Norman Dunbar wrote, on 22/Mar/13 09:17 | Mar22:
On 21/03/13 23:51, Tony Firshman wrote:
... but grammar is the foundation of language *and* understanding.
Let grammar slip and meaning becomes less clear, or even entirely
different!
Punctuation and spaces too are important:
The pen
George Gwilt wrote, on 21/Mar/13 11:05 | Mar21:
On 20 Mar 2013, at 21:06, Tony Firshman wrote:
Thankyou to everybody for correcting my grammer, I am now considered told
off.
so I had better not tell you of for your spelling of 'grammar'
then (8-)#
A long time ago I used to pause
QL-MyLink (f/fh) wrote, on 21/Mar/13 21:19 | Mar21:
George wrote -
A long time ago I used to pause while reading articles when I found
faulty
grammar.
'The Times' is in current QL-List mode. But it's especially concerned
with the
disposition and future safety of CHAR(39)! (16-03-13 etc.)
He
Timothy Swenson wrote, on 19/Mar/13 23:42 | Mar19:
On 3/19/2013 4:13 PM, nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk wrote:
It is produced using the Scribus publishing package which is available
for free,form Linux, Windows and Mac (as far as I know).
I've been a user of Scribus for about 6 years. I did an
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 20/Mar/13 10:45 | Mar20:
Morning Tony,
On 20/03/13 08:26, Tony Firshman wrote:
Am I missing something here?
Probably not.
Any software under any system, be it Windows, Linux or Mac, can print to
pdf.
True these days. However, would you want to set up a magazine
Bob Spelten wrote, on 20/Mar/13 10:58 | Mar20:
Op Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:26:31 +0100 schreef Tony Firshman
t...@firshman.co.uk:
Timothy Swenson wrote, on 19/Mar/13 23:42 | Mar19:
On 3/19/2013 4:13 PM, nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk wrote:
It is produced using the Scribus publishing package which
WILLIAM WAUGH wrote, on 20/Mar/13 11:34 | Mar20:
snip
Well if everyone bought as many newspapers as I do the problem would no longer
exist
but then who would tell taxi drivers what to think (apologies to any free
thinking taxi drivers).
How did PDF become so popular anyway, I find it a
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 20/Mar/13 12:31 | Mar20:
Hi Geoff,
On 20/03/13 12:26, Geoff Wicks wrote:
Why do we have to think in terms of a magazine?
Good point. Maybe because we are discussing a replacement for a magazine
perhaps?
What's wrong with a (simple) rolling website?
I cannot read a
WILLIAM WAUGH wrote, on 20/Mar/13 13:46 | Mar20:
Bill/
BTW you need to set your mailer to use quote characters. Without them the
email you were replying to (snipped) looks part of what you were saying.
Apologies to all firstly for duplicate posting and also for this top posting
reply ( I'm
Dave Park wrote, on 20/Mar/13 17:02 | Mar20:
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Geoff Wicks gtwi...@btinternet.comwrote:
So let's move on to another problem that everyone has dodged so far.
Where are the writers going to come from?
One of the reasons QL Today is closing down is that we did
George Gwilt wrote, on 20/Mar/13 18:07 | Mar20:
On 20 Mar 2013, at 18:00, Tony Firshman wrote:
Ian Burkinshaw wrote, on 27/Mar/13 17:46 | Mar27:
Sad though this is, I have to say it seems me inevitable this was going
to happen sooner or later. The constant increase in postal rates is self
John Taylor wrote, on 20/Mar/13 21:27 | Mar20:
John/
On 20 Mar 2013, at 21:06, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote:
On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, Ian Burkinshaw wrote:
Thankyou to everybody for correcting my grammer, I am now considered told
off.
so I had better not tell you
Ian Burkinshaw wrote, on 27/Mar/13 17:46 | Mar27:
I have just noticed you are in the future!
You need to give your computer clock a kick.
Tony
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Tony Firshman wrote, on 21/Mar/13 00:11 | Mar21:
Ian Burkinshaw wrote, on 27/Mar/13 17:46 | Mar27:
I have just noticed you are in the future!
You need to give your computer clock a kick.
. or if you are really in next week, please tell me Saturday's
lottery numbers (privately!).
Tony
Tobias Fröschle wrote, on 16/Mar/13 19:15 | Mar16:
Am 16.03.2013 um 17:16 schrieb Dave Park:
Hi all,
It's been mentioned that vanilla QDOS/Minerva doesn't run happily on
68EC020 due to CPU differences. The GC/SGC copies and patches the OS to
work with the EC020 CPU, and to relocate certain
Dave Park wrote, on 12/Mar/13 19:36 | Mar12:
I have assembled the remaining stock of TF Services' MPlane. These are a
great upgrade if you're using a less reliable backplane.
Mplane is a low profile backplane to allow three QL expansions and the
original motherboard or Aurora to be fitted in
Ralf Reköndt wrote, on 12/Mar/13 20:01 | Mar12:
Well, I once built a QL board in a case with a simple expansion PCB for
connecting an SQB, a QFlash EPROM board and a QEP III programmer outside
to a separate connector. No separate power supply and no capacitors and
all worked well the whole time.
Dave Park wrote, on 12/Mar/13 20:11 | Mar12:
Some people have really great, nicely tuned, quiet QLs that will be running
'til the power goes. Some people don't. :)
I can attest from my own experimenting to find out why my QL+QPlane kept
crashing, some of the lines were noisy and the power
On Saturday, March 9, 2013, Francois Lanciault wrote:
A stupid idea just came up to me.
Knowing that it is difficult for various reasons to make a 680X0 board as
fast or faster than the GoldCard, would it be possible to... make an
accelerator board for the GoldCard itself ? (Or SGC for that
On Sunday, March 10, 2013, Dave Park wrote:
The Gold Card and Super Gold Card are quite different in this respect.
The custom logic on the GC and SCG that I have are both Altera chips that
max out at 50MHz, which gives a top CPU speed of 25 MHz. However, the SGC
clocks the CPU at 24MHz,
On Sunday, March 10, 2013, Dave Park wrote:
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Tony Firshman
t...@firshman.co.ukjavascript:;
wrote:
On Sunday, March 10, 2013, Dave Park wrote:
The Gold Card and Super Gold Card are quite different in this respect.
The custom logic on the GC and SCG
François Van Emelen wrote, on 26/Feb/13 17:19 | Feb26:
Op 26/02/2013 17:45, François Van Emelen schreef:
Op 23/02/2013 20:45, Wolfgang Lenerz schreef:
Hi all,
v. 1.10 is on the website. Please upgrade, v. 1.08 1.09 could under
some circumstances screw up the free space list of a qxl.win
Bryan Horstmann wrote, on 4/Feb/13 10:29 | Feb4:
Hello all,
Printing from XCHANGE
My printer has parallel interface.
For QL, a ser/parallel convertor is fine.
PC XCHANGE in DOSBOX on W2000 laptop with parallel O/P printed ok.
Current VISTA laptop USB only. USB/parallel convertor works fine
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 31/Jan/13 14:47 | Jan31:
On 31/01/13 14:39, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Stumbled across something seemingly useful for 68K assembler
developers, not sure if it’s been mentioned before but here goes.
It’s something called Easy68K, an editor, assembler and simulator for
the 68000
John wrote, on 29/Jan/13 10:05 | Jan29:
On 28/01/13 21:33:39, paul wrote:
But (Murphy's Law) after a bit of reflecting on what I saw inside
this old QL has me questioning that memory. I Do recall reading
that most PM version QL's had the 'dongle' to get the ROM code
past the 32K memory range.
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 15:19 | Jan28:
Dyliwin/
Woflgang
Oops I've been typing Wolfgang in error for years it would
appear... ;-)
Dilwyn Jones
You're 'speaking' as someone half the world thinks is Dylwin.
He he, that's certainly the most common (of many) miss-spelinnggs of my
name
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 15:52 | Jan28:
snip
Dulooin
Now that is getting silly (8-)#
Of course, that was the point.
I know, I know, hence my smiley.
English almost makes it a valid spelling
(remember the ghoti=fish from a well known author?).
Apparently not. It is supposed to
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:18 | Jan28:
On 28/01/13 15:52, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
He firmly subscribes to the notion that Guinness doesn't travel well
outside of Ireland. Like most Irishmen, he would say Guinness can only
be at its best in Ireland and event hen only if properly poured
George Gwilt wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:27 | Jan28:
On 28 Jan 2013, at 16:21, Tony Firshman wrote:
I had a single malt from Islay on New Year's Eve and it tasted like tarmac (8-)#
I find it better from a glass than from the road. Was it Ardbeg?
I can't remember - too much wine before (8-)#
I
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:29 | Jan28:
Of course, we Jocks are prone to adding them in as well, how about
There's been a mude! ;-)
Cheers,
Norm.
You've been watching too much Taggarrrt on TV!
(8-)#
That is *exactly* who/what I was thinking of well before I got to the
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:32 | Jan28:
I tried Guinness once. That was enough. My opinion is that Guinness
shouldn't be allowed to travel outside Ireland - or the brewery for that
matter.
I suspect that might just provoke Darren to appear!
In addition, it is best enjoyed by simply
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Jan/13 16:27 | Jan28:
snip
Must be hard for a non-Welsh speaker (although IIRC you have a Welsh
parent?)
Mum. She learned English only at primary school.
I know very very little as Welsh was not spoken to us at home at all.
Language dies in one generation so easily.
Marcel Kilgus wrote, on 27/Jan/13 18:05 | Jan27:
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
Well, drawing to the screen is heavy on the resources, ESPECIALLY when
one is in QL compatible mode. Basically, I redraw the ENTIRE screen once
for every pixel changed (or every 2 or 4 fixels in QL mode).
If anyone could
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 23/Jan/13 16:01 | Jan23:
Not on my system it doesn't in a dos box!!! That's exactly what I typed
in. It gives the error I mentioned earlier. Must be some setup option or
paths option which affects this.
The view in Control Panel varies between Windows versions, obviously.
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 23/Jan/13 16:33 | Jan23:
Dilwyn/
That may be because your java is old (or non-existent!).
Java 7 Update 10.
Maybe a reinstall is in order...
Check where your java.exe is and that it is ith the system PATH.
Mine is in C:\Windows\system32\
PATH
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 23/Jan/13 17:42 | Jan23:
That may be because your java is old (or non-existent!).
Java 7 Update 10.
Maybe a reinstall is in order...
Check where your java.exe is and that it is ith the system PATH.
Mine is in C:\Windows\system32\
PATH
Timothy Swenson wrote, on 22/Jan/13 03:08 | Jan22:
snip
Another option is for the user to try the DOS version using DOSBOX on
Linux. DOSBOX is great for running old DOS software. I've run stuff
that was created in 1986 and it ran fine.
I too use it for my 16 bit Arcplus business software
Thanks for all the kind words about Bill.
I am going to pass them on to his son and daughter on Monday.
Any more received by midday on Monday will be passed on to them in person.
thanks,
Tony
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I expect most of us will know or have had dealings with Bill Richardson
and EEC.
He has just died well into his 90s.
His funeral is at 15:15 on January 21st at Amersham crematorium. All
are welcome to come. Driving west out of Amersham on the A413 take the
A404 to High Wycombe (straight on
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote, on 15/Jan/13 19:06 | Jan15:
Tony Firshman wrote:
I expect most of us will know or have had dealings with Bill Richardson
and
EEC.
He has just died well into his 90s.
Very bad news, how sad! My deepest condolences.
I've met Bill a couple of times at QL-Shows
Tobias Fröschle wrote, on 8/Jan/13 19:34 | Jan8:
Tobias/
Amazon EU is currently selling the Mororola Atrix docking station (originally
intended to extend one of their smartphones onto a netbook and priced at rather
steep 299€) at ~70€. This is a perfect extension for the Raspberry pi as it
Dave Walker wrote, on 9/Jan/13 12:05 | Jan9:
Dave/
Regarding the USB, then yes the newer Pi's can back-power through their
standard USB ports.
If you have an older Pi with polyfuses on the USB ports, then the easiest thing
to do is the 'PiPass' mod which connects the +ve and Ground
wires of
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 11/Jan/13 16:51 | Jan11:
Hi Tony,
On 11/01/13 16:49, Tony Firshman wrote:
Do you have a link to the mod? Googling fails, although there are
*plenty* of references to it. It will save me back-engineering the
connector pins.
I'm not sure about the PiPass mod of which
Tobias Fröschle wrote, on 8/Jan/13 19:34 | Jan8:
Tobias/
Amazon EU is currently selling the Mororola Atrix docking station (originally
intended to extend one of their smartphones onto a netbook and priced at rather
steep 299€) at ~70€. This is a perfect extension for the Raspberry pi as it
Tobias Fröschle wrote, on 8/Jan/13 19:34 | Jan8:
all,
Amazon EU is currently selling the Mororola Atrix docking station (originally
intended to extend one of their smartphones onto a netbook and priced at rather
steep 299€) at ~70€. This is a perfect extension for the Raspberry pi as it
also
Computer Research Centrum, Ltd wrote, on 10/Dec/12 08:05 | Dec10:
I was looking at the Python 3.3.0 sourceswith a view to porting to the
QL with C68.
Will be porting of Perl instead Python easier and more appropriate for a QL
limited in its resources (speed, memory, ...)?
Perl was running
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 9/Dec/12 16:11 | Dec9:
On 09/12/12 15:43, Tony Firshman wrote:
Bryan Horstmann wrote, on 9/Dec/12 11:41 | Dec9:
Is Python procedure/function based like SBASIC?
if anyone is interested, and/or if it's deemed applicable fro QL Today,
I'd be willing to do a small Python
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote, on 24/Nov/12 07:38 | Nov24:
Hi all,
this is just to let you know that the SMSQE licence will be changed.
From the SMSQE licence, we will move towards a (new) BSD style licence,
which essentially means that anyone can do with the source code anything
he likes, and also
On 23 Nov 2012, at 06:13, Francois Lanciault francoislancia...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Hi group, here is a short story for you this morning:
My trusty QL is controlling a test setup built to qualify a new component for
space use as we speak.
To make the story short, I work for a company
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote, on 23/Nov/12 09:17 | Nov23:
On 23/11/2012 07:13, Francois Lanciault wrote:
. But it did work. I closed the door and set the temperature to -50degC.
Hi,
was the QL in the chamber, too, or outside and just connected through a
serial lead?
Yes that was a mite
Bryan Horstmann wrote, on 19/Oct/12 09:32 | Oct19:
Bryan/
Is there an easy/in-expensive way to use the QL keyboard, which I find
quite OK, on a R-pi?
Interesting to know though if anyone can come up with a method.
The starting point I guess is an I/O device to convert the QL row/column
into
George Gwilt wrote, on 19/Oct/12 17:10 | Oct19:
Geirge (sic)/
On 19 Oct 2012, at 12:48, Geoff Wicks wrote:
The Quanta site has been down for at least 2 days. Has Quanta closed down?
Regards
Duncan
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Tony Firshman wrote, on 19/Oct/12 17:22 | Oct19:
George Gwilt wrote, on 19/Oct/12 17:10 | Oct19:
Geirge (sic)/
On 19 Oct 2012, at 12:48, Geoff Wicks wrote:
The Quanta site has been down for at least 2 days. Has Quanta closed
down?
Regards
Duncan
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 19/Oct/12 17:29 | Oct19:
Geraldine Muchova, a Scot who loved through the communist Czech
darkness and emerged with her integrity intact, has died at the great
age of 95.
It would be nice to imagine it wasn't a misprint.
I gather, perhaps, that the communists didn't
matras...@aol.com wrote, on 18/Oct/12 20:10 | Oct18:
The Quanta site has been down for at least 2 days. Has Quanta closed down?
Regards
Duncan
The domain is still valid:
Domain name:
quanta.org.uk
Registrant:
Mr John Gilpin for QUANTA
Registrant
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 17/Oct/12 09:47 | Oct17:
Norman/
You need a good ringlight magnifier and 1mm soldering iron.
That set-up, even with my old eyes, allowed soldering of the .5mm pitch
pins on Romdisq.
Well, I have a helping hands with a decent magnifying glass that I
used and a
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 8/Oct/12 14:40 | Oct8:
On 29/09/12 18:42, QL-MyLink (f/fh) wrote:
(Not to mention the Distant Dunbar Duchy.)
Duchy? Kingdom, surely? ;-)
Just checked by up to 60 Virgin speed - I'm getting 57-58 at the
moment. Which is fine for allowing me to work from my own office,
Dave Walker wrote, on 27/Sep/12 07:50 | Sep27:
-Original Message-
From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-
boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of QL-MyLink (f/fh)
Sent: 26 September 2012 16:59
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: [Ql-Users] ADSL speed up
Greetings!
I live
Bryan Horstmann wrote, on 27/Sep/12 08:46 | Sep27:
Hello John,
We have Virgin (ex Nynex) in the street and my neighbour is on it. The
essential difference is that the copper to the house is broadband
co-axial, not ordinary twisted pair, as it was set up for cable TV. The
Government trumpeted
Quanta Webmaster wrote, on 27/Sep/12 22:30 | Sep27:
Hi All (my apologies if this mail has been sent twice but I seem to have
difficulties sending from my main account)
This year I took over as the web master, but I had been working alongside
the previous web master as the web admin for some
Francois Lanciault wrote, on 25/Sep/12 04:03 | Sep25:
Hi Thorsten,
I had the idea for this project after designing a gimbal for an antenna on a
satellite at work. I had to work with 3D transformation matrices for the beam
pointing, especially rotation matrices. Having this renewed knowledge
cheaply than I run mine. The host is Tony Firshman and I understand the
owner of the site gets a good service from him.
You missed out a line I think.
You are talking I am sure about Dilwyn's site.
I currently charge £18 per year plus VAT.
Last year Quanta spent £346 on its website, which
Bob Spelten wrote, on 19/Sep/12 11:25 | Sep19:
Bob/
Op Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:56:29 +0200 schreef Jochen Merz jm...@j-m-s.com:
Dear Readers,
just wanted to let you know that issue 1 of volume 17 of QL Today
has been picked up from the printer.
52 pages this time!! :-)
It also reached
Bob Spelten wrote, on 19/Sep/12 13:35 | Sep19:
--- Doorgestuurd bericht ---
Van: Bob Spelten b...@upcmail.nl
Aan: Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk
Cc:
Onderwerp: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Volume 17 starts
Datum: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:25:55 +0200
Op Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:31:44 +0200 schreef
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 7/Sep/12 16:10 | Sep7:
Hi Bryan,
On 07/09/12 15:32, Bryan Horstmann wrote:
It would be nice to demonstrate a set-up
which just brought up QL quickly on switching on, as the QL did,
providing programming straight away, or the Xchange suite if needed. No
need for it to
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 23/Aug/12 18:37 | Aug23:
On 23/08/12 16:26, Tony Firshman wrote:
I find mine *does* need an external power supply when running some
keyboards.
Yes, the two USB ports are poly-fused to 100mA each. Some keyboards
and/or mice draw more so the fuses kick in and increase
Tony Firshman wrote, on 26/Aug/12 12:12 | Aug26:
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 23/Aug/12 18:37 | Aug23:
On 23/08/12 16:26, Tony Firshman wrote:
I find mine *does* need an external power supply when running some
keyboards.
Yes, the two USB ports are poly-fused to 100mA each. Some keyboards
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Norman Dunbar wrote, on 23/Aug/12 15:37 | Aug23:
Hi Tobias,
On 23/08/12 15:22, tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote:
Hi,
another aspect of computing in the early eighties - not related to
heat (even if it had some potential to heat up the atmosphere) - were
the competing interests for the
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 23/Aug/12 18:37 | Aug23:
On 23/08/12 16:26, Tony Firshman wrote:
I find mine *does* need an external power supply when running some
keyboards.
Yes, the two USB ports are poly-fused to 100mA each. Some keyboards
and/or mice draw more so the fuses kick in and increase
arnold.cla...@talk21.com wrote, on 14/Aug/12 18:24 | Aug14:
From: Computer Research Centrum, Ltd computer.resea...@centrum.cz
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Sent: Friday, 10 August 2012, 19:22
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] qpc2/linux
Norman thanks for the info but I
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 12/Aug/12 16:19 | Aug12:
Arnold,
I have got as far installing wine, but the bit
about agreeing with the Micrsoft conditions I click on 'ok' and nothing
happens.
What you have to do is use the down arrow to get to the bottom of the
agreement. Then
Computer Research Centrum, Ltd wrote, on 10/Aug/12 19:22 | Aug10:
Noman thanks for the info but I do not know how toget the command line:sorry.
Just find and run the Terminal application.
http://technical-itch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/ubuntu-terminal.png
Wow - really the *whole* point
John Alexander wrote, on 4/Jul/12 09:17 | Jul4:
Dave Walker wrote (sometime!):
ssh not working
What distribution are you running - ssh is not enabled by defau7lt on all of
them even though the software is installed in the image!
The recommended distribution is Debian. If it is the Debian
Stephen Usher wrote, on 3/Jul/12 12:48 | Jul3:
On 24/06/2012 16:17, Tony Firshman wrote:
The Pi powers off a USB socket and outputs video via an HDMI socket.
Both these should be on modern LCD TVs.
That is why they did it this way I am sure.
Tony, actually, the power supply port was designed
Marcel Kilgus wrote, on 25/Jun/12 13:38 | Jun25:
John Gilpin wrote:
Thanks for checking on me, well the message is from me and not a hoax.
That is about as likely as me winning the lottery... and I never buy
tickets. Whoever you are, you truly have no shame.
Indeed.
Looking at the message
.
Tony
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George Gwilt wrote, on 25/Jun/12 14:59 | Jun25:
On 25 Jun 2012, at 14:54, Tony Firshman wrote:
The moral here is secure passwords, and change regularly.
Secure ones are like Ge4?pP9a .
Hmm! Looks a bit like my grandfather's name.
(8-)#
Mine was F0r5hm8n .
... and that is a common
Dave Park wrote, on 25/Jun/12 16:38 | Jun25:
I replied with I'd be glad to arrange help. Please continue the
sequence AH, JM, __, __.
I figure a !one_of_us would be lost at that.
Good one. I am not sure even I can do that from memory.
JS and MG?
Tony
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Dave Park wrote, on 25/Jun/12 19:00 | Jun25:
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote:
Dave Park wrote, on 25/Jun/12 16:38 | Jun25:
I replied with I'd be glad to arrange help. Please continue the
sequence AH, JM, __, __.
I figure a !one_of_us would be lost
Tony Firshman wrote, on 23/Jun/12 10:43 | Jun23:
and mine has arrived.
snip
The best working solution is a monitor with USB and HDMI sockets.
snip
A few people have been puzzled by this statement.
The Pi powers off a USB socket and outputs video via an HDMI socket.
Both
and mine has arrived.
Two problems - no spare SD card and no suitable monitor (8-)#
I am told capacitor C6 (by the power socket) can break off - I will
secure mine with carpenter's hot glue.
The best working solution is a monitor with USB and HDMI sockets.
I wonder if UQLX is going to
Ade Vickers wrote, on 20/Jun/12 09:45 | Jun20:
pjwitte wrote:
Like reading my bloomin obituary ;)
No, Im alive and QLing, though not actively developing stuff
(for the time being). Knoware is down as I dont have a host.
Tested hosting it on an old laptop via DynDNS, but could get
it to
Ade Vickers wrote, on 20/Jun/12 09:45 | Jun20:
pjwitte wrote:
Like reading my bloomin obituary ;)
No, Im alive and QLing, though not actively developing stuff
(for the time being). Knoware is down as I dont have a host.
Tested hosting it on an old laptop via DynDNS, but could get
it to
Lee Privett wrote, on 19/Jun/12 17:56 | Jun19:
This isn't the guy I suppose?
http://soundcloud.com/per-witte
No.
The QL Per has a pony tail, and is never to be seen without a small cigar!
He is on this page:
http://dilwynjones.topcities.com/qlers/qlers.html
... but without cigar!
Tony
Tony Firshman wrote, on 19/Jun/12 18:10 | Jun19:
Lee Privett wrote, on 19/Jun/12 17:56 | Jun19:
This isn't the guy I suppose?
http://soundcloud.com/per-witte
No.
The QL Per has a pony tail, and is never to be seen without a small cigar!
He is on this page:
http://dilwynjones.topcities.com
Rich Mellor wrote, on 13/Jun/12 10:38 | Jun13:
On 13/06/2012 10:21, thorsten herbert wrote:
Seems to be too late now, but this really sounds like a perfect case
for Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/
It's a crowd-funding site, people can say hey, I have this cool
project and if 100
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John Alexander wrote, on 1/Jun/12 11:42 | Jun1:
The problem with just the Domain name thing is that you then need to support
the server
so :
a) you need a server
b) need to power maintain and maintain security on etc etc
c) need to host it if that's what you are doing
d or home host which
Bryan Horstmann wrote, on 30/May/12 13:27 | May30:
On 30/05/2012 12:07, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I was going to put mine down then it asked for a confirmation
email...Nice try i
wonder what they send you after you have clicked
In my case, absolutely nothing
Neil
Some do, some don't. Most
Martin Wheatley wrote, on 24/May/12 12:59 | May24:
On 24/05/2012 12:37, John Southern wrote:
Hi John - nice to hear you are still about. Takes me back to one evening
in the top room of a pub near Tony's
You and I and Colin Murphy were over in one corner meeting for the first
time and the
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 13/May/12 13:29 | May13:
Morning (!) Tony,
It is Norman's time that is worng (from the header):
Norman: 01:30 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
Dilwyn: 01:54 PDT
Maybe, Norman, you are on SST (Scottish Summer Time) (8-)#
Scottish summer time? That's when it rains then! No,
On 12 May 2012, at 01:05, John Alexander acontractor...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I had hundreds of memory boards from some mainframe and stripped off kilos
of chips.
Back in the day of 41256 RAM chips almost every one had a set of pulls from
myself.
Kept me in University ...Cheers guys
Added manually: Norman Dunbar wrote on 12/May/12 10:30:
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 12/May/12 09:49 | May12:
Dilwyn's reply was 9:49 of course, and Norman sent at 10:30,
confused by Dilwyn's mailer not having an attribution!
It is Norman's time that is worng (from the header):
Norman: 01:30
I see from the current issue of Quanta that a joky quote of the show
referring to Lee's removal of components from pcbs using a blow torch.
This is not a joke. I too used a purpose built 2kw hot air gun to
selectively remove components from QL pcbs. This I suspect is similar
to the 'blow
George logo.
Bryan H
Well, it seems to be on google.com.
Not when loaded in NH, USA.
We are getting the normal logo.
Tony
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On 19 Apr 2012, at 06:00, Bryan Horstmann b...@newlan.org wrote:
I've had a look at Python too, Malcolm, and found Python Languages Syntax
Cheat Sheet. Under basic arithmetic it says i=a%b e.g. 11%3 2 I
cannot make sense of that. I'll just hope that we can get an emulator and
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