NESQLUG News

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‘Hacker’ Dead, Long Live IQLR
The venerable ‘HACKER’ from Las Vegas Nevada published its last issue early this year.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1992
(Another) QXL Update
Version 2.31 of SMSQ, the “OXL” operating system has arrived. Programs written in SBasic can now be multitasked with each...
NESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
A Short Lecture With Some Experiments for You to Try
The first thing I want to make clear is that this little bit of a lecture is not for the...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1992
A Visit to Sharp’s
On my New Year’s vacation I was able to visit with Mark of Sharp’s computers in Mechanicsville, VA. We had...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
Abacus – The Word Processor
I need Columns of Text. I need Columns that stay put when other Text is moved around them. I need...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
Alarm Kill
A short program to kill any alarms.
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
An Appreciation
Qdos to Will Horton and Mike Jonas for their articulate and detailed talk on the “C” language in October. Special...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
An Open Letter to All QL Users
Effective close of business March 2, 1993, EMSoft will cease operations.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1993
Another Miracle?
The long awaited, long rumored Graphics Card from Miracle Systems, may finally be a reality.
NESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
Are You a ‘Quanta’?
“QUANTA’, is now the Independent QL Users Group. Originally, I think ‘QUANTA’ stood for “QL Users and Tinkerers Association”. ‘QUANTA’...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
Awari
Many years ago I keypunched at T/S 1000 game of AWARI from Sync Magazine. It is an ancient African game...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
Backups QL Copies
How often have I wished that my BACKUP disk was EXACTLY the same as the ORIGINAL disk! Апd would perform...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Bad News, Good News and Net Wash
First, the bad news. Dansoft, manufacturer of the Thor XVI, is out of business. This has been verified ha our...
NESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
Black Box Notes
Ernie may not be so far from the truth about Q-DOS taking over. IQLR reports іп a BBS download that...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Black Box Notes II
We recently saw an advert for an all black computer (MicroTech Computer) that advertises “State of the Art Computer Systems...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Cat Mints and Misc. Ramblings
Flynn O’Teenix has allowed me to supplement my “miscellanious ramblings” with his report home. Flynn was an observer at the...
Al FengNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1992
Club QL International
We recently received a copy (hardcopy) of an interesting free newsletter called Club QL International edited by Mike Kenneally, 6...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
Computer Widows and Orphans
Last meeting Mrs. Cable and her son, Rigel, enjoyed visiting at the Boehm’s house although she did not attend the...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1990
DIR_ections
This last, even-month meeting is what I envisioned an even-month meeting should be. That is, a rather limited topic with...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
DIR_ections
NESQLUG plans to be a ‘presence’ at the ‘Oak Ridge QL Show’, on the 10th of June. Let me know...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
Directions from the Director
It was with some amazement that I read in the last NESQLUG newsletter that I was assigned the title of...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1990
Directions from the Director
We meet every other month, but there’s been a lot of talk about more frequent meetings. Some of the proposals:...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
Directions from the Director
We have officially become: At the January 5th meeting I hope to have more on the eagerly sought privileges and...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1991
Directions from the Director
What’s your problem? I mean your latest QL enigma. We all run into them – your program crashes, you wonder...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
Directions from the Director
This last seven months have been extremely busy for me. I worked 60 to TO hours a week and wrote...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Directions from the Director
Bob Dyl, the editor of IQLR Magazine, called me to express his appreciation for the fine support given by NESQLUG...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
Directions from the Director
You could feel it in the air. The feeling of anticipation when the QL first came out. It was there...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
Director’s Notes
First, and most important, I want to thank the members for electing me as the Director of the most prestigious...
Ernest WiderNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
DO FILE Commands
In the past few weeks I have had three requests for information on hooking-up an IBM CGR or RGB Monitor...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
Editor’s Notes
This is the first newsletter from the NEQLUG, a reconstitution of the Boston Computer Society’s Sinclair/Timex User Group, but dedicated...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1990
Editor’s Notes
The observant among you will note that we have already changed our name to NESQLUG. This is because we like...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1990
Editor’s Notes
For once this editor has a number of hobby horses to ride, and the problem is to choose which one...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
Editor’s Notes
With the new year comes new things. Notwithstanding that this is still Volume 1 of NESQLUG News (our year runs...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1991
Editor’s Notes
February, as this is written, may not be the cruelest month but it sure gives the blaghs. The holidays are...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
Editor’s Notes
As we conclude the first full year of operation our membership has grown to nearly 40 and includes trans-Atlantic members....
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
Editor’s NotesPeter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
Editor’s NotesPeter HaleNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1991
Editor’s Notes
In the last issue, 1 had promised a lot of new stuff now to compensate for the junk then. Alas,...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Editor’s Notes
I want to draw your attention to two biggies in the QL world. In this issue Gary Norton has an...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Editor’s Notes
We (editorially) have recently heard that Simon Goodwin of Turbocharge, Editor SE and DIY Toolkit fame is upset about the...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1992
Editor’s Notes
AS we reach the end of the second year of operation close, NESQLUG can justifiably pat itself on its collective...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1992
Editor’s Notes
As we start the third year of NESQLUG there is good news and bad news. The good news is that...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
Editor’s Notes
There is а lot of good news in this issue. A members-only special deal is being offered by Digital Precision...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1992
Editor’s Notes
Merry Xmas and a lump of coal in your stocking! A friend said that one of the functions of an...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Editor’s Notes
For once the editor is at a loss for cute things to say on opening the column.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1993
Editor’s Notes
As you will note from your mailing label, there is but one issue left in your current subscription.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
Editor’s Notes
A major event occurred at the last meeting at Al Boehm’s house. Wil Horton will take over as editor commencing...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
Editor’s Notes
This editing business, it turns out, is actually pretty hard stuff, especially when you’re a mental spastic. Just as I...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
Editor’s Notes
The QL is 10 years old, NESQLUG is beginning its 5th year and there is both good news and bad...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
Emulators
We have received news of several Sinclair-Timex emulators being developed in Holland by Carlo Delhez. I have left his initial...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
Eye-Q
This user friendly program has been on the market for about four years but seldom do you see it mentioned....
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1992
File-Saver Alarm
With the QL’s tendency to lock-up (a problem experienced by most owners sooner or later). its a good idea to...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
Flash!
Some of you have heard about the QL World article on the QL in North America. This article was nice...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Flippin’ The Floppies
If “Flp2_” needs to be “Flp1_”, or vice versa.
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
Fonts – A Partial Review
In the language of computers, a Font is a character set comprised of UPPER and lower case letters, numbers 0...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
From Out of the Ashes Rises T/SNUG
We have just learned that Don Lambert from Indiana and Bob Swoger from Chicago have taken the bit in the...
NESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
GIF – A Review
Carlo Delhez, from Holland, has written a useful graphics utility. It’s a ‘GIF reader’ for the QL. ‘GIF’ is a...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
Going Online 5 – QBOX USA, Initial Access
The North American QL community is very lucky to have a group of dedicated enthusiasts who have set up a...
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
Going Online, Part 1
This is the start of a series of articles that are designed to help anyone go ‘online’ with their QL....
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
Going Online, Part 2
As mentioned last time, this is a series by a beginner for beginners. Those Pith experience may find some chuckles...
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
Gold Card ROM
Even the famed Tony Tebby Sometimes makes boo-boos. Since its release the Gold Card ROM has been upgraded to add...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Gold Diggings
‘way back many moons ago when the skics were clear and the air was baluy and warm, I decided I...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Handy Procs
Elsewhere in this issue Ed Kingsley describes some handy ALTKEYs, but don’t forget that PROCedures are useful for many repetitive...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Help Me! With Conqueror SE
With the purchase by many of us of the Digital Precision, QL COLLECTION, I’m hoping someone will be able to...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
Help!
The library received a great game of checkers (Chequers/Draughts) in SuperBASIC. It is an excellent game but very slow in...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Helper – A File Handling Utility
HELPER, a utility program written by Bill Cable of Wood and Wind Computing, Cornish, NH, is a terrific front end...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
How to Make a Banner for Your Club or OrganizationJoyce BlahoNESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
IFE Data_base Review
To begin with, this program requires ToolKit II to be present. The first thing I found when I loaded QED...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
IFE Disk Policy
As many of you are aware, over 90 3.5″ disks were received from the IFE in Germany comprising software from...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
IFE Disk Review C005
When I first began reviewing IFE disk C005, I thought there wasn’t much that I’d be interested in. The directory...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
IFE Disk Rules
There is some confusion Public Domain software charges, so let me repeat. NESQLIB disks are $1.00 on your preformatted medium,...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Index to NESQLUG Newsletter Articles – Volume 4Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
Is the QL Dead
In “Quanta” magazine and from our own NESQLUQ members, there is talk about switching over to another computer, usually an...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
Job Openings
For nearly two years Joyce Blaho has abley acted as our newsletter liaison officer.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
Jonas_Term
Several years ago Mike Mitchell wrote a SuperBASIC program that got the QL on line with a modem. It was...
Mike JonasNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
Keywhiz
Frustration may be the Mother of all ALTKEYs. Here are three more ALTKEYs that I use which you might also...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Last Minute Gold News
We have learned that Miracle has just released rom 2.28 for the Gold Card.
NESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Letter
Find enclosed a check to enroll me as a member of [NESQLUG]. I am 64 years old and retired. The...
Bob MadarisNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1992
Letter from Carlo Delhez
Announcing XTricator (ZX81 emulator for the QL) and Spectator (ZX Spectrum emulator for the QL).
Carlo DelhezNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
Letter from Hugh Howie
Here is QUANDEX. I have decided to let it go as is. It is up to date to the end...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
Letter from John Impellizzeri
Hello to all NESQLUG members! After reading the last issue of the newsletter, and as SYSOP of the QBox-USA Bulletin...
John ImpellizzeriNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
Letter from March Renick
I guess you might say that your last editorial, titled “RAM_blings” finally broke through my complacency, and I decided the...
March RenickNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
Letter from Robert Gilder
N’ve just received the Sep/Oct issue of the “NESQLUG News” and would like to add some comments pertaining to some...
Bob GilderNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
Letter from Rolf Person
Letter from Swedish QL user’s group.
NESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
Letter from the Disk Librarian
July approaches and with it the election of NESQLUG pooh-bahs for the fiscal year 92-93. Due to an overall lack...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
LettersNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1992
Lighthouses
The logo on Newsletter cover depicts a Lighthouse spreading its beam across the ocean, to guide the vessel to a...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1991
Looking at ED Drives
1 had bought a Gold Card in June 1991 and was experiencing the joys of an almost “normal” computer.
Sherm WatermanNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Market Testing
Is the QL alive or dead in North America? More properly, does the great interest in the Gold Card in...
NESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1992
Markup – A Wholesale Pricing Program
Steve Ostrander of Poughkeepsie, NY, wrote and said that he enjoyed the Newsletter, least in part, because it wasn’t just...
Stephen OstranderNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
Me and my Mac – Part 2
In my first article, I discussed three technologies that can be applied to existing computer systems: Virtual Memory, Driver Level...
Mike JonasNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
Me and My QL
My system consists of a QL with Trump Card, dual 720K disc drives and a Star NX-1000 printer. I used...
Harold JonesNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
Me and My Z(88)
I recently acquired a 288 portable computer. For those of you who have never heard of it, it is a...
Mike JonasNESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
Meeting Minutes
The New England Sinclair QL User Group met at the home of Al Boehm on July 7, 1990. There were...
Dorothy BoehmNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1990
Meeting Minutes
The New England Sinclair QL Group met at the home of Al Boehm on September 8, 1990. There were twelve...
Dorothy BoehmNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
Meeting Minutes
The New England QL Sinclair Group met at the home of Al and Dorothy Boehm on November 3, 1990. 14...
Dorothy BoehmNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1991
Meeting Minutes
Al notified us that Dick Taylor had resigned for personal reasons and since Sherm Waterman hadn’t been able to make...
Dorothy BoehmNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
Meeting Minutes
Al Boehm demonstrated a world map graphics database from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) adapted for the QL....
Mike JonasNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
Meeting Minutes
At the start of the meeting Peter Hale gave an impromptu demonstration of text87.
Mike JonasNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
Meeting Minutes
The Off-month meeting was held on the weekend of August 2 to 4 at the home of Bill and Mary...
Joyce BlahoNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Meeting Minutes
The September meeting was held in Sherm & Fran Waterman’s garage at Yarmouth Port on Cape Cod.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Meeting Minutes
The regular meeting was held on November 7 at Peter Hale’s house in Chelsea. After reports that the Treasury was...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1993
Meeting Minutes
On March 6, 1993, Al Boehm demonstrated a program that shows a spinning Jupiter.
Eric NortonNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
Meeting MinutesNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
Meeting Notes
The first item we accomplished was the photo session of the latest QL product, the PRODPAD by Compution Genetics. The...
Joyce BlahoNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1992
Meeting Notes
A “special” meeting was held to discuss what kind of presence NESQLUG wants to have at “Miracle In Newport 2”,...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
Meeting Notes
The regularly scheduled May meeting of NESQLUG was held congruently with the “Miracle In Newport 2” conference at the Howard...
Joyce BlahoNESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
Meeting Notes
“QUANTA’, is now the Independent QL Users Group. Originally, I think ‘QUANTA’ stood for “QL Users and Tinkerers Association”. ‘QUANTA’...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
Meeting NotesNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
Megabytes of Free Software
Over the past 6 months NESQLUG has been engaged in establishing contacts with the International Freeware Exchange (IFE).
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
Membership NewsDick TaylorNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1990
Membership Participation
During the January 4th meeting of NESQLUG, a discussion of participation in the group developed. All agreed that it takes...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Miracle in Newport ’93
Event announcement.
NESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
Miracle in Newport 1994
If you were looking forward to the Miracle in Newport in 1994, you are too late, it is all over...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
More on Inter Group Freeware ExchangePeter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
MS-QLINK
MS-QLINK by T. F. Leal of Qfile in Portugal allows for some compatibility between the Sinclair QL and MS-DOS based...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
Music Lovers
Just got the second Library disc put out by our intrepid Librarian and there is enough to keep the Music...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
My Impressions of the Super Gold Card
I’ve had my 32-bit, 68020 powered Super Gold Card for a few weeks now and would like to offer some...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
NEQLUG Program Library
At the March NEQLUG meeting it was suggested that a large body of software for the QL has been published...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1990
NESLQUG Library Update
Well, all things come to those who wait. Except maybe patience. But, it’s finally here, folks. Disk #2. No, please,...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
NESQLib No2
Ed Kingsley announced the release of the NESQLib2 disk, the second in our PD library. A list of the titles...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
NESQLIBNo1 – The Disk
We have seen the Beta-test version of the final edition of NESQLIBnol, the first disk in our Public Domain Library....
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
NESQLIBrary Update
I was heartened to see a renewed interest in the Library as evidenced by the “taking” of (14) programs to...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1991
NESQLIBrary Update
A Newsletter or two ago, the matter of exchanging software Libraries with other User Groups was discussed. Hugh Howie, NESQLUG...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
NESQLibrary Update
In the last newsletter, I made a plea for the return of all programs taken by members for keypunching, whether...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
NESQLibrary Update
I had an Art teacher in 6th grade, who made a point of collecting class projects when we thought we...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
NESQLUG Goes North
On August 4th NESQLUG will meet in Cornish, NH. The official meeting time will be from 1:00 to 4:00 pm...
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
NESQLUG Library Update
Nada. Nichts. Nothing. Zip. I have received no Programs for Disk#3 in two months.
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
NESQLUG Meeting Agenda
The March meeting turn out was a delightful success. I would like to welcome Tom & Andrew Cavanaugh, and Mike...
Will HortonNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1992
NESQLUG Software Library Update
Our thanks to the many of you who brought in (and demonstrated) software at the June meeting. We had a...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1990
NESQLUG Software Library Update
Thanks to everyone who brought in and demonstrated new software at the September meeting as well to those of you...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
Networking with QL
You must be realistic, if your QL gives up the ghost, you are in deep trouble, unless it is a...
NESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
New England QL Group Meeting Minutes
The New England QL Group met at Al Boehm’s home on May 5, 1990. There were 13 people present: Al...
Dick TaylorNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1990
New England Sinclair QL Users
Summary of members.
NESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
New Kid on the Block
All members of NESQLUG and a lot of other people around the world recently received the inaugural issue of the...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
Notes on IFE Disk T001
There are nine programs on this disk, which is a result of the efforts of the Scottish QL User Group....
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
Ordering Overseas
Ordering software and/or hardware directly from overseas can be very simple and rewarding or difficult, drawn-out and frustrating. The most...
Dick TaylorNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1990
Other Thoughts
I am trying at the moment to produce BEEP tones which actually correspond precisely to a musical scale. The pitches...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Pixies Pixilated Pixels
One time I thought that a pixel was so-called because it flitted about the screen like a pixie. You know...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
plus4 Review
Plus4 is not a Desktop Publisher but probably the nearest you will get in a Word Processor. It is a...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
plus4 version 3=OK
I have been using plus4 for some time now from version 1 through version 2. Then [ learned there was...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Pokes
From the Milwaukee SMUG Bytes, which copied it from the Chicago NITE-TIMES NEWS came the following tid-bits on useful POKE.
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
Power Supplies? Don’t Trust What You’ve Got
My system had consisted of a daily QL with MINERVA (1.92) ROM; a backup QL with MGUS ROM/Tom Bent modified;...
Sherm WatermanNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1992
Prairie Digital
Some years ago a firm called Prairie Digital marketed a A/D I/O board for the QL. Such a board lets...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
Prod Demonstration A New QL Extension
There will be a demonstration of the new extension called PROD at the April meeting. It was developed in cpllaboration...
NESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1992
Production Notes
For the first time the entire issue of this newsletter has been produced on test87. Previously, the newsletter was produced...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
Psion Tips or, Stripping to the Bare Minimum
A “pure” ASCII text File, one without printer codes, is much more easily transferred between different types of word processors,...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
Public Domain
The last year has seen a significant decrease in new programs for the QL. Tony Tebby has moved to France...
Dick TaylorNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1990
Q-DOS
Let the games begin! Judy and Will Norton did and treated us to a Mexican repast last month, teasing our...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Qandex Released
Hugh Howie has recently completed a labor of love in putting a summary of each and every article of any...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1993
QDOS and Floating Point Numbers
When working with assembly code and C code, it is important to understand how the QL interprets floating point numbers....
Will HortonNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
QED – A Public Domain Text Editor
About two years ago, NESQLUG obtained a copy of the IFE Library of public domain software. The Index to the...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
QL Fonts – Part Two, Printing
Many programs are available to design new Fonts for the QL. They look swell on the screen, but printing them...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
QL Fonts – What’s a Font?
Last Spring, Ed Kingsley and I talked about publishing an article entitled, “Printing QL Fonts”. We discussed it for some...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
QL Genealogist
QL GENEALOGIST by Chris Boutal is a program that allows the user to prepare a family history. It is one...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
QL Journey
Once again I experienced that little ‘rush’ I get when I receive something from fellow QLers. I can’t wait to...
Stephen OstranderNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
QL Journey: Odds ‘n Ends in QDOS and SuperBasic
At first glance, SuperBASIC appears to be not too different from some of the other BASICs I have been involved...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1991
QL to IBM RGB Monitor Connections
In the past few weeks I have had three requests for information on hooking-up an IBM CGR or RGB Monitor...
Bob GilderNESQLUG NewsMarch/April 1991
QL World – RIP
We have heard that Arcwind, the publisher of “QL World”, the premier QL publication, is calling it a day. Number...
NESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
QL World Lives
QL WORLD is publishing again. It was purchased by ARC WIND, LTD., an owner of specialty magazines previously best known...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
QLX Arrives
The recent announcement of Miracle Systems QLX card for the IBM has caused a great flurry of interest both here...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
Questionnaire Results
I received (13) questionnaires out of a possible (31) which, as surveys go, was pretty good. Normal response is about...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1991
QXL Update
Al Boehm has heard that Tony Tebby’s new version of SuperBasic for the QXL, SBasic, is finally ready. Al has,...
NESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
RAM_blings
I’d like to “Officially” welcome everyone to Year Five of NESQLUG. I say “Officially”, because I’ve now been duly sworn...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
RAM_blings
If you noticed a ‘better look’ to the NESQLUG News, last issue it’s all Al Boehm’s fault. He found a...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
RAM_blings
God summons Bill Clinton, Boris Yeltsin and Bill Gates to heaven. He informs them that he has decided to end...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
Recursion in SuperBasic
Recursion in programming means a program can call itself. SuperBASIC supports recursion in both functions and procedures.
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1992
Remote Control by the QL
Previous efforts to respond to and control the outside world with a QL have not been successful. Prairie Digital developed...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
Save That (Virtual) Screen
I learned the other day about a “Screensaver” program that displays an ‘Aquarium’ on your screen.
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
Shell – A Review
When I was asked by the Editor to provide an article for this issue, I looked for something I could...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
SMUG Export Report
| travelled with Bill Cable of Wood & Wind Computing to the SMUG Expo in Milwaukee the first weekend in...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1990
Some QL Stuff
I had a program in which I wished to change a number of variables, many of them repeated in different...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Super Gold Card Update
Super Gold Cards ordered at the “MIN 2” have been shipped and word is that with a newly improved operating...
NESQLUG NewsJune/July 1994
Surveys and Questionaires
In the past two or three months we have learned of two surveys being onducted in the world of the...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
Taskmaster – A Review and Appreciation
TASKMASTER is a ‘Front End’ program, with File Handling and other Utilities, that enables the QL to multitask up to...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
test87 Plus 4 Shipped
Software8T has begun shipping orders for text87 Plus 4, the latest generation of this advanced word processor for the QL.
NESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
The NESQLUG Software Library Disk #1Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1991
The NESQLUG Software Library Disk #2Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1991
The November Meeting AgendaWill HortonNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
The September Meeting AgendaWill HortonNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1992
The Switch to Disk
I originally bought the Sinclair QL computer in order to get a machine that had “real computer” features at a...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1990
The Under $10 Solution
Students use lots of “milk crate” type storage containers to store their essentials (The less said about this, the better),...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1990
To Crash, But Not to Burn – Maybe
In the last Newsletter I mentioned how Al Boehm happened to call me right after I had locked-up QUILL while...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1994
Toronto Sink-Link
I recently received a notice from The Toronto (CANADA) Sinclair group with a sample newsletter and an invitation to join...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1993
Toward a New (QL) World Order
1 write many documents with text in columns and QUILL isn’t much help in automatically rearranging text. I have found...
Ed KingsleyNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
Two Tips
Although disks are far more reliable mediums than microcartridges, who among disk drivers has not had the dreaded Bad Medium...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992
Using Eye-Q and Imagix To Draw Lighthouses
Enclosed you will find a few pictures showing the development of an idea, based on your Lighthouse. I have retained...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1991
Using My ED Disk Drives
When the Miracle in Newport II was announced, I decided to go all out and upgrade my QL system. Part...
Gary NortonNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
Viewing in Three Dimensions, Part I
Displaying three dimensional figures using the computer has always fascinated me. It turns out there are many ways to “see”...
Al BoehmNESQLUG NewsJanuary/February 1992
What is an Editor?
Reading many magazines and papers I often wonder what is expected of an Editor.
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
What’s Happening
At one time when I was in business, I often did not speak out when I should have, as there...
Hugh H. HowieNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1993
Writing an Article
Everyone likes to read newsletters and magazines about the QL. But before a newsletter/magazine exists there must be 1) articles...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
Xchange Newsletter ReviewsMike JonasNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1992
Zip Code Printer Automation
The April, 1991, issue of The DATA BUS from the Dayton Microcomputer Association had a BASIC listing to generate the...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1991
ZXir QLive Alive
Apologies to Bob Swoger and Don Lambert for pinching the name of their magazine, but it fits the bill. The...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1992

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