There once was a man called Tebby,
Who's OS was not at all heavy.
Its toolkit was weak,
So he gave it a tweek,
And made everyone quite happy.

On an Atari TT030 (30MHz 68030) it takes 127 seconds. Unfortunately SMSQ/E doesn't run in fast RAM so I can't test it with the uncontended EDO RAM only the slow RAM shared with the video sub-system. Hi Stephen, Are you using QVME in the TT030? No, just the Atari SMSQ/E downloaded from the developme...

On an Atari TT030 (30MHz 68030) it takes 127 seconds.

Unfortunately SMSQ/E doesn't run in fast RAM so I can't test it with the uncontended EDO RAM only the slow RAM shared with the video sub-system.

So, replacing the video completely should mean that there's no need to directly access the QL memory at all. Not memory as storage, but memory mapped I/O. The QL's address and data bus would still be there and access in the internal QL register area, so keyboard, speaker, network and microdrives ca...

So, replacing the video completely should mean that there's no need to directly access the QL memory at all. This would mean that you could completely decouple the QL's address and data bus from the new computer, either accessing the hardware via a proxy I/O controller or turning the QL's 68008 into...

..Maybe this is being looked at from the wrong direction? Maybe we should thing in reverse and think of the original QL as a peripheral to a new single-board computer which fits within the expansion slot? It sounds like it's possibly a simpler solution to all the bottlenecks of the original system....

Having read all the comments, including that interesting long one above, maybe it would be best to have something revolutionary. As far as I see it, the main reason for an SGC replacement is that many wish to use an original, unmodified QL but add a massive upgrade. Maybe this is being looked at fro...

Basically, if it had all that the SGC(clone) has but add DVI/HDMI video output and an SD card interface (hard disk) that would be ample. No M680x0 processor will be fast relative to today's machines, so stick with the M68020 and the same clock rate. QDOS/Minerva/SMSQE after all are relatively lean a...

Well, I ordered one and it arrived today!

Working fine (haven't tested floppies).

Thank-you Tetroid!

XorA wrote:So party 28 days after launch day

But only in a location where you can have a tent outside to hold half the attendees.