Ian Pine wrote:
Yes, it did exactly what it says on the cover and arrived (UK) Today! Looking forward to
reading part 4 of "25 Years" but haven't had the chance for anything more than
a glance through yet.
On the subject of electronic vs. paper copy, electronic would certainly be
convenient for archiving - I don't have enough storage space to keep back
issues of the paper version - but I'm more likely to read cover to cover a
paper copy; if it were just available on a website I probably wouldn't get
around to looking at every issue. Please keep the paper version for the time
being!
The Future (or, oh what is to become of my Q40?)
My Q40 is still working perfectly reliably and I even get a decent enough image
on an HP Pavilion f1523 LCD monitor if I shrink #0 to 4 text lines. In Mode 8
the image is very good (except circles are elliptical), but this is not the
problem. The Q40 is now the only computer I have which has a floppy-disk drive;
it is also the only computer I have with an RS232 style serial port and the
only one with a parallel port. So while I still enjoy writing my own programs
and trying out those in the magazine, all the effort typing it all in is going
to be wasted if I can't get the stuff off for backup or transfer to an emulator
when it eventually bites the dust. Is this the future of the Q40/Q60?
I could buy a USB Floppy drive (if they are still made and are reasonably
priced) for the PC but no guarantee it will read Q40 formatted disks. What
about the CF reader/writer? If I got one and formatted a card with a SMSQ file
system, is there any software for the PC that could extract the files from it?
I did have something else to add to the future of QL debate but will have to
leave it until later - got to go to work now :-(
Ian.
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Hi Ian,
QPC2 with a USB floppy disk drive reads Q40/60 formatted floppy disks,
or should I say SMSQ/E formatted floppy disks.
The Q60 is still in demand, but I have no boards available at present.
In fact I do not have a Q60 of my own.
I do not want to get into the age old discussion of which is best, I
have all QL hardware and software emulators.
I mainly use QPC2 on Ubuntu Linux which is much more stable than Windows.
Derek
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