Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

[Daniel Baum via Ql-Users]

Wow, I took that site down about 10 years ago... I didn't remember there
was so much on it.

It makes interesting reading after all this time.

Tks,

Daniel

On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 11:54 PM, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:

> Daniel Baum via Ql-Users wrote:
> >> I remember your name and that you reviewed QPC2 back then, actually I
> >> think I still link to an archived version of it ;) Anyway, welcome
> >> back.
> > Did I?
>
> Unless there's another Daniel Baum, you probably did ;)
>
> http://web.archive.org/web/20010423061524/http://
> qldesign.com/html/qpc2.html
>
> > I hope I liked it...
>
> Your critic of the documentation was fair enough...
>
> >> That does sound like an interesting research field. But isn't the
> >> whole field moving towards the "deep learning" school of thought?
> > Yes. One thing I recently learned to do is create a convolution network
> > using Tensorflow.
>
> Sometimes I wish I could play with such things. But the problems at my
> job are too normal for that kind of stuff ;)
>
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[Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users]

Daniel Baum via Ql-Users wrote:
>> I remember your name and that you reviewed QPC2 back then, actually I
>> think I still link to an archived version of it ;) Anyway, welcome
>> back.
> Did I?

Unless there's another Daniel Baum, you probably did ;)

http://web.archive.org/web/20010423061524/http://qldesign.com/html/qpc2.html

> I hope I liked it...

Your critic of the documentation was fair enough...

>> That does sound like an interesting research field. But isn't the
>> whole field moving towards the "deep learning" school of thought?
> Yes. One thing I recently learned to do is create a convolution network
> using Tensorflow.

Sometimes I wish I could play with such things. But the problems at my
job are too normal for that kind of stuff ;)

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[Daniel Baum via Ql-Users]

> Hi Marcel,
>


>
> I remember your name and that you reviewed QPC2 back then, actually I
> think I still link to an archived version of it ;) Anyway, welcome
> back.
>

Did I? I hope I liked it...


>
> > Outside the QL World I am actually a professional programmer and also a
> > linguist and researcher into automatic language analysis and speech
> > analytics.
>
> That does sound like an interesting research field. But isn't the
> whole field moving towards the "deep learning" school of thought?
>

Yes. One thing I recently learned to do is create a convolution network
using Tensorflow.

>
> Cheers, Marcel
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[Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users]

Daniel Baum via Ql-Users wrote:
> I originally bought a Sinclair QL some time in the mid 1980s. It was my
> main computer for a while, but I eventually replaced it with an Atari ST
> and it went into the attic.
>
> A few years later I got back into the QL. I used QPC1 and then QPC2 on
> whatever PC I had at the time.

I remember your name and that you reviewed QPC2 back then, actually I
think I still link to an archived version of it ;) Anyway, welcome
back.

> Outside the QL World I am actually a professional programmer and also a
> linguist and researcher into automatic language analysis and speech
> analytics.

That does sound like an interesting research field. But isn't the
whole field moving towards the "deep learning" school of thought?

Cheers, Marcel

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Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

[Daniel Baum via Ql-Users]

Hi all,

I solved the problem with the EasyPtr window. It turned out to be my own
misunderstanding of the need for an OUTLN.

It now works fine when compiled in Q-Liberator with -WINDS turned off. I
can also run it from Superbasic, after messing with windows sizes.

Perhaps I can run it from an SBASIC job and so keep the system console with
conveniently sized windows.

D.


On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 9:51 PM, Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:

> Evening Daniel,
>
> Welcome back to the QL.
>
> I replied to Dilwyn earlier on this. I realise my mistake, as usual, only
> when my post went public. Sigh! No worries!
>
>
> Cheers,
> Norm.
>
> On 28 August 2017 09:32:38 BST, Daniel Baum via Ql-Users <
> ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:
> >Hi Norman,
> >
> >I (apparently) wrote this about 20 years ago. This has reminded me that
> >the
> >idea was to write some kind of debugger for superbasic, but I really
> >don't
> >remember how it worked.
> >
> >You're right of course about local variables. Perhaps my experience
> >with
> >programming since I wrote this will enable me to overcome the problems
> >that
> >I was obviously having then.
> >
> >Rgds,
> >
> >Daniel
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users <
> >ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dilwyn asked: "...has huge problems with local variables, which seem
> >> to lose their names when out of scope. If anyone knows how to
> >reconnect
> >> local variables to their names when they are out of scope, please let
> >me
> >> know. "
> >>
> >>
> >> Could you explain, for the old and infirm (me), how you mean "goes
> >out of
> >> scope", please?
> >>
> >> I'm obviously not understanding what you wrote because a variable
> >that
> >> goes out of scope, in any language, will become undefined, or
> >completely
> >> missing,  surely? Do any value it had, will be 'lost'.
> >>
> >> Sorry if I'm being particularly thick this morning!
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Norm.
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Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

[Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users]

Evening Daniel,

Welcome back to the QL.

I replied to Dilwyn earlier on this. I realise my mistake, as usual, only when 
my post went public. Sigh! No worries!


Cheers,
Norm.

On 28 August 2017 09:32:38 BST, Daniel Baum via Ql-Users 
 wrote:
>Hi Norman,
>
>I (apparently) wrote this about 20 years ago. This has reminded me that
>the
>idea was to write some kind of debugger for superbasic, but I really
>don't
>remember how it worked.
>
>You're right of course about local variables. Perhaps my experience
>with
>programming since I wrote this will enable me to overcome the problems
>that
>I was obviously having then.
>
>Rgds,
>
>Daniel
>
>
>On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users <
>ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:
>
>> Dilwyn asked: "...has huge problems with local variables, which seem
>> to lose their names when out of scope. If anyone knows how to
>reconnect
>> local variables to their names when they are out of scope, please let
>me
>> know. "
>>
>>
>> Could you explain, for the old and infirm (me), how you mean "goes
>out of
>> scope", please?
>>
>> I'm obviously not understanding what you wrote because a variable
>that
>> goes out of scope, in any language, will become undefined, or
>completely
>> missing,  surely? Do any value it had, will be 'lost'.
>>
>> Sorry if I'm being particularly thick this morning!
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Norm.
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Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

[Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users]

Indeed Dilwyn, apologies, I was wondering about you having said it! However, 
the problem is simply my own apparent inability to read properly! 

Cheers,
Norm.

On 28 August 2017 09:40:20 BST, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users 
 wrote:
>Err, except it wasn't me wot wrote that, Norman!!!
>
>Dilwyn
>
>
>Dilwyn asked: "...has huge problems with local variables, which seem
>to lose their names when out of scope. If anyone knows how to reconnect
>local variables to their names when they are out of scope, please let
>me
>know. "
>
>
>Could you explain, for the old and infirm (me), how you mean "goes out
>of 
>scope", please?
>
>I'm obviously not understanding what you wrote because a variable that
>goes 
>out of scope, in any language, will become undefined, or completely
>missing, 
>surely? Do any value it had, will be 'lost'.
>
>Sorry if I'm being particularly thick this morning!
>
>
>Cheers,
>Norm.
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Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

[Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users]

Err, except it wasn't me wot wrote that, Norman!!!

Dilwyn


Dilwyn asked: "...has huge problems with local variables, which seem
to lose their names when out of scope. If anyone knows how to reconnect
local variables to their names when they are out of scope, please let me
know. "


Could you explain, for the old and infirm (me), how you mean "goes out of 
scope", please?


I'm obviously not understanding what you wrote because a variable that goes 
out of scope, in any language, will become undefined, or completely missing, 
surely? Do any value it had, will be 'lost'.


Sorry if I'm being particularly thick this morning!


Cheers,
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Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

[Daniel Baum via Ql-Users]

Hi Norman,

I (apparently) wrote this about 20 years ago. This has reminded me that the
idea was to write some kind of debugger for superbasic, but I really don't
remember how it worked.

You're right of course about local variables. Perhaps my experience with
programming since I wrote this will enable me to overcome the problems that
I was obviously having then.

Rgds,

Daniel


On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:

> Dilwyn asked: "...has huge problems with local variables, which seem
> to lose their names when out of scope. If anyone knows how to reconnect
> local variables to their names when they are out of scope, please let me
> know. "
>
>
> Could you explain, for the old and infirm (me), how you mean "goes out of
> scope", please?
>
> I'm obviously not understanding what you wrote because a variable that
> goes out of scope, in any language, will become undefined, or completely
> missing,  surely? Do any value it had, will be 'lost'.
>
> Sorry if I'm being particularly thick this morning!
>
>
> Cheers,
> Norm.
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[Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users]

Dilwyn asked: "...has huge problems with local variables, which seem 
to lose their names when out of scope. If anyone knows how to reconnect 
local variables to their names when they are out of scope, please let me 
know. "


Could you explain, for the old and infirm (me), how you mean "goes out of 
scope", please?

I'm obviously not understanding what you wrote because a variable that goes out 
of scope, in any language, will become undefined, or completely missing,  
surely? Do any value it had, will be 'lost'.

Sorry if I'm being particularly thick this morning!


Cheers, 
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Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

[Daniel Baum via Ql-Users]

Thanks,

D.

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:46 AM, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:

> OK, I've emailed copies of snooper and clock to you, here's a brief
> description of Snooper, from your website originally:
>
> Snooper Basic
>
> This version is Basic source code because I can't get it to work once
> compiled. It needs to be renumbered and merged with your Basic code. It may
> be activated with the BREAKPOINT keyword. For some reason it won't run when
> Turbo Toolkit is loaded. Has huge problems with local variables, which seem
> to lose their names when out of scope. If anyone knows how to reconnect
> local variables to their names when they are out of scope, please let me
> know.  Also only runs on SMSQ/E.
>
> Dilwyn
>
> -Original Message- From: Daniel Baum via Ql-Users
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2017 9:38 PM
> To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
> Cc: Daniel Baum
> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL
>
>
> Hi DIlwyn,
>
> To be honest, I do not remember writing either of those, and I have no idea
> what they do (although "clock" sounds pretty obvious...).
>
> In principle, I have no objection to anything I wrote being made available,
> however I would like to have a look at them first to do a bit of QA before
> unleashing them on the public.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel
>
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 11:52 PM, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users <
> ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:
>
> Welcome back Daniel! Glad to see you found your software on my site.
>>
>> At one stage, I had a lot of your programs but lost them in a hard disk
>> crash some years ago. I still have two zip files called 'snooper' and
>> 'clock' - would it be OK to make them available on my site now I have
>> found
>> them again?
>>
>> If I find any more of your QL software I'll ask about those too.
>>
>> Dilwyn
>>
>> -Original Message- From: Daniel Baum via Ql-Users
>> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 5:51 PM
>> To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
>> Cc: Daniel Baum
>> Subject: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I originally bought a Sinclair QL some time in the mid 1980s. It was my
>> main computer for a while, but I eventually replaced it with an Atari ST
>> and it went into the attic.
>>
>> A few years later I got back into the QL. I used QPC1 and then QPC2 on
>> whatever PC I had at the time. I gradually got interested in other things,
>> and then I seem to remember getting my first PC that had no diskette drive
>> and so I couldn't run QPC anymore.
>>
>> During this period (1998 apparently) I wrote a program called Qbase that I
>> am astonished to find is available from Dilwyn's site and is part of the
>> Black Phoenix distribution.
>>
>> So, a while ago I thought I'd see what was happening in the QL world (or
>> rather, if there still was one) and I found that it still existed and so
>> here I am, configuring my boot file and trying to get my head around
>> EasyPtr, again...
>>
>> Outside the QL World I am actually a professional programmer and also a
>> linguist and researcher into automatic language analysis and speech
>> analytics.
>>
>> It's nice to be reunited with the QL, and also to find so many familiar
>> names still involved with it.
>>
>> I do already have a couple of questions, but I think they might be better
>> in a separate thread.
>>
>> Regards to all,
>>
>> Daniel Baum
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[Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users]

OK, I've emailed copies of snooper and clock to you, here's a brief 
description of Snooper, from your website originally:


Snooper Basic

This version is Basic source code because I can't get it to work once 
compiled. It needs to be renumbered and merged with your Basic code. It may 
be activated with the BREAKPOINT keyword. For some reason it won't run when 
Turbo Toolkit is loaded. Has huge problems with local variables, which seem 
to lose their names when out of scope. If anyone knows how to reconnect 
local variables to their names when they are out of scope, please let me 
know.  Also only runs on SMSQ/E.


Dilwyn

-Original Message- 
From: Daniel Baum via Ql-Users

Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2017 9:38 PM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Cc: Daniel Baum
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

Hi DIlwyn,

To be honest, I do not remember writing either of those, and I have no idea
what they do (although "clock" sounds pretty obvious...).

In principle, I have no objection to anything I wrote being made available,
however I would like to have a look at them first to do a bit of QA before
unleashing them on the public.


Thanks,

Daniel

On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 11:52 PM, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:


Welcome back Daniel! Glad to see you found your software on my site.

At one stage, I had a lot of your programs but lost them in a hard disk
crash some years ago. I still have two zip files called 'snooper' and
'clock' - would it be OK to make them available on my site now I have 
found

them again?

If I find any more of your QL software I'll ask about those too.

Dilwyn

-Original Message- From: Daniel Baum via Ql-Users
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 5:51 PM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Cc: Daniel Baum
Subject: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL


Hello,

I originally bought a Sinclair QL some time in the mid 1980s. It was my
main computer for a while, but I eventually replaced it with an Atari ST
and it went into the attic.

A few years later I got back into the QL. I used QPC1 and then QPC2 on
whatever PC I had at the time. I gradually got interested in other things,
and then I seem to remember getting my first PC that had no diskette drive
and so I couldn't run QPC anymore.

During this period (1998 apparently) I wrote a program called Qbase that I
am astonished to find is available from Dilwyn's site and is part of the
Black Phoenix distribution.

So, a while ago I thought I'd see what was happening in the QL world (or
rather, if there still was one) and I found that it still existed and so
here I am, configuring my boot file and trying to get my head around
EasyPtr, again...

Outside the QL World I am actually a professional programmer and also a
linguist and researcher into automatic language analysis and speech
analytics.

It's nice to be reunited with the QL, and also to find so many familiar
names still involved with it.

I do already have a couple of questions, but I think they might be better
in a separate thread.

Regards to all,

Daniel Baum
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Re: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

[Daniel Baum via Ql-Users]

Hi DIlwyn,

To be honest, I do not remember writing either of those, and I have no idea
what they do (although "clock" sounds pretty obvious...).

In principle, I have no objection to anything I wrote being made available,
however I would like to have a look at them first to do a bit of QA before
unleashing them on the public.


Thanks,

Daniel

On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 11:52 PM, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:

> Welcome back Daniel! Glad to see you found your software on my site.
>
> At one stage, I had a lot of your programs but lost them in a hard disk
> crash some years ago. I still have two zip files called 'snooper' and
> 'clock' - would it be OK to make them available on my site now I have found
> them again?
>
> If I find any more of your QL software I'll ask about those too.
>
> Dilwyn
>
> -Original Message- From: Daniel Baum via Ql-Users
> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 5:51 PM
> To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
> Cc: Daniel Baum
> Subject: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I originally bought a Sinclair QL some time in the mid 1980s. It was my
> main computer for a while, but I eventually replaced it with an Atari ST
> and it went into the attic.
>
> A few years later I got back into the QL. I used QPC1 and then QPC2 on
> whatever PC I had at the time. I gradually got interested in other things,
> and then I seem to remember getting my first PC that had no diskette drive
> and so I couldn't run QPC anymore.
>
> During this period (1998 apparently) I wrote a program called Qbase that I
> am astonished to find is available from Dilwyn's site and is part of the
> Black Phoenix distribution.
>
> So, a while ago I thought I'd see what was happening in the QL world (or
> rather, if there still was one) and I found that it still existed and so
> here I am, configuring my boot file and trying to get my head around
> EasyPtr, again...
>
> Outside the QL World I am actually a professional programmer and also a
> linguist and researcher into automatic language analysis and speech
> analytics.
>
> It's nice to be reunited with the QL, and also to find so many familiar
> names still involved with it.
>
> I do already have a couple of questions, but I think they might be better
> in a separate thread.
>
> Regards to all,
>
> Daniel Baum
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[Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users]

Welcome back Daniel! Glad to see you found your software on my site.

At one stage, I had a lot of your programs but lost them in a hard disk 
crash some years ago. I still have two zip files called 'snooper' and 
'clock' - would it be OK to make them available on my site now I have found 
them again?


If I find any more of your QL software I'll ask about those too.

Dilwyn

-Original Message- 
From: Daniel Baum via Ql-Users

Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 5:51 PM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Cc: Daniel Baum
Subject: [Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

Hello,

I originally bought a Sinclair QL some time in the mid 1980s. It was my
main computer for a while, but I eventually replaced it with an Atari ST
and it went into the attic.

A few years later I got back into the QL. I used QPC1 and then QPC2 on
whatever PC I had at the time. I gradually got interested in other things,
and then I seem to remember getting my first PC that had no diskette drive
and so I couldn't run QPC anymore.

During this period (1998 apparently) I wrote a program called Qbase that I
am astonished to find is available from Dilwyn's site and is part of the
Black Phoenix distribution.

So, a while ago I thought I'd see what was happening in the QL world (or
rather, if there still was one) and I found that it still existed and so
here I am, configuring my boot file and trying to get my head around
EasyPtr, again...

Outside the QL World I am actually a professional programmer and also a
linguist and researcher into automatic language analysis and speech
analytics.

It's nice to be reunited with the QL, and also to find so many familiar
names still involved with it.

I do already have a couple of questions, but I think they might be better
in a separate thread.

Regards to all,

Daniel Baum
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[Dave Park via Ql-Users]

Welcome back, Daniel. :)

On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:

> Hi Daniel, welcome, you're back home :-D
> I still use your program very often.
> The community is small but very active, especially in the last two years
> there is a new enthusiasm in the air, or at least that seems to me.
>
> Giorgio Garabello
>
> 2017-08-26 18:51 GMT+02:00 Daniel Baum via Ql-Users <
> ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I originally bought a Sinclair QL some time in the mid 1980s. It was my
> > main computer for a while, but I eventually replaced it with an Atari ST
> > and it went into the attic.
> >
> > A few years later I got back into the QL. I used QPC1 and then QPC2 on
> > whatever PC I had at the time. I gradually got interested in other
> things,
> > and then I seem to remember getting my first PC that had no diskette
> drive
> > and so I couldn't run QPC anymore.
> >
> > During this period (1998 apparently) I wrote a program called Qbase that
> I
> > am astonished to find is available from Dilwyn's site and is part of the
> > Black Phoenix distribution.
> >
> > So, a while ago I thought I'd see what was happening in the QL world (or
> > rather, if there still was one) and I found that it still existed and so
> > here I am, configuring my boot file and trying to get my head around
> > EasyPtr, again...
> >
> > Outside the QL World I am actually a professional programmer and also a
> > linguist and researcher into automatic language analysis and speech
> > analytics.
> >
> > It's nice to be reunited with the QL, and also to find so many familiar
> > names still involved with it.
> >
> > I do already have a couple of questions, but I think they might be better
> > in a separate thread.
> >
> > Regards to all,
> >
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[Ql-Users] Returning to the QL

[Daniel Baum via Ql-Users]

Hello,

I originally bought a Sinclair QL some time in the mid 1980s. It was my
main computer for a while, but I eventually replaced it with an Atari ST
and it went into the attic.

A few years later I got back into the QL. I used QPC1 and then QPC2 on
whatever PC I had at the time. I gradually got interested in other things,
and then I seem to remember getting my first PC that had no diskette drive
and so I couldn't run QPC anymore.

During this period (1998 apparently) I wrote a program called Qbase that I
am astonished to find is available from Dilwyn's site and is part of the
Black Phoenix distribution.

So, a while ago I thought I'd see what was happening in the QL world (or
rather, if there still was one) and I found that it still existed and so
here I am, configuring my boot file and trying to get my head around
EasyPtr, again...

Outside the QL World I am actually a professional programmer and also a
linguist and researcher into automatic language analysis and speech
analytics.

It's nice to be reunited with the QL, and also to find so many familiar
names still involved with it.

I do already have a couple of questions, but I think they might be better
in a separate thread.

Regards to all,

Daniel Baum
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