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... Under SMSQ/E, the colours are only reversed in stipple 2, not in 3 (at least using QPC2)... QPCstipples.PNG The Jan Jones book (Quanta issue) does not fully agree with your picture. Stipple 0: Top Right is contrast Stipple 1: Bottom two are contrast Stipple 2: two Right-hand are contrast Stippl...

Have you tried older versions of smsq/e as it is astounding that this has not been spotted before, the GD2 colour drivers have been around for at least 20 years and smsq/e itself longer? See my entry on the STAR1 post. I tested PAPER 5,4,3 with an older SMSQE v2.91 and the issue was already there. ...

So the operating system is wrong, I think you need to report this to Wolfgang Lenerz Funny nobody seems to have noticed this before. The stippled border around the basic channels starts of white on QDOS & Minerva. It starts with a black pixel on SMSQ (v2.91), tested on Aurora & BBQL. So mai...

Hi, Maybe there is problems with the floppy disk cable connecting to the QL, if it is gge wrong way around, all the data lies lines will be grounded. Usually the Disk Drive LEDs are both on. Check that the drives are correctly connected in the floopy disk case. Most floppy cables have a notch to ma...

..., though where they'd stick the 'Intensity' signal I don't yet know. If I understood the documentation correctly, the I-bit replaces the F-bit on mode 8 SCR files. It's identical to the way mode 15 works for GD2 sprites, one of the "new" but seldom seen modes introduced by J.Grimbert f...

stevepoole wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:46 am ...
To finalise all the graphics, I need a 'pantone' routine to select QPC2 COLOUR_NATIVE hues. Has anyone done such a routine ?

If you mean picking a colour and finding the numbers you can do that with this QL-Colour Picker.
https://home.hccnet.nl/b.spelten/ql/qcp.html

BSJR

Can the HISTORY device from Boris also be used with QPC2? In principle it should be possible, but you may have to write a program that links out the history driver from QPC2 and links in the one from Boris. Normal convention is that any LRESPR'd keyword will overwrite existing keywords with the sam...

Andrew wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:07 am ...
Fast PLOT/DRAW Toolkit
The commands in this toolkit are:
DRAW
PLOT
REFRESH
SCLR
SCRBASE

Accrding to the S*Basic Keywords database (https://www.wlenerz.com/smsqe/addkeys.html#RRR) the REFRESH keyword is part of the GIGA_bin toolkit.
Maybe that's the one you are looking for.

BSJR

Following on from a previous post it does appear, reading online, that on floppy disks each file does have a “modified date/time” stored Is there any Dir equivalent command or utility that displays this please? Many thanks Toolkit 2 has two functions to do just that. FUPDT(), FBKDT() will read the ...

... I've actually never tried formatting from Minerva. But it's indeed a pity that Minerva's SD card driver is very limited (AFAIK it originated from the original QLSD driver, which was later enhanced by Marcel Kilgus for SMSQ/E). The solution would be to backport the driver from SMSQ/E, which woul...