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mhanias wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 7:22 pm I have a rather naive question Can I use the QISMI Gold together with trump or Gold card?

Yes. But the floppy will only be visible in standard QIMSI operation.

javier2112 wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 5:01 pm On the other hand, today, after switching on my QL, I realized all links for partitions were fine, so wondered why. I guess QIMSI needs a full reset to load the new QL_ROM.SYS, doesn't it?

It requires a power-on to load a new QL_ROM.SYS.

Hi Javi,

[*] My UK QL keyboard seems to work well, but some keys are changed in their place.

You need the UK version of QL_ROM.SYS and SMSQ/E configured to UK.


[*] I've added diferent WIN a QUB containers after the QLWA.WIN, but I only can access to win1_ and win8_.

In order to use Qubide ...

Marcel_X wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 6:03 pm Thanks for the compliment Peter! Hope you enjoy it!

Absolutely! I'm stunned... by the beautiful PCB design, by the professional case, by the perfect packaging.
Except for the original machine, I don't think there ever was such a professional packaging for a QL device.

... the new QLpicoVGA converter designed and crafted by Marcel in the Netherlands. A wonderful piece of electronics, coming in a professional package. Amazing! Many thanks, Peter

what I mean is that even on a '020, if there's memory where the upper address bits are set (not sure if that's the case on any existing hardware), obviously the "mis-used" address ends up somewhere else that the "non-mis-used" one

Of course, but how is that related to Qliberator, as it would not ...

Of course that is a serious misuse of the upper address bits. But it has nothing to do with the Q60 problems - It would already be a problem on an '020, like its emulated on QPC, for example.

No, it would not be a problem on a 68020. How should it? The 68020 does not even have a data cache ...

RalfR wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:33 am That was later incorporated in SMSQ/E. With 3.42, Copyback Cache is always ON.

Except for programs with Wolfgang's specific patch of course.

I don't like the look of these set bits that end up in an address register that accesses the variables area. It must rely on the memory wrapping around. But I don't know if that would upset things only when using the cache.

Of course that is a serious misuse of the upper address bits. But it ...

The good news is that now the card is 5.8 bogomips and tindex at qdos 512x256 is 26 and 21 at 1024x768 4 colour aurora mode in smsqe.

This is technically interesting, as I get QTop-Index 24 and 23 here for Q68/Qzero/QIMSI in those modes. I.e. the QLion card is slightly faster with small screen ...