Hi all,
A few weeks ago, we talked on this list abour printing to more modern
printers.
I mentined that it would be possible to use ProForma to print to them.
You can now find something to that effect on my "website".
http://www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com/14mljkl24/wolf/download/
Wolfgang
Hi all,
I've improved (I hope) my soundfile extensions and made a small
player that plays a QSS (.ub) soundfile.
It can be found at the ussual place:
http://scp-paulet-lenerz.com/14mljkl24/Wolf/Download/
Wolfgang
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Hi all,
I've added a new file to download to my "website".
It's a small basic etxesion allowing you to play "_ub" files from basic on
QPC & Qx0.
As usual this is at
http://www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com/14mljkl24/wolf/download/
Wolfgang
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On 21 Oct 2004 at 1:45, James Hunkins wrote:
> 1) how can I make an executable piece of code generated with C68 into
> an Executable thing that I can load into memory and link into the thing
> list
When making FiFi, I had such a problem quite some time ago. What I
wanted was for the user to be
On 20 Oct 2004 at 23:00, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
(...)
> Can I generate something like a Quill _lis file (oh, what is a Quill
> _lis file)?
F3 -> print, whole, to ram1_p.
This generates the file ram1_p_lis.
Not *too* difficult, I should think.
> OK, am I able to use an Epson printer driver to crea
On 20 Oct 2004 at 0:13, Roy wood wrote:
> Well I was on a Florida beach and I did discuss printing (and had many
> concepts about it - most of which were shot down in flames) but to
> suggest I could be a leading light is a bit far fetched. All I can say
> is that it needs a dedicated and unifie
On 19 Oct 2004 at 20:15, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
> What's a "beamer"? A projector perhaps?
No, it's Geoff after the success of QL 2004.
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> Yes, you get drunks and a few fights, but nothing like you get over here. (And
> that's only the QL shows)
Are the fights because the pubs are ... licenced ?
(how's that for getting back on topic?)
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On 13 Oct 2004 at 8:50, Tony Firshman wrote:
> I hasten to add that although I am more connected with religion (well
> the church) than Roy ever will be (probably) I have no intention of
> taking -any- cloth.
Not even a tablecloth with a pint on it?
Wolfgang
On 13 Oct 2004 at 13:23, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
(...)
> Thanks. Actually QPC2 v3.21 will even be 10-15% faster. :-)
C'me on, don't let it hang like that, we (I) want more details
Wolfgang
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On 13 Oct 2004 at 10:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I anyone is prepared to write a bit about the event for us, please do let Jochen or
> myself know.
I might do it.
Wolfgang
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On 11 Oct 2004 at 13:49, gwicks wrote:
(...)
> One further thought inspired by a private email. How do we do feedback?
I can bring a digital camera if that is of any use.
Woflgang
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On 11 Oct 2004 at 15:36, Davide Santachiara wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>
> Can anybody tell me where can I found executables (for Win XP) of WXQT2
> (Jonathan Hudson's fron end for QL Tools)? I was only able to find the
> sources
go to
http://www.daria.co.uk/
scroll down until you find wxqt2 0.09 and
On 11 Oct 2004 at 14:20, Claude Mourier 00 wrote:
> Where ? Does the Engine was written in C or assembler ?
>
> Claude
> (apparently the only one that uses database in the QL community :-(
No, so do I (as stated in earlier posts)
How to get it:
go www.progs.be
use the link on the left hand sid
On 8 Oct 2004 at 19:48, gwicks wrote:
> > "On Sunday it is the opening of the "kiss season" in Amsterdam. The
> intiative comes from the cultural centre De Balie who say Amsterdammers
> should increase love in the city by kissing more in the street. The
> programme organiser, Lisa Boersen, says Am
On 8 Oct 2004 at 18:34, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
> > And just imagine the field days lawyers would have if they'd had to
> plead
> > whether something was moral or not. Shudder.
> >
> > Wolfgang
> I thought you were a lawyer, Wolfgang?
yup.
> Or is that what you meant???
Well...
Wolfgang
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On 8 Oct 2004 at 20:50, Joachim Van der Auwera wrote:
(...)
>
> Parts 1 and 3 have been open source for a couple of years now.
That's what I thought.
> I has no reaction (which is no comment, just an observation).
(...)
> Some thoughts and comments.
>
> - The DATAdesign frontend was origin
On 8 Oct 2004 at 18:48, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
(...)
> That was probably Bernd Reinhardt then. I'll come with him to QL2004.
OK, s we know what HE'll be doing on that day...:-)
Wolfgang
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On 8 Oct 2004 at 9:44, David Gilham wrote:
> (...)
>. For what its worth Perfection has not been released as
> freeware or public domain and I would need permission from Freddy Vaccha
> to relase the binary let alone the sources to the general QL community.
Hmm, Darren stated:
"Freddy gave per
On 8 Oct 2004 at 9:27, David Gilham wrote:
> this is a test please ignore
done.
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On 8 Oct 2004 at 16:10, Claude Mourier 00 wrote:
> The Main program (DataDesign interface) has a lot of limitations compared to what
> can
> be achieved with SBasic : but documentation of so called API used to be
> sold, so my question about status of the product (and if source is
> available pe
On 8 Oct 2004 at 15:31, Brian Kemmett wrote:
(...)
> Its advertised a high colour upgrade and the front end is version 4.12,
> whilst the engine is still v3.14. I have returned to using my old version
> front end (v4.07) which works perfectly OK. I know it must be the front end
> at fault becau
On 7 Oct 2004 at 21:12, gwicks wrote:
> Brian I can feel your frustration, but I not sure what you are talking about
> is elitism. I think it is just plain, damned inefficiency and muddle.
Well, I do understand that those people who have given up the QL World just
couldn't be bothered anymore.
On 8 Oct 2004 at 8:36, Brian Kemmett wrote:
> The problem as I said, is that the new version will not filter a database
> past the first stage. applying further filters simply applies a filter where
> nothing is selected. On inspection of the filter screen from level 2 onwards
> just shows 'MEM
On 8 Oct 2004 at 10:30, Claude Mourier 00 wrote:
> Now that (if I remember well) PROWess is open source what is the status of
> DataDesign ?
I frankly don't know (Joachim??), perhaps someone could check on his website?
> Is the code available ?
I do have a copy of the code.
> I wait for year
On 8 Oct 2004 at 11:25, Wolfgang Uhlig wrote:
> (...)
> So porting MySQL might be a matter of personal challenge, but I can't see
> a real
> need.
Seconded. There are more important issues...
Wolfgang
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On 8 Oct 2004 at 5:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(...)
>
> There are also quite a few problems with the machine code extensions
> provided by Datadesign, so far as I recall..
Like what?
DD is used by me every (work)day and has been for ages. OK, so I use a house
made prog to access the engi
On 8 Oct 2004 at 11:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Moral copyright is all very well, until someone gets their solicitor onto
> you. Just because you're giving it away for free doesnt make it right.
Mopral copyright is not very well - simply because what is moral to me isn't
to you, or vice-ve
On 7 Oct 2004 at 18:38, Brian Kemmett wrote:
>(...)I purchased (yes, purchased) an update from Qbranch of
> Datadesign for the high colour drivers. It don't work past the first filter
> level. Report it to Roy Wood, who duly said he would report the findings to
> the author/updater To date
On 1 Oct 2004 at 12:32, Jérôme Grimbert wrote:
> J> - if the sub-window is an independant application, why do you want to
> lock down the primary at all ? If the primary is visible, then, as a
> user, I'm expecting to be able to use it. (Even if the sub-application
> is running). Do not enter th
On 28 Sep 2004 at 17:29, Tony Firshman wrote:
> Surely this discussion would be better as a separate meeting.
> Forum time will probably be limited, as it is at the end of the day.
Umm, in view of the far-ranging repercussions this might have , a good airing
at the meeting might be beneficial.
W
On 28 Sep 2004 at 10:42, James Hunkins wrote:
(...)
> QDT often calls other programs which run in separate windows. The
> calling window is locked to the degree where it is kind of in standby
> and will not accept any user input. But if you accidentally click on
> the original window, it curre
On 26 Sep 2004 at 15:56, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
> Phoebus R. Dokos wrote:
> > Not all of course but select few (like MOVE16 for example)
>
> Now you're already excluding the SGC.
And (some of the ) Ataris.
Wolfgang
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On 24 Sep 2004 at 16:41, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
> Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
> >> What about "free Willy!" then? ;)
> >> Wolfgang
> > That's a verb!
>
> Not in the case of an exhibitionist.
...which are often in black.
Just like QLs.
Hey, back
On 24 Sep 2004 at 16:41, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
> Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
> >> What about "free Willy!" then? ;)
> >> Wolfgang
> > That's a verb!
>
> Not in the case of an exhibitionist.
Who trie
On 24 Sep 2004 at 16:43, Wolfgang Uhlig wrote:
> > That's a verb!
> >
> > Wolfgang
> Ach Wolfgang! (sigh) Do you think I didn't know that? What about the smily?
> I only tried to make a joke.
Yup, and I (unsuccessfully) tried to get on the bandwaggon.
Consider my hand slapped (and only my hand!)
W
On 24 Sep 2004 at 16:05, Wolfgang Uhlig wrote:
> > um, this is a very good example of how ambiguous (and interesting)
> > English is.
> > I -know- you know that:
> > free == available
> > free == costs nothing
> > The hotel used the less ambiguous but boring 'available'
> What about "free Wil
On 23 Sep 2004 at 12:40, Tony Firshman wrote:
(...)
> I wonder what his neighbours think (8-)#
What , think? With all this noise?
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On 22 Sep 2004 at 1:25, James Hunkins wrote:
> Thanks Wolfgang and Jerome, I have a simple workaround which I should
> have tried to start with. (...)
OK, whatever works...
Wolfgang
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On 21 Sep 2004 at 2:40, James Hunkins wrote:
(...)
> It just feels that I am missing a pointer between C68 and the new
> stuff. I am guessing that persistent the red X icon indicates that the
> system call could not find the one that I want.
Yes, that is correct - the red X indicates that t
On 17 Sep 2004 at 14:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all
>
> In QL Today July/August 2004 Dilwyn Jones speaks about CD controls in QPC2.
> I have QPC2 v 3.12 but these commands do not seem to exist. Perhaps there
> is some action needed before they become operative.
>
> So Help please.
>
> Ia
On 10 Sep 2004 at 23:19, Tony Firshman wrote:
> You are responsible for me almost choking on a cup of coffee (8-)#
And what a waste of perfectly good coffee that would have been :-))
Wolfgang
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On 10 Sep 2004 at 19:35, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> SMSQE 3.07 is now ready and being sent to the resellers.
... and if any of you resellers haven't got it yet, then please contact me!!!
wolfgang
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On 10 Sep 2004 at 18:50, Tony Firshman wrote:
> It is time to worry when you struggle to get a 1 bit change right.
yes, this is a ..bit .. worrying.
(collective groan)
Wolfgang
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Hi all,
SMSQE 3.07 is now ready and being sent to the resellers.
Give the guys some time to receive it before you clamour for your upgrades...
I'll put up the sources some time during the weekend on te website which,
as a reminder, is at
http://www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com/smsqe/
What is new in
On 20 Jul 2004 at 23:08, Michael Berger wrote:
(...)
> Thanks for your hints, Wolfgang - what means IIRC ?
(You answered that one yourself)
>
> In the meantime tried to dig a bit deeper into the problem:
>
> as I found out any ROM to plug into QDOS begins with the long word 4AFB0001
> at its (
On 19 Jul 2004 at 22:44, Michael Berger wrote:
>(...)
> 1) Is it possible to PEEK the TK2 software out of the rom of the sandy
> interface and save it to disk (in order to use with the PCML interface
> attached)?
It might be possible, if you know
the length of the file
the starting point.
I don
On 18 Jul 2004 at 12:42, Michael Berger wrote:
(...)
> My
> only purpose is to discover some of the magic of Sir Clive's black box - and
> learn some 68K assembler.
Hmm, I'd suggest that nothing but a true QL can give you the former, whereas
QPC can certainly give you the latter
> Sometimes
On 17 Jul 2004 at 22:29, Michael Berger wrote:
()
> The alternative would be to install a linux version. Maybe I will try this
> later.
Wouldn't the alternatve be to install QPC2?
Wolfgang
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On 17 Jul 2004 at 15:43, Phoebus R. Dokos wrote:
> It's definitely not 'basic' It does have TCP/IP built in and now (due to
> the good work of R.Z and S.G) also sound (QLSSS)
SSS - perhaps it does now, it didn't then.
Wolfgang
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On 16 Jul 2004 at 20:53, Timothy Swenson wrote:
> The question is, exactly what CGYWN packages need to be downloaded for
> UQLX-win32. I've heard "Base and X" but the packages listed on the CGWYN
> web sites don't list "base" or "X" but list a bunch that have X in them.
> If anyone figures it
On 16 Jul 2004 at 20:40, gwicks wrote:
(...)
> > Not me
>
> That is one of the reasons I posed the question. As far as I know none of
> the people who have raised this issue so far will be at QL2004.
Yes, well, experience tells me that if you stick your neck out too far,
you'll be stuck with th
On 16 Jul 2004 at 20:20, gwicks wrote:
(...)
> Nevertheless this is an interesting proposal for Quanta, particularly if
> their might be a possibility of buying rights to a program, (and maybe
> upgrading to GD2 colours.)
Would anybody really be prepared to pay for that kind of old software?
On 15 Jul 2004 at 21:15, gwicks wrote:
> Two points for general discussion:
>
> 1) How would you like to do this? As a part of the activity program or as
> forum item?
Any which way.
> If the former who would like to present it?
Not me
> Bear in mind that if
> this item is on the agenda, t
On 15 Jul 2004 at 9:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(...)
> Should this be on the agenda for QL2004?
>
Definitely!
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On 11 Jul 2004 at 20:40, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
(...)
>
> Just thought I'd note this, and if anyone (Marcel? Wolfgang L?) can tell me
> why, so much the better!
>
This whole caps lock thing was badly implemented in the original QDOS,
anyway.
There is a sysvar (sys_csub - offset $a2) containing
On 10 Jul 2004 at 2:16, P Witte wrote:
(...)
> Football, as she is played worldwide (with a few, minor exceptions) was a
> major British hit while, sadly, the QL, another great British invention,
> didnt
> quite make it.
A desperate attempt to get back on topic...:-)
Wolfgang
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On 6 Jul 2004 at 23:23, wolfgang mühlegger wrote:
>
> >
> > *bzz* Wrong :-) They were actually playing German football ;-)
>
> yeahh, better than the german did ;-
>
Actually, that is not true. Unfortunately, however, the Germans (as usual
thinking that everything good comes from Ameica)
On 5 Jul 2004 at 13:28, ZN wrote:
()
>- he also downloaded the source.
Hooray (sorry, couldn't help that).
(...the whole story...)
this would be a very intesresting topic to discuss during the Eindhoven
meeting! By all means, try to get your guy there (and yourself, too!).
I would certain
On 24 Jun 2004 at 16:23, Jérôme Grimbert wrote:
> I HATE pop-up dialog with only one visible option/way out (even if ESC
> is silently detected).
He, he I feel the same!
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On 24 Jun 2004 at 14:48, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
(...)
> Not so with what I was using.
>
> The menu had 1 info window and 1 loose item:
>
> Enter filename > [loose item -1 here]
I don't know Easymenu, so my suggestion might be pure rubbsih, but why not
create 2 menu items, in the same place? Then yo
On 29 May 2004 at 10:42, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
> Either QPC or Word behaves fine with any other application, both together
> won't on this machine for whatever reason.
I sometimes (rarely) have the same problem, but it is Word that crawls.
Closing all other applications (including QPC) doesn't hav
On 17 May 2004 at 1:06, P Witte wrote:
> Thats right; it could cause a mess in certain circumstances. The best way to
> do it cleanly is for the ownership to be specified during a job's creation
> time.
Yes!
> > There is no OS facility to do that change safely.
> > I'm pretty sure many people on
On 17 May 2004 at 12:53, Arnould Nazarian wrote:
>
> > So I don't want to have a special program just to launch jobs. That would
> > take too many system resources for just one purpose.
>
> ??
You have a prog executing all the time JUST for launching others?
Wolfgang
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>
> wolfgang who ;-)))
>
Well, me of course.
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On 15 May 2004 at 12:05, Arnould Nazarian wrote:
(...)
> Week end, so a little time to argue.
> No it looks not logical to me. At least not with a mathematical view to
> the question :)
(Taking out my slide rule)
(...)
> > So the keyword was designed that way.
>
> My memories of old readin
On 15 May 2004 at 10:43, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
> No it works from here.
>
Oops, no it doesn't.
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On 15 May 2004 at 10:40, wolfgang mühlegger wrote:
> Wolfgang Uhlig schrieb:
>
> > now a program really worth giving a try.
> > You can download a trial version on my website: www.uhlich.nl/ql
>
> hmm ..
> dead link
> isn't it wolfgang?
>
> wolfgang
No it works from here.
Wolfgang
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On 13 May 2004 at 22:42, Arnould Nazarian wrote:
> 10 JOB_NAME test
> 20 REPeat:PRINT 'Hello World'
>
> 10 JOB NAME launcher
> 20 EX 'test'
> 30 EW 'test'
>
>
> When I
>
> EX 'launcher'
>
> in my SMSQ/E from SBASIC 0,0,0, then the 'test' job that was EXeced
> belongs to SBASIC 0,0,0 and
On 25 Apr 2004 at 16:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Unable to attach (bluewin or ql-users?) so I printed the picture, ran Scanner
> in OCR mode and below is the result:
>
>
Ian sent me the picture directly.
Drive E is identified as the Tosh drive, but it says that there is no disk in
the drive
On 25 Apr 2004 at 11:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Now I get from System Information an indication of what is wrong but as it
> is in French I do not know how to translate so I attach a photo of the information.
> You see the difference between Yamaha CD drive and Toshiba drive, Media Charge?,
>
Hi all,
SMSQE 3.06 is ready - you'll be able to get it from the usual reselelrs (when
they're back from their holidays in the US, of course).
The sources are at
http://www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com/smsqe/
Have fun
Wolfgang
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On 18 Apr 2004 at 19:24, James Hunkins wrote:
> Can someone let me know how to set the loose item highliting so that it
> uses the 3d borders? I am presuming that I need to set something in my
> data structure to point to the loose item highlight system palette
> entry (assuming that it is set
On 18 Apr 2004 at 3:53, James Hunkins wrote:
> Your attachment didn't make it through
Not surprisingly as I notice that I didn't include it.
>but I found it buried in your bmp2sprt files :)
Yup, it's much of the same...
> Works perfectly - just wait til you see QDT desktop now (or should I
On 18 Apr 2004 at 2:22, James Hunkins wrote:
> I have the image and can convert it to just about any format needed.
1 - if the image is already in QL format, you could ust use it with the
BGIMAGE command
2 - Alternatively:
a=scr_base
lbytes ,a
sbytes ,a,size
(size is calculated as: scr_xlim*scr
On 18 Apr 2004 at 1:38, James Hunkins wrote:
> I am trying to fill a screen (large) with a single image so that I can
> capture and then use it for wallpaper (in 24 colour mode). Can anyone
> advise the best way to do this? I know how to capture it but don't
> know how to do a full window dis
On 16 Apr 2004 at 10:39, TonyTebby wrote:
> Wasn't Phoebus complaining about QDOS legacy code?
> No legacy here. Two all new instructions and a label: couldn't do better
> myself - on second thoughts, maybe it was me that did it.
>
Yup.
Wolfgang
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On 24 Feb 2017 at 23:33, P Witte wrote:
> Can someone else confirm that iop.rpxl is broken in recent versions of
> SMSQ/E. It doesnt work in hicolor mode, only in QL colour. Try Qptr RPIXL or
> EasyPtr RPXL%, or indeed iop.rpxl itself.
>
As Marcel pointed out, this is simply not implemented in hi
On 10 Apr 2004 at 17:50, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
(...)
>
> Yet future has to hold something new and better for us to move forward
> with ... this maintains interest.
>
Wouldn't something in the shape of (better) applications be nicer?
Wolfgang
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On 10 Apr 2004 at 18:13, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
> I have the emulator, QPC2 with SMSQ/E, Pointer Environment, and most
> recently Dilwyn's Launchpad desktop. So it is just click on an icon to
> launch any software now :-) ... and, of course. it all multi-tasks in a
> hi-res with lots of colour
On 9 Apr 2004 at 20:22, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
(...)
> With the QL we already have many divergent routes, that inevitably leave
> some users outside - original QDOS on original hardware and its
> upgrades, SMSQ, QXL cards, Q40's and Q60's, emulators like QPC2 and
> QEmulator.
And let's not forge
On 9 Apr 2004 at 18:26, P Witte wrote:
> > OK, I'll go on record to subsidise this at the tume of 100 ?.
> > Anybody else?
>
> 100 what?
Why, 100 question 'marks' of course.
Pity they were replaced by the euro (which is what I meant, of course).
Wolfgang
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On 8 Apr 2004 at 13:00, Dave P wrote:
> I actually didn't have Quanta in mind for this. I put 'someone' in quotes
> thinking this could be an individual, or many people. However, if Quanta
> thinks such a path is of interest to them, I am sure he would be
> interested. Especially if it was a packa
On 7 Apr 2004 at 23:11, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
>
> That is the different approach - the latter is a hard-coded OS with some
> system software support. The former is a soft-loaded OS with some
> hardware support.
I wonder about SMSQ/E then
It can be "hard" or "soft" loaded - even on the same ma
On 7 Apr 2004 at 10:54, Tony Firshman wrote:
(...)
> I am sure you are one person really (8-)#
but often of two minds...
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On 7 Apr 2004 at 6:43, Phoebus R. Dokos (è á. ç) wrote:
>
> That doesn't make it safer :-) IMHO Separate configuration files are the
> way to go.
Ok, perhaps, though I wasn't really talking about the "safe" aspects of this,
just whether it was possible.
Safe or not?
I don't remember
On 7 Apr 2004 at 6:47, Phoebus R. Dokos (è á. ç) wrote:
(...)
> Nope it ain't. OS functionality changes are very few and have been
> available for years now only not released to the public. OS functionality
> means better memory protection, driver software, that kind of thing... not
> emb
On 7 Apr 2004 at 10:16, Tony Firshman wrote:
(..)
> >I still disagree. the crux of the matter sin't whether the ppublic
> ^ he he that "isn't" quite
> the slang "ain't" - 'a' is next to 's'. ain't means the same thing. I
> see you two are a few finger
On 6 Apr 2004 at 21:18, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
> This is something we don't have much of on the QL scene - automatic
> software updates. On the whole we replace the entire program package
> by overwriting it, or replace a few files such as the main executable.
> If we are lucky, the configuration is
On 6 Apr 2004 at 20:10, Roy wood wrote:
> (...)
> And this is different from having it start up with the O/S ?
It certainly is different from having it start up IN the OS, yes.
(...)
> It is a simple graphic, point and click operation. One of the first
> things I ever learned to do with w3.11 an
On 4 Apr 2004 at 23:58, Roy wood wrote:
(...)
> If the boot program was pre written they would have no problem but I
> have direct experience that even on the QL basic level some people
> cannot write BOOT files,
I wasn't suggesting that the users write the boot file themselves.
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> I hav
On 3 Apr 2004 at 11:50, Roy wood wrote:
> But why not? (...)This is what a computer is to them. They are the
> consumers, the end users, and this is what they want.
Oh, on that I'd agree.
Switch on and have it working, by all means.
The question is, however, how do you achieve that effect?
do y
On 3 Apr 2004 at 1:30, P Witte wrote:
> Jeremy Taffel writes:
>
> > analphabet is a wonderful word that is used in most languages (except
> > English ) and means illiterate.
>
> Dont I know! And I found it so disappointing I used it anyway ;)
>
Oh, there is even a nuance there, in some language
On 2 Apr 2004 at 17:15, Dave P wrote:
> Having said all that, I think we've gone horribly off-topic. Why not check
> out the 'last try' thread ;)
Nice... try
> Dave, grinning madly.
Same
Anyway, I personnaly don't see how I coud be of much help if it were a
totally new OS written in anythi
On 2 Apr 2004 at 23:55, Roy wood wrote:
(...)
On this question of what should be included in the OS or not, I personally
think that the OS should (only) include system-wide features, i.e. features
that could be used by more than one specific program.
In that sense, a browser, for example (it is
On 1 Apr 2004 at 0:33, Roy wood wrote:
> . Stuart liked it because he could eat a lot for
> not much money but I have never found it to be that wonderful.
Cheap & Cheerful comes to mind
Anyway, the main reason to go there is that there was always space and it was a nice
aftershow occasion to ta
On 1 Apr 2004 at 13:11, Dave P wrote:
> > Is there any demand/need for this? Pretty much you have to speak up now
> either way, or the project won't start...
"Speak up now, or remain forever silent", eh?
I pronounce you OS and CPU.
Jokes aside, for the me short answer to this would be a quest
On 1 Apr 2004 at 11:26, Tarquin Mills wrote:
> When are CD-ROM drivers going to be built in, even the 8-bit SAM Coupé
> has fully working CD-ROM drivers as part of it's OS.
How about : as soon as you've written them?
Wolfgang
www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com
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On 30 Mar 2004 at 14:33, geoff wicks wrote:
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> INTERNET CONNECTION WORKSHOP: This is being run by Jon Dent
> with help from Jan Bredenbeek at the Dutch end.
This will definitely be interesting
>
> Q60: At the moment this could be the weak spot of QL2004. The QL2004
> organisation team
On 30 Mar 2004 at 14:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There might be. I had thought of this. But what format would be useful? A
> direct window definition, much like Easyptr menus, would still leave the question
> of space needed for the working definition. On the other hand, producing code
> to
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