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Dilwyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
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Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Does anyone have a list of 'old programs' written for QDOS that do not
run under the PE ?
If there is a known list, then some action may taken.
--
Malcolm Cadman
John Gregory made a similar remark at the Quanta AGM when he was asked
about library programs which only exist in MDV versions in the library,
or programs which only run on one ROM version.
His reply implied that a general trawl of the library for such software
was probably not viable, but if anyone could bring specific examples to
his attention he'd see what could be done.
By and large, MDV programs can be tweaked for FLP usage with one of
these options:
1. Stuffing it through Digital Precision's Transfer Utility or some
such program of which there are some available on the PD software scene.
2. Adding an FLP_USE mdv command in its boot program on systems which
support FLP_USE (i.e. virtually all disk d=systems except very, very
early ones).
3. Using DEV_USE or the SUB equivalent (which also helps with
transferring such software to run from hard disk).
I feel another article coming onin fact I think it highly likely we
could run articles on subjects like this, pointer environment basics,
ramdisks and so on at least once a year since the questions do seem to
arise very often even though the subjects have appeared many times in
print.
Yes, I do remember doing (1) above, many years ago now, although I had
forgotten about it.
Method (2) FLP_USE was always the simplest method of running software
that had 'coded in' reference to mdv's.
Since SMSQ/E and QPC, I can't recall of any software that I now use that
has a problem as such.
Although many other people may have programs that they would wish to be
brought up to date or modified in use.
So, a list of programs as targets for modifying would be a good thing.
Then if there is demand someone can work on them. If permission is
granted by original authors.
Dave Gilham has recently made Perfection operate in a full screen mode,
rather than the QL 512x256 window size. Hopefully that will be
available soon for everyone to enjoy the benefit of.
The Exchange suite of the original PSION 4, would also benefit from
modifications such as accessing larger screens.
--
Malcolm Cadman
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