Re: [ql-users] FastFind

2002-06-09 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 at 14:18:01, P Witte wrote: (ref: 000601c20f39$f16c14e0$0100a8c0@gamma) About FastFind, my latest attempt at supporting the ever-deminishing QL application/utility sofware scene: Only tested on SMSQ/E, but there is no reason that I know, why it should not work on any

Re: [ql-users] FastFind

2002-06-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 at 23:22:38, P Witte wrote: (ref: 00bb01c210cd$94475c80$0100a8c0@gamma) Tony Firshman writes, Thanks for all that, Tony. Im sure splashing this sort of Sorry Per - I wasn't trying to warn people off - just help you (8-)# And I apologise for snapping at you. Time

Re: [ql-users] Plight of a Software House

2002-06-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 at 18:30:50, Timothy Swenson wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I kind of jumped in the middle of this thread before I really read any of the messages, so I'm sort of guessing a bit about the on going conversation. I'm assuming that part of the discussion is about the lack

Re: [ql-users] Just another idea

2002-06-14 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 at 23:28:18, Roy Wood wrote: (ref: Br0GXwDC4mC9Ew$[EMAIL PROTECTED]) In message 001301c213a9$8e90a4c0$d299893e@macnamarxmjd3y, Mike MacNamara [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP OK. Compare the first proposal with the actual licence. Ask yourself: did the other side make

Re: [ql-users] This is the (duscussion about the) LICENCE

2002-06-14 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 at 22:58:10, Roy Wood wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In message 3D08697D.15521.A14E00@localhost, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes BIG SNIP I think the forgoing part of Wolfgang's message was well overdue and very well put. His patience and tact in dealing with the issues is to be

Re: [ql-users] Just another idea

2002-06-16 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 15 Jun 2002 at 20:35:07, Roy Wood wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Geoff Wicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes In the short period in which the Grafs have operated they have managed to alienate most of the QL Traders to the extent that the only people who

Re: [ql-users] This is the LICENCE

2002-06-20 Thread Tony Firshman
installed (thanks Roy), If I 'lost' the OS in the same way it would be a real drag. Surely better with 'new' code on eprom, where it is reasonably safe? but slower. I would go for speed any time. The time and ram involved is small. -- Tony Firshman

[ql-users] Eindhoven workshop

2002-06-22 Thread Tony Firshman
Another Eindhoven workshop has come and gone. It seems a lifetime away though from the launch day for Hermes, where I had a turnover of getting on for £2000! I always enjoy these trips in one way or other. This one was memorable for: 1) Finding that the QL monitor that I kept discovering was

Re: [ql-users] This is the LICENCE

2002-06-22 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 at 11:52:28, Richard Zidlicky wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 12:03:03AM +0100, Roy Wood wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Zidlicky[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP Absolutely not. If you are building hardware you can't simply provide

Re: [ql-users] Eindhoven workshop

2002-06-23 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 at 09:58:29, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 004401c21a9a$e157ab20$28075cc3@default) Tony Firshman wrote: 6) Seeing a pretty functional QDT alpha. It is going to be a very essential addon to the QL. Pity Jim Hunkins is only coding for SMSQ. This is why Launchpad

Re: [ql-users] This is the LICENCE

2002-06-23 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 at 09:21:32, Bill Waugh wrote: (ref: 003201c21a8f$027d3240$eaf47ad5@famwaugh) - Original Message - Now not (8-)# From: Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 11:41 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] This is the LICENCE Lets

Re: [ql-users] [OT] Making business with Roy Wood

2002-07-01 Thread Tony Firshman
, testing, doing repairs and so on. Now here comes my idea: Why not ask Tony Firshman if he is interested in producing the Q40? Obviously this would also mean the right to sell it. I have not talked to Roy about this idea yet, because I want to see if you are interested at all. If your answer is Yes

Re: [ql-users] [OT] Making business with Roy Wood

2002-07-03 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 at 20:23:59, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 003101c22136$9baaae40$e2065cc3@default) Well that was an interesting tirade. I have no intention of going into a lengthy discussion of this in deference to those of you who have become as heartily sick of the whole thing now as I

Re: [ql-users] NB: The 2nd Irish QL Show 2002

2002-07-03 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 at 20:41:41, Darren Branagh wrote: (ref: 003401c22200$84411f80$2801a8c0@pc119) Ok folks, I've gone and done it. The 2nd Irish QL show will take place this Summer - over the August Bank Holiday weekend, 24th to 26th August, 2002. So, Who's Coming? Me - subject to clearing

Re: [ql-users] Monitor connections

2002-07-09 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 at 03:30:56, Alan Tyson wrote: (ref: 001b01c226f0$a81a5620$3a51883e@alantyso) My 86-yr-old father in S.Wales (I'm near Chester) acquired a s/h QL about 10yrs ago, which has kept him well amused. He used a selection from his many ancient TVs as monitors until recently, when

Re: [ql-users] Monitor connections

2002-07-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 at 11:01:02, Alan Tyson wrote: (ref: 001101c227f9$107a84c0$fb30883e@alantyso) This can be dangerous, not only to him, but to the monitor QL - he could end up frying either or both of them. Thanks for the warning. He's pretty clued up as an Elec.Eng. lecturer by trade,

[ql-users] soql - Aurora machine

2002-08-15 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 at 16:37:15, AGClarke wrote: (ref: 000b01c24471$f41f9960$df998cd4@garystosh) Hi,     On my laptop using qpc2v3, I cannot get it to connect to my modem as it cannot find ser3.     On my aurora machine it connects to my modem and logs on but the input to my screen is not

Re: [ql-users] soql

2002-08-18 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 at 19:57:40, Jonathan Dent wrote: (ref: 000701c246e0$ddf2f120$60e7e6c2@oemcomputer) QPC: The soql engine will use other ser ports if you pass it a port option for example change the boot file line 270 para$ = q t d ram1_tryDNS r Tcp$ ipReceiver to 270 para$ = q t d

[ql-users] for Darren

2002-08-18 Thread Tony Firshman
As my emails aren't getting through, Darren, I am having to use this list. Have you a 12v (car) battery I could borrow for the two nights I am staying with you? It could be an old ex-car one as I will be using minimal power (mobile charging mainly) -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67)

Re: [ql-users] S_Edit

2002-08-19 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 at 21:09:14, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 00a701c247bc$52519fe0$32065cc3@default) Ralf Rekoendt has kindly allowed me to make the last commercial release of S_Edit into a freeware release. Give it a try, it's free for download from www.soft.net.uk/dj/software/other.html

Re: [ql-users] HTML emails - what a pain !

2002-08-20 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 at 13:09:52, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) The message 'to class' allegedly from Ron, is in HTML format and carries a payload called win98.pif which is AUTOMATICALLY run if you open or preview the email (ok, in Outlook - but there may be others) Norton

Re: [ql-users] I'm back (hopefully) - superHermes w/ PS/2 ports and Aurora Rom adaptor

2002-08-30 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 at 13:16:58, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hello all, I am back (hopefully) :-) I was hit rather hard from a nice combination of hard disk crashes and the Klez (while I was in the process of rebuilding my PC didn't have my AVG anti-virus on - Thank God I

Re: [ql-users] I'm back (hopefully) - superHermes w/ PS/2 ports and Aurora Rom adaptor

2002-08-31 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 at 20:46:43, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Yes please. It is something I had been meaning to do but never found the time. Where do you attach the Ps2 mouse - the 'spare' port? I had that in mind so a ps2 mouse could be used on sH LITE Two solutions

Re: [ql-users] SGC and SMSQ/E on ROM for the Aurora

2002-09-01 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 1 Sep 2002 at 12:29:08, Davide Santachiara wrote: (ref: 004c01c251a2$88332440$0200a8c0@ergonnotebook) Hello Nasta, A long time ago, when the lrespr version of the driver came out, Phil Borman also mentioned locations that needed to be patched if Qubide was set to an address

Re: [ql-users] SGC and SMSQ/E on ROM for the Aurora

2002-09-01 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 1 Sep 2002 at 00:05:43, ZN wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) A long time ago, when the lrespr version of the driver came out, Phil Borman also mentioned locations that needed to be patched if Qubide was set to an address different than the ROM port. If you have the lrespr version

Re: [ql-users] Q40 + QDOS Classic + Qubide

2002-09-07 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 at 23:01:11, Tony Firshman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 at 11:33:55, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Quiet in here innit? Did everyone OD on Guinness at/after the QL show and still suffering the mothers of all hangovers?? ;O) What - all seven

Re: [ql-users] Trump Card Level 2 Upgrade

2002-09-08 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 at 04:25:46, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) My customer has manged to fit the level-2 upgrade (why are there no instuctions in the manual as to how to fit the chip I wonder).  Am I correct that there is only one chip to swap?? However, the new commands crash the computer

Re: [ql-users] Trump Card Level 2 Upgrade

2002-09-08 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 at 20:14:18, Derek Stewart wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Sunday 08 September 2002 12:57 pm, you wrote: On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 at 04:25:46, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) My customer has manged to fit the level-2 upgrade (why are there no instuctions in the manual

Re: [ql-users] Q-emuLator new web site address

2002-09-13 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 at 21:25:55, Daniele Terdina wrote: (ref: 01c25add$a7eb8ea0$93bcbad0@dterdina9) A few months after the old web site at geocities was discontinued, I managed to move it to a new address: http://users.infoconex.com/daniele/q-emulator.html Registered users of

Re: [ql-users] QL World mags

2002-09-17 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 at 09:25:02, Jerome Grimbert wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Tony Firshman makes some magical things to make me read } } Someone wanted Feb/Apr 92 Ql Worlds some time back } } I found them in my boxes, emailed him offering them for postage only, } but have had no reply

Re: [ql-users] Request - Microdrive Pinout

2002-09-17 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 at 19:43:58, Robert Newson wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Tony Firshman wrote: On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 at 20:13:26, Robert Newson wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Snip] * as far as I can read the printing on the circuit diagram...it is daisy chain connected (via Comms

Re: [ql-users] Quanta - Articles plea

2002-09-18 Thread Tony Firshman
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 at 11:50:30, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) At 01:47 ìì 16/9/2002, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Quanta - Articles

Re: [ql-users] Quanta - Articles plea

2002-09-18 Thread Tony Firshman
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 at 15:27:33, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Certainly Turnpike, which slavishly follows internet conventions, and very successfully I think, accepts these forms, and correctly linked the quoted URL above. All of my mailers cannot handle the form of the url

Re: [ql-users] Movep

2002-09-20 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 at 11:23:29, Laurence Reeves wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) The sort of game that you'll find in the Minerva ROM, where every byte saved on non-critical code meant another feature could be squeezed in, One feature per byte is a mite better than even _you_ could manage

Re: [ql-users] Movep

2002-09-20 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 at 15:09:37, Tony Firshman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 at 11:23:29, Laurence Reeves wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) The sort of game that you'll find in the Minerva ROM, where every byte saved on non-critical code meant another feature could

Re: [ql-users] Movep

2002-09-21 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 at 17:49:17, Stephen Meech wrote: (ref: 00d301c2618e$db40c2e0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thank you for that shot of nostalgia - remembering both the development of Minerva but also taking me further back to the hours I spent recoding magazine program listings for my ZX81 resulting

[ql-users] Parcelfarce

2002-09-23 Thread Tony Firshman
Anyone got a URL for UK standard parcel prices. I see they have disappeared from the 'Guide to services' I got recently, and I threw away my old list. I cannot find any info on their web site. I need to post a repaired QL - but it seems Parcelfarce no longer recognise standard parcels. Quite

Re: [ql-users] Parcelfarce

2002-09-23 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 at 23:33:05, Bill Waugh wrote: (ref: 000c01c26351$30261c60$23d27ad5@famwaugh) - Original Message - From: Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:55 PM Subject: [ql-users] Parcelfarce Anyone got a URL for UK

Re: [ql-users] Parcelfarce

2002-09-24 Thread Tony Firshman
. but Parcelfarce is cheaper. I simply cannot find prices on the Consignia site (that parcelforce.com redirects to) I guess it is because Consignia are Parcelfarce competitors. I have used them since day one for QL repairs and only had one problem. -- Tony Firshman

Re: [ql-users] Parcelfarce

2002-09-24 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 at 22:55:40, Tony Firshman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Anyone got a URL for UK standard parcel prices. I see they have disappeared from the 'Guide to services' I got recently, and I threw away my old list. I cannot find any info on their web site. I see that std UK

Re: [ql-users] Parcelfarce

2002-09-24 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 at 08:31:09, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) At 03:24 ðì 24/9/2002, Tony wrote: snip (Does _this_ URL come through OK, Phoebus? I have used a new feature of Turnpike to sent sections 'unformatted' It removed all the URL: etc bits - which will please Phoebus

Re: [ql-users] Parcelfarce

2002-09-24 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 at 20:16:12, Jeremy Taffel wrote: (ref: 003d01c263fe$d93d2020$[EMAIL PROTECTED]) lookout express mangled all the attempts at this URL The original was split over 3 lines, with the URL only recognised to the first line break. The latest continues the URL over the first

Re: [ql-users] Parcelfarce

2002-09-26 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 at 09:21:03, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) did you know that your 'quote' character(s) are not coming through in your replies - this makes it a bit difficult to find your stuff in amongst my dross :o) Ahha - I have had long 'chat' with Bill about this and

Re: [ql-users] Parcelfarce

2002-09-26 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 at 21:35:35, Bill Waugh wrote: (ref: 008301c2659c$6533eac0$862c073e@famwaugh) - Original Message - From: Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Parcelfarce when I send them

Re: [ql-users] Parcelfarce

2002-09-27 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 at 09:23:47, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sorry guys, I may have led you up the garden path. When I mentioned 'quotes' I was referring to 'quoting of previous text to which I am now replying' - basically, what has been said before. I was not referring to

Re: [ql-users] e-mail plain protocols [was Parcelfarce]

2002-09-28 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 at 22:46:34, John G Hitchcock wrote: (ref: 007001c2666f$7c0fabc0$dc169fd4@johns) In I/E v 6.00 tools options send tab select: include message in reply - Note: In I/E 6: There does not *seem* to be the offer of the - '' etc

Re: [ql-users] e-mail plain protocols [was Parcelfarce]

2002-09-30 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 at 01:48:01, P Witte wrote: (ref: 002b01c2685c$4b5692c0$0100a8c0@gamma) View my reply in plaintext (if you can find it)! Per I did (two clicks) and, as I thought I said, it looks the same. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255

[ql-users] Ron Humphries

2002-10-02 Thread Tony Firshman
My apologies for putting this here, but I can think of no other way. Ron, I sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ie replied to your emails) and it bounced with: 'This domain is blacklisted'!!! -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.demon.co.uk

Re: [ql-users] Ron Humphries

2002-10-03 Thread Tony Firshman
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 at 15:44:19, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) At 04:49 ðì 2/10/2002, you wrote: 'This domain is blacklisted'!!! Seems like demon was blacklisted by that particular ISP Good god - they might as well blacklist the world. If onetel are doing things like that to

Re: [ql-users] Caution- BugBear Virus

2002-10-07 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 at 20:08:07, Roy Wood wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In message NH6Z2ZFCMK523W09TS4XYVDACBFC4YVP.3da051e5@quantumcentral, =?windows-1253?Q?=D6=EF=DF=E2=EF=F2=20=D1.=20=CD=F4=FC=EA=EF=F2?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi All, Please be cautioned that Giorgio's been infected

Re: [ql-users] Caution- BugBear Virus

2002-10-07 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 at 13:50:01, Michael Berger wrote: (ref: 000101c26df8$46f0d320$ac0e01d9@1und11010841) Tony Firshman wrote: Interestingly whatever mailer you use does not identify itself in the header, so I guess it cannot be 'that which shall not be named' (8-)# Now that is funny

Re: [ql-users] Keyboard membranes

2002-10-13 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 at 20:25:34, Voyager wrote: (ref: 011601c272dd$90b8e350$0100a8c0@voyager4) Just a quick comment, although (I think) self-evident: it's impossible to make profit on making 1K~5K membranes and storing them for the next 10 years repairing QLs :-). It's too expensive to build

Re: [ql-users] Keyboard membranes

2002-10-14 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 at 21:28:35, Zane Lewis wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Do you mean West Coast of the US? If so, that would bring the West Coast tally up to 4. California.. I have 3 QL's sitting in a shed waiting for either me to hit the lottery, or someone to make a membrane cheap

Re: [ql-users] Keyboard membranes

2002-10-14 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 at 09:52:04, Tony Firshman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I also think someone (an ex QL dealer) has a few. It wasn't Frank Davis. Anyone remember who? Don Walterman? On second thoughts, I think it was Paul Holmgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252

Re: [ql-users] Keyboard membranes

2002-10-14 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 at 12:24:18, QL recursos en castellano wrote: (ref: 007e01c2736b$db0ccfa0$0201a8c0@badapc) Somebody knows about a company in England called NFI?  Yes - as I said, we bought thousands from them using the original Sinclair spec and equipment.   I have spoken today with

Re: [ql-users] QL Keyboard Membranes - moving on

2002-10-16 Thread Tony Firshman
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 at 06:02:42, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I think that ordering more than 200 membranes would be pointless, and so we need an idea of the minimum order requirements.  Maybe Tony's idea of adding it to a Spectrum membrane order may help in this regard There might be

Re: [ql-users] Membrane update (and progress)

2002-10-18 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 at 18:15:52, =?windows-1253?Q?=D6=EF=DF=E2=EF=F2=20 =D1.=20=CD=F4=FC=EA=EF=F2?= wrote: (ref: BVQWKH721VPKLIKZXOMUTKE4XWGD.3daf3698quantumcentral) ANY membrane will fail give it sufficient time and enough tinkering with the QLs inside but not the Qeyboard ... not the

[ql-users] Calling DD

2002-10-19 Thread Tony Firshman
Dennis or Derek - I have been unable to contact you by email about the forthcoming show emailshot. Could you please contact me privately. I think my emails must be going astray/ -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tonysurname.demon.co.uk http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk

Re: [ql-users] Trying to contact Tony Firshman

2002-10-13 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 at 16:41:25, Callum Davidson wrote: (ref: 001101c27238$1d01d6b0$d6443444vaio) Hello, Sorry that my first message here is a public plea! I've been trying to contact Tony Firshman, but my emails keep being returned. Tony - could you email me please? Demon had problems

Re: [ql-users] a small but perfectly formed update to QDOS INTERNALS website

2002-10-25 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 at 13:54:45, François Van Emelen wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Speaking of Sbasic... Wouldn't it be nice to avoid 'word clashes' by following some kind of convention? An example to illustrate this? I've just discovered W. Lenerz' ARRAY_BIN. Nice extension, but unuseable.

Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms

2002-10-28 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 at 21:54:36, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dave P [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Norman Dunbar wrote: I suspect you'll find that scholls nowadays are all 'mainstream' in that they have a pile of PCs running

Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms

2002-10-29 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 at 20:15:35, =?windows-1253?Q?=D6=EF=DF=E2=EF=F2=20 =D1.=20=CD=F4=FC=EA=EF=F2?= wrote: (ref: HCZW3VC95Y3V7WV61HBZX8A04ZOMQK.3dbde137@quantumcentral) ??? 28/10/2002 6:29:33 ??, ?/? Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: BTW Tony, loved the plumbing at Bill's house

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic extensions toolkits

2002-10-29 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 at 18:11:58, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 004901c27f7a$21a515c0$a1075cc3blackpc) you must have so much stuff on your web site, that you have forgotton what you have :o) The source is available for download from your own web site. Just my job driving me towards a nervous

Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms

2002-10-30 Thread Tony Firshman
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 at 01:15:46, P Witte wrote: (ref: 002e01c27fb2$5f7080f0$0100a8c0gamma) Stephen Meech writes: Any problem with QPC2? It is a quantum leap ahead of the competition in that it runs SMSQ/E. It is currently supported by probably the only ace programmer active on the QL scene

Re: [ql-users] 10BaseT Ethernet on the Q40/And of course a stupid question :-)

2002-11-03 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 at 01:26:23, Marcel Kilgus wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ZN wrote: Also, does anybody have info on how the QXL talks to the ISA bus? It would be interesting (to say the least) to put the QXL there and use it together with the Q40 ;- Thierry Godefroy knows, I'm sure

Re: [ql-users] a small but perfectly formed update to QDOS INTERNALS website

2002-11-04 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 at 08:57:21, wrote: (ref: 3DC63671.8337.69C9FBlocalhost) On 25 Oct 2002, at 23:58, Tony Firshman wrote: How about someone being appointed as a name server. Anyone adding to QDOS/SMSQ for general release should register the name with one person. Well, François van

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

2002-11-06 Thread Tony Firshman
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 at 21:06:28, Dave P wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Jochen Merz wrote: maybe I can add a bit of clarification here. Thanks for the clarification. As a member of the public, Wolfgang's approach aside, I can now see how he arrived there (just wish he

[ql-users] What the QL is really all about

2002-11-06 Thread Tony Firshman
After the recent unfortunate, sometimes uninformed, and sometimes downright silly emails in ql-users about the SMSQ/E license, I was absolutely delighted to get a letter from an 'octogenarian' customer (one of the very few customers of any age this year) this morning to remind me what I like

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

2002-11-06 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 at 08:46:11, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Wolfgang, I was under the impression that Peter had acquired (ie paid) the rights to resell/modify SMSQ/E... Since DD systems act as his agents under British (and American) Common law (which not only gives them

Re: [ql-users] Development

2002-11-06 Thread Tony Firshman
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 at 15:28:28, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hi Phoebus, listen, I'm a Scotsman living and working in England, married to an English woman and working in a software hose full of English people - and you think your the first to taunt :o) ha ha - how many

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

2002-11-07 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 at 02:01:09, Jeremy Taffel wrote: (ref: 007e01c28601$8a88b6e0$afba0050taff3) One thing that puzzles me; Dennis states that Wolfgang used the wrong address so he never received it. However the wrong address seems to be the one that Derek uses to contact this list. I keep

Re: [ql-users] What the QL is really all about

2002-11-07 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 at 11:55:07, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Tony, Our email system is Exchange, and when I got the email in from the list, there was no attachemnet and the format is 'plain text' (I hate HTML and RTF emails - just so someone can have their signiture embedded

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

2002-11-07 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 at 22:31:35, Bill Waugh wrote: (ref: 00c601c286ad$6ee41220$b06401d5@famwaugh) - Original Message - From: Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst

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

2002-11-07 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 at 20:52:36, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tarquin Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes In 2000 I went to the London workshop, I saw the Q40 and liked it. In 2001 I went to the Byfleet workshop, tried to purchase a Q40 but QBranch

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

2002-11-08 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 at 05:58:42, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: UTICWR05TN091TWSHCLK2U06RMC7DBQO.3dcb98e2@quantumcentral) ??? 8/11/2002 3:38:30 ??, ?/? Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: Monster Raving Loony Party - Screaming Lord Such? He often got more votes than 'legitimate' parties. He

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

2002-11-08 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 at 18:28:49, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: (ref: 3DCC0261.6167.2100FElocalhost) On 8 Nov 2002, at 11:47, Tony Firshman wrote: (...) The best course is to stop thinking, How do you do that? Does it happen often to you?... grin Not often enough (8-)# -- QBBS (QL fido

[ql-users] Re: Graphic Tablet and QL TV-Toy (Arnould where are you?)

2002-11-08 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 at 17:12:21, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: ZY93KED8S73WTTRZUHGUR2WB7KI4Z05.3dcc36c5quantumcentral) I got two Crayola Tablets (they are serial) one for my daughter's killer QL system to draw on TV (and avoid the mess) and one for my Q40... It works just fine with my regular QL as

Re: [ql-users] Re: Graphic Tablet and QL TV-Toy (Arnould where are you?)

2002-11-09 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 at 18:48:37, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: 4133Y2VI76XVRQNJKXRC854HB32VU.3dcc4d55quantumcentral) (IIRC when SMSQ/E is loaded atop of Minerva, the I2C port continues to function...am I wrong?) Yes - there is an SMSQ module that enables the I2C - god I am suffering from directory

Re: [ql-users] QL Service Manual in HTML Format

2002-11-09 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 at 07:29:19, QL recursos en castellano wrote: (ref: 001801c287b9$56071740$0201a8c0badapc) The document QL Service Manual has been turned to HTML by one of the collaborators of the page Sinclair QL Spanish Resources One is to your disposition in the URL:

Re: [ql-users] QL Calendar for 2003

2002-11-09 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 at 14:35:25, Marcel Kilgus wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hi Norman. You'll notice I said 'naked QLs' and not 'naked QLers'. Good. Because I certainly don't want so see something like that in the calender:

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

2002-11-09 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 at 13:53:10, dndsystems1 wrote: (ref: 00a401c287fe$d067c620$4f6887d9@asusone) - Original Message - From: Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst

Re: [ql-users] Forthcoming Shows

2002-11-09 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 at 14:19:22, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: IG0463JG631XANHTQ5Z1ZEAOMWRIFG.3dcd5fba@quantumcentral) ??? 9/11/2002 1:53:40 ??, ?/? Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: Davide - if you are 'listening', don't be put off by last time. If you organise another one say next June, I

Re: [ql-users] QL Calendar for 2003

2002-11-09 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 at 23:42:49, Marcel Kilgus wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Tony Firshman wrote: ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/people/m/pix/comp/QLs_and_Zwiebeltuete-3-s.jpg he he - who is that? He's a German hacker known within the scene as Endergone Zwiebeltüte which translates

Re: [ql-users] QL Service Manual in HTML Format

2002-11-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 at 12:48:10, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 002601c288b9$d15dade0$73065cc3blackpc) You can compare with the original one. ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/technical-docs/QLServiceMan ual.pd f Javier Guerra Sinclair QL Spanish Resources http://badared.com/QL The

Re: [ql-users] QL Service Manual in HTML Format

2002-11-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 at 09:47:26, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In a message dated 10/11/02 14:43:36 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Dilwyn The link you are using has ual.pdf on another line on this machine and is not part of the url. If IE, depending on what version

Re: [ql-users] QL Service Manual in HTML Format

2002-11-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 at 12:48:10, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 002601c288b9$d15dade0$73065cc3blackpc) You can compare with the original one. ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/technical-docs/QLServiceMan ual.pd f That file is 15mb long - be warned. When sending URLs it is a good idea

Re: [ql-users] list

2002-11-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 at 03:43:42, Ian Pizer wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) list ql-users Send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://www.firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF

Re: [ql-users] Fw: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

2002-11-11 Thread Tony Firshman
@macnamarf6d1fc From: Mike MacNamara [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: 001801c287b9$56071740$0201a8c0@badapc 008001c287fc$43e11cd0$0100a8c0@macnamarf6d1fc [EMAIL PROTECTED] 002e01c28844$ff0c6030$0100a8c0@macnamarf6d1fc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] QL Service

Re: [ql-users] Fw: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

2002-11-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 at 19:53:37, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: MGUT85JIKILHMJID775IDPN0606A096.3dceff91@quantumcentral) ??? 10/11/2002 7:20:50 ??, ?/? Mike MacNamara [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: Tony Just received this response to an email reply to yours off list. Are you playing with your

Re: [ql-users] QL Service Manual in HTML Format

2002-11-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 at 19:48:38, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 000601c289c1$aac62140$e5075cc3blackpc) I have managed to download the file, using a downloader (FlashGet) - however, the file is some 15Mb in size, therefore may cause IE to appear to crash!! I sent this to Dilwyn some time ago on CD.

Re: [ql-users] Fw: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

2002-11-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 at 18:22:09, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: SP94TRWTUP9471GC8SOKFHEGDRNHA.3dd03ba1@quantumcentral) ??? 11/11/2002 3:51:42 ??, ?/? Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: You may have noticed I have recently changed my email address - this is a forwarding address of course (11

Re: [ql-users] Fw: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

2002-11-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 at 01:22:22, Mike MacNamara wrote: (ref: 00b901c28920$c9deb610$0100a8c0macnamarf6d1fc) Hi Phoebus More like a Spanner than a Spammer Yep. or as Spike Milligan said, 'A Spaniard in the Works' The spanner is still there - I have made the change to include all my spam

Re: [ql-users] Fw: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

2002-11-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 at 00:28:20, Marcel Kilgus wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Tony Firshman wrote: Ta for these error reports - I now realise I have to explicitly set all name@ as well. No, you can set a wildcard *. Doh - why don't they say that on the web page. Still I like setting

Re: [ql-users] QL Service Manual in HTML Format

2002-11-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 at 23:38:02, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 003301c289db$8f32a7e0$fd075cc3blackpc) Tony Firshman wrote: he he - I could have told you _you_ made a copy, as you sent me one. Thanks Tony, I feel a lot better now :-(( At this point I am officially sending in my brain

Re: [ql-users] activity

2002-11-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 at 19:35:33, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: IH1TPJKHPO1XHFIHUTHDYSW293C70.3dd04cd5@quantumcentral) ??? 11/11/2002 5:11:01 ??, ?/? Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 at 23:33:54, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 001a01c289da$d71d6960$fd075cc3@blackpc) Wow

Re: [ql-users] Q-Emulator 2

2002-11-12 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 at 13:59:07, ZN wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Jonathon Oakley] I believe he is one of the people who seems to have dropped off the face of the earth? IIRC he was at the Bielefeld meeting all those years ago... Last communications from JonathAn were:

Re: [ql-users] Mouse movement / buttons

2002-11-12 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 at 18:06:37, Marcel Kilgus wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) TonyTebby wrote: Isn't there a developer's forum where we could stuff all these things? There used to be ql-developers, but it was turned into a list for Q40 (Linux) specific discussions. Indeed? I never heard of

Re: [ql-users] Q-Emulator 2

2002-11-12 Thread Tony Firshman
for Patientline for the last 11 months...I was told by Tony Firshman or Laurence that Jonathan Oakley was one of the original design team working on the originals of these little Patientline hospital cable TV systems featured on BBC news yesterday, of all things using either a derivative of QDOS

Re: [ql-users] Mouse movement / buttons

2002-11-12 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 at 23:56:00, Marcel Kilgus wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Tony Firshman wrote: There used to be ql-developers, but it was turned into a list for Q40 (Linux) specific discussions. Indeed? I never heard of this one. Well, at least on the Quanta page is written: This list

Re: [ql-users] Mouse on the Q40

2002-11-13 Thread Tony Firshman
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 at 02:52:57, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: 86B7VTLJHE1W86RNNH2XNNLONVQ31JI.3dd204d9@quantumcentral) ??? 13/11/2002 1:51:39 ??, ?/? Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??: On 12 Nov 2002, at 19:37, Phoebus Dokos wrote: I have a problem with the mouse. I am using a MS

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