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by Peter
Fri Jan 24, 2020 2:38 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: LibVT
Replies: 23
Views: 7206

Re: LibVT

Of c(o)urse I know that ncurses is newer than curses, but most ncurses calls are said to be easily portable to the old curses, which exists for C68.

What is the exact point in an ncurses port?
by Peter
Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:16 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: LibVT
Replies: 23
Views: 7206

Re: LibVT

Probably stupid question, but did you include "ansicondef.h" in your source?
by Peter
Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:31 am
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Designing 3-D cases: vDrive & Q68
Replies: 29
Views: 10894

Re: Designing 3-D cases: vDrive & Q68

bwinkel67 wrote:Oh, I see now, that green switch I thought was just a power light but you actually push it in.
Ah now I understand. It is my prototype, which has an illuminated switch. ;)
As far as I know, Derek uses switches without illumination.
by Peter
Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:56 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Designing 3-D cases: vDrive & Q68
Replies: 29
Views: 10894

Re: Designing 3-D cases: vDrive & Q68

When you say the power switch, are you saying the plug on front left? No, the power switch is not on the board (and not even mandatory) but added via external wiring. For the standard Q68 case, it is located over the audio socket at the front panel. If moved elsewhere, the case could be more flat. ...
by Peter
Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:32 am
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Designing 3-D cases: vDrive & Q68
Replies: 29
Views: 10894

Re: Designing 3-D cases: vDrive & Q68

That said, I think I'll first try and see if I can create a Q68 case from scratch and give it some QL stylings. Sounds fantastic! I'd be happy to use such a case, especially if it contains two extra holes for QLNET jack sockets at the side, and "Q68" 3D letters like the "QL" let...
by Peter
Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:27 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Designing 3-D cases: vDrive & Q68
Replies: 29
Views: 10894

Re: Designing 3-D cases: vDrive & Q68

I also had a crazy idea of purchasing an empty QL case and seeing how to fit the Q68 within it. I think there should be enough room and using extenders for all the Q68 ports (even for the SD cards) you could get most QL ports filled. Then print some covers to make the backside panel of the QL confo...
by Peter
Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:33 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Beyond Super Gold Card
Replies: 105
Views: 38538

Re: Beyond Super Gold Card

The entirety of my comment comes from one simple fact: the available 68k cores for use in FPGAs that are cycle-accurate and complete enough to run QL operating systems are limited to 68000 implementations, with no instruction or data cache and no 32-bit external accesses. Is there any point in cycl...
by Peter
Mon Jan 13, 2020 4:59 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Beyond Super Gold Card
Replies: 105
Views: 38538

Re: Beyond Super Gold Card

Is there a possibility to use a physical CPU (eg: 68EC030 or 040?) with the non-68000 parts of the Q68 FPGA core? Technically, yes. Using a 68EC060 instead of the internal core was always an option I held open, in case debugging the FPGA CPU failed. With the pin shortage of a TQPF 144 package, that...
by Peter
Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:55 pm
Forum: Compatibles Corner
Topic: Q68 Ethernet
Replies: 41
Views: 42610

Re: Q68 Ethernet

So do you mean by that you do something like OPEN#3,ser3 which instead of using the RS232 port, it uses the Ethernet port instead. Then PRINT#3 and INPUT#3 to exchange data. SLIP is an encapsulation of TCP/IP designed to work over serial ports and router connections, it was a common standard before...
by Peter
Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:07 am
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Beyond Super Gold Card
Replies: 105
Views: 38538

Re: Beyond Super Gold Card

With the hope that Peter perhaps can see some new perspectives for his projects, let me tell you a little about my own particular case, which is maybe too unique but still may reflect the individual interests and expectations of many other recent QL enthusiasts. Thanks, it surely contributes to get...