At 14:53 17/01/2011, you wrote:
I suppose Peter's question "How important would it be to keep an
original microdrive functional?" is twofold
Firstly to have some sort of compatability with any existing
software, still keeping it on microdrives and not converted to some
other format due to copyright/protection. It may be that the
software prevents itself from running without the microdrive being
present. so having one still in exisence may be needed.
Secondly it maybe that in order to fit a SD card based system in to
the existing QL, physical space is required for the interface that
requires both microdrives to be removed even if only one microdrive
slot is replaced by the SD card version. If it is easier to fit a
single or twin SD system using the whole space then surely this
would be the preferred method?
But heres a thought, if both microdrives are replaced by the SD card
interface, could the removed microdrives be fitted in their own
container with a cable plugged in to the extension socket at the
right hand side of the QL and used as external (expanded)
microdrives as an when needed, this would solve the desire to have
microdrives and still allow existing software on the microdrive to
be copied across to the new storage medium.
Lee Privett
Once upon a time I had a third microdrive that plugged into the side of the QL
As far as I remember it was a Spectrum item that that worked when you
plugged it into a QL upside down
martinw
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