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by Sparrowhawk
Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:13 pm
Forum: QL Emulation
Topic: Q-Emulator for Mac
Replies: 6
Views: 1305

Re: Q-Emulator for Mac

So you are virtualising Windows, and Windows is then doing the Intel to ARM conversion - nice ;)

I wonder whether Daniele can be persuaded to restart sales of the Mac version, as that runs fine under Rosetta 2. Anyone know whether he has plans for an ARM native (Apple Silicon) version on macOS?
by Sparrowhawk
Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:40 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Happy Christmas Everyone!
Replies: 12
Views: 2235

Re: Happy Christmas Everyone!

Joyeux Noël à tout le monde. :)
by Sparrowhawk
Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:38 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: ULA replacement basic board
Replies: 30
Views: 3635

Re: ULA replacement basic board

Thanks for the explanations.
by Sparrowhawk
Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:48 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: ULA replacement basic board
Replies: 30
Views: 3635

Re: ULA replacement basic board

Would that be extra colours in mode 4 as well, or just mode 8? I'd love 8 (or more) colours in mode 4. I have a feeling it's been mentioned that it's not for mode 4 though, is that right? Is the board compatible with other upgrades like Hermes, SGC, etc? I'm assuming yes but not knowing anything muc...
by Sparrowhawk
Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:19 pm
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 just launched
Replies: 54
Views: 17966

Re: ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 just launched

I have an N-GO which is 100% KS1 compatible, so best of both worlds :)
by Sparrowhawk
Sat Dec 23, 2023 5:07 pm
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 just launched
Replies: 54
Views: 17966

Re: ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 just launched

@Rich Porting programs to the Next from the QL should be relatively easy, if we're talking BASIC. The next even has an 85 column mode, although I have a feeling that is limited to 2 colours (don't quote me on that). I suspect most SuperBASIC keywords have NextBASIC equivalents. I think that there ar...
by Sparrowhawk
Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:06 am
Forum: The Welcome Area
Topic: Hello
Replies: 5
Views: 832

Re: Hello

Hello Warren, welcome to the forum :)
by Sparrowhawk
Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:44 pm
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: Gotek + tetroid SGC + DOS and CP/M images
Replies: 5
Views: 812

Re: Gotek + tetroid SGC + DOS and CP/M images

tofro wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2023 5:21 pm
Success Manual is here. Sounds sufficiently complex to get data to and fro...
Thank you!
by Sparrowhawk
Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:14 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Oh dear
Replies: 2
Views: 526

Re: Oh dear

Ouch. Just happened to me too. My almost brand new Linux laptop I bought myself for work had to go back in for repair (under warranty) as the SSD failed. Thank goodness for remote git repos and backups! Just got it back, waiting for ZorinOS 17 to go gold on Wednesday before I re-image it. Did you lo...