Hello Ian,
> Great news - would be interested in getting one of those when they are ready.
Thanks for the interest, I'll send you ordering info by personal email.
All the best
Peter
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he 68008 of
the original QL. "QIMSI Gold" also offers a graphics controller with
digital video output, 115kBaud SER and buffered realtime clock.
More info here: www.qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4799
All the best
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other, or to Q60 or PC emulator. Which is
>> one reason why I did not implement RTS on the Qzero.
>
> I presume that you transferred files of more than 512 bytes... If so,
> that seem to answer that question.
Yes, up to several MB.
Peter
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want as many
pins on that connector untouched, so I hoped to avoid RTS.)
All the best
Peter
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bly yes.
We can increase the hardware receive FIFO size of the UART if you think
there is a problem. The Qzero FPGA has sufficient resources.
We'd need to find out how long the SMSQ/E SD card driver will disable
the serial interrupt - if it actually does.
All the best
Peter
ero is
always fast enough to handle 115200 Baud.
The connector is prepared so you can use a standard male D-Sub with
ribbon cable for SER. I had the printed schematics and placeplan in
Dormagen, but forget to give them to you. Shall send by personal email.
All the best
Peter
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or all three machines.
Surely there are Qzero users ;-) More than a handful already.
Many thanks for all your work!
Peter
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Am 14.04.2024 um 15:57 schrieb Jiri Dolezal via Ql-Users:
> TenFourFox is not able to process the GitHub javascript.
Ah, a MacOS 10.4 user? In order to still run 68K Mac programs?
Did you still keep TenFourFox up-to-date be compiling it yourself?
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Computer Research Centrum, Ltd via Ql-Users wrote:
>> The Q60, was sold by me in 2003, which should be 66Mhz Q60 64Mb ram,.
>
> Battle of the Q60 upcoming?
> Dear, so much of us will like one…
> dex
27 years after design time... still unreached by any other QL hardware.
An
Darren Branagh via Ql-Users wrote:
> I don't have a Q60, so would be more than willing to pay postage to have it
> sent to me?
A Q60 for just postage would be a fantastic deal, it's easily worth a
four digit sum these days...
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et about a decade ago.
Still have photos from us and the involved Q60, made with his huge
reflex camera. Interesting discussions about floating point operations,
68060 specialties and his SMSQ/E port to GWASS.
George was a fine person and one of the greatest QL developers.
He will be missed
Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users:
>>> Hmm, I always thought there was only one remaining user under java 8.
>>
>> I'm sure there would be several more, if you didn't hide the Java 8
>> version from the public ;-)
>
> Yes, and maintaining it is a PITA
I only know PITA as a greek flatbread :)
Reck
ct JRE engine instead of the huge JDK. Java 8
is still maintained and the official, most recent JRE available from Oracle.
Especially on my older Laptop and Raspberry, I much prefer this version.
Peter
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it from normal GoldCard? To save binary
length?
All the best
Peter
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ed up yet) but it might have something
> to do with interrupts or firmware (which I'm not familiar with, it's
> Peter's design).
Not at all. The labelling of your splitter cable simply needs to be
swapped to reflect the Q68 pinout.
Peter
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Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users wrote:
> 1.05 - That's the version that caused me all the Minerva problems.
A hardware problem seems more likely to me, because logic version 1.05
works with the latest Minerva elsewhere.
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Andrius V wrote:
> Nevertheless, there's JRE available
> from some of them, one I would recommend to try is eclipse temurin
> https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/?os=windows.
Thanks for the hint.
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Derek via Ql-Users wrote:
> I just install the runtime version of Java, on Windows and Linux, from
> Oracle, who bought out Sun Systems.
We just discussed the lack of exactly that.
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qlus...@sinclairql.net via Ql-Users wrote:
> then googled for: java 17 windows 10 download
>
> and followed the search result which looks the best match (Windows is from
> Microsoft, so let's use their Java):
> https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/java/openjdk/download
So no standalone JRE and one
y, I regret that I did not make
it 32 bits wide.
All the best
Peter
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Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users wrote:
> Oh well, if Peter Graf can upgrade my Q68 to v1.05 in May I might be
> able to do more research...
Please remind me prior to the QL meeting so I bring the equipment and
FPGA data.
As I wrote at several occasions, it turned out to make a difference on
Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I intend to come on friday and stay until early afternoon on sunday, if
> possible.
>
> Wolfgang
Fantastic! This tends to become the best QL meeting in more than a decade!
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like Q60. And with some luck also a new project.
Did anyone consider to stay Sunday also? I know it was primarily meant
for packing. But my experience is that one full day flies by so quickly.
At least in Germany and the Netherlands, Monday is a holiday. We could
spontaneously prolong.
All t
François Van Emelen via Ql-Users wrote:
> Op 3/02/2024 om 14:17 schreef desin via Ql-Users:
>>
>>
>>> The name of the hotel is Hoetche https://hoettche.de
>> from Switzerland you get
>>
>> Connection denied by IP2Location Country Blocker
>>
>> dark times ...
>> _
cebook, redirect on old site for weeks for
> example)
It is a shame that people don't even try a primitive a web search before
bothering you. Simply "Dilwyn QL" is enough to find the new place.
Many thanks for keeping your homepage up!
Peter
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Am 14.03.2023 um 22:37 schrieb Graeme Gregory via Ql-Users:
> We did discuss hooking this mailing list up to the forum!
>
> Not sure if thats possible with phpBB, it was on FUDforum that I used to use!
Oh oh... FUD? Fear, uncertainty, doubt forum? ;-)
e is absolutely essential for the QL and
I'm happy it will stay alive. Many thanks for all the work and
troubleshooting time you have invested over the years!
All the best
Peter
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Hi Graeme,
> A C implementation of SuperBasic would be useful to some people it seems.
>
> But as Peter says it would not be SMSq/e based!
>
> So who is stepping forward to volunteer :-D
This one looks similar:
https://github.com/pal
l-Users wrote:
> It would be easier to port Linux to the Pico and compile sQLux...
It is a small microcontroller without MMU and insufficient RAM. Not even
a Linux port is possible. Has nothing in common with the normal
Raspberry Pi, except the nam
I have luckily running SMSQmulator under Java on my Raspberry Pi Linux.
But I guess the Raspberry pi pico has no SD card? - Try the project
www.digikey.de/en/maker/projects/raspberry-pi-pico-rp2040-sd-card-example-with-micropython-and-cc/e472c7f578734bfd96d437e68e670050
regards
Klaus-Peter
Wolf via Ql-Users wrote:
> I've re-re-upped the version for java 8...
re-thanks!
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Peter via Ql-Users wrote:
> Do you cause the SGC to apply it's patches on
> the emulated ROM, or just restart without patching?
Sorry for asking impatiently, I see that answered in detail at
https://github.com/janbredenbeek/QL-Customboo
mulated ROM, or just restart without patching?
Peter
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Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users wrote:
> It appears that most of the library files are missing in the Java 8 .zip
> file. SMSQmulator refused to start and gave an 'INI file error' on the
> Java 8 version. I could fix this by copying the files in the lib
> directory from the Java 11 version.
For me
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achine come close to what you like?
All the best
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> If it is the drives, well, that's the problem Thierry has mentioned.
By the way I doubt the ISA bus reset is required, which is adding to the
delay. Neither QDOS Classic nor my own Utility ROMs use it. Never seen
any issue.
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Ralf Reköndt via Ql-Users wrote:
> Hmm, so why use it in an EPROM?
You need some kind of ROM to boot the machine and load the OS.
This can be a separate loader, like inside the Q68, but then it needs to
access mass storage to load the OS.
In case of the Q40 and Q60, the OS can boot completely wi
Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote:
> 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
nks for pointing to that!
Peter
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you know .
They work, but have the problem of not allowing a slave device on the
same connector.
Peter
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ly. Except that, it seems a nice alternative with
the full possible speed.
Peter
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Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:
> The Qx0 uses the UV erasable 27c1024.
> I don't remember whether other types of EPROM, especially EE ones will fit.
The 27C4096 fits. Nowadays, most of them are OTP though.
Peter
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N and to have the freedom to share them with Q68.
Especially for sharing with the Q68, the new feature is useless, as it
does not exist there.
Peter
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hard to abandon code, after time was already invested, but
in this case I'd vote for it.
All the best
Peter
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interrupt support, but also lowers the rate in which the PS/2 ports are
sampled. At the moment we wait on more testing. Since the Q68 has no
field update for the FPGA, persons who have those (not fully PS/2
standard conforming) adapters should ask Derek.
All the best
Peter
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Michael Berger wrote:
> I have a 1985 issue of 'QL User', where the results of a graphics
> competition were posted. Basic programs of limited length, to produce
> some image. The contribution that impressed me most (by far!) was 'Tree'
> by A. Pritchard. That was a random image with a tree in
e way to convert the sound output socket to a network
> socket with minimal damage?
It is even possible without *any* damage, but you would lose sound. Some
tinkering would be involved, drilling a hole is definitely easier.
Peter
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than SER.
Peter
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Thierry Godefroy wrote:
>> Besides lack of time and the BGA soldering issue, I remain unsure if
>> such a massive board modification is appropriate for a historic computer.
>>
>> A lot depends on the question, what do we actually prefer today: Keeping
>> the historic machine alive, or any 68060 mac
g
Using a hot air gun like in that video looks even more difficult than
the IR lamp I'm experimenting with.
All the best
Peter
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Thierry Godefroy wrote:
> Here are two new photos (full resolution, untouched: 30Mb each !) in DNG
> format, with and without scan lines doubling:
> http://qdos.free.fr/images/Q60-1960x1024.dng
Many thanks for taking a highres picture. It is nice to get the screen
filled, still single pixels can
Marcel Kilgus wrote:
> 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 i
Thierry Godefroy 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).
>
> See it here:
> htt
Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users wrote:
> I get that it's a software description of some hardware.
Not software. It is simply a hardware description, and the result is
pure hardware, i.e. flipflops, gates, wires. You can as well describe he
same hardware in a schematic rather than text.
It is important
nloadable, on
page 3:
https://qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3033
Work for other platforms, even the BBQL, is ongoing. Definitely worth a
look, impressive!
Peter
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lems compiling it - but I can't remember. It might well be in line for
> some tittivation!
Sounds good. I could compile qxltools, but that was long ago. My concern
are image sizes over 16 MB and some strange characters in the
commandline output.
All the best
Peter
_
o be honest. Most native machines now support SD cards as
removable media.
So what I have to use for the commandline is "qxltool" rather than
"qltools". Is there any chance that "qxltool" also receives some
maintainance?
All the best
Peter
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. For speed
reasons this can be nice, like the single-cycle multiplier. But whenever
there are timing loops, a cycle-accurate implementation helps a lot.
All the best
Peter
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Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users wrote:
> I'm very pleased to present you release 2.01 of QED, my ever popular text
> editor!
>
> This release comes exactly 30 years after version 1.01, which has been
> included in many QL software distributions.
Awesome! Many thanks, Jan!
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Hi Wolfgang,
> the source code for BouQLder Qlash is now available from my site.
Amazing work. And a lot of comments. I like this one:
"Normally, a sound is only played if the previous one is finished.
An explosion, though, is always played" :-D
Thank you ve
f this century! You make
the impossible possible ;)
Many thanks, great work!
Peter
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Am 01.05.2018 um 20:55 schrieb Thierry Godefroy via Ql-Users:
> On Tue, 1 May 2018 19:26:56 +0200, Peter Graf via Ql-Users wrote:
>
>> Most flatscreens misunderstand the signal as 800x600, leading to bad
>> interpolation.
>
> Among the 3 LCD monitors I own, only the
sually blur the picture by sampling 800 points on a
1024 horizontal line.
> If it's just one aspect of the signal it may
> be easily fixable and retain full screen display.
Not easily fixable, I would have done so.
Peter
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Hello,
I have developed an alternative video controller for Q40 and Q60:
http://qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2434
All the best
Peter
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nges.
There should only be the .WIN Container and it should be 1 MB in size.
(The .SYS File should be *inside* that container.)
Peter
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Sorry that message was supposed to be private.
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t verloren hat.
Könnte man gzip, menu_rext und menuconfig nicht in das WIN File legen?
LG Peter
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, and I'm glad
that I did. But Wolfgang made everything so much more complete and well
integrated. The QL world owes him a big thanks!
All the best
Peter
Am 29.04.2018 um 11:40 schrieb Wolf via Ql-Users:
> Hi all,
>
> SMSQ/E 3.33 is out, get it as usual from
> www.wlenerz.com/
and converting VGA to HDMI can be done by small cheap dongles.
Peter
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Am 30.03.2018 um 00:47 schrieb Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users:
> 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
not possible.
As for the daughter board, why do you want to re-design it?
Will you upload your logic changes to the QL-SD section of Dilwyn's site?
Good luck,
Peter
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Am 29.03.2018 um 20:13 schrieb Darren Branagh via Ql-Users:
> Dont forget he also designed the ZX Spectrum issue 1 PCB by hand.
And approximately 16000 of these machines were produced!
Does anyone know how many GoldCards were sold?
Peter
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The printed QUANTA magazine for December/January arrived here today.
Derek Stewart via Ql-Users wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone received the recent Quanta eMags, the last one I received in
> October/November 2017. My subscription is in date.
>
> I tried to email John Southern, but no reply, where h
This is very sad news indeed. At Eindhoven I also showed the first Q40
before it had any operating system, and later the first public
appearance with QDOS Classic. It was there where Tony Tebby approved my
machine and agreed to port SMSQ/E. The Eindhoven meetings in the middle
between England and G
Peter
Am 09.03.2018 um 10:23 schrieb Derek Stewart via Ql-Users:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone received the recent Quanta eMags, the last one I received in
> October/November 2017. My subscription is in date.
>
> I tried to email John Southern, but no reply, where he asked me to do an
PC to PC. It could be that
not having USB-SER adaptors on _both_ sides improves chances. Also I
seem to remeber that the "good" one I found back then was also Digitus.
By the way, did anyone have success with SERNET on Qemulator?
Peter
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erritory, the quality of the cable starts making
> an extraordinary difference, even if there is UART support for that speed.
>
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 3:25 PM, Peter Graf via Ql-Users <
> ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Fabrizio,
>>
>>> config
nately. Nine out of
ten adaptors which allow to select such high speeds, can't even handle
230 kBaud PC to PC reliably.
Peter
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Hi Fabrizio,
> Now playing with SMSQ/E sources, according Wolfgang suggestion (Thanks)
How do you come to the idea your SER-USB adaptor supports 460 kBaud,
even PC to PC?
The required RS-232 line drivers are very seldom!
Peter
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SER converters for PC start getting unreliable
at 230 kBaud already.
Peter
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this way (if you have luck
and there is no reliability problem).
Peter
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Wolf via Ql-Users wrote:
> I've added a small technical explanation of DV3 drivers for SMSQE to the
> additional info and data section on the SMSQE site.
Which is here:
http://www.wlenerz.com/smsqe/DV3_Device_Drivers.zip
Good stuff, thanks Wolfg
Hi John,
did you find the bank account information? What shall I do?
All the best
Peter
Am 28.11.2017 um 15:58 schrieb John Southern via Ql-Users:
> Hi Peter,
>
> I will dig out the details of the bank account and forward them on to you.
>
> Regards
> John
>
>
The least significant of the 6 green bits.
Am 16.12.2017 um 19:12 schrieb pjwitte via Ql-Users:
> Sorry for yanking your chain again so soon but, on going the other
> way, ie from mode 32 to 33, what is the best value for W? g6, 0, 1..?
>
> Per
>
> On 16/12/2017 18:13, pjwitte via Ql-Users wrot
pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote:
> I havent tested your suggestion yet, Wolfgang, but what I found so far
> was that gggbrgg0 appears (to my eye) to look cleaner than
> gggbrggW. Is that so wrong? ;)
It is right, because gggbrggW has the W at the wrong bit. It
must be the leas
But the same as my proposal :)
Wolf via Ql-Users wrote:
> No, not the same as %gggbrggW, as suggested in the original post.
>
> Wolfgang
>
> On 16/12/2017 10:18, Peter Graf via Ql-Users wrote:
>> Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:
>>> I'd do it
Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote:
> I'd do it this way
>
> %ggWbrggg
Which is the same :)
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> What do I do with 'w' in either case for best results?
I would just use the RGB0 bit of mode 33 as G0 Bit of mode 32, which is
what you probably do already.
There is no perfect translation, since mode 33 has 64 clean grey levels,
while mode 32 has only 32. There will be a minimal green tint in
d directly use a card from the Q68. The new DISP_MODE command for
Qx0 made it even easier, because the first 4 modes are the same. But
don't forget a backup of your card, like I did :(
Let us know your experience!
Peter
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represents
numbers as they are normally read, and so does the traditional IDE
driver of the Q40/Q60.
Great job, Wolfgang!!!
Peter
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g the form on the QUANTA website
did not result in a response.
What shall I do, write a postal letter, asking for the required
information? Or is there an easier way?
All the best
Peter
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Hi Duncan,
> the version of menuconfig I have is 3.36 and is dated 2003.
Thank you. That's it! :) With menuconfig 3.36 it worked.
> The version of menuconfig on Dilwyn's site is 3.34
Found even 3.36 when I searched again. Maybe it is stored at more than
one location.
Al
Hi,
the original SMSQ/E 3.31 Q40 boots here on my Q60/80 with LRESPR.
But if I do even the slightest configuration with MENUCONFIG, it crashes
on boot. Just language settings, nothing else.
Can anyone with Q60 reproduce this problem?
All the best
Peter
Am 11.11.2017 um 22:06 schrieb Derek via Ql-Users:
> I will check on my Q60 the DISP_TYPE values and report back tomorrow.
I looked already. Seems always 33.
Peter
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,
> there are two values that may be returned.
> 0 Original ST QL emulator (this value is returned on QL based hardware).
> *1 16 bit colour mode.*
The Q40 supports both original QL hardware modes and 16 bit highcolour.
It depends on what
that the missing keyword from QPTR didn't
return an error, and that a BASIC program can crash the machine.
Thanks, really great idea. At least for my favorite 512x384 mode on the
Q68 it runs smoothly. Just need to create smaller icons...
Thanks,
Peter
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ut in one of my debug attempts
yesterday, the program seemed to get short before it, but never behind it.
Peter
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Peter via Ql-Users: wrote:
>> I would have a look at the OUTLN and WINDOW commands a bit up from there
>> [...]
>
> Wow, you are really an ace! Setting OUTLN to 1 pixel cures the RPTR
> crash. WINDOW can remain unchanged.
Not under all circumstances... something is defini
sn't work here as well in QPC2 and SMSQ/E 3.30
Good to hear the Q68 is not at fault :)
Thanks!
Peter
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