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Sluggy wrote: Mon Jul 28, 2025 6:13 pm Hi Stephan, PM sent re Qimsi but wont leave outbox?

Is the Qimsi std not gold available still to buy?

Sluggy

That just means it isnt read yet, have some patience!

BTW: When I started sQLUX for the first time, it was in Mode 8. Does sQLUX support 8 color mode also with high resolutions?

It does not!

When can I expect a FAT32 QDOS directory device driver to work on any QL system?

When someone writes one!

You could have had one years ago if QDOS had any support for C device drivers!

Seems to work, and PtrEnv works, but its a bit slow on moving the mouse pointer!

Press the Browse button, select .win file, be a winner! (or in theory, its been ages since I tested it)

The main problem with the Next QL core is the lack of documentation. Which I do not expect the new KS3 version to be any different.

I wish they had written a dirctory device driver like the Q68, which can access FAT16 partitions with a standard QL device.

SUB device driver is one of the most ...

The main problem with the Next QL core is the lack of documentation. Which I do not expect the new KS3 version to be any different.

I wish they had written a dirctory device driver like the Q68, which can access FAT16 partitions with a standard QL device.

SUB device driver is one of the most ...

You can also use Q-emulator to write to an actual floppy -- it can be a USB floppy. OI forget if you can format it directly, but if not you can do the formatting on the QL-side.


The same is actually true of sQLux too, there was a discussion on it on the forum somewhere. I keep forgetting it can ...

Use qltools https://github.com/NormanDunbar/qltools to write the QDOS software to floppy images.

Then write those to disk using the GW!

Your card is fantastic, Id love to get one eventually, but I could not do it justice at the moment, hopefully when you finish design you can get someone to assemble it for you like Q68/QIMSI is currently!