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Hi,

As seen on the Retro-wiki link, I have a SMS2 cartridge, that plugs into the ST Cartridge port and auto boots into SMS2 system, which is a precursor to SMSQ/E, , gives a QL environment, that uses a CLI instead instead of an Interpreter.

I tried the SMS2 Cartridge on a STFM, Mega ST.

Doesnot ...

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Where can I get the QL render engine?

Hi,

I can not see this working, as most web pages are HTML 5.

But if there are any ASCII text based web pages the system may work.

So why not use an existing Text based browser for the QL: Lynx

I like the Group Slipknot,..

bwinkel67 wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 8:38 pm RTFM is not very community-centric so ask away

I do not agree to this, if someone takes the time to write the manual, I think I should take some time to read it.

Invariably, most manuals contain the anwsers the the question, just some do not bother to read...

Hi,

I always use the MOUSE_SPEED command in SMSQ/E, but mouse speed can be changed in the QPAC2 SYSDEF menu/thing, which seems to do the same thing controls the mouse movement through the Extended Environment in the PTR_GEN routines.

I will have to read the SMSQ/E source code to establish this.

I just had another look at my sQLux setup and once the Extended Environment is loaded the Mouse does work. The mouse works for me as long as I am in an activated pointer program or have picked the Button Frame via Hotkey.

There is no pointer if, for example, I am in Basic and move the mouse ...

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I have no problems with sQLux on a Linux computer, the Extended Environment works perfectly, except the mouse in the emulator does not work.

I assume the problem is the PTR_GEN, which requires modified to use the emulator mouse controls. I used to use UQLX many years ago, which had the ...

desin wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 12:45 pm if you define
HOT_WAKE ('.',"BUTTON_PICK")
and call it at the end of the boot sequence with
HOT_DO '.'
the pointer appears

Greetings from Switzerland
Markus

Does the Mouse move the pointer after this?

Hi,

I have no problems with sQLux on a Linux computer, the Extended Environment works perfectly, except the mouse in the emulator does not work.

I assume the problem is the PTR_GEN, which requires modified to use the emulator mouse controls. I used to use UQLX many years ago, which had the ...

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All these problems were addressed in the 1990s, when I built many QL boards into a PC Tower Cases, with Qplane or Mplane attached to the QL., which allwed connection of PC Power Supplies.

I have an empty Thor 1 case with only the Disk Drives left from the Thor system, alas the Thor extension ...