Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please
On 2016-06-17 09:20, Norman Dunbar wrote: I have a utility on https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxlwin/ which should allow anyone to extract any file from a QXL win file. However, I've just checked and it appears I've never uploaded a compiled version. Oops! Like qstripper, it runs on Linux, Windows and if you have QT, on Mac if you compile the source yourself. I'll try to get a compiled version uploaded ASAP. Cheers, Norm. ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please
Hi Peter, QDTinst is the QDT Desktop installation program. Regards Derek -Original Message- From: "peterfox" Sent: 17/06/2016 16:59 To: "ql-us...@q-v-d.com" Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please Hi Norm and Michael, I found that I had another boot file on another machine which worked and when I looked at it, I knew that I had to get this file into my machine. Unfortunately, since my copy of QPC2 is not working, I had to copy the boot file in line by line which was hard work but has been done, thankfully. Once I had tracked down the errors of copying I was in business at 1235 today and have brought myself up-to-date. Thank you for your interest. While writing, what please is QDTInit? I have the instructions to make it work but what does it do? TIA & Regards, Peter Fox On 17.06.2016 16:16, Michael Bulford wrote: > Norm, > > I've followed your instructions down to Double click the exercise > file to run. > Then the following messages appear ... > > This application failed to start because it could not find or load > the Qt platform plugin "windows" in "". > Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. > > This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an > unusual way. > Please contact the application's support team for more information. > > Michael > > > > - Original Message - > From: Norman Dunbar > To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > Sent: Friday, 17 June 2016, 14:03 > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please > > OK, lunchtime! > > I've uploaded a 32 bit windows binary to > https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxlwin/. > > 1. Click on the files tab. > 2. Click on Windows 32-64bit. > 3. Click on Qxlwin.Zip to download. > 4. Click parent folder. > 5. Click QT5SupportFiles. > 6. Click QR5SUPPORTFILES.zip to download. > > Create a folder, call it c:\qxlwin. Extract both zip files into that > location. > Double click the exercise file to run. > File->Open and select your qxlwin file. > > The Header tab displays details of the file. Numbers are in hex or > decimal. Change with the two buttons at the bottom. > > Map displays the map. Not likely to be helpful. > > Files displays the entire structure of the directory tree. It's > windows explorer for qxlwin files. > > File Viewer is just that. Double click file in the Files tab to > display it here. > > I haven't looked at this utility since 2012 but I'm sure you can copy > the text of a file in the viewer to save it as a PC file. Beware of > ql > to PC character conversion though. > > HTH. > > > Cheers, > Norm. > > > On 17 June 2016 09:20:18 BST, Norman Dunbar > wrote: >>I have a utility on https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxlwin/ which >>should allow anyone to extract any file from a QXL win file. >> >>However, I've just checked and it appears I've never uploaded a >>compiled version. Oops! >> >>Like qstripper, it runs on Linux, Windows and if you have QT, on Mac >> if >>you compile the source yourself. >> >>I'll try to get a compiled version uploaded ASAP. >> >> >>Cheers, >>Norm. >>-- >>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >>___ >>QL-Users Mailing List ___ QL-Users Mailing List ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please
Alternatively, this might work...If you can't wait! ;-) http://api.256file.com/qwindows.dll/en-download-59653.html Save it in the same folder as the rest of the files. But for goodness sake, virus scan it first. This is Windows after all! Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please
OK, success! It seems that a dll named qwindows.dll is also needed for QT applications these days. Not only that, when I tested today in a blank directory with nothing on PATH at all, it still worked fine. Hmm. Il get that uploaded ASAP. Probably Monday now though, I don't have Windows at home unless I have a VM for VirtualBox somewhere. I'll have a look tomorrow. Sorry about that. Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please
Hi Michael, Exercise! Damned spell chequer! That should be exe file! :-) Interesting. The error message doesn't even appear to be in English, but I'll see if I can find anything related. The application is 32 bit so should work on 32 and 64 bit systems. You are running it on windows I assume? I built it on 64 bit windows 7 using the 32 bit QT system. You need to have all those dlls from the support files in either the same folder as the Qxlwin.exe, or, on the PATH somewhere. Leave it with me. Cheers, Norm. On 17 June 2016 16:16:48 BST, Michael Bulford wrote: >Norm, > >I've followed your instructions down to Double click the exercise file >to run. >Then the following messages appear ... > >This application failed to start because it could not find or load the >Qt platform plugin "windows" in "". >Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. > >This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an >unusual way. >Please contact the application's support team for more information. > >Michael > > > >- Original Message - >From: Norman Dunbar >To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com >Sent: Friday, 17 June 2016, 14:03 >Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please > >OK, lunchtime! > >I've uploaded a 32 bit windows binary to >https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxlwin/. > >1. Click on the files tab. >2. Click on Windows 32-64bit. >3. Click on Qxlwin.Zip to download. >4. Click parent folder. >5. Click QT5SupportFiles. >6. Click QR5SUPPORTFILES.zip to download. > >Create a folder, call it c:\qxlwin. Extract both zip files into that >location. >Double click the exercise file to run. >File->Open and select your qxlwin file. > >The Header tab displays details of the file. Numbers are in hex or >decimal. Change with the two buttons at the bottom. > >Map displays the map. Not likely to be helpful. > >Files displays the entire structure of the directory tree. It's windows >explorer for qxlwin files. > >File Viewer is just that. Double click file in the Files tab to >display it here. > >I haven't looked at this utility since 2012 but I'm sure you can copy >the text of a file in the viewer to save it as a PC file. Beware of ql >to PC character conversion though. > >HTH. > > >Cheers, >Norm. > > >On 17 June 2016 09:20:18 BST, Norman Dunbar >wrote: >>I have a utility on https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxlwin/ which >>should allow anyone to extract any file from a QXL win file. >> >>However, I've just checked and it appears I've never uploaded a >>compiled version. Oops! >> >>Like qstripper, it runs on Linux, Windows and if you have QT, on Mac >if >>you compile the source yourself. >> >>I'll try to get a compiled version uploaded ASAP. >> >> >>Cheers, >>Norm. >>-- >>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >>___ >>QL-Users Mailing List > > > > >-- >Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >___ >QL-Users Mailing List >___ >QL-Users Mailing List -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please
Hi Urs, Thank you for this idea. I have managed to redo the boot file in easy stages this morning and at 1235 had a working QPC2 the way I am used to which is great. I have several errors of copying but these have been dealt with and I am happy. Thank you again Peter On 17.06.2016 07:05, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Peter Fox wrote: What I have managed to do is find a much better boot file which solve all my problems provided that I can get it into QPC2 which is not working at the moment and without a floppy drive available. Have you any ideas? Hi Peter, I have an easy way for you at hand: Download QL/E, a well maintained and ready to run QPC2 configuration with zero setup work to do. http://www.sinclairql.net/repository.html#QLE It's just a 1-2-3 and you're ready: 1. Unzip it to your preferred location (e.g. your user profiles document folder where you have full read-write access). 2. Well zero configuration only if you want to use QL/E without your QXL.win. In your case start the QPC2.exe in the qle folder and make sure you hold the SHIFT key when starting QPC2.exe otherwise yu will not get the QPC2 config dialog. 3. Open the "Devices" form and configure WIN2 to the full path-filename of your personal QXL.win file (e.g. D:\DATA\QXL.win) and close the form using "OK". Now you're ready, start the QL emulation using "OK" on QPC2's main form. The QL/E environment boots and you get a desktop with many utilities available. Use your preferred ones (QPAC2 Files, MasterSpy, SBASIC, you name it) to review and edit your personal BOOT file which is on WIN2_. Whenever you feel ready exit QPC2 and restart it like explained in step 2. Then open the "Devices" form and configure WIN1 to the full path-filename of your personal QXL.win file (e.g. D:\DATA\QXL.win) and close the form using "OK". Now your (edited) QXL.win is mounted as WIN1. Start the QL emulation using "OK" on QPC2's main form and your QXL.win BOOTs. If the boot process still fails, go back to step 2. If all is well, you can save QPC2's device configuration using the "Save" button on QPC2's main form. Good luck! QL forever! Cheers, Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please
Hi Norm and Michael, I found that I had another boot file on another machine which worked and when I looked at it, I knew that I had to get this file into my machine. Unfortunately, since my copy of QPC2 is not working, I had to copy the boot file in line by line which was hard work but has been done, thankfully. Once I had tracked down the errors of copying I was in business at 1235 today and have brought myself up-to-date. Thank you for your interest. While writing, what please is QDTInit? I have the instructions to make it work but what does it do? TIA & Regards, Peter Fox On 17.06.2016 16:16, Michael Bulford wrote: Norm, I've followed your instructions down to Double click the exercise file to run. Then the following messages appear ... This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "windows" in "". Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. Michael - Original Message - From: Norman Dunbar To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Friday, 17 June 2016, 14:03 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please OK, lunchtime! I've uploaded a 32 bit windows binary to https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxlwin/. 1. Click on the files tab. 2. Click on Windows 32-64bit. 3. Click on Qxlwin.Zip to download. 4. Click parent folder. 5. Click QT5SupportFiles. 6. Click QR5SUPPORTFILES.zip to download. Create a folder, call it c:\qxlwin. Extract both zip files into that location. Double click the exercise file to run. File->Open and select your qxlwin file. The Header tab displays details of the file. Numbers are in hex or decimal. Change with the two buttons at the bottom. Map displays the map. Not likely to be helpful. Files displays the entire structure of the directory tree. It's windows explorer for qxlwin files. File Viewer is just that. Double click file in the Files tab to display it here. I haven't looked at this utility since 2012 but I'm sure you can copy the text of a file in the viewer to save it as a PC file. Beware of ql to PC character conversion though. HTH. Cheers, Norm. On 17 June 2016 09:20:18 BST, Norman Dunbar wrote: I have a utility on https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxlwin/ which should allow anyone to extract any file from a QXL win file. However, I've just checked and it appears I've never uploaded a compiled version. Oops! Like qstripper, it runs on Linux, Windows and if you have QT, on Mac if you compile the source yourself. I'll try to get a compiled version uploaded ASAP. Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please
Norm, I've followed your instructions down to Double click the exercise file to run. Then the following messages appear ... This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "windows" in "". Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. Michael - Original Message - From: Norman Dunbar To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Friday, 17 June 2016, 14:03 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please OK, lunchtime! I've uploaded a 32 bit windows binary to https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxlwin/. 1. Click on the files tab. 2. Click on Windows 32-64bit. 3. Click on Qxlwin.Zip to download. 4. Click parent folder. 5. Click QT5SupportFiles. 6. Click QR5SUPPORTFILES.zip to download. Create a folder, call it c:\qxlwin. Extract both zip files into that location. Double click the exercise file to run. File->Open and select your qxlwin file. The Header tab displays details of the file. Numbers are in hex or decimal. Change with the two buttons at the bottom. Map displays the map. Not likely to be helpful. Files displays the entire structure of the directory tree. It's windows explorer for qxlwin files. File Viewer is just that. Double click file in the Files tab to display it here. I haven't looked at this utility since 2012 but I'm sure you can copy the text of a file in the viewer to save it as a PC file. Beware of ql to PC character conversion though. HTH. Cheers, Norm. On 17 June 2016 09:20:18 BST, Norman Dunbar wrote: >I have a utility on https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxlwin/ which >should allow anyone to extract any file from a QXL win file. > >However, I've just checked and it appears I've never uploaded a >compiled version. Oops! > >Like qstripper, it runs on Linux, Windows and if you have QT, on Mac if >you compile the source yourself. > >I'll try to get a compiled version uploaded ASAP. > > >Cheers, >Norm. >-- >Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >___ >QL-Users Mailing List -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please
PS. I'm at work. I didn't have a qxlwin file to test with and the QPC demo is blocked by our thought police software. Let me know if you have problems or foibles. Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please
OK, lunchtime! I've uploaded a 32 bit windows binary to https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxlwin/. 1. Click on the files tab. 2. Click on Windows 32-64bit. 3. Click on Qxlwin.Zip to download. 4. Click parent folder. 5. Click QT5SupportFiles. 6. Click QR5SUPPORTFILES.zip to download. Create a folder, call it c:\qxlwin. Extract both zip files into that location. Double click the exercise file to run. File->Open and select your qxlwin file. The Header tab displays details of the file. Numbers are in hex or decimal. Change with the two buttons at the bottom. Map displays the map. Not likely to be helpful. Files displays the entire structure of the directory tree. It's windows explorer for qxlwin files. File Viewer is just that. Double click file in the Files tab to display it here. I haven't looked at this utility since 2012 but I'm sure you can copy the text of a file in the viewer to save it as a PC file. Beware of ql to PC character conversion though. HTH. Cheers, Norm. On 17 June 2016 09:20:18 BST, Norman Dunbar wrote: >I have a utility on https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxlwin/ which >should allow anyone to extract any file from a QXL win file. > >However, I've just checked and it appears I've never uploaded a >compiled version. Oops! > >Like qstripper, it runs on Linux, Windows and if you have QT, on Mac if >you compile the source yourself. > >I'll try to get a compiled version uploaded ASAP. > > >Cheers, >Norm. >-- >Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >___ >QL-Users Mailing List -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] More Help Please
I have a utility on https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxlwin/ which should allow anyone to extract any file from a QXL win file. However, I've just checked and it appears I've never uploaded a compiled version. Oops! Like qstripper, it runs on Linux, Windows and if you have QT, on Mac if you compile the source yourself. I'll try to get a compiled version uploaded ASAP. Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] uQLx on Linux (various HW platforms, various Linux distributions)
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: >> End of 2013 Peter Graf sent me a work-in-progress version of uQLx with >> QL_BDI support (uqlx-src-peter-17-11-2013.zip). He stated that this works on >> his (then) recent Debian 32-bit. > > It doesn't work on my 64 bit linux. The point might be 32 bit, not so much how recent. In 2013 there were already the problems with 64 bit for some time. Urs did you actually use a clean 32 Bit installation? ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] uQLx on Linux (various HW platforms, various Linux distributions)
Hi, (...) > > > End of 2013 Peter Graf sent me a work-in-progress version of uQLx with > QL_BDI support (uqlx-src-peter-17-11-2013.zip). He stated that this works on > his (then) recent Debian 32-bit. > It doesn't work on my 64 bit linux. > > Is it only me or is it true that all the old uQLx distributions plus the two > above are not able to be installed and run on recent Linux systems (modern > HW platforms, recent 32-bit or 64-bit Linux distributions). I one says one > or the other uQLx distribution works could he or she provide an > understandable and working step-by-step guide. > > > Same here, they don't work. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List
