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I'm confused by the https://badared.com/badaman/ql/batman/assets/doc/Batman_sqlux.zip link on the Downloads section of the Batman website.

It says:

"this contains a portable installation of the sQLux emulator for Windows preconfigured to boot with the file. WIN. This is (0, 1 or 2) in the sqlux ...

Seems to play nicely with sqlux, although I can't hear any sound there.
QPC is a bit hesitant to run it.
And the BBQL of course likes it ;)


have you set a sound level in the ini file on sqlux?
SOUND = 10
something like that. without it sqlux wont give sound.


I've got the Batman sound ...

I was really looking forward to going to this, until I was reminded I had to be elsewhere all that weekend for a wedding
Hopefully it will become an annual event.

I have mixed views on ZEsarUX.

It is clearly a massive piece of work and it appears to have been a labour of love for many years. It supports a very large number of computers, some very obscure. The code is freely available on github. On the downside I really struggle with the UI. I also know of no ...

I wonder if this whole thread was a bit of a misunderstanding?

It looks to me that the base QLAY2 code was open source GPL2. GPL2 code can be used commercially. The web version built on the GLP2 code, but the author tried to restrict it by adding the clause that it could not be used commercially ...

SYSROM : Minerva_1.98a1.bin

Version 1.1.1
Linux OK
Windows OK

Version 1.1.1.1
Linux / Windows
/ & , * } , . . , + ] , - /

Hope it helps
Markus


Ah, so does that mean you are using a Swiss German keyboard, but with a GB Minerva ROM? I had assumed that you would be using a German ROM.

That ...

Markus,

To double check:

Do the keypad keys / , *, - and + work correctly for DE_ch in the currently released version 1.1.1?

or

Do the keypad keys / , *, - and + work correctly for DE_ch after the pull request I submitted last night?

What is the version of the QL ROM that you use?

Thanks

Using the cooked keycodes means another translation to do in the head, but it is not a show stopper!

I've submitted a pull request that should support the keypad for multiple types of keyboard
I've done some testing with US, GB, ES and DE under Linux. This indicates that the issue with DE is ...

Keypad: Numbers, Enter and dec.point ok, "/" gives "-", " * " gives "(", "-" gives "ß", "+" gives " ' ".


Thanks for the feedback. I think what is happening is that the keypad codes are getting translated again as part of the DE translation.

I'll load up the MF ROM, configure my keyboard to DE ...

RalfR wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 5:34 am I just miss my keypad under Windows. Any chance?

I've just pushed a change to master that enables use of the keypad. I've tested it with a GB keyboard, but fingers crossed it should work for all keyboard types.