Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-12 Thread gdgqler
On 11 Oct 2009, at 22:30, Gerhard Plavec wrote: Yo :) then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. The generally used name for this sort of miracle would be bug :)) Usually more code a programmer is generating, more miracles can be discovered... In

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-12 Thread Gerhard Plavec
Yo :) then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. The generally used name for this sort of miracle would be bug :)) Usually more code a programmer is generating, more miracles can be discovered... In very rare cases a bug can be used as a feature -

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-12 Thread Ralf Reköndt
You are right...;-). That's a lonely bug... Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Gerhard Plavec Often it's a real miracle when the written code does what the programmer wanted... but may be that's onely a bug :) ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-11 Thread gdgqler
On 10 Oct 2009, at 19:39, matras...@aol.com wrote: then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. Not a miracle. A writer of code will certainly usually know what it does. But he may well not know ALL that it does. There is a fault in SMSQ/E that

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-11 Thread Gerhard Plavec
Yo :) then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. The generally used name for this sort of miracle would be bug :)) Usually more code a programmer is generating, more miracles can be discovered... In very rare cases a bug can be used as a feature - that

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-10 Thread Marcel Kilgus
gdgqler wrote: ... then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. I would have said the same until, a long time ago, I found someone using my code, usefully, for a purpose I had not imagined. That can happen, but the difference here is that the SMSQ/E

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-10 Thread gdgqler
On 10 Oct 2009, at 13:52, Marcel Kilgus wrote: That can happen, but the difference here is that the SMSQ/E side of QPC lives in a virtual sandbox and no matter what you do with my 68k code, you won't be able to extend the API available to it (notwithstanding malicious attacks like stack and

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-10 Thread matrassyl
then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. No miracles from George's suggestion -Original Message- From: Marcel Kilgus ql-us...@mail.kilgus.net To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 22:53 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-09 Thread gdgqler
On 8 Oct 2009, at 18:24, matras...@aol.com wrote: Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direct sector access channel from SBASIC to a non PC FAT formatted hard disk such as a Q60 formatted compact flash card. I have tried to do this with errt=FOP_DIR(#4,dos4_). While FOP_DIR

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-09 Thread Ralf Reköndt
I think, Marcel has answered...it doesn't work. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: gdgqler Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direct sector access channel from SBASIC to a non PC FAT formatted hard disk such as a Q60 formatted compact flash card. I have tried to

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-09 Thread matrassyl
2009 17:29 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access I think, Marcel has answered...it doesn't work.    Cheers...Ralf    - Original Message - From: gdgqler    Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direc t sector access channel from SBASIC to a non PC FAT

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-09 Thread Marcel Kilgus
matras...@aol.com wrote: Yes he has, but I will try George's suggestion just in case, as it will only take a miniscule amount of time to try and if it delivers ... then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. Its a pity that QPC2 does not support direct

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-08 Thread Marcel Kilgus
matras...@aol.com wrote: Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direct sector access channel from SBASIC to a non PC FAT formatted hard disk such as a Nope, no way, sorry. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm