What small file?
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From: Mike MacNamara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT or other OS's
Register, Whats that, quicker to copy 1 small file from previous version,
stopping
P Witte wrote:
Phoebus Dokos writes:
However in all truth, there is a GREAT SMSQ/e partition tools only it
doesn't run under SMSQ/e... it runs under Linux (atari-fdisk) and it's
worth to boot a ram-based linux only for atari-fdisk :-)
Is there any reason why it could not be ported to Qdos/Smsq?
Roy wood wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], ZN
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
The major part is more radical. It is high time that hard drive
partitions
and formats be unified on QL platforms, and in fact, it is only Qubide
that
does not directly conform to the norm. It should be possible (indeed,
Sat, 11 Dec 2004 02:27:19 -,() Mike MacNamara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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- Original Message - From: Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 11:35 PM
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Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:51:35
Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:13:04 -,() Mike MacNamara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/wrote:
Register, Whats that, quicker to copy 1 small file from previous
version, stopping need for re registering when changing machines.
Perfectly legal.
It is NOT legal actually... read the fine print... regardless
-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT or other OS's
Sun, 12 Dec 2004 02:09:17 -,() Mike MacNamara
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Not quite. for ALL versions.
Quote
To perform the backup, follow these steps:
Peform Backup is the magic word... backup means the same
version... quite different from new
Sun, 12 Dec 2004 04:09:08 -,() Mike MacNamara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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mmm...
I have done this since the first time XP said it needed to contact MS,
and the ' MS person' said I could only use 3 or 4 installatins I had 6
PCs networked here at the time. Not an option. Its works
In a message dated 10/12/04 12:25:14 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As far as I can see, path 3 is probably your course - go for something
radically new and different and leave legacy and compatibility issues behind
because those that want their computer to run a 1984
: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT or other OS's
Sat, 11 Dec 2004 02:27:19 -,() Mike MacNamara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:23 AM
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Sun, 12 Dec 2004 02:09:17 -,() Mike MacNamara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Not quite. for ALL versions.
Quote
To perform the backup, follow these steps:
Peform Backup is the magic word... backup means the same version...
quite different from new installations. Modifying new installations is
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 01:10:11, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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snip
Well SGCs will never be produced again and that's that... they are way
too expensive anyway to make any sense for a *brilliant admittedly*
piece of hardware of the 90s
Cost is not the real killer. One logic
On 10/12/04 at 12:24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1. Qubide II - definitely. Whether QL expansion is SGC or whatever, Qubide
remains the only option for hard disk expansion via IDE from a QL or
Aurora systems.
This is doable, but requires a minor and/or major upgrade to the driver.
The minor part
Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:45:38 +0100,() ZN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On 10/12/04 at 12:24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1. Qubide II - definitely. Whether QL expansion is SGC or whatever,
Qubide
remains the only option for hard disk expansion via IDE from a QL or
Aurora systems.
This is doable, but
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Tony Firshman wrote:
I wonder what the demand for a replacement SGC is?
I can't see that it would cost much more to do a complete replacement QL
board than just a SGC3. 2.5 HD, 60MHz QL in the original case, anyone?
I can't see that it would cost more to do something
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
SNIP
Roy found this out the hard way having bought a large batch. Fortunately
I only programmed a few (they are OTP) and he got a refund.
Actually you couldn't program them at all and I had the supplier program
the lot which
Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:00:39 +,() Tony Firshman
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Indeed, and QL Toady.
*ribbit*
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Nasta wrote:
Someone said that there is a source of the GLUE20 logic floating
around, I would certainly like to see it!!!
As I mentioned last week, Keith gave me a copy at a semi-recent
workshop (Hove, probably) which I can send if required...
John
Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:51:35 -,() jms1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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That is not true... I have Windows XP-64bit here courtesy of the Uni...
Take into account that newspapers can supply DVDs of recent films free.
The more I learn about the application of copyright the more I have
sympathy
with
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 20:29:31, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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Thu, 9 Dec 2004 12:39:52 -,() jms1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Yes and Linux will use a 64 bit operating system, XP cannot.
That is not true... I have Windows XP-64bit here courtesy of the Uni...
At 06:36 10/12/2004 +0100, you wrote:
Wolfgang
Shouldn't we change the topic header here?
Surely should, they are too often wildly inappropriate
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On 10/12/04 at 10:46 Phoebus Dokos wrote:
[Qubide driver changes]
Possibly, the initialization sequence could be simplified. All of this
assumes that the Qubide source (latest version) is available, and AFAIK,
it is
Yes it is :-)
The latest QubIDE v.2.02 is already incorporated in QDOS
At 18:54 10/12/2004 +, you wrote:
I wonder what the demand for a replacement SGC is?
The results of an enhanced survey would give a clue to the potential.
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman
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I wonder what the demand for a replacement SGC is?
Until recently the demand for SGCs was high but I have had a couple for
a while now and no one seems to want one. A SGC with a fast chip and
more RAM would sell though.
--
Roy
A lot of useful information has come out of this thread
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From: Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT
See original
I have no axe to grind here either. Personally I
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 16:41:03, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:30:56 +,() Tony Firshman
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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 19:59:39, Roy wood wrote:
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for Sturat.
Which is probably similar to Pheobus
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 01:54:07, P Witte wrote:
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snip
There is one piece of topical information I should add, as a matter of
interest, and in no way intended as an accusation. The machine hasnt
displayed any of the mentioned symptoms when just idling on its own, only
when
Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:31:40 -0600 (CST),() Dave P [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/wrote:
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Roy wood wrote:
1. Fact : more AMD systems fail than Intel ones
Disputed. We no longer use P4s at our dedicated server facility because
of
their interesting failures. We do have occasional failures
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From: Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 6:43 AM
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On 9 Dec 2004 at 1:54, P Witte wrote:
(...)
underpowered and overpriced Sempron (whod put something with a name
Wolfgang Lenerz writes:
underpowered and overpriced Sempron (whod put something with a name like
that in their computer?!))
The same onces that use a Celery
;-)
(...)
(...)
There is one piece of topical information I should add, as a matter of
interest, and in no way intended as an
Mike MacNamara writes:
I would agree, there are a couple of users in Sweden who had
stability/compatability/overheat problems with these cards last month
Nice setup Per, should zing along.
Fingers crossed, it will ;) And not expensive either, unless one prices in
the mental anguish
Tony Firshman writes:
I assume this is the Nexus Terrestrial digital card?
Haupauge PVR
Ben's Media Centre edition had crashing problems with this card until he
found a work around.
... and yes, it is fun messing around with live TV and all that isn't
it! Plays havoc though with
At 05:02 09/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:
Most of the failures I have seen are due to inadequate cooling in
either manufacturer but where liquid cooling (or peltier elements) have
been applied I have seen virtually zero AMD defects compared to a general
defect ration
I have been interested in the
Thu, 09 Dec 2004 17:04:50 +,() David Tubbs
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At 05:02 09/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:
Most of the failures I have seen are due to inadequate cooling in
either manufacturer but where liquid cooling (or peltier elements) have
been applied I have seen virtually zero AMD
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 12:35:23, P Witte wrote:
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Tony Firshman writes:
I assume this is the Nexus Terrestrial digital card?
Haupauge PVR
Ah probably not that then, as I use two of these without hassle. I see
- you use a settop box.
The Nexus card will take direct
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 12:15:16, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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Thu, 09 Dec 2004 17:04:50 +,() David Tubbs
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At 05:02 09/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:
Most of the failures I have seen are due to inadequate cooling in
either manufacturer but
There is another MUCHO COOL solution with an external radiator (looks
really neat as it is a bluish aluminium cone) that needs no power
whatsoever... thermodynamics takes care of coolant circulation... the
name of that last one escapes me at the mo
Ben has his eyes on a water cooler!
Maybe then I
Tony Firshman writes:
I assume this is the Nexus Terrestrial digital card?
Haupauge PVR
Ah probably not that then, as I use two of these without hassle. I see
- you use a settop box.
Sorry to disappoint yet again: No I dont, just a plain aerial ;)
The Nexus card will take direct aerial
On 09/12/04 at 12:35 P Witte wrote:
Life should have a pause button! Nasta?
And during the pause, I need to get a passable facsimily of me made to
handle day to day affairs, while I concentrate on things I really like
doing, like designing hardware for the QL ;-)
On 09/12/04 at 08:04 Phoebus
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mike
MacNamara [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
SNIP - and other replies)
Oh Dear Roy!
I have in excess of 15 PCs running 24/7 ranging from Duron 1800s
through Athlons, and several AMD64 bit machines, this is an MSI K8T
Neo2 939 pin AMD64 3500+ Winchester 90nm, carrying 4
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], jms1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Yes and Linux will use a 64 bit operating system, XP cannot.
Net conclusion Linux far superior to Microsoft Operating Systems.
Now I never said anything different. The system itself may be superior
but it just does not have the
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Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 11:46 AM
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Mike MacNamara writes:
The latest CPUs need a lot of amps on the +12v lines, the AMD64s need at
least 18 amps barebones just to post. but 30amps will run them OK.
Its a XP3200+ and the hardware monitor shows
On 8.12.2004 at 1:09 Mike MacNamara wrote:
The latest CPUs need a lot of amps on the +12v lines, the AMD64s need at
least 18 amps barebones just to post. but 30amps will run them OK.
OK, let me sort this one out so that we can go back to QL things:
Actually, that may not have anything to do
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], P Witte
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Mike MacNamara writes:
The latest CPUs need a lot of amps on the +12v lines, the AMD64s need at
least 18 amps barebones just to post. but 30amps will run them OK.
Its a XP3200+ and the hardware monitor shows (showed) that the 12V
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
I have a 100% stable Linux system running using a AMD Athlon.
It hasn't given the slightest trouble in the 18 months it has been
running (24hrs a day). It is UPS supported, and has only been down once
when I replaced the UPS!
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Roy wood wrote:
1. Fact : more AMD systems fail than Intel ones
Disputed. We no longer use P4s at our dedicated server facility because of
their interesting failures. We do have occasional failures with XPs but
only one so far with an Opteron box. About 2/3rds of the boxes
On 9 Dec 2004 at 1:54, P Witte wrote:
(...)
underpowered and overpriced Sempron (whod put something with a name like
that in their computer?!))
The same onces that use a Celery
(...)
(...)
There is one piece of topical information I should add, as a matter of
interest, and in no way
A few people remember the command to make a fast image of microdrives
which appears in Trump Card, Gold Card and Super Gold Card - FORMAT
ram1_mdv1
This is an extremely useful command as it soon tells you how many bad
sectors are on a microdrive.
However, I have a Trump Card here with
Can't you tell I'm having a couple of days of problems
After my couple of weeks of fun with XP, who's next for a few fun days???
Dilwyn Jones
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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, P Witte wrote:
My four weeks of recent fun would be too of-topic to print here, but to
summarise briefly, I have a PC that is playing up. Weve changed every
single component except the case and still the same sort of problem
persists! Now its down to the case or - me!
Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:05:11 -,() P Witte
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote:
Dilwyn Jones writes:
Can't you tell I'm having a couple of days of problems
After my couple of weeks of fun with XP, who's next for a few fun
days???
My four weeks of recent fun would be too of-topic to print here, but to
Hmmm...
Leprosy, very common among the high end processors, what CPU is it?
cheers
mike
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From: Dave P [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, P Witte
Dave P writes:
My four weeks of recent fun would be too of-topic to print here, but
to summarise briefly, I have a PC that is playing up. Weve changed
every single component except the case and still the same sort of
problem persists! Now its down to the case or - me!
Probably all down
Mike MacNamara writes:
Hmmm...
Leprosy, very common among the high end processors, what CPU is it?
I think Dave was talking about the PSU ;)
Anyway the CPU is an Athlon 3200+. Its fussy about the quality of memory.
Memtest kept bombing out, so I thought: Problem solved! and got some
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