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Qemulator doesn't create Qlay compatible images. It can read them ok.

tofro wrote: Sat May 10, 2025 10:28 am Seems to play nicely with sqlux, although I can't hear any sound there.
QPC is a bit hesitant to run it.
And the BBQL of course likes it

have you set a sound level in the ini file on sqlux?
SOUND = 10
something like that. without it sqlux wont give sound.

In case you want more choices, QPC2 works perfectly fine with Wine


Excepty for physical access to floppies! I can confirm the above as I've been using WPC2 since it came out, on Linux, under wine.

Cheers,
Norm.


completely missed the boat on this one, but have you tried physical access to ...

Some TV's retain an analogue tuner, but tuning it is a PITA also getting a good quality picture is even harder. However I would look into that as it will show 'proof of life'. Personally I think the cheapest option on the market for a good picture to a monitor is the picoVGA. I knocked one up using ...

I'm actually wondering if anyone on the forum would be close by and be able to help rather than just keep buying random adaptors etc.

Yes, you can pull the mc1377p and still have fully working RGB.

Here are a few ideas. Quite a few 'SCART TO HDMI' are only wired as composite only. The RF would be fairly non-standard too. In your first post you state that the mdv spins up after pressing F1/F2. if you are not running minerva, then yes I would say you are right in thinking the fault is ONLY the ...

The modern monitor may not be capable of displaying the QLs output. I would recommend trying the picovga or output to a TV. A good option for this is the composite output. Also look into refelting those mdvs before trying them.

cut afterwards= always the right size without measuring.

I would recommend the T48 over the tl866ii as the 866ii is obsolete and the T48 is it's replacement.