What we learn from this is never buy the same computer as DerekDerek_Stewart wrote:HI,
The computers I had in the 1980s are:
Newbrain
Oric 1, Atmos
Memotech MTX range
Sam Coupe
Jupiter Ace
Whether they definevthe British computer culture is open to personal taste.
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- Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:47 am
- Forum: General QL Chat
- Topic: The Computers that made Britain
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3280
Re: The Computers that made Britain
- Thu May 27, 2021 2:12 pm
- Forum: QL Emulation
- Topic: sQLux Foibles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 17045
Re: sQLux Foibles
Interesting question is on a BBQL are the pixels always square? (also this goes for the clones). No they are not. In 512x256 QL MODE 4, I double horizontally and triple vertically for VESA standard 1024x768 on 4:3 monitor. That roughly provides the QL aspect ratio seen on CRT historically. Thanks, ...
- Wed May 26, 2021 10:04 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: IPC Command RAND_CMD ($14)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1523
Re: IPC Command RAND_CMD ($14)
Not really, anything made in last decade has hardware randomness, PN junction noise and other such simple techniques.stevepoole wrote: Randomness is a subject of continued research by specialists...
- Mon May 24, 2021 10:29 pm
- Forum: The Off-Topic Section
- Topic: Today I Received...
- Replies: 643
- Views: 292782
Re: Today I Received...
To XorA : I guess I will also test this one soon. What is actually slow about its full sreen display ? Takes a long time comparitvely speaking to write the screen update to video ram under xorg. A delay that does not happen if running on console without xorg. It may still be faster than BBQL, I hav...
- Mon May 24, 2021 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Off-Topic Section
- Topic: Today I Received...
- Replies: 643
- Views: 292782
Re: Today I Received...
For the Pi0 sQLux (based on uqlx) can run fullscreen on the console (without X11) and is pretty fast.
Unfortunately the lack of proper GL support under X11 makes it quite slow in that mode, but still can do fullscreen!
[note: I am biased as I wrote the code to do that]
Unfortunately the lack of proper GL support under X11 makes it quite slow in that mode, but still can do fullscreen!
[note: I am biased as I wrote the code to do that]
- Sun May 23, 2021 10:53 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: Writing Gotek QL Image Disks
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6371
Re: Writing Gotek QL Image Disks
I downloaded the latest, and was compiling for osx. I think I mailed you about it. https://github.com/SinclairQL/qltools or https://github.com/NormanDunbar/qltools are where you should be getting the source from. The current version is 2.15.6 and writes dd/hd/ed images at full size as opposed to 2....
- Sun May 23, 2021 10:35 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: Writing Gotek QL Image Disks
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6371
Re: Writing Gotek QL Image Disks
I downloaded the latest, and was compiling for osx. I think I mailed you about it. https://github.com/SinclairQL/qltools or https://github.com/NormanDunbar/qltools are where you should be getting the source from. The current version is 2.15.6 and writes dd/hd/ed images at full size as opposed to 2....
- Sat May 22, 2021 6:45 pm
- Forum: General QL Chat
- Topic: Forum IRC ban
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1287
Re: Forum IRC ban
Freenode and Libera.chat are at war with each other, and they seem to be not caring which IRC servers they wage war on
- Fri May 21, 2021 8:03 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: QL Software Preservation - Next Steps
- Replies: 109
- Views: 42215
Re: QL Software Preservation - Next Steps
Lot’s of baaaaaaaaaaaaaa d recordings thereAs another hobby, I collect and restore old Welsh 78rpm and vinyl records and get a similar kick from finding and restoring something rare and ancient
- Tue May 11, 2021 5:36 pm
- Forum: The Off-Topic Section
- Topic: Happy Birthday!
- Replies: 437
- Views: 222954
Re: Happy Birthday!
Is Pr0F welsh then?NormanDunbar wrote:Happy Birthday Pr0F.
Hippo Birdie Two Ewes.
Hippo Birdie Two Ewes.
Hippo Birdie Deer Ewe.
Hippo Birdie Two Ewes.
Cheers,
Norm.