| Directions from the Director |
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. |
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| Editor's Notes |
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. |
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| Handy Procs |
Elsewhere in this issue Ed Kingsley describes some handy ALTKEYs, but don’t forget that PROCedures are useful for many repetitive tasks. |
Sinclair QL |
| IFE Disk Rules |
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. |
Sinclair QL |
| Keywhiz |
Frustration may be the Mother of all ALTKEYs. Here are three more ALTKEYs that I use which you might also find of interest. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Last Minute Gold News |
We have learned that Miracle has just released rom 2.28 for the Gold Card. |
Sinclair QL |
| Looking at ED Drives |
1 had bought a Gold Card in June 1991 and was experiencing the joys of an almost “normal” computer. |
Sinclair QL |
| Membership Participation |
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 |
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| Music Lovers |
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. |
Sinclair QL |
| NESQLUG Library Update |
Nada. Nichts. Nothing. Zip. I have received no Programs for Disk#3 in two months. |
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| Other Thoughts |
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 |
Sinclair QL |
| Q-DOS |
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. |
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| test87 Plus 4 Shipped |
Software8T has begun shipping orders for text87 Plus 4, the latest generation of this advanced word processor for the QL. |
Sinclair QL |
| 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 that ABACUS is a handy program with some word processing functions unavailable in QUILL. |
Sinclair QL |
| 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” 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. |
Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
