International QL Report V2 I1
First anniversary issue.
Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| Confessions Of A QL Duffer | Having been introduced to computers at the hoary age of sixty plus, my first experiences were with the Timex 2068 computer (the American version of the Spectrum). In 1984, I decided to upgrade to the QL, and I distinctly remember buying my first one from my good friend, Bob Dyl, at the lofty price of | Sinclair QL |
| DATADesign: Reply to the Review | “Thank you for your review of our database program DATAdesign. As DATAdesign is constantly being improved and developed, we would like to point out the improvements made since the release of the reviewed copy. | Sinclair QL |
| Fantastic Price Reduction | Miracle Systems have announced a tremendous reduction in the price of their GOLD CARDS. The export price for delivery outside the UK is now 200 Pounds Sterling. | Sinclair QL |
| Helpful Hint #1 | It can be difficult to insert a peripheral device (i.e. Trump or Gold Card) into the expansion slot of the QL while they are both horizontal. If you stand the the QL on it’s end with the expansion slot up, you will find that the device will slide in or out without snagging any of | Sinclair QL |
| Helpful Hint #2 | With so many new hardware upgrades, I find that I am changing or remounting chips with increasing frequency. Just recently I mounted two Gold Card chips (version changes), an upgraded MINERVA ROM and the Keyboard Interface, which required lifting the 8049 chip. Some people have no problems slipping chips in and out of their QLs, | Sinclair QL |
| Helpful Hint #3 | Occasionally, you run across a program that has an unlistable BOOT program. Attempts to list it to the screen results in it executing. The easiest way to get around this is to use the command; “COPY Кірі Boot TO SCR”. This will display the listing to the screen. You can then copy down the program | Sinclair QL |
| In The Pipeline | Work continues on Miracle System’s GRAPHICS CARD. No release date has been announced. Qview and TF Services of the UK are working on a replacement for the QL’s coprocessor, the 8049 chip. This chip controls the QL’s keyboard and serial ports. The advantages of using a 8749 or equivalent chip would be increased speed and | Sinclair QL |
| IQLR Special | We are happy to announce that IQLR has made special arrangements with C.G.H. Services of the UK, and author Simon Goodwin, to offer the D-I-Y TOOLKIT of QL World fame, as a group buy, in its entirety at a bargain price. | Sinclair QL |
| Late Breaking News | After we had gone to press with this issue, I had two telephone conversations, the first with Phil Borman Chairperson of QUANTA, and the second with Stuart Honeyball the genius of MIRACLE SYSTEMS. | Sinclair QL |
| Linked Lists And C -Programming | My last article on Pointers and Structures demonstrated the way pointers are used to access data within a C Program. This article will relate the concepts of pointers and structures to another mechanism, the linked list. The concept of the linked list is not unique to the CProgramming Language, it is also used in Pascal, | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| New From Denmark - ArcED | ArcED is the new professional TEXT-EDITING-SYSTEM for programmers of all QDOS compatible computers, written by Steen Kastoft Hansen of Denmark. Not just another editor, ArcED offers you a complete new dimension in editing. Itis a configurable full screen Text-Editor, with over 35 direct key commands including user definable function keys. Its inbuilt command line interpreter | Sinclair QL |
| New from Dilwyn Jones Computing | Recently we’ve released a number of new software packages, and a major upgrade for WINBACK (our hard disk backup software), The following is a short description of each item. | Sinclair QL |
| New from Jochen Merz Software | А couple of exciting new products have emerged from Jochen Merz; the first is “SER MOUSE'” a software driver which allows you to connect a MS-DOS serial mouse to one of the serial ports of the QL. | Sinclair QL |
| QL Home Finance-Revisited | In the early days of the QL, Sinclair released a number of third party software packages under the Sinclair banner. One of the best was a terrific financial software package entitled “QL-HOME FINANCE “, written by BUZZ SOFTWARE. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| QL World Sold Again | It has just been reported to IQLR, that QL WORLD has been SOLD by the people who purchased it from the collapsed Maxwell Empire. The new publishers are reported to be a company named ARCWIND, and we believe that Helen Armstrong will remain as editor. The May 1992 issue will be late by a couple | Sinclair QL |
| QLs On The Internet | The Internet is a loose collection of worldwide computers and networks, connected by some sort of physical and logical link. One of the more well-known portions of the Internet is the Defense Data Network (DDN). Access to Internet is available through gateways provided by many commercial networks such as CompuServe, MCI Mail, Sprint Mail, and | Sinclair QL |
| QTOP and the 3.2 Meg Drive | In the previous issue, I mentioned that I wanted to write an article explaining how I was using my 3.2 Meg drive as a mini hard drive. As luck would have it, I had just about completed setting up my first “Master Disk”, when COWO ELECTRONIC came out with an upgrade to QTOP (the front-end | Sinclair QL |
| Reading MSDOS Disks On The QL - Part I: The Root Directory | The original impetus for this article came from having a few Shareware disks lying about, gathering dust. Inevitably, I wondered about the feasibility of reading Big Blue’s efforts on the QL. | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| RS-232 Peripheral Interface | Recently I have been engaged in a project to collect temperature data to analyze the thermal properties of homes. This project will eventually lead to the development of a microprocessor controlled thermostat. However, to begin work, data must be collected and analyzed to understand the thermal properties of a home in a quantitative manner. | Sinclair QL |
| Setting-Up RGB/CGA Video Monitors | “Why is an RGB monitor better than a composite monitor”? This question has been asked over and over again. In simple terms – a composite signal from a computer has every video element that RGB signals have. They are: Red, Blue, & Green video signals, Horizontal or Composite sync and Vertical sync signals which are | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Special Anniversary Issue | With this issue, we begin our second year of publication. We’ve received many encouraging letters with your subscription renewals, and we’ll endeavor to continue providing you with a timely, quality publication. We would also like to welcome the many new readers who have joined us. During the past year you’ve received advanced information on the | |
| The International QL Meeting | The 21st March 1992 saw the International QL Meeting in Germany, organized by the Sinclair QL User Club e.V. Munster-Roxel, NW Germany was the location, and QL/QDOS enthusiasts from several countries gathered in a school hall to see, try out and discuss everything to do with the QL. I was part of a contingent of | Sinclair QL |
| TOOLKIT II Tutorial - Part 4 | Тһе QL was the first affordable computer to allow multitasking. It’s one of the many features that still sets it apart from the herd, and yet, is one of the most difficult to control satisfactorily on a standard machine. It is also one of the areas that most interests “Tinkerers’ like myself. | Sinclair QL |