[Ql-Users] George Gwilt

On Monday, 11. March 2024 15:20:57 (+01:00), George Gwilt via Ql-Users wrote: > Hello everyone at the QL-Users group. I guess most of you knew of mu father, > George Gwilt - this is just to let you know that he passed away this past Saturday. > > All the best, > > Richard Gwilt Hello

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.39

On Monday, 11. March 2024 15:20:57 (+01:00), George Gwilt via Ql-Users wrote: > Hello everyone at the QL-Users group. I guess most of you knew of mu father, George Gwilt - this is just to let you know that he passed away this past Saturday. > > All the best, > > Richard Gwilt Hello

[Ql-Users] George Gwilt

On Monday, 11. March 2024 15:20:57 (+01:00), George Gwilt via Ql-Users wrote: > Hello everyone at the QL-Users group. I guess most of you knew of mu father, > George Gwilt - this is just to let you know that he passed away this past Saturday. > > All the best, > > Richard Gwilt Hello

Re: [Ql-Users] QL is worryingly nearly 40 do we get a midlife crisis party anywhere?

John Alexander via Ql-Users wrote: > QL is worryingly nearly 40 do we get a midlife crisis party > anywhere?Also the list as been quieter even tha nusual where is everyone? All QL related talk moved to the web forum. My feed reader currently says I have 350 unread messages there... Marcel

Re: [Ql-Users] The QLE Website

simon629--- via Ql-Users wrote: > Hi can anyone Help Me Has The QLE Website Gone Down Thank's I just talked to Urs, he's aware of it. The hoster was acquired by another company or whatever, he will either have to just update the DNS or re-upload everything. But rest assured, he thinks it will be

Re: [Ql-Users] Stuart Honeyball

Darren Branagh via Ql-Users wrote: > Yes, Stuart passed away several years ago... I posted here the day it > happened. Yes, Ben has resurrected an old thread on QL forum yesterday and added his anecdote of getting taught electronics by Stuart, but it's been almost 4 years to the day since it

Re: [Ql-Users] Illegal (NULL) Instruction $4b00 at $105886

Juraj Lutter via Ql-Users wrote: > is $subject a known behavior, please? No. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v5.02

Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > Hi, > Just to chime in, the newest SMSQmulator (hopefully) to come out in a > few days will do the same, i.e. treat NFA/SFA as win type. Hm, I've just seen that Qubide is also another type. How about we simply define our NFS/DOS devices as type "4" for

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v5.02

Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users wrote: >> I uploaded a small bugfix release QPC2v5.02. >> >> Switch DMEDIUM_FORMAT for the DOS device to 1 (QDOS) instead of 2 > I have a doubt, how can I now recognize a DOS disk from a WIN one? It has been this way for 20 years, I just reverted it back to the old

[Ql-Users] QPC2 v5.02

I uploaded a small bugfix release QPC2v5.02. Switch DMEDIUM_FORMAT for the DOS device to 1 (QDOS) instead of 2 (MS-DOS) because QD switches to different line endings on MS-DOS drives and that confuses other applications. Also fixed direct SBYTES to screen from WIN/FLP/DOS devices.

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows 11 and emulators

pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: > Thanks, Marcel. I arrived there by a different route, but no, it doesnt work > for me. OK. I'll ask if there is a Windows 11 VM I can use at work to see it myself. I can't even find many pictures of it online. Marcel

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows 11 and emulators

pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: >> I don't have Windows 11 and I find very little on the subject online. >> I have no idea how I could hide the blob, but as far as I can see the >> feature can be disabled, can it not? >> >>

Re: [Ql-Users] Windows 11 and emulators

pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: > At least one of their insane "improvements" is to move the keyboard language > indicator, which was happily situated on the task bar/system tray, into its > own > blob on the screen. I don't have Windows 11 and I find very little on the subject online. I have no

[Ql-Users] QPC2 v5.01

In the wake of SMSQ/E 3.38 I can also finally release QPC2v5.01. It's mostly a maintenance release with small additions, I wrote a bit more about the details here: https://www.kilgus.net/2021/11/01/qpc2-v5-01-and-smsq-e-v3-38-released/ Enjoy, Marcel

Re: [Ql-Users] The INSTR function?

François Van Emelen via Ql-Users wrote: > INSTR gone? > > The function can still be used but is no longer present in 'EXTRAS. How is > that possible? It's not an instruction and was never listed in EXTRAS. The same way "AND" is not listet, or "TO". Marcel

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 >

[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

[Ql-Users] m68k.info talk

A short notice that my talk about the QL and its operating systems that I did for the m68k.info webpage is now online at https://youtu.be/yU0ptNyNqcI Just excuse my apparent inability to speak the number "68" correctly... :-o All the best, Marcel

Re: [Ql-Users] Mister core

Michael Grunditz via Ql-Users wrote: > I just wanted to say that I now happily use the latest Ql core after > replacing both the card and memory module! Interesting, thanks for the feedback. Have you tried only replacing one item? Speaking of core, I released a new core yesterday. It improves QL

Re: [Ql-Users] Mister core

Michael Grunditz via Ql-Users wrote: > http://www.update.uu.se/~micken/qlcore.jpg > > With js rom I get a white screen. > > Osd menus works in both cases. > > I might have a bug in the fpga, but not sure if it is that . > > The "official" core works just fine. Looks like a problem with RAM data

[Ql-Users] QPC2 v5 released

QPC1 went on sale in 1996, almost 25 years ago. Talk about commitment! :-) It's become sort of a tradition to make QPC2 releases on the birthday of my daughter: exactly 7 years ago QPC2 became free, exactly 4 years ago I released the last version and today I can finally present QPC2 v5! It has

Re: [Ql-Users] UDP driver for Q68 and TFTP programs

Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > I've written a UDP (only) ethernet driver for the Q68, and a TFTP file > exchange programs (for the Q68, emulators and also some TFTP > server/client software for PCs/Macs). Then we've gone from 0 UDP drivers to two within two weeks ;) Martin Head has also

Re: [Ql-Users] New from the forum

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=3489 Cheers, Marcel

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

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/ I didn't know this,

Re: [Ql-Users] New from the forum

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 "Sound volume"

[Ql-Users] New from the forum

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

[Ql-Users] MODPlay

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

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 said, having an odd X value

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

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

[Ql-Users] QD vB.07

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

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

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, Marcel

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

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

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

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. Marcel

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

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, it is always

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQE 3.36

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] 15th Sinclair QL Italian meeting goes virtual

Davide Santachiara via Ql-Users wrote: > Anybody who would like to join us can just type on any browser (Chrome > preferred): > > https://meet.jit.si/sinclairql I'll be there, at least for the first hour or so. Cheers, Marcel

[Ql-Users] QL-SD ROM

I've developed a new prototype for a QL-SD style adapter, enjoy: https://www.kilgus.net/2020/03/28/ql-sd-rom-the-early-days/ Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

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

Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users 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). Yes, seems to be a hard-coded feature of the DV3 drivers. Marcel

Re: [Ql-Users] Website move

Badaman - sinclairql.es via Ql-Users wrote: > It is a pity. I hope that the contents may be available on another site, > as well as a copy of the page with its current aesthetic. I guess you mail client doesn't show the signature or you'd have seen his new URL http://home.hccnet.nl/b.spelten/ql/

Re: [Ql-Users] RE QDT Running with 240 MB of RAM

Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > Wow, what ever do you use 240 MB for?? Why is it 240 with SMSQmulator and not 256? Technical problem or just being on the save side? Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

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

Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users wrote: > On this (Quantum) Leap day, I proudly present the re-release of QBOX. And > not just the version that's been laying around for years in scattered > files, but a complete ready-to-run WIN container that works over TCP/IP on > QPC2, SMSQmulator and UQLX! It also

Re: [Ql-Users] FGPA Anyone (Mister)

desin via Ql-Users wrote: > win_check 1 I have just one comment, WIN_CHECK does not work (and doesn't make any sense anyway) if you mount a .WIN file through the menu. WIN_CHECK checks if the file on the underlying FAT32 partition is continuous. When mounted through the menu there is no

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-VGA

Wolf via Ql-Users wrote: > I'd like that too, since I'm on no social media nor the forum. I try to inform all 4 major venues (this list, the English forum, the German forum and Facebook), which is a bit of a pain but they all have distinct groups of users. But while I do get the rejection of

Re: [Ql-Users] FGPA Anyone (Mister)

Daniel Baum via Ql-Users wrote: > You seem to have done an outstanding job with the Mister core. It runs very > nicely, and ,at least under SMSQ/E at full speed and 4MB of memory, seems > very stable. Thanks, good to hear! > I have one tiny niggle - on the keyboard, + and = are where the \

Re: [Ql-Users] FGPA Anyone (Mister)

Peter Graf via Ql-Users wrote: >> When I did this thing there were no 128MB cards, so this could very >> well be it, yes. Will have to see what's different with them. > Maybe just an extra address or chip select line that needs a fixed level? Unfortunately nothing this easy, took me ages to

Re: [Ql-Users] FGPA Anyone (Mister)

Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users wrote: > I don't want to undermine your (nifty) project or discourage you to > pursue it, but I recently found a solution for hooking my QL and > compatible computers (including the Thor XVI and the Q60), to a LCD > monitor (as long as it got an HDMI input). I'm

Re: [Ql-Users] FGPA Anyone (Mister)

Daniel Baum via Ql-Users wrote: > I'm afraid your core doesn't seem to work on my Mister (or I've messed up > somehow). I get a black screen with a white Minerva logo in the bottom > right corner, which appears to be gradually overwritten with more blackness. > I wonder if it's the problem that

Re: [Ql-Users] FGPA Anyone (Mister)

Daniel Baum via Ql-Users wrote: > I'm looking forward to testing this. > > Are you going to send it to the main Mister repository? That's the plan. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] FGPA Anyone (Mister)

I did a lot of work on the MiSTer core a year ago. Because of some Greek guy I happen to know :-P I resurrected it a week or two ago and a few minutes ago I finally put the stuff online: https://www.kilgus.net/ql/mister/ I don't have time to test everything but I'm pretty sure I uploaded the

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-VGA

John Southern via Ql-Users wrote: > I have two questions > 1) When can I buy one? I don't know yet. Maybe in a few months if all goes well. > 2) What are the advantages over an RGB/CGA/EGA to HDMI converter? That is was designed exclusively with the QL in mind and it just works. If you already

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-VGA

Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users wrote: > I've read your article. It looks interesting. I'm not clued up on > FPGAs - although I know what the initials stand for - so, I would be > interested in knowing a bit more about how you did the converter. If > you have time and inclination of course. Well, it's

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-VGA

Urs Koenig (QL) via Ql-Users wrote: >> I'll never have a facebook account. But I do use the Forum. > Same as me. Yes, it's a bit of a pity that the discussions tend to get split up nowadays. The most active thread for QL-VGA is actually the Facebook one this time, with currently 474 members the

[Ql-Users] QL-VGA

In case anybody is still lurking here and has not jumped ship to Facebook or the forum, I made a new post about my QL-VGA hardware. You can read about it here: https://www.kilgus.net/2020/01/08/ql-vga-the-second/ All the best, Marcel ___ QL-Users

Re: [Ql-Users] Assembly language eComic, issue 7, out now!

Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users wrote: > In this issue there is an article by Tobias on the Q68, plus > exciting stuff about the UTF8 character set encoding and how it can > be used on the QL - or at least, how I can use it! Two world class > (ahem!) utilities are supplied to enable conversion from the

Re: [Ql-Users] Just a small

paul via Ql-Users wrote: > test to see if this still comes my way. It came my way at least ;) These days the QL-forum seems to have taken over all talks about the QL. Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] New QPC release ?

pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: > DMEDIUM_TYPE returns -1 on DOS devices (the underlying iof.xinf call > suggests: IOI_FTYP $2C Byte Format type (1=qdos, 2=msdos etc) but -1 > is arguable..) Oh, that actually is a bug. It's supposed to be 2 of course. I have translated the code into C last weekend

Re: [Ql-Users] New QPC release ?

François Van Emelen via Ql-Users wrote: > There seems to be a new release of QPC2 in the pipeline. It has been in the pipeline for the last 2 years... but yeah, it's much further along now. > It would be very useful if someone would/could debug the 'DMEDIUM_XXX' > functions. If you refer to the

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyMenu

Derek wrote: > EasyMenu has always been slow to startup on all QL platforms. It takes about 2 seconds on an unexpanded Minerva QL, so I wouldn't say this was generally the case. It took 20 seconds or so on a Q68, which was not the Q68's fault at all but a mere coincidence. All the best, Marcel

Re: [Ql-Users] Wallpaper program

Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users wrote: > Recent versions of SMSQ/E from about version 3.00 feature high colour and > high resolution screens along with the new Window Manager. So "recent" being within the last 16 years ;-) > The downside of using wallpaper on a high-colour system is the amount of >

[Ql-Users] Kilgus.net update roundup

For those that don't monitor my blog or the QL-Forums, here are a few updates that happened the last few weeks: I've decoded the GoldCard boot/patch ROM code https://www.kilgus.net/2018/11/14/supergoldcard-boot-sequence/ I've hunted down a crash in Minerva

Re: [Ql-Users] QMac source code

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 binary output file is > not executable. I've used QLink 1.03 for years on many many projects including SMSQ/E without any

Re: [Ql-Users] QMac source code

Urs Koenig (QL) via Ql-Users wrote: > I was trying to find the sources of all the GST software, updated QUANTA > editions of QMAC and QLINK in specific. All my tries (through QUANTA, > sending emails to all documented addresses of Phil) failed and I stopped > seeking exactly 5 years ago. I've

[Ql-Users] QMac source code

Hi everyone. Does anybody know who has the source code to QMac? The Quanta version doesn't look like simple patches to the GST binary, so I guess somebody must have had it at some point. I'd like to make a few small updates myself. All the best, Marcel

[Ql-Users] QMON manual

Yesterday I asked on the QL Forum if somebody could maybe supply a PC editable version of the QMON manual for me to work on. Many people came forward and tried to help, thanks a lot! But Per mentioned that he already has a well formatted PDF of it but doesn't remember where he got it from. I was

Re: [Ql-Users] QL and 3D printing

Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users wrote: > http://www.hunggartorino.it/ql/ql-parts-thanks-to-3d-printing/ Interessting, thanks. 3D CAD and printing is one thing that I'd like to be able to do but better not try because I cannot do everything I want to do as it is... On the other hand we have some

Re: [Ql-Users] About OQTopus network manager.

Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users wrote: > An introductory article on OQTopus, the new network manager for Black > Phoenix > Enjoy the reading. Giorgio > > http://www.hunggartorino.it/ql/discovering-oqtopus-the-new-network-manager-for-black-phoenix/ Unfortunately I currently don't have much time to

Re: [Ql-Users] File header info

> on dbas manual i've found an alternative description of the header.. > >    Type  Length   Name  Contents >    2 -    LENGTH    File Length >    1 -    TYPE  File access *256+ file type >    2 -    DATA  Dataspace size - EXECutable type >    2 -   

[Ql-Users] QD 2018

I have just updated QD 2018 to version B.05: ; B.05 Implemented per-extension editor-usage (configurable) (MK) ; Fixed BASIC usage for DEFine FuNction (MK) ; Fixed colours in replacement confirmation dialog (MK) ; Fixed DO on resize to keep the x window size (MK) ; Bottom

Re: [Ql-Users] Summer is over, QL time approaching...

Urs Koenig (QL) via Ql-Users wrote: > last day of summer 2018, a summer where I experienced so much. One if not > the greatest summer I ever had. :-) > Normally summertime is a QL free time for me and many other QL folks. But > this summer was different. In my case it was quite the opposite,

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD order page

Thanks everybody, it will take me a while to process all the orders that came in so far! :-o Fairly recently I have decided that I will populate the upper SPI port to allow to connect possible future expansions without any additional soldering. Problem is, I've run out of connectors... so I've

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD order page

RWAP Software via Ql-Users wrote: > Thanks Marcel - it will also be worth listing some on sellmyretro - as > there are a few people who have been looking for these to go with their > Gold Card clones :) Judging from all the reactions I got so far I expect demand to surpass supply anyway, but if

[Ql-Users] QL-SD order page

Hi everyone. I decided ql-users as the long-time home of most long-time users get the link to the QL-SD order page first: https://www.kilgus.net/ql/order/ Soon I will also publish it in QL Forum and Facebook. Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing

Re: [Ql-Users] QD 2018 colours

pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: > So that wouldnt help you, Bob. In VB0.3 the behaviour > changed again. Now DOing the resize button annoyingly resets the width > to 80 coloumns for some reason as well as maxing the hight. It has never worked for me before, but I fixed it anyway, > There is one

Re: [Ql-Users] QD 2018 colours

Bob Spelten via Ql-Users wrote: > But setting a custom width, moving the "size" to the left, is where the > right side also moves left. OK, now I see what you mean. The size is incremented in 20 character steps. There is no explanation in the code why that is, but as this is the same amount that

Re: [Ql-Users] QD 2018 colours

Bob Spelten via Ql-Users wrote: > Per already mentions the jumpy resize behaviour. I frankly don't quite see what's jumpy about it? > One point I would like to add now, as a Basic programmer, is the DEFine > highlight that is not working for FN or FuNction sections. Again a feature I didn't

Re: [Ql-Users] QD 2018 colours

pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: > Im having a problem with the latest QD (2018). The 'Replace > confirmation sub menu' seems to have its colours mixed up. I cant read > that menu in any palette! I've never used or seen this menu, but yes, it's broken. Jochen was being clever here, unfortunately

Re: [Ql-Users] colour confusion

OK, I have a little bit more time and net here now. When I defined the colours 15 or so years ago I was asking the community for feedback, but I think most people didn‘t even quite understand the purpose yet, so there weren‘t really any changes to it. I defined the colours based on three

Re: [Ql-Users] colour confusion

No, „middle ground“ is supposed to be an alternative INK colour. Still on holiday, hope this works. Marcel > Am 24.08.2018 um 14:45 schrieb pjwitte via Ql-Users > : > > There appears to be some inconsistency in the application of colour > components of palettes by different software authors.

Re: [Ql-Users] QD 2018

Jochen Merz via Ql-Users wrote: > 1988 + 20 = ??? ;-) Erm, calling it 20 makes me feel younger :-o Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] QD 2018

To celebrate QD's 20th anniversary Jochen Merz gave me the premission to release the fabulous QD text editor for free. Enjoy: https://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/qd/ Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

[Ql-Users] QL-SD progress

Work on QL-SD is still moving along, the driver has reached version 1.07 and seems pretty stable now: https://www.kilgus.net/soft/qlsd107_bin.zip There is also a new version of the loadable DEV device (or actually it's the version that already comes with SMSQ/E, compiled for QDOS):

Re: [Ql-Users] return values QPC2 <>SMSQMULATOR

Wolf via Ql-Users wrote: > does your comment mean the question is solved? Not sure if intentional or not, but OPEN_OVER with NFS device overwrites any file, even if it's marked as read-only. And according to François it returns "not found" if the file really is on a read-only drive like a CD-ROM,

Re: [Ql-Users] return values QPC2 <>SMSQMULATOR

Wolf via Ql-Users wrote: > I didn't get the original question, for a few days I seem to have had > some email trouble... This was the complete code: 100 OPEN_OVER#3,'ram2_rdonly_txt' 110  REMark Why does 'dmedium_rdonly(\dev$) return 0 instead of 1 120  REMark Why does 'dmedium_type(\dev$)

Re: [Ql-Users] return values QPC2 <>SMSQMULATOR

François Van Emelen via Ql-Users wrote: > 110  REMark Why does 'dmedium_rdonly(\dev$) return 0 instead of 1 > 120  REMark Why does 'dmedium_type(\dev$) return -1 instead of 3 Because I didn't implement special support for this. The DOS device generally doesn't care if the directory you point it

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

Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users wrote: > This has always been the problem with substitution devices. One solution > would be to rewrite the io.fstrg/fs.headr/etc code to substitute the > filenames read as well (essentially chop off the directory path > substituted). In case of io.fstrg this means

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

Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users wrote: > From the QL Forum: Copy of my answer: The problem is that QL filenames always include the directory paths and the usual substitution devices like DEV only redirect the OPEN call, after that the channel is maintained by the other driver, so the result of

Re: [Ql-Users] QLSD tester sought

desin via Ql-Users wrote: >> I'm mainly interested in making sure it still works as stable as >> before. > Hello Marcel > > works ok on the MiSTER > > but no luck on the MiST Hi Markus. What happens on the MiST? In principle the hardware access is the same as before. Cheers, Marcel

[Ql-Users] QLSD tester sought

I've got a new QLSD driver release which needs some testing, so if anybody is willing to help there is a ROM and RAM version at https://www.kilgus.net/soft/qlsd105_bin.zip I'm mainly interested in making sure it still works as stable as before. There are 4 changes: 1. It solves a small problem

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.33

Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users wrote: > I am faced with a problem in v3.33: the "WMAN system colours" config block > is gone (!) and as a result, most of PE programs (especially old ones) are > affected and only display in the ugly (and CRT screen killing) white > background/green borders/black

Re: [Ql-Users] GDPR and 25th May

Rich Mellor via Ql-Users wrote: > With the new GDPR legislation coming in on 25th May - how will the > mailing list cope with this? Article 30, section 5: "5. The obligations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to an enterprise or an organisation employing fewer than 250 persons

[Ql-Users] QL-SD progress

For anybody following my struggle to produce actual hardware, there is a slight update on the progress: https://www.kilgus.net/2018/04/29/ql-sd-update/ Good night ;) Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QLSD Drivers

Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > new QL-SD drivers for QXL.WIN style container files are on my site > (wlenerz.com/qlsd). > These are much improved versions by Marcel Kilgus. > They should work with later QDOS versions (e.g. JS, MG), Minerva, SMSQ/E. Thanks Wolfgang. Perhaps a

Re: [Ql-Users] Graphic objects and padding

pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: > If those who "wrote the book" on these matters arent able/willing to > pipe up, then we'll have to waste some time R-ingTFBs and doing the > tests ourselves. I'll be back. "The books" were written so long ago, even the people who wrote them must usually spend some

Re: [Ql-Users] SerMouse

English QLs I think ;) > Albin Hessler gave Marcel Kilgus permission to release the SerMouse software > as freeware, so version 3.04 of the software is currently available. I’ve > added it to the Pointer Environment page on my website to download free of > charge. Thanks

[Ql-Users] Cueshell

Happy Eastern everyone, today I'm proud to present to you Albin Hessler's Cueshell, in my eyes the best file manager ever written for the QL: https://www.kilgus.net/2018/03/31/cueshell-the-definitive-file-manager-for-the-ql/ All the best, Marcel ___

Re: [Ql-Users] FiFi

> Am 30.03.2018 um 14:18 schrieb François Van Emelen via Ql-Users > : > Thank you. I suppose it is the same version as the one I bought many year ago > from Jochen Merz. Actually I know one user who has bugged Wolfgang so much that he did a few updates recently ;) No,

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Video Card?

y remark this noon, I was actually > thinking "that could be something for Marcel Kilgus" now that he started > playing with FPGA. Really. > > My guess is that you'd use an FPGA with >=32 KB RAM, so why bus-snooping > and not fully replace the video area? Just to keep the origina

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD news

Peter Graf via Ql-Users wrote: >> As far as I could gather in my limited tests, INGOT 5 never worked >> (which includes the Tetroid) and INGOT 6 worked or at least mostly >> worked. > That makes me a little sceptic, because I have one labelled "INGOT 5" > which worked (with the original driver and

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD news

Peter Graf via Ql-Users wrote: > Did you test your logic changes with a non-Tetroid GC inside a QL where > the original logic did *not* work reliably? > > I'm asking, because IIRC you reported total failure of the original > logic with the Tetroid GC, while my experience was, that non-Tetroid GC >

[Ql-Users] QL-SD news

Speaking of only announcing stuff that basically already works, I have made huge progress regarding my work on QL-SD that I was going to write about today anyway: https://www.kilgus.net/2018/03/29/ql-sd-news/ Hope this is interesting to you all. Cheers, Marcel

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