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Martyn, I'm using the Minerva 1.98 ROM that was provided by Tetroid's ROM switcher - I'm assuming it must be the unpatched version. I'll just have to stick with the JS ROM at the moment. Unfortunately, I can't burn a newer version of Minerva as my (home made) EEPROM programmer can't handle the 512Kx...

Hi Martyn, Thank-you for your comprehensive explanation as to what could be happening - you were exactly right! I added the missing header to the file and it loaded as expected - Success! Of course, this now breaks the loading of BASIC files on the stock roms :roll: - I'll have to make my 'file serv...

Well, I've tried a variety of different NET ids for both the file server and the QL, but I'm still getting the same problem. I also did some experimentation on the header & data checksums to see how TK2 would respond, and it responded as expected: - an invalid header checksum yielded no ACK resp...

Hi Martin. Thanks for the reply. I have been using that document as a reference for the original QL network protocol. I assumed that TK2 would be backward compatible with the original protocol as the documentation only mentions a modified protocol for the broadcast message and the FSERVE protocol. I...

Hi Everyone, I'm new to the forum and to the world of QLs, having bought a QL around 3 weeks ago! I've been tinkering with the QL network in order to create an SD card based 'file server' for the QL, and after a lot of reading of documentation, logic analysing and head scratching I finally got the Q...