Michael Berger wrote:
> is sernet for the QL free or does it cost money? As far as I understand the
> matter it is already built into the OS of QPC2, but I would need a software
> counterpart for the Sinclair black box?

No, it's supplied separately on the SMSQ/E (or QPC) disc. And normally
it does need the extended SER drivers of SMSQ/E anyway, you can
however try Simser to extend the standard QL drivers:
http://thgodef.nerim.net/smsq/Area11/SIMSER.zip

> Marcel, I guess the program has a good reason to primarily look for
> the disk's hardware marker (hole) rather than its actual formatting?

This mechanism is at work deep below the application level. It's
probably even the doing of the controller chip.

> Is it possible that data exchange between DD and HD drives is in
> principle unsafe beacuse of something like different magnetic ...
> whatever ... behavior?

Well, the magnetic surface is different, of course, the extra hole is
not the only difference between DD and HD discs ;-)
Usually it works, but there can be problems.

Marcel

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