Hi,
A question in the QL Forum:
http://qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1435
With respects to compiling SMSQ/E on a standard QL, I answered with:
The only version of SMSQ/E that works with the QL is SMSQ/E-GOLD, which
is designed to run on a QL fitted with a Super/Gold Card.
Both the Gold Card and Super Gold Card on board ram is used for the QL
memory and the QL internal memory is paged out. The SMSQ/E
initialisation routine copies the SMSQ/E code to the Super/Gold Card ram.
To get SMSQ/E running on a standard QL with 640K or 896K ram, the SMSQ/E
initialisation routine would have to re-written to use the QL internal
memory map.
This is one of my pet project to get running, as the SMSQ/E source code
is available, so should be achievable.
But a couple of questions arise:
1. Is it worth the effort, when Minerva works very well and basically
does the same thing and can be extended where it does not.
The big difference, is that SMSQ/E has the Extended Environment
built-in, this can be added to Minerva at boot up, as with Language tables.
Maybe a Minerva to SMSQ/E toolkit could be compiled from existing
toolkit to give Minerva the SMSQ/E functionality.
2: With a Gold Card or Super Gold Card fitted, can the QL internal ram
be access through some type of paging mechanism?
I would appreciate any comments.
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Regards,
Derek
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