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Blessed are the nay-sayers for the future is theirs! (Or is it?)

In the mean time we wait for some test results from Derek. See where we go from there..

Theres also been some movement on the Buffee side recently. (The main developer has been unwell for some time, hence the hiatus.) While I dont claim to understand all the ins and out of the matter (Im sure there are plenty here who can disabuse me), to me the Buffee sounds like the more interesting ...

Peter wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:17 pm <> Not sure I would be satisfied with the OSSC.

Same here. If the photos are an accurate representation it is not something I could work with. Sorry.

Sparrowhawk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:06 pm <>
Where is the best place to catch up on the Italian QL scene? I can read Italian quite well, (but speak/write it poorly). It would be nice to find out what is going on over there.

Try Quantum Technology.

Derek_Stewart wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:57 am <>
The operating system source code for Minerva and SMSQ/E give very good reference material on how assembly language on the QL should be written.
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Hi Derek,
I agree. Its very well annotated too. Reads like a novel

Anyone with a PC can have SMSQ/E for free if they want. If one started out with Qdos nomenclature and at some later date wanted to develop programs for SMSQ/E one would have to relearn the entire nomenclature. Not so the other way round; SMSQ/E nomenclature works perfectly for Qdos too. And the most...

<>I can see what you mean about the missing byte to force the next line onto a word boundary, so have done that to be safe But the GST QMAC manual I have seems to say it automatically adjusts and puts DC.W/DC.L onto word boundaries, which is why I assume my code worked as is? (or it was pure luck) ...

Just a heads up: A bad typo at define dc.w 1 dc.w MENU-* dc.b 4,'MENU' .. It should be something like define dc.w 1 dc.w MENU-* dc.b 4,'MENU',0 .. to make the line even. I was altogether intrigued by the exercise so here's my take: ; TITLE Show Menu section code INCLUDE 'win6_a_qmac_qdos1_in' INCLUD...

Great look! Thanks for the tip

Turbo Tookit's TYPE_IN, COMMAND_LINE, END_CMD do just that. You could try disassembling them to see how its done. Job#0's channel #0 always has the channel ID $00000000 (unless someone's really messed around!) so no need hunting through S*BASIC's channels tables etc. The main difficulty may be to en...