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by Artificer
Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:12 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Q40/Q60
Replies: 32
Views: 8818

Re: Q40/Q60

Thanks for that. I dont understand why it did not appear when I looked.

Cheers
by Artificer
Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:02 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Q40/Q60
Replies: 32
Views: 8818

Re: Q40/Q60

I bought mine brandnew. Similar to this: https://www.amazon.de/JaiHo-Bildschirm- ... B07DC9WX3V
Hi Peter, Thanks for the link. I was intending to ask you the make and model of the monitor you recently bought. Its not on the UK site but I can easily order it from the German site.

Cheers
by Artificer
Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:29 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Q40/Q60
Replies: 32
Views: 8818

Re: Q40/Q60

Peter wrote: It is for monitors with native 1024x768 resolution or at least 4:3 aspect ratio. Q60_OSC_11.jpg Here is the updated video chip with an older monitor with 4:3 aspect ratio. Again I still prefer the OSSC output. A lot of what you get with either solution is down to the quality of the mon...
by Artificer
Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:42 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Q40/Q60
Replies: 32
Views: 8818

Re: Q40/Q60

Peter wrote; Not sure I would be satisfied with the OSSC.
This is my Q60 with your updated VGA chip same monitor :
Q60_OSC_9.jpg
Of the two I prefer the OSSC.
by Artificer
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:26 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Q40/Q60
Replies: 32
Views: 8818

Re: Q40/Q60

Hi Derek, It is a 80Mhz Q60 - Serial A6-003

Cheers
by Artificer
Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:59 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Q40/Q60
Replies: 32
Views: 8818

Re: Q40/Q60

Peter wrote : Curious if someone gets it to work on an up-to-date OSSC. Hi Peter, I bought an OSSC Kaico v1.6 scan doubler from Amazon for my Q60 during lockdown. Yes it was a bit pricey but I wasn't able to spend on much else, and if you think about the price of the scan doubler to what I paid for...
by Artificer
Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:06 am
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Screen grabber
Replies: 7
Views: 308

Re: Screen grabber

Andrew wrote :
In my native language scrot means scrotum (testicular sack) :D :D
You are thinking of scrote, the equivalent of gobshite or toerag.

Cheers
by Artificer
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Screen grabber
Replies: 7
Views: 308

Re: Screen grabber

Hi Logout, There are quite a few QL apps that can convert a QL screen grab from a Q68 to PC or other format but none that I know of that will directly convert QL screen data during a screen scrape directly to a BMP or jpeg. But once a Q68 screen or part there of, is saved in pic format there are sev...
by Artificer
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:03 am
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Fast Plot/Draw toolkit / viepoint manual/ PD3 Manual
Replies: 18
Views: 1010

Re: Fast Plot/Draw toolkit / viepoint manual/ PD3 Manual

Hi,

Volume G of Simon Goodwins DIY toolkit has PLOT and DRAW described as fast, along with an example and a Quill doc guide.
Could this be what you are looking for? I expect that Dilwyn Jones will have this on his website.

Cheers
by Artificer
Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Copy binary file into array in basic
Replies: 18
Views: 1895

Re: Copy binary file into array in basic

Is "Assembly Language Programming on the Sinclair QL by Andrew Penell" a good place to start to get back into assembly programming on the QL please? Hi, I would say so as someone who mainly programs in basic and only uses assembler when forced to. I use the book as a reference when I have...