[Ql-Users] QL war
I'm a huge fan of the QL game "QL war" by J K Miller. Does anybody by any chance know if he is still around and can be contacted or if there is a version newer than v3.0.2? This game just begs to be made more compatible with the latest colour drivers. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] aurora display
Tony Firshman wrote, On 9/11/09 19:54: arnold.cla...@talk21.com wrote, On 9/11/09 17:57: I have attempted to unplug a couple of items and clean and reinsert them on the SGC. I switched the machine on and I got the tweed display and a message that the real time was at fault, the hard drive and cdrom followed by the dots and then the screen goes blank. I have tried it several times. This sounds better. I guess this is with Aurora, Try first with a std QL and nothing connected to SGC. If that works, try with Aurora with the hard disk disconnected. It could be that your boot program is crashing the QL. If that fails, try removing qubide completely. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] aurora display
arnold.cla...@talk21.com wrote, On 9/11/09 17:57: I have attempted to unplug a couple of items and clean and reinsert them on the SGC. I switched the machine on and I got the tweed display and a message that the real time was at fault, the hard drive and cdrom followed by the dots and then the screen goes blank. I have tried it several times. This sounds better. I guess this is with Aurora, Try first with a std QL and nothing connected to SGC. If that works, try with Aurora with the hard disk disconnected. It could be that your boot program is crashing the QL. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] qxl.win
Ralf Reköndt wrote: > No Urs, these programs (as far as I know) can only be used with a native QWA > drive, e.g. on Atari, not with a QXL.WIN. No, not true. They should work. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] qxl.win
No Urs, these programs (as far as I know) can only be used with a native QWA drive, e.g. on Atari, not with a QXL.WIN. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: "Urs Koenig (QL)" Did you try to run TT's drvchk or drvlink on that "drive"? ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] aurora display
I have attempted to unplug a couple of items and clean and reinsert them on the SGC. I switched the machine on and I got the tweed display and a message that the real time was at fault, the hard drive and cdrom followed by the dots and then the screen goes blank. I have tried it several times. Arnold From: Tony Firshman To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Saturday, 7 November, 2009 17:37:38 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] aurora display arnold.cla...@talk21.com wrote, On 7/11/09 15:42: > Thanks Tony for your reply. the ROM is JM. > > Yes I am using a SGC. I have three slots I can plug the SGC in to and I > cannot see a bent pin in any of them. > ... then first check with a *real* QL that SGC is working. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] More BASIC Queries
P Witte wrote:
John Gilpin wrote:
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Is there a way of stepping through a BASIC program, line by line, for
debugging purposes? If so how?
You could try something like this:
I wrote a somewhat more sophisticated trace program in the early days,
but it relies on the SuperBasic variables to do its stuff. That no
longer works in SBasic. So, just because I felt like it, I wrote a new
version this evening. It is very simplistic, but should be adequate
for testing simple boot scripts and the like. Alter to suit your style:
100 REMark Simple TRACE V3.00
110 REMark pjwitte 20091109
120 :
130 inp$ = 'win1_someprogram_bas'
140 oup$ = 'ram1_test_bas'
150 c% = 0: REMark Trace channel
160 t% = -1: REMark Timeout
170 :
180 ci% = FOP_IN(inp$): ERT ci%
190 co% = FOP_OVER(oup$): ERT co%
200 :
210 REPeat
220 IF EOF(#ci%): EXIT
230 INPUT#ci%; l$
240 l% = l$
250 s% = (' ' INSTR l$)
260 l$ = l$(s% + 1 TO)
270 IF OK THEN
280 PRINT#co%; l%! 'T.'! l%; ':'! l$
290 ELSE
300 PRINT#co%; l%! l$
310 END IF
320 END REPeat
330 :
340 PRINT#co%; l% + 1! 'STOP: REMark TRACE'
350 PRINT#co%; l% + 2! 'DEFine PROCedure T.(n%)'
360 PRINT#co%; l% + 3! 'LIST#'; c%; '; n% : PAUSE'! t%
370 PRINT#co%; l% + 4! 'END DEFine T.'
380 CLOSE
390 :
400 DEFine FuNction OK
410 IF ('def ' INSTR l$) = 1: RETurn 0
420 IF ('define ' INSTR l$) = 1: RETurn 0
430 IF ('loc ' INSTR l$) = 1: RETurn 0
440 IF ('local ' INSTR l$) = 1: RETurn 0
450 RETurn 1
460 END DEFine OK
470 :
NB! Only SBasic accepts procedures and variables containing a dot, so
alter accordingly for SuperBasic!
To test it try using the program as its own input!
Per
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Re: [Ql-Users] qxl.win
Dilwyn, I am reasonably certain that the first free slot is used. I think this is why if you get directory corruption you can no longer add files. Something is wrong at the end of the directory so the directory cannot be extended. However existing entries tend to be OK which is why copying all the files to another empty QXL.WIN corrects the problem.. Dave -Original Message- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Dilwyn Jones Sent: 09 November 2009 15:09 To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] qxl.win > Did you try to run TT's drvchk or drvlink on that "drive"? No. I did a recursive copy of the entire qxl.win. The old qxl.win was perfectly readable and copied to a new qxl.win of the same size without problem. I actually used an old program of mine (The Copier) and dates weren't important, I don't think The Copier preserves dates (if it does, more by luck than judgement). I seem to be up and running again, anyhow. Regarding fragmentation, I was thinking more of the directory than fragmentation of the qxl.win itself. I don't know how adding and deleting files in the qxl.win works. Suppose X is a deleted file and you have files arranged like this: file1 X file2 X file3 If a new file is created, is it always placed at the end of the directory (i.e. after file3 int he example) or does the filing system locate the first free slot (in this case the X between file1 and file2)? Dilwyn Jones > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com > [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Im Auftrag von Dilwyn Jones > Gesendet: Sonntag, 8. November 2009 22:09 > An: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > Betreff: [Ql-Users] qxl.win > > I've run into an unusual program with my WIN1_ (a QXL.WIN) which I > have been unable to resolve. > > > DIR WIN1_ gives 84847/1048560 sectors, it's a 512MB QXL.WIN, with > 11,716 files on it. > > Despite reporting 84847 sectors free it says Drive Full. Deleting one > file will let me save one file normally, then it runs into Drive Full > next time I try to save anything. So it's not as if it's write > protected, for example. > > Anyone any idea what's happening? Could I have run into the maximum > number of files a QXL.WIN file might hold, for example (directory > full)? > > > It was running on a pen drive, so I tried copying it to C: drive and > using it from there with QPC's win1_ pointing to C:\QXL.WIN. Same > result. > > Next step will be create a new blank QXL.WIN and copy everything there > to see if that gives the same result (i.e. checking for fragmented > qxl.win?) > > Help! > > Dilwyn Jones > > > > ___ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.57/2492 - Release Date: 11/09/09 12:11:00 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] qxl.win
Did you try to run TT's drvchk or drvlink on that "drive"? No. I did a recursive copy of the entire qxl.win. The old qxl.win was perfectly readable and copied to a new qxl.win of the same size without problem. I actually used an old program of mine (The Copier) and dates weren't important, I don't think The Copier preserves dates (if it does, more by luck than judgement). I seem to be up and running again, anyhow. Regarding fragmentation, I was thinking more of the directory than fragmentation of the qxl.win itself. I don't know how adding and deleting files in the qxl.win works. Suppose X is a deleted file and you have files arranged like this: file1 X file2 X file3 If a new file is created, is it always placed at the end of the directory (i.e. after file3 int he example) or does the filing system locate the first free slot (in this case the X between file1 and file2)? Dilwyn Jones -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Im Auftrag von Dilwyn Jones Gesendet: Sonntag, 8. November 2009 22:09 An: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Betreff: [Ql-Users] qxl.win I've run into an unusual program with my WIN1_ (a QXL.WIN) which I have been unable to resolve. DIR WIN1_ gives 84847/1048560 sectors, it's a 512MB QXL.WIN, with 11,716 files on it. Despite reporting 84847 sectors free it says Drive Full. Deleting one file will let me save one file normally, then it runs into Drive Full next time I try to save anything. So it's not as if it's write protected, for example. Anyone any idea what's happening? Could I have run into the maximum number of files a QXL.WIN file might hold, for example (directory full)? It was running on a pen drive, so I tried copying it to C: drive and using it from there with QPC's win1_ pointing to C:\QXL.WIN. Same result. Next step will be create a new blank QXL.WIN and copy everything there to see if that gives the same result (i.e. checking for fragmented qxl.win?) Help! Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.57/2492 - Release Date: 11/09/09 12:11:00 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] qxl.win
Did you try to run TT's drvchk or drvlink on that "drive"? > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com > [mailto:ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] Im Auftrag von Dilwyn Jones > Gesendet: Sonntag, 8. November 2009 22:09 > An: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > Betreff: [Ql-Users] qxl.win > > I've run into an unusual program with my WIN1_ (a QXL.WIN) > which I have been unable to resolve. > > > DIR WIN1_ gives 84847/1048560 sectors, it's a 512MB QXL.WIN, with > 11,716 files on it. > > Despite reporting 84847 sectors free it says Drive Full. Deleting one > file will let me save one file normally, then it runs into Drive Full > next time I try to save anything. So it's not as if it's write > protected, for example. > > Anyone any idea what's happening? Could I have run into the maximum > number of files a QXL.WIN file might hold, for example (directory > full)? > > > It was running on a pen drive, so I tried copying it to C: drive and > using it from there with QPC's win1_ pointing to C:\QXL.WIN. Same > result. > > Next step will be create a new blank QXL.WIN and copy > everything there > to see if that gives the same result (i.e. checking for fragmented > qxl.win?) > > Help! > > Dilwyn Jones > > > > ___ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
