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Derek_Stewart wrote: Thu Jun 12, 2025 6:36 pm Okay Dokey...

Not good for people who read the manuals.

Not good for you. That's it.
Write the manuals by yourself. People like me that we don't know how to read or are too lazy to read are not worthy of your great comments.

RalfR wrote: Thu Jun 12, 2025 1:21 pm Right. I thought it was the program he used in his video.

In the video description you have the link to the MDVTool of the video.

Better to attach more storage via Qubide QLSD or QIMSI


That is the next I want to try.
Already doing some studies and checking about a development board to implement mass storage system.

Just by now my priority one is easy thing for mass user type.
Then more complicated things for average ...

Hi

in thecOqradrivd system, it has the ability to mount a zip file in a MDV slot, coukd this be done in the MicroPicoDrive?


Maybe, it could if some memory available (and I think yes, but need to check zip libraries for rp2040)
But I prefer to focus on what left in my roadmap (bluetooth ...

Derek_Stewart wrote: Thu Jun 12, 2025 7:08 am Hi,

Excellent video and great development.

Will try it out on my MicroPicoDrive.

Thank you Derek,
I hope it will be useful for you. The MDTool has more functionalities, but I didn't have the time to dig deeper into them.

Main post edited. Prices were swapped.
Corrected.

Finally,
edited version, less chaotic
https://youtu.be/AZIg0KIsFko

Derek_Stewart wrote: Sun Jun 01, 2025 7:12 am Hi,

Use MDI by Martin Head, in an emulator to create QLAY MDV images, available from QL Homepage.

I supply MDI with the Q68 and use it myself.

Also works on NEXT QL Core, better than their attempts at the emulated MDV approach.

Thanks Derek
It looks interesting

This is a pointer driven program to create floppy and microdrive image files.

It was an experiment in using the EasyPTR4 package, so it might be a bit rough around the edges.

It needs to be unzipped in a QDOS environment to preserve the job header.


Thank you for the link,
I will try them ...

Hi,
New user guide for using MDTool (Dr.Gusman's version).

It shows how to import a ZIP and convert it into a MDV image
https://youtu.be/AZIg0KIsFko