On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Gennaro Montedoro wrote:
> At 14.47 05/03/2011, you wrote:
>
>> On 05/03/2011 13:37, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
>>
>>> So, without further ado, there are two schematics, one for DD and one
>>> for an HD variant. Both also have a parallel port and the mouse
>>> interface o
I have placed a bid on this book.
I have, a few weeks ago, asked Jan Jones for permission to reprint/reformat
it (whatever she agrees to) so a cleaner copy is available to the community
than the scan that is generally available...
If anyone wishes to outbid me, I will make dagger eyes at them, bu
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Dilwyn Jones
wrote:
> Seems comprehensive, although I'd probably have to include a glossary to
explain the various terms - if people haven't heard of Wman 2 they are
unlikely to know what Alpha masks, RLE, chained extended sprites and so on
mean. But
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Dilwyn Jones
wrote:
>
> The main survey page is here:
>>
>> http://www.nonstickglue.com/QL_Hardware_Library/Survey.html
>>
>
> Nicely laid out, Dave.
>
You can thank the survey website for the layout. I just had to convert the
XML and javascript behind it to make
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Geoff Wicks wrote:
>
>
> --
> From: "Dave Park"
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 7:50 PM
>
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The First Survey - Results!
>
> On Tue, Mar 1,
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 2:48 AM, Norman Dunbar wrote:
> In all fairness to Dave, he did say that the email was in HTML format
> and quite large. Unfortunately, it seems that the list prevents HTML
> postings and has converted it to plain text - with all the attendant
> formatting troubles and loss
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Norman Dunbar wrote:
>
> > Question 14*Can you program in Assembly Language?* Yes 32
> > 44% No 40
> > 56%
> As I thought, only George and I read my articles on QL Assembly
> Language! ;-(
>
You read your own articles? Isn't that like laughing at your own jok
Hi all,
Here are the survey results as promised. I have added some commentary in
GREEN. Some surveys had blank lines submitted so I have indicated those in
RED. I have deleted entries from the right column of the option tables to
protect privacy: I have retained this info and will be happy to dig d
Hi all,
The survey has now closed, and I have composed and sent the email of the
survey answers to the list.
The results are in HTML format and use a lot of tables, so the email is
quite large - 309K - and is being held in the moderation queue. Hopefully,
it will be allowed through shortly. The c
Marcel,
If you get to regain access to it, I would LOVE to host the schematic and
gerbers on my hardware site... with your permission.
Dave
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
> Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
> > I have here a Sandy SuperDisk interface which works fine. The board
>
This reply is to both previous emails...
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Dilwyn Jones
wrote:
> One thing I think would help Quanta is to acknowledge that the internet is
>>> a
>>> primary form of communication - I know this seems obvious and they could
>>> say
>>> "we're doing it" but, c'mon, re
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
>
> Both have now been left long enough for me to forget what I was doing, so
> it might be easier to start from scratch at some point, probably over the
> summer period when less is happening.
>
What language did you write them in?
> There
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Dilwyn Jones
wrote:
> My personal website and one or two others I maintain are all done in the
>> old fashioned way, a "tag view" editor and Filezilla to upload the pages.
>> Not the most modern way of doing things, but it works, and both my personal
>> website and
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 5:26 AM, gdgqler wrote:
>
> On 25 Feb 2011, at 08:37, Norman Dunbar wrote:
>
> > Morning Dilwyn,
> >
> >> However, the failure to explain all this publicly and the fact it went
> on for a long
> >> time without explanation does give the impression of negligence in
> updati
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
> Adrian Ives wrote:
> > It's easier said than done, though. You can't exactly whip the JS ROMs
> out
> > of a QL and slap in SMSQ.
>
> SMSQ? I'm talking Minerva here... and you certainly can whip out a JS
> ROM and put Minerva in there ;) I'v
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
> Geoff Wicks wrote, on 24/Feb/11 18:43 | Feb24:
>
>
>>
>> --
>> From: "Tony Firshman"
>> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 2:03 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply
>>
>> Geo
Hi all,
I have completed and tested the design of my ATX controller. It has been
tested with 12 different 20 and 24 pin ATX 2.X power supplies ranging from
180W to 750W.
It works perfectly.
I am now taking this prototype and turning it into PCB form. It will allow
anyone who has cased their QL t
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Geoff Wicks wrote:
>
>
> --
> From: "Dilwyn Jones"
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 8:16 PM
>
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery
>
> If Dave can keep his survey deadline going, I'd be h
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
> Dave Park wrote:
> > I have been talking to Tony (Lau is AWOL) about Minerva 2. I would really
> > like to do a Minerva ROM board that allows you to choose to boot either
> > Minerva 1.98 or JS ROMs, since it's alw
If it helps any, the 1770 controller can be replaced with a 1772...
Dave
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Phill Harvey-Smith <
a...@aurigae.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On 23/02/2011 19:49, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
>
>> While ploughing through the 500-odd emails from this list today, I
>> noticed one by Jim
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Lee Privett wrote:
> see there is another thing, if only I had JS ROMs :(
The card I'm proposing could hold a 128KByte or 256KByte PROM. By manually
switching one (128K) or two (256K) Address lines, I can manipulate any 64K
block of the PROM to appear at $.
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Lee Privett wrote:
> Pressing priorities like getting my current real QL(s) up to a standard
> that substantially exceeded my 84/85 version (which was a handmade
> internally expanded to 640K machine and that was it) so that I can get the
> remainder of the micro
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Lee Privett wrote:
> I really do not know many benefits of the QL having full access to the
> 'web' compared to other more pressing priorities.
>
Pressing priorities like what? :)
I'm asking because I want to include as many relevant questions as possible
in th
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
> Dilwyn Jones (the one in Bethesda)
>
>
Bethesda, Maryland? Have you been defense contracting again?!?! Bad boy!
If my name was Dilwyn, I'd visit foreign countries and pretend to be mute.
I'd simply pass a calling card with "Dilwyn" printed
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Tony Firshman wrote:
> The one that rescued a vast number of QLs I repaired was his ram check and
> error display. The ram check is writing rom images into ram, and reading
> back. He seeded this. Why? Well if a zero is written to a dead ram bit,
> zero is *alw
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Malcolm Lear wrote:
>
>
> On 22/02/2011 16:26, Tony Firshman wrote:
>
>> Phill Harvey-Smith wrote, on 22/Feb/11 16:18 | Feb22:
>>
>>> David Tubbs wrote:
>>>
At 09:48 22/02/2011 +, you wrote:
> On the subject of backplanes..
>
> I hav
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Phill Harvey-Smith <
a...@aurigae.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> David Tubbs wrote:
>
>> At 09:48 22/02/2011 +, you wrote:
>>
>>> On the subject of backplanes..
>>>
>>> I have one of these :
>>>
>>> http://www.rwapadventures.com/images/q+4-interface.jpg
>>>
>>> But
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
> Lee Privett wrote:
> > Thanks, I think it is reporting sectors rather than memory as I
> > seem to get twice as much, however it is telling me what I want to know.
>
> No, it's RAMTOP, i.e. the highest RAM address, but below the RAM are
> the
. Initially they were used
> with
> my 48K ZX Spectrum but I later re-wired the ribbon cable and altered the
> power supply to run my black box Sinclair QL.
>
> Is it Dave Park who has set up the site? Would the documentation be of any
> use to you or any other QLer's?
>
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:29 AM, gdgqler wrote:
>
> On 22 Feb 2011, at 11:37, Tony Firshman wrote:
>
> > gdgqler wrote, on 22/Feb/11 10:15 | Feb22:
> >>
> >> On 22 Feb 2011, at 08:18, Norman Dunbar wrote:
> >>
>
> BETTER, one of the kids wet tongue! :-)
> (Psst, they still remembe
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:16 AM, BALDERSON SIMON
wrote:
> Does anyone know the web address to the interesting QL website which you
> can
> access after filling out the questionaire? I've tried searching for it and
> checking out links on other QL websites but can not find it again.
>
On Feb 21, 2011, at 6:27 PM, Phill Harvey-Smith
wrote:
> On 22/02/2011 00:12, Dave Park wrote:
>> On Feb 21, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
>>>> And, have a good insulating backing plate, because there's nothing worse
>>>> than 40 amps of 12V sho
On Feb 21, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
> Dave Park wrote, on 21/Feb/11 19:04 | Feb21:
>> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Adrian Ives wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, the ATX connector (or better) is a must. You probably want to look
>>> into
>>> a
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:40 PM, JJ Ruiz wrote:
> I would get one to connect an Aurora and a Gold Card, powering them through
> the backplane.
>
> The 9V line, will carry 9V? or 5V? or it will be selectable? or it will be
> selectable by each expansion connector?
>
ATX v2 PSUs supply +5V and +/i
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Daniele Terdina wrote:
>
> > A backplane allows you to place each card in its own slot. It multiplies
> the
> > QL's expansion port into three, four or more ports. This means cards
> don't
>
> Didn't Sinclair ROMs have a bug preventing usage of all expansion slots
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Adrian Ives wrote:
> Yes, the ATX connector (or better) is a must. You probably want to look
> into
> an adapter lead that also bridges the Power Good signal, otherwise you
> won't
> get the PSU to switch on. This is what I had to do with my QPlanes in ATX
> case
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Lee Privett wrote:
> Dave, it my help those like me with less knowledge of such things to know
> exactly what QL'ers could make use of a back plane for, plugging in
> additional peripherals such as floppy drive adapter are already realised
> with through connecti
Hi all,
After a bit of back and forth, it looks like I will be assembling the
remaining stock of Tony Firshman's Mplane. If it happens, they will be
available in about 2-3 months. For those that don't remember, the MPlane
offers 3 expansion ports and has a 4-pin power connector to take power from
I am looking at buying the ISP1160 chips and doing a little PCB that has the
USBWiz and TTL level in/out for a short run - would probably not cost much
more than the retail price of a USBWiz board to do. I'm just checking it out
- no promises, but I am thinking other computers may want/need the exa
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Tony Firshman wrote:
> BryanHorstmann wrote, on 19/Feb/11 11:14 | Feb19:
>
>
>
>>> Revisiting this subject
>>
>> Recently I happened to see a reference to the Super Gold Card having an
>> 8049 chip which handles the serial port (amongst other jobs). It could
>>
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
> In message <4d5cf9b2.9040...@dunbar-it.co.uk>, Norman Dunbar <
> nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk> writes
>
> I go to Madrid for 4 days, and when I get back, I have 207 emails,
>> unread, in my QL-Users folder! Been busy around these parts then!
>>
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:09 PM, David Tubbs wrote:
> Is Dave Park about ?
>
I am.
Dave
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On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Tony Firshman wrote:
> BryanHorstmann wrote, on 18/Feb/11 09:42 | Feb18:
>
> On 17/02/2011 08:14, Lee Privett wrote:
>>
>>> Might want to take a gander at some QL add-ons from this site, makes
>>> interesting viewing, some of them I wouldn't mind getting but alas
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Bob Spelten wrote:
> Op Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:54:50 +0100 schreef Dave Park <
> plasticu...@gmail.com>:
>
> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm looking for a bit of advice.
>>
>> I was reading the QubIDE manual as I have the card, and
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Bryan Horstmann wrote:
> On 17/02/2011 04:53, Bryan Horstmann wrote:
>
>
> Young folk will often be interested in games, which I cannot help with. I
>> did have a contact from a chap who had re-visited Spectrum by way of
>> emulator. He knew of the QL and wan
Hi all,
I'm looking for a bit of advice.
I was reading the QubIDE manual as I have the card, and was reading about
partition size limits. It seems up to 8 partitions of up to 256MB each is
the limit.
Is this true for all storage formats? Am I really only ever going to fully
utilise a 2GB USB dri
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Lee Privett wrote:
> Are you saying I have a forceful character with a strong personality? if so
> you need to speak to my other half so that she is more informed... oh...
> wait... sorry have been told to get off the my computer and stop playing
> oh ! appare
I have now been sent the schematic for an Issue 6 QL. I will need to clean it
up some though.
Thank you mystery benefactor.
Dave
On Feb 15, 2011, at 2:12 AM, "Lee Privett" wrote:
> *lol* It took me a few seconds to realise that *crickets* was not the only
> schematic you had, I kept wonde
All the emulators can be reconfigured to cover most of the hardware out there.
Therefore I treated emulators ad two product lines: free, and commercial.
Actual al hardware is by definition less configurable so it's definition is
more fixed. It pays to tunnel deeper there, as people will be incli
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