Hi, I have written a loader for the Sinclair QL .img files produced by Q-Emulator and the qltools packages.
I have tested the resultant DD and HD hfe files both read and write on my actual QL and they
seem to be functional.
This was from information in the other QL thread here with RWAP!
Sinclair QL
Sinclair QL
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Re: Sinclair QL
Thanks will integrate this ! The format look likes very similar to the PC. i am missing something ?
Re: Sinclair QL
I don't know much about how floppy disks work, but I get the impression the physical format on disk is the same as a PC. Just the filesystem is different.
It may be you can improve on some of the magic numbers that I did not really understand.
It may be you can improve on some of the magic numbers that I did not really understand.
Re: Sinclair QL
almost the same : the first sector id on ql is 0.XorA wrote:I don't know much about how floppy disks work, but I get the impression the physical format on disk is the same as a PC. Just the filesystem is different.
It may be you can improve on some of the magic numbers that I did not really understand.
Re: Sinclair QL
I have learned some things doing the qltools integration, I shall update this loader when I have a chance!
Re: Sinclair QL
And the promised upgrade, this one uses the disk header info to detect the size of the disk rather than guessing from file size.
I also implemented writing as this works well with the qltools mod.
libhxcfe API is awesome
Graeme
I also implemented writing as this works well with the qltools mod.
libhxcfe API is awesome
Graeme
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