Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-15 Thread Rich Mellor
On 13/04/2012 16:10, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 13/04/12 16:06, Rich Mellor wrote: You are correct - the full error is: Cannot open flp1_libguide_dbs as a database. -15 Press ENTER ... The database starts with DBAS As I say, the program runs fine under Minerva and I have opened it and resaved

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-15 Thread gdgqler
On 15 Apr 2012, at 08:59, Rich Mellor wrote: On 13/04/2012 16:10, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 13/04/12 16:06, Rich Mellor wrote: You are correct - the full error is: Cannot open flp1_libguide_dbs as a database. -15 Press ENTER ... The database starts with DBAS As I say, the program runs

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-15 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:59:18 +0200 schreef Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk: On 13/04/2012 16:10, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 13/04/12 16:06, Rich Mellor wrote: You are correct - the full error is: Cannot open flp1_libguide_dbs as a database. -15 Press ENTER ... The database starts with DBAS

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-15 Thread Rich Mellor
On 15/04/2012 11:12, Bob Spelten wrote: Op Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:59:18 +0200 schreef Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk: On 13/04/2012 16:10, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 13/04/12 16:06, Rich Mellor wrote: You are correct - the full error is: Cannot open flp1_libguide_dbs as a database. -15 Press

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-15 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Have you tried a more recent version of DATA_BIN? The supplied one is so old there is no version number, now 2.13 (21/2/98). Bob I don't have a more recent version of DATA_BIN - could you maybe email me one - if it works, I will send it onto Quanta and ask that they replace the

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-15 Thread Rich Mellor
On 15/04/2012 12:27, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Have you tried a more recent version of DATA_BIN? The supplied one is so old there is no version number, now 2.13 (21/2/98). Bob I don't have a more recent version of DATA_BIN - could you maybe email me one - if it works, I will send it onto Quanta and

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-14 Thread Jochen Merz
Marcel Kilgus schrieb: Norman Dunbar wrote: Mind you, it shows how well Marcel has done with QPC when it just works and just works in a manner that makes me think it's still QDOS. Ditto for SMSQ/e of course! Actually I hope it works much better than QDOS ;) The SBASIC command line history in

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-14 Thread George Gwilt
On 14 Apr 2012, at 07:26, Jochen Merz wrote: Marcel Kilgus schrieb: Norman Dunbar wrote: Mind you, it shows how well Marcel has done with QPC when it just works and just works in a manner that makes me think it's still QDOS. Ditto for SMSQ/e of course! Actually I hope it works much

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:13:03 +0200 schreef Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk: On 12/04/2012 14:44, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc4Xoz75yHI please help surely someone can convert a microdrive into a compact flash and sd memory read/write does she still need

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 13/04/12 13:44, Bob Spelten wrote: Are you shure you have the DBAS extension loaded? The flp's boot file should do that automagically, if I remember correctly. (I checked, yes it does!) Is it Q-emulator or Norman's Libguide_exe? If so you can try SuQcess (plug) to see if the dbs is valid.

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Rich Mellor
On 13/04/2012 15:43, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 13/04/12 13:44, Bob Spelten wrote: Are you shure you have the DBAS extension loaded? The flp's boot file should do that automagically, if I remember correctly. (I checked, yes it does!) Is it Q-emulator or Norman's Libguide_exe? If so you can try

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Norman Dunbar
By the way, I can't get the Quanta library guide to work on Q-emulator for some reason (cannot open flp1_libguide_dbs error -15 when it tries to open the database...) The error message you should see is as follows: Cannot open file_name for READ access. Press ENTER ... - which means that

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 13/04/12 16:01, Rich Mellor wrote: I have just checked - it works on Q-emulator with Minerva, but not with a JS ROM for some reason Hmmm. I developed it on a JS ROM, all those years ago! I've just checked in QPC, VER$ says HBA - so not a JS ROM here then. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Rich Mellor
On 13/04/2012 16:02, Norman Dunbar wrote: By the way, I can't get the Quanta library guide to work on Q-emulator for some reason (cannot open flp1_libguide_dbs error -15 when it tries to open the database...) The error message you should see is as follows: Cannot open file_name for READ

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Rich Mellor
On 13/04/2012 16:03, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 13/04/12 16:01, Rich Mellor wrote: I have just checked - it works on Q-emulator with Minerva, but not with a JS ROM for some reason Hmmm. I developed it on a JS ROM, all those years ago! I've just checked in QPC, VER$ says HBA - so not a JS ROM

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 13/04/12 16:06, Rich Mellor wrote: You are correct - the full error is: Cannot open flp1_libguide_dbs as a database. -15 Press ENTER ... The database starts with DBAS As I say, the program runs fine under Minerva and I have opened it and resaved it. It still will not open under a JS ROM

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 13/04/12 16:08, Rich Mellor wrote: Hee hee - QPC does not run QDOS - only SMSQ/e I hate it when that happens! Thanks for being gentle with me! Mind you, it shows how well Marcel has done with QPC when it just works and just works in a manner that makes me think it's still QDOS. Ditto

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Rich Mellor
On 13/04/2012 16:10, Norman Dunbar wrote: On 13/04/12 16:06, Rich Mellor wrote: You are correct - the full error is: Cannot open flp1_libguide_dbs as a database. -15 Press ENTER ... The database starts with DBAS As I say, the program runs fine under Minerva and I have opened it and resaved

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I have tried a few different configurations.. It works on MG ROM, and even Tyche ROM and a TB ROM (not sure what that one is). But not AH, JM, or JS ROMs. -- Rich Mellor For what it's worth, I get exactly the same results on Qemulator v 3.1.2 with the JS ROM image, and likewise it works OK

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Ade Vickers
Rich Mellor wrote: I did speak to Peter Graf about this a couple of years ago - and he said that [an SD card microdrive cart] would just be too expensive a solution, even if it were feasible. I can see why that would be - there'd be some complex high precision engineering required, and

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-13 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Norman Dunbar wrote: Mind you, it shows how well Marcel has done with QPC when it just works and just works in a manner that makes me think it's still QDOS. Ditto for SMSQ/e of course! Actually I hope it works much better than QDOS ;) The SBASIC command line history in SMSQ/E is something I'm

[Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-12 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc4Xoz75yHI please help surely someone can convert a microdrive into a compact flash and sd memory read/write does she still need the 6808with 8bit bus - this video was 8bit ide for 8bit z80 machine was there no software that used the network? didnt

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-12 Thread Norman Dunbar
Can anyone come up with a suitable reply to this enquiry? Not sure where to start (apart from mentioning the QL-SD card project). I'm not being rude, but I didn't even understand the query! I tried the YouTube link too, the comments under the video are just as cryptic. Maybe I'm too old for

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-12 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Norman Dunbar wrote: Can anyone come up with a suitable reply to this enquiry? Not sure where to start (apart from mentioning the QL-SD card project). I'm not being rude, but I didn't even understand the query! I tried the YouTube link too, the comments under the video are just as cryptic.

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-12 Thread Rich Mellor
On 12/04/2012 16:01, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Norman Dunbar wrote: Can anyone come up with a suitable reply to this enquiry? Not sure where to start (apart from mentioning the QL-SD card project). I'm not being rude, but I didn't even understand the query! I tried the YouTube link too, the

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: query

2012-04-12 Thread Rich Mellor
On 12/04/2012 14:44, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc4Xoz75yHI please help surely someone can convert a microdrive into a compact flash and sd memory read/write does she still need the 6808with 8bit bus - this video was 8bit ide for 8bit z80 machine was there no