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It's all in the subject lol. forgive my request. but i really have no idea how to. help thank you .

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ok...how? say in QLay2?

I'm in it right now and I can't see where I can create them.

Just get an existing MDV ot FLP image file attach it to the emulator in question and FORMAT the image.

Image files are just that - files.

To be accepted by the drivers they need to have some specific length, evenly divisible by the sector length to avoid confusion (and of course with a maximum size - no mdv image with 1000 sectors, please). You should even be able to create them with a simple S*Basic program. Once created and installed with the image drivers, they need to be formatted just like a real device.

tofro wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2024 5:05 pmYou should even be able to create them with a simple S*Basic program.

Would be interesting to see that.

yes it would.

CHALLENGE lol

Hi,

I just make a copy of the MDV image and attach it to Q-emulator in a Drive and fornst the MDV image.

Or Q-emulator can create FLP images.

But why not use MDI and FDI to create the image file, usung the MAKE_MDI or MAKE_FDI

MDV images are not standard, MDI can convert MDI to MDV image using the CONVERT2_QLAY or CONVERT2_QEMU

Which can automated in a SBASIC program.

I can't remember how to create a QLAY.MDV file in the emulator itself - it's a long time I had a copy set up to use.

The QLAYT program (one of the tools accessories) could create a .MDV image. I vaguely remember it was via a command line switch and you had to make a text file with a list of files to be made into a .MDV file. The QLAYT.MAN file will most likely explain exactly how. I'm guessing from memory with the following so I might be wrong:

QLAYT -C listname.txt

I think the '-C' stood for CREATE (but please read QLAYT's manual in case I'm wrong). By default, it will create a file called QLAY.MDV although there is another option to change the .MDV name used. Also, I can't remember where it places the file, maybe in the same folder as the list file?

Sorry I couldn't be more specific, this is all from memory from when I last used it a few years ago. At least you'll know where to look for the info now, I hope.

Well, there is always the MAKE_MDI command from the MDI driver. Creates a working, empty image with a single command. Sometimes it's really useful to read the manual.