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Please, I have some questions...
if that info is "only" in the doc of that emulator,
Does it mean that doesn't affect to others emulations or devices? (ie: vDrive, Oqtadrive, etc).


From my experience, the various QL (and also Spectrum) emulators are let's say somewhat liberal in their ...

The landing page for OqtaDrive is oqtadrive.org. This gives you some high level information about what OqtaDrive is, what it can do, and its overall design. For all the details including the source code, the Git repo is the place. I'll keep an eye on this thread here.

MicroPicoDrive can.


So for example when installing the main MicroPicoDrive PCB in slot 1, and putting a real Microdrive in slot 2, MPD would be mdv1 and the real drive mdv2, and they could both be fully used without conflicts? I guess this assignment would then be fixed and could not be changed ...

Popopo wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2024 10:45 am Table General: What does mean combined with H/W drives?

This means whether a solution can be installed & work together with real Microdrive units.

To get an overview of the available solutions for Microdrive emulation (for QL & Spectrum), this feature comparison may be of help.

So did the Relativity Group actually get the machines they asked for as a donation from Sinclair? If so, is anything known about how they were used?

OqtaDrive 0.7.0 is available. Biggest addition in this release is support for Sinclair Network over the Internet, for transparently connecting Spectrums and QLs over the Internet using the Sinclair Network protocol.

Peter wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:43 pm

ones' complement wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:27 pm over 1 million views in 7 months

In comparison to topics with more posts over longer time, this number does not appear like actual views.

Maybe it was an attempt at improving scripting skills...

Peter wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:07 pm As the SD card is not accessible, I wouldn't see the internal QL version as self-contained.
With the QL case closed, one requires a PC and Wifi connection to exchange data.

Sure. And what do you use to write/read to/from SD cards?

With vDrive, you don't even need any external power as it is self-contained and an SD card can become multiple external microdrives. OqtaDrive uses a connection to a host machine instead of an SD card.


The standalone variant of OqtaDrive is also self-contained and can be powered from the ...