New Minerva ROMs for Q68

[martyn_hill]

That's great Jan!

Let's see who gets to it first

Meanwhile, the Minerva version of the QLNET driver for Q68 (ND-Q68) is almost ready for release ...

M.

[Derek_Stewart]

Hi Martyn,

Meanwhile, the Minerva version of the QLNET driver for Q68 (ND-Q68) is almost ready for release ...
M.

I will look forward to the release of the Q68 Minerva Network driver.

Would there be any network increase connecting 2 Q68 via the Network connection.

I have six Q68 waiting for potential buyers, so I could fit a Network port to the Q68 case and network all six Q68 computers.

Alot simplier than making a 6 port SerNET cable.

I did do a 4 port Sernet hub box over 10 years ago for network connection to Q60, QXL, QPC2, Atari ST QL Emulator. Only private use...

[Peter]

Hi Jan,

In fact, I've already done that

I would not have expected anything else

I just need to rebuild it.

Obviously, you uploaded the result already Works fine, thank you!
Peter

[martyn_hill]

Hi Derek!

Would there be any network increase connecting 2 Q68 via the Network connection.

Not as the driver stands, but it is a trivial matter to reconfigure the Timing Constants (a less-well known feature of the later TK2 Net driver) after loading/initialising the driver to reduce all the HW time-outs to effectively sup-up the bit-rate... At a guess, I reckon a 3-5 fold increase in raw bit-rate could be achieved between a pair of Q68s - assuming the single-ended, noise prone electronics/cable could accommodate it...

Its one of the things I would have tested, had I had a 2nd Q68

Alot simplier than making a 6 port SerNET cable.

...and one of the driving factors for why I opted to develop the QLUB using the simpler native Net cabling, rather than trying to network with daisy-chained serial cables!

[janbredenbeek]

I just need to rebuild it.

Obviously, you uploaded the result already Works fine, thank you!
Peter

You beat me

Jan.

[daniel_baum]

Hi all,

I've been playing with this - it runs very well

I was wondering whether there is any way to get the mouse working with it under the pointer environment?

D.

[Peter]

The best solution for this would be to add Q68 PS/2 mouse support to the PE. Since the mouse initialization is already handled by the Q68 loader, that shouldn't be extremely difficult, but I have no idea if the PE sources are available.

Code to look at can be found in the SMSQ/E sources under: smsq_q68_driver_mouse_asm

[daniel_baum]

The best solution for this would be to add Q68 PS/2 mouse support to the PE. Since the mouse initialization is already handled by the Q68 loader, that shouldn't be extremely difficult, but I have no idea if the PE sources are available.

Code to look at can be found in the SMSQ/E sources under: smsq_q68_driver_mouse_asm

Thanks.

D.