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- Short: QL clone (binaries and documentation)
- Type: misc/emu
- Uploader: msw@blackpool.ac.uk
- Author: Rainer Kowallik & Mark J Swift
- Version: 3.24
- Replaces: QDOS4amiga1.lha
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- S O F T W A R E Q D O S E M U L A T O R F O R T H E A M I G A
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- This is a major reworking of Rainer Kowallik's QL emulator for the
- Amiga. Most of the new features have been added by Mark J Swift
- (e-mail: msw@blackpool.ac.uk) - Rainer is no-longer involved in
- the project. The release includes full assembler source and a QDOS
- support disk.
-
-
- AMIGA-QDOS v3.24 FEATURES
-
- * FASTER than the original QL
- * LOADS/SAVES to QL floppy disks
- * Hard disk support via QubIDE ROM
- * SOUND supported in full (all possible convolutions of BEEP)
- * SYSTEM VARIABLES movable (even into FAST RAM).
- * 2ND-SCREEN fully usable (like MINERVA ROM)
- * SCREEN modes 4 and 8 BOTH supported
- * KEYBOARD history from standard <ALT><ENTER> combination
- * ALL known machines supported A500, A500+, A600, A1200, A4000 etc
- * FOR COMPATIBILITY, data and instruction caches can be enabled/disabled
- * QDOS utilties disk included with release
- * BASED ON a JS ROM with many JS ROM bug fixes.
- * SOURCE included
-
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- WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 3.24
-
- * QDOS ROM relocatable into FAST RAM
- * Hard disk support via QubIDE ROM
- * some bug fixes
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- THE SINCLAIR QL...
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- The Sinclair QL is a black slab-like computer based around Motorola's
- 68008 micro-processor. The QL was launched as the follow-up to the
- ZX Spectrum, aimed at the business market rather than the games market
- and was supplied with wordprocessor, spreadsheet, database and charting
- programs. It features a fully multi-tasking operating system (QDOS)
- and a very good built-in BASIC. The QL failed to achieve the mass-market
- appeal of its predecessor, but nevertheless attracted a large dedicated
- user base... which is still going strong.
-
-
- INSTALLING THE EMULATOR
-
- 1. Create a directory on your destination volume for the Amiga-QDOS
- binaries and documentation.
-
- 2. Make an assignment to this directory as "QLBOOT:". Consider making
- the same assignment in your start-up sequence.
-
- 3. Copy the contents of the archive QDOS4amiga1.lha to QLBOOT:
-
- 4. Move the contents of QLBOOT:c to your own 'c' directory.
-
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- CREATING THE QDOS SUPPORT DISK
-
- Creating the QDOS support disk on an Amiga requires that the xfs
- filesystem is mounted. XFS allows access to a multitude of disk
- formats including QL (QDOS) disks. XFS is can be found on the aminet
- in disk/misc.
-
- 1. Mount the xfsd filesystem.
-
- 2. Copy QDOS4amiga3.lha to RAM: - or into the same directory
- as 'QLdisk.unLHA'.
-
- 3. Double-click on the 'QLdisk.unLHA' icon.
- Insert a blank disk into DF0: at the appropriate moment... then wait.
- Rename the resultant QDOS (QL) disk as 'QLutils:'
-
- Alternatively you could follow the instructions in the file
- 'QDOS4amiga3.readme' which explains how to create the disk from a CLI.
-
-
- STARTING THE EMULATOR
-
- 1. Double-click on the 'Start_QDOS_UK' icon.
-
- 2. Insert QLutils: into DF0: and at the F1/F2 prompt and press F1.
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