On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 at 13:11:08, Rich Mellor wrote:
(ref:
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>On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:00:39 +0100, Wolfgang Lenerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>lenerz.com> wrote:
>
>> On 26 Nov 2004 at 10:06, Rich Mellor wrote:
>> (...)
>>> I still think that Di-Ren's software was a good idea - it allowed you to
>>> use the hard disk on a PC for storage - now if that could be used to
>>>store
>>> files within a QXL.WIN file on the PC Guess you'll say just run QTPI on
>>> both the QL and from within an emulator on the PC (if user has bought a
>>> copy).
>>
>> I'm a bit confused as to what you're trying to achieve here?
>> Copying files to/from a PC to/from a QL?
>>
>
>Basically yes - Di-rens fileserver program allowed you to use the PCs
>hard drive as storage for the QL - useful for backups at least - no
>need for a QL emulator and all the header info etc was automatically
>stored and retrieved when you tried to copy files back from the PC to
>the QL.
Ahha - you didn't mention headers.
In my previous comment, I was assuming files did not need header
preservation. All EXEC files would need to be zipped.
Tony
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