The Sinclair QL Forum

Hi, The Q68 is a standalone QL compatible single board computer, as is the Qzreo. I produce the Q68, from Peter's design files. The Qzero is also a standalone single board computer, that can be fitted into the QL Case and use the QL Keyboard with the QL Base board. There is no contact with the QL bo...

QL Next = Q68

HI,

Great game, works perfectly on the Q68 no need to slow the game down.

I load the game from a FLP image from a FAT partition on a SD Card with FDI loaded to and configured as FLP1, all works great.

Just need a Joystick on the Q68, maybe that will come in the future...

Hi,

while soft loading Toolkit 2 is a reasonable thing to do, how do you know whether Toolkit 2 is not already on the system the game is being played?

Hi, Whiles the faster SD Card access for the Q68 was a good idea, the feature has caused all sort of problems. Maybe should of not been made available till better testing had been done. I should also remind everyone, that downloading a new copy of SMSQ/E requires configuration of the config blocks. ...

Hi Derek, thanks for the quick reply, I can send you the Q68, it's still in the box you sent it to me in. Maybe you can 'repair' it and sell it to a deserving member. I have various other projects running at the moment so it's not a problem if you do that. For one of these projects I require a ql c...

Hi, There are references to the Second Screen in: QDOS Companion, Andrew Pennel: Appendix A Doing Without QDOS Link to PDF: https://www.qlforum.co.uk/download/file.php?id=7006 QL Advanced User Guide, Adian Dickens: 10.8 Toggling between screen 0 and 1 No PDF available, I am still awaiting Copyright ...

HI Ian,

I am sorry that your Q68 is not recognising SD Cards, I can have a look at this problem of you want to return the Q68 to me.

I can also offer a QL Case, with new keyboard Membrane, if you do not want to have the Q68 repaired.

Hi Minerva implements a second screen that if enabled. Take the memory location of the System Variables. The System Variables are moved to another memory location. There is a QDOS Management Trap: MT.INF that returns the location of of the System Variables. Maybe just calling this Trap will solve th...

Hi, I always create ZIP files with ACP (Archive Control Panel) in a QL environment, with the files stored in a QWA container, which QPC2, SMSQmulator, Qemulator, sQLux all strip off the the executable header, leaving the correct executable header. The zip files should be uncompressed to a QL contain...