Re: [Ql-Users] [QL-Users] CPU/OS differences.

2013-03-17 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Tobias Fröschle wrote: > - the 020 has an instruction cache - but that should not lead to > problems with code run from ROM, as that cannot be very self-modifying ;) The problem is not the OS but application programs doing this. In the patched ROM the cache is cleared on every TRAP or exception, f

Re: [Ql-Users] [QL-Users] CPU/OS differences.

2013-03-17 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Thierry Godefroy wrote: Wow, hello again :-) > For all 680x0 CPUs above the 68000/8 (ie. for 68010/012/020/030/040/060s), > the MOVE from SR instruction is priviledged while it is not for the > 68000/8. This is the usual cause of incompatibilities for software > written for the 68000 and ran on a

Re: [Ql-Users] [QL-Users] CPU/OS differences.

2013-03-17 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dave Park wrote: > It's been mentioned that vanilla QDOS/Minerva doesn't run happily on > 68EC020 due to CPU differences. The GC/SGC copies and patches the OS to > work with the EC020 CPU, and to relocate certain resources. > > My questions are: what are the differences? How does the GC/SGC boot th