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by tofro
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: X68000 Z
Replies: 5
Views: 136

Re: X68000 Z

Hi, The Sharp X68000 looks a nice machine, though they are very scarce and are usually sought after, resulting in a high price tag . There maybe more Amiga games available than X68000 games, which may make the better machine not popular. Oh, there's many games for the machine (the Wiki page shows m...
by tofro
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: X68000 Z
Replies: 5
Views: 136

Re: X68000 Z

Tha Sharp X68000 is hardware-wise way more sophisicated than the QL - With its 7 custom chips it supports screen resolutions up to 1024x1024 and 128 hardware sprites, basically bringing it up to par with early 90's more advanced arcade machines (I'd say it easily outperforms the Amiga and its high-p...
by tofro
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Quick Disassembly Question
Replies: 6
Views: 174

Re: Quick Disassembly Question

One of the many freebies that come with the QL: A challenging mechanical puzzle that can keep you occupied for hours :)
by tofro
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: Today I Received...
Replies: 642
Views: 285606

Re: Today I Received...

Today I received... this industrial ISA 486 Single Board Computer. I took a chance as the previous owner couldn't get it to display anything but fortunately was able to get it working very easily (by changing the RTC module and fiddling with the RAM socket connectors). I had it running a 486 DX4 10...
by tofro
Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Quill Explodes with ptr_gen loaded?
Replies: 13
Views: 259

Re: Quill Explodes with ptr_gen loaded?

Did you try loading quill with the "P" attribute from Hotkey? That should actually work properly: 220 ERT HOT_CHP ('q', 'flp1_quill', 'p', 32) 230 HOT_GO 330 ERT HOT_PICK ('1', 'Quill') This should load quill resident and pressing <ALT>1 should then pull quill into the foreground without a...
by tofro
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:51 am
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Anouncement for the 40th Anniversary of the Sinclair QL in Dormagen (Germany)
Replies: 24
Views: 1928

Re: Anouncement for the 40th Anniversary of the Sinclair QL in Dormagen (Germany)

Hello ! I would be very interested attending this meeting of QL users near Köln, because I will be in Strasburg ( not very far ! ). Do I have to book directly for a room and parking with the hotel, and may I do it early ? meaning NOW to be sure to have a room, but also, is it absolutely sure that t...
by tofro
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: The case dreaded upzip barrier
Replies: 4
Views: 181

Re: The case dreaded upzip barrier

The signal extension should normally not be mandatory - Programs should run fine without.
by tofro
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:31 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Lunar lander and UDG generally
Replies: 14
Views: 390

Re: Lunar lander and UDG generally

How does "doesn't work" look like?

What does (after the program has run)

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FOR i = 127 TO 127 + 15 : PRINT #1,CHR$(i) 
do?
by tofro
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Lunar lander and UDG generally
Replies: 14
Views: 390

Re: Lunar lander and UDG generally

Looks alright, but the CHAR_USE should (logically, I don't think it matters) come after the font is poked.
by tofro
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:55 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Lunar lander and UDG generally
Replies: 14
Views: 390

Re: Lunar lander and UDG generally

Jbizzel wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:41 pm When you say font size you mean the size of the data in the data statements?
11*9 bytes, + 2 bytes in the initial data statement, so the frontsize is 808 maybe
yep.

cw/you/your program/ :) No offense meant ;)