Al Feng writes: > For example, I own a fairly early QXL card -- nice, but it wasn't > stressed (mentioned? ... oops!?!) that the screen image was reduced > (i.e., equivalent, at best, of a 10" when viewed on a standard 14" VGA
Sounds odd. Is this a problem with early QXLs or can anyone help Al here? > monitor) ... nor was it mentioned that TURBO wouldn't compile on it with Current versions of Turbo shuold compile under SMSQ/E. Available off Dilwyn's website. Have you tried recently? > the silly (IMO) comment that Sbasic was just as fast ... perhaps, but I > still don't know how to stack multiple SuperBASIC programs in SMSQ, and I What do you mean 'stack'? You can start any number of new copies of SBASIC by typing SBASIC at the console, or just use EX myprog_bas. > do know how to make QRAM (or, derivative) stack multiple, executable > programs ... Its automatic! Just EX myprog_exe, and then another, and another, and use CTRL C to switch between them. Or better still, put them on a hotkey. QRAM doesnt work anymore under SMSQ/E. Use QPAC2 instead (but this is entirely optional. All the functionality of the Pointer Environment (PE) is built in to SMSQ/E.) > I *know* (for example) that SMSQ/E is BETTER, but I doubt that I could be > convinced to buy it, now, without first seeing what it can/cannot do > compared to the plain-jane variant because what the enhanced version of > the OS can do still might not be what I want as a perceivable > improvement. Of course, if you only ever monotask Quill, there is little point in going for SMSQ/E, but apart from that there is no comparison. SMSQ/E will do any and everything QDOS will do, only better, and with less bugs. Youll never want to revert once you get to grips with it. Some programs may no longer work, but that is 'couse they never really worked in the first place, except that on the ol' QL it didnt show up! For most of these programs there will be modern equivalents or debugged and spruced up versions, probably freely available off the web or from one of the many libraries. Per
