On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 at 02:11:42, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
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snip
Headache? :-)
Actually my plan of skipping the beer and immediately starting with
tequila, vodka, sparkling wine and finally Bacardi worked very well,
no headache at all. Usually it's the beer in the mix that
cut
If available at the QL metting in Eindhoven (March?),I will buy it,
together with QWORD( Dutch and French versions).
Happy New Year to all of you.
Why wait?? I shall not be able to attend Eidnhoven and so will have to
rely on someone else to take stock (Geoff)?
They might have sold out
on. Needless to say I have never heard from the customer since and
haven't seen him at workshops in recent years either.
Can you email us traders privately so that we can be pre-warned
should
he reappear.
Nope. He threatened to sue me once, I nearly thumped him once (and it
takes one hell of a
Malcolm Cadman
Anyone else tried the QDT Demo supplied with QL Today yet ?
I haven't been able to read the disk supplied with Toady. :-(
Jon.
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Sorry if this is an FAQ but it's quicker to ask here than search for a
reference that may not be there ;-)
I would like to associate QPC's flp1_ with a USB floppy. My notebook only
very rarely has an A: drive which I have to swap with the CD drive.
Any chance ?
Jon.
Hi Jon,
the first USB floppy (or USB stick with floppy
functionality/bootability) becomes drive A: if
available, otherwiese drive B:
That's how it worked here on several laptops.
Cheers Jochen
Dent wrote:
Sorry if this is an FAQ but it's quicker to ask here than search for a
reference that may
Wow that was quick :-)
- Original Message -
From: SMSQ - Jochen Merz
Hi Jon,
the first USB floppy (or USB stick with floppy
functionality/bootability) becomes drive A: if
available, otherwiese drive B:
That's how it worked here on several laptops.
Unfortuately not here;
Not too important, but if you do happen to find out please let me
know, it's the kind of thing that will bug me as I can't sort it out
due to having only 1 drive.
Dilwyn
- Original Message -
From: Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 7:23
Malcolm Cadman wrote
Yes, Quick Starts are good ... and an 'art' in themselves to write.
I wonder how many users on this list are now happily using Launchpad
?
--
Malcolm Cadman
Not many. Total sales is easily still in 2 figures. A lot of people
said they liked the idea but were waiting for
After hearing all about the natural disasters affecting the
populations of
some Asian countries, it was not nice to realise I have parts made
by
Tsunami on this PC. Without meaning to make light in any way of the
awful
situation those people find themselves in, it makes me wonder why
anyone
On this thread I've been surprised not to see a mention of what I
shall now
mention! ;-) Viz
Viz? That's not a QL book !*x@
Illustrating Super Basic on the Sinclair QL Donald Alcock,
Cambridge
University Press, 1985, 182pp
ISBN 0-521-31517-4
I was well into programming when I got the book -
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phoebus Dokos
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Nah... I just use for everything... a touch of Welsh is always cool
I guess ;-) (At least to my Greek eyes)
Only the Greek could find the Welsh cool !
(no I have offended two races and it is only January 1st)
--
Roy Wood
Only
Now I think I've really have earned myself the time to watch a nice
Yes, Minister episode.
Now that (and the follow-up Yes Prime Minister) is brilliant.
One of the reasons it is so good is that it is heavily based on
truth.
OK no minister is -that- compliant and manipulatable (urmm that may
be
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 12:27:26 -, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On this thread I've been surprised not to see a mention of what I shall
now
mention! ;-) Viz
Viz? That's not a QL book !*x@
Illustrating Super Basic on the Sinclair QL Donald Alcock, Cambridge
University Press, 1985,
As I'm going ot try to install something new in this PC and as my
record in that department is not good, I'll wish you all a happy new
year for 2005 just case I vanish for a few days like I did with a
certain TV card a few weeks ago.
Hope you've all got your QaLendars up on your walls (just
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
SNIP
You only have 4 modes to work in effect:
I imagine this is due to hardware since, for the Q60 at any rate, the master
chip has an entry for display which can only take 4 different values. I
suppose it is the same for the Q40.
I have come
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:45:40 -, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
There are plenty of learn SuperBASIC books around second hand - Rich
Mellor often does a miraculous job of finding them for people who ask.
I do have a couple of QL books here I don't want:
QL SuperBASIC The
Yes I'm sure Stephen Hawking would be interested in this.
Steven Moore
On 2 Jan 2005, at 1:51 pm, Roy wood wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn
Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
As I'm going ot try to install something new in this PC and as my
record in that department is not good, I'll wish
I wrote earlier:
snip
I've installed on QPC. It took 2 attempts. The first time I ran into a
file
name length problem. Solved by not trying to put QPT in win1_SYSTEM_QPT_
but
win1_QPT_
It works now and all I can say is WOW!!!
I meant QDT not QPT of course
Jon.
A few weeks ago I used the sentence Membership of Quanta ... is by
subscription to the group's monthly newsletter.
John Mason kindly corrected me and pointed out that is not currently
the case, indeed it's not even mentioned in the constitution, so I
assumed I made a mistake or mixed up with
As I'm going ot try to install something new in this PC and as my
record in that department is not good, I'll wish you all a happy new
year for 2005 just case I vanish for a few days like I did with a
certain TV card a few weeks ago.
Back rather sooner than anticipated. The installation didn't
As I'm going ot try to install something new in this PC and as my
record in that department is not good, I'll wish you all a happy new
year for 2005 just case I vanish for a few days like I did with a
certain TV card a few weeks ago.
Something that can make 'you' disappear has to be fairly drastic
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
I wrote earlier:
I haven't been able to read the disk supplied with Toady. :-(
Jochen sent me the files.
I've installed on QPC. It took 2 attempts. The first time I ran into a file
name length problem. Solved by not trying to put QPT in
Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:40:52 +,() Roy wood
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phoebus Dokos
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
I imagine this is due to hardware since, for the Q60 at any rate, the
master
chip has an entry for display which can only take 4 different values.
I
Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:53:20 -,() hitchies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/wrote:
Re Dilwyn's:
..Surprising that 'Allo 'Allo doesn't cause offence in Europe,.
==
Wasn't 'Allo 'Allo the one with the usual line:
I will say it only once!
What did she say?
I said I will say it only
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Malcolm Cadman wrote
Yes, Quick Starts are good ... and an 'art' in themselves to write.
I wonder how many users on this list are now happily using Launchpad
-- Malcolm Cadman
Not many. Total sales is easily still in 2
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], François Van Emelen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED],
James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
snip
Personally I would like someone to add on a 3D sculptured look to
the QDT windows - which are essentially flat at
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
- Original Message -
From: SMSQ - Jochen Merz
Hi Jon,
the first USB floppy (or USB stick with floppy
functionality/bootability) becomes drive A: if
available, otherwiese drive B:
That's how it worked here on several laptops.
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phoebus Dokos
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Sun, 2 Jan 2005 01:44:07 +0100,() Marcel Kilgus
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote:
Phoebus Dokos wrote:
clip
I stopped it when SMSQ/e was on V.3.00 because of lack of time and
relevant documentation. I can complete it if
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], hitchies
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
clip
On this thread I've been surprised not to see a mention of what I shall now
mention! ;-) Viz
Illustrating Super Basic on the Sinclair QL Donald Alcock, Cambridge
University Press, 1985, 182pp
ISBN 0-521-31517-4
I was well into
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
As I'm going ot try to install something new in this PC and as my
record in that department is not good, I'll wish you all a happy new
year for 2005 just case I vanish for a few days like I did with a
certain TV card a few
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], James
Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
On Jan 1, 2005, at 6:14 AM, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
QDT takes that approach by scanning the 'windrive' contents, so that
it sets up a users system for them. It tries to take away all the
'pain' from the user !
Note that, even
Hear hear!
It is impossible to have a meaningful discussion on a topic if everybody
changes the topic and not the heading
- Original Message -
From: Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] QDT Demo
Fri, 31
Roy Wood wrote:
I do have a second request for information for the second article in
the series. This will deal with Hard drives and their uses. I have a
series of questions :
1. when did the Rebel Hard drive come out and what was it?
2. When did the Falkenberg Interface come out ? Does
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
At present I have configured Launchpad to be extremely useful on my
QPC2 system.
Could you please tell me how to find the be extremely useful
configuration option in Launchpad (and, indeed, in all my other
software)? :-)
John
Some more great feedback - keep it coming everyone, as it is most
useful.
Here are some responses below...
On Jan 1, 2005, at 6:33 PM, François Van Emelen wrote:
1)I have a 'UNKOWN' folder that doesn't contain any object. I tried to
add one in this folder(as I did in 'APPS') but QDT prompted a
The demo should be OK for the unknown folder since no objects are being
placed in it on this version. The sizing issue that Roy has discovered
will be fixed in the full release.
Cheers,
jim
JDH Software Technologies
On Jan 2, 2005, at 8:43 AM, Roy wood wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dent
Glad you were able to get it installed. You did run into the file/dir
name length limits built into our systems. And QDT does use
sub-directories. Will add a note to the FAQs page just in case someone
else hits this.
Cheers,
jim
JDH Software Technologies
On Jan 2, 2005, at 7:08 AM, Dent
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 19:08:31 -, John Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
At present I have configured Launchpad to be extremely useful on my
QPC2 system.
Could you please tell me how to find the be extremely useful
configuration option in Launchpad (and, indeed, in all my
Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:36:55 -,() Rich Mellor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote:
Blimey Phoebus -
From now on I shall be known as Ffibys - the artist formerly known as
Phoebus ;-)
this is not exactly very well put - not a guide for beginners and just
the sort of thing to put people off trying
- Original Message -
From: Dilwyn Jones
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] tsunami (OT)
Tut! Tut! Dilwyn, you old misogynist. Japanese nouns do not have a
gender!
The little oxford dictionary I looked up in had an 'f' against it. Not
- Original Message -
From: Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] QDT Demo
cut
If available at the QL metting in Eindhoven (March?),I will buy it,
together with QWORD( Dutch and French versions).
Happy New Year
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
SNIP
IIRC, John Gregory of Quanta used to use a Falkenberg HD interface in
his PC-cased system.
Maybe he still has a manual then.
I'm not sure when the Rebel interface came out (1990?) but AFAICR it
was conceptually similar to the
0In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Malcolm Cadman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
SNIP
3) I miss an 'ESC' button in the 'About windows' and a 'Close/ESCP/
Quit' button in some 'dropdown menus'.
Yes, your point 3 is annoying in the Demo, you can't get rid of it ...
:-(
Interesting that we are now so
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
At present I have configured Launchpad to be extremely useful on my
QPC2 system.
Could you please tell me how to find the be extremely useful
configuration option in Launchpad (and, indeed, in all my other
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 19:13:53 -, gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is not always easy to transfer funds from one country to another,
especially if you don't have the right bit of plastic.
The traders are also unlikely to be in Eindhoven before 18th June.
If it helps, I can accept payment
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phoebus Dokos
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Blimey Phoebus -
From now on I shall be known as Ffibys - the artist formerly known as
Phoebus ;-)
Like Meatloaf - the artist formerly known as 'Mince'
this is not exactly very well put - not a guide for beginners and
just
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rich Mellor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Can't get any clearer than that :-P
Blimey Phoebus - this is not exactly very well put - not a guide for
beginners and just the sort of thing to put people off trying these
emulators. A beginner wants to know how set up a hard
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
...
Was the change of subject line deliberate or an apt mistype (back and
black)
Deliberate...wondered who'd be the first to spot it - well done Wilson...
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Still no excuse for me. After these years at Apple, you would think
that I would be more consistent on every part of the interface :)
Plus, many users of this probably won't be used to the PC side of
things so I shouldn't be making that kind of assumption.
Will definitely take care of these
Roy wood wrote:
snip
3) I miss an 'ESC' button in the 'About windows' and a 'Close/ESCP/
Quit' button in some 'dropdown menus'.
Yes, your point 3 is annoying in the Demo, you can't get rid of it ...
:-(
Interesting that we are now so centred on desktop furniture that we
don't think of
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 at 22:56:12, jms1 wrote:
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- Original Message -
From: Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Jan Jones Book
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 at 23:46:11, jms1 wrote:
(ref:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
At present I have configured Launchpad to be extremely useful on my
QPC2 system.
Could you please tell me how to find the be extremely useful
configuration option in Launchpad (and, indeed, in all my other
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Roy wood
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
0In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Malcolm Cadman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
SNIP
3) I miss an 'ESC' button in the 'About windows' and a 'Close/ESCP/
Quit' button in some 'dropdown menus'.
Yes, your point 3 is annoying in the Demo, you
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 23:42:10 -0500, Phoebus Dokos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Tim,
sorry to mail this here... but did you get my email? If you did, did
you try and answer? My server has a spamfilter and you need to reply to
the first email that the filter will send you to register yourself with
Sometime ago, we were discussing the problem of changing the screen
resolution and that crashing SuperBASIC.
One of the ways aroud this was to set all 3 basic windows to size 0x0
before doing the DISP_SIZE (or DISP_COLOUR) command and resetting them
afterwards to fit within the new
gwicks wrote:
snip
It is not always easy to transfer funds from one country to another,
especially if you don't have the right bit of plastic.
You're quite right. I have had some unpleasant surprises (not due to
traders or suppliers) from my own bank. The equivalent of 15 euros
disappeared in
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:18:31 +0100, Franois Van Emelen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
gwicks wrote:
snip
It is not always easy to transfer funds from one country to another,
especially if you don't have the right bit of plastic.
You're quite right. I have had some unpleasant surprises (not due to
Rich Mellor wrote:
snip
Why wait?? I shall not be able to attend Eidnhoven and so will have to
rely on someone else to take stock (Geoff)?
Please see my reply to Geoff.
They might have sold out you never know !!
You are pulling my leg here (correct English? :)
If so, it would be great for you,
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:32:51 +0100, Franois Van Emelen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rich Mellor wrote:
snip
Why wait?? I shall not be able to attend Eidnhoven and so will have
to rely on someone else to take stock (Geoff)?
Please see my reply to Geoff.
They might have sold out you never know !!
On 2 Jan 2005 at 22:59, Rich Mellor wrote:
However, OUTLN #0,0,0,0,0 crashes SuperBASIC - a quick look at the
channels in QPAC2 shows that it still exists, but SuperBASIC cannot get
past this point.
Oh, what a naughty thing to do. :-)
Of coutse, Sbasic hasn't crashed, but
if you set
David Tubbs wrote:
At 16:56 27/12/2004 +0100, you wrote:
David Tubbs wrote:
http://dilwynjones.topcities.com/qldocs/qpckeywords.zip
Nice one, danke !
Just spotted 'FLP_STEP' entry is present twice, but I'm guessing the
first one should be read 'FLP_STOP'.
You're welcome.
By the way, is anybody
Mon, 03 Jan 2005 08:10:38 +0100,() Jrme Grimbert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /wrote:
If you really want to achieve the same look, you have a long way to go
for the model.
Not really ;-)
There are easier ways as I demonstated to Marcel.
My complete QL Manual stylesheet clone (and almost perfect- it
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