On 31 Oct 2005, at 18:55, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: > 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? >
I will definitely use the RAM version of any new program. So I don't want a ROM version. George > 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
