On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:19:05 -0000, Richard Kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 29 Nov 2006, at 02:28, Tony Firshman wrote: > >> Richard Kilpatrick wrote: >>> I'm googling like mad, and can't find anything. I'm giving my friend >>> my spare QL system, and I want to give her some software with it >>> aside from the 4 applications - looking ideally for "The Quill" >>> adventure writing package which did appear to exist for it, and >>> anything which will interpret Infocom adventures? >>> >>> Takes forever copying microdrives! I'd forgotten! And this is with >>> the wcopy command! >> With qpac2 it is easy. >> FORMAT ram1_mdv1_ >> >> This does a quick direct sector read and flags files that will not >> copy. >> Repeated use will often recover files. > > Wait. Did I forget a format command trick to clone carts? > > My Games Cartridge seems to be worn out, sadly - I was trying to back > it up. I need to figure out how to use the "FORTH" discs, too. > > Richard (I should join the club. I should also buy SMSQ/E but I don't > actually know what it costs, or what it does - how it would affect my > fairly light/trivial QL usage, but with a SCG and monitor etc, my QL > is rather nice and I seem to keep wanting things for it!). > OK - glad to see someone pointed out FORMAT ram1_mdv1 which can be very useful for copying microdrive information - this is actually a Miracle Systems feature, built into Trump Card, Gold Card and Super Gold Card, rather than anything to do with Toolkit II or QPAC2. SMSQ/e - have a look at Jochen's pages: http://smsq.j-m-s.com/ It is basically a much faster version of QDOS, allows easy use of multiple BASICs at the same time, faster programs, and better colour drivers (but not on a standard QL alas - you would need an Aurora motherboard for that). Alas, you would have to give up microdrives, as SMSQ/e does not support them (IIRC). Quill - someone has already pointed you in the direction of the infocom interpreters. The other thing you can do is to download the Quill-To-Basic convertor from my website which was written by Alan Pemberton and used to add graphics to Quill'd adventures on the QL. Games cartridge - you can download a new copy of that from Dilwyn's site, but you will need disk drives connected to your Super Gold Card and Multidiscover or similar (to allow you to read PC formatted disks) to get the programs onto microdrive. -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
