On Thursday, 5 December 2013, Colin Mckay Wrote:
 
> Please describe the hardware & software which forms it, sufficiently for us
> to know what you are talking about.

> > On Wednesday, 04 December 2013, Peter <pg...@q40.de> Wrote:> > the 
> > restriction that a QL memory expansion is madatory for QL-SD has been 
> > removed.

> > If a QL-SD filesystem of 3 MB size (and Groupsize 8) is attached, there 
> > still remains 62.5 KB free memory on an unexpanded QL. Not very much, but 
> > enough to load TK2 and still be able do useful things.

> > This way, even an unexpanded QL has more mass storage than the ED floppy 
> > interface of a (Super) Gold Card offers, and that at harddisk speed 
> > without moving mechanical parts.

> > (Larger filesystems, like the 64 MB default, can not be used on an 
> > unexpanded QL at all. This won't change.)
 
We are talking state of the art technology.   Surely, a size of 3 Gigabytes 
would seem to be more appropriate.   Why has there to be any restrictions?   If 
this is down to software, then can anything be done about it?
 
Michael
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