The Sinclair QL Forum

I guess this thread is veering way off topic, but since we are where we are, let me just add my penny's worth: The first mention I can find of BBQL was in a post on the QL-Users list by Dave Park, in March 2013. The term was never spelt out, but since then the term has cropped up with increasing reg...

<>Here's a basic program I use to debug heap problems, it dumps the heap structure into a file. Maybe it can help you:<> Nice one! But seriously Marcel, GO TO? ;) Running this on my system right after boot, I see 600! smallish heap entries for qascade v1s14. Nothing else running comes anywhere clos...

Hi Derek, The following might work for you: 10 REMark $$chan=4 11 : 12 REMark + ---------------------------------------------------- + 13 REMark |< SBasic to Obj >| 14 REMark + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + 15 REMark | Converts SBasic programs to a Q_Liberator object | 16 RE...

what I am missing, is a solution to start a SBASIC program from Assembler (or C68). Or is this possible, if it must NOT run in Job 0,0 (but may start a new MultiBASIC job)? SBASIC is implemented as a Thing, so to start it you need to TH_EX it. This is not all that simple to explain. Perhaps someone...

(whats a good way to get file size via TRAPS?) Read the file header into a buffer with trap #3, d0 = $47. You only need to load the first 14 bytes (16 for DDL2). If you use the SuperBASIC buffer then precede the trap #3 with a trap #4 to make it a6 relative. The file length is the first item in the...

Oh, I forgot. Its at https://www.wlenerz.com/qlstuff/

I havent used any of the backup programs out there for real as, typically for us QLers, Ive gone and re-invented the wheel myself and have my own private solution. However, of those Ive tested, I found a very good one in Wolfgang Lenerz' Backup. Its modern (directories and stuff are a non-issue), ea...

<> Pity there was not Labels in SBASIC, so that the DATA lines could be referenced by Label rather than number. Well, theres always this: RANDOMISE DATE RESTORE READ dummy READ LABel1 READ LABel2 READ LABel3 : DATA 0: REMark Dummy PRINT 'LABel1 is at line no.'! LABel1 PRINT 'LABel2 is at line no.'!...

<> The QD manual does not explain anything but there is a small chapter in the SMSQ/E manual: "The SBASIC Interface Thing" (page 33). A word of warning when using this with DATA lines. A "RESTORE linenumber" does not work and will restore to the beginning. Then this shouldnt wor...

Hi Derek, I often write short, line number-less, windowless utilities to be run entirely under SBAS/QD: Execute the source file into a QD via Qpac2 Files, adjust a parameter or two, press F10. A satisfying beep or nasty burp signals success or failure - an' Bob's yer mum's live-in lover! Window-less...