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Dot Matrix Printout Required

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:31 am
by RWAP
Does anyone still have a dot matrix and some fanfold paper?

I have been asked by someone in Australia if we could supply a dot matrix printout to use as a film prop. Obviously they will pay for it, but it would be nice to have a QL listing appear in a movie!!

Re: Dot Matrix Printout Required

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:14 pm
by RWAP
This has been sorted now - thanks :D

Alas it didn't require a code snippet, just a plain message printed out ...

Re: Dot Matrix Printout Required

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:15 pm
by tofro
"Hello World"?

Re: Dot Matrix Printout Required

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:38 pm
by RWAP
Not quite "I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal."

It was some simple instructions to a character :)

Re: Dot Matrix Printout Required

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:16 pm
by Dave
I did some QL screens for a sci-fi movie short, and there's a possibility that might be expanded to a feature length or a miniseries. The premise is that a teen finds an abandoned 80s mini-shuttle that is AI powered and aware. It has a status screen that's run by a QL. Well, actually, by QPC on a book PC to two Dell 15" monitors that were de-cased and mounted into the console.

Re: Dot Matrix Printout Required

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:40 am
by thorsinclair
And how does the screen look like?

Re: Dot Matrix Printout Required

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:13 am
by NormanDunbar
Wasn't there a "Sunshine" book about programming AI on your QL way back then? Looks like it might have worked!

Cheers,
Norm.
Somewhere in the far North of Scotland!
Watching whales.
And seals.
And dolphins.
From the beach!