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Yes I agree. It is in my 'Write a BOOT' sectionIt should include some standard minefields, like how to make sure superHermes keyboard drivers are loaded on hard disk systems.
I don't really see the point in that unless you are using the JM ROMI like to have a basic BOOT program to get a working system, and put everything else into a 'boot1'.
I also try (on my romdisq) to ensure it will run under all ROM based operating systems. This is a very far from trivial task.
As above but that is because you are using it to BOOT many different systems. Most users would only BOOT one at a time. Still this would make a good article for QL Today.
I think I have now got a romdisq that I can use to boot any QL system using the on-board ROM - very useful for troubleshooting.
Do I hear you volunteering to do that ? We will await the article then, Thanks!Colour Drivers Printing Network ? SERnet, QL and TCP/IPIncluding serial <-> serial communication with other machines. The design of the lead is so simple, but people get in really deep water. It would be good to publish the working pinouts which QuaLsoft designed and sold way back in 1989. Somehow, even 15 years later, the question still pops up. I remember a sernet session at Byfleet where a group of people spent hours trying to get Roy Wood's sernet working. I made up the 'standard' lead, and it worked! I know there are software issues too and the QLs serial port needs to work, but the lead itself should never be the issue.
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