Sinclair QL Emulation

[hit]

i found something at amiga.org. talking about runing SinclairQl using winuae and a special kickstart:
http://www.amiga.org/modules/newbb/v...=48448&forum=9

If you know the Sinclair QL emulator for Amiga QDOS Classic, maybe you know the KICK Rom for UAE that boots like a Sinclir QL, I have tested this KICK Rom on Minimig, but all I get is a RED screen and 2 o 3 second later a BLUE screen, I have tested this KICK Rom on latest version of WinUAE and I get the same result. Anyone knows how to make this KICK Rom to work on UAE or Minimig?

i came to the same result, at least for winuae - i dont own a minimig. does anyone have an idea, how it may work?

Edit: the readme of the kick.rom ( http://www.mswift.unisonplus.net/ql/index.html ) says something about TK2 (ToolKit2), you can find here: http://www.dilwyn.uk6.net/pe/index.html Bottom of the page (tk2ext.zip).
tried the special kickstart with injected tk2, but same result, as described above.

Edit2: can anyone tell me, how to start the debugger (using latest beta). enabled it in a configfile (use_debugger=true) and read about "F12+D" but this opens the config gui only.

[hit]

*bumP* noone even gave it a try? or did you came to the same result only? worth to give an older version a try?
Edit: found the Debugger Shift +F12

[Toni Wilen]

I don't see how this code can work.

ROM setups something and then jumps to address zero which does not contain any 68000 code..

I can see it needs at least 2M Chip to work. Not sure about other requirements.

debugger hint: f fc0008 and reset = break at the start of rom.

[hit]

to bad. if you cant find anything, then it seems hopeless. i'll google a bit, maybe something pops up.

[Oxygene]

It is working here,boots nicely...

[prowler]

Thanks for the info, hit!

Originally Posted by Oxygene

It is working here,boots nicely...

Wow! How on earth did you do that!

[Oxygene]

It just works,I used Hi-End Amiga conf,changed kickstart to one downloaded from the site mentioned above...and it works :-)

http://img354.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ql2lh8.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qlnq5.jpg

[prowler]

Thanks for that, Oxygene!

Now to see if I can get it running...

[DDNI]

yup runs here if I choose A4000 from Quickstart configuration in WinUAE 1.5.2

[prowler]

Originally Posted by DDNI

yup runs here if I choose A4000 from Quickstart configuration in WinUAE 1.5.2

Thanks, DDNI. Now I've got to get it running.

[Ian]

Just do as DDNI says.

I don't know how vital to adf images are, but make sure you've got both of those inserted to. (Edit: doesn't see to matter reading the website)

After further testing it seems to work on any AGA amiga setting. (a1200, a4000 or CD32)

[prowler]

Originally Posted by Ian

Just do as DDNI says.

I don't know how vital to adf images are, but make sure you've got both of those inserted to. (Edit: doesn't see to matter reading the website)

After further testing it seems to work on any AGA amiga setting. (a1200, a4000 or CD32)

Thanks, Ian!

Hmm... I wonder why hit couldn't get it working? And Toni didn't seem to think it would work at all!

[Toni Wilen]

I used the most obvious configuration (for me), selected some A500-style configuration, noticed it uses 2MB chip and resets cache and vbr only if 68020+ -> 68000 + 2M chip "should" work. Which was wrong assumption..

[hit]

hey, nice find. did that a4000-quckstart setup, changed rom and inserted the two disk-image. working
does also work with the ToolKit2 injected kickrom.
using winuae 1.5.4 beta4

[hit]

...as i recall a QL it only had a 68010, but didnt thought aber later models or clones. there are also some with 68060 available ( http://www.q40.de/ )

[prowler]

So, would it be fair to say this is Sinclair QL+ emulation then?

[hit]

...maybe a QL+-

[prowler]

[hit]

its somewhat cool, a working QL and an Atari ST (to be released hopefully once) by "tweaked" kickstarts.
does anyone have an amiga.org account and could tell Namek about the progress?! TIA.
( http://www.amiga.org/modules/newbb/v...=48448&forum=9 )

[prowler]

Never mind Namek, someone should tell Ratte about the enthusiasm for the working QL which has been brought about by its being freely available. After all, just a patch could achieve this for KickTOS.