> Secondly, most of this software is unable to run on modern or > even slighly > expanded QL systems which makes it just a backup for an old > machine and not > something you can use with emulators (although someone could > tinker the code).
While some of the older QL programs don't work on QXL/SMSQ/QPC, they can run on software that emulates the original Sinclair QL, like Q-emuLator and QLay. With Q-emuLator for Windows I also include a QDOS utility that can be run on a QL to copy files from microdrive to floppy in a format containing the pieces of information used by most QL microdrive copy protection schemes. In this way you can run your QL software on the emulator even if it is copy protected, provided that you can still read once your original microdrive to transfer the data to floppy. Daniele
