[Ql-Users] changes

Please remove my ...fsbusiness.co.uk email address from your address book. I got locked out of this account last Friday, and have moved on. Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] changes

pjwitte wrote: Please remove my ...fsbusiness.co.uk email address from your address book. I got locked out of this account last Friday, and have moved on. I didnt, of course, mean I had moved on from the QL scene ;o) just moved on from my old Freeserve cum Wanadoo cum Orange email address

Re: [Ql-Users] New QL

Norman Dunbar wrote: I cannot get QPC to run simply because I can't find a way to get the system to recognise any option that I might have for installing it! You need to mount the virtual hard disc or CD image and copy the files you want to test on there, before booting ReactOS. That's the on

Re: [Ql-Users] Qemulator download

Tony Firshman wrote: Tony Firshman wrote, on 13/Feb/11 14:24 | Feb13: I see Qemulator has moved form geocities. What link should I use for it? Found it on Dilwyn's site (ironically hosted by *my* server). http://terdina.net/ql/q-emulator.html Thanks Dilwyn. Did you realise your brother has

Re: [Ql-Users] Qemulator download

pjwitte wrote: <> Thanks Dilwyn. Did you realise your brother has now beaten you in the Google rankings, or maybe you are an electrician in Ascot during the week. Nice van (8-)# http://www.dilwynjones.com/ This is what Google Chrome thinks of the site you site: Warning: Something

Re: [Ql-Users] Simple HowTo to make SBasic jobs PEable...

On 08/04/2011 22:56, Martyn Hill wrote: Dear list Whilst I suspect that there is no 'simple' way to make an SBasic job work with the PE - i.e. able to move #0/1/2 windows and put to sleep in QPAC2 frame - without going the whole hog of making a PE compliant application, but none-the-less wondere

Re: [Ql-Users] Delaying code

On 25/05/2011 09:30, Norman Dunbar wrote: <> PS. I read your blog too. Feedback? What's that, no-one ever gives feedback on my articles in QL Today - except George! ;-) One *does* need the confirmation since no feedback doesnt distinguish between "I dont do feedback" and "I cant be bothered

Re: [Ql-Users] What's the official method to queue text in to another job's CON channel?

a slave of another SBASIC. 120 REMarkFull programmable interpreter 130 REMarkvia PRINT statements! 140 REMarkBy pjwitte January 23rd 2001 150 : 160 REMarkInit 170 ch =1:cu =0:CLS#ch:CLS#cu 180 pip$ = 'pipe_p'& HEX$(DATE,32) 190 : 200 JOB_NAME 'Master' 210

Re: [Ql-Users] What's the official method to queue text in to another job's CON channel?

On 13/07/2011 17:48, pjwitte wrote: On 13/07/2011 14:10, Martyn Hill wrote: Hi everyone Something got lost in translation.. Heres a tidier version Per SBslave 100 REMark Get an SBASIC job to work as 110 REMark a slave of another SBASIC. 120 REMark Full programmable interpreter 130 REMark

Re: [Ql-Users] What's the official method to queue text in to another job's CON channel?

On 13/07/2011 18:16, pjwitte wrote: On 13/07/2011 17:48, pjwitte wrote: On 13/07/2011 14:10, Martyn Hill wrote: Hi everyone Something got lost in translation.. Heres a tidier version Per SBslave More than somethink got lost in translation! Typically Gremlins snuck in and added a

[Ql-Users] Dilwyn's scanner

On 07/10/2011 17:38, Dilwyn Jones wrote: <> But first, I have to find new drivers for my old Benq5000 scanner. The manufacturer's site lists no drivers for Win7 64-bit and the driver on CD does not work either, even using the compatibility assistant for drivers, so I may have to do this using the

Re: [Ql-Users] S*BASIC

On 23/10/2011 20:50, Lee Privett wrote: I seem to remember awhile ago Dilwyn asking about the first use of term S*BASIC was used. If it is any help, reading Vol 5 Issue 4 Nov/Dec 2000 there is an article written by DJ and GG re:Turbo Compiler I quote in the first paragraph "Note: ln this arti

[Ql-Users] QPC2/QPCPrint translates

Hi Guys, I need to print from QPC2 via QPCPrint using a QL program that doesnt have any configurable way to translate characters. The text to be outputted contains "foreign" characters in QL format that dont match up with the printer's character set. Whats the simplest way to fix this proble

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: A runtime version of QPC2?

On 08/12/2011 16:43, Malcolm Lear wrote: Where's the like button :-) . I really can't believe we are still stuck with this out of date ridiculous licence that's killing any chance of a future for SMSQ/E. Surely it can be renegotiated? On 08/12/2011 13:19, Marcos Cruz wrote: En/Je/On 2011-12-

Re: [Ql-Users] Where has Knoware gone?

On 19/06/2012 23:03, Tobias Fröschle wrote: Dilwyn, nothing in particular my rusty memory would reveal, no. He just had a lot of useful tips, tricks and very interesting code snippets for programming the PE there, if I remember right. Shame it seems to be gone. Cheers, Tobias Am 19.06.2012 um

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v3.40 Beta 2

On 10/07/2013 15:18, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Surprise! It only took 6 years, but finally there is another official beta of QPC ;-) Don't hesitate because it's called a "beta", it's very stable, I only want people to test the new keyboard driver first before calling it a release. It includes the lat

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v3.40 Beta 2

On 28/07/2013 13:36, Dilwyn Jones wrote: <> ERT HOT_CMD('e','QPC_EXEC "mailto:n...@domain.co.uk"; ') Daresay I could use this in the Copyright or Help menus in QL software to provide a means of sending feedback or help requests to the author. I'm sure someone on the QL scene has already used t

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v3.40 Beta 2

On 17/08/2013 18:50, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Per Witte wrote: I am not able to get FSM on my laptop (Mac Pro running W7U) The screen resolution is 1280x800, but whatever resolution I supply the emulation crashes during startup. Crash as in "Shows the Windows error dialog" or crash as in "Nothing i

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v3.40 Beta 3

On 20/08/2013 09:54, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Per Witte wrote: Id love to try it, but I cant find 3.40 beta 3 anywhere..? It's right there. Reload your browser cache perhaps? Alternatively http://www.kilgus.net/qpc/qpc2v340beta3.zip Marcel It works a treat! The new FSM an' all! Thanks again, Mar

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v3.40 Beta 3

On 26/08/2013 20:58, François Van Emelen wrote: Op 26/08/2013 20:29, pjwitte schreef: On 20/08/2013 09:54, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Per Witte wrote: Id love to try it, but I cant find 3.40 beta 3 anywhere..? It's right there. Reload your browser cache perhaps? Alternatively

Re: [Ql-Users] How to "label" a (fresh) (QXL.)WIN

riefly on latest QPC2 and it appears to work. Own risk, and all that! Per 100 REMark WIN hard disk rename 110 REMark pjwitte 1998 120 REMark V0.03 130 : 140 ch = 1: namel% = 10: esc$ = CHR$(27) 150 CLS#ch 160 PRINT#ch; ' Rename harddisk' 170 PRINT#ch; 'Note: No other applica

Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 name badges

On 06/10/2014 22:42, extdgl42 wrote: From: Geoff Wicks Sent: Oct 6, 2014 7:53 AM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: [Ql-Users] QLis30 name badges It has been suggested that we should have name badges at QLis30. These are not compulsory, but they will be available at both the dinner and at the work

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly eMagazine - Latest News

Nice one, Norman. Thank you. Im sure God wrote large parts of the Universe in MC68 assembler. Your anthology should help ease future generations into its mysteries ;) Season's best to you too! Per On 03/12/2014 21:42, Norman Dunbar wrote: Christmas is coming, Norm is getting fat, Time to put

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly eMagazine - Latest News

Norman, I defer to your wider programming experience, of course. However, certain groups I am in contact with claim the i86 bits to be the work of The Other Guy. The world is big-endian after all (except, perhaps, for certain buggy spots here on Earth, that for the sake of world peace shall rem

Re: [Ql-Users] Qdock and Maqnifier

I havent tried Qdock, (on QL systems Im not a dock sort of person, sorry Dilwyn) so I cant really say how good it is, although its provenance should speek for its quality. Im not a Magnifyer sort of guy either. Even so, I decided at least to give it a twirl and report back. It seems a crying sh

Re: [Ql-Users] QDOS / SMS,Reference Manual ebook

Derek, I can not find any reference to IOF.TEST Should this be IOB.TEST ? I think youre right! No reference to IOF.TEST in the Smsq sources, only IOB.TEST. Dilwyn, In my printed copy of Jochen's QDOS/SMS Reference Guide, iof.posa and iof.posr also have the same key (d0=$42, whereas iof.p

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win 8

d' 23 PRINT 'Time taken'! (DATE - ttaken);'s' 24 : 25 DEFine FuNction QLone(sdv$, dir$, tdv$) 26 LOCal ch, lp, fl, ps, er, ty%, nm$ 27 REMark GLObal counts 28 REMark Scan source directory tree and 29 REMark Create correponding structure under target 30 REMark Backup files, maint

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win 8

On 17/07/2015 17:27, François Van Emelen wrote: Op 17/07/2015 om 11:38 schreef peterfox: Hi Marcel, I have had another look on C: and it is not obvious. Any Suggestions, please? How can one create a larger QXL.Win, please? TIA & Regards Peter Hi, I suppose you need the instructions to form

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win10

On 29/05/2015 13:09, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Has anyone tried QPC2 on the Windows 10 technical preview yet? Ive tried it on the real thing, which just arrived today. AFAICS all runs well. Perhaps graphics are a little slower, but I cant say for sure; its negligable. My USB floppy works ok too. As

[Ql-Users] [OT] W10

On 01/08/2015 14:18, Ralf Reköndt wrote: I totally agree with you. Win 10 has not been found to be faster than 7 or 8.1. It just has the better user interface compared to 8.1. The rest internally should be nearly the same, perhaps except Edge and Cortana, which means nothing to me, as I use FF.

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E filenames

This subject has been aired here before, last in Jan 2005. The conclusion we arrived at then was that the effort required and the disruption it would cause was not worthwhile in the light of a diminishing user-base and the drying up of new software. We're even further down that hill ten years o

[Ql-Users] QPC2 <> W10

Traditional seasons' greatings implied.. Recently Windoze 10 has started messing with QPC2: When I put my machine to sleep with QPC2 in fullscreen mode in the background it wakes up with QPC2 in a catatonic state: No display, no response. Anyone suffering the same? Any known remedies? Per __

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 <> W10

On 03/01/2016 14:19, Bob Spelten wrote: Op Sat, 02 Jan 2016 16:46:55 +0100 schreef pjwitte : Traditional seasons' greatings implied.. Recently Windoze 10 has started messing with QPC2: When I put my machine to sleep with QPC2 in fullscreen mode in the background it wakes up with QPC2

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 <> W10

On 02/01/2016 18:21, Norman Dunbar wrote: > On 2 January 2016 15:46:55 GMT+00:00, pjwitte wrote: > > Traditional seasons' greatings implied.. > > Recently Windoze 10 has started messing with QPC2: When I put my > machine to sleep with QPC2 in fullscreen mo

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 <> W10

Thanks for the info, Norman. I know those of us engaging in a topic some on this list deem un-QL, risk a public spanking at the next "QL is xx". However, as long as the QL is at the heart of the discussion, I believe we may just wriggle out of chastisement if not censure.. On 16/01/2016 17:24,

Re: [Ql-Users] lower bound of common heap allocated space

On 22/01/2016 19:21, Marcos Cruz wrote: <> moveq#24,d0 MT.ALCHP trap #1 Allocate RAM tst.ld0 bmi.sreturn_fp Return error code move.l #'Bufa',-4(a0) Identify this block This uses t

Re: [Ql-Users] lower bound of common heap allocated space

On 23/01/2016 07:41, Wolf wrote: Hi, I don't quite agree with Per's explanation, at least not as far as SMSQ/E is concerned. Once the memory is allocated, A0 points past the header, as Per said. So, at -4(a0) you will find chp_flag, not chp_len. Moreover, chp_flag is used by the system : Con

Re: [Ql-Users] WIN drive gone missing

Sorry Urs, Bob, I cannot confirm this. To my mind the Qpac2 "apps" are some of the most stable programs written for QDOS and SMSQ/E ;) Sometimes stuff just happens, but if it happens a lot Id look elsewhere.. Per On 18/03/2016 16:29, ql wrote: Just days ago I experienced the same. In my case

Re: [Ql-Users] WIN drive gone missing

Urs, I get the freeze if I boot the system from a USB memory stick with the QLE distribution, but only with SMSQmulator (as if I use QPC2, it takes its configuration from my installed configuration.) However, if I use my own QPC2 installation (4.02, w SMSQ/E 3.24) and boot from QLE.win, the fre

Re: [Ql-Users] Withdrawal of my personal Software Preservation Project

On 07/07/2016 12:13, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi, Just my 2 cents worth. As I understand it, Rich came under attack from some (as yet unnamed) sources because he (i) sells old programs for the QL and (ii) sent take-down notices (or was suspected of sending them) to sites that apparently hosted co

Re: [Ql-Users] Withdrawal of my personal Software Preservation Project

On 07/07/2016 15:15, Marcel Kilgus wrote: pjwitte wrote: I agree with everything you say above. I presume you do not mean to imply that any significant /future/ software must also be free. I'm certain nobody is implying this, least of all Wolfgang and me. When I changed EasyPtr, which wa

Re: [Ql-Users] Withdrawal of my personal Software Preservation Project

On 07/07/2016 17:31, Dilwyn Jones wrote: <> arsed walking to a smoking bay 10 yards away. The very same people who moan if your car touches a line in a parking bay promptly go and park their sacred expensive BMW across two parking bays next to you. Back in the 90's I had the misfortune to driv

Re: [Ql-Users] EASYPTR4 - Minimum menu size

On 05/08/2016 01:23, Giorgio Garabello wrote: When you draw a menu with Easymenu, that design is the minimum size of the menu. I can not make it smaller by SBASIC, using MDRAW command. Now, is there any way to read this minimum size of the menu? The manual I could not find anything useful, but my

Re: [Ql-Users] EASYPTR4 - Minimum menu size

my English is bad and probably escaped me. Thanks in advanced Giorgio 2016-08-05 15:43 GMT+02:00 pjwitte: Surely, the programmer who designed the menu already knows its minimum size? Or am I missing something? Per On 05/08/2016 20:36, Giorgio Garabello wrote: > Not necessarily, in my c

Re: [Ql-Users] Why so slow?

On 06/08/2016 11:46, François Van Emelen wrote: Yesterday evening I copied my win2_ (my default) to another location and linked it to QPC2/SMSQE as WIN7_. I deleted all files and directories with PWfiles. I then defragmented my hard drive. Conversion to that empty win7_ took more than 23 minutes.

Re: [Ql-Users] EASYPTR4 - Minimum menu size

On 06/08/2016 13:13, Giorgio Garabello wrote: 2016-08-06 12:40 GMT+02:00 pjwitte: On 05/08/2016 01:23, Giorgio Garabello wrote: When you draw a menu with Easymenu, that design is the minimum size of the menu. I can not make it smaller by SBASIC, using MDRAW command. Now, is there any way

Re: [Ql-Users] EASYPTR4 - Minimum menu size

On 06/08/2016 15:09, pjwitte wrote: On 06/08/2016 13:13, Giorgio Garabello wrote: 2016-08-06 12:40 GMT+02:00 pjwitte: On 05/08/2016 01:23, Giorgio Garabello wrote: When you draw a menu with Easymenu, that design is the minimum size of the menu. I can not make it smaller by SBASIC, using

Re: [Ql-Users] EASYPTR4 - Minimum menu size

On 10/08/2016 00:01, pjwitte wrote: On 06/08/2016 15:09, pjwitte wrote: On 06/08/2016 13:13, Giorgio Garabello wrote: <> This was not quite what Giorgio had in mind, as he doesnt use APPAn, but the following construct (which I had forgotten about): MDRAW#ch; 'my_menu' ie

[Ql-Users] QPAC2 and Buttons

Could poeple please tell me what differences there are between the various language versions of the QPCA2 button utilities or any other QPAC2 component? Starting with BUTTON_SLEEP = BUTTON_SCHLAF in German, does the button frame or any other Thing or component have a language dependent name t

Re: [Ql-Users] QPAC2 and Buttons

On 14/10/2016 17:34, Bob Spelten wrote: Op Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:18:31 +0200 schreef pjwitte : Could poeple please tell me what differences there are between the various language versions of the QPCA2 button utilities or any other QPAC2 component? Starting with BUTTON_SLEEP = BUTTON_SCHLAF in

Re: [Ql-Users] QPAC2 and Buttons

On 16/10/2016 17:14, Bob Spelten wrote: Op Sun, 16 Oct 2016 12:11:10 +0200 schreef pjwitte : On 14/10/2016 17:34, Bob Spelten wrote: Op Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:18:31 +0200 schreef pjwitte : Could poeple please tell me what differences there are between the various language versions of the

Re: [Ql-Users] QPAC2 and Buttons

On 17/10/2016 12:49, Bob Spelten wrote: Op Mon, 17 Oct 2016 01:45:41 +0200 schreef pjwitte : There doesnt seem to be an easy way to check the Qpac2 version; at least nothing standard to determin the language. In SBASIC a heuristic approach may be the simplest: 100 IF HOT_TYPE("button_

Re: [Ql-Users] QPAC2 and Buttons

On 17/10/2016 14:26, Marcel Kilgus wrote: pjwitte wrote: You still need the name of the Thing to be able to use it, so yes, the name is relevant. However, in the case of Button Frame, it appears to be in English accross the board. It isn't ("Button_Schlaf" in German). But

Re: [Ql-Users] QPAC2 and Buttons

On 17/10/2016 16:05, Marcel Kilgus wrote: pjwitte wrote: English German French -- -- -- Things V1.01Things V1.01Choses V1.01 Button V1.03Button V1.03

Re: [Ql-Users] SQRview update

On 07/11/2016 00:31, Bob Spelten wrote: Hi All, I have put a new version of my Viewer program on my site. This can now also do fast JPEG, GIF & PNG conversions thanks to David Westbury's phgtk.bin toolkit. Bob Very slick. I like it, Bob :

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Italian meeting WebEx session

Ditto Per On 21/11/2016 11:17, Derek Stewart wrote: Hi Davide, My apologies for not attending via Webex, did you do any video or photographs of the meeting. I would be interested to see them. Regards, Derek On 20/11/16 12:34, d.santachi...@libero.it wrote: Hi All, We will restart with t

Re: [Ql-Users] Behaviour of DIV with negative numbers in SBASIC (QPC2)

Tobias, I just tested this against my own version of DIV/MOD and got these results: 100 CLS 110 DivMod 5, 2 120 DivMod -5, 2 130 DivMod -5, -2 140 DivMod 5, -2 150 : 160 DEFine PROCedure DivMod(a, b) 170 PRINT 'd'! a DIV b, 'm'! a MOD b, '='! a * (b DIV a) + b MOD a 180 PRINT 'D'! LDIV(a, b), 'M

Re: [Ql-Users] Behaviour of DIV with negative numbers in SBASIC (QPC2)

Tobias, I just tested this against my own version of DIV/MOD and got these results: 100 CLS 110 DivMod 5, 2 120 DivMod -5, 2 130 DivMod -5, -2 140 DivMod 5, -2 150 : 160 DEFine PROCedure DivMod(a, b) 170 PRINT 'd'! a DIV b, 'm'! a MOD b, '='! a * (b DIV a) + b MOD a 180 PRINT 'D'! LDIV(a, b), 'M

Re: [Ql-Users] Email attachments

On 15/01/2017 11:04, Derek Stewart wrote: <> If the operating system is in ROM, I donot think this is going to work, also there is no or very limited Internet access for the QL systems and I do not think hacker will see QDOS/SMSQ/E as a viable target. May I add this quote to my collection o

Re: [Ql-Users] Smsqe 3.28

On 22/01/2017 17:41, Wolf wrote: <> The new version is at wlenerz.com/smsqe The "ready-to-go QXL.WIN file" appears still to be v3.27 although it is labelled SMSQE328B.win (Whats the B for?) Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Smsqe 3.28

On 22/01/2017 22:02, pjwitte wrote: On 22/01/2017 17:41, Wolf wrote: <> The new version is at wlenerz.com/smsqe The "ready-to-go QXL.WIN file" appears still to be v3.27 although it is labelled SMSQE328B.win (Whats the B for?) Sorry, this turned out to be a mixup between my de

[Ql-Users] PRINT_USING bug

I discovered a minor bug in SMSQ/E V 3.28's SBASIC today: In PRINT_USING the @ cancel character doesnt work as advertised. I know the danger of reporting something trivial like this is that someone will say "Ok, then fix it!" ;) It may (or may not) be trivial to fix, I havent got round to check

Re: [Ql-Users] PRINT_USING bug

On 12/02/2017 17:43, RWAP Software wrote: On 2017-02-12 16:38, pjwitte wrote: I discovered a minor bug in SMSQ/E V 3.28's SBASIC today: In PRINT_USING the @ cancel character doesnt work as advertised. I know the danger of reporting something trivial like this is that someone will say &quo

Re: [Ql-Users] PRINT_USING bug

On 12/02/2017 21:13, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Yes - if you read the notes in the SBASIC / SuperBASIC Reference Manual, you will see that we also spotted this issue in various Toolkit II manuals... From memory it took me a while to work out the correct parameter! Thankfully, the SMSQ/E manual has be

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E and unset variables

I agree. Its annoying. In the mean time you could try DP's XREF utility. It lists all variables alphabetically together with the line number on which it is defined and on which it is used. This quickly reveals spelling mistakes and provides other useful debugging information. Works a doddle on

[Ql-Users] testing

I sent a response to something here, but it didnt arrive.. ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] E-mail etiquette: New subject, new message

A lot of people simply dont know this because they never view their mails by thread. I know I didnt, until I was told off about this some years ago. (I hope Ive managed to behave since then!) On this list there also used to be a convention to top- or tail- reply (I can no longer remember which '

Re: [Ql-Users] SBASIC

Try EXEP 'SBASIC', or even EXEP 'SBASIC'; 'lrun"myprog_bas"'! Per On 22/03/2020 17:52, Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users wrote: I'm trying to run the SBASIC command inside a compiled program (with Qliberator) but nothing happens . Ideas? 100 PRINT "STEP 1" 110 SBASIC 120 PRINT "STEP 2" Regards

Re: [Ql-Users] SBASIC

e you were trying to do. Per On 22/03/2020 21:35, Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users wrote: Il giorno dom 22 mar 2020 alle ore 18:22 pjwitte via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> ha scritto: Try EXEP 'SBASIC', this work well! or even EXEP 'SBASIC'; 'lrun"myprog_

Re: [Ql-Users] QL User grapic competition from 1985: Tree

On 16/04/2020 12:39, Michael Berger via Ql-Users wrote: I remember that. Cool :o) But I cant answer your question, sorry. Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.29

Same here. And the version is marked 2B29 in the About. Per On 19/04/2020 13:22, Bob Spelten via Ql-Users wrote: Op Sun, 19 Apr 2020 07:56:30 +0200 schreef Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users : Hi all, hot on the heels of SMSQE 3.36 comes SMSQmulator 2.29. Win drives can be made removable. NFA driv

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.29

Hi Wolfgang, Gremlins have dissipated. Thank you SMSQmulator! Per 19/04/2020 15:38, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: Hi Bob, Per, François, Derek, thanks for letting me know. It seems the version for java 11 is ok, not the one for java 8, though both work ok here. I re-upped the version fo

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

On 19/06/2020 10:52, Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users wrote: "SELect ON" instruction I find it has a major flaw that will not allow you to manage alphanumeric variables, I unfortunately don't know the assemly Would someone be available to create an extension similar to SELECT (e.g. SELECT $) capa

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

On 19/06/2020 20:02, Daniel Baum via Ql-Users wrote: What about doing something like this. In languages like c# the equivalent of the "select on: command is hardly ever used and if .. else if ... else is much more common: 100 INPUT a$ 110 IF a$="a" THEN 115 PRINT "hello a" 120 ELSE 130 I

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

On 20/06/2020 17:00, Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users wrote: Op za 20 jun. 2020 14:01 schreef Dave Park via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>: ooGyebd = Goodbye goodbye <> Goodbye Use a hash algorithm like CRC-16 or CRC-32? ;-) Thats probably the fastest solution so far :o) Maybe overkill for

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

On 21/06/2020 13:38, Bob Spelten via Ql-Users wrote: Op Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:46:23 +0200 schreef Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users : I have a vague recollection that Simon N Goodwin did something similar, maybe, in the DIY Toolkit. I think it was passed a variable and a list of strings, and returne

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.30

There appears to be a problem with the JVA_SYNCSCRAP job in Windows (10). I find it impossible to use the scrap, both internally (eg QD <-> QD) or from Windows (eg Notepad <-> QD). It always contains the same random text that never gets updated. Stopping the SYNCSCRAP job cures the problem int

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.31

On 18/02/2021 08:35, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: Hi all, SMSQmulator 2.31 is out (wlenerz.com/smsqmulator). This is a pure bugfix release, to get rid of the syncscrap bug evoked here, as well as some others found notably by Fabrizio Diversi and Bob Spelten. Thank you, Wolfgang! This

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD ROM

On 29/04/2021 19:45, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: An update on the progress of the external QL-SD variant: https://www.kilgus.net/2021/04/29/ql-sd-rom-tiny/ Cheers, Marcel Another poke at my regret at the necessity of getting rid of all my QL hardware! :o( Still, Im glad its out there. I

Re: [Ql-Users] "RETurn not in procedure or function"

On 28/06/2021 13:10, desin via Ql-Users wrote: Am 28.06.21 um 12:31 schrieb Bob Spelten via Ql-Users: "RETurn not in procedure or function" <> Bob hello found some oddities with Exists and SMSQE 10 if exists ("TK2_EXT"):print "TK2" 20 if exists ("MODE")   :print "mode " 30 : 40 print dig_it

Re: [Ql-Users] "RETurn not in procedure or function"

On 29/06/2021 11:44, Bob Spelten via Ql-Users wrote: Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: Hi, in my experience, this is often caused by a Basic extension not resetting the stack correctly. This generally seems to be the case either when a keyword changes the value of an entry parameter, to make

[Ql-Users] loopy bug

I dont know if this has been documented anywhere, but Im putting it out here as it caused me some grief. It appears that Q-Liberator zeroes the loop variable on entry to a loop. The following demo, which is acceptable (although perhaps not very elegant) S*BASIC, will not work in the same way o

Re: [Ql-Users] loopy bug

On 06/07/2021 14:13, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: Hi Per, an interesting pitfall, thanks for pointing that out. It does seem that Qlib sets the value of the repeat loop control variable to 0 at the start of the loop. Do you know how this fares on plain QDOS, not SMSQE? Regards Wolfgan

Re: [Ql-Users] Lookup%

On 06/07/2021 16:18, desin via Ql-Users wrote: Am 06.07.21 um 15:07 schrieb Graeme Gregory via Ql-Users: On Tue, 6 Jul 2021, at 1:59 PM, desin via Ql-Users wrote: I agree with Francois, using LOOKUP% as alternative for EXISTS. I use it a lot. It returns the place in the name table which can

Re: [Ql-Users] Lookup%

On 06/07/2021 16:51, Graeme Gregory via Ql-Users wrote: On Tue, 6 Jul 2021, at 3:44 PM, pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: <> If it were only that easy.. :o( I havent gone through all of it, but just a couple of things: MACHINE would be better for sorting out wots wot, except not all s

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD-ROM

On 11/07/2021 19:23, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users wrote: I've written a review of Marcel Kilgus's forthcoming QL-SD-ROM add-on hardware for the Sinclair QL on my blog at https://dilwyn2.wordpress.com/2021/07/11/ql-sd-rom/ Ingenious little product! If I had a QL these days Id probably get one ;o)

[Ql-Users] Windows 11 and emulators

Ive just "upgraded" to Windows 11, as I didnt want to get caught out again being forced into a paid upgrade - or risk being saddled with an unsupported older version of Windoze. (Oh do I hate "upgrades", when all I want is for things to get fixed, and incremental improvements that relate to thin

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows 11 and emulators

On 08/11/2021 10:51, François Van Emelen via Ql-Users wrote: Op 6/11/2021 om 21:03 schreef pjwitte via Ql-Users: Ive just "upgraded" to Windows 11, as I didnt want to get caught out again being <> Hi Per, Can't help you here as I'm still using W7. Installing QPC2

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows 11 and emulators

On 08/11/2021 13:46, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: At least one of their insane "improvements" is to move the keyboard language indicator, which was happily situated on the task bar/system tray, into its own blob on the screen. I don't have Window

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows 11 and emulators

On 08/11/2021 14:11, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: I don't have Windows 11 and I find very little on the subject online. I have no idea how I could hide the blob, but as far as I can see the feature can be disabled, can it not? https://www.reddit.

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows 11 and emulators

without extortion. I guess its going to get harder and harder to workaround the encroachment of the worst kinds of futures.. I dont see QLing on an iPhone as a viable option.. Per --- Regards, Derek On 8 November 2021 13:39:36 GMT, pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: On 08/11/2021 14:11, Marcel

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows 11 and emulators

I'll post one on the forum Per On 08/11/2021 23:07, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: Thanks, Marcel. I arrived there by a different route, but no, it doesnt work for me. OK. I'll ask if there is a Windows 11 VM I can use at work to see it myself. I

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows 11 and emulators

Sorted! Thanks to all who tried to help! Some details here, if youre interested: https://qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3965&p=44294#p44292 Per On 08/11/2021 23:53, pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: I'll post one on the forum Per On 08/11/2021 23:07, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wr

[Ql-Users] Knoware

Thereve been some changes to Knoware since the last announced update. (https://knoware.no/htm/changes.htm) Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Knoware

Thanks to all for positive feedback! Im glad so many of us are still active and keeping the show on the road in lots of different ways! Per On 22/11/2021 19:42, Urs Koenig (QL) via Ql-Users wrote: Per wrote: Thereve been some changes to Knoware since the last announced update. Wow, many 2021

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v5.02

Giorgio, Use the device name to make the distinction: If its called DOS, then its DOS, etc. Per On 26/11/2021 10:28, Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users wrote: The old behavior was that DMEDIUM_DRIVE returned -1 when pointing to a dos disk. it was not "correct" but it allowed me to distinguish t

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v5.02

My DevGet subroutine (www.Knoware.no/htm/basic.htm) demonstrates how you can always get the real device name. Per On 26/11/2021 10:59, Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users wrote: It is not a safe method, it can be renamed from DOS_USE Giorgio Il giorno ven 26 nov 2021 alle ore 10:49 pjwitte via

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v5.02

On 01/12/2021 18:08, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: Hi, Just to chime in, the newest SMSQmulator (hopefully) to come out in a few days will do the same, i.e. treat NFA/SFA as win type. Hm, I've just seen that Qubide is also another type. How about we simpl

[Ql-Users] More Knoware

Ive been clearing out some nooks and crannies and found a few items I felt were of a shareable quality. Ie they werent written with sharing in mind, but have worked for me, in some cases for years, without issue. Many of you will no doubt have produced your own solutions, but possibly not everyone

Re: [Ql-Users] More Knoware

On 12/12/2021 20:42, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: What a repository of nice and handy things! Great work Per. I'm working on the next release of QL/E and just yesterday, integrated Q2S, to be loaded as default on non-SMSQ systems. <> Good move, Urs! ;o) For those who dont know what we're talking ab

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