Lee Privett wrote:
I note that SMSQ is possible on Qemulator, has anyone actually achieved
this
and if so would they like to share.
I only have experience of the Windows version of Q-emuLator.
You need either:
1. Gold Card version of SMSQ/E (which is usually a file called smsq_gold)
which will give you standard QL colours.
2. Aurora version of SMSQ/E which can use the 256 colour emulation mode on
Windows Q-Emulator.
QemuLator boots into QDOS mode. Add a line to a boot program to LRESPR or
EXEC the SMSQ/E file, something like 100 LRESPR win1_smsq_gold and after
booting into SMSQ/E the boot program will run a second time and bypass the
'LRESPR smsq_gold'
Some (older) versions of SMSQ/E will try to run itself over and over, so a
simple VER$ can prevent this:
100 IF NOT (VER$='HBA') THEN LRESPR WIN1_SMSQ_GOLD
If you want a dual boot option to allow it to start in QDOS or SMSQ/E
include something like this in the boot script:
100 IF NOT(VER$='HBA') THEN
110 INPUT"Enter 1 for QDOS, 2 for SMSQ/E ";os$
120 IF os$='2' THEN LRESPR win1_smsq_gold
130 END IF
When SMSQ/E starts, it does its own reset and starts up looking for the Boot
script, so no special coding is needed if you write your boot program so
that the option to start smsq/e comes before everything else. If a boot
program starts smsq/e it will run the same boot program as QDOS would have,
but if already in SMSQ/E most versions of smsq/e will ignore the lrespr
smsq_gold if already in SMSQ/E IIRC.
If you want to try the 256 colour mode with the right version of smsq/e
(obtainable from Marcel http://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/gd2.html or possibly
Jochen http://smsq.j-m-s.com/ or Quo Vadis Design at
http://www.ql-qvd.com/products.html)
Sorry, can't remember if the 256 colour Aurora version is available only
from Marcel (the author) or both the normal SMSQ/E stockists Bruce Nicholls
and Jochen Merz.
Dilwyn Jones
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