Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche ROM
BTW: Does anybody knows, if this Tyche-ROM is a complete new QDOS? And what are the differences? Faster? Better...? Things that do not run? Chreers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Rich Mellor It works on MG ROM, and even Tyche ROM and a TB ROM (not sure what that one is). ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche ROM
On 13/04/2012 16:46, Ralf Reköndt wrote: BTW: Does anybody knows, if this Tyche-ROM is a complete new QDOS? And what are the differences? Faster? Better...? Things that do not run? Chreers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Rich Mellor It works on MG ROM, and even Tyche ROM and a TB ROM (not sure what that one is). ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Some more details on Tyche appear at: http://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/Extremely_Rare_Sinclair_TYCHE_ROM-1452 -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services Specialist Enuuk Auction Programming Services www.rwapservices.co.uk ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche ROM
Ah, thank you. I had a quick look through the code. There seems to be a backup routine and a few unknown keywords like TODIR, UPDIR, seems a bit like DNEXT of TK2. Would be interesting to know, if there is code for hard directories. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Rich Mellor Some more details on Tyche appear at: http://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/Extremely_Rare_Sinclair_TYCHE_ROM-1452 -- Rich Mellor ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche
Tony Firshman wrote: Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 6/Apr/11 13:23 | Apr6: Norman Dunbar wrote: Afternoon all, On 06/04/11 10:52, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Gerard Phelan had the idea of asking a search engine how to pronounce it (now why didn't I think of that?). That's what I did too! http://www.forvo.com/word/tyche/ Interesting in that the word is Greek and is pronounced Tee-chee. Tyche is/was the goddess of [good] fortune. Also: Hmm, as Jonathan Oakley was apparently involved with the Tyche development, this makes sense, as many of the later QView projects were named after gods and godesses (Minerva, Hermes, etc etc) Minerva maybe but Lau and I dreamed up Hermes. It was not a Qview project. Tony Ah... but Tony... do you not remember scrabbling around looking for the Greek god of serial ports? ... On the Tyche front... I (and Johnathan) pronounce it exactly as the two words tie and key. The OED entry for the prefix tycho- (from Tyche) supports this: t - eye - k - oh t - as in tan eye - as in buy k - as in card, park oh - as in goat The Greek spelling of Tyche is tau-upsilon-chi-eta. The upsilon does its usual metamorphosis from a u sound to a y, as in psycho, The chi just gets left with a harder k sound. Much the same applies to the other Greek mortal, later goddess: Psyche (psi, upsilon, chi, iota). The Merriam-Webster will pronounce that one. -- Lau AS! d-(!) a++ c p++ t+ f-- e++ h+ r--(+) n++(*) i++ P- m++ ASC Decoder athttp://www32.brinkster.com/ascdecode/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche
Laurence Reeves wrote, on 20/Apr/11 09:29 | Apr20: Tony Firshman wrote: Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 6/Apr/11 13:23 | Apr6: Norman Dunbar wrote: Afternoon all, On 06/04/11 10:52, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Gerard Phelan had the idea of asking a search engine how to pronounce it (now why didn't I think of that?). That's what I did too! http://www.forvo.com/word/tyche/ Interesting in that the word is Greek and is pronounced Tee-chee. Tyche is/was the goddess of [good] fortune. Also: Hmm, as Jonathan Oakley was apparently involved with the Tyche development, this makes sense, as many of the later QView projects were named after gods and godesses (Minerva, Hermes, etc etc) Minerva maybe but Lau and I dreamed up Hermes. It was not a Qview project. Tony Ah... but Tony... do you not remember scrabbling around looking for the Greek god of serial ports? (8-)# Of course. Maybe we used Morpheus to help, as we are in the realms of the gods in this email (8-)# ... On the Tyche front... I (and Johnathan) (Oakley). Have I always misspelled his name, or was that a typo? pronounce it exactly as the two words tie and key. The OED entry for the prefix tycho- (from Tyche) supports this: t - eye - k - oh t - as in tan eye - as in buy k - as in card, park oh - as in goat The Greek spelling of Tyche is tau-upsilon-chi-eta. The upsilon does its usual metamorphosis from a u sound to a y, as in psycho, The chi just gets left with a harder k sound. Much the same applies to the other Greek mortal, later goddess: Psyche (psi, upsilon, chi, iota). The Merriam-Webster will pronounce that one. Great to see you are still lurking. Did you get my email of a few weeks ago? Email me privately. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche
On 6 Apr 2011, at 12:26, Norman Dunbar wrote: Interesting in that the word is Greek and is pronounced Tee-chee. Tyche is/was the goddess of [good] fortune. Also: http://www.goddess.com.au/goddesses/Tyche.htm says (amongst other stuff): Tyche (pronounced tee-chee) is the Greek goddess of fortune. Although she was a daughter of Zeus, she was reputed to be quite irresponsible. She preferred to run about juggling a ball than to carry the Cornucopia filled with golden fruit, instead entrusting the task to her assistant Plutus. The first set of dice were found in Tyche's temple perhaps indicating the capriciousness of life and luck and the fickle manner in which she decided the fortunes of mortals. Tyche and Psyche are indeed both Greek words. I have never heard of Psyche being pronounced see key. It should be sigh key. Tyche is also, obviously, to be pronounced tie key (or Thai key if you like) but never Tee Chee. The pronunciation that seems correct to me is in fact that given in Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. This if course is published in Edinburgh (Scotland) and may thus be suspect to some(?). George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche
David Tubbs wrote: At 16:51 05/04/2011 +0100, you wrote: Question I've seen on QL Forum. What is the correct way of pronouncing Tyche? (As in the Tyche ROM for QL-type systems) My personal bet would be like teesh, but as was suggested it could be like Tike, Tish, Tik, Taish etc. I had alook at the Wikipedia entry but I am not familiar with that universal pronunciation system used by Wikipedia. Dilwyn Jones I had the chip, I can only think that I got it at Milton Manor,if that is the case it must have been spoken of and in my mind it is firmly lodged as Tikey. Gerard Phelan had the idea of asking a search engine how to pronounce it (now why didn't I think of that?). One Bing later and we have the suggestion from more than one source that it is probably like tickey, which is probably the same as your tikey Thanks everyone. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 6/Apr/11 10:52 | Apr6: David Tubbs wrote: At 16:51 05/04/2011 +0100, you wrote: Question I've seen on QL Forum. What is the correct way of pronouncing Tyche? (As in the Tyche ROM for QL-type systems) My personal bet would be like teesh, but as was suggested it could be like Tike, Tish, Tik, Taish etc. I had alook at the Wikipedia entry but I am not familiar with that universal pronunciation system used by Wikipedia. Dilwyn Jones I had the chip, I can only think that I got it at Milton Manor,if that is the case it must have been spoken of and in my mind it is firmly lodged as Tikey. Gerard Phelan had the idea of asking a search engine how to pronounce it (now why didn't I think of that?). One Bing later and we have the suggestion from more than one source that it is probably like tickey, which is probably the same as your tikey I assume the 'i' is as in 'lick'. Tickey (A defunct threepenny African coin) is not exactly a common word (8-)# Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche
Afternoon all, On 06/04/11 10:52, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Gerard Phelan had the idea of asking a search engine how to pronounce it (now why didn't I think of that?). That's what I did too! http://www.forvo.com/word/tyche/ Interesting in that the word is Greek and is pronounced Tee-chee. Tyche is/was the goddess of [good] fortune. Also: http://www.goddess.com.au/goddesses/Tyche.htm says (amongst other stuff): Tyche (pronounced tee-chee) is the Greek goddess of fortune. Although she was a daughter of Zeus, she was reputed to be quite irresponsible. She preferred to run about juggling a ball than to carry the Cornucopia filled with golden fruit, instead entrusting the task to her assistant Plutus. The first set of dice were found in Tyche's temple perhaps indicating the capriciousness of life and luck and the fickle manner in which she decided the fortunes of mortals. Just goes to show, never trust an Internet Search Engine to give you *one* definitive answer! ;-) For example: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=Tyche pronounces it completely differently. Cheers, Norman. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche
I think the old Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe's name is a derivate from Thyce Regards Klaus - Original Message - From: Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche Afternoon all, On 06/04/11 10:52, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Gerard Phelan had the idea of asking a search engine how to pronounce it (now why didn't I think of that?). That's what I did too! http://www.forvo.com/word/tyche/ Interesting in that the word is Greek and is pronounced Tee-chee. Tyche is/was the goddess of [good] fortune. Also: http://www.goddess.com.au/goddesses/Tyche.htm says (amongst other stuff): Tyche (pronounced tee-chee) is the Greek goddess of fortune. Although she was a daughter of Zeus, she was reputed to be quite irresponsible. She preferred to run about juggling a ball than to carry the Cornucopia filled with golden fruit, instead entrusting the task to her assistant Plutus. The first set of dice were found in Tyche's temple perhaps indicating the capriciousness of life and luck and the fickle manner in which she decided the fortunes of mortals. Just goes to show, never trust an Internet Search Engine to give you *one* definitive answer! ;-) For example: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=Tyche pronounces it completely differently. Cheers, Norman. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche
Norman Dunbar wrote: Afternoon all, On 06/04/11 10:52, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Gerard Phelan had the idea of asking a search engine how to pronounce it (now why didn't I think of that?). That's what I did too! http://www.forvo.com/word/tyche/ Interesting in that the word is Greek and is pronounced Tee-chee. Tyche is/was the goddess of [good] fortune. Also: Hmm, as Jonathan Oakley was apparently involved with the Tyche development, this makes sense, as many of the later QView projects were named after gods and godesses (Minerva, Hermes, etc etc) http://www.goddess.com.au/goddesses/Tyche.htm says (amongst other stuff): Tyche (pronounced tee-chee) is the Greek goddess of fortune. Although she was a daughter of Zeus, she was reputed to be quite irresponsible. She preferred to run about juggling a ball than to carry the Cornucopia filled with golden fruit, instead entrusting the task to her assistant Plutus. The first set of dice were found in Tyche's temple perhaps indicating the capriciousness of life and luck and the fickle manner in which she decided the fortunes of mortals. Just goes to show, never trust an Internet Search Engine to give you *one* definitive answer! ;-) For example: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=Tyche pronounces it completely differently. As you might expect in English, where spelling can be very non-phonetic, or the same spelling can be pronounced differently. Admittedly, it probably isn't an English word in the first place, though. Never thought this thread would have so many people scouring the internet for a definitive answer :-) Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Tyche
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 6/Apr/11 13:23 | Apr6: Norman Dunbar wrote: Afternoon all, On 06/04/11 10:52, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Gerard Phelan had the idea of asking a search engine how to pronounce it (now why didn't I think of that?). That's what I did too! http://www.forvo.com/word/tyche/ Interesting in that the word is Greek and is pronounced Tee-chee. Tyche is/was the goddess of [good] fortune. Also: Hmm, as Jonathan Oakley was apparently involved with the Tyche development, this makes sense, as many of the later QView projects were named after gods and godesses (Minerva, Hermes, etc etc) Minerva maybe but Lau and I dreamed up Hermes. It was not a Qview project. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm