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Hi All, These are my first steps with PE (Pointer Environment) and QPAC, it is a learning excersise for me. I have started with PE v1.xx (PTR_GEN v1.73, WMAN v1.53, HOT_REXT v2.28) My QL is JS ROM, QDOS v1.10, 512K simple addon RAM, TK2 ROM plugin v2.20. I have QPAC2 Deutch version v1.39 I have QPAC...

Hi Dilwyn, Version 2.00 and later should allow most programs written for Window Manager 2 to run in standard QL colours, while earlier versions 1.xx will effectively lock you out of using a lot of recent QL software written with Window Manager 2 in mind. I am sorry, I have no experience with SMSQ, w...

Hi Dilwyn, Not being an SMSQ user, thank you for explaining the basics to me. I can confirm PE 2.05 is not good for QL JS ROM either. Following your suggestion, I tested on JS ROM, with these resutls please see also a picture later on. PTR_GEN v2.01 WMAN v2.05 HOT_REXT v2.29 QPAC2 v1.46 QPAC1 Alarm ...

Hi PJW,

This looks good.
My understanding of the code is, the tag id is always increased by 1, so looking for the highest tag, will get the most recent job id, right?

Many thanks
Tom

Hi All, I see, QPAC1-2 is an addon to PE. PE as of 2.x is maintained along with SMSQ. I have QPAC2 v1.39 for PE 1.x, what version of QPAC1 is good for PE 1.x? Looking individually at versions of QPAC1 as kindly provided by Marcel at Dilwyn's. Alarm v1.05 Calculator v1.05 Calendar v1.06 Clock v2.03 S...

Hi, I wish to share my experince with PE v2.x as I am having some difficulty to run it on my JS ROM QL. The newest v2.05 will not even run on my system. I agree, nowadays PTR & QPAC,are meant as part of SMSQ, but I have QDOS v1.10 JS ROM. QPAC 1-2 v1.46 also avavailable at Dilwyn's site do requi...

Hi, I have a new observation. I compared V 2.12 and V 2.20 roms, and in fact they differ only in a single byte (except having different version header), specifying, default DATA_USE and PROG_USE. V 2.12 flp1_, flp1_ V 2.20 flp1_, flp2_ V 2.13 and V 2.12 as well as V 2.13 and V 2.20 differ in some 15...

Hi,

Is there way to find a job id, of just started application in S*BASIC?
I was thinking of using NXJOB TK2 function, I probably need to walk throught the job tree, but not sure how to code it.

E.g.
100 ex mdv1_myjob
110 let myid = NXJOB (0,0)

Many thanks
Tom

Hi All, I have made some further progress with my QL mouse. I have reassembled Simon G, DIY mouse driver in QMAC assembler Quanta version 1.06. I needed to change some conditional assembly directives. I also changed the server to be linked as a scheduled task, as this performs better on my QL. It wo...

Hi All, I have coded another program, this time for polling a Microsoft mouse. Again as earlier example it may put some dots as mouse moves, and coloured stippled dots when buttons are depressed, Polling may be quit by pressing 'q'. Having no Microsoft serial two button mouse, I cannot really try th...