| A New House for the QL |
After years of tolerating various components of my QL “system” and all of the interconnecting cables associated therewith, occupying most of the space on my desk, I decided it was time to take action. |
Sinclair QL |
| A Peek at QLTOOLS |
Getting data to and from the QL and MS-DOS has been fairly easy for a while. There are a number of QL programs that will read and write an MS-DOS disk. Sometimes it’s more convenient to be able to have MS-DOS write to a QDOS disk, then there are computers which the QL does not |
Sinclair QL |
| Alternative to True Multitasking |
n the March 1995 issue of QREVIEW there appeared an article titled “BEYOND QUILL” that expressed the sentiment regarding whole disks full of Spellcheckers, whose only service to the user was to indicate how many spelling mistakes were printed in the document just produced is a logical one. In order to correct those mistakes, what |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| An Affordable Keyboard Interface |
I was pleased to see Di-Ren’s new ‘affordable’ keyboard interface on the front cover of the last issue of IQLR and the advert on the back was informative but with cover to cover coverage (if you’ll pardon the expression) I was disappointed to see no article within! |
Sinclair QL |
| Black Components |
With interest in Black systems at a high level (even in the PC world), a number of readers have asked us where we obtained our own. Dilwyn Jones (who now has a Black system) supplied us with the Bytewise information. For additional sources, you can search the pages of Computer Shopper Magazine or attend PC |
Sinclair QL |
| Greeting Cards with LINEdesign |
While PC users have had different programs available that make it easy for them to create greeting cards, the QL world doesn’t have such convenient tools (yet?). Many of those people have found out just how fun and unique creating their own personal cards can be. In fact, some people create custom cards as a |
Sinclair QL |
| LANG_BAS |
The following SBASIC program was inadvertantly not sent along with the text for the article “SMSQ Language Dependent Modules” printed in Volume 5 Issue 1. This listing should have been printed at the end of the text on page 12. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Notes & Jottings |
As the graphic to the left attests “Another Era Dawns” on the QL community, in fact referring to the QL community really only specifies one area, thus the graphic states QDOS and SMSQ/E. WHY ? The answer is simple, QDOS, SMS, SMSQ and SMSQ/E in one form or another are operating on a multitude of |
Sinclair QL |
| QD Version 8.03 |
The text editing program, QD, has been undergoing constant revision by Jochen Merz over the last few years and has now arrived at version 8.03. Whilst this is certainly not the final version of the program we feel that the time has come to say a few words about how users can get the full |
Sinclair QL |
| QXL In Command |
The font technology and test formatting capabilities of Windows and OS/2 word processors is, to be truthful, superior to Quill and Perfection (I have not tried TEXT 87). However, my (Tom) experience is that I get so distracted by these features that it seriously detracts from my ability to effectively compose a message – the |
Sinclair QL |
| Ramblings... |
intend to cover several subjects in this article starting with the EMC directive. The EMC directive has already generated a lot of discussion and there seems little point in me adding to the confusion that already exists. I have just one statement to make regarding the subject, and that is; Di-Ren products will continue to |
Sinclair QL |
| Seeking Applications Software |
As you all know there are not too many applications around in the QL scene. The question is: why? One reason might be, that potential programmers don’t see a market in the QL scene, which is probably true. You need to be an enthusiast. However, some excellent software like QTPI and QFAX, which are very |
Sinclair QL |
| SMSQ Modules |
SMSQ/E is delivered as a single file which provides an operating system, a command line Processor / program interpreter (SBASIC), various language modules and a complete set of device drivers for the target system. SMSQ/E is, however, not a monolithic unit, but a collection of modules providing different functions. It is possible, for example, to |
Sinclair QL |
| The Great Pizza Challenge |
Having read Zelijko Nastasic’s pizza challenge (how many windows can you open?) in Volume 5 issue 4, I set the same problem to my second year students, but with more stringent control (size of window, maximum delay for any window operation, etc.) leaving them a free choice of computer system. |
Sinclair QL |
| The QL at Work and QLAY |
Tariki is a 2nd generation ceramics studio that produces a wide range of stoneware art. We make everything from platters, bowls, garden tables, to large scale ceramic and steel sculptures. Tariki was created by my father in the mid fifties. He moved the studio to Meriden in 1961. The studio has a family tradition of |
Sinclair QL |
| Things in SMSQ/E (Part 1) |
As you probably know SMSQ/E contains lots of various Things. Some of the useful ones are explained in the SMSQ/E manual, and wherever an SBASIC call to any Thing exists it is documented. However, programmer’s information to the various Things might be useful, as well as a bit more detailed explanation. |
Sinclair QL |
