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title: "Reading MSDOS Disks On The QL – Part I: The Root Directory"
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category:
  - name: "International QL Report"
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    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/international-ql-report/"
post_tag:
  - name: "QL"
    slug: "ql"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/ql/"
  - name: "Type-in program"
    slug: "type-in-program"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/type-in-program/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair QL"
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    url: "http://localhost/model/sinclair-ql/"
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  - name: "Mel E. LaVerne"
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    title: "International QL Report V2 I1"
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# Reading MSDOS Disks On The QL – Part I: The Root Directory

The original impetus for this article came from having a few Shareware disks lying about, gathering dust. Inevitably, I wondered about the feasibility of reading Big Blue’s efforts on the QL.