The different device names are not the only difference between the "Tebby" and "MP" device drivers. Even the "MP" formatted disks have also the "QL5A" header, their sector organisation is a bit different. I have read about that a long time ago somewhere (can't remember where), but I unfortunately have no further informations about that.
"MP" formatted disks are readeble with any "Tebby" driver but not vice versa. Even SMSQ/E on QPC can read "MP" formatted disks (have tried that with the Utilities disk supplied with the MP I/F), but it is a bit clumsy as the SMSQ/E handler accesses the MP disk three times before loading something. Cheerss...Ralf R. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dilwyn Jones" Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Micro Peripherals I/F EPROM > The Micro Peripherals interface was a bit of a surprise choice for > Sinclair in some ways, as most disk interfaces at the time used the > 'FLP' standard as supported by Tony Tebby/QJump, like the CST QDisk, > Sandy disk interface, Cumana and others. Upgrade eproms were available > for interfaces like Medic and the Micro Peripherals units to bring > them into line with the 'FLP' standard. As far as users were > concerned, the main difference was that the drives were accessed as > FDK1_ and FDK2_ rather than FLP1_ and FLP2_. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
