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by tofro
Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:00 pm
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: Installing SMSQ/E on BBQL+gold card
Replies: 17
Views: 9612

Re: Installing SMSQ/E on BBQL+gold card

You can verify you really are in SMSQ/E when

PRINT VER$

returns "HBA"

Tobias
by tofro
Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:38 am
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: Installing SMSQ/E on BBQL+gold card
Replies: 17
Views: 9612

Re: Installing SMSQ/E on BBQL+gold card

What exactly does "system crashes" mean? SMSQ/E does a cold boot that takes a while and might look like a "crash" to the uninitiated.

Tobias
by tofro
Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:30 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Odd behavour of the DIR command?
Replies: 17
Views: 8290

Re: Odd behavour of the DIR command?

If OPEN_DIR, inkey$... works and shows the headers correctly, that is very probably not an operating system, but rather a TK2 problem. DIR is intercepted by TK2 to extend for wildcards, while your "manual" method to read the directory is not. Other than wildcard handling (and, maybe, IO.FS...
by tofro
Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:20 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: C68 Window
Replies: 5
Views: 2173

Re: C68 Window

Note if you actually want to see the window, you need to give the system some time to draw it - Your program seems to end prematurely and the window is closed again so fast (because the job is done), that you have no chance to see something. Send the program into a long loop after opening the window...
by tofro
Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:31 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: C68 Window
Replies: 5
Views: 2173

Re: C68 Window

The initial Window in a C68 program is called the console - It is normally opened by the startup code and defined by setting the _condetails structure. If you want to open additional windows beyond the console, there are various ways to do that: ( chanid_t ut_con (WINDOWDEF_t *wdef) is a low-level c...
by tofro
Mon Jul 23, 2018 12:26 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Overview of QL SD / CF Solutions
Replies: 9
Views: 5055

Re: Overview of QL SD / CF Solutions

Thanks - I have expanded on the pros and cons a bit further above - more information is of course welcome - how about the Q68, Q40 and Q60 ? QXL cards (obviously, it's in the name, after all) support QXL.WIN containers. Starting from 3.32, SMSQ/E for the Qx0 supports QXL.WIN containers on FAT32 as ...
by tofro
Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:23 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Overview of QL SD / CF Solutions
Replies: 9
Views: 5055

Re: Overview of QL SD / CF Solutions

You might want to add that all image file solutions (vDrive, HxE) are size-limited to floppy (or mdv) sizes, although you can have more than one image on the media. QL-SD and QubIDE derivatives support a hard-disk-like usage, while vDrive and HxE are a bit less convenient - You will often need to sw...
by tofro
Sat Jul 21, 2018 10:14 am
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: QDOS gcc made easy (docker stylee)
Replies: 25
Views: 18492

Re: QDOS gcc made easy (docker stylee)

Is it possible to have the object file QL executable header? Not easily - There's no way to store a QL file header anywhere on a foreign file system (other than, maybe, using the Q-Emulator method, which makes the file un-usable on native boxes). Your method to re-create the header on an Emulator w...
by tofro
Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:15 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Cross-Chase
Replies: 24
Views: 13381

Re: Cross-Chase

On most platforms I know (Windows is none of them), Docker can be told to use (mount) a local directory by a configuration dialog. This is where your source could should be, I guess.

Tobias
by tofro
Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:05 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Request for advice: programming a TASK (not a JOB) in C68...
Replies: 10
Views: 4534

Re: Request for advice: programming a TASK (not a JOB) in C68...

Norm, I was actually thinking of providing some articles on some QL subjects to your always excellent fish-wrap :shock: , but never found the time to actually come around and write up something useful. I promise I'll keep on thinking about it ;) In earnest: Yes, I'd be glad to write something (maybe...