The general advice seems to be to decide if you want maximum compatibility with older QL software, stick with QDOS, or if you want the benefits of the new facilities available under SMSQ/E you will need to go down that route.
But only if you want "maximum" compatibility. Most old programs will run, or can be made to run, under PE. It is often not PE which is the problem with older programs, rather their reliance on microdrives, or a reliance on fixed locations for the screen or systems variables (ie poor programming practises). Also upping the speed can render some old programs "incompatible".
Apart from those emulators that are designed to be hardware compatible with the black box, one of the most versatile platforms to run old software, IMHO, is QPC2. But it has the added advantage of running the bleeding edge stuff too.
Does anyone have a list of 'old programs' written for QDOS that do not run under the PE ?
If there is a known list, then some action may taken.
-- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
