Re: [Ql-Users] Interesting uses for QL parts

2012-01-09 Thread Arnould
I have said this before but Laurence Reeves was a master of this sort of programming. His QL Forth was under 4k of machine code I think. Tony Why was? Arnould ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Interesting uses for QL parts

2012-01-09 Thread Tony Firshman
On Jan 9, at 15:27 | Jan9, Arnould wrote: I have said this before but Laurence Reeves was a master of this sort of programming. His QL Forth was under 4k of machine code I think. Tony Why was? (8-)# Slip of the brain. In today's bloated environment there seems little

[Ql-Users] Interesting uses for QL parts

2012-01-06 Thread Tony Firshman
I have used QL parts for numerous repairs in the past. One that springs to mind is a dead central heating timer in the 90s. A microdrive power transistor was *perfect* to replace a similar dead one in the timer. The heat sinks were used on the replacement power amps for an 80s Copeman-Hart

Re: [Ql-Users] Interesting uses for QL parts

2012-01-06 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Tony Firshman wrote: Anyway Ben (my son) gave me one for Christmas. A great moment and an amazing gift. The magnetic card reader roller was mush as an American enthusiast told me it would be. I reamed out the centre of a QL microdrive roller and it is *perfect*. Great story! But what

Re: [Ql-Users] Interesting uses for QL parts

2012-01-06 Thread Tony Firshman
On Jan 6, at 14:06 | Jan6, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Tony Firshman wrote: Anyway Ben (my son) gave me one for Christmas. A great moment and an amazing gift. The magnetic card reader roller was mush as an American enthusiast told me it would be. I reamed out the centre of a QL microdrive