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OK a few problems here (based on Xchange 3.90L): a) The boot program needs a MODE 4 added b) The boot program could also do with PROG_USE flp1_ and DATA_USE flp1_ before the line EX flp1_XCHANGE otherwise the default for printer information is set to mdv2_ and help files mdv1_ c) When printing you h...

I have been asked why the following code will not work on Minerva / SMSQ/e to check the validity of an input routine: 10 GO SUB 9500 110 PRINT valid 120 STOP 9500 REMark 9502 valid=0 9505 INPUT x$ 9506 IF x$='' THEN RETurn 9507 l=LEN(x$) 9510 FOR x=1 TO l 9515 IF x=1 AND x$(x)='-' THEN NEXT x 9520 I...

Tee hee - it just proves my point, that we expect anyone interested in the QL to have been using it since 1984....

Some info on Xchange is on the QL Wiki:

http://www.rwapadventures.com/ql_wiki/i ... ge&lang=en

What everyone seems to forget, is how, to some people, Xchange is a brand new concept. There are loads of manuals (and versions) for this on Dilwyn's site, but we could do with a quick start guide to help new QLers a) identify which version to use b) How to install and set up a printer driver (the z...

A quick guide is needed for printing from emulators - it is not obvious, but the unregistered q-emulator does not have printing facilities - once you upgrade to the full version, you can send output to ser1 as on the standard QL, and it will capture this and try to output it to a connected WIndows d...

It is interesting talking to people who have come back to the QL scene, and who are experiencing the QL emulators for the first time (maybe thanks to the DVD circulated with the last issue of QL Today). One issue which seems to perplex them is how to access the same files on Q-emuLator and QPC2. The...

Hmm my apologies - Jochen Merz or Marcel Kiglus may know how to contact Jochen Hassler then!

I thought it was Albin Hassler - not Jochen?

Indeed, a superb reference guide with examples and information not in the QL user guide. It's available on CD for £20 these days at http://www.sellmyretro.com - just search for "SBASIC/SuperBASIC Reference Manual for Sinclair QL on CD" or just "superbasic" http://www.sellmyretro...

The US Samsung QLs had a proper block connector !!