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Floppy disk image of MacSporran's sent to Rich @ RWAP for preservation. The original disk was reporting not found, but luckily the backup disk worked. Let's hope we get permission to release this. It's an impressive demonstration of what the ACT tool could achieve. Floppy disk -> QIMSI SD -> Mac SD ...

I have an M3 MBP and would be happy to test, but it’s hardly an ideal dev model to have to rely on someone else for even basic testing.

But the offer’s there.

Hi Rich,

Are you still in contact with the authors of MacSporran's Lament, Dave and Ann Watson? I have found the game+manual which I bought from you/CGH Services back in the day. It would be great to get their permission to release it as freeware.

JY

I found the MacSporran’s Lament manual, amongst others

I've found a second disk with McSporran's lament on it, this one with v3.0.0 against the title. So hopefully between those two disks we'll have a complete extract.

OK so first the good news - I have found the disk with McSporran's Lament. Hopefully it's operational. I will try it when I dig the disk drives out this weekend. Now to Anelpum Quat. Sorry, I've confused this with Angstrom Angst. And a double confusion as my initial thought of the game being set in ...

jobdone wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:18 am Hi,
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Thanks, all good info I have indeed tried ser2H, but was not sure which was better so went back to ser2I. I'll try with that when the firmware is updated to see whether it makes any difference.

I'm pretty sure it's a firmware issue as others have had this same problem. I connected briefly at both 300 and 9600. I have Hermes, a reliable cable made specifically for the QL. And I assume that QL Terminal is pretty battle hardened. So firmware. Or me. Actually, quite possibly me :D Anyway, when...

Although... would I be wrong to think that QL Terminal will set the QL rate too? Because when I connected to the BBS at 9600, it flew (well it flew in comparison to when I did it at 300). And I did not explcitely set the QL ser2 baud rate from SuperBASIC at that stage.

Ah, you are right Derek. My apologies.