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I stumbled upon this page:

https://medium.com/@AndreClaassen/sincl ... ff6046ea28

It's the author of Gigabasic.

Problem solved:

I ran into an old (2010) Dell Precision T3500 as a bargain.
Noticed it has a floppydrive IDE connector... Thumbs crossed...
Installed Windows XP pro x64
Then installed an old IDE NEC floppydrive from 2003.
Installed Q-emulator and all problems gone !

Thanks everybody for thinking ...

Good News and i’m happy to buy one when it’s available


It is a great addition for you QL. However from now on only the Qimsi Gold will be delivered upon request. I have ordered mine for my second QL
Please be aware that you need PS2 mouse + Keyboard. Note that USB will not work, als I tested ...

desin wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2024 7:14 am why don't you use QPC2 ?

Greetings from Switzerland

Markus

Thought about that. Will try. thanks

Here's a short message after all the work i did to test after 2 days:

Windows 7 was no success. Same problems.
Then i found an old HP Vectra in my storage (1999). And also an origian Micro$oft Windows XP DVD-rom.
From other messages in this threat, i guess NEC is the best way to go. I found an old ...

Googling this issue of USB floppy drives versus Windows 11 gives contradicting results.

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Some USB floppy drives have no 'density' sensor. I have two USB floppy drives here, both basically work with HD disks on Windows 10 but trying to use a DD disk in one of them (the unbranded ...

Thank you all for the replies. Very helpfull.
I found out that Microsoft no longer natively supports floppies since win10...
So i took an old Win8.1 system from the attic, installed Q-Emulator, and the floppies just work great now.. No longer strange noises and errors from the floppy drive anymore ...

I have been pulling my hairs for many hours because of following issue:

I have a registered Q-Emulator licence and all works fine....
There are two problems i have:

1. Many times it will not recognize my floppy drive and gives an error.
i use an USB floppy drive on Windows 11. But also tested on ...

Been here on the forum for quite some time.. However never properly introduced myself..

Currently 59 and I purchased my very first computer (a QL with JS ROM) in 1984 i think.

Sold my QL many years back, but never forgot about it. So obtained one several years ago and forgot again...
Last year i ...

Hi Stephan,

Yes, this is it exactly.
Thanks again for helping me out. Saves me from a lot of hair pulling.
Have a nice day,
Henk