Special Lightning ROM 2.11
- vanpeebles
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Special Lightning ROM 2.11
I have one of these in my QL but I'm not sure if I'm getting the benefit or not? On Boot up I get Digital Precision Lightning 2.11 but does it need a command to activate in QDOS? I've seen a manual but I think its for the software floppy version rather than the ROM.
Re: Special Lightning ROM 2.11
The command to start the Lightning ROM is: _lngINIT
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Re: Special Lightning ROM 2.11
Oh yeah, It works too. I could have sworn I tried that in the past but I bet I used i instead of l
Re: Special Lightning ROM 2.11
Just found the scanned manual for Lightning - http://www.speccy.org/sinclairql/archiv ... htning.pdf
I don't think Lightning works with the Gold/Super Gold Card, so keep that in mind!
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Re: Special Lightning ROM 2.11
Lightning does work with the Gold Card / Super Gold Card - but basically they released Lightning SE which did away with the ROM, as running the routines in the Gold Card / Super Gold Card's own memory was so much faster than running it from ROM.
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Re: Special Lightning ROM 2.11
It seemed odd but after using _lnginit then running ACT it then failed to load a file from floppy with a not found error.
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Re: Special Lightning ROM 2.11
Now that IS peculiar!
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Re: Special Lightning ROM 2.11
Lightning SE you say....RWAP wrote:Lightning does work with the Gold Card / Super Gold Card - but basically they released Lightning SE which did away with the ROM, as running the routines in the Gold Card / Super Gold Card's own memory was so much faster than running it from ROM.
Don't suppose you have a copy anywhere?
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Re: Special Lightning ROM 2.11
I just dug out a copy of Lightning, so yes, I can supply it.
However, this has perplexed me somewhat....
I have Lightning and Lightning SE from the Digital Precision Collection.
Lightning (lng_text_ext) is v1.11 and Lightning SE (lng_text_ext) is v2.14
However I also have a disk for each...
The disk for Lightning (lng_text_ext) is v1.22 and includes an extra file...
lng_text_atari_ext (v1.17) which according to the updates_doc is for the Atari ST QL emulator board
Oddly though, the updates_doc for v1.11 is longer than that for v1.22 !!
I wonder why DP did not include the latest version in its collection?
However, this has perplexed me somewhat....
I have Lightning and Lightning SE from the Digital Precision Collection.
Lightning (lng_text_ext) is v1.11 and Lightning SE (lng_text_ext) is v2.14
However I also have a disk for each...
The disk for Lightning (lng_text_ext) is v1.22 and includes an extra file...
lng_text_atari_ext (v1.17) which according to the updates_doc is for the Atari ST QL emulator board
Oddly though, the updates_doc for v1.11 is longer than that for v1.22 !!
I wonder why DP did not include the latest version in its collection?
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Re: Special Lightning ROM 2.11
I have the Lightning SE rom too.robheaton wrote:The command to start the Lightning ROM is: _lngINIT
Is it better than the Speedscreen one?
Speedscreen is automatically activated, the Lightning need the command to start.
Which is better?
I see that the Speedscreen speed up many games (Strip Poker/Mortville Manor).