Thanks Norman, I really don't know how much of a problem it is, its' been over 25 years since I dabbled in m/c and then it was 8085 (I think) using a hex keypad, too much for me but then came along Sinclair ZXBASIC whoopee and the rest is history.
Moving to a PC with processors 8086, 286, 386, 486, 586? I have no idea what is used now, dual core all singing and dancing means nothing to me really. Point being, if machine code is essential, should not it be using current systems rather than being original then emulated ones (whatever they are are)? RISC was supposed to be simpler and faster I thought! Two other unrelated points, is it just me that finds a QL emulated on a RISC/ARM system ironically funny considering the history? We are now in August the 'estimated' deadline has passed and surprise surprise (no its not Cilla) à bicyclette from Sinclair not forth coming n'est-ce pas :( Regards, Lee Privett Editor ---QUANTA--- The QL Users And Tinkerers Association http://www.QUANTA.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Norman Dunbar Sent: 04 August 2011 17:00 To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £15 PC Hi Lee, On 04/08/11 16:37, Lee Privett wrote: > ... > My second point (or question) for what it's worth is that other than > machine code routines, peek and poke for fixed memory (screen or > systems variables) does SuperBASIC need 680?? emulation? Well, I suspect that QPC will run under WINE on any flavour of Linux, and not necessarily one that has an Intel Processor of x86 fame beneath it. So QPC will probably run fine under WINE under Ubuntu on the Pi. More specifically, SuperBasic is "just" a language - albeit a good one. So I suppose someone could write a SuperBasic interpreter/compiler in, say C, to be packaged up and/or compiled from source on any Linux. If this person wasw to use something like wxWidgets or QT, then the code would be cross platform and SuperBasic on Windows would be a possibility. The obvious problem would be Machine code - unless the SuperBasic system had a built in 68000 emulator, then assembly will be a non-starter. None (I presume) of the system variables and so on would be the same either. The *language* would be there, just not the platform itself. I think! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 _______________________________________________ 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
