[ql-users] Re: [ql-users] 1000 to spend! (2nd attempt!)

2004-03-16 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:22:18 +0100, Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't answered on this thread until now mainly because (in the first attempt...) I wasn't sure whether that kind of money would conceivably around in this matter. Now that Geoff has given more details, here's my 2

Re: [ql-users] USA QL web site - new graphics and QDT progress

2004-02-28 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:41:31 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 at 14:18:27, James Hunkins wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I have just added some very nice graphics to the USA QL show web site, compliments of the very talented Thorsten Herbert over there in Italy.

Re: [ql-users] QL scanner

2004-02-25 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:01:50 +, John Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick Dennis Briggs tried to get the Quanta committee interested in his idea for a QL scanner using a modified printer way back in the early 1990's. Scanners then were very expensive but as the QL had very poor graphics in

Re: [ql-users] Sampled Sound System

2004-02-25 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:43:28 -0800, Timothy Swenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know that I can play sound files on the Q40, but has anyone tried making original music. Is the SSS set up for turning the Q40 into, say, an organ? Or would this be fairly difficult? As Marcel mentioned, the SSS

Re: [ql-users] QL scanner

2004-02-25 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 07:21:48 +0100, Jrme Grimbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marcel Kilgus wrote: John Taylor wrote: Dennis Briggs tried to get the Quanta committee interested in his idea for a QL scanner using a modified printer way back in the early 1990's. Scanners then were very expensive

Re: [ql-users] Q40 Problem

2004-02-19 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 22:40:48 -0800, James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cleaning with an erasure, especially a pencil type (versus ink) can leave a different residue and doesn't always take away the material very well. It is best to use an actual electrical contact cleaner, usually found

Re: [ql-users] Q40 Problem

2004-02-19 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:39:04 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 at 22:40:48, James Hunkins wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cleaning with an erasure, especially a pencil type (versus ink) can leave a different residue and doesn't always take away the material very

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-14 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 09:05:58 +0100, Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13 Feb 2004 at 11:26, Timothy Swenson wrote: Yea, yea, Yea. American have guns, Europeans don't. No need to start a long thread about the merits of either. I can always start the thread that our royality are

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-14 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:29:42 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Why not? I do :-) (Especially with Powerball loterry jackpots running usually at US$ 50.000.000 (or more!) ... then you do not think carefully about the maths. In the UK, anyone who buys a lotto ticket on Wednesday

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-14 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:57:49 -0600 (CST), Dave P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Tony Firshman wrote: ... then you do not think carefully about the maths. In the UK, anyone who buys a lotto ticket on Wednesday is more likely to die that win the Saturday jackpot - a sobering

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-14 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:11:56 +0100, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos (F ?. ?t) wrote: True. In any case I was talking about QDOS (Classic) and Minerva. Well, good luck then. Especially with Minerva, considering that there are only a few bytes free space left

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-14 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:29:30 +0100, Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13 Feb 2004 at 9:15, Phoebus R. Dokos ( . wrote: Most likely, but where the user is concerned they really don't care as long as it works correct? :-D Yes - just as long as I do not think that it doesn't work

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-14 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:29:30 +0100, Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13 Feb 2004 at 9:17, Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) wrote: Why not? I do :-) (Especially with Powerball loterry jackpots running usually at US$ 50.000.000 (or more!) I'd rather spend my money on something else

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-14 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 03:09:43 -, P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos writes: and a couple of others running custom QDOS-based software, that unfortunately cannot work with SMSQ/e either. custom often meant pretty dirty; didn't it? Most likely, but where the user

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-13 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 07:40:02 +0100, Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13 Feb 2004 at 0:03, Phoebus R. Dokos ( . wrote: snip Flashback was quite a progmming feat, (very fast), but severely limited in other ways IIRC. I think it interfered with the ALT/Hotkey system. I wonder

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-13 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 07:40:01 +0100, Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13 Feb 2004 at 4:13, Marcel Kilgus wrote: But then again, I could also win the lottery on Saturday. Well I hope you don't - you'd probably off to laze in the sun in Barbados, and the QL world still needs you... grin

Re: [ql-users] QLiberator

2004-02-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:36:44 +0100, Claude Mourier 00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because it is far more easy to use then Turbo : you have can compile your code directly when you need to adapt it with Turbo (at least versions I know) That is not true. You do not need to adapt any code apart from

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:46:28 -, P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dilwyn Jones writes: What I'm getting at (not being familar with PC networks) is would you need a driver to access Ethernet in general (or another QL on ethernet), another driver to access a PC over a network, another driver

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 04:13:59 +0100, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) wrote: In any case, it's a fairly complicated implementation. The only logical solution would be to support Peter Graf with qlwIP as it already works fine (although slow due to the round-robin style

Re: [ql-users] Sir Clive

2004-02-09 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 17:07:53 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dilwyn, I suggest you tape it.. I can't get BBC4 over here and would love to see it. If good, I could digitise it and turn it into a movie file for download. And I will provide the space. Up to 1 Gb is available ;-) And if

Re: [ql-users] Thor manual

2004-02-09 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 20:02:50 -, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: THOR MANUAL Thanks to Tony Firshman, I have now added the Thor manual PDF file to the QL Documentation CD, which is now at version 2.7. The PDF file is about 10MB long, you will of course need the Acrobat file reader or

Re: [ql-users] Thor manual

2004-02-09 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 20:15:24 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 at 20:02:50, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) THOR MANUAL Thanks to Tony Firshman, I have now added the Thor manual PDF file to the QL Documentation CD, which is now at version 2.7. The PDF

Re: [ql-users] Thor manual

2004-02-09 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 23:12:02 -, Witchy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tony, -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Firshman Sent: 09 February 2004 11:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ql-users] Thor manual This is for 'witchy' (I wonder

Re: [ql-users] Thor manual

2004-02-09 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 23:17:32 -, Witchy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) Sent: 09 February 2003 20:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Thor manual ...And the page nos

Re: [ql-users] Miracle's Hard Disk System

2004-02-08 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 13:52:22 -, Dr Colin F Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like an old pre ide, RLL or some other format HD I think so too, most likely an MFM Seagate ST-506 drive such as ST-251-0 or ST-251-1) Phoebus

Re: [ql-users] Miracle's Hard Disk System

2004-02-08 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:57:25 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 at 10:38:36, =?iso-8859-7?B?IlBob2VidXMgUi4gRG9rb3MgKNbv3+Lv8iDRLiDN9Pzq7/IpIg==?= wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 13:52:22 -, Dr Colin F Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds

Re: [ql-users] Miracle's Hard Disk System

2004-02-08 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 11:15:38 -0500, Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Depending on the drive (where the actuator stepper motor is located) he could even reanimate the life Of course I meant, reanimate the DRIVE Phoebus -- Visit the QL-FAQ at: http://www.dokos-gr.net/ql/faq

Re: [off topic] Re: _SPAM_ Re: [ql-users] Miracle's Hard Disk System

2004-02-08 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 20:06:06 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 at 18:45:12, Roy wood wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Arnould Nazarian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes As you started I continue this off topic conversation: your message was

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-08 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 00:08:39 -, thegilpins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am still monitoring the list and find such suggestions most interesting. Would anyone like to do a financial study of these or other suggestions and possibly give Quanta the opportunity of helping once again. A formal

Re: [ql-users] Athlon 1,8GHz + Pentium 3 GHz + XP + QPC

2004-01-25 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:09:10 +0100, Arnould Nazarian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My son, 16, used to use the family PC, Athlon 1,8 GHz + 256 MB of memory. It was not fast enough for his taste, and he wanted to have his own environment so he got a Pentium 3GHz PC + 1 GB of memory (not from me,

Re: [ql-users] small LCD screen

2004-01-25 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:47:38 +0100, Arnould Nazarian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And what would Nasta say about this? I could buy a kit and send it to him to look at it. A remark for Bill: imho this 640x480 LCD does not have a lot in common with the super LCD/plasma etc.. screens sold as TV sets

Re: [ql-users] small LCD screen

2004-01-25 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 23:07:32 +0100, Arnould Nazarian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a 640x400 Colour LCD screen bought for 20 USD a couple of months ago. t's a Sharp EL unit (6) which was then converted to a VGA for a friend's server using a nice diagram found on the net. I do not agree that

Re: [ql-users] small LCD screen

2004-01-25 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 23:07:32 +0100, Arnould Nazarian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a 640x400 Colour LCD screen bought for 20 USD a couple of months ago. t's a Sharp EL unit (6) which was then converted to a VGA for a friend's server using a nice diagram found on the net. I do not agree that

Re: [ql-users] Atari Disks

2004-01-21 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:33:36 GMT, Tarquin Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus wrote: On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 01:40:58 -, Derek Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Atari ST can read PC formatted disks, but not HD disks, only 720K or DD disks Exactly so all you need to do is format a disk

Re: [ql-users] Birthday QL 2004

2004-01-20 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:25:26 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 at 08:48:57, =?iso-8859-7?B?IlBob2VidXMgUi4gRG9rb3MgKNbv3+Lv8iDRLiDN9Pzq7/IpIg==?= wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 22:01:38 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will be

Re: [ql-users] Birthday QL 2004

2004-01-20 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:24:00 -, Derek Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tony, Fabrizio Diversi has a Web site up an running on a Q60 with Linux, I am not sure if it accessible all the time. Derek Not all the time IIRC, but nonetheless very well done (and very responsive for the speed of

Re: [ql-users] Birthday QL 2004

2004-01-20 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:42:52 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 at 12:03:52, =?iso-8859-7?B?IlBob2VidXMgUi4gRG9rb3MgKNbv3+Lv8iDRLiDN9Pzq7/IpIg==?= wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I doubt that an AOL connection can be shared, however a regular connection can :-)

Re: [ql-users] USA QL Show - web update

2004-01-20 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:48:25 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 at 09:54:37, James Hunkins wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Also, watching the recent thread for the QL 2004, I have added tentatively some kind of panel discussion. I do recall that they have always

Re: [ql-users] Birthday QL 2004

2004-01-20 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:52:54 -, Derek Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Phoebus, Why use WIndows XP and AOL they are both no good... Derek Because we need a gateway for the show. AOL is the only one that can provide us with 1-800 (toll free) numbers around the US, plus it comes with

Re: [ql-users] Atari Disks

2004-01-20 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 01:40:58 -, Derek Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Roy, The Atari ST can read PC formatted disks, but not HD disks, only 720K or DD disks Derek Exactly so all you need to do is format a disk with the /f:720 option... Alternatively you can get an Atari emulator such as

Re: [ql-users] Birthday QL 2004

2004-01-18 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 22:01:38 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will be bringing a wifi access points and two pci wifi cards, and a good length of RJ45 cable. Could we install this on your PC? What speed is your Motorola connection? I guess though it is not free. Could you also

Re: [ql-users] Birthday QL 2004

2004-01-17 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 16:24:12 -0500, I, ( . ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jon, I was thinking of doing the same during QL USA 2004. Hopefully some visitors will bring their std Hermes equipped QLs. Of course I meant: standard, Hermes-equipped QLs which means that the QL is standard but not the

Re: [ql-users] Birthday QL 2004

2004-01-17 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 22:01:38 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 at 16:24:12, =?iso-8859-7?B?IlBob2VidXMgUi4gRG9rb3MgKNbv3+Lv8iDRLiDN9Pzq7/IpIg==?= wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hi Jon, I was thinking of doing the same during QL USA 2004. Hopefully some

Re: Re: [ql-users] QL Documentation

2004-01-03 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 11:53:28 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been thinking of going down to Sears for one of those [wife; or at least a single woman]. Do you think they might have one in stock? I'm huggable I think. Wait: who are the big retailers in Europe? Doug (LaVerne) Likely US QL

[ql-users] Great Case for Qx0 and Aurora/SGC owners

2004-01-03 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
Hi all, just found this: URL:http://www.directron.com/cstr100.html With a AT backplate it would make a perfect case for a Qx0 or an Aurora with sH and SGC. (As a matter of fact with the little adapter card that I have designed -details of which will appear in a future QLT- you can use it with

Re: [ql-users] No Virus Now - Maybe

2003-12-05 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 07:05:53 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3 Dec 2003 at 23:05, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Well, the Trojans are harmless. The horse (with the Greeks inside) is the real trouble maker. Phoebus will be charmed to know. Wolfgang Taking a quick break off my studies (Btw: for

Re: [ql-users] No Virus Now - Maybe

2003-12-05 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 02:36:20 +0100, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tony Firshman wrote: Well, the Trojans are harmless. The horse (with the Greeks inside) is the real trouble maker. I think Helen was the _real_ troublemaker (8-)# Of course, that's implied in the gender. ;-) Marcel Pah!

Re: [ql-users] No Virus Now - Maybe

2003-12-05 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 16:56:21 +0100, Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5 Dec 2003 at 8:57, Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) wrote: Pah! Blame it on the woman now won't we? :-D Poor thing she couldn't help it! It's like saying that it's Dilwyn's fault that he's so popular

Re: [ql-users] Bitmaps to sprites

2003-11-25 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:21:22 -, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Says 'Page cannot be displayed' when tried at 8.20PM UK time tonight? Works fine here Phoebus -- Visit the QL-FAQ at: http://www.dokos-gr.net/ql/faq/ (Still uploading stuff!) Visit the uQLX-win32 homepage at:

Re: [ql-users] ZeXcel Spectrum emulator supporting 65536 colours available

2003-11-17 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:49:57 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wondeful!! Thank you Davide!! I will look forward to playing it. I have wanted a hi colour ZeXcel since I first saw the PC emulator, Spec256 - this even runs the games in full 256 colours. I have an enjoyable few nights ahead,

[ql-users] uQLx and QLAY for BeOS 5 Max r. 3.00 (alpha versions)

2003-11-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
Hi all, a quick note to tell you that I now have working (alpha) versions of the following on BeOS PE 5.03 Max Edition Rel. 3.0 (A free download): uQLx (still some issues with TCP/IP) and QLAY (some unexpected crashes most likely caused by a problem with word boundaries) Both require X11R4.6

Re: [ql-users] ZeXcel Spectrum emulator supporting 65536 colours available

2003-11-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 22:25:23 +0100, Davide Santachiara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A new version of ZeXcel, freeware Spectrum 48k/128k emulator for QDOS/SMSQ systems running under the extended environment, is available for download from my web page: www.geocities.com/dsantachiara just scroll

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and slicing

2003-11-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 20:28:30 -, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I always thought that slices could work in reverse as well (and they should actually) so eg. a$ = hi b$ = a$ (2 TO 1) PRINT b$ should return ih but maybe it's just me :-) Phoebus Patience my boy! Marcel The Miracle Maker

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and slicing

2003-11-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:59:41 -0600 (CST), Dave P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Dilwyn Jones wrote: I always thought that slices could work in reverse as well (and they should actually) so eg. a$ = hi b$ = a$ (2 TO 1) PRINT b$ should return ih but maybe it's just me :-)

Re: [ql-users] ZeXcel Spectrum emulator supporting 65536 colours available

2003-11-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 16:02:23 -0600 (CST), Dave P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, [utf-8] Phoebus R. Dokos ( . [utf-8] ) wrote: Ah EXCELLENT! Now for SAM coup support! (Hmmm and how about AY emulation for the Qx0? :-D) Ahhh yes. On of my speccy games was the first ever

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and slicing

2003-11-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:59:41 -0600 (CST), Dave P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Dilwyn Jones wrote: I always thought that slices could work in reverse as well (and they should actually) so eg. a$ = hi b$ = a$ (2 TO 1) PRINT b$ should return ih but maybe it's just me :-)

Re: [ql-users] travelling

2003-11-07 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 20:47:26 -, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, be assured it is just local to where you are. Look up any of the major oil companies on the net, and contact them either by email or phone. They will give a positive answer for England, and may be able to pin point

Re: [ql-users] Pictures from the QL Show in Italy!

2003-10-26 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:41:35 -, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nicely done, apart from the 3 broken links: Pictures of Supper, Roberto Orlandi and Eros Forenzi Roberto Orlandi! And the QL monitor picture is not working either (this one is unclickable actually). Plus TF

[ql-users] uQLx for Linux

2003-10-26 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
Hi all, Anybody has uQLx precompiled binaries for Linux-x86 or FreeBSD (any version)? I need to test something at my uni but I have no Linux setup handy at the moment (and the Linux installations there do not include any devel. tools so I cannot compile :-( ) Thanks, Phoebus -- Visit the

Re: [ql-users] Re:smsqe 3.03

2003-10-23 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:36:48 +0100, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 at 20:09:09, =?iso-8859-7?B?IlBob2VidXMgUi4gRG9rb3MgKNbv3+Lv8iDRLiDN9Pzq7/IpIg==?= wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) And while Bruce is at it, I suggest he fixes the ql-users headers to an appropriate

Re: [ql-users] Re:smsqe 3.03

2003-10-22 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:37:13 +0100, Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Roy, This is what should be the final version of SMSQ/E 3.03 for the GoldCard. Would you lminbd having a look at it, to see whther is now (!) works OK

Re: [ql-users] Re: [QLNews] Launchpad

2003-10-22 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:02:51 +0200, Giorgio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.homepages.tesco.net/dilwyn.jones/launchpad/launchpad.html page not found :-( regards Giorgio Garabello Correct since the address should be: URL:http://homepages.tesco.net/dilwyn.jones/launchpad/launchpad.html

Re: [ql-users] Launchpad

2003-10-22 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:40:12 +0100, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Blatant advertising, so I'll keep it brief. The Launchpad information page on my website is now up to date, and you can download the trial version free of charge from there. Trial version is limited to 4 program icons on

Re: [ql-users] Re:smsqe 3.03

2003-10-22 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:52:41 +0100, Duncan Neithercut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont suppose it was intentional and its not Wolfgang's licence but its TTs SMSQ/E licence, but if you are interested I was sufficiently interested to test it on my Aurora setup. Aurora, Supergoldcard 2.49 Qubide

Re: [ql-users] Re:smsqe 3.03

2003-10-22 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:45:28 +0200, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tony Firshman wrote: If it is possible it would be great to configure the mailing list server to reject 'binary' messages. I second that, binaries are a no-no for this list anyway. Marcel And while Bruce is at it, I

Re: [ql-users] error lines

2003-10-19 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:44:51 +0200, TonyTebby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: jeudi 16 octobre 2003 10:44 Subject: Re: [ql-users] error lines Thank you. $C8 is described in my book as number of watched

Re: [ql-users] error lines

2003-10-19 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 13:56:19 +0100, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $C8 is described in my book as number of watched WHEN variables Ah! Jan Jones When variables - has anyone ever described this wonderful unimplimented facility? Tony Tebby It seems a wonderful facility. Something like:

[ql-users] More Q-Word news

2003-10-19 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
Hi all, thanks to some input from Marcel, we are now able to produce digital sound instead of using the QPC CD driver directly from the Windows audio subsystem. For some reason when I tried this a while back I couldn't get it to a point that wouldn't lose focus from QPC but now it doesn't :-)

Re: [ql-users] SMSQDOS licence

2003-10-17 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:15:49 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 at 21:46:27, Timothy Swenson wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I've sort of been following the discussion of the SMSQ/E license (yet again). So have I, but a great deal of the discussion seems to expand

Re: [ql-users] QLwIP, Ethernet, USB, Q60 successor

2003-10-17 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 19:38:59 +0100, Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On 16 Oct 2003 at 9:57, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Above statement is formally credited as Copyright (C) Roy Wood sometime in the last 3 years :o| Do you think Roy would ...

Re: [ql-users] QL Today - very nice!

2003-10-17 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:01:28 -0700, James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got the new QL Today - very nice. Now for the problem, work on QDT or read and play? How to make such a decision! OK, so I should work on QDT for now and then read and play instead of sleeping later tonight.

Re: [ql-users] Isn't it open source?

2003-10-16 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:17:30 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Oct 2003 at 3:31, Phoebus R. Dokos ( . wrote: On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 07:46:55 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You fail to see the argument. Linux (or anything else) if its license is already a Free Software License by definition

Re: [ql-users] QL Hardware.

2003-10-16 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:49:52 +0100, John Sadler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a thought Would it be possible to adapt the QL Operating system so it could run on an Apple Mac machine? If so could this solve our hardware problems? Hi John, what kind of an Apple machine? An older Mac (68K)?

Re: [ql-users] Linus Torvalds, the QL, and open source

2003-10-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:11:16 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 14 Oct 2003 at 22:13, Peter Graf wrote: . snip To some extent, QPC and Qx0 might be seen as competing with each other, (I've heard this being said) even though, for me, they are definitely not. I do not think that the Qx0 and QPC

Re: [ql-users] Isn't it open source?

2003-10-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:11:17 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 14 Oct 2003 at 13:55, Bill Cable wrote: (...) I knew the QL was very special the first time I switch it on and am pleased to see it receive credit as a key motivator for the Open Source Movement. :-) Just to put a further cat

Re: [ql-users] defragment

2003-10-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 11:37:50 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope. As far as I know, I never said a word. Actually, I'd forgotten about it to be honest!! Cheers, Not Darren's fault... It's not indeed an Irishman ;-) The fault is all Rich's :-) I was asking him if he knew of any proper (ie

Re: [ql-users] Linus Torvalds, the QL, and open source

2003-10-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 12:58:19 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15 Oct 2003 at 3:05, Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) wrote: (all cut) snip more I have repeatedly stated on this list that OF COURSE I would include code that beneftis only one machine - provided, it is not done in such a way

Re: [ql-users] error lines

2003-10-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 12:22:32 +0100, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know how to get the statement number within a line when an error occurs? Obviously, ROMs which support ERLIN return the line number. It would be helpful to get the statement number as well for debugging purposes -

Re: [ql-users] Isn't it open source?

2003-10-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:58:03 +0200, Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Wolfgang, Snipped the whole previous message As answering to individual points makes a little difficult to concentrate my whole argument I will write a response with two examples on why the current license can in

Re: [ql-users] DJC 16

2003-10-15 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:05:16 +0100, Derek Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I was going up the M6 in England, last week just North of Stoke to see my girlfriend, when a red Porsche flew pasted me with the registration number DJC 16 I wondered where Dilwyn was going in such a rush. Derek

Re: [ql-users] defragment

2003-10-14 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:50:50 +0100, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need a spot of advice on a Windows/PC related subject, so any replies send to me privately, please, if you think they'll cause offence on this list. There is a slight QPC angle to this (see below) which I hope someone

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-13 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 18:56:26 +0100, gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? My solution regarding postscript would also very much solve the problem for Qxx. SGC is

Re: [ql-users] QLwIP, Ethernet, USB, Q60 successor

2003-10-13 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:48:32 +0200 (MET DST), Jerome Grimbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fabrizio Diversi makes some magical things to make me read } Just a thought about what a pity,( I am now in the lunch break...) } one year later after sms/e sources new license, and for a lot of reason that

Re: [ql-users] QLwIP, Ethernet, USB, Q60 successor

2003-10-13 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 21:35:50 +0100, John Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I think that this whole discussion is an overkill. We did it before but it may be useful to see things a little more removed from the heat now :-) Phoebus Mutual admiration societies achieve nothing. There are

Re: [ql-users] QLwIP, Ethernet, USB, Q60 successor

2003-10-13 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 23:41:37 +0200, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Nobody is stopping anybody from releasing a piece of code under 2 licenses. That is not possible under any legal agreement. It's other one or the other especially for GPL style licenses as the premise is so

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:40:05 +0200, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) wrote: is the program available from your webpage? I can't seem to find it and I have lost that copy that you sent me a while ago... What, Ghostscript? No, I wasn't involved in that development

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:53:09 +0100, gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Geoff Wick wrote: PS: I am having a little trouble displaying the new QL colours

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:39:53 +0200, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos (F ?. ?t) wrote: No that PS filter you had at one time :-) On my site, downloads section. Shouldn't be hard to find. Marcel Duh! Just saw it... I think my eyes went for a walk earlier :-D Thanks

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:14:21 +0100, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 at 10:38:12, Roy wood wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) snip Indeed yes. I find it incredible that on some cheap colour inkjets, if you want to use the manufacturers products, it is often cheaper to

Re: [ql-users] Bad line 8

2003-10-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:14:23 +0100, Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes It could be that the drives themselves need a good clean (as with all tape heads) - cotton bud and meths (Tony is that the best thing to use??) is required.

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-10 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:52:42 +0100, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geoff Wicks wrote: We have just buried our heads over the printer problem. Two years ago it was obvious that the parallel interface was on its way out, but people are only beginning to realise this now. What is the point

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-10 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 23:14:45 +0100, Tarquin Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus Dokos wrote: snip The following paragraph may be wrong.The hardware is easy, just use a parallel to USB converter. Parallel is faster than USB 1.1 and below. The problem is writing the USB stack, other USB

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-10 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 02:24:35 +0200, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) wrote: I do not know how feasible that could be given the non-full implementation of the ISA bus on the Qx0 but it is a possibility. Of course three sets of drivers would be needed. One

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-09 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:14 +0100 (BST), Peter Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having both a HP1150 and an HP PSC750 both attached to QPC2 and working with Text87 and Prowess, what is all the fuss about? Admittedly, my printers use PCL3 and PCL6 respectively and not PJL but the process is very easy

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-08 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:49:15 +0100, gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Regarding printer language the cheapest parallel-equipped printers (that call

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-07 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 19:21:45 +0100, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 at 11:59:38, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Got the Brother in 1966? Wow, he must be knackered :-)) Whoops - 1986 of course. Hmmm in 1966 Brother AFAIK only made sewing machines (probably the

Re: [ql-users] Dual IDE controller needed for Q40 - Will Exchange :-)

2003-10-07 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 21:47:56 +0200, Fabrizio Diversi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I Post the a message like this to ql-developers, but the list do not seems working at the moment. I am improving a little my q60 for the next Italian meeting and this is what I did : - I bought a new dual channel ide

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-04 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 05:05:26 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 04/10/03 01:57:08 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Epson stylus colour 850. Beats the LX80 hands down, George. The speed is up and the decibels are down. Epson ink is more expensive than Dom Prignon and

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-04 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 00:16:10 +0100, P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos writes: lots of useful information snipped Its an important point you mention about the print heads. With HP you get a new print head with every new cartridge, with the Epson you only get the one you bought

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-03 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 12:17:46 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 03/10/03 16:36:59 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is more and more difficult to print directly from native QL (with QPC there is less problem as Windows spooler is used) Claude Hmm - correct me if I am

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