Al Feng writes:
QLTOOLS is used to move files into directories (via DOS) that are then
read by QLAY.
(The more friendly) QxlWin Explorer for Windoze by Frederic van der
Plancke can also extract files from Qxl.win files in a format suitable for
Qlay and Q-emulator.
Per
Marcel Kilgus writes:
What's system asleep? The button frame is still called the same in
I have no idea. In Thierry's ACP one configuration item asks you to
supply the name for system asleep. Perhaps its local to ACP.
Aha, ACP 4 doesn't have that option.
Not surprised. It was FI2 v3.31
Dilwyn Jones writes:
Is there a standard way to put a job to sleep? I notice that jobs
like Qpac
First did you mean BUTTON_SLEEP?
Yes. Sorry.
the BUTTON_SLEEP program puts any reasonably behaved job to sleep, by
locking the job's windows, removing them from the display and then
Christopher Cave writes:
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The QPTR examples (? by Tony Tebby) that were distributed with C68 had a
function menu_button that just unset a main window definition and placed a
suitably named button in the frame. Waking was just the reverse. The QPAC2
code was not
Marcel Kilgus writes:
Just dug out one of the assembler PE programs I wrote (in 1993! Man,
time moves on). It does just use the QPAC2 thing for this job, quite
simple actually. However, and that's the unfortunate part, the name of
the thing got actually translated. Back then my program did
Requires tk2 or equivalent
14 REMark P Witte 1998
15 REMark Use at own risk! No warranties!
16 REMark Parameters:
17 REMark dev$ = device; eg win1_, ram2_
18 REMark dir$ = directory; eg temp_
19 REMark tree: 0: files in this dir only
20 REMark 0: all sub-dirs and files
21 :
1000
Richard Zidlicky writes:
But if all this could be built into the EX command in a future version
of SMSQ/E, then it would be a different matter entirely...
this would not improve much, it would still be only accessible from basic
and not c68 programs. In SBasic you already have ways to build
Timothy Swenson writes:
Unfortunately neither Turbo itself not its output is very clean: It is
neither ROMable not Thingable ;(
Per
Given Simon's Assembly background I would think that the output from TURBO
would be fairly clean (but I've never looked at it and I really don't know
Yes,
Dexter writes:
Well, I now have some semblance of a platform to do programming on - a QXL
and SMSQ.
I'm looking to catch up with you people who never left, and this means
spending yet more cash on software! (So far, this venture has cost me a
small fortune, my wife is getting worried!)
I Wrote:
Wolfgang Lenerz writes:
1 - What is a Forced Free?
TH_FRFRE is an OS supplied piece of code - don't touch it.
TH_FREE is the code the thing writer supplies for a forced free (i.e.
the job ownning the thing is removed).
Not quite. TH_FREE is called for freeing the Thing
Is there a way to get a c68 program to accept a commandline
(or part of a command line) from a file/pipe.
I want to achieve something like:
EX cprog ; -options parameters filelist_file
rather than
EX cprog ; -options parameters file1 file2 .. fileN
Or is all this entirely up to
Phoebus Dokos writes:
QLib_run! The thing is that Turbo being around for so long (from the time
of Supercharge) it has an impressive amount of code templates that do the
trick. And George updates it extremely often. What was the last time
Q-Liberator was updated? Additionally being restrictive
ZN writes:
where X: is an unused drive letter K. Keep in mind that the letter to
win
mapping seems to be hard-coded. So, D will be win2_ etc. if you already
have a D and can't put a QXL.win file on it (for instance if it's a CD
ROM), tough luck :-(
But the CDROM drive letter can be
Peter S Tillier writes:
Is there a way to get a c68 program to accept a commandline
(or part of a command line) from a file/pipe.
I want to achieve something like:
EX cprog ; -options parameters filelist_file
rather than
EX cprog ; -options parameters file1 file2 ..
Timothy Swenson writes:
Is there a way to get a c68 program to accept a commandline
(or part of a command line) from a file/pipe.
I want to achieve something like:
1 EX cprog ; -options parameters filelist_file
rather than
2 EX cprog ; -options parameters file1 file2 .. fileN
Or
Dilwyn Jones writes:
I'm having a spot of bother with Application Window menus in Easyptr -
can anyone help?
If I set up a simple menu in app window 1 based on an array like DIM
array$(36,200) and call it with
MDRAW #0,flp1_mymenu_menu
MAWDRAW #0,1,array$
all seems well. Even if I
Wolfgang Lenerz writes:
1 - What is a Forced Free?
TH_FRFRE is an OS supplied piece of code - don't touch it.
TH_FREE is the code the thing writer supplies for a forced free (i.e.
the job ownning the thing is removed).
Not quite. TH_FREE is called for freeing the Thing normally, ie
Wolfgang Uhlig writes:
I have a version of Psion Chess, which works even right from the hard-disk
under QPC. I triied it only in a window of 512x256 in QL-Colour mode, this
works fine and
I can even play it when reading my e-mails, to name one of the
possibilities.
Really don't remember
Phoebus Dokos replies to Michael Grunditz:
Can PROG_USE contain more places than one ? or is there any other $PATH
like variable ?
There are two extensions that create devices called PTH (path) and DEV
(device) which will do the trick... albeit not as good of elegant as DOS or
Un*x (I
Marcel Kilgus writes:
Phoebus Dokos wrote:
As for Matchpoint I don't have an unprotected version
I have one if there's any interest.
Yes!
Per
Phoebus Dokos writes:
has anyone tried yet to use Thierry's ATAPI/CD ROM extensions under QDOS?
Does it require the THING_rext extension?
I havent tried it in Qdos, but it would need the Thing system to run.
This is included in Hot_rext. Thing_rext is for accessing the Thing
system, it
Tony Firshmanwrites:
I recall there is a way to use a file name explicitly in a TT toolkit
command and avoid OPEN/CLOSE, but I can't find it in his 'manual'.
copy_length = FLEN(\ dv$ file$) * loop
Per
Dilwyn Jones writes:
take on this task. I myself would be willing to do something for the
(English) manual, if wanted.
A note of caution: when I last spoke to him he said he had no English
manual for it!
I definitely have a comprehensive English manual! If Albin doesnt have one
anymore,
Wolfgang Uhlig writes:
As far as I know, Marcel will try to get in contact with Albin in order
to get him to correct
and improve some things. But even so, if there is a possibility to do
things, I am willing to
contribute in any way I can. Concerning the german comments, if there are
Wolfgang Lenerz writes:
Seriously now, between what I saw Wolfgang and Marcel achieving with
QPTR
and EasyPTR respectively... I agree that at least ONE PTR toolkit
(either)
should be in one's arsenal :-)
Oh but Marcel had the idea, not me.
It's just a question of what you're used to.
ZN writes:
computing in a better way, with Citroen you get to preach that there are
better ways to drive around on 4 (and actually, even 3 - some will work
without one rear) wheels!
Dont I know! Once, driving with a friend in his ancient Citroen D model in
Africa somewhere, I saw this
Hiall,
You all know the super EasyPTR suit of programs and utilities from Albin
Hessler? In response to my query, Albin writes that he would be happy
to supply the source code to a person or persons willing to update and
upgrade them! Most of this code is written in assembler with comments
in
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 11:25:46PM +0100, P Witte wrote:
Hiall,
This is the third virus Ive had from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
within
the last couple of months. So far I have escaped, but sooner or later
someones going to take a hit.
to be more precise, someone using the unfortunate email
was Re: [ql-users] DIANOUX [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bill Waugh writes:
No need for tantrums lads, I think I started this merely by mentioning
that
I had received a virus twice from the same source, would you rather I had
kept quiet and let it spread further.
The bandwidth expended by those like
DIANOUX writes:
I am absolutely sorry for the virus you received, my panda antivirus
version
did'nt detect it. Now it's updated and cured (...)
I'm very impressed by the number of reactions I received from all !
Medicine is ever one step after the illness: in a first time, medicine is
just
Dilwyn Jones writes:
Is there anyone out there who has a Kodak DC camera and using a QPC2?
Simon Goodwin in now well advanced with his Digicam software for the
QL, and already has it working on a variety of platforms including
Q40, so there is a good chance it would work with QPC2 as well,
Hiall,
This is the third virus Ive had from [EMAIL PROTECTED] within
the last couple of months. So far I have escaped, but sooner or later
someones going to take a hit. Cant he be switched off until he gets himself
sorted?
Per
Yippie!
Marcel Kilgus writes:
Arnould Nazarian wrote:
This is only to stress again on the point that the routines seem to be
foreseen for proportional printing on screen: that is why characters can
be placed with pixel accuracy both in QDOS and the PE. So it should be
feasible, and the main
Marcel Kilgus writes:
After the Hove show some of us went to a pub and discussed a bit about
I like your proposals. Anything that simplifies the process of
program-creation as well as enhances the usability and aesthetics must be A
Good Thing. Amen.
Next question, what should be included in
Al Feng writes:
For example, I own a fairly early QXL card -- nice, but it wasn't
stressed (mentioned? ... oops!?!) that the screen image was reduced
(i.e., equivalent, at best, of a 10 when viewed on a standard 14 VGA
Sounds odd. Is this a problem with early QXLs or can anyone help Al here?
Michael Grunditz writes:
I need help to unpack the tostoql.lzh file , because I cant do it..(?).
lzh decompressors for Windoze are available on the internet, I believe.
If anyone needs qdos-gcc for AIX , I have fiddled with the source and
now it compiles fine.
Sounds like something for
Tony Firshman writes:
Definitely not! In the eighties I tried to get a bed on the express
between
Paris and London. After half an hour of charades with the sleeper
attendant
I had to give up. It turned out that the magic word was 'couchette'. Like
Doctor Foster, I 'never went there again'.
Tony Firshman writes:
Im sure someone is carefully planning these shows to include me out ;)
Let us know when you are free and we will see if we can arrange a show
for you (8-)#
I might have half a hour available sometime in May ;)
Maybe Paris in October?
Definitely not! In the eighties
ZN writes:
However, all I want is an extra connector on the cable and a switch to
toggle power to either the one device or the other, ie nothing worth
$39 + pp and a big box.
You may not want it, but it's the only correct way to do it. Switching the
power supply will eventually do damage
ZN writes:
Another thing occurs to me, given the recent discussions on game toolkits.
The PE used to handle programs in mode 8 and 4 so that all windows of the
same mode would be displayed together. When the cursor would get over an
area used by a burried window that is in a mode different
ZN writes:
However... there will be a place for an Analog Devices DSP on board. It
will connect to the digital audio interface header on the GF so it's
serial
ports can use the audio chip as an AD and DA converter (for MP3 and such
:-) ), but since it's host port will also be available as a
Im sure someone is carefully planning these shows to include me out ;)
Per
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:22 AM
Subject: RE: Re: [ql-users] Hove Workshop
I was intending to get to this show - would have been my
Tony Firshman writes:
Ahem..:
between the one device or the other (at switch-on time), to make it do
what
^
-|
As Nasta hasn't popped up to give the correct reply, I will
Id like to connect both a CD-ROM and a CF-reader to my Q60 (in addition to
the main hard disk) - but not necessarily both at the same time. However, I
dont like having my beautiful machine lying around with half its guts
hanging out so I can easily swap things around when i need to.
1) Would it
Norman Dunbar writes:
Which is the downfall of Things - the very vagueness
of what it can be means a lot of programmers don't have the knowledge
or documentation to implement things.
Hee Hee - there a 'series' of articles in QL Toady all about writing
Things.
From the Thing Master
Nasta writes:
So a small (mobile ?) QL-compatible system with only solid state devices
would be feasable ?
Yes, that's what I'm using now, although since it's a regular Aurora,
Qubide and SGC it's not exactly small... but one out of two :-)
I know youve sort of answered this before, but the
The QPC version of my QL Winchester Information and Rename Console, Qwirc,
is now available at Dilwyn Jones' Other Software page
http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/software/other/other.html (Thanks Dilwyn!) and
also on Marcel Kilgus' site http://www.kilgus.net/qpc/downloads.html (Thanks
Marcel!) On the
Norman Dunbar writes:
My web site has yet again been updated, but I'm not too happy with the
colours/format/tables etc. So her is a little competition for all you
budding webmasters out there :
Go to http://www.bountiful.demon.co.uk/qdos/index.html and download the
zip
file holding all the
Marcel Kilgus writes:
After all those printer issues I'm proud to announce the launch of my
completely new web appearance. It's address is http://www.kilgus.net/
and it contains all the latest news about QPC. The new pages are
easier to maintain and therefore there is a good chance that I
Phoebus Dokos writes:
SCR files
Mode 32 and 33 selectable (or both with auto renaming of the filenames)
(Many thanks to Claus Graf, Wolfgang Lenerz, Duncan Neithercut for the
testing, and Malcolm for the original source code and the input on Mode 32
and 33, Also thanks Jerome Grimbert for
Phoebus R. Dokos writes:
Per's utility is A MUST for every one using QPC 2. It's
extremely user friendly, really fast and easy to use and
has helped me a lot especially with the absurd sizes of
QXL.win files I use :-) .
The installation program puts many commercial programs
to shame... It's
Public utility announcement:
Qwirc is a hard disk management utility for - only for QPC2 at present - to
mount and unmount QXL.win files and to set or rename the the hard disk (as
seen from SMSQ/E). It runs under the Pointer Environment, so should be less
of a hassle to get to grips with than my
Thierry Godefroy writes:
I'm afraid my last message about the new QCDEZE utility got
unoticed among all the heavy trafic (over 400 messages in
2002 (i.e. in 15 days) already in ql-users, wow !) the list
is experimenting now...
Did anyone tried it ?
Any feedback ?
QDOS/SMS forever !
Not
Wolfgang Lenerz writes:
On 13 Jan 2002, at 13:33, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Any ideas how I could do this 'legally' in such a background job?
This is how I did it for az job that blzanks the screen if no
keyborad/mouse activity after a certain time:
snip
MOVE.L(A3),A3
Wolfgang Lenerz writes:
NOT AT ALL !!! This is perfectly documented: the documentation for
the
IOSS (see the QDOS/SMS reference manual) DOES says that A0 must stay
unchanged or at least be restored if the device driver did not
recognize
its own device in the name during an open
Phoebus R. Dokos writes:
I tried my CF adapter with my A7000 and it works
like a dream :-)... Another extra ;-) Booted RISC
OS 3.x like a charm and then copied my entire
hard drive to a (on loan 1 Gb Microdrive)... then
started the machine w/o the HDD... No problems
:-) Actually since my A7000
Dave Dexter writes:
How do people actually use their machines these days? What's in demand?
I use my 'QL' as an all-rounder - apart from Internet, scanning, CD-burning,
networking and DTP. Database, accounting, letter writing, programming
(S*Basic, assembler, php) and general mucking about are
Dexter writes:
The QL is withering. Those few who are left do not have the resources, or
the inclination, to invest energy in it. I can think of maybe ten people
who are actively giving energy to the QL scene. Not for profit. Not for
personal gain. Because they love it.
Tony. Nasta. Peter.
Marcel Kilgus writes:
I tried (by exploiting the Atari kernel whose fast memory support
already prohibits slave blocks in fast memory), but couldn't get it to
work. Not much joy in debugging there, so I trashed it.
There should be a SCSI driver in there somewhere too. Is that transferable
to
Dilwyn Jones writes:
What I wanted to do was a simple background job looking to see if the
mouse or keyboard had been used for a given number of minutes. If not,
start a job to do something else. Trouble was, every time I used RDPT
and the job got buried by another job, it 'suspended' and no
Dilwyn Jones writes:
What I wanted to do was a simple background job looking to see if the
mouse or keyboard had been used for a given number of minutes. If not,
start a job to do something else. Trouble was, every time I used RDPT
and the job got buried by another job, it 'suspended' and no
Phoebus R. Dokos writes:
Hmmm another undocumented feature... nothing
in the SMS reference manual
:-) Or at least I didn't see it. Thanks Richard
No, but it is in the Qptr manual - a must for writing PE programs! Is it
still available (Jochen)?
Per
Below is a small S*Basic program to
Dexter writes:
I've been sat like a hawk on Ebay waiting for a QL to come up for auction.
Try the Qbox-USA BBS on 810-254-9878, 24 hours (as advertised in QL-Today)
Per
Dave Walker writes:
My experience is that as long as you ahve at least 128Mb of memory then
Win2K outperformas any of the Win9x variants.
I agree (apart from booting and shutdown which are annoyingly slow) It is
also much more stable than any other variant of windoze Ive tried. W95OSR2
cant be
Dilwyn Jones writes:
OK, this won't mean a thing to those not conversant with Easyptr, QPTR
etc, but it's as well to get these facts about our programming tools
out in the open to be aired in case other QL programmers encounter the
same problems. I just hope I can persuade the author to
Warning!! Windoze and Linux haters should skip this mail as it may
contain objectionable material!!
Some people will consider it blatantly out of order, but considering
the trouble Ive saved myself I cant resist passing it on to the one or
two who may find it of some use.
Qdos-lovers will agree
Malcolm Lear writes:
Thanks for all the info Per, this is exactly what I was after. Do
you
know why d1.l is
labeled x,y pointer coordinates on both input and output?
As input it is used to compare with the current pointer position to
determine whether the pointer has moved. As output it
Wolfgang Lenerz writes:
On 22 Nov 2001, at 0:38, P Witte wrote:
Im not sure how much of the documentation ought to be reproduce
here
as it probably is copywrited material. Any thoughts on that,
anyone?
No problem if you rephrase it.
Ah! Thats probably why it costs money ;)
Its been
Malcolm Lear writes:
Has anyone got any info on the low level mouse interface in the PE.
I
assume it must be a
documented Trap which returns both absolute pointer position and the
relative position since
the last call. I also need to determine the mouse button status. Any
help would be
Urs König writes:
Finding some spare time those days to use my QL, I've been
wondering if anybody has a (patched) PSION CHESS which
runs fine under later (QD-)OS like SMSQ(/E) on non
QL-Hardware like QXL or QPC?
Versions are available that run from disk on QLs and 100% compatibles
Roy Wood writes:
Seems Ive got read-only status :( Please let me know if this
message does *not* appear on the list ;)
Per
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
If it did not appear how could we know ?
Youll know by the cheeky wink on the smiley ;)
Per
Hmmm, the price of your QLToady subscription has just doubled ;-)
Joker, Obstreperous Nerd, Editor Supreme!
Per
(Please Excuse Repetitions/Rudeness)
(Plugging Endless Rubbish?)
QDOS
Quirky, dubious, obsolete system
Quite Decidedly Os Supreme!
SMSQ/E
Some Modifications for Serious QLs/Emulators
Scant Modifications, Some Queer Extensions
Sad, Masochistic Suckers Queue 'Ere
QL
QL Lives!
SINCLAIR
Singular Individual Nationally Celebrated Largely on Account of
Ive always been blessed with very little spam. Every now and again I
get a rash, which I ignore, and it eventually goes away again.
Im having a spam rash now, the first in this series starting on Jul 4.
Looking at my internet history the only unusual visit made in the last
three weeks was when I
Richard Zidlicky writes:
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 11:57:17PM +0200, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
Richard Zidlicky wrote:
uhmm, I assume you set the drive asleep using some of the sleep
commands. Don't do this! Life expectancy of drives is measured
in spinup cycles, not hours of idle
Marcel Kilgus writes:
I have a question regarding the SMSQ/E Hard disk driver on my Q60.
Search the SMSQ/E file (using Wined, Filed or some other hexeditor)
for the hex values
26 2b 01 cc e5 8b 08 2d 00 03 fb 07
There should only be 2(!) occurrences (however, I don't have an
SMSQ/E
for
Hi all,
I have a question regarding the SMSQ/E Hard disk driver on my Q60.
The issue is outlined in the correspondence quoted below. Any idea,
anyone?
When my hard disk has stopped, and some access attempt
wakes it up again, it doesnt quite manage to spin up before
the file system
- Original Message -
From: Q Branch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] qxltool and multipartitions
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Timothy
Swenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
SNIP
Another thing is that the Syquest drive
Only guessing because I can't try this until I get home, but when n
reaches the value 2. (the nearest it'll get to 3.00
because
0.01 is not represented exactly internally [that would need an
infinite
number of bits]), then PRINT n will round up to 3, whereas INT(n)
will
return the
Ian Pizer writes:
With Windows mode, QPCII v2 Final will still not load. I get : The
program has performed an illegal operation
Details QPC2 caused an invalid fault in module QPC.exe at
0177:0040fc99
etc. Perhaps that gives a clue?
Jerome mentions QPC2v2final Updated could there be an
Marcel Kilgus writes:
Per wrote:
Oh good. Where does one get it?
You've never aquired any updates before? By mail, Jochen's BBS,
Jochen's
web-page or whatever you prefer, I don't know.
No, I ask because I could not find it at the usual place, Jochen's
BBS. But youre very welcome to mail
Claude Mourier 00 writes:
Is there any way to work with a three buttons mouse on a PC (I found
using
the third button as Escape very convenient on native QDOS/SMS
machines) ?
Claude
Presumably you mean using a 3-button mouse in QPC2? Because that would
be nice. And the scroll wheel while
Martin Wheatley writes:
Marcus wrote
It's just that you answered an HTML mail and therefore it
generated
HTML, too, I suppose.
And Malcolm replied
Also, to send HTML you must have MIME enabled ... otherwise it is
rejected. Dis-enable MIME when sending plain text.
If you are using
Marcel Kilgus writes:
Command MOUSE_STUFF defines which character is generated when
pressing
the third button. So for ESC that would be
MOUSE_STUFF CHR$(27)
Thanks for documenting that. However, it does not appear to work for
my Logitec wheelmouse on W2k; no character is registered.
Per
Malcolm Cadman writes:
Yes, yes; anOTHER *2htm! I really got to work this one through my
system. Im having the whole house htmlised next. Wall2wall. After
that, no one can be sure. The pets have all fled; the wife is
terrified! (Shes waiting for the dreaded call: Honey, I just
html-ised
the
Malcolm Cadman writes:
... a mite cynical, yet agree with some of it. My difficulty with
politicians is that they are no longer allowing democracy to take
place.
Oh, democracy is working alright: One dollar = One vote; its business
as usual.
The problem with the system is that anyone
ZN writes:
...on the QL the implied 1, IIRC, is not removed, so the
mantissa is really a mantissa, not a fraction.
I buy that explanation ;)
Per
Richard Zidlicky writes:
Also very nice source of desaster are div and mod routines wrt
negative
values and overflow. Those are often used in direct disk access
programs.
viz:
DIV/MOD
SMSQ/E and Minerva say:
7 div 3 , 7 mod 3 = 2 , 1
-7 div 3 , -7 mod 3 = -3 , 2
7 div -3 , 7
There seem to be some problems with floating point numbers on SMSQ/E
(2.98)
First of all, entering numbers between 2E308 and 9E308 crash Sbasic!
Eg
PRINT 2E308: rem Bang!
Numbers -9E308 and 9E308 get an Invalid syntax error, which is ok.
But, notice the range has changed!
SMSQ/E allows
If theres anything out there that will convert bmp or png to QL
pic
format I must have missed it! Can anyone help?
Per
If you have a Q40 you can use pqiv, load the png image and save as
pic
(Q40 display layout).
Thanks for that, but I dont have a Qx0 yet. Im one of the untold
masses
Phoebus Dokos writes:
Use OVER#channel,0
Wolfgang
Yep but OVER has a very annoying property. Once you use AT and place
your
text at the same position as your previous PRINT statement. ;-)
I think thats a wonderful property! It rubs your text out again,
restoring the background. (But
Malcolm Lear writes:
Sorry I think I misunderstood you. I assumed you wanted a program to
convert bitmaps to
QPC hicolour. It would be quite a feat to convert down from 24 bit
to 3.
Not at all. That was just the ticket! However it doesnt quite work for
me. Looks like the picture is just out
If theres anything out there that will convert bmp or png to QL pic
format I must have missed it! Can anyone help?
Per
Bill Waugh writes:
On Thu, 12 Mar 1981, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
Things have changed since then ;)
Most people on this list have access to a PC, are another machine
(UnixBox) which already has Intrernet progs, else they wouldn't be
on this list. I, for myself, use a PC. Somebody on
FranoisVan Emelen writes:
Easysource_exe and Easysprite_exe (Easyptr package) won't run in high
colour mode.
Datadesign locks in high colour mode when asking info about the opened
ddf-file (F3 followed by a).
Youre right :( And EZmenu totters. All in all, my QL now crashes more than
100
Dave Westbury writes:
EG load the maths_ext and try:
PRINT SIN(a)
where (a) not defined. No excuse for that behaviour regardless.
While we're having this bug-fest, how about (SMSQ/E 2.98 colour 24, QPC2v2)
c=fopen("scr_")
rep ll: if inkey$(#c; 1) "": exit ll
close#c
The logic may be
Dave Westbury writes:
Now that rings a bell. In early coding days I wrote some array handling
SBASIC
commands (which, given a channel, filled arrays directly from a MIDI data
dump).
They worked well under SMSQ but failed when I qliberated the program. I
just put
it down to different data
Marcel Kilgus writes:
P Witte wrote:
10 a = 0
20 OPEN#1;'con_0x0'
30 PAUSE#1; 200
it zaps QPC.
Cannot reproduce that. OS? Memory settings?
I did mention you had to EX it? The cut-of value is at 2x2; 1x1 and 0x0 both
kill QPC2v2.
M$ Windoze 2000 5.00.2195
AMD Athlon 700MHz
130,544Mb
Timothy Swenson writes:
Isn't there a way to check to see if a Keyword is available? In DJTK
there is
the CHECK command, that looks to see if a PROC/FN is available. I'm
guessing
this will work for the GD2 commands, like PALETTE_QL. Have not tried it
myself, but it's worth a look. Get
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