Re: [ql-users] What is Ornak ?

2007-01-17 Thread Neil Riley
Rich, You are correct, in faded print i can make out 'Tombs of Ornak' , Has this always been public Domain software, it looks retail to me. Thanks for the info Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] 16 January 2007 18:21 It is a good little public domain text adventure - the Lost Tombs of Ornac (available

[ql-users] Sharing Aurora with PC screen/keyboard/mouse

2007-01-17 Thread Neil Riley
Hi Chaps I have hatched a cunning plan to share my PC's Monitor / Keyboard / Mouse with my AURORA. I have a D-Link KVM switch ( 2 way) . Now my problem lies in the PS/2 sockets the KVM switch expects to connect to the Aurora. I can obtain a PS/2 to Serial mouse connector but I'm slightly more

[ql-users] Bug?

2007-01-17 Thread Malcolm Lear
Hi Is this normal behavior for a 68K processor. I'm doing a word comparison between a memory location and a data register. It seems that data in the most significant word of the register is effecting the result. In the example below the test ends up at notequal. Unfortunately I've not got access

Re: [ql-users] Bug?

2007-01-17 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 17 Jan 2007 at 10:17, Malcolm Lear wrote: Hi Is this normal behavior for a 68K processor. Hmm, here (QPC) the test works OK, it branches to the equal label as expected, the Z flag is set by the CMP. Wolfgang   www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com ___

Re: [ql-users] Bug?

2007-01-17 Thread Laurence Reeves
Malcolm Lear wrote: Hi Is this normal behavior for a 68K processor. I'm doing a word comparison between a memory location and a data register. It seems that data in the most significant word of the register is effecting the result. In the example below the test ends up at notequal.

Re: [ql-users] Bug?

2007-01-17 Thread Malcolm Lear
Thanks Wolfgang, I'll investigate further. The code I've got problems with is obviously slightly more complex, but a group of comparisons that failed were fixed by clearing the data register before loading with a word from memory. Malcolm Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: On 17 Jan 2007 at 10:17,

Re: [ql-users] Bug?

2007-01-17 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Malcolm Lear wrote: start move.l #$,d0 lea test,a4 cmp.w(a4),d0 beq.sequal bra.snotequal test dc.w 0 equal nop notequal nop I have no idea what assembler you use, but just by looking at the code let me

Re: [ql-users] Sharing Aurora with PC screen/keyboard/mouse

2007-01-17 Thread Neil Riley
Hi Bob. I shall be in a position to take the Aurora apart and have a look at its innards tomorrow, will look into whats necessary to connect a ps2 keyboard, either a dedicated one or the one being shared from the KVM switch. I don't recall a seeing any way of connecting a PC keyboard to the

Re: [ql-users] Using SSSS

2007-01-17 Thread George Gwilt
On 14 Jan 2007, at 11:14, John Gilpin wrote: I have received during the last three months an article entitled Using for inclusion into QUANTA Magazine. This article is currently sitting in my Next Magazine folder as Sound.docand unfortunately I can't find the name of the author

Re: [ql-users] Using SSSS

2007-01-17 Thread George Gwilt
On 14 Jan 2007, at 11:50, John Gilpin wrote: Almost as soon as I pressed the Send button, I remembered who it was. If you are monitoring the list today, George, thanks for the article. Ah good! I can also confirm that my name is George Gwilt George

Re: [ql-users] Bug?

2007-01-17 Thread George Gwilt
On 17 Jan 2007, at 10:17, Malcolm Lear wrote: Is this normal behavior for a 68K processor. I'm doing a word comparison between a memory location and a data register. It seems that data in the most significant word of the register is effecting the result. In the example below the test

Re: [ql-users] Bug?

2007-01-17 Thread Marcel Kilgus
George Gwilt wrote: This works absolutely as expected on both a Q60 and QPC2 (latest version). That is, the branch does go to equal. I assume you used QMON or whatever to step through the program else you can't see what is happening. There were bugs in the past of QPC that vanished when

Re: [ql-users] Sharing Aurora with PC screen/keyboard/mouse

2007-01-17 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Riley wrote: Hi Chaps I have hatched a cunning plan to share my PC's Monitor / Keyboard / Mouse with my AURORA. I have a D-Link KVM switch ( 2 way) . Now my problem lies in the PS/2 sockets the KVM switch expects to connect to the

Re: [ql-users] What is Ornak ?

2007-01-17 Thread Rich Mellor
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:28:00 -, Neil Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rich, You are correct, in faded print i can make out 'Tombs of Ornak' , Has this always been public Domain software, it looks retail to me. Thanks for the info Neil That I do not know - it was originally in a public

Re: [ql-users] Sharing Aurora with PC screen/keyboard/mouse

2007-01-17 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bob Spelten wrote: Modern KVM switches take their current from the +5V line (can SHermes handle that?) or use a separate power supply (probably saver) but I have not used one for Aurora, only for my PC's. Should do. The sH 5V is connected

Re: [ql-users] Sharing Aurora with PC screen/keyboard/mouse

2007-01-17 Thread Tony Firshman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Riley wrote: Hi Bob. I shall be in a position to take the Aurora apart and have a look at its innards tomorrow, will look into whats necessary to connect a ps2 keyboard, either a dedicated one or the one being shared from the KVM