The Sinclair QL Forum

ones' complement wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 10:51 am Would doing a cartridge dump using FORMAT RAM1_MDV1 be possible? (assumes at least map is same as normal QL mdv.)

Sadly, it’s a completely different format to QDOS

I'm pretty sure now that the existing dumps (at least of BAUD & a couple of others I tried) of the OS disk programs we have in the downloads section are corrupt (am going to try and make a dump on the hardware to manually compare BAUD byte by byte as it's small, or I may try to make new serial ...

I've been trying to find a way to put some of the 68K/OS tools into "ROM DISK" to a) Make them available to Q-emuLator b) Burn the most important utilities into real EPROM to plug-in to the 68K/OS hardware So far I have a ROM image for Q-emuLator that lists 1 program (BAUD) under the "...

t0nyt wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 7:06 pm

t0nyt wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 6:53 pm It's odd that it runs in Q-emuLator but not on real QL?

The only difference I can see is Q-emuLator is on 1.98 and my QL is 1.98 a1

Just loaded 1.98 a1 into Q-emuLator and Vroom doesn't work now

Even stranger I just tried 1.97 and it doesn't work on that either

t0nyt wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 6:53 pm It's odd that it runs in Q-emuLator but not on real QL?

The only difference I can see is Q-emuLator is on 1.98 and my QL is 1.98 a1

Just loaded 1.98 a1 into Q-emuLator and Vroom doesn't work now

It's odd that it runs in Q-emuLator but not on real QL?

The only difference I can see is Q-emuLator is on 1.98 and my QL is 1.98 a1

In my opinion, the only essential software, which does not run with Minerva, is the game Vroom. It seems to run under Minerva in q-emulator, but I’m not able to test on my QL until I make a final decision on whether to switch ROMs Well I’ve bitten the bullet and installed Minerva (without breaking ...

Works for me on BBQL (JS) + Trump 768k, but I do load the newest TK2 from QIMSI at boot time (if that has any relevance) Will probably install Minerva this weekend and will report back if needed (I did discover there’s an issue with my homemade joystick adapter in one direction!) Many thanks I deci...

Works for me on BBQL (JS) + Trump 768k, but I do load the newest TK2 from QIMSI at boot time (if that has any relevance)

Will probably install Minerva this weekend and will report back if needed

(I did discover there’s an issue with my homemade joystick adapter in one direction!)

Many thanks

The reason I’m working on this is so I don’t have to remove QIMSI and plug in the Sandy cartridge every time I want to use it

But just as importantly I’m learning a lot of things as I go along, so even if it’s a dead end it’s not a waste of time