Sinclair QL vDrive - Connecting - Setting Up - Testing - a Quantum Leap of 16bit Retro Fun!

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Some Sinclair QL fun today!

In this video I show the connecting, setting up, and testing of the new vDrive QL that I received this last month.

This external device allows a regular SD Card to be used on the QL for all data uses. Easily save and load programs you create, save data documents, and even copy files to the SD card from a PC or Mac (or any computer that reads and writes FAT16/32 format SD cards) and then use them on the QL.

Super Neato device for the Sinclair QL!

This is a long Step-by-Step video, a tad dry, but gets the point across for a newbie like me to connect, setup, and use the vDrive. Hope it helps some of you too.

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Good video! I find my self writing down more things to remember. Like you said, cheat sheets help out a lot!

danestegman
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Great vid TJ! Now I can just dive right in when mine arrives, I don't need to read the manual now!!

robjheaton
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Hi, there is still a great QL community alive in Great Britain and Germany. I gave mine away, 20 years ago I think.

When you boot up your QL, and press the F key for your TV screen, you can type in: mode 8
This will double your columns, but you will get half the amount of colors.
When I had my Sandy 640K expansion card, I had to type: tk2_ext to get the extra toolkit with lots of new commands.
Have fun with your QL.

erbake
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Nice vid Thomas. Looking forward for the next vid :) I still need to install my vDrive. It is a internal drive to replace a tape drive. I hope you include the links to the images in the discription :)

ronnyverminck
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Clever stuff, still done absolutely nothing with my QL.

davidretrogamesplayedbadly
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Nice video!! Did you buy the package that includes the vMap or the one whitout it?

bit
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I just followed your tutorial to set up my Vdrive :-) The main question remains .. how to place QL files, found on the internet, in a MDV image ?

krisvantuerenhout
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Is there an internal version? To replace the "existing" tape "drives"?

chaoticsystem