<s>
SMSQ/E	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
operating	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
originally	O
developed	O
in	O
France	O
by	O
Tony	O
Tebby	O
,	O
the	O
designer	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
QDOS	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Sinclair	B-Device
QL	I-Device
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
began	O
life	O
as	O
SMSQ	O
,	O
a	O
QDOS-compatible	O
version	O
of	O
SMS2	O
intended	O
for	O
the	O
Miracle	O
Systems	O
QXL	O
emulator	O
card	O
for	O
PCs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
later	O
developed	O
into	O
an	O
extended	O
version	O
,	O
SMSQ/E	B-Operating_System
,	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
QDOS	B-Operating_System
compatible	O
SMS	O
kernel	O
,	O
a	O
rewritten	O
SuperBASIC	B-Language
interpreter	O
called	O
SBasic	O
,	O
a	O
complete	O
set	O
of	O
SuperBASIC	B-Language
procedures	O
and	O
functions	O
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
extended	O
device	O
drivers	O
originally	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
QL	O
emulator	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
integrates	O
many	O
extensions	O
previously	O
only	O
available	O
separately	O
for	O
the	O
QL	O
,	O
like	O
Toolkit	O
II	O
(	O
quite	O
essential	O
SuperBASIC	B-Language
add-on	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Pointer	O
Environment	O
(	O
the	O
QL	O
's	O
mouse	O
and	O
windowing	B-Application
system	I-Application
)	O
and	O
the	O
Hotkey	O
System	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
SMSQ/E	B-Operating_System
does	O
not	O
run	O
on	O
any	O
unmodified	O
QL	O
,	O
it	O
runs	O
on	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
advanced	O
QL	O
compatible	O
platforms	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
Miracle	O
Systems	O
(	O
Super	O
)	O
GoldCard	O
CPU	O
plug-in	O
cards	O
to	O
the	O
Q60	B-Device
motherboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
1995	O
a	O
German	O
author	O
,	O
Marcel	O
Kilgus	O
,	O
acquired	O
the	O
SMSQ/E	B-Operating_System
sources	O
for	O
adaptation	O
to	O
his	O
QL	O
emulator	O
QPC	O
,	O
which	O
from	O
then	O
on	O
did	O
not	O
emulate	O
any	O
specific	O
QL	O
hardware	O
anymore	O
but	O
employed	O
specially	O
adapted	O
device	O
drivers	O
to	O
achieve	O
a	O
tighter	O
integration	O
and	O
faster	O
emulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
version	O
2.94	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
QL	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
that	O
broke	O
free	O
of	O
the	O
bounds	O
of	O
the	O
QL	O
8	O
colour	O
screen	O
,	O
introducing	O
GD2	O
(	O
Graphic	O
Device	O
Interface	O
Version	O
2	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
QL	O
compatible	O
16-bit	O
high	O
colour	O
graphics	O
sub-system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Mr	O
Tebby	O
released	O
all	O
of	O
his	O
source	O
code	O
(	O
which	O
does	O
n't	O
include	O
most	O
QPC	O
specific	O
parts	O
)	O
,	O
albeit	O
under	O
a	O
license	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
under	O
the	B-License
Open	I-License
Source	I-License
Definition	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2013	O
the	O
current	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
re-released	O
under	O
the	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
SMSQ/E	B-Operating_System
consists	O
of	O
approximately	O
2000	O
68k	B-Device
assembler	O
source	O
files	O
containing	O
about	O
222,000	O
lines	O
of	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
