retro_collector wrote:Steve,

Thanks for that. How do I convert the .IMG back to a real floppy on my QL?

Thanks Bill

Under Linux or macOS you'd use 'dd if=metacomco-c-ql.img of=/dev/whatever-the-floppy-device-is' (when using a root shell).

On a Windows machine you should be able to use rawwrite or similar.

Here's a floppy image containing Metacomco C Development Kit http://www.lingula.org.uk/~steve/downloads/metacomco-c-ql.img I wrote on the label: "Metacomco C: Compiler, Editor, Linker + Headers" Of course, to use it you still need the contents of the dongle ROM. P.S. I also have both the C...

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tcat wrote:Hi Stephen,

I have discovered your sources here, I may try to assemble. I noticed the assembly makes use of local labels.

https://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~steve/software/terminal/

Many thanks
Tom

Oh! I'd forgotten that I'd made that page!



I used the Computer One assembler and linker.

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