>I guess you are in North America, there are plenty of QL users over
>there who may be able to copy the files concerned to disk for you.
Sorry - Yes I am. California to be exact. And of course the groups/resources
I have found are on the Other side of the continent.
>Probably the best way to do this is to use the FORMAT RAM1_MDV1
>command on a QL which will quickly copy the content of the microdrive
>cartridge into a ramdisk, then the files can be copied fromt here into
>a disk. Any corrupt files will be flagged with an asterisk * against
>the filename in the ramdisk. From there, if you have access to an
>Amiga, PC, Mac or Linux machine, you can get a QL emulator in software
>to run on those machines (links on my website, address below) and play
>with the files to your heart's content. Probably a far easier answer
>than trying to rig up a stand alone microdrive for another computer.
Thank you for both the advice and the nostalgia.. I had forgotten how many
'features' the QL had. :> I am hopin gto get a full computer but if it came
down to worst-case, parts may be what I have to do.
>--
>Dilwyn Jones
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
Zane
