Malcolm, SMSQ/E was just going through its "open-source" birth when I left the scene last time. I did get it, but never used it due to the compete inadequacy of the hardware I had. I'm not at all interested in the "commercial marketability" of what I might do, but do understand the non-commercial aspect of marketability.
I have, truly, no desire to do anything involving pointers whatsoever, because I find the QL pointer environment(s) to be... a dealbreaker. Tried it, didn't like it, no desire to change my mind ;) That said, I have the conflict that I do need to exercise my brain, by restoring abilities I had, but I may need to learn NEW things to do something that will be particularly interesting to anyone else... This is just a first project, while I recover both physically and financially. Buying lots of things isn't possible for me right now. Also, I know that SMSQ/E on the Mac Q-Emulator "works" but has a few disclaimers about files and IO... This is a first project and there will be a next project where I can take the time to get into that. Right now, a bunch of new things to learn just puts more distance between me and a period of focused programming that is what my brain really needs. Sorry if the above seems disjointed. I've been thinking more about the air traffic control sim and it may be too hard. It requires me to do smaller fonts on a transparent background (planes overlap) and it also requires me to build a flight model. I'd also need to write a parser to interpret fairly complex commands, while the sim works independently in the foreground. I might be better served choosing an easier first project. Or I might figure out these things - I think I'll be doing it anyway. There was an ATC sim way back, but it was very limited and not realistic. It had scale and realism issues. As Phoebus once said, I need to be spoon-fed. ;) Dave On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Malcolm Cadman <[email protected]> wrote: > In message <[email protected]>, Timothy Swenson < > [email protected]> writes > > > Dave, >> >> The Turbo compiler (and Turbo Toolkit) are now freeware and available, and >> can be found on this page: >> >> http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/turbo/index.html >> >> You'll also find a large number of programming tools at the main index for >> Dilywn's side: >> >> http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/downloads.html >> >> You can find TK2 and the Pointer Environment there too. >> >> Tim Swenson >> > > Hi Dave, > > Great that you are wanting to give the old brain a good new workout ... :-) > > It appears that you have not being using the QL environment, for some time, > so there is a lot to catch up on with programming tools. > > I would advise spending some time doing so, before embarking on too > ambitious a project. > > You will need SMSQ/E - which is a newer version of the OS with the newer > TK2 and Pointer Environment built in. > > It also has an enhanced BASIC. > > By programming on this, your software can also be made backwards compatible > to the original hardware, to a reasonable extent. > > You do not want to limit your market appeal - as there are people with both > older hardware and people with the newer hardware. > > Anyway, good luck with what ever you do. > > Keep us all posted. > > -- > Malcolm Cadman > > _______________________________________________ > 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
