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- Fri May 03, 2024 9:22 am
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: Plug-in ROM without $4AFB0001 Header
- Replies: 14
- Views: 681
Re: Plug-in ROM without $4AFB0001 Header
The EPROM was apparently used as a means of copy protection. Had I done that, I'd likely have coded the EPROM contents as position-dependent, which makes it next to impossible to simply load the EPROM contents to some other address and run it from there. EPROM_LOAD is indeed SMSQ/E only (to work pro...
- Thu May 02, 2024 6:19 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: Plug-in ROM without $4AFB0001 Header
- Replies: 14
- Views: 681
Re: Plug-in ROM without $4AFB0001 Header
I was wondering if anyone could confirm, please, that if a ROM at $C000 does NOT have the $4AFB0001 header then the QL does nothing with it? i.e. no initialisation code gets run etc. And therefore any program that wants to make use of whatever it has in it, HAS to call routines in it directly pleas...
- Wed May 01, 2024 2:12 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: QSTAR 1
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1866
Re: QSTAR 1
Really nice game, Andrei, and nicely polished presentation! I did know it as a demo program ("D-Star") for the ZX Spectrum that is part if the SDCC C Compiler, but yours has much nicer animation, fonts and color. Couldn't find much of a flaw in it except maybe that the animation delay you ...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:58 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: Psion Abacus
- Replies: 8
- Views: 607
Re: Psion Abacus
You're doing it right. To my knowledge, there's no simpler way to execute MOD in Abacus
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:18 am
- Forum: Online Auctions
- Topic: Get yourself a bargain (not) - £800 for an untested QL
- Replies: 6
- Views: 387
Re: Get yourself a bargain (not) - £800 for an untested QL
Anyone who buys off of AliExpress ever go 5 or 6 pages deep and find $5 items for like over $1,000? What is going on there? I had to replace a mini AV-to-VGA converter that you can get for about $4, and I was trying to fit things into a "$10 and get free shipping" window and kept looking ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:36 pm
- Forum: Online Auctions
- Topic: Get yourself a bargain (not) - £800 for an untested QL
- Replies: 6
- Views: 387
Re: Get yourself a bargain (not) - £800 for an untested QL
Could be my attempt at selling my QL stuff when the best wife of all asks me to get rid of some of my old computer crap. "well, I tried!"
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:38 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Floppy problemsve.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 715
Re: Floppy problemsve.
Actually, a floppy drive connected to the controller, even if connected the wrong way round, shouldn't prevent the QL from starting. Maybe the PSU has aged and has problems providing the Amps properly?
Re: PiStorm
Stupid question, but how is an emulated processor on a real QL going to be better than an emulated processor in sQLux or similar? Since the emulated Io is superior to genuine IO in every way, couldn't we just make a QL-fitting carrier board for a CM4 for the QL case? That question is very valid, bu...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: Help for New Users
- Topic: QLTerminal v2.35 with TheOldNet WiFi v4
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2305
Re: QLTerminal v2.35 with TheOldNet WiFi v4
If you disconnect the far end of the cable, are characters still echoed? Then your cable is likely to have a short between TX and RX
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:25 pm
- Forum: General QL Chat
- Topic: HxC floppy emulator
- Replies: 3
- Views: 455
Re: HxC floppy emulator
I stand corrected. Mine only provides numbers. Apparently there's a version for newer Goteks.
I forgot to mention: The HxC firmware costs 10€ (which it is well worth), while the FF firmware is free (which makes it an even better bargain).
I forgot to mention: The HxC firmware costs 10€ (which it is well worth), while the FF firmware is free (which makes it an even better bargain).