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excerpt: "Getting data to and from the QL and MS-DOS has been fairly easy for a while. There are a number of QL programs that will read and write an MS-DOS disk. Sometimes it's more convenient to be able to have MS-DOS write to a QDOS disk, then there are computers which the QL does not…"
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# A Peek at QLTOOLS

Getting data to and from the QL and MS-DOS has been fairly easy for a while. There are a number of QL programs that will read and write an MS-DOS disk. Sometimes it’s more convenient to be able to have MS-DOS write to a QDOS disk, then there are computers which the QL does not have the software with the abilities to read them.