> >
> >Why would they want to transfer the whole image if they can get single
> >files out of it?
> t.
> Ohh I meant from QL to CD not the other way round since we will be
> accessing it fully anyways....
this is trivial on the Q40: suppose you have partition 1/drive1 an SMSQ partition
you want on CD so all you do is this in Linux:
cat /dev/hda1 | cdrecord -dev 0,0,0 -
you folks may call it cryptic but thats the purpose - it says more than
100 menus :). If you try the same on WinXX/QPC you have the added benefit
of those 100s of menus of course.
> QXL.WIN files IMHO was a Quick and Dirty (QDOS?) hard drive replacement
> solution for putting QDOS/SMSQ on top of other OSes.... doesn't really help
> at all since its a Virtual Hard Drive on top of an Actual Hard drive...
> it's like going Paris to London through Frankfurt... (True if you are using
> Luftansha hehe)
"QWA", mostly called QXL.WIN is the native SMSQ filesystem format on all platforms.
I am pretty sure it was here before any emulators so it is not a dirty hack on
top of an actual HD. It is somewhat aged but still good enough to fill a CD.
Bye
Richard
