Martin Head has now made available an FDI (floppy disk image) driver utility to
go with the MDI (microdrive image) driver. Here are the descriptions from my
website:
MDI Driver (279K download) - a device driver for emulating the microdrive
cartridges as used in the Sinclair QL, as a file stored on another device.
Specifically developed for use with QPC2, but should work with most emulators.
Since QL compatible systems generally have no microdrives, this lets you use
saved microdrive images on emulators. Includes images of Quill, Archive, Abacus
and Easel. To create your own images of microdrives, you will need a real QL
with working microdrives and read the text file "Creating_Images_txt" supplied
to see which program to use and how to go about it. Apparently even microdrive
'random number' finger prints are copied, allowing even some protected older
programs to be run! The driver lets you load and save from/to these microdrive
images.
FDI Driver (330K download) - for running floppy disk images on QL systems and
emulators. Works on level 1 DSDD 720k and DSSD 360k disk images (no support for
HD or ED disks and no support for level 2 directories) to allow simple
straightforward copies of disk software to be run. Includes a program written
in BASIC to make the images on a QDOS system with a floppy drive, or you can
use 'raw' disk images created with software such as EMT4WIN for Windows, plus a
program to make ('format') blank disk images, sample blank 360K and 720K disk
images, plus a demo image of Xchange.
Download from http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/utils/index.html
Dilwyn Jones
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