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by ed77
Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:43 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: did sir clive copy the bbc micro with the ql to get back at acorn with a better 16 bit machine?
Replies: 2
Views: 2417

did sir clive copy the bbc micro with the ql to get back at acorn with a better 16 bit machine?

8 colours, like the bbc? for example. and 2 similar graphics modes, hi res 4 color and low res 8 color? maybe its just a coincidence.
by ed77
Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:13 am
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

Re: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator

thanks.

any chance you could do another one? (last one, i promise)

http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/games/adventures/advent93a.zip
The files on adent93a.zip is actually "Vogage of the Beano". Which is too big to fit into a MDV image.

I have never got the MIST MDVTOOL to work, though there someone on the ...
by ed77
Sun Mar 21, 2021 1:57 pm
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

Re: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator

ok, cool. thanks. just found a compiled version of this but it doesnt work.

not exactly sure what this error means :

Assertion failed: sizeof(file_t) == 64, file mdvtool.c, line 789

i think theres something wrong with the compiled executable
by ed77
Sun Mar 21, 2021 1:18 pm
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

Re: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator

thanks.

any chance you could do another one? (last one, i promise)

http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/games/adventures/advent93a.zip
by ed77
Sat Mar 20, 2021 1:32 am
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

Re: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator

Derek_Stewart wrote:Hi,

As part of another project, I may have the programmes in "advent1.zip" separated into MDV images.

If these ard acceptable, I will post them here.
thank you
by ed77
Fri Mar 19, 2021 12:06 pm
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

Re: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator

yeah, ive tried these but id like to get the text adventures to work
by ed77
Fri Mar 19, 2021 11:27 am
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

Re: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator

thank you, it works.

im having problems with this file now:

http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/games/adventures/advent1.zip

ive changed all the dots to "_" but im getting bad parameter error. the menu loads ok but not the games.
by ed77
Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:25 pm
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

Re: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator

Please indicate the name/link of one of the games you're unable to run.
Some general information:
- you can LRUN only SuperBasic programs;
- for executable apps, you must use EXEC;
- the SuperBasic programs may be unzipped on Windows/Mac OS as usually, but...
-...other non-Basic zipped software ...
by ed77
Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:17 pm
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

im having problems getting games to run on q-emulator

ive downloaded zip files from the dilwyn software page and extracted them to a directory and then attached the directory (im not sure you are supposed to do this) i can get it to display the files by using dir mdv1_ but the games either dont load or only half load. lrun (filename) just reports bad ...
by ed77
Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:02 pm
Forum: QL Emulation
Topic: a problem getting an emulator to run a gui
Replies: 16
Views: 8525

Re: a problem getting an emulator to run a gui

tofro wrote:I am pretty sure the Q-EMulator demo version will not emulate the Q60 video mode, which would be required if you downloaded the binary from Daniele's page.

Tobias
ok, but any gui will do like mice or ice?