Short:    QL clone v3.24 (QDOS support disk)
Type:     misc/emu
Uploader: msw@blackpool.ac.uk
Author:   Rainer Kowallik & Mark J Swift
Version:  3.24
Replaces: misc/emu/QDOS4amiga3.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


Format a QL (QDOS) disk and copy the contents of this archive onto it
to create a BOOTable QDOS support disk for the Sinclair QL emulator.


SUPPORT DISK FEATURES

* BOOT       - boot-up, load a RAM disk & install some toolkits
* PDTK       - Freeware BASIC toolkit with many TK2-like commands
* D68K       - SuperBASIC toolkit for disassembling files & memory
* NO_TAS     - patch over TAS instructions with Amiga-friendly code
* SYS_REF    - patch your progs to run when sys vars are relocated
* C68PATCH   - patch C68 programs to be COPYBACK friendly
* XCHPATCH   - patch PD XCHANGE for COPYBACK compatibility
* XCHANGE    - integrated wordprocessor, spreadsheet, etc... (patched)
* DOC2RTF    - translate QUILL DOC files into .RTF form
* MEMORY_MAP - simple program to display the QL memory map
* PLAY_MUSIC - demonstration of the musical capabilities of BEEP


WHAT'S NEW

*  some bug fixes - mostly to do with cache and COPYBACK compatibility


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.

The support disk can be created from a CLI as follows:

  1. Make sure that the xfs filesystem is mounted.

  2. copy QDOS4amiga3.zip somewhere convenient (RAM: for example)

  3. Insert a blank disk into DF0:

  4. From a CLI type:

       QLFormat -u0 -mQLutils -a
       DiskChange FD0:
       UNZIP -j -N RAM:QDOS4amiga3.zip -d FD0:

  The QLFormat command can be found in the C directory of the first
  Amiga-QDOS archive (QDOS4amiga1.lha)

  Use UNZIP 5.32 or later so as to preserve filenotes.

  Files on QDOS disks have a 64 byte header that is not normally seen
  by the filesystem. The header stores info about an executables
  dataspace which is similar to stacksize in AmigaDOS. XFS presents
  the dataspace to AmigaDOS in the filenote as a series of hex bytes.


GOT A REAL QL?

The support disk can also be created on a real QL but requires that you
transfer the archive onto a QDOS disk and that you aquire a version of
UNZIP for QDOS. You should then format a fresh floppy and type something
like:
        EW UNZIP;"QDOS4amiga.zip"


CONTACT

  post: MARK J SWIFT          e-mail: msw@blackpool.ac.uk
        175 CHURCH STREET
        BLACKPOOL
        LANCS
        FY1 3NX
