Re: [Ql-Users] iPlayer

2011-01-19 Thread Plastic
I can't believe the shoddy service you get from your ISPs over there/ Shameful! Oh, and Hi! Dave Park On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk wrote: It is a while since I explored BBCiplayer and set it up on my Vista home premium laptop, which hasn't a QL

Re: [Ql-Users] iPlayer

2011-01-20 Thread Plastic
Hi Dilwyn and others, I just resubscribed. Due to sheer good luck, I was a passenger in a car accident a while ago and bumped my noggin. While I'm convalescing, I decided to do some QL programming, after leaving from the scene about five years ago. I think it'll help my short term memory - I'm a

[Ql-Users] Programming project request...

2011-01-21 Thread Plastic
Hi all. So, I recently had a head injury that gave me some concentration and short term memory problems. From my past experience with this type of injury in 1994, I know the best therapy is to work my brain, stretch it, make demands. I have use of a QL software emulator. It can emulate the basic

Re: [Ql-Users] Programming project request...

2011-01-21 Thread Plastic
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.ukwrote: On 22/01/2011 06:03, Plastic wrote: As for a SuperBASIC compiler... Lightning is a utility which increase the speed of graphics and text routines in any program which uses the standard QDOS routines

Re: [Ql-Users] Programming project request...

2011-01-22 Thread Plastic
... with the list distinctions of ql-users and ql-developers... The QL was always very hands on, and these days, every user needs to be their own developer. So, aren't we all developers, really? Dave On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Plastic plasticu...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:23

Re: [Ql-Users] Programming project request...

2011-01-23 Thread Plastic
Malcolm, SMSQ/E was just going through its open-source birth when I left the scene last time. I did get it, but never used it due to the compete inadequacy of the hardware I had. I'm not at all interested in the commercial marketability of what I might do, but do understand the non-commercial

Re: [Ql-Users] Programming project request...

2011-01-24 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Peter pg...@q40.de wrote: Hi Dave, how about a commandline tool which can automatically delete a whole directotry tree with all files in it? :-) Never found this yet... All the best Peter You design computers before breakfast, so obviously that sounds

Re: [Ql-Users] Programming project request...

2011-01-24 Thread Plastic
, not sure the QL can quite manage PS3 level graphics and I'm not sure the 68000 series can keep up with the CELL processor but looking on the bright side, Halo has been ported over to the VCS2600 ( I kid you not!) and that has a cut down 6502 CPU on board! Neil Plastic plasticu...@gmail.com

Re: [Ql-Users] Programming project request...

2011-01-24 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.ukwrote: Hi Dave, The main problem I'm having with the ATC sim idea is that I would need to design and use a custom miniature font, and then draw it somewhere else, then AND/OR it into the video display to allow planes to

Re: [Ql-Users] Programming project request...

2011-01-24 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Peter Graf pg...@q40.de wrote: Plastic wrote: My real heart's desire is, ironically, a hardware/software project, to put together a package of an ARM-based embedded computer with Linux, booting right into uQLx, so that it is basically a QL. Getting it so

Re: [Ql-Users] Programming project request...

2011-01-24 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Lee Privett lee.priv...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I didn't understand most of whats being said here, other than 'fit it all in an QL' and 'ARM', the first sounds exciting the second would have a certain person spinning in their grave if 1. they were in one and 2. if

Re: [Ql-Users] Programming project request...

2011-01-25 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Peter pg...@q40.de wrote: Plastic wrote: The reason I said ARM is because it's readily available extremely cheaply, easy to design with, and there's a plethora of available boards already. You could use any Microcontroller with Linux. It is debatable

Re: [Ql-Users] Programming project request...

2011-01-26 Thread Plastic
I think what is needed is a manufacturer license that can be extended to people who are developing hardware and who need a close level of integration between the OS and hardware. The license should have a simple per unit fee, and the manufacturer should be responsible for supporting the OS on that

Re: [Ql-Users] What would you most like to see in a new version of QDOSMSQ?

2011-01-28 Thread Plastic
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 5:51 AM, Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.ukwrote: I may regret starting this, but as the subject says, what would you like to see in QDOSMSQ given that we were starting from scratch with the intention of writing a completely new OS? I'd like to see: A block sound

Re: [Ql-Users] What would you most like to see in a new version of QDOSMSQ?

2011-01-28 Thread Plastic
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:08 AM, gdgqler gdgq...@gmail.com wrote: Compilation by TURBO allows solution of another problem which how to use another routine if the one you want is not loaded on your machine. Apologies for the off-topicness, but one thing I'd like to see from Turbo or other

Re: [Ql-Users] What would you most like to see in a new version ofQDOSMSQ?

2011-01-28 Thread Plastic
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Ralf Reköndt ralf.rekoe...@t-online.dewrote: Plastic wrote: Apologies for the off-topicness, but one thing I'd like to see from Turbo or other compilers is a command maker that can take a PROCedure or FuNction, compile it, and package it up so it can

Re: [Ql-Users] What would you most like to see in a new version ofQDOSMSQ?

2011-01-28 Thread Plastic
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:09 AM, gdgqler gdgq...@gmail.com wrote: This is something I would like too. In my BOOT i have a procedure which prints a given a$, but the format of the fp number is QDOS. For example a$ could be $080004000. Of course in QDOS there are no NANs. I'm pretty sure

Re: [Ql-Users] QL On A Stick

2011-01-28 Thread Plastic
I am looking at uQLx on linux... Just because it can be so small that any box that can boot from the stick can be that. However, I'm also looking at it from the POV that architecture matters a little and weighing up Intel vs. ARM performance. It'll be a slow project due to zero finances, but if I

Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply - from the Treasurer

2011-01-29 Thread Plastic
I asked a friend who could give an opinion and she said: The question here is, If a person is appointed to a position in contravention of the Constitution, is the appointment invalid or is it merely improper. If the appointment is invalid, the person is not the position holder and cannot conduct

[Ql-Users] Air Traffic Control Sim

2011-01-31 Thread Plastic
So, I have started on my ATC project. I thought I'd document here my struggles, learning, and how I did it. I'm hoping it'll engage other BASIC programmers in discussion, and maybe you (yes, YOU!) will help me if you can see me getting stuck. Please remember this is primarily an exercise in

Re: [Ql-Users] Air Traffic Control Sim

2011-01-31 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:08 AM, Petri Pellinen p...@iki.fi wrote: Hi Dave, being a private pilot and an ATC sim fan myself this is a very interesting project. Looks like a nice initial concept. Are you going to share the source code for this somewhere (github, sourceforge, ...) ? Maybe

Re: [Ql-Users] Air Traffic Control Sim

2011-01-31 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:19 AM, tobias.froesc...@t-online.de tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: Dave, you asked for it, so see comments below: Am Montag, den 31.01.2011, 04:49 -0600 schrieb Plastic: So, I have started on my ATC project. 1. I'll be keeping the aircraft, their altitude

Re: [Ql-Users] Air Traffic Control Sim

2011-01-31 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 4:43 PM, tobias.froesc...@t-online.de tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: Dave, please see more comments below (Using the web-mailer of my ISP, there's really no reasonable way to top-quote. Sorry to anyone willing to complain) I find this mailing list to be quaint

Re: [Ql-Users] Air Traffic Control Sim

2011-02-01 Thread Plastic
And for complete off-topicness, the huge storm just blew through and the temperature just dropped from 68F(20C) to 27F(-3C) in about 150 seconds. Unbelievable - I have never experienced anything like it. Snow flurries in Austin, TX at 3:50am, and 5 minutes ago it was comfortable t-shirt weather.

Re: [Ql-Users] Reality Check

2011-02-03 Thread Plastic
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.ukwrote: Sad though that, as Tobias said, it seems that Jan has no plans to do any further work on the 'new' Qubide. Dilwyn Jones If I had a schematic and code, I would be happy to (re)design anything out there. I

Re: [Ql-Users] IDE versus SD card

2011-02-04 Thread Plastic
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:02 AM, Peter pg...@q40.de wrote: Hi, data transfer from an SD card takes 0.4 microsecond per Byte in the most simple mode, while the minimum cycle of the QL bus is 1.0 microsecond. So both IDE and SD card are faster than the QL bus. SD cards are smaller and cheaper

Re: [Ql-Users] Extremely rare example of a Sinclair QL with Dongle

2011-02-04 Thread Plastic
It's interesting that this is a D07- machine. My first QL was a D07- with JM ROMs, and my second was a D13- with JS ROMS. The first was $399 and as reliable as a Lada. The second was $99 and probably still works. Dave On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Neil Riley neil.ri...@boxclever.co.ukwrote:

Re: [Ql-Users] IDE versus SD card

2011-02-04 Thread Plastic
Also, Tony, how feasible is it to repurpose the RomDisq work for use with removable flash-type storage like CompactFlash or SDHC? Dave On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.ukwrote: A lot of them nowadays have load balancing code in the hardware. If it

Re: [Ql-Users] 12th February 2011

2011-02-05 Thread Plastic
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 3:47 PM, QL-MyLink (f/fh) q...@mylink.adsl24.co.uk wrote: What do  I  know about Derby? It's where they say Twosdee.  That is, unless it isn't. And give over, if you 'avn't.  I hear it a lot! John in Wales PS: Off topic?  Of

[Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC

2011-02-06 Thread Plastic
I'm working on the command parser for my Air Traffic Control sim. I have not written a parser in this sense before. The parser takes input from the user, and parses it into meaningful instructions to pass to an aircraft. It emulates a unified ear for the pilots of all the aircraft. It deals with

[Ql-Users] Game idea...

2011-02-06 Thread Plastic
Hi all, I had a game idea back in the 80s. I feel like it might be a good followup project after the flight sim, but the idea is fun so I thought I would share it here and see what others might make of it. The game occurs in a two-dimensional gravity well. The yellow sun occupies a fixed point

Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC

2011-02-06 Thread Plastic
For clarity: ABC is the format of the flight number. eg: AAL2123, CAL2260, FDX1001, etc... Sometimes, there are three digit flights like BAA418, etc... I like the way you have the parser call a function to isolate each component. I have until this point been thinking in terms of...

Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC

2011-02-06 Thread Plastic
FREEZING out there! One of the other things that might come out of this process for me is a heavily revised and annotated new manual, with better examples yet more concise instructions. Which I'd post for everyone's benefit. Dave On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Plastic plasticu...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC

2011-02-06 Thread Plastic
. Dave On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 5:36 AM, Tobias Fröschle tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: Am 06.02.2011 12:19, schrieb Plastic: Also... One of the major problems I'm having is the manual I downloaded. The QPCKeywords V1_02 document has many keywords missing/ignored that I remember, like

Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC

2011-02-06 Thread Plastic
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Tobias Fröschle tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: Am 06.02.2011 12:10, schrieb Plastic: For clarity: ABC is the format of the flight number. eg: AAL2123, CAL2260, FDX1001, etc... Sometimes, there are three digit flights like BAA418, etc... I like

Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC

2011-02-06 Thread Plastic
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 11:58 AM, QL-MyLink (f/fh) q...@mylink.adsl24.co.ukwrote: Tobias helpfully said - Dave, the manual is right here and your memory is wrong ;-). - Brave Dave, Do you have a copy of Jan Jones? It's

Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC

2011-02-06 Thread Plastic
Wow. You really thought about it. 221 lines of code! I have this notion that I need to scan through the characters and split the input into words. I can simplify a lot because the bounds are known and very limited. For example, S INSTR cmd$ is a very simple case and so is L - so for these

Re: [Ql-Users] USBWiz Driver Update

2011-02-07 Thread Plastic
Do you have a BOM for the hardware? A schematic? Or is it only ready-made boards, and if so, what is the bulk cost? How do you plan to make this into a product? Is that your plan? Dave On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:33 AM, Lee Privett lee.priv...@gmail.com wrote: Well I am definately interested in

Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC

2011-02-07 Thread Plastic
If it helps any, I have a period of 6 months plus of medically-enforced non-work, so I have LOTS of free time. I would be happy to convert books to PDFs in the style of the manual, if they are in the public domain or if I have permission from the rights holder. I have already made it a project for

Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC

2011-02-07 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:41 AM, Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.ukwrote: On 06/02/11 20:14, Plastic wrote:I bought this book years ago from Quanta, and was completely horrified by the quality of print. Nothing to do with Quanta of course, just a commercial book that looks like it was run

Re: [Ql-Users] Approaches to parsing in SuperBASIC

2011-02-07 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Tobias Fröschle tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: Am Sonntag, den 06.02.2011, 17:56 -0600 schrieb Plastic: Let me play with some code and see what I come up with over the next couple of days. I think I can be a lot more computationally economical, but my

Re: [Ql-Users] USBWiz Driver Update

2011-02-07 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Adrian Ives adr...@acanthis.co.uk wrote: Actually I think that's a shame, Peter. I know there are technical and performance issues with going the MDV emulation route, maybe even insurmountable ones, but it had that kind of Wow Factor about it. I imagined it

[Ql-Users] Wondering...

2011-02-07 Thread Plastic
Hi all, I have a US (samsung?) QL with JSA ROMs. I have a replacement membrane coming in a week or so. 1. It has the standard 512x256 resolution, but the font type/size is different than EU QLs. I am looking for some JM or JS ROMs, but meanwhile, does anyone have an easy way for me to load the

Re: [Ql-Users] USBWiz Driver Update

2011-02-07 Thread Plastic
-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Plastic Sent: 07 February 2011 14:30 To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] USBWiz Driver Update On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Adrian Ives adr...@acanthis.co.uk wrote: Actually I think that's a shame, Peter. I know

Re: [Ql-Users] Wondering...

2011-02-07 Thread Plastic
:14, Plastic wrote: Hi all, I have a US (samsung?) QL with JSA ROMs. I have a replacement membrane coming in a week or so. 1. It has the standard 512x256 resolution, but the font type/size is different than EU QLs. I am looking for some JM or JS ROMs, but meanwhile, does anyone have an easy

Re: [Ql-Users] Wondering...

2011-02-07 Thread Plastic
, Are you sure it has a vertical resolution of 256? Maybe the video ULA has been replaced with a UK one. Malcolm On 07/02/2011 15:14, Plastic wrote: Hi all, I have a US (samsung?) QL with JSA ROMs. I have a replacement membrane coming in a week or so. 1. It has the standard 512x256 resolution

Re: [Ql-Users] Wondering...

2011-02-07 Thread Plastic
It seems I will have to start saving for a UK spec QL, pronto. Having a real QL to work on is important to me. Dave On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Malcolm Lear malc...@essex.ac.uk wrote: On 07/02/2011 15:57, Rich Mellor wrote: From memory (as both D-Day MKII and War in the East took

Re: [Ql-Users] Wondering...

2011-02-07 Thread Plastic
I have a US QL, therefore I have a US QL PSU ;) Though I am capable of building a replacement PSU if needed, or converting a UK to US PSU. Also, US houses have 110v and 220v circuits, so 220v is available if I get really stuck (and don't mind QLing on the tumble dryer). The 50/60Hz issue is a

Re: [Ql-Users] Wondering...

2011-02-07 Thread Plastic
and post some high resolution pics of it so people can compare. Dave On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Timothy Swenson swenso...@sbcglobal.netwrote: On 2/7/2011 10:08 AM, Plastic wrote: I'm only aware of two US QL users and they're both ex-pats anyway, I think Actually, most of the US QLer's

Re: [Ql-Users] Wondering...

2011-02-08 Thread Plastic
Norman, It's wonderful that you offer that. I'm in Texas, USA and I'm told by RWAP that shipping a QL from England is over 50 ukp. I couldn't ask you to do that. Let me check out local options first... Dave On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.ukwrote: Evening

Re: [Ql-Users] USBWiz Driver Update

2011-02-08 Thread Plastic
I seem to recall having a roll of MAX232s around here somewhere. I also recall having 25 or so of the hard-to-find Altera CPLDs in a tray, a box of the QL connectors (I don't remember M or F) and assortments of other SMD components and etc. These were bought for Nasta's aborted Goldfire project.

Re: [Ql-Users] Game idea...

2011-02-08 Thread Plastic
that time, too. I'm open to any ideas... Dave On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 3:12 AM, Plastic plasticu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I had a game idea back in the 80s. I feel like it might be a good followup project after the flight sim, but the idea is fun so I thought I would share it here and see what

[Ql-Users] SuperBASIC oddities...

2011-02-08 Thread Plastic
Here are two fun weird things I like about SBASIC. Maybe others on this list will add their quirks too...? 1. the MISTake keyword. If you load a BASIC program that contains an error that would normally provoke a bad line response, it inserts the word MISTake, to indicate that the line will

Re: [Ql-Users] Game idea...

2011-02-08 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk wrote: Dave, I think that there is interest in more games for the QL, but the game idea has probably not enthused many people, as it sounds too simplistic - a bit like the old lunar landing types of games that formed the

Re: [Ql-Users] Game idea...

2011-02-08 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Malcolm Cadman q...@mcad.demon.co.uk wrote: In message AANLkTimaewh-83aWQGbewJxD86EE=2po5liqz1-es...@mail.gmail.com, Plastic plasticu...@gmail.com writes Hi Dave, Any new game, with graphics at the forefront, would be great for the QL. Generally an area

Re: [Ql-Users] Finally a reply

2011-02-08 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Malcolm Cadman q...@mcad.demon.co.uk wrote: In message a1ebf150-979b-4e65-b8c2-ca4c97611...@gmail.com, gdgqler gdgq...@gmail.com writes On 7 Feb 2011, at 19:52, Geoff Wicks wrote: Perhaps the entire constitution of Quanta needs altering. Now where did I

[Ql-Users] Feeding your microdrive...

2011-02-08 Thread Plastic
stretches the tape. The microdrive design contacts a plastic wheel in the cartridge, so it only touches something when a cartridge is left in. However, some people leave a cartridge permanently in the drive when not in use, and this can cause problems eventually. The wires that enter the motherboard

Re: [Ql-Users] Game idea...

2011-02-08 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Lee Privett lee.priv...@gmail.com wrote: Hey I got a great idea based on graphical lines etc. what about a TRON light cycle game playing against the computer but where the computer doesn't cheat against the human player? Anyone remember the TRON lightcycle

Re: [Ql-Users] Feeding your microdrive...

2011-02-08 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: Plastic wrote, on 8/Feb/11 22:30 | Feb8: Hi all, During my time at Sandy, I learned microdrives (the part inside the case, not the cartridge) were surprisingly reliable and fault-free. The only two faults that came

Re: [Ql-Users] File transfers

2011-02-09 Thread Plastic
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Marcel Kilgus ql-us...@mail.kilgus.netwrote: Tobias Fröschle wrote: Another option already mentioned (and perhaps with the highest probability to actually work) would be sernet. ...talking to myself again??? Sernet is actually a pretty comfortable

Re: [Ql-Users] File transfers

2011-02-10 Thread Plastic
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 1:18 PM, matras...@aol.com wrote: Problem is endian. My recollection is Qx0 hard disk format is pretty much QXLwin except that QXLwin on a PC is organised in the PC byte order Duncan How dare you, Sir! How dare you ruin my perfectly good joke with FACTS! *grins*

[Ql-Users] Approaches to (lots of things!) in SuperBASIC

2011-02-10 Thread Plastic
Hi all, 1. I would like to be able to identify the hardware and OS my timing critical programs are running on. To this end, I can use ver$ to identify the QDOS version. However, what ver$ returns do Minerva and SMSQ/E give? Is there a surefire way to identify if the execution environment is a

[Ql-Users] [ql-users] SuperBASIC tokens and line numbers...

2011-02-11 Thread Plastic
Hi all, I know QDOS saves SuperBASIC as plain text, and re-parses and tokenises it on the fly when you load a program. Is there any functionality or method to save and load tokenised SuperBASIC? I saved a tokenised program and it was 1/3rd the size and therefore loads much more quickly. Is there

[Ql-Users] Wishlist of future SuperBASIC extensions...

2011-02-11 Thread Plastic
I wish I could... count++ instead of count = count + 1 count-- instead of count = count - 1 I wish I could... DEFine PROCedure run_faster(a$) REMark Any procedures called with this wrapper will always execute in a short enough time ;) Dave ___

Re: [Ql-Users] Wishlist of future SuperBASIC extensions...

2011-02-11 Thread Plastic
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.ukwrote: On 11/02/2011 14:02, Plastic wrote: I wish I could... count++ instead of count = count + 1 count-- instead of count = count - 1 Not possible without re-writing the BASIC parser... How does Jan Jones sleep

Re: [Ql-Users] Wishlist of future SuperBASIC extensions...

2011-02-11 Thread Plastic
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Malcolm Lear malc...@essex.ac.uk wrote: On 11/02/2011 14:02, Plastic wrote: I wish I could... count++ instead of count = count + 1 count-- instead of count = count - 1 How about count++5 instead of count = count + 5 I'll match your increments

[Ql-Users] [QL-Musers] OCD things we've done to our QLs...

2011-02-12 Thread Plastic
Hi all, I received a USB floppy drive in the mail today, which will help things along nicely. I just need to find somewhere locally that still sells floppies. However, when I was formatting My First Floppy it reminded me of something I did to my QL back in the Sandy days. I was never satisfied

[Ql-Users] [QL-USAers] USA QLs...

2011-02-12 Thread Plastic
on a pair of wires in the power supply section, tucked under the heatsink. The ROMs are JSU, and are the plastic type. Weirdly, the $ was made in Korea, and the $8000 was made in Mexico. There is a small 2cm x 2.5cm daughter card stuck to the top of the on-board memory with 4 dabs of silicon

Re: [Ql-Users] Ser-USB Driver Update: External Command Interface (and Progress Update)

2011-02-13 Thread Plastic
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 1:09 AM, Adrian Ives adr...@acanthis.co.uk wrote: [SNIP] Here is a tidier version of the example S*BASIC program that I posted in my last mail. It shows how to use the interface in its current form. Requires SMSQ Turbo Toolkit (and the Ser-USB Driver). [SNIP] Is

Re: [Ql-Users] Hardware question

2011-02-13 Thread Plastic
If you buy an EPROM on eBay and it needs erasing, remove the label (you'll find letting the label soak in some lysol is the best way to do this) and then putting the EPROM with the window facing the sun for approx 30 mins should erase it. On a dull day it doesn't take longer, as UV goes right

Re: [Ql-Users] [QL-USAers] USA QLs...

2011-02-13 Thread Plastic
Laptop running XP but emulating the QL using QPC2 ¦¦ - Original Message - From: Plastic To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 10:28 AM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] [QL-USAers] USA QLs... Which of course SUCKS

Re: [Ql-Users] [QL-You Sir!] The Spring 2011 QL Survery

2011-02-13 Thread Plastic
by a couple of the answers - not at all what I expected. Dave On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Plastic plasticu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Please help the community by completing this 24-question survey. It will take less than three minutes to complete. The reason for this survey is that there have

Re: [Ql-Users] [QL-You Sir!] The Spring 2011 QL Survery

2011-02-13 Thread Plastic
: On 13 Feb 2011, at 17:45, Plastic wrote: 15 responses so far, and already some definite and surprising trends forming. If anyone with QUANTA or QL Today or any other sites would like to put the survey URL on their site, please feel welcome to do so. The more responses, the more

Re: [Ql-Users] Hardware question

2011-02-13 Thread Plastic
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Lee Privett lee.priv...@gmail.com wrote: as I said, one can never *really* escape the QL scene. Ok Tony, not sure what you mean by that, are you saying you may be making some more? Lee Privett I think he's saying he has a stalker that wants to talk to him

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Forum doesn't seem to like me?

2011-02-13 Thread Plastic
If you email *Robert Heaton **r...@robheaton.co.uk* he can create the account for you manually. He would probably also like to know about your problem registering :) Dave On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Tobias Fröschle tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: Gents, (and especially to Peter

Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery

2011-02-13 Thread Plastic
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 2:26 PM, QL-MyLink (f/fh) q...@mylink.adsl24.co.ukwrote: As Ralph said - Quite right. It [QPC2] is *the* QL software emulator. John in Wales __ I'm using Q-Emulator for Mac 1.0 which is very good. The broken membrane

Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery

2011-02-13 Thread Plastic
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Marcel Kilgus ql-us...@mail.kilgus.netwrote: Peter Graf wrote: no offense intended at all, but are you not counting the now much faster PC hardware (which you didn't design) and the Windows features (which you didn't write, e.g. TCP/IP) as QPC achievements?

Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery

2011-02-13 Thread Plastic
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Marcel Kilgus ql-us...@mail.kilgus.netwrote: Plastic wrote: I think the point here is that emulators have to emulate something. If there's nothing innovative to emulate, even the emulator cannot move forward - it can just go faster at the same old stuff

Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery

2011-02-14 Thread Plastic
Good morning all, I currently have 38 responses. For some questions with fewer answer choices, the answers are now statistically significant with a margin of less than +/- 5% but those with more answer choices are still not there yet (+/- 12% or so.) I am very surprised by some of the early

[Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-14 Thread Plastic
Hi all, I have a Gold Card which has the discontinued 40LF220 lithium battery. The equivalent MGL0025 is also discontinued, and even with the long shelf life of these lithium batteries, the new old stock ones are now useless. When you can find them, they were manufactured in 2002 and cost $30+ -

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-14 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: Plastic wrote, on 14/Feb/11 19:38 | Feb14: Hi all, I have a Gold Card which has the discontinued 40LF220 lithium battery. The equivalent MGL0025 is also discontinued, and even with the long shelf life

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-14 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: Plastic wrote, on 14/Feb/11 19:54 | Feb14: On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Tony Firshmant...@firshman.co.uk wrote: Plastic wrote, on 14/Feb/11 19:38 | Feb14: Hi all, I have a Gold Card which has

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-14 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: On 14 Feb 2011, at 20:01, Plastic plasticu...@gmail.com wrote: snip Is the CR2032 man enough though? The CR2032 is 3V 235ma, and on this card would need to be replaced every three years or so, which would

Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery

2011-02-14 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.ukwrote: And here, Peter, I have to apologise, in that as a trader I have not completed the survey, as I feel my answers would be pointless (eg. how many QLs do you have? Answer - over 30 but only 2 or 3 which I regularly use,

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-14 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: Plastic wrote, on 14/Feb/11 20:50 | Feb14: On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Tony Firshmant...@firshman.co.uk wrote: On 14 Feb 2011, at 20:01, Plasticplasticu...@gmail.com wrote: snip Is the CR2032 man enough

Re: [Ql-Users] [QL-USAers] USA QLs...

2011-02-14 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:37 PM, David Tubbs davet...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Would you be willing to share the details/schematic? Dave I dont mind, only prolem is memory and no documentation. I could send you photos with which you might reverse engineer. I also have a few dongle

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-14 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Phil Kett pk...@genesis-midi.com wrote: On 14/02/2011 21:23, Tony Firshman wrote: Plastic wrote, on 14/Feb/11 20:50 | Feb14: On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Tony Firshmant...@firshman.co.uk wrote: On 14 Feb 2011, at 20:01, Plasticplasticu

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-14 Thread Plastic
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.ukwrote: On 14/02/2011 22:53, Plastic wrote: On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Phil Kettpk...@genesis-midi.com wrote: On 14/02/2011 21:23, Tony Firshman wrote: Plastic wrote, on 14/Feb/11 20:50 | Feb14: On Mon, Feb 14

[Ql-Users] [QL-Users] Schematics...

2011-02-14 Thread Plastic
Hi all, I am trying to collect together all the schematics I can for any and all QL-related hardware. Could you please take a few minutes to look through your files and see if you have any schematics for anything at all, from the QL itself to the gold card to the serial to centronics printer

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-15 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Bob Spelten b...@chello.nl wrote: On 14 Feb 2011, at 19:38, Plastic wrote: ... I would be happy to design and manufacture a limited run of these adaptors to use CR2032s so we can all have our battery backed clocks working again. Make sure the total height

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-15 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: Bryan Horstmann wrote, on 15/Feb/11 13:42 | Feb15: On 15/02/2011 01:39, Plastic wrote: On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Bob Speltenb...@chello.nl wrote: On 14 Feb 2011, at 19:38, Plastic wrote: ... I would

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-15 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Bryan Horstmann b...@newlan.org wrote: On 15/02/2011 02:03, Plastic wrote: On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Tony Firshmant...@firshman.co.uk wrote: Bryan Horstmann wrote, on 15/Feb/11 13:42 | Feb15: On 15/02/2011 01:39, Plastic wrote: On Tue, Feb 15

Re: [Ql-Users] SQLUG Site

2011-02-15 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:10 AM, j...@supanet.com wrote: To all members. I am now able to update the SQLUG site and it should now be up todate. If there are any errors or alterations needed please let me know. John Sadler Link? Dave ___

Re: [Ql-Users] Spam, spam and more spam

2011-02-15 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: David Tubbs wrote, on 15/Feb/11 17:58 | Feb15: So that's why I think such wasteful distribution is equivalent to spamming. Indeed. Top quoting does need some editing and snipping. Tony I suspect some email

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-16 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 5:47 PM, John Gilpin thegilp...@btinternet.comwrote: Sorry I have been out a bit today and therefore have missed quite a bit of the goings-on on the list. Firstly, my 3 Auroras - all with SGCs attached need new batteries and I even went to the trouble of building a

Re: [Ql-Users] [QL-USAers] USA QLs...

2011-02-16 Thread Plastic
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:53 PM, David Tubbs davet...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: At 15:40 14/02/2011 -0600, you wrote: On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:37 PM, David Tubbs davet...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I could send you photos with which you might reverse engineer. I also have a few dongle boards,

Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery

2011-02-16 Thread Plastic
Hi all! I now have 55 respondents. The results so far have definitely upset a few of my pre-existing views. Fascinating. I will close the survey on February 28th and release the full results on March 1st. I'll be sharing preliminary results with a few people before then, as the trends are

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-16 Thread Plastic
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:15 AM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: Plastic wrote, on 16/Feb/11 09:12 | Feb16: Dave/ Please can you disclose your Surname so we know it's Dave Smith or Jones we're communicating with? Thanks. Dave Park of Austin, Texas, formerly of Bedford (where I

Re: [Ql-Users] Gold card battery...

2011-02-16 Thread Plastic
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:56 AM, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: That birthplace is very good isn't it - could be the subject of a David Lean film. Do you like steam trains (8-)# I was born in the same room as my mother in the village post office, Rhydlewis, Wales. Again unusual

Re: [Ql-Users] Pic test.

2011-02-16 Thread Plastic
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:30 AM, David Tubbs davet...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: If it is present, Modified eprom board, just as easyly hold two full ROM TK2 versions, Mainboard ROMs removed of course. Unfortunately, the lines aren't brought through to the ROM port to select chips outside of the

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