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Using the idea from Dave Walker I have created a QL boot disk image using
the RAWREAD utility. The end QLer will download this disk image file and
RAWRITE program. They will then put a formatted 1.44 Meg floppy in the
disk drive and use RAWRITE
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Timothy Swenson
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Using the idea from Dave Walker I have created a QL boot disk image using
the RAWREAD utility. The end QLer will download this disk image file and
RAWRITE program. They will then put a formatted 1.44 Meg floppy in the
disk
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dennis Sutherland
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Dilwyn, speaking as one of the uninformed/non-technical types you got a
great idea
here. It may even get me back to the copy of QPC2 Demo I d/lded a year or
two ago.
Still lurking here but most (99%) of it goes overr my
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From: Dilwyn Jones
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Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] QL disk transfer
4. Once you've transferred the archived QDOS Unzip to QL system, how
to unpack it when you don't have an unzip (the Chicken
On 15 Mar 2006, at 06:59, Derek Stewart wrote:
Why not use QPC to write the QL files from the DOS directory to the QL
disks.
This is certainly my very much preferred method. But what about those
PC directories with long names sometimes including spaces? The QL
can't find these.
George
A few things I would like to point out here.
The QL UnZIP and ZIP programs do have somewhat fussy command lines. ACP
is the best way to zip and Unzip things and I believe it was given away
with a QL Today disk some time ago.
Many of the QL Today disks have had a working UNZIP program on them and
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From: Dilwyn Jones
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Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] QL disk transfer
In terms of the sort of query I was raising, most people in this
situation seem to manage handling Unzip reasonably well, where
Finally the best way to unzip stuff, once you have the unzip program
on
the QL, is to use FileInfo II. A simple file command line and
pointing
FileInfo II at the unzip program will allow you to execute a zip
file
from Cueshell or QPAC 2 and have it unzip into the destination of
your
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones
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That's the kind of information that needs to go into this tutorial, I
really hope someone will take up the challenge and write something
because the same questions are being asked over and over again and the
need for information
Roy Wood wrote:
Actually it is just this kind of thing which I started the 'Start
Here'
Series in QL Today for. If someone could write this up it would be a
good addition to the series. Remember I did not intend to write the
whole thing myself. I have been hoping that some other people would
Looking at the questions that Dilwyn originally discussed on this topic,
they seem rather broad and to cover a lot of subjects. Some with zipping,
some with just QLAY. Kind of hard to tackle something that broad, but is
a list of individual questions are written, then this makes it easier to
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From: Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] QL disk transfer
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
onto a QL disk?
4. How to get past the catch 22 of needing to unzip the Unzip
program
on a QL when you haven't got Unzip already. (use
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones
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how do I unzip QL Info-unzip onto a QL disk to unzip programs with
if it's already zipped and you need a copy of itself to unzip itself
catch 22... (follow JRH's self-extract instructions on his website)
Once a user has the
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
onto a QL disk?
4. How to get past the catch 22 of needing to unzip the Unzip program
on a QL when you haven't got Unzip already. (use the JRH SFX procedure
to make Unzip self-extract and how to work around it on the 1% of
systems the SFX doesn't work, or order a copy
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