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- Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:36 pm
- Forum: General QL Chat
- Topic: Why was the QL never successful?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 22909
Re: Why was the QL never successful?
1/ have you kept your QL, and does it still work ? Which one ? My original went back to John Menzies for repair after 11 months (in 1985), then I had a new one because they lost the original. After about 5 years, I had it put into a PC tower case, with dual disk drives, Trump Card. I then sold that ...
- Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:14 pm
- Forum: Help for New Users
- Topic: TRACE and Minerva
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4310
Re: TRACE and Minerva
There is a trace_bin (and the assembler code) on the Minerva support disk - are you missing this disk perhaps?
A zip of the support (utilities) disk appears on Tony Firshman's website:
http://tfs.firshman.co.uk/ql/fminerva.htm
A zip of the support (utilities) disk appears on Tony Firshman's website:
http://tfs.firshman.co.uk/ql/fminerva.htm
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:11 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: Vbcc (C compiler) proof-of-concept
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6775
Re: Vbcc (C compiler) proof-of-concept
I can't say that I have any experience of using emulators under Linux - I guess it is one of the problems which face any programs released for Linux - basically the authors tend to release them on the GPL license, complete with sources, and then lose interest, leaving it up to someone else to try an...
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:45 am
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: Vbcc (C compiler) proof-of-concept
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6775
Re: Vbcc (C compiler) proof-of-concept
A Vbcc cross-compiler sounds interesting. I guess the QDOS-GCC version was a one shot which did not get updated as Linux was improved over the years which is a shame - I wonder if Richard Zidlicky is still lurking somewhere out there... The other option is surely to use C68 running on a QL emulator,...
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:34 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Super Gold Card or Not?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2937
Re: Super Gold Card or Not?
Well I might be biased (as I have the Super Gold Cards...), but the main thing which annoyed me about the Gold Card was the double boot screen, which takes an age compared to the SGC. For software development, you want a QL as fast as possible - however, with emulators to do the development, you are...
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:30 am
- Forum: The Welcome Area
- Topic: Marq
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5127
Re: Marq
Welcome to the forums Marq - it is good to see new people joining the forums and we can help in any way we can. Some good QL demos are required - but if you want to use dual screens, Minerva is certainly a help on that score, as you can access the QL's main screen (located at $20000 - or 131072) as ...
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:27 am
- Forum: The Welcome Area
- Topic: My first QL
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14551
Re: My first QL
Welcome to the board - it is good to see more people trying out the QL for the first time.
You may find the QL Wiki of interest also to provide some background information
You may find the QL Wiki of interest also to provide some background information
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:37 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: Catchjack by Joan Pratt (1992)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6095
Re: Catchjack by Joan Pratt (1992)
Ah - who is the author for the program though?
- Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:26 pm
- Forum: For Sale
- Topic: Blast Buggy Re-Released
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2465
Blast Buggy Re-Released
I have now re-released another QL arcade game - Blast Buggy by Paul Tuck - this was originally sold by Shadow Games, but the rights to it were acquired by Talent+ so I have now re-released it. See http://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/Sinclair_QL_Arcade_Game%3A_Blast_Buggy-2094 I find this game q...
- Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:06 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: My game development thread
- Replies: 81
- Views: 47348
Re: My game development thread
For anyone looking to convert BMP to QL screen format, I have just been looking at this myself. Whilst the QL Graphics Convertor (which we used for QWord) and the bmp2pic program by Phoebus Dokos work for 24 bit BMP files, they fail on converting them to MODE 8 pictures The QL Graphics Convertor was...