Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 dinner

2014-06-20 Thread Graeme Gregory
That is 100% false.

Deep fried marsbars were advertised in chippies in Edinburgh in 1993
when I first went to Uni.

Graeme

On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 07:32:19PM +0100, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar - The dish is said
 to have been created in 1995 in the Haven Chip Bar (now the Carron)
 in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen on Scotland's northeast coast.
 
 Dilwyn
 
 -Original Message- From: Norman Dunbar
 Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 7:11 PM
 To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 dinner
 
 Speaking as a Jock in exile, I can honestly say that I have never
 seen a deep fried Mars bar, in batter or otherwise,  anywhere but in
 the deepest darkest county of England.
 
 Further south from where I am, a deep fried Creme Egg is De rigeur. Yuk.
 
 DFMBS are available here in Leeds aplenty.
 
 Cheers,
 Norm.
 
 
 Sent from my phone - please excuse brevity and any obvious auto
 corrections that were just plain wrong!
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Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 dinner - partners permitted?

2014-06-20 Thread Geoff Wicks
Sorry I note I had not made it clear if wives and partners were 
permitted at the dinner.


Of course they are!,

Best wishes,



Geoff
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Re: [Ql-Users] Good Morning People - ‘QL SuperBASIC - The Definitive Handbook’

2014-06-20 Thread Martyn Hill
Just to add my interest to getting hold of a reasonable soft-copy of 
this classic...


The copy I have is mostly illegible (though regularly trawled-through).

eBay has hard-copies on sale, but they're pretty expensive!

Martyn.

On 17/06/2014 13:10, Lee Privett wrote:

The was some move awhile ago by a few on here to get this book legitimately
available in an electronic (possibly PDF) format, does anyone know how far
anyone got.

I am not talking about the one available on World of Spectrum among others
but a higher quality version.

I note Jan Jones seems to be contactable on here
http://www.jan-jones.co.uk/index.html via webmas...@jan-jones.co.uk

Regards

Lee Privett
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Re: [Ql-Users] Good Morning People - ‘QL SuperBASIC - The Definitive Handbook’

2014-06-20 Thread John Gilpin
Again, to add more info to this topic, I offered, some years ago, to 
scan, OCR and convert the QUANTA REPRINT of this book (printed 1989 
with, I understand, Jan Jones' permission) of which I own a copy but at 
the time no one managed to contact Jan to get permission to do this.


If permission could be obtained, I would still be prepared to do this on 
behalf of QUANTA and the distribution would then be for the QUANTA 
committee to decide.


A quick look at Amazon web site this evening reveals that there are two 
used copies available, one at just over £20 and the other at £40.00 - as 
Martyn says, pretty expensive.


Does anyone want to try and put me in touch with Jan?

Kind Regards,

John Gilpin.
QUANTA Membership Secretary
and QUANTA Treasurer
membership @quanta.org.uk
treasu...@quanta.org.uk

On 20/06/2014 19:41, Martyn Hill wrote:
Just to add my interest to getting hold of a reasonable soft-copy of 
this classic...


The copy I have is mostly illegible (though regularly trawled-through).

eBay has hard-copies on sale, but they're pretty expensive!

Martyn.

On 17/06/2014 13:10, Lee Privett wrote:
The was some move awhile ago by a few on here to get this book 
legitimately
available in an electronic (possibly PDF) format, does anyone know 
how far

anyone got.

I am not talking about the one available on World of Spectrum among 
others

but a higher quality version.

I note Jan Jones seems to be contactable on here
http://www.jan-jones.co.uk/index.html via webmas...@jan-jones.co.uk

Regards

Lee Privett
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Re: [Ql-Users] Good Morning People - ‘QL SuperBASIC - The Definitive Handbook’

2014-06-20 Thread Timothy Swenson

John,

I'm sure I've mentioned before, but I have already OCR'ed the book.  I 
have Chapters 1-9 in Doc format.  Chapters 10-11 are still in .txt 
format.  What I did not do is scan the images/diagrams.  They will need 
to be scanned and then inserted into the document.  I'm willing to pass 
on what I have done to someone else to continue the work, or jointly 
work on the project.


The real next step is to get permission from Jan Jones to make to book 
releasable under a Creative Commons license.  Since Quanta had a past 
agreement with Jan, can Quanta make the first approach?


Tim Swenson
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