Jan 10th 2014 this new website is the repository to host the files of the sinclair ql. Rwap software have spent over 10 years collecting and preserving a wealth of software for the sinclair ql home computer. Other formats, such as the mdump archive format, and mdi, are also supported. Note that this option only applies to microdrive images. If not, get in touch with somebody on the forums to. All the software packages here are for the sinclair ql computer and its. Ram packs and memory expansion for the zx81 and ts. These applications quill, archive, abacus, and easel where created by psion, who also in 1984 released their psion organiser. The ql was the first sinclair computer to break away from the 8 bit z80 processor and to use the new motorola 32 bit 68000 series processor.
Over the last few years many long lost items have been resurrected and several thousand files, may it be ql software, documentation or pictures became available again. Sinclair ql home page one of the largest and most popular qlrelated sites. On the other hand, the ql is like no other business computer. Also included is a box of assorted mystery cartridges. At the launch, searle promised sinclair would begin taking orders for the ql at the end of january. Arc, bzip, compress, compact, gzip, tar, har, lha, unrar, unarj. Jan 12th 2014, the repository of the sinclair ql preservation project sqpp.
No part of this user guide may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without the written permission of sinclair research limited ql, qlub, ql net, qdos and ql microdrive are trade marks of sinclair research limited quill, archive, easel and abacus are trade marks of psion limited. The sinclair ql home computer was released in 1984 the successor to the earlier sinclair computers, the zx80, zx81 and zx spectrum. Archive was the first programmable database package written by psion and packaged with the sinclair ql home computer. Feb 12, 2015 some truly ancient software i wrote in 1992. Ql software and 20 cartridges, big haul the sinclair ql. The superbasic programming language has support for networking and advanced graphics. The sinclair ql for quantum leap, is a personal computer launched by sinclair research in 1984, as an upperend counterpart to the sinclair zx spectrum.
Easel was the business graphics package written by psion and packaged with the sinclair ql home computer. Its actually pretty common for ql software to contain bugs that cause unhandled exceptions as when running on sinclair roms most of these exceptions where simply ignored by qdos and many software authors didnt even have a chance of noticing the problem. The sinclair ql is still strongly supported with a user group uk and bimonthly magazine, as well as the forums. Sinclair ql project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Qword a brand new game for the sinclair ql which will revolutionise leisure software this will make the most of the new graphics modes available on the latest versions of the sinclair ql, such as the aurora motherboard, the q40 and q60 computers and emulators such as qpc, whilst a version for original.
Quanta the sinclair ql user group sinclair ql wiki for indepth information about the sinclair ql, its hardware and software sinclair ql forum for help and general discussion about the sinclair ql sinclair ql homepage general information pages and the largest download site for software rwap software the last remaining sinclair ql trader. Ql users and tinkerers association was created in 1984, soon after the sinclair ql was launched, by a number of enthusiastic members and had a peak membership of nearly 2,000. The sinclair ql was released in the united states, initially through mail order only. Qemulator is a softwareonly emulator of the ql, running as an application in the. If you are just interested in finding out more about the sinclair ql home computer and trying out some of its games on your pc, we also offer the sinclair ql games collection, which is a package designed to be run under windows, and includes a runtime ql emulator package and 10 commercial sinclair ql games, for just. Dec 03, 2015 tynemouth software llp old computers, new computers, bespoke web design and software development, computer repairs, it and media services uk thursday, 3 december 2015 day 3 sinclair ql usb keyboard. This is one package which combines all four psion business programs originally supplied with the sinclair ql, namely psion archive a programmable database program, psion abacus a powerful spreadsheet program. As i understand the situation, psion have given permission for these programs to be freely copied for ql. They produced 4 apps for the ql easel art, quill word. Archive used the same friendly menu driven interface familiar to users of the other. Ein gui lasst sich aber durch drittanbietersoftware nachrusten, z. The computer would ship with 128kb of ram, and be priced at. Sinclairs business machine, the ql came with a fourpack of productivity software from an upandcoming software company called psion.
Qlpui is a prototype of a modern gui for qdos, running on a q60 video card. Why did the sinclair ql keyboard lack a delete key. The sinclair ql for quantum leap, was a personal computer launched by sinclair research in 1984, as the successor to the sinclair zx spectrum. The sinclair ql computer comes with a range of powerful software designed especially for it by psion. For sinclair research, the ql is a major departure from the lowend zx computers and is the companys first attempt to enter the business market.
Sinclair ql software quill, qspell, abacus, archive, easel, tascopy, tasprint plus user guide all cartridges appear in good condition. Tynemouth software llp old computers, new computers, bespoke web design and software development, computer repairs, it and media services uk thursday, 3 december 2015 day 3 sinclair ql usb keyboard. Software publishers were also reluctant to support the ql due to the. There is a wide range of public domain software still being produced for the sinclair ql and compatibles. The us version of the software was simply called database. These are mostly updated versions of older ql software from the company. Ql software downloads most of the packages on this site are in zip file format ql zip and unzip packages are available from the archivers page on this site, and current versions can also be obtained from the website of the official maintainer of the qdos infozip package, jonathan hudson. A software suite consisting of quill wordprocessor, abacus spreadsheet, archive database and easel illustration was supplied on microdrive tapes by psion.
Some months ago in the sinclair ql italian mailing list we talked about microdrive cartridges imagingdumping. They are specific to the sinclair spectrum and can only by successfully loaded by emulators. This is the support page for the windows version of qemulator a sinclair ql emulator. Unfortunately, the ql was slow to market, while sinclair was fixing hardware and software bugs. Since i started a real preservation exertion for all the software produced during the 80s and 90s, in order to avoid the socalled digital oblivion, the colleague stefano guida interviewed me about the work being carried out. The ql was a personal computer introduced by sinclair research in 1984. A suite of qliberated superbasic programmes acpzitqs enabling pointer driven selection of files to be unzipped from an archive. A few early software titles for the ql used copy protection schemes where they accessed the microdrives through qdos calls, but then. This is the most common format for distributing ql software. Mar 17, 2016 watch the video the sinclair ql was seen by some as the successor to the sinclair spectrum, but in reality, it was aimed at the professional, business and serious home user markets. Jan 12, 2014 at the launch, searle promised sinclair would begin taking orders for the ql at the end of january. Mdv images of the abacus, archive, easel and ql software too. Qlpui provides a desktop, mouse pointer, window environment, window themes and scalable fonts select font load replace. Sinclair ql, quanta and ql today information plus downloads.
Keyboards and keyboard accessories for the zx81 and ts. A block diagram of the sinclair ql is given in figure 1. Sinclair ql home page one of the largest and most popular ql related sites. The sinclair ql ql standing for quantum leap, was a personal computer launched by in 1984, it was lauched as a successor to the zx spectrum. Public domain programs for the sinclair ql rwap software. Games, file handler, sound and graphics programs are included. Starting from the basics, the internal structure and register. Software to run on sinclair ql to transfer programs and data between the ql and icl one per desk also. Ql commercial software preservation the sinclair ql forum. The software was therefore developed in a way which allowed it to be ported to various machines and processors eventually it was released for the sinclair ql, the ibm pc, graduate, icl one per desk, merline tonto. Unique original firmware and papers from the sinclair archives put online in. Items for the sinclair ql home computer bring your black. As uncle bod already pointed out, the ql did not leave out rubout as sinclair called it.
Launching in january 1984 by mail order albeit with a several month shipping delay, the ql standing for quantum leap was touted by. Ql software and 20 cartridges, big haul the sinclair ql forum. Jan 12, 2012 sinclairs business machine, the ql came with a fourpack of productivity software from an upandcoming software company called psion abacus spreadsheet, archive database, easel business. The ql was aimed at the serious home user and professional and executive users markets from small to large businesses and higher educational establishments, but failed to achieve commercial success. Provides a lot of information about current ql software and hardware developments, details of the various different rom versions available and a history of the ql and a list of available software for use on a. Ql stands for quantum leap, as in the intentions of sinclair it would have been a major leap in computer technology, offering tremendous power for a relatively small amount of money 399 pounds. Supporting two display modes, 256x256 pixels in 8 colours and 512x256 pixels in 4 colours, the sinclair ql was aimed at the small business market.
This project has been launched as part of the ql is 25 activities way back in 2009. The sinclair ql home computer was released by sinclair research limited in 1984 the successor to the earlier sinclair computers, the zx80, zx81 and zx spectrum. Software publishers were also reluctant to support the ql due to the necessity of using microdrive cartridges as a distribution medium. Other media attached to virtual microdrive slots still use the qemulator device driver, as those types of media are not supported by the original ql rom.
Sinclair ql and ql today information plus downloads. Page 2 no part of this user guide may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without the written permission of sinclair research limited ql, qlub, ql net, qdos and ql microdrive are trade marks of sinclair research limited. Us qls featured the updated psion software that had been released to owners in the uk, as well as additional rf shielding to comply with fcc regulations. A certain number of boards to build standards up to issue 5 were issued in either rom or eprom versions with another rom mounted pickaback in ic33 position. This page collects a small sampler of qdos software for use on qls and emulators.
Mdv format for the ql version of the vdrive interface on a new page on my site. The sinclair zx81 was my first computer and was quickly followed by a spectrum 48k and much more recently, a. I dont understand a project where you preserve software that can not be disposed for download. Alion maccallumvarey shows you how to exploit the full power of the fourpackages quill, easel, archive and abacus. Ive added quite a few ql software packages from qbits to my site this week. The us version of the software was simply called database archive used the same friendly menu driven interface familiar to users of the other psion business programs, quill, abacus and easel and you could import data between all four programs. Quantas aim was to provide an independent source of support for, and sharing information about, the sinclair ql. Check out archive to see if it has already been archived if so it will be available in a digital format already for use with emulators. Ql is 30 activities of 2014 point to this site for sinclair ql software download or.
This is a list of software titles produced for the sinclair ql personal computer notation. Ql needs more collaboration of owner rights, there is. Originally developed on a vax minicomputer, discussions began between psion and sinclair research about developing it for the ql. The ql, based on the motorola 68008 microprocessor, was aimed at the hobbyist and small business markets, but failed to achieve commercial success. Its best to transfer the zip file downloads to a ql first, then unzip them on a ql, but this will give you a catch 22 situation of i need to get a zipped copy of ql unzip across to my ql but i have no ql unzip there to unzip the zipped ql unzip program. Sep 10th 20 ql today the final issue with the final dvd released today. The sinclair ql for quantum leap, was a personal computer launched. The ql had a second life, providing the components for icls international computers limited one per desk or opd.
The ql was aimed at the hobbyist and small business users and markets, but failed to achieve commercial success. They are automatically converted to mdv format prior to assigning to a vdrive. A suite of qliberated superbasic programmes acpzitqs enabling pointer driven selection of. Assembly language programming on the sinclair ql explains all you need to know about programming the 68008 microprocessor, one of the most powerful chips currently available. Provides a lot of information about current ql software and hardware developments, details of the various different rom versions available and a history of the ql and a list of available software for use on a real ql or via one of several emulators. The repository sinclair ql preservation project sqpp. The sinclair ql could be used with a tv set or a ttl colour monitor, and had a fullsized keyboard. We have tested these various programs on a wide variety of sinclair ql. It also shows how to use the hardware and software facilities of the ql, including the 8049 second processor. The us version of the software was simply called business graphics easel used the same friendly menu driven interface familiar to users of the other psion business programs, quill, archive and abacus and you could import data between all four programs. Quill, archive, easel and abacus are trade marks of psion limited. This is a list of software titles produced for the sinclair ql personal computer.
Software was done by psion now widely recognised as the purveyors of damn fine personal organisers. When these were announced on ql forum, many of the early adopters remarked. The first drag racing data recorder was a timexsinclair. All of the software here is only for the sinclair ql and compatible computers. Helmut stuven of dansoft was later to permit the free distribution of this version of xchange and some other dansoft thor utility software. The ql was launched as a business machine, complete with two built in sinclair zx microdrives, 128k, full sized keyboard and 4 business programs by psion quill wordprocessor, archive database program, easel business graphics and charts, abacus. Thanks to andrei tenu ive put ten freeware games for ql in. Jan 10th 2014 this new website is the repository to host the files of the sinclair ql preservation project sqpp.
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