In message <[email protected]>, Rod H
<[email protected]> writes
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To: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:14:01 +0000
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] New to the forum
> > I don't know if your Trump Card has the "format ram1_,mdv1_" command -
> > part of the Tony Tebby toolkits on interfaces.
> Minor typo, no comma in it, between ram1_ and mdv1_ and the underscore
> after
> the 'mdv1' is optional.
>
> If you still have your Trump Card manual, look for further details of this
> under 'Microdrive Imaging'.
>
> > 'ram1_' part can be any valid drive.
> RAM drive, of course.
I should have said as well, just to clarify:
You can check if your QL has ramdisk simply by entering the command:
DIR RAM1_
It should show a result like:
RAM1
100/100 sectors
the title in the first line and the numbers in the second line may vary a
little, depending on exactly what system you have. The numbers refer to the
number of 512 byte sectors in the ramdisk - free sectors/total sectors.
The command to make an image of a microdrive cartridge which has been placed
in microdrive drive 1 and to be copied to ramdisk RAM1_ is:
FORMAT 'ram1_mdv1'
What this does is to make a sector by sector copy of the microdrive
cartridge, which it puts in the drive called RAM1_. If you've never used
ramdisks before, they're just like microdrives or floppy disks but exist
only in the memory of the computer. As Tony said, if any part of a file
copied with the FORMAT 'ram1_mdv1' command is faulty, the filename will show
up with a '*' character alongside it when you list the files with DIR RAM1_
As ramdisks are only 'temporary' media in memory, as soon as you have been
able to copy the cartridges into RAM disks, you can then use WCOPY RAM1_ TO
FLP1_ for example to copy the files to floppy disks.
I assume you still have the manual for your Trump Card and Gold Card, if
not, you can get copies from my website at
http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/manuals/index.html (scroll down to the Miracle
Systems section).
Dilwyn Jones
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Thanks for the super info. I'm successfully transferring from cart to
disk. Of course the disk content will need to be amended from "mdv" to
"flp" or I'll try the "flp use mdv" command whenever using one of these
disks.
Rod
Hi Rod,
You seem to be doing well ... :-)
Dilwyn's web site is a "mine" of archived QL information and programs
(or APPs).
You can most updated versions of items from there, provided that you
have the original versions, so you will only need to store from
microdrive your own data.
--
Malcolm Cadman
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