I am also not bothered by having to load smsqe from disk. I have always loaded later versions of smsqe from harddisk after having assembled them from the sources. I do not think there will much of a demand for eproms anyway. Adding extra features to SMSQE in the long run will enlarge the size of the SMSQE image and if poeple do not need them they colud be configged out using config blocks. By the way I have tried to use the home thing extensions with Turbo Compiled programs usin the latest v5.01 of the compiler and unless I have done something wrong I keep geeting the error adjust Dataspace please.
----------------------------- David Gilham ----------------------------- The universe is a queer place --- "Wolfgang Lenerz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: "Wolfgang Lenerz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:55:14 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] SMSQE and the Qx0 Hi all, This is more for the SMSQE.users amongst us, which use it on a Q40/60 . The current version of SMSQE for the Qx0 is about 250 KB long. It was suggested to me that the home thing should be incorporated into SMSQE, which will make SMSQE for the Qx0 about 254 KB long. We are now approaching very closely the 256 KB limit which the current ROMs for the Qx0 can handle. The other versions of SMSQE don't have that problem, since they are always loaded into RAM anyway. I'm told that it might be possible to use larger Eproms on the Qx0 for this, to give us 512 KB of ROM space, which should be enough for the foreseeable future. I have already tried to source these Eproms here in France, but have been unable to find any suitable Eproms (!). Of course we could probably take some languages out and make them into independent LRESPR files, thus making SMSQE smaller for the time being, but that is just a stopgap measure - soon we will face this limit again. I personally am not really bothered by this since I generally load SMSQE into RAM even on a Q60. So I would like the resellers, notably, but also the Qx0 users, to tell me whether there are really users out there that will ask for upgraded ROMs for their Qx0. If yes, how many? If it turns out that larger Eproms cannot be built into the Qx0, where do they suggest that we go from here? Would they be content with the upgrades to be put into RAM? Let me know what you want/wish. Wolfgang ---------------------------------------- www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
