Last Updated: 13.08.2007
Useful articles about the QL, programming information and so on.
Ascii Codes(4K) - Ascii codes list and BASIC
program to display character set.
Clocking In (22K) - Articles from QL Today
about the QL clock, time calculation, calendars etc - now updated to
include part 4 of the series.
Config (47K) - An article from QL Today about
use of the Config and MenuConfig programs.
DEV (5K) - using the DEV device
Directory Name Functions (8K) - Article with
BASIC routines for directory name handling.
Display Code article(36K) - Machine code
extensions with source code showing how to access system display and
information functions.
DIY Bugs (49K) - DIY Bugs article, from Simon
Goodwin. Looks at common programming mistakes.
Do (8K) - Article about using the DO command to
process files of BASIC commands as though they were batch files.
File Information Functions (8K) - Use of the
file information function extensions of Toolkit 2
filters.zip (8K) - An article about writing
filter programs for use with EX commands. Example C and BASIC listings
included. (Norman Dunbar)
Glossary (10K) - a glossary of terms, as
published in QL Today
Home thing (7K) - Article about the Home
Directory thing by Wolfgang Lenerz
Joysticks (1K) - how to use an Atari style
joystick with the QL.
Machine Type (8KB) - Article from QL Today Vol
6 Issue 5 about identifying machine/processor type from SBASIC
MetaDrivers (14K) - Article by Nasta about
Meta Drivers for the QL.
Month (7KB) - An article from QL Today about
month numbers in date functions and calculations
Music (26K) - Article from QL Today and short
basic program to help with the setting of musical note values for musical
use of the BEEP command.
Network (33K) - Article from QL Today about the
QL network.
Printer.dat Information (4K) - Quill printer
driver file format explained
Print_Using (5K) - An article about using the
PRINT_USING command in Toolkit 2
Q40 cd (11K) An article by Tim Swenson about
using CD-ROMs on a Q40 using the Atapi-IDE software and QCDEZE.
QCat (67K) - An article by Simon Goodwin about how
he wrote a program to use the Radio Shack CueCat barcode scannernon
QDOS-compatible systems. The CueCat scanner daisy-chains onto an IBM
standard PS/2 keyboard port.
QL Service List (53K) - Robert Klein's QL
Service List and QL FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) files. These files
are a veryuseful reference source, but slightly dated by now.
QMenu Guide (36K) - an introduction to using the
Menu Extension from BASIC
Ramdisks (3K) - what they are and how to use
them.
Recursion (40K) - article from QL Today about
Recursion ont he QL.
Returning to the QL An
article elsewhere on this website for those returning to the QL after a
period of absence.
Scale (8K) - An article from QL Today about
SCALE graphics.
Sdump (4K) - screen dump software built into some
systems
Serial Ports (6KB) - Article from QL Today Vol
6 Issue 6 about serial port connections
Serial Links An article
elsewhere on this website about serial links between computers.
Sorting Routines(40KB) - Article about the
various sorting routines available (now includes follow-up articles).
Sound (6K) - Article about the Sampled Sound
System (Per Witte)
Stack (10K) - article by Norman Dunbar in QReview
about use of the Maths Stack.
System Variables(11K) - article about QL system
variables
Things article (10KB) by Jochen Merz, from QL
Today Volume 4. Consists of parts 1 to 3 as plain text files.
Alternatively, you can click here to download
them as DOC files for Quill. (13KB)
Toolkits (9KB) - Article about various
software toolkits available for the QL
TRA (12K) Article by Simon Goodwin about the
largely undocumented TRA command in some versions of the QL ROM.
Turbo (14K) An article by David Denham from QL
Today, an introduction to the Turbo basic compiler, which is now freely
downloadable from the Scottish QL
User Group website.
TurboPTR articles (22K) A set of 4 articles by
George Gwilt about his TurboPTR programming utility. The articles were
first published in QL Today magazine. Once you have downloaded the
artics.zip file, there's a short readme file in it which gives a short
list of the articles and subects covered.
What Hardware (3KB) - a package by J.D.Mitchell
to emulate machine type interrogation functions using standard SuperBASIC
or SBASIC, running on all platforms.
When Error (6K) - An article from QL Today about
the little documented WHEN ERROR and other error trapping structures
available to S*Basic programmers.
WHEN Variable (4K) - an article from QL Today
about the little used WHEN CONDITION structure implemented in some QL ROMs
Zip and Unzip (2K) - a short article from QL
Today Volume 4 Issue 1 about using the Zip and Unzip programs (note: not
the same article as the pair below).
Zip and Unzip pt. 1(166KB) - Part 1 of 2 of an
article about using Zip and Unzip and front ends for them.
Zip and Unzip pt. 2 (89KB) - Part 2 of the Zip
and Unzip articles.