Quill from Gilsoft
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Timbucus wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 11:16 am
Andrew - I only have uQLx setup
Tim, are you using uQLx or sQLux? sQLux is more recent and uses SDL2. If you are using uQLx, the code is probably pretty old and I'd suggest moving to sQLux.
https://github.com/SinclairQL/sQLux
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Andrew - I only have uQLx setup
Tim, are you using uQLx or sQLux? sQLux is more recent and uses SDL2. If you are using uQLx, the code is probably pretty old and I'd suggest moving to sQLux.
https://github.com/SinclairQL/sQLux
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Re: Quill from Gilsoft
Tim - when you moved the zip file and extacted it to a MDV container - I bet the QDOS header added to the zip files by q-emulator was still present and would cause the hang.swensont wrote: Fri Jun 21, 2024 3:09 am Timbucus wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 11:16 am
Andrew - I only have uQLx setup
Tim, are you using uQLx or sQLux? sQLux is more recent and uses SDL2. If you are using uQLx, the code is probably pretty old and I'd suggest moving to sQLux.
https://github.com/SinclairQL/sQLux
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Hence why I sent an MDV image (that does not have the QDOS header at the start of the executable code) and should work in uQLx
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Re: Quill from Gilsoft
Uqlx/sqlux don't support mdv files. Floppy or win only.Hence why I sent an MDV image (that does not have the QDOS header at the start of the executable code) and should work in uQLx
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Re: Quill from Gilsoft
Hi Rich,RWAP wrote: Fri Jun 21, 2024 6:26 amTim - when you moved the zip file and extacted it to a MDV container - I bet the QDOS header added to the zip files by q-emulator was still present and would cause the hang.swensont wrote: Fri Jun 21, 2024 3:09 am Timbucus wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 11:16 am
Andrew - I only have uQLx setup
Tim, are you using uQLx or sQLux? sQLux is more recent and uses SDL2. If you are using uQLx, the code is probably pretty old and I'd suggest moving to sQLux.
https://github.com/SinclairQL/sQLux
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Hence why I sent an MDV image (that does not have the QDOS header at the start of the executable code) and should work in uQLx
If want to send me the MDV image, I can trt it on all emulators and convert to FLP image for sQLux.
I can also disassemble the code as well if required with DISA or DEA.
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This will be great, there are some "Design Options" like only use 40 columns in mode 4, or need a QL header in the database file, that will be very usefull if we can see the source code and overide it.Derek_Stewart wrote: Fri Jun 21, 2024 11:32 am If want to send me the MDV image, I can trt it on all emulators and convert to FLP image for sQLux.
I can also disassemble the code as well if required with DISA or DEA.
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Re: Quill from Gilsoft
You could try the MDI driver https://dilwyn.theqlforum.com/utils/index.html in sQLux (Not tested it myself, so I don't know if it works OK).
Then use the 'CONVERT2_MDI' command to convert the MDV image you have into MDI format.
Then mount the image with 'MOUNT_MDI', and then 'MDI_USE mdv'
Then you've got an mdv1_
Then use the 'CONVERT2_MDI' command to convert the MDV image you have into MDI format.
Then mount the image with 'MOUNT_MDI', and then 'MDI_USE mdv'
Then you've got an mdv1_
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Re: Quill from Gilsoft
Hi,
I use MDI on sQLux, Q68,QPC2, SMSQmulator which allows the platforms to use MDV images.
But I prefer to us FDI or FLP images as they are more standard than MDV image format, however MDI is so flexible tha QLAY, QEM MDV image formats can be converted easily.
I use MDI on sQLux, Q68,QPC2, SMSQmulator which allows the platforms to use MDV images.
But I prefer to us FDI or FLP images as they are more standard than MDV image format, however MDI is so flexible tha QLAY, QEM MDV image formats can be converted easily.
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Re: Quill from Gilsoft
It seems that I was suffering from a little misapprehension, it seems from reading the vDriveQL and Oqtadrive documentation, that both system can support MDI format image files.Derek_Stewart wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2024 7:14 am Hi,
I use MDI on sQLux, Q68,QPC2, SMSQmulator which allows the platforms to use MDV images.
But I prefer to us FDI or FLP images as they are more standard than MDV image format, however MDI is so flexible tha QLAY, QEM MDV image formats can be converted easily.
But I have not tested this out.
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Re: Quill from Gilsoft
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.

Now onto disassembly of the A07 and compare to the A03 original source I have, to reconstruct the A07 source...
Thanks to all on the forum and elsewhere who are helping with this.
Tim
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.
Popopo Did you ever mange to find the change log as that would be interesting! I wonder if it goes as high as the lost A08 and what that had extra or fixed. Unless someone has a copy of that as wellPopopo wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 12:55 pm I got the "changelog" of it... just I am sorry I cannot recall from where. ASAP I recall it, I will post here the link where I read it.
Unless someone do it sooner![]()

Now onto disassembly of the A07 and compare to the A03 original source I have, to reconstruct the A07 source...
Thanks to all on the forum and elsewhere who are helping with this.
Tim
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Hi,Timbucus wrote: Sun Jun 30, 2024 5:01 pm Popopo Did you ever mange to find the change log as that would be interesting! I wonder if it goes as high as the lost A08 and what that had extra or fixed. Unless someone has a copy of that as well![]()
I didn't have the time for it.
I need to recall which sites I visited and also conversations with some people that told me differences between versions.
That's why I couldn't check it out yet. Need some time and the few hours free I spend them working in some projects and learning how to use Git/hub properly.
ASAP I can I will do it and share it here

One person that know about versions differences is Phoebus Dokus.