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by QLvsJAGUAR
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:23 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Sinclair QL IPC firmware version 1.2
Replies: 0
Views: 193

Sinclair QL IPC firmware version 1.2

Hi folks, way back in the summer of 2018, while on my once-in-a-lifetime US road trip, I acquired a QL job lot from former Mechanical Affinity QL trader Paul Holmgren. This included some QL IC24 IPC 8049 chips with 2nd edition firmware version 1.2. Rare beasts made by NEC for Sinclair Research Ltd. ...
by QLvsJAGUAR
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: The Sinclair QL in North America
Replies: 4
Views: 349

Re: The Sinclair QL in North America

A good read! As always with Tim's releases. I shall provide Tim with some clarifications and additions.

Watch out for a release which I drop in a minute. It has a relation to the QL in NA.
by QLvsJAGUAR
Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:44 am
Forum: QL Emulation
Topic: sQLux v1.0 (The Xmas Turkey)
Replies: 248
Views: 77673

Re: sQLux v1.0 (The Xmas Turkey)

Speaking of keyboard, what keyboard settings are supported with the latest release? Where to set the keyboard? In sqlux.ini? Documentation? Remember Tim's manual initially stated: sQLux uses the keyboard mapping from SDL2, which is a US Keyboard. Even with international ROMS, the keyboard will stil...
by QLvsJAGUAR
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:03 pm
Forum: QL Emulation
Topic: sQLux v1.0 (The Xmas Turkey)
Replies: 248
Views: 77673

Re: sQLux v1.0 (The Xmas Turkey)

https://github.com/SinclairQL/sQLux/releases/tag/v1.0.7 Hooray! What follows is a friendly message with some sarcastic underline. No offense. Well, my mother tongue and keyboard says: Hurra! Speaking of keyboard, what keyboard settings are supported with the latest release? Where to set the keyboar...
by QLvsJAGUAR
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: QL on MIST FPGA board
Replies: 111
Views: 65943

Re: QL on MIST FPGA board

Glad that at least someone has/sees the same/similar problem with this core. On my MIST, in can isolate the symptom: This core only starts well and runs stable and hourly long, when my MIST was switched off for a longer time (a long night) and when I then power on the MIST with an SD card which has ...
by QLvsJAGUAR
Sat Feb 17, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: CPLD replacement for ZX8301
Replies: 223
Views: 49867

Re: CPLD replacement for ZX8301

Whats about the Thor OS, does it work here and can use the colours? I'm a bit late joining this party. Yes, the Thor OS ARGOS of the Thor XVI machine supports 16 colours as does the hardware of the Thor XVI. My machine is stored away in boxes, but here's a screenshot of the colour palette in MODE 1...
by QLvsJAGUAR
Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:41 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: CPLD replacement for ZX8301
Replies: 223
Views: 49867

Re: CPLD replacement for ZX8301

Whats about the Thor OS, does it work here and can use the colours? I'm a bit late joining this party. Yes, the Thor OS ARGOS of the Thor XVI machine supports 16 colours as does the hardware of the Thor XVI. My machine is stored away in boxes, but here's a screenshot of the colour palette in MODE 1...
by QLvsJAGUAR
Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: In the market
Replies: 14
Views: 1371

Re: In the market

There is Unzip 0.96 on my site's Archivers page, which is already suitable for 128K systems. Would be good to have a choice. This Unzip 0.96 is from Jan and dates back 1990. It is installed in QL/E for ages. But while tring to unZIP some ZIP files at hand, it failed, see screenshot: UnZIP096_cant_e...
by QLvsJAGUAR
Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:39 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: QL on MIST FPGA board
Replies: 111
Views: 65943

Re: QL on MIST FPGA board

In Oktober 2021 someone (retrofun) has amended the QL Core to allow the following RAM configurations: 128K, 640K, 896K, 1920K, 3968K See: https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=425461&sid=72e898619e881a00bf3f2a41dc5f26d4#p425461 https://github.com/retrofun/ql/tree/ram-options-128k-640k-896k...
by QLvsJAGUAR
Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:26 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Anouncement for the 40th Anniversary of the Sinclair QL in Dormagen (Germany)
Replies: 21
Views: 1740

Re: Anouncement for the 40th Anniversary of the Sinclair QL in Dormagen (Germany)

Swiss QLers Markus (Desin) and I intend to attend. Who else from this forum?