Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Rich Mellor
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:13:12 +, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 03:22:54, P Witte wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) snip It's 10 Euros, not pounds. There might be an argument for a considerably reduced fee since the punter here wont have access to SMSQ/E

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Wolfgang Uhlig
Am Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:50:36 - hat Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben: The demo version of QPC2 would do, APART from two problems: a) We cannot update the high scores table - this could be overcome by allowing only one type of write to device on the QPC2 runtime - direct to

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 13:27:27, Wolfgang Uhlig wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Am Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:13:55 - hat Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben: - just like the demo does at the moment Sorry, I didn't follow the whole discussion and I didn't download the demo because as a

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 20:21:16, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:31:49 +,() Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 18:40:44, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I am not particularly a 'word game' fan.

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 01:10:11, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Wolfgang Uhlig
Am Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:37:09 + hat Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben: It is a very good way of exercising your English (8-)# Is this sort of hint, hint, hint ? ;-)) Does your demo do all these things itself??? It certainly does. It worked fine on my XP system. It was all

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Rich Mellor
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:08:39 +0100, Wolfgang Uhlig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:37:09 + hat Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben: It is a very good way of exercising your English (8-)# Is this sort of hint, hint, hint ? ;-)) Does your demo do all these things

Re: [ql-users] Sbytes

2004-12-10 Thread David Tubbs
At 09:42 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: Anybody know how I might do this on an XP PC. I want to save a chunk every 30 seconds to monitor changes. A chunk of what? CMOS ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread ZN
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

Re: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:45:38 +0100,() ZN [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: 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

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:49:08 +,() Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: snip It was all automatic and very slick. There is even an entry in 'add/remove programs'. Brilliant job. I reckon the average PC user would not even notice the environment they were using. Yes, I can concur with Tony

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:40:44 +, Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cut Well ... from the Demo statistics it looks like over 200 copies have been downloaded. So actual sales of 100 to 200 would be likely. That remains

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Do you want to say that the demo is a QPC together with a win-file, which installs itself correctly on a PC, whereever a PC-user wants it to install? I would find that very interesting because I had to install such a

Re: [ql-users] Sbytes

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 14:13:46, David Tubbs wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) At 09:42 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: Anybody know how I might do this on an XP PC. I want to save a chunk every 30 seconds to monitor changes. A chunk of what? CMOS This is getting silly. What cmos where? RAM?

Re: [ql-users] Detecting GD2

2004-12-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 18:40:44, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I am not particularly a 'word game' fan. Yet QWord is so good - in function, appearance, and sound - that I will buy it when it is available in

Re: [ql-users] Sbytes

2004-12-10 Thread David Tubbs
At 18:50 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 14:13:46, David Tubbs wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) At 09:42 10/12/2004 +, you wrote: Anybody know how I might do this on an XP PC. I want to save a chunk every 30 seconds to monitor changes. A chunk of what? CMOS This is

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Dave P
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

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Roy wood
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

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:00:39 +,() Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: Indeed, and QL Toady. *ribbit* ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread John Hall
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

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT or other OS's

2004-12-10 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:51:35 -,() jms1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: 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

[ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-10 Thread David Tubbs
At 16:19 10/12/2004 -0500, you wrote: Yes very, all I want to be able to do in an XP PC environment is sbytes address, length, file I cant find any facility in DOS or Windows, no QBASIC If you are only trying to see parameters stored upon the booting of your PC Thanks for the answer to a

Re: [ql-users] Whither or Wither ?

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 at 04:11:37, David Tubbs wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) At 16:19 10/12/2004 -0500, you wrote: Yes very, all I want to be able to do in an XP PC environment is sbytes address, length, file I cant find any facility in DOS or Windows, no QBASIC If you are only trying to

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 at 20:29:31, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 12:39:52 -,() jms1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: 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...

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread David Tubbs
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 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread ZN
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

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread David Tubbs
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. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Roy wood
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes 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

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT or other OS's

2004-12-10 Thread jms1
A lot of useful information has come out of this thread - Original Message - From: Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: [ql-users] Trump Cards and FORMAT

2004-12-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 16:41:03, Phoebus Dokos wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:30:56 +,() Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 at 19:59:39, Roy wood wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) for Sturat. Which is probably similar to Pheobus