Re: [Ql-Users] QL/E v3.20 is out!

2021-01-01 Thread simon629--- via Ql-Users
Thank You Ever So Much Urs  for QLE 3.20 it is Very Very Good  how easy to put My Bought  bought software on to it and the now QCP and QcCoCo can you please Help OK Thank's Urs On Thursday, 31 December 2020, 19:38:40 GMT, Urs Koenig (QL) via Ql-Users wrote: Hi QLers, QL/E

[Ql-Users] QL/E v3.20 is out!

2020-12-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL) via Ql-Users
Hi QLers, QL/E v3.20 (Codename "Take a breath", 2020 edition) is out now! It is by far the best QL/E ever! Download as usual from the sinclairql.net website. I wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year 2021! Cheers, Urs Von meinem iPhone gesendet ___

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Calendar 2021

2020-12-29 Thread Marcos Cruz via Ql-Users
2020-12-26 16:08: Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users escribió/skribis/wrote/scrit: > I've put together a little QL-themed calendar for 2021 - The QaLendar. Very nice, looks really good. Thank you, Dilwyn. Happy new year to all. -- Marcos Cruz http://programan

Re: [Ql-Users] [Norton AntiSpam] QL Calendar 2021

2020-12-29 Thread François Van Emelen via Ql-Users
Op 26/12/2020 om 17:08 schreef Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users: I've put together a little QL-themed calendar for 2021 - The QaLendar. Download it from http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/gen/calendar/calendar.html as a PDF or a Word document. A very happy new year to all QL users out

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Calendar 2021

2020-12-27 Thread simon629--- via Ql-Users
Happy New Year Dilwyn I hope we all have a Better 2021 On Sunday, 27 December 2020, 12:11:42 GMT, Wolf via Ql-Users wrote: Hi Dilwyn, very nice! Happy new year to you, too! Wolfgang Le 26/12/2020 à 17:08, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users a écrit : > I've put together a little Q

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Calendar 2021

2020-12-27 Thread Wolf via Ql-Users
Hi Dilwyn, very nice! Happy new year to you, too! Wolfgang Le 26/12/2020 à 17:08, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users a écrit : I've put together a little QL-themed calendar for 2021 - The QaLendar. Download it from http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/gen/calendar/calendar.html as a PDF or a Word documen

[Ql-Users] QL Calendar 2021

2020-12-26 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
I've put together a little QL-themed calendar for 2021 - The QaLendar. Download it from http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/gen/calendar/calendar.html as a PDF or a Word document. A very happy new year to all QL users out there. ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] New from the forum

2020-11-18 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
Hi Marcel, Strange. I'll have a look. Thanks a lot! Wolfgang > > One more thing: after starting SMSQmulator fresh it currently doesn't > work at all. The MOD player plays like 30 times faster than real time > but no sound comes out. The second song selected afterwards works > however. > > Ch

Re: [Ql-Users] Planet68K a new website for the old timers ;-)

2020-11-18 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
7;s going on ! > Hope that's interesting for at least a few of you guys! > John Alexander > > On Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 19:07:19 GMT, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users > wrote: > > Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: >> I also saw your info about the MOD pla

Re: [Ql-Users] New from the forum

2020-11-18 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Thanks for the positive feedback. I forgot one more thing, there will be a virtual meeting this Saturday 1PM UK time/14:00 German time on Zoom. Anybody wanting to participate can send a mail to ad...@qlforum.co.uk and get the link. https://qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3489 Cheers, Marcel

Re: [Ql-Users] Planet68K a new website for the old timers ;-)

2020-11-18 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
John Alexander via Ql-Users wrote: > On a slight aside I've been talking to Carsten Strotmann a Forth and 68K > retro machine aficionado > He runs a website dedicated to the 68K and has a meeting once a > month on a developer orientated topic! > https://m68k.info/

[Ql-Users] Planet68K a new website for the old timers ;-)

2020-11-17 Thread John Alexander via Ql-Users
ne is interested in doing a talk I'm sure he'll more than consider it! Failing that you may just want to visit and see what's going on ! Hope that's interesting for at least a few of you guys! John Alexander On Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 19:07:19 GMT, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Use

Re: [Ql-Users] New from the forum

2020-11-17 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > I also saw your info about the MOD player, I haven't had a chance to try > this yet on SMSQmulator, you experince there seems to have been, ah, > sub-optimal... While I just tried to make a demonstration video of it I chanced upon the menu item

Re: [Ql-Users] New from the forum

2020-11-17 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
Hi Marcel, thanks for sharing! I also saw your info about the MOD player, I haven't had a chance to try this yet on SMSQmulator, you experince there seems to have been, ah, sub-optimal... Wolfgang : > Not sure how many are here that are not following the forum, but for > me there have been tw

[Ql-Users] New from the forum

2020-11-17 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Not sure how many are here that are not following the forum, but for me there have been two highlights recently that I want to share: The maintainer of the 68k backend of the Free Pascal compiler has implemented preliminary support for the QL: https://wiki.freepascal.org/Sinclair_QL https://qlfor

Re: [Ql-Users] MODPlay

2020-11-11 Thread François Van Emelen via Ql-Users
Op 10/11/2020 om 20:21 schreef Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users: Hi all, I wrote a music player for the old Amiga MOD file format. Head over to https://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/modplay/ for the details. Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List Thanks

Re: [Ql-Users] For Sale

2020-11-11 Thread pgraf--- via Ql-Users
On 11 Nov 2020 at 1:17, Steve C. via Ql-Users wrote: > Aurura was not easy to Google, and I'm still not certain that it is > a QL clone? Not directly like Q40, Q60 or Q68. Aurora always is an add-on to GoldCard or SuperGoldCard. So you need one of these a

Re: [Ql-Users] For Sale

2020-11-11 Thread Steve C. via Ql-Users
Aurura was not easy to Google, and I'm still not certain that it is a QL clone? On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 8:58 PM paul via Ql-Users wrote: > > While the mood is with me, I manage to get through a box or 3 > that has been tucked away for years. > > Decided I could tackle the

Re: [Ql-Users] MODPlay

2020-11-11 Thread pgraf--- via Ql-Users
On 10 Nov 2020 at 20:21, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: > I wrote a music player for the old Amiga MOD file format. Head over > to > https://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/modplay/ for the details. I forgot the exact percentage of CPU overhead by the 20 kHz interrupt of the Q40, but I tested

[Ql-Users] For Sale

2020-11-10 Thread paul via Ql-Users
While the mood is with me, I manage to get through a box or 3 that has been tucked away for years. Decided I could tackle the task once again the other day, and after the first box, settled for a smaller one as the last one today. FOUND: Knew I had the stuff, but a 'one of the top 10 life dis

[Ql-Users] MODPlay

2020-11-10 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Hi all, I wrote a music player for the old Amiga MOD file format. Head over to https://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/modplay/ for the details. Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] smsqe QL-Colors Block in mode 8

2020-11-10 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
desin via Ql-Users wrote: > can anyone test this > maybe on real hardware > > 100 Mode 8 > 110 paper 1 > 120 cls > 130 block 200,200,0,0,0 > 140 block 200-10,200-10,5,5,7 Minerva/QDOS rounds down the 5 to 4, so work correctly and that is the sane thing to do. But that sai

Re: [Ql-Users] smsqe QL-Colors Block in mode 8

2020-11-10 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
en > on QemuLator v3.3.1 with a JS ROM image. > > Dilwyn > > On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 at 15:21, desin via Ql-Users > wrote: >> >> hello >> >> can anyone test this >> maybe on real hardware >> >> 100 Mode 8 >> 110 paper 1 >> 1

Re: [Ql-Users] smsqe QL-Colors Block in mode 8

2020-11-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
colours for the inner block shows how the different colour pixels are drawn offset. I haven't got a BBQL set up to try it, but the effect doesn't happen on QemuLator v3.3.1 with a JS ROM image. Dilwyn On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 at 15:21, desin via Ql-Users wrote: > > hello > >

[Ql-Users] smsqe QL-Colors Block in mode 8

2020-11-10 Thread desin via Ql-Users
hello can anyone test this maybe on real hardware 100 Mode 8 110 paper 1 120 cls 130 block 200,200,0,0,0 140 block 200-10,200-10,5,5,7 draws a block inside a bigger one there is a horizontal misalignment if the difference is not even eg. (2,4,6) from screen/pixel ratio ? Greetings from Switze

Re: [Ql-Users] Peter Baily

2020-10-15 Thread Darren Branagh via Ql-Users
nagh Sent from My iPhone. On Thu, 15 Oct 2020, 18:53 John Southern via Ql-Users, < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, John Taylor has also passed at 92 on Friday after a > short illness. > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:54 PM Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users > wrote: &

Re: [Ql-Users] Peter Baily

2020-10-15 Thread John Southern via Ql-Users
Unfortunately, John Taylor has also passed at 92 on Friday after a short illness. On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:54 PM Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users wrote: > > Thank you for letting us know Rich. > > I met him several times at Quanta workshops over the years. > > On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at

Re: [Ql-Users] Peter Baily

2020-10-15 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Thank you for letting us know Rich. I met him several times at Quanta workshops over the years. On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 15:52, Rich Mellor via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > For those of us who came across Peter Baily - just some news from his > son, that he passed aw

[Ql-Users] Peter Baily

2020-10-15 Thread Rich Mellor via Ql-Users
For those of us who came across Peter Baily - just some news from his son, that he passed away yesterday after a short illness. -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services Specialist Enuuk Auction Programming Services www.rwapservices.co.uk ___ QL-Users Mailing Lis

Re: [Ql-Users] Open source Floppy controller and Eprom programmer

2020-09-05 Thread RWAP Software via Ql-Users
Many thanks for this Marcel - I daresay that Tetroid will find this interesting - an EPROM programmer would certainly be a bonus Rich Mellor RWAP Software www.rwapsoftware.co.uk www.sellmyretro.com On 2020-09-05 20:57, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: I have written a bit about my old (and

[Ql-Users] Open source Floppy controller and Eprom programmer

2020-09-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
I have written a bit about my old (and very customized) QL and only 30 years later I also open sourced two pieces of the hardware: 1. a Sandy SuperQBoard clone called the "Herbert card", named after my late father. It features a floppy controller, parallel port and mouse adapter. Unlike the SuperQ

Re: [Ql-Users] QD vB.07

2020-08-07 Thread Urs Koenig (QL) via Ql-Users
Marcel wrote: > I uploaded a new QD version to https://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/qd/. Great news! Thank you for that and all the other QL stuff you do! QL forever! QLers, enjoy the summer and stay healthy! Best wishes, Urs (off for a week in the Alps) http://sinclairql.net/about_urs.html ___

Re: [Ql-Users] QD vB.07

2020-08-07 Thread François Van Emelen via Ql-Users
Op 6/08/2020 om 0:08 schreef Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users: I uploaded a new QD version to https://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/qd/. It finally seems to fix the crashes Per experienced with it (thanks for isolating the problem!). Basically it could corrupt memory if you give it an editor height on the

[Ql-Users] Norm's Assembly Language Book - Updated again

2020-08-06 Thread Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users
Afternoon All, my eBook created from the articles in QL Today over the years has recently been converted to a paper copy by "Tinyfpga" (on the Ql Forum). You can read details on this posting: https://qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3294&start=40#p35207 This published issue was created wit

[Ql-Users] QD vB.07

2020-08-05 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
I uploaded a new QD version to https://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/qd/. It finally seems to fix the crashes Per experienced with it (thanks for isolating the problem!). Basically it could corrupt memory if you give it an editor height on the command line (e.g. "\n200") that does not fit on the screen. I

[Ql-Users] Sinclair QL Design and Production Review by a CTO...

2020-08-01 Thread Urs Koenig (QL) via Ql-Users
Hi QLers, Yes, I'm still enjoying the Sinclair hobby. Just last week I took a bunch of QLs to the office, where we are currently having a design and production review of our top-seller product, an AIO POS-PC with Touch-Screen. In the kick-off session I used those QLs to give my team a bold view of

[Ql-Users] R: Brand-new QL-VGA first usage, updated QL-SD (v1.09)

2020-07-17 Thread Davide Santachiara via Ql-Users
ction"? :-))) Ciao Davide -Messaggio originale- Da: Ql-Users [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Per conto di Urs Koenig (QL) via Ql-Users Inviato: venerdì 17 luglio 2020 08:34 A: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Cc: Urs Koenig (QL) Oggetto: [Ql-Users] Brand-new QL-VGA first usage, updated QL-SD (v1.09

Re: [Ql-Users] Brand-new QL-VGA first usage, updated QL-SD (v1.09)

2020-07-17 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
...all in tune with retro-computing, Derek! Dilwyn On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 at 09:19, Derek Stewart via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Hi Urs, > > Nice QL Lab, I wisj I had something like that, I have use a bedroom for > QL work, including the Q68 construction. >

Re: [Ql-Users] Brand-new QL-VGA first usage, updated QL-SD (v1.09)

2020-07-17 Thread Derek Stewart via Ql-Users
Hi Urs, Nice QL Lab, I wisj I had something like that, I have use a bedroom for QL work, including the Q68 construction. Which is sort of a 80s computer industry... regards, Derek On 17/07/2020 07:34, Urs Koenig (QL) via Ql-Users wrote: Hi QLers, I did almost not do anything QL related

[Ql-Users] Brand-new QL-VGA first usage, updated QL-SD (v1.09)

2020-07-16 Thread Urs Koenig (QL) via Ql-Users
Hi QLers, I did almost not do anything QL related recently, but yesterday - after a chat with Marcel Kilgus - I took the afternoon off and went to my Lake Valley (Retro) Labs to do some QL tinkering. Here's the result: https://youtu.be/4WD-bsS_zDo Links to Marcel's QL blog entries regarding QL-VG

[Ql-Users] Assembly Language eComic - Issue 5 Correction.

2020-07-16 Thread Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users
BUG FIX! Morning All, while investigating bit fields - for a different project altogether - I found a bug in Issue 5 of the eComic. On Page 28, section 4.2.1 I mention that a two bit wide bit field, in bits 5 and 6 of a register would be specified as {26:2}. That was correct if I was looking

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-21 Thread pjwitte via Ql-Users
On 21/06/2020 13:38, Bob Spelten via Ql-Users wrote: Op Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:46:23 +0200 schreef Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users : I have a vague recollection that Simon N Goodwin did something similar, maybe, in the DIY Toolkit. I think it was passed a variable and a list of strings, and

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-21 Thread Michael Bulford via Ql-Users
If we are talking about Selecting on single-character strings, such as when coding actions depending on some keypress, I would like to tell you about how I get around this problem. At the very beginning, I would declare some constants of the codes of all the alphabetical characters, all 52 of th

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 196, Issue 7

2020-06-21 Thread Peter Wallace via Ql-Users
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 at 21:04, ql-users-requ...@lists.q-v-d.com wrote: Send Ql-Users mailing list submissions to     ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit     http://lists.q-v-d.com/listinfo.cgi/ql-users-q-v-d.c

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-21 Thread Michael Bulford via Ql-Users
If we are talking about Selecting on single-character strings, such as when coding actions depending on some keypress, I would like to tell you about how I get around this problem.  At the very beginning, I would declare some constants of the codes of all the alphabetical characters, all 52 of

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-21 Thread Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users
That's probably the best solution for the problem - String$ SELECT has always been a half-baked solution in SuperBASIC. Tobias > Am 21.06.2020 um 13:38 schrieb Bob Spelten via Ql-Users > : > > Op Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:46:23 +0200 schreef Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users > :

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-21 Thread Bob Spelten via Ql-Users
Op Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:46:23 +0200 schreef Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users : I have a vague recollection that Simon N Goodwin did something similar, maybe, in the DIY Toolkit. I think it was passed a variable and a list of strings, and returned the position of the variable in the list

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-21 Thread Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users
I have a vague recollection that Simon N Goodwin did something similar, maybe, in the DIY Toolkit. I think it was passed a variable and a list of strings, and returned the position of the variable in the list. Something like that. Maybe useful? Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device wit

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-20 Thread Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users
23:24 pjwitte via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> ha scritto: > On 20/06/2020 17:00, Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users wrote: > > Op za 20 jun. 2020 14:01 schreef Dave Park via Ql-Users < > > ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>: > > > >> ooGyebd = Goodbye > >> g

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-20 Thread pjwitte via Ql-Users
On 20/06/2020 17:00, Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users wrote: Op za 20 jun. 2020 14:01 schreef Dave Park via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>: ooGyebd = Goodbye goodbye <> Goodbye Use a hash algorithm like CRC-16 or CRC-32? ;-) Thats probably the fastest solution so far :o) Ma

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Assembly Language Book.

2020-06-20 Thread Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users
Nothing worse! On 20 June 2020 13:02:21 BST, Dave Park via Ql-Users wrote: >Norman, > >At your age you want to watch it. You might show your MSB, and the >nurse >might think it's your LSB. > >Dave > >On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 4:16 AM Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users &l

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-20 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
Op za 20 jun. 2020 14:01 schreef Dave Park via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>: > > > > ooGyebd = Goodbye > goodbye <> Goodbye > > Use a hash algorithm like CRC-16 or CRC-32? ;-) Jan ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Assembly Language Book.

2020-06-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
Ha ha ha!!! :) Dilwyn On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 13:02, Dave Park via Ql-Users wrote: > > Norman, > > At your age you want to watch it. You might show your MSB, and the nurse > might think it's your LSB. > > Dave > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 4:16 AM Norman Dunbar via

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Assembly Language Book.

2020-06-20 Thread Dave Park via Ql-Users
Norman, At your age you want to watch it. You might show your MSB, and the nurse might think it's your LSB. Dave On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 4:16 AM Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > :-) > > I'll have the nurses check! > > Cheers, >

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-20 Thread Dave Park via Ql-Users
On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 3:03 AM Derek Stewart via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Here is my un-subtle attempt, how about summing the ASCII codes for the > character string to be selected and use SELect ON to select the option > based on the sum total,

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Assembly Language Book.

2020-06-20 Thread Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users
:-) I'll have the nurses check! Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. On 20 June 2020 10:05:33 BST, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users wrote: >> format of data in registers as having the most significant bit at the >right end >I do ce

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Assembly Language Book.

2020-06-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users
> format of data in registers as having the most significant bit at the right > end I do certainly hope your MSB is at the correct end, Norman :-D (ooer missus...!) Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] QL Today Assembly Language Book.

2020-06-20 Thread Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users
A bug was recently found in section 1.2.1 where I described the format of data in registers as having the most significant bit at the right end. Duh! That has been corrected. If you need a corrected copy, it's the June 2020 release at https://github.com/NormanDunbar/QLAssemblyLanguageBook/relea

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-20 Thread Derek Stewart via Ql-Users
55: REMark ASCII Code sum for "Hello" 51 PRINT "Hello World" 60 = 364: REMark ASCII sum for "Goodbye" 61 PRINT "Goodbye World" 70 END SELect On 19/06/2020 20:35, pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: On 19/06/2020 20:02, Daniel Baum via Ql-User

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-19 Thread pjwitte via Ql-Users
On 19/06/2020 20:02, Daniel Baum via Ql-Users wrote: What about doing something like this. In languages like c# the equivalent of the "select on: command is hardly ever used and if .. else if ... else is much more common: 100 INPUT a$ 110 IF a$="a" THEN 115 PRINT "hel

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-19 Thread Daniel Baum via Ql-Users
PRINT "hello b" 150 ELSE 155 IF a$="c" 157 PRINT "hello c " 160 ELSE 170 PRINT "hello d" 180 END IF 190 END IF 200 END IF On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 5:28 PM Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-19 Thread Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users
For that I think it is easier to implement a new instruction (even an external extension) instead of modifying the current instruction. Il giorno ven 19 giu 2020 alle ore 12:19 pjwitte via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> ha scritto: > On 19/06/2020 10:52, Giorgio Garabello via

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-19 Thread pjwitte via Ql-Users
On 19/06/2020 10:52, Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users wrote: "SELect ON" instruction I find it has a major flaw that will not allow you to manage alphanumeric variables, I unfortunately don't know the assemly Would someone be available to create an extension similar to SELE

[Ql-Users] Select on

2020-06-19 Thread Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users
"SELect ON" instruction I find it has a major flaw that will not allow you to manage alphanumeric variables, I unfortunately don't know the assemly Would someone be available to create an extension similar to SELECT (e.g. SELECT $) capable of handling strings? I understand that it is not simple ..

Re: [Ql-Users] Q40i/Q60 board availability

2020-06-12 Thread Derek via Ql-Users
sold all the Q60s and did not have one for myself. So I may do a limited production of the Q60 board in the future. Currently, the Q68 is main production model. --- Regards, Derek On 12 June 2020 13:36:19 BST, Jason Stevens via Ql-Users wrote: >I realize I'm 19 years late to the party,

Re: [Ql-Users] Q40i/Q60 board availability

2020-06-12 Thread Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users
Yes, please +1 for me Fabrizio >From time to time, I vaguely consider designing a completely new 68060 mainboard with modern HDMI video output, and SDHC cards instead of floppy and IDE harddisk. Would such a machine come close to what you like? All the best Peter

Re: [Ql-Users] Q40i/Q60 board availability

2020-06-12 Thread Dave Park via Ql-Users
I'd buy one. DP On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 12:25 PM Peter Graf via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Hi Jason, > > > I realize I'm 19 years late to the party, but does these boards exist > > anymore? > > Nice to hear that my good old design is s

Re: [Ql-Users] Q40i/Q60 board availability

2020-06-12 Thread Peter Graf via Ql-Users
Hi Jason, > I realize I'm 19 years late to the party, but does these boards exist > anymore? Nice to hear that my good old design is still of interest. The Q60 still exists and has a die-hard user base, but is no longer officially manufactured. The Q40/Q60 version of the SMSQ/E operating system i

Re: [Ql-Users] Q40i/Q60 board availability

2020-06-12 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > AFAIK, no new boards are being built. There was talk about some unbuilt boards on the forum, but I think because of the problems with the uncommon video resolutions they hesitated to actually building more. Cheers, Mar

Re: [Ql-Users] Q40i/Q60 board availability

2020-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
Hi, AFAIK, no new boards are being built. Maybe you could look for a Q68. HTH Wolfgang > I realize I'm 19 years late to the party, but does these boards exist > anymore? How hard would it be to get them made again? > > I've been interested in a "Legacy" 68040/68060 based machine, and it > c

[Ql-Users] Q40i/Q60 board availability

2020-06-12 Thread Jason Stevens via Ql-Users
I realize I'm 19 years late to the party, but does these boards exist anymore? How hard would it be to get them made again? I've been interested in a "Legacy" 68040/68060 based machine, and it certainly feels that instead of ancient machines something 'new' might be more feasible.. Although thes

[Ql-Users] QL-SD driver v1.09

2020-05-16 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
I've released a new QL-SD driver for anybody fortunate enough to possess one ;) You can read the details here: https://www.kilgus.net/2020/05/17/ql-sd-driver-v1-09/ Downloads for the impatient are here https://www.kilgus.net/ql/ql-sd/ ___ QL-Users Mail

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-13 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Ralf Reköndt via Ql-Users wrote: > A simple bootstrap loader would do the trick, right? Why a complete > SMSQ/E in EPROM? As far as I remind, TT has written such one, having it > it one of my TT disks (for Atari). What advantage would that have compared to the full SMSQ/E? None

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users
On Tue, 12 May 2020 07:34:08 +0200, Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users wrote: > I am in the middle of multiple tests with CF/IDE and SD/IDE readers with > different type/size of CF and SD > > Few words about the 2 machine I am using : > > - Q40 with 1 IDE controller card wi

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Peter Graf via Ql-Users
> If it is the drives, well, that's the problem Thierry has mentioned. By the way I doubt the ISA bus reset is required, which is adding to the delay. Neither QDOS Classic nor my own Utility ROMs use it. Never seen any issue. ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
Hi, > I could be wrong, and for sure I am, but I noted that smsq/e 3.36b in > eprom boots in an instant and I  suspect that smsq/e 3.36 start so fast > that sometime for unknown reasons hangs before the boot, this explain > the few hangs I have. > Apart from spinning up mechanical drives, I don

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users
m 12.05.2020 um 19:12 schrieb Ralf Reköndt via Ql-Users > : > > A simple bootstrap loader would do the trick, right? Why a complete SMSQ/E in > EPROM? As far as I remind, TT has written such one, having it it one of my TT > disks (for Atari). > > Am 12.05.2020 um 18:28 s

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users
e. Thats all for the moment, waiting the new eprom for restart the tests. Fabrizio On 12/05/2020 13:14, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: Hi, Yes, thanks, that will be in the next version of SMSQE. I sent Fabrizio a preview version with that fix already included, I presume that is what Fabrizi

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Ralf Reköndt via Ql-Users
A simple bootstrap loader would do the trick, right? Why a complete SMSQ/E in EPROM? As far as I remind, TT has written such one, having it it one of my TT disks (for Atari). Am 12.05.2020 um 18:28 schrieb Peter Graf via Ql-Users: Ralf Reköndt via Ql-Users wrote: Hmm, so why use it in an

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Peter Graf via Ql-Users
Ralf Reköndt via Ql-Users wrote: > Hmm, so why use it in an EPROM? You need some kind of ROM to boot the machine and load the OS. This can be a separate loader, like inside the Q68, but then it needs to access mass storage to load the OS. In case of the Q40 and Q60, the OS can boot complet

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Peter Graf via Ql-Users
Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: > Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users wrote: >> This issue seems to address newer SMSQ/E in Eprom, I used second >> hand ST M27C1024 eprom 120ns. I ordered completely new eprom from >> China the same Brand but with 100ns.not sure where is the

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Ralf Reköndt via Ql-Users
Hmm, so why use it in an EPROM? Am 12.05.2020 um 15:48 schrieb Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users: Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users wrote: This issue seems to address newer SMSQ/E in Eprom, I used second hand ST M27C1024 eprom 120ns. I ordered completely new eprom from China the same Brand but with 100ns

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users wrote: > This issue seems to address newer SMSQ/E in Eprom, I used second > hand ST M27C1024 eprom 120ns. I ordered completely new eprom from > China the same Brand but with 100ns.not sure where is the > problem. SMSQ/E never executes from EPROM,

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
Hi, Yes, thanks, that will be in the next version of SMSQE. I sent Fabrizio a preview version with that fix already included, I presume that is what Fabrizio is using I'm not sure whether that is his problem, though. Woflgang > >> Just a question - what happens if you re-load (per LRESPR

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users
On Tue, 12 May 2020 10:27:07 +0200, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > Just a question - what happens if you re-load (per LRESPR ,not > automatically at boot time) Yes, I was about to ask the same question, but you bet me to it. It is probably the same issue as the one I encountered w

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-12 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
Hi, (...) > - Same Q60 as before but with SMSQ/e 3.36 on rom..here the situation > is more complex. (...) Just a question - what happens if you re-load (per LRESPR ,not automatically at boot time) 1 - the same version of SMSQ/E as the one in your Eproms? 2 - the same as the one you would lo

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-11 Thread Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users
oblem. This is the situation as of yesterday night, it is really hard and time consuming test all different combination of devices . Fabrizio On 11/05/2020 22:35, Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users wrote: On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:42:31 +0200, Peter Graf via Ql-Users wrote: Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-11 Thread Dave Park via Ql-Users
I have everything needed right here. If anyone wants to take it on and gives me a part list, I'll make a care package. Dave On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 4:09 PM Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > On Mon, 11 May 2020 15:38:42 -0500, Dave Park via

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-11 Thread Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users
On Mon, 11 May 2020 15:38:42 -0500, Dave Park via Ql-Users wrote: > A small circuit can split the master/slave into two isolated masters > that would work in most or all cases. Is this of interest as a possible > solution? I thought about it but the problem is with finding all the depr

Re: [Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-11 Thread Dave Park via Ql-Users
A small circuit can split the master/slave into two isolated masters that would work in most or all cases. Is this of interest as a possible solution? Dave On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 3:35 PM Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:42

[Ql-Users] Memory cards and the Q60 (was Re: SMSQE 3.36)

2020-05-11 Thread Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:42:31 +0200, Peter Graf via Ql-Users wrote: > Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users wrote: > > -    As a slave I have a 4 GB Toshiba SD HC with a CF adapter Type II. > > Ah! Very good idea! With the right passive CF-IDE adapters, those might > not suffer the s

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.36

2020-04-25 Thread Derek Stewart via Ql-Users
, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure I follow. > > Regards > > Wolfgang >> Hi, >> >> Just to clarify, does SMSQ/E v3.36 mount the QXL.WIN files correctly. >> --- >> Regards, >> >> Derek >>

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.36

2020-04-24 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
Hi, I'm not sure I follow. Regards Wolfgang > Hi, > > Just to clarify, does SMSQ/E v3.36 mount the QXL.WIN files correctly. > --- > Regards, > > Derek > ___ > QL-Users Mailing List > ___ QL-Users Mailing L

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.36

2020-04-24 Thread Derek via Ql-Users
Hi, Just to clarify, does SMSQ/E v3.36 mount the QXL.WIN files correctly. --- Regards, Derek ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.36

2020-04-23 Thread Peter Graf via Ql-Users
Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users wrote: > -    As a slave I have a 4 GB Toshiba SD HC with a CF adapter Type II. Ah! Very good idea! With the right passive CF-IDE adapters, those might not suffer the same problem as the SD-IDE converters, which allow no slave. Also they are quite compact. Tha

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.36

2020-04-23 Thread Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 22:02:36 +0200, Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users wrote: > this is the "device" I use on the Q60: > https://www.amazon.fr/Syba-SD-ADA45006-Interne-lecteur-m%C3%A9moire/dp/B0036DDXUM > The device can fit 2 CF, the master on one side, the slave on the other. Pr

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.36

2020-04-23 Thread Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users
QXLs.WIN . I choose a  SD instead of a CF to facilitate data exchange with Q68. All works fine with last SMSQE(b) 3.36 on Q60 Fabrizio On 23/04/2020 14:14, Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users wrote: On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:37:15 +0200, Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users wrote: On 23/04/2020 13:08, Thi

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.36

2020-04-23 Thread Ralf Reköndt via Ql-Users
Hmm, I remember (from my Atari times) that I had my QLWA partition as the 2nd one of the Megafile. Wasn't it configurable in SMSQ/E, where it has to look for a BOOT? Cheers...Ralf Am 23.04.2020 um 16:11 schrieb Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users: On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:39:39 +0200, Wol

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.36

2020-04-23 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users wrote: > Attaching the "quick and dirty" patch again to this message. FYI, the list doesn't allow attachments, so they are filtered out. Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.36

2020-04-23 Thread Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:39:39 +0200, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > > I just coded a (very quick) and (totally) dirty 5s delay loop in the > > Q40 HD init code. The *proper* fix would require waiting in a loop > > (that would timeout after 10s or so) for a HD to show up

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