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MDUMP TASK ?
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:21 pm
by QViewStu
I bought the v2 QEmulator package for MacOS and reading the manual mentions MDUMP TASK utility for imaging microdrives - except I don't seem to have it in my QL Software folder as expected. I don't see it as a download on the QEM site, nor can I find it in the usual suspects.....
What or where am I missing something ?
Best
Stu
Re: MDUMP TASK ?
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:25 pm
by Chr$
It's in the install location of qemulator, which for me is Program Files (x86)/Q-emulator/Ql Software/FileUtil/
Re: MDUMP TASK ?
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:05 pm
by QViewStu
Yeah on a MacOS that's not there - there is a folder "QL Software" but I don't see it there.
However I did find a floppy IMG file of it but when I try to run EW MDUMP_TASK it throws up because HEX$, REPORT and something else aren't loaded.
Re: MDUMP TASK ?
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:38 pm
by mk79
QViewStu wrote:However I did find a floppy IMG file of it but when I try to run EW MDUMP_TASK it throws up because HEX$, REPORT and something else aren't loaded.
Put TK2 in the "back ROM" slot.
Re: MDUMP TASK ?
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:49 pm
by QViewStu
I already have Tk2 in the QL as part of Trump Card and Minerva
Re: MDUMP TASK ?
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:05 am
by mk79
QViewStu wrote:I already have Tk2 in the QL as part of Trump Card and Minerva
Well, both "HEX$" and "REPORT" are in TK2, so maybe it needs a "TK2_EXT" call to activate it?
Re: MDUMP TASK ?
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:00 am
by desin
imho mdump is a microdrive dump program so i would try with a microdrive image
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Re: MDUMP TASK ?
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:42 am
by Pr0f
If it's helpful - I think you can specify upto 80K of ROM image for the first file - so you can concatenate ROM Images together
e.g. 48K QL ROM + 16K (for ROMPORT) + 16K (this would be in the first 16K reserved space - where gold, trump etc. sit) - You can't then use backrom.
Re: MDUMP TASK ?
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 12:24 pm
by Chr$
desin wrote:imho mdump is a microdrive dump program so i would try with a microdrive image
It is. But I think the only place you'd really want to use mdump_task would be on a real QL to make dumps of real cartridges. I can't think of a use for it in an emulator.
And it certainly requires an original Sinclair main ROM too, it doesn't work with Minerva.
Re: MDUMP TASK ?
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 2:14 pm
by QViewStu
Chr$ wrote:desin wrote:imho mdump is a microdrive dump program so i would try with a microdrive image
It is. But I think the only place you'd really want to use mdump_task would be on a real QL to make dumps of real cartridges. I can't think of a use for it in an emulator.
And it certainly requires an original Sinclair main ROM too, it doesn't work with Minerva.
That’s likely my problem then
