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Based on la version A07 I have create this:
https://github.com/alvaroalea/QL_TheQuill_Tools
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As the manual for QL is not available, I'm also documenting all the things that I found different to other systems, perhaps this can help to found the differences between A07 and others.


This is ...

All,
I now have this running thanks to an FLP image I was sent - it seems that everyone was correct and it just needed the 30 byte header stripping off - I assumed it was missing and hence the confusion.


I got the "changelog" of it... just I am sorry I cannot recall from where. ASAP I recall it ...

Rich - it was your A07 MDV image that I tried under uQLx that just hangs whereas my A03 version does not. As I said I did extract the ZIP inside of the emulator from the win2_ device to a clean mdv_ device so assuming the header was present it should have worked as the file headers would have been ...

The A07 locks at this screen which in the boot loader is at line 290 and does EXEC_W mdv1_quillA07

Quilllogo.png

As there are no pics of it running here is the A03 screen that should come up after the loading screen:

QuillFirstScreen.png

and then the two menu screens
QuillMainMenu1.png ...

Derek,

I have the A03 source code (written in 68K ASM I think with the Metacomco assembler but, my memory may have failed me on that) which I have since recovered from anther floppy so no real need to disassemble that version of the Quill.

I have had no luck getting the A07 version that Richard ...

Thanks all for the effort you are putting into searching for this - I did try to find a later version than A03 some years back (wow was it 2017!!!) - as I have a floppy version of that:

https://theqlforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=35964&hilit=gilsoft+quill#p35964

But, things got in the way and nothing ...

Still lurking here... Watching this thread - depending on where and date I would be interested - I wonder if we could persuade Phoebus to show off the Beta QL core for the Spectrum Next?

I will be at CCH in Cambridge this weekend for the Portable festival but, I am sure those going to Germany will ...

Well they say a journey begins with the first step - so I have downloaded the files - thanks for sharing I will begin to gather the needed bits into a the queue of boxes of projects I have, this may however jump that Queue...

Maybe a minimum build IF1 using the https://www.tindie.com/products ...

I will be joining thanks for the invite

I have never used Zoom (I have used just about every other VC system on the planet I think - shame I missed the last one, serves me right for not checking the forum often enough. If one does go ahead on the 27th I would like to join as well - would be nice to virtually meet some forum members.