5 Years of OqtaDrive: Microdrive emulation to Sinclair Network over the internet
Summary
This article reviews five years of OqtaDrive, a project that emulates Sinclair Microdrives via an Arduino Nano and streams data to a Go daemon on a PC or Raspberry Pi. It covers the hardware foundation, the evolution to a network-enabled gateway for the Sinclair Network, and the ongoing features like Codeberg hosting, network hubs, and CP/M support. The piece also highlights community contributions and invites Spectrum/QL owners to join the project.