Catalog of contents of CATS library tapes. Volume 8 Volume 9
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The North American QL community is very lucky to have a group of dedicated enthusiasts who have set up a very complete bulletin board dedicated to the QL. It is called QBOX-USA, and it has been in operation for nearly 2 years now.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Carlo Delhez, from Holland, has written a useful graphics utility. It’s a ‘GIF reader’ for the QL. ‘GIF’ is a computer graphics storage format standard. There are thousands of GIF pictures of every imaginable kind on the Internet and on disk. UnGIF converts these files into a QL screen picture.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
NESQLUG plans to be a ‘presence’ at the ‘Oak Ridge QL Show’, on the 10th of June. Let me know if you have a display, software program or anything else that we could use to advertise NESQLUG. If you get to the show, make sure you introduce yourself to me. There a lot of NESQLUG’rs…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
I guess you might say that your last editorial, titled “RAM_blings” finally broke through my complacency, and I decided the time had come to respond, in some fashion, to let you know how I feel about NESQLUG.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Many programs are available to design new Fonts for the QL. They look swell on the screen, but printing them on a printer is a different matter. This article attempts to explain how to take a single character from a Font that has been designed for display on the QL screen and print it out…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
In the language of computers, a Font is a character set comprised of UPPER and lower case letters, numbers 0 to 9 and a set of symbols such as !, @, ft, +, ?, etc., all rendered in a particular and similar style.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
In my first article, I discussed three technologies that can be applied to existing computer systems: Virtual Memory, Driver Level Compression, and Chip Doubling (aka “What’s an Oscillator Chip”).
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
With the purchase by many of us of the Digital Precision, QL COLLECTION, I’m hoping someone will be able to come to my rescue concerning a couple of problems I’m having with CONQUEROR SE. I’m running CONQUEROR SE on a QL with a Super Gold Card and a Hermes chip.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
God summons Bill Clinton, Boris Yeltsin and Bill Gates to heaven. He informs them that he has decided to end the earth in 30 days. He asks each of them to return home and help prepare the people of the world for their destiny.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
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Last Spring, Ed Kingsley and I talked about publishing an article entitled, “Printing QL Fonts”. We discussed it for some time and we’ve had a hard `time converging on the best way to explain the concept.
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If “Flp2_” needs to be “Flp1_”, or vice versa.
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The long awaited, long rumored Graphics Card from Miracle Systems, may finally be a reality.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Hello to all NESQLUG members! After reading the last issue of the newsletter, and as SYSOP of the QBox-USA Bulletin Board, I wanted to send some comments.
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As mentioned last time, this is a series by a beginner for beginners. Those Pith experience may find some chuckles here. If you have a better way, then please, drop me a line, and I will incorporate your advice in my series. I have already run into many obstacles, and I am just beginning. Before…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Version 2.31 of SMSQ, the “OXL” operating system has arrived. Programs written in SBasic can now be multitasked with each other. SMSQ will now accept hexidecimal and binary numbers directly, and permits indirect PEEK ing (to access system variables). The SBasic (Ed)itor has been improved with several additional Cursor movements, for a more QUILL-like feel.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
This last, even-month meeting is what I envisioned an even-month meeting should be. That is, a rather limited topic with a more or less prepared tutorial, but with everyone contributing. This meeting was on Fonts and in this particular case, it just happened that I was giving the tutorial. It was ‘more or less prepared’,…
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TASKMASTER is a ‘Front End’ program, with File Handling and other Utilities, that enables the QL to multitask up to (8) EXECutable programs.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
N’ve just received the Sep/Oct issue of the “NESQLUG News” and would like to add some comments pertaining to some of the articles from this issue.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
If you noticed a ‘better look’ to the NESQLUG News, last issue it’s all Al Boehm’s fault. He found a printer on sale and so reasonably priced’, he could not resist, and he donated it to NESQLUG. It’s a Star XB 2415 – 24 pins and 15″ of paper. It’s got 6 built-in Fonts and…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
“QUANTA’, is now the Independent QL Users Group. Originally, I think ‘QUANTA’ stood for “QL Users and Tinkerers Association”. ‘QUANTA’ is a large organization, based in the UK, with over 2000 ‘members.
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“QUANTA’, is now the Independent QL Users Group. Originally, I think ‘QUANTA’ stood for “QL Users and Tinkerers Association”. ‘QUANTA’ is a large organization, based in the UK, with over 2000 ‘members.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
This is the start of a series of articles that are designed to help anyone go ‘online’ with their QL. This means to use the phone line to communicate with another, remote computer ( a Bulletin Board).
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
When the Miracle in Newport II was announced, I decided to go all out and upgrade my QL system. Part of my rationale was to be able to use an MS-DOS emulator allowing me to bring work home from the office. In the past, this was a painful endeavor. It was very cumbersome making ASCII…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
I’ve had my 32-bit, 68020 powered Super Gold Card for a few weeks now and would like to offer some impressions. The first thing you notice is SPEED!
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
You could feel it in the air. The feeling of anticipation when the QL first came out. It was there for several years, but then started to taper off. Now it’s BACK!
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Steve Ostrander of Poughkeepsie, NY, wrote and said that he enjoyed the Newsletter, least in part, because it wasn’t just reviews of hard and software that he wasn’t particularly interested in. He said he especially liked the supposition by Harold Jones that there was a “secret journal” that explained everything about the QL. Steve shares…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
If you were looking forward to the Miracle in Newport in 1994, you are too late, it is all over and everyone has gone back home – looking forward to next year I would imagine.
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I learned the other day about a “Screensaver” program that displays an ‘Aquarium’ on your screen.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
I’d like to “Officially” welcome everyone to Year Five of NESQLUG. I say “Officially”, because I’ve now been duly sworn in as Editor. Being the only one to leave the room during the election process, definitely has its drawbacks.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
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The regularly scheduled May meeting of NESQLUG was held congruently with the “Miracle In Newport 2” conference at the Howard Johnson Lodge, in Middleton, RI. “Miracle In Newport” was hosted once again by IQLR Magazine. Editor Bob Dyl supervised the affair quite well. The room was filled with many groups plying their QL wares to…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
When I was asked by the Editor to provide an article for this issue, I looked for something I could write about that could be useful to many NESQLUG members. This program seemed to meet that criteria. Due to the number of commands and my limited use of this program, the article’s pur- W~ pose…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
We have heard that Arcwind, the publisher of “QL World”, the premier QL publication, is calling it a day. Number 5, 1994, was the final Issue. Negotiations are reportedly underway to find a buyer for their assets. Bob Dyl of IQLR, has been one of those contacted, but to date, no deals have been made.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Super Gold Cards ordered at the “MIN 2” have been shipped and word is that with a newly improved operating system, it is even better than the one seen in Newport.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Al Boehm has heard that Tony Tebby’s new version of SuperBasic for the QXL, SBasic, is finally ready. Al has, however, not yet received a copy. Word is that the QXL will henceforth be available with either 4 or 8 Megs of RAM instead of the 1, 2, 5 or 8 Megs previously offered.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
I need Columns of Text. I need Columns that stay put when other Text is moved around them. I need to move words up and down, side to side and arrange them in order by number or by letter. I need a very sophisticated word processor and I have, alas, QUILL! Fortunately, I also have…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
The QL is 10 years old, NESQLUG is beginning its 5th year and there is both good news and bad news. Details within.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
I recently acquired a 288 portable computer. For those of you who have never heard of it, it is a small portable computer created by Clive Sinclair in 1988. This was obviously created after Sinclair Research, Ltd., the company that created the QL, went belly up, so Clive created a new company called Cambridge Computing…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
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Bob Dyl, the editor of IQLR Magazine, called me to express his appreciation for the fine support given by NESQLUG at the “Miracle in Newport” meeting. Joyce Blaho made a NESQLUG banner and Eric Norton wrote a scrolling, Super Basic “Welcome to Newport”, QL display. Ed Kingsley had extra copies of the latest NESQLUG Newsletter…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
A “special” meeting was held to discuss what kind of presence NESQLUG wants to have at “Miracle In Newport 2”, and other topics of interest.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
HELPER, a utility program written by Bill Cable of Wood and Wind Computing, Cornish, NH, is a terrific front end for the unexpanded QL. It is best used on a QL with extra memory, but will work on a 128K memory machine. It requires approximately 25K of memory for itself.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
A “pure” ASCII text File, one without printer codes, is much more easily transferred between different types of word processors, Editors or computers.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
In “Quanta” magazine and from our own NESQLUQ members, there is talk about switching over to another computer, usually an IBM. Surely, there should be no guilt over buying a new computer that better fits your needs? I suppose it is the idea of lost friendships that causes such feelings, for the QL has developed…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
This editing business, it turns out, is actually pretty hard stuff, especially when you’re a mental spastic. Just as I was beginning to experience delusions of adequacy over getting out the last Newsletter, I looked through my copy and discovered that the middle page was reversed and that I had called for articles by NLT…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
In the last Newsletter I mentioned how Al Boehm happened to call me right after I had locked-up QUILL while “up scrolling”. He kindly gave me a short SuperBasic program which helped me to recover the text of the _doc that I was sure I had lost. His program allowed me to look through the…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
My system consists of a QL with Trump Card, dual 720K disc drives and a Star NX-1000 printer. I used to use ICE and Expanderam. They are now my backup system with one of my two spare QL’s. I re-ink my 10 printer ribbons with a MAC INKER from Computer Friends.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
About two years ago, NESQLUG obtained a copy of the IFE Library of public domain software. The Index to the 7,523 Files (47MB of programs) of the IFE Library contained 309K+ of text in a single File. On the Index disk was.a “runtime” version of the PD editor, “QED”, which was intended to be used…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
One time I thought that a pixel was so-called because it flitted about the screen like a pixie. You know what they are. They are like the characters in IOLANTHE that flit and flutter through the trees, or the little green men from Ireland that are very difficult to catch. What is it they call…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Letter from Swedish QL user’s group.
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On March 6, 1993, Al Boehm demonstrated a program that shows a spinning Jupiter.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Some years ago a firm called Prairie Digital marketed a A/D I/O board for the QL. Such a board lets the computer control electrically operated devices and/or read data about the position of electrically operated devices.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
At one time when I was in business, I often did not speak out when I should have, as there was always someone ready to “get back” at me in one form or another. Now I am retired and enjoying life immensely, I can speak out when I think I perceive an injustice. That is…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
The recent announcement of Miracle Systems QLX card for the IBM has caused a great flurry of interest both here and in Europe.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
A major event occurred at the last meeting at Al Boehm’s house. Wil Horton will take over as editor commencing with the next newsletter.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Many years ago I keypunched at T/S 1000 game of AWARI from Sync Magazine. It is an ancient African game played in villages, but Awari is just one of the names. I quite enjoyed the challenge of the game; computer speed is not critical.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Here is QUANDEX. I have decided to let it go as is. It is up to date to the end of Volume 9 and I seem to be going round in circles trying to improve the program. I think it better to let things stand as they are than to exercise my frustration on something…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Hugh Howie has recently completed a labor of love in putting a summary of each and every article of any consequence ever published in QUANTA on an Archive database. An article is summarized in about 60 characters. Both the article and the summary appear under an index category, and the same article may appear under…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
We recently received a copy (hardcopy) of an interesting free newsletter called Club QL International edited by Mike Kenneally, 6 Barnaby Road, Poynton, Cheshire SK12 1LR UNITED KINGDOM. It has been around for 45 issues, and comes out monthly.
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As you will note from your mailing label, there is but one issue left in your current subscription.
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Effective close of business March 2, 1993, EMSoft will cease operations.
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The regular meeting was held on November 7 at Peter Hale’s house in Chelsea. After reports that the Treasury was healthy with adequate reserves to publish the remaining newsletters, we broke for lunch.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
I recently received a notice from The Toronto (CANADA) Sinclair group with a sample newsletter and an invitation to join for $20.00 a year.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
For once the editor is at a loss for cute things to say on opening the column.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
I have been using plus4 for some time now from version 1 through version 2. Then [ learned there was a version 3 available. On reading the blurb that came with it. my first reaction was “who needs this”.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
I had a program in which I wished to change a number of variables, many of them repeated in different parts of the program, such as changing STATES to PROVINCES, and ZIP CODE to POST CODE, etc., and I got tired of going back and forth through the listing. I decided there just had to…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Reading many magazines and papers I often wonder what is expected of an Editor.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
When I first began reviewing IFE disk C005, I thought there wasn’t much that I’d be interested in. The directory was filled with #hat appeared to be fractal/Mandlebrot programs.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
How often have I wished that my BACKUP disk was EXACTLY the same as the ORIGINAL disk! Апd would perform in EXACTLY the same мау!
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
The September meeting was held in Sherm & Fran Waterman’s garage at Yarmouth Port on Cape Cod.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
We recently saw an advert for an all black computer (MicroTech Computer) that advertises “State of the Art Computer Systems That Give You The Ultimate In Quality and Performance”. A QL clone? No, just a PC, but we all know that black is beautiful.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Ernie may not be so far from the truth about Q-DOS taking over. IQLR reports іп a BBS download that two Russians are proposing a 680410 based platform to run a number of operating systems, the first of which is to be Q-DOS.
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First, and most important, I want to thank the members for electing me as the Director of the most prestigious and forward thinking computer group in the world.
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Merry Xmas and a lump of coal in your stocking! A friend said that one of the functions of an editor is to be controversial, and Hugh Howie’s essay on editorship suggests taking a look at the flip side of editing a QL newsletter in North America.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
The first thing I want to make clear is that this little bit of a lecture is not for the guru, but rather for the many who have never really tried a lot of the TK2 tricks available. I do not know them all myself. So let’s get on with the job and try a…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
My system had consisted of a daily QL with MINERVA (1.92) ROM; a backup QL with MGUS ROM/Tom Bent modified; two original QL power supplies, one for daily use and one for backup; GOLD CARD; two 3 1/2″ double ED drives and two 5 1/4″ QDDS drives.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Is the QL alive or dead in North America? More properly, does the great interest in the Gold Card in North America indicate that there is also a major market for software?
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There is а lot of good news in this issue. A members-only special deal is being offered by Digital Precision of the UK and EMSoft of Boston.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Although disks are far more reliable mediums than microcartridges, who among disk drivers has not had the dreaded Bad Medium error message after trying to load/save a file?
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Apologies to Bob Swoger and Don Lambert for pinching the name of their magazine, but it fits the bill. The July 1992, Popular Science, reports on Sir Clive Sinclair’s latest gadget, the electric Zike Bike, a 24 pound, Ni-cad battery powered bicycle with a top speed of 15 mph. Cruising range is an hour, more…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Announcing XTricator (ZX81 emulator for the QL) and Spectator (ZX Spectrum emulator for the QL).
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Plus4 is not a Desktop Publisher but probably the nearest you will get in a Word Processor. It is a most remarkable program. It is fast, easy to use and very complete.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
QL WORLD is publishing again. It was purchased by ARC WIND, LTD., an owner of specialty magazines previously best known for publishing a wind surfing magazine.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
We have received news of several Sinclair-Timex emulators being developed in Holland by Carlo Delhez. I have left his initial letter to speak for itself on pages 5 and 6 so I will add nothing to it except to report that there are three emulators: two for the ZX-81 on the QL and on MSDOS…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
July approaches and with it the election of NESQLUG pooh-bahs for the fiscal year 92-93. Due to an overall lack of interest in the NESQLUG Software Library, your Librarian has decided to call it quits and will be vacating the position. There are, however, a few loose ends which he would like to tidy-up before…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
As we start the third year of NESQLUG there is good news and bad news. The good news is that the QL is alive and well, although there is genuine concern that support in North America is waning. Computer Monthly is said to be dropping its T/S column, our intrepid librarian suffers from the malaise…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Recursion in programming means a program can call itself. SuperBASIC supports recursion in both functions and procedures.
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The March meeting turn out was a delightful success. I would like to welcome Tom & Andrew Cavanaugh, and Mike Panagiotopoulos to NESQLUG. We hope that they will find our group to be a fun and interesting activity,
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
AS we reach the end of the second year of operation close, NESQLUG can justifiably pat itself on its collective back. Starting from a hardy little band of renegades who felt that the Boston Computer Society had grown too impersonal for our needs, we have grown to fourty.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Flynn O’Teenix has allowed me to supplement my “miscellanious ramblings” with his report home. Flynn was an observer at the February 22nd CATUG meeting who feels that his thoughts are much more interesting than anything I might have to offer.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
The venerable ‘HACKER’ from Las Vegas Nevada published its last issue early this year.
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This user friendly program has been on the market for about four years but seldom do you see it mentioned. So I decided to encourage sowcone else to use it by telling how I find it after three years of on and off use. On start up the first thing you see is a narrow…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
There will be a demonstration of the new extension called PROD at the April meeting. It was developed in cpllaboration with Computation Genetics Corp. of Chelsea, Massachusetts. The new program utilizes a breakthrough Bio-Genetic Thermo-Plastic (BGTP) developed by CGC.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Find enclosed a check to enroll me as a member of [NESQLUG]. I am 64 years old and retired. The only experience with computer programming that I have started in 1982 with the ZX-81. With publications such as SYNTAX and SYNC I became very familiar with it and was hooked on Sinclairs as a hobby.…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
The first item we accomplished was the photo session of the latest QL product, the PRODPAD by Compution Genetics. The true need of the modern computerist is fulfilled.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
We (editorially) have recently heard that Simon Goodwin of Turbocharge, Editor SE and DIY Toolkit fame is upset about the inclusion in our PD library of some extensions that he wrote for QL World.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
We have learned that Miracle has just released rom 2.28 for the Gold Card.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Displaying three dimensional figures using the computer has always fascinated me. It turns out there are many ways to “see” something in three dimensions using perspective, motion, shadows, etc. In a series of articles, I hope to share my explorations of these methods with you.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
There is some confusion Public Domain software charges, so let me repeat. NESQLIB disks are $1.00 on your preformatted medium, $1.50 on ours.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Software8T has begun shipping orders for text87 Plus 4, the latest generation of this advanced word processor for the QL.
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Nada. Nichts. Nothing. Zip. I have received no Programs for Disk#3 in two months.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Let the games begin! Judy and Will Norton did and treated us to a Mexican repast last month, teasing our minds and our tastebuds. The chile was delicious and no lasting Symptoms were reported by any of the survivors. . Just kidding, it was caramba, Judy, muy bueno, gracias and, until next time, Buenos Aires.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
I am trying at the moment to produce BEEP tones which actually correspond precisely to a musical scale. The pitches available using only the BEEP Pitch and Duration Parameters are seldom even close to true musical pitches. If a reader has already worked out “true” tones with the aid of the other parameters, I’d really…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Elsewhere in this issue Ed Kingsley describes some handy ALTKEYs, but don’t forget that PROCedures are useful for many repetitive tasks.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Just got the second Library disc put out by our intrepid Librarian and there is enough to keep the Music Lover busy for many a day.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
1 write many documents with text in columns and QUILL isn’t much help in automatically rearranging text. I have found that ABACUS is a handy program with some word processing functions unavailable in QUILL.
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1 had bought a Gold Card in June 1991 and was experiencing the joys of an almost “normal” computer.
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Frustration may be the Mother of all ALTKEYs. Here are three more ALTKEYs that I use which you might also find of interest.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
During the January 4th meeting of NESQLUG, a discussion of participation in the group developed. All agreed that it takes a lot of work to get the meetings set up and the newsletter put together. However, there was a feeling, and I rightly believe so, that some members of the group are pulling more than…
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
This last seven months have been extremely busy for me. I worked 60 to TO hours a week and wrote (as well as developed the theory for) two major computer programs.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
I want to draw your attention to two biggies in the QL world. In this issue Gary Norton has an excellent article on the spirit of volunteerism in making groups such as ours work. I read it a dozen times over a month and am impressed with its revelations.
article, orig pub: 02.22.26, updated: 02.22.26
Qdos to Will Horton and Mike Jonas for their articulate and detailed talk on the “C” language in October. Special thanks to Judy Horton for the sehr késtlich Octoberfest luncheon.
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
Well, all things come to those who wait. Except maybe patience. But, it’s finally here, folks. Disk #2. No, please, don’t all rush the stage at the same time. I hate that, but 1 really do believe there’s something for everyone this time (again)?
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
Even the famed Tony Tebby Sometimes makes boo-boos. Since its release the Gold Card ROM has been upgraded to add features, and correct glitches. We hear that an early glitch related to the serial port, but we are not aware of the specifics of all the changes. It does appear that the changes largley apply…
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
‘way back many moons ago when the skics were clear and the air was baluy and warm, I decided I would like to do some Gold Digging, So I got out the old skein of skin and a bit of bone and spinach dye and sent off by pigeon post to the Old Country for…
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
There are nine programs on this disk, which is a result of the efforts of the Scottish QL User Group. JI will deal with them in the order they appear on the disk. I hope my remarks will assist others to operate those programs. At least you will have a basis for your own operations;…
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
To begin with, this program requires ToolKit II to be present. The first thing I found when I loaded QED (the editor), according to the voluminous notes (exec_w flp1_QED, flpi_IFEdata_exe) which accompany the program, was that the screen display did not come on. Sure, I got the cursor on screen, but no menu or writing:…
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
The library received a great game of checkers (Chequers/Draughts) in SuperBASIC. It is an excellent game but very slow in the SB.
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
Ed Kingsley announced the release of the NESQLib2 disk, the second in our PD library. A list of the titles with an abbreviated description is the centerfold this month.
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
As many of you are aware, over 90 3.5″ disks were received from the IFE in Germany comprising software from user groups around the world. We allocated club funds to purchase 100 each of 5.25″ and 3.5″ disks to make backups. At present the Scottish, Dutch, German and French libraries are complete.
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
The Off-month meeting was held on the weekend of August 2 to 4 at the home of Bill and Mary Cable in Cornish, New Hampshire. Members were invited to a barbeque and slumber party and arrived sporadically: from Friday through Sunday. Son, Rigel, and dog, Tess, also welcomed the computerists.
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
Some of you have heard about the QL World article on the QL in North America. This article was nice and painted a very good picture of the scene here. One little throw-away in the article has created what may be the biggest event in QL-dom in the nineties: that the QL rights to North…
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
In the last issue, 1 had promised a lot of new stuff now to compensate for the junk then. Alas, only Hugh Howie has contributed anything in volume, so if you are bored to death by the smug owners of Gold Cards, write something yourself (or get a Gold Card (they’re only $500 from Mechanical…
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article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
We have seen the Beta-test version of the final edition of NESQLIBnol, the first disk in our Public Domain Library. It has been promised for some time, but delays in disk organization and checking for incompatibility with certain ROMs has delayed its issue.
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
In the past two or three months we have learned of two surveys being onducted in the world of the QL. The most valuable one being circulated is that of Robin Stevenson, a British Computer Consultant who has been commissioned by QL WORLD to write an article on the state of the QL in North…
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
I had an Art teacher in 6th grade, who made a point of collecting class projects when we thought we stil had 5 or 10 minutes left to work on| them. Her theory was that the paintings were probably as good as they were going to get at that point: and that, in the urge…
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
On August 4th NESQLUG will meet in Cornish, NH. The official meeting time will be from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the home of member Bill Cable. Unofficially the meeting will begin Friday afternoon, August 2. Please use it as an excuse to enjoy the NH/VT countryside.
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
All members of NESQLUG and a lot of other people around the world recently received the inaugural issue of the grandly titled International QL Report.
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
MS-QLINK by T. F. Leal of Qfile in Portugal allows for some compatibility between the Sinclair QL and MS-DOS based computers.
article, orig pub: 02.21.26, updated: 02.21.26
First, the bad news. Dansoft, manufacturer of the Thor XVI, is out of business. This has been verified ha our secret agent who actually knocked on doors in Denmark.
article, orig pub: 02.20.26, updated: 02.20.26
At the start of the meeting Peter Hale gave an impromptu demonstration of text87.
article, orig pub: 02.20.26, updated: 02.20.26
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Everyone likes to read newsletters and magazines about the QL. But before a newsletter/magazine exists there must be 1) articles and 2) an editor. (That’s me!)
article, orig pub: 02.20.26, updated: 02.20.26
You must be realistic, if your QL gives up the ghost, you are in deep trouble, unless it is a minor problem, you can forget about having your QL repaired y because it is just about impossible to get replacement parts in this country.
article, orig pub: 02.20.26, updated: 02.20.26
The April, 1991, issue of The DATA BUS from the Dayton Microcomputer Association had a BASIC listing to generate the Bar code at the bottom of the envelope. This code is called Post-Net code and is used by Post Office optical scanners to automatically direct mail.
article, orig pub: 02.20.26, updated: 02.20.26
Previous efforts to respond to and control the outside world with a QL have not been successful. Prairie Digital developed an A/D I/O (Analog /Digital Input/Output) board that was not particularly facile and had quality control problems.
article, orig pub: 02.20.26, updated: 02.20.26
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In the last newsletter, I made a plea for the return of all programs taken by members for keypunching, whether or not they were done.
article, orig pub: 02.20.26, updated: 02.20.26
QL GENEALOGIST by Chris Boutal is a program that allows the user to prepare a family history. It is one of the best looking and operating programs that I have seen for the QL or any other computer. Although more than 100K bytes long, it loads in only a few seconds.
article, orig pub: 02.20.26, updated: 02.20.26
What’s your problem? I mean your latest QL enigma. We all run into them – your program crashes, you wonder “If I only had a program to do so and so”, or your printer won’t print, etc.
article, orig pub: 02.20.26, updated: 02.20.26
We have just learned that Don Lambert from Indiana and Bob Swoger from Chicago have taken the bit in the teeth and begun publishing what SNUG hasn’t. We have seen the first issue of, (sit back now!) ZXir QLive Alive, an expected quarterly, supporting all of Clive Sinclair’s computers, with news and programs.
article, orig pub: 02.20.26, updated: 02.20.26
Al Boehm demonstrated a world map graphics database from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) adapted for the QL. The Program uses run length encoded data to draw a map of the world or any specified range of latitude or longitude. The data permits resolution to 10 nautical miles.
article, orig pub: 02.20.26, updated: 02.20.26
February, as this is written, may not be the cruelest month but it sure gives the blaghs. The holidays are over, and the days get longer but not much warmer and spring still seems years off.
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.20.26
Al notified us that Dick Taylor had resigned for personal reasons and since Sherm Waterman hadn’t been able to make the meeting, he was elected Treasurer and Membership Secretary. Welcome Sherm!
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.20.26
A Newsletter or two ago, the matter of exchanging software Libraries with other User Groups was discussed. Hugh Howie, NESQLUG member and QL librarian of the TORONTO TIMEX-SINCLAIR USERS CLUB, has sent us theirs for ours and it becomes the first of what I hope will become a number of such exchanges with other QL…
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.20.26
Over the past 6 months NESQLUG has been engaged in establishing contacts with the International Freeware Exchange (IFE).
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.20.26
On my New Year’s vacation I was able to visit with Mark of Sharp’s computers in Mechanicsville, VA. We had an good talk some of which you may want to know about.
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.20.26
In the past few weeks I have had three requests for information on hooking-up an IBM CGR or RGB Monitor to a QL. The following information will allow anyone with Soldering experience to make an appropriate cable between the QL and an RGB monitor.
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.20.26
In the past few weeks I have had three requests for information on hooking-up an IBM CGR or RGB Monitor to a QL. The following information will allow anyone with Soldering experience to make an appropriate cable between the QL and an RGB monitor.
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.20.26
From the Milwaukee SMUG Bytes, which copied it from the Chicago NITE-TIMES NEWS came the following tid-bits on useful POKE.
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.20.26
As we conclude the first full year of operation our membership has grown to nearly 40 and includes trans-Atlantic members. We are also now a sub-Group of Quanta, the first in North America.
article, orig pub: 02.20.26, updated: 02.20.26
I received (13) questionnaires out of a possible (31) which, as surveys go, was pretty good. Normal response is about 20% and we had 40%. Thank you for your support. See results below.
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.19.26
The logo on Newsletter cover depicts a Lighthouse spreading its beam across the ocean, to guide the vessel to a safe haven. I wonder how many realise that the Lighthouse, as it is known today, owes its origin to a blind man?
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.19.26
I was heartened to see a renewed interest in the Library as evidenced by the “taking” of (14) programs to type-in by eight of those present at the last meeting. I received (7) programs from three people present and one rom A. P. Lewis Ill, a member currently in absentia (or was it Rhode Island?)…
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.19.26
Enclosed you will find a few pictures showing the development of an idea, based on your Lighthouse. I have retained the QL in the light as I think that was an inspiration.
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.19.26
At first glance, SuperBASIC appears to be not too different from some of the other BASICs I have been involved with. But, there is one very important difference. Here is a BASIC language that is structured. In my college BASIC course, I learned that BASIC was a computer language taught as an introduction to computer…
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.19.26
We have officially become: At the January 5th meeting I hope to have more on the eagerly sought privileges and august responsibilities of such status.
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.19.26
The New England QL Sinclair Group met at the home of Al and Dorothy Boehm on November 3, 1990. 14 people were present: Al and Dorothy Boehm, Gary Norton, Dick Taylor, Bill Cable, Norm Shein, Roy Arsenault, Will Horton, Mike Jonas, Sherm Waterman, Fred Romer, Peter Hale, Mike Mitchell and Ed Kingsley. Dick Taylor demonstrated…
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.19.26
With the new year comes new things. Notwithstanding that this is still Volume 1 of NESQLUG News (our year runs July to June), January brings many changes.
article, orig pub: 02.19.26, updated: 02.19.26
For the first time the entire issue of this newsletter has been produced on test87. Previously, the newsletter was produced in part from Quill, passed through Bi-columnifier to generate two column format, and then bits and pieces such as the page numbering were cut and pasted. Then each page was photo-reduced, and the camera-ready copy…
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
For nearly two years Joyce Blaho has abley acted as our newsletter liaison officer.
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
Students use lots of “milk crate” type storage containers to store their essentials (The less said about this, the better), and Lo!, a box of fan-fold fit quite nicely inside of one and the printer nestled comfortably on the top.
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
Thanks to everyone who brought in and demonstrated new software at the September meeting as well to those of you who mailed in new material.
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
With the QL’s tendency to lock-up (a problem experienced by most owners sooner or later). its a good idea to periodically save your work to disk or microdrive. That way, you should lose only that work done since the last save.
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
When working with assembly code and C code, it is important to understand how the QL interprets floating point numbers. This is essential when working with graphics or arithmetic routines.
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
Several years ago Mike Mitchell wrote a SuperBASIC program that got the QL on line with a modem. It was far from perfect, particularly as the QL has difficulty receiving data at the serial port, but it was widely copied in newsletters. Independently, Mike Jonas wanted to use an unexpanded QL to access a remote…
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
Once again I experienced that little ‘rush’ I get when I receive something from fellow QLers. I can’t wait to get through the rest of the mail so I can sit down and leisurely digest the QL info. This time NESQLUG NEWS Vol 1, No 2 even tossed out the challenge for one Steve Ostrander…
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
We meet every other month, but there’s been a lot of talk about more frequent meetings. Some of the proposals: All of the above have my support and perhaps someone has a better idea. I like best going to members houses and seeing how their QL is set up. What do you think?
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
The New England Sinclair QL Group met at the home of Al Boehm on September 8, 1990. There were twelve people present: Al and Dorothy Boehm, Pat and Carol Condon, Joyce Blaho, Gary Norton, Will Horton, Norm Shein, Ernest J. Wider, Peter Hale, Michael Jonas, and Ed Kingsley. We were happy to see that Pat…
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
For once this editor has a number of hobby horses to ride, and the problem is to choose which one the challenging gauntlet, the kudos-to-all, or the self-serving praise.
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
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Our thanks to the many of you who brought in (and demonstrated) software at the June meeting. We had a record turnout the last time we met, and virtually everyone took one or more new programs home with them to key in. For the benefit of those unfamiliar with these programs, volunteer key punchers please…
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
I originally bought the Sinclair QL computer in order to get a machine that had “real computer” features at a price I felt I could not refuse. This was in 1987 when IBM compats were selling for $2,000 or more and the market was saturated with game playing computers, such as the C-64 and various…
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
Last meeting Mrs. Cable and her son, Rigel, enjoyed visiting at the Boehm’s house although she did not attend the meeting proper. (They had been specifically invited.) We (Al and Dorothy Boehm) would like to extend an invitation to the other members of your families to visit on the day of the meeting, particularly if…
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
Ordering software and/or hardware directly from overseas can be very simple and rewarding or difficult, drawn-out and frustrating. The most difficult hurdle to overcome is foreign currency exchange. Unlike the rest of the developed world, where currency exchange is a normal part of everyday transactions, U.S. banks are unprepared to supply foreign currency and have…
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
It was with some amazement that I read in the last NESQLUG newsletter that I was assigned the title of director. I remember volunteering to set up the meetings, then I remember leaving the room to get Some coffee – oh well, I’ll try to do my best.
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
The New England Sinclair QL User Group met at the home of Al Boehm on July 7, 1990. There were 17 people present: Al and Dorothy Boehm, Joyce Blaho, Peter Hale, Gary Norton, Norm Shein, ed kingsley, Don Burns, John Wloch, Sherman Waterman, Mike Jonas, Bill Clark, Fred Romer, Dick Taylor, Roy Arsenault, Mike Mitchell,…
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
The observant among you will note that we have already changed our name to NESQLUG. This is because we like pronounceable acronyms, and the NEQLUG sounded like asking for a candy wafer while gulping.
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
At the March NEQLUG meeting it was suggested that a large body of software for the QL has been published in QL World, QUANTA, Time Designs and Update magazines which might be of interest and use to members of the group
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
The last year has seen a significant decrease in new programs for the QL. Tony Tebby has moved to France following the sale of QJump to Care Electronics. Digital Precision has not released a new program since PC Conqueror, PDQL is not meeting their shipping dates and in spite of the ads, | believe that…
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
| travelled with Bill Cable of Wood & Wind Computing to the SMUG Expo in Milwaukee the first weekend in June. We were both vendors so it was deductible. The journey itself had some exciting moments to report, but not here.
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
The New England QL Group met at Al Boehm’s home on May 5, 1990. There were 13 people present: Al and Dorothy Boehm, Peter Hale, Ernie Wider, Ed Kingsley, Richard Taylor (brought a friend), Roy Arsenault, Sherman Waterman, Gary Norton, Bill Cable, Joyce Blaho, and Don Burns.
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
This is the first newsletter from the NEQLUG, a reconstitution of the Boston Computer Society’s Sinclair/Timex User Group, but dedicated solely to the QL.
article, orig pub: 02.18.26, updated: 02.18.26
In this installment of CIDS, we will develop six essential routines. The only routine that is not a command is the error report routine. Also, as all programs are prone to revisions and extensions, the error routine may not reflect future versions, since the error routine takes memory that could be used for another command.
article, orig pub: 02.15.26, updated: 02.15.26
The concept of a Completely Interactive Database System (CIDS) that has been implemented on a micro-computer is interesting in that this type of environment Is normally only found on mainframe computers. What I hope to do is cover the various aspects of implementing just such a system in the next few issues.
article, orig pub: 10.27.20, updated: 02.15.26
SOFTWARE LO-RES is a machine-language utility program for the ZX81/TS1000/TS1500, which creates enlarged characters on the screen. This makes it useful for any persons with a visual handicap. Since it also allows fast moving screen displays; it is useful for any number of programs where a flashy screen is desired. You may want to consider…
article, orig pub: 02.15.26, updated: 02.15.26
Thanks to Peter McMullin, we now have a “Print an ASCII character” routine for the Centronics interface from EPROM Services in England.
article, orig pub: 02.15.26, updated: 02.15.26