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- QL2ST v3.0, a QL to ST file conversion utility
- ==============================================
- (This manual was thrown together very quickly, please email comments.)
-
- QL2ST currently has two functions:
- - Initialise disks in the Sinclair QL format
- - Convert files from a QL format disk to a TOS file system
-
- Disk initialization
- -------------------
- For most people this is probably a rather unnecessary function.
- The same thing can of course be done on a QL while QLem, my FreeWare
- Sinclair QL emulator, is normally not capable of accessing QL disks.
-
- However, if you're lucky enough to have ROM dump of a QL disk device
- driver that's supported by QLem, you'll need this if you want to
- format a disk. QLem is not capable of formatting disks.
-
-
- File conversion
- ---------------
- QL2ST should be able to read files from any QL disk (see README.1ST).
- A home-made file selector will appear, allowing you to chose any
- number of files to convert. Selected files will be inverted and a
- running file/size count will be updated at the top of the dialog.
-
- The arrows to the right of the file names can be used to scroll up
- and down if all files are not visible. A single click will scroll
- one line (the scroll will continue as long as the mouse button is held
- down), while a double click will scroll a whole page at a time.
-
- Several files can be selected/unselected at once by normal 'dragging'.
- The extremely simple implementation of this will be improved with an
- updated version of QL2ST. I hope you can live with the current one
- for the time being.
-
- At the bottom of the dialog there are four buttons:
- Select All - Selects all files on the disk for conversion
- Invert selection - All selected files are unselected and vice versa
- Convert - Do conversion of currently selected files
- Cancel - Quit file conversion without doing anything
-
- When 'Convert' is pressed, QL2ST starts going through all the selected
- files one by one. After each file is loaded, the normal TOS file
- selector will appear and you can give the name of under which you wish
- the file to be stored. QL2ST will try to suggest a suitable name, but
- since QDOS allows 36 charcter names and TOS only 8+3, you may well have
- better ideas yourself.
-
- For each file saved, an entry will be added to a file called _QDOS.NME
- in the same directory. This entry will contain the full original file
- information as well as the TOS name the file was given.
- If the _QDOS.NME file is used with QLem v1.40 (see that manual), the
- file can be called by it's original name under QDOS. This is very
- useful for programs that searches for file under specific names.
-
- The current _QDOS.NME scheme is not really very good and will be
- improved in both functionality and handling in the future.
-
-
- Johan Klockars
- Skaragatan 8d
- S-415 01 Gothenburg
- SWEDEN
-
- tel: +46(0)31-844481
- email: rand@cd.chalmers.se or johan@rand.thn.htu.se
- WWW/ftp: http://rand.thn.htu.se
-