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I asked Wolfgang Lenerz, who maintains Q68 SMSQ/E, who thinks FLASH is not implemented, which is consistant with the current SMSQ/E and Q68 hardware documentation. So no SMSQ/E bug, just not implemented. Indeed, even on the GoldCard version flash doesn't work. The only implementatation of FLASH on ...

Martin_Head wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:13 am Is the FLASH command supposed to be supported in DISP_MODE 0/MODE 8 in the Q68?

If I enter, FLASH 1 : PRINT "flashing" it does not flash. But if I POKE the display file, I can get flashing lines on the screen.

Under Minerva, flash does work

The SD-card driver in Min4Q68 is a binary from Wolfgang Lenerz; I don't have the source of it but it's probably based on the QLSD driver No, it is the other way round! The QL-SD driver (the newer one with QLWA support) was derived from the standalone Q68 driver. (Which was derived from Q68 SMSQ/E, ...

Is it possible to assemble the Minerva ROM file on the Q68? Probably, using QMake (I believe the original Minerva was also built with it). Marcel's Minerva repository also runs QMake from a make.bas program (see https://github.com/MarcelKilgus/Minerva). I just made a succesful build using Qmake. On...

I wrote a working PE mouse driver in C. Just did not publish it because a C68 library call is buggy. Which I needed for proper check of PE presence. If you can live without this check, I'll be glad to provide it when I return from vacation. We've been here before, just read the PM's from February 2...

dex wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:32 am I have already used PE in mode 8 on black box QL.
But the windows are then very huge and only small applications (clock, …) will fit onto the screen.

I just tested this with a current version of the PE, it simply switches to MODE 4 when launching any of the apps. So bad luck here...

Is it possible to assemble the Minerva ROM file on the Q68? Probably, using QMake (I believe the original Minerva was also built with it). Marcel's Minerva repository also runs QMake from a make.bas program (see https://github.com/MarcelKilgus/Minerva). I might switch to QMake too as the current bu...

Sorry guys, for high-colour modes you still have to stick with SMSQ/E, though it would have been nice if the Q68 had supported 8-colour mode with higher resolutions (hint, hint ;) ). Major problem here is the lack of field updates for the Q68 logic. Also, I didn't want to increase the number of mod...

Am I right, that Minerva for the Q68 now supports the native resolution of 1024x768? for the Q68 (as on uQLx)? This would be great! Yes, it supports 1024x768x4, like uQLx. But please read the updated README, especially when you're going to use the Pointer Interface (this needs some patching to run ...

For those of you who would like to try the Q68's high-resolution 1024x768 mode, there is now a new version 1.4 in the Working branch: https://github.com/janbredenbeek/Minerva4Q68/tree/working This implements the DISP_MODE command with option 0, 1 and 4 (1024x768x4). Sorry guys, for high-colour modes...