Re: [ql-users] Q40 Linux and 10BaseT EZNet ISA

2002-11-05 Thread Fabrizio Diversi
No idea, I have 2 other different Eth cards in Q40 and Q60 and works ok, as far as the card is NE2000 compatible should be ok. Are you starting from Shoestring Linux or the previous version ? In the previous Linux version you need to add some specific lines in modules.dep to be sure that linux

Re: [ql-users] QL Hardware

2002-11-05 Thread wlenerz
:-) The problem is how can tight it is into the system and how many things that are done by SMSQ/E are performed with the assumption of S*Basic being there? U - none ? ! Wolfgang

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread wlenerz
Hi all, I just wanted to point out something to the general QL world at large: as you all know, SMSQ/E is being made available publicly, under a licence that was discussed at length here. This licence is now the current licence for all versions of SMSQ/E. Under this licence, only appointed

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread .
??? 5/11/2002 9:24:38 ??, ?/? Marcel Kilgus ql- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: Phoebus Dokos wrote: I was under the impression that Peter had acquired (ie paid) the rights to resell/modify SMSQ/E... No, he didn't. Marcel In that case you can forget what I wrote :-) Although my assumption

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread .
??? 5/11/2002 9:36:12 ??, ?/? Bill Cable [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: Wolfgang, What if you already own a current legal copy of SMSQ/E in QPC2 or some other way when you buy a Q40/60 as many already do. Surely you do not have to buy it twice. -- Bill Now that's an interesting thought :-).

Re: [ql-users] The Wall, etc, etc

2002-11-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Peter Fox wrote: The sound is rather like grinding gears and also happened when I had problems with flp1_ running QPC2 3.03 under XP. There seems to be a bug in DirectSound which can affect the first few milliseconds of a sound. To circumvent this you can try to configure Enable sound to

Re: [ql-users] QL Hardware

2002-11-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus
John Sadler wrote: How? There's much more to it than a simple move.l is called mov on Intel. In principle the same way as a RISC compiler handles higher level instructions. Though it may be that modern Intel or AMD chips do not have enough registers. Internally they have anything from a

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread Dave P
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I just wanted to point out something to the general QL world at large: as you all know, SMSQ/E is being made available publicly, under a licence that was discussed at length here. This licence is now the current licence for all versions

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 5 Nov 2002, at 8:46, Phoebus Dokos wrote: Wolfgang, I was under the impression that Peter had acquired (ie paid) the rights to resell/modify SMSQ/E... Not that I know of Even it isn't so, I do not believe that DD would want to hijack the software only that there's an honest

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 5 Nov 2002, at 10:05, Öïßâïò Ñ. Íôüêïò wrote: Now that's an interesting thought :-). However Bill, that's (legally) up to the software license. If it doesn't EXPLICITLY state that for every platform you NEED to have a separate copy of the software (I haven't read the finalized license in

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 5 Nov 2002, at 9:36, Bill Cable wrote: Wolfgang, What if you already own a current legal copy of SMSQ/E in QPC2 or some other way when you buy a Q40/60 as many already do. Surely you do not have to buy it twice. -- Bill Under the licence you do, because you get an entirely new copy

RE: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Wolfgang, Hey, we live in a democracy - if you don't like what I'm saying, just say so (and if you do, too). Indeed we do, so here's my take on it. When your initial email came through, I though 'oh bloody hell, the shit is really going to hit the fan now !'. Why ? Because in a

Re: [ql-users] QL Hardware

2002-11-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We need better apps which can show the true worth of Aurora, QPC and Q40 etc, and to do this, we need them both to support the same software and speeds. We have already had to face the incompatabilities built into the new higher colour display drivers and so any steps

Re: [ql-users] QL Hardware

2002-11-05 Thread .
??? 5/11/2002 11:15:39 ??, ?/? Marcel Kilgus ql- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: snip I would estimate the development of a JIT compiler to be several hundred hours. I had the time to do this a few years ago, but probably not the knowledge and skills. Plus back then I thought that the overhead of

Re: [ql-users] QL Hardware

2002-11-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Öïßâïò Ñ. Íôüêïò wrote: A very nice 68000-68040 JIT compiler exists and its sources are freely available for UAE / Basilisk... Surely a programmer of your caliber could adapt it? It's under the GPL. And it's supposed to cause problems. Marcel

Re: [ql-users] QL Hardware other matters

2002-11-05 Thread John Sadler
I have cut out the original correspondence to shorten this e-mail With respect to Poebus's reply what is the PIZZA challenge.? I presume it opens lots of small programs does something with them. I was told that one of the advantages of the Unix system is it scales well. Phoebus'es comments

[ql-users] QL Today news

2002-11-05 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Hello everyone, It is time to start putting QL Today together once again. I'm a bit short of both news and articles this time, so if anyone has material to include in QL Today please send it to me as soon as possible. -- Dilwyn Jones

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread Bill Waugh
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst? Hi all, I just wanted to point out something to the general QL world at large: as you all know, SMSQ/E is being made

Re: [ql-users] Development

2002-11-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dilwyn Jones wrote: He he. Wish I'd known what a Pizza fan Marcel was before a gang of us tried to force curry on him for his birthday a few years ago... Oops. Oh yes, that was really bad. Worst birthday meal ever ;-) But actually I'm not that much into pizza anymore. While I have eaten one or

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread .
??? 5/11/2002 3:07:40 ??, ?/? Bill Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst? Hi all, I just wanted to point out something to

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread .
??? 5/11/2002 12:23:18 ??, ?/? Dave P [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I just wanted to point out something to the general QL world at large: as you all know, SMSQ/E is being made available publicly, under a licence that was discussed at

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread .
??? 5/11/2002 12:23:18 ??, ?/? Dave P [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: snip on Dave's email After careful consideration and drawing on my own experience on skirmishes on Ql-Users (everybody probably remembers the huge misunderstanding between me and Richard Z. in which I grossly misunderstood him

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Öïßâïò Ñ. Íôüêïò wrote: [Quote cut] BTW: You're quoting in this mail was horrible. OE used to be the only program that output those non-readable mails, pity Opera seems to do the same. Apart from what's legal (or not legal), there should be a level of reason among users, vendors and

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread Geoff Wicks
- Original Message - From: Norman Dunbar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst? So, have you tried to communicate with DD to find out if what you say is true, or whether they have some other arrangments etc ? If you have asked and not received any

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread .
??? 5/11/2002 4:28:03 ??, ?/? Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: Öïßâïò Ñ. Íôüêïò wrote: [Quote cut] BTW: You're quoting in this mail was horrible. OE used to be the only program that output those non-readable mails, pity Opera seems to do the same. My mistake, I set up Opera to word

Re: [ql-users] QL Hardware other matters

2002-11-05 Thread .
??? 4/11/2002 6:09:13 ??, ?/? John Sadler [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: I have cut out the original correspondence to shorten this e-mail With respect to Poebus's reply what is the PIZZA challenge.? I presume it opens lots of small programs does something with them. I was told that one of the

Re: [ql-users] Development

2002-11-05 Thread Darren Branagh
Marcel wrote:- Hehe. No, despite this incident I really enjoyed the stay. I still have the electric mointain, snowdown etc. flyers. And actually I should return with my almost-sister-in-law. She's a very big fan of sheep and that's something you really have enough up there :-) Now you've

Re: [ql-users] Development

2002-11-05 Thread Darren Branagh
Dilwyn Wrote:- Which proves Geoff's statement... Greeks (or their inventions... ie Pizza ;-) are everywhere ;-). Our legacy does affect even Marcel :-P hehehehe He he. Wish I'd known what a Pizza fan Marcel was before a gang of us tried to force curry on him for his birthday a few years

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread P Witte
Geoff Wicks writes: In fairness to Wolfgang let it be said that this is not a new problem. I have known about it for some weeks, and you can be certain that a lot of activity has gone on in the background to try to resolve the situation. That is also my understanding. Surely an extra 10

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread P Witte
?? ?. ?? writes: Features like background I/O were promised at one point or another :-) At extra cost, I seem to remember. Per

Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?

2002-11-05 Thread Dave P
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Roy Wood wrote: The whole point of the licence was to stop people modifying the code without some central controlling authority - which would be Wolfgang. And the question is Is Wolfgang able to treat DD fairly in light of his sense that they are seemingly ignoring his