The Sinclair QL Forum

It's probably, at least in part, due to the disintegrating spongy bit on the cart that pushes the tape against the read/write head. They always fall apart and the little particles can cause issues (other factors can also cause issues, but re-felting is a good start). You shouldn't really run them w...

With a microdrive in slot 1 or 2, running `dir mdv1_` or `dir mdv2_` yields "not found". Running `format mdv1_` or `format mdv2_` yields "format failed". I can hear the drives whirring for a few seconds, the red lights turn on at the same time but reads/formats on microdrives alw...