martyn_hill wrote:Enjoy the wilds, Per - your refreshed site is a great research!

Thanks!
Also: First bug report has arrived. Excellent!

RWAP wrote:Good to see the site back up and running - it gives a nice collection of utilities and games for the QL.

Thanks
Theres more to come, but now Im off to the wilds for a couple of weeks.

Derek_Stewart wrote:Hi Per,

Cool web site.

Is QOMBI available for download. I been playing on the Q68 every day.

Thanks, Derek
Sure. The latest version of QOMBI should be under Games. Good to know it works on Q68, too!

Just to let you know that Knoware is up and running again after ten years or so of being nowhere. While I hope there will be something of interest for anyone interested in the QL and derivatives in general, its main interest will be for those of us who like to write programs for it and generally mes...

My take on "What makes the OS for QL any better, different, unique?" is that: When it first arrived the promise, at least, of the QL was of something far advanced of anything else available for home use. A "complete" SoHo system for less than the price of the software alone for a...

With tremulous trepidation of being accused of indulging in "an old man's rant", I wouldnt mind reading it too.

On closer inspection, I get wobblies too now. In SMSQmulator, mode 32, normal window mode. I have Qmake (not Qmac) HOT_RESed and it doesnt work. The program starts, but then just hangs. Most other programs I have HOT_RESed seem to work ok, but some appear not to. The whole setup is identical to my n...

These guys were obviously not reversing into the future! Sadly, the age of the giants appears to be over for now..

EDIT: Yup, I just had a quick look in SMSQ 3.34 and it is the short names that wind me up about reading Tony's code. Told you it was me! With 230000 lines of code you need to keep labels short so as not to wear down your fingers.. To my mind, SMSQ/E's labels are neat and logical, and help to visual...

Derek_Stewart wrote:Hi,

I have been reading the SMSQ/E source code files, which I find very good and specific 68000 assembley lanaguage reference matarial.

I have been reading the source in the order it is compiled. Is this the best way read the source code?

Read it as you would an encyclopedia rather than a novel