{"id":394,"date":"2016-07-01T11:50:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T09:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hunggartorino.it\/ql\/?p=394"},"modified":"2016-08-12T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T10:03:00","slug":"a-new-ql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hunggartorino.it\/ql\/a-new-ql\/","title":{"rendered":"A new QL!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yes, after years of oblivion (the Q60 project has stopped in 2006!) it&#8217;s &#8220;Mist&#8221; time.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a &#8220;multiform computer&#8221; which, with ARM CPU and FPGA, can emulate also other Mc68000 compatible computers (therefore also Amiga and Atari) and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Nello specifico la CPU risulta essere tg68k come core e la velocit\u00e0 raggiunge i 14 Mhz anche se durante il funzionamento tale clock viene ridotto a circa 7,5 Mhz.\">Specifically, the CPU appears to have a tg68k core and its speed reaches 14 MHz, although during operation this clock speed is reduced to about 7.5 MHz. The <\/span><span title=\"La ram arriva ad essere 32 Mb.\">RAM can reach 32 Mb. <\/span><span title=\"E\u2019 dotato di una porta USB che viene pero\u2019 controllata da un suo controller che, grazie ad un men\u00f9 a display, permette di selezionare le varie modalit\u00e0 come l\u2019emulazione microdrives in modo da essere totalmente trasparente al software. \">It&#8217;s equipped with a USB port managed by its own controller which, thanks to a displayed menu, allows to select various modes like the microdrive emulation in order to be completely transparent to the software.<br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Una volta acquistata sul sito http:\/\/lotharek.pl\/product.php?pid=96 a poco meno di 200 euro (prezzo che scende fino a circa 175 euro se si acquistano pi\u00f9 schede) va installato il sistema operativo vero e proprio.\">Once purchased in the website\u00a0 <a class=\"moz-txt-link-freetext\" href=\"http:\/\/lotharek.pl\/product.php?pid=96\">http:\/\/lotharek.pl\/product.php?pid=96<\/a>\u00a0 for less than 200 Euros (price drops to about 175 Euros if you buy multiple boards) must be installed the operating system itself. <\/span><span title=\"Il team che ha sviluppato il software l\u2019ha messo a disposizione qui: \">The team that developed the software has made available it here:<\/span><br \/>\n<a class=\"moz-txt-link-freetext\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mist-devel\/mist-binaries\/tree\/master\/cores\/ql\">https:\/\/github.com\/mist-devel\/mist-binaries\/tree\/master\/cores\/ql<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Il case proposto \u00e8 un po\u2019 spartano (una semplice scatola metallica) anche se credo sia possibile alloggiarla in un mini case visto le ridotte dimensioni della scheda madre.\">The proposed case is a bit spartan (a simple metal box) although I think it is possible to place it within a mini-case because of the small size of the motherboard. <\/span><span title=\"Su Youtube sono presenti diversi video\">On Youtube there are several videos:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tdZv0u2SDv0?feature=oembed\" width=\"747\" height=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can get more information also in this website\u00a0 <a class=\"moz-txt-link-freetext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kVKXTzqTFFU\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kVKXTzqTFFU<\/a> e <a class=\"moz-txt-link-freetext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1VfFaG_XesU\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1VfFaG_XesU<\/a> ) where is possible to watch the emulation <span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">(If<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">it can be defined so<\/span>) <span class=\"hps\">of a<\/span> Q<span class=\"hps\">DOS<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">system with\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"hps\">Minerva<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">ROM,<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Toolkit<\/span>\u00a0 <span class=\"hps\">2 and<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">also the use<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">of the<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Pointer<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Environment;<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> therefore potentially<\/span> also <span class=\"hps\">SMSQ<\/span><span class=\"hps\">\/E should run<\/span>. <span class=\"hps\">To do this<\/span>, however, it <span class=\"hps\">should also<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">emulate the<\/span> <span class=\"hps atn\">(<\/span>Super) <span class=\"hps\">Gold Card<\/span>: <span class=\"hps\">at startup<\/span>, <span class=\"hps\">an<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">SMSQ<\/span><span class=\"hps\">\/E system<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">loads<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">in<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">the<\/span> <span class=\"hps atn\">(<\/span>Super) <span class=\"hps\">Gold Card<\/span> memory, <span class=\"hps\">which is a shadow<\/span> <span class=\"hps atn\">memory <\/span><span class=\"hps\">for the<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">QL<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">system<\/span><span class=\"hps\">.<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">To<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">bypass the problem,<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">we might<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">think of a<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">boot<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">where<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">at startup the user can<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">decide whether to use<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">the system<\/span> in <span class=\"hps\">QDOS<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">mode<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">or boot<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">directly into<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">SMSQ<\/span><span class=\"hps\">\/E<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">as a<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">different system,<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">since<\/span> at <span class=\"hps\">startup<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">it&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">already<\/span> possible to <span class=\"hps\">choose his<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">user<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">mode<\/span> <span class=\"hps atn\">(<\/span>QL, <span class=\"hps\">Amiga<\/span>, <span class=\"hps\">Atari<\/span>, <span class=\"hps\">ZX81<\/span>, <span class=\"hps\">Spectrum<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">etc<\/span>. <span class=\"hps\">and between them<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">adding<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">SMSQ<\/span><span class=\"hps\">\/<\/span><span class=\"hps\">E).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; Yes, after years of oblivion (the Q60 project has stopped in 2006!) it&#8217;s &#8220;Mist&#8221; time. 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