Tom Robbins

Articles (22)

TitleAuthor(s)PublicationDate
Adding Ports to your QLCATS NewsletterSeptember 1992
Adding Ports to Your QLCATS NewsletterJune 1993
ALT(ernatives)
1 enjoyed Bill Cable’s recent article on using Windex to index a long Quill document. Every time I follow one...
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1994
Archive to DBase
For a starting point in understanding the import/export file structure, refer to the INFORMATION section of the QL manual –...
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993
File Transfers – QL/Archive to PC/DBase
This is the first of several articles concerning the interchange of data between QL/QDOS applications programs and MSDOS applications programs....
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
MSDOS Lotus <-> QL Abacus
Transfer of MSDOS/Lotus data to QDOS/ Abacus files is a multi step procedure. It involves going through the MSDOS DBase...
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportMay/June 1994
PDQ: Public Domain QL SoftwareCATS NewsletterSeptember - October 1994
QL <-> MSDOS <-> QXL
In previous articles, I have discussed file transfer techniques between the QL Psion suite and the *de facto” MSDOS standard...
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1994
QL Abacus <-> MSDOS Lotus
Welcome to part 3 of the QL <–> MSDOS applications data transfer series. In this section, we will examine the...
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportMarch/April 1994
Quick Notes for Gold Card Users
Some 1.44 Meg drives can be set by the jumper pins to NOT check for the additional hole that identifies...
Tom RobbinsInternational QL ReportSeptember/October 1993
QXL In Command
In the last issue of IQLR, I (Tom) gave some preliminary observations on the Miracle Systems QXL. AI Boehm sent...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportSeptember/October 1994
QXL In Command
The QXL uses the PC’s hard disk by formatting a segment of it for its own use. The segment can...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportNovember/December 1994
QXL in Command
Early in November, the latest SMSQ version 2.31 arrived. It corrected the earlier glitches and both Al and Tom believe...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportMarch/April 1995
QXL In Command
A program can be started in the QXL and it will continue computing when control is passed back to the...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportMay/June 1995
QXL In Command
There is a new QXL logo printed on a small plastic square that can be pasted on your computer so...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportJuly/August 1995
QXL in Command
(Tom) recently purchased an IOMEGA Zip Drive for US $200. It connects to the parallel port of the PC and,...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportNovember/December 1995
QXL In Command
The font technology and test formatting capabilities of Windows and OS/2 word processors is, to be truthful, superior to Quill...
Al Boehm
Tom Robbins
International QL ReportJanuary/February 1996
Short TakesCATS NewsletterApril 1994
Some Archive Utilities
Archive is, arguably, the most powerful of the Psion programs. It is an extremely flexible data base system. One feature...
CATS NewsletterDecember 1989
Statistical Functions for Archive
Archive, like Superbasic, is an extendable language through user defined procedures. While Archive does not have any built-in statistical functions,...
CATS NewsletterJanuary 1990
Task Force
Taskforce was published in QL WORLD’ s Do It Yourself Toolkit Column in April 1989. The more or less monthly...
Tom RobbinsCATS NewsletterNovember 1990
Yet Another Power Supply
After reading Herb article on QL power supply modifications, I thought I would write up my alternate approach. I am...
Tom RobbinsCATS NewsletterNovember 1990

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