> File transfer via floppy disk is my current alternative, but looks like that > is not too reliable - maybe due to the fact that I do not have 'real' 3.5" > DD disks but rather HD disks formatted as DD. The QL's disk drive apparently > does not have problems with them but QPC2 doesn't recognize DD formatted HD > disks unless I close the HD hole with adhesive tape. Marcel, I guess the > program has a good reason to primarily look for the disk's hardware marker > (hole) rather than its actual formatting?
Some drives recognize the hole by light-sensor some other by a switch... so your adhesive tape may be opac an closing the hole on both sides ! > When I close the HD hole on the disk then the QL sometimes reports read > errors with files written on the PC's disk drive. I assume my QL's disk > drive is not sick, because it never has problems with disks that are only in > use on that drive all the time. I had a lot of good running but not compatible drives :-( Another point : always format HD-disks in DD-format onely with the DD-drive !!! Use onely fresh formatted-disks to make transfer and do not use files on them for long time... > Is it possible that data exchange between DD and HD drives is in principle > unsafe beacuse of something like different magnetic ... whatever ... > behavior? HD-heads are smaller than DD-heads : that's the source of most of problems. > Greetings! > > Michael So long Gerhard _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
