Re: [Ql-Users] Function type error

2017-08-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
The fact that the function name ends in % doesn't seem to make it an integer function (although the QL user guide says that "the type of data returned by the function is indicated by the type appended to the function identifier") any more than parameter names have no type until they are set,

Re: [Ql-Users] TURBO and testing it exists

2017-08-17 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
In that sense, the easiest way is to load the smallest keyword checking extension and just accept the chicken and egg scenario and that there is a risk that you may multiply-load that one small extension. One such extension is Phil Borman's EXISTS (on Toolkits page on my site). Be aware that

[Ql-Users] PCB Design v7.52

2017-07-21 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Lear PCB Design 7.52 Malcolm Lear has made available an updated v7.52 of his PCB Design program. Download from http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/graphics/index.html Malcolm says there are many improvements and refinements, so here's an extract from the REVISIONS.TXT file in the program listing major

Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta Magazine

2017-07-23 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I've forwarded this to committee members (don't know the answer myself), hopefully a reply soon. Dilwyn -Original Message- From: sba1derson via Ql-Users Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 9:08 AM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: [Ql-Users] Quanta Magazine Has anyone received an electronic

Re: [Ql-Users] PCB Design v7.52

2017-07-23 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I did send a similar reply but it doesn't seem to have arrived. I copied the original query from Wolfgang to the author (Malcolm Lear) in case he doesn't read this list. Looks like yahoo mail playing up on me again, seem to get two copies of all mails to the list and some of my mails don't

Re: [Ql-Users] DM5 upsetting Dates in QPC2

2017-06-29 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Does WAIT suspend a Job? If so, it is different from PAUSE, maybe no matter in this case. Dilwyn has used a similar thing from my extensions to make a new Keyword to suspend a Job. The extension Ralf referred to here is called SUSPEND. Available on Toolkits page at

[Ql-Users] QL Forum Online Chat

2017-06-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
A bit impromptu and short notice: Some of us are on the QL Forum Online Chat tonight if anyone would like to join us. You don’t have to be a member of QL Forum (though that’s always good!) Just go to www.qlforum.co.uk and click on the “Online Chat” link near the top of the page, then choose a

Re: [Ql-Users] TURBO and testing it exists

2017-08-19 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
It makes sense to be able to identify which version of Turbo Toolkit is present. There would be two ways, one is to replace the period with a letter to identify which toolkit version, this maintains the length of the version string. However, some programs make explicit tests on the version

Re: [Ql-Users] TURBO and testing it exists

2017-08-19 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I agree, Derek, leaving TK_VER$ unaltered would be a better idea. Thus, there is less chance of any change upsetting existing programs, while new programs can use the new keyword. Dilwyn -Original Message- From: Derek via Ql-Users Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 5:23 PM To:

[Ql-Users] Q-Dock now freeware

2017-08-19 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I'm pleased to announce that my Q-Dock docking station software for Window Manager 2 systems has now been made freeware and is available to download from its own page on my website, where you can find a lot of information about it, screen dumps, and downloads. The manual is also available as a

[Ql-Users] Launchpad now freeware

2017-08-19 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
My Launchpad software is now available to download as freeware from my website. Both version 1 (for older systems) and Launchpad 2 (for WMAN 2 systems) are available. Go to the Launchpad page to download it - read the description then click on the link to the Download page.

Re: [Ql-Users] 2nd Test Email

2017-06-02 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
As I was main "troublemaker" over this, just reporting that I got two copies of this email, timed one minute apart. This did not end up in SPAM folder like other recent list emails. Dilwyn -Original Message- From: QL via Ql-Users Sent: Friday, June 02, 2017 10:03 AM To:

Re: [Ql-Users] Bill Newell

2017-06-06 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Thank you John. Dilwyn Jones -Original Message- From: John Taylor via Ql-Users Sent: Monday, June 05, 2017 4:18 PM To: QLUsers Subject: [Ql-Users] Bill Newell Bill Newell is ill. I have tried to avoid pestering Babs, Mrs Newell, but today I called her and asked for an update. As it

Re: [Ql-Users] QLiberator and QLOADREF

2017-06-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Just a quick note that strictly, Adrian didn't say yes to RPM - I think they had forgotten that utility but he said he would dig out all of his old disks and see what software and sources (when he returns to New Zealand in the next few days) and see what he can access. OK - if the opportunity

Re: [Ql-Users] QLiberator and QLOADREF

2017-06-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
of QLOAD and v1.3 of QREF - were they the last versions? Rich Mellor RWAP Software www.rwapsoftware.co.uk www.sellmyretro.com On 2017-06-13 18:43, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users wrote: Rich Mellor has been able to secure permission for the Liberation Software range of compilers and utilities

Re: [Ql-Users] QLiberator and QLOADREF

2017-06-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Good news The sources are also available? As yet, no, we do not have the sources. But it will be great if Ian Stewart or Adrian Soundy can find those too. I do have a printed manual for QLOAD/QREF but not had time to OCR the 4 pages yet. Will do that as soon as I get time. The manuals

[Ql-Users] Trump Card 2.18

2017-06-11 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Thanks to Silvester on QL Forum, v2.18 of the Trump Card ROM is now available. Upon a RES_128 it now doesn't add anything, this allows 128K only MDV programs to run on machines which also expect JS rom. It just shows banner/memory and returns with no FLP/TK2 etc. Download from

[Ql-Users] Lear PCB Design v7.55

2017-09-18 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
A new update of Malcolm Lear's PCB Design is available from the Graphics page on my website. Details of the little bug fix in the REVISIONS.TXT file. version 7.55 Fixed 1 mil offset correction for snake shape with odd offset. download free of charge from

Re: [Ql-Users] Stupid AND

2017-09-19 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I take it Dave means it fits in 48K, don't expect too much. Dilwyn -Original Message- From: Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 8:55 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Cc: Wolfgang Lenerz Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Stupid AND On 19/09/2017 21:32, Dave Park via

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: Stupid AND

2017-09-19 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
yes, that's of course the right (and long-winded) way to do it, and I always remember that ... once my program has crashed. Wolfgang I know the feeling... :-) Dilwyn . ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] Fw: Stupid AND

2017-09-19 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I take the point about other basics doing it differently, but this is how Sinclair BASIC has worked, by building up a value for the overall expression through splitting up and building up to the final logcal value. The easiest way around this simple example is using two IFs instead of AND to

Re: [Ql-Users] QMenu v8

2017-09-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
IIRC, version 8 only worked on recent systems such as QPC2, or at least had only limited functionality on older ones. V7.66 menu_rext is available from my website (Programming Utils page) - a manual for either would be quite welcome since Marcel has confirmed it'd be OK to make it available.

[Ql-Users] Dave Walker's site

2017-09-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I thought that Dave Walker's site had vanished (C68, etc), but on checking with him it's now at https://itimpi.updog.co He's also fixed a broken link to the GNU Text Utilities if anyone's been trying to download those... Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [Ql-Users] QPAC2 bug

2017-09-05 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Hi Giorgio, I have been able to reproduce this with QPAC2 v1.45 in mode 32 with 1920x1080 resolution, but I cannot pin it down to a certain action or set of actions. It seems to happen when QPAc2 is enlarged to fill the window at that resolution, a large list of files, and the file being viewed

Re: [Ql-Users] Qbase

2017-09-05 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
you can use the system palette :-D Indeed, thanks to the work of the operating system people (Marcel and Wolfgang), the System Palette makes it easy for programs to follow a generic colour scheme for programs, a little bit like Windows themes for example. There's an article about using it

Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

2017-08-26 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Welcome back Daniel! Glad to see you found your software on my site. At one stage, I had a lot of your programs but lost them in a hard disk crash some years ago. I still have two zip files called 'snooper' and 'clock' - would it be OK to make them available on my site now I have found them

Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

2017-08-27 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
t 11:52 PM, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: Welcome back Daniel! Glad to see you found your software on my site. At one stage, I had a lot of your programs but lost them in a hard disk crash some years ago. I still have two zip files called 'snooper' and 'clock'

Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

2017-08-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Err, except it wasn't me wot wrote that, Norman!!! Dilwyn Dilwyn asked: "...has huge problems with local variables, which seem to lose their names when out of scope. If anyone knows how to reconnect local variables to their names when they are out of scope, please let me know. " Could you

Re: [Ql-Users] Launchpad now freeware

2017-08-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
: [Ql-Users] Launchpad now freeware What All that revenue Q-Celt are losing now :-) Darren Branagh Sent from My Android Phone. On 19 Aug 2017 23:40, "Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users" <ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: My Launchpad software is now available to download as freeware

Re: [Ql-Users] Q-Dock now freeware

2017-08-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
18:24 GMT+02:00 Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>: I'm pleased to announce that my Q-Dock docking station software for Window Manager 2 systems has now been made freeware and is available to download from its own page on my website, where you can find a lot of information

[Ql-Users] PCB Design 7.54

2017-09-02 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
A new update of Malcolm Lear's PCB Design program is available to download free of charge from my website, at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/graphics/index.html or http://www.greybeardz.com/graphics/index.html. The previous version available from my site was v7.52, so here's a list of changes since

Re: [Ql-Users] For 1 person only - or maybe just 2!

2017-08-29 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
To clarify: yes, the QTYP software itself is still copyrighted software and not available to distribute as freeware. It would be great if it could be made freeware though - the range of dictionaries available for it, thanks largely to Geoff, is quite extensive. Which is why I am pleased to

[Ql-Users] Photon 0.32

2017-08-29 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
A new update of the Photon JPEG viewer is available. V0.32 fixes a bug in the PIC viewer involving unlocked windows. Download free of charge from http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/graphics/index.html or http://www.greybeardz.com/graphics/index.html Dilwyn

Re: [Ql-Users] Dock

2017-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
The icons are standard GD2 sprites. Q-Dock currently only handles that one small size. Dilwyn -Original Message- From: Derek via Ql-Users Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 6:52 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Cc: Derek Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Dock Hi Peter, Try using the icons from Q-Dock.

Re: [Ql-Users] EXT_PROC

2017-11-09 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
be in the manual I created. If I can get the supplement, I'll update the manual. Jon -Original Message- From: Ql-Users [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users Sent: 09 November 2017 01:01 To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Cc: Dilwyn Jones <dilwy...@yahoo.

Re: [Ql-Users] EXT_PROC

2017-11-08 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Chapter 15!? An 8 page supplement entitled "Release 3.3 Enhancements" Headings (to give you an idea what it covers): Introduction Notes For Minerva Users SuperBASIC Changes With Minerva WHEN Handling WHEN ERROR Entering WHEN ERROR Exiting WHEN ERROR Turning Off WHEN ERROR WHEN ERROR and Q_ERR

Re: [Ql-Users] Front Page

2018-05-21 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
paign=sig-email_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> 2018-05-21 19:50 GMT+02:00 Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>: I'm pleased to announce that Peter Chambers of GAP Software has given permission for the Front Page range of QL desktop publishi

[Ql-Users] Front Page

2018-05-21 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I'm pleased to announce that Peter Chambers of GAP Software has given permission for the Front Page range of QL desktop publishing programs to be made available as freeware. So I have made available copies of Front Page, Front Page Extra and Front Page Extra 2 programs. Front Page was the

Re: [Ql-Users] QL ROM versions

2018-01-06 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
>> before the sale to Amstrad. It includes the copyright message 'Copyright >> 1985 Sirius Cybernetics' (whoever they were). >  > http://hitchhikersguidetoearth.wikia.com/wiki/Sirius_Cybernetics_Corporation >  > So Im guessing it was a joke! >  > Graeme Ha ha! Various people have had the ROM

Re: [Ql-Users] Some QL Newbie Questions: Modern video and storage upgrades for QL

2018-01-06 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
> What is the easiest way to connect a QL to a modern VGA or HDMI monitor?  If you are not already on there, I'd seriously consider joining The QL Forum www.qlforum.co.uk You can read the articles without signing up, but signing up is completely free and allows you to post questions,

[Ql-Users] QL ROM versions

2018-01-06 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
One of the messages on this subject seems to have vanished since I sent it, but then Yahoo has been playing up big time for me this morning. The initials JM stood for the name of Sinclair engineer John Mathieson I remember reading somewhere back in the mists of time. It wouldn't have been

Re: [Ql-Users] Your confirmation is required to join the Ql-Users mailing list

2018-01-06 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Rather than relying on someone else (list owner Bruce Nicholls) to do the work for you, read the instructions on how to do it yourself here: http://lists.q-v-d.com/listinfo.cgi/ql-users-q-v-d.com or I have some notes on it here (I have no connection to the list itself and would not be able to

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 5

2018-01-06 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Somewhere in the back of my mind is the information that 'JM' was the initials of Sinclair engineer John Mathieson (can't remember if that's the correct spelling or not). It won't be Jochen Merz because although he probably rightly deserves the fame for his sterling work as a QL trader over

[Ql-Users] QL ROM versions

2018-01-06 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Sorry if several half complete emails came through from me just now, Yahoo Mail seems to randomly send emails when I try to edit a reply this morning, so I'll start afresh with a new blank message. The Tyche ROM was the last QL ROM developed, but it wasn't for the QL strictly speaking, it was

[Ql-Users] QL 2002 The DVD

2018-02-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Darren Branagh has kindly given me permission to make available an .iso image of "QL 2002 The DVD". Being an .iso image, you can burn your own copy of the DVD for posterity with most DVD burner software. A scanned image of the DVD sleeve is also available. It was originally released in 2002

Re: [Ql-Users] QL 2002 The DVD

2018-02-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
at 3:44 AM, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: Darren Branagh has kindly given me permission to make available an .iso image of "QL 2002 The DVD". Being an .iso image, you can burn your own copy of the DVD for posterity with most DVD burner software. A scann

Re: [Ql-Users] QL 2002 The DVD

2018-02-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Darren Branagh wrote: Urs has already put a few of the interviews on his channel some time ago in reduced quality, but this is the first time its been available in its entirety as originally distributed and in DVD quality, including the menus and slide information, which were done on a rostrum

[Ql-Users] Issue 6 PCB diagrams

2018-08-15 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Back in about March 2014, someone sent me revised circuit diagrams for issue 5 and 6 QL circuit boards, which are on my website at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/hardware/index.html (scroll down to “QL Circuit Diagram”. Unfortunately (great embarrassment), I didn’t keep a note of the author’s

[Ql-Users] QL Pawn

2018-08-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Thanks to the former Magnetic Scrolls team; QL Pawn has now been added to the Sinclair QL Homepage - http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/games/adventures/index.html as freeware. Rich Mellor has sent me both a floppy disk image version, and a zip file containing the three MDV images and a short

Re: [Ql-Users] colour confusion

2018-08-24 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Some of my programs make use of Middle Ground as an alternative INK colour, as Marcel said. I never really knew what the "correct" usage of this was, so to have Marcel confirm it is very helpful. Dilwyn -Original Message- From: Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users Sent: Friday, August 24,

Re: [Ql-Users] colour confusion

2018-08-24 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I tended to avoid "strip" colours in my WMAN2 programs and preferred to think of the middleground as a second INK colour, either for headings or for "sub-texts" such as prompts or warnings above menus. I never really knew if I was using it correctly (guess I was for title bars), but never

[Ql-Users] Other OS Software page

2018-08-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I've started a page on my site dedicated to software for software running on other operating systems which are directly or indirectly useful to QL users running emulators, for example. The most obvious software to include is file transfer stuff. The page was inspired by ToFro's suggestion on

Re: [Ql-Users] Menu_rext_english

2018-03-11 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Menu_rext_english Please Dilwyn I can run Programs Like QSpread and QD Editor Text Editor OK Thanks Dilwyn for all your help On Sunday, 11 March 2018, 10:31, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users <ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: Hi Everyone does Menu_rext_englis

Re: [Ql-Users] Menu_rext_english

2018-03-11 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Hi Everyone does Menu_rext_english does it work on LaunchPad OK Thankssimon629Simon Foster Menu_rext is not a required extension needed for Launchpad, according to its page on Dilwyn's site. Launchpad is/has its own file manager and probably doesn't use anything from Menu_rext. Bob I

Re: [Ql-Users] Buying DATA DESIGN Version 4.12

2018-02-27 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Pleased to say that thanks to a user in The Netherlands, DataDesign 4.12 update (German and English executables and a version.asm updates file only) has now been added to the Prowess page on my website. Apparently this is a high colour update to the program. Dilwyn -Original Message-

Re: [Ql-Users] Sjef vd Molengraaf

2018-03-09 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Thank you for letting us know, Bob. I met Sjef at one of the Eindhoven meetings many years ago, and corresponded with him from time to time. His contribution to the Dutch QL scene will be fondly remembered by many I am sure. Dilwyn Jones -Original Message- From: Bob Spelten via

[Ql-Users] Classic Adventures

2018-04-05 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Classic Adventures John Jones-Steele, who ran Abersoft in the 1980s, has given permission for the Classic Adventures package to be released as freeware. The package includes two text adventure games, "The Adventure" and "Mordon's Quest". The first is based on the famous adventure game by

[Ql-Users] SerMouse

2018-04-14 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
SERMouse is a software driver from Albin Hessler to connect a serial PC mouse to one of the serial ports SER1 or SER2 of a QL. A specially wired adaptor cable is necessary between the mouse connector and the QL serial port. The driver exists both, in a 2-button mouse (Microsoft mode

[Ql-Users] Computer One Pascal

2018-04-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Has anyone managed to use the Computer One Pascal from my website successfully on QPC2? It seems to unzip OK, but someone has indicated that it might not run OK, in particular a problem with the file called "pfile". The symptons are that the main menu appears incomplete and cursor won't move.

Re: [Ql-Users] Graphic objects and padding

2018-04-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Could someone please explain the rules to me regarding the padding of graphics objects for the two main formats: Sprites and Pics/PSA? I thought Id worked it all out, at least for some modes, but my rule- book does not appear to be complete, nor provide stable answers in all cases. Also, there

[Ql-Users] SMSQ/E manual update

2018-04-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Version 1.05 of the SMSQ/E Manual is now available from the eBooks page on my website. The list of updates is: Updated notes for DRVCHK and DRVLINK utility programs. Added documentation for new FSEND_EVENT function. Q68 SMSQ/E pages added. SMSQ/E Troubleshooting section updated by Wolfgang

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 4.04 BUG

2018-04-23 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
If you had run the version of the program with an OPEN #1 statement in it at line 5400, that may have caused or contributed to the problem. After my initial set of comments, I didn't get another chance to look at the program so I don't know at what stage that was changed. I'll add the program

Re: [Ql-Users] QLSD Drivers

2018-04-17 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: new QL-SD drivers for QXL.WIN style container files are on my site (wlenerz.com/qlsd). These are much improved versions by Marcel Kilgus. They should work with later QDOS versions (e.g. JS, MG), Minerva, SMSQ/E. For reliable use with GC or SGC, an update of the Chip may

[Ql-Users] Stuart Honeyball

2018-03-29 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I regret to have to report that I heard this morning of the death of Stuart Honeyball of Miracle Systems. He passed away peacefully last night (28th March) at 23:45 of cancer, according to his wife, Karin. I’m sure you’ll all want to join me in extending our condolence to his wife and family

[Ql-Users] Sector X game

2018-03-27 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Sector X, a fun shoot 'em up game from Horst Spierling, is now available to download as freeware. Needs 256K RAM and Minerva. Download it from the Games page on my site: http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/games/index.html or http://www.greybeardz.com/games/index.html

[Ql-Users] IP Network driver and IP Router update

2018-10-03 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Martin Head has issued an update to his IP Network driver and IP Router software. Available to download from http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/internet/index.html on my website, or from http://www.greybeardz.com/internet/index.html IP Network driver version 1.14 Adds support for sub-directories added

Re: [Ql-Users] QXL.WIN corrupted

2019-01-02 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
hdutils DRVCHK and DRVLINK are QL side - they are QL executables. I have no instructions for them, just this extract from the SMSQ/E manual. Dilwyn -- DRVCHK and DRVLINK Hard Disk Utilities DRVCHK and DRVLINK are two hard disk utilities. In an

Re: [Ql-Users] QXL.WIN corrupted

2019-01-02 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
There are some utilities out there such as Tony Tebby's DrvCheck and DrvLink (see hdutils.zip on Utilities page on my site http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/utils/index.html). There are a number of programs out there which MAY prove useful, such as Wolfgang Lenerz's Wined

[Ql-Users] ProWesS - FSearch

2018-12-11 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Thanks to Simon Balderson, I’ve been able to upload a copy of FSearch for Prowess. Unfortunately, it’s not the original installation disk, just a copy of three files from his user directory, although it does include an html instruction file. If anyone has a copy of the original disk, I’d be

Re: [Ql-Users] Fwd: ProWesS Files

2018-12-07 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Thanks Rich. Bob Spelten jr. has kindly sent me zips of Prowess apps PFlist and PWfile, which have been added to the Prowess (I suppose more correctly I should say ProWesS which is how PROGS used to type the name) page on my site at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/prowess/index.html So FSearch and

[Ql-Users] ICEart and MiceArt (ICE)

2019-02-27 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Damon Chaplin has kindly given permission for the ArtIce (v1.1) and MiceArt (v1.2) programs to be released as freeware now. Formerly published by Eidersoft, these programs are intended for use with the ICE (Icon Controlled Environment) system. Artice v1.1 is for the original ICE system, while

[Ql-Users] Wallpaper program

2019-02-19 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Wallpaper Program Recent versionsof SMSQ/E from about version 3.00 feature high colour and high resolution screens along with the new Window Manager. This makes them very suitable for displaying colourful and attractive background images behind your program windows. These images are called

[Ql-Users] QL World magazine scans

2019-02-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
QL World Magazines Thanks to the hard work of Klaus Frank in Denmark, I've been able to add further scanned copies of QL World magazine to the Magazines Page on the QL Home Page. This means we now have a pretty complete collection of the PDFs up to the end of 1991.

[Ql-Users] SMSQ/E and SBASIC manual v1.06

2019-01-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Version 1.06 of the SMSQ/E and SBASIC guide is now available to download from my website at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/ebooks/index.html . The manual may be read online (HTML file) or downloaded in a variety of formats (including eBook formats) from that page. The SMSQ/E operating system

[Ql-Users] QL User magazine scans

2019-04-25 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Thanks to Brian Kemmett, the remaining issues of QL User magazine have now been scanned and are online as PDF files. He has also done the QL SUB magazines. We *think* this means that all issues of QL User and QL World are now scanned and online at last - if anyone knows differently let me

[Ql-Users] PCBdesign update

2019-08-11 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Malcolm Lear has released version 7.59 of his PCB Design program for QL systems with expanded memory and pointer environment. This is a minor update to previous versions, addressing an issue causing lack of clearance around some polygons within a ground plane area. Details of updates in each

[Ql-Users] Themes 0.05

2019-08-27 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
An update of Per Witte's Themes utility is now available to download from the GD2 software page on my website http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/gd2/index.html This is version 0.05, which fixes a couple of bugs in the software. On the page, scroll down to "themes05.zip" to download the package as a zipped

[Ql-Users] vDrive Psion QL Programs

2019-08-08 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Thanks to Rich Mellor, I’ve added vDrive QL versions of the Psion quartet for QL – version 2.35 of Abacus, Archive, Easel and Quill. These are available to download as four “.MDV” files of 160KB each for use with the vDrive. Download them from http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/psions/index.html The

[Ql-Users] BMP v1.04

2019-07-17 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Thanks to Bob Spelten, an update of the BMP graphics converter is now available from the Graphics page on my website. Version 1.04 fixes a problem with conversion of Mode 33 images on Q68 (and probably Q40/Q60 too), which could result in incorrect colour conversion due to incorrect

[Ql-Users] More vDrive Games

2019-09-28 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Neal Card has kindly prepared a further 19 MDV images of QL games for use with the vDrive system. The list includes 3DOxo, Attack Of Things, Bugs Bomb, Psion Chess, Froggy, Gunner, Pacman, Paladin, Pudge, QBall, Q-Bert, Q-Games (including Darts), Space Invaders, Space Pods, Space Raid,

Re: [Ql-Users] Magazine Articles page

2019-11-26 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Thanks Jan - fixed. Dilwyn On Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 10:20:08 GMT, Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users wrote: On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 at 14:50, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Pleased to announce a new page containing scanned magazine articles.

[Ql-Users] Magazine Articles page

2019-11-24 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Pleased to announce a new page containing scanned magazine articles. Thanks to the work of individuals like Klaus Frank who've been busy scanning articles for me, the first draft of the page is ready with a few articles from various magazines. Not all of the magazines listed have been scanned

Re: [Ql-Users] Peter Baily

2020-10-15 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Thank you for letting us know Rich. I met him several times at Quanta workshops over the years. On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 15:52, Rich Mellor via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > For those of us who came across Peter Baily - just some news from his > son, that he passed away yesterday

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Assembly Language Book.

2020-06-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
> format of data in registers as having the most significant bit at the right > end I do certainly hope your MSB is at the correct end, Norman :-D (ooer missus...!) Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Assembly Language Book.

2020-06-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
sers < > ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > > > :-) > > > > I'll have the nurses check! > > > > Cheers, > > Norm. > > -- > > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > > > On 20 June 2020 1

Re: [Ql-Users] Brand-new QL-VGA first usage, updated QL-SD (v1.09)

2020-07-17 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
...all in tune with retro-computing, Derek! Dilwyn On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 at 09:19, Derek Stewart via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Hi Urs, > > Nice QL Lab, I wisj I had something like that, I have use a bedroom for > QL work, including the Q68 construction. > > Which is sort of a

[Ql-Users] QL Calendar 2021

2020-12-26 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I've put together a little QL-themed calendar for 2021 - The QaLendar. Download it from http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/gen/calendar/calendar.html as a PDF or a Word document. A very happy new year to all QL users out there. ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] UDP driver for Q68 and TFTP programs

2021-01-07 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Many thanks for this Wolfgang. I am not yet the owner of a Q68, but hope to be at some point this year. Dilwyn On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 at 08:23, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've written a UDP (only) ethernet driver for the Q68, and a TFTP file > exchange programs (for the

Re: [Ql-Users] smsqe QL-Colors Block in mode 8

2020-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I tried it on QPC2. I can see that the red and green components of the colour block are one pixel to the right of the blue component. If the inner block is drawn white, you get a thin strip (one pixel?) of blue on the left and the same of yellow (=red+green) on the right hand side. Choosing other

Re: [Ql-Users] The INSTR function?

2021-05-07 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
On Fri, 7 May 2021 at 13:35, François Van Emelen via Ql-Users wrote: > > Op 7/05/2021 om 14:10 schreef Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users: > > François Van Emelen via Ql-Users wrote: > >> INSTR gone? > >> > >> The function can still be used but is no longer present in 'EXTRAS. How is > >> that possible?

Re: [Ql-Users] The INSTR function?

2021-05-08 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
wyn Jones via Ql-Users: > > On Fri, 7 May 2021 at 13:35, François Van Emelen via Ql-Users > > wrote: > >> Op 7/05/2021 om 14:10 schreef Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users: > >>> François Van Emelen via Ql-Users wrote: > >>>> INSTR gone? > >>>> &

[Ql-Users] QL-SD-ROM

2021-07-11 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I've written a review of Marcel Kilgus's forthcoming QL-SD-ROM add-on hardware for the Sinclair QL on my blog at https://dilwyn2.wordpress.com/2021/07/11/ql-sd-rom/ Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Lookup%

2021-07-06 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I'm a bit late to this conversation so may be missing the point - there is some documentation regarding the use of the Machine system variables and functions on my website, at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/articles/index.html - scroll down to the Machine Type... articles. They're rather old so may

Re: [Ql-Users] loopy bug

2021-07-06 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I have encountered this before, but, like Bob said, assumed it was just a question of a new type of variable being set up. In other words, I assumed I was doing something wrong and simply avoided whatever was happening. Dilwyn On Tue, 6 Jul 2021, 11:55 Bob Spelten via Ql-Users, <

[Ql-Users] QReview magazine

2021-02-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Bruce Nicholls has kindly given permission for all seven issues of QReview magazine to be made available via my website. The magazine ran from July 1993 to March 1995 as a quarterly paper magazine, which focused mainly on reviews, as its title implies. Richard Alexander kindly scanned the seven

Re: [Ql-Users] tools_rext

2021-04-08 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Markus was helpfully responding to a question I asked on QL Forum originally, so blame this one on me. I was looking for additional information on what I thought was a toolkit not known to me. Looks like it's a set of extensions that Oliver Fink used in some of his programs, such as the font

[Ql-Users] DJ Website down

2021-02-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Just to let you know that my website is down today. I've been in touch with the service provider and they are working on it. For now, use the backup site at http://dilwyn.qlforum.co.uk/index.html Apologies for any inconvenience. Dilwyn ___ QL-Users

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD-ROM

2021-07-15 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 at 14:33, pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: > > On 11/07/2021 19:23, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users wrote: > > I've written a review of Marcel Kilgus's forthcoming QL-SD-ROM add-on > > hardware for the Sinclair QL on my blog at > > https://dilwyn2.wordpress.

[Ql-Users] Q-Liberator v3.45

2021-11-29 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Version 3.45 of the Q-Liberator BASIC compiler has been launched. This version was submitted to me by Per Witte, who has done a fair bit of work on rationalising the distribution, by splitting the compiler into a runtime disk (what you need to compile programs) and a sources disc, for those who

Re: [Ql-Users] QX40

2023-09-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
QXL's SMSQ version 2.76 software and manual available to download from https://dilwyn.qlforum.co.uk/docs/manuals/index.html#miracle Dilwyn On Sat, 30 Sept 2023 at 12:38, Graeme Gregory via Ql-Users wrote: > > > > On Sat, 30 Sep 2023, at 12:31 PM, silcreval via Ql-Users wrote: > > Hello all, >

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