, but what
to make
of the $FB00?
Bob
Could this FB00 be the -1280 or -$500 which MCALLT returns in the
event of a timeout or event?
Time to call in the cavalry...*Marcel*
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versions of Launchpad with me to
Lucerne.
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SuperBASIC.
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at that point!
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DEVICE_STATUS changed to be
compatible with
older QL systems.
The program is a 1.22MB download from the Graphics page on my website:
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- Strip Poker by Talent (alas there are issues on the copy from
Dilwyn,
as well as my own set)
- QL Farmer
- Crazy Painter
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Wasn't from me! Or if it was I missed that one completely (worse luck)
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not too sure, I think the software was called Tracker.
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Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 3:57 PM
Subject: [Ql-Users] Miracle MIDI Interface
Does anyone have a copy of the software
Yes, Tracker, I remind! From where do you know about problems...?
Cheers...Ralf
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I seem to remember that Miracle did have many problems with the
software. I'm not too sure, I think the software was called
Tracker.
Dilwyn Jones
I'm not sure
or two...
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but an advert by...CST.
Albeit, Central Systems Technology not Cambridge Systems
Technology,
but it did have me thinking for a second or two...
Dilwyn Jones
Now that's a shame - CST produced some of the better hardware for
the QL!
Oddly enough the two disk interfaces I have, will not try to talk
rewrite QL history after 25 years!
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I understand that there is no need to compile BASIC programs when
using
QPC2 (SMSQ) - the SBASIC code can be EXEC'd without TURBO or
QLIBERATOR.
Do I take this to mean that I just Ex win1_program_bas ?
And
if it's as easy as that, what are the benefits and drawbacks of
doing this?
. You got the address right John but not my
name!
My full name is Dilwyn Lloyd Jones yet your label has Dilwyn L. L.
Jones which is the only combination of L's that could be wrong. Dilwyn
Ll. Jones could be right (use the Welsh LL letter) as could Dilwyn L.
Jones or just Dilwyn Jones.
I'll beat
.
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worked at all and even got launched is quite
something, after reading Tony's article!
Actually, it's a lesson in how project management worked (or not) in
those days.
I look forward to future installments of this series.
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one machine to another here on a pen drive.
I've uploaded it again and it should be fine now. Apologies for the
mistake.
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Any other DNA (National Dyslexic Association) members here, BTW?
(If you missed the joke, the answer is Yes ;o)
Per
I guess it's the same as dyslexia rules, KO?
(Apologies to dyslexia sufferers, no offence intended).
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OK, thanks.
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From: Marcel Kilgus ql-us...@mail.kilgus.net
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Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QXL drives
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
It's so long since I last used a QXL, can anyone tell me if the QXL
has
a potential new niche for the QL!
By chance, Urs Koenig also mentions that the iPhone will be part of
his QL and Mac Are 25 event later this month.
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There is also a version of uQLx for Mac, by James Weatherley, which
used to be on Phoebus's website. Not being a Mac user, I have no idea
if this works on current Macs (like the OSX systems). Anyone know? I
could then post the info on my website.
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that the last time this was discussed, someone mentioned the
dreaded word drivers and that was the end of that.
In principle, though, it is an excellent idea.
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. Something like this might provide an
alternative and possibly more practical approach. The AT-style serial
commands might enable tinkerers to play around with it to a degree
without having to rely on full blown native QL drivers which ahs been
a past stumbling block for us.
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of your boot so we can see what's
happening? Or send it to me privately off list?
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Malcolm Lear has released a first pointer driven version of his
PCB-Cad program.
As it's a first release, I've left the previous version available on
the site.
Download from: http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/graphics/index.html
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, so I tried copying it to C: drive and
using it from there with QPC's win1_ pointing to C:\QXL.WIN. Same
result.
Next step will be create a new blank QXL.WIN and copy everything there
to see if that gives the same result (i.e. checking for fragmented
qxl.win?)
Help!
Dilwyn Jones
)?
Dilwyn Jones
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com
[mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Im Auftrag von Dilwyn
Jones
Gesendet: Sonntag, 8. November 2009 22:09
An: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Betreff: [Ql-Users] qxl.win
I've run into an unusual program with my
to deal with
emulator issues!
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Bob
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The BSJR QL software site at: http://members.chello.nl/ql/
Hi Bob,
The above URL seems not to work, the other I know of is
http://members.upc.nl/b.spelten/ql/ and that does seem to work.
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I'm very grateful to Marcel for this. I have both books, but they are
big and clumsy, so a PDF (I hope it's searchable, haven't looked yet)
will be *very* useful for the odd occasion when I need to refer to the
docs.
Dilwyn Jones
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From: Marcel Kilgus ql-us
fully flushed:
3170 EXTRAS #chan%
3180 OPEN_IN #chan%,ram1_load_extns
(better to add a CLOSE #chan% to line 3170, or even wind the file
position pointer back to 0 without the OPEN_IN.
(Just trying to save someone a bit of work when they take a detailed
look at the program)
Dilwyn Jones
P.S
reference source where all information for modern QL
programming hasn't been thrown into one document!
So: articles on this subject for Quanta mag defnitely welcome! Make
John's day - send him an article!
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I got a chance), so watch
out for this just in case
Apologies if a false alarm.
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favourite dates (although I don't yet know for sure
if I can come).
I think past history of QL shows that August is NOT the best time.
Good luck!
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in a Chairman's
Report column earlier this year the question arises as to whether
there might be merit in porting JAVA to the QL, for example. But
being able to run QL programs in a PC or Mac browser window like the
ZX81/TS1000 example given would be great if it were to come about.
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it in my Basic Reporter program. Could be used
to write your own EXTRAS perhaps.
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changing the extension checked for from Q_L to something
else to see if all extensions are affected or does it just happen to
be that particular QLiberator one?
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and doesn't
tell you much about what went wrong.
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Thank you. I will forward this to the person who asked the original
question.
Dilwyn Jones.
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From: sinclairql.es sinclai...@badared.com
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: uQLx]
Download my compiled version
, just below that there is a mail to link which lets you
contact the list owner for help/advice.
Dilwyn Jones
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From: Anton Preinsack a.preins...@preinsackfilm.com
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 1:32 PM
Subject: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Private
either system would be better. You just
have to consider what's best for you.
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Q: How does a Linux guru make love?
A: unzip;
strip;
touch;
finger;
mount;
fsck;
more;
yes;
umount;
sleep;
Any offerings for a QDOS version of this little gem???
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.
Aren't these better than your computer has performed an illegal
operation?
Now all we need is the SMSQ?E versions..
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to create your own calendars, several QL calendar-making
programs are available to download from the Utilities page on my
website at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/utils/index.html
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could be configured during CLONE.
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Thanks Ralf, I have forwarfded a copy of your reply (along with the
qlib_ext/bin correction).
He referred to the compiler as QLIB LITE, which I hope is the same as
Budget QLiberator.
Dilwyn Jones
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To: ql-us...@q-v
I never met him, but he was a businessman who also made a lot of use
of networked QLs in his business in the early days (1980s). TT credits
him in the TK2 updates list for mods to the network code.
I think Roy Wood was in contact with Ian Stewart for a while and did
try to get the compiler
are
mentioned! ;-)
So, two reindeer are in Santa's employ, Rudolf and Olive.
ducks runs again
Hmm, obviously this is why QL Today has not yet made it to
Dunbar-land...
Posties afraid of insanity obviously.
(I feel a .ice file flying in my direction...)
Dilwyn Jones
PS Rudolf wasn't one of the original
PPS I hear the next parliament will probably be hung. Where can I
get a
ticket?
:-)
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was hoping to add _sav files to those supported by my Procman utility
if I can find information about the format.
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Thanks, Norman.
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From: Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk
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Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] SAV files
Evening Dilwyn,
On 03/01/10 19:20, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Does anyone have information
on this list the format he
suggests is best, coupled with sensible snipping to keep message
lengths down. It is hugely annoying, though, when OE fails to get it
right and I end up hand-editing to get a sensible quoting.
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the QL story was not exactly a model of that suggestion,
perhaps?
Or was the customer not part of it all? (Read Tony Tebby's QL Today
articles for the answer to that one!)
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Tony Firshman wrote:
Dilwyn Jones wrote, On 5/01/10 17:00:
Clever, but better to use Thunderbird.
Although I've never installed Thunderbird, I think it's the
program
my son's school suggested he install. He got so frustrated with it
(can't remember why) he uninstalled it and started using
from _sav (QSAVEd) files
too.
The way in which the program now operates makes it even easier and
faster to use!
Procman 2 is freeware, available to download from the Programming
Utilities page on my website at
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just asked to put Silicon Express there
rather than the disk interface reference.
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like this:
CHAR_INC #1,6,5
and finding that the cursor is twice the height of the printed
characters.
Personally I doubt it's possible unless there's a way to use a sprite
as a cursor or some such trick.
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area, so where to stop flood filling.
I'd use this in my graphics programs if it were implemented.
I guess next question is does it return the 16-bit colour value as
store din the video RAM, or if you are using pal modes (i.e. does it
return 6 for yellow or the 16-bit value) and so on.
Dilwyn
To unsubscribe, see Bruce's website at www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Nothing in SUBJECT line, nothing other than UNSUBSCRIBE in the body -
no signature or nothing else apart from possibly a password you were
issued with when joining.
You can send joining/leaving instructions to the other
, substituting space for a
single end of line, preserving paragraph breaks. Although it won't
preserve most other formatting of course unless you can enter suitable
codes for bold etc in the driver.
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;-))
On the advice page of my website you will find the optimum settings
for
transferring abacus files. Remember you can only transfer the
content and
not the formulae,
Ah, this might just come in useful for me, as that's a task I will
need to do in the near future.
Dilwyn Jones
Choose option 1 from the menu for the Spreadsheet transfer.
You are then invited to download a zipped plain text file of an
article by Geoff.
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to a
paralle port printer. But it always asks me if I want to overwrite
PAR. It works fine if I press Y for Yes, but why does it do that in
the first place, as though it was overwriitng a file called PAR or
something?
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Does anyone know if it's possible within QPC2 to find the dos
directory
that QPC itself was executed from i.e. C:\program files\QPC\
Got asked that in an email today, I thought it might make an
interesting helpline type FAQ if anyone knows how!
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On 23/02/10 17:10, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Does anyone know if it's possible within QPC2 to find the dos
directory
that QPC itself was executed from i.e. C:\program files\QPC\
Got asked that in an email today, I thought it might make an
interesting
helpline type FAQ if anyone knows how!
What i
Thanks Normal, I'll pass the info on.
Hmmm. I've been called a few things in my time, but normal was never
one
of them - for obvious reasons. ;-)
Cheers,
norman.
Oh, oh, oops...sorry. It's been a long day.
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at the moment, but will make sure I keep the discussions to
summarise...
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Anyone got one of the Qubbesoft Fast-Net units?
I'm after a picture of it for my library of pictures of old QL
hardware.
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to help identify miscellaneous QL hardware which
turns up from time to time!
If you go to my old website at
http://dilwynjones.topcities.com/pics/pics.html you'll find some
pictures there, though some of those aren't good quality.
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. And before anyone asks, my old habit of
throwing PCs out through the window ceased a while back, luckily!
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winchester,
which
was a manufacturers name for hard drives ( not the rifles maker ? ).
Ah, of course, I'd forgotten about that. I knew about the name in
connection with early hard disk drives, but never appreciated it in
connection with the QL WIN drives.
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, that statement could get you into serious trouble over
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guilty_person = RND(1 TO 3)
:o)
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about being a little off topic with this, I'd prefer to offer
first chance to buy from a fellow QLer if anyone has a card they'd
like to sell me. (I guess it'd have to be a UK seller, postage from
abroad might be more than the card is worth)
TIA,
Dilwyn Jones
Rich Mellor wrote:
Tony Firshman wrote:
dilwyn DOT jones AT dj DOT softnet DOT co DOT uk
is not working.
A message that you sent has not yet been delivered to one or more
of its
recipients after more than 24 hours on the queue on
mailbox.worldnews.com.
The message
... and sorry for 'cakking' you, Dilwyn (8-)#
Tony
It's only taken until today for me to realise that the 'cakking' was a
TF mistype of 'calling'...
:-)
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I'll soon be compiling the Quanta news columns for our next issue.
Once again, I would appeal to anyone with QL-related news they'd like
to see in print to send it to me as soon as possible, ideally to the
email address news AT quanta DOT org DOT uk
Dilwyn Jones
QView one,
like the one at speccy.org
(Been away for a few days, hence slow reply.)
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Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 3/May/10 22:23 | May3:
With thanks to Tony Firshman, I have now placed a replacement
manual
for the Minerva mk I and mk II.
It is available to download in PDF format from
http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/manuals/index.html
(just follow the links at the top down to the TF
this now before the puns get *too* bad, though.
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suggestions you may have!
It does take a little while longer for the home page to load, but it
should be more than worth the small delay.
http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/index.html
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website...)
This might be the case where the search box just says loading and
nothing seems to happen.
Dilwyn Jones
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To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 12:49 PM
Subject: [Ql-Users] QL search
that could
run a website, certainly Google don't seem tot ell you it won't work
on Macs etc. Did you actually try it?
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outside the page seems to send it into a panic
with the security settings I use. For example, I can't access Jochen's
software updates site with these settings at all.
Actually, I'm in the process of a major overhaul of my site and this
is just the start.
Dilwyn Jones
be a millionaire :o)
Dilwyn Jones
P.S. Best wishes for a great time to Gerhard and everyone going to the
Austrian meeting in Prottes, which runs from tomorrow to Sunday (the
meeting, not Prottes!)! Can't be there myself unfortunately...hope
someone can send me some pictures for Quanta mag to show
am taking my new Canon EOS1 so you can have as many of the 12mb
images
you can digest (8-)#
Tony
12MB...eek!
I remember the days when ALL the photos from a show would fit in 12MB,
not just one 12MB photo.
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Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 2/Jun/10 10:12 | Jun2:
P.S. Best wishes for a great time to Gerhard and everyone going
to the
Austrian meeting in Prottes, which runs from tomorrow to Sunday
(the
meeting, not Prottes!)! Can't be there myself
unfortunately...hope
someone can send me some pictures
Please don't try to use the Message Form facility on my website at the
moment. The email forwarding is broken and 123-reg are being less
than helpful at the moment in trying to find out why it doesn't work.
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Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 3/Jun/10 13:32 | Jun3:
Please don't try to use the Message Form facility on my website at
the
moment. The email forwarding is broken and 123-reg are being less
than helpful at the moment in trying to find out why it doesn't
work.
You could temporarily change
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 3/Jun/10 13:32 | Jun3:
Please don't try to use the Message Form facility on my website at
the
moment. The email forwarding is broken and 123-reg are being less
than helpful at the moment in trying to find out why it doesn't
work.
You could temporarily change the email
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 3/Jun/10 13:32 | Jun3:
Please don't try to use the Message Form facility on my website
at
the
moment. The email forwarding is broken and 123-reg are being
less
than helpful at the moment in trying to find out why it doesn't
work.
Fingers crossed, it should work soon
), this might enable some of us to continue to use these
printers beyond the expected end of our printer's life!
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if you spot
anything going wrong!
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, I seem to get 2 copies of your emails to the list
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He he, if your 12mb photos crash your Photoshop, imagine what they'll
do to my PC ... ;-)
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about the show
for Quanta?
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