around the QL
that's still going strong, even now.
Cheers,
John
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From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 1:16 PM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Copying files from QL to PC
I sent an e-mail last
haven't got Toolkit II
on your system, you can get a copy for emulators from my website.
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Dilwyn Jones
- Original Message -
From: aup...@dsl.pipex.com
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Copying files from QL to PC
Here is what I did
Hello 'pipex' John
I'm not currently seeking to emulate your process; but never say never!
Thank you for setting out everything so clearly. It is all now in my tech.
archive.
Good to read that, yet again, the old QL is spreading serendipity. I think
I can safely say that we all join Dilwyn in
headers being
lost (not 100% sure, but I don't think NET preserves them).
Daniele
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 00:50:16 +0200
From: ql-us...@mail.kilgus.net
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Copying files from QL to PC
Daniele Terdina wrote:
[The QL User Manual implies that COPY
I finally managed to get this to work. I will post details later. Thank you
everyone for your help.
Quoting Marcel Kilgus ql-us...@mail.kilgus.net:
Daniele Terdina wrote:
[The QL User Manual implies that COPY also copies the headers, as
there is a COPY_N command to copy without
Daniele - just wanted to thank you for an extremely polished piece of software
(q-emulator). Many thanks.
Daniele Terdina wrote:
[The QL User Manual implies that COPY also copies the headers, as
there is a COPY_N command to copy without headers, but it doesn't
seem to work that way]
Marcel wrote:
That's what the z in ser1hz is for, no need to do it manually.
Marcel
Serial parameters are explained in Jan Jones' very useful 'Handbook', pages
74 181 and in the QL 'CONCEPTS' docs from Sinclair etc.
Happy porting,
John in Wales(ohr!)
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:52:47 +0200, Marcel Kilgus wrote
aup...@dsl.pipex.com wrote:
I think what's going on is that there's a combination of characters
within the file body that is being interpreted as an EOF (ctrl-z).
Yes, you can't transfer binary files this way as there is no
way of
Arnould wrote:
I did something like this in 1986/87 but only for pure ASCII text
files. After the file was copied over, the PC still needed an end of
file control code to understand what happened, CTRL+Z I think, wich
had to be sent manually with something like:
That's what the z in ser1hz is
I sent an e-mail last night but I'm not sure if it was received. Anyway, I
thought I'd try to copy from my real ql
to a q-emulator ql over the serial port, and I'm getting better results that I
was getting using a DOS prompt. I'm
getting so close now I can taste it.
Using q-emulator's
OK, I've found the answer here,
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2602/ql.html
I'll have another go tonight.
Quoting aup...@dsl.pipex.com:
I sent an e-mail last night but I'm not sure if it was received. Anyway, I
thought I'd try to copy from my real ql
to a q-emulator ql over
Thanks for that.
Would it be possible for
you to write up the information you've learned and I could put it on my
website to help other users?
Sure.
Quoting Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk:
I sent an e-mail last night but I'm not sure if it was received. Anyway,
I thought
On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:07:08 +0200, Marcel Kilgus wrote
Arnould wrote:
I did something like this in 1986/87 but only for pure ASCII text
files. After the file was copied over, the PC still needed an end of
file control code to understand what happened, CTRL+Z I think, wich
had to be sent
Daniele Terdina wrote:
[The QL User Manual implies that COPY also copies the headers, as
there is a COPY_N command to copy without headers, but it doesn't
seem to work that way]
Well, COPY does copy the header if it can, i.e. if the target device
supports headers. If not, it behaves exactly
I have a serial cable and can get the machines talking to each other. I'm
doing the following, on the QL
copy_n mdv1_filename to ser1hz
on the PC
copy com1 filename
This appears to work ok for text-based files, which I can then open up and
load in Q-Emulator. However, for binary
files I
] Copying files from QL to PC
Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help. I have and old bog-standard QL (i.e. no floppy
drives), and I'd like transfer all my files from microdrive cartridges to a
PC so I can use them on an emulator.
I have a serial cable and can get the machines talking to each other. I'm
Subject: [Ql-Users] Copying files from QL to PC
Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help. I have and old bog-standard QL (i.e. no floppy
drives), and I'd like transfer all my files from microdrive cartridges to a
PC so I can use them on an emulator.
I have a serial cable and can get the machines
Dave Walker wrote, On 3/06/09 13:54:
You could try adding the /B flag to the COPY command on the PC side to say
it is a binary file?
Also if copying program files it is a good idea to ZIP them up first to
preserve the dataspace settings stored in file headers for such files. The
QL versions of
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