Re: [Ql-Users] String handling in Sbasic

2024-08-09 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
'th element from the *end* of the string. E.g. "abcdefgh"(-3 TO) would return "fgh". This avoids awkward constructs like a$(LEN(a$)-x+1 TO), you would just write a$(-x TO). Of course this would mean that y (if present) must be negative too, with a default of -1 rather t

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.41

2024-05-24 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
Q68 with QPC2 on the other end. Copying from the QPC2 end to Q68 failed for some reason, I have to sort out why. Best Regards, Jan -- Jan Bredenbeek | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.41

2024-05-22 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
pared so you can use a standard male D-Sub with ribbon cable for SER. I had the printed schematics and placeplan in Dormagen, but forget to give them to you. Shall send by personal email. You actually did give those printed documents to me in Dormagen ;-) Best Regards, Jan -- Jan Brede

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.41

2024-05-22 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
rious about the SER1 connector on the QLBase board. It's a 10-pin header. Does that mean that it's fully wired, i.e. including RTS/CTS lines? Best Regards, Jan -- Jan Bredenbeek | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.39

2024-02-29 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
Hi Dilwyn, On 29-02-2024 19:05, Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users wrote: I might agree with that, were it not for the fact that there has been no issue whatsoever with running SMSQ/E on it (apart from the fact I have to configure it not to try to do fast SD card access). Anyway, once Derek has been ab

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.39

2024-02-29 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
Hi Jan, I can do any upgrades if you want to send the Q68 to me. Regards, Derek I have upgraded the Q68 FPGA firmware to v1.05 last week and everything is working fine, no lock-ups. However, using 40MHz SDHC clock gets corrupted file reads, at least when using the original Q68 SDHC card. So

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.39

2024-02-20 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
Oh well, if Peter Graf can upgrade my Q68 to v1.05 in May I might be able to do more research... Please remind me prior to the QL meeting so I bring the equipment and FPGA data. I might be able to get a second hand FPGA programmer for cheap, I'll let you know when I get it. As I wrote at s

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.39

2024-02-19 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
nbredenbeek/Minerva4Q68 Mark Swift and I have spent many hours in researching this issue but so far I haven't got a response from Mark on this version. Oh well, if Peter Graf can upgrade my Q68 to v1.05 in May I might be able to do more research... Best regards, Jan -- Jan Bredenbeek |

Re: [Ql-Users] bug in String handling

2024-01-12 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
er Minerva and SMSQ/E, a$(0) indeed returns the length of a$. At least version JS returns an error when trying to access element 0 of a simple string. -- Jan Bredenbeek | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] CONFIG Manual

2023-12-07 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
2023-12-07T17:55:41Z Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users : > Evening all. > > I was reading through the latest version of Wolfgang's SMSQ/E Reference > Manual, looking for some information on Config blocks and usage. It wasn't > there! > > I was sure that a previous manual, possibly the old A5 printed

Re: [Ql-Users] QBOX

2022-03-11 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
en in sp.wtcall returned error: not implemented Quite obvious this is an issue linked with Macbook and Crossover emulation, not a big issue for me as the Qbox server is on Qpc2 hosted on Win10 and Qterm client work fine under MacBook/Crossover/Qpc2😁 Thank you again for your support fabr

Re: [Ql-Users] QBOX

2022-03-09 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
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Re: [Ql-Users] QBOX

2022-03-09 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
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Re: [Ql-Users] QBOX

2022-03-09 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
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Re: [Ql-Users] QBOX

2022-03-09 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
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Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD ROM

2021-04-29 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
mboot Cheers, Jan. -- Jan Bredenbeek | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.37

2021-02-26 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
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Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.30

2021-01-31 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
21 08:57, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: Hi all, Hot on the heels of SMSQE 3.37, SMSQmulator 2.30 is out now. Mainly for UDP support, and also the ROXL instruction is corrected (thanks to David Westbury for pointing that out). wlenerz.com/smsqmulator -- Jan Bredenbeek | Hilversum,

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] IOB.FLIN strips CR from lines ending in CR/LF

2020-03-24 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 06:59, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Hi Jan, > > On what machine? > It does occur on QPC2 too and appears to be connected to WIN-devices (doesn't occur on ram and dos, only win). Jan -- *Jan Bredenbe

[Ql-Users] IOB.FLIN strips CR from lines ending in CR/LF

2020-03-23 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
same symptom. Is this a bug or a feature? Jan -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QBOX BBS for TCP/IP released!

2020-03-10 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
plex) this is an issue and also the reason why protocols like XMODEM has a poor performance on high-speed modem lines. On the other hand, streaming protocols like ZMODEM perform very well if there is proper flow control on your serial link but fail miserably when there i

Re: [Ql-Users] QBOX BBS for TCP/IP released!

2020-03-09 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
ith GC, which is about the expected rate given the fact that QLnet is half-duplex. SERnet between Q68 and PC is about twice as fast at 115200 baud, but as I said it's easier to do bulk transfers by swapping SDHC cards. At least my BBQLs now have easy access to real mass-storage :-).

Re: [Ql-Users] QBOX BBS for TCP/IP released!

2020-03-04 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
s way you could transfer files by putting them on hold as attachments and use POLL/MAIL to get them off the BBS. Oh well, I first thought the FidoNet utils would be useless these days but now there still seems to be a use case for them :-). Jan -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QBOX BBS for TCP/IP released!

2020-03-02 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
n whether flow control (CTS/RTS) is working on your serial link. Please read the QL-client.md file on the GitHub repository for more info on how to use a BBQL. Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] QBOX BBS for TCP/IP released!

2020-02-29 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
ainer. Enter EX win8_QBOX;'-D win8_' (or PROG_USE win8_ followed by EX QBOX) and then telnet to the machine where your BBS runs *on port 5000*. N.B.: The default login and password are 'Sysop' and 'QBOX' [image: ;)] Happy BBS'ing! Jan -- *Jan Bredenbee

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.35

2020-02-08 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
e :-). I'm nearly finished implementing the Telnet protocol for QBOX, but I should really have had to implement SSH with AES-256 and 4096-bit keys :(. Fortunately there is an easy way to let the host OS do the SSH stuff and forward the plain text to QBOX using Telnet. > What is much more impo

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.35

2020-02-07 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
. (Yes, I've been doing a few networking experiments lately, you'll see the results soon :-) ). Well so far for the bug reports, thank you Wolfgang for keeping SMSQ/E alive! -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Magazine Articles page

2019-11-26 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
agarticles/ComputerShopper/sinclairsceneapril1988.pdf . regards, Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Q68 serial buffers

2019-06-25 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
On 22-06-2019 21:30, Jan Bredenbeek wrote: I also noticed that the SER_BUFF command which can be used to set the buffer size in SMSQ/E is present in the Q68 version, but it always gives a 'not found' error message irrespective of the arguments I specify. Is this a bug or a '

[Ql-Users] Q68 serial buffers

2019-06-22 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
Q68 version, but it always gives a 'not found' error message irrespective of the arguments I specify. Is this a bug or a 'feature''? Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QMac source code

2018-12-14 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 at 10:52, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users wrote: > > QLINK has some serious issues compared to the GST version. The symbol > table > > dump in the _MAP file looks strange and the generated

Re: [Ql-Users] QMac source code

2018-12-13 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
990s. > QLINK has some serious issues compared to the GST version. The symbol table dump in the _MAP file looks strange and the generated binary output file is not executable. I tested with v1.01 (from Dilwyn's archive) and v1.03 from QLE 3.18. J

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.34

2018-12-03 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
file, but need an > > index.html file. So I remade the html file by hand - and somehow > > introduced a wrong link. I **thought** I had checked them all out... > > > > > > Regards > > > > Wolfgang > > __

Re: [Ql-Users] Proposal about the file system

2018-10-09 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
you need V2 drivers to avoid this, but these have also been around since 1990 or so). Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] QED v2.02 released

2018-10-03 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
d for version 2. Bug fixes - - Using the R command without a file name caused QED to crash with an invalid file name. It now asks for the file name as expected. - After using the QF or XF command, the status line was garbled. Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL

Re: [Ql-Users] File header info

2018-09-28 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
t $3A is the file id used in QLWA-type container files. There is an excellent explanation of this format by Norman Dunbar: http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/doku.php?id=qdosmsq:fs:qlwa Jan -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] QED v2.01 released!

2018-09-25 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
beek/QED/releases>. As usual, the source code is available from this repository and on the SinclairQL GitHub page. Maintainers of QL software distributions are encouraged to update their versions too. Happy QL'ing, Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j..

Re: [Ql-Users] Odd behavour of the DIR command?

2018-07-26 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
#x27;t it be great if we would only see the names of the files within a subdirectory and not the subdirectories themselves every time? But I expect that this might break some other programs as well... Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Odd behavour of the DIR command?

2018-07-26 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
'substitution-aware' so it would recognise a substituted device and act accordingly. I've written a S*BASIC 'ls' like command (see https://github.com/janbredenbeek/QL/tree/master/SBASIC) which has implemented this (and it lists the contents of substituted subdirectories correctly).

Re: [Ql-Users] sBASIC overloading...

2018-06-21 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
use the four TK2 functions mentioned above though you're probably a bit more restricted by parameter types). Also, variables are never undefined (they're defined as soon as you enter their name in a program line) but they can be unset... > Quite amazing for

Re: [Ql-Users] sBASIC overloading...

2018-06-21 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
y searches. When this parameter is empty it only lists the current directory. Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] sBASIC overloading...

2018-06-20 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
is said to be more a compiler than an interpreter it could be very well different (the most efficient way would of course be to store addresses rather than line numbers but this could break if the program is changed and then CONTINUEd/RETRYd). Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL |

Re: [Ql-Users] QA.RESRI info incorrect

2018-06-08 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
at sb_flag(a6) fail? I think it's probably a test for compiled (i.e. Qliberated or Turbo'ed) SBASIC? Jan. (I hope the assembly listing is readable, I copy-pasted them from GitHub). -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QA.RESRI info incorrect

2018-06-08 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
en loading this into RESPR and then doing CALL base+4 I get an 'insufficient memory' error. But PEEK_L(base) returns 0 so the code never got to the point where it stores the result. Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Stuart Honeyball

2018-03-29 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
any times, sometimes even on folding bikes backpacked full of Gold Cards. My condolences to his family, the QL community will remember him as the Miracle guy who gave the QL a second life... Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Sjef vd Molengraaf

2018-03-09 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
Very sad to read this :( I still got Christmas wishes from him every year. The international QL community owes him a lot. Tony Tebby, Nasta, Jochen Merz, Tony Firshman, Laurence Reeves and many other QL VIPs, without Sjef there wouldn't have been such great opportunities to meet them. May he r

Re: [Ql-Users] QA.RESRI - QDOSMSQ eference guide

2018-02-16 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
, there would be no problem extending this to compiled programs (assuming they won't expect their data to be somewhere in the TRNSP area). Does anyone have a clue? regards, -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QA.RESRI - QDOSMSQ eference guide

2018-02-15 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
active part of any area is moved (unlike JS). So anything below BV.RIP(A6) that is still part of the RI stack area will not be moved (and probably overwritten). Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 2

2018-01-06 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
not officially). It didn't take long before the 'bad or changed medium' message popped up on loading Quill. So I decided to wait a little longer before buying a QL. Of course, with today's hindsight (and money!) I would have bought it... Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | H

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 2

2018-01-05 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
On 5 January 2018 at 15:49, Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > AF = Awfully faulty > JM = jerkily mended > JS = just stable > MG = mainly good FB - Full of Bugs (has anyone this ROM around? Would be a collector's item ;-)) Jan. -- *Jan

Re: [Ql-Users] Merry Christmas with SMSQ/E

2018-01-02 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
e a nice GitHub project to do next ;) Best wishes for 2018, Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Merry Christmas with SMSQ/E

2017-12-28 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
On 28 December 2017 at 13:10, Wolf via Ql-Users wrote: > Hi, > > ok, ok, but I didn't even use the word "odd"! > :) In any case, if you jump to an odd location (whether strange or not even) on a QL you will usually be in big trouble... Jan. -- *Jan Bred

Re: [Ql-Users] Merry Christmas with SMSQ/E

2017-12-28 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
; but also 'not even'. What I meant was the latter of the two so it really should have been an address error... Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Merry Christmas with SMSQ/E

2017-12-28 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
On 28 December 2017 at 07:43, Wolf via Ql-Users wrote: > Hi, > yes that's a bug. > > Somehow the return stack gets confused/overwitten (stack overflow!), > causing a jump to a strange address where you then will get an illegal > instruction error. > > > I've checcked that, under SMSQmulator this

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.31 Q40 no boot after configure

2017-11-14 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
my own :). (I've always found the user interface of the standard config program a bit awkward to use...). Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.31 Q40 no boot after configure

2017-11-14 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
fig on Dilwyn's site is 3.34 > > Found even 3.36 when I searched again. Maybe it is stored at more than > one location. > I'm wondering whether menuconfig is now freeware or not. According to this thread http://qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1025 it is still commercial softwa

Re: [Ql-Users] QL MODE 8 Flash Bit

2017-10-27 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
ch could occur in 'graphics hold' mode) - in that case the only option was to clear the leftmost pixel which was a slight deviation from the standard, but fortunately very rarely visible. Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QL MODE 8 Flash Bit

2017-10-27 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
rsor (12/50th second). So a complete blink cycle will be 32/50th second. Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QL MODE 8 Flash Bit

2017-10-27 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
ls on the line will flash between the original pixel colour and red until the next set flash bit. It does not propagate across pixel lines so at the beginning of a pixel line flash is always off. Hope you'll find this useful. Regards, Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net

Re: [Ql-Users] Stupid AND

2017-09-19 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
On 19 September 2017 at 23:36, Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Neither Turbo nor QLiberator do short-circuit evaluation. > C68 does. > Because it's part of the language definition. Jan -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL |

Re: [Ql-Users] Stupid AND

2017-09-19 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
On 19 September 2017 at 21:27, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a rant about the SBasic AND operator. > > Suppose this: > > 10 a=0 > 20 b=10 > 30 if (a<>0 AND b/a=5) > 40 do_something > 50 end if > > Run it and what happens? > > You get an "overf

Re: [Ql-Users] Maximum length of files on QL file-system

2017-07-23 Thread Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users
initial 128GB limit on LBA which was supposed to 'fix' CHS. Storage capacity has grown so much that any 'X MB ought to be enough for everybody' design decision has proven wrong eventually... -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Forum online chat

2017-05-15 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
un...@lists.q-v-d.com) smtp.mailfrom=ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com; dmarc=fail (p=REJECT sp=REJECT dis=NONE) header.from=yahoo.com Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Forum online chat

2017-05-15 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
re you sending mail with a Yahoo-address from Yahoo itself or through your own server? Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Graphics aspect ratio

2017-05-01 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
On 1 May 2017 at 15:04, Andrea Carpi wrote: > > Il 28/04/2017 16.01, Marcel Kilgus ha scritto: > > > I added that > feature at the request from Jens who paid for the development of the > 8-bit driver. It was at a time when the SMSQ/E documentation was pretty > much unmaintained... > > Is there a

Re: [Ql-Users] Graphics aspect ratio

2017-05-01 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
On 1 May 2017 at 12:08, Tobias Fröschle wrote: > Jan, > > SMSQ/E change log (http://www.wlenerz.com/smsqe/versions.html < > http://www.wlenerz.com/smsqe/versions.html> , which comes in handy at > times) says > Implemented in 3.00 > Thanks. I've taken a look at the changes.txt in the source and c

Re: [Ql-Users] Graphics aspect ratio

2017-05-01 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
On 28 April 2017 at 16:01, Marcel Kilgus wrote: > > Am 28.04.2017 um 15:30 schrieb Tobias Fröschle < > tobias.froesc...@t-online.de>: > > > > Right. Somewhere there ;) > > > > I seem to recall I saw that variable referenced somewhere in the > "official" documents - But when I looked for it, I cou

Re: [Ql-Users] Graphics aspect ratio

2017-04-28 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
Thanks for the answers! The variable pt_asprt is actually in the CON device linkage block which is pointed to by the sys_clnk system variable (I couldn't find it in the QDOS/SMS Reference Manual, only in the SMSQ/E source code. Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbee

[Ql-Users] Graphics aspect ratio

2017-04-28 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
the scale for both X and Y directions. Anyone got an idea? Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E and unset variables

2017-04-24 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
;)). Since my adapted BASIC was expected to be used mainly to run existing programs I decided to allow defaults (and leave out syntax checks at entry too). So, default variable values might probably be a good thing to run BASIC programs converted from other platforms, but a bad thing when developing

Re: [Ql-Users] Marcel has done it again - SMSQE 3.31

2017-04-11 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
be a great idea if you could write a procedure in SBASIC and LRESPR the compiled code as SBASIC extension so you have it always available. AFAIK there is no higher-level language compiler capable of producing SBASIC extensions - or perhaps Qliberator? Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL |

Re: [Ql-Users] Marcel has done it again - SMSQE 3.31

2017-04-10 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
te this code myself now (which is not too difficult as it's merely scanning the program for line 1000 and then set BV.PFP to the end of the line just before it). regards, Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Smsqe vs Minerva Basic

2017-04-05 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
rks as expected but on SMSQ/E you can't use it to DLINE lines from SBASIC. You can use it to LIST lines if you set BV.PRINT ($AB(A6)) to nonzero though, but the value in D7 is ignored. Jan. -- Jan Bredenbeek | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___

Re: [Ql-Users] toolkit-ii-the-sequel

2017-03-24 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
On 24 March 2017 at 00:43, Marcel Kilgus wrote: > Jan Bredenbeek wrote: > > QMAC can do conditional assembly outside macros using the GENIF and > ENDGEN > > keywords. Check the updates textfile for details. > > Ah, I only checked the manual, how foolish of me ;-) Great

Re: [Ql-Users] toolkit-ii-the-sequel

2017-03-23 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
On 24 Mar 2017 00:28, "Marcel Kilgus" wrote: The problem is that QMAC cannot do conditional blocks for some dammed reason outside of Macro calls, so it's difficult to conditionally enably the ALTKEY keyword depening on which version was compiled. In any case, ALTKEY should be dead really, HK II

Re: [Ql-Users] SuperBASIC parser vectors

2017-03-08 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
resolved by pa..graph/sb_parse resolving the JMP > itself, however, if it sees a JMP at the given location. Thanks, so I can probably leave the original code 'as-is' with a minor modification and it should work again on SMSQ/E... Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilvers

Re: [Ql-Users] SuperBASIC parser vectors

2017-03-08 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
On 8 March 2017 at 13:54, Marcel Kilgus wrote: > Jan Bredenbeek wrote: > > MOVE.W$12C,A0 > > JSR $4000(A0) call pa_graph to parse line > > Wow, the old and new names are mightily confusing. > > What once was called pa_graph is now sb_pa

[Ql-Users] SuperBASIC parser vectors

2017-03-08 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
at $138, which is used to execute a LIST (D7=0) or DLINE (D7<>0) lines from D4 to D6. Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] German Minerva ROM

2017-03-07 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
C job... Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] German Minerva ROM

2017-03-07 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
nonsense "10 print print r=25" and load it. > I stand corrected, sorry. I got confused by the error messages displayed on #0 when loading the file (which doesn't occur on JS or Minerva) but the program indeed gets loaded with MISTakes. Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL

Re: [Ql-Users] German Minerva ROM

2017-03-07 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
C will be difficult as that is a self-contained environment (you cannot call the parser from another job, unless perhaps when it's also an SBASIC job. Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] German Minerva ROM

2017-03-07 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
On 7 March 2017 at 10:36, Tobias Fröschle wrote: > Peter, Marcel, > > I have yet to discover a program that doesn't run on SMSQ/E, provided it's > set to mimic a QL memory map, and does on Minerva (but I'm open to > suggestions). Weird programs are normally sooo weird that they won't run on > eit

Re: [Ql-Users] Problem loading extensions

2017-02-23 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
On 23 February 2017 at 08:44, Giorgio Garabello wrote: > Ok, many thanks to all > Wolfgang i suggest you to explain this LRESPR's "limit" in the next version > of the SMSQ/E manual. > The simplest solution would be to return an error from BP.INIT (or the equivalent SMSQ vector) when called from

[Ql-Users] New releases on GitHub

2017-02-19 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
MultiMon - QL Monitor and disassembler - https://github.com/SinclairQL/QL-MultiMon QED - Fast and compact text editor - https://github.com/SinclairQL/QED These packages include the source code in 68000 Assembly. regards, Jan. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net

Re: [Ql-Users] SBASIC 'ls' procedure

2017-02-12 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
>> To save you reinventing the wheel Jan, Norman Dunbar's DJToolkit has an > extension called LEVEL2 which tests for a Level 2 filing system. The > assembler source djtoolkit_asm is included with the toolkit - just search > for 'level2' in that source. > > http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/tk/djtk.zip > Hmm,

Re: [Ql-Users] SBASIC 'ls' procedure

2017-02-12 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
t; together - > Done that - the directory structure is a bit strange now but I'll correct that asap. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] SBASIC 'ls' procedure

2017-02-12 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
line 1710 in the code (as indicated in the REMarks). I'll probably have to design another machine code call to find out whether a device is V2 or not :( https://github.com/janbredenbeek/QL/blob/master/SBASIC/ls_bas Jan. On 3 February 2017 at 11:31, Jan Bredenbeek wrote: > Hi Wolfgang, &

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and a few more surprises

2017-02-02 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
On 2 February 2017 at 16:35, Dilwyn Jones wrote: > There is a manual for Disa v2 on the Assembler page on my website, but I > don't know how much the program has changed in v3. > > http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/asm/Disa2_Manual.pdf > > Thanks! -- *Jan Bredenbe

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and a few more surprises

2017-02-02 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
On the upside, I still have the source code so it can still be improved... regards, -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] SBASIC 'ls' procedure

2017-01-29 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
ne because it has more than 10 LOCal variables... Here is the link: https://github.com/janbredenbeek/QL/blob/master/SBASIC/ls_bas Have fun, -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and a few more surprises

2017-01-25 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
of all file names, and I made the date format 'smart' so all info could fit in one line. I'll put it on github when I've done fixing the code. regards, -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Smsqe 3.28

2017-01-23 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
tring (as it does now). Recently I wrote an 'ls' procedure which does a lot of string slicing, I may have to add another boundary check now... (incidentally, PRINT a$(6 to) does give an error in the example above). regards, -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___

Re: [Ql-Users] Behaviour of DIV with negative numbers in SBASIC (QPC2)

2017-01-09 Thread Jan Bredenbeek
rflow" error. > It's possible that QLIB uses its own DIV/MOD routines. This is also true for plain interpreted SuperBASIC. Only SBASIC supports DIV/MOD with long INTs. -- *Jan Bredenbeek* | Hilversum, NL | j...@bredenbeek.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List