Qltools is a utility that allows you to access files stored on a QL Floppy Disc, or an image of a floppy, whether you are running on Linux (or other Unices) or Windows.
Qltools was originally written by Giuseppe Zanetti and the following list of people have had a hand in it, somewhere or other:
For now, binaries are only available from my own (Norman Dunbar) Github account at https://github.com/NormanDunbar/qltools/releases where you will always be able to find the latest version.
You may also like to check https://github.com/SinclairQL/qltools/releases too, as that is the official site for qltools.
QLTools allows QL floppy disc images, or actual floppy discs, to be created, formatted, writted, read, or modified on a QL or on a Windows or Linux computer. DS/DD 720 kb, DS/HD 1.44 mb and DS/ED 3.2 mb floppies are catered for.
If you run qltools without any options, it will display the following, potentially helpful, screen of information:
qltools
Error: too few parameters
Usage: qltools device -[options] [filename]
Options:
-d List directory -s List short directory
-i List disk info -m List disk map
-c List conversion table -l List files on write
-w <files> Write files (query) -W <files> (Over)write files
-r <name> Remove file <name> -n <flle> Copy <file> to stdout
-uN ASCII dump cluster N -UN Binary dump
-M <name> Make level 2 directory <name>
-x <name> <size> Make <name> executable with dataspace <size>
-t Do not translate '.' to '_' in filenames
-fxx <name> Format as xx=hd|dd|ed disk with label <name>
QLTOOLS for Linux/win32 (version 2.15.5, Jan 31 2019)
'Device' is either a file with the image of a QL format disk
or a floppy drive with a SMS/QDOS disk inserted in it (e.g. diskimage)
by Giuseppe Zanetti,Valenti Omar,Richard Zidlicky, Jonathan Hudson
& Norman Dunbar
This is a very useful utility. The user manual, in PDF format, can be downloaded from: