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by xelalex
Tue May 11, 2021 9:03 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Microdrive data line format
Replies: 73
Views: 50774

Re: Microdrive data line format

As mentioned in the README, there are cross-compiled binaries for MacOS & Windows in the release section, so it's not Linux only. I just haven't tried it out anywhere else, since I neither have a access to a Mac , nor to a Windows machine for testing. So I'd be happy if someone would try this ou...
by xelalex
Mon May 10, 2021 8:26 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Microdrive data line format
Replies: 73
Views: 50774

Re: Microdrive data line format

I think gertk stopped working on this due to time constraints back then. According to the document history of the vDrive manuals (ZX & QL), they were first released in 2017. Not sure about the firmware lineage though, since it's closed source.
by xelalex
Sun May 09, 2021 4:44 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Microdrive data line format
Replies: 73
Views: 50774

Re: Microdrive data line format

My project finally reached a state worthy of an alpha release, so here's OqtaDrive. Happy hacking ;-)

It works for both Spectrum with Interface 1 & QL.
by xelalex
Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:55 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Microdrive data line format
Replies: 73
Views: 50774

Re: Microdrive data line format

Hello, I've recently finished a similar prototype for the Spectrum with Interface I, although with a few differences: I'm not storing the data on a card, but rather get/put the sectors from/to a PC via USB, so the adapter is rather a protocol converter. I'm also using a far slower micro controller, ...