> I know this is going to be a stupid question...have you tried the eternal > spinners in the other drive: I brought BJ in 3D land may years ago and it > read fine in MDV1_, but in MDV2_ it just eternally spun (whereupon I hit > reset and spiked the tape as opposed to doing the sensible thing of pulling > it out). MDV2 is broken on my QL, there is a pinch wheel fault which means few cartridges read on it, although it does manage to format cartridges (they just won't read on other QLs then!)
> > Just to be masochistic, I copied the old version 1 Psion Quill, > > Abacus, Archive, Easel set and tried running them. They did run OK on > > the 128K QL (well, "run OK" is perhaps stretching it a bit for those > > old V1 programs!). If anyone wants copies for posterity...surely not! > > > Why not...just to add to my collection [of old 'puters]. Put them on your > web site? That's a thought, they might appeal to collectors if nothing else. I'll see what I can do ;-)) -- Dilwyn Jones
