On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 23:20:14 -0000 "Stephen Meech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
< snip > > It's a pity the author didn't continue development. It's been a > while now so > he's almost certainly lost interest. During the course of QLAY's development, and subsequently, I had been under the impression that the author was working on QLAY as a partial requirement for a degree program [i.e., his sole motivation] ... and, he graduated before write the "last" bits of code. Consequently, Jan Venema has provided the source code so that someone else could "finish" the program -- essentially, FLP & SERial support. I could be incorrect in my assumption as to Venema's motivation for writing QLAY. Al > Stephen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Al Feng > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 1:52 PM > Subject: Re: [ql-users] Hardware platforms > > QLAY [downloadable freeware] _is_ a 100% QDOS [or, MINERVA] > compatible > emulator on a PC platform. There is a LINUX compatible version, > too. > > QLAY will probably do 95% of what you are looking for. > > The current/persistent limitations of QLAY are its inability to > communicate > with SERial or FLP ... files are held on a WIN drive. > > QUILL files, for example, can be created and SAVEd, but must be > PRINTed > through DOS ... transfers must be done in DOS, etc. > > Non-text files may need to be ZIPped before being transferred > through DOS for > PC-disk to QL ... > > Both of the limitations [i.e., lack of FLP & SERial support] can > probably be > overcome if a QLever QUANTA member (OR, any other QLingon reading > this LIST) > who can write machine code (or, assembly?) would "complete" the > code. > > SBYTEd dongled-TK2_code can be used with QLAY. > > I have read that QLAY is much slower than QPC when run on the same > platform > (factor of 3?). AFAIK, QLAY's speed is dependent on the host > platform's > speed -- I think that on anything faster than a 66MHz PC, QLAY will > be faster > than the original QL. Again, the QPC emulation will be much faster > on a > faster host platform. > > > > --- > -- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 25/10/2002 > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com
