Hi, I also find that it is easiest to load the latest version of smsqe to ram from a file. I think it is more useful to have an older version of smsqe in the rom - that is the version that came with it for the rare occassion when backwards compatibility is needed.
Duncan Neithercut -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wolfgang Lenerz Sent: 31 October 2005 18:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] SMSQE and the Qx0 Hi all, This is more for the SMSQE.users amongst us, which use it on a Q40/60 . The current version of SMSQE for the Qx0 is about 250 KB long. It was suggested to me that the home thing should be incorporated into SMSQE, which will make SMSQE for the Qx0 about 254 KB long. We are now approaching very closely the 256 KB limit which the current ROMs for the Qx0 can handle. The other versions of SMSQE don't have that problem, since they are always loaded into RAM anyway. I'm told that it might be possible to use larger Eproms on the Qx0 for this, to give us 512 KB of ROM space, which should be enough for the foreseeable future. I have already tried to source these Eproms here in France, but have been unable to find any suitable Eproms (!). Of course we could probably take some languages out and make them into independent LRESPR files, thus making SMSQE smaller for the time being, but that is just a stopgap measure - soon we will face this limit again. I personally am not really bothered by this since I generally load SMSQE into RAM even on a Q60. So I would like the resellers, notably, but also the Qx0 users, to tell me whether there are really users out there that will ask for upgraded ROMs for their Qx0. If yes, how many? If it turns out that larger Eproms cannot be built into the Qx0, where do they suggest that we go from here? Would they be content with the upgrades to be put into RAM? Let me know what you want/wish. Wolfgang ---------------------------------------- www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com _______________________________________________ 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
