Black Phoenix 1.5 Q68

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Re: Black Phoenix 1.5 Q68

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XorA wrote: Tue Aug 19, 2025 2:00 pm
Giorgio Garabello wrote:Have you already tried to delete everything and reinstall BP? (It seems that the database containing the installation parameters has been corrupted.)

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Unfortunately, I do not have a Q68 to help you. I will try to ask Italian users if they have had the same problem.

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Re: Black Phoenix 1.5 Q68

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Well, one of the 200 Q68 users here can surely test it and explain.

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RalfR wrote: Tue Aug 19, 2025 3:23 pm Well, one of the 200 Q68 users here can surely test it and explain.

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I do not think I have sold 200...

I did have Black Phoenix working on the Q68, but in 1024x768 Mode 33 is slow,.

I tried to configure it to use 512x384 Mode 33.

Maybe the changes in SMSQ/E are causing issues, but I will have to check it out, Black Phoenix is a complicated piece of software, looks good on QPC2.


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Does Black Phoenix run on the online emulator (here in this form)?


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Re: Black Phoenix 1.5 Q68

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ql_freak wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 1:12 am  
Does Black Phoenix run on the online emulator (here in this form)?
Black Phoenix wants SMSQ/E, to my knowledge. The sqlux emulator behind the online page does, to my knowledge, not support that (yet?).


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Re: Black Phoenix 1.5 Q68

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tofro wrote:
ql_freak wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 1:12 am  
Does Black Phoenix run on the online emulator (here in this form)?
Black Phoenix wants SMSQ/E, to my knowledge. The sqlux emulator behind the online page does, to my knowledge, not support that (yet?).
It never will from me. The uqlx codebase peeks inside the box far too much for that.

That's why at Peters suggestion I started sq68ux!


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Re: Black Phoenix 1.5 Q68

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Hi,

I loaded a fresh copy of Black Phoenix v1.5 on my Q68 with SMSQ/E v3.41

It booted up into DISP_MODE 7 (1024x768 Mode 33), perfectly, but slowly due the slow graphics mode of the Q68.

I changed the Black Phoenix screen mode to DISP_MODE 6 (512x384 Mode 33) in Qustomiser, the Black Phoenix configuration manager and rebooted.

The system loaded as shows below:
Q68 Black Phoenix DISP_MODE 6
Q68 Black Phoenix DISP_MODE 6
Slightly faster graphic mode due to slowdown of Q68.

Here playing Qjewels:
IMG_20250821_115837667_HDR_AE.jpg

I think adding Black Phoenix to the Q68 was a mistake, as it needs a faster processing QL like QPC2 on Quad Core PC.

I will remove Black Phoenix from the supplied Q68 software and add QDT in the Extended Environment.

And maybe a Games QLWA container since there are many new games written for the QL recently.


Regards, Derek
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