Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-09 Thread Bill Loguidice
What is the mailing list you're referring to, Rich?


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[mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Rich Mellor
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 3:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

On 09/06/2010 20:17, Martin Wheatley wrote:



Hi Martin,

It is good to see you contributing to the list and maybe we can persuade 
you to have a go on one of the emulators.

There are quite a few people who have come to the QL in the past couple 
of years - many of them as a result of my own website and purchasing 
second hand items offered by myself and/or Quanta.
Some are more active than others.

However, I have a mailing list of over 1000 QL users and it is rare that 
any of them ask to be removed from the list (please let me know if you 
would like to be added).

So, the market is not quite ready for the death knell.

-- 
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Re: [Ql-Users] Micro Men on BBC iPlayer, QL is mentioned!!

2009-10-10 Thread Bill Loguidice
A good way to share that kind of stuff would be with something like
www.adrive.com . After you upload it, you just have to click share it and
it generates a link that's good for a small number of downloads and a set
period of time.


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 From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-
 boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Dave Walker
 Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 4:20 AM
 To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Micro Men on BBC iPlayer, QL is mentioned!!
 
 All,
 
 I also have the video as a 700MB .avi file in Xvid format if anyone
 would
 prefer that?
 As with Derek contact me directly if you are interested.
 
 Dave
 
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 [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Derek Stewart
 Sent: 10 October 2009 08:10
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 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Micro Men on BBC iPlayer, QL is mentioned!!
 
 Hi,
 
 I have downloaded the video file, after a little poking about on the
 Iplayer
 PC Desktop setup. The file is in Windows Media Video format with a DRM
 Licence, once I have removed the licence, I can email it to anyone that
 wants a copy, it is 350Mb so will take a while if you are on dialup.
 
 Contact me direct.
 
 Derek
 
 Neil Riley wrote:
  I recorded the program! One strange thing, it showed a TV advert,
  Clive Sinclair was leaping over other computers of the time and it
  briefly showed the QL and a price of £645 or thereabouts, Screen
  included perhaps! Haven't actually watched the program as yet but no
  doubt it'll take me back to my teenage years.
 
  Just thinking back reminds me of the huge excitement at the thought
 of
  owning my first computer, at the time, the ZX81 :-) Of course, I
  really wanted the fantastic ATARI 800 but that was £700+ so. (
 got
  one now though ;-) )
 
  Ah, Nostalgia !
 
 
 
 
  Darren Branagh darrenbran...@gmail.com 09 October 2009 02:17 
 
  Just a quick one, for those interested Micro Men can be viewed for
 the
  next week for free on the BBC's iPlayer service (only if you live in
  the UK)
 
  Follow this link :-
 
 
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00n5b92/Micro_Men/
 
  It really is worth a look - I totally enjoyed it.
 
 
  Cheers,
 
  Darren.
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Re: [Ql-Users] PCW closed down

2009-09-02 Thread Bill Loguidice
I prefer a good quality print mag myself, but it's impossible to beat the
timeliness of the Web, which is why magazines in general are dying except
for the usual stalwarts or those that are backed by big names. It goes
without saying we have access to more essentially free information than
ever, so why go to the bother and expense of paying for a print mag,
particularly one that will likely be tossed once you're done with it? Sad,
really, but it's hard to argue for in this day and age.


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[mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Cadman
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Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] PCW closed down

In message 001701ca2a7e$0a35e2f0$2301a...@pcw.local, Urs Koenig (QL) 
q...@bluewin.ch writes

Hi Urs,

It is a sign of the times that PC based magazines too are starting to 
close down.

Some of it will be due to the web based information that is now 
available, no doubt.

I have certainly been a reader of PCW over the years ... and 31 years of 
publishing suggests that it began circa 1978/9.

The early publications covered the many popular personal computers 
that were around at that time, before the PC became dominant.


Sad news for connoisseurs of UK's computing press. After 31 years Personal
Computer World (PCW) magazine had to close this summer. The last issue was
August 2009. The last words from the editor:

Hi Urs - I'm sorry to report that PCW has recently been closed down after
31
years of continuous publication, due to economic difficulties. All PCW
staff
have been made redundant - Guy Kewney was freelance, but will continue his
blogs  other work. I will join the ranks of freelance for the time being.
No export copies were sent out of the last edition - but I've just sent you
a complimentary one today.



best regards

Kelvyn



Follow Tim Anderson's blog the read what people say on the demise of PCW (
http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1494-farewell-to-personal-computer-world-30-
y
ears-of-personal-computing.html
http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1494-farewell-to-personal-computer-world-30-y
e
ars-of-personal-computing.html).

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Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines

2009-01-14 Thread Bill Loguidice
Looks great and good choice on quality over file size.  The PDF format is
very helpful. Thanks! 



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[mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Urs Koenig (QL)
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:00 PM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines
Importance: High

 Urs Koenig wrote:
 2. We have a 15'000$ XEROX WorkCentre at work which has a powerful
duplex scan engine. To scan 100 pages of A4 paper takes just a few
minutes.

 Another contribution to the QLis25 year will be that on one evening 
 or another I will scan some documents, mainly those which are
 1) easy to scan
 2) not available/downloadable as a scan
 3) scanned version is of bad quality or incomplete

Malcolm Cadman wrote:
With that sort of power the time is reduced for this type of work.
I guess that the quality is very good too.

It's a XEROX WorkCentre 7655, max. format is A3.

Today I've scanned a Sinclair QL advertisement out of a 1984 magazine as a
trial. Check it out:
1) as PDF (v1.4, two layers graphic and text, text searchable)
http://www.cowo.ch/downloads/SinclairQL_advertisement_doublepage_1984-0x.pdf
2) as JPG
http://www.cowo.ch/downloads/SinclairQL_advertisement_doublepage_1984-0x.jpg

I did go for best quality not for small file size. - Welcome to 2009 with
powerful PC's and fast Internet all around. ;-)

Regards, Urs
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[mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Im Auftrag von Malcolm Cadman
Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Januar 2009 19:08
An: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Betreff: Re: [Ql-Users] Sinclair QL documents, manuals and magazines

In message 002301c975a3$fdfec0e0$2301a...@pcw.local, Urs König (QL) 
q...@bluewin.ch writes
Javier Guerra wrote:
 The web, as always, is open to anyone who wants to contribute. If you 
 have any book, magazine or manual, contact us to tell the best way to 
 pass the documents to PDF. You can even send copies (who gladly pay) 
 so that we deal with it.

There's help.

1. I have a huge collection of QL stuff including many printed
   documents, manuals and books.

2. We have a 15'000$ XEROX WorkCentre at work which has a powerful
   duplex scan engine. To scan 100 pages of A4 paper takes just a few
   minutes.

Another contribution to the QLis25 year will be that on one evening 
or another I will scan some documents, mainly those which are
1) easy to scan
2) not available/downloadable as a scan
3) scanned version is of bad quality or incomplete

Regards, Urs

Hi Urs,

Great idea.

With that sort of power the time is reduced for this type of work.

I guess that the quality is very good too.

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Re: [Ql-Users] I must test, No traffic my way for 2 weeks

2008-10-03 Thread Bill Loguidice
We don't have a British Pound symbol (was the C-64 the last keyboard in the
US to have that?), but we certainly have a \. I can't imagine any other
major modern day differences.  We have the $ sign above the 4 key, so I
would assume that you have the British Pound symbol above the same, no?

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Not long ago I put my QPC2 on a stick and took it to the US where I used
several machines including one with Vista. It worked OK except that under
Vista it was painfully slow.

I seem to remember that the keyboards in the States were not the same as in
the UK. I think they lacked a backslash. Anyway I had to get round that,
possibly by redefining a key or two for the QL.

George
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Re: [Ql-Users] I must test, No traffic my way for 2 weeks

2008-10-03 Thread Bill Loguidice
We're talking about a modern keyboard, right, not a North American QL?  We
have all the slashes \/, otherwise we'd have a hard time getting on the
Internet... 


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On 3 Oct 2008, at 15:38, Bill Loguidice wrote:

 We don't have a British Pound symbol (was the C-64 the last keyboard 
 in the US to have that?), but we certainly have a \. I can't imagine 
 any other major modern day differences.  We have the $ sign above the 
 4 key, so I would assume that you have the British Pound symbol above 
 the same, no?

I wouldn't dare try for a British Pound in NY NY. It must have been the
other slash. One of / \.

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Re: [Ql-Users] Portable computers - experiences

2008-01-28 Thread Bill Loguidice
I was hesistant to do that too, but I've been using my Gateway Tablet PC as
my primary PC for the past few months now and haven't looked back.  When I
bought it about a year ago I pretty much maxed it out, so it's not like I'm
missing out on anything in regards to speed or features.  Plus, it allows me
to be anywhere in the house, which is important when you have a 3 and a 1
year old running about.  My main desktop has remained untouched in the
office in my basement for quite some time now.  The only thing I haven't
tried on the laptop as of yet is digital video production, but I have to do
that soon anyway, so we'll see (there's no reason why it won't work just
fine doing that).  I really don't see much of any reason to be on a desktop
for me anymore anyway, as I primarily game on consoles (most of what I enjoy
on a PC runs just fine on a non-gamer maxed system) and I can do all my
typical computer stuff just fine on my Tablet and then some (writing,
development, etc.). I have a networked all-in-one printer and wireless
everything, with everything else on plug-in-on-demand USB as well, so there
are no issues with needing to be tethered in one specific spot.


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Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Portable computers - experiences

Malcolm Cadman writes:

 Hi,
 
 What are users experiences with portable computers ?
 
 Specification ... reliability ... features, etc .

Depends what you want to use it for. Desktop replacement, just playing
about, or as a travelling companion.

I have a tiny 2 year old FujistuSiemens Lifebook P7100 with a 10.4 
screen. Its slow (1.2GHz, single core) and doesnt pack a lot of RAM (512Gb).
But I use it everywhere and for everything! Its great! Only problem is that
its physically rather fragile and non-waterproof!

Id be loathe to have a portable computer as my only computer. Come to think
of it, I wouldnt have any computer as my only one.

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[Ql-Users] Commercial QL Games

2007-10-15 Thread Bill Loguidice
Hey all.  Is there a master list somewhere of commercial QL games released?
Someone mentioned that the Magnetic Scrolls stuff was available for the QL,
which I never realized.  I have only a few entertainment applications and
they're not necessarily of the highest quality.


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Re: [Ql-Users] Commercial QL Games

2007-10-15 Thread Bill Loguidice
I'm aware of Rich's excellent site, thank you.  In fact, Rich was the one
who helped me source an NTSC Sinclair QL, which was much appreciated.  A
gentleman at my Website, Armchair Arcade, apparently found out the story
regarding the Pawn (not sure where he got the info from):


Basically Pawn was written first for QL, then the QL died a horrid death.
The quickest way to get the game on other machines was to write a 68k QL
emulator, which became the game driver for Magnetic Scrolls. The version
of Pawn or any other Mag Scrolls game (pre Wonderland) basically was a 68k
cpu emulator that ran QL compiled code on the pc/st/apple etc.


The first game released by Magnetic Scrolls was QL-Pawn, the originate
version 1.o of the later so popular The Pawn. QL-Pawn came on two
micro drives that were enclosed within a micro drive wallet that was badged
by Sinclair Research. A sleeve was also produced for the wallet along with
an instruction booklet containing a short narrative to introduce the
adventure. The game was text only, but it already had the powerful
parser which was one of the basics for the success of Magnetic Scrolls.
QL-Pawn also was the only Magnetic Scrolls game that was produced for
the ill fated QL.

All the ports of QL-Pawn, then called The Pawn had version numbers
2.0 or higher.

Released: 1985
Distributed by: Firebird / Rainbird
Story: Rob Steggles
Graphics: Geoff Quilley
Programming: ?
Packaging: There are two different packages known, which can
roughly be separated into small banner and large
banner cover. The small banner version seem to be the
early releases and are rarer than the large banner
packages.
Goodies authoring: A Tale of Kerovnia by Georgina Sinclair
Package contents: A tale of Kerovnia (there exist at least two versions
of this novella. The second issue states Version II
on the front page),
The Pawn Guide (platform dependent),
The Pawn Game play,
The Pawn poster,
Addendum,
Disc,
At least the early Atari ST versions contained
a STOP PRESS indicating a minor bug in the
online hint system (all ciphered answers must be
terminated with CO)
Platforms: Amiga, Apple2, Archimedes, Atari ST, Atari XL/XE,
Commodore 128/ 64, Macintosh, MS-Dos, Schneider CPC,
Sinclair QL, Spectrum 128K, Spectrum +3
Known versions: 1.0 (QL-Pawn)
2.0 (Atari ST)
2.2 (Amiga)
2.3 (Archimedes, Atari XL, C64, MS-DOS, Schneider CPC,
Spectrum 128k)
2.4 (Spectrum +3)
Version unknown: Macintosh

Addendum: The beautiful graphics were created with Neochrome
on Atari ST.

==

Major parts of the games were implemented with a tool called FRED. Mainly
Fred was a data entry tool which was used to store the descriptions of
objects, rooms and NPCs and describe the properties of each object (e.g.
weight, movable, burnable, container,...). Each object had a 14 byte
descriptor block. For The Pawn Fred 23 was used, the later games were
done with Fred 23junior, which were both developed by Hugh Steers. In
several games magazines (e.g. the german Happy Computer) FRED was
incorrectly denoted as a language.

* Eventually this game code was compiled into an intermediate code called
ELTHAM (Extra Low Tech Highly Ambiguous Methodology or alternativly
Extra Low Tech Highly Ambiguous Metacode).

* The ELTHAM code implemented a subset of the 68000 machine code. It was
executed natively on ST, Amiga, QL, Macintosh and emulated on the
other systems. The virtual machine used up to 64k. On 8 bit machines
they used virtual memory mechanisms. On the C64 non-active pages were
held on the floppy disc. Only read-only pages were swapped.


It's too bad there's no master list of commercial games.  I'd really like to
see/run something that actually pushes the original hardware (though mine is
expanded), but I doubt that that something exists. 

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Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 2:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Commercial QL Games

 Hey all.  Is there a master list somewhere of commercial QL games 
 released?
 Someone mentioned that the Magnetic Scrolls stuff was available for 
 the QL, which I never realized.  I have only a few entertainment 
 applications and they're not necessarily of the highest quality.
I think there was a program called The Pawn from them, which was released
way back in the early days of the QL (1985???).

It's not commercially available, but some of the traders (e.g. Rich Mellor
at RWAP Services) may be able to source a second user copy for you.

Rich does have a few commercial games for the QL, and there are plenty in PD
too. Trouble is, many are fairly old, and either need a little bit of
hacking to work on modern systems, or the other option is often to use an
unexpanded QL or QL with early ROM if you wan to play games. 
Try

Re: [Ql-Users] Commercial QL Games

2007-10-15 Thread Bill Loguidice
Boy, it's more anemic than I thought.  Thanks for the link, as I definitely
missed it. 


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Le 07-10-15 à 14:24, Bill Loguidice a écrit :

 It's too bad there's no master list of commercial games.  I'd really 
 like to see/run something that actually pushes the original hardware 
 (though mine is expanded), but I doubt that that something exists.


The best list is indeed at Rich site in the form of the QL Wiki.

http://rwapadventures.com/ql_wiki/index.php?title=Software

However it's been a while since someone added something to it. There is an
entry for the game QL-Pawn but it is empty. Hope someone will put the
information you just gave us.

François

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Re: [Ql-Users] QL on a stick

2007-10-12 Thread Bill Loguidice
Nice job.  That answered a lot of questions.  I'll definitely be ordering
one for here in the US to go along with my real QL setup. 


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Dilwyn Jones writes:


 The web page with information about QL On A Stick is now online:
 www.dilwyn.uk6.net/qos/index.html

Nice piece of work that, Dilwyn! A round of applause, please, gents and
ladies.

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Re: [Ql-Users] QL on a stick

2007-10-10 Thread Bill Loguidice
It's a great idea, though can everything be run directly or is some type of
installation required?  In other words, is it a true portable solution or do
some installs to the host Windows computer have to take place?  Regardless,
I'll be ordering one for the convenience, particularly with the transfer
utilities...


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Not yet, there will be on some information on my website later in the
week.

Basically, it's a CD containing 3 emulators for Windows (QLay2,
QemuLator shareware version and QPC2 demo version). It also contains a
few sample QL programs (Turbo, Go!, S_Edit editor, and a text file
viewer) plus a couple of Windows utilitities (WXQT2 PC-QL file
transfer and QStripper for converting Quill DOC files to
text/html/PDF/Docbook XML).

QLay2 comes complete with a couple of DOS/Windows programs to help
with file transfer between QL and PC as well.

The idea is that you copy the CD to a USB pen drive of your choice
(minimum free space needed on the pen drive is about 80MB, so a 128MB
or greater USB pen drive is recommended. Once that's done, you can
carry it around with you to plug into any PC with a USB port, so you
have a truly portable QL you can carry around with you on a keyring
if you wish!

The CD version is available from me for 5 pounds, including UK
postage, or add £1 for overseas postage. It will be available from
Darren Branagh at Q-Celt Computing in Ireland, although I don't know
if he intends to supply it on CD to keep costs down and allow people
to choose their own pen drive, or if he intends to try to find a cheap
source of drives to supply them completely ready to go.

The QL On A Stick CD was formally launched at the Quanta workshop in
Birmingham last saturday and quite well received - I issued several
copies at the show and review copies are with QL Today, although I
don't know if Quanta actually got their review copy in the end, it got
a bit hectic at one stage! (John Gilpin - if reading this can you let
me know if you got a copy for review on saturday).

Hope that helps for now, until I get the info files in place on my
website.

-- 
Dilwyn Jones


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 Is there more information somewhere about the QL-on-a-stick?


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 Who needs a spring when you have gravity?

 Please send me some (in green please) Norman!

 Thus, Malcolm wrote...

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Re: [Ql-Users] Punters

2007-10-09 Thread Bill Loguidice
Is there more information somewhere about the QL-on-a-stick? 


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Norman wrote...

 Who needs a spring when you have gravity?

Please send me some (in green please) Norman!

Thus, Malcolm wrote...

   I guess it also helps to be slightly mad ... :-)

John in Wales (not raining)
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Re: [Ql-Users] This is worth a look and laugh

2007-09-10 Thread Bill Loguidice
Just imagine what it'd be worth if it were tested! 


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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200072376872

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