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hello to everyone

excuse me for my English (I am French !!)

I am looking for the book > USING GRAPHICS ON THE SINCLAIR QL (Garry Marshall ... the Sinclair series) ...

impossible to find this book for sale ... can we find this book in PDF file on a site ?

thank you very much

didier


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Oh dear, with photos from the screen. Apparently,

SBYTES mdv1_my_scr, 131072, 32768

and subsequent printing was still too difficult in 1985.

:D


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RalfR wrote: Sun Sep 21, 2025 12:56 pm Oh dear, with photos from the screen. Apparently,

SBYTES mdv1_my_scr, 131072, 32768

and subsequent printing was still too difficult in 1985.

:D
So tell us how to run SBYTES without destroying the Easel screen!
There must be a reason why screenshot programs were written later on. ;)


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Peter wrote: Sun Sep 21, 2025 2:35 pmSo tell us how to run SBYTES without destroying the Easel screen!
There must be a reason why screenshot programs were written later on. ;)
This wasn't a problem for SuperBASIC, and there were already offers for programs in the December issue of "QL-USER."

dump.jpg


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Hi,

I used to use SDUMP that was built into the Trump Card, and could use a hotkey to dump the screen to a printer, but only worked in Mode 4/8

These days, there are better ways to dimp the screen from any screen resolution, than using SDUMP.


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desin wrote: Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:57 am https://datassette.org/node/106049
thanks I downloaed the PDF, interesting read on QL graphics.


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Nice
I wiill read it also...

thanks


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