The Sinclair QL Forum

I was wondering if anyone could confirm, please, that if a ROM at $C000 does NOT have the $4AFB0001 header then the QL does nothing with it? i.e. no initialisation code gets run etc. And therefore any program that wants to make use of whatever it has in it, HAS to call routines in it directly pleas...

Really nice game, Andrei, and nicely polished presentation! I did know it as a demo program ("D-Star") for the ZX Spectrum that is part if the SDCC C Compiler, but yours has much nicer animation, fonts and color. Couldn't find much of a flaw in it except maybe that the animation delay you ...

You're doing it right. To my knowledge, there's no simpler way to execute MOD in Abacus

Anyone who buys off of AliExpress ever go 5 or 6 pages deep and find $5 items for like over $1,000? What is going on there? I had to replace a mini AV-to-VGA converter that you can get for about $4, and I was trying to fit things into a "$10 and get free shipping" window and kept looking ...

Could be my attempt at selling my QL stuff when the best wife of all asks me to get rid of some of my old computer crap. "well, I tried!"

Actually, a floppy drive connected to the controller, even if connected the wrong way round, shouldn't prevent the QL from starting. Maybe the PSU has aged and has problems providing the Amps properly?

Stupid question, but how is an emulated processor on a real QL going to be better than an emulated processor in sQLux or similar? Since the emulated Io is superior to genuine IO in every way, couldn't we just make a QL-fitting carrier board for a CM4 for the QL case? That question is very valid, bu...

If you disconnect the far end of the cable, are characters still echoed? Then your cable is likely to have a short between TX and RX

I stand corrected. Mine only provides numbers. Apparently there's a version for newer Goteks.

I forgot to mention: The HxC firmware costs 10€ (which it is well worth), while the FF firmware is free (which makes it an even better bargain).

Does anyone have any knowledge about the HxC floppy emulator on the QL, it works like the Vdrive on a sd-card but you can hook up like a floppie drive. Well, you obviously need a floppy controller card for an HxC drive, and otherwise, the HxC behaves just like a physical floppy. Today, however, HxC...