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Hi Pepperm

The 'mode' in which the QIMSI Gold operates is entirely determined by what it finds on the SD Card at startup.

So it will always be necessary to manipulate the files stored in the root of the SD Card in order to switch between those modes.

I.e.

A: QL as 'host', QIMSI Gold as 'slave'/ peripheral (principally, as SD Card), or else

B: QIMSI as the host, with the QL acting as the slave device (principally, for keyboard.)

I don't have the QIMSI documentation in front of me right now to quote the relevant image files that are needed for each mode, but with reference to Peter's doc, you should simply be able to rename one or more of the 'active' image files so that QIMSI doesn't find them, and ensure that the image file needed by QIMSI to expose to the QL (to drive the SD Card) is back in place. You'd do that file renaming on a PC or similar, before reinserting the SD Card.

Of course, once the QIMSI Gold is switched back to slave mode, you'd need to reattach your monitor to the usual QL video output (RGB, etc.)

Make sense? Good luck.

Pepperm wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:37 pm Don't you do the 3D printing yourself then?

No, I order the parts from a printing service. And thanks for the update!

Maskenlos wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:30 pm Just rename or delete file "QL_ROM.SYS"

Technically, this means the SD card driver for the 68008 is not replaced by the contents of QL_ROM.SYS, which redirects keyboard and joystick to the accellerated CPU.

Does this new case design fit a QIMSI Gold with the optional RTC please?

Many thanks

Yes that makes sense, thanks. The QIMSI gold manual doesn't make complete sense at the moment however, but I am working through all sorts of documentation, YouTube videos and websites and it is beginning to make more sense.

Mark

t0nyt wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:47 pm Does this new case design fit a QIMSI Gold with the optional RTC please?

My remix is ​​also suitable for QIMSI Gold with RTC:
https://forum.tlienhard.com/phpBB3/view ... 955#p65955

Peter wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:42 pm

Pepperm wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:37 pm Don't you do the 3D printing yourself then?

No, I order the parts from a printing service. And thanks for the update!

Which service do you use and are you in the UK?

Mark

Thanks, yes it does make sense. I’ll just have to work out which files to miss out, probably just the q68_smsq.win?

Mark

Floppy525 wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 8:48 pm

t0nyt wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:47 pm Does this new case design fit a QIMSI Gold with the optional RTC please?

My remix is ​​also suitable for QIMSI Gold with RTC:
https://forum.tlienhard.com/phpBB3/view ... 955#p65955

Hi. I've seen this version when looking around but am concerned the use of screws/bolts may lead me to damage the QIMSI Gold if I get it wrong

Would probably be ok, but I'm hoping to find a "just slot in" version like I have for my QIMSI non-gold

Will have a think about it though

Many thanks

Pepperm wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:48 pm Thanks, yes it does make sense. I’ll just have to work out which files to miss out, probably just the q68_smsq.win?

Mark

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