Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
On 15 Nov 2009, at 19:21, P Witte wrote: iob.elin (trap#3, $4) was a terrible mess. I wrote to TT about it and he agreed, but I dont know it was ever fixed After several years I managed to get this trap to work. As far as I can tell it works perfectly. But the descriptions in the various manuals are not very clear. I now think it is in fact a good, almost essential, trap. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
gdgqler wrote: $23 is qa.tan2 Only in SMSQ/E, but not Minerva $25 and $27 are not there They're available in Minerva, but not SMSQ/E $2F increases the stack by 4, not 2 $2F is Minerva only and as I see it, it does increase by 2 $32 returns PI SMSQ/E only again. With all the different OS and release versions it's difficult to keep everything in sync. 2. Page Section 16 15 For vector SB.INIPR A4 is altered on return As far as I see, the register is saved before the call. Or is it a QDOS bug? QPTR Manual 1. Page 60 In IOP.RPXL it seems that A1 is not preserved. This was fixed in later PE releases and SMSQ/E. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
gdgqler wrote: However (isn't there quite often a however?) there are one or two pencilled amendments in my printed manuals which someone may like to confirm or refute. By the way, this is all in Text87 which is a program I can only use with great difficulty. If somebody else of course wants to maintin the manuals... ;-) Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
From: Marcel Kilgus By the way, this is all in Text87 which is a program I can only use with great difficulty. If somebody else of course wants to maintin the manuals... ;-) Any chance to get the original QPTR text? Cheers...Ralf ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
Ralf Reköndt wrote: From: Marcel Kilgus By the way, this is all in Text87 which is a program I can only use with great difficulty. If somebody else of course wants to maintin the manuals... ;-) Any chance to get the original QPTR text? What is that? Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
The original QJump docs have embedded control codes (like \j, \b or \mn codes für l+r justifying, bold text and monospaced text.). They were printed with QPLQ (an inhouse QJump program) nearly as the way TeX prints. Far bejond text87. So, if someone can supply the original text, I can print it as a PDF so it looks the same as originally printed by QJump. Originality should be preserved ;-). Cheers...Ralf BTW: You have corrected a bug in QPLQ for QPC2 for me, do you remember...? - Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus Ralf Reköndt wrote: From: Marcel Kilgus By the way, this is all in Text87 which is a program I can only use with great difficulty. If somebody else of course wants to maintin the manuals... ;-) Any chance to get the original QPTR text? What is that? Marcel ___ 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] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
Marcel Kilgus wrote: With all the different OS and release versions it's difficult to keep everything in sync. As you say. I too have a number of corrections, but no longer know whether they apply or not, as there were so many intermediate versions. Thus sms.sevt (trap #1, $3a) A0+ all preserved. My notes says HBA 3.04 smashed! iob.elin (trap#3, $4) was a terrible mess. I wrote to TT about it and he agreed, but I dont know it was ever fixed Theres more, but this is perhaps not the time/place.. Would be great if someone were to take on to edit these manuals. Perhaps the simplest for now would be for that someone to compile an Errata database and maintain it in some public place on the web? 2. Page Section 16 15 For vector SB.INIPR A4 is altered on return As far as I see, the register is saved before the call. Or is it a QDOS bug? QPTR Manual 1. Page 60 In IOP.RPXL it seems that A1 is not preserved. This was fixed in later PE releases and SMSQ/E. Last time I checked iop.rpxl wasnt working at all! Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
P Witte wrote: iob.elin (trap#3, $4) was a terrible mess. I wrote to TT about it and he agreed, but I dont know it was ever fixed No idea either. 1. Page 60 In IOP.RPXL it seems that A1 is not preserved. This was fixed in later PE releases and SMSQ/E. Last time I checked iop.rpxl wasnt working at all! Ah, right. It was not implemented for high colour modes. In this case I just remembered that Wolfgang fixed a whole bunch of A1 issues and figured this would have been among them. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
Ralf Reköndt wrote: The original QJump docs have embedded control codes (like \j, \b or \mn codes für l+r justifying, bold text and monospaced text.). Ah, okay. No, can't help you there, sorry. Don't even have the QPTR sources. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
Many thanks Marcel!! Extremely useful. Malcolm Marcel Kilgus wrote: Here's one thing that came out of the Swiss QL meeting: I've updated my page at http://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/development.html to include PDFs of the QDOS SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR. In the hope that there are still some developers left who have a use for them... Have fun, Marcel ___ 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] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
I'm very grateful to Marcel for this. I have both books, but they are big and clumsy, so a PDF (I hope it's searchable, haven't looked yet) will be *very* useful for the odd occasion when I need to refer to the docs. Dilwyn Jones - Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus ql-us...@mail.kilgus.net To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 2:52 AM Subject: [Ql-Users] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online Here's one thing that came out of the Swiss QL meeting: I've updated my page at http://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/development.html to include PDFs of the QDOS SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR. In the hope that there are still some developers left who have a use for them... Have fun, Marcel ___ 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: 9.0.707 / Virus Database: 270.14.62/2499 - Release Date: 11/12/09 14:33:00 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
Thank you, Marcel! Am 13.11.2009 um 03:52 schrieb Marcel Kilgus: Here's one thing that came out of the Swiss QL meeting: I've updated my page at http://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/development.html to include PDFs of the QDOS SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR. In the hope that there are still some developers left who have a use for them... Have fun, Marcel ___ 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] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
Thank you, Marcel! BTW: I still find it a bit annoying, that Jochen had omit the original labels of all the TRAPs and Vectors as mentioned in the QLTG and used for years and still be present in a lot of include fles. I can still not understand, why Tony meant to rename them all in the context of QDOS. Ok, SMS was new, but it had been helpful to make a hint for all. And...what is DV3, Device Driver 3? Not heard of it. It is just mentioned at the beginning? Cheers...Ralf Another BTW: If someone provides the *original* txt of QPTR (with all the embedded ESCapes, Jochen has called them control codes), I can make a pdf with QPLQ to provide the original layout. - Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus ql-us...@mail.kilgus.net To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 3:52 AM Subject: [Ql-Users] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online Here's one thing that came out of the Swiss QL meeting: I've updated my page at http://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/development.html to include PDFs of the QDOS SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR. In the hope that there are still some developers left who have a use for them... Have fun, Marcel ___ 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] SMSQ Reference Manual and QPTR manual online
Hm, maybe. But not clearly mentioned. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones And...what is DV3, Device Driver 3? Not heard of it. It is just mentioned at the beginning? Cheers...Ralf Wasn't that the filing system which could read DOS floppies? Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
