At 06:08 �� 26/6/2001 +0200, you wrote:
> > >
> > >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
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the QXL.WIN partitions were created in
order TT not to have to access the Int13H DOS calls for the QXL card....
IIRC QXL.WIN means QXL Winchester (hence WINx_) from the old days of the
Miracle Systems' hard drive... In that sense it is a quick hack UNLESS it
just replicated the partition scheme found in the Miracle Systems hard
drive (which means it pre-existed)... therefore the Hen laid the Egg and
not the Egg the Hen :-)
