Re: [Ql-Users] Network question

2013-05-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
John wrote: Yes, I remember Jerry Davies running one of Simon Goodwin's routines to print out of the QL over the network cable and via an interface one. I cannot remember why we were doing this and not direct to the printer. He also had Pong running across two machines. From memory three of the

Re: [Ql-Users] Network question

2013-05-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Dilwyn Jones wrote: Did the QL network ever work with ZX Spectrum Interface 1? Although I never tried it myself, I have read articles in the past that it would, although with limited success (e.g. transferring short BASIC programs or text files). There are programs in the Quanta Library, e.g.

Re: [Ql-Users] Network question

2013-05-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Tobias Fröschle wrote: It definitively worked, have tried it myself some 20 years ago. (I no longer have a Spectrum) And was, BTW, the most convenien way to get data across when you upgraded from the Spectrum to the QL, as the Microdrive format was incompatible. Thanks for your feedback Tobias.

Re: [Ql-Users] A few short topics...

2013-05-31 Thread Norman Dunbar
Morning Wolfgang, On 30/05/13 17:11, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Because you can't define something went belly up in an exceptional manner ? Sorry, feeble attempt at humour. What I meant was something causing the processor to raise an exception. It would be nice to see something along the lines

Re: [Ql-Users] A few short topics...

2013-05-31 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi Norman, That's my learned something new for today then. Thanks. I presume they execute an ILLEGAL instruction ($4AFB I think?) and trap it somehow? No, IIRC, they execute some instruction illegal on the 68000 but legal on higher ups = $42c0? The only processor test I know of is move.l