On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:31:21 +0100, Marcel Kilgus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> P Witte wrote: >> The best QL platform in the Universe! Any QL affecionado with a PC >> should >> have this! > > :-) > >> PS, Marcel: Although Ive been running the beta for some time now without >> problems, the first time I booted this latest version I couldnt run any >> QLib-compiled programs; they all crashed immediately. Going through my >> boot >> program I noticed a line saying: >> >> 1170 IF QPC_VER$ >= '3.33': POKE !;$17E,3: BEEP 2, 2 >> >> but due to an error in the program logic this line never got executed. I >> fixed that and rebooted. Now the QLib programs work again! Ive >> completely >> forgotton what this is supposed to do! Can you explain, please? > > This sets sys_xdly (execution delay) to 3/50th of a second. It's used > to improve boot time. BUT, and this is strange, this variable is > initialised to 5 by SMSQ/E for QPC, which is an even safer value than > 3. So why patching in 3 should make QLib programs work is currently > beyond my understanding. > > Anybody else experiences any problems? > No problems on my set up - however, even with the delay set to 3, the startup time is noticeably a lot slower than the previous version. -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk URL:http://www.rwapadventures.com URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk URL:http://www.internetbusinessangels.com _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
