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sq68ux gains sound and writing to disk
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2025 8:01 pm
by XorA
A very long way from v1.00 release but might be useful to some.
https://github.com/xXorAa/sQ68Lay
Has gained SSSS (or however many S's you like) sound.
It has also gained the ability to write to SD card images (which has been missing a long time).
Re: sq68ux gains sound and writing to disk
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2025 10:40 pm
by janbredenbeek
XorA wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 8:01 pm
A very long way from v1.00 release but might be useful to some.
https://github.com/xXorAa/sQ68Lay
Has gained SSSS (or however many S's you like) sound.
It has also gained the ability to write to SD card images (which has been missing a long time).
Thanks, I see that the 'loglevel' error message has been fixed now?
Will be curious to test Minerva4Q68 on it (too late for today...)
Re: sq68ux gains sound and writing to disk
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 7:26 am
by Derek_Stewart
Hi,
I updated my distro, sound working, UB files can be played with SOUNDFILE commands, my AC/DC "Whole Lotta Rosie" SOX convert is working.
Well done.
Re: sq68ux gains sound and writing to disk
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 9:18 pm
by Peter
Great job! Being able to write now makes this a really useful tool. At the moment I only tried under Linux, since I don't want to dive into Windows Toolchain installation. Could a precompiled Windows executable be provided without much effort?
Re: sq68ux gains sound and writing to disk
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 9:28 pm
by XorA
Peter wrote: Thu Aug 14, 2025 9:18 pm
Great job! Being able to write now makes this a really useful tool. At the moment I only tried under Linux, since I don't want to dive into Windows Toolchain installation. Could a precompiled Windows executable be provided without much effort?
Its always generated on every commit!
https://github.com/xXorAa/sQ68Lay/releases/tag/latest
Re: sq68ux gains sound and writing to disk
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 10:25 pm
by janbredenbeek
Hi XorA,
I tried the Windows version (couldn't get the Linux version working because of a missing libSDL3, which I couldn't find with apt) but got an error message 'Error: Short Read Q68_SMSQ.BIN 567'.
I tried the Q68_SMSQ.BIN from the repository and the latest binary from the 3.42 distribution.
Re: sq68ux gains sound and writing to disk
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2025 12:32 am
by XorA
janbredenbeek wrote: Thu Aug 14, 2025 10:25 pm
Hi XorA,
I tried the Windows version (couldn't get the Linux version working because of a missing libSDL3, which I couldn't find with apt) but got an error message 'Error: Short Read Q68_SMSQ.BIN 567'.
I tried the Q68_SMSQ.BIN from the repository and the latest binary from the 3.42 distribution.
The error message is normal, I think you are missing the SD1=blah.img (it crashes the emulator to be missing, I failed at negative testing here). Will fix it when I re-do file IO stuff soon!
Re: sq68ux gains sound and writing to disk
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:46 am
by XorA
The file issues are fixed, but there is still a nasty issue with performance counter I need to think about.
You might get lucky if your machine's one is 40Mhz or higher!
Re: sq68ux gains sound and writing to disk
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2025 9:09 am
by janbredenbeek
XorA wrote: Fri Aug 15, 2025 12:32 am
janbredenbeek wrote: Thu Aug 14, 2025 10:25 pm
Hi XorA,
I tried the Windows version (couldn't get the Linux version working because of a missing libSDL3, which I couldn't find with apt) but got an error message 'Error: Short Read Q68_SMSQ.BIN 567'.
The error message is normal, I think you are missing the SD1=blah.img (it crashes the emulator to be missing, I failed at negative testing here). Will fix it when I re-do file IO stuff soon!
Ah yes of course... have imaged my SD card now and it works. Could get SMSQ/E running but not Minerva (placed Q68_ROM.SYS in the home directory, or should it be on the SD image itself?). Also I cannot access the FAT partition. But thanks anyway!
Re: sq68ux gains sound and writing to disk
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2025 9:11 am
by janbredenbeek
XorA wrote: Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:46 am
You might get lucky if your machine's one is 40Mhz or higher!
I got a QL index of 1180, on my 14th Gen i7. The score of the real Q68 is about 25...