing (8-)# Oh Dear. There I go again. Still, I hope she knows what I mean!! Using the wifes Powerbook to type, and not used to the keyboard!! Darren. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- *Darren Branagh.* ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] n00b alert an introduction of sorts
Hurrah, another QLer in Silicon Valley. With Jim Hunkins gone, we're back up to two. Tim Swenson ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
