C68 hardware requirements

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• Expanded QL with 640Kb of memory or more. This will be enough to run the system as long as you do not try to compiler really large programs. You can also use any other hardware that can emulate a QL as long as it meets this memory requirement while in QDOS compatible mode.

• 2 x 720Kb floppy drive or better. The system can be run with a twin floppy system, but it can be a bit tedious as you may have to swap disks at quite frequent intervals. If the drives are HD (1.44Mb) or ED (3.2Mb) then you will be much more comfortable.

  Serious users are recommended to use a hard disk as this allows them to keep all of the C68 system on-line simultaneously. When installed to a hard disk, then the C68 system will use up about 2Mb for the binaries, and another 1.5Mb for the documentation.

• QDOS. As far as I know all hardware platforms that have ever run QDOS can run the system. Ones that have been tested include:
  • The original QL
  • Atari ST with the Futura QL emulator
  • Atari ST with the QVME emulator
  • Amiga with the QL emulator
  • Linux with the UQLX QL Emulator
  • Apple Mac with Q-Emulator
  • PC with the QLAY Emulator
• Minerva
• SMS/2 on the Atari ST
• SMSQ on the QXL
• SMSQ/E This includes all variants that currently exist:
  • Gold Card and Super Gold Card
  • Atari ST with QL emulator hardware or QVME
  • QPC
  • QXL
  The SMSQ/E environment is the one that is recommended for serious users.

The hardware requirement of programs compiled with C68 vary according to what the program does. Unless the programmer deliberately does something that is specific to a particular hardware requirement, then you can expected C68 compiled programs to run on all the same environments that C68 itself runs on.