| Ansi C To K&R C | Guiseppe Zanetti mailed me a copy of an Ansi C to K&R C convert program that came from the GNU project. I have played with it and it seems to work. It is limited in dealing with just the function definitions, translating these to the old K&R syntax. It does not convert any special ANSI | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Ascii Dump | In writing strip_c and converting the file to an ascii file, I needed to know what ascii characters were in the file that I would need to strip out. A number of ascii characters are not used in text files, ones like End of Transmission, Acknowlegement, and so on. On a Unix system, there is | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| Check Bits for Ascii Files | I’ve been scanning throught some old issues of Dr Dobb’s Journal trying to set the spark to a new programming idea. I was reading one article on architecture ( and / or gates, etc) and the word parity leaped from the page. I had a sudden flash back to my college days where I was | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
| From the Editor: THE QHJ GOES ELECTRIC | With this issue, the QHJ is now also being distributed via electronic mail. With the recent advent of a QL Internet mailing list, the QHJ can be distributed to QL users all around the world in a matter of minutes. Even QL users on CompuServe can recieve the QHJ via e-mail. The QHJ will still | Sinclair QL |
| Strip_c | A few months ago I picked up a inexpensive pen-based MS-DOS laptop. It came with a Word Processor that handles handwritten input from the screen. I’ve found it usefull for taking notes at meetings and writing short letters while watching TV. The word processor stores it’s files in its own format and not ascii. I’ve | Sinclair QL, Type-in program |
