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I thank Peter for answering my FPGA startup questions. I had asked the same questions elsewhere but received no answer.
Is system software bound to 68K really a problem? What's wrong with the 68K?

I had another thought on SMS2 in FPGA. There is a version of SMSQE that runs on Atari STs using the ...

Post by RalfR » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:37 pm - Link?

Found it as follows:- viewtopic.php?t=4679&start=40
8th post, 2nd image.

or download/file.php?id=7331&mode=view for image

I need no assurance. I am intimately familiar with their lack of interest.

A while back I had a personal connection to ARM's board of directors. I used this connection to convince ARM to look at TTs work. The were given a demonstration and in a nutshell their response was "What kind of nonsense is ...

Peter wrote:- Not sure what you mean.

Your earlier post about your FPGA boards confused me. I know who wrote the code. I wanted to know from what storage device the FPGA implemetation code came from.

You half answered my questions in the next sentence as:-
The Q68 FPGA comes fom internal flash ...

My reply to Peter's post of Sat Jun 14:-

I see no reason why it shouldn't end up being open source. Its name might need changing because its now a widely used name in the domain of computing.

I remember your reply to and TT's post on a QL users group in 2017, where you wrote:-
"So nothing would be ...

I will find the post Later on. I am busy at the moment. I have posted many screen shots.

Derek wrote:-
"If the Stella source exists, why not release it under a Open Source Licence, there might programmers that are interested in looking at the code and extending it."

Some time ago I posted a screenshot showing a copy of the Stella source code files, to see if anyone would notice. It ...

From: SOLVED !! smsq/e on rom
Post by Peter » Sat Jun 14, 2025 3:41 pm

Tinyfpga wrote: Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:13 pm
It runs on the Atari ST core, but I would love to see SMS2 running on your FPGA boards.

I did successfully try open source PC/AT and Z80 implementations on my boards, so Atari would also ...

Posted by Peter » Sat Jun 14, 2025 11:05 am

But not with the QL core I guess?
It runs on the Atari ST core, but I would love to see SMS2 running on your FPGA boards.

That sounds like QLiberator. Was it essentially the same?
I suppose it is/was, but the SMS2 parser (BASIC) seems more reliable than ...

Posted by Wicksy » Mon Jun 09, 2025 12:59 pm
Would SMS2 work natively on the QL? With no basic interpreter it must be smaller, but am
guessing it only works with some software for this reason.
And:-
Posted by Derek_Stewart » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:59 pm
SMS2 only runs on an Atari ST series.

SMS2 ...