Psion Chess under uQLx

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Re: Psion Chess under uQLx

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drdtyc wrote:
Thanks for your assistance.

It works like magic.
Ok, then the executable that you previously created must have been bad somehow. Odd, but like I say, I have no experience with Linux.


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Re: Psion Chess under uQLx

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RalfR wrote:
drdtyc wrote:Yes, I can read all the ASCII included in the Help pages (2 pages in total). I can use the space bar to switch between the 2 pages. Pressing any other key returns to the game board.
No ;-) I meant you can read it in the code (loading the file in an editor). Of course you can read it after execution.
Now I see wht you mean.

QED does not show any ASCII text of the Help pages when I used QED to open the Chess_exe


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Re: Psion Chess under uQLx

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drdtyc wrote:Now I see wht you mean.

QED does not show any ASCII text of the Help pages when I used QED to open the Chess_exe
I can see it:
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Re: Psion Chess under uQLx

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One of the original PSION employees shared a story about QL chess, might be interesting to some: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/psion-st ... huw-barnes


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