Short: QL clone (binaries and documentation) Author: Rainer Kowallik & Mark J Swift Uploader: msw blackpool ac uk Type: misc/emu Version: 3.24 Replaces: QDOS4amiga1.lha Architecture: m68k-amigaos ____ _ _ _ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ / __ \ / \/ \ | | / ___| / __ \ / __ \ | _ \ / __ \ / ___| | |__| || || || | _ | |__| | __ | | | || | \ \| | | | \_ \ | __ || |\/| || || |__| || __ | |__| | |_/ \| |_/ /| |__| | __\ \ |_| |_||_| |_||_| \____/ |_| |_| \___/\/|____/ \____/ |____/ S O F T W A R E Q D O S E M U L A T O R F O R T H E A M I G A This is a major reworking of Rainer Kowallik's QL emulator for the Amiga. Most of the new features have been added by Mark J Swift (e-mail: msw@blackpool.ac.uk) - Rainer is no-longer involved in the project. The release includes full assembler source and a QDOS support disk. AMIGA-QDOS v3.24 FEATURES * FASTER than the original QL * LOADS/SAVES to QL floppy disks * Hard disk support via QubIDE ROM * SOUND supported in full (all possible convolutions of BEEP) * SYSTEM VARIABLES movable (even into FAST RAM). * 2ND-SCREEN fully usable (like MINERVA ROM) * SCREEN modes 4 and 8 BOTH supported * KEYBOARD history from standard combination * ALL known machines supported A500, A500+, A600, A1200, A4000 etc * FOR COMPATIBILITY, data and instruction caches can be enabled/disabled * QDOS utilties disk included with release * BASED ON a JS ROM with many JS ROM bug fixes. * SOURCE included WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 3.24 * QDOS ROM relocatable into FAST RAM * Hard disk support via QubIDE ROM * some bug fixes THE SINCLAIR QL... ,--------------------------------------------/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/| / /_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_/ / /| / /_//__//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_/ / / / / / /_//____//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//_//____/ / / / / /_//__//_//_//_________________//_//_//__/ /_____________________/ / /_'__________________________________________/|__.====== .====== __|/ |_____________________________________________:======================/ |________________________________________________________________|/ The Sinclair QL is a black slab-like computer based around Motorola's 68008 micro-processor. The QL was launched as the follow-up to the ZX Spectrum, aimed at the business market rather than the games market and was supplied with wordprocessor, spreadsheet, database and charting programs. It features a fully multi-tasking operating system (QDOS) and a very good built-in BASIC. The QL failed to achieve the mass-market appeal of its predecessor, but nevertheless attracted a large dedicated user base... which is still going strong. INSTALLING THE EMULATOR 1. Create a directory on your destination volume for the Amiga-QDOS binaries and documentation. 2. Make an assignment to this directory as "QLBOOT:". Consider making the same assignment in your start-up sequence. 3. Copy the contents of the archive QDOS4amiga1.lha to QLBOOT: 4. Move the contents of QLBOOT:c to your own 'c' directory. CREATING THE QDOS SUPPORT DISK Creating the QDOS support disk on an Amiga requires that the xfs filesystem is mounted. XFS allows access to a multitude of disk formats including QL (QDOS) disks. XFS is can be found on the aminet in disk/misc. 1. Mount the xfsd filesystem. 2. Copy QDOS4amiga3.lha to RAM: - or into the same directory as 'QLdisk.unLHA'. 3. Double-click on the 'QLdisk.unLHA' icon. Insert a blank disk into DF0: at the appropriate moment... then wait. Rename the resultant QDOS (QL) disk as 'QLutils:' Alternatively you could follow the instructions in the file 'QDOS4amiga3.readme' which explains how to create the disk from a CLI. STARTING THE EMULATOR 1. Double-click on the 'Start_QDOS_UK' icon. 2. Insert QLutils: into DF0: and at the F1/F2 prompt and press F1.