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You know you're a QLer when...

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You know you're a QLer when...

You think 640K is enough...

You complain you don't understand what all this high res 800 x 600 nonsense is all about...

Your computer's length to depth ratio is 10 to 1...

You've been editing the same boot file for 33 years...

You went black and didn't go back...

You think it's not retro if you never stopped doing it.

You buy hardware you have no intention to use it, just because it was the cool think in 1986. Finally, it's yours. HELLO MY PRECIOUS!


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Dave wrote:You know you're a QLer when...

You think 640K is enough...

You complain you don't understand what all this high res 800 x 600 nonsense is all about...

Your computer's length to depth ratio is 10 to 1...

You've been editing the same boot file for 33 years...

You went black and didn't go back...

You think it's not retro if you never stopped doing it.

You buy hardware you have no intention to use it, just because it was the cool think in 1986. Finally, it's yours. HELLO MY PRECIOUS!
He he, like it!


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Re: You know you're a QLer when...

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Oh dear, so I AM a QLer after all...

I had been living in denial all this time :-)


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Dave wrote:
You've been editing the same boot file for 33 years...
Don't talk about Quanta....

:D :D


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...you try to use two keys to delete something with your PC keyboard


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Dave wrote:You know you're a QLer when...

You think 640K is enough...

You complain you don't understand what all this high res 800 x 600 nonsense is all about...

Your computer's length to depth ratio is 10 to 1...

You've been editing the same boot file for 33 years...

You went black and didn't go back...

You think it's not retro if you never stopped doing it.

You buy hardware you have no intention to use it, just because it was the cool think in 1986. Finally, it's yours. HELLO MY PRECIOUS!

Yes I'm a QLer with the difference that I've bought as "the cool think" in 2014 and I continue buy new QL's again and again and again ;)


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Cristian wrote:...you try to use two keys to delete something with your PC keyboard
Totally!

I just installed QL2K on my work PC, just for amusement's sake... first mistake on the command line & I'm wondering why "ctrl+windows-key" isn't deleting the characters! Suddenly I feel 25 years younger (it's great!)


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adev wrote:Suddenly I feel 25 years younger (it's great!)
:)


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adev wrote:
Cristian wrote:...you try to use two keys to delete something with your PC keyboard
Totally!

I just installed QL2K on my work PC, just for amusement's sake... first mistake on the command line & I'm wondering why "ctrl+windows-key" isn't deleting the characters! Suddenly I feel 25 years younger (it's great!)

Hi,

I have looking at QLAY2 and QL2K and while they are good attempts at QL emulation, they just do not deliver the correct environment for me.

I am assuming you are using Windows, so why not use QPC2, which is one of the best QL emulators giving upto date features. The other emulator I use is SMSQmulator, which is just as good, but requires the installation of Java.

I have a registered copy of Q-emulator, which is just as good as the other two, but requires spending money...


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Derek
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Derek_Stewart wrote: I have looking at QLAY2 and QL2K and while they are good attempts at QL emulation, they just do not deliver the correct environment for me.

I am assuming you are using Windows, so why not use QPC2, which is one of the best QL emulators giving upto date features. The other emulator I use is SMSQmulator, which is just as good, but requires the installation of Java.
I mostly use QPC2 too but occasionally QL2K, which has the advantage that it runs plain QDOS or Minerva ROMs and hence is a nice tool for testing whether code would run on original QLs (yes I do have them, but data exchange between environments is much easier if they are on the same physical machine).
Also QL2K and Q-emulator can be configured to use the original QL display aspect ratio, which has non-square pixels unlike most PC resolutions.
It's merely a choice between a nostalgic look-and-feel and performance.
I have a registered copy of Q-emulator, which is just as good as the other two, but requires spending money...
The registration page is still offline :(

Jan.


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