Roy,
did you get my request to renew QL Toady 'in the usual fashion' - I sent it to
sales*qbranch.
Cheers,
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, the
same key can be used for multiple programs - so CTRL+S in Notepad does a 'save
current document' while it may do a completely different action in another
application - it all depends on which one is the active one.
Cheers,
Norman.
(At work - I now work for the UK government
at present plus, my 'music' knowlege is far far less than my
graphics knowlege - so it is unlikelt that I'll ever be able to do a sampler.
(Assuming the hardware limitations allowed it!)
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but what the hell.
This project will take me some time and may not even appear (like many in the
past) but it could prove to be very useful if it does. Anyone fancy a copy of
Oracle running on their QL ?
Cheers,
Norman.
PS. Only joking about Oracle
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You can find qdos-gcc at:
URL:http://thgodef.nerim.net/qdos/english/frames.html
Thanks.
How about mysql ;-)
Close, SQLLite.
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is I'm very much self taught as a programmer, and without any
resources to call on, I tend to get very dis-hearted when it all goes horribly
wrong and I've got no-one to consult who knows better. (This was before the
internet !)
Cheers,
Norman.
PS. I never did get the 'code generator' written
confirm the above, but I think Windows 95 will work as well, if you
install the correct driver to make it able to work the USB port/stick drive.
NT3.5 and 4.0 will not work as it doesn't support USB devices 'naturally' -
although there might be a driver somewhere for it.
Cheers,
Norman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Excellent little tip! Mind if I publish this in QLToday?
You already have - I wrote up my experiences with QPC and a USB drive some time
back. :o)
Cheers,
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and Dai
* The Sheepsh*g Redemption
* Breakfast at Taffanys
* Look Back in Bangor
* Evans Can Wait
* A Fishguard Called Rhondda
* Where Eagles Aberdare
* Dial M For Merthyr
:o)
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was referring to the esteemed QL Toady periodical.
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to something like 4-5000 words or a couple of pages,
[most] people wouldn't mind. But, then again .
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was still selling my stuff.
HTH
Cheers,
Norman.
I'll need to spend a bit more time on it when I'm less tired.
Actually, this is a good advert for the little USB Memory Pens which
were discussed here a few days ago. I can just dump the sources and a
copy of QPC2 and QLiberator in my USB memory
know !
Cheers,
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Am Wed, 06 Apr 2005 12:21:48 +0100 hat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
geschrieben:
Hi Norman,
We may never know !
No problem, there are more things we may never know ;)
Indeed - such as :
Why did the chicken cross the road ?
What came first, the chicken or the egg
traversal routine which opens the directory and reads entries from
it. I suspect the code in there may be useful. I cams across a similar problem
when I was writing WinBack all those years ago.
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Check out lines 1250 and 1255 in the following extract from Directory_bas which
is the utility to build a SuperBasic file which rebuilds you Win_ directory
structure.
Cheers,
Norman.
1140 DEFine PROCedure check_dir (d$)
1145 LOCal name_len%, curr_d$(40), curr_f$(41), entry$(64), loop
1150
, this is the utility that was supplied with WinBack - Directory_bas - I
extracted from it because it had less clutter compared to the similar routine
within WinBack itself.
Cheers,
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too.
I used to do some work for him - which never came to fruition as he vanished
before it was complete - conjverting old 128Kb programs to run on expanded
systems plus removing the copy protection routines etc. We had many a long chat
in those days :o)
Cheers,
Norman
from him again.
Cheers,
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you've just had a child and I don't have any, and I
never have enough time for anything ?
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- who's clever now then
?
Still, and in an attempt to at least mention our esteemed platform of choice,
at least we don't have to worry about virusses on the QL do we ?
Apart from the one I wrote many years ago :o)
Cheers,
Norman.
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ago.)
Bear in mind that my memory isn't all that great (I need a RAM upgrade to my
head, probably a CPU upgrade as well) but as I said above, I'm almost 100%
certain.
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, WWF (not the wrestling, the World
Wide Fund for Nature). Alternatively, buy a Big Issue from someone in the
street !
Cheers,
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Ooops,
Device is un-formatted
But I was using it last night, QXL_WIN and all.
Don't format it !!!
I have QPC on a stick too and it works on my laptop under XP Home and Linux.
It works at work on Windows 2000 Pro SP4. (and SP3 and )
It refuses to be recognised
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd argue that comment. I think its more to do with the quality and
manufacture of your stick. The disgo brand (I work from 'em, so am =
probably
biased!) are guaranteed to work on any USB enabled environment
Mine's a Crucial Gizmo 256 Mb. Guarenteed for live and no
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please ignorejust changing my email address - checking done it right.
Hmmm.
If I read the original email and follow the instructions to ignore it then I
haven't actually ignored it have I ?
On the other hand, if I simply ignore it without reading it, then I
Greetings Earthlings.
I'm testing to see if I can once again receive mailings from this list.
I've been off list for over a year and I'm trying again.
Here's hoping
Cheers,
Norman.
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Norman Dunbar wrote:
Greetings Earthlings.
I'm testing to see if I can once again receive mailings from this list.
I've been off list for over a year and I'm trying again.
Here's hoping
Cheers,
Norman.
Yippee
It finally works !
(I suppose it's considered 'strange' to reply to one's
Phoebus Dokos wrote:
Ffibys (Long story... ask Dilwyn) :-)
Hmmm. Dilwyn has replied to this email - I can see it in the web
archives (that was quick) but I don't have it in my email cleint yet.
This means that this reply, is really going to confuse things. :o)
Cheers,
Norman.
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Norman Dunbar wrote:
Phoebus Dokos wrote:
Ffibys (Long story... ask Dilwyn) :-)
Hmmm. Dilwyn has replied to this email - I can see it in the web
archives (that was quick) but I don't have it in my email cleint yet.
This means that this reply, is really going to confuse things. :o)
Cheers,
Norman
I was reading the archives and noticed that Rich Mellor was after a copy
of my BlackHole device driver - the one which 'does nothing' as someone
succinctly put it - and I was wondering if he (Rich) had managed to get
hold of a copy of the source.
Cheers,
Norm.
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have)
On that note, could I use it in freeQDOS? (Please?)
Ffibys...
Of course you can.
Cheers,
Norman.
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Phoebus Dokos wrote:
Actually it is my belief that it should be part of the OS (as a nul device
like most OSes have)
Erm, what's wrong with SMSQ/E's NUL device?
Marcel
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The bit that puzzles me is the fact that it is written in Java, but
described as 'fast' and named 'Hypersonic'. Must be a different Java to
the one I've been used to. All Java applications are s...l...o...w !
:o)
Cheers,
Norman.
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systems !
He's no longer the technical director - he didn't have any technical
knowlege at all.
I'm no longer the Oracle DBA there either - I work for myself now. :o)
Cheers,
Norman.
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FUBAR = F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition.
FOOBAR is a 'soundalike' used by programmers as an in-joke.
Foo() and Bar() are the programmers example functions which seem to have
stuck around for a long time now.
Cheers,
Norman.
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Roy wood wrote:
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Roy,
did you get my request to renew QL Toady 'in the usual fashion' - I
sent it to sales*qbranch.
Cheers,
Norman.
I did and a receipt is on it's way
Thanks - receipt has been received.
:o)
Cheers,
Norman.
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hitchies wrote:
Re: -
Called shut up, ewe!
Well, it did have Anthony Hopkins in it
Darren.
Sorry Darren that was the Glasgow version, and it was called 'shut up
ewes' which is Glaswegian for 'please, be quiet.' :o)
Good try though - welcome back.
Cheers,
Norman.
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could have an irregular 'off topic' column in which articles of
interest could be published - even if not related to the QL. Or would
that be unacceptable ?
Cheers,
Norman.
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remotely like this for the QL, who
knows - the very thought of it might spur someone with the talent to do
the job, on to actually doing it.
Cheers,
Norman.
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for a fortnight, then I promise to sort things out when I get back.
Thanks.
Cheers,
Norman.
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to the tower. This is so that tourists can get the time and the
inclination :o) groan
See you all when I get back.
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, but forgot to do
the date.
Silly me.
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