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I hope that we can get a QL emulation on this. Whilst I'm not denigrating it, all this publicity of development boards etc. is missing the concept of the Rpi, which is to just connect the necessary ancillaries and use it for program development by youngsters, not circuit design. They're already ...

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Not a strictly QL matter, but there is an electronics company in Taiwan called Quanta according to the Telegraph today:-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/a ... aunch.html

Bryan H

Very helpful, Rich.

However, potentially magnetic items like steel should be kept well away from recording tapes; brass or plastic tools are needed.

If too much superglue is inadvertently used it may soak into the pad and harden it. For dictating tapes, I used a meagure coat of all-purpose ...

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Microdrive cartridges - failed pressure pads

The (presuably) foam plastic pressure pads deteriorate with age, making the cartridge un-readable. Is there a means of replacing these? I am used to delicate jobs and have replaced the, obviously felt, pressure pads on Philips dictating micro-casettes ...

We have the Emulators CD-ROM available which can be put "on a stick" to plug in USB port and run on Windows without installing. Ql-Users group is looking to do the same for Linux.

I've not come across a verify option on the copy/wcopy command as there is commonly on PC. Is there one?