Hi Derek, > To get SMSQ/E running on a standard QL with 640K or 896K ram, the SMSQ/E > initialisation routine would have to re-written to use the QL internal > memory map.
SMSQ/E on the standard QL requires a modified ROM, and can not just be loaded from QDOS or Minerva. An option would be to design an extension with shadow RAM. > This is one of my pet project to get running, as the SMSQ/E source code > is available, so should be achievable. > > But a couple of questions arise: > > 1. Is it worth the effort, when Minerva works very well and basically > does the same thing and can be extended where it does not. As the QL has the slowest hardware, it would benefit most from the fast SMSQ/E BASIC. Also, a QL port of SMSQ/E would run on the Q68 with just minor modifictaions. (SMSQ/E has more advantages over QDOS/Minerva on the Q68, because of the highcolor graphics and 32 MB RAM.) > The big difference, is that SMSQ/E has the Extended Environment > built-in, this can be added to Minerva at boot up, as with Language tables. > > Maybe a Minerva to SMSQ/E toolkit could be compiled from existing > toolkit to give Minerva the SMSQ/E functionality. Sounds nice, but I think porting SMSQ/E to the QL is less work than creating an add-on. > 2: With a Gold Card or Super Gold Card fitted, can the QL internal ram > be access through some type of paging mechanism? I don't think so. Only the video area. All the best Peter _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
