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The Sinclair QL DOS Experiment

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 4:44 pm
by zarsoft
A small programming test that simulates MS-DOS inside the Sinclair QL.
You can see the program on the blog Planeta Sinclair:
https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/20 ... iment.html

Re: The Sinclair QL DOS Experiment

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:18 pm
by napsternds
zarsoft wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 4:44 pm A small programming test that simulates MS-DOS inside the Sinclair QL.
You can see the program on the blog Planeta Sinclair:
https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/20 ... iment.html
A nice curiosity.
Thank you / Obrigado

Re: The Sinclair QL DOS Experiment

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:32 pm
by Derek_Stewart
Hi,

Very basic attempt at a DOS system, have you trird compiling it as a QDOS exrcutable with Qliberator?

Re: The Sinclair QL DOS Experiment

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 11:35 pm
by zarsoft
Derek_Stewart wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:32 pm have you trird compiling it as a QDOS exrcutable with Qliberator?


I'm a newbie.
I tried to install Qliberator on QemuLator but I got this error...

Loading ENV_BIN ...
At line 360 not found

Any sugestions?

Re: The Sinclair QL DOS Experiment

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:00 am
by Derek_Stewart
Hi,

There are some extensions called ENV_BIN that should be loaded, that allow environmental variables to be loaded.

This should of been included in the Qliberator distribution, but can be downloaded from the QL Home Page: Toolkit Section or this link:
http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/tk/env.zip

Re: The Sinclair QL DOS Experiment

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:16 am
by tofro
You can simply REM out the line that tries to load ENV_bin from your BOOT - It's not essential to QLiberator's working.

Re: The Sinclair QL DOS Experiment

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:48 am
by zarsoft
Derek_Stewart wrote: Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:00 am http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/tk/env.zip


I downloaded the zip and uncompressed it to a folder mdv1.

Now, how do I run it?

Re: The Sinclair QL DOS Experiment

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:56 am
by tofro
zarsoft wrote: Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:48 am
Derek_Stewart wrote: Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:00 am http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/tk/env.zip


I downloaded the zip and uncompressed it to a folder mdv1.

Now, how do I run it?
Just put env_bin to a place where QLiberator's line 360 that gives you the error can find it.