RE: Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

2002-03-14 Thread Ian . Pine
What I did on the I/O cards that passed through me was remove the metal locating strip, and file the cutouts which screwed onto the D plugs so that the card sat lower onto the board sockets. I loosened the nuts and found enough play in the metal strip to be able to slide it a couple of

Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

2002-03-14 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 09:26:51, wrote: (ref: Hb5f122c22a6.1016098010.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS) What I did on the I/O cards that passed through me was remove the metal locating strip, and file the cutouts which screwed onto the D plugs so that the card sat lower onto the board

RE: Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

2002-03-14 Thread Ian . Pine
Great - looks like the real problem is found. Sounds like your case is way out of spec. Maybe a case for moving the studs a few mm nearer the back. I assume ... It seems the mainboard is not perpendicular to the case back panel. It is close enough to enable the lug on the card's metal

[ql-users] Membrane update...

2002-03-14 Thread Dexter
Hi all, Last update then I'll be going quiet for a while on the membrane front. The construction method has been decided, and I'm now looking at design issues. I want to make it a painless operation to remove the case from the base, and have everything easily pluggable. One suggestion is to

Re: [ql-users] Membrane update...

2002-03-14 Thread Francois Lanciault
Hi Dave, The Aurora connector IS different. I'm not knowledgeable enough in electronic to tell you what type it is. (The pins are sticking out of the PCB, two rows of 10 pins???) I even think that on most Aurora the connector was not installed because nobody uses it ! Most people use their

Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

2002-03-14 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 14:35:52, wrote: (ref: Hb5f122c22ad.1016116551.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS) Alternatively, I might just leave well alone now I've got it working again, and tell the cat to tread lightly near it, instead of thundering up and down the stairs after her stuffed

Re: [ql-users] Open source

2002-03-14 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi all, I've just spoken to Tony Tebby. He agreeD, in principle, to make SMSQ/ Open Source. We do have to find somebody to act as a sort of registrar, though, to make sure that we have a coherent development. Anybody wolunteering? Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com

Re: [ql-users] Open source

2002-03-14 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: I've just spoken to Tony Tebby. He agreeD, in principle, to make SMSQ/ Open Source. Ah, interesting. What means in principle? And what is the commercial status supposed to be? We do have to find somebody to act as a sort of registrar, though, to make sure that we

Re: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

2002-03-14 Thread Geoff Wicks
- Original Message - From: Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ql-users] PCL3 printers On 14 Mar 2002, at 3:19, Nicholls, Bruce wrote: Geoff The ML 4500 is a software only printer and doesn't have the hardware PCL3 emulation unlike the ML 4600 which works with QPC

Re: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

2002-03-14 Thread Dexter
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Geoff Wicks wrote: Indeed a disappointment, but nice to have some certainty over the situation. For those not up on the whole GDI thing, here's a quickie explanation... GDI printers have an engine and a little memory, but not much else - the image generation is all

Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

2002-03-14 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 17:05:48, wrote: (ref: Hb5f122d3e7b.1016125546.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS) That reminds me of Henry. She used to sit on my QL way back in 1994, as it was nice and warm (8-)# Sam is a living Van der Graaf generator. She goes near my computers, or me, and

Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house?

2002-03-14 Thread Dilwyn Jones
the carpet building up the voltage. I've been trying to think of a way to charge a battery off her, a kind of homemade cat-powered UPS... Hmmm. A neighbour of mine, here in Houston, TX, has built his own unique (for a home-made dwelling system) power system. Three 4' x 8' solar powered steam

Fw: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

2002-03-14 Thread Dilwyn Jones
If you go to Marcel's website there is a program to use the 'Filter' option in QPC2 which IIRC processes text to output as Postscript for such printers. Oops, wrong program. This is a program which runs in SMSQE for conversion of ASCII to Postscript, written by Richard Urena, ported by Marcel.

Re: Fw: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

2002-03-14 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dilwyn Jones wrote: Oops, wrong program. Indeed. I should wait some minutes before replying next time ;-) I was thinking of a program Marcel mentioned on thsi list recently as being written by someone else to run as a QPC2 printer filter in Windows. Can you remind us Marcel? Yes, exactly.

Re: [ql-users] PCL3 printers

2002-03-14 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dilwyn Jones wrote: If you go to Marcel's website there is a program to use the 'Filter' option in QPC2 which IIRC processes text to output as Postscript for such printers. No, mix up. MPS can be used as a *QD* printer filter, this has nothing to do with QPC2's filter capability. In order

Re: [ql-users] Open source

2002-03-14 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 14 Mar 2002, at 20:22, Timothy Swenson wrote: The person who I think has the best qualifications to lead the group, due to his in depth knowledge of QDOS, SMSQ/E and 68000 assembly code, would be Simon Goodwin. I'm not so sure about that, due to his strong opposition against the PE.

Re: [ql-users] Open source

2002-03-14 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 14 Mar 2002, at 19:59, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Ah, interesting. What means in principle? And what is the commercial status supposed to be? If itis Open Source, there will be no more commercial status. The in principle refers to the fact that Tony said he would do it if we find a suitable

Re: [ql-users] Open source

2002-03-14 Thread Phoebus Dokos
At 01:48 ðì 15/3/2002, you wrote: large snip Now for some more personal notes from me: I'm, of course quite wiling to help in any way I can, even with the actual coding. I do suggest, however, that the registrar (for want of a better word(, keep a pretty tight rein over the way things are