Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread P Witte
wolfgang mühlegger writes: P Witte schrieb: How do you make this work? marcel hacked sernet to work 'over udp' and it's working great! I think I got that part of your earlier message ;) What do you need to connect and how do you make it work? Per

Re: [ql-users] SMSQE 3.09

2005-01-30 Thread Geogwilt
In a message dated 29/01/05 12:28:46 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Actually, I'm getting nowhere. The last Email I had, i think, told me that George was now testing everything, so I was under the impression that this is not finished yet. Do you know where he's at? I

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread Rich Mellor
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:18:25 +0100, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rich Mellor wrote: Dilwyn seems to have got this running - seems to be the best bet (lets give Marcel a rest) That's music in my ears. But anyway, as more people will probably have problem settings this up, get

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Rich Mellor wrote: Thanks Marcel - the only thing is that the Help function does not work - some files missing?? Yes, the help files... Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread Rich Mellor
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:33:07 +0100, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rich Mellor wrote: Thanks Marcel - the only thing is that the Help function does not work - some files missing?? Yes, the help files... Well yes I guessed that - we need to include them in the package, or are these one

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Rich Mellor wrote: Well yes I guessed that - we need to include them in the package My package is a quick demonstration on how to set it up so that it runs. Nothing more, nothing less. Anybody is welcome to enhance, it of course. Marcel ___ QL-Users

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread wolfgang mhlegger
Rich Mellor schrieb: On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:33:07 +0100, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rich Mellor wrote: Thanks Marcel - the only thing is that the Help function does not work - some files missing?? Yes, the help files... Well yes I guessed that - we need to include them in the

Re: [ql-users] A QL in Spain

2005-01-30 Thread sinclairql
Roy wood escribió: Jochen, Marcel and myself are planning to be in Spain at some point between 1st and 16th of June. This is partly our usual excursion to get Marcel and I third degree sunburn and throw ourselves down impossible Roller Coasters but we would like to combine it with meeting up

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I used to play a game called Cavern (I think) on my QL back in the '80. Is this game available somewhere, and is it possible to play it on one of the emulators for the PC? Any other old games available? -- Pål Monstad There's quite a lot of games on my website

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread Roy wood
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wolfgang mühlegger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes P Witte schrieb: wolfgang mühlegger writes: P Witte schrieb: How do you make this work? marcel hacked sernet to work 'over udp' and it's working great! I think I got that part of your earlier message ;) What do you need

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Pål Monstad
Dilwyn Jones wrote: I used to play a game called Cavern (I think) on my QL back in the '80. Is this game available somewhere, and is it possible to play it on one of the emulators for the PC? Any other old games available? -- Pål Monstad There's quite a lot of games on my website

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Rich Mellor
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:20:55 +0100, Pl Monstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dilwyn Jones wrote: I used to play a game called Cavern (I think) on my QL back in the '80. Is this game available somewhere, and is it possible to play it on one of the emulators for the PC? Any other old games available?

[ql-users] Leon Heller

2005-01-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I recently had an email from Leon Heller, one of the founders of Quanta. I mentioned in my reply to him that Quanta was having a big 21st bash this autumn and asked if he could be present. I thought it would be nice if we could get Leon or Brian Pain to attend after all these years. --

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Pål Monstad
Pål Monstad wrote: Thanks! The Cavern game on your site is the correct one! I downloaded QemuLator and JM ROMs, but I get an error in line 300 in the cavern_bas: r=ALCHP(72000): error in expression. As I remember the ALCHP command reserves some memory, about 72Kb in this line. It seems to not

Re: [ql-users] OT: Sheds

2005-01-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Hmm, build a new house, clad it in wood and claim it's a shed then see how long you get away with it! -- Dilwyn Jones - Original Message - From: Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] OT: Sheds On Fri, 28

Re: [ql-users] Level 2 Drivers

2005-01-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Dear Mr Services, Tony The counter clerk at the bank kept calling me 'Mr. Branch' so I asked him if I could have a Branch Manager. Did he Twig what you were on about? -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.3

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread Rich Mellor
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:17:05 +, Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cut what you need is ask marcel for the udprext.zip plus 2 computers connected with ethernet, running QPC2 (at the moment it only works with 2) Not sure I understand the point here. If you have two machines running QPC2

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread wolfgang mhlegger
Roy wood schrieb: --- 2 computers connected with ethernet, running QPC2 (at the moment it only works with 2) Not sure I understand the point here. If you have two machines running QPC2 and connected by ethernet why not just map the drives so they have a letter and then use that letter as one of

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread wolfgang mhlegger
Rich Mellor schrieb: On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:17:05 +, Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cut what you need is ask marcel for the udprext.zip plus 2 computers connected with ethernet, running QPC2 (at the moment it only works with 2) Not sure I understand the point here. If you have two

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Roy wood wrote: Not sure I understand the point here. If you have two machines running QPC2 and connected by ethernet why not just map the drives so they have a letter and then use that letter as one of the QXL.WIN files ? I have done it like this for ages. I believe Marcel has even made it

Re: [ql-users] OT: Sheds

2005-01-30 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 at 16:06:34, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Amazingly, sheds do not need planning permission in this borough. I could fill the garden with them! Hmm, build a new house, clad it in wood and claim it's a shed then see how long you get away with it! There is a

Re: [ql-users] Level 2 Drivers

2005-01-30 Thread John Gilpin
- Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Level 2 Drivers Dear Mr Services, Tony The counter clerk at the bank kept calling me 'Mr. Branch' so I asked him if I could have a

Re: [ql-users] Leon Heller

2005-01-30 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 at 15:49:56, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I recently had an email from Leon Heller, one of the founders of Quanta. I mentioned in my reply to him that Quanta was having a big 21st bash this autumn and asked if he could be present. I thought it would be nice

Re: [ql-users] Level 2 Drivers

2005-01-30 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 at 17:21:06, John Gilpin wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Level 2 Drivers Dear Mr Services, Tony The counter clerk

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Roy wood wrote: Not sure I understand the point here. If you have two machines running QPC2 and connected by ethernet why not just map the drives so they have a letter and then use that letter as one of the QXL.WIN files ? I

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 30 Jan 2005 at 17:43, Malcolm Cadman wrote: What does UDP stand for - obviously a Protocol ? 1) Short for User Datagram Protocol. (2) Short for Usenet Death Penalty Wolfgang www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com ___

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread Roy wood
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wolfgang mühlegger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Roy wood schrieb: --- 2 computers connected with ethernet, running QPC2 (at the moment it only works with 2) Not sure I understand the point here. If you have two machines running QPC2 and connected by ethernet why not

Re: [ql-users] Level 2 Drivers

2005-01-30 Thread Roy wood
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Gilpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes - Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Level 2 Drivers Dear Mr Services, Tony The counter clerk at the bank kept

RE: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Daniele Terdina
Probably the best emulator to use to play these sort of games is Qemulator - certainly seems to be more able to cope (unless they use copy protection of course). In fact, Q-emuLator can run most copy-protected QL games (for example, the unpatched Psion Chess 1.0). But you need to own the

Re: [ql-users] Level 2 Drivers

2005-01-30 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Roy wood wrote: Perhaps that was the root of the problem you went to the bank for in the first case?? Oak A, I think it's time to leaf it out now, buddy. Don't tangle with the pun meister! Roy Wood, putting the pun in PUNishment since 19xx ;-) Marcel

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Rich Mellor
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:06:35 -0800, Daniele Terdina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably the best emulator to use to play these sort of games is Qemulator - certainly seems to be more able to cope (unless they use copy protection of course). In fact, Q-emuLator can run most copy-protected QL

Re: [ql-users] Email in SBASIC

2005-01-30 Thread Dent
Hi again By the way don't worry about trying either Marcels or my version of the programs on your mail account. All mails are left in takt for you to download in the usual way after previewing them. If you do spot a mail you would rather not download the command to delete a mail is DELE n where

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Tarquin Mills
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:06:35 -0800, Daniele Terdina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is interesting but how do you get the copy protection from the microdrive onto the QL floppy disk? It is normally a hidden sector on the microdrive, or specific

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Wolfgang Lenerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On 30 Jan 2005 at 17:43, Malcolm Cadman wrote: What does UDP stand for - obviously a Protocol ? 1) Short for User Datagram Protocol. (2) Short for Usenet Death Penalty Umm ... I figured it would be harmful to humans ... :-)

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Tarquin Mills wrote: I have been thinking about a virtual microdrive for SMSQ/E, as way of making SMSQ/E more compatible with old software, this would solve the above problem. In other words an image filing system. I think software that does need this would probably not run anyway. Marcel

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones
No, ALCHP is only present in Toolkit 2 extensions. From SuperBASIC, you can use RESPR instead as long as no other jobs are running. Snag is that RESPR memory cannot be released later, only be a reset. There was talk of Toolkit 2 being released freely now or soon. If this is really rthe case,

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Dilwyn Jones wrote: I used to play a game called Cavern (I think) on my QL back in the '80. Is this game available somewhere, and is it possible to play it on one of the emulators for the PC? Any other old games available? -- Pl Monstad There's quite a lot of games on my website

[ql-users] smsq gold

2005-01-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I seem to have got myself into a bit of a muddle. First, I manage to destroy a QL+RomDisq with a corrupt copy of smsq_gold 3.06 (revived with romd214_exe) and now I can't get 256 colour mode to work on the Aurora. Is the same smsq-gold v3.06 used for 256 colour on Aurora or is there a

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Rich Mellor
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:33:20 -, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Use RESPR instead of ALCHP for now, until I know if it's OK to send you a TK2. I think QemuLator and QPC2 can load a Toolkit 2 ROM image, although I can't remember the commands needed from memory. Silly QPC2 does not

Re: [ql-users] smsq gold

2005-01-30 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dilwyn Jones wrote: Is the same smsq-gold v3.06 used for 256 colour on Aurora or is there a separate version for Aurora? DISP_TYPE will change resolution on the Aurora/SGC (a MinisQL) but DISP_COLOUR 2 is ignored Then you probably don't use a version that includes my driver. Marcel

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dilwyn Jones wrote: Use RESPR instead of ALCHP for now, until I know if it's OK to send you a TK2. I think QemuLator and QPC2 can load a Toolkit 2 ROM image, although I can't remember the commands needed from memory. Why oh why should anybody want to load a TK2 image on QPC2? Marcel

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread wolfgang mhlegger
Roy wood schrieb: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wolfgang mühlegger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Roy wood schrieb: --- 2 computers connected with ethernet, running QPC2 (at the moment it only works with 2) Not sure I understand the point here. If you have two machines running QPC2 and connected

Re: [ql-users] Leon Heller

2005-01-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I got a reply to the reply - Leon says he may well attend the Quanta bash on the south coast (he keeps an eye on a few QL websites like Quanta's), and he is still in touch with Brian Pain, although it may prove a bit far for Brian to attend. Still, getting one of the two founders of Quanta to

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Rich Mellor wrote: Yes you need a TK2.ROM to link in with Qemulator - that contains ALCHP Dilwyn - is there a link to this on your website yet? Otherwise just use RESPR instead of ALCHP. Following Roy Wood's announcement that pointer environment and Toolkit 2 can be freely made available, I've

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Doh, thanks. It can load ROM images but obviously not needed even in the demo version. -- Dilwyn Jones - Original Message - From: Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Old games On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:33:20

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Use RESPR instead of ALCHP for now, until I know if it's OK to send you a TK2. I think QemuLator and QPC2 can load a Toolkit 2 ROM image, although I can't remember the commands needed from memory. Why oh why should anybody want to load a TK2 image on QPC2? Marcel That was just me being totally

Re: [ql-users] smsq gold

2005-01-30 Thread Rich Mellor
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:15:15 -, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cut No I am not certain. All I am certain of is that it's SMSQ_GOLD v3.06. It probably ain't the colours version as DISP_COLOUR 2 does nothing it seems. I don't use the QL and MiniSQL Aurora that much, so have

Re: [ql-users] Email in SBASIC

2005-01-30 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:48:30 -,() Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote: Jon, should this work equally on soql, QPC2 v3.30 and uQLx TCP/IP? Dilwyn Jones That will work on QPC 3.30, QemuLator 2.3.2 and 2.3.3 and uQLx but NOT on soql as there's no tcp device. However this is really a

Re: [ql-users] Email in SBASIC

2005-01-30 Thread Dent
- Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Email in SBASIC Jon, should this work equally on soql, QPC2 v3.30 and uQLx TCP/IP? Dilwyn Jones snip It should work on uQLx. soQL

Re: [ql-users] Email in SBASIC

2005-01-30 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dent wrote: It should work on uQLx. soQL doesn't have a TCP_ device as jet. The device driver itself would be quite simple as its not a directory device. But without an underlying operating system as on an emulator it's difficult to see how to get the connection made while the device driver

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.30

2005-01-30 Thread Roy wood
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wolfgang mühlegger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP If you mapped the qxl.win file on the other machine to be win6_ ,say you could then do: EX WIN6_myprog_exe no difference. I do this all the time here to wrong because it runs on the other machine! Oh no it doesn't.

Re: [ql-users] Old games

2005-01-30 Thread P Witte
Rich Mellor writes: Otherwise just use RESPR instead of ALCHP. ..provided no jobs are running (Qdos). Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm