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by ql_freak
Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:29 am
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Contact to Metacomco (and Lattice!) because of their C Development Kit? (The Lattice C compiler)
Replies: 11
Views: 430

Re: Contact to Metacomco (and Lattice!) because of their C Development Kit? (The Lattice C compiler)



There are, however, no libraries available for C68 to link to PC-relative code. You'd need to adapt/recompile them all.


Exactly this is the problem. There are no Libs for C68. Albeit C68 now uses SROFF (versions at least until 3.x did NOT!) it's questionable, if it will work (can be linked ...
by ql_freak
Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:08 am
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: QPack2 Exec Menu
Replies: 1
Views: 75

QPack2 Exec Menu

On QPC2 I have SBASIC as an entry in my Exec menu (a button in the Button Frame), on Minerva not. Therefore I have UPN2 (the famous UPN calculator from R(Alf) Biedermann) in the Exec menu (which is not in QPC2).

Can the EXEC menu be adjusted by the user or does it just list all executable Things ...
by ql_freak
Tue Jul 08, 2025 11:05 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: My "from PACKAGE import *" (Python) simulation project (reflection)
Replies: 69
Views: 7065

Re: My "from PACKAGE import *" (Python) simulation project (reflection)

I have now for the first time tried reflection0v1v0_cde (version 0.1.0 from the last zip file I have uploaded in this thread) with QPC2 5.20.

It is working if it is LRESPRed in my boot program into the Resident Procedure Area (i.e. no jobs running when LRESPRed), also in MultiBASIC jobs. Even Pers ...
by ql_freak
Sun Jul 06, 2025 2:05 am
Forum: Help for New Users
Topic: Using RPM
Replies: 7
Views: 277

Re: Using RPM

What is RPM?

If you use an abbreviation, it would be nice if you put at least in the text section of the first message (optionally in brackets) the full name of the abbreviation.
by ql_freak
Sat Jul 05, 2025 2:44 am
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: eval Function (eval$) for SuperBASIC (Job 0,0 only?) (does <EDIT>or does not(?)</EDIT> work in Minervas MultiBASICs)
Replies: 15
Views: 737

Re: eval Function (eval$) for SuperBASIC (Job 0,0 only?) (does <EDIT>or does not(?)</EDIT> work in Minervas MultiBASICs)


In Minerva, there is a more or less undocumented vector (CA.EVAL, $14E) which evaluates a tokenised expression. The description in the Minerva manual is incomplete, but the source code contains an accurate description about its parameters.

Thank You! Very interesting and it's not as large, as I ...
by ql_freak
Fri Jul 04, 2025 7:29 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Contact to Metacomco (and Lattice!) because of their C Development Kit? (The Lattice C compiler)
Replies: 11
Views: 430

Re: Contact to Metacomco (and Lattice!) because of their C Development Kit? (The Lattice C compiler)

C68 and its Libraries do not create reentrant, ROMable code, the code is not even position independent, it needs a relocation module which relocates (adjust) all addresses when it's loaded to an address. Albeit the C68 compiler itself has options, similar to that of Lattice C which would allow to ...
by ql_freak
Fri Jul 04, 2025 1:06 am
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Contact to Metacomco (and Lattice!) because of their C Development Kit? (The Lattice C compiler)
Replies: 11
Views: 430

EDIT: (I think it was based on Lattice V3.04 [or 5])

Just read (README_txt) from EJC: The Lattice Compiler Metacomco used is Version 3.0.1.

BTW: In the attachement, you will find all text files from my (pimped) EJC distribution.

And here my README.txt, which I added to the above distribution in the attachement:


This is EJC (Erling Jacobsen C)

I ...
by ql_freak
Thu Jul 03, 2025 11:33 pm
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: Contact to Metacomco (and Lattice!) because of their C Development Kit? (The Lattice C compiler)
Replies: 11
Views: 430

Contact to Metacomco (and Lattice!) because of their C Development Kit? (The Lattice C compiler)

Does anyone have contact to Metacomco? It would be nice, if the Lattice C compiler (I think it was based on Lattice V3.04 [or 5]) could be made "freeware" (must not be open source, it would be sufficient, if one could upload it somewhere and anyone can download it and may patch it).

Then anyone ...
by ql_freak
Thu Jul 03, 2025 11:00 pm
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: Today I Received...
Replies: 767
Views: 431303

Re: Today I Received...

Finally fetched my parcel today from the DLH delivery shop nearby (wasn't at home, when it arrived) with 4 RAM expansion a 512 KByte (switchable to 256 KByte for full 768 KByte) and two MicroDrive Pico. Wanted to test the RAM expansion. But I seem to have a display cable problem. When I connected it ...
by ql_freak
Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:09 am
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: eval Function (eval$) for SuperBASIC (Job 0,0 only?) (does <EDIT>or does not(?)</EDIT> work in Minervas MultiBASICs)
Replies: 15
Views: 737

Re: eval Function (eval$) for SuperBASIC (Job 0,0 only?) (does <EDIT>or does not(?)</EDIT> work in Minervas MultiBASICs)


I've tried it also on Minerva, changing line 5070 to read EW pipep;"ram1_eval_in_bas>" but this stops at 5070 with a 'channel not open' error...

Do you use the Named Pipe driver from Hans Lub (BTW: Another thing which existed long for QDOS, long before it has had been implemented in QPC2, I've ...