TIt's a German QL so has a decent 9 pin D connector (same type that will directly fit COM2 of host PC). It will fit, but the pinout is different. Can I use the mouse in COM1 and print from COM2, and is the pinout the same? German QL serial port has similar pinout as Sinclair ZX Interface 1. You can...

tofro wrote:You are aware that there is a nicely designed QL Microdrive case at Thingiverse for download?

Someone told me, that the VDrive does not fit into this "nicely designed" microdrive case.

Probably none of them will still be in working order due to print through of the magnetic field in the tape drives

Most microdrive cartridges are working well after years.
But do not forget to check felt pads! (And replace them in case of need.)

Depends on if you are talking about the male or the female part.
Dave talks about female.

SER1 and SER2 - PC style serial connectors. 2 - RxD 3 - TxD 4 - DTR 5 - GND 8 - CTS 9 - +12V via resistor. But I see different between SER1 ( J6 ) and SER2 ( J5 ) on Issue 6 board: RxD and CTS - input for SER2 but output for SER1, TxD and DTR - output for SER2 but input for SER1 ). I'm a little con...

See THIS THREAD

FLP_USE FDD : REMark Temporary Device for FLP
DEV_USE 1,"win1_sys_" : REMark Point Dev1_ to sys directory
DEV_USE FLP : REMark DEV is now FLP

I'm trying to think of ways to back-up the data on my Spectrum Microdrives once I re-felt them, assuming that the vDriveQL can't talk to an Interface 1 (once it arrives). I have what I believe is paper printout of the source of routines for reading a ZX Spectrum formatted microdrive cartridge on a ...

This one fits better to the QL.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2853469

tschak909 wrote:II don't understand, from what I see, ser1 and ser2 literally are two of the same connector?

But the wiring is different. One is DCE and one is DTE.

connecting the QL serial port to another computer with internet access ? http://www.linuxcertif.com/man/1/tcpser/en/ TCPser on Linux computer or raspberry. I also had experiment with new modem, based on ARM board instead on ESP8266 (targeted to Atari ST, Acorn and possibly QL), but not tested on QL...