Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD ROM
Peter via Ql-Users wrote: > Do you cause the SGC to apply it's patches on > the emulated ROM, or just restart without patching? Sorry for asking impatiently, I see that answered in detail at https://github.com/janbredenbeek/QL-Customboot Good job! ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD ROM
Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users wrote: > Based on your excellent blog post about the (S)GC boot process > (https://www.kilgus.net/2018/11/14/supergoldcard-boot-sequence/), I > managed to write a boot loader for custom QL ROMs using a (Super)Gold > Card. Turned out that the lower 48K RAM of the (S)GC isn't as > write-protected as we thought! This way you can change ROMs on the QL > without even having to open the case. Cool idea! And funny, I just posted something related in the forum before reading your email. Do you cause the SGC to apply it's patches on the emulated ROM, or just restart without patching? Peter ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD ROM
On 29-04-2021 19:45, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: An update on the progress of the external QL-SD variant: https://www.kilgus.net/2021/04/29/ql-sd-rom-tiny/ Hi Marcel, Based on your excellent blog post about the (S)GC boot process (https://www.kilgus.net/2018/11/14/supergoldcard-boot-sequence/), I managed to write a boot loader for custom QL ROMs using a (Super)Gold Card. Turned out that the lower 48K RAM of the (S)GC isn't as write-protected as we thought! This way you can change ROMs on the QL without even having to open the case. Of course, this will need a (S)GC unlike your solution and it provides no mass storage. I still like the idea of QL-SD as floppies are too limited and getting unreliable as they age, and using a Q68 as QLnet file server is quite slow. The code for the boot loader is on my GitHub page: https://github.com/janbredenbeek/QL-Customboot Cheers, Jan. -- Jan Bredenbeek | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD ROM
On 29/04/2021 19:45, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: An update on the progress of the external QL-SD variant: https://www.kilgus.net/2021/04/29/ql-sd-rom-tiny/ Cheers, Marcel Another poke at my regret at the necessity of getting rid of all my QL hardware! :o( Still, Im glad its out there. I hope it does well! ___ QL-Users Mailing List
[Ql-Users] QL-SD ROM
An update on the progress of the external QL-SD variant: https://www.kilgus.net/2021/04/29/ql-sd-rom-tiny/ Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] Free Pascal (Cross) Compiler for the QL
Fantastic project and info !!! With compliments … M. <> > Il giorno 29 apr 2021, alle ore 15:43, Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users > ha scritto: > > In case anyone is not following the thread at QL Forum, you might, possibly, > maybe, perhaps be interested to know that there is some work ongoing to bring > the Free Pascal Compiler to the QL. > > This was started as a sort of joke project back in QLVember (I hate those > made up "month" names!) but Marcel, myself and a few others have been doing > some work with "Chain-Q", the instigator, and we are slowly bringing an up to > date Pascal compiler to the QL. > > Well, it's a cross compiler actually, but the executables it generates can > indeed be executed on the QL/QPC/etc. Dare I mention, we get Object Oriented > programming now? (Don't tell Tony Tebby!) > > If you wish to follow along, the thread is at > https://qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3=3057 and I have created a document > for Linux users in order to show the processes and software required to build > the cross compiler, and brief notes on how to use it. The document is at > https://github.com/NormanDunbar/FPC-CrossCompiler-QL/releases/latest and this > link will always take you to the latest version. > > The document is written from a Linux point of view as that is what I'm using. > If anyone wants to pick it up and run with it on Windows, I'd be grateful for > any nots etc that you may have on the matter so that I can bring it up to > date for Windows users too. > > Anyone using MacOS? That might also be helpful. > > The compiler is in an early state at the moment, but we do have simple > programs working. I'm currently writing/building/testing (and repeat!) the > SysUtils unit to get that working. > > > Cheers, > Norm. > > -- > Norman Dunbar > Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd > > Registered address: > 27a Lidget Hill > Pudsey > West Yorkshire > United Kingdom > LS28 7LG > > Company Number: 05132767 > ___ > QL-Users Mailing List ___ QL-Users Mailing List
[Ql-Users] Free Pascal (Cross) Compiler for the QL
In case anyone is not following the thread at QL Forum, you might, possibly, maybe, perhaps be interested to know that there is some work ongoing to bring the Free Pascal Compiler to the QL. This was started as a sort of joke project back in QLVember (I hate those made up "month" names!) but Marcel, myself and a few others have been doing some work with "Chain-Q", the instigator, and we are slowly bringing an up to date Pascal compiler to the QL. Well, it's a cross compiler actually, but the executables it generates can indeed be executed on the QL/QPC/etc. Dare I mention, we get Object Oriented programming now? (Don't tell Tony Tebby!) If you wish to follow along, the thread is at https://qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3=3057 and I have created a document for Linux users in order to show the processes and software required to build the cross compiler, and brief notes on how to use it. The document is at https://github.com/NormanDunbar/FPC-CrossCompiler-QL/releases/latest and this link will always take you to the latest version. The document is written from a Linux point of view as that is what I'm using. If anyone wants to pick it up and run with it on Windows, I'd be grateful for any nots etc that you may have on the matter so that I can bring it up to date for Windows users too. Anyone using MacOS? That might also be helpful. The compiler is in an early state at the moment, but we do have simple programs working. I'm currently writing/building/testing (and repeat!) the SysUtils unit to get that working. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List
