ROM to RAM ToolKit Conversion

[Silvester]

Regarding DISA, Jochen Hassler very kindly directly sent me an update on 22 January 1999 to solve a minor bug I encountered. I don't know if DISA has since progressed passed the v3.04 I was personally sent.

Also DISA has a unique user ID associated with each copy, which appears when program first started. Once you become familiar with its features it is a breeze to take apart what otherwise looks like complex code - just point and click your way through it. Though you do need to be familiar with typical assembler addressing techniques etc. Easily the best value QL program I ever bought, given the amount of time/effort it has saved me!.

Perhaps it is still available from JMS ? Like EasyPtr, I doubt DISA sold no where near enough copies to reflect the amount of time, effort and expertise put into writing them (that also goes for SMSQ/E !!!).

[Silvester]

Maybe someone else needs to get involved trying to get responses out of Metacomco and Eidersoft.... as it might just be they don't like dealing with me (or more particularly a current QL dealer!)

I guess the problem might be it's so long ago nobody really knows (or cares to be pinned down) on something they no longer have records or perhaps authority on.

[tofro]

Maybe they can be lured into releasing the product in to the wild by telling them "Prospero has just made their former QL Pascal compiler publicly available"?

Tobias

[Silvester]

or "I see the Amiga and Atari versions are freely available online, would it be OK if the earlier QL version also could..."

[RWAP]

or "I see the Amiga and Atari versions are freely available online, would it be OK if the earlier QL version also could..."

Are they??

I found Peter Mackeonis who was one of the people behind Metacomco on Facebook in 2014 and messaged him - he read it, but never responded, so I have sent him another message.

The chances are that it will be down to licensing issues...