That sounds very likely thinking about it, it also had a trace feature so you could see what line SuperBasic was executing. Switch that on and see what pops up ;)
I spent many many hours with a disassembler digging all the functionality out of the core ROM, may be fun to do some more! John A --- On Thu, 19/1/12, Adrian Ives <[email protected]> wrote: From: Adrian Ives <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] A question about the MGx ROMs To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 19 January, 2012, 22:37 John, Thanks for taking the time to look. I seem to remember that it was something to do with an on-screen clock, but I might be thinking of something else. On 19/01/2012 22:25, John Alexander wrote: > I simply can't remember... I know it was something sensible but can't > remember what. > > I found the Microdrive and floppy with the source on it a few weeks ago, I'll > take a look at it now I've been reminded. I've been looking for my printouts > of the code for ages so maybe this is the time to hack some old 68K code ! > > Hopefully my QL's will now still boot. > > Worryingly the code I did is now older than many of the folk going to the > Edinburgh hackerspace I've been visiting whilst working here. > > John A > > > --- On Tue, 17/1/12, Dilwyn Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Dilwyn Jones <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] A question about the MGx ROMs > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, 17 January, 2012, 19:18 > >> But while we're on the subject of MG ROMs (MGUK, in fact) does anyone know >> what the single line black window that appears in the top half of S*BASIC >> window #1 after booting is all about? I know MGUK is not an official ROM (I >> believe it was hacked from the Greek MG ROM) and I'm sure I looked into >> this before, many years ago, but can't remember the outcome. > The MGUK was a privately produced QL ROM produced by John Alexander. I > remember being told about it by David Batty (Sector Software) and Dennis > Briggs (Adman Services) around the time it became available. The ROM is now > available to download from my site, and I think John Alexander was on this > list last year, don't know if still a subscriber. > > Dilwyn Jones > -- Adrian www.memorylanecomputing.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
