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by afx
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:07 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: FPGA replacment for the ZX8301 ULA and more
Replies: 211
Views: 96758

Re: FPGA replacment for the ZX8301 ULA and more

You have done a great job. It would be a shame if those hardware sprites with 16 colors and the possibility of programming them from SuperBasic (as seen in some of your videos) do not reach users. Hardware sprites are interesting features present on other platforms that the QL does not have and are ...
by afx
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:26 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: FPGA replacment for the ZX8301 ULA and more
Replies: 211
Views: 96758

Re: FPGA replacment for the ZX8301 ULA and more

But it has some disadvantages that keep me from making it available. It won't work with other expansion cards. It will work with virtual micro drives but most likely not with anything that plugs in the expansion port and uses the bus. It is not easy to install in the poor quality QL sockets. In my ...
by afx
Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:40 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: FPGA replacment for the ZX8301 ULA and more
Replies: 211
Views: 96758

Re: FPGA replacment for the ZX8301 ULA and more

Hi lliont, great!

This is close to a GoldCard (2 MB, 16 MHz processor) and also has the additions of the improved ULA, VGA output, MC68H001 at 15Mhz and QL-SD. :o

By the way, could your "ZX8301 ULA and more" run SMSQ/E?
by afx
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:25 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Software updates
Replies: 21
Views: 1058

Re: Software updates

It is strictly required to keep the containers files for native hardware unfragmented, while the QXL (and the other emulators) support fragmented container files. It is extremely important to distinguish this difference. Therefore I picked the term QLWA, which was established for the corresponding ...
by afx
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Software updates
Replies: 21
Views: 1058

Re: Software updates

It's great that SMSQE is still maintained. Many thanks to everyone involved in the project. I have installed SMSQE on my systems (QPC2, Q68, Q-emuLator, SGC-QLSD) and everything is working correctly. PS: Regarding the name of the default containers in win1_, it seems more comfortable to me that it b...
by afx
Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Using the QIMSI-QL Link
Replies: 48
Views: 28208

Re: Using the QIMSI-QL Link

Jan, Peter, thanks once again for the responses and support for this QIMSI feature. QIMSI's serial port has only minimal buffering so it's very likely that wrongly connecting pins 2 and 3 will fry your QIMSI, especially with PC ports which use 'real' RS-232 signal levels of +12 and -12 volts (unlike...
by afx
Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:51 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Using the QIMSI-QL Link
Replies: 48
Views: 28208

Re: Using the QIMSI-QL Link

Hello, some questions:
Could someone post a photo of what the serial output connection from QIMSI would look like?
What type of connector could be used on the QIMSI side?

Greetings!

PD:
Peter, Jan, ... thanks so much for that development. It is a very interesting complement to QIMSI.
by afx
Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:55 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Another small tribute for the 40th Anniversary of the Sinclair QL: Interacting with an AI from a QL.
Replies: 10
Views: 1211

Re: Another small tribute for the 40th Anniversary of the Sinclair QL: Interacting with an AI from a QL.

Yes, the methods and data structures needed to interact with the QLUB adapter are fairly well documented within the Sendfile_MQ Basic application, although if you're needing to better understand the NET Protocol itself, it may be lacking and a more full understanding of the Sinclair Network might b...
by afx
Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:44 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Another small tribute for the 40th Anniversary of the Sinclair QL: Interacting with an AI from a QL.
Replies: 10
Views: 1211

Re: Another small tribute for the 40th Anniversary of the Sinclair QL: Interacting with an AI from a QL.

Couldn't there be in theory a PI or other small board function in this way where the QL & SMSQ/E are the front end, connected to a more powerful unit doing the work in the background. Yes, a PI or a mini PC would be an ideal backend for that background work, but a fast connection between the QD...
by afx
Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:32 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Another small tribute for the 40th Anniversary of the Sinclair QL: Interacting with an AI from a QL.
Replies: 10
Views: 1211

Re: Another small tribute for the 40th Anniversary of the Sinclair QL: Interacting with an AI from a QL.

martyn_hill wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:59 pm That's so cool!
Hi Martin, at some point I would like to rewrite this application using QLNET instead of RS232, it would be a nice use case for QLNET. But first I need to better understand the QLNET protocol. I'll start by studying the SendFileMQ_bas code. Would that be a good start?