| Converting File Formats |
As the author of a number of QL programs, I recognise the need for a clear, concise and well laid out user manual. To produce my own manuals I (now) use a desk top publishing package on my PC which gives a very good quality manual indeed. There is one fly in the ointment, however, |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Disk Mate 5 - Version 5.07 |
At the request of Bob Dyl, I have found myself reviewing another disk utility. However, I really didn’t know what I was getting into. You see, Disk Mate 5 operates under the Pointer Environment and I have had only limited experience with the Pointer Environment some six or seven years ago with QRAM! Last year |
Sinclair QL |
| LINEdesign 'Mirror' Function |
I noticed in the article describing the use of LINEdesign to make greeting cards that the author had not found a ‘mirroring’ or ‘reflecting’ function within LINEdesign (J D Hunkins, IQLR, Vol 5, Issue 5, January/February 1996, p29). |
Sinclair QL |
| Meta-Drivers |
Have you ever needed to do something like flp3_use winl_temporary_directory (instead of the more restricting win_use)? Did it ever seem nice to you to be able to use existing drivers to access new devices? Have you ever wished file name length limits did not interfere with network routing? Have you, for that matter, ever wanted |
Sinclair QL |
| Monochrome Monitors: Making Yours Brighter |
T have a PC with QXL-Card and SMSQ/E. But I still use a normal German QL with floppies, Trumpcard and a monochrome monitor. It makes no noise and is therefore good for thinking. But with my monochrome monitor (Philips) I had the problem, that the screen was not bright enough for many of my programms. |
Sinclair QL |
| News Italian Style |
g: The 7th Italian QL meeting was held in Reggio Emilia Italy. The meeting was attended by about 40 people. This is really a good result for various reasons. First of all the long awaited new hardware pieces were not available for the meeting – think about SuperHermes, the QL Graphic Card or the QXL |
Sinclair QL |
| Notes & News from JMS |
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Sinclair QL |
| Of Mice and Menus |
Ah mice. Little furry creatures running around and squeaking and women standing on chairs in early sixties sitcoms or little plastic objects that either aggravate or enhance the lot of computer users. Before you turn the page and read something else let me say that this article is not an attempt to get people to |
Sinclair QL |
| ProWesS: QL Windowing Meets the Future |
The good people at PROGs Professional and Graphical Software are at it again. We all know them from programs such as Line Design and PFList. They developed the Proforma graphics engine which brought modem vectored graphics to the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| The World Wide Web |
Many of you will have heard of the mainstream computers new madness, the World Wide Web. This little article is not intended to introduce you into the World Wide Web, but just give you a little overview of some of its possibilities. I’ll assume that you are connected to the ‘net’ and know how to |
Sinclair QL |
| Things in SMSQ/E (Part 2) |
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Sinclair QL |
