Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:17 | Jun10:
These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader
living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten his
name -
can anyone remember? He died I believe in the early 90s.
Tony
Care Electronics...Ed Bruley perhaps?
Jerry Davis wrote, on 10/Jun/10 12:02 | Jun10:
I thought I'd stop lurking and post I only joined this group a few weeks
ago out of pure curiosity. Many, many moons ago I set up the London
sub-group with the help of Frank Merrison. University, the discovery that
there was life outside London,
Bruce N wrote, on 10/Jun/10 13:21 | Jun10:
Tony,
Was it Dennis Briggs aka Adman Services ?
No - he lived in East London, maybe Gants Hill.
He was the person that kicked the component and rebuilt QL trading into
life when he sold his stock.
I don't think he actively traded them.
He
Rich Mellor wrote, on 14/Jun/10 16:15 | Jun14:
I think it probably is a Windows 7 issue - I never had the problem on
Windows XP, but then I never had a USB floppy drive with XP
Indeed. Once I realised it was drive B, despite the fact that there was
no other floppy, it worked fine under
Stephen Usher wrote, on 15/Jun/10 15:54 | Jun15:
I was just wondering if there were any QL representatives at this
weekend's Vintage Computer Festival taking place at Bletchley Park.
Rich Mellor - RWAP.
He will also be selling Z88 items for Rakewell (Vic Gerhardi)
Tony
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Roy/
I may not raise my head above th e parapet too much. I am in the throes
for finishing my Album - those who are interested can get a taste at
www.myspace.com/thatlegendarywoodenlion
Seems a mite borken (whoops - but because that was a superb accidental
mistype I will leave it). I am
Tony Firshman wrote, on 15/Jun/10 19:25 | Jun15:
Roy/
I may not raise my head above th e parapet too much. I am in the
throes for finishing my Album - those who are interested can get a
taste at
www.myspace.com/thatlegendarywoodenlion
Seems a mite borken (whoops - but because
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 15/Jun/10 19:42 | Jun15:
I could offer free space on my server, and, if you have a wooden lion
domain name, you could use that without advertising the host.
That was meant to be private but but I forgot to edit the address- so
reply to me personally please, Roy.
Tony
Roy Wood wrote, on 15/Jun/10 20:06 | Jun15:
snip
MySpace is a free social networking site - where have you been?
Working.
I just clicked on it and it worked straight away.
Doesn't work for me (8-)#
The bands actual website is hosted by a friend of mine.
www.woodenlion.com
Way too
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 15/Jun/10 20:16 | Jun15:
I may not raise my head above th e parapet too much. I am in the
throes for finishing my Album - those who are interested can get a
taste at
www.myspace.com/thatlegendarywoodenlion
Seems a mite borken (whoops - but because that was a superb
P Witte wrote, on 19/Jun/10 20:00 | Jun19:
Norman Dunbar wrote:
George,
The current trend appears to be towards Cloud computing,
Aha! But how do you program for this?
Cloud is the latest marketing paradigm/buzz word to hit the IT world.
Like most other next great things it will pass and
Malcolm Cadman wrote, on 19/Jun/10 20:45 | Jun19:
Interesting stuff ... :-)
I agree that the personal computer may just become another
technological casualty as the 21st Century progresses.
Devices like iPads look like being the way forward that most people
will go for.
After all PC's
Norman Dunbar wrote (an awful lot), on 20/Jun/10 20:52 | Jun20:
Nice to see so much good stuff from you Norman - your silver sporran
must contain good stuff..
... and my check as you type speel checker is now working.
I think I missed it as the underlines disappear randomly.
The 'speel' above
Roy Wood wrote, on 20/Jun/10 23:29 | Jun20:
On 20/06/2010 20:03, Norman Dunbar wrote:
On 18/06/10 00:15, Tony Firshman wrote:
I have that set but it doesn't spell check. Looks like a bug (3.0.4).
That's interesting Tony. Roy on Windows and you on Mac and me on Linux,
all using 3.0.4 (I
Rich Mellor wrote, on 23/Jun/10 22:01 | Jun23:
I would also like a java based Sinclair QL emulator and perhaps that
would be a project which Quanta could help fund the development of -
it would attract a much wider audience and enable demos of programs to
be played online to show what the QL
Herbert Schaaf wrote, on 25/Jun/10 13:50 | Jun25:
Those who knew Ruth Fegley will be saddened by the news of her death.
Obituary was in the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
She was an active QL enthusiast and leader in the CATS computer group during the
80's and 90's.
QL-Mylink wrote, on 28/Jun/10 22:51 | Jun28:
[Beginners All Symbolic Instruction Code - 'BASIC']
Stephen said -
...
I'd disagree greatly with a lot of these arguments for people just
starting out. Line numbers, although a pain for advanced programmer, do
help novices think about order. Data
Tony Firshman wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:20 | Jun10:
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:17 | Jun10:
These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader
living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten his
name -
can anyone remember? He died I believe in the early 90s
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 1/Jul/10 11:01 | Jul1:
Tony Firshman wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:20 | Jun10:
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:17 | Jun10:
These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader
living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten his
name -
can anyone
Anton Preinsack wrote, on 1/Jul/10 12:53 | Jul1:
Finally I found the time to look into the material I filmed on the QL show in
Austria and made a little video.
You can see the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJPLZCKVpHI
That *looks* good.
I know he does not want to appear,
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 1/Jul/10 13:18 | Jul1:
Anton Preinsack wrote, on 1/Jul/10 12:53 | Jul1:
Finally I found the time to look into the material I filmed on the
QL show in Austria and made a little video.
You can see the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJPLZCKVpHI
That
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote, on 9/Jul/10 15:21 | Jul9:
Urs/
As my web service provider failed to provide me FTP access to my website for
more than a week now, I’m unable to update my website (arghhh!). Later on
the GST story will be available on this webpage:
http://tinyurl.com/QL-SW-GST
For the
Tony Firshman wrote, on 9/Jul/10 15:52 | Jul9:
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote, on 9/Jul/10 15:21 | Jul9:
Urs/
As my web service provider failed to provide me FTP access to my
website for
more than a week now, I’m unable to update my website (arghhh!).
Later on
the GST story will be available
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 9/Jul/10 18:43 | Jul9:
Ouch. Dilwyn hosts his site on my server for £18 a year plus VAT.
You would be very welcome to use my server if you wanted.
I’m off for summer holidays now.
Happy hols,
Whoops - that was meant to be private.
Sorry,
Tony
He he, good job I'm
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 18/Jul/10 13:25 | Jul18:
I've just had a chance to use this ultra-cheap 10 inch screen netbook
from Zoostorm and I loved it!
In the UK, it's on offer for just £199 from Argos (part number
508-3053) and seems to work just fine with QPC2 (albeit I've only used
it for a
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Get a ASUS eeePC, they are tha same price and better battery life.
Derek
On 18/07/2010 14:14, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I've just had a chance to use this ultra-cheap 10 inch screen netbook
from Zoostorm and I loved it!
In the UK, it's on offer for just £199 from Argos
Does anyone have a working email address for Bill Cable?
He has retired from Burlington Caots (coats.com).
Tony
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JJ Ruiz wrote, on 21/Aug/10 10:47 | Aug21:
Hello!
I have a superHermes and I think it has some pins broken. Anyone can send a
high quality photo for comparison? How many pins should be entering the 8049
socket?
Just look and see which have pins (or remains) soldered on - there is
one that
JJ Ruiz wrote, on 21/Aug/10 12:41 | Aug21:
El 21/08/2010, a las 12:21, Tony Firshman escribió:
JJ Ruiz wrote, on 21/Aug/10 10:47 | Aug21:
Hello!
I have a superHermes and I think it has some pins broken. Anyone can send a
high quality photo for comparison? How many pins should be entering
dan volvo wrote, on 8/Sep/10 18:47 | Sep8:
Hi Dilwyn and Rich
Jason is happy to supply a Sinclair calculator - please see below.http://www.tvfilmprops.co.uk/pages/sinclair-executive-calculator-892.htm
I've passed on his email address to you both.
CheersDan.
Hi Dan,
We do have one
Petri Pellinen wrote, on 12/Sep/10 18:05 | Sep12:
Thanks for the pointers, Dilwyn. And by the way, your web site is
absolutely marvellous, a treasure trove of information! I think I will
try the SCART connection just to see if I get a better picture and
also to see if the picture changes when
Rich Mellor wrote, on 13/Sep/10 08:55 | Sep13:
On 13/09/2010 07:32, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote:
Petri Pellinen wrote:
greetings from sunny Finland. I recently found my old QL in
my father's attic and am going to put in some quality
retrocomputing time. It's great to see that there are still
Tony Firshman wrote, on 13/Sep/10 09:04 | Sep13:
BTW to reply to what John (in Wales?) said about line broken URLs.
Two solutions:
1) still can break:
URL:http
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote, on 1/Oct/10 13:20 | Oct1:
Two famous ex QL'ers who made a difference in the IT world met at LinuxCon
in Sao Paolo, Brazil recently. On a spare minute at an excursion to the Sao
Paolo zoo they had a chat about their experiences with the Sinclair QL. This
has been filmed by
Rich Mellor wrote, on 5/Oct/10 09:19 | Oct5:
On 05/10/2010 09:00, Tony Firshman wrote:
Petri Pellinen wrote, on 5/Oct/10 08:52 | Oct5:
Hello everyone,
I received my shiny 23 year old Cumana disk interface for the QL
yesterday and am now trying to wire it up to a 'modern' 3.5 pc floppy
Petri Pellinen wrote, on 5/Oct/10 11:39 | Oct5:
Thanks Tony
You are right in assuming modern drives are seen as flp2_.
It may have a DS jumper somewhere if you want flp1_. These now are
generally solder jumpers on the pcb, but it may have external links.
One of my three drives does have the
Jochen Merz wrote, on 6/Oct/10 13:32 | Oct6:
Jochen/
Tony Firshman wrote:
Jochen,
How about offering an electronic (pdf?) version?
Costs for you would be a great deal less.
I for one would *prefer* that and it would save you a *long* walk
(8-)#
Tony
Hi Tony,
this subject has been
Jochen Merz wrote, on 6/Oct/10 13:42 | Oct6:
Well, if you know about the PDF problems, what sense makes it to
suggest to me to offer a PDF version?
The situation has not changed since Norman tried it 3 days ago
without success.
That is why I put a '?' - I know there are issues.
There are
Rich Mellor wrote, on 7/Oct/10 19:16 | Oct7:
On 07/10/2010 13:37, Tony Firshman wrote:
Rich Mellor wrote, on 7/Oct/10 13:33 | Oct7:
Rich/
Has anyone ever come across a blurry picture from the QL on a
Microvetic Cub monitor?
I know it is not the QL at fault as I have tried
Bob Spelten wrote, on 9/Oct/10 10:28 | Oct9:
Op Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:12:21 +0300 schreef Ralf Reköndt
ralf.rekoe...@t-online.de:
Rich Mellor wrote:
Has anyone ever come across a blurry picture from the QL on a
Microvetic Cub monitor?
I know it is not the QL at fault as I have tried it
Rich Mellor wrote, on 10/Oct/10 10:33 | Oct10:
On 10/10/2010 09:18, Bryan Horstmann wrote:
One of my customary QL's has gone faulty on the Ser1 port and I dug
out another one fitted with Minerva 1.97. It seems to be fine with a
Sandy expansion, and Trump card, but when I fit a Super Gold card
Petri Pellinen wrote, on 26/Oct/10 22:30 | Oct26:
Hello everyone,
just to lighten the mood here with all the talk about doing the taxes
and so forth... I thought to amuse you with something totally
ridiculous.
Here's a pic of of a prototype of a wonderful new peripheral for the
QL:
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 27/Oct/10 09:57 | Oct27:
Norman/
Here's a pic of of a prototype of a wonderful new peripheral for the
QL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/petrip/5118906714/
That's a serious breadboard you have there!
... and starting to work towards hooking this baby to
an Arduino
Rich Mellor wrote, on 02/11/2010 19:53:
I was just reading that 99/100 job applicants for programming jobs
apparently cannot write a short fizzbuzz program when given 10
minutes to do so in an interview.
The rules are simple -
write out the values 1 to 100 on screen
If the value is divisble
Rich Mellor wrote, on 03/11/2010 17:49:
On 02/11/2010 17:34, Tony Firshman wrote:
10 FOR j = 1 TO 100
15 sp$ = ;
20 PRINT j;
20 if j/3 == int(j/3)
25 sp$=;
30 PRINT FIZZ;
40 END IF
30 IF j/5 == int(j/5)
40 PRINT sp$BUZZ;
50 END IF
60 PRINT
70 END FOR
Hi Tony,
Yes, you are going
Bob Spelten wrote, on 04/11/2010 12:09:
snip
Two types of bikes have become more popular in the Netherlands over the
last few years.
One is a normal model but has a battery and electric motor to help the
'elderly' biker.
The other is a 'ligfiets' (lay bike?),
Recumbent
a long model usually
girls were talking and one
exclaimed that When he invited me back to his place to see his
hardware, I didn't realise he meant his QL, his Aurora, etc etc)
And I think there was once a picture in IQLR of Tony (as editor Bob Dyl
put it): Oops, Tony Firshman caught dangling his Minerva Mk2 in
public
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 06/11/2010 10:22:
and I think my dangling Minerva in public is a fertile
imagination on someone's part. I don't remember seeing that picture.
I did scan it and try to send it, but the list must block pictures or
attachments.
It was in IQLR Vol 3 Issue 2 page 33,
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 18/Nov/10 11:27 | Nov18:
snip
In time, I'd like to build a beginners section (needs a bettername as it
would be for returners too) on my website with articles like this and
some of the more commonly asked questions (such as how to transfer files
between QL and other
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 18/Nov/10 14:18 | Nov18:
Simple hardware repairs?
Tony
Yes indeed, though I don't have expertise in that area.
Hrrmm - I had better do something then (8-)#
I am *sure* I have in past.
Ah:
http://tfs.firshman.co.uk/ql/trouble.htm
That is 12 years old so I had
Marcel Kilgus wrote, on 26/Nov/10 18:09 | Nov26:
Tony Firshman wrote:
and CTRL SPACE after 100.
Cheater! ;-) Also, one can only run your program once.
This meets all Rich's requirements:
--
The rules are simple -
write out the values 1 to 100 on screen
If the value is divisible by 3
Marcel Kilgus wrote, on 26/Nov/10 18:48 | Nov26:
Tony Firshman wrote:
I obeyed the rules (8-)#
Maybe, but that is more creativity in applying the rules than
creativity in programming. You clearly have chosen the wrong career,
you should have been a lawyer ;)
... and there is nothing to say
P Witte wrote, on 26/Nov/10 19:34 | Nov26:
Marcel Kilgus wrote:
Tony Firshman wrote:
I obeyed the rules (8-)#
Maybe, but that is more creativity in applying the rules than
creativity in programming. You clearly have chosen the wrong career,
you should have been a lawyer
Marcos Cruz wrote, on 27/Nov/10 18:12 | Nov27:
I remember an excellent article I read some months ago, concerning this issue.
Its title is Why Johnny can't code:
Original by David Brin:
http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/2006/09/14/basic/
Interesting but awful page coding.
There was an
Is there any automated way to copy files *and* hard directories without
manually using MAKE_DIR?
Presumably WCOPY will only copy the files and not the directories.
Can MAKE_DIR be used after copying?
I am restoring my BBS from backup.
Tony
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Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Nov/10 12:37 | Nov28:
Does anyone know if any (or all!) of the QL emulators can work on the
second screen of a two-monitor PC setup? My PC can only handle a single
monitor, so although I have QPC, QemuLator and QL2K on this PC, I can't
test them.
I think that what you
Marcel Kilgus wrote, on 28/Nov/10 16:02 | Nov28:
Laurence Reeves wrote:
1PRINT CHR$(RND(TO 255)):GO TO 1
Great thought in the spirit of Tony's cheating :-)
But there's always room for optimizations:
1REP:BPUT RND(90)
Will probably also need a few thousand years less! :-)
He he - infinite
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 29/Nov/10 11:05 | Nov29:
Except (1) I never needed QPCprint with QPC, so (2) I never bought
it, so (3) I don't have it!
Ahh, got it. I somehow was under the impression that nowadays
everyone would need/have QPCPrint.
Definitely a serious omission from your software
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 29/Nov/10 12:37 | Nov29:
To give you an idea of how old the 880 is, a few months back the built
in obsolescence warning came up saying it was time to have it serviced
(in Epson-speak, time for us to quote you such a high price that you
will buy a new printer). That is, the
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 29/Nov/10 13:27 | Nov29:
The overflow is *below* the head area and has nothing to do with print
imperfections. On the 830P it was dead easy.
Tony
Oh, OK. Still not got the confidence to try tackling it though, even
though you say it was dead easy on the 830P!
Actually,
Bryan Horstmann wrote, on 30/Nov/10 10:27 | Nov30:
Bryan/
Thanks everyone.
However, my grey matter is a little woolly as an octogenarian. I've
searched back, and Tony said Qemulator works fine in second screen
under XP in VMware on a Macbook. That is what set me thinking. My Amilo
machine has
Rich Mellor wrote, on 2/Dec/10 15:56 | Dec2:
On 02/12/2010 15:29, Rich Mellor wrote:
What is the earliest QL ROM anyone has a copy of?
I have recently come across a PB ROM, but unfortunately, it is only
the 8000h eprom - the other two are missing.
What surprises me is that WHEN Error
Michael Grunditz wrote, on 4/Dec/10 18:16 | Dec4:
Do you check your spam folder?
Just occasionally user group messages - including my own - get diverted into my
spam folder. It appears to be a fairly random thing,
Best wishes,
Geoff
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Norman Dunbar wrote, on 10/Dec/10 12:46 | Dec10:
On 10/12/10 12:19, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
-6=invalid channel ID.
You close the window after writing to it, twit!
Should that be before? ;-)
and 'closed' (8-)#
Tony
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Tony Firshman wrote, on 14/Dec/10 12:53 | Dec14:
George/
gdgqler wrote, on 14/Dec/10 10:44 | Dec14:
George/
uses Googlemail (Gmail)
More oddly perhaps, is that I don't get a copy from the list of
e-mails I send to the list unless I copy them to myself.
Hmm!
I have *exactly* the same
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On 21 Dec 2010, at 16:54, Dilwyn Jones
QL-MyLink-DT wrote, on 30/Dec/10 20:50 | Dec30:
I know.. I know... Dilwyn said hasn't!
But, as I'm John in Wales and West of Chester.
I report that I recieved my QUANTA yesterday (Wednesday), bearing an 'audit
trail' -
Manchester 07.08 pm. etc. etc. On which date? aaah... that's far too
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 31/Dec/10 13:22 | Dec31:
each one with spaces), and although I'm sure I could write such a
converter, why do so if there's already QL code to do just that?
And then you have cells with COLSPAN and/or ROWSPAN to cope with!
And table captions
... and mis-configured
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 31/Dec/10 14:36 | Dec31:
snip
... much like I suppose Superbasic's habit of implicitly adding missing
END statements.
Yup. Just try throwing some of those programs at SBASIC, it'll soon tell
you there's something missing, though not necessarily the correct point
in the
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 3/Jan/11 10:39 | Jan3:
To keep things going here are the first Sinclair News in 2011:
Today at 20:30 Sir Clive Sinclair can be seen in Celebrity Mastermind (a
celebrity quiz) on BBC1.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xc86z
QL forever, Urs
He he, it'll be interesting to
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote, on 3/Jan/11 13:07 | Jan3:
How did you find out about this in Switzerland - or do you
watch a lot of British TV?
It's quite easy. My quadruple play provider Swisscom offers saved searches.
One daily search is Clive Sinclair and so it was in my inbox this morning.
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 3/Jan/11 16:19 | Jan3:
On 03/01/11 16:07, Rich Mellor wrote:
Ermm. Of course, if he could access the website or send an email, he
wouldn't need the help..
eminds me of what happens when I start up a PC at work that is supposed
to run headless. Without a
Derek Stewart wrote, on 7/Jan/11 07:28 | Jan7:
On 04/01/11 15:48, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
- Maybe we can get back onto a new discussion topic, as to how you
would do this...
- QPC2, QXL and QLAY can all access the same QXL.WIN file - but I
don't think they can at the same time...
- QXL and the QL
Derek Stewart wrote, on 7/Jan/11 09:32 | Jan7:
On 07/01/11 09:20, Tony Firshman wrote:
Derek Stewart wrote, on 7/Jan/11 07:28 | Jan7:
On 04/01/11 15:48, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
- Maybe we can get back onto a new discussion topic, as to how you
would do this...
- QPC2, QXL and QLAY can all access
Rich Mellor wrote, on 10/Jan/11 16:49 | Jan10:
On 10/01/2011 16:32, Peter wrote:
does one of you know a valid email address or any contact to Dirk
Steinkopf, author of the QL-HD / Falkenberg Harddisk driver?
... I've found him :-) Thanks Ralf Rich!
All the best,
Peter
Ralf Reköndt wrote, on 10/Jan/11 19:59 | Jan10:
Tony Firshman wrote:
I didn't see his his hard disk interface. Phil Borman told me he had
used the Rebel code. Was that right? Qubide also used this under
license. Phii was not aware of any license for his build.
AFAIK DS has writen his own
Peter Graf wrote, on 11/Jan/11 00:10 | Jan11:
Tony Firshman wrote:
I didn't see his his hard disk interface. Phil Borman told me he had
used the Rebel code. Was that right? Qubide also used this under
license. Phii was not aware of any license for his build.
What I can say
Rich Mellor wrote, on 11/Jan/11 12:13 | Jan11:
snip
after all, Miracle's hard disk did
still allow use of a ROM cartridge (from memory) although I may be wrong
there.
It did. I remember he had designed it around the std eprom pack, and I
had to file the case to fit a full width romdisq card.
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 11/Jan/11 13:29 | Jan11:
Rich Mellor wrote, on 11/Jan/11 12:13 | Jan11:
snip
after all, Miracle's hard disk did
still allow use of a ROM cartridge (from memory) although I may be wrong
there.
It did. I remember he had designed it around the std eprom pack, and I
had to
peet vanpeebles wrote, on 11/Jan/11 17:19 | Jan11:
--- On Tue, 11/1/11, Peterpg...@q40.de wrote:
From: Peterpg...@q40.de
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL SD/MMC-Card interface survey
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Date: Tuesday, 11 January, 2011, 16:59
Tony Firshman wrote:
It did strike me that Peter's
On 12/01/2011 12:30, Peter wrote:
Malcolm Lear wrote:
I was looking at the QL schematics a few weeks back and noticed the
Microdrives use a serial bus. I guess this is bit banged by the software
to transfer data. Could this be connected to the SD SPI serial interface
using level shifters (5V -
On 12/01/2011 13:48, Peter wrote:
Tony Firshman wrote:
Speaking from pretty little low level knowledge, how about abandoning
the microdrives completely (I thought you were)
So far, I could have used just one SD card interface, keeping one
microdrive.
Abandoning the microdrives completely
Rich Mellor wrote, on 17/Jan/11 15:14 | Jan17:
snip
The problem with copy protected microdrives continues to be an issue
even some 20 years after the practice was stopped!
A lot of software is cracked to overcome this issue, but not all.
The use of an external microdrive may be a solution
Martin Wheatley wrote, on 17/Jan/11 21:53 | Jan17:
snip
Once upon a time I had a third microdrive that plugged into the side of
the QL
As far as I remember it was a Spectrum item that that worked when you
plugged it into a QL upside down
Yes exactly. I used a ribbon cable adaptor with a
peet vanpeebles wrote, on 17/Jan/11 22:14 | Jan17:
--- On Mon, 17/1/11, Tony Firshmant...@firshman.co.uk wrote:
Martin Wheatley wrote, on 17/Jan/11 21:53 | Jan17:
snip
Yes exactly. I used a ribbon cable adaptor with a twist. Bill Richardson got
me to make 100 of these, but he lost
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 18/Jan/11 17:31 | Jan18:
I need to ask a question which is slightly off-topic here.
Does anyone use BBC iPlayer on the same PC as the BBC iPlayer?
Urmm - what did you actually mean by that sentence.
I suspect you are talking about the Iplayer desktop used for playing
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 18/Jan/11 19:05 | Jan18:
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 18/Jan/11 17:31 | Jan18:
I need to ask a question which is slightly off-topic here.
Does anyone use BBC iPlayer on the same PC as the BBC iPlayer?
Urmm - what did you actually mean by that sentence.
Does anyone use it
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 22/Jan/11 15:50 | Jan22:
Hi Rich,
What amazes me is how they can still claim up to 8Mbps service when the
vast majority of houses (except in cities) seem to get a lot less -
Welcome to the worldo slightly unscientific claims. Much loved by the
woo trade in health
Plastic wrote, on 23/Jan/11 02:13 | Jan23:
Dave/
Well, today was fun.
First, I re-discovered that integer handling is about 30% slower than
floating point, which seems very counter-intuitive to me.
Yes that was to me too. Laurence Reeves (Minerva author) explained it
once but I forget. I
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 25/Jan/11 08:23 | Jan25:
My real heart's desire is, ironically, a hardware/software project, to
put together a package of an ARM-based embedded computer with Linux,
booting right into uQLx, so that it is basically a QL. Getting it so
it can fit inside a QL case with PSU
gdgqler wrote, on 25/Jan/11 16:58 | Jan25:
On 25 Jan 2011, at 16:43, Norman Dunbar wrote:
...
I said That must have cost you an arm and a leg - innocently I
assure you.
He had physical problems and very little use of his arms and hands.
Oh dear! I used to have an expression for my
Roy Wood wrote, on 25/Jan/11 17:52 | Jan25:
On 25/01/2011 16:18, Tony Firshman wrote:
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 25/Jan/11 08:23 | Jan25:
My real heart's desire is, ironically, a hardware/software
project, to
put together a package of an ARM-based embedded computer with Linux,
booting right
thorsten herbert wrote, on 26/Jan/11 16:01 | Jan26:
Major QL hardware is practically impossible as long as the QL operating system
situation remains as it has been for almost a decade. The only reasonable
way out seems to be a restructured Minerva with new drivers. Work on it
continues slowly.
On 28 Jan 2011, at 22:05, Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk wrote:
snip
I did start a thread on the QL Forums about how to improve Quanta, but even
the QL community seems divided here - some people will stick steadfast to the
ql-users mailing list, whereas others prefer the forum,
Malcolm Cadman wrote, on 30/Jan/11 18:13 | Jan30:
snip
It seems that O2 are proposing a rival system of WiFi hot spots ... if
it ever gets put in place.
My local BTFon hot spot is located at the local McDonalds ... :-)\
Well you can always sit in the car outside (8-)#
Tony
--
QBBS (QL
Malcolm Lear wrote, on 31/Jan/11 10:16 | Jan31:
On 29/01/2011 22:43, Rich Mellor wrote:
On 29/01/2011 22:34, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Hi,
News clip, that could be useful for all of us.
O2 to launch free Wi-Fi hotspot network
Taking on BT and The Cloud, the mobile operator plans to give
Rich Mellor wrote, on 31/Jan/11 11:26 | Jan31:
On 31/01/2011 11:14, Petri Pellinen wrote:
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Rich Mellorr...@rwapservices.co.uk
wrote:
I am lucky to get 2GB download speeds, so if someone else was using
that,
and it halved to 1GB that would be very noticeable!
Stephen wrote, on 2/Feb/11 15:43 | Feb2:
Hear hear! They're impossible to read on my mobile too.
Impossible? My scroll down is quite fast and I do get there. I think
you meant 'more difficult'.
I wholly agree with Norman (of course (8-)#) and I use a mobile too.
Top quoting *does* require
Rich Mellor wrote, on 3/Feb/11 12:21 | Feb3:
We have now managed to resurrect an early example of the Sinclair QL
home computer as it was first unveiled to the expectant media, complete
with the slow v1 Psion software and the infamous Dongle (or Kludge)
which contained one third of the QL's
Peter Baily wrote, on 3/Feb/11 13:11 | Feb3:
snip
However, we should not be surprised that most
people use PCs; after all this exchange of views, news, etc. would not
exist unless we were using PCs.
By PCs I take it you mean machines running Windows.
I access this group but don't use a PC.
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