[Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface

2013-11-27 Thread Alexandre Souza
Greetings from Brazil! Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy interface? http://tabalabs.com.br/ql/qdisk/ Thanks Alexandre --- Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br ___

Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface

2013-11-27 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy interface? Yes! However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface

2013-11-27 Thread Alexandre Souza
: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface Hi, Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy interface? Yes! However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. Wolfgang

Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface

2013-11-27 Thread Dave Park
-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface Hi, Is it polite to ask on this list for help on RE the QDisk Floppy interface? Yes! However, whether anyone will be able to help you is another story. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users

Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface

2013-11-27 Thread Ralf Reköndt
OK, I take one. - Original Message - From: Dave Park d...@sinclairql.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface A small run of Sandy SuperQBoards (Issue 4) will be made available

Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface

2013-11-27 Thread Rod H
I take one also. Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:08:39 -0600 From: d...@sinclairql.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface A small run of Sandy SuperQBoards (Issue 4) will be made available in several months. They will have floppy

Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface

2013-11-27 Thread Dave Park
. Dave On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Rod H rod...@hotmail.com wrote: I take one also. Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:08:39 -0600 From: d...@sinclairql.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface A small run of Sandy SuperQBoards

Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface

2013-11-27 Thread Rod H
No timetable, no worries. All appreciated. Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:46:49 -0600 From: d...@sinclairql.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface Be patient :) I am just gradually gathering the components together over time, to try

Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface

2013-11-27 Thread Ralf Reköndt
No Problem. I'll take a 512k one. - Original Message - From: Dave Park d...@sinclairql.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Reverse Engineering a QDisk floppy disk interface Be patient :) I am just gradually gathering

[Ql-Users] Reverse-Engineering the Q-Disk floppy interface

2013-11-23 Thread Alexandre Souza
I disassembled the interface and scanned the board. Photos in http://tabalabs.com.br/ql/qdisk/ Maybe someone would help to reverse engineer its PAL? Or help with the schematic? Thanks :) Alexandre ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering

2006-01-16 Thread Norman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marcel Kilgus wrote: I think I've never ever seen as many footnotes in a paper as in this one. 398 footnotes on 79 pages, that's an average of 5 per page! Truly amazing. Morning Marcel, I take it you don't read Terry Pratchett novels then ? Lots of footnotes

Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering

2006-01-16 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 at 08:06:02, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I take it you don't read Terry Pratchett novels then ? Lots of footnotes there too - most of them, highly amusing. Does anyone remember Martin Gardner? He came to the fore writing a mathematic puzzle column in Scientific

Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering

2006-01-16 Thread James Hunkins
On Jan 16, 2006, at 7:11 AM, Marcel Kilgus wrote: In some cases this might also include a method of doing something (IE: software patents). Fortunately enough software patents are still an US problem only (mostly, the EU patent office regularly tries to grant sort-of software patents, but

Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering

2006-01-16 Thread Marcel Kilgus
James Hunkins wrote: Luckily, one of the key points in patents is that patents can not be done on something that is obvious. Muahahaha, that was a good one! It might be nice in theory, but in real life I'm amazed nobody has patented intake and output of oxygen containing gas in order to produce

Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering

2006-01-16 Thread Ralf Reköndt
- Original Message - From: George Gwilt Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering Hmmm!! Apart from spending quite a lot of time disassembling programs I also copy quite a lot of music. Perhaps I should be behind bars instead of playing them

Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering

2006-01-16 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Jan 16, 2006, at 4:18 AM, Tony Firshman wrote: ... and at what level does code become unique. As Marcel said, there is only _one_ way to set serial port baud rates on the QL. Luckily, one of the key points in patents is

Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering

2006-01-16 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes One caution about reverse engineering; while it may be legal to do, it is illegal to use 'borrowed' code in other code that you might release or resell without permission. In some cases this might also include a method of

Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering

2006-01-15 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 at 16:50:01, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On 15 Jan 2006 at 13:56, George Gwilt wrote: On 13 Jan 2006, at 18:06, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: (...) es assembley programming a joy to do. One question that I often ponder if I disassemble a program

[ql-users] Reverse engineering

2006-01-13 Thread Fabrizio Diversi
Ah well, I thought some people might wonder how these things are done, hope nobody got bored to death. absolutely NOT !!! I will be delighted to read, maybe in QLT an article about how to perform reverse engineering in old program, especially how you do such thinks, what I mean is what

Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering

2006-01-13 Thread Ralf Reköndt
, I do not understand this behaviour, as all users (who buyed the program) would benefit from enhancements, nevertheless which kind they are. Cheers...Ralf R. - Original Message - From: Derek Stewart Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering One

Re: [ql-users] Reverse engineering

2006-01-13 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos
Την Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:06:13 -0500,ο(η) Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: On 13 Jan 2006 at 17:51, Derek Stewart wrote: (...) es assembley programming a joy to do. One question that I often ponder if I disassemble a program like Perfection then correct all the errors or