[Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-08 Thread matrassyl
Hi, Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direct sector access channel from SBASIC to a non PC FAT formatted hard disk such as a Q60 formatted compact flash card. I have tried to do this with errt=FOP_DIR(#4,dos4_). While FOP_DIR returns 0 suggesting success the device as seen has a dime

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-08 Thread Marcel Kilgus
matras...@aol.com wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direct sector access > channel from SBASIC to a non PC FAT formatted hard disk such as a Nope, no way, sorry. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.ht

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-09 Thread gdgqler
On 8 Oct 2009, at 18:24, matras...@aol.com wrote: Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direct sector access channel from SBASIC to a non PC FAT formatted hard disk such as a Q60 formatted compact flash card. I have tried to do this with errt=FOP_DIR(#4,dos4_). While FOP_DIR retur

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-09 Thread Ralf Reköndt
I think, Marcel has answered...it doesn't work. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: "gdgqler" Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direct sector access channel from SBASIC to a non PC FAT formatted hard disk such as a Q60 formatted compact flash card. I have tried to

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-09 Thread matrassyl
29 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access I think, Marcel has answered...it doesn't work.    Cheers...Ralf    - Original Message - From: "gdgqler"    >> Does anyone know if there is a way to open a direc t sector access >> channel from S

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-09 Thread Marcel Kilgus
matras...@aol.com wrote: > Yes he has, but I will try George's suggestion just in case, as it > will only take a miniscule amount of time to try and if it delivers ... then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. > Its a pity that QPC2 does not support dire

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-10 Thread gdgqler
On 9 Oct 2009, at 22:53, Marcel Kilgus wrote: ... then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. I would have said the same until, a long time ago, I found someone using my code, usefully, for a purpose I had not imagined. George _

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-10 Thread Marcel Kilgus
gdgqler wrote: >> ... then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can >> do and what not. > I would have said the same until, a long time ago, I found someone > using my code, usefully, for a purpose I had not imagined. That can happen, but the difference here is that the SMSQ

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-10 Thread gdgqler
On 10 Oct 2009, at 13:52, Marcel Kilgus wrote: That can happen, but the difference here is that the SMSQ/E side of QPC lives in a virtual sandbox and no matter what you do with my 68k code, you won't be able to extend the API available to it (notwithstanding malicious attacks like stack and bu

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-10 Thread matrassyl
then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. No miracles from George's suggestion -Original Message- From: Marcel Kilgus To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 22:53 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sec

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-11 Thread gdgqler
On 10 Oct 2009, at 19:39, matras...@aol.com wrote: then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. Not a miracle. A writer of code will certainly usually know what it does. But he may well not know ALL that it does. There is a fault in SMSQ/E that can

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-11 Thread Gerhard Plavec
Yo :) then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. The generally used name for this sort of miracle would be "bug" :)) Usually more code a programmer is generating, more "miracles" can be discovered... In very rare cases a "bug" can be used as a "feature"

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-12 Thread gdgqler
On 11 Oct 2009, at 22:30, Gerhard Plavec wrote: Yo :) then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. The generally used name for this sort of miracle would be "bug" :)) Usually more code a programmer is generating, more "miracles" can be discovered... I

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-12 Thread Gerhard Plavec
Yo :) then it's some sort of miracle. Usually I do know what my code can do and what not. The generally used name for this sort of miracle would be "bug" :)) Usually more code a programmer is generating, more "miracles" can be discovered... In very rare cases a "bug" can be used as a "feature

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and direct sector access

2009-10-12 Thread Ralf Reköndt
You are right...;-). That's a "lonely" bug... Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: "Gerhard Plavec" Often it's a real miracle when the written code does what the programmer wanted... but may be that's onely a bug :) ___ QL-Users Mailin